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ΗΤΑΝ ΜΥΣΤΙΚΟΣ ΕΡΩΤΑΣ ΠΡΙΝ ΓΙΝΕΙ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟ ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΟ. Όλοι στο χωριό έλεγαν ότι η επιστροφή του Γκάμπριελ δε θα έβγαινε σε καλό. Και τώρα, καθώς η Μπεθ βλέπει τον άντρα που αγαπά να δικάζεται για φόνο, δεν μπορεί να μη σκεφτεί ότι είχαν δίκιο. Ήταν δεκαεφτά όταν πρωτογνώρισε τον Γκάμπριελ. Εκείνο το μεθυστικό, έντονο καλοκαίρι, ο Γκάμπριελ την έκανε να σκεφτεί, να δει και να νιώσει διαφορετικά. Πίστευε ότι ήταν η αρχή μιας υπέροχης ερωτικής ιστορίας που θα κρατούσε για πάντα. Όταν όμως ο Γκάμπριελ έφυγε για να γίνει αυτό που προσδοκούσε η μητέρα του ότι θα γινόταν, η Μπεθ διαλύθηκε. Ο Φρανκ ήταν ο άντρας που μάζεψε τα κομμάτια της. Μαζί έφτιαξαν ένα σπιτικό πολύ διαφορετικό από εκείνο που φανταζόταν με τον Γκάμπριελ. Κι υπήρξε μια εποχή –κάποια χρόνια, μάλιστα– που ήταν ευτυχισμένη. Βλέποντας τον άντρα της και τον γιο της να διασχίζουν το αγρόκτημά τους με το τρακτέρ, ένιωθε πολύ σίγουρη πως, παρ’ όλα όσα είχαν γίνει, αυτή ήταν η ζωή που έπρεπε να ζει. Όμως ο Γκάμπριελ επέστρεψε, και η πεποίθηση της Μπεθ στο ποια ήταν και τι ήθελε κατέρρευσε. Ακόμα και ύστερα από δέκα χρόνια, η έλξη τους ήταν ακαριαία. Ήξερε ότι ήταν λάθος και ήξερε ότι πολλοί άνθρωποι θα πληγώνονταν. Αλλά πώς μπορούσε ν’ αντισταθεί στο να δώσει μια δεύτερη ευκαιρία στην πρώτη της αγάπη; Μια ερωτική ιστορία με τον παλμό ενός θρίλερ, η ΡΑΓΙΣΜΕΝΗ ΓΗ είναι ένα συναρπαστικό μυθιστόρημα για τις ανέφικτες επιλογές και τις ολέθριες συνέπειές τους.

Skipping Christmas

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A classic tale for modern times from a beloved storyteller, John Grisham offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition.Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That’s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they’ll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty, they won’t be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash, they aren’t even going to have a tree. They won’t need one, because come December 25 they’re setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences—and isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined.Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM, coming soon!

50 Masterpieces of Gothic Fiction Vol. 1: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Picture Of Dorian Gray... (Halloween Stories)

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Here you will find the following works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Austen, Jane: “Northanger Abbey” Benson, E. F.: “Caterpillars” Bierce, Ambrose: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Blackwood, Algernon: “The Listener” Blackwood, Algernon: “The Willows” Brontë, Charlotte: “Jane Eyre” Brontë, Charlotte: “Villette” Brontë, Emily: “Wuthering Heights” Chambers, Robert W.: “The Repairer of Reputations” Collins, Wilkie: “The Woman in White” Crawford, F. Marion: “The Upper Berth” De La Mare, Walter: “Out of the Deep” De La Mare, Walter: “Seaton’s Aunt” Dickens, Charles: “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” Doyle, Arthur Conan: “The Hound of the Baskervilles” Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins: “The Shadows on the Wall” Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: “The Yellow Wallpaper” Gogol, Nikolai: “The Viy” Hawthorne, Nathaniel: “The Ambitious Guest” Hawthorne, Nathaniel: “The House of the Seven Gables” Hodgson, William Hope: “The Voice in the Night” Hodgson, William Hope: “The Whistling Room” Hugo, Victor: “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” Jacobs, W. W.: “The Monkey’s Paw” James, Henry: “The Real Thing” James, Henry: “The Turn of the Screw” James, M. R.: “The Ash-Tree” James, M. R.: “Casting the Runes” Kafka, Franz: “In the Penal Colony” Kipling, Rudyard: “The Mark of the Beast” Le Fanu, J. Sheridan: “Green Tea” Le Fanu, J. Sheridan: “Schalken the Painter” Lee, Vernon: “Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady” Lovecraft, H. P.: “The Call of Cthulhu” Lovecraft, H. P.: “The Dreams in the Witch House” Lovecraft, H. P.: “The Dunwich Horror” Machen, Arthur: “The Great God Pan” Oliphant, Margaret: “The Open Door” Poe, Edgar Allan: “The Black Cat” Poe, Edgar Allan: “The Cask of Amontillado” Poe, Edgar Allan: “The Fall of the House of Usher” Poe, Edgar Allan: “The Masque of the Red Death” Poe, Edgar Allan: “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” Poe, Edgar Allan: “The Tell-Tale Heart” Radcliffe, Ann: “The Mysteries of Udolpho” Shelley, Mary: “Frankenstein” Stevenson, Robert Louis: “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” Stoker, Bram: “Dracula” Stoker, Bram: “The Jewel of Seven Stars” Wilde, Oscar: “The Picture of Dorian Gray”

A High Stakes Seduction

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In USA TODAY bestselling author Jennifer Lewis's latest, love is a gamble between polar opposites… Meet Constance Allen: no-nonsense, by the books…innocent. The aboveboard accountant is on a mission to make sure the New Dawn casino's finances are legit, and maybe even get a promotion…until the millionaire owner seduces the socks off her. Now the conflict of interest threatens her very livelihood, yet she just can't help it! Blindsided, John Fairweather never expects a little flirting with the auditor to get so serious so fast. But when her investigation turns up a smoking gun, will all bets be off for their fledgling affair?

Pewne włoskie lato

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Pewnego włoskiego lata zdarzyć się może wszystko…Carol to wspaniała kobieta – matka z prawdziwego zdarzenia, najlepsza przyjaciółka i osoba znająca rozwiązanie na wszystkie problemy. Gdy umiera, w życiu jej córki Katy powstaje pustka, której nic nie jest w stanie wypełnić. Radzenie sobie z żałobą nigdy nie jest łatwe, a już na pewno nie wtedy, gdy życie rozpada się na kawałki. Dodatkowo nieubłaganie zbliża się termin podróży, którą od dawna wspólnie planowały. Miały odwiedzić włoskie miasteczko Positano, gdzie Carol spędziła wspaniałe lato przed ślubem z ojcem Katy. Mimo wielu wątpliwości dziewczyna postanawia samotnie spełnić ich marzenie i wyrusza w podróż. Gorące słońce, wyśmienite jedzenie, nadmorska atmosfera wybrzeża Amalfi… i Carol, która zmaterializowała się w swoim trzydziestoletnim wcieleniu. Mimo że jej pojawienie się jest dla Katy niezrozumiałe, nie zamierza tego kwestionować. Cieszy się, że odzyskała swoją matkę, choć nie jest ona tą kobietą, którą zapamiętała… „Niczym dobrze schłodzone limoncello w gorący dzień, ta fantastyczna historia pokazuje, co to znaczy kochać i być kochanym. Czarująca opowieść nie tylko na ostatnie zimowe dni, ale też na dobry początek lata”. – Library Journal„Nietuzinkowa historia miłości, uwzględniająca egoizm i słabości charakteru jako nieodzowne elementy ludzkiej natury”. – Kirkus„W pełnych cynizmu i kpienia ze wszystkiego czasach miło jest zanurzyć się w odrobinie magii. Szczególnie takiej, która pobudza żądzę podróżowania… To historia o miłości, utracie bliskich i punkcie w dorosłym życiu, kiedy zdajemy sobie sprawę, że nasi rodzice też są tylko ludźmi, i to nie zawsze idealnymi”. – Associated Press„Poruszająca historia… Smutek i tęsknota Katy ukazują wyjątkową więź, jaka łączy córkę z matką”. – Publishers Weekly

Nantucket Nights

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The ties between women can run as deep as the ocean--but so can the secrets.For 20 years, Kayla, Antoinette and Val have performed their own special summer ritual. Once a year, the old friends put aside their daily, separate lives to drink champagne, swap stories and swim naked under the Nantucket stars. But on one of those bonding nights, one of their trio swims out from the shore and doesn't return. After the surviving friends emerge from their grief, they realize that the repercussions of their loss go far beyond their little circle, and they begin to uncover layers of secrets--and their connections to each other--that were never revealed on the beach. What has made their friendship strong now has the power to destroy--their marriages, families, even themselves, in Elin Hilderbrand's Nantucket Nights.

Far From Home

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel delivers an exciting and moving historical novel about a courageous wife and mother hiding in occupied France.In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half French, half German, she is happy to be back in France, where her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel, will join her soon from Germany. Arielle and Gregor have thus far been able to hide their private opposition to Hitler.Then her world falls apart. She receives word that Gregor was part of Operation Valkyrie, a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland, and has been shot as a traitor. Now, holding a French passport handed to her by another high-level collaborator, she is whisked away from Paris under cover of darkness for her own safety.As the Allies storm the beaches, she goes into hiding in a small village in Normandy under an assumed name, unable to contact her adult children. There, she forms a friendship with Sebastien Renaud, whose wife and daughter were deported in 1941, and who eventually reveals himself as a forger in the Resistance. As war rages on, Arielle and Sebastien work for the Resistance and hold out for the time when they can search for their loved ones.In Far From Home, Danielle Steel captures the devastation of World War II with a sweeping story of family love that transcends impossible odds.

Uncle Tom’s cabin, or, Life among the lowly

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Uncle Tom’s cabin, or, Life among the lowly, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Revised version of http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/2200 . Uncle Tom’s cabin, or, Life among the lowly Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Jones, Howard Mumford, 1892- Harvard University Press Cambridge [MA] 1962 First edition published in 1852

The castle of Otranto: a story. Translated by William Marshal, Gent. From the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, ...

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The castle of Otranto: a story. Translated by William Marshal, Gent. From the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, ..., Horace Walpole. The castle of Otranto: a story. Translated by William Marshal, Gent. From the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, ... Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. viii,167[i.e.168],179-215,[1]p ; 12⁰. Dublin : printed for Elizabeth Watts, 1765. Onuphrio Muralto = Horace Walpole. P.168 mispaginated 167. Text continuous despite pagination. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Hazen. Walpole, 17 (p.54) English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT100478. Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group).

Cat's Eye

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A breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life—from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The TestamentsDisturbing, humorous, and compassionate, Cat’s Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman—but above all she must seek release form her haunting memories.

The Brontë Sisters: The Complete Novels

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Here you will find the complete novels of the Brontë Sisters: - Agnes Grey, by Anne Brontë - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë - Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë - Shirley, by Charlotte Brontë - Villette, by Charlotte Brontë - The Professor, by Charlotte Brontë - Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë

The Pirate Super Pack # 1

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Collected here in this omnibus edition are five of the greatest Pirate novels ever written, as well as a number of wonderful short stories. You'll go in search of adventure with 'Treasure Island' by Robert Louis Stevenson, 'Captain Blood' by Rafael Sabatini, 'Ghost Pirates' by William Hope Hodgson. Other authors include James Fenimore Cooper, Howard Pyle, Lucretia Parker, Murray Leinster and many others. This is the swashbuckling pirate anthology you've been waiting for. Over 800 pages and more than 300,000 words of pulse pounding pirate adventures await you. Grab your eyepatch and set sail for adventure. For pirate lovers of all ages!

Creature luminose

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Tova Sullivan lavora per l'Acquario di Sowell Bay, una tranquilla cittadina nei pressi di Seattle: pulire i pavimenti durante le ore serali in compagnia delle creature che si muovono silenziose nelle vasche la aiuta a combattere la solitudine dopo la scomparsa di suo figlio Erik, quando era solo un ragazzo.La principale attrazione dell'acquario è Marcellus, un polpo gigante del Pacifico, che dalla sua vasca sembra osservare attento ogni mossa di Tova. Una sera, mentre sta passando lo straccio nell'ufficio del personale, Tova scorge Marcellus impigliato nei fili della corrente e delicatamente cerca di liberarlo. Mentre si domanda come abbia fatto a uscire dalla teca, il polpo stende un tentacolo verso di lei, come per abbracciarla. In quella creatura dotata di tre cuori e di un'eccezionale intelligenza, la donna trova inaspettatamente qualcuno che le assomiglia e la comprende: i due stringono una bizzarra amicizia fatta di complicità e gesti silenziosi.Le cose cambiano quando Tova per un infortunio viene sostituita da Cameron, un giovane appena giunto in città alla ricerca del padre biologico. Marcellus non tarda a capire che i due sono legati da qualcosa, e il suo straordinario intuito lo spinge a intervenire.Un esordio folgorante e commovente, che insegna come a volte guardare al passato possa aiutarci a costruire un futuro diverso. Un'amicizia capace di spezzare la più dura delle solitudini. La corrispondenza misteriosa di due anime speciali, creature imperfette e per questo incredibilmente luminose.

One Italian Summer

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this “magical trip worth taking” (Associated Press), the New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years returns with a powerful novel about the transformational love between mothers and daughters set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast.When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. To make matters worse, their planned mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: to Positano, the magical town where Carol spent the summer right before she met Katy’s father. Katy has been waiting years for Carol to take her, and now she is faced with embarking on the adventure alone.But as soon as she steps foot on the Amalfi Coast, Katy begins to feel her mother’s spirit. Buoyed by the stunning waters, beautiful cliffsides, delightful residents, and, of course, delectable food, Katy feels herself coming back to life.And then Carol appears—in the flesh, healthy, sun-tanned, and thirty years old. Katy doesn’t understand what is happening, or how—all she can focus on is that she has somehow, impossibly, gotten her mother back. Over the course of one Italian summer, Katy gets to know Carol, not as her mother, but as the young woman before her. She is not exactly who Katy imagined she might be, however, and soon Katy must reconcile the mother who knew everything with the young woman who does not yet have a clue.“Rebecca Serle is known for her powerful stories that tug at the heartstrings—and her latest is just as unforgettable” (Woman’s World) as it effortlessly shows us how to move on after loss, and how the people we love never truly leave us.

The Art of War

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The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC. Attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu – "Master Sun", the text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly thought of as a definitive work on military strategy and tactics. It was placed at the head of China's Seven Military Classics upon the collection's creation in 1080 by Emperor Shenzong of Song, and has long been the most influential strategy text in East Asia. It has had an influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond. The book was first translated into French in 1772 by the Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot and a partial translation into English was attempted by British officer Everard Ferguson Calthrop in 1905. The first annotated English translation was completed and published by Lionel Giles in 1910. Leaders such as Mao Zedong, General Vo Nguyen Giap, General Douglas MacArthur and leaders of Imperial Japan have drawn inspiration from the work.

Wild Cards VIII: One-Eyed Jacks

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Soon to be a show on Hulu! Rights to develop Wild Cards for TV have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team that brought you The Magicians and Mr. Robot, with the co-editor of Wild Cards, Melinda Snodgrass as executive producer. Perfect for current fans and new readers alike, One Eyed Jacks is a classic Wild Cards adventure, edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin, and the first book in the Rox Triad.Something is stirring on Ellis Island, something strange and dangerous enough to subdue even the white-hot tensions between Wild Cards and normal humans. They call themselves the Jumpers: a vicious gang with the power to transport their minds into others' bodies, using them to commit acts of terror and violence, before abandoning them and leaving their victims to face the consequences.The Jumpers cutthroat ambition to control the Wild Card community will pit aces, jokers, and humans at odds like never before.One-Eyed Jacks features the writing talents of Walton Simons, Chris Claremont, Lewis Shiner, William F. Wu, Victor Milan, Stephen Leigh, Melinda M. Snodgrass, and John Jos. Miller, along with previously unpublished stories from Carrie Vaughn and Kevin Andrew Murphy.The Wild Cards UniverseThe Original Triad#1 Wild Cards#2 Aces High#3 Jokers WildThe Puppetman Quartet#4: Aces Abroad#5: Down and Dirty#6: Ace in the Hole#7: Dead Man’s HandThe Rox Triad#8: One-Eyed Jacks#9: Jokertown Shuffle#10: Dealer’s Choice#11: Double Solitaire#12: Turn of the CardsThe Card Sharks Triad#13: Card Sharks#14: Marked Cards#15: Black Trump#16: Deuces Down#17: Death Draws FiveThe Committee Triad#18: Inside Straight#19: Busted Flush#20: Suicide KingsThe Fort Freak Triad#21: Fort Freak#22: Lowball#23: High StakesThe American Triad#24: Mississippi Roll#25: Low Chicago#26: Texas Hold 'EmAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

100 Clásicos de la Literatura: Tesoros Literarios Atemporales en un Solo Libro

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Descubre una magnífica biblioteca en un solo libro con '100 Clásicos de la Literatura'. Esta recopilación es un tesoro sin igual de historias emblemáticas, enriquecidas con personajes memorables y tramas que han marcado épocas. De las plumas de autores como Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Conan Doyle, hasta Victor Hugo, esta colección incluye obras de renombre como 'Mujercitas', 'Orgullo y Prejuicio', 'El Sabueso de los Baskervilles' y 'Los Miserables'. Cada relato se presenta con una cuidada traducción al español y una maquetación cuidadosa que garantiza una lectura agradable. Este libro, con sus cuentos clásicos y sus prosas enriquecedoras, es un homenaje a la literatura mundial. Encuentra el romance, la aventura, el misterio, y el drama que estas obras magistrales contienen, mientras te sumerges en cada página. Miles de lectores ya han disfrutado de la riqueza y variedad de este volumen, considerándolo una colección indispensable en cualquier biblioteca. Únete a ellos y descubre la belleza de estos clásicos atemporales. ¡No esperes más, compra '100 Clásicos de la Literatura' ahora y comienza a disfrutar de estos tesoros literarios!" Revisados y actualizados, contienen un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa. El retrato de Dorian Gray por Oscar Wilde Mujercitas por Louisa May Alcott Hombrecitos por Louisa May Alcott Orgullo y Prejuicio por Jane Austen Peter Pan por J.M. Barrie Trilogía de Caspak 1. La Tierra Olvidada por el Tiempo por Edgar Rice Burroughs Trilogía de Caspak 2. Los Pueblos que el Tiempo Olvidó por Edgar Rice Burroughs Trilogía de Caspak 3. Desde el Abismo del Tiempo por Edgar Rice Burroughs Desde mi celda por Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer La Historia de Tristán e Isolda por Joseph Bédier Fuente Ovejuna por Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio El Perro del Hortelano por Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio El Hombre que Fue Jueves por G. K. Chesterton La Ley y la Dama por Wilkie Collins España Contemporánea por Rubén Darío Crimen y Castigo por Fedor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski El Sabueso de los Baskerville por Arthur Conan Doyle Las Aventuras de Sherlock Holmes por Arthur Conan Doyle Veinte Años Después por Alexandre Dumas Agua de nieve por Concha Espina El Curioso Caso de Benjamin Button por Francis Scott Fitzgerald El Profeta por Kahlil Gibran Antología Poética por Miguel Hernández La Odisea por Homero Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis I por Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis II por Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Tres Hombres en una Barca por Jerome K. Jerome La Metamorfosis por Franz Kafka Cartas a Milena por Franz Kafka Ideario Español por Mariano José de Larra El Casarse Pronto y Mal por Mariano José de Larra La Quimera del Oro por Jack London Romancero Gitano por Federico García Lorca El Rey Arturo y los Caballeros de la Mesa Redonda por Thomas Malory Lo Que el Viento se Llevó por Margaret Mitchell El Avaro por Molière Lolita por Vladimir Nabokov La República por Platón La Caída de la Casa de Usher por Edgar Allan Poe La Divina Comedia por Dante Alighieri Metafísica por Aristóteles Sentido y Sensibiildad por Jane Austen Las Flores del Mal por Charles Baudelaire El Decamerón por Giovanni Boccaccio Agnes Grey (Español) por Anne Brontë Las Aventuras de Pinocho por C. Collodi El Último Mohicano por James Fenimore Cooper Noches Blancas por Fedor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski Estudio en Escarlata por Arthur Conan Doyle El Signo de los Cuatro por Arthur Conan Doyle Y MUCHOS MÁS.

Across the River and Into the Trees

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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber!A poignant tale of a revitalizing love that is found too late—the fleeting connection between an Italian countess and an injured American colonel inspires light and hope, while only darkness lies ahead.In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his first extended visit to Italy in thirty years. His reacquaintance with Venice, a city he loved, provided the inspiration for Across the River and into the Trees, the story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess.A bittersweet homage to love that overpowers reason, to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the world-weary beauty and majesty of Venice, Across the River and into the Trees stands as Hemingway's statement of defiance in response to the great dehumanizing atrocities of the Second World War.

Endless Chain

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With the warmth and comfort of a handmade quilt, Endless Chain explores the intricate patterns of family and community, and the threads that bind them togetherSam Kinkade is finally feeling at home as a minister in rural Toms Brook, Virginia, content with his life and Shenandoah Valley congregation. But his plans to welcome the area's growing Hispanic community are being met with resistance. Fortunately, when the church-run community center is threatened, a stranger named Elisa Martinez walks through his door and Sam realizes he has found a woman capable of building bridges.Elisa isn't looking to make connections. She has come to Toms Brook to hide. But despite her fears of discovery she is enchanted by the beautiful work and the friendship offered by the women who invite her to join their quilting circle. And even though she fears the consequences for both of them, she finds herself powerfully drawn to Sam, and to a generations-old love story rooted in the town's past.Will she and Sam repeat the past, or can they find the love and the freedom they seek at last?Previously published

Shadowrun: Drawing Destiny

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THE TAROT HAS AWAKENED…The Tarot, a powerful divination artifact, has appeared in the Sixth World. It works its will on anyone who finds one of its mystical cards, from runners surviving on the street to corp executives battling in the boardroom. And not just people’s lives will be changed, for the Awakened Tarot deck is more than just a formidable magic item, it has an agenda all its own, and will use those it comes in contact with to set its plans in motion…Drawing Destiny is the latest original Shadowrun anthology, featuring twenty-three original stories about this brand-new artifact introduced into the game universe. Featuring stories from Michael A. Stackpole, Jennifer Brozek, Chris A. Jackson, Lucy A. Snyder, Aaron Rosenberg, R.L. King, Russell Zimmerman, Josh Vogt, Jason M. Hardy, and 14 more authors, these stories reveal how the Awakened Tarot will impact the Sixth World for better, and sometimes, for much worse…

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