De tal palo

This novel, based on true events, tells the story of Alborde, an impoverished town where children cannot complete school because their parents have to migrate for several months each year. Juan, a boy from the town, realizes that things have to change and he develops a plan to make of Alborde a land of opportunities, one step at a time. This is a tale of courage, of solidarity and, among all, of being committed to making a change in our own communities.

¿Qué ocurre cuando nos enamoramos de una persona que sabemos que nos va a complicar la vida? Candela es una fotógrafa a la que un día se le cruza el amor y la atropella, poniéndolo todo patas arriba. Y ya nada será como antes. El responsable de ese torbellino es Manuel, un joven modelo con el que vivirá una historia de amor tan fascinante como adictiva. La emoción de losprimeros besos, la complicidad, la pasión. Pero también la angustia de quien no recibe todo lo que da. Y el apoyo incondicional y mágico de las amigas. La cara y la cruz del amor. Porque la vida sigue, siempre...

Darkly handsome doctor Sir Dominic Chiara raised female pulses everywhere he went. But few admirers guessed at the torment behind his coolly assessing gaze. Nick's son had stopped speaking – and Nick, who had been knighted for his invaluable service to the royal family, did not know why. Until a beautiful new nanny offered hope.... Children's therapist Sarah Hunter answered a royal summons to help Dr. Chiara and his son. But her cover as the nanny was soon blown away by her discovery that the child had witnessed a murder – and by her attraction to his father. Falling in love with a man...

In these pages, Jonathan Galassi gives us an extraordinarily sensitive, satirically sharp novel set in the world of books that he knows so well. At the center is Paul Dukach, editor-in-chief and heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of New Yorks last great independent publishing houses.