North House

A través de trece episodios, Colson Whitehead traza un recorrido visual por las calles de la ciudad, pero también por su propia memoria: qué se siente al contemplar Manhattan por primera vez, cómo Nueva York desplaza a sus habitantes de la soledad al calor del gentío... A ritmo de jazz, el autor utiliza distintas voces narrativas con la intención de transmitirnos con total fidelidad la banda sonora de este lugar, que es a la vez variada y fluida.

Northern Ireland is one hundred years old. Northern Ireland does not exist. Both of these statements are true. It just depends on who you ask. How do you write about a place like this? THE STRANGERS' HOUSE asks this question of the region’s greatest writers, living and dead. What have they made of Northern Ireland–and what has Northern Ireland made of them?

Siempre se puede reconocer un cuadro de Kahlo porque ella está en casi todos, con su pelo negro trenzado y sus coloridos trajes mexicanos. Una mujer valiente que estuvo inválida la mayor parte de su vida, se transformó en una obra de arte viva. Tan famosa por sus autorretratos e imágenes inquietantes, así como por su matrimonio con otro famoso artista, Diego Rivera, esta pintora fuerte y valiente se inspiró en la antigua cultura e historia de su amada patria, México.

Ex-Navy SEAL Samson Caine has lost everything he's ever fought for - and nothing can bring back his wife. But when he's offered a new mission protecting brilliant, sharp-tongued biochemist Angela McAllister from those who want to exploit the deadly knowledge she carries, he's got no choice but to accept. He couldn't save his first love, but maybe he can finally find redemption keeping the fiery scientist safe.

Minoru Aose es un arquitecto de mediana edad cuya carrera y familia se desmoronaron con el estallido de la burbuja económica de Japón y que ha acabado refugiándose en la mediocridad. Sin embargo, su vida da un vuelco cuando recibe un encargo muy peculiar: diseñar una casa a su antojo en el espléndido terreno que sus clientes, los Yoshino, poseen en las montañas.

Cuando una estudiante es asignada el trabajo de completar un árbol familiar y solo puede contar tres generaciones atrás, Abuela junta a toda la familia, y la estudiante aprende que hace 400 años, en 1619, sus antepasados fueron robados y traídos a los Estados Unidos por esclavizadores europeos. Pero antes de eso, ellos tenían un hogar, una tierra, un idioma.

When DCI Finnegan’s team is called to investigate the apparent suicide of a farmer’s wife, DI Kumar's intuition tells her something more sinister is at play. As she delves into the woman’s past, she's horrified to discover a world of emotional coercion, servitude, and tawdry sexploitation. Angered, and unwilling to let the deceased woman become just another statistic, DI Kumar is determined to find the truth. But is she searching for a killer, or simply searching for justice?

A newly elected president faces the unexpected chance to nominate a new chief justice of the Supreme Court. His first choice is a nationally respected Court of Appeals judge, a woman whose nomination faces two serious obstacles: a long-held personal secret; and the prospect that a volatile abortion case- a trial pitting a 15-year-old girl against her pro-life parents- will come before the court. And the Senate majority leader is determined to thwart the president's nomination for reasons that cross the boundary between the political and the personal.

When it comes to presidential campaigns, fiction can be more thrilling than truth. Such is the case in the extraordinary story of high-stakes presidential politics told in Richard North Patterson's No Safe Place.

Damian Stone was a distinguished member of the NYPD, on the fast-track to an FBI career until a crime syndicate ambush cost him his partner and his ambitions. Recruited by an elite security agency that leverages his hyper-protective instincts to shield notorious trial witnesses, Damian never met a charge he couldn't safeguard. Until her. Alexa Volkov lived a privileged life, far from the messy underbelly of her father's Russian mafia. Her plan to testify against the mob patriarch puts a bounty on her head.

¡Hoy es el gran día! Rosa subirá al escenario junto a su mamá y tocará con su popular banda de mariachis. Pero mientras abrochan las botonaduras brillantes y se atan los moños de sus trajes de charra, Rosa comienza a preocuparse. ¿Y si al público no le gusta? ¿Está realmente lista para subirse al escenario?

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Mention the word earthquake and most people think of California. But while the Golden State shakes on a regular basis, Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia are located in a zone that can produce the world’s biggest earthquakes and tsunamis. In the eastern part of the continent, small cities and large, from Ottawa to Montréal to New York City, sit in active earthquake zones. In fact, more than 100-million North Americans live in active seismic zones, many of whom do not realize the risk to their community.

De la mano de uno de los narradores que mejor ha contado el drama de la guerra del Pacífico, estos ocho relatos recrean los fragmentos más humanos y desgarradores del conflicto y del desierto de Atacama como escenario de guerra: soldados buscando el cuerpo del comandante Eleuterio Ramírez entre cadáveres carbonizados, el sangrador que intenta curar a los soldados chilenos en Antofagasta, el teniente Godoy empampado y mirando volar a los cuervos que esperan el momento de su muerte, la toma del Morro de Arica, el arribo a Lima y un ejército intoxicado con las aguas del río.

*83 pages written in easy-to-read large 16-point font for the early reader. . Moses’ parents were slaves in Egypt. As a baby, he was going to be thrown into the river, but a princess saved him. When he was grown, he defended his people, the Israelite people then had to run away. Years later, he returned to Egypt where God did amazing miracles through Moses so his Israelite people would be set free.. . This is a practice-your-reading and ACTIVITY book – a step above a picture book. At the end of each short story is "Think & Do”. Instead of pictures showing other children doing a good ...

Eine erste große Liebe, die nicht sein kann. Maggie ist erst 16, als sie ungewollt schwanger wird. Die entsetzten Eltern schicken sie zu einer alleinstehenden Tante nach Ocracoke Island in North Carolina. Dort soll Maggie ihr Kind austragen und zur Adoption freigeben, erst dann darf sie wieder heimkehren. Die Insel scheint Maggie so trostlos wie ihr ganzes Leben - bis sie ihren Nachhilfelehrer Bryce kennenlernt. Er ist 16 wie sie, gutaussehend, intelligent und einfühlsam. Und er verliebt sich Hals über Kopf in sie. Es dauert, bis Maggie sich ihm ganz öffnen kann, doch dann verbringen sie die Zeit ihres Lebens miteinander.

His great-grandfather was a good king. But his grandfather and father were bad kings because they worshiped statues. Josiah became king when he was 8 years old. He tore down all the statues of pretend gods and his people became very happy. This is a practice-your-reading and ACTIVITY book – a step above a picture book. At the end of each short story is "Think & Do”. Instead of pictures showing other children doing a good work, your child actually does the good work. Your child gets to find out personally how much fun it is to apply each story to their own life. THINK & DO life-...

*86 pages written in easy-to-read large 16-point font for the early reader. Stories can be understood by four year old children and up. *At the end of each chapter is "Think & Do" to help the child apply the story to their own life.*Popular among grandparents & parents, and excellent for home school. . An angel told Samuel’s parents he would be born. He was a happy baby. When he was 2 years old, he got a new grandfather named Eli. He wore tiny priest clothes and helped in the temple. Sometimes he swept the floor, sometimes he checked the candles. One day, God spoke to him..Buy the whole ...

CHILD'S VERSION. (Also available in regular and large-print adult versions.)Pilate was cornered by the people, Simon was cornered by the executioners. Jesus writhed in pain on the cross that should have been ours, and invaded hell to provide escape for us. The thieves struggled with their mortality, Joseph struggled with religiosity, the guards struggled with impossibility. Jesus saw the women, pursued Peter, and lifted up the mourners.Life application suggestions are at the end of each chapter. .... This is a practice-your-reading and ACTIVITY book – a step above a picture book. At the ...

Wenn du sein Flüstern hörst, ist es zu spät... Nach dem plötzlichen Tod seiner Frau will Tom Kennedy mit seinem kleinen Sohn Jake neu anfangen. Ein neues Haus, eine neue Stadt - Featherbank. Doch der beschauliche Ort hat eine düstere Vergangenheit. Vor 20 Jahren wurden in Featherbank fünf Kinder entführt und getötet. Der Mörder wurde unter dem Namen "Kinderflüsterer" bekannt und schließlich gefasst. Die alten Geschichten interessieren Tom nicht. Als jedoch ein kleiner Junge aus der Stadt verschwindet, machen Gerüchte die Runde, dass der Täter von damals einen Komplizen gehabt habe.