El año del frío

El vino de la juventud recoge los trece relatos que Fante publicó en 1940 con el título de Dago red, más otros siete aparecidos posteriormente en distintos medios. Exceptuando los dos últimos, todos giran alrededor de una familia de inmigrantes italianos afincada en Colorado. El que cuenta es el hijo mayor, un adolescente al que vemos crecer, observar a sus padres, quizá intentar comprenderlos, o juzgarlos. Y el conjunto, una crónica de la vida en América en los años veinte del siglo pasado, tiene una coherencia y una unidad novelescas. Y así, somos testigos del momento en que se...

Major original Star Wars adventure set against the backdrop of the Clone Wars and telling the tale of Anakin Skywalker's rise to full Jedi Knight status. Somewhere between Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III, Anakin Skywalker graduates from Jedi Padawan (apprentice) to Jedi Knight status. This book tells how that happens. A planet that is a crucial communications centre is taken by the Separatists, and the Republic decides to back a guerrilla fighting group called Freedom's Sons in taking it back. A detachment of clone troopers led by Jedi Knight Nejaa Halcyon and Jedi...

Why am I here? Why do I have to live my life like this? What's the purpose? Where is God and why is he not here when I need him? These questions are easy to answer if you start to look inside first. Look at you! Try to understand yourself! Don't try to find God in the wrong places, just let him be expressed through yourself. Books like Arayan Dunes or Pretty Mommy are just examples of how Love can make miracles with us! The author's other books, like Loving, Living and Giving, Magical Kingdom, Ski Utah! Fade to Vain, Deja-vu, or The Square of the Punish Souls, are more examples. Some...

He must marry or lose control of his empire. But no ordinary wife would do for Australian tycoon Alex Valente. Emotional entanglements were to be avoided; physical attraction was essential. Struggling designer Olivia Cannington certainly fit both of his requirements… most especially the latter. And she was in such desperate need of his funds, perhaps the beauty would even agree to the second part of his marriage ultimatum: give Valente an heir…within a year.