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Mahmoud’s passion for his wife, Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she’s ever known. But their happy, middle-class world implodes when their country is engulfed in war and the Taliban rises to power. Mahmoud, a civil engineer, becomes a target of the new fundamentalist regime and is murdered. Forced to flee Kabul with her three children, Fereiba must find a way to cross Europe and reach her sister’s family in England. With forged papers and help from kind strangers they meet along the way, Fereiba make a dangerous crossing into Iran under cover of darkness.

This breathtaking novel travels more than a century between two love stories set in the Australian seaside town of Lighthouse Bay. In 1901, a ship sinks off the coast of Lighthouse Bay in Australia. The only survivor is Isabella Winterbourne - escaping her loveless marriage and the devastating loss of her son - who clutches a priceless gift meant for the Australian Parliament. Suddenly, this gift could be her ticket to a new life, free from the bonds of her husband and his overbearing family.

Ambientada en el San Sebastián y el París de principios del siglo XX y basada, en gran parte, en la historia del maestro Cristóbal Balenciaga, este audiolibro es una conmovedora historia de amor, de secretos de amigos y de la divina y eterna ingenuidad de los veranos de la infancia. Desde sus inicios como aprendiz de costura con su madre, Balenciaga se rodeará de un exclusivo mundo, gracias a la amistad con su mentora la marquesa de Casa Torres y de las relaciones con la aristocracia europea y la casa real, a las que vistió de glamour en la época de la regente María Cristina.

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En Linares, al norte del país, con la Revolución mexicana como telón de fondo, un buen día, la vieja nana de la familia abandona sorpresivamente un reposo que parecía eterno para perderse en el monte. Cuando la encuentran, sostiene dos pequeños bultos, uno en cada brazo: de un lado un bebé misterioso y del otro un panal de abejas. Ante la insistencia de la nana por conversar y cuidar al pequeño, la familia Morales decide adoptarlo.

Growing up in New Jersey as the only African American Muslim at school, Ibtihaj Muhammad always had to find her own way. When she discovered fencing, a sport traditionally reserved for the wealthy, she had to defy expectations and make a place for herself in a sport she grew to love. From winning state championships to three-time All-America selections at Duke University, Ibtihaj was poised for success, but the fencing community wasn't ready to welcome her with open arms just yet.

Lagos, mediados de los noventa. En el marco de una dictadura militar y en una Nigeria que ofrece poco o ningún futuro, Ifemelu y Obinze, dos adolescentes atípicos, se enamoran apasionadamente.

Dans l'islam, il est permis à un homme qui part en voyage de contracter un mariage à durée déterminée pour ne pas être tenté de fréquenter les prostituées. On le nomme "mariage de plaisir". C'est dans ces conditions qu'Amir, un commerçant prospère de Fès, épouse temporairement Nabou, une Peule de Dakar, où il vient s'approvisionner chaque année en marchandises. Mais voilà qu'Amir se découvre amoureux de Nabou et lui propose de la ramener à Fès avec lui.