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De la galardonada y exitosa autora Elizabeth Chadwick llega una épica historia de amor ambientada en la alta caballería, la guerra mortal, la devastadora peste y la feroz rivalidad del siglo XIV: la primera de dos partes que narra la extraordinaria historia de una mujer que pasó de ser una rebelde real a convertirse en reina sin corona.

1338. Inglaterra le ha declarado la guerra a Francia, y Jeanette de Kent, prima del rey Eduardo III, se despide de su familia para acompañar a la corte real al otro lado del mar.

En Amberes, en medio de intrigas palaciegas y de las obligaciones que conlleva su rango, conoce al valiente caballero Thomas Holland, de quien se enamora perdidamente. Aunque ambos saben que su amor está prohibido, la pasión que sienten es tan grande que deciden casarse en secreto. Pero antes de poder revelar su unión, Thomas es enviado a la guerra y, en su ausencia, Jeanette es obligada a contraer un segundo matrimonio, convirtiéndose así en la pieza clave de un juego de poder donde otros quieren controlar su destino. Cuando Thomas regresa, la verdadera batalla comienza. Con prácticamente toda su familia en contra, los desafiantes amantes harán todo por volver a estar juntos, sin importar el costo.

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From award-winning and bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick comes an epic love story set against the backdrop of high chivalry, deadly war, devastating plague, and fierce rivalry in the 14th century: the first of two parts that tells the extraordinary tale of a woman who rose from royal rebel to become a queen without a crown.

1338. England has declared war on France, and Jeanette of Kent, cousin to King Edward III, bids farewell to her family as she joins the royal court across the sea.

In Antwerp, amidst palace intrigues and the duties of her rank, she meets the brave knight Thomas Holland, with whom she falls deeply in love. Though they both know their love is forbidden, their passion is so strong that they secretly marry. But before they can reveal their union, Thomas is sent to war, and in his absence Jeanette is forced into a second marriage, becoming a key piece in a power struggle where others seek to control her fate. When Thomas returns, the true battle begins. With nearly her entire family against them, the defiant lovers will risk everything to be together, no matter the cost.

El primer libro que revela cómo las hormonas del estrés tienen relación con los picos de insulina, cómo influyen en nuestra salud y bienestar, y qué podemos hacer al respecto.

¿Por qué nos estresamos y cómo podemos cambiarlo?

Mucho más que el cortisol es una exploración revolucionaria sobre la ciencia del estrés y su impacto en la salud. El investigador Richard Mackenzie y el periodista Peter Walker unen fuerzas para explicar cómo las hormonas del estrés afectan nuestro metabolismo, peso, fertilidad y riesgo de enfermedades como la diabetes tipo 2.

A través de estudios científicos de vanguardia y sorprendentes historias reales, el libro revela cómo el estrés no es solo una cuestión de actitud, sino una respuesta biológica influida por el entorno, el trabajo y las desigualdades sociales. Mucho más que el cortisol desmonta mitos, como la idea de que el ejercicio HIIT y las dietas bajas en carbohidratos siempre son beneficiosos, y demuestra cómo, en realidad, pueden aumentar los niveles de cortisol y provocar efectos adversos.

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The first book to reveal how stress hormones are linked to insulin spikes, how they influence our health and well-being, and what we can do about it.

Why do we get stressed, and how can we change it?

Mucho más que el cortisol is a groundbreaking exploration of the science of stress and its impact on health. Researcher Richard Mackenzie and journalist Peter Walker join forces to explain how stress hormones affect our metabolism, weight, fertility, and risk of diseases such as type 2 diabetes.

Through cutting-edge scientific studies and surprising real-life stories, the book reveals how stress is not just a matter of attitude, but a biological response shaped by environment, work, and social inequalities. Mucho más que el cortisol debunks myths, such as the belief that HIIT exercise and low-carb diets are always beneficial, showing instead how they can raise cortisol levels and trigger adverse effects.

Following Jesus Beyond Church Walls

A Catalyst for Your Spiritual Growth

Chantal Morales McKinney

What happens to faith when the institutions meant to sustain it fail?

In Following Jesus Beyond Church Walls, ordained Episcopal priest Chantal Morales McKinney offers a searching memoir of spiritual reckoning from inside a progressive Christian community that could not live up to its own values. As cracks appear in the church's moral and relational foundations, she confronts painful historical questions about power, accountability, and the limits of institutional belonging.

Rather than walking away from Christianity, McKinney turns the church's failure into an invitation-one that leads her beyond institutional limits toward an expansive understanding of Jesus' teaching: "Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there with them." Beyond church walls, she begins to imagine a way of following Jesus grounded in relationship, moral courage, and presence rather than hierarchy or institutional authority.

Drawing on Christian mysticism, the Divine Feminine, contemplative practice, immersion in the natural world, and her own pastoral formation, McKinney reimagines what faith can look like when institutions fail. Structured around the spiritual arc of Root, Thrive, and Soar, this deeply moving memoir is both an exposé of the limits of even the most inclusive churches and a blueprint for building faith and community beyond them. Following Jesus Beyond Church Walls offers hope to those who have been harmed or disillusioned by religious institutions but still hunger for meaning, connection, and a faith that can survive the truth.

About the Author

Chantal McKinney is a mystic Christian and visionary, a faith-based entrepreneur, nationwide speaker, coach, and consultant for a wide diversity of churches, faith communities, and non-profits. She is the founder of Root Thrive Soar, the Founding Pastor for Christ's Beloved Community, and the founder of Contemporary Mystics Publishing. She has established supportive networks and circles for women affected by harm in the church and for spiritually expansive individuals. Originally ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, she now continually strives to be God's priest, with a particular heart for the millions of people who are in exile and on the margins of church. She lives in North Carolina with her family. Learn more at chantalmckinney.com, rootthrivesoar.com, and contemporarymysticspublishing.com.

Elana Allard has been relentlessly, desperately drawn to the well since she was a child. Even in her sleep, she walks toward the final resting place of the shadow eating creature who lies at the bottom.

Her family has kept her safe, ensuring she's lashed to her bed each night, leather cuffs tight around her ankles. They wish she'd marry a man who could keep her in bed, but Elana has never felt the spark of love the bards sing about with any man she's met.

When a once in a century storm cracks the stone off the well, Elana's desire to go there carves her out. She hungers, growing pale and sick, until at last she relents and goes to the well on her own.

There she finds the monster isn't what she'd thought it was. The Darkness-Nessa-wants what many young women want: a nice place to stay, a nice dress to wear, and a trip into town with Elana.

And Elana feels things with Nessa that she's never felt for a man. Most of all, she realizes there is no cure for the force that drew her toward the well. Toward the monster.

Toward the darkness.

With her brother's suspicions plaguing her every move and the threat of banishment from her family to marry a man chosen for her, Elana must choose: a normal life that will keep her a prisoner forever, or a monstrous love unlike anything she's ever felt that will ensure her alienation from everyone and everything she's ever known.

"Be Better Broken: In Service to Liberation" is a vital essay collection and guide for everyone resisting fascism. It recognizes and honors those on the front lines as traumatized people doing work that further traumatizes us as we yearn for transformation. This book is call to claim responsibility for our lives and our roles in building a collectively liberated world. By providing practical steps and deep insight it transforms our shared pain into a foundation for action.

Private Investigator Hadley Cooper has a knack for finding trouble-and this time, it's wearing pearls.

Life on Sullivan's Island is about as close to bliss as it gets-bike rides at sunrise, cases that don't make headlines, and a romance with SLED agent Cash Reynolds that's finally on solid ground. They have one ironclad rule: never work the same case.

When a wealthy Charleston socialite turns up dead, Cash charges her housekeeper, Bridget Donovan, with murder. But the young single mother has a formidable ally in Carolyn Talbot, a local matriarch who implores Hadley to help. Hadley's heart overrides her head, and her agreement with Cash is gone like confetti in a hurricane.

Soon she's wading through a tangle of suspects-blue bloods with deadly secrets, her client's scheming ex-monster-in-law, and the greatest unknown country singer in Nashville. But Hadley's also grappling with a mystery closer to home-one that will shake everything she thought she knew about her family.

To find justice for Bridget, Hadley will have to risk her heart, her life-and maybe her grip on reality.

Uncertainty Advantage fundamentally reframes how leaders should think about disruption, arguing that uncertainty is the primary source of competitive advantage in modern markets. When crises emerge, value doesn't disappear; it redistributes to those who detect shifts earlier, decide faster, and act while competitors are still in analysis paralysis.

Drawing from real-world wins across various industries, Lynch exposes the fatal flaw that traditional risk management can breed inefficiency. When supply chains collapse, cyberattacks hit, or pandemics strike, defensive leaders hunker down while market winners do the opposite - they pounce.

The book bridges the gap between C-suite strategy and operational execution, dismantling the "minimize and protect" mindset that's killing competitive advantage for most Fortune 500 companies. Lynch reveals the systems, data infrastructure, and decision-making principles, that turn concurrent and relentless threats into profit opportunities while competitors play catch-up.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyi comes an epic and daring novel that imagines an alternate version of 1960s India that was never liberated from the British, and a young woman's struggle to change the tides of history.

"This is the kind of fiction we need more of."--R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel

A WASHINGTON POST AND ELLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Kalki Divekar grows up a daughter of Kingston--a city the British built on the ashes of Bombay. The older generation, including her father, have been lost to the brutal hunt for rebels. Young men are drafted to fight wars they will never return from. And the people of her city are more interested in fighting one another than facing their true oppressors.

When tragedy strikes close to home, Kalki begins to play a dangerous game with small acts of resistance, tempered by cautious, level-headed Yashu and fortified by Fauzia, whose dreams of the future awaken Kalki's heart. Together, they found Kingston's new independence movement, obtaining jobs working for the British while secretly planning to destroy the empire from the inside out. But one wrong move means certain death, and when facing threats from all quarters, Kalki must decide whether it's more important to be a hero or to survive.

Set over the course of a decade and told as ten moments from Kalki's life that mirror the Dashavatara, the ten avatars of Vishnu, Ten Incarnations of Rebellion is a sweeping, deeply felt speculative novel of empowerment, friendship, self-determination, and the true meaning of freedom.

Winner of the Irish Book of the Year

Shortlisted for the Nero Novel of the Year

From one of the most acclaimed Irish writers today, a new novel about smalltown Ireland that explores a community on the mend and the power of love and trauma to both bring people together and divide them

"I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise. . ."

In a small town in Ireland, the local people have weathered the storm of economic collapse and now look to the future: The jobs are back, the dramas of the past seemingly lulled, and although the town bears the scars of its history, new stories have begun to unfold.

But an insidious menace now creeps through back-alley shadows and into the lives of the townspeople. Old grudges fester and new ones arise. Young people are lured by the promise of fast money while the generation above them tries to hold back the tide of an enemy beyond their control. And the peace of this town is about to be shattered in an unimaginable way.

A stunning, lyrical novel told in twenty-one voices, Heart, Be at Peace reveals a community that together looks to overcome the betrayals, secrets, and grudges that can divide families, neighbors, and entire generations.

Descubre los misterios ocultos de los hombres que acompañaron a Jesús: un viaje en el tiempo lleno de revelaciones sorprendentes y enigmas históricos.

¿Quiénes intentaron robar la cabeza de san Pedro en el Vaticano? ¿Cómo se descubrió la tumba y la casa del «Príncipe de los Apóstoles»? ¿Dónde se veneran hoy la falange del dedo índice del incrédulo Tomás y el brazo amputado de Judas Tadeo? ¿A qué discípulo corresponden, en realidad, parte de los restos conservados en la Catedral de Santiago de Compostela?

Por increíble que parezca, los Doce Apóstoles de Jesús y las circunstancias que los rodean siguen siendo todavía muy desconocidos. Con su acostumbrado rigor y amenidad, y tras una ímproba labor de investigación para alumbrar importantes pasajes del Evangelio, José María Zavala nos adentra desde la primera a la última página en una especie de máquina del tiempo a través de la cual podremos contemplar, como si hubiésemos estado allí, las apasionantes vidas de los Apóstoles que acompañaron a Jesús.

Tras el éxito de Últimas noticias de Jesús, el autor nos brinda ahora un fascinante retrato humano de los Doce elegidos.

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Discover the hidden mysteries of the men who accompanied Jesus: a journey through time filled with surprising revelations and historical enigmas.

Who tried to steal the head of Saint Peter in the Vatican? How was the tomb and house of the "Prince of the Apostles" discovered? Where are the relics of the doubting Thomas's finger and the amputated arm of Judas Thaddeus venerated today? To which disciple do some of the remains kept in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela truly belong?

Incredibly, the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and the circumstances surrounding them remain largely unknown. With his usual rigor and engaging style, and after an immense research effort to shed light on important passages of the Gospel, José María Zavala takes us from the first to the last page on a kind of time machine through which we can witness, as if we had been there ourselves, the fascinating lives of the Apostles who accompanied Jesus.

Following the success of Últimas noticias de Jesús, the author now offers a captivating human portrait of the Twelve chosen ones.

Fate bends to no one except the cursed.

The King

The safety of his kingdom has been the highest priority for Cethin since the moment he was born, but he's been on the throne less than a year when new threats find their way to his lands. Past sacrifices mean nothing if he can't figure out what is hunting his people. Desperate to protect his kingdom but also free Avonleya from the curse that keeps them locked away from the rest of realm, he'll do anything to ensure his people know peace. Even if that means being a villain in one story to be a savior in another.

The Queen

When Kailia steps in to save the Avonleyan king from certain death, she never expected to be punished for it. Then again, maybe she's being punished for accidentally stabbing him a few weeks later. Whatever the reason, she suddenly finds herself forced into a marriage and onto a throne. But she's not from here. She's from across the sea where the Avonleyan king is only whispered about. Wicked. Cursed. Cruel. That's fine. She can be all those things too, and she'll have to be to get what she came to the kingdom for. She lives for the hunt, and she's never the prey.

The Dragon

Avonleya is the only real home he's ever known, but Razik Greybane is loyal to the kingdom that loves the night, not the arrogant king who sits on the throne. Content with his books and solitude, he only cares for two people: his uncle and the female Fae who can sustain his magic. When his uncle assigns him to be the new queen's personal guard, Razik agrees. Sure, it's mainly to figure out the new queen's ulterior motives, but if he can use the opportunity to undermine Cethin, he'll take that too. It's only fair when he's the reason Razik was abandoned to this realm and cursed to forever fight a destiny he doesn't want, until he realizes the Fates just might be more involved than they ever realized.

The night harbors more than shadows.

What if the next phase of economic growth is not driven by a single innovation, but by how everything connects?

This book introduces the concept of the Nexus company ecosystem, a new framework for understanding and shaping the future of business, labor, and economic policy. At its core is the idea that productivity, opportunity, and long-term growth depend not only on individual industries or technologies, but on how effectively they are coordinated.

Rather than focusing on economic decline or inequality alone, this work offers a constructive and forward-looking alternative. It outlines how businesses, governments, and workers can align through emerging models that integrate advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence with evolving workforce systems, education pathways, and infrastructure development. Nexus companies act as the central connectors in this system, linking talent, capital, and opportunity in ways that increase efficiency and unlock new forms of value creation.

The book also introduces innovative financial structures such as Special Infrastructure Investment Vehicles, designed to attract private capital into critical infrastructure while improving execution and long-term returns. These mechanisms, combined with policy frameworks and workforce development strategies, provide a practical roadmap for revitalizing economic growth.

Drawing on real-world experience across multiple industries, the author presents a systems-level perspective on how economic evolution can be guided rather than passively experienced. The result is a pragmatic yet hopeful vision of the future, one in which technological advancement enhances human potential instead of displacing it.

For business leaders, policymakers, economists, and anyone concerned about the direction of the modern economy, this book offers both insight and direction. It is a call to actively shape the next era of economic development, ensuring that growth is not only sustained but broadly shared.

The Guide to Medical Education in the Teaching Hospital 6th edition provides an overview of 39 impactful topics across the medical education continuum. Bridging print and practice, it serves as both a reference and a practical toolkit-making information easier to find, apply, and update as the field undergoes continuous evolution.

The Guide features role-based content and online tools and supports just-in-time learning, professional development, and accreditation-aligned practice. Created for today's medical education leaders, the Guide is a trusted, practical resource designed to help readers quickly translate guidance into action across the ever-changing landscape of graduate medical education.

Authors include thought leaders from across the medical education spectrum, including the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), the Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME), and many other professionals in the field.

A BOOK RIOT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

A ground-breaking history delivered in a refreshing new voice, Queer Enlightenments details eleven overlooked stories of eighteenth-century queer people who lived extraordinary lives of resistance and joy

Queer people have always existed. In an era when this basic truth faces undue scrutiny, here is a dazzling work of restorative history that reveals the hard-won lives of those who dared to break the mold in the "long eighteenth-century." At once an illuminating romp through the historical archive and an evocative new chapter in our shared history, Dr. Anthony Delaney's Queer Enlightenments uncovers the remarkable queer people of that complex, sometimes paradoxical time.

Unfolding between 1726 and 1836, Queer Enlightenments is a lively journey through the taverns, prisons, and cruising grounds of a bygone era and into the lives of aristocrats, tradesmen, and sex workers who pursued self-expression and freedom no matter the risk. In London, Mother Clap's famous Holborn coffee house is open to all comers, a place of companionship and community, until a tip-off leads to a midnight raid. At the court of King George, a silver-tongued noblewoman remarked of one of Queen Caroline's confidants, "The world consists of men, women, and Herveys." And in New York, a Black sex worker endures a degrading trial that labels her the "Man-Monster"--but between the lines of its transcripts can be found traces of her life, one of acceptance, defiance, and indomitable spirit.

Peopled with female husbands, midnight elopements, and one unforgettable soldier/diplomat/spy of ambiguous gender, Queer Enlightenments delves into the archives and emerges with new discoveries and a fresh view of the people who challenged society's expectations.

27 personal histories of immigrant restaurant workers in New York City whose stories of persistence, hope, and endurance show how vital they are to our country

Compiled by a longtime chef who knows how indispensable--and fascinating--they are

Immigrants play an essential role in the growth, resiliency, and overall success of the food industry. In an age of rising anti-immigrant rhetoric, their voices must be heard.

"Restaurants as we know them in the US would not exist without immigrant labor," begins Marc Meyer's preface to this unique collection. With these words, Meyer makes clear his commitment to centering the voices of the staff members who make his restaurants possible.

All of the contributors came to New York from another part of the world--Mexico, Bangladesh, Ivory Coast, and beyond--and all found their foothold in the restaurant industry. Among them are:

- Angel V., an openly gay dissident lawyer from Venezuela who survived two kidnappings before coming to the US

- Islam, from Bangladesh, who worked as a runner and expeditor and is now building his own mosque in Jamaica, Queens

- Carlha, a Dominican sous-chef at Shuka who still makes rice the way her father taught her when she was a child

Their stories are a window into the staggering range of life experiences that immigrant workers carry with them. They are by turns funny, dark, poignant, surprising, and relatable. Most of all, they deserve our respect and our solidarity.

All author proceeds from the book will be distributed evenly among the contributors.