Era Fiction

La misteriosa morte di un giovane studente, erede di un cospicuo patrimonio, mette in moto una spirale di intrighi e vendette destinata a durare più di vent'anni e nella quale viene coinvolta una dinastia di banchieri consumata dall'ambizione e dalla cupidigia. Un romanzo ambientato nell'Inghilterra vittoriana, nel quale l'autore descrive una dura guerra economica combattuta a colpi di delitti, ricatti e torbide passioni.

当小偷的父亲，胆小懦弱的儿子，两本民国时期的杂志，引出人性的贪婪，带来一段友情，毁了一段友情 ……當小偷的父親，膽小懦弱的兒子，兩本民國時期的雜誌，引出人性的貪婪，帶來一段友情，毀了一段友情……

Authors Robert Toto and Richard Geschke have expanded their horizons of their original book, In Our Duffel Bags, Surviving the Vietnam Era, with a poetic interpretation of life in the army. Tracking their adventures in Germany, Panama and Vietnam, the authors wax the poetic version of what they found in their duffel bags looking deeper into the fast changing times of the Vietnam era. With Shadows of Combat the listener will sense the history of what took place in this crucial time in American history.

Make sure your doors are locked, then draw up a chair next to the fire. Here are three atmospheric Victorian ghost stories that will bring a winter's chill to your bones. Adapted and read by much-loved and widely respected British actress Philippa Urquhart. Contents: "The Phantom Coach", by Amelia B Edwards; "The Cold Embrace", by Mary Elizabeth Braddon; and "The Ghost Child", by Bernard Capes.

FonoLibro presenta el bestseller “Variaciones” de los Editores de la Revista Penthouse™. Para encontrar los limites de hacer el amor ¿Hasta dónde llegarías? – ¿a París o al Caribe, al espacio, o hasta tu propio dormitorio? ¿A quien invitarías – a tres, a cuatro, a un grupo deseoso de nuevas experiencias sexuales? ¿Qué implementos usarías – una bufanda de ceda entrelazada, un frasco de aceite perfumado, un par de tacones punzantes, o una capa de cuero brillante.

25 Años de soledad cuenta la historia de Harry Goulart un hombre que estuvo enamorado de su gran amor de infancia y que durante toda su vida creyó capaz de reconquistar el corazón de Bella Meirelles y se “lanzó” hacia una aventura que le pudo costar la vida.

Una ragazza viene ritrovata morta per un’overdose nell’ospedale psichiatrico abbandonato di Aguscello, nella bassa ferrarese. Non si riesce a capire chi sia. Ma nelle quarantott’ore che passano fra il ritrovamento del corpo e l’inizio degli esami autoptici, la ragazza sparisce. Qualcuno l’ha vista allontanarsi sulle sue gambe: un raro caso di morte apparente.

Segunda parte de la trepidante y aclamada saga de aventuras históricas protagonizada por el joven vikingo Arnulf. En este nuevo volumen, Arnulf queda inconsciente en una playa inglesa y, al despertar, descubre que lo han traído a un monasterio donde un monje le cura las heridas. Una vez recuperado, se unirá a una expedición vikinga para proseguir su camino, pero será incapaz de olvidar el asesinato de su hermano ni a su amada Freidis. Le esperan muchas aventuras, acción a raudales... y salpicaduras de espuma de mar en la proa de su barco.

El joven vikingo Arnulf es tan salvaje como el águila y el lobo que dan forma a su nombre. Ansía lanzarse a una vida de aventuras y acción, pero sus planes pronto se verán truncados cuando el barco de su hermano Helge regrese a casa hecho añicos. Ciego de dolor, Arnulf se embarca junto con un esclavo noruego en un viaje de venganza. Sin embargo, el viaje que le aguarda estará plagado de peligros y vicisitudes, desde una incursión a un encuentro real, pasando por multitud de batallas a cual más sangrienta hasta encontrar a los vikingos de Jomsborg.

When lady’s maid Marian Osley and footman Valentine Hobbs assume their positions at the cliff-top estate of Valor Rise, they already share a history. Raised together as paupers in a London workhouse, they indulged in S&M games of imaginary crimes and sublime punishment. Now they’ve been unexpectedly reunited - in subservience to the brooding Wythe Bornholdt and his frail wife, Diana. A master and mistress with their own dark secrets.

Amanda Lawrence, a charming, sheltered New York socialite, falls in love with Jonathan Dartland, a part-Apache mining engineer who belongs to the vastness of the Arizona desert. Amanda responds to his strength and self-reliance, but has nothing and nobody to guide her when she follows him to the grim town of Lodestone.

É preciso responder a uma série de perguntas, passar por um criterioso processo de seleção e se comprometer a seguir inúmeras regras para morar no nº 1 da Folgate Street, uma casa linda e minimalista, obra-prima da arquitetura em Londres. Mas há um preço a se pagar para viver no lugar perfeito. Mesmo em condições tão peculiares, a casa atrai inúmeros interessados, entre eles Jane, uma mulher que, depois de uma terrível perda, busca um ponto de recomeço.

When the first wave of pirated videotapes from the West reached the USSR in the second half of the 1980s, that stuff was naturally illegal. If you had money, you still watched it, of course, be it Commando, or The Godfather, or Emmanuelle, or whatever you were lucky to get. Maybe, you’d get arrested; maybem you wouldn’t.

Ellie has been running the tea room for more than 20 years. Her daughters have both left home - Jessica is married and expecting her first child, and Marie has built a successful career. She is ready for change and to leave the past behind; however, her daughters are not. They still want the security of having their family home as a base to return to and yet seem reluctant to help with the day-to-day tasks of running the business. To complicate matters further, Ellie meets Michael. She was not looking to meet a man, but life occasionally throws in a few surprises.

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.

"Night Mission", with its burning plane, heroism, and greed, was - like the other six short stories in this collection - inspired by Clive Lodge's experiences in World War II and the decade after. "There's No Scar Now" - with its gripping opener, "I killed John James Beresford", is set in Kent and draws on his experience in the Home Guard before he enlisted in the RAF. "The Tunnel", by contrast, is set in peacetime, some years after the war, but reveals how unpunished atrocities of war can haunt a person.

Дивні істоти з'являються на порозі дому Емілії, коли за кілька кілометрів від нього вибухає реактор Чорнобильської атомної станції. Вони залишаються у спорожнілому від радіації і страху місті, виховуючи маленьку дівчинку надлюдиною і відкривають їй знання, що мають назавжди змінити життя на Землі.

Странные существа появляются на пороге дома Эмилии, когда в нескольких километрах от него взрывается реактор Чернобыльской атомной станции. Они остаются в опустевшем от радиации и страха городе, воспитывая девочку сверхчеловеком и открывают ей знания, которые должны навсегда изменить жизнь на Земле.

Hamburgo, 1970. Henny celebra su cumpleaños rodeada de su familia y de sus inseparables amigas. El hilo de la complicidad que unía su vida con la de Käthe, Lina e Ida continúa ahora en las nuevas generaciones: Florentine, la modelo que regresa de París con una inesperada noticia; Katja, que sueña con fotografiar conflictos por todo el mundo.

The world ends in fire. Odin has vanished and Ragnarok unfolds across Midgard. Hel’s armies swarm across the world to blanket it in her freezing wrath. Draugar, jotunnar, and more terrible monsters run rampant. Can the broken Aesir stem the tide of destruction? In the south, a fire spreads. A blaze that will consume all creation. Even if Odin returns, will anything be left for him to save? You’ll love this grim fantasy because it retells classic Norse myths in a whole new way.