"Clover Moon's imagination is her best escape from a life of hardship in poverty-stricken Victorian London. When tragedy plunges her into a world of grief, Clover realises that everything she loved about the place she called home is gone. Clover hears of a place she could run to, but where will she find the courage, and the chance, to break free? And could leaving her family be just what she needs to find a place that really feels like home?" --

"Tr{u1EA7}n Di{u1EC7}u Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà N{u1ED9}i, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the H{u1ED3} Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore not just her beloved country, but her family apart." --

"This collection of original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie's Marple through their own perspective."--

Andrew Ferris, conde de Holt, entiende que necesita encontrar una esposa. Por eso, su madre invita a su casa de Kent a todas las señoritas de buena fortuna y apellido adecuado, para elegir una de ellas como futura condesa. Entre las jovencitas está Victoria Linton, una mujer de carácter fuerte y autoestima elevada. Aunque posee la belleza e inteligencias adecuadas para el matrimonio, su posición social no es muy elevada. Nada saldrá como los...

"No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when the ground trembles beneath their feet. The beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimes, and always goes back to sleep. But Marcus is afraid. He knows something is terribly wrong, and his father, who trusts science more than mythical beasts, agrees. When Vesuvius explodes into a cloud of fiery ash and rocks fall from the sky like rain, will they have time to...

"In 1953 ten-year-old Octobia May lives in her Aunt's boarding house in the South, surrounded by an African American community which has its own secrets and internal racism, and spends her days wondering if Mr. Davenport in room 204 is really a vampire--or something else entirely." --

"Taking place in 1854, Kirsten's stories follow the young Swedish immigrant and her family as they attempt to start a new life on a farm in frontier Minnesota. This collection includes: Meet Kirsten, Kirsten Learns a Lesson, Kirsten's Surprise, Happy Birthday, Kirsten!, Kirsten Saves the Day, and Changes for Kirsten."--Container.

La cabaña del tío Tom (Uncle Tom's Cabin) es una novela de la escritora estadounidense Harriet Beecher Stowe. Se publicó por primera vez, de forma serializada, en el periódico abolicionista The National Era, entre el 5 de junio de 1851 y el 1 de abril de 1852. Luego, salió como libro en 1852.

La obra tiene la esclavitud como tema central. Narra principalmente la historia del tío Tom, esclavo que trabaja hace años

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"There's a new governess at Fairmont House, and she's going to be nothing but trouble. Emily Laurence is a liar. She is not polite, she's not polished, and she has never taught a child in her life. This position was meant to be her sister's--brilliant, kind Amy, who isn't perpetually angry, dangerously reckless, and who does (inexplicably) like children. But Amy is unwell and needs a doctor, their father is gone and their mother is useless, so here...

Berlin, 1939. Before everything changed, Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But now the streets of Berlin are draped in ominous flags; her family's fine possessions are hauled away; and they are no longer welcome in the places they once considered home. A glimmer of hope appears in the shape of the St. Louis, a transatlantic ocean liner promising Jews safe passage to Cuba. At first, the liner feels like a luxury, but as they travel, the circumstances...