LA TIERRA, TAL CUAL LA CONOCEMOS, DEJARÁ DE EXISTIR. El joven y famoso actor Gael Ryan verá cambiar su mundo por completo cuando se enamore de la bella Yseut -proveniente del lejano planeta Éter- y descubra que la Tierra, tal como la conocemos, desaparecerá para siempre. La Savia, una sustancia de origen desconocido capaz de modificar la constitución genética y provocar alteraciones biológicas, está llegando a la Tierra. Dada su condición de líder nato, Gael deberá partir hacia el mundo etéreo durante el punto máximo del próximo eclipse terrestre, pues Yseut le asegura que de ese viaje dependerá el destino de toda la humanidad. Pero Lara, representante artística de Gael y su mejor amiga desde la infancia, sin siquiera sospecharlo, va a jugar un papel fundamental en la inminente invasión.

Los híbridos están entre nosotros. La Tierra ha cambiado. Los humanos han cambiado. Los híbridos ya están aquí. El jefe nixo Norkam, junto a la híbrida-humana Leiana y su guerrero Cyan, rigen el nuevo mundo. Yseut y Gael huyen para reunirse con Hugo, el padre del joven, y poder cumplir con su misión en el planeta Éter. En el camino rescatarán a Jano, un adolescente de dieciocho años quien, junto con el aguerrido León, formará parte del creciente grupo de humanos «normales»; ellos intentarán resistir el cambio generado por los nixos, planeando la destrucción de los «distintos». Pero todo puede estallar por los aires cuando Gael descubra la verdadera identidad de Leiana.

THE EARTH, AS WE KNOW IT, WILL NO LONGER EXIST. The young and famous actor Gael Ryan is about to see his world completely changed when he falls in love with the beautiful Yseut, from the distant planet Aether, and learns that the Earth, as we know it, will disappear forever. The Savia, a substance of unknown origin capable of modifying the genetic constitution and causing biological alterations, is coming to our planet. Given his Natural Leader condition, Gael must leave to the Aethereal world during the maximum point of the next Terrestrial eclipse. Yseut assures him that the fate of the Humanity will depend on it. But Lara, his agent and closest friend since his childhood, is going to play a paramount role in the imminent invasion, without even suspecting it...

HYBRID ARE AMONG US Earth has changed. Humans are Changed. Now Hybrids are here. The Nixo Chief Norkam, along with the hybrid-human Leiana and her Warrior Cyan, rule the new world. Yseut and Gael run away in order to reunite with Hugo, his father, and accomplish their mission in the planet Aether. On the way, they will rescue a 18-year-old boy called Jano who, together with the seasoned Leon, will take part of the growing group of «Normal» humans; they will try to resist the Change created by the Nixos planning the destruction of the «Distinct» people. But everything could blow up when Gael discovers Leiana's true identity?

The dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961, was one of the longest and bloodiest in Latin American history. The Dictator’s Seduction is a cultural history of the Trujillo regime as it was experienced in the capital city of Santo Domingo. Focusing on everyday forms of state domination, Lauren Derby describes how the regime infiltrated civil society by fashioning a “vernacular politics” based on popular idioms of masculinity and fantasies of race and class mobility. Derby argues that the most pernicious aspect of the dictatorship was how it appropriated quotidian practices such as gossip and gift exchange, leaving almost no place for Dominicans to hide or resist. Drawing on previously untapped documents in the Trujillo National Archives and interviews with Dominicans who recall life under the dictator, Derby emphasizes the role that public ritual played in Trujillo’s exercise of power. His regime included the people in affairs of state on a massive scale as never before. Derby pays particular attention to how events and projects were received by the public as she analyzes parades and rallies, the rebuilding of Santo Domingo following a major hurricane, and the staging of a year-long celebration marking the twenty-fifth year of Trujillo’s regime. She looks at representations of Trujillo, exploring how claims that he embodied the popular barrio antihero the tíguere (tiger) stoked a fantasy of upward mobility and how a rumor that he had a personal guardian angel suggested he was uniquely protected from his enemies. The Dictator’s Seduction sheds new light on the cultural contrivances of autocratic power.

Superheroes have superpowers, abilities like strength or invisibility or flight. But did you know that ordinary kids have superpowers too? From dancing to reading to persistence and optimism, all of us have a superpower that makes us special and unique, a special ability that enables us to make a difference in the world. What's your superpower? With eighteen stories of kids with everyday superpowers, The Big Book of Superpowers will inspire kids to look inside and find what makes them extraordinary