El tictac del reloj de arena

Abi acude a la cita que recibe de una notaría creyendo que se trata de un error. Cuando se marcha, se da cuenta de que, sin pretenderlo, y, está involucrada en una delicada situación de la que no sabe cómo salir. Si toma una decisión precipitada, también afectará a Mike, que no tiene ni idea de que está a punto de perder una parte de la empresa por la que tanto ha luchado en su vida. Sea como sea, la imagen de Abigail ya se ha visto dañada, hasta el punto de que Mike no puede mirarla sin sentir odio y, aunque ella lo atrae mucho, no será capaz de reconocerlo por orgullo. ¿Será...

ALMOST OFFICIALFor the kids of the Neighborhood Watch, the final weeks of middle school are interminable. In the fall they will get to attend the Hero Academy, studying to become Just Cause superheroes. Their plans get derailed when police officers gun down an unarmed black man. Annalisa, aka La Capitána, gets video of them trying to cover up the killing.The incident leads to protests, which inevitably turn violent as emotions run high. The kids of the Neighborhood Watch do their best to calm things down and keep people civil, but situations escalate and people get hurt. How can a group of...

A young girl spends her summer vacation in a country house where a tiger roams...A man reading a mystery finds out too late that he is the murderer's victim... In the stories collected here—including Blow-Up, on which Antonioni based his film—Julio Cortazar explores the boundary where the everyday meets the mysterious, perhaps even the terrible. This is the most brilliant and celebrated book of short stories by a master of the form.

Mujeres en conquista es un poderoso poema de alabanza a la mujer y una obra de lectura vertiginosa que mantendrá al lector en el borde del asiento.