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Culpa mía (Culpables #Volumen 1)
by Mercedes Ron#CulpaMía «La mejor historia de amor que he leído en mi vida.», «Me atrapó con cada palabra.», «¡Me quedé leyendo hasta las 5 de la madrugada!», «Lo mejor que he leído en mucho tiempo.», «Nick es un gran personaje, ¡ojalá fuera real!», «Mercedes Ron no ha creado una historia: ha creado magia.»(La opinión de los lectores) Nicholas Leister ha sido creado para amargarme la vida. Alto, ojos azules, pelo negro como la noche... Suena genial ¿verdad? Pues no tanto cuando te enteras de que va a ser tu hermanastro y además representa todo de lo que has estado huyendo desde que tienes uso de razón. Peligro fue lo primero que me vino a la cabeza cuando lo conocí y descubrí que mantiene una doble vida oculta de su padre multimillonario. ¿Cómo terminé cayendo en sus redes? Fácil: con esos ojos es capaz de poner tu mundo patas arriba. En los blogs...«Una historia apasionante con una protagonista fuerte, decidida, independiente y escenas muy tiernas y conmovedoras que me han conquistado. Este libro es impresionante.»Blog Entre metáforas «Atrapa por su increíble narración, sus potentes protagonistas y su atrayente historia.»Blog El rincón de Leyna «Una historia totalmente preciosa que sienta las bases de una grandísima trilogía.»Blog It's time to magic «No te puedes despegar hasta que no lees el último párrafo y piensas ¿cuándo saldrá la segunda parte?»Blog de Laure Ever «Un libro adictivo y que se lee de un tirón. Primera parte de una trilogía que estoy deseando continuar. Súper recomendado para las que les gusta el New Adult.»Blog El desván de las mil y un «Desde el momento que empecé la primera hoja, me atrapó tanto la historia que no pude dejar de leerla hasta el final. El primer libro de una trilogía que estoy deseando continuar no os va decepcionar en absoluto.»Blog Words of Books «Creedme cuando os digo que es una historia muy diferente, innovadora, que todo empieza de una manera muy distinta a otros libros... Es genial y ya.»Blog Los mundos de blue «Me ha gustado mucho. Es inesperado, peligroso y trepidante... Una historia que crea adicción desde la primera hasta la última página. Con unos personajes alocados y muy característicos, una trama envolvente y unos giros de vértigo.»Blog Viajando a otros mundos
Culpa nuestra (Culpables #3)
by Mercedes Ron¿Hasta dónde están dispuestos a llegar Nick y Noah? Descúbrelo en #CulpaNuestra, la entrega final de la trilogía «Culpables». La relación de Nick y Noah está pasando por su peor momento, y parece que nada podrá volver a ser como antes... Van a tener que pasar por muchas cosas para finalmente comprender si de verdad están hechos el uno para el otro o si por lo contrario, estar separados es lo que de verdad les conviene. Pero ¿acaso se puede olvidar un amor tan fuerte? ¿Cómo pueden borrarse los recuerdos tatuados en el corazón? El amor no siempre es suficiente y el perdón a veces no basta para solucionar las cosas. ¿Serán capaces de dejar atrás el pasado y volver a empezar? Los lectores opinan sobre «Culpables»...«Leí Culpa mía por casualidad y ¡¡me quedé completamente enganchada!!» «¡Me ha dejado sumamente enamorada!» «¡Me quedé sin palabras!» «¡Por fin podré leer el final de la serie!» «Desde que terminé Culpa tuya no he podido dejar de pensar en Nick y Noah.»
Culpa nuestra (Culpables #Volumen 3)
by Mercedes Ron¿Hasta dónde están dispuestos a llegar Nick y Noah? Descúbrelo en #CulpaNuestra, la entrega final de la trilogía «Culpables». La relación de Nick y Noah está pasando por su peor momento, y parece que nada podrá volver a ser como antes... Van a tener que pasar por muchas cosas para finalmente comprender si de verdad están hechos el uno para el otro o si por lo contrario, estar separados es lo que de verdad les conviene. Pero ¿acaso se puede olvidar un amor tan fuerte? ¿Cómo pueden borrarse los recuerdos tatuados en el corazón? El amor no siempre es suficiente y el perdón a veces no basta para solucionar las cosas. ¿Serán capaces de dejar atrás el pasado y volver a empezar? Los lectores opinan sobre «Culpables»...«Leí Culpa mía por casualidad y ¡¡me quedé completamente enganchada!!» «¡Me ha dejado sumamente enamorada!» «¡Me quedé sin palabras!» «¡Por fin podré leer el final de la serie!» «Desde que terminé Culpa tuya no he podido dejar de pensar en Nick y Noah.»
Culpa tuya (Culpables #Volumen 2)
by Mercedes Ron#CulpaTuya Más romance, traición y misterio en Culpa tuya, segunda parte de «Culpa Mía», la saga romántica de Mercedes Ron protagonizada por un chico malo con un gran corazón y una chica buena con muchas agallas. Cuando Noah se enamoró de Nick sabía que su relación no iba a ser fácil: son polos opuestos, fuego y electricidad, y cuando están juntos saltan chispas... en todos los sentidos.Hasta ahora, la pasión ha sido más fuerte que el orgullo, pero la diferencia de edad, la universidad, las fiestas, sus padres y los fantasmas que acechan a los dos les ponen a prueba una y otra vez, como una bomba de relojería que amenaza con hacerles estallar. ¿Está Noah realmente preparada para enfrentarse a sus miedos y volver a confiar en alguien?¿Podrá Nicholas dejar atrás su pasado y abrir el corazón a una sola persona?
Culpa tuya (Culpables` #2)
by Mercedes Ron#CulpaMía Más romance, traición y misterio en Culpa tuya, segunda parte de «Culpa Mía», la saga romántica protagonizada por un chico malo con un gran corazón y una chica buena con muchas agallas. Cuando Noah se enamoró de Nick sabía que su relación no iba a ser fácil: son polos opuestos, fuego y electricidad, y cuando están juntos saltan chispas... en todos los sentidos. Hasta ahora, la pasión ha sido más fuerte que el orgullo, pero la diferencia de edad, la universidad, las fiestas, sus padres y los fantasmas que acechan a los dos les ponen a prueba una y otra vez, como una bomba de relojería que amenaza con hacerles estallar. ¿Está Noah realmente preparada para enfrentarse a sus miedos y volver a confiar en alguien? ¿Podrá Nicholas dejar atrás su pasado y abrir el corazón a una sola persona?
Cultural Perspectives on Sweets in Children’s Literature and Media (Children's Literature and Culture)
by Sabine Planka Corina LöweOur language is full of 'sweet' terms to describe situations (‘a bittersweet moment’), things (‘popcorn brain’), behaviour (‘to have a sweet tooth’), or even loved ones (‘sweety’, ‘sweetheart’, ‘honey’) that are originally not linked to food. What seems to be common to almost all cultures, is reflected in the fact that we humans are born with a taste for sweets, and that sweets have shaped our cultures and our language. This has also been reflected in children's literature and media. This is the starting point for this invaluable collection of essays, which deals specifically with sweets and the spectrum of hedonistic and regulated indulgence in different cultures and media for children. The contributions analyse classics of children’s literature, but also more recent texts and other media such as magazines, films, television programmes and computer games. Cultural Perspectives on Sweets in Children’s Literature and Media creates a kaleidoscope of the various functions of sweets and their significance for children’s culture, thus providing an overview of the diversity of the subject.
Cultural Politics in Harry Potter: Life, Death and the Politics of Fear
by Rubén Jarazo-Álvarez Pilar Alderete-DiezCultural Politics in Harry Potter: Life, Death and the Politics of Fear is the first book-length analysis of topics, such as death, fear and biopolitics in J.K. Rowling’s work from controversial and interdisciplinary perspectives. This collection brings together recent theoretical and applied cultural studies and focuses on three key areas of inquiry: (1) wizarding biopolitics and intersected discourses; (2) anxiety, death, resilience and trauma; and (3) the politics of fear and postmodern transformations. As such, this book: provides a comprehensive overview of national and gender discourses, as well as the transiting bodies in-between, in relation to the Harry Potter books series and related multimedia franchise; situates the transformative power of death within the fandom, transmedia and film depictions of the Potterverse and critically deconstructs the processes of subjectivation and legitimation of death and fear; examines the strategies and mechanisms through which cultural and political processes are managed, as well as reminding us how fiction and reality intersect at junctions, such as terrorism, homonationalism, materialism, capitalism, posthumanism and technology. Exploring precisely what is cultural about wizarding politics, and what is political about culture, this book is key reading for students of contemporary literature, media and culture, as well as anyone with an interest in the fictional universe and wizarding world of Harry Potter.
Culture Clash (Drama High #10)
by L. DivineEver since she discovered a love for drag racing, it's full speed ahead for Jayd Jackson... Fed up with the way her school's handling Cultural Awareness Day, Jayd and her crew decide to form the first African Student Union. Now some notorious haters are out for blood. But that's not the only multicultural activity Jayd's got cooking. On the boy front, Jayd discovers she loves being behind the wheel of her friends' hot rods, but she can't deny her attraction for Emilio, the new Latino sophomore at South Bay High. Emilio seems to be crushin' hard on Jayd too. And now that Jayd may be South Bay's last virgin, she wonders if it's time to take things to the next level. But her magical grandmother thinks Jayd's already moving too fast--and if she doesn't slow down, she's sure to get burned.
Culture, Economy and Politics: The Case of New Labour (New Directions in Cultural Policy Research)
by David Lee David Hesmondhalgh Kate Oakley Melissa NisbettThis book focuses on cultural policy in the UK between 1997 and 2010 under the Labour party (or 'New Labour', as it was temporarily rebranded). It is based on interviews with major figures and examines a range of policy areas including the arts, creative industries, copyright, film policy, heritage, urban regeneration and regional policy.
Cultures of Wellbeing: Method, Place, Policy
by Sarah C. White Chloe BlackmoreThe authors challenge psychological perspectives on happiness and subjective wellbeing. Highlighting the politics of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, case studies across continents explore wellbeing in relation to health, children and youth, migration, economics, religion, family, land mines, national surveys, and indigenous identities.
Cupid and Psyche
by M. Charlotte CraftPsyche is the most beautiful woman in the world, yet the oracle at Delphi foresees she will fall in love with a creature feared even by the gods themselves. Magically, Psyche finds herself in a magnificent castle fitted with sweet music, attentive servants, and a charming but invisible host. Soon she falls in love with this man she has never seen, but in a moment of doubt she betrays his trust. To win back his love, Psyche must show that she is as brave as she is beautiful by performing three impossible tasks. Perhaps the greatest love story of all, Cupid and Psyche is unsurpassed in its richness and drama. Marie Craft's lively, suspenseful retelling of this classic Greek myth will appeal to young and old alike. And these legendary lovers have inspired forty lush luminous paintings by award-winning artist Kinuko Craft. Lavishly illustrated and thrillingly told, here is a book to be treasured forever.
Cupid's Match
by Lauren PalphreymanHe's mythologically hot, a little bit wicked, and almost 100% immortal. And he'll hit you right in the heart . . ."Miss Black, we have a big problem.”Lila Black doesn't believe in matchmaking, let alone soul mates. So then why is she constantly being hassled by the Cupids Matchmaking Service? But this gilded, cherub-bedecked dating agency isn't exactly what it seems . . . and it’s about to turn Lila's entire world upside down.It turns out that Cupids Matchmaking is the real deal. As in, it's run by actual cupids—who don't look at all like they do in the paintings—and they have a serious problem with Lila's “match.” Because this guy shouldn't be in the system. He shouldn't have a match. And while he's irresistibly hot, he's also incredibly dangerous. Because Lila's true love match is Cupid. The original bad boy of love. And he wants her.Now Lila's once-normal teenaged world has exploded into a mythological nightmare overrun by crime-lord sirens, wrathful cupid hit men, magic arrows that cause no end of trouble, and a mischievous, not-so-angelic love god she can't seem to stop herself from falling for . . .Adored by 50 million readers on Wattpad, Lauren Palphreyman's smash-hit book is now in print for the first time.
Cupid's Revenge
by Wibke BrueggemannFor fans of Casey McQuiston and Alice Oseman, a girl falls for her best friend’s crush in Cupid’s Revenge, a queer young adult rom-com from Wibke Brueggemann that’s equal parts hilarious and swoon-worthy.It was never Tilly’s intention to fall in love, but Cupid will get you when you least expect it. That’s exactly what happens when Tilly’s best friend, Teddy, ropes Tilly into a plan to woo his dream girl, aspiring actress Katherine Cooper-Bunting. It turns out Teddy’s not the only one who finds her dreamy.But Katherine is off-limits. The only thing more important than Tilly’s feelings for someone she just met is not hurting Teddy, whose heart has been broken in the past.Avoiding temptation is easier said than done, as Teddy convinces Tilly to help him audition for a local play as a way to get to know Katherine better—a complete horror for someone who grew up in an artsy family but doesn’t have a creative bone in her body. On top of dealing with her growing feelings for the girl she shouldn’t like (but who may like her back), Tillie is still grieving a loss while navigating her grandfather’s recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis. So yeah, that’s a lot for any sixteen-year-old to handle without Cupid’s vengeful arrows getting involved.
Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire
by Julius LesterThis is the story of Cupid--the god responsible for heartache, sleepless nights, and all those silly love songs—finally getting his comeuppance. When the god of love falls in love himself, things are bound to get interesting. And when he crosses his mama, Venus, in the process . . . Well, things could get downright messy. The much-lauded author of Pharaoh's Daughter and When Dad Killed Mom brings his renowned storytelling skills to one of the world's most famous tales. In doing so he weaves a romantic, hilarious drama brought to life with a bold new voice that's loaded with sly wisdom. Julius Lester's retelling is sure to draw new readers to classic mythology while satisfying old fans as well.
Curdy y el vampiro de Gothland (Curdy #Volumen 2)
by Artur BalderUna nueva aventura de Curdy. La Montaña Gótica está en ruinas. Ahora el mundo de Gothland se extiende sin control hacia el horizonte. Ylke Lewander ya es una mujer. Tiene que elegir entre la salvación de su hermana, presa de la maldición del sueño, o un amor imposible. Mientras tanto, ha llegado la hora decisiva para el Consejo de Inglaterra, y Aurnor lanza el ataque definitivo... La Ciudad del Crepúsculo va a ser azotada por un mortal duelo entre el Bufón Asesino y el Vampiro de Gothland. La locura y el terror se van a ver las caras en la frontera de la magia.
Curdy y la cámara de los Lores (Curdy #Volumen 1)
by Artur BalderEn la Inglaterra del año 1099, un joven aprendiz, Idruk Maiflower, espera impaciente para convertirse en uno de los iniciados de la Hermandad de Alquimistas de Wilton. Avisado por caballeros templarios, Luitpirc, su maestro, se ve obligado a viajar con él a Londres para investigar un terrible suceso: un fraile ha sido asesinado en la abadía de Westminster, rodeado de extraños signos diabólicos que parecen ocultar un espantoso misterio. Un crimen imperdonable. Un arma de increíble poder. Un secreto que la inquisición y los templarios codician desde hace siglos. Un secreto que puede cambiar el rumbo de la historia.
Cured (Stung #2)
by Bethany WigginsNow that Fiona Tarsis and her twin brother, Jonah, are no longer beasts, they set out to find their mother, with the help of Bowen and a former neighbor, Jacqui. Heading for a safe settlement rumored to be in Wyoming, they plan to spread the cure along the way--until they are attacked by raiders. Luckily, they find a new ally in Kevin, who saves them and leads them to safety in his underground shelter. But the more they get to know Kevin, the more they suspect he has ties to the raiders. He also seems to know too many details about Jacqui and her family--details that could endanger them all. For the raiders will do anything they can to destroy the cure that would bring an end to their way of life. Bethany Wiggins's reimagining of our world after an environmental catastrophe won't fail to stun readers.
Curio: The Prequel To Curio
by Evangeline DenmarkCurio, written by Evangeline Denmark, is the story of Grey Haward’s struggles to keep her friends and family safe from their totalitarian government while she’s at home, and from afar. After her friend Whit is taken by a patrol for breaking curfew, Grey is willing to give him her ration of the potion that allows citizens to digest their food, believing she is like her grandfather and father, who don’t need the potion. After being accused of ration dealing, Grey is on the run and becomes trapped in Curio City with the upper-class "Porcies" and ragged, lower-class clockwork people. She is befriended by another trapped human, Blaise, and they must escape together, or the porcelain Lord Blueboy will try to take her power of being unbreakable by force. Grey needs to return to her own world before her friends and family lose their lives.
Curious About Fossils
by Kate WatersFossils explains why and where fossils form and looks at the colorful lives and important discoveries of some of the great early fossil hunters and collectors, including Mary Anning who unearthed the first ichthyosaur skeleton.
Curious Kittens Bible
by ZondervanThe Curious Kittens Bible includes 12 color images of adorable kitten photos, Scripture references, and inspirational thoughts along with the entire Bible in the New International Version (NIV).
Curious Notions (Crosstime Traffic, Book #2)
by Harry TurtledoveFollowing on last year's Gunpowder Empire, a new novel of "Crosstime Traffic"- In the San Francisco of a parallel-world in the twenty-first century in which the Kaiser's Germany won World War I and went on to dominate the world, Paul Gomes and his father, Lawrence, are secret agents from our timeline, posing as traders from a foreign land. They run a storefront shop called Curious Notions, selling what in our world is routine consumer technology-record players, radios, cassette decks-all of which is better than anything in this world, but only by a bit. Their real job is to obtain raw materials for our timeline. Just as important, they must guard the secret of Crosstime Traffic-for of the millions of parallel timelines, this is one of the few advanced enough to use that secret against us. Now, however, the German occupation police are harassing them. The police want to know where they're getting their mysterious goods. Under pressure, Paul and Lawrence hint that their supplies come from San Francisco's Chinese ... setting in motion a chain of intrigues that will put the entire enterprise of Crosstime Traffic at deadly risk.
Curious Tides (The Drowned Gods Trilogy)
by Pascale LacelleTwo starred reviews! &“A marvel in atmosphere.&” —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights Ninth House meets A Deadly Education in this gorgeous dark academia fantasy &“that will capture readers like a rip current&” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) following a teen mage who must unravel the truth behind the secret society that may have been involved in her classmates&’ deaths.Emory might be a student at the prestigious Aldryn College for Lunar Magics, but her healing abilities have always been mediocre at best—until a treacherous night in the Dovermere sea caves leaves a group of her classmates dead and her as the only survivor. Now Emory is plagued by strange, impossible powers that no healer should possess. Powers that would ruin her life if the wrong person were to discover them. To gain control of these new abilities, Emory enlists the help of the school&’s most reclusive student, Baz—a boy already well-versed in the deadly nature of darker magic, whose sister happened to be one of the drowned students and Emory&’s best friend. Determined to find the truth behind the drownings and the cult-like secret society she&’s convinced her classmates were involved in, Emory is faced with even more questions when the supposedly drowned students start washing ashore—alive—only for them each immediately to die horrible, magical deaths. And Emory is not the only one seeking answers. When her new magic captures the society&’s attention, she finds herself drawn into their world of privilege and power, all while wondering if the truth she&’s searching for might lead her right back to Dovermere…to face the fate she was never meant to escape.
Curious about George: Curious George, Cultural Icons, Colonialism, and US Exceptionalism (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)
by Rae Lynn Schwartz-DuPreIn 1940, Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey built two bikes, packed what they could, and fled wartime Paris. Among the possessions they escaped with was a manuscript that would later become one of the most celebrated books in children’s literature—Curious George. Since his debut in 1941, the mischievous icon has only grown in popularity. After being captured in Africa by the Man in the Yellow Hat and taken to live in the big city’s zoo, Curious George became a symbol of curiosity, adventure, and exploration. In Curious about George: Curious George, Cultural Icons, Colonialism, and US Exceptionalism, author Rae Lynn Schwartz-DuPre argues that the beloved character also performs within a narrative of racism, colonialism, and heroism. Using theories of colonial and rhetorical studies to explain why cultural icons like Curious George are able to avoid criticism, Schwartz-DuPre investigates the ways these characters operate as capacious figures, embodying and circulating the narratives that construct them, and effectively argues that discourses about George provide a rich training ground for children to learn US citizenship and become innocent supporters of colonial American exceptionalism. By drawing on postcolonial theory, children’s criticisms, science and technology studies, and nostalgia, Schwartz-DuPre’s critical reading explains the dismissal of the monkey’s 1941 abduction from Africa and enslavement in the US, described in the first book, by illuminating two powerful roles he currently holds: essential STEM ambassador at a time when science and technology is central to global competitiveness and as a World War II refugee who offers a “deficient” version of the Holocaust while performing model US immigrant. Curious George’s twin heroic roles highlight racist science and an Americanized Holocaust narrative. By situating George as a representation of enslaved Africans and Holocaust refugees, Curious about George illuminates the danger of contemporary zero-sum identity politics, the colonization of marginalized identities, and racist knowledge production. Importantly, it demonstrates the ways in which popular culture can be harnessed both to promote colonial benevolence and to present possibilities for resistance.
Curse of Shadows: A Paranormal Academy Romance (Arcane Academy #1)
by Veronica Shade Kara SilverIn a world divided into kinetics and inerts, Marlowe Thorne's nothing more than a criminal...Seventeen-year-old petty criminal Marlowe Thorne faces a choice: a custodial sentence in a young offender's institution or a scholarship at Arcane Academy.Seems a no-brainer, except the Academy stands for everything Marlowe despises. Their graduates are the ones who go on to work at the Agency, the body that regulates post-ozone society and the reason she ended up a thief on the streets to begin with.Marlowe's skeptical of the offer—after all, she's almost an inert, so what do kinetics want with her? But thinking anything's better than juvenile hall, she accepts, only to be there less than a week before one of her roommates turns up dead.As Marlowe tries to solve the mystery surrounding her friend's death, the infuriating, arrogant Culhane cautions her to let it go. But is he warning her out of concern...or because he's connected to the dark, deadly conspiracy she's stumbled into?Fans of Elizabeth Hunter and Linsey Hall will thrill to Marlowe Thorne's quest set fifty years in England's future.Scroll up and one-click today to join this questionable heroine in her paranormal academy romance adventure!