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"Misteriosas puertas con tiradores en forma de lagartija, figuras de piedra parlantes y una niñera enloquecida con un hacha en la mano... Últimamente, los sueños de Liv Silber son bastante inquietantes. Sobre todo uno de ellos le preocupa muchísimo. En ese sueño se encuentra en un cementerio, de noche, observando a cuatro chicos que llevan a cabo un sombrío ritual. Los chicos guardan una relación muy real con la vida de Liv, puesto que Grayson...

Upon the empire's fall to invading conquistadors, the sixteenth-century Incas quickly concealed a sacred manual containing the secrets behind their deadly fighting technique. But after centuries of careful safeguarding, the manual is again at risk of falling into the wrong hands, leaving its rightful guardian to battle the world's greatest assassins to protect the ancient secrets within.

Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

Ese alumno nuevo siempre perfecto, inmaculado, de correcta presencia y cortesía. Ese alumno nuevo puntual y dedicado. Ese alumno nuevo, que nunca se equivoca, esconde (tiene que esconder) algún secreto. Pasan los años y el alumno nuevo vuelve una y otra vez, a sexto grado. Casi igual, un poco despeinado, un cordón desatado... Un alumno nuevo que nos enseña que siempre hay algo más que aprender.

The very same day Amanda Black turns thirteen, she receives a mysterious letter that will change her life. And in such a way. After living in squalor, she and her aunt Paula now move to a colossal and labyrinthine manor that has been in the Black family for generations. On top of that, Amanda's body begins to manifest unsuspected abilities, and she learns she must take over a gripping, secret, and dangerous family legacy, for which she must immediately...

Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and her domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost. Her magical summer begins when she meets Jesse Tuck. Jesse is full of life and adventure and Winnie falls in love. The Tuck family has a powerful secret-- a spring that holds the magic of everlasting life. Now Winnie must choose whether she wants to live life as she knows it or drink from the spring.

Gato lives with his teenage daughter Emma and a small group of people, including Sombra, on an isolated farm without telephones or internet. But Emma, tempted by curiosity, runs away into town one day to attend a carnival, and gets her hands on a mobile phone. After she uploads a video of herself to the internet, Emma is contacted by a mysterious woman named Celia who claims to be her long-lost mother. What follows is a mystical tale of family, identity--and...

Alexandra Boyd, una joven estadounidense, viaja a Sofia con la esperanza de que una nueva vida en el extranjero apacigue el dolor que siente por la perdida de su hermano. Poco despues de llegar a esta hermosa ciudad del este de Europa, Alexandra ayuda a una pareja de ancianos a subir a un taxi y se queda accidentalmente con una de sus bolsas. Dentro, hay una caja de madera con un nombre: Stoyan Lazarov. Se trata de una urna con cenizas humanas. Alexandra...

"Tras recibir una extraña carta de su prima recién casada, Noemí Taboada se dirige a High Place, una casa en el campo en México, sin saber qué encontrará allí. Noemí no parece tender dotes de salvadora: es glamurosa, más acostumbrada a asistir a cócteles que a las tareas de detective. Pero también es fuerte, inteligente, y no tiene miedo: ni del nueve marido de su prima, un inglés amenazante y seductor; ni de su padre, el antiguo patriacra...

Fired from his telecom job, Adam Cassidy is forced by company CEO Nicolas Wyatt to infiltrate Wyatt's longtime rival's company to steal trade secrets. Soon, Adam realizes that he's caught between two ruthless players who will stop at nothing to win. But, desperate to win over an Ivy League beauty and help his blue-collar father, Adam risks everything in a dangerous race against time.