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Vivian Barrera, a professional woman focused on her company's success, doesn't know what to think when her sometimes-lover and long-time business partner Jack hires someone without her permission. The only thing she does know is that she doesn't like the newcomer. April Hawkins is determined to make her new job work. Left as the sole provider for her niece, she just wants to keep her head down and collect her paycheck. That proves to be difficult when one of her bosses seems to hate her and the other seems to like her a little too much.

Publicada en 1901, Los Buddenbrook narra la decadencia de una familia burguesa alemana a lo largo del siglo XIX. En un gran fresco que va desde 1835, cuando aún se recordaban las guerras napoleónicas, hasta 1877, poco antes de la fundación del Imperio Alemán, Mann no solo captura un descenso social, sino también las fuerzas históricas que trastocaron la existencia decimonónica y alumbraron las incertidumbres de los tiempos modernos. Basada en su propia novela familiar, la historia anuncia además temas esenciales de su obra posterior.

En el verano de 1978, cuando España no ha salido aún del franquismo y no termina de entrar en la democracia y las fronteras sociales y morales parecen más porosas que nunca, un adolescente llamado Ignacio Cañas conoce por casualidad al Zarco y a Tere, dos delincuentes de su edad, y ese encuentro cambiará para siempre su vida.

Cousins Heming MacNachton and Tearlach MacAdie are bound by the same blood, the same ancient curse, and now the same quest: to search out the enemies of their clan-hunters who consider them soulless demons and intend to exterminate them. But no sooner have Heming and Tearlach begun than they are drugged, separated, and taken captive. One is brought deep into the borderlands of Scotland, the other, in the dreary depths of Northern England.

Darkness comes to Sidmouth, when, unable to cope after a devastating tragedy, late-night radio talk show host Edward Temmis is let go from his beloved job. Cast adrift, his outlook is bleak – until he meets Stevie, whose grandmother, a devoted listener, died in a suspicious fire last year. Well, nobody hurts his listeners and helping Stevie might just give him the purpose he needs. When their investigation stalls, they enlist local estate agent Kim, with whom Edward had a doomed fling last year. Working together, they discover Stevie’s grandmother wasn’t the only one of his listeners targeted.

Adored by all, Britta is an ambitious waitress working at Sluggers. The popular bar holds a special place in her heart and is a regular hangout for the Bridgeport Bandits, the local hockey club. With a half brother on the team, Britta has a strict no-dating policy for hockey boys. But she does have a soft spot for one particular player.

On the morning of November 14, 1992, Annette Herfkens, a top Dutch banker, packed her luggage for a romantic getaway with her longtime fiancé, Willem. At 6:25 that morning, Annette and Willem boarded a plane out of Ho Chi Minh City, with 23 other passengers and six crew members, excited to finally have a vacation together. Six minutes before landing, flying at speed of 300 miles per hour, the plane lost altitude and crashed along a mountain ridge in the jungle of Vietnam.

La fidedigna narración del Golpe de Casado y de los últimos meses de la guerra civil española por Paul Preston, el más prestigioso hispanista de la actualidad.

Teresa Barrera has finally moved back home after running away when she was 15. Things are better for her than they were then. She's out as a trans lesbian, has a good job, and is in the promising start of a new relationship. To top it all off, she's back in contact with her sister, who has completely accepted her. She's not ready to tell the rest of her family, but that's okay.

Tim Vine and the Great British public are the stars of this side-splitting radio chat show, featuring his trademark wonderful wordplay, quickfire gags and silly songs. Internationally acclaimed master of the one-liner, Tim Vine, travels the length and breadth of Britain on a quest to hear the funny, strange and surprising life stories of his live audience – while simultaneously taking the opportunity to showcase his world-famous jokes and preposterous songs.

Suzy is surprised to find a grumpy troll building a railway through her house - especially when a gigantic steam train crashes into her hallway! This is the Impossible Postal Express, the trusty delivery service of the Union of Impossible Places, and Suzy becomes its newest recruit. And with her cursed first package, an Impossible adventure begins. Welcome to the Impossible Places.... Where there's fuzzics, not physics; where adventure meets magic; and where the journey will never, ever take you where you expect it to.

It's the mid-1990s, and 15-year-old Guernsey schoolgirls Renée and Flo are not really meant to be friends. Thoughtful, introspective and studious Flo couldn't be more different to ambitious, extroverted and sexually curious Renée. But Renée and Flo are united by loneliness and their dysfunctional families, and an intense bond is formed. Although there are obstacles to their friendship (namely Flo's jealous ex-best friend and Renée's growing infatuation with Flo's brother), 15 is an age where anything can happen.

Earning a man’s trust and then setting him up has reluctantly become like second nature to Saylor Finch. After her parents and the father of her unborn baby tragically die, leaving her all alone, she has to do what she can to feed her daughter and put herself through school. When her boss forces her to set up Preston Wolfe, a known kingpin, things take a sudden shift. Feelings develop, and lies are thrown around, creating a web so tangled Saylor might not make it out alive.

Sought-after social media influencer Sara Vance, in recovery from an eating disorder, is coming into her own, with a potential career expansion on the horizon. Despite the good news, her successful siblings (and their perfect spouses) have a way of making her feel like the odd one out. So, when her unreliable boyfriend is a no-show for a Florida family vacation, Sara recruits Luis Navarro - a firefighter paramedic and dive captain willing to play the part of her smitten fiancé...

Sara e seus amigos estão brincando no condomínio onde moram quando ouvem uma discussão vinda de dentro de um carro. Um rapaz está sendo agressivo com uma moça que é sua namorada. O que acontece depois é o enredo de mais uma historinha educativa da coleção Sara e sua turma que ajudará as crianças a refletirem sobre a importância de os homens serem respeitosos e amorosos com as mulheres.

Sara é uma criança como são as crianças felizes: irrequieta, tagarela, curiosa. Ela está sempre buscando novas aventuras e conhecendo pessoas interessantes. Neste livro, Sara descobre que está com dengue. A partir dos sintomas, aprende muita coisa sobre a doença: como evitar sua transmissão, como saber se está doente e como se cuidar. Discute também zika e a chikungunya.

Sara, Jojô e João estão na casa de seus avós passando o fim de semana. A mãe de Jojô telefona para lá e pede à avó um favor, porque aquele era um dia muito importante: o dia de vacinação. . A avó de Jojô o avisa então que ele tem de ir ao post tomar uma vacina, mas ele reluta. O desenrolar da historia você lê em Hoje é dia de vacinação, mais um livro da divertida coleção Sara e sua turma.

Nahima had to grow up hard to survive in the streets of Tampa, and she has no problem holding her own. Because of who her family is, Nahima is thrown into the street life with no real choice. She knows what to expect, but you know what they say: when we make plans, God laughs.

Sara é uma criança como são as crianças felizes: irrequieta, tagarela, curiosa. Ela está sempre buscando novas aventuras e conhecendo pessoas interessantes. Neste livro, ela pergunta para sua mãe o significado da palavra refúgio e discute com ela a situação dos refugiados pelo mundo e faz reflexóes sobre o acolhimento, a adoção, o abraço. É uma sensível história de amor ao próximo.

The landmark book exploring what the Bible actually says—and doesn’t say—about same-sex relationships.