NOVEDADES

Extraordinaria autobiografía vital e intelectual de uno de los grandes filósofos de nuestro tiempo. Daniel Dennett, preeminente filósofo y científico cognitivo, dedicó su larga carrera a descifrar los misterios más espinosos y fundamentales de la mente. ¿Tenemos libre albedrío? ¿Qué es la conciencia y cómo surgió? ¿Qué distingue la mente humana de la de los animales? Sus respuestas han marcado profundamente nuestra era de pensamiento filosófico. He estado pensando traza el desarrollo del intelecto del propio Dennett y nos instruye sobre cómo podemos convertirnos cada uno de nosotros en buenos pensadores. La incesante curiosidad de Dennett le lleva de su infancia en Beirut y las aulas de Harvard, Oxford y Tufts, a «cruceros cognitivos» en veleros, a los campos de Maine, y a grupos de reflexión de todo el mundo. Por el camino, se encuentra y debate con una serie de pensadores legendarios ―Douglas Hofstadter, Marvin Minsky, Gilbert Ryle, Stephen Jay Gould, entre otros― y revela los avances y errores de juicio que dieron forma a sus teorías. Pensar, sostiene Dennett, es difícil y arriesgado. De hecho, todo buen pensamiento filosófico va acompañado de desconcierto y solo cuando nos equivocamos encontramos, muy de vez en cuando, la manera de acertar.

¡Héctor no puede creerlo! Todas las gemas del planeta están desapareciendo y resulta que él es el único que puede salvar al mundo de la gran catástrofe: ¡que un terrible agujero negro los engulla a todos! Y, por supuesto, ¡Héctor no va a permitir que eso ocurra! Él y la detective Lupón unirán sus fuerzas para atrapar al ladrón de las gemas en una aventura sin precedentes y llena de peligros. Pero solo podrán conseguir su objetivo CON TU AYUDA.

An orphan. An outcast. A prince. And a killer who will bring an empire to its knees. Growing up in the Kegari slums, AIZ has seen her share of suffering. An old tragedy fuels her need for vengeance, but it is love of her people that propels her. Until one hot-headed mistake lands her in an inescapable prison, where the embers of her wrath ignite. Banished from her tribe for an unforgiveable crime, SIRSHA is a down-on-her-luck tracker who speaks to the earth, air, and water to trace her marks. Destitute, she agrees to hunt down a killer who has murdered children across the Empire. All she has to do is carry out the job and get paid. But then, she falls for a charismatic and inconvenient fugitive who keeps getting in her way. QUIL is the crown prince of the Empire, nephew of a famed and venerated empress, but he’s loathe to pick up the mantle when his aunt steps down. As the son of the most hated emperor in the history of his people, he, better than anyone, understands that power corrupts. When a vicious new enemy threatens the survival of the Empire, Quil must ask himself if he can rise above his tragic lineage and be the heir his people need. Beloved storyteller Sabaa Tahir masterfully interweaves the lives of three young people as they grapple with the burdens of power, the treachery of love and the devastating consequences of unchecked greed. Get ready for a dark and breathless journey that will captivate readers and that may cost these young people their lives―and their hearts. Literally.

Life is full of twists and turns you never see coming. But what if you did? The plane is jam-packed. Every seat is taken. So of course the flight is delayed! Flight attendant Allegra Patel likes her job—she’s generally happy with her life, even if she can’t figure out why she hooks up with a man she barely speaks to—but today is her twenty-eighth birthday. She can think of plenty of things she’d rather be doing than placating a bunch of grumpy passengers. There’s the well-dressed man in seat 4C who is compulsively checking his watch, desperate not to miss his eleven-year-old daughter’s musical. Further back, a mother of two is frantically trying to keep her toddler entertained and her infant son quiet. How did she ever think being a stay-at-home mom would be easier than being a lawyer? Ethan is lost in thought; he’s flying back from his first funeral. A young couple has just gotten married; she’s still wearing her wedding dress. An emergency room nurse is looking forward to traveling the world once she retires in a few years, it’s going to be so much fun! If they ever get off the tarmac. . . .

Celaena Sardothien ha sobrevivido a mortíferos combates y a la demoledora experiencia del desamor, pero a un costo indescriptible. Ahora debe viajar a una nueva tierra para enfrentar su más oscuro pasado, una verdad sobre su historia que podría darle un vuelco a su vida, y a su futuro, para siempre. Mientras tanto, brutales y monstruosas fuerzas se van reuniendo en el horizonte e intentan esclavizar su mundo. Para derrotarlos, Celaena debe hallar la fortaleza no solo para combatir a sus propios demonios internos, sino para vencer al mal que está a punto de desencadenarse.