-Titulo Original : Before We Were Yours A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT-Over two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerLook for Lisa Wingate’s powerful new historical novel, The Book of Lost Friends, available now!“Poignant, engrossing.”-People * “Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation’s history and weaves a tale of enduring power.”-Paula McLain Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge-until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents-but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty. Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiance, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family’s long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption. Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals-in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country-Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong. Publishers Weekly’s #3 Longest-Running Bestseller of 2017 * Winner of the Southern Book Prize * If All Arkansas Read the Same Book Selection This edition includes a new essay by the author about shantyboat life. Review “A [story] of a family lost and found . . . A poignant, engrossing tale about sibling love and the toll of secrets.” -People “ Before We Were Yours is sure to be one of the most compelling books you pick up this year. . . . [Lisa] Wingate is a master-storyteller, and you’ll find yourself pulled along as she reveals the wake of terror and heartache that is Georgia Tann’s legacy.” -Parade “One of the year’s best books . . . It is almost a cliche to say a book is ‘lovingly written’ but that phrase applies clearly to Lisa Wingate’s latest novel, Before We Were Yours. This story about children taken from their parents through kidnapping or subterfuge and then placed for adoption, for a price, clearly pours out of Wingate’s heart. . . . It is impossible not to get swept up in this near-perfect novel. It invades your heart from the very first pages and stays there long after the book is finished. Few novelists could strike the balance this story requires but Wingate does it with assurance. There are a lot of books that will catch your eye this summer, some from our best storytellers. Make sure this one is on your radar. It should not be missed.” -The Huffington Post “[An] affecting new novel.” -The New York Post “Every now and then a novel comes along that sweeps me off my reading feet. Before We Were Yours, by Lisa Wingate, is such a book. . . . It’s a great book-club read, one of those books that teaches you something, gives you lots to discuss and even more to think about. . . . Take note: This may be the best book of the year.” -Shreveport Times “This story is heartfelt and genuine, especially as Wingate explores the idea of home and family from a youngster’s point of view.” -Historical Novels Review “Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation’s history and weaves a tale of enduri...

-Titulo Original : Hold On To Your Kids Why Parents Need To Matter More Than Peers-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: International authority on child development Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., joins forces with bestselling author Gabor Mate, M.D., to tackle one of the most disturbing trends of our time: Children today looking to their peers for direction-their values, identity, and codes of behavior. This “peer orientation” undermines family cohesion, interferes with healthy development, and fosters a hostile and sexualized youth culture. Children end up becoming overly conformist, desensitized, and alienated, and being “cool” matters more to them than anything else. Hold On to Your Kids explains the causes of this crucial breakdown of parental influence-and demonstrates ways to “reattach” to sons and daughters, establish the proper hierarchy in the home, make kids feel safe and understood, and earn back your children’s loyalty and love. This updated edition also specifically addresses the unprecedented parenting challenges posed by the rise of digital devices and social media. By helping to reawaken instincts innate to us all, Neufeld and Mate will empower parents to be what nature intended: a true source of contact, security, and warmth for their children. Review Hold on to Your Kids blows in from Canada like a Blue Northern, bringing us genuinely new ideas and fresh perspectives on parenting. The authors integrate psychology, anthropology, neurology and their own personal and professional experiences as they examine the context of parenting today. This is a worthy book with practical implications for mom and dad.-Dr. Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia and The Shelter of Each OtherHold on to Your Kids is visionary book that goes beyond the usual explanations to illuminate a crisis of unrecognized proportions. The authors show us how we are losing contact with our children and how this loss undermines their development and threatens the very fabric of sociey. Most importantly they offer, through concrete examples and clear suggestions, practical help for parents to fulfill their instinctual roles. A brilliant and well written book, one to be taken seriously, very seriously.-Peter A. Levine Ph.D., International teacher and author of the best selling books: Waking the Tiger,Healing Trauma and It Won’t Hurt Forever, Guiding Your Child through Trauma The thoughts and perspectives presented by the authors are informative - even inspirational - for those who choose to dedicate their lives and energy to students.-Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary School PrincipalsWith original insights on parent-child attachments and how parents can restore them, this is a book for revitalizing families and rekindling the song in their children’s hearts.-Raffi, children’s troubadour, founder of Child Honoring Society InstituteWith simple ideas and steps, this book is directed not only to parents, but to all those - educators, social workers, counselors - whose lives and work bring them into contact with children.-Quill & QuireThough this is Neufelds personal theory, Mate (Scattered Minds, When the Body Says No) has expressed his colleagues ideas in precise and hard-hitting prose that makes complex ideas accessible without dumbing them down. The result is a book that grabs hard, with the potential to hit many parents where they live.-The Edmonton Journal[M]ay serve as a loud wake-up call for mothers and fathers….this one offers what many of the others do not - that rare commodity known as common sense.-Winnipeg Free PressWith the benefit of 30 years of research and experience, Neufeld has crafted a coherent, compelling theory of child development that will cause an immediate frisson of recognition and acceptance in its readers. His approach has the power to change, if not save, the lives of our children.-National PostThe authors present doable strategies to help parents help their kids. If their advice is taken to heart, there’s hope there will be more warmth and security all round.-The Georgi...

-Titulo Original : Small Great Things: A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: Review “Small Great Things is the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written. . . . It will challenge her readers . . . [and] expand our cultural conversation about race and prejudice.”-The Washington Post “A novel that puts its finger on the very pulse of the nation that we live in today . . . a fantastic read from beginning to end, as can always be expected from Picoult, this novel maintains a steady, page-turning pace that makes it hard for readers to put down. It also allows for conversations to be had and for people to sit back and look at their lives, actions (past and present) and wonder how they will move forward. This is a fantastic book not only because it addresses something that happens in America and around the world every day, but it also shows us that change is possible too.”-San Francisco Book Review “A gripping courtroom drama . . . Given the current political climate it is quite prescient and worthwhile. . . . This is a writer who understands her characters inside and out.”-Roxane Gay, The New York Times Book Review“Small Great Things embraces . . . empathy, hope and humility.”-Newsday “[An] author at the top of her heart-rending game.”-The National“A gripping read about an issue of urgency.”-The Vancouver Sun“A book that needs to be read.”-The Detroit News “Exciting and fast-paced.”-New York Journal of Books “[Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book.”-Booklist (starred review)“Powerful . . . revelations abound.”-The Free Lance-Star “Picoult has outdone herself.”-St. Louis Post-Dispatch “A courageous and important work.”-Minneapolis Star Tribune“I couldn’t put it down. Her best yet!”-New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman “A compelling, can’t-put-it-down drama with a trademark [Jodi] Picoult twist.”-Good Housekeeping “It’s Jodi Picoult, the prime provider of literary soul food. This riveting drama is sure to be supremely satisfying and a bravely thought-provoking tale on the dangers of prejudice.”-Redbook “Jodi Picoult is never afraid to take on hot topics, and in Small Great Things, she tackles race and discrimination in a way that will grab hold of you and refuse to let you go. . . . This page-turner is perfect for book clubs.”-Popsugar #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from Jodi Picoult.SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE “[Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book.”-Booklist (starred review) Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene? Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy’s counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family-especially her teenage son-as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other’s trust, and come to see that what they’ve been taught their whole lives about...

-Titulo Original : Summer Island A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The author of the cherished bestseller On Mystic Lake returns with a poignant, funny, luminous novel about a mother and daughter--the complex ties that bind them, the past that separates them, and the healing that comes with forgiveness. “[Kristin] Hannah is superb at delving into the characters psyches and delineating nuances of feeling.”-Washington Post Book World Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. She has since become a famous radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist beloved for her moral advice. Her youngest daughter, Ruby, is a struggling comedienne who uses her famous mother as fuel for her bitter, cynical humor. When the tabloids unearth a scandalous secret from Noras past, their estrangement suddenly becomes dramatic: Nora is injured in an accident and a glossy magazine offers Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all about her mother. Under false pretenses, Ruby returns home to take care of the woman she hasnt spoken to for almost a decade. Nora insists they retreat to Summer Island in the San Juans, to the lovely old house on the water where Ruby grew up, a place filled with childhood memories of love and joy and belonging. There Ruby is also reunited with her first love and his brother. Once, the three of them had been best friends, inseparable. Until the summer that Nora had left and everyones hearts had been broken. . . . What began as an expose evolves, as Ruby writes, into an exploration of her familys past. Nora is not the woman Ruby has hated all these years. Witty, wise, and vulnerable, she is desperate to reconcile with her daughter. As the magazine deadline draws near and Ruby finishes what has begun to seem to her an act of brutal betrayal, she is forced to grow up and at last to look at her mother--and herself--through the eyes of a woman. And she must, finally, allow herself to love. Summer Island is a beautiful novel, funny, tender, sad, and ultimately triumphant. Review “KRISTIN HANNAH IS A GIFTED AUTHOR WHO KNOWS THE MOST SECRET, TENDER PARTS OF THE HUMAN HEART AND SOUL. . . . [She] shows us the potential and the power of love.” -TAMI HOAG “A FASCINATING STORY OF LOVE, HEALING, FORGIVENESS, AND RENEWAL . . . Certain to strike a chord in the hearts of mothers and daughters everywhere.” - Tulsa World“MANY A DAUGHTER WILL SEE SOMETHING OF HERSELF IN RUBY.” - People About the Author Kristin Hannah is the bestselling author of On Mystic Lake, Angel Falls, Distant Shores, Between Sisters, and The Things We Do For Love. She lives with her husband and son in the Pacific Northwest. Visit her online at kristinhannah . Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. An early evening rain had fallen. In the encroaching darkness, the streets of Seattle lay like mirrored strips between the glittering gray high-rises. The dot-com revolution had changed this once quiet city, and even after the sun had set, the clattering, hammering sounds of construction beat a constant rhythm. Buildings sprouted overnight, it seemed, reaching higher and higher into the soggy sky. Purple-haired kids with nose rings and ragged clothes zipped through downtown in brand-new, bright-red Ferraris. On a corner lot in the newly fashionable neighborhood of Belltown, there was a squat, wooden-sided structure that used to sit alone. It had been built almost one hundred years earlier, when few people had wanted to live so far from the heart of the city. The owners of radio station KJZZ didnt care that they no longer fit in this trendy area. For fifty years they had broadcast from this lot. They had grown from a scrappy local station to Washingtons largest. Part of the reason for their current wave of success was Nora Bridge, the newest sensation in talk radio. Although her show, Spiritual Healing with Nora, had been in syndication for less than a year, it was already a bona f...

-Titulo Original : One Day In December A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: #1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER * “Get ready to be swept up in a whirlwind romance. It absolutely charmed me.”-Reese Witherspoon (A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick) “The perfect book to get lost in . . . Josie Silver’s characters sneak their way into your heart and stay.”-Jill Santopolo, author ofThe Light We Lost Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story.Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesnt exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, theres a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away. Certain theyre fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesnt find him, not when it matters anyway. Instead they reunite at a Christmas party, when her best friend Sarah giddily introduces her new boyfriend to Laurie. Its Jack, the man from the bus. It would be. What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness. Review “Get ready to be swept up in a whirlwind romance. Laurie falls in love at first sight with a stranger, and spends the next year looking for him. Fate brings them back together at Christmas, but not in the way anybody expects: turns out he’s dating her best friend. It absolutely charmed me.” -Reese Witherspoon“Josie Silver writes with a warmth so palpable her characters sneak their way into your heart and stay for a long time. One Day in December is an exploration of love that reads like a thriller, filled with secrets and heart-aching betrayals. The perfect book to get lost in this holiday season.” -Jill Santopolo, author of The Light We Lost“Consider setting aside some time and prepare to be charmed as author Josie Silver takes readers on a captivating journey - where female friendship is as important as romantic love…One Day in December is an unmistakable winner.”-USA Today“One Day in December is the SWEETEST love story. It’s gorgeous, absolutely lovely. Readers are going to love it.” -Marian Keyes “A must-read. In Josie Silver’s charming rom-com, Laurie experiences love at first sight through her bus window… then the car pulls away… What follows is a decade of heartache, betrayal, and destiny.”-US Weekly“In Josie Silver’s One Day in December, a chance encounter on a London bus turns into a Bridget Jones-inspired romp.”-Cosmopolitan, Best Month Ever“Love at first sight! But he’s her BFF’s new BF. What to do? Do you really have to ask?” -Entertainment Weekly“The pacing is just right, the tone warm, and the characters sympathetic… Anyone who believes in true love or is simply willing to accept it as the premise of a winding tale will find this debut an emotional, satisfying read.”-Kirkus Reviews“It’s never too early to get into the Christmas spirit. Pick up One Day in December for a heartwarming holiday romance about a love triangle that spans 10 years.” -HelloGiggles For when you watch Love Actually on repeat in December...get all the holiday feels in your reads too.-theSkimm “One Day in December will have you believing in love.”-Refinery29“The perfect cold weather rom-com.” -Bustle “One Day in December is a charming story about love and serendipity for the hopeless romantic in all of us.” -PopSugar“This poignant romance warmed my heart like a mug of cocoa on a snowy day!”-First for Women “One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness.”-Modern Mrs. Darcy“If Love Actually met Sliding Doors and became a novel influenced by Jojo Myers, you’d have One Day in December. There’s...

-Titulo Original : Latin- American Spanish Dictionary Spanish-english, English-spanish-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: About the Author Kathleen OConnor is Associate Professor of Spanish at Houghton College in Houghton, NY. RANDOM HOUSELATIN AMERICAN SPANISHDICTIONARYRELIABLE, DETAILED, AND UP-TO-DATE * More than 10,000 entries * Includes vocabulary and usages unique to Latin America, Central America, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Cuba * Two sections, Latin American Spanish-English and English-Latin American Spanish * All entries, from A to Z, in a single alphabetical listing The Random House imprint has long stood for excellence in the reference field. Random House reference books--prepared by its permanent lexicographic staff with the assistance of many hundreds of scholars, educators, and specialists--have been widely acclaimed for their outstanding quality and usefulness. From the Inside Flap RANDOM HOUSELATIN AMERICAN SPANISHDICTIONARYRELIABLE, DETAILED, AND UP-TO-DATE * More than 10,000 entries * Includes vocabulary and usages unique to Latin America, Central America, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Cuba * Two sections, Latin American Spanish-English and English-Latin American Spanish * All entries, from A to Z, in a single alphabetical listing The Random House imprint has long stood for excellence in the reference field. Random House reference books--prepared by its permanent lexicographic staff with the assistance of many hundreds of scholars, educators, and specialists--have been widely acclaimed for their outstanding quality and usefulness...

-Titulo Original : El Nuevo Sugar Busters! (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: La nueva edicion 18 capitulos nuevos imprescindibles * Baje de peso y reduzca su colesterol * Los estudios medicos y las pruebas clinicas * Consejos para prevenir la obesidad infantil * La dieta para los diabeticos (¡y todo el mundo!) * Nuevas recetas de los mejores restaurantes Cuando ¡SUGAR BUSTERS! fue publicado hace cinco años llego rapidamente al numero uno de la lista de bestsellers del New York Times y fue adoptado por millones de personas a traves de los Estados Unidos. Los que siguen el plan ¡SUGAR BUSTERS! descubren que con solo elegir los carbohidratos adecuados y reducir su consumo de azucar, pueden bajar las libras que no podian perder con otras dietas. Ahora el libro ha sido revisado y actualizado-incorporando los ultimos descubrimientos nutritivos, estadisticas sobre la salud, y estudios cientificos, incluyendo lo ultimo sobre los indices glicemicos. Basado en principios dieteticos sensatos, ¡SUGAR BUSTERS! es un programa muy efectivo que enseña como reducir el azucar (sin sentirse privado) a traves de recetas y planes de alimentacion faciles de seguir. En este libro usted descubrira: -Asombrosos testimonios de hombres y mujeres que estan bajando de peso y sintiendose bien con el plan ¡SUGAR BUSTERS! -Una seccion sobre la obesidad infantil-como se mide y que hacer al respecto. -Lo ultimo sobre la diabetes-y como ¡SUGAR BUSTERS! puede ayudar a prevenirla. -Un indice de masa corporal (IMC) y una formula para calcular si usted esta obeso o tiene sobrepeso. -Datos esenciales sobre las mujeres, el bajar de peso y la nutricion. Nuevos consejos, figuras y recetas, y sugerencias practicas para los ejercicios. . From the Inside Flap La nueva edicion 18 capitulos nuevos imprescindibles Baje de peso y reduzca su colesterol Los estudios medicos y las pruebas clinicas Consejos para prevenir la obesidad infantil La dieta para los diabeticos (¡y todo el mundo!) Nuevas recetas de los mejores restaurantes Cuando ¡SUGAR BUSTERS! fue publicado hace cinco años llego rapidamente al numero uno de la lista de bestsellers del New York Times y fue adoptado por millones de personas a traves de los Estados Unidos. Los que siguen el plan ¡SUGAR BUSTERS! descubren que con solo elegir los carbohidratos adecuados y reducir su consumo de azucar, pueden bajar las libras que no podian perder con otras dietas. Ahora el libro ha sido revisado y actualizado incorporando los ultimos descubrimientos nutritivos, estadisticas sobre la salud, y estudios cientificos, incluyendo lo ultimo sobre los indices glicemicos. Basado en principios dieteticos sensatos, ¡SUGAR BUSTERS! es un programa muy efectivo que enseña como reducir el azucar (sin sentirse privado) a traves de recetas y planes de alimentacion faciles de seguir. En este libro usted descubrira: -Asombrosos testimonios de hombres y mujeres que estan bajando de peso y sintiendose bien con el plan ¡SUGAR BUSTERS! -Una seccion sobre la obesidad infantil como se mide y que hacer al respecto. -Lo ultimo sobre la diabetes y como ¡SUGAR BUSTERS! puede ayudar a prevenirla. -Un indice de masa corporal (IMC) y una formula para calcular si usted esta obeso o tiene sobrepeso. -Datos esenciales sobre las mujeres, el bajar de peso y la nutricion. Nuevos consejos, figuras y recetas, y sugerencias practicas para los ejercicios. . From the Back Cover La nueva ediciin 18 capitulos nuevos imprescindibles - Baje de peso y reduzca su colesterol- Los estudios medicos y las pruebas clinicas- Consejos para prevenir la obesidad infantil- La dieta para los diabeticos (y todo el mundo!)- Nuevas recetas de los mejores restaurantes Cuando SUGAR BUSTERS! fue publicado hace cinco anos llegi rapidamente al numero uno de la lista de bestsellers del New York Times y fue adoptado por millones de personas a traves de los Estados Unidos. Los que siguen el plan SUGAR BUSTERS! descubren que con solo elegir los carbohidratos adecuados y reducir su consumo de azuca...

-Titulo Original : Random House Spanish-English English-Spanish Dictionary-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: RANDOM HOUSESPANISH-ENGLISHENGLISH-SPANISHDICTIONARYRELIABLE, DETAILED, AND UP-TO-DATE * More than 60,000 entries * Two sections, Spanish-English and English-Spanish * All entries, from A to Z, in a single alphabetical listing * The most current spellings and the latest alphabetization rules of the Spanish language academies * Hundreds of new words, including codigo (zip code), SIDA (AIDS), balterofilia (weightlifting), telefundir (to telecast), and aerobismo (aerobics) * Includes geographical names and their derivatives * Covers Western Hemisphere usage * American English spelling and vocabulary The Random House imprint has long stood for excellence in the reference field. Random House reference books--prepared by its permanent lexicographic staff with the assistance of many hundreds of scholars, educators, and specialists--have been widely acclaimed for their outstanding quality and usefulness. From the Inside Flap RANDOM HOUSESPANISH-ENGLISHENGLISH-SPANISHDICTIONARYRELIABLE, DETAILED, AND UP-TO-DATE * More than 60,000 entries * Two sections, Spanish-English and English-Spanish * All entries, from A to Z, in a single alphabetical listing * The most current spellings and the latest alphabetization rules of the Spanish language academies * Hundreds of new words, including codigo (zip code), SIDA (AIDS), balterofilia (weightlifting), telefundir (to telecast), and aerobismo (aerobics) * Includes geographical names and their derivatives * Covers Western Hemisphere usage * American English spelling and vocabulary The Random House imprint has long stood for excellence in the reference field. Random House reference books--prepared by its permanent lexicographic staff with the assistance of many hundreds of scholars, educators, and specialists--have been widely acclaimed for their outstanding quality and usefulness. From the Back Cover RANDOM HOUSESPANISH-ENGLISHENGLISH-SPANISHDICTIONARYRELIABLE, DETAILED, AND UP-TO-DATE * More than 60,000 entries * Two sections, Spanish-English and English-Spanish * All entries, from A to Z, in a single alphabetical listing * The most current spellings and the latest alphabetization rules of the Spanish language academies * Hundreds of new words, including cidigo (zip code), SIDA (AIDS), balterofilia (weightlifting), telefundir (to telecast), and aerobismo (aerobics) * Includes geographical names and their derivatives * Covers Western Hemisphere usage * American English spelling and vocabulary The Random House imprint has long stood for excellence in the reference field. Random House reference books--prepared by its permanent lexicographic staff with the assistance of many hundreds of scholars, educators, and specialists--have been widely acclaimed for their outstanding quality and usefulness. About the Author Established in July 2013 in a merger between Penguin and Random House, Penguin Random House, with nearly 250 independent imprints and brands on five continents, more than 15,000 new titles published each year, and close to 800 million print, audio, and eBooks sold annually, is the world’s leading trade book publisher. Like its predecessor companies, Penguin Random House is committed to publishing adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction print editions and is a pioneer in digital publishing. Its publishing lists include more than 60 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world’s most widely read authors...

-Titulo Original : Black Cake A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE * READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY * In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past-a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake.“At turns delightfully juicy and then stunningly wise, Black Cake is a winner.”-Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The SixONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022-Glamour, Bustle, Marie Claire, Essence, Parade, Business Insider, Town & Country, Vulture, PopSugar, W magazine, BookPageIn development as a Hulu original series produced by Marissa Jo Cerar, Oprah Winfrey (Harpo Films), and Kapital EntertainmentWe can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become?In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking tale Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child, challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their lineage, and themselves.Can Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor’s true history, and fulfill her final request to “share the black cake when the time is right”? Will their mother’s revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever?Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names, can shape relationships and history. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch. Review An Amazon Best Book of February 2022: Perfect for book clubs, Black Cake follows the story of estranged grown siblings who come together after the death of their mother and discover a secret that upends everything they’ve ever known about their family. You will root for these flawed but relatable characters, as they travel from the Caribbean to London to California, in order to reckon with the past. It’s a juicy and satisfying read of secrets and betrayals, race and class, the pain of expectations, the power of love, and yes, a family tradition of Black Cake. -Al Woodworth, Amazon Editor Review “Black Cake is a character-driven, multigenerational story that’s meant to be savored. . . . thought-provoking and poignant.” -Time“A thrilling debut novel about sibling ties and hidden family history.”-Glamour“As delicious as the titular dessert.”-W Magazine“Wilkerson explores the nuances of racial identity and betrayal in a powerful novel.”-Vogue (UK)“Black Cake is a satisfying literary meal, heralding the arrival of a new novelist to watch.” -Associated Press“A stellar first-time entry from a talented new writer that’s full of food, surfing, and rich patois.”-BET“Crafted with delicate intention and textured with a blend of perspectives.”-Vulture“I was instantly taken in by this multigenerational tale of identity, family, and the lifelong push and pull of home. This novel has a tremendous heart at its center, and I felt its beat on every page. What an extraordinary debut.”-Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes“Exquisite and expansive, Black Cake took ahold of me from the first page and didn’t let go. This is a novel about the formation and reformation of a family, and the many people, places, and events that can shape our inheritances without our knowing. A gripping, poignant debut from an important, new voice.”-Naima Coster, New York ...

-Titulo Original : With Love From London: A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: When a woman inherits her estranged mother’s bookstore in London’s Primrose Hill, she finds herself thrust into the pages of a new story-hers-filled with long-held family secrets, the possibility of new love, and, perhaps, the single greatest challenge of her life.When Valentina Baker was only eleven years old, her mother, Eloise, unexpectedly fled to her native London, leaving Val and her father on their own in California. Now a librarian in her thirties, fresh out of a failed marriage and still at odds with her mother’s abandonment, Val feels disenchanted with her life.In a bittersweet twist of fate, she receives word that Eloise has died, leaving Val the deed to her mother’s Primrose Hill apartment and the Book Garden, the storied bookshop she opened almost two decades prior. Though the news is devastating, Val jumps at the chance for a new beginning and jets across the Atlantic, hoping to learn who her mother truly was while mourning the relationship they never had.As Val begins to piece together Eloise’s life in the U.K., she finds herself falling in love with the pastel-colored third-floor flat and the cozy, treasure-filled bookshop, soon realizing that her mother’s life was much more complicated than she ever imagined. When Val stumbles across a series of intriguing notes left in a beloved old novel, she sets out to locate the book’s mysterious former owner, though her efforts are challenged from the start, as is the Book Garden’s future. In order to save the store from financial ruin and preserve her mother’s legacy, she must rally its eccentric staff and journey deep into her mother’s secrets. With Love from London is a story about healing and loss, revealing the emotional, relatable truths about love, family, and forgiveness. Review “A cozy bit of escapism that will leave many readers dreaming of true love and the bookstores they might one day open.”-Kirkus Reviews“Jio (All the Flowers in Paris) unfurls an extraordinary and heartfelt tale that will stay with readers long after the final page is turned. . . . Her masterful plotting will keep readers guessing until the end. This is sure to tug on readers’ heartstrings.”-Publishers Weekly (starred review) About the Author Sarah Jio is the #1 international, New York Times, and USA Today bestselling author of eleven novels. She is the host of the Mod About You podcast and also a longtime journalist who has contributed to Glamour, The New York Times, Redbook, Real Simple, O: The Oprah Magazine, Bon Appetit, Marie Claire, Self, and many other outlets, including NPRs Morning Edition. Jios books have been published in more than twenty-five countries. She lives in Seattle with her husband, three young boys, three stepchildren, and two puppies. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1ValentinaLondon, EnglandNovember 3, 2013“There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind,” says the stranger sitting next to me on the airplane-a sixtysomething woman with feathered bangs and a hair tie clinging so tightly to her left wrist that I’ve spent most of the flight worried it might turn into a medical emergency.In my years of assorted travel, I’ve had a long history of questionable airplane seatmates: the ninety-year-old man who touched my leg 3,781 times, then lapsed into a flatulence-fueled nap; the crying baby of all crying babies; the woman who drank too many mini bottles of rum and passed out on my shoulder, drooling.However, on this particular flight, it seems I’ve been graced by the “Sentimental Orator.” We’d barely cleared the runway, and Chatty in seat 26B had already quoted Shakespeare, Marilyn Monroe, and, if I remember correctly, Muhammad Ali.My tired, blank stare obviously troubles her, because the corners of her mouth plummet into a disappointed frown. “You poor child,” she says, shaking her head. “You don’t know C. S. Lewis? A shame.”“Yes,” I say, closing my eyes as I press my hea...

-Titulo Original : Midlife Bites Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me?-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: A smart, personal, darkly funny examination of what it’s like to be a woman at the crossroads of a midlife crisis, from the New York Times bestselling author of People I Want to Punch in the Throat “I inhaled this book in one sitting; it’s a must-read for anyone over forty. This should become the gift all girlfriends give one another.”-Zibby Owens, host of the award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books Jen Mann had what appeared to be the perfect life: a successful career as a bestselling author and award-winning blogger, a devoted husband, teenage kids who weren’t total jerks, and a badass minivan. So imagine her surprise when, at forty-seven years old, a midlife crisis kicked her straight in the ladybits. Midlife Bites offers Jen’s trademark wit and honesty when it comes to important conversations and observations about women in midlife. Here, readers will be able to come together and find anecdotes and practical ideas to help navigate through this major point in their lives. For women who may feel isolated or overlooked, this collection of original essays offers valuable insights, takeaways, and, most important, a productive way forward. Jen shares her own story as well as advice and wisdom from the online community she built, tackling everything that bites about midlife, where nothing is off-limits: raging hormones; sex (after forty); finding your purpose; learning to make new friends (yes, even as a grown-up); moving out of your comfort zone; having conversations that count, no more small talk; and how to deal with rogue chin hairs (and other nuisances). Jen Mann is leading the movement to create a new space where middle-aged women can share openly and honestly with one another. This no-BS collection of essays will help start the conversation and keep it going, because as women, we all have a right to be happy, fulfilled, and whole, no matter what stage of life. Review “One part instruction manual (or maybe destruction manual?), one part group therapy, and all kinds of hilarious, Midlife Bites made the prospect of hitting my mid-forties seem a lot more manageable and a lot less mystifying. Jen Mann is leading the midlife revolution, and I am so here for it!”-Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck“Jen Mann does it again with Midlife Bites, proving that shes one of the most honest-and funniest-voices out there. Readers will laugh, cheer, and sometimes cringe at how perceptively she sums up the midlife experience. Buy this book for all your girlfriends-they’ll thank you!”-Jen Lancaster, New York Times bestselling author of Welcome to the United States of Anxiety and Bitter Is the New Black“If you’ve ever felt like you’re screaming into the void alone, you’re not. Jen Mann is there. Admittedly and masterfully out of her comfort zone, Jen comes at her midlife self with a wallop of self-introspection and vulnerability, thereby giving all of us permission to say the paralyzing quiet parts out LOUD. Every woman who reads this book will say thank you, Jen Mann, in between snorts and sniffles.”-Faith Salie, author of Approval Junkie and panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!“Raw, hilarious, and liberating . . . Jen Mann has a way of showing us that despite our gray hair, soft middles, and boring marriages, we’re actually entering the best part of our lives. It’s good to know we’re not alone.”-Karen Alpert,New York Timesbestselling author ofI Heart My Little A-Holes“Thank you, Jen Mann, for writing the manual on middle-age in the most authentic, relatable way ever. I inhaled this book in one sitting. Jen’s writing is fresh, funny, fearless, and fantastic. Midlife Bites is more than a book. It’s a movement, a must-read for anyone over forty. This should become the gift all girlfriends give one another. Thanks, Jen, for making me feel less alone, entertaining me, and telling it like it is. Preach!”-Zibby Owens, host of the a...

-Titulo Original : Miss Me With That Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits, And A Few Hard Truths-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: A candid, witty, and inspiring collection of essays from The Bachelor’s first Black Bachelorette, exploring everything from relationships and love to politics and race “The Bachelor gave me an opportunity, but I created my own happy ending.”ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022-Essence, She ReadsRachel Lindsay rose to prominence as The Bachelor’s first Black Bachelorette and has since become one of the franchise’s most well-known figures-and outspoken critics. But there has always been more to Lindsay than meets the eye, and in this book, she finally tells her own story, in her own words. In wide-ranging essays, Lindsay opens up about her experience on ABC’s hit show and reveals everything about her life off-camera, from a childhood growing up in Dallas, Texas, as the daughter of a U.S. District Judge, to her disastrous dating life prior to appearing on The Bachelor, to her career in law, and the decision to become a reality-TV contestant. She also brings a sharp wit and keen intellect to weigh in on issues such as the lack of diversity in reality television and the importance of political engagement, protest, and the Black Lives Matter movement.Told in the down-to-earth, no-nonsense voice she’s become known for, Lindsay’s book of essays provides an intimate look at the life of one of reality TV’s most beloved stars, as well as advice and inspiration that will make her a role model for anyone who has ever struggled to find their way in love and life. As she says, “Contrary to popular belief, the best gift I ever received was not a wedding ring. It was the permission I gave myself to be imperfect.” And if you don’t believe her, you know the saying: Miss me with that. Review “In Miss Me with That, Rachel Lindsay shares her full story for the first time, letting readers inside her world both inside and outside of the Bachelor franchise.”-Marie Claire“In this revealing debut, erstwhile Bachelorette Lindsay offers a blistering critique of the Bachelor franchise while reflecting on her racial identity, turbulent relationships, and life as a reality-TV personality. . . . Lindsay’s many fans will devour this entertaining expose.”-Publishers Weekly About the Author Rachel Lindsay is an attorney, media personality, podcaster, and speaker. She is currently a correspondent for Extra and cohosts The Ringer’s Higher Learning podcast. Prior to her media career, she practiced law at Cooper & Scully, P.C., in Dallas. Lindsay has an exclusive newsletter called “Honestly, Rach” on Bulletin where she talks about love, life, career, friendships, and social issues. An avid sports fan, Lindsay enjoys music, dancing, exercising, reading, and spending time with husband, Bryan, her dog, Copper, and her extended family. Lindsay is also an ambassador for the College Football Playoff Foundation and a member of the University of Texas at Austin College of Education Advisory Council. She lives in Los Angeles. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. This Is Not a Fairy TaleOn August 7, 2017, more than seven million people watched me accept a marriage proposal on The Bachelorette. They tuned in every Monday night for nine weeks to witness the very emotional process of my meeting, getting to know, and ultimately sending home thirty men. After watching genuine connections, tense conflicts, and heartbreaking farewells, fans think they know me.When you watched me on TV, you might have seen someone who had it all together-­an intelligent and mature woman who was secure within herself, knew what she wanted, and refused to suffer anyone whose own agenda got in the way. Privileged upbringing, attorney-­at-­law, and actually married to the man I chose on the show? It can be easy to think that my life is a fairy tale.But my journey to love began long before those eleven episodes. To truly understand the desires, motives, and reasons behind the decisions I made on The Bachelorette,...

-Titulo Original : Dear Santa A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A special holiday wish list brings about hope, love, and second chances in this nostalgic novel from the queen of Christmas stories, Debbie Macomber.Lindy Carmichael isn’t feeling particularly joyful when she returns home to Wenatchee, Washington, for Christmas. The man she thought was “the one” has cheated on her with her best friend, and she feels completely devoid of creativity in her graphic-design job. Not even carolers or Christmas cookies can cheer her up-but Lindy’s mother, Ellen, remembers an old tradition that might lift her daughter’s spirits. Reading through a box of childhood letters to Santa and reminiscing about what she’d wished for as a young girl may be just the inspiration Lindy needs. With Ellen’s encouragement, she decides to write a new letter to Santa, one that will encourage her to have faith and believe just as she’d done all those years ago. Little does Lindy know that this exercise in gratitude will cause her wishes to unfold before her in miraculous ways. And, thanks to some fateful twists of Christmas magic-especially an unexpected connection with a handsome former classmate-Lindy ultimately realizes that there is truly no place like home for the holidays. In Dear Santa, Debbie Macomber celebrates the joys of Christmas blessings, old and new. About the Author Debbie Macomber, the author of Its Better This Way, A Walk Along the Beach, Window on the Bay, Cottage by the Sea, Any Dream Will Do, If Not for You, and the Rose Harbor Inn series, is a leading voice in womens fiction. Thirteen of her novels have reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and five of her beloved Christmas novels have been hit movies on the Hallmark Channel, including Mrs. Miracle and Mr. Miracle. Hallmark Channel also produced the original series Debbie Macombers Cedar Cove, based on Macombers Cedar Cove books. She is also the author of the cookbook Debbie Macombers Table. There are more than 200 million copies of her books in print worldwide. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter One“Home.” The moment Lindy Carmichael turned down Apple Orchard Lane in Wenatchee, Washington, she released a deep sigh. An immediate sense of familiar warmth and welcome filled her. She had two full weeks off to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s with her family. If ever she needed a break, it was this year. And what a truly terrible, awful year it had been.Three years ago, after working for several small companies, Lindy had been hired for her dream job with a marketing and website design company. Her degree in computer science, with a specialty in graphics and visualization, plus her work history, was tailor-made for Media Blast. Confident that her creative talent would be a company asset, she’d been sure she’d fit right in. While she loved her job and the opportunity it afforded her, she couldn’t help feeling underappreciated. Just before Lindy left for vacation, she’d submitted a campaign for the Ferguson Group, one of their largest accounts. This opportunity to prove her worth was exactly what she’d been waiting for. If her proposal was chosen, then she would get the recognition she deserved. Lindy had never been a quitter. Her dad had once told her that if she did more than she was paid to do, her hard work would eventually be noticed. With time, she’d be rewarded for what she did. Lindy held on to that philosophy and had given this job her all.Pushing thoughts of work problems from her mind, she pulled in to the driveway of the home where she’d spent the majority of her life. Twinkling lights lining the edge of the roofline greeted her, along with twin reindeer who stood guard over the snow-covered lawn. A large evergreen wreath with silver and blue bulbs hung on the front door. Home for Christmas. This was exactly what she needed to escape the doldrums that had plagued her over the last six months.Lindy hadn’t completely exited ...

-Titulo Original : The Opposite Of Butterfly Hunting The Tragedy And The Glory Of Growing Up; A Memoir-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: From actress and activist Evanna Lynch comes a raw and compelling memoir about navigating the path between fears and dreams.Evanna Lynch’s casting as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films is a tale that grew to almost mythic proportions-a legend of how she faced disordered eating as a young girl, found solace in a beloved book series, and later landed the part of her favorite character. But that is not the whole story.Even after recovery, there remains a conflict at her core: a bitter struggle between the pursuit of perfection and the desire to fearlessly embrace her creative side. Revealing a startlingly accomplished voice, Lynch delves into the heart of her relationship with her body. As she takes the reader through a personal journey of leaving behind the safety of girlhood, Lynch explores the pivotal choices that ultimately led her down the path of creativity and toward acceptance of the wild, sensual, and unpredictable reality of womanhood.Honest, electrifying, and inspiring, this is a story of the battle between self-destruction and creation, of giving up the preoccupation with perfection in favor of our uncharted dreams-and how the simple choice to create is the most liberating action a person can take. About the Author Evanna Lynch is an actress and writer. Her professional career began at the age of fourteen when she played the role of quirky misfit Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter film series. She lives in London, where she divides her time between acting, writing and animal rights activism. The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting is her first book. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Foreword‘Is this perhaps a bit cruel?’This was the note that repeatedly cropped up in the margins from everyone who read or worked on the early drafts of this book-from my friends, family, editor, copy-editor, lawyer, doctor and also, very often, from myself. The cruelty of the words I’d written unsettled me but did not surprise me. And despite my own and my editor’s most mindful and considered efforts, this book remains, at times, kind of mean. So, I wanted to prepare you for that. I knew it would be impossible to write a memoir about my journey towards self-love and acceptance without also writing an in-depth exploration of my self-hate. Too often in life-and in stories-we rush to find the happy ending, even if that ending is an artifice. We have this compulsion to turn every story into a fairy tale. People want to believe in fairy tales, I get that, and that childlike insistence on believing good things will happen is beautiful, and the ability to find the light in the midst of darkness is the mark of a truly resilient spirit. Absolutely, there is something admirable about our capacity to smile and present a brave face even when we are hurting. But I think there is also something else going on here, something a little bit sinister and concerning about our refusal to admit to anything other than perfect happiness, and I think it’s because we’re afraid of our own darkness. We’re afraid that if we fully surrender to our darkness, we’ll never come back from it. We’re afraid our darkness will go on and on and on, that there is no end to it and that we will get lost in it. We’re afraid that if we show these ugly, unpalatable parts of ourselves, it will be too much for others; that nobody will love and accept us, and we’ll be left alone with only the worst parts of ourselves for company. So, we don’t let ourselves get too deep into self-hate-at least, not in public. We hurry to slap on the happy ending and construct a heroic tale before the healing has even begun. The thing is, I don’t believe this coping mechanism is the healthiest way of dealing with darkness. I’ve read articles depicting my life as a fairy tale even as I sat at home consumed by darkness, and those stories only compounded my feelings of isolation and disillusionment. And what I’ve found out is that darkness i...

-Titulo Original : The Two Lives Of Lydia Bird A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: Two lives. Two loves. One impossible choice. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick One Day in December . . . “I read The Two Lives of Lydia Bird in a single sitting. What a beautiful, emotional gift Josie Silver has given us.”-Jodi Picoult Written with Josie Silver’s trademark warmth and wit, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a powerful and thrilling love story about the what-ifs that arise at life’s crossroads, and what happens when one woman is given a miraculous chance to answer them. Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They’d been together for more than a decade and Lydia thought their love was indestructible. But she was wrong. On Lydia’s twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. So now it’s just Lydia, and all she wants is to hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life-and perhaps even love-again. But then something inexplicable happens that gives her another chance at her old life with Freddie. A life where none of the tragic events of the past few months have happened. Lydia is pulled again and again through the doorway to her past, living two lives, impossibly, at once. But there’s an emotional toll to returning to a world where Freddie, alive, still owns her heart. Because there’s someone in her new life, her real life, who wants her to stay. Review “A dreamy love story . . . a moving story of grief and finding one’s way back.” -People “Impossibly romantic.” -Cosmopolitan “A novel that will make you laugh, cry, and think about the precious gift of being in love.” -Today online “Bursting with wit and charm . . . heart-wrenching yet hope-filled.” -Woman’s World “Another irresistible love story.” -The Skimm “Captivating.” -HelloGiggles “Silver strikes gold for a second time with this tale . . . [and] delivers an ending that’s as rewarding as it is revelatory.” -Electric Literature “As much a meditation on healing after loss as it is a gently developed love story.” -Booklist (starred review)“Through lush prose, expert plotting, and richly imagined characters, Silver offers an achingly real portrait of grief transposed with the character’s intoxicating parallel universe. This will stay with readers long after the final page is turned.” -Publishers Weekly“ The Two Lives of Lydia Bird offers wit in abundance, deeply satisfying characterization, and a mega-dose of heart. What a journey these characters take, and what magic this author uses to bring each of them alive. Josie Silver is fresh, insightful, and daring. Her voice is one of rising strength in women’s fiction today.” -Barbara Delinsky, New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Salt Air About the Author Josie Silver’s debut novel, One Day in December, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Josie lives in a small town in the UK with her husband, their sons, and an ever-changing cast of animals. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Awake Thursday, May 10 Freddie Hunter, otherwise known as the great big love of my life, died fifty-­six days ago. One moment I’m cursing him for running late and ruining my birthday dinner, the next I’m trying to make sense of the two uniformed policewomen in my living room, one of them holding my hand as she speaks. I stare at her wedding ring, and then at my engagement ring. “Freddie can’t be dead,” I say. “We’re getting married next year.” It’s probably a self-­preservation thing that I struggle to recall exactly what happened afterward. I remember being rushed to emergency in the police car, and my sister holding me up when my legs buckled at the hospital. I remember turning...

-Titulo Original : The Times We Had Life With William Randolph Hearst-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: The was the unofficial empress of Hollywood and she spent a lifetime as the mistress of one of Americas richest men. Gathered from tapes recroded a decade before Marion Davies death, read, in her own words, the story of a fantastic and glittering life, as never told before. From the Publisher THE book chronicling the high times in San Simeon. Dont even THINK about going to visit the amazing Hearst Castle before reading this one! It made MY trip (and my companions) much richer. -Mark Bloomfield, Ballantine Sales From the Inside Flap unofficial empress of Hollywood and she spent a lifetime as the mistress of one of Americas richest men. Gathered from tapes recroded a decade before Marion Davies death, read, in her own words, the story of a fantastic and glittering life, as never told before. From the Back Cover The was the unofficial empress of Hollywood and she spent a lifetime as the mistress of one of Americas richest men. Gathered from tapes recroded a decade before Marion Davies death, read, in her own words, the story of a fantastic and glittering life, as never told before. About the Author Marion Davies (1897-1961) was a major American film star of the 1920s and 1930s, helped by her friend, publishing and real estate tycoon, art collector and film producer William Randolph Hearst. He would supervise most of the forty-five films she made as she became the richest actress of her time. Orson Welles (1915-1985) was the director and star of Citizen Kane, considered by many to be the greatest film of all time...

-Titulo Original : A Personal Stand Observations And Opinions From A Freethinking Roughneck-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: Country music superstar Trace Adkins isn’t exactly known for holding back what’s on his mind. And if the millions of albums he’s sold are any indication, when Trace talks, people listen. Now, in A Personal Stand, Trace Adkins delivers his maverick manifesto on politics, personal responsibility, fame, parenting, being true to yourself, hard work, and the way things oughta be. In his inimitable pull-no-punches style, Trace gives us the state of the union as he sees it, from the lessons of his boyhood in small-town Louisiana to what he’s learned headlining concerts around the world. Trace has worked oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, been shot in the heart, been inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, and braved perhaps the greatest challenge of all: being the father of five daughters. And shaped by these experiences, he’s sounding off.* I’m incredibly frustrated with the state of American politics. If there were a viable third party, I’d seriously consider joining it.* If anybody wonders who the good guys are and who the bad guys are in this world, just look at the way we teach our children as opposed to the way the fundamentalist Muslims teach their children.* Organized labor now exists for the sake of organized labor, and not for the workers it once protected.* I believe the easiest way to solve the illegal immigration enforcement problem is to go after the employers who hire illegal aliens.* As a society, we’re unwilling to sacrifice our luxuries and our conveniences in order to conserve. We won’t change until we’re forced to.* The war on terror is like herpes. People can live with it, but it’ll flare up from time to time.Brash, ballsy, persuasive, and controversial, A Personal Stand isn’t just the story of Trace Adkins’s life; it’s the story of what life can teach all of us. About the Author Trace Adkins was born Tracy Darrell Adkins in Springhill, Louisiana. He learned to play guitar at an early age and eventually played with the New Commitments. In the early 1990s he performed solo in honky-tonks, and after gaining some fame he moved to Nashville and signed with Capitol Records. He has released seven albums. His most recent, Dangerous Man, debuted at number 1 on the Billboard country chart. A member of the Grand Ole Opry, Trace Adkins has appeared on numerous television shows, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Hannity & Colmes, and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. He lives in Nashville with his wife and five daughters. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter OneThe Day There Were No PlanesIt’s a damn good thing I wasn’t the president after 9/11 because I would have . . . let’s not go there yet. But there are defining moments for every generation. The events of 9/11 were my generation’s defining moment, so we’ll start there.On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was sitting in my garage watching TV like I usually do. It’s my morning ritual. When I’m home and off the road, I go out into the garage for a cigarette-because I can’t smoke in the house, which is cool. On that fateful day I dutifully retreated to the garage with my big mug of black coffee. I watched the Weather Channel to see if I was going to bother going outside, and then I flipped over to Fox News to start my day.I was watching live news coverage when the second plane hit. As the shocking facts came together and it was apparent that the Twin Towers were being attacked by terrorists, I felt a deep rage building up to a boiling point. I was seething inside over the fact that someone would hate Americans so much as to commit such a heinous crime.Then, like so many Americans, I needed to deal with the 9/11 tragedy on my own home front.By lunchtime, after I had gotten over the initial shock of what had happened, I focused my attention on Mackenzie, my three-year-old little girl. I knew that what had just happened didn’t mean anything to her and that she had no...

-Titulo Original : A Dream About Lightning Bugs A Life Of Music And Cheap Lessons-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the genre-defying icon Ben Folds comes a memoir that is as nuanced, witty, and relatable as his cult-classic songs.“A Dream About Lightning Bugs reads like its author: intelligent, curious, unapologetically punk, and funny as hell.”-Sara BareillesNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND PASTE Ben Folds is a celebrated American singer-songwriter, beloved for songs such as “Brick,” “You Don’t Know Me,” “Rockin’ the Suburbs,” and “The Luckiest,” and is the former frontman of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. But Folds will be the first to tell you he’s an unconventional icon, more normcore than hardcore. Now, in his first book, Folds looks back at his life so far in a charming and wise chronicle of his artistic coming of age, infused with the wry observations of a natural storyteller. In the title chapter, “A Dream About Lightning Bugs,” Folds recalls his earliest childhood dream-and realizes how much it influenced his understanding of what it means to be an artist. In “Measure Twice, Cut Once” he learns to resist the urge to skip steps during the creative process. In “Hall Pass” he recounts his 1970s North Carolina working-class childhood, and in “Cheap Lessons” he returns to the painful life lessons he learned the hard way-but that luckily didn’t kill him. In his inimitable voice, both relatable and thought-provoking, Folds digs deep into the life experiences that shaped him, imparting hard-earned wisdom about both art and life. Collectively, these stories embody the message Folds has been singing about for years: Smile like you’ve got nothing to prove, because it hurts to grow up, and life flies by in seconds.Praise for A Dream About Lightning Bugs “Besides being super talented, and an incredibly poignant and multifaceted musician, Ben Folds is a fantastic author. I couldn’t put this book down-and not just because I taped it to my hand. Ben takes us into his mind and into his process from the very beginnings of his childhood to where he is today-one of the greatest musicians and writers that has ever graced the art.”-Bob Saget Review “A Dream About Lightning Bugs is an insightful, touching and often hilarious look back at [Folds’s] life and career, told with wit and good old-fashioned Southern warmth-like Truman Capote, but with more F-bombs.”-People“A Dream About Lightning Bugs offers a glimpse inside the head of another musical genius while also being one of the best-written, most interesting musical memoirs of the rock era.”-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette“A masterfully written memoir, and so much more. Folds imbues this literary work with keen insight and humor to create an elegant and moving tribute to art and life itself.”-Daniel Levitin, author of #1 New York Times bestseller This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind“Delightful . . . Singer-songwriter Folds explores the ways in which music shaped his life and offers glimpses into the process of making music. . . . Folds’s fans will take great pleasure in this charming and insightful memoir.”-Publishers Weekly“Engaging and solid . . . Rock memoirs have a distancing effect, but Ben Folds is as relatable as ever.”-The Washington Post “A memoir of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll that’s long on wry humor and short on-well, sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll. . . . A pleasure for fans and encouragement for novices to tune in.”-Kirkus Reviews “[Folds’s] journey, beginning with a dream he had at age three, is one of the most rewarding any musician has brought us along for in quite some time.”-Paste Magazine“A Dream About Lightning Bugs . . . radiates [Folds’s] goofy, brilliant, genuine, deeply empathetic spirit, marked by the kind of amiable self-consciousness with which unboastful genius often shades itself from the harsh stage-glare of attention.”-Maria Popova, Brain Pickings About the Author Ben Folds is an American musician who has created an enormous body of genre-bending musi...

-Titulo Original : We Are All The Same In The Dark: A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PEOPLE PICK • OPTIONED BY SISTER PICTURES FOR TELEVISION • The discovery of a girl abandoned by the side of the road threatens to unearth the long-buried secrets of a Texas town’s legendary cold case in this superb, atmospheric novel from the internationally bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans “If you only read one thriller this year, let it be this one. Psychologically absorbing, original and atmospheric. I could not turn the pages fast enough.”—Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author of 28 Summers It’s been a decade since Trumanell Branson disappeared, leaving only a bloody handprint behind. Her pretty face still hangs like a watchful queen on the posters on the walls of the town’s Baptist church, the police station, and in the high school. They all promise the same thing: We will find you. Meanwhile, Tru’s brother, Wyatt, lives as a pariah in the desolation of the old family house, cleared of wrongdoing by the police but tried and sentenced in the court of public opinion and in a new documentary about the crime. When Wyatt finds a lost girl dumped in a field of dandelions, making silent wishes, he believes she is a sign. The town’s youngest cop, Odette Tucker, believes she is a catalyst that will ignite a seething town still waiting for its own missing girl to come home. But Odette can’t look away. She shares a wound that won’t close with the mute, one-eyed mystery girl. And she is haunted by her own history with the missing Tru. Desperate to solve both cases, Odette fights to save the lost girl in the present and to dig up the shocking truth about a fateful night in the past—the night her friend disappeared, the night that inspired her to become a cop, the night that wrote them all a role in the town’s dark, violent mythology. In this twisty psychological thriller, Julia Heaberlin paints unforgettable portraits of a woman and a girl who redefine perceptions of physical beauty and strength. Praise for We Are All the Same in the Dark “This chilling tale of buried sins is relentlessly unpredictable.”—The Times (South Africa) “[Julia] Heaberlin knows how to build to a truly shocking twist, how to break a reader’s heart and then begin mending it. ‘What’s coming is always unimaginable,’ Odette’s one-time therapist tells her, ‘and by that, I mean just that. It cannot be imagined. What’s coming never acts or behaves the way we think it will.’ That’s true for this novel, too.”—The Dallas Morning New...

-Titulo Original : The Jetsetters: A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Reese’s Book Club Pick • Named One of the Best Beach Reads of 2020 by Parade, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Good Housekeeping “The exuberant activity aboard the Splendido Marveloso is no match for the fireworks set off as the lies explode. Full of wicked humor and delicious destination details.”—People (Book of the Week) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the Become a Jetsetter contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can’t seem to find a partner; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young, when she was a single mother who meant everything to them. When she wins the contest, the family packs their baggage—both literal and figurative—and spends ten days traveling from sun-drenched Athens through glorious Rome to tapas-laden Barcelona on an over-the-top cruise ship, the Splendido Marveloso. As lovers new and old join the adventure, long-buried secrets are revealed and old wounds are reopened, forcing the Perkins family to confront the forces that drove them apart and the defining choices of their lives. Can four lost adults find the peace they’ve been seeking by reconciling their childhood aches and coming back together? In the vein of The Nest and The Vacationers, The Jetsetters is a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood...

-Titulo Original : The Jetsetters: A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Reese’s Book Club Pick • Named One of the Best Beach Reads of 2020 by Parade, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Good Housekeeping “The exuberant activity aboard the Splendido Marveloso is no match for the fireworks set off as the lies explode. Full of wicked humor and delicious destination details.”—People (Book of the Week) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the Become a Jetsetter contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can’t seem to find a partner; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young, when she was a single mother who meant everything to them. When she wins the contest, the family packs their baggage—both literal and figurative—and spends ten days traveling from sun-drenched Athens through glorious Rome to tapas-laden Barcelona on an over-the-top cruise ship, the Splendido Marveloso. As lovers new and old join the adventure, long-buried secrets are revealed and old wounds are reopened, forcing the Perkins family to confront the forces that drove them apart and the defining choices of their lives. Can four lost adults find the peace they’ve been seeking by reconciling their childhood aches and coming back together? In the vein of The Nest and The Vacationers, The Jetsetters is a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood...

-Titulo Original : We Were Never Here: A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “This book is every suspense lover’s dream and it kept me up way too late turning pages. . . . A novel with crazy twists and turns that will have you ditching your Friday night plans for more chapters.”—Reese Witherspoon A backpacking trip has deadly consequences in this “eerie psychological thriller . . . with alluring locales, Hitchcockian tension, and possibly the best pair of female leads since Thelma and Louise” (BookPage), from the bestselling author of The Lost Night and The Herd. A Marie Claire Book Club Pick • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR and Marie Claire Emily is having the time of her life—she’s in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. But on the last night of the trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor. Kristen says the cute backpacker she brought back to their room attacked her, and she had no choice but to kill him in self-defense. Even more shocking: The scene is horrifyingly similar to last year’s trip, when another backpacker wound up dead. Emily can’t believe it’s happened again—can lightning really strike twice? Back home in Wisconsin, Emily struggles to bury her trauma, diving headfirst into a new relationship and throwing herself into work. But when Kristen shows up for a surprise visit, Emily is forced to confront their violent past. The more Kristen tries to keep Emily close, the more Emily questions her motives. As Emily feels the walls closing in on their cover-ups, she must reckon with the truth about her closest friend. Can Emily outrun the secrets she shares with Kristen, or will they destroy her relationship, her freedom—even her life...

-Titulo Original : Something In The Water: A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ; A shocking discovery on a honeymoon in paradise changes the lives of a picture-perfect couple in this taut psychological thriller debut—for readers of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Shari Lapena. “A psychological thriller that captivated me from page one. What unfolds makes for a wild, page-turning ride! It’s the perfect beach read!”—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GLAMOUR AND NEWSWEEK If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you? Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water. . . . Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares? Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to protect their secret. After all, if no one else knows, who would be hurt? Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events. . . . Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave? Wonder no longer. Catherine Steadman’s enthralling voice shines throughout this spellbinding debut novel. With piercing insight and fascinating twists, Something in the Water challenges the reader to confront the hopes we desperately cling to, the ideals we’re tempted to abandon, and the perfect lies we tell ourselves. Praise for Something in the Water “Superbly written, clever and gripping.”—B. A. Paris, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors “Deliciously dramatic.”—Entertainment Weekly “Thrilling . . . the perfect beach read.”—PopSugar “A dark glittering gem of a thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Arresting . . . deftly paced, elegantly chilly . . . [Catherine] Steadman brings . . . wit, timing and intelligence to this novel. . . . Something in the Water is a proper page-turner.”—The New York TimesAge Range: Adul...

-Titulo Original : Something In The Water: A Novel-Fabricante : Ballantine Books-Descripcion Original: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A shocking discovery on a honeymoon in paradise changes the lives of a picture-perfect couple in this taut psychological thriller debut—for readers of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Shari Lapena. “A psychological thriller that captivated me from page one. What unfolds makes for a wild, page-turning ride! It’s the perfect beach read!”—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club pick) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GLAMOUR AND NEWSWEEK • FINALIST FOR THE ITW THRILLER AWARD If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you? Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water. . . . Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares? Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to protect their secret. After all, if no one else knows, who would be hurt? Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events. . . . Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave? Wonder no longer. Catherine Steadman’s enthralling voice shines throughout this spellbinding debut novel. With piercing insight and fascinating twists, Something in the Water challenges the reader to confront the hopes we desperately cling to, the ideals we’re tempted to abandon, and the perfect lies we tell ourselves. Praise for Something in the Water “Superbly written, clever and gripping.”—B. A. Paris, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors “Deliciously dramatic.”—Entertainment Weekly “Thrilling . . . the perfect beach read.”—PopSugar “A dark glittering gem of a thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Arresting . . . deftly paced, elegantly chilly . . . [Catherine] Steadman brings . . . wit, timing and intelligence to this novel. . . . Something in the Water is a proper page-turner.”—The New York Time...