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Захватывающие произведения Вирджинии Вулф, ее лаконичные взгляды на феминистские, художественные, исторические и политические проблемы, а также стилистические эксперименты с текстами - изменили ход развития литературы не только в Англии, но и во всем мире. В данном сборнике представлена аудиоверсия лучших рассказов этой выдающейся писательницы. Женщина в зеркале. Люби ближнего своего. Наследство. Ювелир и герцогиня.

Emma has to prove her worth at an all-male glass plant or get out. Getting out isn’t an option when you are a single mother with a little boy to raise on your own. Does Emma have what it takes to hold on to the position in the labor gang? Being the first woman to ever work there, will the men ever accept her? How far will these guys go to get rid of her? Can she draw the line?

Three months ago, Anna Marks had a home, a country, a husband, and a future. Now, all she has is two suitcases, a laptop computer and a beagle called Frankly. Together, they are on their way from Denver, Colorado to Spain, to live for seven months in a tiny village in the mountains of Granada. And this is 1999–before wireless internet and ever-present mobile phones–so it will be a complete and lonely exile on foreign soil, made purely because of Anna’s love for her constant companion of ten furry years.

It's 1996, the summer before senior year, and Stacey attempts MTV cool-girl confidence while flirting with Jessie, a sexy skateboarder she's ogled all year. When Jessie pressures her into sex, Stacey's unprepared and afraid to say no. Too ashamed to confide in her mom or her best friend, Gabe, she conspires with another lifeguard to destroy Jessie's reputation, and in the process they obliterate Stacey's good-girl image.

From the author of Tell Me Goodnight and Warrior Blue comes an emotional romance about a writer and the bartender she befriends after finding out she's unexpectedly pregnant. Two little, pink lines should have been a good thing, but for Kendall Wright, it felt like the end of the world. Especially when her career as a successful romance novelist had only just begun to take off. But with the acceptance of her flaky boyfriend, and the help of a friendly bartender, she begins to see how those two little, pink lines could actually be a blessing.

A sugar plantation, a waterlily pond, and a decades-old deception are the backdrop for When Lily Ponds Ripple. It is a forceful narrative about the West Indian twins, Florence and Charlotte Montague. Their rivalry for the same man underscores just how close loyalty and betrayal are. The revelation of a family secret takes the Barbadian sisters from their sheltered island to London and Germany. In Frankfurt, Florence becomes a notable author, while Charlie’s career leads her from the London stage to Hollywood.

Quanto può essere pericoloso un desiderio? Lord Alistair Lennox, secondogenito del Duca di Highfield, è la quintessenza della nobiltà: eleganza senza tempo, lineamenti cesellati, occhi azzurri che affascinano e incutono soggezione con la stessa facilità e un cognome che apre ogni porta. Apparentemente, non c'è nulla che gli manchi. Eppure un progetto sull'orlo del fallimento e un desiderio che non ha il coraggio di inseguire lo fanno sentire in prigione.

Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated. So when her real dad—a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago—suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family.

Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit. But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.

Taking over her parents’ estate-sale business is not the life’s work that Emma Lewis bargained for. Yes, she grew up helping them empty people’s nests, but nothing prepared her for her biggest and stickiest “get”—the grand, beautiful house of ill repute masquerading as a decidedly beddable B and B. Should Emma turn down potential clients in need of decluttering just because they are shady, escort-y, and proud of it?

In a fusion of past and present, Catherine’s world spirals into chaos when a mysterious childhood memory unveils haunting recollections of a life she never lived. The mesmerising saga of Merwynn, a defiant 9th-century Saxon ensnared in Viking intrigue, beckons from deep within her psyche. Every revelation from Merwynn’s era sends ripples through Catherine’s existence as she grapples with the weight of their entwined destinies.

Manchmal braucht man … nichts als Liebe. Macy führt ein Leben, in dem sie keine großen Gefühle riskieren muss. Sie ist mit einem netten Mann zusammen, den sie heiraten wird, und versinkt in ihrer Arbeit als Kinderärztin. Dann läuft ihr Elliot über den Weg – der ihre erste Liebe war. Schon bald bekommt Macys sorgsam errichtete Fassade Risse. Denn einst bedeutete Elliot ihr die ganze Welt – bis er ihr für alle Zeiten das Herz brach.

Lenore Michaels has her doubts when everything seems to go wrong one Wednesday morning. Her car breaks down on the side of the highway, she loses her job, and she’s flat broke. She moved to scenic Door County to start a new life but it seems like she’s just proving everyone right. She can’t make it on her own. Luckily, Matt Song steps in to save the day. He’s the local mechanic, he’s hiring, and he’s smitten with the gorgeous stranger he meets in line at the gas station.

Todas las casas guardan la historia de quienes las han habitado. Las paredes de esta casa perdida en el páramo hablan de voces que surgen de debajo de las camas, de santas que se aparecen en el techo de la cocina, de desapariciones que nunca se resuelven. Los vecinos reniegan de sus dos habitantes a la luz del día, pero todos acuden a ellas cuando nadie los ve. La abuela se pasa los días hablando con las sombras que viven tras las paredes y dentro de los armarios.

Determined to have the education, and by extension the freedom, that her single mother never had, first- generation college student Ramona Bronson must balance the demands of college life with funding her tuition. As the fall term of 1965 begins, Ramona is reassigned to the night shift waitressing at Dusty's Drive-In, which closes after the female-only campus curfew. Panicked because she needs her job to pay tuition, Ramona petitions to appeal the curfew on the advice of her friend Dimitri.

Y es que las protagonistas de Perras de reserva comparten las dificultades y peligros implicados en el mero hecho de nacer mujeres, y los enfrentan con los recursos que la vida les ofrece, obligadas a formular sus propias categorías para situar la frontera entre el bien y el mal. Y nos cuentan sus vidas siempre en primera persona, haciéndonos parte íntima de su forma de habitar el mundo, con un lenguaje sumamente oral y coloquial, casi siempre cargado de una fuerte dosis de humor negro.

Dive into the Guarded by the Shifter series, where rugged werewolves collide with strong-willed women, and danger only fuels the fire of irresistible romance. These paranormal romances are brimming with sizzling chemistry, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and the unbreakable bond of fated mates.

La inspectora Gema Moral sobrevive exprimiendo las rentas de su vida: su familia, que fue su refugio, se encuentra bajo asedio; su jefe, que la consideraba brillante, solo le confía papeleo; su casa, comprada en la cima de la burbuja, se ha convertido en una carga. Se mantiene a flote hasta que un caso imposible amenaza con terminar con su carrera. Mientras su vida se cae a pedazos tendrá que decidir qué es lo más importante para ella y qué está dispuesta a arriesgar para protegerlo. Una novela sobre la derrota y la soledad, sobre la pérdida y la determinación de seguir adelante.

After spending a blissful few weeks with her husband, Michael, in Bern, Switzerland, Monika is assigned to return to Berlin, the most dangerous city in the world. Her mission for the OSS is to meet and collect information from the asset she cultivated, a man with access to a treasure trove of confidential Nazi documents. Sarah volunteers to go with her, and despite Monika’s protests, the two cousins travel to the heart of the Reich together.

Erika Bracher, a scarred young woman grappling with Dissociative Identity Disorder, has faced unimaginable loss—losing her parents, seeking refuge in an orphanage, and being thrust into danger by her boyfriend Dietrich's twin sister Ava. But when a seemingly random murder case lands in their laps, Erika, her other self, the twins, and their newest member Sara, are thrown into a perilous journey unlike anything they've faced before.