Titoli in Saghe

Hardworking London governess Helen Davenport longs for a family of her own but knows the prospect of finding a suitable husband grows dimmer each year. Then she spots an advertisement seeking wives for the churchgoing bachelors of colonial New Zealand and begins an affectionate correspondence with a gentleman farmer.Meanwhile, not far away in Wales, society life bores Gwyneira Silkham, beautiful, daring daughter of a wealthy sheep breeder.

El auge y declive de una gran pasión, el amor feroz de dos personas que parecían conjurarse en contra de una vida serena. Partiendo de un episodio ocurrido en Madrid en 1939, la narradora de esta historia cuenta la apasionada y tormentosa relación de sus padres, y cómo la personalidad desmedida de él y el corazón débil de ella marcaron el pulso de la vida de toda la familia.

Ciąg dalszy losów Błażeja, Neli, Mateusza, Szymona i Nadii na tle ważnych wydarzeń z dziejów Polski i świata. Nadchodzi burzliwy koniec lat sześćdziesiątych. Wybucha wojna sześciodniowa, której następstwa odczuwalne są nawet w Polsce. W Paryżu młodzież wychodzi na ulice, podobne wydarzenia mają miejsce w kraju, a ich tragicznym finałem staje się Grudzień ’70. Bohaterowie zmagają się z osobistymi problemami, dokonują trudnych wyborów i próbują naprawiać swoje życie.

Ona - piękna dziewczyna z hiszpańsko-polskimi korzeniami. Jedynaczka, oczko w głowie tatusia, rozpieszczona, nieznająca prawdziwego życia. On - mężczyzna z krwi i kości, twardo stąpający po ziemi. Facet z zasadami i przeszłością, którą z tylko sobie znanych powodów ukrywa. Dzieli ich niemal wszystko: charaktery, kultura, a przede wszystkim zupełnie odmienne spojrzenie na życie. A jednak coś, do czego początkowo żadne z nich nie chce się przyznać, pcha ich ku sobie jak niewidzialny magnes.

Początek lat sześćdziesiątych. Zimna wojna się zaostrza, na świecie wrze, a Polacy próbują odnaleźć się w gomułkowskiej "małej stabilizacji". Dla bohaterów nadszedł jednak czas, gdy życie zaczyna wystawiać rachunek za popełnione błędy. Niektórzy, szargani wyrzutami sumienia, starają się naprawić sytuację, innym los nie pozostawia wyboru. Jedynie najbliższe sercu osoby rozumieją motywy postępowania, a okoliczności często nie wydają się jednoznaczne. Mimo swoich wad i przewinień każdy z nich szuka oparcia w drugim człowieku i akceptacji.

In Clea, the concluding part of the Alexandria Quartet, Darley returns to Alexandria now caught by war-fever. The conflagration has its effect on his circle - on Nessim and Justine, Balthazar and Clea, Mountolive and Pombal - and a clarity of purpose emerges as the story moves toward its cadence.

Francesca Ekwuyasi’s debut novel tells the interwoven stories of twin sisters, Kehinde and Taiye, and their mother, Kambirinachi. Kambirinachi feels she was born an Ogbanje, a spirit that plagues families with misfortune by dying in childhood to cause its mother misery. She believes that she has made the unnatural choice of staying alive to love her human family and now lives in fear of the consequences of that decision.

Occupied France, 1940. When the staff at a field hospital draw straws to find out who will join the evacuation from Dunkirk, Nurse Cate is left behind. But when the Nazis arrive to claim prisoners of war, she takes her chance and flees into the night, taking one patient with her. Fifty miles away, the surrendering soldiers of the Royal Norfolk Regiment are shot dead by the advancing Germans. Beneath the pile of bodies two men survive, crawling to the safety of a nearby farmhouse, where sisters Elise and Adelaide risk their lives to take them in.

On the surface, all appears serene as the third generation of Kades in pioneer Utah grow up to take their parents’ place in the vast, rugged regions of the West. But fate - or is it divine providence? - suddenly steps in. Jessica Scott of Illinois finds herself waylaid among the Latter-day Saints in 1870s Utah while on a railroad trip to California. Alone and seeking assistance from her relatives, whose religious beliefs she scorns, 19-year-old Jessica meets her cousin of the same age, Ethan Kade, who is home for a few days from the cattle ranch where he is employed.

In a rare and gorgeous departure, beloved novelist Alice Hoffman weaves a web of tales, all set in Blackbird House. This small farm on the outer reaches of Cape Cod is a place that is as bewitching and alive as the characters we meet. These interconnected narratives are as intelligent as they are haunting, as luminous as they are unusual. Inside Blackbird House more than a dozen men and women learn how love transforms us and how it is the one lasting element in our lives.

Victoria Macara is 27 and lives alone in the old house on the corner that was once home to the family removal business. When the land is sold, she finds herself surrounded by a small estate of new properties called Victoria Square. The newcomers who move in around her bring with them their own dramas.

"Mario & Mario" è un audioserie di fantascienza che vede come protagonisti due improbabili riparatori di robot. "Episodio 7: La sfida - Prima parte": La Terra è in pericolo: il Ministero internazionale della difesa convoca Mario e Johnny sulla base spaziale orbitante, ultimo baluardo di difesa contro i malvagi Scroll. Se il cervello elettronico che gestisce tutti i sistemi di difesa terrestri non sarà riparato prima del loro arrivo, l'umanità sarà distrutta.

In The Cat of Bubastes, G. A. Henty gives his listeners a fascinating picture of one of the greatest of the ancient peoples at the height of their civilization. Chebron, son of the Egyptian high priest Ameres, and Amuba, a Rebu slave in Ameres' household, are companions. Their lives are changed irrevocably when Chebron accidentally kills his sister's cat, an animal sacred to the Egyptians -- an offence punishable by death.

They might call me Sir Loin of Beef, but when I see Kaitlyn for the first time, stick a fork in me, I'm done. But I won't claim her alone. Jed Cassidy and I share everything, and that includes her. If the sweet little librarian isn't ready to be wrangled by two rodeo champs, we'll just have to break her in nice and slow. She's ours. We will win her over - body and soul - and when we do? Well, let's just say we'll give her a hard ride...and it'll last a hell of a lot longer than eight seconds.

In 1967, four female scientists worked together to build the world’s first time machine. But just as they are about to debut their creation, one of them suffers a breakdown, putting the whole project - and future of time travel - in jeopardy. To protect their invention, one member is exiled from the team - erasing her contributions from history. Fifty years later, time travel is a big business. Twenty-something Ruby Rebello knows her beloved grandmother Granny Bee was one of the pioneers, though no one will tell her more.

El pacto del agua sigue a una familia que sufre una aflicción peculiar: en cada generación, al menos una persona muere ahogada, y en Kerala el agua está en todas partes. A principios del siglo XX, una niña de doce años es enviada en barco para contraer matrimonio con un hombre de cuarenta al que no conoce. A partir de entonces, la joven y futura matriarca, conocida como Big Ammachi, será testigo de cambios impensables: una historia llena de alegrías, pruebas de amor y lucha ante las adversidades.

Palestine, 1948. Half a million Palestinians are forced from their homes. A mother clutches her six-month-old son as Israeli soldiers march through the village of Ein Hod. In a split second, her son is snatched from her arms and the fate of the Abulheja family is changed forever. Forced into a refugee camp in Jenin and exiled from the ancient village that is their lifeblood, the family struggles to rebuild their world.

From his birth in 106 BC in the hill town of Arpinum, Cicero, the educated son of a wealthy member of the equestrian order, is destined for greatness. From his tumultuous family life to his tenuous alliance with Julius Caesar to a fateful love affair with the Roman empress Livia and, finally, to the political role that will make him a target of powerful enemies, A Pillar of Iron is the story of Cicero's legacy as one the greatest influences on Western civilization.

Nueva Zelanda, 1907. La infancia de Gloria, bisnieta de Gwyneira, termina abruptamente cuando es enviada junto a su prima Lilian a un colegia en Gran Bretaña. Una vez allí, Lilian encaja en las costumbres que impone en Viejo Mundo, pero Gloria quiere volver a toda costa a la tierra que la vio nacer, en el extremo opuesto del mundo. Y es ese profundo sentimiento el que la empuja a coger las riendas de su vida e idear un atrevido plan que marcará su destino para siempre.

Political alliances are beginning to rupture, and no state is immune: England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan Genoa, Venice, Constantinople . . . Every mercenary knight must sharpen his sword and prepare for battle. But Sir William Gold has other problems. Just to reach Europe, he must capture its most unassailable fortress. He must also protect his liege lord, the Green Count, from assassins hell-bent on his death.