David Arnold

Top-notch" --USA Today"Illuminating" --Washington Post"A breath of fresh air" --Entertainment Weekly"Memorable" --PeopleAfter the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the "wastelands" of Mississippi, where she lives in a medicated milieu with her dad and new stepmom. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick back in Cleveland.So she ditches her new life and hops aboard a northbound Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother, meeting a quirky cast of fellow travelers along the way. But when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane.

Durante los siglos XV y XVI el conocimiento que Europa tenía del resto del mundo conoció una transformación fundamental. La conexión de los océanos del mundo que hicieron posible las exploraciones maritimas y el consiguiente dominio de los mares se convirtio en la base para la extension ultima de la influencia europea en cada continente habitado, asi como para la correspondiente expansion comercial y territorial. Pero ¿como se puede explicar la rapidez de las exploraciones y de la expansion europea? ¿Fue la Era de los Descubrimientos tan repentina y arrolladora como a primera vista parece, o fue mas bien el resultado de fuerzas que habian ido madurando durante largo tiempo en la propia Europa? ¿Que motivos estan detras de este movimiento expansionista, y por que Portugal y España fueron sus pioneros? ¿Como afectaron los factores externos a Europa al caracter de este expansionismo? Tales son los temas que David Arnold intenta elucidar principalmente en esta concisa obra que se ha convertido en un clasico.

Uma sensível história de amor sobre dois jovens sensíveis e suas almas que insistem em se encontrar a cada nova vida.Evan Tatf tem tudo programado: Tirar um ano no Alaska, cuidar para que seu irmão m

Love and War tells the tale of British Naval Officer Warwick Hursey through an emotional and graphic portrait of the naval theatre during World War II. Receiving rapid wartime promotion from Junior Officer to Commander with heroic accomplishments in battle, Warwick navigates not only his ship but the passions of the heart as well. His lifelong love of an innkeeper named Sarah fuels a complicated romance. As the war escalates Warwick must fight to save both his country and his love. Will he have the resolve to lead his crew and his heart to victory?

Victor Benucci só precisava cumprir o último pedido do pai: espalhar suas cinzas pelos lugares que ele amava. Mas a viagem muda completamente quando o adolescente conhece Madeline Falco e os Garotos de Apetite, uma turma de jovens perdidos, mas prontos para compartilhar historias, dores e amores. Entre estradas, segredos e descobertas, nasce uma historia de amor e amizade inesperada, daquela que chega sem pedir licença e muda tudo.ALMAS SENSIVEIS e uma tragicomedia sobre primeiros amores, buscas por si mesmo, amizades que salvam e a beleza de ser estranho num mundo que insiste em querer normalidade.

Hursey in Conflict continues the story of Reserve Commander Warwick Hursey during World War II and is the sequel to the first book of the series, Love and War. This is a graphic and realistically told story of action at sea and romance ashore. Warwick participates in clandestine missions and plots to deceive the Axis, eventually escaping with a large, captured Italian warship after a short incarceration as a POW in Sardinia. He falls in love with Evona, a beautiful Croatian spy working for the Admiralty. Warwick is honoured by the King and personally appointed to his next mission by Winston Churchill. The book takes historical fiction to a whole new level.