Maria: 1071 books

“Yo soy puta”. Comienza en este modo la confesión de Roxana María, hija de la profunda provincia cubana al final de los años ’70. Nacida en una familia mitad católica y mitad brujera, la niña María sueña en convertirse en una artista. Pronto deberá enfrentarse a un padre autoritario...

Forced to marry brutal warlord Hugh de Vion, widow Mary of Rowes thinks only of survival. But when Hugh's overlord John de Bois demands her young son as hostage, she must trust her husband to protect them both - if she pays his price.

Boatloads of Displaced Persons arrive in Britain, stateless and penniless. The Ministry of Labour finds them somewhere to live, and a job…but takes away their freedom of choice. Will Natalya and Taras be able to stay together while trying to navigate the rules of this strange land? And, left behind...

One moment, Carrie Williams is eight months pregnant and driving to meet her

New! At last! Economy and Marketing adapted to children! “We are all worried about the economic flow of our Country, we don’t know how to increase our incomes or how to manage our savings? We are not fully aware of what economic mechanisms rule the world we’re living in? Since the very...

In 2001, the author embarked on an exciting journey to discover her roots in Lviv, Ukraine. Though raised with the Ukrainian language and culture, restrictions under the Iron Curtain had prevented her from knowing what day-to-day life in her ancestral homeland was really like. Armed with a journal,...

Singer-guitarist Jen hasn't seen rock sensation Stuart Markham for years - not since she stormed out on him over an affair with a groupie. But when her best friend Karen gets the old gang together for a charity single, Jen is forced to confront the man who betrayed her - and a passion as intense as they shared before.

A book of poems on the solitude of being and the loneliness of being in love. And the [dis]comfort the author finds in the thought of dying.

With 113 writing prompts to choose from, this collection of creative, fun writing ideas offers something for every Potter fan. Prompts are closely connected to the text and include a wide variety of writing topics. Use them for daily journaling, longer writing assignments, and collaborative...

This is a book of poems about longing, desire; love, as well as the darker parts of the mind: loneliness, regret; pain.

While trying to teach her adopted daughter, Reema, how to work with molten glass, Opal receives a letter from Master Magician Zitora Cowan requesting Opal's immediate help. Zitora resigned from the Sitian Council over two years ago to search for her lost sister, and no one has heard from her since....

When 22-year-old Hans meets a young waitress named Veronika in Berlin, it doesn't take long for her humor and beauty to win him—and his heart—over completely. After all, Veronika is everything a young military man could want: she’s his age, blonde, stunningly beautiful and, most importantly,...

A group of scientists managed to build the first working model of organic mental teleportation, the HASAMAT (Hyper-Spatial Mind Transporter), the racing car to run the roads of the Universe. Volunteers are needed to test the invention. Until that time there had been gimcrack prototypes which only...

Twelve science fiction short stories. Twelve glimpses of the future. Twelve visions of outer space, and the inner workings of the human mind. These evocative science fiction short stories follow twelve individuals in a distant, or maybe not so distant, future. Each character is facing a challenge...