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"Una madre y su niño viajan en canoa por el caudaloso río Atrato. La madre es blanca, el niño es negro. Entre manglares, frutas y trenzas, la narradora le va contando a la pasajera de al lado su infancia, sus recuerdos y cómo el pequeño llegó a su vida una mañana calurosa. La lancha...

England, 1914. The world is at war. Captain Hastings, injured and shaken, is invited to Styles Court to recover. It’s a grand old country house - the family home of his old friend - and a perfect haven. Or so it seems. But in the blistering summer heat, trouble is afoot. Simmering tensions are tearing the family apart, and it all comes to a head in the most horrifying way.

Once Upon A Time, there was a wicked girl. She lost everything that mattered, causing darkness to unfurl. Impulsive and intelligent, she helped her family name grow strong. But then one day a man without a heart came along. An undercover agent, meant to spy and bring back tips. Following down her hidden path of faded yellow bricks. She hated him, he wanted her; she was too good to be true. But a woman can be great … and terrible too.

In this deeply etched and haunting memoir, Vivian Gornick tells the story of her lifelong battle with her mother for independence. Gornick's groundbreaking book confronts what Edna O'Brien has called "the principal crux of female despair": the unacknowledged Oedipal nature of the mother-daughter bond. Born and raised in the Bronx, the daughter of "urban peasants," Gornick grows up in a household dominated by her intelligent but uneducated mother's romantic depression over the early death of her husband.

How does one pull from one's own boring, agitated self the truth-speaker who will tell the story a personal narrative needs to tell? That is the question The Situation and the Story asks—and answers. Taking us on a tour of some of the best memoirs and essays of the past hundred years, Gornick traces the changing idea of self that has dominated the century, and demonstrates the enduring truth-speaker to be found in the work of writers as diverse as Edmund Gosse, Joan Didion, Oscar Wilde, James Baldwin, or Marguerite Duras.

Este libro ofrece a los estudiantes de español e inglés de todos los niveles la oportunidad de disfrutar de una amplia gama de chistes breves, judíos y de una sola frase sin tener que recurrir constantemente a un diccionario. ¡Verdaderamente, un aprendizaje divertido! Los chistes en este libro son de una sola frase porque son más baratos de producir y distribuir. No obstante, advertimos a los lectores que no obtendrán ningún descuento. Nuestra política es no transferir nuestros ahorros a los clientes potenciales. Es más rentable hacerte reír que hacerte llorar.

Casada, por orden del emperador Maximiliano I, con Christian II "el sanguinario," la breve vida de Isabel de Habsburgo, una mujer valiente y abnegada, estará llena de sinsabores. Con catorce años, en un barco rumbo a Dinamarca, rumbo a su boda con un hombre 20 años mayor que ella, al que no conoce y al que no entiende porque no hablan el mismo idioma, Isabel de Habsburgo, hermana del emperador Carlos V e hija de Juana la Loca y Felipe el Hermoso, comienza un diario.

Los relatos de Extraños testimonios provienen de una dimensión donde la realidad parece moldeada con la misma sustancia de la que están hechos los sueños. Moviéndose por regiones inciertas, el presente audio libro ejemplifica una de las facetas estilísticas de Daína Chaviano que ella denomina "gótico caribeño." Sus propuestas formales son tan diversas como sus contenidos, trazados con una prosa sutil y feroz a la vez.

Julie nos presenta cinco tipos de personalidades financieras en ¡El Dinero Que Hay en Ti! Según ella, es nuestra naturaleza financiera, la manera en que manejamos nuestros asuntos financieros, la que determina las decisiones financieras que tomamos.

Return to President Obama's White House in this New York Times best-selling anthology for young women by young women, featuring stories from 10 inspiring young staffers who joined his administration in their 20s with the hope of making a difference.

FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar el audiolibro en español de una de las novelas clásicas más emocionantes de Capa y Espada, “Enrique de Lagardere” ó “El Jorobado,” de Paul Feval.En París, en los últimos días del reinado de Luis XIV, el pr��ncipe de Gonzaga pidió la mano de la hija del marqués de Cailloux.

Este produto é um resumo do livro original de mesmo título. O livro tenta desvendar a comunicação não-verbal do corpo humano, primeiramente analisando os princípios subterrâneos que regem e conduzem o corpo. A partir desses princípios aparecem as expressões, gestos e atos corporais que, de modos característicos estilizados ou inovadores, expressam sentimentos, concepções, ou posicionamentos internos.

From TikTok star and Your (favorite) Rich BFF Vivian Tu, the definitive book on personal finance for a new generation When Vivian Tu started working on Wall Street fresh from undergrad, all she knew was that she was making more money than she had ever seen in her life. But it wasn’t until she...

Enrico Ferrari é o subchefe da Cosa Nostra. Um homem que traçou o seu destino optando pela vida solitária com mulheres em sua cama sem precisar assumir um compromisso. Pietra Vacchiano, a princesinha da máfia, filha do chefe da Cosa Nostra, sempre nutriu um amor platônico, que ela escondia de todos, pelo subchefe.

Rebeca Tinselman, profesora asistente en Rivergate College, se dedicó durante años a construir una prometedora carrera académica. Pero cuando el atleta Paul Powell entra a su salón de clases, todo cambia. Paul es más que un jugador de fútbol americano: es brillante, ambicioso… y está completamente enfocado en Rebeca. Cuando le pide tutorías privadas, ella acepta. Pero en esa sesión de estudio nocturna, se enciende una atracción que ninguno de los dos puede negar.

Rooming with three members of the same hockey team as their live-in PR Director could be a nightmare. But when they offer to fulfill my fantasies? Sign me up. The captain, D'Angelo, is my perfect man. Best friend, protector, and so hot it should be illegal, he's been obsessively in love with me since college. Shay has a rock star swagger and winter-gray eyes that are enough to make me melt. Sweet, intense, and tattooed, Shay's twin, Eden, is the heart of my newfoundfamily.

Segundo volume da série Reis do Pecado, Rei do Orgulho é uma história sensual sobre opostos que se atraem e romance proibido. Ela é o oposto dele em todos os sentidos... e a maior tentação que já experimentou. Discreto, controlado e impecavelmente educado, Kai Young não tem tempo nem vontade de se envolver em confusões – e Isabella, com seu cabelo colorido e piadas inadequadas, é o caos em pessoa.

Colombia’s Pacific coast, where everyday life entails warding off the brutal forces of nature. In this constant struggle, nothing is taken for granted. Damaris lives with her fisherman husband in a shack on a bluff overlooking the sea. Childless and at that age 'when women dry up', as her uncle puts it, she is eager to adopt an orphaned puppy. But this act may bring more than just affection into her home.

Princess Elizabeth, alongside her unlikely allies, Lord Erik and the thief Amir, ventures beyond the capital city of the Ice Kingdom for the first time. In this gripping sequel, The Royal Fugitive, Elizabeth faces the harsh realities of the outside world. Meanwhile Erik and Amir's alliance is tested by deep-rooted distrust, yet their unwavering loyalty to the princess binds them together.

Eager to make a real difference, English nurse Katie Brooks has travelled halfway around the world to work on an air ambulance in outback Queensland. She was prepared to be a fish out of water, but she hadn’t anticipated how challenging the isolation would be. And she’d certainly never expected to be rescued on day one by Scott Collins: Coorah Creek’s prodigal son, who might just be the best thing about the town. Meeting Katie is the one bright spot in Scott’s reluctant return to his childhood home. He has nothing but bad memories of growing up.