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In a house he is restoring, builder Don Lark meets a woman squatter who turns out to be a ghost. But Sylvie Delaney does not realize she is a ghost, thinking she is alive. Lark learns she was murdered and goes searching for the killer. As he sinks his teeth into his new project, Lark's new neighborhood starts to work its charms on him. He strikes up a romance with the real estate agent who sold him the house. His neighbors, two charming, chatty old ladies, ply him endlessly with delicious Southern cooking. Even Sylvie, the squatter Lark was once desperate to evict from the old house, is now...

Don Segundo Sombra es una novela rural argentina escrita por Ricardo Güiraldes y publicada por primera vez en 1926. A diferencia del clásico poema «Martín Fierro» de José Hernández, Don Segundo Sombra no reivindica socialmente al gaucho, sino que lo evoca como personaje legendario («sombra»), en un tono elegíaco. «Segundo Sombra» parece sugerir a un subalterno, si bien el tratamiento de Don contrapesa (quizás sin que Güiraldes fuera consciente de ello) la subalternidad, señala a un gaucho que por mantener su axiología, sus principios, resulta superior a la axiología burguesa. ...

En los tiempos en que los cortesanos del rey sol deambulaban por los salones teniendo amantes por doquier, la joven condesa Delphine Boulegne se niega a participar de los juegos de placer, ignorando las atenciones constantes de los caballeros que intentaban seducirla. Cuando su marido muere envenenado, la dama huye del castillo donde su cuñado intenta atacarla y en su huida es secuestrada por su enamorado más vehemente: el cortesano Guillaume de Lorris quien la mantiene a su merced con la amenaza de entregarla a su temible cuñado si no cede a sus deseos. Él la guiará por los caminos del...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Magnificent: a dizzying tale of drama, intrigue and passion' MAIL ON SUNDAY As a child, Daniel Sempere discovered among the passageways of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books an extraordinary novel that would change the course of his life. Now a young man in the Barcelona of the late 1950s, Daniel runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop and enjoys a seemingly fulfilling life with his loving wife and son. Yet the mystery surrounding the death of his mother continues to plague his soul. Just when Daniel believes he is close to solving this enigma, a conspiracy more sinister...