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1863. Ismay et Mara, deux orphelines irlandaises, sont contraintes de partir en Australie. À peine arrivées sur cette terre sauvage, elles sont séparées. Tandis qu'Ismay est contrainte de devenir employée de maison au cœur du bush, Mara reste sous la protection de la mission catholique. Toutes deux décident alors de s'enfuir. Mais le désert australien réserve à Ismay des dangers auxquels elle n'était pas préparée.

Italia è una giovane cubana con il bel Paese nel destino e nel grembo. Quando il frutto della passione con un avventuriero italico conosciuto mesi prima viene improvvisamente alla luce, anche i suoi piani di raggiungere la terra promessa finiscono per stravolgersi completamente. Italia è un viaggio di uno strano trio formatosi casualmente nella hall di un fatiscente ostello dell'Avana e che prende corpo passo dopo passo in un labirinto di gioie, frustrazioni, demoni provati, colori sgargianti, sapori speziati verso una destinazione ignonta che appare via via sempre più irrilevante.

Catalina Béjar de Prado es una mujer progresista hasta donde le conviene: se casó con un "igual", o eso es lo que ella creía, pero, en el fondo, Catalina se casó para escapar. Nunca supo de qué tenía que escapar, pero ese fue su propósito. Ahora, Catalina se nota permanentemente turbada: por su casa, su hija, su marido, su trabajo, su madre, su hermana, sus amigas, el amante, la mujer del amante, la política, la globalización, la anorexia, los gimnasios, el magnesio... Así que una mañana decide seguir el consejo de su hija y darle un giro a su vida: rebelarse.

Maggie Spritzer’s nose for a story doesn’t just make her a top-notch newspaper editor, it also tells her when to go the extra mile for a friend. When she gets a strange message from her journalism pal, Gabby Richardson, Maggie knows her services are needed. 

Profunda reflexión sobre la vida, las oportunidades y el amor de la mano de la protagonista de esta novela, Jimena. Cuando goza de lo que para muchas personas sería una situación privilegiada, Jimena, se siente más sola que nunca. Su vida ha pasado como un destello de luz ante sus ojos, sin darle tiempo a vivir, a sentir o ser la persona que en realidad es. Es entonces cuando toma consciencia de que es una desconocida para los suyos, que ha pasado lo mejor de su vida viviendo la vida de los que amaba, sin vivir la suya propia.

En un oscuro futuro no tan lejano la vida de los jóvenes atenienses es dura: viven una existencia de semi-esclavitud que se reparte entre trabajar para los adultos y prepararse para los Juegos de la Guerra. Esta competición a muerte fue ideada tiempo atrás por los Consejos de Ancianos de Atenas y Esparta como sustituto de la guerra de adultos. Quien gane los juegos tiene derecho a imponer sus costumbres al rival. El problema es que los espartanos llevan ganando diez años seguidos los juegos, y un legado ateniense, enviado a Esparta para investigar la cuestión, desaparece sin dejar rastro.

En Noches insomnes una mujer repasa su vida - la galería de personajes, los variados telones de fondo de los lugares - y elabora un cuaderno de recuerdos, reflexiones, retratos, cartas y sueños. En una vivificante fusión de hechos y ficciones, este audiolibro lírico, endurecido y perfectamente construido, no es sólo una de las mejores obras de Elizabeth Hardwick sino una de las grandes contribuciones a la literatura estadounidense de los últimos cincuenta años.

Life is counted in tiny breaths, ones that measure the length of your existence. Life stole the ability to make those breaths easy when Lily was nine years old. Turned her quiet. Made her curl into herself, and shut out a world that threatened to bury her under its weight. The end of her world is what brings him back - her biker. His chocolate eyes pierce her soul while his club tempts her with a life that she didn't know she could ever have. Especially not when she was clutching the tattered remains of her existence. 

Cuando la joven arqueóloga Afdera Brooks acude al lecho de muerte de su abuela, una excéntrica millonaria, coleccionista de obras de arte, recibe como legado las pistas para llegar a una caja de seguridad de un banco americano donde se custodia un antiquísimo manuscrito. Afdera emprenderá un viaje por medio mundo para desentrañar el contenido de ese misterioso documento, terminando por llegar a Venecia, el laberinto de agua....

Elisa es una niña que huye de Sartaguda (Navarra) para evitar los tremendos abusos que los vencedores de la guerra civil española están cometiendo en el pueblo con los vencidos. En su huída es arrinconada poco a poco teniendo que pasar a Francia donde es instalada en un campo de refugiados para terminar siendo entregada a los nazis. Su paso por los campos de concentración, a causa de las terribles experiencias vividas, la convertirán en una mujer de forma prematura. Pero la otra cara de la moneda es que vivirá una bonita historia de amor con un partisano.

When Alexis Thorn and Joe Esposito encounter a young woman sobbing alone in a restaurant, they step into action and offer their comfort and sympathy. They soon learn that the woman’s husband was recently killed in action in Afghanistan. Before he reported for duty, they took steps to preserve their chances of having children. But when Bella visits the fertility clinic, she discovers her eggs are no longer there - and the circumstances are beyond suspicious. Heartbroken at this tale of shattered hopes, Alexis recruits the Sisterhood to investigate.

Ellie Dwyer, 61, is convinced bad luck comes in threes, and not just garden-variety, oh-well bad luck. How many people have to flee not one, but two natural disasters? And in between the wildfire and the hurricane, her husband of nearly 40 years suddenly up and left her for no reason she could fathom, disappearing from her life without a clue to his whereabouts. Determined to reinvent her life, Ellie sets out on a journey across the country. Along the way to nowhere in particular, she buys a camper, becomes friends with a remarkable octogenarian, and starts to believe that good luck might also come in threes. Or does it?

Merry Mary: Investigative journalist Scottie Darden is photographing the homeless for her Lost Souls series when she makes a discovery that could change her life forever. Under a makeshift tent in subzero temperatures in a downtown city park, she finds a woman's dead body with her infant child. Breaking the Story: To attract the attention of the main players in the news industry, Scottie Darden needs a standout story with a unique perspective. What she finds is a scandal that could turn the upcoming presidential election upside-down.

A Sunday Times Best Paperbacks of the Year Pick ‘Mosse is a master storyteller’ – Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe An epic historical adventure, sweeping from Carcassonne to Paris and Amsterdam, The City of Tears by Kate Mosse is the spellbinding second volume of The Joubert...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been the dark to my sister’s light - the awkward loner to her social butterfly. Growing up, she had it all: our parent’s unyielding approval, perfect grades, a permanent spot at the popular table, and the attention of the hottest guy ever - Duke Kincaid. After 18 years of living in her shadow, I couldn’t wait to escape - to finally be my own person. Yet here I am - back in my hometown, once again in Valorie’s shadow. Only now, it’s eternal.

DG is five the first time her mother goes away. She’ll go away again and again before DG finally understands why: mental illness and a manipulating husband. DG’s family aren’t like other families. Her father moves them constantly. Moving, along with the stigma of mental illness, isolates the family. In public, they seem the perfect American dream. In private they grow increasingly unstable. Darling Girl unfolds in a series of vignettes spanning 10 years and four continents.

Margaret "Peggy" Thomas and her husband, James, lead a simple and peaceful life; she tends to the farm while he works as sheriff in the nearby town of Bleak Knob. Their evenings are spent doing the thing they love most - being together. One afternoon, after picking up fabric at the general store, Margaret watches helplessly as James is gunned down on the sidewalk in front of her. Days of mourning turn into weeks and then years, filled with little more than grief and alcohol.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Old Baggage written by Lissa Evans, read by Joanna Scanlan. 'The work of a novelist in her prime' Daily Telegraph 'Wise and witty' Sarah Hughes, Observer 'Essential . . . Evans is a brilliant storyteller' Stylist What do you do next, after you’ve...

Single-mother bounty hunter Lori Anderson has finally got her family back together, but her newfound happiness is shattered when she’s snatched by the Miami Mob – and they want her dead. Rather than a bullet, they offer her a job: find the Mob’s ‘numbers man’ - Carlton North - who’s in protective custody after being forced to turn federal witness against them. If Lori succeeds, they’ll wipe the slate clean and the price on her head - and those of her family - will be removed. If she fails, they die.

Vibra in questo romanzo una suspense quasi da libro giallo. Il rapporto tra due donne, Sara e Hannane, riunite senza loro volontà da avvenimenti che vengono da lontano. Sara è vittima di un rapimento e Hannane ne diviene la "sorvegliante". Ma si tratta proprio di un rapimento? E qual è il reale ruolo di Hannane nell'evento? L'autrice sembra suggerire che nel DNA della persona esista un richiamo alle sue radici, anche se mai conosciute. È una tesi ardita ma non priva di realismo, nello stesso tempo costruita in maniera credibile e coinvolgente.