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81) La estafadora
Author
Publisher
Duomo Ediciones
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Nina una vez creyó en la idea de que su elegante título en artes liberales la llevaría a una carrera satisfactoria. Cuando ese sueño se vino abajo, se dedicó a robar a los niños ricos de Los Ángeles junto a su astuto novio irlandés, Lachlan. Nina aprendió de los mejores: su madre era la estafadora original, que se esforzaba por darle a su hija una infancia decente a pesar de su vida descarriada. Pero cuando su madre se enferma, Nina arriesga...
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
"With her sister's medical bills mounting, Diana Parker can't say no to a high-paying opportunity like this: accompany a wealthy couple to Aspen and nanny their precocious five-year-old son for three months. Necessary qualifications? She must know how to ski and teach math, speak fluent French, excel at social graces, and hold a master's degree in childhood development. Who'll be the wiser that Diana's only skill is packing for Colorado? So far, so...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have the mountain pretty well figured out. It's an extreme landscape where bad weather and incredible altitude can occasionally kill, but more so an overcrowded, trashed-out recreation destination where rich clients pad their egos--and social media feeds--while exploiting local Sherpas. There's some...
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Other Women's Husbands by Anna J: Nobody wants a bone but a dog. That's been Zaria's motto for as long as she can remember. Gorgeous in the face and thick in the waist, she drapes every inch of her plus-size frame in nothing but designer if for no other reason than her own insecurities. She has to stay on point because in her world, she can't be fat and sloppy at the same time. She thinks she has met the love of her life in Tariq, but she soon finds...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, an utterly original memoir-in-essays that is as deeply moving as it is hilariously funny"--
Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment—a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy, often laughing so hard with...
Author
Publisher
Hay House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In Unbinding the Heart, author, speaker, and Huffington Post regular Agapi Stassinopoulos invites readers on an inspiring journey of inner exploration to reconnect with their true selves. Born in Greece, a country that celebrates life, Agapi learned the essential truths of happiness through the examples of wisdom, caring, playfulness, and generosity she saw all around her, starting with her own mother. She came to realize that everyone is born with...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant look at the glittering world of turn-of-the-century Paris through the first in-depth study of the three women Proust used to create his supreme fictional character, the Duchesse de Guermantes. Geneviève Halévy Bizet Straus; Laure de Sade, Comtesse de Adhéaume de Chevigné; and Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the Comtesse Greffuhle--these were the three superstars of fin-de-siècle Parisian high society who, as Caroline Weber...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Sirio
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
"Muchas veces pensamos que no somos todo lo que deberíamos ser. No somos lo bastante buenos, ni lo bastante guapos, ni lo bastante ricos, ni lo bastante felices. Pero el hecho de que lo pensemos no significa que sea verdad. Eres mucho más de lo que crees te enseña a revisar todo tu sistema de ideas y creencias, a hacer realidad tus sueños, a conseguir lo que anhelas, y a crear una vida fantástica, estimulante y exitosa. Acceder al Verdadero Ser...
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The town of Deadwood, South Dakota is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex-lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Seth Bullock, a man hoping to find a new start for himself. Both men find themselves quickly on opposite sides of the legal and moral fence from Al Swearengen, saloon owner, hotel operator, and incipient boss of Deadwood. The lives of these three intertwine with many others,...