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Learned By Heart: A Novel
Par Emma Donoghue. 2023
A heartbreakingly gorgeous novel based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply and dangerously in love…
at boarding school in nineteenth century York, from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister’s five-million-word secret journal, Learned by Heart is the long-buried love story of Eliza Raine, an orphan heiress banished from India to England at age six, and Anne Lister, a brilliant, troublesome tomboy, who meet at the Manor School for Young Ladies in York in 1805 when they are both fourteen.Emotionally intense, psychologically compelling and deeply researched, Learned by Heart is an extraordinary work of fiction by one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Full of passion and heartbreak, the tangled lives of Anne Lister and Eliza Raine form a love story for the ages.Alphabetical Diaries
Par Sheila Heti. 2024
Sheila Heti collected 500,000 words from a decade's worth of journals, put the sentences in a spreadsheet, and sorted them…
alphabetically. She cut and cut and was left with 60,000 words of brilliance and mayhem, joy and sorrow. These are her alphabetical diaries.A Secret Music
Par Susan Doherty Hannaford. 2015
Word Guild Award for Best Young Adult fiction 2016 Grace Irwin Award 2016 Literary Classics silver medal for Y/A fiction…
2016 Shortlisted for the Frank Hegyi Award-Ottawa Independent Writers Literary Classics silver medal for High school fiction 2017 Set in 1936 Montreal, A Secret Music is the story of Lawrence Nolan, a sensitive fifteen-year-old piano prodigy who grows up in the shadow of his mother’s mental illness. Forced to keep this shameful secret, he attempts to raise himself and his ten year old brother. He counteracts the deep ache and creeping mistrust caused by his mother’s emotional absence by escaping into the intense realm of Chopin and Schubert, the only language he understands. When his brother becomes ill, he is left with enormous responsibilities. At a piano competition in Montreal, Lawrence makes a climactic decision that puts his future on hold in order to salvage his family life. In A Secret Music, Susan Doherty Hannaford re-creates the Depression-Era world of Montreal and demonstrates how music can redeem a life.Lightning Lou
Par Lori Weber. 2016
When a team in an all-girls’ hockey league comes to recruit players, twelve-year-old Lou’s dreams seem to be coming true.…
But the dreams hinge on one thing: never letting on that Lou is a boy. But the road to stardom is not easy, as Lou discovers that the competition is fierce, and that he’s got a lot of work to do to match the skills of the league’s star player and his chief rival, Albertine Lapensée. All the while, he has to keep his secret, and wrestle with the moral dilemma of taking a place on the team away from a deserving girl. Loosely based on a true story, Lightning Lou is a riveting and thought-provoking story for middle-grade readers.Los niños de Winton
Par Fabiano Massimi. 2023
Un thriller trepidante sobre el hombre que salvó a más de seiscientos niños checoeslovacos del nazismo, por el premiado autor…
de El ángel de Múnich. «Un fresco intrigante que recorre una de las páginas más oscuras de la historia».Patrizia Violi, La Lettura Praga, 1938. La sombra de Hitler se cierne sobre Checoslovaquia. Unos voluntarios británicos liderados por Nicholas Winton, un joven agente de bolsa, se vuelcan en sacar del país en tren y en avión a los niños judíos para llevarlos a Reino Unido. Solo cuentan con la ayuda de Petra, su guía local, que se une a sus actividades clandestinas. En el centro de su empresa se encuentra la misteriosa Niña de la Sal, que todas las noches vende bolsitas de este codiciado ingrediente en las calles de la ciudad. Nadie conoce su nombre ni cómo consigue el preciado bien, pero corre un grave peligro: un gigantesco oficial alemán la está buscando. Una poderosa novela basada en unos hechos reales nunca desvelados hasta 1988, cuando un documental de la BBC hizo pública la lista de los niños, convirtiendo a Nicholas Winton en un héroe y en candidato a Premio Nobel de la Paz. Massimi nos regala un viaje entre la historia y la ficción que ilumina una de las partes más tenebrosas de nuestro pasado. La crítica ha dicho:«Un escritor que conjuga la erudición de un historiador, las fuentes de un periodista y la capacidad narrativa de un novelista».Juan Losa, Público «Una narración delicada [...] dentro de una Praga onírica».Il Libraio «Sin duda, en la mezcla de historia e intriga Massimi demuestra excepcionales dotes».El Imparcial«La solvente irrupción de Massimi viene a nutrir un subgénero propio de la novela negra, el nazi crime».El Periódico de España «Preciso, imaginativo y brillante».Donato Carrisi, Corriere della Sera «Un sutil hilo conductor que une Massimi a las novelas de Kafka y que, en sus relatos de la vida y de los sentimientos durante la formación del pangermanismo, vuelve a revivir a un pueblo muerto y a sus verdugos, recordándonos que no es la gente la que escribe la historia, sino quien sabe controlarla».Roma «Son las pequeñashistorias las que hacen grande la historia, es la narración apasionada la que mantiene vivo el pasado».Domani «Un thriller que podría haber escrito Ken Follett».Il Venerdì (sobre El ángel de Múnich)Silver Rain
Par Lois Peterson. 2010
Abandoned by her father during the Depression, eleven-year-old Elsie lives in the garage behind her old house with her mother,…
grandmother Nan and out-of-work uncle. Elsie's friend Scoop accompanies her as she searches for her father in the city, encountering unfriendly hobos, food lines and shantytowns. After both her uncle and her mother disappear on mysterious errands, Elsie and Scoop eventually discover them competing in a dance marathon. Persuading them to abandon the contest, Elsie and Scoop lead the exhausted dancers home, where Nan has news of Elsie's father and his impending return to the family.All the Stars Denied: A Companion Novel to Shame the Stars
Par Guadalupe Garcia McCall. 2018
When resentment surges during the Great Depression in a Texas border town, Estrella, fifteen, organizes a protest against the treatment…
of tejanos and soon finds herself with her mother and baby brother in Mexico.Mary Poppins Returns: The Magic of Mary Poppins Storybook
Par Walt Disney Pictures. 2018
A new tale to tell based on the live-action Disney movie starring Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda—includes full-color film stills!…
Parents and children can share the wonder of Mary Poppins with this charming storybook. In Disney&’s Mary Poppins Returns—an all new sequel with a fresh sensibility that celebrates the spirit of the original—the world&’s favorite flying nanny is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find the joy and wonder missing in their lives. Though readers of all ages thrill to the adventures of Mary Poppins, this book is geared towards emergent readers, making it perfect for storytime and bedtime!Discover the spellbinding new novel from Sarah Maine, author of the Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year The House Between…
TidesScotland, 1940. Wounded in action, Archie Maxwell has returned to his family estate of Rosslie. But between the uneasy company of his father's beautiful new wife, and the memories that haunt his nights, he finds the house more of a battleground than a refuge.Forty years later, Eva Bayne is a journalist looking for a story. Ever since the disappearance of Rosslie's heir during the war, the Maxwells have lived under a shadow - and Eva is drawn to the mystery. Especially when the glimpse of an old photograph stirs up long-buried memories of her childhood in Newfoundland . . .Could uncovering the truth heal the wounds of Eva's past? And what will it cost for Rosslie to give up its secrets? From the shores of western Scotland to the wild coast of Newfoundland, this is a spellbinding story of family secrets, love and redemption.A Jewish Refugee in New York: A Novel (The Modern Jewish Experience)
Par Kadya Molodovsky. 2019
“This novel invites the reader inside the mind of a Polish Jewish woman who has recently arrived in New York…
just after WWII began in Europe.” —Jeffrey Shandler, author of Anne Frank UnboundRivke Zilberg, a twenty-year-old Jewish woman, arrives in New York shortly after the Nazi invasion of Poland, her home country. Struggling to learn a new language and cope with a different way of life in the United States, Rivke finds herself keeping a journal about the challenges and opportunities of this new land. In her attempt to find a new life as a Jewish immigrant in the United States, Rivke shares the stories of losing her mother to a bombing in Lublin, jilting a fiancé who has made his way to Palestine, and a flirtatious relationship with an American “allrightnik.”In this fictionalized journal originally published in Yiddish, author Kadya Molodovsky provides keen insight into the day-to-day activities of the large immigrant Jewish community of New York. By depicting one woman’s struggles as a Jewish refugee in the United States during WWII, Molodovsky points readers to the social, political, and cultural tensions of that time and place.Some Luck: A novel (The Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family Saga #1)
Par Jane Smiley. 2014
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes the first volume of an…
epic trilogy that takes us on a literary adventure through cycles of birth and death, passion and betrayal that will span a century in America.&“Intimate.... Miraculous.... Staggering.... A masterpiece in the making.&” —USA Today1920, Denby, Iowa: Rosanna and Walter Langdon have just welcomed their firstborn son, Frank, into their family farm. He will be the oldest of five. Each chapter in this extraordinary novel covers a single year, encompassing the sweep of history as the Langdons abide by time-honored values and pass them on to their children. With the country on the cusp of enormous social and economic change through the early 1950s, we watch as the personal and the historical merge seamlessly: one moment electricity is just beginning to power the farm, and the next a son is volunteering to fight the Nazis. Later still, a girl we&’d seen growing up now has a little girl of her own.The Taker: Book One of the Taker Trilogy (Taker Trilogy, The #1)
Par Alma Katsu. 2011
From the author of The Hunger—hailed by Stephen King as &“deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down&”—comes a hauntingly atmospheric…
tale filled with alchemy, lust, and betrayal.True love can last an eternity…but immortality comes at a price. On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. But the minute Lanore McIlvrae—Lanny—enters his ER, she changes his life forever. A mysterious woman with plenty of dark secrets, Lanny is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. He is inexplicably drawn to her…despite the fact that she is a murder suspect with a police escort. As she begins to tell her story, Luke finds himself utterly captivated. Her impassioned account begins at the turn of the 19th century in the same small town of St. Andrew, Maine, back when it was a Puritan settlement. Consumed as a child by her love for the founder&’s son, Jonathan, Lanny will do anything to be with him. But the price she pays is steep—an immortal bond that chains her to a terrible fate for all eternity. And now, two centuries later, the key to her healing and her salvation lies with Dr. Luke Findley. Part historical novel, part supernatural page-turner, The Taker is a &“mesmerizing&” (Booklist, starred review) story about the power of unrequited love not only to elevate and sustain, but also to blind and ultimately destroy.Brutus of Troy: And the Quest for the Ancestry of the British
Par Anthony Adolph. 2015
A &“fascinating [and] unique exploration&” of the mythological founder of Britain, divine ancestor of King Arthur, and symbol of British…
identity (Your Family History). Believed to be a great-great-great grandson of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, Brutus of Troy led a voyage from Greece to Britain. Landing at Totnes in Devon, it is said that Brutus overthrew the giants who lived there, laid the foundations of Oxford University and London, and sired a line of kings that includes King Arthur and the ancestors of the present Royal Family. Genealogist Anthony Adolph traces the legend of Brutus of Troy from the Roman times onwards, looking at his popularity, his mentions in fiction, and his place in mythology of some of London&’s landmarks. Brutus&’ story played a crucial role in royal propaganda and foreign policy. His tale also inspired poets and playwrights including Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Wordworth, Dickens, and Blake. Brutus of Troy delves into how the myth shaped Britain&’s identity and gave the nation a place in Classical mythologies and the Bible.Marksmanship skills honed to perfection, driven by necessity and desperation, Edmund Hawksworth hunted with his crossbow to keep his ailing…
mother alive, only to have her die in his arms. Deserted by his father who had left to fight the Lancastrian cause, the embittered and determined lad set out on a mission of vengeance and became embroiled in the bitter struggle for the throne of England between the Houses of Lancaster and York. There were those in 1461 who avowed that Edmund had been divinely chosen and anointed to be the Avenger of Righteous Blood something the boy himself never claimed. What is certain, in command of the Wespen (Wasps), an lite unit of crossbow mercenaries, he turned events in York's favour at the decisive Battle of Towton. Despite protests from Yorkist lords, King Edward IV (himself a youth of eighteen), gave the accolade to the former herder of pigs from Thryberg declaring him to be 'The truest and most loyal knight in all England'. With the end of the Plantagenet dynasty and the ascent of the Lancastrian Tudors the many stories of the Yorkist boy hero were supressed. However, for fifty years fanciful tales of 'The Hawk' lingered on in the towns and villages of the West Riding of Yorkshire until in 1509 Edmund's brother arrived in chains at Conisbrough Castle. Before his burning in Doncaster Fish Market the condemned heretic tells the true story of the Lost Legend of the Hawk.Mary Poppins Returns: Everything Is Possible
Par Walt Disney Pictures. 2018
An early reader retelling based on the live-action Disney movie starring Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda—includes full-color film stills! &“A…
cover is not the book. So open it up and take a look.&”—Mary Poppins In Disney&’s Mary Poppins Returns—an all-new sequel with a fresh sensibility that celebrates the spirit of the original—the world&’s favorite flying nanny is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find the joy and wonder missing in their lives. Though readers of all ages thrill to the adventures of Mary Poppins, this book—with short sentences, creative text, and simple dialogue—is geared towards emerging readers, making it perfect to read aloud together and for bedtime storytelling!Ordesa
Par Manuel Vilas. 2023
Premio Femina Étranger 2019Mejor libro del año según Babelia (El País)Libro recomendado por La Esfera (El Mundo)Premio Artes & Letras…
de Literatura (El Heraldo) El fenómeno literario de 2018 ESTA HISTORIA TE PERTENECE Escrito a ratos desde el desgarro, y siempre desde la emoción, este libro es la crónica íntima de la España de las últimas décadas, pero también una narración sobre todo aquello que nos recuerda que somos seres vulnerables, sobre la necesidad de levantarnos y seguir adelante cuando nada parece hacerlo posible, cuando casi todos los lazos que nos unían a los demás han desaparecido o los hemos roto. Y sobrevivimos. ** Premio al Libro Altoaragonés 2018 Críticas: «Ordesa es la carta del náufrago que esperábamos desde hacía años. Llegó a las librerías cabalgando sobre una ola de espuma que al retirarse la dejó en la orilla. [...] bastaba leer la primera página para advertir que aquella llamada de socorro venía de lo más hondo de nosotros mismos. Nos reclamaba porque en cierto modo, además de sus protagonistas, éramos también sus autores. [...] Describía con palabras nuevas, ordenadas de una manera insólita, lo que habíamos sido y aquello de lo que pretendimos salvarnos. Por medio de una prosa que iba y venía en un vaivén hipnótico, alternaba la fiereza con la piedad, el sí con el no, el ahora con el ayer. Total, que tras leer esa primera página nos la llevamos a casa.»Juan José Millás, Babelia «Libro potente, sincero, a ratos descarnado, sobre la pérdida de los padres, sobre el dolor de las palabras que no se dijeron y sobre la necesidad de querer y ser querido. Muy bien escrito, además. No me extraña que esté teniendo éxito.»Fernando Aramburu «En las páginas de esta novela, que podríamos resumir como una sincera y dura carta de amor a sus padres, [...] he descubierto todo un apasionante laberinto de memorias desordenadas y caóticas. Una historia delicada, sanadora y necesaria. Una reflexión sobre el pudor.»Sara Carbonero«Una puñalada que, lejos de matarte, te cura, pero no está exenta de dolor. Es un cañonazo que te cimbrea el alma. Un recorrido del autor por su visión de España en estas últimas décadas a través del duelo de su mirada a sus padres. Desde la honestidad más cruda y generosa. Una panoplia de confesiones inconfesables que nos va conmoviendo en cada cabriola literaria. Impredecible en sus formas, en sus modos. Cada llegada a un renglón nuevo te aborda como un ladrón en cada vuelta de la esquina. No lo ves venir, y te emociona a traición. Por la espalda. Qué valentía de libro. Qué manera tan agradable y placentera de sufrirlo. Atrévanse.»Dani Rovira «Hace falta mucha precisión para contar estas cosas, hace falta el ácido, el cuchillo afilado, el alfiler exacto que pincha el globo de la vanidad. Lo que queda al final es la limpia emoción de la verdad y el desconsuelo de todo lo perdido.»Antonio Muñoz Molina«Uno de los libros más humanos, más profundos, más reconfortantes que yo he leído en mucho tiempo.»Lorenzo Silva «Un libro hermoso y estremecedor, compuesto a partes iguales de culpa, rabia y amor.»Ignacio Martínez de Pisón «Un escritor único, brillante y desprejuiciado, que va por libre y al que no le importa arriesgar.»Sara Mesa «Nadie debe dejar de leer Ordesa, de Manuel Vilas. Es el libro de 2018, y eso que hay y habrá grandes libros. El amor como medicina. La pobreza como enfermedad. La literatura como pócima.»Luisgé MartínOne Steamy Night & An Off-Limits Merger
Par Brenda Jackson, Naima Simone. 2023
Mixing business with pleasure takes two couples to the limits of temptation in this scorching Harlequin Desire anthology by bestselling…
authors Brenda Jackson and Naima Simone…One Steamy Night by New York Times bestselling author Brenda JacksonA passion-filled night is only the beginning of his plan… Westmoreland family friend Jaxon Ravnel is in Wyoming to consummate his fiery attraction to Nadia Novak. But unbeknownst to him, Nadia has her own plan for seduction. Their pleasure-filled night is full of surprises. Nadia leaves believing Jaxon isn&’t ready for love…and he leaves wanting to make her his wife! Now Jaxon is playing by his own rules…An Off-Limits Merger by USA TODAY bestselling author Naima SimoneTo seal the deal, it&’s hands off the CEO&’s daughter… Motorcycle exec Bran Holleran is a heartbeat away from taking his company to the next level. An affair with the daughter of his most important investor could destroy everything. But Tatum Haas is temptation itself. Despite swearing off love after a devastating betrayal, the Boston socialite finds the bad-boy businessman impossible to resist…until a shocking secret threatens their blazing connection! Two sizzling romances, one great value!La última jugada de Santa Anna
Par Mario Melgar-Adalid. 2014
La historia en manos del poder, ambición e investigación. Un secreto que podría cambiar la historia de todo un país.…
Axkaná Miranada es un joven investigador mexicano que se encuentra en la Universidad de Texas. Se dedica a investigar acerca de los sombríos orígenes de la fortuna monetaria de Antonio López de Santa Anna. En la biblioteca de ese centro escolar, la Nettie Lee Benson, encuentra un documento que podría modificar la historia tanto de los Estados Unidos como la de México.Por otra parte, exiliado en La Habana, el general Antonio López de Santa Anna es capaz de mover los hilos políticos de México, tener una red de incondicionales que harán las gestiones que él les encargue, pactar decisiones importantes para el país, mantener el poder de decisión y, sobre todo, vender caro una promesa al presidente de los Estados Unidos.The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko
Par Derek Tyler Attico. 2023
The fascinating life of Starfleet&’s celebrated captain, and Bajor&’s Emissary of the Prophets, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Trek:…
Deep Space Nine.Benjamin Sisko tells the story of his career in Starfleet, and his life as a father and Bajor&’s Emissary to the Prophets. Chart his rise through the ranks, his pioneering work designing the Defiant class, his critical role as ambassador and leader during the Dominion War, and his sacred standing as a religious leader of his adopted home.Explore the hidden history of his childhood and early career in Starfleet, and the innermost thoughts of the man who made first contact with the wormhole aliens and opened safe passage to the Gamma Quadrant, and united Starfleet, Klingon and Romulan forces to defeat the Dominion. Discover Sisko&’s personal take on his confidantes Lieutenant Dax and Major Kira Nerys, the enigmatic Garak, and his adversaries, Gul Dukat and Kai Winn, as well as his fatherly advice for his son Jake. Passing on lessons from father to son, from his experiences with the Prophets to the writings of Benny Russell, Sisko&’s story is a unique phenomenon in Starfleet and human history, told in the way only he can.The Daybreakers (Lost Treasures): A Sackett Novel
Par Louis L'Amour. 1960
As part of the Louis L&’Amour&’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials! Tyrel Sackett was born into trouble but vowed to…
justice. After having to kill a man in Tennessee, he hit the trail west with his brother Orrin. Those were the years when decent men and women lived in fear of Indians, rustlers, and killers, but the Sackett brothers worked to make the West a place where people could raise their children in peace. Orrin brought law and order from Santa Fe to Montana, and his brother Tye backed him up every step of the way. Till the day the job was done, Tye Sackett was the fastest gun alive. Louis L&’Amour&’s Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author&’s more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. In Louis L&’Amour&’s Lost Treasures: Volumes 1 and 2, Beau L&’Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L&’Amour&’s never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas.Additionally, many beloved classics are being rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish.