Era Fiction

When the skies dried up, Gloria thought it was temporary. When the dust storms rolled in, she thought they would pass. But now the bank man’s come to take the family farm, and Pa’s decided to up and move to California in search of work. They’ll pick fruit, he says, until they can save up enough money to buy land of their own again.

La vida de Lucas, cercado por su tendencia a la introversión y hundido en la pasividad, cambia abruptamente cuando llama a su puerta Sofía, una chica de catorce años que acaba de perder a su madre y que es la hija que, sin saberlo, ha engendrado con una mujer de la que se enamoró en su juventud y nunca volvió a ver.

La notte in cui un colpo di pistola alla testa mette fine alla vita di Felix Roatta, uno dei soci di uno squallido locale londinese, il Parallel Club, il corpo della giovane Dora Suarez viene ritrovato orribilmente seviziato. Un delitto misterioso quanto efferato, il tipo di indagine che ogni poliziotto vorrebbe evitare e che solo il sergente della sezione Delitti irrisolti sembra in grado di gestire. La morte di Dora Suarez diventa però per lui un’ossessione quando l'autopsia rivela dettagli a dir poco sconcertanti.

Inspired by true events, A More Perfect Union is an epic story of love and courage, desperation and determination, and three people whose lives are inescapably entwined… Henry O’Toole sails to America in 1848 to escape the famine in Ireland, only to face anti-immigrant prejudice. Determined...

New York Times Bestseller People’s Book of the Week “A heartfelt tale of love too stubborn to surrender to human frailties."" — Kirkus Reviews Set in the lush Big Band era of the 1940s, this spellbinding saga from beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani tells...

Parigi. È qui che la passione per la danza ha condotto Alice, acrobata di un'esistenza precaria come la maggior parte dei suoi coetanei: la generazione senza futuro, quella immersa in un eterno presente che si sente derubata da chi l'ha preceduta. Il suo vivere fuori squadra e senza radici è in parte anche una sfida alla madre - insigne grecista, docente universitaria, alle spalle brucianti passioni politiche e un presente di dolenti disillusioni -, da sempre convinta che l'unico antidoto al caos e alle brutture del mondo è la bellezza.

Hamburgo, 1970. Henny celebra su cumpleaños rodeada de su familia y de sus inseparables amigas. El hilo de la complicidad que unía su vida con la de Käthe, Lina e Ida continúa ahora en las nuevas generaciones: Florentine, la modelo que regresa de París con una inesperada noticia; Katja, que sueña con fotografiar conflictos por todo el mundo.

Join Dale as he continues to grow as a Keeper. With the experiences slowly piling up around him, how will he deal with the changes to come? Is he ready for all that awaits him? Find out....

Uma viagem improvável reúne um escritor cínico, uma eterna romântica e uma urna funerária, mudando suas vidas para sempre. Millicent Watts-Cohen tem uma missão a cumprir. Determinada a reafirmar o poder duradouro do amor, ela decide levar as cinzas da Sra. Nash, uma idosa de 98 anos que se tornou uma grande amiga, de Washington até a Flórida. Seu objetivo: reuni-la, ainda que simbolicamente, ao grande amor de sua vida, oitenta anos depois.

This collection contains five speeches from a millennium shaped by faith and empire.

Quizás cuando Elsa Triolet publicó Rosas a crédito en 1959, no imaginó cuánta vigencia tendría, más de sesenta años después, esta poderosa historia, la cual se desarrolla entre rosas, lavadoras, plazos por pagar, pasión por el confort moderno, esperanzas…Y tal vez tampoco imaginó la obsesión que puede sentir alguien por la sola posesión de un simple colchón de muelles, al punto que sea tan avasalladora que no importe nada más.

A veteran of the Great War, Jesse Cole is grateful for the quiet life he now leads. But when his closest friend runs afoul of local criminals Frog and Squirrel Fenley, Jesse is forced to spin his moral compass and enter a violent and volatile underworld. There he encounters corrupt lawmen, hired assassins, and a dark family secret that will upend all he once knew. Complicating matters are Texas Ranger Amon Atkins—who arrives to investigate the Fenleys just as their empire is threatened by a deadly new competitor—and the green-eyed, raven-haired Adaline, a love Jesse thought he’d lost forever.

Pearl Spence has finally settled into a routine in Bliss, Michigan, far from her home in Red River, Oklahoma. Like all the other kids, she goes to school each day, plays in the woods, and does her chores. But there's one big difference: Mama is still gone and doesn't seem to have a thought for the family she's left behind.

London, June 1860: When an assassination attempt is made on Queen Victoria, and a petty thief is gruesomely murdered moments later - and only a block away - Chief Detective Inspector Charles Field quickly surmises that these crimes are connected to an even more sinister plot. Was Victoria really the assassin's target? Are those closest to the Crown hiding something? Soon, Field's investigation exposes a shocking conspiracy in which the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species sets off a string of murders, arson, kidnapping, and the pursuit of a diabolical madman.

Clayton Stonemason idolized his father, a hometown hero in their small Missouri town. But when his father’s life unravels, Clayton loses his way, too. He tries to escape his father’s legacy but discovers he can’t run from his destiny. AMERICAN JUKEBOX, a story of small-town America in the last decades of the twentieth century, explores the many ways our relationships, hopes, and dreams can alter the course of our lives.

Nitocris, a contentious daughter of a pharaoh, tried to legitimize her hold over Egypt using sorcery as the only means that might enable the imposter to add her name to the sacred list of kings. Such a list was assembled and sealed by high priests in tablets and manuscripts. The superior clergy had grown in power over many dynasties, painstakingly documenting the names of monarchs in special potions before engraving the names of ancient kings, thus guarding the records for eternity.

O QUE FAZER QUANDO VOCÊ VIRALIZA FALANDO MAL DA SUA FAMÍLIA NA INTERNET? É isso que Mayara precisa descobrir depois que um vídeo seu desabafando sai completamente do controle. Mas quem poderia culpá-la por reclamar de ter que dividir a casa com a nova namorada do pai e com o sobrinho dela, que, por acaso, também é o garoto mais irritante do universo? Agora, Mayara precisa encontrar a melhor forma de lidar com a situação. Por um lado, ela só quer voltar à vida de antes, quando sua maior preocupação era passar na faculdade dos seus sonhos.

"Night Mission", with its burning plane, heroism, and greed, was - like the other six short stories in this collection - inspired by Clive Lodge's experiences in World War II and the decade after. "There's No Scar Now" - with its gripping opener, "I killed John James Beresford", is set in Kent and draws on his experience in the Home Guard before he enlisted in the RAF. "The Tunnel", by contrast, is set in peacetime, some years after the war, but reveals how unpunished atrocities of war can haunt a person.

Questa è la storia di due amici, di due madri, di due mogli. Siamo fra Sciacca e Pertuso Piccione, nella Sicilia occidentale. Giovanni e Santino hanno sognato entrambi un dolce riscatto, fra il volo di Gagarin, il cinema americano e la bellezza del paese in cui vivono. Giovanni deve soddisfare le ambizioni sociali della madre Cettina, Santino vuole salvare la madre Assunta dal destino equivoco al quale si è esposta per mantenere la famiglia.

POR LA AUTORA DE EL PRIORATO DEL NARANJO Y EL DÍA QUE SE ABRIÓ EL CIELO. TERCER LIBRO DE LA SERIE LA ERA DE HUESOS. UNA REBELDE QUE SE CONVIERTE EN REINA. Después de una sangrienta batalla contra sus enemigos, Paige Mahoney se ha elevado a la peligrosa posición de Subseñora, gobernando así sobre la población criminal de Londres. Sin embargo, después de haberle dado la espalda a Jaxon.