Era Fiction

Luke Morley is a draper's son struggling to accept his sexuality. He has withdrawn into a world of fantasy, but with the arrival of Mr. Thronton this private world is shattered. Grantham's most eligible bachelor is everything Luke has ever dreamed of. After months of silent admiration, he determines to introduce himself. Reenter Clarence, who arrives to win back his old lover. When Daniel rejects him again, he is not about to take it lying down. A blackmail note appears—a demand that Daniel marry one of Luke's sisters.

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.

Anita è l'unica ragazza della squadra di pallanuoto del suo paese, è appena diventata capitana ed è innamoratissima di un suo compagno di allenamento. Quando è da solo con lei, Ste è dolcissimo, ma cambia appena si ritrova con gli altri maschi della squadra. Un giorno Anita si scatta una foto con altre ragazze davanti allo specchio dello spogliatoio e da quel momento, apparentemente insignificante, tutto comincia a cambiare.

Parigi. È qui che la passione per la danza ha condotto Alice, acrobata di un'esistenza precaria come la maggior parte dei suoi coetanei: la generazione senza futuro, quella immersa in un eterno presente che si sente derubata da chi l'ha preceduta. Il suo vivere fuori squadra e senza radici è in parte anche una sfida alla madre - insigne grecista, docente universitaria, alle spalle brucianti passioni politiche e un presente di dolenti disillusioni -, da sempre convinta che l'unico antidoto al caos e alle brutture del mondo è la bellezza.

The dragon mage reigns supreme! Finally, all of Lance's visions are coming to fruition. The Draconis Clan has been restored, his enemies have been vanquished, and unity has been restored to the northern province under the banner of the red dragon. But… there's a problem. Lance isn't the only dragon in Oracle.

When Chessa, the princess of Ireland, is kidnapped, Cleve rescues her to hand her over to her rightful groom, William of Normandy. But Chessa refuses to marry anyone but Cleve.

Merrik Haraldsson, the younger brother of Rorik, the Lord of Hawkfell Island, embarks on a journey that begins in Kiev where he comes away with two slaves - Laren and her younger brother. Laren wants to tell stories to earn enough silver and gold to buy her and her little brother from Merik, only he refuses to sell her. And now that she's his, he must protect her when she's accused of murder, then save her yet again when he discovers her secrets.

When the Red Scare ends, paranoia lingers. Can Tinseltown recover to take on television? After an exile from MGM, ousted screenwriter Marcus Adler is looking for his way back into the biz. When he hatches a plan to start over with a disgraced movie star, a Hollywood censor reminds Marcus that the misdeeds of the past aren't soon forgotten.

Cuando el mundo era así reúne cuentos cortos cuyos protagonistas son personajes folclóricos de América Latina. Las historias, escritas por Triunfo Arciniegas, tienen humor e ironía.

Anna, una mujer que dejó su trabajo en la gerencia de un hotel para ocuparse de sus hijas y de su marido, recibe un mazazo al conocer la noticia de la muerte de su esposo en un accidente. El golpe es doble al enterarse de que, en el momento de ser atropellado, salía de un hotel de la mano de su mejor amiga.

"Tutto il mondo affrontava la stessa prova. Qualcuno ne approfittò per cambiare." Cosa racconteremo di noi e della nostra vita ai nostri nipoti? Mattia decide di inizia­re dalla primavera dei suoi nove anni, nel 2020, quando, mentre il mondo da un gior­no all'altro si rinchiude in casa, si ritrova costretto nel microcosmo di un condominio di ringhiera a fronteggiare il suo più grande nemico: quel padre che l'aveva abbandonato quando aveva solo tre anni. Mentre tutto si stravolge, l'ansia e la paura prendono il sopravvento, la scuola viene racchiusa in un computer.

In the dusty town of Saddleback Ridge, Texas, 1879, young couple William and Lila leave their Tennessee roots behind with dreams of a better life. Despite their love and determination, this passionate pair struggles to make ends meet. By day, William works as a bank teller, while Lila serves drinks at the town bar - Faded Rose.

«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.

Veinte años de un Premio Nadal paradigmático: la obra que dio a conocer a un gran narrador. La soledad era esto es la historia de una mujer que inicia, a partir de la muerte de su madre, una lenta metamorfosis hacia la liberación a través de un doloroso aprendizaje. La mirada cada vez más humanizada de un detective y el progresivo alejamiento de su marido serán elementos esenciales de este camino de perfección.

Mr. Gilbert Fernley has never been a jealous man. As the local vicar, Gilbert finds joy in preparing sermons and tending his flock. Everything in his life seems perfect until he realizes his twin brother has discovered the secret to happiness. Jealous of his brother’s recent marriage, Gilbert allows his new sister to play matchmaker.

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.

Gabriel Josipovici, un dels més prestigiosos escriptors anglesos, ens proposa en aquesta ocasió que llegim només per diversió. Com si juguéssim a una mena de Cluedo. Trobarem al baró, un home d’edat avançada amb una gran fortuna, a la seva esposa Espelth, una nerviosa dona que vol seguir sent rica, a Alphonse, un antic pallasso reconvertit en investigador privat que s’involucra en una trama d’espionatges creuats, a Isabelle, estudiant d’art que, gràcies als seus encants, s’aprofita de tots els homes amb qui es creua.

When 28-year-old San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer at a local bathhouse in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel. As Twain steamed, played cards, and drank beer with Sawyer (a volunteer firefighter, customs inspector, and local hero responsible for having saved 90 lives at sea), he had second thoughts about Shirley Tempest, his proposed book about a local girl firefighter, and began to envision a novel of wider scope.

The Separately Together series is a three-volume work looking into the relationships of its characters during the American Civil War. Written by Charles Heaton Allen, a historian, this series is exciting and challenging. It has been described as "the most uniquely plotted and warmly character-driven of the many Civil War novels I've ever read, which includes many of them" by Col. William C. Moore. It is worthy of the attention of anyone captivated by the Civil War era.