Era Fiction

Após uma década de trabalho mediana, Rick Dalton acha difícil engolir a ideia de que a indústria cinematográfica passa muito bem sem ele, obrigado. Sentindo que sua carreira de ator está cada vez mais próxima do fim e mergulhado em uma crise existencial, Rick está disposto a se submeter ao lobby cruel de Hollywood para tentar adiar sua ruína. Para isso, vai cogitar uma investida no cinema italiano, encarnar um vilão controverso em uma série de faroeste e aceitar conselhos profissionais de uma respeitada atriz de oito anos de idade.

For as long as anyone could remember, the Carlisles had been caretakers of Castlemartin, a sprawling estate perched atop Scotland’s Isle of Skye. Its latest caretaker, the mysterious historian Lord M. Nigel Carlisle, was rumored to work tirelessly within its book-filled confines, endlessly refining his secretive research on imperialism.

El exquisito lord Torlundy cree desfallecer cuando le presentan a doña María, la sosa, insípida y poco agraciada hija del marqués de la Eras. Y es que aquella dama gris y aburrida viste como cien años atrás y es tan desagradable como un dolor de pies. Doña María no creía posible que en el atuendo de un caballero cupieran tantas cintas, lazadas y plumas hasta que le han presentado al afectado lord Torlundy, ayudante del almirante Carlton en la Oficina de la Guerra.

Three friends navigate life in college. They're all completely unaware that there's a team of specialists curating the outcome of their lives. This is an introduction into the Influencerz universe where these real life influencers, not to be confused with social media influencers, manipulate the lives of the chosen elite who shape the future of the world. The elite are chosen to help their society progress and power the economy.

Whether you play basketball, watch basketball, or you’re simply a history buff, there is something for you here! Crafted for both hardcore NBA fans and curious newcomers to the sports world, this book dives into the history of basketball and specifically the tales of certain players that revolutionized the game.

Roman krupneyshego francuzskogo pisatelya-naturalista XIX v. Emilya Zolya "Kar'era Rugonov" (1871) otkryvaet dvadcatitomnuyu seriyu "Rugon-Makkary", predstavlyayushchuyu "estestvennuyu i social'nuyu istoriyu zhizni odnoy sem'i v ehpohu Vtoroy imperii". Eto svoeobraznyy prolog k grandioznoy ehpopee, v kotoroy posledovatel'no proslezhivaetsya razvitie harakternyh rodovyh osobennostey, peredayushchihsya po nasledstvu ot odnogo pokoleniya k drugomu i oopredelyayushchih, v sootvetstvii s principami naturalizma, povedenie personazhey v opredelennyh istoricheskoy situacii.

Matt Cooper, having recently left the L.A. police force, begins to develop his P.I. business in Hollywood, California during the years 1947 through 1971, when his son, Clay joins him in the business.

James, Kennedy, and Elijah Reed have waited their entire lives to see how this Culling would play out. Now it's time for the final four debates, the last chance to sway voters into choosing worthy leadership for the nation. But when the debates take a surprising turn and a horrific incident rocks the township tour, the Reeds know trouble lies ahead. They still have enemies—both outside the Culling and from within.

Miel y Sam siempre han sido diferentes. Una chica latina a la que le crecen rosas de las muñecas, con el borde del vestido siempre mojado, y un chico pakistaní sin familia que pinta lunas y las cuelga de los árboles. A pesar del secreto que Sam esconde y a veces amenaza con abrumarle, a pesar del pasado que Miel es incapaz de recordar, y de su miedo irracional al agua y a las calabazas, a pesar de todo ello se tienen el uno al otro. Pero su pequeño mundo se tambalea cuando las hermanas Bonner, las gringas bonitas, se obsesionan con las rosas de Miel.

A poignant exploration of love, loss, and the passage of time, imbued with a melancholic beauty that mirrors the author’s own reckoning with mortality and the changing tides of literature. This collection of short stories was released just before Corelli’s death, and is unlike any of her other tales. Corelli was the bestselling queen of Victorian romantic fiction, beloved by the public and Queen Victoria herself… but the Great War (WWI) war changed everyone, Corelli included.

En esta ocasión, la improbable heroína tiene su origen en el barrio de Soweto, el tristemente célebre gueto de Johannesburgo. Corren los años setenta, en pleno auge del apartheid, cuando Nombeko Mayeki, condenada a una vida de infortunio y con altas probabilidades de que ésta acabe a una edad temprana ante la indiferencia de sus semejantes, encuentra un resquicio para escapar de su aciago futuro.

At the beginning of the 21st century, in a world enslaved by politics, religion, and economy, Edward Teslenstein, a scatterbrained artist, receives a mystical vision—a glimpse of a powerful engine that could reshape humanity’s destiny.

Brian White lleva tras de sí un misterio que se remonta a su concepción y nacimiento. El amor, siempre presente en la vida del ser humano, irrumpe con fuerza en su vida cuando apenas era un púber. Lucrecia, una mujer de ensueño, será al mismo tiempo la tentación que lo acompañará a lo largo de esta extraña Aventura.

«Añoro la vida cuando era nuestra», comenta Lola mientras trastea en la cocina de su casa. Esa vida, que era tan suya y tan llena de ilusión, estaba hecha de libros y de charlas de café, de siestas lánguidas y de proyectos para construir un país, España, que aprendía las reglas de la democracia.

She spent years following the path reserved for highborn men. When she's thrust back into a subservient role, how will she forge her own destiny? Rome is marching. Cities and temples are falling. On the outskirts of the empire, Princess Andrada convinces her father to tutor her as his heir despite a ban on women rulers. But her lifelong battle against entrenched customs shatters when she fails the King's Challenge and is sentenced to death. To save Andrada from execution, her father marries her off to a neighboring king who doesn't care about governing.

Cuando Carrie se retira del tenis, es la mejor jugadora que el mundo ha visto jamás. Seis años después de retirarse, Carrie se encuentra en las gradas del US Open de 1994, viendo cómo una tenista británica brutal e impresionante llamada Nicki Chan le arrebata el récord. Con treinta y siete años, Carrie toma la decisión de salir de su retiro para entrenar con su padre un último año, con la intención de recuperar su récord.

HayleAnna is just a small town Oklahoma girl, and is the only daughter of Seraphina and Taven Mayall. She has been training her whole life to join E.R.A, since it is the closest thing to a military that America has left. After a complete government fall in the year 2040, there are no laws, no rules, and the only people trying to stop all of the rogue groups from taking over and making America a dictatorship is the E.R.A.

Milano. Massimo Gerosa, manager in carriera, viene improvvisamente licenziato dalla COMOR, il colosso dell'informatica dove lavora. Le motivazioni sono vaghe. La moglie lo costringe ad andarsene di casa e anche la figlia diciannovenne, che all'inizio mantiene i rapporti con il padre, a un certo punto se ne allontana. Dopo nove mesi vissuti tra alberghi di quart'ordine e il suo SUV adibito a dimora, Massimo finisce a fare il guardiano notturno nella sede di un movimento di estrema destra, di cui gradatamente sposa l'ideologia impregnata di nazionalismo, di razzismo e di antisemitismo.

In the realm of Kalhasa, where ancient magic and deadly secrets lie hidden, Dragons of the Lost Era Book One: Snow follows the journey of three chosen Champions—The Black Knights—tasked with protecting the High Queen, Nia DuskRider. As the last of her noble bloodline, Nia's survival is critical to her clan’s legacy, a lineage once famed for taming the dragons of old. When an assassin strikes within the castle walls, the Black Knights are thrust into a race against time. Complicating their mission is a startling discovery: rumors of five dragon eggs, long believed extinct, begin to surface.

July 1839, without the permission of the English Government, the New Zealand Company ship, Tory, quietly departed England, anxious to reach New Zealand with the utmost speed. Expedition leader, Colonel William Wakefield's objective is clear - acquire millions of acres of valuable land from the natives at the lowest possible price. On board the Tory, Andrew and Eleanor Stewart, young Scottish emigrants indentured to the New Zealand Company, are excited at the prospect of beginning a new life in a perfect town called Britannia. It's the Utopia the company promised.