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An extraordinarily vivid and beautifully written first novel exploring the hidden world of the geisha. Memoirs of a Geisha is a rare and utterly engaging experience. The extraordinary tale of Sayuri, a young girl who grows up to become an acclaimed geisha, it spans a quarter of a century, from...

This program features original sound design. From Anthony Award-winning writer Alex Segura comes Secret Identity, a rollicking literary mystery set in the world of comic books. It’s 1975 and the comic book industry is struggling, but Carmen Valdez doesn’t care. She’s an assistant at...

Love is in the air in Serendipity, a collection of stories inspired by romantic tropes and edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer. The secret admirer. The fake relationship. The matchmaker. From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that’s been...

From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic, comes Certain Dark Things, a pulse-pounding neo-noir that reimagines vampire lore. Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive...

Horror movies hold a complicated space in the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. It Came from the Closet features twenty-five original essays by writers speaking to this relationship, through connections both empowering and oppressive. From Carmen Maria Machado on Jennifer’s Body, Jude Ellison S. Doyle on In My Skin, Addie Tsai on Dead Ringers, and many more, these conversations convey the rich reciprocity between queerness and horror.

This collection includes the first three books of the Florida Keys Bed & Breakfast Cozy Mystery series.

A talented sculptor and her psychotherapist fall in love, transgressing numerous ethical boundaries. But as their relationship progresses, what began as the patient’s attempt to liberate herself from her past becomes the most abusive relationship of her life - and the most dangerous.

Bloomsbury presents Ghost Lover by Lisa Taddeo, read by Alana Kerr Collins, Carlotta Brentan, Erin DeWard, Amanda Dolan, Imani Jade Powers, Aida Reluzco and Gail Shalan. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Three Women and Animal comes an electric masterclass in short fiction 'Fearless...

La vida sigue para Jaqueline, pero en una profunda agonía. Sin tener claro lo que le deparará el futuro, con o sin Klaus, ella debe continuar, aunque para ello solo sea la sombra de lo que un día fue. Muchas cosas han pasado desde que sus vidas tomaran caminos distintos, pero cuando entregas...

'One of the best books I've read in years' - VE Schwab, author of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops...

Saving the turtles… Leads to finding each other Dr. Nyla Dávila is devoted to protecting the turtles in Soledad Bay, her small community on the coast of Florida. So when her sea turtle research and education center falls victim to a cyberattack, she’ll do whatever it takes to make sure she...

Cuando la vida perfecta de Kate se desmorona de repente, huye de Londres para refugiarse en una pequeña casa en Nightingale Square, en Norwich. Allí tiene la esperanza de encontrar una existencia tranquila lejos de la traición y el dolor. Sin embargo, sus planes de vivir en paz se ven truncados cuando se involucra en la comunidad local, compuesta por una variedad de personalidades, dirigidas por la franca pero encantadora madre de tres hijos, Lisa.

In these tense, macabre stories, bodies fall from the sky, perfect nails conceal grisly secrets and violence pulses behind gleaming façades. From hellish visions to obsessive relationships, acclaimed author Agustina Bazterrica takes us to the dark heart of human desires and fears. Shocking, brutal, yet glinting with sharp humour, "Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird" is a breathtaking dive into human monstrousness from a master of contemporary horror.

Cuando la llamada del amor es más grande que la de la guerra, un hombre se ve atrapado en la preciosa batalla de la pasión. Lord Monty, de nombre Samuel, ha visto truncados sus planes para marchar contra Napoleón. Su padre le acaba de ceder los honores y obligaciones del título, pues aquejado de una enfermedad, el anterior conde necesita que su hijo se quede a su lado y cuide de su hermana pequeña y busque una esposa.

Sixteen-year-old Alonda loves professional wrestling. So when she meets a group of teens with aspirations of wrestling fame in her Coney Island neighborhood, she couldn’t be happier. So as the ragtag team works to put on a show to remember, Alonda leaves behind her old self and becomes Alondra―the Fearless One. But with her conflicting feelings for King, the handsome leader of their group, and Lexi, the girl with the beautiful smile, Alonda has to ask herself: can she be as fearless outside of the ring as she is inside of it?

Ousted by a rival cartel, a brutal drug lord flees Mexico to the distant East. An unwanted child commits a terrible deed and is locked away for years. A Japanese heart surgeon is shunned by the medical community and turns to working as an illegal organ broker. Three lives become entangled in...

Frida Liu es una madre soltera de 39 años propensa a la ansiedad. En Filadelfia, donde vive, la denuncian por dejar a su hija sola durante un breve período de tiempo. Los Servicios de Protección Infantil del Estado, cada vez más empoderados, se llevan a su hija Harriet y ponen en vigilancia la casa de Frida. Después de una serie de visitas supervisadas, un juez considera que Frida no es apta como madre, temporalmente.

The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Is there really a mysterious, blood-sucking creature called the Chupcabra? Early one morning in 1995, a rancher in Humacao, Puerto Rico, found three of his goats dead. The blood seemed to have been...

Organizar una boda perfecta y memorable es más sencillo de lo que parece. Solo hay que disponer de la información clave -pros y contras incluidos- para tomar las mejores decisiones y disfrutar de los preparativos.

¿Qué sacrificarías para conseguir lo que deseas?

¿Cuánto podrías mentir?

Una extraordinaria novela histórica sobre la creación del observatorio más grande del mundo y sobre los grandes descubrimientos astronómicos de la primera mitad del siglo XX.

Los Ángeles, mayo de 1910.

La misma noche en que la Tierra atraviesa la cola del cometa Halley, llamado ""El Destructor"", en la casa de los mellizos Henry y Ellie Blur sucede algo terrible que los obliga a huir...