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Political upheaval and social turmoil have peeled back the glitzy layers of capitalism to reveal an uncomfortable truth: historically, businesses have sourced materials from remote corners of the globe and moved millions of people and tons of cargo around the clock—all in the name of profit. Yet many of today’s startups are rewriting the rules of business: how it’s done, by whom, and, most importantly, for what purpose. Journalist Esha Chhabra draws on her decades of reporting to explore not only the “feel good, do good” factors of these restorative enterprises but also the nuanced realities and promise of regenerative business operations.

Spencer Brooke always knew she was destined to be CEO of her grandfather’s business—the most respected and luxurious department store in New York City. Brooke’s has been at the center of every happy memory she has, but it hasn’t been an easy journey. Seven years after her father’s death, her life is very different from the days when she walked through the store with her grandfather as a young girl. She may be the owner of Brooke’s, but she’s also now a divorced single mother of twin boys. And with the ever-evolving landscape of the fashion industry comes new challenges for Spencer and the legacy she’s inherited. Mike Weston is known for making enormous profits by transforming small businesses into bigger, more successful ones. With his marriage at a breaking point and his children grown up, investing is where he thrives—where he can build something greater. And Brooke’s feels like the perfect opportunity. Yet the firm’s beautiful and savvy CEO turns down the offer before they even meet. Spencer has no interest in outside investors meddling in her family business; her grandfather never saw the need for them, and neither does she. She refuses to be tempted by Mike’s offer, despite her big dreams of expanding the store. But when bad luck strikes, suddenly she is backed into a corner. In Worthy Opponents, Danielle Steel crafts a thrilling story about a powerful woman—and her equally formidable opponent.

When young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by a wealthy gentleman, he quickly forms a close bond with his benefactor’s daughter, Cathy. But over the years, their childhood friendship morphs into a desperate, twisted, possessive love, as they wrestle with the violent and tyrannical rule of Cathy’s brother and the confines of social class that keep them apart. What follows is an ingenious and darkly captivating narrative of frustrated passion and tortured heartbreak reverberating through the generations, wrought with all the brutality, power, and wildness of the Yorkshire moors.  With striking force, Emily Brontë’s mesmerizing prose claws at the nature of human folly, defying the gender, religious, and social mores of its day. Wuthering Heights is a transcendent, mystifying masterpiece that examines the cruelty of love, and the ways in which the past, scratching at a windowpane with ghostly fingers, never lets us go.

There are few more convincing, less sentimental accounts of passionate love than Wuthering Heights. This is the story of the savage, tormented foundling Heathcliff, who falls wildly in love with Catherine Earnshaw, the daughter of his benefactor, and of the violence and misery that result from their thwarted longing for each other.

Los relatos que Proulx ha dedicado al estado de Wyoming —como el famoso «Brokeback Mountain», llevado al cine con gran éxito— hablan de rancheros y cowboys, de indios y camareras de saloon, de amistades difíciles y disputas familiares en las que el rencor viene de lejos y el amor es bronco. La pasión por este lugar muestra a sus habitantes en toda su vulnerabilidad, como es el caso de Ray, un anciano que decide por fin contar los secretos de familia a su nieta, o la historia de la joven pareja de pioneros que intentó sacar adelante su granja a principios del siglo XX, cuando Wyoming era aún una tierra de naturaleza hostil, hasta llegar a la macabra historia de un árbol plantado en medio del desierto que ve morir a todos los viajeros que transitan por su lado.

Nacho Duarte es un reconocido director de cine mexicano que, tras la muerte de su esposa, cerró las puertas de su corazón a cal y canto. Le gusta disfrutar con las mujeres, pero no suele repetir con la misma porque no piensa volver a enamorarse. Su último trabajo lo traslada a España, donde va a rodar una película de acción cuya actriz principal es su amiga Estela Ponce. Sin embargo, para las escenas más peligrosas cuenta con la colaboración de Andrea Madoc, una militar estadounidense que, además, trabaja como especialista de cine. Andy es una chica simpática, bromista y divertida que hará que el corazón del guapo director mexicano vuelva a latir con fuerza.