Historical Drama

Esta novela narra la agridulce aventura de un joven abogado idealista e ingenuo que asume el cargo de decano académico en una escuela de negocios con fines de lucro en la ciudad de Nueva York en 1987, con un conocimiento muy limitado del sector. Incapaz de aceptar la situación actual que encuentra, se embarca de inmediato en una búsqueda personal para mejorar vidas en un entorno donde solo importa el lucre. Su espíritu emprendedor y voluntad de trabajar día y noche y arriesgarlo para implementar su visión lo impulsan rápidamente al éxito profesional. Pero el mismo lo adquiere con un...

When a young brother and sister decide to effect an Unrest Cure on the prematurely middle-aged proprietors of a country hotel, success seems assured. Until, that is, the arrival of an unexpected guest....

吏部尚书蒲剑本要将女儿嫁给早已相中的虎震大将军萧南天的长子。蒲苇却告诉娘，她不嫁权贵……吏部尚書蒲劍本要將女兒嫁給早已相中的虎震大將軍蕭南天的長子。蒲葦卻告訴娘，她不嫁權貴……

Every angel has their first solo mission but none as infamous as the young Azrael, the Creator's Angel of Death. In his first solo mission he will face the impossible both mentally and physically to prove his worth. Will he succumb to the sins of the human world or will he overcome his mission with without flaw?

DESCUBRE LA HISTORIA DE UNA FAMILIA ATRAPADA EN EL DRAMA Y EL DESAFÍO DE UN PAÍS EN CRISIS En el contexto de la expedición de junio del 59 en la República Dominicana, esta historia nos revela las luchas de una familia de provincia frente a eventos históricos que pondrán a prueba sus lazos y su resistencia.Con un estilo narrativo único, que mezcla monólogos interiores, entradas de diario y cartas, la novela permite adentrarse en las voces más íntimas de sus personajes.

It's 1915 when young Bess Ravenhart, recently widowed, leaves her baby son, Frazer, with her mother-in-law, Cora, while she sails from India to Britain to set up a home. But Cora has no intention of returning Frazer to his mother's care. Though Bess makes a new life in Edinburgh and knows the joy - and pain - of motherhood with further children, her heart always aches for the little boy she left behind. When Frazer travels to Scotland 20 years later, it seems Bess' dreams of a reconciliation will come true.

It’s 1953 and the nation’s favourite street is preparing to celebrate Elizabeth II’s coronation. As the street swoons over the beautiful young queen and her handsome Prince, tensions simmer beneath the surface. Can the street put their troubles behind them and make Coronation Day a celebration to remember?

A short story about the events of the displacement of Nubia, the conditions of its people, and the water barges they ride on their journey from their original homeland to an unknown barren land.

The Angelotti family reels when the lost son, given up for adoption in the war, traces his birth family and returns to the fold, with devastating consequences. As poverty-stricken newlyweds, Laura and Giovanni Angelotti were forced to put their first child - a boy - up for adoption. They have had other children since, and their first little Italian cafe has become a restaurant empire, but Laura is still haunted by thoughts of the baby she lost.

Single mother Sarah is guilt-ridden when an accident leaves her young daughter Melody seriously injured and their once music-filled lives silent. When she discovers her grandmother Rosalie's old war correspondence, she thinks she might have found a way to save her family, but it will require a leap of faith she isn't sure they are ready to take.

Hitler annexes several countries; Europe is in turmoil. Britain is going to war, the call to arms is passed by parliament. The “Call Up” however, is not for everyone, certain occupations are exempt as they are considered vital to the country and the coming war effort. Despondent and angry, Detective Inspector Brakes battles with his inner conflicts as he comes to terms with not been able to join his comrades in arms. However, for DI Brakes, his case load is about to become more diverse than he could ever imagine. For him, his war is also just beginning, but on the Homefront. War-related...

A historic Canadian property becomes the canvas for a tale that spans generations. In 1914, a tragedy unfolded, leaving scars that linger far beyond the passage of time. In 1947, a visionary purchases the haunted remnants, seeking a new beginning for his family, but his young daughter senses a ghost from the far past. In the present, urban explorers unlock the secrets of the past while running a web design company. Photographs and sketches capture the essence of the property, documenting the whispers of spirits from another era. As the explorers navigate the abandoned corridors and ...

她的一生波澜壮阔、纵情恣意，她在至高处把持朝政呼风唤雨，太后专权自她而始，太后称谓亦始见于她。她就是千古太后第一人……她的一生波瀾壯闊、縱情恣意，她在至高處把持朝政呼風喚雨，太后專權自她而始，太后稱謂亦始見於她。她就是千古太后第一人……

Das wohl berühmteste Drama von Anton Tschechow, das nach wie vor Dauergast in den Theaterhäusern ist. Konstantin Treplev will Schriftsteller werden. Doch Unterstützung erfährt er keine, weder von seiner Mutter noch von seiner Geliebten Nina. Als diese Treplev für den erfolgreichen Autoren Trigorin verlässt, nimmt das Unglück seinen Lauf.

It wasn’t easy growing up the daughter of a traitor and Quintana Wade has struggled just to keep a roof over her head… so when the father who abandoned her to join the cause of American liberty sends an emissary to “fetch her home” Quintana launches her own full scale rebellion. Draper Boone is unlike any man Quintana has ever encountered. Devastatingly handsome, exotic, and wild, the militia captain is more than a match for her in every way. Sexual tension crackles between them, and Draper’s seductive ways are hard to resist. As hardheaded as her father, Quintana is not about to ...

Seventeen-year-old Meg Oversby often dreams of a more exciting life than the dull existence she faces at her family’s farm deep in the Yorkshire Dales. Growing up, she’s always sensed her father’s disappointment at not having a son to help with the farm work. So when Meg dances all night at the local market hall with Sam Alderson, a lead miner from Swaledale, a new light enters her life. Sam and his brother Jack show Meg a side to life she didn’t know existed. But when her parents find out, she’s forbidden from ever seeing them again....

Lisa blends the world of southern belles with English aristocracy, Welshmen, and Scottish villagers in her own unique style with the story of Victoria, Volume 3 in the Brides of Grace Hill series. Victoria has grown up on the Kentucky meadows and fields of Grace Hill and Sarah Rose Hall, surviving what Lincoln called the Great War. But her family emerges from the war unscathed, only to turn around and face severe hardship. She’s beautiful, vivacious, and swarmed by one beau after another. However, none have held her heart captive quite like Lieutenant Langford does for her sister, Rose. ...

What Nazi Germany did to the Jews did not happen overnight. The foundation for it was built in German culture over the centuries, arguably started by the writings and deeds of perhaps the most influential reformer of the millennium, Martin Luther. This screenplay is a journey through his life to give us insights of how a movement, no matter how pure in its intention, could go terribly wrong.

In haunting and crystalline prose, The Train of Small Mercies follows six characters' intrepid search for hope among the debris of an American tragedy.In New York, a young black porter struggles through his first day on the job-a staggering assignment aboard Robert F. Kennedy's funeral train. In Pennsylvania, a woman creates a tangle of lies to sneak away from her disapproving husband and pay her respects to the slain senator, dragging her child with her.

Life is going well for Maria. Welcomed into the Saward family, she has secured herself a job as a maid for Queen Alexandra and is living with her family in a beautiful cottage on the Royal Sandringham estate. The luxuries and privilege associated with the royal family are a far cry from the poverty and suffering she endured before, though the royals, like the nation, are tightening their belts. But when a mysterious relative turns up, seemingly on the run from the law, Maria's new-found happiness could be under threat.