American Saga

Following the death of their matriarch, the lives of Chye Hoon's family are turned upside down. Now that the British have fled and the Japanese have conquered, their once-benign world changes overnight. Amid the turmoil, Chye Hoon's daughter-in-law, Mei Foong, must fend for her family as her husband, Weng Yu, becomes increasingly embittered. Challenged in ways she never could have imagined and forced into hiding, Mei Foong finds a deep reservoir of resilience she did not know she had and soon draws the attentions of another man.

Las murallas más imbatibles son las propias. Las traiciones más amargas son las que nos inferimos a nosotros mismos. Los años perdidos, los instantes no vividos, la sonrisa no esbozada, la lágrima que jamás dejamos escapar, son enemigos ocultos dentro de la piel de cada uno de nosotros.

1943: Europe is at war - but neutral Ireland is isolated from the storm. In a sleepy coastal village south of Dublin, eighteen-year-old Aileen Sweeney meets soldier Niall O’Rourke at a dance, and the spark between them soon ignites a powerful love. But when Niall makes a life-changing and contentious decision, Aileen’s hopes and dreams fall apart. In an instant Niall is transformed from dashing suitor to social outcast, and the fallout leaves each of them navigating the consequences alone. Putting her innocence behind her, Aileen must make her own tough choices.

Morton Hall, with its beautiful, ruined grounds and its reclusive mistress, Emilia Morton, is full of mysteries. For freelance editor Anne Marie, the wild garden has become a serene and secret refuge from her loveless marriage. The only other regular visitor is Cape, the hall's part-time gardener, who is forbidden to tend to anything except the magnificent maze or to meet his enigmatic employer. When Emilia dies, Cape and Anne Marie are astonished to find themselves among an unlikely group of villagers named in her strange will.

Before the outsider, now Chief Heads Off, brought the Elk Dogs (horses) to the People, their strategy had always been to flee or hide from their mortal enemies, the Head Splitters. Now the People live in peace, but the young warriors long for war.

The War Criminal's Son brings to life hidden aspects of the Civil War through the sweeping saga of the firstborn son in the infamous Confederate Winder family who shattered family ties to stand with the Union. General John H. Winder was the commandant of most prison camps in the Confederacy, including Andersonville. When Winder gave his son William Andrew Winder the order to come south and fight, desert, or commit suicide, William went to the White House and swore his allegiance to President Lincoln and the Union.

From phenomenally successful fantasy author Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time), writing as Reagan O'Neal, comes The Fallon Blood, a splendid story of the American Revolution, now for the first time in audiobook format. In 1765, Michael Fallon, an Irishman on the run from brutal English overlords...

Joseph Warren Revere, a grandson of the legendary Paul Revere, served in the U.S. Navy; circumnavigated the globe; raised the first American flag in Sonoma, California during the Mexican War; battled pirates, sharks, and Indians; searched for gold; had a scandalous affair; joined the Union Army and received a court-martial for his actions at the Battle of Chancellorsville during the Civil War. And then he began the fight of his life.

Since the tragic loss of her parents, Enid has lived alone in a coastal cottage in Jersey. But this year someone new has come into her life: Fred, who truly gets her, and who knows how to make her happy. The only problem is that Enid has Asperger’s and doesn’t like to leave her comfort zone - and Fred lives in Australia. Like Enid, Fred has survived heartbreak and is searching for a way to start again. Could a stranger on the other side of the world really bring new meaning to his life, or is he just setting himself up for another fall?

It’s been fifteen years since Rosamunde last lived at the vicarage in Potter’s Cove, the pretty coastal village where she grew up, experienced her first true love - and a heartbreak that changed her life forever. But now Potter’s Cove is calling her back: it’s time to make peace with the past and go home. Rosamunde’s return to the vicarage in the days before Christmas is a whirlwind of festive cheer and heartwarming reunions with friends, family and her loving father, the vicar.

Jenna Rosen returns to the place in Alaska where her young son, Bobby, disappeared without a trace two years before. Jenna is determined to lay to rest the aching mystery of his death. But ancient legends may have had a hand in Bobby’s fate, forcing Jenna to sift through her own Native American ancestry to uncover the truth.

October, 1859. The United States reels in the wake of another attempted slave uprising; this time in the sleepy village of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. With a presidential election looming, long-festering social and political divisions threaten to split the Union in two. Elsewhere in Virginia, Senator John Roscoe and his family appear to be perfect in every way. But as states secede and the Union unravels, the Roscoe dynasty’s dysfunction is laid bare through the unearthing of old wounds and family secrets.

La NFL es el deporte de equipo por excelencia y el rendimiento de cada jugador está en estrecha relación con lo que hace el resto del conjunto. A lo largo de más de veinte años de carrera profesional, Tom Brady ha puesto en cuestión este principio. Su juego es el que ha elevado el rendimiento de sus compañeros, a los que ha conducido en múltiples ocasiones hacia la más absoluta de las glorias: el anillo de campeón de la NFL. La historia de Brady se basa en la determinación, esfuerzo, confianza en sí mismo y éxito.

El regreso de un héroe de resonancia internacional en la obra del autor de Tuareg. Cienfuegos, aquel muchacho que un día se embarcó por accidente hacia Nuevo Mundo, se ha convertido en un hombre audaz que en esta entrega llega a un territorio fascinante y desconocido: la Norteamérica anterior a la llegada de los primeros europeos.

Edición ampliada y actualizada de uno de los libros deportivos mejor valorados de la última década en España.

Reflexiones filosóficas, exabruptos, bravuconadas, chispazos de genialidad o meteduras de pata.

Las grandes frases con las que se ha escrito la historia del fútbol.

Prólogo de Vicente Del Bosque.

Todos sabemos que, según Bill Shankly, "el fútbol no es cuestión de vida o muerte, sino algo mucho más importante". Sin embargo, ¿sabemos también por qué se puso tan trascendental el mítico entrenador del Liverpool? ...

Caliph Washington's life was never supposed to matter. As a Black teenager from the vice-ridden city of Bessemer, Alabama, Washington was wrongfully convicted of killing an Alabama policeman in 1957. Sentenced to death, he came within minutes of the electric chair - nearly a dozen times. A Kafka-esque legal odyssey in which Washington's original conviction was overturned three times before he was finally released in 1972, his story is the kind that pervades the history of American justice.

La rivalidad entre el Barcelona y el Real Madrid, la codicia del jugador y su entorno y las fortunas que mueven las grandes estrellas del fútbol han llevado al club catalán y a Neymar Jr, acompañado por su famoso padre, ante la justicia. Según la acusación particular y la Fiscalía de la Audiencia Nacional, el fichaje del astro brasileño por parte del club blaugrana esconde una larga historia de pactos bajo cuerda, pagos millonarios y presuntos engaños que empezó a mediados de 2011.

Tony Russo thought he had it all figured out. Fresh out of prison and leading his crew of skilled bank robbers, Tony's plans to start over in Tampa seemed airtight. But after a series of high-stakes heists, their latest job goes disastrously wrong, leaving Tony and his crew on the run, hunted by the cops and facing a city closing in around them. In an ironic twist of fate, Tony finds himself in the middle of an amateur robbery at a Tampa dive bar. When the situation turns violent, Tony steps in to stop the chaos and protect an innocent bystander.

Pocahontas stond altijd al voor anderen klaar. In dit verhaal volg je haar tijdens een gevaarlijke maar belangrijke missie. Pocahontas is er zeker van dat ze een speciale plant kan vinden die nodig is om een ziek kind in haar dorp te genezen. Onderweg maakt ze een nieuwe vriendin - maar lukt het haar ook om de plant te vinden?

What happens when a young girl is abruptly taken away from everyone and everything she knows? When the comforts of a Bayou home are pulled from under the feet of young Rahab Auguste, she must rise above and face the challenges on the streets of the South Bronx. Discovering family secrets withheld from her, Rahab embarks on a journey down a path she never saw coming, with a mother she never knew.