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Evelyn Hugo, el icono de Hollywood que se ha recluido a su edad madura, por fin decide contar la verdad sobre su vida llena de glamour y de escándalos. Convocada en el lujoso apartamento de Evelyn, Monique escucha fascinada mientras la actriz le cuenta su historia. Desde su llegada a Los Ángeles en los años 50 hasta su decisión de abandonar su carrera en el mundo del espectáculo en los 80 —y, desde luego, los siete maridos que tuvo en ese tiempo—, Evelyn narra una historia de ambición implacable, amistad inesperada y un gran amor prohibido.

Chicago, 1920s: Movie starlet Silver Dollar Tabor's glittering life shatters after a brutal attack awakens a hidden self. Plunging into the city's dangerous underworld of burlesque speakeasies, she blurs the lines between ambition and destruction, testing her love for screenwriter Carl. This Jazz Age, Prohibition-era tale explores the dark side of fame and the fragility of identity.

Panicked by his own mortality, despondent over his many failings as a writer and a man, Dunne leaves his wife and their three-year old child for the solitude of a crummy apartment off the Vegas Strip. There he plans to write an account of the city as he finds it; the book he ends up writing is "a fiction which recalls time both real and imagined."

The reflection in the shattered mirror transports the listener into the heart and mind of an innocent, small-town boy thrown into the midst of the Vietnam War. As Ethan battles the brutality of combat, he also fights to hold onto his love for Nicole, his high school sweetheart. But war changes a man. The weight of violence, faith, and love press upon him—will he ever be the same?

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?

Hailes Castle, 1511. Midnight on a doom-laden Halloween and Elisabeth Hepburn, feisty daughter of the Earl of Bothwell, makes a wish to wed her lover, the poet David Lindsay. But her uncle has other plans. To safeguard the interests of the Hepburn family, she is to become a nun and succeed her aunt as Prioress of St. Mary’s Abbey, Haddington. However, plunged into the political maelstrom and religious turmoil of the early Scottish Reformation, Hepburn's life there is hardly one of quiet contemplation.

O casal mais célebre do Império Romano, Marco Antônio e Cleópatra são os personagens centrais deste romance escrito por Allan Massie. Contado em forma de autobiografia, o autor dá voz a um dos personagens mais controversos da literatura. À beira da ruína, Marco Antônio revive sua luta...

Herman Lenz immigrated from Germany in 1880 and started a dairy farm in central Wisconsin. He raised a family with four children on ten cows. His oldest son, Charles, took over the farm, doubled the herd, and, over 35 years, raised his family of three boys. His youngest, John, expanded the barn and tripled the herd while raising a family of eight boys. After 110 years, his son, Doug, number seven in the family, became the fourth-generation farmer. Within ten years, the Lenz Dairy Farm can no longer support a family. Between 1990 and 2006, Wisconsin lost 14,000 dairy farms. It's time they ...

Many know the story but not many have heard it told through the eyes of the protagonist—Joseph. In this version of the immensely popular and extremely motivational account of the life of Joseph, we get to experience events through his eyes and hear the gripping account relayed in his voice.

Behind My Back, Beneath My Roof is a raw, unforgettable story of friendship, betrayal, and the devastating price of telling the truth. When a woman discovers a secret affair unfolding right under her nose—between her best friend and her husband—she’s forced to make a choice that will shatter lives and shake a community.

E SE O PRINCIPAL LIVRO DE MACHADO DE ASSIS FOSSE AUTOBIOGRÁFICO? Neste romance, uma outra face de Machado de Assis é apresentada e convidamos os leitores a conhecerem a versão de seu adversário mais desgraçado.Dois garotos, de origens muito diferentes, são forçados a conviver por alguns...

– Com licença, senhora. Tem uma moeda? Tô com fome.Manhattan, Nova York, 1986. Foi assim que começou essa história no mínimo improvável. Ela, uma diretora comercial bem-sucedida de 35 anos no auge da carreira. Ele, um garotinho negro de onze anos que sobrevivia pedindo esmolas na rua...

Neste livro, Allan Massie apresenta um relato fascinante de um período curto e turbulento da história do Império Romano que ficou conhecido como "o ano dos quatro imperadores". Nero e seus herdeiros descreve os acontecimentos que se sucedem em um ritmo alucinante entre junho de 68 e dezembro...

ಮಂಟೇಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಕಥಾ ಪ್ರಸಂಗ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಮೌಖಿಕ ಮಹಾಕಾವ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಂಟೇಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಹದಿನೈದನೆಯ ಶತಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ...

Neste livro, Allan Massie apresenta ao leitor o próprio Tibério escrevendo suas memórias no final da vida. Foi imperador na época da Crucificação de Cristo, que foi comandada por Pilatos, prefeito da pequena Judéia. O segundo no comando do império romano, afilhado de Augusto, governou...

Júlio César é apresentado ao leitor narrando suas memórias como general e político romano, cujo nome original era Décimo Júnio Bruto Albino. Na prisão, enquanto aguarda julgamento e condenação à morte por sua participação na conspiração contra o grande César – seu pai adotivo e...

Step into the gritty streets of East London at the turn of the 20th century, where Through the Changing Tides immerses you in the lives of the Cooper family, ordinary people navigating extraordinary hardships. This historical family saga follows Thomas and Mary Cooper and their two young daughters, Elizabeth and Alice, as they struggle against poverty, exploitation, and the ceaseless demands of survival. Thomas, a dockworker hardened by years of backbreaking labour, shoulders the weight of his family’s survival with stoic resilience.

"Tides of Acadia" follows Charles La Tour through the brutal calculus of 17th-century colonial survival, where every alliance carries a price and every decision risks catastrophe. Unlike conventional historical fiction that romanticizes frontier life, Daigle presents colonization as a series of moral compromises, particularly in Charles's evolving relationship with Indigenous peoples like the Maliseet, who view him as both a potential ally and an inevitable threat. The novel's structure mirrors the Bay of Fundy's extreme tides—periods of intense action followed by contemplative interludes...

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...

One mistake cost me everything, and I was ready to pay the price until one day, I was given an offer I couldn't refuse.