Títulos en Literatura y ficción

Brought to you by Penguin. Think your family is dysfunctional? Meet the Flynns. For the three Flynn daughters, it’s been disastrous since their parents opened up their marriage. Abigail, the eldest, is dating an ex-soldier several years her senior nicknamed ‘War Crimes Wes’. Louise, the...

Urga lleva 33.000 años congelada en un iceberg al lado de un pequeño mamut pero ahora, por culpa del cambio climático, se deshiela y tras echar un vistazo al presente casi preferiría congelarse de nuevo. Aun así, esta mujer de la Edad de Piedra es sobre todo una luchadora, y antes de darse por vencida quiere averiguar si es posible ser feliz en un mundo tan extraño.

It's not about the wedding, it's about the marriage…license. Sean When my ex cheated and begged me to take her back, I made a rash, too-public vow: the next woman I kiss will be my wife. It seemed like a good idea at the time—anything to stop being everyone’s second choice. The ultimate...

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

Después de la aventura que vivieron Daniela, Vera y Claudia en el primer libro, las dos amigas echan de menos a Claudia, que se ha trasladado a Houston. Para compensarlo, ambas se pasan las noches bebiendo y bailando. Una mañana, después de una de esas juergas, Daniela recibe una visita inesperada: una persona de su pasado ha regresado para pedirle ayuda. Por suerte, cuenta con la inestimable ayuda de su mejor amiga.

Originally published in the Strand Magazine between December 1894 and September 1903. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle, the celebrated author of Sherlock Holmes and the Lost, follows the adventures of Brigadier Etienne Gerard, a courageous soldier in the service of Napoleon...

It's a disaster! Sir Simon, the vaunted Canterville Ghost, has had years of success haunting the family mansion, centuries of wailing moans, rattling chains and phantasmagoria... and what should the Canterville family do, but sell up the house! But it gets worse! They've sold the house to...

An english comic novel, The Diary of a Nobody, reproduces the diary entries of one Charles Pooter, a city clerk, his scrapes, his attempts to reach high society, his despair of his son ever finding a decent position, of his friends Cummings and Gowing, and numerous comic adventures and...

A collection of short stories from the celebrated irish writer and dramatist: Oscar Wilde. Included within this collection are the stories: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: Lady Windermere's pet palm-reader delivers a fearful oracle to Lord Arthur, but being a resolute gentlemen he knows just what to...

After moving into a house in kent, five children go exploring and in a gravel pit, find a Sand Fairy, known as a "Psammead" who says he will give them one wish each day. What follows are eleven misadventures where it is discovered that making a good wish is actually much harder than it first...

Walter Wilding has lived his life secure in the knowledge that he was the son of his mother. But a chance encounter shocks him to his deathbed, leaving his friend and Executor George Vendale charged with the finding of the real Walter Wilding, Meanwhile George pitches woo to Margerite Obenreizer...

"I’ll tell you what, we must go and seek for treasure: it is always what you do to restore the fallen fortunes of your House..." And so begins the tales of the Bastable children (all six of them) and their attempts at treasure seeking, never with any great fiscal success, but with plenty of...

A four act play by Oscar Wilde, first performed in 1892, Lady Windermere's Fan is another one of his productions that takes a half-sardonic, half-serious look into the intrigues of life. In this play, Lady Windermere's idyllic life as the young wife of the rich Lord Windermere is disturbed by...

Paste Jewels is a collection of humorous short stories following the Perkins family — particularly newlyweds Thaddeus and Bessie — as they navigate the comic trials of managing a household and domestic staff in late 19th-century America. The book's seven tales include "The Emancipation of...

A retired lawyer, an unlicensed contractor, and an ex-ballplayer walk into a bar . . . and transform their neighborhood. With a dark secret weighing heavily on his conscience, former government lawyer Oliver Bartholomew teams with two buddies to perform random acts of kindness in their Adams...

UNA AVENTURA DE HUMOR ABSURDO, ESPIONAJE DISPARATADO Y ACCIÓN SIN FRENO. Enrique Spasmos lleva una vida tan gris como previsible: trabaja en unos grandes almacenes, sobrevive a la monotonía diaria, dilapida los fines de semana entre amigos, alcohol, resacas e intentos de ligar con resultados más bien desastrosos. Todo cambia una mañana de domingo cuando, camino de comprar el periódico y todavía bajo los efectos de una resaca monumental, atropella por accidente a una joven que irrumpe corriendo en la calzada.

Have a laugh with these delightfully funny short stories. All reflect on the humor and absurdity of life. Join in the fun!

Who wouldn’t want to find someone as loyal and wonderful as their beloved pup? Landscape architect Melissa finds out the hard way when a random wish on a dandelion transforms rescue dog Gus into a man in a public park, sans manners, sans English and sans clothes. His mind and behavior still all canine, Gus immediately throws Melissa’s world into hilarious adventure in this comedy/fantasy novella with an unexpected romantic twist.

A book about an aspiring author whose work is published by a publisher. A book signing event is hosted at local library to promote the author. Throughout the book there are many bizzare anecdotes.

Surrey, 1986: Sent back in time after a lifetime trapped in a loveless marriage, Lucy Hart is determined to find the courage to take back control of her life. In 2025, reeling from the death of her husband, Lucy must face the truth that she has wasted forty-five years with a man who never truly loved her. At his funeral, shocking revelations come to light, including affairs, a secret love child, and a will that tears her family apart. Given the chance to return to the past, Lucy finds herself back in 1986, with two small children and a husband whose ambitions leave no room for hers.