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February 28, 1947: Trapped inside the family home amid an uprising that has rocked Taipei, Dr. Tsai delivers his youngest daughter, the unnamed narrator of Green Island, just after midnight as the city is plunged into martial law. In the following weeks, as the Chinese Nationalists act to crush the opposition, Dr. Tsai becomes one of the many thousands of people dragged away from their families and thrown into prison.

It's 1957, and tobacco is king. Wealthy landowner Gordon Talmadge enjoys the lavish lifestyle he inherited but doesn't like getting his hands dirty; he leaves that to the two sharecroppers - one white, one Black - who farm his tobacco but have bigger dreams for their own children. While Gordon takes no interest in the lives of his tenant farmers, a brutal attack between his son and the sharecropper children sets off a chain of events that leaves no one unscathed. Over the span of a decade, Gordon struggles to hold on to his family's legacy as the old order makes way for a New South.

Lakota beauty Kinton Brulee just snagged an Oregon state deputy fire-marshal job. She thinks she can handle PTSD, and doubters in her male-dominated profession while raising a disabled son and at-risk niece. But when she investigates a hemp farm blaze near home, she races to outwit a killer burning to destroy her.

Si alguna vez sentiste que no podías más, si te rompieron el corazón, si confiaste a ciegas y te apuñalaron por la espalda, si creíste que después del dolor no había nada más, este libro es para ti. En Valentía II encontramos el reflejo de alguien que supo abrazar el dolor y convertirlo en vuelo, como un colibrí renaciendo después de una noche fría de invierno. Kelbin Torres, una vez más, abre las puertas de su alma para mostrarnos que cada caída no es más que un impulso para ser valientes y continuar.

Este no es un libro de esos que dejas olvidados en un rincón, sino uno al que vuelves cada vez que lo necesitas. Es de esos que logran derrumbarte, pero también hacerte brillar. Te hará llorar y reír, te acercará más a la vida. Aquí encontrarás verdades, de esas sin filtro, que te hacen reflexionar. No encontrarás utopías, pues cada palabra nace de una experiencia. Valentía es un camino, tiene sus obstáculos, sus dolores y tristezas, pero también está lleno de esperanza, de fe.

Enka meets Mathilde in art school. Mathilde is a dizzyingly talented yet tortured artist whose star is on the rise—and Enka, struggling to make art that feels original, is immediately drawn to her. The two strike up an intense bond that soon turns codependent. But when Mathilde’s fame reaches new heights, Enka becomes desperate to keep her best friend close—no matter the cost.

Bo knows she should go. Years of rain have drowned the city and almost everyone else has fled. Her mother was carried away in a storm surge and ever since, Bo has been alone. She is stalled: an artist unable to make art, a daughter unable to give up the hope that her mother may still be alive. Half-heartedly, she allows her cousin to plan for her escape—but as the departure day approaches, she finds a note slipped under her door from Mia, an elderly woman who lives in her building and wants to hire Bo to be her caregiver. Suddenly, Bo has a reason to stay.

In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun, abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman. To pursue her passion for writing, she is willing to defy societal norms. At the age of seventeen, she begins to publish pulp fiction using a man’s pen name. When these fictional worlds can no longer satisfy her sense of adventure, she turns to journalism, convincing an editor at The Daily Examiner to hire her.

Cassie O'Malley is on the run. In a few months, her inheritance will kick in. Until then, she just needs a job and a place to stay under the radar. But when Cassie gets off the bus in north Texas and runs smack into the town sheriff, she quickly does the first thing she can think of—approach the handsome stranger in the café and pretend to be a couple. Luckily, the sheriff believes it, and the man surprisingly plays along—all the way up to the courthouse, where the officer insists on escorting them to get married.

From the award-winning, bestselling author of All the Quiet Places, comes Brian Thomas Isaac's highly anticipated, haunting and tender return to the Okanagan Indian Reserve and a teenager's struggle to become a man in a world of racism and hardship.

¿México? Podría ser. Pero también podría ser su revés. Así como el tiempo podría ser éste o cualquiera y los personajesquienes son, además de quienes fueron y serán. En estas páginas, llenas de asombro y belleza, pérdidas y hallazgos, la realidad es un eterno deshacerse y rehacerse. Vestigia, cuyo pasado parece impenetrable, necesita recordar para entender su dolor; Hincapié desea cambiar su relación con los otros, pues no tolera vivir con el temor a que dejen de estar

Uma das primeiras histórias de Kate Chopin, este conto, publicado em 1892, retrata um pouco da vida e dos hábitos dos moradores da região da Acadiana, na Louisiana (EUA). A história de dois casais se transforma rapidamente durante um baile.

No conto “O divórcio da senhora Célestin”, publicado pela primeira vez em 1894, a senhora Célestin conversa com o advogado Paxton sobre a possibilidade de se divorciar.

Este conto, publicado pela primeira vez em 1896, traz a história de uma atriz parisiense que anualmente se refugia no convento de freiras onde cresceu.

The small town of Wicker, Alabama has been taken over by a glamorous, fast-talking reverend with a charismatic smile as bright as his Rolex watch. This new reverend, who calls himself Blue, has declared himself a ‘modern day Lazarus’ and has set the whole town on fire with religious fervor. Yet, Dallas doesn’t trust him. There is something sinister about the new church and its cult-like following. And when Dallas, who has spent five years caring for his ailing grandfather, is suddenly thrust into the world behind the pulpit.

Neste conto, Kate Chopin mergulha no coração amoroso e na mente cheia de fantasias de um homem que tinha vários nomes e nenhum deles definido.

Este conto, de 1893, explora a questão do amor e da aceitação, quando uma mulher idosa finalmente supera seus preconceitos.

Isabelle is haunted by remorse over a past mistake that drastically changed the lives of those closest to her. Apologizing would be a step in the right direction—if only she could muster the courage to say, "I'm sorry." Her world is turned upside down when her late husband's will stipulates that she transform their waterfront estate into a bed and breakfast. As the summer's first guests are due to arrive, Isabelle feels increasingly overwhelmed. Unexpected help arrives in the form of her twenty-four-year-old granddaughter.

Discover a transformative collection of 75 powerful poems that celebrate the strength, resilience, and unity of the BIPOC community. "Echoes of Unity" captures the essence of hope, progress, and pride in every verse. Immerse yourself in a tapestry of words that paint vivid pictures of triumph and love. Each poem, uniquely titled, offers a fresh perspective and a heartfelt tribute to the diverse experiences of BIPOC individuals. From the whispers of heritage to the dreams of tomorrow, these poems will resonate deeply with listeners from all walks of life.

Nine-year-olds Max Sassaport and Ruby Johnson are best friends who can't imagine a world where they aren't together. Unfortunately, no one-not their families, nor anyone else in rural Georgia in 1906-wants to see a White middle-class Jewish boy get too close to the Black daughter of a sharecropper. It's only a matter of time before fate will separate the two. And that day comes on the eve of Ruby's womanhood, when a violent act sends her running from her home to the life of a child laborer at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta.