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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR “[A] skillfully crafted gothic mystery . . . Johnson pulls off a great feat in this book.” —Financial Times “It reminded me, in its general refusal to play nice, of early Ian McEwan.” —The New York Times Book Review “Johnson crafts an...

A Morgan y su hija de dieciséis años, Clara, nada les gustaría más que no parecerse. Morgan está decidida a evitar que su hija cometa los mismos errores que ella, pues al quedarse embarazada y casarse demasiado joven, tuvo que dejar en el aire sus propios sueños. Con personalidades muy distintas les resulta cada vez más difícil coexistir. La única persona que puede traer paz al hogar es Chris, marido, padre y el ancla de la familia. Pero esa paz se rompe cuando se ve envuelto en un trágico y extraño accidente con desgarradoras consecuencias para ellas.

Traición. Alianza. Amor. Amistad. Dolor. Y muerte. Al fin, Alice ha vuelto a reencontrarse con sus amigos. Sin embargo, la lucha no ha hecho más que empezar, y el peligro acecha más que nunca. En un mundo donde todo está a punto de desmoronarse, Alice sabe que las decisiones que tome serán cruciales para el destino de todos. Cuando parece que te lo han arrebatado todo, ¿hasta dónde serías capaz de llegar por los tuyos?

Amid a mountain of rain-soaked donations to the Ohnita Harbor Public Library rummage sale, Gabriela Domenici finds a small box that contains an odd-looking cross. The carved center turns out to be ivory, and a clue links the cross to Catherine of Siena, a medieval saint. Gabriela turns to her expertise as an authenticator of historic documents to lead the quest to discover the truth about this mysterious object. But the cross isn’t the only secret in town: first, a beloved Ohnita Harbor resident is found floating in the harbor; then, someone else is murdered on the library lawn.

When Tess Porter agrees to pick up her boyfriend’s college pal at the airport on a snowy December night, she has no idea she’s about to embark on the most dangerous ride of her life. Two days later, the seventeen-year-old wakes up in a hospital with broken bones, unable to remember how she got there. Her parents are acting strange, and neither James, her boyfriend, nor her best friend, Izzy, has visited. As she struggles to physically recover, Tess wrestles with haunting questions: What happened? Will her memory ever return? And what if she’s better off not recalling any of it?

Warned not to write—and certainly not to bite—these women put pen to paper anyway and wrote themselves into history. From the fourteenth century through to the present day, women who write have been understood as mad, undisciplined, or dangerous. Female writers have always had to find ways to overcome or challenge these beliefs. Some were cautious and discreet, some didn’t give a damn, but all lived complex, eventful, and often controversial lives.

Tras haber asistido a la destrucción de su propia ciudad, el futuro de Alice no es nada prometedor. Tras la extraña oferta de un desconocido, lo único que sabe es que va a vengarse del responsable de la desaparición de sus amigos.¿Hasta dónde serías capaz de llegar para encontrar respuestas? ¿Hasta dónde serías capaz de llegar por recuperar tu libertad?

From the moment Gavin Blake set eyes on Emily Harris, he knew she would never make it in the rugged high country where backbreaking work and constant hardship were commonplace. Beautiful and refined, she was accustomed to the best life had to offer.

God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me shares a tale of enduring love, unwavering courage, and the unbreakable bond between a father and daughter. These are the true stories of Lori and her father, Lou Peters, a former combat Marine who attracted the attention of the Bonnano crime family and was thrust into a spotlight he never imagined for himself. You’ll learn about the strength required to protect those you love in battles no one else sees—not even the family you’re protecting. Equal parts beautiful and tragic, this gripping memoir reveals the inexplicable ties that bind.

Parece que no hay término medio cuando se es padre o madre: hay que ser perfecto o, si no, eres un fraude. Anna Manso se rebela contra esa idea para invitar a todos los padres y madres a ser imperfectos y no sentirse mal por ello. Con un estilo cargado de humor para poder reírse de uno misma, Manso aboga por dejar a un lado la culpa para aplicar simplemente el sentido común.

Lies from the past and a dangerous present collide when, after fifteen years in exile, Michelle Miller returns to her tiny hometown of Lorida, Florida. With her mother in the hospital, she’s forced to reckon with the broken relationships she left behind: with her family, with friends, and with herself.

¡Enamórate de la obra más sorprendente de la autora de "Antes de diciembre"! Alice nunca ha salido al mundo. Su cena es a las nueve en punto, su sueño dura exactamente ocho horas, jamás tiene una sola arruga en la ropa, parpadea 86400 veces al día, respira 30000 veces al día, solo habla cuando le preguntan, jamás ha levantado la voz y, lo más importante, jamás se ha preguntado qué pasaría si todo cambiara.

Op reis saam met Marita van der Vyver, van Pretoria tot Provence! Retoer: Pretoria - Provence is ’n bundel van dié bekroonde en immergewilde skrywer se beste rubrieke, sketse en essays wat nog nie voorheen in bundelformaat uitgegee is nie. Dit sluit in ’n rubriek oor seksuele teistering waarvoor sy in 2018 met ’n ATKV-Mediaveertjie vereer is.

Imagine a world devoid of violence - a world where fists can’t hit, guns don’t kill, and bombs can’t destroy. In this tantalizing novel of possibility, this has - suddenly and inexplicably - become our new reality. The US president must find a new way to wage war. The pope ponders whether the Commandment “Thou Shalt Not Kill” is still relevant.

The novels of Jane Austen have been celebrated for centuries. In this unique collection, listeners will be able to experience her wit, irony, and social commentary at its best.

Audiobook o kotach – najbardziej niezwykłych istotach, z jakimi obcuje człowiek. Adresowany jest do młodego czytelnika ale nie pozostawi obojętnym również tego starszego. Zawiera interesujące informacje o kociej prehistorii, bliższych i dalszych kuzynach kota domowego, kocich rekordzistach oraz sekretach kociej anatomii, komunikacji czy osobowości.

It’s been nine months since widowed mom Bella Jordan and her young son, Max, moved to Lily Dale, the quirky, close-knit New York community populated by people who can speak to the dead...if one believes in that kind of thing. Now she counts Valley View, the guesthouse she runs, as home and her psychic medium neighbors as friends - even haughty British Pandora, who used to own Valley View before her difficult divorce. So when Pandora sweeps in, requesting an urgent tête-à-tête, Bella expects it to be another complaint about book club. It isn’t.

Äntligen kommer den efterlängtade sjätte delen i romanserien Släkten! Den högt älskade författaren Elisabet Nemert tar nu över stafettpinnen med den fristående delen Ringens gåta.

Stambytet i bostadsrättsföreningen Kastanjen sammanför människorna på oväntade sätt då de tvingas dela kök och dusch i gemensamma utrymmen. Mopsen Malcolm blir förälskad i en operasångerska och inget blir sig likt i den tidigare så stela trappuppgången. I takt med att rören i huset byts ut genomgår även invånarna ett inre stambyte. Plötsligt skapas nya relationer som förändrar allt. En roman om att våga förverkliga sina drömmar, se sanningen i vitögat och möta sig själv.

Thirteen years ago, Erin escaped her abductor. Now he has her sister. No one believed Erin when she returned. Not the police who accused her of craving attention or her alcoholic mother who didn’t even realize she was gone. Thirteen years after her escape from seven torturous days in her captor's basement, Erin has a new name, a new life, and enough pills to wash away the week that changed everything.