Títulos en Literatura y ficción

Sparks fly between Nicola Albright KC and Geeta Sachdeva, but not the good kind. They're the sort that leave small fires, devastation, and everyone peeping between their fingers at arrogant lawyer, Nicola, on one side, and everyone's favorite mum, Geeta, on the other. Yet when both are divorced and at a new stage in life, they find themselves living within glowering distance of each other, in beautiful Iffley Village, Oxford. Reluctantly, they call a truce and try to make friends. It's tricky though, when there's more than one reason they've circled and snapped for years.

Los Sonetos del amor oscuro, o simplemente Sonetos, son una colección de sonetos escritos durante sus últimos años de vida por el poeta y dramaturgo español Federico García Lorca (Granada, 1898–1936), recopilados y publicados póstumamente. Por tanto, no es un libro definitivo establecido por el autor, y las diferentes ediciones pueden variar, tanto en el índice como en el título, dependiendo de las fuentes en que se base el editor.

El ex marine de las Fuerzas especiales, Liam Mason, es un rebelde de corazón y lejos de lo que era su hermano menor, Nathan Mason. Trabajar para el cartel tiene sus altibajos y entrenar al ejército de renegados peligros del cartel es un negocio que a menudo tiene un precio. Sin embargo, cuando Liam se acerca demasiado al hijo de su jefa, el líder del cartel pronto tiene su corazón concentrado en acabar la vida del ex soldado.

Ex-SAS soldier Ben Rider falls in love with his enigmatic married boss Sir Nikolas Mikkelsen, but Nikolas is living a lie. A lie so profound that when the shadows are lifted, Ben realises he's in love with a very dangerous stranger. Ben has to choose between Nikolas and safety, but sometimes danger comes in a very seductive package.

Laurie Holcombe is out of a job, out of luck, and out of time. When a prestigious law firm hires her as an assistant to one of its senior partners, it feels like she might finally get back on her feet. All she has to do is put up with the whims of her infuriatingly icy boss, Diana. How hard could that be? Diana Parker is Atlanta's top lawyer and isn't afraid to let everyone know it. She's driven, ruthless, demanding, and stuck in a failing marriage. Too bad she can't run her personal life as well as she runs her ordered office.

Toda la obra de Federico García Lorca está rodeada de misterio, toda vez que las balas asesinas de Franco le arrebataron la vida. Y aún más aquellas partes de su obra que podemos considerar inacabadas. Es el caso de "Sonetos del amor oscuro", el único texto conocido en el que el poeta habla abiertamente del amor entre dos hombres. Once composiciones de una belleza inigualable, escritas durante el último año de su vida, que no sabemos si iban a formar parte de un determinado conjunto o de qué forma Lorca las había concebido.

Elio es ahora un pianista en auge a punto de mudarse a París; Oliver es profesor, padre de familia y puede que vuelva a visitar Europa; Samuel, el padre de Elio, vive en Italia y, en un viaje en tren para visitar a su hijo, tendrá un encuentro que cambiará su vida. Este cruce de historias satisfará todas las expectativas, por inconfesables que sean.

Un día cualquiera, un local especializado en fantasías eróticas (el nombre del local no importa) recibe la llamada de un tipo con un encargo muy especial. El tipo busca un muchacho de unas características físicas muy definidas (joven, de unos veinte años, moreno, no muy alto) que vaya vestido de una manera muy especial y que se encuentre paseando por una determinada calle de Cuenca a una determinada hora de un día concreto. Un viejo bajará calle abajo y el muchacho se tropezará con él con un cigarrillo en la boca y le pedirá fuego.

A New York Times bestseller Nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “A lyrical work of...

Ruth is trapped. She’s stuck in her small, religious hometown of Kill Devil, Kentucky, stuck in the closet, and stuck living paycheck to paycheck. After her manager finds out that she lives with her girlfriend, Ruth is fired from her job at New Creations—a craft store owned by the church that dominates life in Kill Devil. In an act of revenge, Ruth attempts to shoplift some yarn but is caught red-handed. Instead of calling the police, the employees lock her in the store—and attack her.

Pero tengo que recalcar que el salón de belleza no es un hospital ni una clínica, sino sencillamente un Moridero. La presente versión actualizada de Salón de belleza - realizada más de veinte años después de su primera publicación- da cuenta de un delicado ejercicio de equilibrista, donde la meta puede ser entendida como escribir nuevamente para que la escritura original se mantenga intacta. Para mí como creador, la experiencia llevada bajo la atenta vigilancia de la señora Guillermina Olmedo y Vera fue similar a la de devolver su esplendor a un antiguo jardín.

Oscar Wilde's first play confronts the hypocrisy of public "morality" compared with genuine, private kindness. The reasons for its continued popularity are not difficult to identify: the play's witty dialogue contains many of Wilde's most quoted aphorisms, its stylish setting provides opportunities for elegant presentation, and its cast of memorable characters play out a story which is genuinely moving. This new audio production brings together a full cast worthy of Wilde's creative genius.

Una barba para dos apuesta por el erotismo en pequeño formato a través de cien microrrelatos que retratan con ironía y ternura un amplio muestrario de escenas cotidianas de la vida gay en los tiempos de Grindr. Coleccionistas de ligues de una noche, defensores de la monogamia, románticos...

Benigno “Benny” Caldera knows an orphaned Boricua blacksmith in 1910s New York City can’t call himself an artist. But the ironwork tank he creates for famed Coney Island playground, Luna Park, astounds everyone, especially the eccentric side-show proprietor who commissioned it. Benny’s work earns him an invitation to join the show’s eclectic crew of performers—his first welcome in the city—and share in their astonishing secret: the tank Benny built is a cage for their newest exhibit, a living, breathing, in-the-flesh merman stolen from the banks of the East River under a gleaming full moon.

After divorcing the woman he'd been with since he was 17, Nick Fuller is starting over. He owns the restaurant of his dreams, and he's determined to meet new people, find new passions, and experience life to its fullest. Easier said than done - that is until he meets his new neighbor, Bryce Tanner. Neither man has ever wanted another guy, but there's a connection between Nick and Bryce from the start - a spark they can't deny.

Alone since her father's murder, Aurora has spent years hunting his killers. Battle-weary she's ready to start over where no one knows who or what she is, she just has one last mission to complete. Everything is going to plan until she discovers the beautiful winged girl caged underground. Her decision to rescue Evie and to help her get home safely, despite avians being infamous for selling out shapeshifters like Aurora to cutters and black-market flesh dealers, will put her on a perilous path.

A disturbing tale of a young man's uncanny ability to remain both young and beautiful while descending into a life of heartless debauchery, The Picture of Dorian Gray was considered proof of both Wilde's genius and his perversion. Oscar Wilde's scandalous best seller of 1891 was one of the most damning pieces of evidence used against him in the trial that brought about his downfall.

The author of the best seller Call Me by Your Name revisits its beguiling characters decades after their first meeting. In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio’s father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, who has become a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train with a beautiful young woman upends Sami’s plans and changes his life forever. Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, now a New England college professor with a family, finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic.

That moment when your spectacular one night stand turns out to be your sexy, older new boss. FML. Brantley Phipps doesn’t want a boyfriend. In his line of work, relationships are impossible. All he wants is one night of fun before he starts his 10-week rotation as assistant hotel director on a cruise ship. He scores the jackpot with a hot older guy who hits all his yes, please buttons and who wants the same thing as him. Their chemistry is explosive, hot damn. Talk about a night to remember. That should last him a while.

Being near him again makes me crazy. I'm supposed to be the college basketball star my father raised me to be, but now I'm focused on a new game. I'm obsessed with watching him, touching him, breaking him. His body, his head, his heart, anything I can get my hands on… I'm gonna take it all until he's got nothing left. And even though he knows exactly what I'm doing to him, he's gonna let me do it anyway.