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A tale of two Palestinian brothers, one full of anger and hate, the other trying to build a bridge through scientific endeavour. Gifted with a mind that continues to impress the elders in his village, Ichmad Hamid struggles with knowing that he can do nothing to save his friends and family. Living on occupied land, his entire village operates in fear of losing their homes, jobs, and belongings. But more importantly, they fear losing each other. On...

"Esta es la crónica de Matías Kovac, un joven de dieciséis años abúlico y marginado que necesita salir de sí mismo. La forma de hacerlo parecen esconderla los diarios que Cristian, su hermano, le lega cuando huye a Barcelona. Kurt Cobain, Nick Cave, Suede y Patti Smith forman, así, una especie de texto sagrado que Matías se empeña en descifrar. Publicada en 2004 después de la crisis económica argentina, parte de la descomposición social...

Lou has had more than her fair share of heartbreak but she has always managed to keep going until now. When her friend Martha ends up in hospital after a brutal attack at the hands of her ex-partner, Lou is struggling to see a way through. Lou has been a good friend to Martha but she has been keeping secrets. Secrets she has kept to herself for a long time. If Lou had shared more of her story maybe Martha wouldn't be in hospital now. Wracked with...

When thirteen-year-old Lucy's older brother commits suicide, she and her mother travel to Peru to stay with the father she has never really known to try and cope with their grief.

Raised in East Hampton, Caroline never thought she'd be one of the "city people" who spent summers and weekends at the beach. But, once her husband's business takes off, a job stint transplants the couple permanently into Manhattan life, where the phrase When you marry for money, you work for it every day, reflects her neighbors' lives. And where entitled husbands, like hers, embark on affair after affair with little consequence. Time for the wives...

Self-sufficient Penelope Reid has her life completely mapped out--a necessity after surviving foster care. Now she's managing a halfway house at Twelve Bluebells Ranch, and the last thing she needs is interference from the charming Luke Granger, the same man who asked her to dance three years ago, then disappeared before the music began. Luke lives a nomadic lifestyle as a security specialist and has never found a reason to put down roots. So, when...

"The Kaner brothers were getting by well enough running Kaner's Fine Wine and Spirits in St. Paul, Minnesota, until Prohibition took effect in January 1920. With their liquor store shuttered, Red, Isaac, and Lewis are left to forge new livelihoods, their paths taking turns distinct as their personalities. Isaac finds unlikely means to stay close to the family trade, becoming a rabbi to exploit a loophole that allows men of the cloth to sell sacramental...

Kit Porterfield is coping with the upheaval of her personal life when another shock blindsides her. Maxine Meadows, an aunt she never knew existed, has bequeathed to her a rustic campground in Maine. With it comes a long-buried family secret that Kit's late mother took great pains to hide for her entire life. When Kit arrives to tenuously claim her inheritance, she learns the town's history and finds the lakeside sporting camp and its beautiful wooded...