Set in the late 19th century, The Last Crossing, Guy Vanderhaeghe's first novel since his acclaimed Englishman's Boy, is the story of three well-off English brothers: twins Simon a...9999902988381Vanderhaeghe, Guy
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sábado, 27 de mayo de 2023
Set 100 years ago in Boston, Fortune's Rocks is a classic of literary and romantic storytelling. Fourteen-year-old Olympic Biddeford is spending the summer with her parents at thei...9999902986837Shreve, Anita
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martes, 23 de mayo de 2023
The story of a young boy sold into white slavery in post-Civil War America, who suffers at the hands of a cruel master. He escapes to a new life as a railroadman, then an itinerant...9999902981580Brady, Joan
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jueves, 11 de mayo de 2023
The war is ending, perhaps ended. For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam a lawless land where each farm and house supports a column of d...9999902980262Banks, Iain
Abacus
sábado, 6 de mayo de 2023
Shortly after completing The Drowned and the Saved, Primo Levi committed suicide. The manner of his death was sudden, violent and unpremeditated, and there are some who argue that ...9999902975459Primo Levi
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viernes, 21 de abril de 2023
The Pandemic That Never Should Have Happened, and How to Stop the Next OneOver the last 30 years, we learned every lesson needed to stop this coronavirus outbreak in its tracks. We heeded almost none of them. The result is a pandemic on a scale never bef...9999902974070Debora Mackenzie
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miércoles, 19 de abril de 2023
ÿþPrecious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of 'traditional build', is now married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. The Agency is busy, b...9999902968901Smith, Alexander McCall
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jueves, 6 de abril de 2023
"It's back to Corduroy Mansions--the slightly dilapidated but well-lived-in mansion block in London's hip Pimlico neighborhood--for the third installment in Alexander McCall Smith'...9999902961711Alexander McCall Smith
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viernes, 17 de marzo de 2023
Amongst the ancient papyri of the Dead Sea, a remarkable scroll is discovered. Written in the first century AD, it purports to be the true account of the life of Jesus, as told by ...9999902961018Mawer, Simon
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sábado, 11 de marzo de 2023
The murder of a media moghul in his country mansion appears to be the result of him disturbing a gang of would-be thieves. The robbers are swiftly caught, but when they are unexpec...9999902958070Brookmyre, Christopher
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sábado, 4 de marzo de 2023
Quite Ugly One Morning is the book that made Christopher Brookmyre a star in his native Britain, establishing his distinctive, scabrously humorous style and breakneck, hell-for-lea...9999902958063Brookmyre, Christopher
Abacus
sábado, 4 de marzo de 2023
We could tell you about the bodies. We could tell you their names, where they were found, the state they were in. We could tell you about the suspects too, the evidence, the invest...9999902958032Christopher Brookmyre
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sábado, 4 de marzo de 2023
Gavin is creating a unique 'holiday experience', every facility any tourist who hates abroad will ever want, will all be available on a converted North Sea oil rig. To test the fac...9999902953778Christopher Brookmyre,
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viernes, 17 de febrero de 2023
If society has the B-list celebrities it deserves, it now has a killer to match. Except that Simon Darcourt is a great deal more successful in his career choice than the average ta...9999902953761C. Brookmyre,
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viernes, 17 de febrero de 2023
The Guardian (London) has called comic-thriller writer Christopher Brookmyre "the next star of the genre." His American debut, Not the End of the World, is a fast and furious novel...9999902953723Brookmyre, Christopher
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viernes, 17 de febrero de 2023
As a teenager Jane Bell had dreamt of playing in the casinos of Monte Carlo in the company of James Bond, but in her punk phase she'd got herself pregnant and by the time she reach...9999902953716Brookmyre, Christopher
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viernes, 17 de febrero de 2023
THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY published in 1998, introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe, the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana's only detective agency. T...9999902949924Smith, Alexander McCall
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martes, 7 de febrero de 2023
Ex-CID. Ex-New York. Ex-cellent' reads the sign outside the Satisfaction Guarantee Detective Agency. Cephas Buthelezi certainly talks the talk, Precious discovers, but would he hav...9999902949917Smith, Alexander McCall
Abacus
martes, 7 de febrero de 2023
ÿþMma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni at the end of the first book, is still engaged. She wonders when a day for the wedding will be named, but she is anxious to...9999902949863Smith, Alexander McCall
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martes, 7 de febrero de 2023
Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp for WomenOn a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 800 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - were marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin, d...9999902947463Sarah Helm
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sábado, 4 de febrero de 2023
Hobsbawm on Latin AmericaEric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) wrote that Latin America was the only region of the world outside Europe which he felt he knew well and where he felt entirely at home. He claimed this wa...9999902947364Eric Hobsbawm
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sábado, 4 de febrero de 2023
'Oh, it seems so wonderful that I'm going to live with you and belong to you. I've never belonged to anybody'When a scrawny, freckled girl with bright red hair arrives on Prince Ed...9999902947234L. M. Montgomery
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sábado, 4 de febrero de 2023
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, Slug is a taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN 'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG 'She writes with hones...9999902946336McNish, Hollie
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viernes, 3 de febrero de 2023
GENERAL & LITERARY FICTION. Melinda Van Allen is beautiful, rebellious, tempestuous and sexy. Unfortunately for wealthy socialite Vic Van Allen, she is his wife. An incorrigible fl...9999902945100Patricia Highsmith
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jueves, 2 de febrero de 2023
Ware, RuthDara and Marie Durant were trained by their glamorous mother, founder of the Durant School of Dance. After their parents' death in a tragic accident, the sisters began running the ...9999902944745Megan Abbott
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jueves, 2 de febrero de 2023
Mma Ramotswe knows she is very lucky indeed. She has a loving family, good friends and a thriving business doing what she enjoys most: helping people. But the latest mystery she is...9999902938300Alexander McCall Smith
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miércoles, 25 de enero de 2023
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