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Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of Maria von Trapp: a novice nun sent to teach a widowed baron's sickly child. Yet much of Maria's life will have to be reinvented for THE SOUND OF MUSIC. When Maria sees the script that is supposedly based on her life, she becomes so incensed that she sets off to confront Hammerstein in person. Told that he's busy, she is asked to express her concerns to his secretary Fran instead. The pair strike up an unlikely friendship as Maria tells Fran about her life.

The spirited story of Mary Evans, an extraordinary woman from colonial Charles Town who finds a place for herself in St. Augustine after Spain relinquishes Florida. In this captivating tale, Eugenia Price paints a vivid picture of the tumultuous historic and political events that shaped the life of Mary Evans, a remarkably independent woman in the colonial south. Born in Charles Town, South Carolina, Mary, a skilled midwife, accompanied her first husband, British soldier David Fenwick, when his regiment fought the Spanish in Cuba.

Die Rückkehr zum Karlsplatz. Lichterfelde, 1968: Zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben reist die junge Tänzerin Maria nach Deutschland, in die Heimat ihrer Mutter Vera. Hier an der Deutschen Oper in Berlin hat sie ihr erstes Solo-Engagement als Ballerina erhalten. Sie taucht ein in die spannende Musikszene der Stadt - und sie macht sich auf die Suche nach den Spuren ihrer Herkunft.

Deeply harrowing circumstances force Cecilia Belmonte to leave her impoverished Spanish village and cross the Mediterranean to settle in Oran, a French Algerian city where she knows no one. She carries stolen identity papers, her body and soul burdened with confusion and pain. Laboring on plantations and in laundries and factories, Cecilia navigates devastating twists of fate as she strives to rebuild a life of her own making. What begins as a modest operation of manufacturing soap with two Spanish refugees soon evolves into a flourishing enterprise.

In Gilded Age New York, marriages are arranged to benefit the rich. Rose Marie Johnson expects her beau, an acceptable suitor and member of the Four Hundred, to propose marriage. When he chooses to wed another, her mother schemes to force Rosa into wedlock with a wealthy man twice her age. With his true identity concealed, Miquel Vicario arrives in New York with dreams of achieving fame as a concert pianist and composer. The young Marqués wants to succeed before he is expected to return to Madrid, Spain by his next birthday to resume his royal duties.

For readers of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir comes a dramatic novel of the beloved Empress Maria, the Danish princess who became the mother of the last Russian tsar. “This epic tale is captivating and beautifully told.”—Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were...

En el Londres bombardeado, una secretaria encontró su misión: responder al corazón de las mujeres. Londres, 1940. En medio de los bombardeos nocturnos, Emmy Lake anhela ser corresponsal de guerra, pero su sueño se ve truncado al conseguir un puesto como mecanógrafa para la implacable columnista de consejos, Henrietta Bird. La señora Bird tiene una regla: toda carta "desagradable" va a la basura. Pero Emmy no puede ignorar el grito desesperado de mujeres que sufren la guerra, la pérdida y los amores fallidos.

England is overrun by dragons of all shapes and sizes. Most people are blissfully unaware of them and the Pendragon Treaty that keeps the peace between human and dragon kind. Only those born with preternatural hearing, like Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are able to hear and converse with dragonkind.

'If you have a Wild, Unruly, or Undisciplined Daugher, two Ladies of Genteel Birth offer to Bring Out said Daughter and Refine what may have seemed Unrefinable. We can make the Best of the Worst' When Amy and Effie Tribble, two charming but impoverished spinster sisters, lose out on an...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dramatic novel, based on the woman glamorized in The Sound of Music, brings Maria to life as never before. “As immersive, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive as the...

FonoLibro se enorgullece al presentar María, la obra cumbre de la novela romántica latinoamericana, del prestigioso escritor Colombiano Jorge Isaac. Esta famosa y reconocida novela narra la historia de amor juvenil entre María y Efraín, enmarcada en la zona selvática del Valle del Cauca a fines siglo XIX, en la hacienda "El Paraíso" donde ambos crecieron. Sin embargo el camino de ambos se separo cuando, a la usanza de la época, Efraín fue enviado a Bogota a culminar sus estudios de bachillerato.

Com apenas 7 anos, Maria da Glória torna-se rainha de um reino que não conhecia. Esta é a história de uma mãe dedicada e política de pulso forte que durante dezanove anos comandou os destinos de Portugal.

The regiment has come to camp in Meryton. Many young ladies are pleased, but not all share their enthusiasm. Warned by Mr. Pierce, the local curate, that several of the officers have unsavory designs on the local girls, Elizabeth must find a way to honor her father, rein in her sister, and salvage the family’s reputation, all in the most ladylike way possible.

Dull, plain, and practical, Mary Bennet was the girl men always overlooked. Nobody thought she’d garner a second glance, much less a husband. But she did, and now, she’s grateful to be engaged to Mr. Michaels, the steady, even-tempered steward of Rosings Park. By all appearances, they are made for each other, serious, hard-working, and boring.

Colonel Fitzwilliam should have been happy facing retirement. No more Napoleon, no more tromping the Continent, and his distant cousin had unexpectedly left him an estate. What was more, two of his favorite people, Darcy and Elizabeth, were travelling with him to visit his new home. But the colonel wasn’t happy, not when he was forced to watch Darcy exchanging enamored glances with his wife. No, he wanted to pitch his cousin out the window. It didn’t help when Darcy kept lecturing him on the joys of wedded life - as if women like Elizabeth Darcy grew on every tree.

Esta es la versión completa en audio del clásico de la literatura Colombiana, María. Ambientada en el Valle del Cauca, en el siglo IXX, María es una historia romántica sobre el amor de dos jóvenes, y los problemas que deben afrontar para estar juntos.

The defining moment of Margaret Dashwood’s social life, the Dragon Keeper’s Cotillion, the most significant event of Blue Order society, looms large on the horizon. Well-recognized as an excellent dancer, Margaret should have nothing to fear. Unless, of course, her Friend Snuff unleashes his own brand of mayhem in London with his hoarding addiction. But Snuff is the least of the Blue Order’s problems.

Darcy thought his problems were over when Pemberley hatched and successfully imprinted on humans. But baby dragons prove far more difficult than any dragon lore prepared him for. Only Elizabeth Bennet's notes offer him any help. When his imperious Aunt Catherine takes matters into her own hands, things take a turn for the worse and Pemberley’s life hangs in the balance. He desperately needs more of Elizabeth’s help, but she ignores all of his requests. Elizabeth, though, has problems of her own.

Keeping a hibernating dragon should have been a simple thing. Should have been, but it was not. Apparently, nothing involving dragons was ever simple, at least not for Anne Elliot, junior keeper to dragon Kellynch. With the estate in debt, Anne’s father in denial, and the dragon’s treasure missing, Kellynch’s awakening is shaping up to be nothing short of catastrophe. Not to mention, there was the pesky matter of her own broken heart and resentment against the old friend who had caused it.

Emilia wiedzie bezpieczne zycie u boku tureckiego meza, dopóki napiete stosunki pomiedzy imperium osmanskim a Rosja nie doprowadza do wybuchu wojny krymskiej. To burzy spokój rodziny. Zakir postanawia bowiem przylaczyc sie do walk, a zona podaza za nim, choc oznacza to rozstanie z ukochanym synem. Jak potocza sie dalsze losy Emilii?