Calibre 39

50 extremely short (the longest is three pages) and dark tales. Astonishing transformations and unexpected twists take place: an angel, ill with acrophobia, cannot use his wings and must turn to other forms of transportation; a chess match between a mediocre worker and a tyrant boss changes into a medieval duel; a scientist decimates all the birds in the world while trying to record everything he can about these creatures' behavior. Some of Rubiano Vargas' tales are grouped by themes: five concern the art of writing. In "Sufrimiento" ("Suffering"), for instance, the Muse really exists and is...

Valentine, la segunda de las tres hermanas de una familia de origen italiano afincada en Nueva York, nunca ha sido considerada ni la más guapa, ni tampoco la más lista. Ella es, simplemente, lagraciosa. A sus treinta y tres años todos la presionan para que se case y funde una familia tradicional, pero Valentine se siente realizada con su vida, en la que la pasión que comparte con su fascinante abuela por la confección de zapatos de novia ocupa el primer lugar... hasta que se cruza en su vida un atractivo chef. Adriana Trigiani nos ofrece una deliciosa novela sobre las relaciones...

El cierre de la revista en la que trabajaba desencadena en una cincuentona periodista un sinfín de preguntas. ¿Qué pasa cuando el desempleo llega y no se es ni joven ni viejo? Cuando se tiene dos hijos que cuestionan y parece que la vida construida se desmorona. En esa encrucijada vital se encuentra Morena en el momento en que, sin siquiera buscarla y casi evitándola, llega a sus manos la punta de un iceberg de una sorprendente investigación: el incendio, aparentemente accidental, de un edificio estatal. ¿Será capaz de encarar esta investigación? ¿El peso del "deber periodístico"...

The latest novel from Sara Shepard, author of Reputation and the #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series. When the principal of an elite California preschool is attacked, three moms—who feel like outsiders among the school's manicured and ultra-wealthy community—must work together to uncover what she's hiding, figure out who's trying to frame them, and make sure their own secrets stay hidden. Andrea, Lauren, and Ronnie all see themselves as good, loving moms who are trying their best, but they each arrive at the Silver Swans preschool Welcome Breakfast with something to...

"-Macarena López-Roberts: I want to dust off the case and return my father to his rightful place. He had nothing to do with the murders, but he paid dearly to protect his friend Rafi Escobedo. -Angie Calero: Perhaps we will find things that you do not like." This is how this autofiction, fictionalized novel or true fiction begins. The Urquijo case has haunted her family for more than forty years. It is about time to find the formula to avail herself of her right to be forgotten and to erase more than 7,000 existing entries about Mauricio related to the crime of the Marquises - including a...