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Publisher
Frontier Productions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When Calls the Heart" tells the captivating story of Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow), a young teacher accustomed to her high society life, who receives her first classroom assignment in Coal Valley, a small coal mining town where life is simple, but often fraught with challenges. Lori Loughlin plays Abigail Stanton, a wife and mother whose husband, the foreman of the mine, along with a dozen other miners, has just been killed in an explosion. The...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim. A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams, literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. As Scott gets closer to Ramona, he must face an increasingly vicious rogues' gallery from her past, from infamous skateboarders to vegan rock stars and fearsome identical twins. If he hopes to win his true love, he...
3) Our time
Publisher
Monument Releasing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
A family lives in the Mexican countryside raising fighting bulls. Esther is in charge of running the ranch, while her husband Juan, a world-renowned poet, raises and selects the beasts. Although in an open marriage, their relationship begins to crumble when Esther falls in love with an American horsebreaker and Juan is unable to control his jealousy
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Based on true love, this decades spanning romance begins in Mexico between an aspiring chef and a teacher. Their lives restart in incredible ways as societal pressure propels them to embark on a treacherous journey to NYC with dreams, hopes, and memories in tow
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Louisa 'Lou' Clark lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year old goes from one job to the next in order to make ends meet. Taking a job at the local 'castle' she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for...
6) Passengers
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two passengers board a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction, only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind...
7) Más oscuro
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Español
Description
"AUNQUE SU ARDIENTE Y SENSUAL AVENTURA acaba en desamor y reproches, Christian Grey no puede sacar a Anastasia Steele de su mente, ni de su sangre. Dispuesto a recuperar a Ana, intenta reprimir sus más oscuros deseos y su necesidad de control absoluto, para así amarla como ella desea. Pero los horrores de su infancia lo persiguen, y el intrigante jefe de Ana, Jack Hyde, la quiere para él solo. ¿Podrá el psicólogo y confidente de Christian, el...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the glamour of the 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of the British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled...
9) Lolita
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Español
Description
Humbert Humbert attempts to justify his love for and obsession with the barely adolescent Dolores Haze, known as Lolita. Humbert's cross-country flight with his adored nymphet ends with her betrayal of him with his rival, the evil Quilty, who pursues Lolita not out of love but out of lust and selfishness, and who functions as a kind of double for the more pure-hearted (if perverse) Humbert
Author
Publisher
Literatura Random House
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
"Dos amigas se acercan a la treintena en ciudades distintas y tras mucho tiempo sin verse. Alice, novelista, conoce a Felix, que trabaja en un almacén, y le pide que la acompañe a Roma para promocionar su último libro. En Dublín, su mejor amiga, Eileen, está superando una ruptura y empieza a flirtear con Simon, un chico al que conoce desde que eran niños. Mientras el verano se acerca, las dos chicas se envían correos electrónicos en los que...
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
Un autor, que escribe sobre un autor que lee sobre otro autor, la sensac̤in constante de que alguien te es̀t mintiendo, pero quǐn es?. Lowen Ashleigh, autora al borde de la bancarrota, recibe un encargo que le cambiàr la vida: Jeremy, el flamante marido de Verity Crawford, una de las autoras ̀ms importantes del momento, la contrata para terminar la serie de libros en la que trabajaba su mujer antes de sufrir un grave accidente que la ha dejado...
13) Rayuela
Author
Publisher
Real Academia Española
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Español
Description
En el contexto de la celebrac̤in del VII Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Espąola en la ciudad argentina de ̤Crdoba en marzo de 2019, esta edic̤in rinde homenaje a uno de los autores en espąol ̀ms importantes de todos los tiempos y a su obra ̀ms emblèmtica, que conmocio̤n el panorama cultural de su tiempo y que no deja de encontrar lectores hasta nuestros ̕das. La publicac̤in de Rayuela en 1963 supuso una verdadera revoluc̤in en la...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Una guerra olvidada. Un romance inolvidable. El ąo es 1846. Despǔs de la controvertida anex̤in de Texas, el eǰrcito de los EE. UU. marcha hacia el sur para provocar la guerra con ̌Mxico por la disputada frontera del ̕Ro Grande. Ximena Salǒm es una talentosa curandera mexicana que suęa con construir una familia con el hombre que ama en la codiciada tierra que llama hogar. Pero cuando los Texas Rangers asaltan su rancho y matan a tiros a su...
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Español
Description
"Hay numerosos libros sobre el Holocausto, pero ninguno como este. Se basa en una increíble historia real detrás de uno de sus símbolos más potentes: los números azules tatuados en los brazos de los prisioneros de los campos de concentración. Cuando a Lale Sokolov le fue encomendada la tarea de tatuar los números en las víctimas que, como él, eran encerradas en Auschwitz, usó la mínima libertad que su rol le permitía para intercambiar...
16) Titanic
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A timeless love story born of tragedy that created an international phenomenon. This epic masterpiece is destined to sweep audiences anew into the journey of a lifetime
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