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When Isabel Cosgrove is informed by her father that he lost her hand in marriage while playing cards with Charles Galbraith—the gentleman she’s been admiring from a distance for years—she is filled with dismay. Charles Galbraith didn’t intend to become engaged as a result of a drunken wager at cards, but after the woman he loves spurns him, what does it matter whom he marries? But even Miss Cosgrove, the fiancée he won by wager, seems intent not to marry him—a fact that both relieves and piques him.

When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust…from bestselling author Isabel Cañas. In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiancé, Carlos, to his...

Joining us in the Audible Studios to talk about her latest book, Why We Get the Wrong Politicians, is political journalist Isabel Hardman. From beginning her career as a senior reporter for Inside Housing magazine, Isabel Hardman is now the assistant editor of The Spectator. Her latest book, Why We Get the Wrong Politicians, was published in 2018. Isabel Hardman talks to us about her latest title, her journalistic career to date and the world of Westminster.

“Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography, epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they are all quite wonderful.”—Los Angeles Times In this literary classic, New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende recalls the story of her beloved daughter and...

Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation.

FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar el audiolibro en español "Los 7 pasos para el éxito en el amor" escrito y narrado por Dra. Isabel Gomez-Bassols, anfitriona del programa popular de consejos en Univisión Radio y autora de otros títulos como "Los 7 pasos para ser más feliz" y "Los 7 pasos para el éxito en la vida" disponible también de FonoLibro. En "Los 7 pasos para el éxito en el amor," la Dra. Isabel te ofrece la guía imprescindible para lograr una relación de pareja feliz y sana en tan sólo siete pasos.

Figlia di tutti e di nessuno, Aurora del Valle cresce prima con i nonni materni, poi sotto la guida dell’anticonformista nonna paterna, Paulina del Valle, che le apre, quasi per caso, il mondo della fotografia. Con la passione della neofita, Aurora fissa al lampo di magnesio gruppi di famiglia, case, paesaggi, personaggi, finché non si rende conto di poter leggere attraverso questi “ritratti in seppia” non solo la realtà visibile ma anche le verità più riposte, i sentimenti più segreti.

En la Inglaterra del siglo XVI, marcada por guerras de religión, conspiraciones y amenazas exteriores, Isabel I asciende al trono con una certeza íntima: sobrevivir será su primera victoria. Entre la corte Tudor y el tablero europeo, construye un reinado basado en la prudencia, la inteligencia política y el dominio de la imagen, mientras enfrenta rivales como María Estuardo y el desafío de Felipe II.

Historica Isabel Casteels las duizenden beschrijvingen van terechtstellingen, geschreven door de aanwezigen zelf, en laat voor het eerst zien wat mensen er écht van vonden. In tegenstelling tot wat we denken, zag het publiek een executie niet als vermaak, maar als een serieuze en belangrijke zaak. Met een kritisch oog keek het volk naar wat zich op het schavot afspeelde. Het publiek was geen bloeddorstige menigte, maar vervuld van compassie met de veroordeelde.

FonoLibro se complace en presentar el audiolibro Los 7 pasos para ser Más Feliz de quien es conocida como el "Ángel de la radio" la Dra. Isabel Gomez-Bassols, anfitriona del programa popular de consejos en línea en Univision Radio.

Isabel Lascurain Abre la Caja de... una charla íntima, llena de complicidad, risas y sorprendentes historias de las figuras más queridas por el público. Artistas, cantantes, actores, conductoras, periodistas, deportistas, activistas, comediantes, astrólogos, numeróliogos y mediums nos han visitado en casa.

Em 1997, Amber Young recebe uma proposta que pode transformar completamente a sua vida: a chance de integrar um grupo musical feminino, deixando para trás a vida comum em uma cidade pequena e embarcando em uma nova realidade em Los Angeles. Uma jovem insegura, apaixonada pela música, se vê, de repente, rodeada por talentos promissores, como Gwen Morris, uma integrante do grupo que rapidamente se torna uma amiga fiel, unindo-se a ela nos desafios da jornada rumo ao estrelato. Para apimentar a história, ela vive uma paixão conturbada com Wes Kingston, membro da boyband mais famosa da época.

""Portrait in Sepia is the best book Allende has published in the United States since her first novel of nearly two decades ago, The House of the Spirits.” —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World “Portrait in Sepia tightens the weave of a multigenerational fantasy as complete and...

Join Isabel Soto on an adventure to discover the secrets about Egypt's great pyramids.

Explore history without the confines of time or distance. Dr. Isabel Soto is an archaeologist and world explorer with the skills to go wherever and whenever she needs to research history, solve a mystery, or rescue colleagues in trouble. Listeners join Izzy on her journeys and gain knowledge about historical places, eras, and cultures on the way.

Desde hace años, Erik, el rey del Reino Eterno, vive consumido por una sola obsesión: vengarse del hombre que asesinó a su padre y lo mantiene prisionero bajo las olas. Pero todo cambia cuando Livia, la hija de su enemigo, rompe sin saberlo los sellos que lo mantenían prisionero… Erik la secuestra y planea utilizarla para reconquistar su reino, aunque Livia no es tan fácil de dominar como Erik esperaba.

The Isabel Brown Show brings real-life perspective and bold truth-seeking to the issues shaping our world—and helps you understand why they actually matter. From culture and politics to science, faith, and everyday life, she cuts through the noise to spark conversations that stay with you.

Considered to be French novelist Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Miserables, which was published in 1862, is a sprawling historical and philosophical epic that covers from 1815 through the Paris Uprising in 1832. Notable for its many subplots and digressions from the main storyline, the novel's stated aim is a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsehood to truth, which can be seen most clearly in the story of the central character Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who struggles to shake the sins of his past and become a good man.

Nichts gegen Dialekte. Sie zeigen regionale Zugehörigkeit und sind meist sehr charmant, dennoch ist es hilfreich hochdeutsch zu beherrschen...

Eliza vive tra due mondi: le viene impartita un'educazione rigidamente anglosassone, nella speranza di un futuro sereno coronato da un buon matrimonio, e al contempo le vengono fatte conoscere dalla cuoca di casa, Mama Freisa, la vitalità, la magia e la carnalità del suo popolo. Si innamora perdutamente di un giovane idealista che lavora per Jeremy, Joaquín Andieta, il quale però nel 1849, alla notizia che in California sono stati scoperti favolosi giacimenti d'oro, decide di salpare in cerca di fortuna.