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This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life...
2) Don Quixote
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Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a knight-errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, his exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray -- he tilts at windmills, imagining them to be giants -- Sancho acquires cunning and a certain sagacity. Sane madman and wise fool, they roam the world together, and together they...
3) The Alhambra
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Shortly after completing a biography of Christopher Columbus in 1828, Washington Irving traveled from Madrid, where he had been staying, to Granada, Spain. At first sight, he described it as "a most picturesque and beautiful city, situated in one of the loveliest landscapes that I have ever seen." Irving was preparing a book called A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, a history of the years 14781492, and was continuing his research on the...
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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, or just Don Quixote, is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon.
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Way to a lord's heart volume 5
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"Arthur Shelton, Earl of Macklin, has helped four young noblemen recover from grief and find love, but he's learned to live his own life as a widower. Yet when he returns home after traveling, his estate feels too empty, and he quickly heads to London. There, he encounters Teresa Alvarez de Granada, a charming Spanish noblewoman and is immediately entranced. There is no room for earls in the quiet, safe life Teresa has finally found for herself. The...
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"This Oscar-winning melodrama, one of Pedro Almodóvar's most beloved films, provides a dizzying, moving exploration of the meaning of motherhood. In an instant, nurse Manuela (Cecilia Roth) loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy's long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, as the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun (Penélope...
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Image Entertainment
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[1999]
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Español
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Carmen's life is complicated. At 42 she is married to her third husband, Antonio, and has two children from previous marriages. She tries to carry on her professional career, without neglecting her relationship with Antonio, the house, her friends, or the emotional needs of the children.
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Grove Press
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[1997]
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No Spanish voice was heard during the fifty years of his active intellectual life which could compare with his in the strength of his passion nor in the profound seriousness with which he challenged every complacency...The central idea in all his fiction is the struggle to create faith from doubt and ethics from inner strife.
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Criterion collection volume 855
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The Criterion Collection
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[2017]
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When a woman's lover leaves her, she discovers that the police are looking for her because of his criminal activities. After talking to a female lawyer, she discovers that her lawyer is her old lover's new girlfriend.
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Criterion collection volume 855
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The Criterion Collection
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[2017]
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While attempting to contact her ex-lover Iván, actress Pepa Marcos is enmeshed in a series of unexpected meetings with and revelations involving Iván, his mentally unbalanced ex-wife Lucía, his and Lucía's son Carlos, Carlos's fiancée Marisa, Lucía's lawyer Paulina Morales, and Candela, Pepa's model friend who has unwittingly become involved with Shiite terrorists.
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Bestseller) volume 1091/4
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Debols!llo
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2015.
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Español
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Valeria está con Bruno pero, ¿por qué no deja de pensar en Víctor? Valeria ha elegido no sufrir y Víctor ser sincero, ¿podrán ser amigos? Valeria titubea, calla, respira, siente ... Valeria no sabe que su vida dará un giro en su próximo cumpleaños ... Y desconoce que Lola, Nerea y Carmen buscan su propio final de cuento, ¿o no?
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Bestseller) volume 1091/3
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Debolsillo
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2015.
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Español
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Elísabet Benavent ha revolucionado las redes sociales con la publicación de En los zapatos de Valeria y Valeria en el espejo, que se han convertido en imprescindibles para miles de lectores. Las aventuras de Valeria y de sus amigas atrapan y envuelven, y su lectura se convierte en una experiencia ágil, llena de humor. Divertida, contemporánea, sensual, Valeria vuelve de nuevo con más dudas que nunca, escéptica, desconfiada ... Pero el destino...
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Bestseller) volume 1091/2
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Debols!llo
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2015.
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Español
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Segundo libro de la saga protagonizada por Valeria y sus amigas Lola, Carmen, y Nerea. Valeria se está divoricando de Adrián y no es fácil; Lola no sabe qué hacer con Sergio; Carmen se ha despedido y lucha por comprender a Borja, su novio y antiguo compañero de trabajo; y Nerea se levanta cada mañana con náuseas.
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