Serpientes y escaleras

Hercules, son of the god Zeus and a mortal woman, renowned for his great strength, performs twelve dangerous tasks to atone for an attack on his wife and children.

«Si buscas personajes incansables y entretenimiento al cien por cien, necesitas leer a Parker.» JANET EVANOVICH Cuando April Kyle, serena, madura y guapísima, entra en el despacho de Spenser, el detective tarda unos minutos en reconocer a su antigua cliente. Convertida en madame y bien situada, ahora April gestiona una empresa de prostitutas de lujo en el barrio bostoniano de Back Bay. Su negocio, en el que sólo participan mujeres, parece prosperar, pero sus problemas empiezan cuando unos hombres quieren arrebatárselo. Años después de haberla ayudado a empezar una nueva vida, Spenser...

Who were the earliest Americans? When, how, and from where did they enter and spread across the continent? And what is their relationship to modern Native Americans? Anthropologists develop theories to answer these questions based on the evidence they discover. Their theories—and the discoveries that prove and disprove them—are highlighted in this fascinating volume, full of awe-inspiring facts and incredible breakthroughs. Readers will feel like anthropologists and archaeologists themselves as they read about bones and artifacts, and what they reveal about the ancient cultures that roamed...

Entering a city oppressed by a High Epic despot is risky, but David's willing to gamble. Because killing Steelheart left a hole in David's heart. A hole where his thirst for vengeance once lived. Somehow, he filled that hole with another Epic--Firefight. And now he will go on a quest darker and even more dangerous than the fight against Steelheart to find her.