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A story about a 'woman of a certain age' who gets caught up in a passionate whirlwind romance with a retired naval officer, whom she meets at a dance club for singles. But when she discovers the truth of their relationship, she takes matters into her own hands and sets forth the change of a lifetime. "The message, if one needs to look for one, is that the course of romance is no smoother at 50 than it is at 15, when heedlessness is an advantage to...

De jóvenes, Florentino Atiza y Fermina Daza se enamoran apasionadamente, Pero Fermina eventualmente decide casarse con un médico rico y de muy buena familia. Florentino sigue en su camino, y qunque sostiene 622 pequeños romances, su corazón todavía pertenece a Fermina. The story of a fantastic wedding, the return of the bride to her parents in disgrace, her brothers' resolve to seek revenge on her corruptor, and the townspeoples' refusal to...

Este libro excepcional reúne la novela corta que le otorga su título y otros seis relatos más, de los que todos menos uno pertenecen a la etapa de plena madurez del escritor. Fueron los años en los que Macondo le abrió las puertas del realismo mágico, donde la realidad se expresa mediante fórmulas mágicas y legendarias y los milagros se insertan en la vida cotidiana. La cándida Eréndira y su abuela desalmada personifican la inocencia y la...

Ali and his son depart Belgium for Antibes to reside with his sister and her husband. Ali's connection with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, intensifies when she endures a horrific accident.

When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him on his return as a black dog with white spots.

La oruga muy hambrienta es un libro lleno de colorido que habla de como una oruga se transforma en una linda mariposa. Los niños se divierten al descrubrir los cambios tan asombrosos por los que pasa la oruga. Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself, goes to sleep, and awakens as a beautiful, colorful butterfly.

Napoleon Hill's quintessential volume Think and grow rich, the all-time bestseller in the field of professional success, outlines the laws of success and sets the standard of today's motivational thinking.

En la parte más desierta y bravía del cajón del Arauca estaba situado el hato de Altamira, primitivamente unas doscientas leguas de sabanas feraces que alimentaban la hacienda más numerosa que por aquellas soledades pacía y donde se encontraban uno de los más ricos garceros de la región. “Pues esta es la historia que se cuenta en Doña Bárbara: la del hato Altamira, el más grande del Cajón del Arauca, herencia de los hermanos José y Panchita...

When seven cash-strapped seniors decide to 'outsource' their retirement to a resort in far-off India, friendship and romance blossom in the most unexpected ways.