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UNLIKE MOST VICTORIAN women, Sally is completely independent, with her own successful business and a comfortable home for her young daughter, Harriet. But Sally’s whole world is about to collapse. A stranger emerges, claiming to be both her husband and Harriet’s father and threatening all that she has.

“BEWARE THE SEVEN blessings . . . ” When she first utters these words, 16-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn’t know their meaning. But when an employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally’s terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues to her father’s mysterious death.

Gabriel, his sister Valentina, and their friend Ella are three young members of the sacred Order of the Triskel, which guards an ancient Celtic talisman once used to invoke the positive forces of creation. This powerful symbol conveys a clear call to action: explore, protect, and share the treasures of the Planet and Humanity. Under the loving and protective gaze of their parents, these three young adventurers will travel around the world, embarking on a journey to solve mysteries, decode messages, and rescue ancient legends that have been veiled for centuries.

Maneras de vivir comienza como una melodía suave que se va convirtiendo en un thriller trepidante y actual que te deja sin aliento a medida que avanza. Pero también es una novela dentro de otra novela, en la que ficción y realidad se confunden. Todo comienza cuando un escritor se reencuentra con el guitarrista y cantante de un grupo de rock que admiraba en su juventud y decide entrevistarle para contar su historia.

It's been eight months since Mickey Bolitar witnessed the shocking, tragic death of his father. Eight months of lies, dark secrets, and unanswered questions. While he desperately wants answers, Mickey's sophomore year of high school brings on a whole new set of troubles. Spoon is in the hospital, Rachel won't tell him where he stands, his basketball teammates hate him... and then there's Ema's surprise announcement: She has an online boyfriend, and he's vanished.

Sally is 25, and somebody wants to destroy her. She receives divorce papers from a man she has never met, let alone married—yet this trap is so well laid that she is powerless to prove otherwise. When custody of her precious daughter is awarded to this evil stranger, it is the beginning of a terrifying struggle in which Sally will have to fight, with a gun if necessary, for the freedom of her family.

Enola Holmes is the much younger sister of her more famous brothers, Sherlock and Mycroft. But she has all the wits, skills, and sleuthing inclinations of them both. When a young professional woman, Miss Letitia Glover, shows up on Sherlock's doorstep, desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister, it is Enola who steps up. It seems her sister, the former Felicity Glover, married the earl of Dunhench and, per a curt note from the earl, has died. But Letitia Glover is convinced this isn't the truth, that she'd know - she'd feel - if her twin had died.

A gripping new recording of Philip Pullman's nerve-shattering thriller, set in the murky streets and opium dens of Old London. When 16-year-old Sally's father drowns in suspicious circumstances, she is left to fend for herself in Victorian London. Although she doesn't know it, she is already in terrible danger.

Jim Taylor, Sally's oldest friend, is engaged as bodyguard to a princess. But Crown Princess Adelaide of Razkavia is not what you'd expect. She's the slum-girl Jim has been searching for ever since she vanished 10 years ago. Now her life is in mortal danger, and together they must battle against unknown enemies in a country where no one can be trusted.

WHEN ONE OF Sally’s clients loses a large sum of money in the unexpected collapse of a British shipping firm, Sally sets out to investigate. But as she delves deeper into the identity of a wealthy and elusive industrialist, she uncovers a plot so diabolical, it could subvert the entire civilized world.

En 'Perpetuum Mobile',el sótano de una de esas casas palaciegas encierra una antigua invención a cuyos poderes se enfrentará un grupo de jóvenes que prepara el estreno de una pieza teatral.

Sixteen-year-old Noa has been a victim of the system ever since her parents died. Now living off the grid and trusting no one, she uses her computer-hacking skills to stay safely anonymous and alone. But when she wakes up on a table in an empty warehouse with an IV in her arm and no memory of how she got there, Noa starts to wish she had someone on her side. Enter Peter Gregory. A rich kid and the leader of a hacker alliance, Peter needs people with Noa's talents on his team. Especially after a shady corporation called AMRF threatens his life in no uncertain terms.

>"Lily?" My stomach dropped as a tall, dark-haired man stepped into view. Had he been hiding between the trees? "No. Sorry." Gulping, I took a step back. "I'm not Lily." He shook his head, a satisfied grin on his face. "No. You are Lily." "I'm Summer. You have the wrong person." For months, Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out....

Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft, owns a building in the heart of 19th-century London, a place she uses under pseudonyms to front for her investigative work. Employed there is a porter - Joddy, a young boy in a uniform festooned with buttons - whose even younger brother substitutes for him when he's sick. But Paddy disappears after one day at the job, and Enola Holmes is alerted to this by the still ill Joddy.

Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin's been taken, or if she's even alive. The only clue to both her aunt's disappearance and her father's murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind, an object she comes to realize is a book - an item unheard of in her illiterate society.

Little Kilton, aprile 2012: Andie Bell, una delle ragazze più popolari della scuola, viene uccisa. O meglio, scompare, e il suo corpo non verrà mai ritrovato. L'assassino è Sal Singh, compagno di scuola e amico della vittima: la polizia e tutti in città ne sono convinti. Il suo suicidio a qualche giorno di distanza ha cancellato tutti i dubbi. Ma Pippa Fitz-Amobi, che al tempo dei fatti aveva dodici anni e che ora si prepara a fare domanda per il college, non ne è per niente sicura.

Robert Langdon, professor of religious symbology at Harvard, is in Paris to give a lecture. At the reception that follows, he is scheduled to meet with a revered curator from the world-famous Louvre museum. But the curator never shows up, and later that night Langdon is awakened by authorities and told that the curator has been found dead. He is then taken to the Louvre - the scene of the crime - where he finds out that baffling clues have been left behind.

Fans of Marie Lu, Leigh Bardugo, and Kristin Cashore will be captivated by this stunning first book in a must-have new fantasy trilogy about a spy who can vanish at will and who discovers that monsters, mystery, and magic are also lurking — just out of sight. Julia has the unusual ability to be...unseen. Not invisible, exactly. Just beyond most people's senses. It's a dangerous trait in a city that has banned all forms of magic and drowns witches in public Cleansings. But it's a useful trait for a thief and a spy. And Julia has learned — crime pays.

After a devastating loss, Noa Torson is out of options. On the run with a few other survivors, Noa is up against immeasurable obstacles. Not only is her failing health becoming more of a problem, but the corporation's insidious plans are quickly coming to fruition. And no matter where Peter and Noa try to hide, they are inevitably found. The group is outnumbered, outsmarted, and outrun. But they are not giving up.

Lorsque Maëlla-Rose, Naomi et Juliette arrivent au camp de vacances Cité-Sauvage, elles ne se doutent pas que l’été leur réserve bien des surprises. C’est en découvrant la mystérieuse légende d’une cité disparue qu’elles se retrouvent au cœur d’une sombre forêt en compagnie de Zak, un garçon qui en sait plus que ce qu’il laisse croire. Réussiront-ils à trouver la cité d’Éléalix et à percer tous ses secrets ? Une chose est certaine, l’expédition s’annonce dangereuse et les quatre amis devront faire preuve d’un grand courage pour y arriver.