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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Di 1 ban.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
"The sharp and humorous food columnist Qiu Chi died of cancer, and her husband Zhao Yixing suddenly fell into a huge loneliness and the hectic taking care of the family and his daughter in sixth grade. Accompanied by his enlightened family and Qiu Chiwen, Zhao Yixing started to practice cooking, learning to get his and his daughter's life back on track. In fact, there is no difference between living and cooking food, the emphasis is on heart. Slowly,...
1462) Dioses de jade y sombra
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"La Era del Jazz está en pleno apogeo, pero Casiopea Tun está demasiado ocupada trapeando en casa de su adinerado abuelo como para prestar atención a las nuevas melodías. Sueña, de todos modos, con una vida lejos de su pequeño y polvoriento pueblo en el sur de México. Una vida que pueda calificar de propia. Sin embargo, esta nueva vida parece tan remota como las estrellas, hasta el día en que encuentra una curiosa caja de madera en...
1463) Izgnanie Rai
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Russian
Description
"Oleg and Paia were happily married for many years, their marriage seemed perfect. But everything changes overnight when best friend and business partner Nikita dies. Soon after the friend was burried, passion between Oleg and the young widow Angelina erupts. Paia was abandoned, humiliated and utterly broken. Others were on the side of the "unhappy" widow. Now there is only one thing left - revenge. But the intrigue twists even more interestingly,...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"An utterly compelling, heartbreaking novel that introduces a revelatory young voice to the U.S. market. Meet Luca, a curious young boy living with his mother, a taciturn woman who "every now and then tries out a new father." Luca keeps to himself, his cat, Blue, and his words--his favorite toys. One February morning his mom doesn't wake up to bring him to school, so Luca--with a father who's long gone and driven by a deep fear of being an orphan...
1465) Call forth a fox
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The western wood is where Ro's father built their garden, taught her to forage, and told her tales of the faeries who live there how to summon them, how to protect herself, and warnings of what they are capable of. Now, her father is gone, the garden has withered, and their family is struggling. Her mother and sister want to move into town, but Ro doesn't want to give up the memories of her father and his stories or the charming village girl who...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In 1949, four Chinese women--drawn together by the shadow of their past--begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for more than three decades.
1467) Hope Ranch
Pub. Date
©2019.
Language
English
Description
A teen girl has it all--a beautiful ranch, a horse named Faith, and the love of her family. But after the death of her military father, she and her mother are in danger of losing their family ranch, too. With a little help from friends and their majestic white horse, they make a plan to raise enough money to save the ranch while learning to never lose hope, despite all odds.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Edition in English.
Language
English
Description
Juan Pablo Villalobos's fifth novel adopts a gentle, fable-like tone, approaching the problem of racism from the perspective that any position as idiotic as xenophobia can only be fought with sheer absurdity. In an unnamed city, occupied by an unnamed world power, an immigrant named Gastón makes his living selling exotic vegetables to eateries around the city. He has a dog called Kitten, who's been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and a good friend...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Russian
Description
Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. When he hangs himself from a sycamore tree and leaves his fortune to his black maid, Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial -- a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The critically acclaimed author of The Home Place explores the heart and mystery of Big Sky Country in this evocative and atmospheric novel of family, home, love, and responsibility inspired by William Shakespeare's Hamlet. The only son of a cattle rancher, Anthony Fry chafed against the expectation that he would take over the business that had belonged to his family for generations. While his ancestors planted deep roots in the unforgiving Montana...
1471) The sculptor
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition 2015.
Language
English
Description
"David Smith is giving his life for his art--literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and discovering the love of his life at the 11th hour isn't making it any easier! This is a story of desire taken to the edge of reason and beyond; of the frantic, clumsy dance...
Author
Series
Bookmobile cat mystery volume 10
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Late March is prime reading weather in the small northern Michigan town of Chilson. Though snowfall and cloudy skies deter outdoor activities, life inside the bookmobile is warm and cheerful. But as Minnie and Eddie are making the rounds to deliver comforting reads, they see something strange: loyal bookmobile patron Ryan Anderson making a sudden u-turn and speeding away. When Minnie discovers the police want to question Ryan about a bank robbery...
1473) El estudiante
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primera edición en B de Bolsillo: noviembre de 2020.
Language
Español
Description
El autor de El Psicoanalista vuelve a deslumbrarnos con otra historia de suspense dotada de una trama impecable y un ritmo frenético, cuyos personajes caminan sobre el filo de la navaja de comienzo a fin. El fruto de la venganza es más venganza. Mientras intenta mantenerse alejado del alcohol, Timothy Moth Warner alterna sus clases de posgrado en la Universidad de Miami con las reuniones de un grupo de autoayuda para adictos. Su tío Ed, médico...
Author
Series
Auntie Poldi volume 4
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
Strange dealings are afoot in the Apostolic Palace - a nun leapt to her death after participating in a routine exorcism. But when a priest and a Vatican commissario turn up at her door, Poldi is shocked to hear that she's a suspect in their case. Poldi will need all the help she can get to clear her name, but her nephew has been distracted by a love affair, and her local friends seem to be avoiding her. Even Vito Montana balks when Poldi discovers...
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First Free Press paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, and although previously there have been competent scholarly translations of it, until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed translator Stephen Mitchell's lithe, muscular rendering allows us to enter an ancient masterpiece as if for the first time, to see how startlingly beautiful, intelligent, and alive it is. His insightful...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Cara faces a bittersweet Christmas since her mother's passing. Flying to Oklahoma, she meets country singer Heath, facing a tough holiday too since his father's death. He doesn't acknowledge his fame, so Cara fels duped when two attractive women rush him. As weather keeps thwarting their way, Cara and Heath share their losses, and as they head toward their separate Christmases, they grow close. But when Cara sees a tabloid linking Heath with a...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"La casa de los ángeles rotos es una saga familiar épica, encabezada por el patriarca Angelote, que transcurre durante la última fiesta de cumpleaños que este celebra en su casa de San Diego con ocasión de su inminente muerte a manos de un cáncer letal. Pero cuando la madre de Angelote, mamá America, fallece en fechas cercanas a la fiesta, este debe organizar también su funeral y decide celebrar dos actos familiares en el mismo fin...
1479) Heist
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
De Ariana Godoy, la autora de A través de mi ventana. Un éxito imparable que ya ha cautivado a millones de lectores y que será adaptado a película próximamente por Netflix. Si te gustó A través de mi ventana, te volverás adicto al magnetismo que se respira entre los protagonistas, Heist y Leigh. Misterios, secretos y una tensión entre los protagonistas que te mantendrá en vilo. Un éxito en Wattpad ya disponible en papel. El...
1480) Dos vidas para Lydia
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"La vida de Lydia da un vuelco cuando Freddie, su alma gemela y su pareja desde hace más de diez años, muere. Lydia sabe que Freddie habría querido que siguiera adelante y viviera al máximo, así que, con la ayuda de su mejor amigo, Jonah, y su hermana, Elle, decide abrirse de nuevo al mundo (y tal vez, al amor). Pero entonces sucede algo increíble: Lydia tiene la oportunidad de volver atrás y seguir viviendo junto a Freddie. La elección...
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