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Set in both the fractured world of Jewish Harlem and the bohemian maelstrom of the Village, Mercy of a Rude Stream echoes Nabokov in its portrayal of sexual deviance, and offers a harrowing and relentless family drama amid a grand panorama of New York City in the 1910s and Roaring 20s.

The New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur investigates what would happen if a new financial world order took hold, one in which global elites own everything and you own nothing—and yet you are somehow happy. When Carol Roth first heard that one of the World Economic Forum’s...

En los años treinta, en plena crisis económica, un niño judío crece en Nueva York. A la vez que se enfrenta al entorno cerrado del gueto y a las peculiaridades de su familia, realiza su propio descubrimiento de un mundo demasiado hostil.

Un americano vuelve a presentarnos al álter ego de Roth, Ira, que abandona a su dictatorial amante por una pianista rubia y aristocrática. El conflicto que eso produce entre sus raíces en el gueto judío y sus aspiraciones literarias le obliga a abandonar temporalmente a su familia y dirigirse al prometedor lejano oeste. La obra póstuma de Roth no sólo es el último testimonio personal de la Depresión, sino también una desgarradora novela sobre la reinvención y la trascendencia del amor.

Dark myths, medieval secrets, intrigue, and romance populate the pages of this first in a four-book teen series from the #1 bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl. The year is 1453, and all signs point to it being the end of the world. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery...

Prince Horatio Herman Heronimous Heebie Jeebie Heinrick, or "Rick" for short, was Prince of the Centaurs who lived in a village high in the Himalaya Mountains. He was closely guarded for safety, so he couldn't play with the other centaurs. One day the King and Queen left for a neighboring village and Rick tricked his guards into leaving, too, so he could explore other places. He found a school and gave the children rides on his back, but he wished he could be like the other two-legged children. He made a wish and a tiny fairy appeared. That began his adventure!

The Beast in the Jungle is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published in the collection titled The Better Sort. The story addresses themes like fate, loneliness, love and death. The protagonist, John Marcher, anticipates an event that he believes will set him apart from other people. Marcher is frozen by his fears and a sense of impending doom. A haunting tale of egotism, fear of the unknown and unrequited love, the story warns that the only thing one has to fear is fear itself. John’s failure to reciprocate May Bartram’s love condemns him.