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Raquel Brune nos lleva a la España de los años 60 para contarnos una historia inolvidable, llena de intriga, amor y emoción.

It’s a season of change—both expected and unexpected—for the Owens family. As Julia and Cooper welcome their new baby into the world, their loved ones gather to offer support. Meanwhile, Dean nervously prepares for his upcoming osteotomy surgery, with Noelle a supportive, comforting presence by his side. And as Julia navigates new motherhood, she finds herself leaning on Alexis for advice and encouragement, deepening the bond between the two sisters.

Abridged edition, read by Richard E Grant (Withnail and I, Persuasion) The historical saga that has enthralled millions of readers, Ken Follett's Kingsbridge series continues with World Without End. On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of...

It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.

Starting at the present day and moving back in time, the novel is told in the voices of three women: 15-year-old part-black Rayona, searching for a way to find herself; her American-Indian mother, Christine, consumed by tenderness and resentment toward those she loves; and the fierce and mysterious Ida, mother and grandmother, whose haunting secrets, betrayals, and dreams echo through the years, braiding together the strands of the shared past - and their future.

Heather Wells Rocks! Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two -- and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days of...

As the war takes its toll, the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country... Dora is the devoted mother of twin babies, but, determined to help the war effort, she goes back to work at the Nightingale Hospital. More used to nights out in the West End, Jennifer and Cissy volunteer in the hope of tending to handsome soldiers. They soon find out that nursing isn’t quite what they were expecting.

Ottende bog i den spændende og dramatiske beretning om Australiens kolonisering – et land skabt af blod, passion og drømme. Den nye guvernør leder kolonien med stor effektivitet, men livet er hårdt og krævende. Endnu en gang skal der gøres et forsøg på at erobre Blue Mountains - for bagved de store bjerge siges det, at der ligger frugtbare sletter og umådelige græsgange.

The Tale of Genji is an exquisitely crafted classic work of Japanese literature written in the 11th century. Some consider it to be the world's first novel, or the first modern or psychological novel. The narrative of 54 chapters is embellished by hundreds of little poems spread like a string of pearls through the prose. The story recounts the life of Hikaru Genji, the son of an ancient Japanese emperor and a concubine. Removed from the line of succession, Genji pursues a series of love affairs and a career as an imperial officer.

Una novela que pondrá a prueba si eres capaz de abrir tu mente hacia el sexo. Laura es una chica con muchas dudas e inseguridades, su físico y su pasado la condicionan en el momento de relacionarse con el sexo opuesto. En un viaje a su Noruega natal, Laura se introduce en el mundo de la literatura erótica a través de una página de internet que le recomienda su abuela. De regreso a España sus amigas de chat la incitan a liberarse y que realice todas sus fantasías con un hombre que ha conocido una noche, a través de la pantalla del ordenador y del cual no sabe nada.

Barcelona, 1952. En Pachi Saura fa més d'un any que s'ha traslladat a la ciutat per estudiar a l'Escola de Belles Arts. Instal·lat en un cau prop de la Plaça Real, mira de construir la vida que ha somiat lluny dels dictats familiars. Els primers mesos comparteix el plaer de l'existència i de la música, una de les seves grans aficions, amb algunes noies del barri que li fan de model a canvi de pocs diners.

On a sweltering August day in Madrid, Anna, Julia, and Marion return to their childhood home. The once grand mansion, furnished with exotic objects and art that reflected the cultures of their English father and Spanish mother, once bustled with visitors. But since their father's death, all three sisters have been reluctant to go back, still feeling the weight of his domineering influence. Julia believes that before the house can sell, it needs to be cleared of negative energy, and she has planned a limpieza, or cleaning ritual.

Francesca Ekwuyasi’s debut novel tells the interwoven stories of twin sisters, Kehinde and Taiye, and their mother, Kambirinachi. Kambirinachi feels she was born an Ogbanje, a spirit that plagues families with misfortune by dying in childhood to cause its mother misery. She believes that she has made the unnatural choice of staying alive to love her human family and now lives in fear of the consequences of that decision.

On the eve of a popular rebellion, the Chinese government starts to crack down in cities across the country. Fleeing the turmoil, Wang Yuan, the son of a famous general and grandson of the patriarch of The Good Earth, leaves for America to study agriculture. When he returns to China six years later, he encounters a nation still in the grip of violent uprisings. Unprepared for the social upheaval, Wang is torn by the tensions between old traditions and new ways and by his formidable family, whose struggles he hopes to solve.

In finsteren Zeiten bringen drei Künstlerinnen Licht ins Dunkel. Anrührend und hochspannend: Der dritte historische Roman von Charlotte Roths Trilogie Die Wintergarten-Frauen erzählt von den Gefahren für die Freundinnen und das berühmte Varieté-Theater während der Nazi-Zeit. Berlin, 1933. Mit Hitlers Machtergreifung droht dem Wintergarten ein jähes Ende. Denn das berühmteste Cabaret der Stadt ist nicht nur die Bühne der Wunderweiber und der besten Artisten ihrer Zeit – es bietet auch denen Zuflucht, die die Nazis mit aller Macht bekämpfen.

Sjette bog i den spændende og dramatiske beretning om Australiens kolonisering – et land skabt af blod, passion og drømme. Tyve tusinde kilometer og fire måneders sejlads er det, der står mellem England og kolonien Australien. I sine kampe for at bringe orden i kolonien og for at beskytte dens bosættere mod magtmisbrug og uretfærdighed, er guvernør Bligh oppe imod nogle magtfulde fjender og drilske planlæggere. Tre viljestærke guvernører har mislykkedes i at fuldføre opgaven før ham... Og England ser ud til at have fået nok af krigen mod Frankrig.

When Lydia finds the courage to start a new life, she grapples with the legacy of a disinterested family, her own inadequacies and disappointments in love. A fragile stranger, himself recovering from a mysterious trauma, becomes the first of Lydia’s new friends. When she joins a sewing group and meets the gorgeous Jonathan, events take a turn that none of them could have anticipated.

Summoned from his medical practice in China by a bevy of anxious aunts, Alain Roig returns to his Catalan hometown to discover he has been nominated by family members with vested interests in the ancestral property to prevent an impending marriage between his cold, ascetic cousin Xavier and Madeleine, a quiet, introspective village girl of unusual beauty. As Alain seeks to understand his cousin's complex motivations for wooing the unhappy girl, he is slowly drawn into Xavier's dark crisis of faith, the well-worn pattern of the sleepy Catalan days and the tight circle of village gossip.

Cinco famílias, cinco países e cinco destinos marcados por um período dramático da história. Queda de gigantes, primeiro volume da trilogia "O Século", de Ken Follett, começa no despertar do século XX, quando ventos de mudança ameaçam o frágil equilíbrio de forças existente—as potências da Europa estão prestes a entrar em guerra, os trabalhadores não aguentam mais ser explorados pela aristocracia e as mulheres clamam por seus direitos.

Escócia, 1766. Condenado à miséria e à escravidão nas brutais minas de carvão, Mack McAsh inveja os homens livres, mas nunca teve esperança de ser como eles. Até que um dia ele recebe a carta de um advogado londrino que lhe revela a ilegalidade da escravidão dos mineiros e um novo horizonte se abre aos seus olhos. Porém, para realizar seu sonho, Mack precisará enfrentar todo tipo de opressão das autoridades que não estão acostumadas a serem questionadas. Mack logo descobre que se trata de uma mera mudança de continente, não de ares sociais.