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Matemáticas para las hadas es una novela sobre la pasión de una mujer, ese sentimiento que descubrimos en cada faceta de la vida. En especial, en los números que rigen nuestro mundo lleno de misterios. Es la vida de una de las mujeres más maravillosas de la época moderna, la hija del poeta Lord Byron: Ada Byron, parte de la realeza inglesa y brillante genio en matemáticas que diseñó los programas para la primera computadora de la historia.

Paris 1838. Die provozierendste Frau Frankreichs, George Sand und der gefeierte polnische Musiker Frédéric Chopin werden ein Paar. Ganz Paris wartet darauf, dass die Beziehung der beiden scheitert. Doch es kommt anders. Sie bleiben neun Jahre zusammen. Ihre leidenschaftliche Liebe endet erst kurz vor Chopins Tod.

Hermila Galindo podría ser recordada por muchos motivos: alzó la voz a favor de la Revolución, accedió a la política y se convirtió en la secretaria de Venustiano Carranza, fundó la revista feminista Mujer Moderna, viajó fuera y dentro de México para promulgar su mensaje revolucionario, fue la primera mujer en presentarse a diputada federal en el país, abogó siempre por la educación, la sexualidad y la independencia económica de las mujeres, y luchó con fuerza por el sufragio femenino.

Betrayal: The Ethel Rosenberg Story follows the case of the “Atomic Spy” Julius Rosenberg and his wife, Ethel. In this historical fiction novel, Alisa Parenti takes listeners from the tenement halls of the Lower East Side to the walls of Sing Sing as the United States is engulfed by the “Red Scare”. Ethel, the first woman on death row for conspiracy to commit espionage, speaks with Mary Wurth, a young reporter from Queens looking to prove her worth.

When Alice Ahmadi discovers a famed emerald necklace while interning at a struggling Parisian magazine, she is plunged into a glittering world of diamonds and emeralds, courtesans and spies, and the long-buried secrets surrounding the necklace and its glamorous former owners. When she realizes the mysterious Honeybee Emeralds could be her chance to save the magazine, she recruits her friends Lily and Daphne to form the “Fellowship of the Necklace.” Together, they set out to uncover the romantic history of the gems.

Coming to terms with advancing dementia, Mary has no choice other than to move into her daughter’s home. Her daughter, Kayla, caught between her cognitively impaired mother and her belligerent teenage son, soon finds caregiving is more challenging than she imagined. Sage, the family’s golden retriever, offers comfort and unconditional love, but she has her own problems, especially when it comes to dealing with Mary’s cat.

In 1997, Werner Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His hosts asked him, 'Whom would you like to meet?' He replied instantly: Hiroo Onoda. Onoda was a former solider famous for having quixotically defended an island in the Philippines for decades after World War II, unaware the fighting was over. Herzog and Onoda developed an instant rapport and would meet many times, talking for hours and together unravelling the story of Onoda's long war.

Moe is relentless. He tells me I have “a duty to publish my memoir.” I prefer to allow my actions to speak for me. After all, I'm just a biochemist. He wouldn’t let it go, and tried to get those whose opinions I respect to persuade me. My best friend Will said, “What you accomplished through love must be shared.” I admit, it does read like a novel, with its twists and turns, and highs and lows. I was finally persuaded when my Jen told me, “If your story can give hope to one person who doesn’t have it, then you should publish it.” So, here it is.

Joel Agee’s hallucinatory first novel begins in a house with a large garden in an unnamed Mexican town in the late 1940s, where six-and-a-half-year-old Peter reads, dreams, and plays with his friends. He is a nascent explorer, artist, philosopher, mystic, and scientist. His world is still new, not yet papered over with received knowledge. And the actual world around him is a unique one in history: a community of leftist emigrés who have found refuge in Mexico from the Nazi and fascist regimes of Europe, rubbing shoulders with Mexican labor activists and leftists such as Frida Kahlo.

Agatha Christies elftägiges Verschwinden im Jahr 1926: Die mysteriöse Geschichte um das elftägige Verschwinden der weltberühmten Kriminalautorin bietet Benedict den Stoff für ihren besten und spannendsten Roman bisher, ein Pageturner bis zur letzten Seite. Im Dezember 1926 wird Agatha Christie vermisst. Ermittler finden ihr leeres Auto am Rande eines tiefen, düsteren Teichs, darin ihr Pelzmantel - ungewöhnlich für eine eisige Nacht.

After I finished my second memoir, Changing My Perspective, my writing hand felt itchy. I knew I had to write something else, or I’d just go mad. I decided to try my hand at composing fiction. I was so inspired as I wrote Metamorphosis. There are six stories in all. I hope my listeners enjoy these stories as much as I enjoyed writing them for you.

Leipzig, 1726. Eleven-year-old Stefan Silbermann, a humble organ-maker’s son, has just lost his mother. Sent to Leipzig to train as a singer in the St Thomas Church choir, he struggles to stay afloat. Stefan’s talent draws the attention of the Cantor - Johann Sebastian Bach. Eccentric, obsessive and kind, he rescues Stefan from the miseries of school by bringing him into his home as an apprentice. Soon Stefan feels that this ferociously clever, chaotic family is his own. But when tragedy strikes, Stefan’s period of sanctuary in their household comes to a close.

In 1959, the Cold War was getting warmer. Cuba was the revolutionary fuel that made it hot. When Fidel Castro took power, he promised free elections, but instead, he became the country's new dictator, and a communist one at that. Marco's family did not support the Castro regime and was subjected to insults and mockery from former "friends". As the country dug deeper and deeper into Marxism, Marco's parents decided it was time to talk to their nine-year-old boy.

Después del éxito de "El director", David Jiménez regresa con una novela apasionante basada en hechos reales. El joven periodista Miguel Bravo anhela una vida de aventuras cuando le llega su gran oportunidad: es enviado a Birmania para cubrir la Revuelta Azafrán, liderada por monjes budistas. En medio de un país en convulsión, Bravo se sumerge en la fascinante vida de un grupo de corresponsales internacionales. Sus rivalidades, miedos, sueños, luces y sombras son llevados al extremo cuando la dictadura reprime las protestas y confina a los reporteros en su hotel.

Heather Harris is a piano teacher and professional musician, whose quiet life revolves around music, whose memories centre on a single song that haunts her. A song she longs to perform again. A song she wrote as a child, to drown out the violence in their home. A song she played with her little sister, Harriet. But Harriet is gone...she disappeared when their parents died, and Heather never saw her again. When Heather is offered an opportunity to play piano on a cruise ship, she leaps at the chance.

New York, 1915. Marion Davies is a shy 18-year-old beauty dancing on the Broadway stage when she meets William Randolph Hearst and finds herself captivated by his riches, passion, and desire to make her a movie star. Following a whirlwind courtship, she learns through trial and error to live as Hearst’s mistress when a divorce from his wife proves impossible. A baby girl is born in secret in 1919 and they agree to never acknowledge her publicly as their own. In a burgeoning Hollywood scene, she works hard making movies while living a lavish partying life.

Die 60-jährige Paula findet das Tagebuch ihrer verstorbenen Mutter. Pommern, Weihnachten 1944: Als die Russen kommen, versteckt sich die schwangere Anna in einem Bunker und später mit ihrem kranken Baby auf einem Dachboden. 1945 beginnt ihre dramatische Flucht. Als Paula von der Begegnung mit einer jungen Ärztin im Hafen von Stettin liest, gefriert ihr das Blut in den Adern. Sie macht sich auf den Weg in die Vergangenheit.

Lek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand. Typically that would be: work in the fields for a few years; have a few babies; give them to mum to take care of and get back to work until her kids had their own children, and it would be her turn to stop working to take care of them.

Eine Geschichte über die Weisheit einer Frau und das kriegerische Herz eines Mannes, den sie unterweisen muss, sodass er seine Rolle als Herrscher besser versteht, indem er die wahre Bestimmung unseres Daseins erkennt. Eine alte Zivilisation vermittelt Wissen für eine neue Welt von David M Jacquez.

In this short prequel to Alison Weir's new novel, Elizabeth of York, The Last White Rose, the young princess is born - and the future of England hangs in the balance. The Palace of Westminster, 1466. As the queen of England lies in her chamber, exhausted from childbirth, the court awaits news of the longed-for heir.