Era Fiction

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....

In Chicago’s Gold Coast district, twenty of the city’s most glamorous socialites gather for a charity whist drive at the Bellevue House mansion. Brightest among them are Ginevra King-Mitchell and Edith Cummings, real-life debutantes who inspired Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby. But when their sharp-tongued hostess turns up dead and a blizzard traps everyone inside, suspicion and gossip give way to fear.

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.

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...

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.

From the acclaimed author of How to Be Eaten, a fresh take on the campus novel that follows an adjunct professor gigging her way through academia’s poor job market when she crosses paths with her old PhD adviser whose new novel might be about her—for readers of Worry, Vladimir, and Less...

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.

Kathryn Massey thought a long-forgotten secret was dead and buried - just like the 1950s are about to be - but when a mysterious list circulating Screenland ignites salacious rumors about the gossip columnist, it's her life that now falls under the magnifying glass.

Kathryn Massey spends her days spreading rumors and keeping secrets. Losing herself one headline at a time has left Kathryn’s personal identity scattered - and dumps her at the narrow end of the bargaining table with the man she trusts the least. Gwendolyn Brick has simpler aspirations. As a costume designer, her sights are set on glamour, not heights of fame. But her friendship with Marilyn Monroe puts her directly into the crosshairs of studio head, Darryl Zanuck - and he’s someone you don’t say no to....

Frank ha diciannove anni ed è figlio dell’attraente tenutaria di una casa di appuntamenti in una città del Nord durante l’occupazione nazista. Freddo, scostante, insolente, solitario, Frank vuole in segreto una cosa sola: iniziarsi alla vita. E crede che il modo migliore per farlo sia uccidere qualcuno senza ragione. Con sbalorditiva sicurezza, Simenon entra nella testa di questo personaggio al limite fra l’abiezione e una paradossale innocenza, e intorno a lui fa vivere il mondo della neve sporca – la sordida scena di una città dove tutto è tradimento, rancore, doppio gioco.

Da uno dei più noti poeti italiani per l'infanzia, versi per sorridere e cogliere la bellezza imprevista delle parole più semplici.

La Luna che gira libera in cielo perché è "il gioco del mondo", la neve che stanca di essere bianca beve l'inchiostro, l'uomo di cenere che se ne sta contento finché non tira vento, il lento silenzio del mare. Tante poesie da ascoltare per scoprirne tutti i colori e le sorprese.