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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.

Robert Burslem departs from his normal genre for this work. This novella is set in Robert's native Wales. It is a story inspired by true life events. It depicts with compassion the poverty that existed in North Wales during the 1950's and 60's Kevin is faced with an imminent and cataclysmic life changing event. He has to decide if it’s worth going on. Before he makes that decision he needs to face up to his past and the bad things he has done to the ones he loves. He has to decide if redemption is possible. This story is both sad and humorous. At times it is earthy which is a reflection ...

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?

This is a true story about a power struggle in a part of the country that has been forgotten about by some and never known about by others. In an area where opportunity is not abundant and young people rarely see a bright future, there will always be predators who are able to take advantage of the vulnerable and wreak havoc on their communities. When bad people intend to do harm, there are good people who will try to intervene for the benefit of the downtrodden. This all too often brings about a clash of wills.

November 1539. Sent as a bride for the much-married King of England, Anna of Cleves has left her homeland and family behind to travel to England. There to be wed to a man who has killed one wife, and perhaps caused the deaths of two more, Anna fears her marriage and husband, yet she has been promised to Henry VIII to secure alliance for her country, and safety for her people. But will there be safety for Anna? Into a court of scandal and cutthroat politics she is thrown, and only by her wits will she survive.

1522, England. Anne Boleyn has lived an adventurous youth in the glittering courts of Europe, now, promised in marriage to a man she knows nothing of, Anne has been called home by her ambitious father. She will enter the English Court, to find many admirers courting her. Anne finds potential for love in three men, but there is one... more unexpected than all the others, who claims her heart. The beginning of a love which would change the course of English history, and shake the foundations of the Church... The courtier's daughter who captured the heart of a king, Anne Boleyn.

Vera Lawson is embroiled once again in the Polt family mystery. The two paintings discovered in the crypt in the garden of the Saint-Pois house, have come under scrutiny from The Louvre Museum’s top investigator, Dr. Lucille Thompson-McLeay. Is the Art theft of the century. Are they real or forgeries?Dr Thompson-McLeay’s unusual interrogation techniques, are causing problems with her employer - Interpol. Put under the protective services of dashing Naval Military Commando Master Sergeant Joseph Perrigaux, Lucille is keeping silent about her past life, but not before Vera Lawson ...

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."

Esa noche, otro sueño profundo se apoderó de él; y una vez más vio al ángel que había entregado personalmente los preceptos del pacto noájida. Ella dijo: —Noé, ¿por qué dudas, hijo mío? Él respondió: —He fracasado. Soy un fracaso. Realmente deberías buscar a alguien más calificado para esta tarea. Ni siquiera sé exactamente qué es, pero sé que no soy apto para ello. Soy el opuesto de Midas. Todo lo que toco se convierte en polvo y cenizas. —Eres muy duro contigo mismo, Noé. Lo que se te ha confiado no es fácil. No es para cualquiera. Fuiste elegido por una razón.

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 ...

A punto de caer Madrid y tras las derrotas del río Ebro y Cataluña, el ejército republicano se desploma mientras las tropas franquistas avanzan hacia Levante, a la conquista de los últimos bastiones de la Segunda República. En el pueblo de Petrel (Alicante), el gobierno de Juan Negrín y buena parte de los dirigentes del Partido Comunista preparan su salida de España. Y hasta allí llega el general Juan Modesto para organizar, junto con otros jefes militares republicanos, la evacuación del gobierno. Son los últimos días de la guerra y los recuerdos se agolpan en la mente de Modesto.

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...