Ficción Biográfica

Cinco cadáveres aparecen calcinados tras una brutal explosión en la clínica de Nueva York donde han operado a Nagorno para tratar de salvar su vida. Temiendo que los cuerpos pertenezcan a la Vieja Familia, en venganza por el asesinato de la sanguinaria matriarca de los Hijos de Adán, Gunnarr huye con Adriana para evitar ser ellos los siguientes. Bristol, 1352: Gunnarr vive un romance con Madre, pero cuando ella descubre que él es descendiente de su gran enemigo Lür, Gunnarr comprende que toda la Vieja Familia está en peligro.

¿Estás cansado de caer siempre en la zona del amigo? Si cada vez que intentas acercarte a alguien terminas siendo "solo un amigo", tengo algo que puede cambiar tu juego por completo. Mi libro, "Seductor desde cero", es la herramienta que necesitas para transformar tu vida amorosa. En este libro, te revelo los secretos y técnicas que te ayudarán a entender mejor las dinámicas de la atracción y cómo puedes influir en ellas. Aprenderás a comunicarte de manera efectiva y, lo más importante, a evitar los errores que te llevan directo a que te ignoren. ¿Qué encontrarás en este libro? ...

James Clear nos brinda fantásticas ideas basadas en investigaciones científicas, que le permiten revelarnos cómo podemos transformar pequeños hábitos cotidianos para cambiar nuestra vida y mejorarla. Esta guía pone al descubierto las fuerzas ocultas que moldean nuestro comportamiento - desde nuestra mentalidad, pasando por el ambiente y hasta la genética - y nos demuestra cómo aplicar cada cambio a nuestra vida y a nuestro trabajo. Después de leer este libro, tendrás un método sencillo para desarrollar un sistema eficaz que te conducirá al éxito.

Dentro de las filas sangrientas de la mafia rusa ninguna ofensa queda sin cobrarse y todo se juega bajo una regla inquebrantable: NO TE ENAMORES DE LA PRESA. Ilenko Romanov, el implacable Boss, y Vladímir, su despiadado heredero, conocen bien el peligro que representa una James en su territorio, pero Emma no está dispuesta a morir y por su supervivencia deberá enfrentarse a uno de los hombres más peligrosos de la mafia: un ejecutor cuyos dedos manchados de sangre mueven los hilos del inframundo ruso con la frialdad de quien ha nacido para gobernar en las sombras.

Henry Lloyd, un hombre con un enigmático pasado, logra forjar a sangre y fuego una inmensa fortuna, a mediados del siglo XIX. Junto con su ejército de esclavos libertos y sus dos hijos mulatos, Lloyd invade tierras, saquea, asesina. Osado, sólo le teme a Jack Barley, su némesis, el único capaz de derrumbar su imperio.

Ricardo Pérez y Slobotzky se ponen a cotorrear como siempre, pero ahora lo están grabando. Escúchalos todos los miércoles hablando de noticias extrañas, datos curiosos, anécdotas hilarantes y aliviana el ombligo de la semana. Nuevo episodio todos los miércoles y domingo

Uniendo el punto de vista científico, psicológico y humano, la autora nos ofrece una reflexión profunda, salpicada de útiles consejos y con vocación eminentemente didáctica, acerca de la aplicación de nuestras propias capacidades al empeño de procurarnos una existencia plena y feliz: conocer y optimizar determinadas zonas del cerebro, fijar metas y objetivos en la vida, ejercitar la voluntad, poner en marcha la inteligencia emocional, desarrollar la asertividad, evitar el exceso de autocrítica y autoexigencia, reivindicar el papel del optimismo....

A sus 29 años, Hannah Martin todavía no sabe qué quiere hacer con su vida. Ha vivido en seis ciudades diferentes y pasado por innumerables trabajos desde que se graduó. Pero, ahora, Hannah ha decidido regresar a Los Ángeles, su ciudad natal, donde se instala en casa de Gabby, su mejor amiga. Una noche, ambas deciden salir y Hannah se encuentra con Ethan, su amor de juventud. ¿Qué pasará si vuelve a casa con Gabby? ¿Y si se queda un rato más con Ethan?

Juan Carlos Harrigan es pastor general de la iglesia Centro De Avivamiento Casa De Dios Para Las Naciones en la ciudad de Kansas, EEUU. y actual presidente del ministerio evangelístico Impacto De Gloria. Aquí puedes encontrar las predicaciones y enseñanzas en Audio. Libros: ▶https://amzn.to/3eU4xky ▶https://amzn.to/2OAgcr0 Mantente conectado en las redes sociales: ▶Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5NVx2uLuwC9iXXS3TwAGIg/?sub_confirmation=1 ▶Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juancarlosharriganoficial/ ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JuanCarlosHarriganKansas/

Una comedia romántica a fuego lento, enemies to lovers, protagonizada por una sanadora excepcional y un asesino encantador. Cuando Osric Mordaunt, miembro de la Orden Fyren de asesinos, resulta herido y comienza a perder su poder, se da cuenta de que necesita las habilidades de una sanadora en concreto. Y, como el destino tiene un oscuro sentido del humor, se trata de una integrante de la Orden Haelan, enemiga natural de los Fyren.

Música, actualidad, estilo de vida y humor

A veces, la verdad mata... Tricia y Ethan acaban de casarse y están a la búsqueda de la casa de sus sueños. Pero cuando visitan la remota mansión que una vez perteneció a la doctora Adrienne Hale, una reconocida psiquiatra que desapareció sin dejar rastro hace cuatro años, una feroz tormenta los deja atrapados. Mientras busca un libro para entretenerse hasta que pare de nevar, Tricia tropieza con una habitación secreta que contiene las transcripciones de las conversaciones con todos y cada uno de los pacientes que trató la doctora Hale.

A pesar de los padecimientos y de la monstruosa brutalidad sufridos, Frankl pudo reconocer que, pese a todo, la vida es digna de ser vivida y que la libertad interior y la dignidad humana son indestructibles. La logoterapia, método psicoterapéutico creado por el propio Frankl, se basa precisamente en la búsqueda del sentido de la existencia, en la que el ser humano asume la responsabilidad ante sí mismo, ante los demás y ante la vida.

Cuando Marcos era pequeño le dejaba cartas a su madre antes de ir a la escuela. Ahora se aparece en sus sueños, porque le quiere contar a qué lugar lo llevaron… cuando lo desaparecieron. Ada está en una carrera contra el tiempo, porque teme morir antes de encontrarlo, pero de una cosa está segura: tiene que buscarlo en un árbol.

Un virus letal se desata accidentalmente en el Cáucaso, extendiéndose velozmente por todo el planeta. En Galicia, un joven abogado observa impotente cómo su apacible vida se desmorona cuando la plaga alcanza su ciudad. Ahora, debe enfrentarse a una lucha desesperada por la supervivencia en un territorio familiar que se ha transformado en un infierno terrenal.

In Alison Bechdel’s hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new comic novel confection, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont, is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a citizenry on the brink of civil war. She wonders: Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege?

Dr. Robert Carter rose from poverty in a small rural town to become one of the most respected cardiologists of his generation. Guided by a rare mix of scientific precision and theological insight, he believed medicine could mend more than just bodies; it could reach the soul. But at the peak of his career, an unexpected accident changes everything. Faced with devastating physical and emotional setbacks, Carter must confront the one patient he’s never been able to treat: himself. What follows is a profound journey of recovery, faith, and rediscovery. In retirement, Carter finds new purpose...

Amid the brutality of the Holocaust, one bright spot shone inside the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. In the shadows of the smokestacks was a wooden hut where children sang, staged plays, wrote poetry, and learned about the world. Within those four walls, brightly adorned with hand-painted cartoons, the youngest prisoners were kept vermin-free, received better food, and were even taught to imagine having full stomachs and a day without fear. Their guiding light was a twenty-seven-year-old gay, Jewish athlete: Fredy Hirsch.

Isolated from society, Emily Brontë and her siblings spend their days inventing elaborate fictional realms or roaming the wild moors above their family home in Yorkshire. When the time comes for them to venture out into the world to earn a living, each of them struggles to adapt, but for Emily the change is catastrophic. Torn from the landscape to which she has become so passionately bound, she is simply unable to function.

Who was the last man to see Christ alive - and the only one entrusted with His Mother? From the shadows of Golgotha to the storm-swept shores of Patmos, Beloved Disciple: Guardian of the Holy Virgin unravels one of the most mysterious and powerful stories of early Christianity. Saint John the Theologian. The only apostle who stood at the Cross. The one who outran Peter to the tomb. The one who never died. In this gripping, cinematic retelling, Saint John is more than a Gospel writer - he is a man on the run, a secret guardian, and the keeper of a divine promise. After Christ entrusts him ...

Euphoria is Lily King’s nationally bestselling breakout novel of three young, gifted anthropologists of the 1930s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and ultimately their lives.

È una favola quella che Luba si è inventata per regalare ai “suoi” bambini un sorriso: il gioco del treno azzurro. Uno dopo l’altro, prima di salire su quel convoglio immaginario, ciascuno dice dove vuole andare, e la locomotiva li porta a destinazione. «A casa», sospirano quasi tutti. Sanno che da Bergen-Belsen nessuno può uscire, ma il treno azzurro tiene viva la speranza che un giorno l’orrore in cui sono sprofondati svanirà. Un treno di tenebre li ha portati fin lì, un treno di luce li farà fuggire via.

Francesco Lentini nasce con tre gambe, quattro piedi, sedici dita e due genitali, in una Sicilia di fine Ottocento dove la sua vita si prospetta misera e inevitabilmente destinata alla vergogna. Finché a nove anni l'incontro con un impresario gli cambia la vita: Francesco diventa Frank e si trasferisce negli Stati Uniti, dove la sua «mostruosità» diventa una «meraviglia» per tutti gli avventori dei circhi, delle fiere e dei freak show.

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Annes dreijähriger Aufenthalt in Summerside Anne Shirley macht ihre ersten Karriereschritte als Rektorin der Summerside Highschool. Dass man in einer solchen Position nicht immer von allen geliebt wird, ist eine Erfahrung, die sie bitter zu spüren bekommt. Vor allem der im Ort sehr mächtige Pringles-Familienclan macht ihr zu schaffen. Aber Anne wäre nicht Anne, wenn sie allen Sorgen nicht mit viel Optimismus, Mut und einer kräftigen Portion Humor begegnen würde. Eine heitere und lebensbejahende Geschichte voller Schwung.

Osman Warning is a gripping, thought-provoking book that explores the chilling consequences of a threat to life and the ripple effect it has on an ordinary family. Inspired by the real-life case of the Osman family, this fictionalized account follows the journey of Yasmin and Ali Osman as they struggle to protect themselves and their loved ones from a seemingly unstoppable danger. As the family grapples with mounting fear, paranoia, and a shattered sense of safety, they must rely on each other and the support of their community.

Michael Frayn's classic is set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life—until one day his great chance of glory at last arrives.

Christine Orban invite le lecteur à plonger dans la déchirante confession de Diana, pauvre créature sacrifiée à la royauté, et l’invite dans les coulisses d’un mariage somptueusement raté.

Land Where My Fathers Died is the story of a young man's search for identity, love, and his place in the world. While incarcerated six years for a murder he never committed, Jo Shelby Ferguson lost his only family in a highway accident. Upon his release from the Mississippi state penal farm, a trunk, the only earthly possession left to him, yields several bundles of old letters. Upon reading the first letter, he discovers they are written by his great-great-great grandmother.

Nelle sue molte vite, Diana Karenne è stata qualsiasi cosa: straniera misteriosa, femme fatale, zingara, cantante, imprenditrice cinematografica, spia, suora strappata al convento, santa, contessa, regina, zarina. Prima che il tempo ne cancellasse ogni ricordo, fra il 1916 e il 1919 è stata soprattutto la più affascinante diva del cinema muto italiano. Diana si destreggia fra aristocratici, diplomatici, produttori dalla fama di banditi, attori a caccia di conquiste, sempre inseguita dal sospetto di essere una spia. Si sposta da Roma a Torino, da Milano a Napoli e Genova.

Simonetta Agnello Hornby prende le mosse dalla domanda più semplice, più diretta, con cui ci interroghiamo quotidianamente: "Quello che sto facendo è giusto o sbagliato?". A partire da lì si toccano la giustizia dentro l'istituto famigliare, i fenomeni di ingiustizia sociale, lo spettro delle guerre (esistono guerre giuste?), l'amministrazione della giustizia, l'educazione di figli e nipoti. Agnello Hornby cerca esempi nella vita animale e indaga sulla rappresentazione della giustizia nella cultura popolare, nell'arte, nella letteratura, nelle storie che contribuiscono a creare una sensibilità civile.

In a small modern day little village of Ingleton, the family of Wilsons have always had a reputation. Living in a huge manor overlooking the town full of history, they are also well known for being a family of witches, reaching back to the 1600s. When a thick fog lays over the village and begins to spread across the neighbouring towns and cities, bringing the undead and spirits of the underworlds with it, it is up to the Wilson witches.

Beth Jannery's novel Unapologetic explores the life of Delilah Auburn, a woman at a crossroads in her middle age, seeking to break free from a past marked by upheaval and emotional distance. Finally, a novel that turns childhood trauma into truth and healing. Unapologetic stands as a testament to the resilience and courage required for personal healing and growth. In the same spirit as the works of Miranda July and Glennon Doyle, Jannery’s novel bravely exposes raw emotions and tackles real topics with a vulnerability that feels akin to walking through the world with no skin—exposed and raw.

Le monde a oublié son nom. Il est temps de connaître son histoire. Harriet Constable voue son premier roman à la mise en lumière des artistes femmes oubliées de l'Histoire, en racontant l'histoire vraie d'Anna Maria della Pietà, violoniste vénitienne d'exception du XVIIIe siècle ayant largement contribué à l'œuvre de Vivaldi avant d'être effacée par son mentor.

Paris, 1924. The Olympics. Lucy Morton, an ambitious Blackpool swimmer waits to find out if she’s won against her American rival. If she has, she’ll be the first British woman to win Gold in an individual event. If she has, it’ll upset the apple cart. The Americans have been sweeping the boards and, at 26, she’s a veteran in the sport. If she has, it’ll be despite the car accident she was in just 48 hours before, which saw her lose five teeth, crack a rib and be out cold until the morning of the biggest race of her life.

Con l'arrivo della pandemia, Kristófer, vedovo di 74 anni, è costretto a chiudere il suo ristorante a Reykjavík, sprofondando in una spirale di incertezza e malinconia. Fino a quando un messaggio su Facebook di Miko Nakamura, una donna che aveva conosciuto da giovane a Londra, lo trascina inesorabilmente in una storia d'amore che credeva di aver dimenticato e lo costringe a partire, dopo tanti anni, per il Giappone. In un itinerario che lo porterà non solo a rivedere Miko, ma anche a ripercorrere più di cinquant'anni della sua esistenza.

Lady Kat Cooke is a member of the Tudor court, presided over by an ailing King, and a resolute Queen Katherine Parr. Kat is a witness to the grandeur and wealth, and to the dangerous passions that are hidden beneath the surface. Kat knows that there is danger for the Queen, and possible betrayal. Kat is determined to remain loyal, but a reckoning with the King looms. Will Kat survive or will her fiery spirit lead her into danger? But Kat is more concerned for her daughter than herself.

This is a memoir with a side of murder (90% fiction)! In this book, I retell the story (through the character Rae) about my time working at the hottest salon in Richmond, Virginia. In the book, the salon owners buy a building and renovate it into a high-end salon. Hiring new people is tricky but when they start having accidents they begin to notice that something is amiss. The employees begin to get nervous, looking over their shoulders and into each other's business. A group of them decide to keep tabs on some sketchy activities that the manager is doing.

While aiming for the bright lights of Broadway, Elise misses her target and is instead thrown into the chaos of Mumbai, dancing in Bollywood blockbusters. The richness of India ignites a deep desire for travel, but when the sudden death of a loved one draws her home, Elise is overcome with hopelessness. Her despair transforms into an eating disorder that consumes the next five years of her youth. Determined to discover her unrecognised potential, Elise makes radical changes and, amid these modifications, finds love.

Looking After the Ashes is a semi-biographical fiction of Kopi Soh’s childhood stories. Growing up in a large extended Taoist influenced Peranakan family filled with strong women, Kopi hears these words of ‘wisdom’ daily. She used to live in a world where clipping finger nails at night was strictly forbidden, pointing at the moon would result in one’s ears getting chopped off, and children were forced to stay indoors during sundown for fear of collision with evil forces.