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Drei Generationen von Frauen leben vom Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Weltwirtschaftskrise auf San Miguel, einer kargen, einsamen Insel vor der kalifornischen Küste. Marantha Waters entbehrt dort alles, was sie sich vom Leben gewünscht hat, und ihre schöne, lebenshungrige Tochter sucht so rasch wie möglich zu entfliehen. Für Elise Lester jedoch, die spät ihre erste und einzige Liebe geheiratet hat, wird der Ort für viele Jahre zum Paradies. Doch die Idylle wird bedroht...

Drei Generationen von Frauen leben vom Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Weltwirtschaftskrise auf San Miguel, einer kargen, einsamen Insel vor der kalifornischen Küste. Marantha Waters entbehrt dort alles, was sie sich vom Leben gewünscht hat, und ihre schöne, lebenshungrige Tochter sucht so rasch wie möglich zu entfliehen. Für Elise Lester jedoch, die spät ihre erste und einzige Liebe geheiratet hat, wird der Ort für viele Jahre zum Paradies. Doch die Idylle wird bedroht.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Women, a historical novel about three women’s lives on a California island On a tiny, desolate, windswept island off the coast of Southern California, two families, one in the 1880s and one in the 1930s, come to start new lives and pursue...

La comunidad unida de San Miguel de Allende, México, se vio afectada por una serie de sofisticados secuestros durante casi una década. Cuando la policía finalmente realizó un arresto, los habitantes del pueblo se sorprendieron al saber quién estaba acusado de ser el cerebro de la organización criminal. Se trata del vecino favorito de todos y un pilar de la comunidad, Ramón Guerra. Excepto que Ramón no es quien dice ser.

Uncover Cozumel's remarkable story, including its beginnings, the Caste War, and the people.

The close knit community in San Miguel de Allende Mexico was plagued by a string of sophisticated kidnappings for nearly a decade. When the police finally made an arrest the townspeople were shocked by who was accused of masterminding the criminal enterprise. It's everyone's favorite neighbor and a pillar of the community, Ramon Guerra. Except Ramon isn't who he says he is.

Para el doctor Manuel Sans Segarra, el ego (o nuestro falso yo) es lo que nos lleva a actuar dominados por envidias, rencores y competitividad. Si logramos entender que morir no es más que un trámite en el que nos despojaremos de todo lo material, incluido nuestro cuerpo, y actuamos con el poder de la Supraconciencia (nuestro verdadero yo), alejaremos gran parte de la maldad que asola el mundo y acabaremos, además, con nuestra angustia vital.

This “spectacular… absorbing and distinguished work…is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America” (The New York Times Book Review). The House of the Spirits, which introduced Isabel Allende as one of the world’s...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (The Wall Street Journal) an epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to the present...

A Olaf, el adorable muñeco de nieve de Arendelle, le encanta leer. Un día, un inesperado mensaje lleva a Olaf y a sus amigos Anna, Kristoff y Sven a emprender una misión a un lugar desconocido llamado Haus Biblio, descrito como "un mar de historias". Este Audible Original nos cuenta el viaje del grupo hasta Haus Biblio mientras cruzan montañas, buscan a monstruos debajo de puentes y tienen conversaciones con simpáticas ovejas. Durante su aventura, Olaf hace nuevos amigos y escucha un montón de emocionantes historias por el camino.

"A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say 'Slum!' because he could see no more." But to its residents, this derelict corner of Trinidad's capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. In this tender, funny early novel, V. S. Naipaul renders their lives (and the legends their neighbors construct around them) with Dickensian verve and Chekhovian compassion.

Questo audiolibro contiene le audioletture integrali di Valerio Di Stefano e di Chiara Surico di:

- Dante Alighieri, Vita Nuova

- Edmondo De Amicis, Cuore

- Matilde Serao, Novella d'amore

- Giovanni Verga, Cavalleria rusticana

- Giovanni Verga, Storia di una capinera

- Giovanni Verga, Eros

- Vamba, Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca

- Honoré de Balzac, Eugenia Grandet (traduzione di Grazia Deledda)

- Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio

- Valerio Di Stefano, Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae

- Valerio Di Stefano, Il libro di Ester Pasqualoni

- Valerio Di Stefano, Scuolamara

Invasive species, mysterious creatures, and a high-stakes rescue on Gilded Age Florida’s inner waterways bring this stunning trilogy to an explosive conclusion! Frankie Davenport; her sister, Lulu; and their best friend, Algie Emsworth, are eager for their next adventure. When they see an ad...

San Francisco war immer schon etwas anders als andere amerikanische Städte. Freier, wilder, toleranter. Diese Stadt klingt auch anders. Der Schriftsteller und Abenteurer Joscha Remus hat sich auf die Spuren der Flower-Power-Generation gemacht und dabei Boxring-Poeten, Bunny-Hippies, Plastiklöffel-Musiker, singende Taxifahrer und rappende Kirchendichter getroffen.

Havana, Cuba. December 1958. Two brothers find themselves on opposite sides of Castro’s revolution. One dark night, after rescuing a leader of the revolt under house arrest, one brother finds himself hunted. The other, an influential attorney, must make a choice. Help his brother, placing the whole family at risk, or let Batista’s forces capture him. His decision will haunt them both for the rest of their lives.

Archaeological illustrator Beatrix Forster accompanies her husband, retired archaeology professor William Forster, to excavate the cemetery at San Miguel in Excelsis, an isolated medieval sanctuary in the mountains of northern Spain. Bill's former student, now a priest in Navarre, has enticed them out of comfortable retirement with the rumor that the infamous medieval knight and founder of the sanctuary, Teodosio de Goñi, may be buried at the church.

Pubblicato nel 1931, San Manuel Bueno martire è un romanzo breve, ma intenso e di straordinaria bellezza, nel quale Unamuno fornisce finalmente una soluzione al problema centrale della sua filosofia—e in fondo della vita di ogni persona: il conflitto tra la ragione e la fede, tra il sentimento che suggerisce una vita immortale e la scienza che mostra la distruzione completa dell'essere umano.

El Arcángel Miguel es el más importante de los arcángeles y uno de los protectores más fuertes y poderosos de la iglesia. A él se le atribuye la expulsión de Lucifer del cielo cuando éste se reveló, el papel de justiciero, guerrero y juez ante la maldad.

After months away at boarding school, Lulu Davenport was looking forward to summer vacation at her home on the southwest Florida coast, especially since her best friend, Algie Emsworth, will be spending his vacation with the Davenport family. But since his widowed mother has fallen on hard times, he’s gotten a job nearby that keeps him away from the house most of the day. And Frankie, Lulu’s sister and usual companion, is out of commission after injuring herself while sailing.

When his asthma lands him at a health resort in the wilds of Gilded Age South Florida, twelve-year-old Algie Emsworth is over the moon. The scientific treasure trove of unexplored swamps may launch his dream career as a naturalist. But even Algie is startled when he happens upon a brand-new species and her brood in the karst springs surrounding the resort. Algie quickly realizes he must keep his discovery a secret: a famous collector of exotic animals is also staying at the hotel, and the new species is threatened by his very presence.