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En algunos momentos, la vida se muestra tan estable, cómoda y perfecta. Carlos, un rico empresario, aprovecha todo eso en su vida. Él tiene acceso a todo aquello que desea tener, no le falta absolutamente nada. Sin embargo, su vida en familia no sigue esa misma perfección. Él está casado, pero es como si no estuviese, no hay diálogo, ni amor, ni romanticismo. Él tiene una hija adulta, pero sabe poco de ella y su vida. Pero un día, todo cambia...
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Ford Davenport is in way over his head with his multiple personality girlfriend. To make things worse, he and his family watched a tape left by his deceased father, leaving hints of a life that none of them knew about. Ford's life is about to change, and not for the better. He will do whatever it takes to save his family, even losing himself. Basically…he's F%#CKING SCREWED.Warning: If you are looking for a sweet, sensitive book with a happily ever...
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Colum McCann creates in Songdogs a mesmerizing evocation of the gulf between memory and imagination, love and loss, past and present.
With unreliable memories and scraps of photographs as his only clues, Conor Lyons follows in the tracks of his father, a rootless photographer, as he moved from war-torn Spain, to the barren plains of Mexico, where he met and married Conor's mother, to the American West, and finally back to Ireland, where the marriage...
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Par l'auteur du best-seller L'HOMME QUI SEDUISIT LA JOCONDE, un nouveau roman extraordinaire. Dédié à tous ceux qui croient fermement que ceux qui aiment ne trahissent pas et que ceux qui trahissent n'ont jamais aimé. Peut-on trahir quand on aime vraiment ? On dit que celui qui a vraiment aimé n'a jamais trahi et que celui qui a trahi n'a jamais aimé... MAIS EST-CE VRAIMENT LE CAS ? De retour chez lui, Alessandro retrouve sa fille, une femme...
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In some moments, life shows itself as stable, convenient, and perfect. Charles, a wealthy businessman, enjoys all this in his life. He has access to everything he desires to have, and it lacks absolutely nothing to him. Nevertheless, the life of his family does not follow this perfection. He is married, but it is like he was not, there is no dialogue, love, or romanticism. He has an adult daughter but knows little about her and her life. But one day,...
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Dumped at the altar and left without a home, Rosie Xalbadora takes a job as a governess at the edge of the Australian outback. There she meets Pippa Bristow, a sensitive child who copes with her parent's bitter divorce by escaping into a magical world of fairy queens and unicorns. Pippa's enigmatic father, Adam Bristow, will endure whatever it takes to shield his daughter from his selfish, oil heiress ex-wife. . Struggling to shield Pippa from her...
28) Unnie
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On the morning of April 16, 2014, the Sewol ferry tragically capsized while en route from Incheon, near Seoul, to the southern resort island of Jeju in South Korea. Among the 476 passengers and crew members, 304 lost their lives, including 250 students and 11 teachers from Danwon High School who were on a school field trip. Yun-young's Unnie (the Korean word for 'older sister') is a teacher now missing. As Yun-young embarks on an unfamiliar journey-one...
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A modern reimagining of The Lady of Shalott. Elena is desperate. Her husband was supposed to be her Lancelot, the man to rescue her from her cursed life. But knights in shining armour are not in the habit of riding past suburban homes in twenty-first century Australia.Elena lives a loney, fear-driven life; fearful she is not enough - good, likeable, smart, pretty or perfect enough. If only she could transform herself into an interesting, attractive...
30) Pa Solomon
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This story documents the sojourn of an independent man's determination to end the business of human trading in his hometown in the times past. It portrays a picture of the uniqueness of man and that a principled personality can always pursue the seemingly impossible and conquer. Pa. Solomon depicts that dynamism is a potent factor in life, however principled a person is. This could be seen in the way and manner the advent of a new religion was embraced...
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"I'm Nicky. Your little sister." With these words from a stranger, Hilda's quiet existence in a marshland cottage with her rescue cats is turned upside down. She resolves to find out the truth about her parents' marriage, her father's secret life and her mother's untimely death. Meanwhile her brother Dunstan is scandalized by Nicky's claim to be the "love child" of his father, a respected doctor who recently died. In his efforts to stave off the threat...
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Set in Caxley, the quiet country town neighboring the village of Fairacre, The Caxley Chronicles follow two intertwined families, the Howards and the Norths, through the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century. The first Caxley tale, The Market Square, introduces the deep-rooted camaraderie of Septimus Howard and Bender North, whose friendship survives misunderstandings, the tragedy of war, and the bitterness of loss. The story of their families...
34) The Home
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Kerry takes a time-out to travel to spend time with her old friend. She's convinced to go to her friend's workplace, where she meets an enigmatic well-wisher. Screenplay. Short Fiction StoryLength: 24 A4 pages in screenplay format
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A prophet's children …In the wicked city of Nod?Yet they are there …Ziva doesn't know she has a brother, until she visits the slave market, and recognizes a stranger, provoking dreams and memories of her past. Nat fears his sister is owned by a man as vile as his master, until he sees her at the slave market as a spoiled daughter of a wealthy merchant.Why would they recognize each other?Stolen from their parents as little children, now they need...
36) Mother Love
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For her thirtieth birthday, Irish girl Grainne Larkin wants three things: her mother's love, a baby, and her old flame Rafe Byrne-not necessarily in that order. On Rafe's wedding day (of course he's marrying a rich, gorgeous American blonde), brash, irreverent Grainne, who hides her tender heart, is keen for a fresh start. Why not settle for the nice guy in the wings who's successful, and mad about her too? Yet the Larkin family, as usual, complicates...
37) The Galway Girls
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Two friends search for their heart's desire in this small-town romantic story set in Ireland. Kerry has fallen in love all over again with her husband Stephen, and after their miscarriage, she longs to try for another baby. But will her lifelong quest of having a farm bring an end to her marriage?Her best friend Fiona has left her free-spirited life behind her. Or so she thinks-until she finds herself caught between Dublin artist Colm, the man she...
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In "Broken Cistern: Defeating the Spirit of Narcissism," delve into a gripping tale where the insidious tendrils of narcissism threaten to unravel the fabric of marriage and family. Follow Hope, a woman scarred by her rebellion against her parents' wishes, as she embarks on a journey fraught with tumultuous relationships and unforeseen trials.As Hope grapples with the consequences of her choices, she finds herself drawn to Curtis, a man who exudes...
39) En prise
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"En prise" explore l'histoire d'un homme confronté à trois tragédies qui chamboulent sa vie, jusqu'à sa rencontre avec une femme qui lui fera vivre un amour inconditionnel. Plongez au cœur d'un récit intense o les émotions sont aussi déchirantes que saisissantes, et o chaque tournant de l'intrigue vous réserve des surprises à en perdre pied.
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Hervé Green-Taylor, expert en marketing international, excelle à l'art...
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Né d'un mariage d'amour porté par une histoire familiale remplie d'aventures, Éric connaît une enfance paisible grâce à l'amour indéfectible de son père. En grandissant, il ouvre les yeux sur la violence qui règne entre ses parents et sur leur inconstance. Sa naïveté ainsi mise à l'épreuve, il va devoir trouver de nouveaux repères et apprendre à se construire sa propre histoire. Y parviendra-t-il ?
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Éric Barberi...
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