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Jamais la jeune Koya n'aurait imaginé être propulsée à des milliers de kilomètres hors de son pays natal dans l'inquiétant pays de là-bas, comme disait sa grand-mère. Elle quitte le douillet village haut perché d'Incapirca au cœur de l'Équateur, brise tous ses repères avec pour seul soutien le souvenir des yeux pétillants de la vieille abuela et de son énergie féroce. Elle suit la trace des volcans andins, le long de la formidable cordillère, qui, à chaque instant, lui rappelle les légendes de son village.

Catherine, wife of one-handed Edgar, daughter of a Jewish merchant, and mother of two small children, is a Christian convert. Agnes, her estranged sister, has returned to Paris with the news that she is to marry a German lord. She wants no part of her Jewish family, except the sizable dowry her father can provide.

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In "Difficult People," Anton Chekhov focuses on the dysfunctional family of a farmer, whose son Pyotr needs money to return to college in Moscow. The father is miserly and withholding, so a fight breaks out. Pyotr stalks out in misery, then waves cheerfully at a wealthy old woman who drives by in a landau.

Inghilterra, 1833. È il giorno delle sue nozze, eppure Lady Olympia Hightower non solo ha bevuto troppo, ma sta anche scappando dalla finestra di Newland House per evitare di diventare la Duchessa di Ashmont, come tanto vorrebbe la sua famiglia. Sulle sue tracce si mette però Hugh Philemon Ancaster, settimo Duca di Ripley e grande amico dello sposo. Nonostante abbia fama di essere un impenitente libertino dal fascino irresistibile, per Hugh l'amicizia è sacra. Per una volta quindi tenta di fare la cosa giusta e riportare indietro la futura sposa.

USA Today bestselling author Loretta Chase continues her Difficult Dukes series with this delightful spin on Shakespeare's classic, The Taming of the Shrew. This time, who’s taming whom… Cassandra Pomfret holds strong opinions she isn’t shy about voicing. But her extremely plain speaking...

USA Today bestselling author Loretta Chase continues her Difficult Dukes series with this charming brother’s best friend second-chance historical romance. Of all the dukes in all the world, why does it have to be him? Lady Alice Ancaster needs a husband, and fast, because her reckless brother...

Not all dukes are created equal. Most are upstanding members of Society. And then there’s the trio known as Their Dis-Graces. Hugh Philemon Ancaster, seventh Duke of Ripley, will never win prizes for virtue. But even he draws the line at running off with his best friend’s bride. All he’s...

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Este es sin duda el libro más perturbador que ha escrito Chantal Maillard hasta la fecha. En él se enfrenta a los grandes temas sobre los que la humanidad lleva interrogándose desde el principio de los tiempos. El nacimiento, el dolor y la muerte, los dioses y su ausencia, la relación de nuestra especie con los demás seres vivos, la maternidad y el suicidio, la culpa y la inocencia, el juicio y la creencia. Todo ello girando en torno al eje de una primordial violencia que todos padecemos a la vez que infligimos.

From the best-selling author of What the Birds See comes a brilliantly told suspense novel. As life slips away, Gabriel looks back over his brief 20 years that have been clouded by frustration and humiliation. A small town and distant parents ensure that he is never allowed to forget the horrific mistake he made as a child. He has only two friends, his dog Surrender, and the unruly wild boy Finnigan, with whom he made a boyhood pact.