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"Set in Barcelona in the years leading up to the financial crash of 2008, these poignant interlinked stories follow ordinary people whose lives will be changed forever. Like Robert Altman's film Short Cuts, Barcelona Dreaming is made up of three interconnected stories that are bound by time and place, and by the way characters weave in and out of them. A crime that remains unreported in one story has light shed on it in another. Exploring addiction,...
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Harlequin romance volume 4845
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"Shy Lady Dulcibella is enduring, rather than enjoying, her rambunctious cousin's OTT bachelorette party in Barcelona...until she finds herself trapped in a hotel elevator with the most gorgeous man she's ever seen! Their instant chemistry sparks a fling neither intended... Yet, no matter how perfect Raffiel might appear, love-weary Dulcie is hesitant to let him in. So, when the royal secret he's kept from her is revealed, will the headlines that...
23) Cień wiatru
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"W letni świt 1945 roku dziesięcioletni Daniel Sempere zostaje zaprowadzony przez ojca, księgarza i antykwariusza, do niezwykłego miejsca w sercu starej Barcelony, które wtajemniczonym znane jest jako Cmentarz Zapomnianych Książek. Zgodnie ze zwyczajem Daniel ma wybrać, kierując się właściwie jedynie intuicją, książkę swego życia. Spośród setek tysięcy tomów wybiera nieznaną sobie powieść Cień wiatru niejakiego Juliana Caraxa....
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"During an atomic alarm in Barcelona in the year 2025, the thirty-year old hero takes refuge in a luxurious mansion in the mountains where he is put up, along with other guests, awaiting the outcome of the conflict. For the following seven days the residents of the mansion spend their spare time reading and taking walks , and, above all, telling stories to each other. The narrators (most of whom belong to the generation thirty years older than the...
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"En una gélida mañana de 1170, un juicio cruel sella los destinos de dos familias enfrentadas por la avaricia y los usos feudales. Según marca la tradición, los primogénitos de las dos casas, de apenas meses de edad, deben ser sumergidos en agua helada. El que se hunda será el escogido de Dios, y eso dará la razón a su familia. Tras el lastimoso evento, Blanca, la hija del noble Ramón de Corviu, resulta elegida, y Robert de Tramontana,...
27) Marina
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"'Marina me dijo una vez que sólo recordamos lo que nunca sucedió. Pasaría una eternidad antes de que comprendiese aquellas palabras'. Así empieza Marina, una apasionante novela cuyo protegonista y narrador, Óscar Drai, abandonó su ciudad natal en un vano intento de escapar a sus recuerdos, pensando que, si ponía suficiente distancia, las voces de su pasado se acallarían para siempre. Quince años más tarde ha regresado a Barcelona para conjurar...
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Singer, actress, and celebrity Bibi Fortunata fled Hollywood Hills and headed for Barcelona two years ago after being arrested for murder--then set free. But when Bibi's daughter comes to private investigators Mac Reilly and Sunny Alvarez for help, they can't resist the temptation to solve the cold case once and for all. Who really killed Bibi's lover? Who would want to frame Bibi? And who is beckoning them from Barcelona?
37) El anticuario
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Enrique Alonso, escritor, recibe una carta de su padre adoptivo, uno de los más conocidos anticuarios de Barcelona, en la que éste le relata el hallazgo de un antiguo manuscrito redactado en latín y catalán antiguo. Por desgracia, Artur no verá cumplido su sueño de encontrarla, pues será asesinado. Enrique se trasladará a Barcelona con el objetivo de encontrar la explicación a los misterios del manuscrito, resolver el asesinato y tratar de...
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Inspector Hector Salgado is a transplanted Argentine living in Barcelona. While working on human trafficking case, Salgado's violent temper got the best of him and he beat a suspect within an inch of his life. Ordered on probation, he fled to Argentina to cool off for a few months. Now he's back, eager for another big case, but his boss assigns him to a routine accidental death in one of Barcelona's ritzier neighborhoods. Hector begins to follow a...
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