Take Six: Six Spanish Women Writers is an anthology of short stories by six outstanding Spanish women writers: Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921), Carmen de Burgos (1867-1932), Carmen Laforet (1921-2004), Cristina Fernández Cubas (born 1945), Soledad Puértolas (born 1947) and Patricia Erlés (born 1972). The stories span over one hundred years, starting with the indomitable Emilia Pardo Bazán, whose casual and often humorous protrayal of brutal domestic violence set a paradigm for the writers w...

A dazzling, Joycean achievement by one of Spain's greatest living novelists.On a sweltering hot August day in Málaga, dawn breaks over a patch of waste ground and a man lying close to death. From this vivid encounter, a kaleidoscopic narrative unfolds over a single day, as the suffocating terral wind spreads its malign influence over the city. We meet the dying man's family, his doctor wife and entitled son; a picture framer and his alcoholic brother; their mother ...

Winner of:Premio Nacional de Narrativa (2016)Premio de la Critica Española (2016)Premio Dulce Chacón (2016)Book of the Year 2015:La VanguardiaEl CulturalBabeliaABCAn award-winning collection of six uncanny and atonal stories from one of Europe's most celebrated contemporary writers of short fiction. Suffused with the chilling tones of Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and the psychological intensity ...

With over 50 novels to her credit, USA Today bestselling author Helen Bianchin spins exotic romantic tales eagerly snapped up by her adoring fans. In Bride, Bought and Paid For, Romy Picard is desperate to keep her father out of prison. The only man who can help her is the roguish Spaniard Xavier DeVasquez-the notorious scoundrel who holds her father's fate in his arrogant fingers. Three years ago Xavier stole Romy's heart, and her virginity, and now he sees the chance to bed her once agai...

He can give her everything she's ever wanted...Last year Scarlet King was a blushing bride-to-be, but now she's alone and more than anything longs for a baby. This time she's determined to prove she doesn't need a man! Successful, spine-tinglingly gorgeous John Mitchell has desired Scarlet for years, so seizes the chance to claim her. But his proposal comes with a devilish price: if she wants a baby, they'll do it the old-fashioned way! John reminds Scarlet of the pleasures she's been miss...

To get the hordes of predatory women off his back, billionaire Salvatore Cardini impulsively asks his petite office cleaner to be his convenient mistress! Jessica reluctantly agrees-who would say no to such an incredibly attractive and commanding man? But he is on the international rich list, with a glamorous lifestyle to match, while she has to work two jobs just to survive. What she hasn't realized is her role isn't just to be on his arm in public-but to be his mistress in private, too!

Publishing to coincide with Bradt's 40th anniversary, The Irresponsible Traveller is a light but edgy collection of travellers' tales. Travel writers and celebrities alike recount their exciting, and often dangerous, adventures which include being chased by a sea lion, accosted by Brazilian kidnappers and a midnight raid to free turtles on the Amazon. Over 40 years Bradt has built a reputation for publishing books covering the road less travelled, and this collection celebrates exactly the...

The Hebrew Scriptures reveal God's covenant dealings with Israel. But since the time of the apostles, the Christian church has also viewed the "Old Testament" as Christian Scripture, which provided a theological and historical foundation for the writings of the New Testament and for the Christian faith.In the modern era, however, this perspective has faced three major challenges that call into question the legitimacy of reading the Old Testament through a Christian lens: the rise o...

Orphan Marisa was raised by the wealthy Santangeli family. Their only demand is that she marries their son - renowned playboy Lorenzo. But Marisa flees; Lorenzo vows to fetch his virgin bride home - you do not say no to a Santangeli!

This exciting collection celebrates the richness and variety of the Spanish short story, from the nineteenth century to the present day.Featuring over fifty stories selected by revered translator Margaret Jull Costa, it blends old favourites and hidden gems - many of which have never before been translated into English - and introduces readers to surprising new voices as well as giants of Spanish literary culture, from Emilia Pardo Bazán and Leopoldo Alas, through Mercè Rodoreda an...

RITA Award-winning novelist Lucy Gordon captures the hearts and imaginations of her many fans with complex and passionate tales. While in Italy, Ferne Edmunds falls for handsome Dante Rinucci. This charmer lives a life of carefree ease, while harboring the sobering truth that each new day could be his last. But when Ferne learns she's pregnant, this casual relationship takes a deeper turn, and Dante discovers a reason to fight for his own life.

**The third and final colossal collection of Tomb Raider comics!Every hero’s journey has a beginning. Before Lara Croft was a raider of tombs, she was a survivor.**Discover the events that led up to Lara and her friends’ fateful trip to the lost kingdom of Yamatai in Tomb Raider: The Beginning, the prequel to 2013’s Tomb Raider. With Tomb Raider #1–#18, we learn what happened after the escape from Yamatai and how Lara ended up on her ques...