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Chase Insteadman is a handsome, inoffensive fixture on Manhattan's social scene, living off his earnings as a child star. Chase owes his current social status to an ongoing tragedy much covered in the tabloids: His teenage sweetheart and fiancée, Janice Trumbull, is trapped by a layer of low-orbit mines on the International Space Station, from which she sends him rapturous and heartbreaking love letters. Like Janice, Chase is adrift, and trapped in a vague routine punctuated only by Upper Eastside dinner parties and engagements. Into Chase's life enters Perkus Tooth, a wall-eyed free-range...

The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547, it tells the story of two young boys who were born on the same day and are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive, alcoholic father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Edward VI of England, son of Henry VIII of England.

En Contraluz se entrecruzan el crimen, la locura, el teatro, la guerra, la corrupción, en una trama que nos introduce en las oscuras razones del poder. ¿Qué se esconde tras la muerte de Jerónimo Larrea? ¿Por qué sucede ahora y en Madrid, una ciudad difícil, pero que él ha elegido para rehacer su vida? Griselda, la voz principal, una actriz alcohólica, lectora e intérprete apasionada de Jean Genet, no acepta el lugar pasivo de la víctima, ni la derrota como camino personal o colectivo. Pero la frontera es frágil, algo que confirman en contrapunto las otras voces de la novela, donde ...

Set in a small Andalusian town during Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime, this novel tells the story of Soledad Cuervo's unyielding matriarchy. As she wields her power over the townspeople, a unique universe of characters that navigate the treacherous waters of temptation and vengeance begins to unfold. A novel highlighting female strength and skill, it blends themes of reality, violence, and compassion. Ambientada en un pequeño pueblo andaluz durante la dictadura de Francisco Franco, esta novela narra la historia del inflexible matriarcado de Soledad Cuervo. Mientras ejerce su poder...