NOVEDADES

The tiki torch is lit, the hula dancers are ready, the stage is set. It's...Christmastime in Hawaii! Everett Green is a singing, dancing palm tree waiting for his big break. He dreams of being a star, yet has no idea how to make it happen--until he sees the Rockefeller Tree on TV. Determined to become the most famous Christmas tree ever, Everett is ready to hightail it out of Hawaii and make his big debut in the Big Apple. But it's not all clear skies for Everett when a New York snowstorm grounds his flight. Stuck in the airport with hundreds of disgruntled travelers, Everett must dig deep for holiday spirit if he wants to become a real Christmas tree!

They say never meet your idols. But nothing about digging up their deepest secrets. Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase has been a lifelong fan of country music legend Decklee Cassel, who’s as famous for her classic hits as she is for her partnership with songwriter Mickenlee Hooper. The same Mickenlee who mysteriously backed out of the limelight at the height of their careers, never to be heard from again. Now Decklee’s televised funeral marks the unveiling of her long-awaited time capsule. But when it’s revealed to be empty, a trail of scavenger-hunt clues unfolds, leading to a whopping cash prize for whoever finds the real capsule. Darren knows there’s a story there—and she’s going to be the one to break it. Even if it means a spontaneous road trip with her coworker Kendall. Flashback to 1963, when a young runaway Decklee has her sights set on fame and glory. As she claws her way to the top over the years that follow, it’s Mickenlee’s lyrics that help rocket her to stardom. But as their relationship evolves beyond the professional, it threatens everything Decklee has worked for. What else will she sacrifice to hold on to her dreams?

At a lavish party in the hills outside of San Francisco, Jin Han meets Lidija Jung and nothing will ever be the same for either woman. A brilliant young photographer, Jin is at a crossroads in her work, in her marriage to her college love Philip, and in who she is and who she wants to be. Lidija is an alluring, injured world-class ballerina on hiatus from her ballet company under mysterious circumstances. Drawn to each other by their intense artistic drives, the two women talk all night. Cracked open, Jin finds herself telling Lidija about an old familial curse, breaking a lifelong promise. She’s been told that if she doesn’t keep the curse a secret, she risks losing everything; death and ruin could lie ahead. As Jin and Lidija become more entangled, they realize they share more than the ferocity of their ambition, and begin to explore hidden desires. Something is ignited in Jin: her art, her body, and her sense of self irrevocably changed. But can she avoid the specter of the curse? Vital, bold, powerful, and deeply moving, Exhibit asks: how brightly can you burn before you light your life on fire?

Forty thousand years ago, humanity fled a dying Earth. Traveling in massive arkships, these brave pioneers spread out across the galaxy to find a new home. After traveling thousands of light-years, one fleet of arkships arrived at Centauri, a dense cluster of stars with a vast array of potentially habitable planets. The survivors of Earth signaled to the remaining arkships that humanity had finally found its new home among the stars. Thousands of years later, the Centauri Cluster has flourished. The original settlers have evolved into advanced beings known as Celestials and divided themselves into powerful Dominions. One of the most influential is that of the Crown Celestials, an alliance of five great houses that controls vast areas of Centauri. As arkships continue to arrive, the remaining humans and their descendants must fight for survival against overwhelming odds or be forced into serving the Crown Dominion.

Los argumentos libertarios suelen caer en falacias y pocas veces se pueden comprobar sus declaraciones en la realidad. Esta línea de pensamiento tiene una lógica interna que resuelve las problemáticas económicas y sociales con simplezas y reduccionismo. El poder de las ideas simples es mayúsculo, más en la era de las redes sociales. Sin embargo, cuando se profundiza en sus propuestas, es fácil notar las contradicciones, las imprecisiones y los errores.

¿Sabías que en la Franja de Caprivi, por solo 150 metros, no confluye la única cuádruple frontera del mundo? ¿Has recorrido alguna vez la vía verde de Vennbahn, una estrecha franja belga que atraviesa territorio alemán? ¿Has oído hablar de la isla Faisanes, cuyo territorio pertenece seis meses al año a España y los otros seis a Francia? Desde el imponente pico del monte Everest, que separa Nepal de China a 8.848 metros sobre el nivel del mar, hasta las demarcaciones que atraviesan ríos, montañas y desiertos, las fronteras son mucho más que simples líneas en el mapa. Este libro es un viaje lleno de fascinantes historias y anécdotas que desafía tu perspectiva del mundo moderno y te invita a explorar las historias increíbles que hay detrás de estas divisiones que moldean nuestro mundo. A través de mapas detallados, infografías e imágenes que capturan la esencia de cada frontera, este segundo libro ideado por el equipo de Un Mundo Inmenso nos sumerge en las historias desconocidas y los secretos ocultos detrás de cada línea trazada en la Tierra.