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"Those who have what it takes can make it right where God put them; going away is trying to hide your ineptitude among the strangers."
With his brother's words permanently etched in his brain, Kostas, a headstrong Greek merchant seaman, jumps ship in America, determined to prove his brother and all others like him wrong. Though one among the thousands of illegal immigrants pouring into the country, striving to make it while dodging the long tenacles...
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Un lugar donde esconderse, indaga de manera oportuna y trágica en el comportamiento del ser humano. El escondite del que habla Borel, es un espacio íntimo, confuso, lleno de laberintos, del que se nos obliga a salir cuando nos encontramos frente a la realidad, a veces cruda y otras veces menos ofensiva, pero siempre amenazante.
Borel consigue crear en cada uno de los relatos ambientes complejos, con personajes que se enfrentan a una especie de...
63) Motel Stories
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Will Torphy's elegant narration creates a gauzy veil of tears through which we view a poignant, if haphazard, community of immigrants, down-and-outers, weirdos, and dreamers who use the Sunset Inn, a dilapidated Hollywood motel, as staging ground for their personal crises and epiphanies. Torphy loves his characters, but it's a tough love that finds the poetry of real life in their desperate words and actions." -MARC JAMPOLE, Author of The Brothers...
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El libro muestra una lectura personal, vertida como narración y comentario de las voces de Santiago hechas eco en la poesía. Experiencia urbana vivida para recordar o conocer.
Los cambios de la ciudad, hoy segmentada, se van siguiendo aquí como huellas en el campo que ofrecen los textos. En esa tarea, aparecen como guías los testimonios de los expertos.
Creemos que la tesis central del ensayo se caracteriza también en su concepto de desarraigo,...
65) The Glitz
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Story of a elderly black woman who runs into something not of this world , angel ,demon,or alien, who really knows ,and how does this all connect to her.
66) Figurines
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In 2011 New York, Rachel is one step away from becoming invisible. Half a century earlier, confined in the clean, white walls of a mental hospital, Anna wishes she could be.
Rachel and Anna's lives are woven together-one desperate to be seen, to find out who she is in the bright sunlight of New York and the dark shadows of her family history, and one frantically trying to sort reality from the fantasy in her head, to be known as a person before she's...
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Un recién nacido aparece abandonado en el último asiento del tranvía número catorce. Es Nochebuena y el vehículo surca cual cometa las vías hacia la periferia de una ciudad sin nombre. ¿Cómo ha llegado hasta allí? ¿Qué va a ser de él? Tal vez por caridad, por improvisación o por locura, alguien ha decidido confiar al niño a los brazos del mundo. Y el "mundo" que lo acompaña en ese primer viaje de su vida es esa parte de la existencia...
68) Fluencer
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In the heart of Dubai's kaleidoscopic streets, Rayan shines as a charismatic TikTok influencer, captivating his audience with a life as vibrant as the city itself but when a fateful accident shatters his world he finds himself propelled onto a journey of reinvention in the bustling heart of New York City. Here he collaborates with Naomi, an ambitious filmmaker with dreams as towering as the skyscrapers that frame her world. Together they navigate...
69) Employee 6 Is 54
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Ageism in hiring is real, Jillian Johnson discovered, as door after door closed in her face. So she was elated when Desmond Hensley, a charming startup founder, offered her a dream job. How could Jillian know then, that she would be the one to lead the company of twenty-somethings to uncover his secret? When Jillian Johnson resigns from her job, she is momentarily proud-her resignation is in protest of unfair labor practices. Then reality hits. At...
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In the bustling streets of London, where the stock market reigns supreme, our protagonist, Alex Turner, is about to embark on a journey that will redefine the world of sports trading on ScoreTrade. From the depths of financial despair, Alex draws inspiration from the sharp minds of stock market analysts to revolutionize football trading. As he navigates the unpredictable terrain of the sports betting world, Alex's rise to fortune culminates in owning...
71) Miss Kittenses
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He's a 180K a year techie hoping to get laid. She's a hospice nurse coming off a very hard day. When they meet over dinner, the question may come down to her pink cat-face watch, Miss Kittenses.
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Oriol Nolis dibuja en las páginas de La frafilidad de todo esto un emocinante relato sobre el dolor y el duelo, que es también una historia de salvación y reconocimiento. Óscar tiene cuarenta años, un matromonio roto y una madre que se muere. Periodista de éxito, ha construido su vida sobre la seguridad y las certezas. Cuando todo su presente se derrumba, regresa el pasado para darle palabras a lo que nunca se dijo. Las complicadas relaciones...
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De Quincey, Baudelaire, Poe, Joyce, Walter Benjamin, Melville, Lorca, Whitman...each a walker and city-dweller, each a collagist and chronicler, picking the detritus of their eras off the filthy streets and assembling it into something new, shocking, and beautiful. In To Walk Alone in the Crowd, Antonio Muñoz Molina emulates these classical inspirations, following their peregrinations as well as telling their stories, in a book that is part memoir,...
74) The Art of Zen
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Fresh off another sold-out gallery show, New York City artist Tia Zen is on top of the world. Her work catches the eye of successful restaurateur Spencer Chadwick and his socialite girlfriend Ainsley Davenport. He wants her to paint a mural for his newest hot spot and she reluctantly accepts even though she feels they are polar opposites. Worlds collide immediately as the work progresses and tensions begin to mount. Tia and Spencer begin to feel that...
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1999. Winter. Bondi. Harry's been on the streets so long he could easily forget what time is. So Harry keeps an eye on it. Every morning. Then he heads to the beach to chat with the gulls. Or he wanders through the streets in search of food, clothes, Jules. When the girl on the bus sees him, lonely and cold in the bus shelter that he calls home, she thinks about how she can help. She decides to write a symphony for him. So begins a poignant and gritty...
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Scenes of Bohemian Life (1851) is a novel by Henri Murger. Written at the beginning of his career as a popular French poet and novelist, Scenes of Bohemian Life is composed of vignettes inspired by the author's experience as a starving artist in Paris' Latin Quarter. Adapted countless times for theater and film, Murger's novel served as inspiration for Puccini's opera La bohème (1896) and for the hit musical Rent (1996). "The Bohemians know everything...
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After the politics of his prestigious law firm send Ben out on the street, he finds himself playing piano at a waterfront brothel. In his new life, Ben explores the underbelly of peoples' desires, fears, compulsions, and dreams. As Ben moves throughout this new life, he realizes that the women around him are trying to survive and thrive in a world that hasn't handed them anything. A story of failure, redemption, and human understanding, and featuring...
78) Behind the Bid
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Behind the Bid opens a door to the secretive world, where class identity determines the rules. Outsider protagonist Enid is desperate to gain a foothold in this world of glitz and glamour as a graduate intern in an international auction house. Influenced by social media and suffering from It girl envy, Enid believes she will do anything it takes, from dating clients to using friendships. Along the way, she learns about the kind of person she really...
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In the tranquil landscapes of Mississippi, a young boy's life is woven with tales of tight-knit communities, family traditions, and the allure of the great outdoors. But as he nears his twenties, the bright lights of New York City beckon, promising a world of possibilities far from his Southern roots.Relocating to Manhattan, he quickly ascends the social ladder. From a coveted job at a prestigious firm to mingling with the city's elite at lavish parties,...
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The Italian Tycoon And The Nanny
Rebecca Winters
A new dad to his orphaned nephew, Massimo needs help. Bringing the baby's beautiful aunt Julie Marchant to Italy as a nanny seems the perfect solution.
Plucked form her quiet, suburban existence, Julie is a fish out of water in Massimo's glamorous, wealthy world. But she is thrilled to be part of her nephew's life, even if it means being the hired help. More of a challenge is spending every day with...
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