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Brought to you by Penguin. No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George...

She was in the wrong place... Fiercely independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify. While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised to...

Miss Jane Fairfield can't do anything right. When she's in company, she always says the wrong thing - and rather too much of it. No matter how costly they are, her gowns fall on the unfortunate side of fashion. Even her immense dowry can't save her from being an object of derision. And that's precisely what she wants. She'll do anything, even risk humiliation, if it means she can stay unmarried and keep her sister safe. Mr. Oliver Marshall has to do everything right. He's the bastard son of a duke, raised in humble circumstances...

He’s been a bad, bad rake—and it takes a governess to teach him a lesson The accidental governess After her livelihood slips through her fingers, Alexandra Mountbatten takes on an impossible post: transforming a pair of wild orphans into proper young ladies. However, the girls don’t need...

Todo el mundo espera que Billie Bridgerton se case con uno de los hermanos Rokesby. Las dos familias han sido vecinas durante siglos y, durante la infancia, Billie se crió como una salvaje junto a Edward y Andrew. Solo hay un Rokesby que Billie no soporta en absoluto, y ese es George. Porque cuando Billie y George se encuentran y, literalmente, se ven obligados a estar juntos, algo nuevo sucede.

A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age story infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, adventure, and fascinating, dreamlike twists One evening, my father asked me whether I would like to become a ghost bride. . . . Though ruled by British...

When Sophy is sent to stay with her London relatives, she finds her cousins in quite the tangle. Cecilia is besotted with an attractive but feather-brained poet, Hubert has fallen foul of a money-lender and the ruthlessly handsome Charles is engaged to a pedantic bluestocking who seems to bring out the worst in him. Fortunately, Sophy has arrived just in time to sort them all out - but Charles is eager to rid his family of her meddlesome ways. Has the grand Sophy finally met her match?

Défendre cette femme... Effacer les clichés qui la défigurent. Briser le masque que le mépris a scellé sur son visage. Aimer cette femme dont tant d'hommes n'ont su que convoiter le corps et envier le pouvoir. C'est cette passion qui anime le cinéaste russe Oleg Erdmann, désireux de sonder le mystère de la Grande Catherine. L'effervescence du XVIIIe siècle européen se trouve confrontée à la violente vitalité de la Russie moderne.

Band 2 der Saga um das weltberühmte Kaufhaus KaDeWe. Berlin Mitte der 20er Jahre: In der Stadt tobt das Leben, die Strenge des Kaiserreichs ist passé, und Frauen eröffnen sich nie dagewesene Chancen. Im KaDeWe hat sich die Verkäuferin Rieke Krause zur Abteilungsleiterin emporgearbeitet. Währenddessen macht Judith Bergmann Karriere an der Universität und heiratet einen der neuen Geschäftsführer. Rieke und Judith haben noch viele Pläne. Doch dann ziehen dunkle Wolken am Horizont auf. Die neuen Machthaber versuchen, die jüdischen Eigentümer des KaDeWE aus dem Unternehmen zu drängen.

A Room with a View, by E.M. Forster: Now in a lyrical Spanish translation. Embark on a journey to the heart of Tuscany and experience the charm of early 20th-century Italy with the Spanish edition of E.M. Forster’s timeless classic, A Room with a View. This beloved novel, which has delighted people for over a century, is now available in a fluent and elegant Spanish translation.

Everything has a price . . . Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything—or anyone—is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife—and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he’s determined...

Mary Challoner must protect her sister at all costs. When she discovers that the notorious Marquis of Vidal is planning to run away with her little sister, Mary will not stand idly by. To save Sophia's reputation without destroying her own, Mary will take her sister's place - and once the Marquis sees through her disguise, he will be humiliated and forced to return her home. But the irresistible Marquis is a wilder rake than even Mary anticipated, and her growing feelings for him are proving an unexpected complication....

Paris, 1779. Mon existence d'antan n'était que le reflet de la désolation et de l'injustice réservée à la caste féminine. L'humanité était source de souffrance et de mort avant qu'il fasse irruption dans ma vie... Audric von Kayser, maître et mentor, m'enseigna l'art du péché et du sang. Il ranima mon âme pervertie et damnée pour mieux la posséder jusqu'à s'emparer pleinement de mon cœur noirci. Malgré sa nature glaciale, il n'y a rien que je ne puisse lui refuser. C'est alors dans une périlleuse quête qu'il m'entraina, tout en conservant de sombres secrets.

Persiguieron sus sueños a orillas del Misisipi. Sus vidas fueron más grandes que el río.

Después de años de colonización, la familia Girard acepta la controvertida decisión de su país, Francia, de ceder a España en 1763 parte de las indómitas tierras del Misisipi; sin embargo, sufrirá las consecuencias de las rebeliones de sus compatriotas contra los españoles, la guerra de norteamericanos contra ingleses por la independencia de los Estados Unidos y la lucha desesperada de los nativos indios por la supervivencia de sus pueblos...

The Wallflowers Four young ladies at the side of the ballroom make a pact to help each other find husbands . . . no matter what it takes Proud and beautiful Annabelle Peyton could have her pick of suitors—if only she had a dowry. Her family is on the brink of disaster, and the only way...

O Livro do Desassossego, assinado por um dos heterônimos de Fernando Pessoa, Bernardo Soares, é considerado um dos trabalhos mais importantes do autor, e tido por ele mesmo como uma "autobiografia sem fatos". Composto de fragmentos organizados em uma narrativa não propriamente linear, o texto publicado em 1913 reflete sobre as relações humanas de forma filosófica e inovadora, mantendo-se atual até os dias de hoje.

Zachary Bronson construiu um império de riqueza e poder. Agora ele está procurando uma esposa para ajudá-lo a garantir sua posição na alta sociedade e aquecer sua cama. Lady Holly Taylor está destinada a passar a vida obedecendo às regras da alta sociedade, mesmo quando elas vão contra suas convicções. Após três anos de luto por seu amado marido, ela entende que não vai superar a perda e que jamais encontrará outro homem à altura dele para ser seu companheiro.

"Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'une femme" est le titre d'une nouvelle de l'écrivain autrichien Stefan Zweig, publiée pour la première fois en 1927 dans le recueil "La Confusion des sentiments". Au début du siècle, une petite pension sur la Riviera. Grand émoi chez les clients de l'établissement : l'épouse d'un des pensionnaires, Mme Henriette, est partie avec un jeune homme qui pourtant n'avait passé là qu'une journée.

Lady Lucy Lively despises the Duke of Thornecliff. Arrogant, cruel, and dangerously seductive, Thorne is the exact opposite of The Gentle Rogue, the mysterious highwayman Lucy adores. She has no idea they are one and the same man…and when Thorne suffers a terrible accident after a masked night of stolen passion with Lucy, neither does he.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Pippa Bennett- Warner. Pippa has recently starred in the BBC Drama MotherFatherSon alongside Richard Gere and has featured in Harlots and Sick Note. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Kathryn Sutherland. Taken...