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441) Year of the cock: the remarkable true account of a married man who left his wife and paid the price
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"The exhilarating chronicle of a man who promptly leaves one American Dream for another, ditching his wife and diving headfirst into the freedom of wealthy bachelorhood...only to land with a resounding thud."--Provided by the publisher.
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"Set amid the politically turbulent times surrounding World War II, Strangers & brothers chronicles the impassioned life of young Englishman Lewis Eliot. In a world where truth and justice test the personal philosophies of even the strongest men, Eliot is the ambitious lawyer fighting the temptations that could ruin his personal and professional life. Eliot's decisions lead his career on a tempestuous journey of success, tragedy, and rekindled love....
444) Salvar el fuego
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"Marina, una mujer casada, con tres hijos, con una vida familiar resuelta, coreógrafa de cierto prestigio, se ve involucrada en un amorío improbable con un hombre impensable. Salvar el fuego retrata dos Méxicos completamente escondidos uno del otro, en los que Marina, que pertenece a la clase social más alta, se vincula con un hombre al extremo de la sociedad. Esta es una novela que retrata las contradicciones de un país y las contradicciones...
445) Amherst
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A novel about two love affairs set in Amherst--one in the present, one in the past, and both presided over by Emily Dickinson.
448) Éxtasis
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Gabe, Jace y Ash son tres de los hombres más ricos y poderosos del país. Están acostumbrados a conseguir todo lo que desean. Absolutamente todo. En el caso de Gabe se traduce en hacer realidad una fantasía concreta con una mujer que era fruta prohibida para él. Ahora ella está lista... Cuando Gabe Hamilton vio a Mia Crestwell entrar en el salón de baile para su gran debut, supo que iba a ir al infierno por lo que había planeado. Después de...
449) The Fabergé secret
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"St Petersburg, 1903. Prince Dimitri Markhov counts himself lucky to be a close friend of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. Cocooned by the glittering wealth of the Imperial court, the talented architect lives a life of luxury and comfort, by the side of his beautiful but spiteful wife, Princess Lara. But when Dimitri is confronted by the death and destruction wrought by a pogrom, he is taken aback. What did these people do to deserve such brutality?...
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Gabriela es una mujer casada con un hombre al que quiere. Al que adora. Un hombre que le mendiga sexo una vez al mes. Y Gabriela, porque le quiere, porque adora a su marido, sin desearlo, se lo concede. Pero cada mañana, Gabriela se cruza con un desconocido, un hombre al que, incomprensiblemente, desea. Gabriela es periodista y trabaja junto a sus compañeras de redacción, Silvia y Cósima, mujeres con las que ha forjado una preciosa y sólida...
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"Yorkshire, 1843: Lydia Robinson - mistress of Thorp Green Hall - has lost her precious young daughter and her mother within the same year. She returns to her bleak home, grief-stricken and unmoored. With her teenage daughters rebelling, her testy mother-in-law scrutinizing her every move, and her marriage grown cold, Lydia is restless and yearning for something more. All of that changes with the arrival of her son's tutor, Branwell Brontë, brother...