Novedades

To Have and To Hold A Pride and Prejudice Variation When Elizabeth Bennet rescues Georgiana Darcy from a disastrous entanglement with George Wickham in Ramsgate, she expects nothing in return—least of all a meeting with the girl's formidable brother. Fitzwilliam Darcy arrives at the Gardiners' leased seaside cottage prepared to reclaim his sister and confront her would-be seducer. Instead, he finds himself caught off guard by the quick wit, steady nerve, and captivating spirit of the young woman who intervened on Georgiana’s behalf. From the moment Elizabeth meets Mr. Darcy, her heart ...

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli is a timeless political treatise that explores the dynamics of power, leadership, and statecraft. Written in the early 16th century, this concise yet provocative work offers pragmatic advice to rulers on how to gain, maintain, and consolidate authority, often advocating for realism over idealism. Machiavelli examines historical examples and human behavior to present strategies that prioritize effectiveness over morality, making the book both influential and controversial.

Do Jane Austen novels truly celebrate—or undermine—romance and happy endings? How did Jane Austen become a cultural icon for fairy-tale endings when her own books end in ways that are rushed, ironic, and reluctant to satisfy readers' thirst for romance? In Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness, Austen scholar Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey journeys through the iconic novelist's books in the first full-length study of Austen's endings.

Un scriitor căruia nu i se cunoaște numele vine la o „cină artistică" găzduită de un compozitor și de soția lui bogată, cu o viață socială activă – un cuplu pe care l-a admirat cândva și pe care a ajuns să-l deteste. Invitatul de onoare al serii, un distins actor de la Burgtheater, întârzie peste măsură. În timpul îndelungatei așteptări, ceilalți oaspeți, cei mai mulți aduși laolaltă de înmormântarea Joanei, o veche prietenă comună, sunt văzuți prin ochiul critic al scriitorului, care se lansează într-o tiradă tăcută, dar frenetică și pe alocuri ambiguă, împotriva lor.

‘We Poets Speak Of Stars But Who Has Ever Met One?’ contains 62 poems of a varying nature. This poetry book is dedicated to, and begins with a eulogy for, a dear friend who passed away at the age of 70. He was a businessman & lecturer in life and had only just retired. News of this close friend’s death reached the poet on his 35th birthday.

El Diván del Tamarit es un poemario del poeta y dramaturgo español Federico García Lorca (Granada, 1898-1936) publicado póstumamente en 1940. Se compone de poemas denominados casidas y gacelas, en homenaje a los poetas árabes de Granada.

February 1941. Violet Grey, a gifted linguistics student, is shattered by the loss of her younger brother in a London air raid—an accident her sister blames on her. When an unexpected summons draws her into the secretive world of Bletchley Park, Violet escapes the sadness at home, and is thrust into the relentless pressure of Hut 3, translating intercepted German messages in silence and secrecy. Haunted by guilt and struggling to find her footing, she slowly rebuilds herself through the quiet strength of new friendships and the steady presence of mathematician William Granger. But danger ...

Auf 97 Seiten bringt dieses humorvolle Buch die bayerische Lebensart auf charmante Weise zum Leben – von den lustigen Erlebnissen in der Schule bis hin zu den eigenwilligen Anekdoten aus der Nachbarschaft. Die humorvollen Gedichte und Geschichten werfen einen liebevollen Blick auf die kleinen und großen Ereignisse im Dorfalltag, die jedem bekannt sind – und garantiert für so manches Lächeln sorgen werden.

Are you ready for a theatrical romp that’s more twisted than a pretzel on opening night? Dive into the enchanting chaos of K.R.M. Morgan's "The Understudy of the Underworld"! Join Brenda, a retired dental hygienist with dreams of stardom, as she battles her own performance demons under the watchful eye of Julian, the cravat-wearing director with expectations higher than the theatre’s chandelier! From her feeble falsettos to the eerie antics of Aoife, a banshee stuck in a ghostly rut, every moment is a laugh-out-loud exercise in the art of theatrics (and potential disaster). Why should ...

… Un morto, che pure è un morto, caro mio, vuole anche lui la sua casa. E se è un morto per bene, bella la vuole; e ha ragione! Da starci comodo, e di marmo la vuole, e decorata anche. E se poi è un morto che può spendere, la vuole anche con qualche profonda… come si dice? allegoria, già!, con qualche profonda allegoria d’un grande scultore come me: una bella lapide latina: HIC JACET… chi fu, chi non fu… un bel giardinetto attorno, con l’insalatina e tutto...

Este libro propone un recorrido accesible y riguroso por la historia del arte y la literatura en España desde una perspectiva social. Pensado especialmente para estudiantes de lengua y cultura españolas, ofrece 160 apartados temáticos que van desde las pinturas rupestres de Altamira hasta la narrativa digital del siglo XXI. A lo largo del camino, el lector encontrará no solo obras y estilos, sino también preguntas y reflexiones sobre la memoria, la identidad, la política, el cuerpo, la tecnología y la imaginación colectiva, con especial atención a la diversidad cultural y ...

De obrero fabril a próximo Rey Demonio Krimson Bloodbath es un joven noble demonio con un pasado inesperado: una vida anterior como obrero fabril en la Tierra. En un mundo de magia, intrigas y poder, debe forjar su propio camino para reclamar su destino. Tras derrotar a un cruel conde y forjar alianzas con razas olvidadas, Krimson enfrenta desafíos que pondrán a prueba su astucia, fuerza y liderazgo. Desde la academia demoníaca hasta campañas militares para liberar reinos oprimidos, su viaje combina estrategia, acción y política. Este es el primer volumen de la segunda historia de la...

What are you willing to sacrifice for the people you love? After a personal tragedy shattered his life and career, Flokí Wilhelmsen, a former SFPD homicide detective, and his 15-year-old daughter Charlene, moved back home from San Francisco to the western fjords of Norway in search of solace. A call from Cathrine, a woman connected to his younger brother Olav, interrupts his peace when she informs him that Olav has mysteriously vanished from his Spanish apartment. As Flokí embarks on his journey to Spain to uncover the truth behind Olav’s disappearance, danger and deception engulf him. ...

This is the story of a feud which began in the time of Edward the Confessor and continued into the 1350’s and beyond. It begins when Wilfrid Elland gives hospitality to a young Norman by the name of Hugh d’Eckerslée. Hugh is much taken by Wilfrid's beautiful young wife, Edith, and seduces her. A duel, a death – and a long-running feud are the consequences.

He's the monster I prayed I would never meet. Except he turns out to be the stranger who took my virginity And now, the father of my baby. The hard-core tattoos are a new addition to his sun-kissed skin. But the scorching cobalt-blue gaze, and that dirty-talking mouth? Very much the same. His eyes hold dark secrets, but they're also calling me back to bed. My resistance melts like hot wax, but this time, I want answers. Answers that should make a good girl run screaming for her daddy. I want him too much to walk away, besides, I'm finding just how much I love being bad. Suddenly there’s a...

The past meets the present when American journalist Kayla O'Brien makes her new home in Killaloe, Ireland, called back to her Irish roots. Researching her ancestry as she settles into her new life, it is when she begins that summer attending events with a group that visits historical and spiritual places that Kayla begins to have dreams that mysteriously seem like they are taking place in another time, long ago.

Enserrée entre le lit du Rhin et les montagnes des Vosges, l'Alsace offre un paysage où la nature et l'histoire s’entrelacent pour donner naissance à un patrimoine unique de contes et de légendes. Des flèches effondrées des châteaux médiévaux aux profondeurs des forêts ombragées, chaque recoin de cette terre abrite des récits empreints de poésie, d’héroïsme et de mystère. Découvrez des histoires qui ont traversé les siècles, portées par la voix des conteurs et la plume des écrivains.

Billie nous livre avec une grande sincérité les poèmes sublimes et pleins de vie de son arrière-grand-mère. Composé à plus de 80 ans par Andrée Chedid, Rythmes apparaît pourtant comme un livre de jeunesse, tant il manifeste une capacité d'étonnement et d'émerveillement devant la vie et ses métamorphoses, tant il fait montre, en dépit d'une lucidité sans compromis sur les faiblesses, travers et failles de l'humain, d'un optimisme obstiné, vigoureux, sans cesse renaissant.

Harrison Bellamy was born into a world that didn’t want him. An absent father. An abusive stepdad. Three suicide attempts before he turned twenty-one. By the time he found love, married, and raised four kids, the scars were already deep—and some still bled in silence. But now, in the shadow of sixty-five, with eight grandchildren who see him as something he never believed he could be—a good man—Harrison is faced with the one question he’s never dared to ask: What if the past doesn’t get the final word? Told with grit, grace, and a staggering emotional honesty, What the Years ...

Está en la sala familiar, sombría, y entre nosotros, el querido hermano que en el sueño infantil de un claro día vimos partir hacia un país lejano. Hoy tiene ya las sienes plateadas, un gris mechón sobre la angosta frente; y la fría inquietud de sus miradas revela un alma casi toda ausente.