Youth and the Bright Medusa (Annotated) - formato ePub

A los diez años Jim Burden pierde a sus padres y deja su Virginia natal para trasladarse a casa de sus abuelos en Nebraska. En el viaje conoce a Ántonia, cuatro años mayor que él, hija de una familia...

Uno de los nuestros narra la vida de Claude Wheeler, un joven americano del Medio Oeste que vive y trabaja en la granja familiar y al mismo tiempo estudia en una universidad cristiana. No se siente satisfecho...

Publicada en 1940, Sapphira y la joven esclava es la última novela que Willa Cather escribió antes de morir. Representa, pues, su testamento literario y un regreso a los escenarios de su infancia, en...

«Decía Harold Bloom en 'Genios', que los personajes femeninos de Willa Cather nos inspiran amor como se lo inspiraron a ella. Visto así, Lucy Gayheart, protagonista de la novela que edita ahora Alba,...

«Sabía lo que quería escribir, tenía una concepción noble y profunda de la vida y supo cómo hacerlo.» José Maria Guelbenzu «Quien se acerque por primera vez a la obra de esta autora, puede concluir que...

«Un texto bello y lúcido que no me cansaré de recomendar, que nos hace gozar de la gran literatura» Cándido Pérez Gallego «Una novela humana, profunda, vitalista en la alegría y la desgracia; una mirada...

Historia de fascinación sostenida y de sueños traicionados, vista por un joven que se abre a la vida: Marianne Forrester, esposa de un pionero del ferrocarril, anfitriona de la única casa elegante de...

Bartley Alexander anda ya por la mediana edad y es un ingeniero de éxito, un hombre hecho a sí mismo, admirado por los puentes que construye. Casado con una mujer culta y rica, vive en una bonita casa...

Uno de los nuestros narra la vida de Claude Wheeler, un joven americano del Medio Oeste que vive y trabaja en la granja familiar y al mismo tiempo estudia en una universidad cristiana. No se siente satisfecho...

Black Creek Valley, Virginia, 1856. Sapphira Colbert es una de las pocas propietarias que mantienen esclavos en sus tierras. Una práctica que su marido, Henry, considera cada vez más difícil de defender....

La colección de cuentos The Troll Garden and Selected Stories fue el primer libro de ficción de Willa Cather y tan relevante hoy como en el momento de su publicación en 1905. Es curioso que ese duende,...

Una dama extraviada apareció en 1923 y, dos años después, su autora recibió una carta de Francis Scott Fitzgerald, que acababa de publicar El gran Gatsby y estaba preocupado por ciertas similitudes entre...

«Era, sencillamente, que la consideraba una gran artista. Tan buena como Flaubert.» Este juicio de Truman Capote quizá no ilustre tanto las virtudes narrativas de Willa Cather como su gran influencia...

Situada en una pequeña localidad de Nebraska a finales del siglo XIX, Pioneros (1913) relata una historia de inmigración y supervivencia cuya figura central es Alexandra, una valiente joven que, a la...

Mujeres que reclaman su derecho a trabajar en un mundo de hombres, valientes guerreras indias, forajidas del Oeste americano, inmigrantes sin pelos en la lengua, heroínas atrapadas en tenebrosos bosques…...

Death Comes for the Archbishop is the story, not of death, but of life, for Miss Cathers Archbishop Latour died of having lived. She is concerned, not with any climactic moment in a career, but with the...

When a man Violet Campbell never thought to see again arrives in Silver Falls claiming she agreed to marry him, she denies it immediately. When the persistent man won't take no for an answer and has no...

Scarred. Broken. Alone. Until an angel shows up and proves I'd only been waiting… for her.Elena -- I lost my parents as a kid, but a reverend and his wife took me in. They were good to me, even if there...

In the heart of Meryton, a grand masquerade ball offers Elizabeth Bennet an unexpected escape from society's expectations, while Mr. Darcy sees it as a tiresome obligation. Yet, hidden behind elaborate...

  I thought waking up accidentally married to the man I hate was the worst thing that could happen to me.I was wrong.Because now I have a stalker, which is unthinkable in my small town.Did I mention the...

Hope Walker's world is turned upside down when a medical report reveals her dream of motherhood is slipping away. With her biological clock ticking loudly, she's willing to settle for a loveless marriage...

Tiff hates her job, where her boss tears her down every chance he gets. Her mother always has something to say about how she lives her life. Running is her escape from her constant anxiety, until four...

This world—and the others that exist on different planes and time—have numerous running stories of treachery, evil, deceit, magic, and exhaustion. Some lines are bending and twisting with others. Some...

Embark on a captivating journey through time with our Renaissance Bride Anthology, where tales of love and destiny unfold against the rich tapestry of the 15th and 16th centuries. Delve into the stories...

Life isn't going well for forty-something Josie Roberts. Her marriage has dissolved, and the narcissistic songwriter ex-husband who took everything just happens to be the current darling of the music...

The POTO quartet returns for more adventures in 1889! Christine goes on an inspiring visit to the new Eiffel Tower, Meg realizes how chaotic babysitting can get and Raoul is forced to face the sour music....

Can two people heal together to find love with each other?When Josh Livingston is left at the altar, all that remains is his surgical career in New York City. After a near-fatal mishap occurs, he is forced...

Hally, an exiled elf, thought the worst was behind her…but the fae have other plans. After a century hiding among humans, her life was upended by an elven mage seeking to exploit her magic. As Hally settles...

When scientist Luke Ashburton arrives to open the Earl of Bexley's new museum, the last thing he expects to find is the building on fire.Luke is tasked with overseeing its salvage, but needs the late...

Death. That was the omen that the crows and ravens brought to Inkeri, a half-Fae wielder of the elemental power of Water.Deep in the desert Idros Ahdreide, men had lost their lives in battle against a...

Twilight's Brightest Star, the final chapter of the Winds of Change Trilogy, follows Starla Silverson from a small town in California to an epic global adventure, transforming her life in ways she never...

Welcome to Lakeside, Montana, a small town nestled on the shores of Flathead Lake.With its tight-knit community, small private college, and an eclectic mix of locals, college students, and summer visitors,...

Picture the classic story of Job, reimagined as a Princess Bride fractured fairy tale, co-written by C.S. Lewis and Monty Python, and you'll have a picture of the warm, witty and wonderfully romantic...

From Kindle #1 bestselling author of Wall of Silence comes a gripping psychological thriller where dark family secrets and chilling winter mysteries lie just beneath the surface.Some promises can kill.Then:...

No rest ye frightened gentlemenFull of horror and dismay…When the St. Wenceslas Episcopal Church choir bus gets trapped in a snowdrift on the way to a Christmas Eve competition, the eleven members find...

Travel to exciting and dangerous Dimensions with us...Get Me OutThe day after the Fourth of July, Shaya receives a panicked call from her father: "Come and get me out of here!" His voice trembles with...

From USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Xavier Neal comes the second installment in this MMF, age-gap, dark romance series!One determined female with lifechanging news.Two protective, small-town best friends...

Dylan's life began humbly in a small town in the Netherlands in 1984. The youngest of three brothers, he was an exceptionally bright child with a high IQ and highly sensitive personality. While his intelligence...

The four of us were inseparable. Until we weren't. Until that day that changed everything. The race that took him away from us, from me. The day that tore us apart. Now, six years later, the two that...

A Mothers quest to find out what happend to her son, why he was murdered. Both Where investigative reporters, This mother will not stop to find out answers.

'Grady's style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell's novel 1984, sometimes of the Dylan song 'Desolation Row'' Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post'Grady is a master...

April, 1941. At the former Whitechapel Road Underground station, repurposed as an air raid shelter since the onset of the Blitz, the body of a woman has been discovered, stabbed and eviscerated. With...

TThere is something sinister about Drumdalloch Woods in the Black Isle near Inverness. It is a place of tangled growth and shadowy darkness, and it has business opportunists, biological scientists and...

Bologna, 1575.A talented seamstressA powerful merchantA fierce battle of willsElena Morandi has gained a fragile foothold in the workshop of a master tailor, despite the profession being officially barred...

When gods war...Death is everywhere, Hopelessness. Despair. Dark Days.Fate has chosen her champions, and no one will expect what two children can do against the might of the Last God.They don't know it...

It was Fern Honeycutt's eyes that gave her away. Not witch. All demon.Her coven saw her as an abomination, handing her over to pure evil.She escaped, but a lone female is an easy target. When breeder...