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The Clone Wars have yet to erupt when Jedi Master Jorus C’baoth petitions the Senate for support of a singularly ambitious undertaking: the dream of Outbound Flight. Six Jedi Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and fifty thousand men, women, and children will embark—aboard a gargantuan vessel, equipped for years of travel—on a mission to contact intelligent life and colonize undiscovered worlds beyond the known galaxy. Unknown to the famed Jedi Master, the launch of the mission is secretly being orchestrated by an unlikely ally: the evil Sith Lord Darth Sidious.

Six Jedi Masters, 12 Jedi Knights, and 50,000 men, women, and children, will embark - aboard a gargantuan vessel, equipped for years of travel - on a mission to contact intelligent life and colonize undiscovered worlds beyond the known galaxy. The government bureaucracy threatens to scuttle the expedition before it can even start - until Master C’baoth foils a murderous conspiracy plot, winning him the political capital he needs to set in motion the dream of Outbound Flight.

Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. She lives with them and the accompanying self-loathing. When she awakes in a Dubai hotel room, she tries to piece the previous night back together, counting the minutes until she has to catch her crew shuttle to the airport. She quietly slides out of bed, careful not to aggravate her already pounding head, and looks at the man she spent the night with.

On the evening of May 3, 1937, Emilie Imhof boards the Hindenburg. As the only female crew member, Emilie has access to the entire airship, from the lavish dining rooms and passenger suites to the gritty engine cars and control room. She hears everything, but with rumors circulating about bomb threats, Emilie's focus is on maintaining a professional air...and keeping her own plans under wraps.

Hawkins, Indiana: For most, it’s simply another idyllic, manicured all-American town. But for Eddie Munson, it’s like living in a perpetual Tomb of Horrors. Luckily, he has only a few more months to survive at Hawkins High. And what is senior year, really, but killing time between Dungeons & Dragons sessions with the Hellfire Club and gigs with his band, Corroded Coffin?

Antes de Tom y Wren... estaba Anna Fang. Vuelos nocturnos es un Spin Off de la tetralogía «Mortal Engines», una trepidante y original historia llena de misterio, con una ambientación única en un mundo futurista y postapocalíptico. Las novelas en las que se basa la superproducción cinematográfica de Peter Jackson. Vuela. Lucha. Vive. En un peligroso futuro donde enormes ciudades motorizadas se atacan y devoran entre sí, Londres es un depredador que caza donde ningún otro se atreve. Pero Anna Fang, piloto, aventurera y espía, no conoce el miedo.

Dusk was falling as Patrick slowed the car and pulled into a lay-by. Scots pines swayed in the strengthening wind. He had heard on the radio that a storm was blowing in.

Hermia Mount, una inteligente analista británica empieza a sospechar de la existencia de una estación de radar secreta en la costa de Dinamarca. En Copenhague, el policía colaboracionista con los nazis Peter Flemming intenta descubrir la red la resistencia danesa. Entretanto Harald Olufsen, un joven estudiante danés se ve involucrado poco a poco en la investigación de Hermia.

As a member of the renowned Flying Doctors Service, Dr. Anne Spoerry treated hundreds of thousands of people across rural Kenya over the span of 50 years, earning herself the cherished nickname “Mama Daktari” - “Mother Doctor.” Yet few knew that what drove her from post-World War II Europe to Africa was a past marked by rebellion, submission, and personal decisions that earned her another nickname - this one sinister - while working as a “doctor” in a Nazi concentration camp.

Her genetic secret could change humanity forever. Her DNA grants her the ultimate power. But all she wants is to disappear. Looming buildings rise into the sky of a near-future America, shadowing the desperate poverty of the soovie parks, death doctors, and fear bombs. In this world of walled cities, where status matters most, Caitlyn Brown is desperate to remain invisible, wrongly believing what she needs to hide is the deformity on her back. The powerful want her for so much more.

The case of D. B. Cooper is a modern legend that has obsessed and cursed his pursuers for generations with everything from bankruptcy to suicidal despair. Now, with Skyjack, Geoffrey Gray obtains a first-ever look at the FBI’s confidential Cooper file, uncovering new leads in the infamous case.

Viajamos con el Escuadrón Cielo a Detritus, el último refugio de la humanidad frente al gobierno hostil de la Supremacía Galáctica. En Escuadrón, Spensa Nitghshade se convirtió en piloto de caza estelar y pasó a formar parte del Escuadrón Cielo de la Fuerza de Defensa Desafiante con el objetivo de combatir la amenaza de la Supremacía. En Estelar, se hizo pasar por la alienígena Alanik para infiltrarse en una estación espacial de la Supremacía y robar sus hipermotores.

Sixteen-year-old Elly Gotz hides with his family in an underground bunker in the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania, prepared to die rather than be found by the Nazis. After surviving nearly three years in the ghetto, where thousands from the Jewish community have been murdered, Elly and his family refuse to be the Nazis’ next victims. But there is no escape from the liquidation of the ghetto in the summer of 1944, and Elly and his father are taken to Kaufering, a brutal subcamp of the notorious Dachau concentration camp. After the war, as his family tries desperately to flee from Germany and their ...

5 de diciembre de 1945. La Segunda Guerra Mundial ha terminado y todos los soldados desean regresar a casa. Cinco aviones TBM Avenger despegan de la base de Fort Lauderdale para una sencilla misión de entrenamiento en el océano, pero tras una serie de dificultades y malas decisiones desaparecen sin dejar rastro. Al cabo de unas horas un avión del operativo de rescate, que ha salido en su búsqueda, tampoco regresa. Tras unos angustiosos días donde se articula un amplio dispositivo, todos los tripulantes del Vuelo 19 son dados por muertos.

Hawkins, Indiana, es para la mayoría una ciudad sencilla e idílica. Pero para Eddie Munson, vivir allí es como estar atrapado en una perpetua Tumba de los Horrores. Por suerte, en unos meses ya podrá decir que ha sobrevivido al instituto... Y ¿qué le ha supuesto el último año, en realidad, aparte de matar el tiempo entre sesiones de Dragones & Mazmorras y ensayos con su banda? Es en el peor antro de la ciudad donde Eddie conoce a Paige, alguien que ha obrado un puñetero milagro: escapó de Hawkins y se lo ha montado genial trabajando para un productor musical en Los Ángeles.

José Antonio Marina nos introduce en el fascinante camino de la inteligencia para poder utilizar mejor todas sus posibilidades y estimular su desarrollo.

The remarkable true story of the miraculous journey that made the Dalai Lama into the man he is today and sparked the fight for Tibetan freedom. In the early weeks of 1959, a bloody uprising gripped the streets of the Tibetan capital of Lhasa as ragtag Tibetan rebels faced off against their Communist Chinese occupiers. Realizing that the impending battle would result in a bloodbath and his own capture, the young Dalai Lama began planning an audacious escape to India, a two-week journey.

Emprender el vuelo significa volverse poderoso, crecer, levantarse, moverse con la cara en alto. Por eso ¡Emprende el vuelo! representa para sus lectoras un compromiso a no renunciar, a seguir adelante a pesar de los obstáculos y las dudas. Es un trato con ellas mismas para hacer lo que sea necesario y alcanzar sus sueños financieros.

Léna decide dejarlo todo y emprende un viaje al golfo de Bengala. Perseguida por los fantasmas del pasado, no encuentra un poco de paz hasta que se acerca a nadar a las aguas del Índico, donde una niña juega con una cometa todas las mañanas. Un día, a punto de ahogarse arrastrada por la corriente, Léna sobrevive milagrosamente gracias al aviso de la pequeña y la intervención de la Red Brigade. Agradecida, se pone en contacto con la niña. Nunca ha ido a la escuela y se ha encerrado en un mutismo absoluto. ¿Qué esconde su silencio? ¿Cuál es su historia?