Some Asian potentate - surfeit of pleasure - walked in his Pleasure Garden under the harvest moon. Night-blooms of the most exotic hue bled and blended perfumes into the balmy air; winding paths led to silver pagodas, wherein waited pleasures that might delight, or spike to desire the Imperial ennui...Can a Nightingale and a Rose teach an Emperor the meaning of love?

A man with an ugly past is asked to do one last task to clear an old blood debt.But you can´t wash away blood with more blood; you can't bury the past, but it may just bury you...

In Prague a man raises up a creature of nightmare to defend the helpless, and becomes the most fearsome of monsters...

En este tercer volumen de la serie Lazos de Sangre conoceremos el drama de Manuela, una joven que tras quedar embarazada es abandonada por su novio tras convertirse en víctima de una violación inesperada, ya que este no puede creer que sea el verdadero padre de su hijo. Sin embargo, cuando es condenado a prisión por cometer un acto de violencia y sufre duras penas a manos de criminales despiadados, se arrepiente de haberla despreciado. y al salir de prisión regresa para intentar reconcilia...

Neste terceiro volume da série Vínculos de Sangue conheceremos o drama de Manuela, uma jovem que após estar grávida é abandonada pelo namorado depois de se tornar vítima de um inesperado estupro, pois ele não consegue acreditar ser o verdadeiro pai de seu filho. Contudo, ao ser condenado a prisão por cometer um ato de violência e sofrer ali duras penalidades nas mãos de impiedosos criminosos arrepende-se de tê-la desprezado. e ao ser liberto do cárcere retorna para tentar uma reconciliaçao...

"Sweet my love, I want to tell you a story about a man and a dog..."A story-teller weaves a whimsical tale of canine devotion for an argumentative audience.

Manuela es una novela costumbrista escrita por el autor colombiano José Eugenio Diaz Castro en el año de 1856, publicada inicialmente por entregas en el periódico El Mosaico en 1858 y en forma completa en dos volúmenes en París después de la muerte del autor en 1889 por la casa editorial francesa "Garnier hermanos".Manuela es considerada la obra literaria más importante de los primeros años de la república. Hoy en día la crítica colombiana la considera como la mejor novela nacional ...

Once upon a time there was a man who had everything. And I mean everything. He had a career (brilliant pianist), a lovely wife (perfect face), a compliant mistress (perfect breasts), a wonderful clutch of promising off-spring (2 girls, one boy); admiring relatives who regarded him with awe and only showed up when it was appropriate; entertaining friends of exactly the right kind and social standing; and a talented stockbroker who had somehow managed not only to salvage his nest-egg from th...

Escrita hacia 1858, esta novela refleja los dos aspectos más relevantes de la expresión literaria de la época: realismo en la descripción de los hechos, los personajes y la realidad ambiental, y una trama basada en reminiscencias de la vida política contemporánea, centrada en la problemática social surgida de la explotación y el abuso de los más humildes y desvalidos por parte de individuos poderosos económica y políticamente. Así, Manuela, la heroína, sufre el perverso y continuo asedio d...

"Manuela" is the last in a trilogy of literary novels centered on the life of Will Barnes, which spans the post-World War II period to current times. However, it can be read on it's own. This novel focuses on the developing relationship between Will and his newly-found granddaughter, Manuela. Will knows he is dying and tries to teach his granddaughter how to face the struggles he has been through so she can face the challenges ahead in her future.However, ...

"Once, long ago, I was in love with love.I read a poem, you see.I read many poems - it is true - but this one poem is that very poem that makes every young girl sigh, and long to die for love.I'm talking of course, of the famous "How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Ways…"How many of us have not dreamed of some lovelorn swain flung at our feet valiantly proclaiming it, as we swoon palely and interestingly?Be honest! Admit it!I did…"One woma...

Eugenio Díaz Castro abordó en Manuela temas colombianos, desde una óptica nacional y con la intención clara de resaltar los valores de la nacionalidad: algunos críticos la consideran la primera novela costumbrista de América Latina. Manuela es una novela con personajes de carne y hueso, retratos de seres que viven y mueren, que tienen anhelos, sufren y gozan, bailan, construyen, aman, odian… al punto de que en las páginas de la novela se cometen crímenes, se tejen confabulaciones políticas y ...