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David Copperfield es el octavo libro escrito por Charles Dickens, narrada por su protagonista, quien detalla sus aventuras en su viaje de la infancia a la madurez. Muchos elementos de la novela hacen referencia a la propia vida de Dickens, siendo probablemente la más autobiográfica de todas sus obras. Así también, el mismo Dickens señaló en un prólogo de la novela "de todos mis libros, éste es el que más me gusta", y luego "como muchos padres, tengo un hijo preferido, un hijo que es mi debilidad; este hijo se llama David Copperfield

From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner, a passionate, profound story of love and obsession based on the hopes, fears, and deep realities of Black urban life. With a foreword by the author. “As rich in themes and poetic images as her Pulitzer Prize–winning Beloved.... Morrison conjures up the...

Eilis Lacey es una chica de familia humilde. Como tantos otros, no encuentra trabajo en su pequeño pueblo del sur de Irlanda, de modo que, cuando se le ofrece una posibilidad en Estados Unidos, no duda en aprovecharla.

La paternidad, la infidelidad, la muerte, la incapacidad para comunicar los propios sentimientos, la irrupción súbita del amor, la fascinación por el otro, la arquitectura del deseo, el miedo a la felicidad, los temas centrales que hacen temblar las vidas de los protagonistas de estas excelentes nouvelles son, en realidad, los temas de cualquier vida, pero Barba tiene la maestría de resolverlos aquí con la extraña iluminación «intervenida» con la que se resuelven en la vida real.

OXFORD,. INGLATERRA. LA CIUDAD DE LOS. CAPITELES DORMIDOS,. DE LOS OSCUROS SECRETOS... Y DEL DESEO. Vine a Oxford para vengar la muerte de mi hermana, en su lugar encontré una red de mentiras. Lealtades ancestrales. Fortunas construidas sobre el pecado. Harían cualquier cosa por proteger su riqueza. Soy yo la que podría derrocar sus imperios. Pero ¿podré destruir al hombre que amo? El tiempo se está acabando…. TRILOGÍA THE OXFORD LEGACY:. CROSS MY HEART (Atraviesa mi corazón). BREAK MY RULES (Rompe mis reglas). SEAL MY FATE (Sella mi destino). Los lectores caen rendidos ante Seal My Fate:.

When Ingram is forced by overwhelming poverty and spiritual exhaustion to walk away from his home, he leaves behind a neglectful childhood on a dirt farm on a dead-end road. With no family, no resources, and no practical understanding of the world, Ingram’s only compass is the daily fight to survive and the narrow dream of one day owning a truck.

A despondent young man gets a second chance at life in a magical world, starting over from the very beginning. Now living as Luna, an elven infant born into a loving family, she is given something she never thought she would have: a true fresh start. Luna's new life is spent discovering the...

Mientras las bombas japonesas caen sobre su ciudad natal, Molly Hook, la hija del sepulturero, que acaba de quedarse huérfana, mira al cielo y corre para salvar su vida. En una bolsa de lona lleva una piedra con forma de corazón y un mapa que la guiará hasta Longcoat Bob, el hechicero de la Australia profunda que ella cree que ha lanzado una maldición sobre su familia. Junto a ella, los compañeros de viaje más insólitos: Greta, una actriz de lengua afilada, y Yukio, un piloto de combate japonés desertor.

"Gli sembrò di essere davvero distinto, camminava in modo elegante. E il suo animo si riempì di una grande fiducia in sé stesso. Certo, tutte le porte gli sarebbero state spalancate, grazie a quella sua presenza, alla smania di avere successo, alla fermezza dei suoi propositi e al suo spirito d'indipendenza.

Hawken Trent. So polite. So sweet. Such an upstanding young man. A virgin, too, I hear. He never gets naughty with a girl. Probably because Jesus told him not to. And now here he is, trying to be the hero by protecting another girl from me. He calls me a bully. Irrational. Unreasonable. A criminal. He can call me anything he wants, I’ve heard worse. And he can try to stand between me and my money, but he’s never had to fight for food. That rich, clean, school boy doesn’t have what it takes

One night before putting him to bed, Enaiatollah’s mother tells him three things: don’t use drugs, don’t use weapons, don’t steal. The next day he wakes up to find she isn’t there. They have fled their village in Ghazni to seek safety outside Afghanistan but his mother has decided to return home to her younger children.

The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men. They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and still they wage war. Now, our daughters take up arms. Galva - Galvicha to her three brothers, two of whom the goblins will kill - has defied her family's wishes and joined the...

The cult classic that can still change your life… Let the dice decide! When a bored psychologist hands over all of his decisions to chance, making choices on the roll of a die, he transforms his life – and the world. Because when you follow the dice, anything can happen. Entertaining...

Meet Balram Halwal, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells his story.... Born in a village in the dark heart of India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teas hop.

Brought to you by Penguin. ------------------- 'A joyous, funny read that leaves you all warm inside' Beth Morrey, author of Saving Missy 'Feel-good...full of hope. A quirky cast of characters you can't help but root for'Woman & Home, Book of the Month Listen to the warm, poignant and uplifting...

This cruel king won’t stop until he breaks me. Dutch Cross, lead singer of The Kings, is a monster. Don’t let his amber eyes, chiseled jaw line, and crooning voice fool you. He prowls the hallways of Redwood Prep like he owns every inch. Brutal. Untouchable. Beast. And when his golden eyes meet mine, I know I’m his next prey. The monster wants me out of Redwood. But the fancy private school is my last chance at a better life for my sister. No one has ever dared to go against Dutch and his equally gorgeous brothers. I’m honored to be the first.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Recommended by the New York Times Book Review, Today show, People, NPR, Elle, Good Housekeeping, Parade, Harper's Bazaar, and more! Narrated by the hilarious Nasim Pedrad! "Hilarity ensues."— TAYLOR JENKINS REID "Fans of The Office will delight." — SHELBY VAN...

The #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling phenomenon Some things are worth waiting for . . . Traveling thousands of miles from home to enter college is the only way nineteen-year-old Avery Morgansten can escape what happened at that fateful Halloween party five years ago—an event that...

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years A modern masterpiece about love and kinship, about living in an America birthed from slavery. Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison gives life to characters who struggle with what society tells them to be, and the love they...

Great Expectations follows Pip's life from a plucky but poor and put-upon child in the Kent marshes, to a young man with "great expectations" in London and the choices he must make as a result of his winding journey. On the way, we meet some of Dickens' most memorable and unique characters - the mysterious and brutal Magwtich; eternally heartbroken Miss Havisham; and her cold-hearted child Estella.