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Presents the annotated text of "The Mayor of Casterbridge, " a novel about a man whose past misdeeds come back to haunt him after he rises to a position of wealth and power; and includes articles on backgrounds and contexts, as well as seventeen critical essays.
45) Sobre Grace
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David Winkler begins life in Anchorage, Alaska, a quiet boy drawn to the volatility of weather and obsessed with snow. Sometimes he sees things before they happe: a man carrying a hatbox will be hit by a bus; Winkler will fall in love with a woman in a supermarket. When David dreams that his infant daughter will drown in a flood as he tries to save her, he comes undone. He travels thousands of miles, fleeing family, home, and the future itself, to...
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When Justin walks out on Alice on their honeymoon, with no explanation apart from a cryptic note, Alice is left alone and bewildered, her life in pieces. Then she meets Evelyn, a visitor to the gallery where she works. It's a seemingly chance encounter, but Alice gradually learns that Evelyn has motives, and a heartbreaking story, of her own. And that story has haunting parallels with Alice's life. As Alice delves into the mystery of why Justin left...
47) Hideaway
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"Gloria Janes appears to be a doting suburban mother and loving wife. But beyond her canary-yellow door, Gloria controls her husband, Telly, as well as seven-year-old Maisy and her older brother Rowan, through a disorienting cycle of adoration and banishment. When Telly leaves, Gloria turns on Rowan. He runs away, finding unlikely refuge with a homeless man named Carl, with whom he forms the kind of bond he has never found with his parents. After...
48) Alta tensión
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Serie negra volume 100
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La estrella del tenis Suzze T y su marido, Lex, una estrella del rock, son clientes de Myron Bolitar. A lo largo de los años Myron ha negociado multitud de contratos para la pareja. Pero ahora Lex ha desaparecido y la muy embarazada Suzze llora, convencida de que los rumores colgados en la red poniendo en duda la paternidad del bebé hayan alejado al hombre que ella jura es el padre de su hijo. Para Myron, el tema de la paternidad no puede afectarle...
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Tells the story about a headstrong man who rises to become the richest corn merchant and chief citizen in his town. Despite his great wealth and power, however, his past comes back to haunt him, his fortunes turn for the worst, and he ends up at the mercy of his arch rival.
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Bait: It's a business trip that takes Maddie Fitzgerald to New Orleans, but it's hardly business as usual when a man breaks into her hotel room and tries to kill her. Barely escaping, the thirty-two-year-old brunette calls the police and finds herself face-to-face with FBI agent Sam McCabe. Apparently, Maddie has been mistaken for another woman--an FBI informant of the same name also staying at the hotel that night. Shaken, she finishes her business...
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