American Saga

In the early 1900s an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea, just as the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule. Orphaned by the sunk vessel are two sisters and their half-brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them. Chronicling three generations of an island family from 1916 to the 1970s, Land of Love and Drowning is a novel of love and magic.

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.

Demoledora novela de uno de los maestros de la literatura de género latinoamericana. La historia nos traslada al interior de La Casona, una cárcel en la que todos los ocupantes están prisioneros, ya sea detrás o delante de las rejas. La desesperación, la opresión y la rutina atrapan en su espiral a todos los personajes de esta novela coral, unidos por el culto a una diosa cruel y caprichosa: la peste, dispuesta a acabar con todos y cada uno de ellos. Una novela tan inclasificable como imposible de olvidar.

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.

TANA-MARA: The Saga of Jackson Cornwall Harlow, opens with a family who settled a small farming community in Grassy Cove, Tennessee during the Civil War. A ruthless band of renegade guerillas posing as Union soldiers destroy the settlement, but not before William Harlow sets his oldest son, Jackson, bareback on a horse to escape the brutal murder of his family. Days later, Jackson appears at a tobacco plantation in Jimtown, Kentucky, and is taken in by a family of slaves. Jack’s horse dies from sand colic, and he finds himself stranded on the plantation.

Mudarse de casa a veces significa cambiar de vida para siempre. El hijo y la hija de una familia que se mudó hace mucho tiempo, cuando ellos eran chicos, recuerdan lo que ocurrió en esos meses. Lo hacen con el tono de los sobrevivientes de un tsunami. Todo el movimiento de objetos entre la casa vieja y la casa nueva estaba a punto de desencadenar transformaciones decisivas al interior de la familia.

Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's best dramatist. His plays have been translated into every major language, and are the most performed ever. His work contains stunningly modern insight, witty jokes and soaring passion; it is an endless source of amazement and inspiration. Romeo and Juliet is perhaps his most famous and beloved; this heartbreaking tale of impossible love has marked every generation since its publication, and it is an essential part of Western culture.

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.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The shocking true story of the USS Houston, FDR’s legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of the survivors who faced one of World War II’s most brutal ordeals—from the acclaimed author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors “Captivating [and]...

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?

"The Dogs of War" thrusts listeners into a world where power, betrayal, and redemption collide with explosive consequences. As President Ethan Mitchell navigates the fallout from a devastating terror attack and battles against mounting political pressure, Task Force Lazarus is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse. John Ryder, still recovering from the attempt on his life and determined to uncover the truth, is on the hunt for the elusive Fourth Estate after their audacious assassination attempt on President Mitchell.

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.

The anticipated second installment of In These Streets: Koi’s Saga is here. It picks up where the first installment has left off, informing you of the events after young Koi and older boyfriend Griff were rushed to the hospital. This second installment is just as hot as the first, introducing you to a new cast of characters with even more secrets and scandals. Find out what happens when their paths collide as the saga continues.

When young Armstrong Todd's mother sends him to spend the summer in her native rural Mississippi, the Chicago-bred 15-year-old is unused to the segregated ways of the Deep South. So when the black youth utters a few innocuous words in French to a white woman, he has no idea of the impending firestorm he has ignited. Armstrong ends up paying the ultimate price when the offended woman's husband and his friends decide to teach the youth a lesson.

DESCUBRE LA HISTORIA DE UNA FAMILIA ATRAPADA EN EL DRAMA Y EL DESAFÍO DE UN PAÍS EN CRISIS En el contexto de la expedición de junio del 59 en la República Dominicana, esta historia nos revela las luchas de una familia de provincia frente a eventos históricos que pondrán a prueba sus lazos y su resistencia.Con un estilo narrativo único, que mezcla monólogos interiores, entradas de diario y cartas, la novela permite adentrarse en las voces más íntimas de sus personajes.