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Author
Pub. Date
2016
Summary
Seamos honestas. Ser mujer no es cosa fácil. Las mujeres somos tan diferentes y únicas como los colores de un crepúsculo. Venimos en todo tipo de tallas, modelos y estilos, y tenemos diferentes gustos, habilidades y experiencias. Sin embargo, compartimos características y deseos que nos unen. ¿Anhelas sentirte amada, bella, aceptada y respetada? ¿Sueñas con romance, pasión, ternura, y una familia feliz? ¿Necesitas conexión, cariño,...
3) Molly's game
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Summary
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
4) Chicago
Series
Summary
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
5) Stoker
Pub. Date
[2013]
Summary
Following the tragic death of her father on her eighteenth birthday, India Stoker meets Charlie, her charismatic uncle, whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with India and her unstable mother, both are drawn to his charming and calming demeanor. But it soon becomes clear that Charlie's arrival was no coincidence, and that the shocking secrets of his past could shatter India's future.
6) Vanity fair
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Summary
Becky is determined to make something of herself. She accepts a job as a nanny for the children of Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky catches the eye of Crawley's son Rawdon. Becky is introduced to London's most exclusive social circle, where she becomes re-acquainted with Amelia. Becky weds Rawdon, but the social and economic stability she dreamed of begins to collapse when he begins drowning his troubles, and soon she turns to the powerful Marquess of Steyne...
Author
Summary
"Tolstoy produced many drafts of Anna Karenina. Crafting and recrafting each sentence with careful intent, he was anything but casual in his use of language. His project, translator Marian Schwartz observes, "was to bend language to his will, as an instrument of his aesthetic and moral convictions." In her magnificent new translation, Schwartz embraces Tolstoy's unusual style - she is the first English language translator ever to do so. Previous translations...
8) Mrs. Harris
Pub. Date
[2006]
Summary
The Scarsdale diet doctor, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower, meets a brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Summary
Having just turned eighteen, Grace Trey aspires to more than just singing at her church, where the worship leader is her father, a former pop star. With the help of her dad's former manager, Grace runs away to Los Angeles and begins to taste the kind of stardom she has always dreamed of. Will everything she experiences lead her to reject her faith or rediscover it?
Pub. Date
c2010
Summary
After nearly two decades under the wing of an aging, avuncular husband, dutiful mother and housewife Pippa Lee undergoes a midlife breakthrough. Unearthing the sexually curious wild child of her teens, middle-aged Pippa sparks a relationship with a divorcee loner. Pippa Lee is a resilient woman, refusing to let life pass her by.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Summary
Ocho tipologías de hombres peligrosos, estrategias de defensa, señales de alarma e historias reales de éxitos y de fracasos ¿Qué es un hombre peligroso? Muchas de nosotras pensamos de inmediato en alguien físicamente violento, pero hay otros comportamientos que también ponen en peligro no sólo el equilibrio espiritual y emocional de una mujer, sino también su calidad de vida."--Back cover.
12) Sliding doors
Pub. Date
c1998
Summary
A London woman's love life and career both hinge, unknown to her, on whether or not she catches a train.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Summary
Dr. Zoe Hart's life was going according to plan: she was on her way to becoming a heart surgeon just like her father. But when she's told that she didn't have the bedside manner needed for an important fellowship, she's devastated. If she wants to get the fellowship next year, she must become a general practitioner. So, the New Yorker takes a chance on an offer from an admirer--in the deep south.
14) The duchess
Pub. Date
2008
Summary
Chronicles the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt...
15) Chasing Liberty
Pub. Date
c2004
Summary
Anna Foster is the 18-year-old daughter of President of the United States James Foster. Anna has led a privileged life, but she has grown to resist the constant presence of Secret Service agents getting in the way of her independence. While on a family trip to Europe, Anna manages to get away from security for a brief time. She inevitably falls for Ben Calder, with whom she enjoys a fresh and clean European vacation. Not wanting to ruin her fun, she...
16) Daddy long legs
Pub. Date
[2006]
Summary
Millionaire Jervis Pendelton becomes the benefactor for a French girl on the condition that he remains anonymous. Years later, and after his secretary's urging, Jervis visits the girl and they fall in love, but she does not know he is her benefactor.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Summary
The stories heat up in Season 2! Things kick off with Zoe capturing two hearts and having to choose between bad boy Wade Kinsella and good guy George Tucker. Meanwhile, the mayor of BlueBell, Lavon Hayes, is surprised by a familiar face and newly jilted Lemon Breeland tries to deal with her heartbreak the best way she knows how. Join Dr. Hart as she learns to become a better doctor, a better person, and maybe even find love in a small country town....
18) Smashed
Pub. Date
[2013]
Summary
Kate and Charlie are a young married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of music, laughter and drinking-especially the drinking. When Kate's drinking leads her to dangerous places and her job as a school teacher is put into jeopardy, she decides to join AA and get sober. Her new lifestyle calls into question whether or not her relationship with Charlie is built on love or just a boozy diversion from adulthood.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Summary
"From the cohost of Univision's Despierta America (the Spanish Good Morning America) and the 2015 winner of the most watched beauty pageant in the United States comes an inspiring and fascinating memoir about achieving the American dream. Francisca Lachapel is not your traditional beauty queen. Rising from humble beginnings in the Dominican Republic, she struggled to make ends meet as a newly arrived immigrant in New York City. When she heard about...
20) Mi negro pasado
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Summary
Mi negro pasado, continuación de Como agua para chocolate, es una defensa de la independencia femenina, y la mejor receta contra los males de nuestros días: el desarraigo, la obesidad y el consumismo vacío. María, adicta a la comida, sufre el injusto fin de su matrimonio, en mitad de una avalancha de reproches racistas y machistas. Deshecha, recibe de manos de Lucía, su abuela por mucho tiempo ausente, el diario de Tita. Al adentrarse en...