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Pub. Date
2024.
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Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the...
2) Extranas
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Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
489 pages ; 24 cm.
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"Inglaterra, 1781. William Burton, un joven noble, afronta un encuentro cuya intensidad marcara y cambiara su vida. Resuelto, se embarca en una aventura donde conocera a los genios de la epoca, de quienes absorbera cuantos conocimientos y experiencias ponen a su alcance para encarar situaciones extremas. La amistad, el amor y la determinacion seran sus aliados para enfrentarse a un mundo bizarro y cruel, en el cual se pondra a prueba su caracter y...
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Publisher
Ediciones Kiwi
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
431 pages ; 23 cm
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"Mi padre abre el sobre lentamente y mama se inclina sobre su hombro. Ambos guardan silencion mientras leen la carta. Espero que my padre se levante de la silla y me abrace, que mi madre grite y empiece a llamar a mis tias para presumir de mi. Pero ninguno de los dos dice nada. En realidad me miran como si acabaran de recibir la peor noticia de su vida en lugar de la mejor. Vale, puede ser que esten tan sorprendidos que se han quedado sin palabras?"--Page...
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Simon Element, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2023..
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xix, 441 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"Life has many transitions: A baby is born. A child leaves for college. A marriage. A divorce. A death. We all experience moments of profound change, but what do we do to mark those moments? How do we become mindful of these events and imbue them with purpose and meaning? Could our lives be better, richer, and more resilient if we had more practical resources and rituals to honor, sanctify, and make sense of these transitions? Day Schildkret, artist...
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"Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. Radiant at sixty-two, she is the epitome of glamour and a highly respected artist. But her success has come at a price: She has a strained relationship with her daughter, Morgan, who at thirty-eight still blames Ardith for putting her career before being a mother. Morgan is a successful plastic surgeon in New York City--and the distance from Ardith's Bel Air mansion is not lost on either of them....
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Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 24 cm.
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"No hay delirio mas voraz que el deseo. Se alimenta de lo que sabe y no sabe, crece mejor en las sombras, en los santuarios prohibidos, en las distancias insalvables.(S1(B S es una escritora que vive en Londres. Ha perdido a un hijo y con el todo lo que la ataba a la vida, incluido su matrimonio. F es abogado y lleva junto a su mujer un pasar tranquilo en Santiago de Chile. S y F se conocen en Londres y a partir de entonces comienzan a reunirse clandestinamente...
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Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
474 pages ; 22 cm
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"Orion Pagan lleva años esperando a que alguien le diga que va a morir. Ahora que se ha registrado en Muerte Súbita para saber si la grave enfermedad cardiovascular que padece acabará con él, está listo para empezar a vivir. Ese es el motivo por el que decide ir a un evento único e irrepetible: la víspera de Muerte Súbita en Times Square. Recibir su llamada de Último Día es algo que Valentino Prince jamás había imaginado, ya que ni siquiera...
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Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
335 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"A través de la conversación entre Oprah Winfrey y el Dr. Perry, en este libro descubrirás cómo lo que nos sucede en la primera infancia tiene una gran influencia sobre la persona adulta en que nos convertimos. También comprenderás que las adversidades que experimentamos impactan en nuestra salud física y emocional y qué dice la ciencia sobre los patrones de comportamiento que nos cuesta tanto entender. Este libro te ofrece una nueva perspectiva...
9) Apia de Roma
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Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
639 pages : black and white illustrations on page 8 ; 23 cm
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Apia P̤pulus est̀ a punto de perder a su madre. A pesar de su corta edad, conforme a las costumbres imperantes, contrae matrimonio con Salvio Sextus, un pr̤spero comerciante de perlas de edad avanzada. En el Palatino, el barrio m̀s encumbrado de la ciudad, la joven debe revestirse con una coraza para enfrentar la vida con alguien a quien no ama, cumplir con sus obligaciones de ama y defender su casa de las confabulaciones pol̕ticas. Roma es un...
10) Sangre azul
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Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 23 cm
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"La Segunda Guerra Mundial obliga a una joven princesa a marcharse a un lugar donde el amor cambiara su vida para siempre. Londres, 1943. Las bombas caen sobre la ciudad y el rey y la reina deciden enviar a su hija menor a vivir en el campo con una familia de confianza. Tercera en la linea de sucesion al trono, la princesa Charlotte, de diecisiete anos, acepta a reganadientes usar un nombre falso a su llegada a Yorkshire. Pronto, Charlotte empieza...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm
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"Evan Taft has plans. Take a gap year in Alaska, make sure his little brother and single mother are taken care of, and continue therapy to process his father’s departure. But after his mom’s unexpected diagnosis, as Evan’s plans begin to fade, he hears something: a song no one else can hear, the voice of a mysterious singer . . . Shosh Bell has dreams. A high school theater legend, she’s headed to performing arts college...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 22 cm
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"From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young woman whose gift of second sight complicates her coming of age in late 19th century Scotland. Growing up in the care of her grandparents on Belhaven farm, Lizzie Craig discovers at a young age that she can see into the future. Her gift of sight is selective-she doesn't, for instance, see that she has an older sister who will come to join the family on...
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Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 150 pages ; 20 cm
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Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton calls forth his life's work to show us how to cope with the lasting effects and legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on responses of survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nazi death camps, Lifton shows readers how we can carry on and live meaningful lives even in the face of the tragic and the absurd.
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Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 20 cm
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"Morag MacIntyre is a Scottish lass from the remote islands that make up the northernmost reaches of the UK. She's also a third-generation pilot, the heir apparent to an island plane service she runs with her grandfather. The islands--over 500 dots of windswept land that reach almost to Norway--rely on their one hardworking prop plane to deliver mail, packages, tourists, medicine, and the occasional sheep. As the keeper of this vital lifeline, Morag...
16) A pesar de ti
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Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
428 pages ; 20 cm
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A Morgan Grant y su hija de dieciseis anos, Clara, nada les gustaria mas que no parecerse en nada. Morgan esta decidida a evitar que su hija cometa los mismos errores que ella. Al quedar embarazada y casarse demasiado joven, Morgan puso sus propios suenos en espera. Clara no quiere seguir los pasos de su madre. Su predecible madre no tiene un hueso espontaneo en su cuerpo. Con personalidades enfrentadas y objetivos en conflicto, a Morgan y Clara les...
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Publisher
Back Bay Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
406, 7 pages ; 21 cm
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It's summer on Nantucket, and as the season begins, three women arrive at the local airport, observed by Josh, a local boy, home from college. Burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues, the women -- two sisters and one friend -- make their way to the sisters' tiny cottage, inherited from an aunt. They're all trying to escape from something: Melanie, after seven failed in-vitro attempts, discovered her husband's...
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Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
183 pages ; 23 cm
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El viaje de los colibries ocupa ya un lugar en los corazones de los lectores mexicanos, desde que Sue Zurita publico una edicion independiente hace ocho anos con la que logro llegar a mas de 70 mil personas. Esta nueva edicion, revisada y actualizada, incluye un capitulo inedito: un nuevo final para Romina. Que fue de ella? A donde fue? Que experiencias vivio? Todo ello se cuenta en el nuevo desenlace de la novela.
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xiii, 283 pages ; 24 cm
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"On a cold, gloomy night, twenty-three-year-old Kyoko stands in the rain with a knife in her hoodie’s pocket. Her target is Daniel, who seduced Kyoko’s mother then callously dropped her, leading to her death. But tonight, there will be repercussions. Following the unsuspecting Daniel home, Kyoko manages to get a rash kidnapping plot off the ground . . . and then nothing goes as planned. The Fetishist is the story of three people—Kyoko,...
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