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In the enchanting backdrop of 1830s Spain, our narrator weaves a tale of unexpected encounters with two enigmatic figures the cunning thief Don José Navarro and the captivating Romani woman, Carmen. Little does he realize that their lives are destined to intertwine in a passionate and tumultuous romance, one that will ultimately lead to heart-wrenching tragedy. This timeless novella, penned in 1845, has inspired countless adaptations, including the renowned opera by Georges Bizet. - Summary by Mary Kay and Wikipedia

One of the many engineers that keep Beta, the city under the sea, running, Mira only wants to make her family proud and to prove herself worthy. She knows the mysterious city better than anyone and it's her dream to help it flourish. Then, on a solo job in an abandoned section of the city, she encounters a monster of legend: an undine, a dangerous merman from an ancient civilization, long forgotten.

Carmen es mas conocida en la version operatica y es una de las obras mas populares del genero, pero lo cierto es que la novela es un profundo retrato de una mujer que busca ante todo ser libre, sin ataduras, algo que era incompresible en el siglo XIX, cuando se hizo su creacion.

In die glutäugige Carmen, stolz und leidenschaftlich, verliebt sich Don José, bricht mit seinem bürgerlichen Leben und verlässt den Raum sozialer Normen...

Carmen - die Femme fatale, die verführerische Zigeunerin. Die gleichnamige Oper von Bizet gehört zu den meistgespielten Stücken der Operngeschichte. Grundlage für das weltberühmte Libretto war Mérimées 1847 erschienene Novelle. In ihr erzählt der Autor die Geschichte des Wächters Don José, der in einer Tabakmanufaktur in Sevilla auf die Zigeunerin Carmen trifft. Ihren Warnungen zum Trotz verliebt er sich in die schöne Vagabundin und ist ihr fortan verfallen.

Carmen, die nicht weit von mir hockte, ließ von Zeit zu Zeit ihre Kastagnetten knattern und trällerte halblaut vor sich hin. Dann rückte sie dicht an mich heran, wie wenn sie mir etwas ins Ohr flüstern wollte, und küsste mich zwei- oder dreimal. Ich ließ es unwillig geschehen. „Du bist eine Teufelin!“, sagte ich zu ihr. „Bin ich”, erwiderte sie mir.

Bizets feurig-tragische Oper Carmen wird mit großartigen Schauspielerstimmen, effektvollen Geräuschen und reichlich Original-Opern-Musik erzählt...

Set in Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, Gunsmoke aired on CBS Radio until June 1961. William Conrad starred as U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon, and he was joined by three other regulars: Howard McNear as "Doc" Charles Adams; Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell; and Parley Baer as Chester Proudfoot. This episode originally aired on May 31, 1952.

Forged in the eternal essence of bronze—aere perennius—the Odes of Horace encapsulate the pride, elegance, tragic whimsy, and epicurean tranquility of the Imperial Roman spirit. Memorizing just a few lines can serve as a powerful talisman, warding off the unwelcome clamor of the ordinary and the mundane. - John Cowper Powys (1916)

Lainey Taylor is being pushed to the brink by her alcoholic husband, Callum. Prone to hallucinations and erratic behavior, it’s only a matter of time before he puts Lainey’s life—and that of their daughter, Beatrix—in jeopardy. A divorce and full custody is out of the question. In Callum’s words: Over my dead body. Lainey’s sympathetic friend Adelaide has a wild solution. They’ll stage a haunting so convincing it will drive Callum out of Lainey’s life for good. Nothing too over the top: strange smells, noises in the walls, and flies unleashed along the windowsills.

He is a sinner and never a saint. His words drip with lust. His touch... sinful. That is what girls whisper after one night with him. He even has scratches to prove it. He is powerful, dangerous, and never backs down from a challenge. The pawn? The new girl. He can smell her innocent nature like a piranha smelling blood and won't be satisfied until he has a taste. The problem? He isn't the only one who wants it.

When Annie Valentine agrees to help her best friend Svetlana pull off a charity fashion show, she thinks it’ll be a breeze. After all, no one knows couture quite like Annie, so how hard can it be? Answer: very. With no venue, no clothes, and definitely no showstopper, Annie’s in danger of her first ever fashion fail. And just when the wardrobe rails are about to collapse, her family life does too. Daughter Lauren is home from New York with a broken heart, son Owen is off to university with an empty wallet, and Annie is hanging on by a thread.

Memoria del paladar es una novela que sigue a Macarena, una acreditada periodista de investigación en Barcelona, quien huye amenazada cuando se ve envuelta en un escándalo a Ciudad de México buscando una nueva vida. Tras la ruptura de su matrimonio, descubre nuevos horizontes y decide escribir una novela policíaca. Obligada a enfrentar sus miedos, la protagonista se verá envuelta en una historia en la que se entrelazan el misterio, los lugares y los objetos, que desembocará en un final inesperado y revelador.

Mina's well-ordered life is thrown into disarray when her father drops a bombshell on his deathbed: She has a brother she never knew of. Not only that, he is on his way to rescue her from the collapse of their school under a mountain of debts. A wild journey across country later, Mina finds herself thrown at the feet of the brutish William Nye, prize-fighter and owner of a disreputable inn, The Merry Harlot. Respectable Mina is appalled to find herself obliged to wed this surly stranger.

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Esta novela de Ana Castillo, autora aclamada por la crítica, es un juego de pasión, amor e independencia. Carmen la coja es la historia de una bailarina de Chicago físicamente impedida desafiando los estereotipos sociales. Carmen Santos inicia un romance con Manolo por el cual se definirá su vida.

Alles, was Eve Holdsworth will, ist Zeit mit ihrem Vater, seiner Frau und deren Katze zu verbringen und gemeinsam Halloween in der malerischen Kleinstadt Hemlock Grove im pazifischen Nordwesten feiern. Doch als der Moderator des Lokalradios vor dem Mikrofon Beleidigungen ausstößt und Bill Holdsworth über seine Leiche stolpert, wird Eves Vater zum Hauptverdächtigen. Eve wird nur allzu klar, dass sich hinter der Fassade von Golf, gutem Willen, Handarbeiten und Nachbarschaftssinn etwas Böses verbirgt.

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USA Today Bestseller First friends, then enemies . . . Lady Aurelia hasn't always hated Max, Viscount Camden, her brother's best friend. In fact, as a besotted girl, she thrived under his kind attention— sure that he was the most noble and handsome man in the land. Until her young heart...

Aus dem Zeitalter der Uniformität. Aus dem Zeitalter der Einsamkeit und des Doppeldenk. Aus dem Zeitalter des Big Brothers. Von mir, Winston Smith. Grüße. Es ist das Jahr 1984 und das Leben hat sich massiv verändert. Luftstützpunkt Nummer Eins, vormals bekannt als Großbritannien, ist ein Ort, den Big Brother ständig überwacht und wo sich niemand verstecken kann. Außer vielleicht Winston Smith. Während er im Ministerium für Wahrheit daran arbeitet, die Geschichte umzuschreiben, träumt er insgeheim von der Freiheit.