El peinado de la tía Chofi

Tobias Harris, majoring in English and studying in the 3rd year of college, competes for a position in the swimmimg team after his best friend forces him to brush the dirt off his inborn talent. When his entrance in the team becomes known, the captain threatens and demoralizes the protagonist with an intense amount of detest that both leaves him intrigued and fuming. Tobias' daunting nature makes him stand up to the senior cum captain, which drives the other man into more of a heated frenzy. And before they even realize it, they're being sucked into a whirlpool of hate they can't escape, nor...

Una hilarante novela de aprendizaje en la que nadie aprende nada Casi veinte años después de la publicación de El vientre de la ballena, Javier Cercas, convertido ya en uno de los escritores fundamentales del panorama europeo, asumió un reto fascinante: revisar el libro del novelista que fue, enfrentarse a sus propios orígenes. El resultado es una novela a la vez reconocible y nueva, donde la sabiduría y la eficacia del autor maduro aciertan a potenciar la frescura y el humor del joven. De ese modo, la tragicómica experiencia del treintañero Tomás, inmerso en una transformación...

One afternoon, single mother Sara Weston says that she's going to the store—and never returns. In her absence, she leaves her teenage son alone with his damaged past and a legacy of secrets. Keith Weston nearly lost his life in an act of arson. He survived—but with devastating physical and emotional scars. Without his mother, he has no one to help him heal, no money, nothing to live for but the medications that numb his pain. Isolated and angry, his hatred has one tight focus: his half sister, Maggie Lockwood. Nineteen-year-old Maggie Lockwood spent a year in prison for the acts that led...

Jacqueline, igual que sus hermanas, se vio obligada a sobrevivir en los bajos fondos de Londres cuando su tío trató de deshacerse de ellas para evitar que cobraran la herencia de su abuela. El día que la pequeña cumple nueve años, celebran la fiesta en el campamento de unos conocidos gitanos. Lord William Turner, futuro conde de Wilmore, también decide festejar su aniversario en el mismo lugar. La arrogancia del muchacho saca de quicio a la niña, quien acaba robándole una moneda.Tras su vergonzoso comportamiento durante la fiesta, William es enviado a una estricta academia militar y...