La novela en la que se ha basado la película protagonizada por Blake Lively
400 páginas
14 horas de lectura
A veces, quien más te quiere es quién más daño te hace. Lily no siempre lo ha tenido fácil. Por eso, su idílica relación con un magnífico neurocirujano llamado Ryle Kincaid, parece demasiado buena para ser verdad. Cuando Atlas, su primer amor, reaparece repentinamente y Ryle comienza a mostrar su verdadera cara, todo lo que Lily ha construido con él se ve amenazado.
From the bestselling author of The Secret of Ella and Micha comes a mesmerizing novel of fate, friendship, and the healing power of love . . . THE COINCIDENCE OF CALLIE & KAYDEN For Kayden, suffering in silence was the only way to survive. If he was lucky, he could keep his head down, do as he was told, and make it through the day. But one night it seemed like his luck-and his life-might finally end . . . until an angel named Callie appeared just in time to rescue him. Callie has never believed in luck. Not since her twelfth birthday when everything was taken from her. After the worst was over, she locked up her feelings and vowed never to tell anyone what happened. Now, six years later, she continues to struggle with the painful secret that threatens to consume her. When fate lands Kayden and Callie at the same college, Kayden is determined to get to know the beautiful girl who changed his destiny. Quiet and reserved, Callie still fears letting anyone else into her world. But Kayden is certain that Callie has come back into his life for a reason. And the more he tries to be a part of her life, the more he realizes that, this time, it's Callie who needs to be saved . . .
Antoinette's world has fallen apart: her husband, the man she has loved for as long as she can remember, has died tragically in an accident. He was her rock, the man she turned to for love and support, the man she knew better than she knew herself. Or at least so she thought…For as she arrives at the familiar old stone church for George's funeral, she sees a woman she has never met before. And in that instant, the day she thought would close a door on the past becomes the day that everything she has ever known is turned upside down.Phaedra loved George too, and she could not bear to stay away from his funeral. She only recently came to know him, but their bond was stronger than any she has ever felt before. As she sits before his wife, she knows that what she is about to reveal will change all their lives forever. Sometimes it takes a tragedy to reveal the truth. But what if the truth is harder to bear than the tragedy…?
Emma, Louise en Sophie zijn zussen en hebben een hechte band. Als Emma van haar pas overleden man twee tickets naar Cuba ontvangt, die hij vlak voor zijn dood gepost moet hebben, is ze verrast en geroerd. Ze besluit Sophie mee te nemen in zijn plaats. Terwijl haar zussen in de Caribische zon liggen, hunkert Louise thuis in Dublin naar haar ex-geliefde Jack. Ze sleept zich door het leven in de doorsnee buitenwijk waar ze woont met haar echtgenoot. Totdat een toevallige ontmoeting met haar verloren grote liefde haar alles even doet vergeten. Op Cuba ontmoet Emma intussen de Che Guevara-lookalike Felipe. Bedwelmd door salsamuziek, rumcocktails en zwoele tropische nachten probeert Emma de nare tijd achter zich te laten, niet beseffend dat Sophie gebukt gaat onder een groot geheim, en al helemaal niet wetend waar die ene kus met Felipe in Havana allemaal toe kan leiden…
Would you risk everything for love? Bestselling children's book writer Angelica is amused and flattered at the attention of Jack, the owner of a vineyard in South Africa, whom she meets at a dinner party. With his easy charm and reputation as a ladies' man, Jack makes her feel good about herself - surely it can't do any harm to indulge in a mild email flirtation? This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60 per cent of the author's work and as low as 30 per cent with characters and plotlines removed.
Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the beauty of the magnificent Tuscan villa that overlooks the sea just outside her small village. She likes to spy from the crumbling wall into the gardens. One day, Dante, the son of the villa's owner, invites her inside. From that moment on Floriana knows that her destiny is there, with him.
On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Jane Howard made a vow to her warring parents - she would never get married and she would never have children. But life, as Jane comes to discover, is a profoundly random business. Many years and many lives later, she is a professor in Boston, in love with a brilliant, erratic man named Theo. And then Jane falls pregnant. Motherhood turns out to be a great welcome surprise - but when a devastating turn of events tears her existence apart she has no choice but to flee all she knows and leave the world. Just when she has renounced life itself, the disappearance of a young girl pulls her back from the edge and into an obsessive search for some sort of personal redemption. Convinced that she knows more about the case than the police do, she is forced to make a decision - stay hidden or bring to light a shattering truth. Douglas Kennedy's exceptional new novel is a portrait of the way we live now, of the many routes we follow in the course of a single life, and of the arbitrary nature of destiny. Like his previous highly acclaimed novels it is also a compulsive read - and one which speaks volumes about the dilemmas we face in trying to navigate our way through all that fate throws in our path.
Gianluca has to admit his life is empty. His high-pressure City job, his seven-figure income, his glossy girlfriends -- all have long ceased to satisfy him. His marriage is over and he barely knows his young daughters. In search of serenity and a deeper purpose to his existence, he flees to Italy, to the magical Palazzo Montelimone lovingly restored by his parents, to chill and to assess his future. But life on the sun-drenched Amalfi coast is not as peaceful as Luca anticipates. The palazzo is filled with his mother's eccentric friends and haunted by the ghosts of its murderous past. He meets a woman whose dark eyes are heavy with sorrow and a solemn little boy with an incredible secret. As he begins to unravel a mystery that has its roots in a long-ago act of violence, Luca is forced to face his greatest fear in exchange for the greatest truth. -- Publisher's description.
Mara, a young Australian, marries a big-game hunter living on the spectacular grasslands of East Africa. Three years later, their safari lodge faces difficulties, mirroring the troubles in their marriage. When a Hollywood movie crew arrives to film on location, Mara sees this as a potential salvation for the lodge. Embracing her newfound responsibility and independence, she becomes dangerously attracted to the film's leading man. This poignant love story unfolds against the breathtaking backdrop of Tanzania, exploring a young woman's heartfelt struggle to reconcile duty and desire.
If cats were asked how they would truly like their owners to show affection, what would they say? Are we giving them what they want? Is just loving them ever going to be enough? Can we love them too much? Vicky Halls, author of the bestselling CAT CONFIDENTIAL, has devoted her life to studying the human/feline relationship. In CAT COUNSELLOR she explores the origins of this emotional bond and shows how miraculous results can be achieved by merely changing the way we relate to our cats.
Adelia Aguilar is a rare thing in medieval Europe -- a woman who has trained as a doctor. Her specialty is the study of corpses, a skill that must be concealed if she is to avoid accusations of witchcraft.
Celestria always spends her summer holiday at Pendrift Hall, the Cornish mansion that has been home to the Montague family for generations. In the summer of 1958, the highlight is a lavish ball. But what is supposed to be a night of celebration ends in catastrophe. Celestria's grandfather encourages her to play detective.
Het chakrasysteem als perspectief voor de ontwikkeling van de mensheid
384 páginas
14 horas de lectura
Beschrijving van het chakrasysteem als historisch ontwikkelingsperspectief, waarbij in de toekomst de omschakeling van macht naar liefde via het hartchakra centraal dient komen te staan.
Impresionante monumento de la identidad china y de su grandeza cultural a lo largo de más de 2.000 años, la Gran Muralla también representa la desolación de la frontera, el sufrimiento de quienes la construyeron y la represión de quienes vivieron intramuros. Una historia épica de dinastías, auges y decadencias, invasiones, revoluciones y dolor que ha corrido en paralelo al sinuoso perfil de la inconmensurable muralla.
Does your cat scratch your carpets? Or soil in the house? Or perhaps your cat's behaviour has changed recently - becoming withdrawn or aggressive towards you or another member of your family? Or perhaps you would just like to understand the way your cat thinks? In this comprehensive guide cat counsellor Vicky Hall helps cat owners identify what is causing their cat's behaviour and provides a clear step-by-step solution to tackling behavioural problems. Fascinating case studies drawn from Vicky's personal and professional experiences are included. Each study is both informative and entertaining and will undoutedly help cat owners understand their cat's behaviour much better. This is essential reading for all cat lovers.
Within minutes of reading this book you will want - and be able to - apply its clear, direct and highly effective principles to your own life. Jack Canfield built an $80 million business from nothing. Now he shares his key techniques and unique insights so that you too can achieve success in everything you do.
When George Bolton returns home to Devon at the end of the war, Rita assumes that her childhood sweetheart will marry her and that their future will be a reassuring continuation of their past. But the boy who joined the RAF has come back a man, and a man irrevocably changed by the horrors that he has seen. Unable to settle back into the sleepy seaside village, George resolves to spend a year on the family farm in Argentina, and, despite her disappointment, Rita promises to wait for him. Rita keeps her promise. But for George there are irresistible temptations, and an agonising choice to make !
Een meisje besluit na de zoveelste ruzie met haar aan alcohol verslaafde moeder weg te lopen; ze wordt geholpen door een vriend die niet is wie hij voorgeeft te zijn.
Spread over two generations, THE FORGET-ME-NOT SONATA is based in the English Colony of Hurlingham in Argentina and in Dorset from the 1940s to the present day. A sweeping story following the life of Audrey Garnet who grows up in the small Anglo-Argentine community where the gossiping ladies of the Hurlingham Club divulge and discuss the latest scandals over scones and Earl Grey tea. Ripples pass through the community when Cecil and Louis Forrester arrive to make their fortunes. Cecil is a decorated war hero while Louis, who didn't fight, thrashes out his tormented soul on the grand piano and hides a dark secret that only his brother knows. Audrey loses her heart to one, but marries the other and yet her love only intensifies over the years and the music of the forget-me-not sonata reminds her time and again of the dreadful sacrifice she has made.
This is the story of how Xinran negotiated the minefield of restrictions imposed on Chinese journalists to reach out to women across the country. Through the intimacy of her writing, the women's voices confide in the reader, sharing their secrets.
1988--As the rumblings of dissent and racial resentment began to erupt into a savage war between Boer and Briton, so three young men found their lives drawn together. Matthew Paget, son of an archdeacon, was turbulent, rebellious, and longing for excitement. Throwing away all the privileges that could have been his, he enlisted as a trooper--only to find himself loving the beautiful war-torn country of Africa and finally falling in love with a girl on the enemy side. Will Marriott, his cousin, was an officer who believed in England's greatness and the glory of battle. But as his comrades were maimed and killed, as he himself was wounded, and then betrayed by a one-time friend, so his values began to change. The one thing that never changed was his love for Frances, Matthew Paget's sister. Hendon Bashford was an upstart social climber, a swindler and a cheat. Half English, half Boer, he owed allegiance to no one while creating havoc in the lives of more honourable men. As the passage of war unfolded, so the lives of these three young men, and women they loved, moved towards a tumultuous climax.
Reinigend, verkwikkend, natuurlijk zuiverend en belonend, detoxen kan dit alles zijn en heerlijk eenvoudig. Gebaseerd op gezonde voedingsprincipes en beïnvloed door Chinese geneeskundige praktijken, biedt dit boek informatie over een gezondere manier van eten, met creatieve voedselcombinaties die de juiste balans van elementen geven die je lichaam echt nodig heeft. Ontdek de gunstige eigenschappen van belangrijke ingrediënten en leer hoe je supplementen veilig kunt gebruiken. Juliet Piddington's fotografie begeleidt meer dan 100 recepten die elke maaltijd bestrijken.
Beproefde Huismiddeltjes en Recepten Opnieuw Ontdekt
416 páginas
15 horas de lectura
GROOTMOEDERS BESTE TIPS'dat zijn vijf boeken in één! Hierin vindt u niet alleen de meest werkzame recepten uit de oude, vertrouwde huisapotheek, maar ook talloze handige tips voor de verzorging van het lichaam en nuttige adviezen voor uw huis, tuin en keuken. Alle recepten zijn gebaseerd op natuurlijke ingrediënten en zijn eenvoudig zelf te bereiden ' effectief en goed verdraagbaar voor uzelf en uw gezin.
West-Afrika, de voormalige Belgische kolonie Terre Diamantée. Op het eerste gezicht een politiek stabiel en redelijk welvarend republiekje, dat voor liet grootste deel bestaat uit tropisch regenwoud. Het land beschikt over een uniek natuurreservaat, waar zeldzame diersoorten ongestoord kunnen leven. David Trowbridge, een Amerikaanse veldbioloog, verricht in deze jungle onderzoek naar een uitermate zeldzame luipaardsoort. Gewapend met de meest geavanceerde technische apparatuur hoopt hij - voor het eerst in de geschiedenis - het leefpatroon van dit roofdier in kaart te brengen. Zijn thuisbasis moet hij delen met een groepje Belgische biologen - maar de sfeer is gespannen, ronduit vijandig zelfs. Na een wekenlang verblijf in het oerwoud keert Trowbridge terug naar de basis, waar hij een bloedbad aantreft: de meeste biologen Zijn afgeslacht. Onderzoek wijst in de richting van rituele moord door de lokale bevolking; David wordt gedwongen het land halsoverkop te verlaten. Maar hij laat zich niet verjagen, daarvoor is zijn onderzoek te ver gevorderd. In het diepste geheim dringt hij weer door tot het oerwoud. Maar ook tot de gruwelijke waarheid die het in zich verbergt...
Barcelona. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial ilustrada. 24 cm. 349 p. Colección 'Señores de las dos tierras', 1. Gedge, Pauline 1945-. Traducción, Valeria Watson. Novela histórica de Egipto. Traducción de: The hippopotamus marsh. Lords of the two lands .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 978-84-473-5090-2; 84-473-5090-8
Una historia mágica y maravillosa, repleta tanto de sueños como de pesadillas. Una de las historias más vendidas y mejor valoradas de Neil Gaiman. En el subsuelo de Londres, como debajo de cada gran ciudad, existe un mundo desconocido e invisible, plagado de extraños seres, en el que sobrevivir depende de abrir las puertas adecuadas... Hay mundos bajo tus pies, espías bajo las escaleras y formas que esperan al otro lado de los portales, que sólo has atisbado en tus sueños. Tras leer Neverwhere , nunca volverás a pasar por los sombríos lugares del mundo moderno con la misma confianza infantil. Neverwhere ha sido elegida como una de las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia y ficción y fantasía de todos los tiempos.
Tras veintisiete años en estado de coma, Rosemary despierta en un sanatorio en las postrimerías de 1999. Su hijo Andy es el carismático líder de los Hijos de Dios, una fundación que pretende hacer de la llegada del nuevo milenio un acontecimiento histórico. Pero la emoción inicial del reencuentro entre madre e hijo y el cálido recibimiento de Rosemary en la fundación se verán empañados por el extraño presagio de que algo terrible está a punto de ocurrir
Valentine, a wanderer who knows nothing except his name, finds himself on the fringes of a great city, and joins a troupe of jugglers and acrobats; gradually, he remembers that he is the Coronal Valentine, executive ruler of the vast world of Majipoor, and all its peoples, human and otherwise... Lord Valentine's Castle was the first of Robert Silverberg's novels about Majipoor, in which he has for two decades explored the question of responsibility and authority; much SF and fantasy plays with constructed dreams of feudalism, but Silverberg asks the important questions of how a ruler can be a good person, and how can the person who rules all be free themselves. Inventively, Valentine's learned skills as a juggler become a fruitful metaphor for much of what he needs to know as he campaigns to reclaim his throne from a usurping imposter: Silverberg explores the implications of what might have been a mere narrative cliché. His portrayal of a huge light world where technology and magic have blended, and where different species and cultures have engineered a diverse harmony, is not the least attractive of SF's utopias; the sheer scale of the canvas gives Valentine's wanderings their own wild poetry. --Roz Kaveney(less)
Inspirerende ideeën voor het werken met sjablonen. 50 eenvoudige ontwerpen met stap voor stap aanwijzingen. Beproefde tips voor professionele resultaten. Schitterende kleurenfoto’s om u te inspireren. Originele ontwerpen om allerlei oppervlakken te sjabloneren. Dit boek is een deel van een serie hobbyboeken voor zowel de amateur als de meer professionele ‘doe het zelver’. De hier besproken techniek is al zeer oud, maar geeft wel vrij gemakkelijk een mooi resultaat. De ± 50 ideeën worden duidelijk beschreven en met foto’s geïllustreerd. Ook worden er veel praktische tips gegeven. De techniek is eenvoudig, evenals de te gebruiken gereedschappen en materialen. De materialen zijn van de ondergrond afhankelijk. Er wordt onderscheid gemaakt tussen decoratieve, creatieve en zelfgemaakte sjablonen. De sjablo nen wor den gemaakt van manillakarton of acetaatfolie. Gedecoreerd worden kleinmeubels, kussens en stoelovertrekken, gordijnstoffen, glas, metaal en keramiek, merklappen, kleedjes, dozen, schilderijen en briefpapier. Er worden over te nemen voorbeelden van sjablonen gegeven, maar men kan ze ook zelf ontwerpen of kopen. Een boek waarin jong en oud mogelijkheden kunnen vinden om te decoreren.
Set during a summer weekend in upstate New York, the story revolves around three friends grappling with the loss of John's brother, Tony, who was also Lyle's lover. The gathering is further complicated by Lyle's new, younger partner, Robert, and a dinner guest known for his honesty. As the weekend unfolds, hidden emotions and unresolved pasts emerge, leading to revelations that challenge their relationships and reshape their identities. The narrative explores themes of grief, desire, and the complexities of friendship.
