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Una nueva aventura del valiente médico judío que organiza a los marginados y disidentes en tiempos de Isabel la CatólicaNoah, el carismático médico judío creado por la imaginación de Rafael Michelini, vuelve a la accion en esta segunda aventura, ubicada entre los años 1499 y 1504, durante el reinado de Isabel la Catolica. Es precisamente la reina, implacable en su cruzada contra la comunidad judia en España, y especialmente contra el rebelde Noah, que ordena, en un edicto Real, su detencion y su muerte.Noah, ayudado por una red secreta que se extendera por toda la peninsula iberica, debehuir de las garras de los soldados reales en forma permanente. El medico judio y su gente, mientras avanza en su objetivo por avanzar en la defensa de la diversidad cultural y etnica, intentara sobrevivir para no caer en las mazmorras de la reina.Michelini nos presenta una nueva novela llena de accion, erotismo y giros inesperados,donde ficcion e historia se combinan para trazar un retrato vivido y vibrante de un momento clave en la evolucion de occidente

Cuando ser una mujer sola y pobre era un estigma, ella forjó su propio destino y su nombre se convirtió en leyenda.LA HISTORIA JAMÁS CONTADA DE LA ALCAHUETA MÁS FAMOSA DE NUESTRAS LETRAS.Salamanca, siglo XV. Cuando la pequeña Celestina es abandonada por su madre en casa de una vieja curandera, ignora que su infancia se ha truncado para siempre. Sancha atiende partos y abortos, prepara filtros para atraer a los hombres y recoge hierbas a la luz de la luna con las que prepara infalibles remedios.A su lado, la niña empieza a descubrir los secretos del deseo y la necesidad que sienten las mujeres de apoyarse las unas a las otras en un mundo de hombres. Desde los margenes mas sordidos de la sociedad, Celestina aprendera a sobrevivir en una epoca donde todo, hasta lo mas sagrado, tiene un precio.La Celestina es, sin duda, uno de los personajes mas iconicos de nuestra literatura: una anciana astuta, despiadada y mentirosa, cuyo nombre de pila termino bautizando a las demas alcahuetas. Partiendo de esta idea, Desiree Baudel nos muestra que, antes de convertirse en la vieja sin escrupulos que paso a la historia, Celestina fue joven y fue niña, y lo hace ofreciendonos una fascinante novela que es a la vez un retrato honesto de muchas otras mujeres que se negaron a aceptar las reglas de una sociedad que las condenaba de antemano.

711 Anno Domini.La peste y el hambre asolan Spania. Los rumores sobre el precario estado de salud del rey Witiza resuenan por todo el reino, y la aristocracia visigoda debe reunirse en Toledo. Fruela, el hijo menor del duque Pedro de Cantabria, acudira junto a su familia a la urbs regia y se vera forzado a residir en la corte. Alli tendra que enfrentarse a una tormenta de intrigas tras la ruptura de la alianza entre los dos grandes linajes godos. Sera Rodrigo, el duque de la Betica, el elegido para ceñir la corona, mas su promesa de paz se vera truncada por el desembarco de Tariq ibn Ziyad en Algeciras. Fruela debera acompañar al rey Rodrigo al extremo sur del reino, donde se decidira el destino de Spania.Yeyo Balbas recrea de forma magistral el fin del reino visigodo y la conquista islamica de Spania en una apasionante novela repleta de epica y con unos personajes extraordinarios.

¿Quién es la mujer de la sonrisa misteriosa? Florencia, 1494. Entre Lisa Gherardini y Giuliano de Médici ha florecido un amor que los ha obligado a convertirse en amantes en secreto. Cuando los miembros de la poderosa dinastia de los Medici son expulsados de la ciudad, Lisa intenta escapar con el sin conseguirlo.Como reprimenda, su padre la fuerza a casarse con Francesco del Giocondo, un comerciante de seda mucho mayor que ella. Sin embargo, a lo largo de los años sus sentimientos seguiran llevando el nombre de su amante.Por esas mismas fechas, Leonardo da Vinci es ya el artista mas famoso de su epoca, en dura rivalidad con el joven escultor Miguel Angel Buonarroti. Cuando Giuliano de Medici le pide que retrate a su amada para asi poder enviarle un mensaje, el pintor acepta el arriesgado encargo. Hacerlo no solo envolvera a Lisa en una conspiracion peligrosa e inesperada, sino que tambien pondra a prueba su corazon.En esta nueva novela, la autora superventas en lengua alemana Beate Rygiert narra, con un colorido panorama de la epoca, la emocionante historia del cuadro mas celebre jamas pintado y que mas incognitas sigue despertando aun hoy.

LA HISTORIA DE UNA MUJER VALIENTE QUE DESAFIÓ A LOS NAZIS Y LO ARRIESGÓ TODO POR AMORDe la autora bestseller de La enfermera de Auschwitz, un auténtico fenómeno editorialEl corazón de Hana late con fuerza mientras camina por las calles de Varsovia. Necesita volver sana y salva a la panaderia de su familia para abrazar a sus hermanos una vez mas; ellos son lo unico que la anima a seguir adelante. Tiene que entregar ese mensaje, aunque sepa que podria costarle la vida.Los nazis llevan semanas patrullando las calles. Hana ya ha perdido a su padre, y ahora trabaja para la Resistencia: no soportaria que le arrebataran a nadie mas. Mientras camina, gira el anillo de compromiso en su dedo y piensa en Emil, su prometido de ojos azules. Todavia alberga la esperanza de volver a verlo. Esta arriesgandolo todo por salvar a sus seres queridos.El papel arrugado que lleva escondido entre las barras de pan, aun calientes, contiene un mensaje que podria iniciar el levantamiento del pueblo de Varsovia contra sus captores. Pero, cuando Hana se cruza con un oficial de las SS y sus miradas se encuentran, el mundo parece detenerseUna conmovedora novela que ya ha emocionado a mas de un millon de lectoras Una novela imposible de olvidar. Te dejara sin palabras. Me ha emocionado de principio a fin. Esta historia se quedara para siempre en tu corazon.

En la quietud del momento presente, realiza una invocación que abre un camino que nunca imaginó: un viaje que comienza en la Tierra pero que pronto se extiende mucho más allá.Sus viajes lo llevan a encuentros que remodelan su comprension de la existencia. Las primeras impresiones y enseñanzas revelan la generosidad de fuerzas invisibles y plantean preguntas eternas: ¿Que es el Reino de Dios? ¿Es inmortal el alma? ¿Que poder reside en la oracion? ¿Como se entrelaza el karma en nuestras vidas? Mientras explora los misterios religiosos y la inmensidad del universo, cada revelacion lo acerca a una verdad mas profunda. A traves de la penitencia, los ejercicios de liberacion y las lecciones arduamente aprendidas, amanece un nuevo dia uno que lo prepara para un destino mucho mayor del que imaginaba.En la Parte II, la historia se desplaza hacia un dramatico conflicto interplanetario. Marte enfrenta una catastrofe inminente, y el protagonista debe tomar una decision decisiva que determinara el destino de mundos enteros. Su mision lo lleva por lugares distantes Kandar, Beirut, Pegasus, Cicily, Bethes, Randornef cada uno con aliados, peligros y secretos. En medio de estas pruebas, una estrella se convierte en su refugio, un faro de esperanza en la oscuridad.Todo converge en la batalla decisiva en Pontes, donde el futuro de Marte pende de un hilo. Al llegar el final de la historia, el protagonista regresa a casa transformado llevando no solo el recuerdo de la guerra y el asombro, sino tambien la sabiduria espiritual que inicio su viaje.

Romance de los Tres Reinos es una de las grandes epopeyas de la literatura universal y uno de los Cuatro Clásicos de la tradición china. Ambientada en el turbulento final de la dinastía Han y el surgimiento de los estados de Wei, Shu y Wu, la novela entrelaza historia, mito y filosofia para narrar un periodo marcado por guerras civiles, alianzas fragiles, estrategias brillantes y actos de heroismo que rozan lo legendario.Luo Guanzhong combina hechos historicos con dramatizacion literaria para construir un vasto mosaico de personajes inolvidables sean guerreros, estrategas, estadistas o poetas, todos atrapados en una lucha por el poder, la supervivencia y la virtud. Mas que una cronica militar, la novela profundiza en el sentido de la lealtad, la ambicion, la moral politica y la fragilidad del destino humano.Esta edicion invita a lectores contemporaneos a adentrarse en un mundo donde la tinta, la espada, el juramento y la estrategia definen el curso de imperios enteros. Una obra monumental que continua inspirando a artistas, pensadores y narradores en todo el mundo, y que revela, con asombrosa vigencia, las tensiones eternas entre deber, honor y poder.

Amsterdam, 1642. Geertje es una joven viuda que se ha quedado sin nada; ya era pobre y para colmo de males también ha perdido a su marido. Cuando le surge la oportunidad de entrar a trabajar como niñera en la casa de los Rembrandt, ante ella se abre un mundo de riqueza y cultura que jamas habia conocido. Y cuando fallece la esposa del pintor, se sumergira aun mas en ese mundo. Asi las cosas, y a pesar de las advertencias de sus amigos, inicia una apasionada relacion con el maestro de resultados imprevisibles. Una historia que hara las delicias de los seguidores de Tracy Chevallier, Stacey Halls o Maggie OFarrell.

Costa Rica ahogó a su héroe antes que honrarlo. Las aguas turbias del San Juan es la redención que el río exige.En 1856, mientras el río San Juan rugía como una frontera viva entre Costa Rica y las ambiciones extranjeras, el mayor Maximo Blanco lidero una campaña decisiva que salvo al pais de la invasion y la esclavitud. Sin embargo, su victoria no se escribio en los libros de historia: fue silenciada por los intereses de politicos que temian su creciente popularidad.Esta novela desentraña la trama de traiciones que convirtio a Blanco en un fantasma de la patria, mientras el San Juan testigo mudo de su hazaña guarda en sus corrientes los secretos de uniformes manchados de lodo y honor.¿Por que Costa Rica prefirio olvidar al hombre que la salvo? La respuesta yace donde el rio esconde sus verdades: bajo las aguas turbias de la conveniencia.

"Sometimes, when I have watched the bright beginning of a love story, when I have seen a common feeling exalted into beauty by imagination, generosity, and the flaming courage of youth, I have heard again that strange complaint breathed by a dying woman into the stillness of night, like a confession of the soul:Why must I die like this, alone with my mortal enemy."My Mortal Enemy is the eighth novel by American author Willa Cather. It was first published in1926.Willa Cathers protagonist in My Mortal Enemy is Myra Henshawe, who as a young woman gave up a fortune to marry for lovea boldly romantic gesture that became a legend in her family. But this worldly, sarcastic, and perhaps even wicked woman may have been made for something greater than love.

Willa Cathers Lucy Gayheart gropes a wistful way back to the time of the horse and buggy, when some men and some women loved deeply and truly and make themselves miserable and hugged their misery.Small towns, no less than Vienna and the Paris Left Bank and a Greenwich Village as dirty and noisy then as it is now, had romances of which they had a right to be proud.So it is with Lucy Gayheart, written in 1935, When she wrote the novel, Cather had just turned 60 and was in tune with the zeitgeist that, shortly, would produce the works of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. In her homey yet subtle way, she tapped into the modern loss of faith. And she created an existential novel.A romance, a feminist storyIt doesnt seem that way at the beginning.Indeed, Lucy Gayheart appears to be nothing more than a confection of a romance.Lucy is the bright, lively, musical girl, a stand-out among her young adult peers in the small Nebraska town of Haverford where Harry Gordon, the bankers son, is the most eligible bachelor. They seem made for each other as they skate together on the Platte River in the novels opening scene. They have always seemed made for each other.

My Man Jeeves is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the UK in May 1919 by George Newnes. Of the eight stories in the collection, half feature the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, while the others concern Reggie Pepper, an early prototype for Wooster.LEAVE IT TO JEEVESJeevesmy man, you knowis really a most extraordinary chap. So capable. Honestly, I shouldnt know what to do without him. On broader lines hes like those chappies who sit peering sadly over the marble battlements at the Pennsylvania Station in the place marked "Inquiries." You know the Johnnies I mean. You go up to them and say: "Whens the next train for Melonsquashville, Tennessee?" and they reply, without stopping to think, "Two-forty-three, track ten, change at San Francisco." And theyre right every time. Well, Jeeves gives you just the same impression of omniscience.As an instance of what I mean, I remember meeting Monty Byng in Bond Street one morning, looking the last word in a grey check suit, and I felt I should never be happy till I had one like it.

O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by American author Willa Cather, written while she was living in New York. It is the first novel of her Great Plains trilogy, followed by The Song of the Lark (1915) and My Antonia (1918).Part I The Wild LandOn a windy January day in Hanover, Nebraska, Alexandra Bergson is with her five-year-old brother Emil, whose little kitten has climbed a telegraph pole and is afraid to come down. Alexandra asks her neighbor and friend Carl Linstrum to retrieve the kitten. Later, Alexandra finds Emil in the general store with Marie Tovesky. They are playing with the kitten. Marie lives in Omaha and is visiting her uncle Joe Tovesky.Alexandras father is dying, and it is his wish that she run the farm after he is gone. Alexandra and her brothers Oscar and Lou later visit Ivar, known as Crazy Ivar because of his unorthodox views. For instance, he sleeps in a hammock, believes in killing no living thing and goes barefoot summer and winter. But he is known for healing sick animals. Alexandra is concerned about their hogs as the hogs of many of their neighbors are dying.

Numa livraria perdida nas ruas de Lisboa, esconde-se um mundo de segredos, perigo e resistência…1938. Em busca de um recomeço depois da morte do pai, Lara Hope chega a Lisboa à procura de uma família

"Professor James Parkhurst, I consider you a colossal failure as an educator," said Francesca, his daughter, known to friend and family as Bambina, or Bambi for short.Professor Parkhurst lifted a startled face from his newspaper and surveyed his only child across the breakfast table."My dear, what causes this sweeping assertion of my incompetence?""I do! I do! Just what did you expect me to do when I grew up?""Why, to be happy.""Thats the profession you intended me for? Whos to pay the piper? Its expensive to be happy and also unlucrative.""I have always expected to support you until your husband claimed that privilege.""Suppose I want a husband who cant support me?""Dear me, that would be unfortunate. It is the first duty of a husband to support his wife.""Old-fashioned husbands, yesbut not modern ones. Lots of men marry to be supported nowadays. How on earth could I support the man I love?""You are not without talents, my dear.""Talents? You almost said accomplishments! If you were not living in the Pliocene age, Professor James Parkhurst, you would know that accomplishments are a curseaccomplishment is the only thing that counts.

Bayou Folk is a Chopins classic book containing of 23 masterpiece short stories shows rural life in Louisiana after the American Civil War and how former slaves, people of color, women, poor whites, and wealthy whites chafed against social restrictions.Kate Chopin (18501904) is an American writer best known for her stories about the inner lives of sensitive, daring women. Her novel The Awakening and her short stories are read today in countries around the world, and she is widely recognized as one of Americas essential authors.Her short stories were well received in in the 1890s and were published by some of Americas most prestigious magazinesVogue, the Atlantic Monthly, Harpers Young People, the Youths Companion, and the Century. A few stories were syndicated by the American Press Association. Many of her stories also appeared in her two published collections, Bayou Folk(1894) and A Night in Acadie (1897), both of which received good reviews from critics across the country who praised them for their graceful descriptions of the lives of Creoles, Acadians, African-Americans, and other people in Louisiana.

Alexanders Bridge was Willa Cathers first novel. It was originally published in 1912, then released a second time in 1922 after Cather had established her repuation. The second edition contained an authors preface.Professor Wilson arrives at the Alexanders house in Boston, Bartley Alexander having persuaded him to attend a Congress of Psychologists in the city. He is greeted by Winifred Alexander. When her husband comes home the men talk; Winifred plays the piano for them. The next day, she tells Wilson how she met her husband through her aunt.On Christmas Eve, the Alexanders prepare for Christmas dinner. Bartley tells Wilson he is having trouble with a bridge in Canada. Later he gives his wife pearl earrings. On New Years Day, Alexander makes ready to leave for London. On the ship, he endures sharp gales and goes into a bar, where he gambles at bridge, the card game. In London, Bartley visits Hilda and tells her he cannot go on having two relationships; she must forget about him and leave him alone. She is distressed. The day before he is due to return to America however, he takes her out to dinner.

To the Lighthouse is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf. The novel centres on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920.The novel is set in the Ramsays summer home in the Hebrides, on the Isle of Skye. The section begins with Mrs Ramsay assuring her 6-year-old son James they should be able to visit the lighthouse the next day. This prediction is countered by Mr Ramsay, who voices his certainty the weather will not be clear. This opinion forces a certain tension between Mr and Mrs Ramsay, and also between Mr Ramsay and James. This particular incident is referred to on various occasions throughout the section, especially in the context of Mr and Mrs Ramsays relationship.The Ramsays and their eight children are joined at the house by several friends and colleagues. One of these friends, Lily Briscoe, begins the novel as a young, uncertain painter attempting a portrait of Mrs Ramsay and James. Briscoe finds herself plagued by doubts throughout the novel, largely fed by the claims of Charles Tansley, another guest, who asserts women can neither paint nor write. Tansley himself is an admirer of Mr Ramsay, a philosophy professor.

"Steppenwolf," written by Hermann Hesse, is a novel that explores the complex inner life of its protagonist, Harry Haller, a middle-aged man grappling with his identity and place in society. Haller lives a disordered and solitary life, feeling alienated from the conventional middle-class lifestyle. The narrative reveals that Hallers dual nature embodies both a refined bourgeois persona and a wild, instinctual wolf, representing his internal conflict and dissatisfaction with societal norms.As Haller navigates his existence, he encounters various characters, including a woman named Hermine, who plays a pivotal role in his journey of self-discovery. Through Hermine and others, he explores themes of love, pleasure, and the multifaceted nature of the self. The story culminates in a surreal experience at the "Magic Theater," where Haller confronts his many selves, reflecting on the dichotomy of his existence."Steppenwolf" delves into profound philosophical themes, questioning the nature of reality and the psyche, ultimately presenting a narrative that resonates with anyone who has ever felt out of place in a conformist world. The novel remains a significant work in 20th-century.

Step back into the tumultuous 15th century in this gripping historical romance that chronicles the life of Norman Leslie. Fleeing Scotland after a deadly quarrel, he finds himself in France, fighting alongside the legendary Joan of Arc during her most critical battles. Through the eyes of this young monk, witness the fervor, the divine mystery, and the tragic end of the Maid of Orleans in a narrative rich with period detail. It is a tale of chivalry, spiritual awakening, and the brutal realities of medieval warfare.