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Todo comienza durante el verano que Theo, un reservado estudiante de filosofía, pasa en la villa familiar de su amigo Robin en el norte de Italia. Allí, deslumbrado por el entorno, conoce a Frances, la hermana de Robin, y este encuentro bastará para trastocar sus vidas. Porque mientras Theo lucha por concentrarse en la tesis que podría abrirle las puertas de un selecto grupo de la universidad, Frances está a punto de convertirse en una estrella mundial, la protagonista de una serie que arrasará en las pantallas.

Conocí a mi alma gemela cuando yo tenía ocho años y él, seis. Cuando cumplí doce me pidió que me casara con él. Cuando celebré mi decimosexto cumpleaños me regaló un anillo hecho con margaritas. Al marcharme a la universidad, a los dieciocho, lloró. Y a los veinticuatro me rompió el corazón. Lo destrozó en mil pedazos. Sin embargo, este no es el final de la historia. Una década después nos hemos visto obligados a reencontrarnos, y mi futuro vuelve a estar en sus manos. Solo que esta vez tengo más años y más experiencia. Finge ser inocente, pero yo sé la verdad.

Nobody talks about the strange happenings in Maimsbury. No one speaks of the hooded figures glimpsed in the woods, nor the children's game that went so horribly wrong. But most of all, nobody dares whisper their doubts about the river they have worshipped for centuries.

Both a personal journey and a portrait of Ben Watt's parents, Romany and Tom is a vivid story of the post-war years, ambition and stardom, family roots and secrets, life in clubs and in care homes. It is also about who we are, where we come from, and how we love and live with each other.

In 1992, Ben Watt, a member of the band Everything But The Girl, contracted a rare life-threatening illness that baffled doctors and required months of hospital treatment and operations. This is the story of his fight for survival and the effect it had on him and those nearest him.

Brought to you by Penguin. Corruption, sleaze and violence were woven into the fabric of twentieth-century Sicilian life, as the Mafia rose to dominance; this is the story of one man who stood in opposition. In 1986, the largest Mafia trial in Italy’s history took place in Sicily. The...

It is 2008, late capitalism is in crisis, and the great and the good are gathered at an Islington house party. Hosting proceedings are waspish Sherard Howe, scion of a publishing dynasty and owner of a left-wing magazine, and his wife, Daphne Depree, whose feminist work, The Third Sex is seen - to her increasing discomfort - as an intellectual cornerstone of the Blair era.

With old friends like these, who needs enemies? It's a question short, mild mannered detective Edward Newson is forced to ask himself having in romantic desperation logged on to the Friends Reunited Web site searching for the girlfriends of his youth. Newson is not the only member of the Class of '86 who has been raking over the ashes of the past. As his old class begins to reassemble in cyberspace, the years slip away and old feuds and passions burn hot once more.

Some people say 'sconn' while others say 'schown'. He says 'bath' while she says 'bahth'. You say 'potayto'. I say 'potahto'. And - wait a second, no one says 'potahto'. No one's ever said 'potahto'. Have they? From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall of received pronunciation, actor Ben Crystal and his linguist father, David, travel the world in search of the stories of spoken English.

‘I saw the strangest sight tonight.’ New Bohemia. America. A storm. A black man finds a white baby abandoned in the night. He gathers her up – light as a star – and decides to take her home. London. England. After the financial crash. Leo Kaiser knows how to make money but he doesn’t...

Después de perder a sus padres, Bristol Keats comienza a recibir cartas de una tía suya de la que nunca había oído hablar; su tía le promete que puede ayudar tanto a Bristol como a sus hermanas a sobrellevar las penurias económicas con las que viven en la pequeña ciudad de Bowskeep. Con ciertas dudas, la joven acepta ver a su tía, y descubre que todo lo que creía que sabía de su familia era mentira. El padre de Bristol podría estar vivo, y haber sido secuestrado por aterradoras criaturas que lo habrían llevado hasta otro reino.

Pavel Petrovich Bazhov's The Mistress of the Copper Mountain is a fairy tale often seen as a Ural legend about miracles, craftsmanship, and the rugged beauty of the mountains. But for me, this story is, first and foremost, a tale of unrequited love.

Natalie will eigentlich nur den Richtigen finden. Doch dann lernt sie James kennen, und Natalie glaubt, endlich alles zu bekommen, was sie sich je gewünscht hat – bis James etwas herausfindet, das Natalie für immer verbergen wollte: Die Wahrheit über ihre drei Exes. Sie sind nicht einfach Männer, die Natalie verletzt, hintergangen und verlassen haben. Sie sind tot. Und jedes Mal war Natalie – noch so zufällig – in der Nähe. Dadurch wird James zur Gefahr … oder Natalie?

Find comfort for your soul when you feel crushed by the weight of life’s challenges. Hope for Hard Days is just what you need when the world feels overwhelming and heavy. Through 90 encouraging devotions from pastor and bestselling author Max Lucado, you will be reminded that God is close...

Exam-Busting Tips is the one-stop expert guide to co-ordinating your lifestyle and your review during any exam period, no matter what your level of education.

One of a series of plays by British screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce looking at the punk generation three decades on, with each play telling a different, but connected, story. In Parallel Lines, Julie is a singer in an ageing Blondie tribute band. An invitation to the reunion of the audience at an Adverts gig in 1977 brings some skeletons dancing from the cupboard. Starring Doon Mackichan as Julie, with Sian Reeves, Rosie Cavaliero, Ivan Kaye, Paul Viragh, Joseph Tremain, Sarah Bedi, John Rowe and Ben Crowe.

The real use for the photocopier, pulling a stylish sickie and avoiding Norman the techie: we've all been there. This book is a damning indictment of the world of work and a lifesaver in the office jungle!

Bailey is 17, mixed race, lives with his mum and dad and spends all his time playing guitar or tending to his luscious afro. Indigo is 17 and newly returned to London, having grown up in the care system after being found by her mum's dead body as a toddler. All Indigo wants is to know who she really is. When Bailey and Indigo meet, sparks fly. But when Bailey becomes the target of a homeless man who seems to know more about Indigo than is normal, Bailey is forced to make a choice he should never have to make.

Sixteen-year-old Marlon has made his mum a promise - he'll never follow his big brother, Andre, down the wrong path. So far it's been easy, but when a date ends in tragedy, Marlon finds himself hunted. They're after the mysterious Mr Orange, and they're going to use Marlon to get to him. Marlon's out of choices - can he become the person he never wanted to be, to protect everyone he loves?

This is the true story of a Londoner who gives up his job as an estate agent in the city, moves to the wilds of Exmoor, starts a smallholding and becomes self-sufficient, with a few bumps along the way. Simon's journey from urbanite to self-sufficient smallholder is brimming with incidents - some funny and some tragic - leading him to question Mother Nature, himself, the food he eats and his role in it all.