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Una secuela brillante y deliciosa de una de las obras maestras de la literatura. El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyl y Mr. Hyde continúa.

En 1617 la monja Magdalena Muñoz, de veintiocho años de edad, se convierte de improviso en hombre como resultado de un accidente. No es la única monja soldado en la España del siglo XVII, tan proclive a los prodigios, pero sí el sorprendente caso de un hermafrodita que llegó a escribir su propia biografía. Su vida sufrirá a partir de ese momento una metamorfosis parecida, que le llevará del recogimiento de los muros del convento de Santa María Coronada de Úbeda al estrépito guerrero de las campañas de Nápoles y Flandes, bajo el reinado de Felipe III. A partir de los documentos...

Fresh out of college in the summer of 1961, Happy lands his first job as a graphic designer (okay, art assistant) at a small Connecticut advertising agency populated by a cast of endearing eccentrics. Life for Happy seems to be -- well, happy. But when he's assigned to design a newspaper ad recruiting participants for an experiment in the Yale Psychology Department, Happy can't resist responding to the ad himself. Little does he know that the experience will devastate him, forcing a reexamination of his past, his soul, and the nature of human cruelty -- chiefly, his own. Written in sharp,...

When the ambitions of two former friends clash, a much-loved, small-town community school could become the casualty. Sprucedale Community School principal Joyce Stone has dedicated her career to revitalizing struggling, small-town schools, but now, her career bucket list is empty. Retirement is the next step, or so she thinks, until an unexpected opportunity at the esteemed Silver Heights Preparatory School changes her plans. Former trust fund baby Vanessa Landry is desperately trying to climb her way back up the social ladder after shunning her family's fortune to become a schoolteacher's...