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Mientras la ciudad Estado de Aldacia se enfrenta a una insólita ola de calor y a los disturbios derivados de su primera huelga feminista, la vida de Dante Riesco, divulgador experto en psicología positiva, confluye por accidente con la de Nora Sarafyan, una joven aquejada por un trastorno de empatía con quien pronto emprende algo similar a una relación amorosa.

Tijdens de Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog vluchten vijf krijgsgevangenen van de belegering van Richmond, Virginia, door een ballon te kapen. Een zware storm blaast hen ver weg. Na een aantal dagen naar weer en wind gevaren te hebben, landen ze op een onbekend vulkanisch eiland ergens in de Stille Zuidzee. Met behulp van Smith's vindingrijkheid kunnen ze zich aanpassen zodat ze kunnen overleven op het eiland, dat ze Lincoln Island noemen, naar hun president. Naast het bouwen van een zeewaardig vaartuig, kunnen ze ook hun geografische positie bepalen - ongeveer 2.

Dos mujeres, una ciudad, un misterio: una historia entre la realidad y la ficción, entre el thriller psicológico y la novela de formación. Una escritora consagrada que trabaja en sus memorias redescubre los viejos diarios de su primer año en Nueva York, a finales de la década de 1970. Recién salida de un pueblo de Minnesota, sin apenas dinero y con hambre de nuevas experiencias, se deslumbra por todo lo que le ofrece la ciudad.

Martina está pasando por un momento difícil en su matrimonio que coincide con la restauración de la fachada de la casa, unas obras que sumergen su piso en la oscuridad. Para evadirse de este ambiente claustrofóbico, Martina se mete de lleno en la preparación de su siguiente novela, recopilando recuerdos de antiguos inquilinos de la finca. Un sinfín de anécdotas y confidencias, con nombres y apellidos, que acercarán al lector al mundo que se oculta tras esas imponentes piedras.

Durante años, los rumores de la existencia de la Chica Salvaje han perturbado la vida de la pequeña localidad de Barkley Cove, un tranquilo pueblo de pescadores en Carolina del Norte. Abandonada a los seis años, Kya es una joven sensible, inteligente y de una belleza insólita que ha sobrevivido en soledad en las marismas, con la naturaleza como única amiga. Es una superviviente nata. Su solitaria vida se complica cuando un hombre aparece asesinado en el pantano y la acusan del crimen. Entonces, todos sus misterios saldrán a la luz.

Sofía es una mujer de mediana edad dedicada intensamente a su vida profesional. Tras sufrir un desmayo frente a un gran grupo de personas cuando iba a empezar su intervención en un evento público, debe ser ingresada en el hospital. Al día siguiente, le comunican una terrible noticia. A partir de ese momento, Sofía inicia un camino de transformación personal y lo que en un principio es una noticia trágica se convierte en una lección de vida en la que todo su mundo cobra un nuevo sentido.

Una maldición recorre las vidas de Elvira, Ángela y Caterina: elegir a hombres que no las supieron amar. Elvira se casó con Evaristo, un demonio que sembró el miedo y la locura. Su hija Ángela renunció a sí misma por un marido ausente, siempre en los brazos de otras, incapaz de ocuparse ni de ella ni de sus hijas. Y la indómita Caterina, tercera de la saga, acabó enamorada de otro ser diabólico, sin tener conciencia del peligro que corría. Sólo Ayanta, última descendiente, se enfrentará a su herencia transitando el camino de los recuerdos y de la verdad.

Olena, qui vient d'Ukraine, a 27 ans et le rêve d'une vie meilleure. En 1992, sans papiers, elle travaille à La Moisson, une maison de retraite où règne une douce fantaisie. Parmi les pensionnaires de la maison, nous rencontrons des personnages hauts en couleur : la tendre Lydie, l'altière Flora, autrefois danseuse, et l'intransigeante Henriette, sans oublier Charles le sage et Théo le séducteur.

La petite sirène est la plus belle princesse des fonds marins, et chaque mot qui sort de sa bouche sonne comme une chanson mélodieuse...

Daniel Defoe's classic satire, read by Jan Francis. Defoe's rumbustious story tells the tale of Moll Flanders - her seductions, marriages and liaisons, and her journey to her mother in Virginia, where it becomes clear that Moll has, without realising, married her own brother. Our resourceful heroine goes to and from America meeting (and sometimes marrying) highwaymen, pickpockets, and dastardly rogues in a wonderful picaresque romp that is one of the most enjoyable and enduring classic novels.

The Fens is Britain's most distinctive, complex, man-made and least understood landscape. Francis Pryor has lived in, excavated, farmed, walked and loved the Fen Country for more than 40 years: its levels and drains, its soaring churches and magnificent medieval buildings. In The Fens, he counterpoints the history of the Fenland landscape and its transformation with the story of his own discovery of it as an archaeologist.

In Robbie Fowler: My Life in Football, Robbie takes us on a journey through the games that have shaped his career and thinking about football, from Hillsborough to Istanbul, via the cup treble, that celebration, all those goals, Houllier, Benitiez, Klopp and the rest. Personal and revealing, Robbie's stories come from a life spent inside the game. He invites us inside the dressing room, sharing stories of legendary teammates like Rush, Owen and Gerrard, his love of the Kop, his greatest achievements and his regrets - as well as the money, fame and hoopla that surround the game.

Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the ‘go-to’ place for entertainment and has been for decades. When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in heaven, Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays - on the sponsor's dime, of course. Classic films now become audiobooks, with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's The Lady Is Willing starring Kay Francis and George Brent.

Westminster Abbey has seen much during its long, rich history: the coronations of Kings and Queens, the burials of Prime Ministers. However, it is also a church that remembers the men and women of the arts. Dedicated writers and poets who spoke so eloquently that the nation wished to remember them with plaques upon its walls so that all who travelled here could remember, too. Their works are worth remembering, and here, in these volumes, their wise words speak, too, and for us all. In volume 2 we collect together John Clare to DH Lawrence.

When Mayann Francis was named Nova Scotia’s first black lieutenant-governor, she wondered if the community would accept her. Francis was born just three months after businesswoman Viola Desmond was arrested for sitting in a whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow. Had enough changed? In this candid memoir, Francis describes her journey from humble beginnings in Whitney Pier, the daughter of immigrants, to the vice-regal office. She explains how her religious faith and her family’s belief in education equipped her for life’s challenges.

All aboard the Scomo Express as our hero pulls back the lid on the life and times of one of history's great leaders and humbly serves up a steaming meat pie of everyman wisdom for the hungering masses. These are the unofficial chronicles of Scotty's first 18 months in his new role as head honcho of the largest marketing firm in the country - the Australian federal government - as it unfolded, completely devoid of any self-aggrandisement, doublespeak, sleight of hand or other dirty shenanigans played by the Opposition.

The boy had no idea where he was. For that matter he had no idea who he was! There were pictures dancing in his mind of twin suns and silver figures and outstretched arms. But it was the farmer and his wife who rescued him, who looked after him until they died. Yet the boy never aged or changed until the day he discovered who he was....

When Jack left the police force to join the Forensic Science Unit in Canberra, he thought his days of visiting crime scenes were over. But while he's on leave in Sydney, his old friend Bob asks him to help out with a series of grisly murders. Someone is horribly mutilating and murdering convicted paedophiles the moment they are released from jail. Still grieving from the collapse of his marriage and the disappearance of Jacinta, his teenage daughter, four years earlier, Jack tries to make sense of what is happening.

Stella wants to be ordinary, but that seems impossible when her parents, her home and even her dreams are extraordinary. Then a little ad in the newspaper changes her life.

Amy and Sprocket are on a mission - to find her dad and his mum, rescue the baby from the Brats and uncover exactly what is going on inside the mysterious nudist colony. But the truth is even more terrifying than anything they imagined. Uncovering deadly secret after deadly secret, Amy and Sprocket are lured deeper into a mystery that gets more exciting with every minute.