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Jackie's goal is perfection―perfect grades, the perfect look, getting into the perfect school. If she can achieve that, then maybe her too-busy mom and dad will take notice. But when her parents die in a tragic accident, Jackie is shipped off across the country to live with the Walters, her new guardians…who just happen to have eleven sons (plus a daughter who is basically one of the boys). The Walter boys are loud, dirty, annoying―and, okay, some of the older boys might be Greek god level hot, but they don't think a city girl belongs on their horse ranch. How is Jackie supposed to fit into their chaotic world when she needs to keep her parents' memory alive by living up to the promise of perfect? But as Jackie spends more time with the Walter boys, she begins to wonder if the perfection she's always strived for isn't the only way to find love after all.

as the marriage of Queen Charlotte and King George of England leads to an unexpected love story and a union that transforms society. In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent… not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she, and her King, needed. Because George has secrets… secrets with the potential to shake the very foundations of the monarchy.

In Irving's great work, The Sketch Book, fictional historian Diedrich Knickerbocker introduces us to Rip van Winkle, the Dutch colonist who slept through the Revolutionary War; Ichabod Crane, the superstitious, social-climbing schoolmaster; and the pumpkin-topped Headless Horseman, ancestor to countless horror film antiheroes. In addition to 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle', The Sketch Book touches on cultural and historical concerns that remain compelling, thanks to Irving's modern outlook and impressive foresight. This new edition, with an introduction from Elizabeth L. Bradley, demonstrates how inextricably Irving's writings are woven into the fabric of American culture - high and low.

Antígona, hija del rey Edipo, se debate entre ceñirse a la ley impuesta o infringirla para honrar a su difunto hermano Antígona está basada en el mito de la mujer que se atrevió a enfrentarse a los hombres para lograr sus propósitos. En esencia, la trama de la obra plantea una reflexión sobre la tiranía, las razones del estado y los dilemas de conciencia. Representada por primera vez en el año 442 a.C., Sófocles utilizó personajes arquetípicos para contraponer dos nociones opuestas del deber: el respeto a las normas religiosas frente a las civiles, caracterizadas unas por Antígona y las otras por Creonte. Esta edición cuenta con la traducción y el prólogo Luis Gil, profesor emérito en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Incluye, además, el estudio en forma de epílogo realizado por los profesores de comunicación audiovisual de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra Jordi Balló y Xavier Pérez. «Y ¿qué derecho divino he transgredido? Mas ¿por qué he de poner, desdichada de mí, mi vista aún en los dioses? ¿A qué aliado puedo invocar?»

Las crónicas que conforman este libro repasan las vivencias marítimas de Conrad, primero como ma­rinero en Francia y más adelante en la marina mer­cante británica. Estos textos componen un vivísimo retrato de la relación entre el hombre y el mar en una época en que la llegada del vapor supuso el fin de la hegemonía de los barcos devela. Considerado como el cruce entre un cantar de gesta sobre la na­vegación a vela y la biblia del oleaje, El espejo del mares la insuperable reminiscencia de una forma de vida y una obra imprescindible para comprender a su autor.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's enduringly popular story of a beautiful and corrupt man and the portrait that reveals all his secrets. Entranced by the perfection of his recently painted portrait, the youthful Dorian Gray expresses a wish that the figure on the canvas could age and change in his place. When his wish comes true, the portrait becomes his hideous secret as he follows a downward trajectory of decadence and cruelty that leaves its traces only in the portrait's degraded image. Wilde's unforgettable portrayal of a Faustian bargain and its consequences is narrated with his characteristic incisive wit and diamond-sharp prose. The result is a novel that is as flamboyant and controversial as its incomparable author.