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"Obra maestra del realismo m?gico, esta impresionante novela mexicana describe a un hombre en la extra?a b?squeda de su ascendencia. Su madre moribunda le suplica que encuentre a su padre, Pedro P?ramo, de quien hab?an huido a?os atr?s, y por este motivo Juan Preciado parte hacia Comala. Comala es un pueblo que vive entre sombras y rumores--un lugar aparentemente poblado solo por recuerdos y alucinaciones. Construido bajo la tiran?a de la familia...
2) Coco
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Despite his family's generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
3) Coco
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Madea, everyone's favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. It's up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how: with a lot of tough love, laughter, and the revelation...
6) October baby
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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"As the curtain rises, Hannah steps onto the stage--only to collapse moments later. Countless medical test all point to one underlying factor: Hannah's difficult birth. The doctor's diagnosis is nothing compared to her parents' revelation: Hannah was adopted--after a failed abortion attempt. Bewildered, angered, and confused, Hannah embarks on an incredible journey with Jason, her oldest friend. As she searches to discover her hidden past and find...
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2022.
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Primera edición: abril de 2022.
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Español
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Antes de que Owen Michaels desaparezca, logra pasar de contrabando una nota a su amada esposa de un año: Protégela. A pesar de su confusión y miedo, Hannah Hall sabe exactamente a quién se refiere la nota: Bailey, la hija de dieciséis años de Owen. Bailey, quien perdió trágicamente a su madre cuando era niña. Bailey, que no quiere absolutamente nada que ver con su nueva madrastra. Mientras las llamadas cada vez más desesperadas...
8) Boomerang
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2010.
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1. edición en Colombia.
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Español
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Un flashback inesperado y pertubador sorprende a Mélanie y a su hermano Antoine en el camino de vuelta de las vacaciones, pero un accidente fatal deja sepultado un complejo secreto que había estado años intentando abrirse camino.
When traumatic memories about a disturbing event from a childhood summer holiday cause his sister to suffer a debilitating car accident, Antoine befriends a street-wise mortician who helps him to manage painful family...
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2004.
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Danish
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The family and friends of prominent Danish patriarch Helge Klingenfeldt gather at his country estate to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. Two months prior to this event, Helge's daughter committed suicide. Her twin brother, Christian, makes a birthday toast that brings a barrage of family secrets out into the open.
10) Separate tables
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Explores the separate and interwoven dreams of a number of eccentric and lonely people in a rather gloomy, small hotel in the seaside town of Bournemouth, England. In one evening, four unhappy misfits will bare their innermost secrets and change each other's lives forever.
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Molly Hartley hopes that with her mother locked away in a mental ward, she can forget the violence of her family's past and start over. She has found a new life, a new school and a new boyfriend. When her secret past and haunting nightmares continue, Molly fears she has inherited her mother's psychosis. What she doesn't know is that she's inherited something else, a horrifying secret that is far more horrifying than any fate she can imagine and a...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición: septiembre de 2021.
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Español
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Una historia de verano, secretos, amor y mentiras: en el transcurso de un singular día en Cape Cod, una mujer debe tomar una decisión que cambiará su vida y que se ha estado gestando durante décadas. Situado en los bosques y playas de verano de Cape Cod, The Paper Palace se desarrolla durante 24 horas y 50 años, mientras décadas de legado familiar, amor, mentiras, secretos y una tragedia infantil indescriptible llevan a la esposa y madre...
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2018.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
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"Roque, profesor de literatura hispana en Nueva Zelanda, vive con su mujer e hijos y lejos de su México natal una rutina tranquila, incluso monótona. Un buen día recibe un correo electrónico de Diego Valente, contratado por la misma universidad, quien le pide consejo dada su inminente llegada a la ciudad, a fin de aclimatarse al entorno. Diego es también mexicano y viene acompañado de la encantadora Lía, su mujer, y sus dos hijos menores....
14) Widows' peak
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When a stranger moves to Widows' Peak, she turns the town upside down with her devious lies and shocking secrets. She seduces the men, enrages the women, and unleases a major scandal, but its all part of an astonishing plan.
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Timothy has made a secret Valentine for someone and so has Charles. Yoko and Lilly have each made secret Valentines for their special friends. In a comedy of errors, no one receives the correct valentine and in order to sort things out, the secret identity of each of the senders will have to be revealed.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Primera edición: Abril de 2023.
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Español
Description
"Nueva York, 2017. Cora Merlo, médico residente de primer año, sufre un infarto fulminante que la obliga a un trasplante de corazón. Aún convaleciente la joven recibe la visita de una extraña mujer con una enigmática oferta: pasar unos días en Steelville, un pequeño pueblo de interior, para conocer la vida de su hijo Charles, el donante de su corazón. Cora se adentra así en un hogar lleno de secretos, en un misterio que se extiende...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller, about Julian Assange and the creation of Wikileaks, the controversial website that facilitated the largest security breach in the U.S. history. Paralleling Assange's rise and fall with that of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the troubled young soldier who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents, and multi-layered expose about transparency in the information age and our ever-elusive search for the truth.
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