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Nora and Travis are quickly forced back on the hunt for their primary target as the stability of the military continues to disintegrate, giving rise to a daunting force that threatens to change everything about the American way of life.

In London, journalist Jo Clifford plans to debunk the belief in past lives in a hard-hitting magazine piece. But her scepticism is shaken when a hypnotist forces her to relive the experiences of Matilda, Lady of Hay, a noblewoman during the reign of King John. She learns of Matilda's unhappy marriage, her love for the handsome Richard de Clare and the brutal death threats handed out by King John, before it becomes clear that Jo’s past and present are inevitably entwined.

The activist, nun, and esteemed spiritual voice who has twice appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday sounds the call to create a monastery within ourselves - to cultivate wisdom and resilience so that we may join God in the work of renewal, restoration, and justice right where we are.

Durante su estancia en Nueva York (entre 1929 y 1930), Federico García Lorca escribió "Poeta en Nueva York", su poemario más famoso. Lorca se sintió profundamente impresionado por la forma de vida de la sociedad norteamericana y desde que llegó a Nueva York empezó a sentir un odio creciente por el capitalismo y la industrialización de la sociedad moderna. Le parecía repulsivo el degradante trato que la mayoría blanca daba a la minoría negra.

As with many of Ostrovsky's plays, the target of the author's satire is the merchant class and the inevitable corruption associated with mercantile endeavors. In Ostrovsky's bitterly realistic world, all personal encounters end in transactions, some humourous and some tragic.

Nora and Travis' honeymoon does not go as planned. Don't miss the exciting second book in the Agent Nora Wexler Mysteries Wedding Trilogy and the fifth book overall in the series.

"Sólo el que ha experimentado el colmo del infortunio puede sentir la felicidad suprema." Abatido por una vil traición, Edmond Dantés, un joven marinero, regresa a Marsella para hacer justicia. Obsesionado por su inesperado destino, el personaje experimenta la lucha interna entre la luz y la oscuridad para tramar la venganza perfecta enmascarándose con el personaje el Conde de Montecristo. Considerada una de las mejores novelas de todos los tiempos, la obra ahonda de manera exquisita los sentimientos mas profundos de la justicia, la lealtad, la venganza, la piedad y el perdón.

Una novel·la irreverent, plena d'humor i espontaneïtat, d'un autor perfectament descarat, clar exponent de la nova narrativa en català. Un llibre per no parar de riure, però amb el qual podries plorar.El protagonista d'aquest llibre és un jove a la trentena que intenta viure passant per sobre dels problemes dels altres. Però, això és possible? Com vius quan ets incapaç d'experimentar cap sentiment vers ningú? Què passa amb la feina? I amb la parella? I amb les noies que t'envolten?

The fourteen short stories in To Cut a Long Story Short show Jeffrey Archer’s great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tale. Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession - and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar - to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty’s diplomatic service - but for a good cause.

Raiders of the Lost Ark meets The Maltese Falcon in this Maizie Albright star detective New Year’s Eve action-and-adventure-styled, humorous, romantic crime caper. Before champagne toasts and the Big Peach drops, Maizie has 12 hours to reprise her most detested role to protect her family from old acquaintances best forgotten and never brought to mind. Will these ruthless villains pop Maizie’s cork before the clock strikes 12? Or worse yet, drop the ball on her baby sister?

Notre-Dame de París cuenta la historia de la gitana Esmeralda, quien en compañía de su cabra Djali toca la pandereta y baila en las calles de París para subsistir, hasta que se la acusa de haber asesinado al capitán Phoebus, su amado, y se la condena a la horca. Sin embargo, el jorobado Quasimodo, campanero de Notre-Dame, quien tras su deformidad esconde un corazón sensible y sediento de amor, luchará para salvar a la gitana. Recreación del mito de la bella y la bestia y uno de los monumentos de la literatura francesa, Notre-Dame de París es una historia verdaderamente inmortal.

Amb un títol que emmarca la història com si fos un quadre, Michael Köhlmeier troba el límit entre la vida i la narració de la mateixa i ens mostra com pot separar i decidir un escriptor què ha de formar part de la seva obra i què ha de pertànyer a la seva intimitat. La profunda anàlisi que fa l’autor de les relacions, en una obra d’aparença senzilla, es redueix a un succés concret, gairebé anecdòtic. És així com en aquesta breu i bella novel-la comprovem com les diferències de caràcter de dues persones provoquen percepcions antagòniques del mateix incident.

Against the backdrop of a catastrophic pandemic that has spared nothing and altered everything, this remarkable document is a cry from the heart of a pastor to all peoples to see beyond their differences and to grow together to build a new and peaceful world. Pope Francis addresses his renewed call to universal fraternity to all people of good will, regardless of their religious convictions.

When Matt Reed returns from Vietnam, eager to get back to the Wyoming family ranch and forget the horrors of war, he finds the ranch stripped of livestock and his father a mere shadow of his former self. The new bank president, Paul Pringle, is a former high school nemesis and the man who married Matt's girlfriend after Matt was sent to a distant and unpopular war. Determined to foreclose - and gain access to the Reed Ranch's rich mineral deposits - Pringle gives Matt a very short time to raise a whole lot of money.

Ten-year-old Miranda Stevens approaches the fifth-grade classroom with trepidation. She must face the same snobby classmates that she met when she came to Montana at the end of the last school year to attend this small rural school, and worst of all, Christopher Bergman, the classroom bully who takes special delight in making Miranda's life miserable. Friendship, loyalty, courage, and lesson's learned the hard way are all part of Miranda's story as she lives with her grandparents on their dairy farm. If only she had a horse of her very own, she thinks, nothing else would matter.

Are there "public arguments-reasons that can be given that do not presuppose agreement on religious grounds or common religious commitments that can guide our thoughts and actions, as well as our laws and public policies? In Ten Universal Principles: A Brief Philosophy of the Life Issues, Jesuit Father Robert Spitzer sets out, in a brief, yet highly understandable and lucid style, 10 basic principles that must govern the reasonable person's thinking and acting about life issues.

The expected never happens... a man calls unexpectedly on his mistress and sees another man leaving her flat. Accusing her of being unfaithful, he quarrels with her, strikes her. She dies. Leaving unseen, he tips off the police so that the other man is arrested and charged... Has he achieved "The Perfect Murder"? A tantalising opening to "A Twist in the Tale", a fantastic collection of short stories from bestselling author Jeffrey Archer.

Narcís Presas, a prop dels seixanta anys, s’ha retirat a un casalot enmig del bosc amb la intenció de matar Amanieu de Palol, el protagonista de la sèrie de novel•la històrica que l’ha convertit en un escriptor d’èxit. Abans que ho enllesteixi es presenta a la casa una amant de vint anys enrere amb una oferta sorprenent: serà la seva esclava. Per sempre. Però la incapacitat de l’escriptor per comprendre els sentiments de la seva filla, enamorada d’un il•lusionista, i per afrontar la vida, la naturalesa i tot allò que l’envolta, el fa dubtar.

Palamós, estiu del 1962. Truman Capote acabava de comprar dues ampolles de ginebra, una de vermut sec i unes olives en una pastisseria del carrer Major de Palamós quan va descobrir en un diari que la seva gran amiga Marilyn Monroe havia mort a causa d’una sobredosi de somnífers. Així comença aquesta novel·la, en què l’autor recrea els tres llargs estius (d’abril a octubre) que Capote va passar a la Costa Brava, redactant la que estava convençut que seria la seva obra mestra, "A sang freda".

Est-il possible de reprendre la course une fois qu'on a tout laissé tomber? Après un arrêt complet de la course à pied, l'ultramarathonien Joan Roch entreprend un long retour vers son sport. Il raconte son parcours, cinq années semées de doutes, de douleurs et de joies. Le point culminant: son arrivée triomphale au sommet du mont Royal, à Montréal, au terme d'un périple improvisé de 1135 km amorcé en Gaspésie.