UN LUGAR LLAMADO JUAN VICENTE

España, 1936. Relación secreta entre tres amigos homosexuales de la burguesía en una pequeña ciudad gallega. Ernesto y Julio se quieren desde siempre y dejan al otro, Darío, arrimarse a ellos. Estalla la guerra civil. Al principio de ella Darío es nombrado comandante militar de su ciudad pero no puede evitar que Ernesto, político y poeta famoso, sea asesinado por los fascistas. Julio está en Madrid; desde allí lucha por la República y acaba prisionero. Al final la guerra, Darío, por imperativo social, se casa y tiene una hija, Amalia. Julio vuelve a su ciudad para aclarar la muerte ...

Mi vestido verde esmeralda by Alister Ramirez Marquez recounts the life story of Clara, born poor in isolated, rural Colombia in 1900, who makes her way, after a mythic journey through forests, mountains and swamps to the western region of the Quindio, to the city of Armenia, now the heart of coffee and banana production. This remarkable novel, first published in 2003, is the tale of Clara's adventurous journey and subsequent rise to prosperity as the owner of a farm and restaurant and mother of six, ending with years of political strife and the dissolution of her family. The novel provides...

"On an unseasonably warm spring day in 1924, twenty-two-year-old Jane Fairchild, a maid at an English country house, meets with her secret lover, the young heir of a neighboring estate. He is about to be married to a woman more befitting his social status, and the time has come to end the affair."

No one could have believed that for Doctor John Watson, sharing a flat in London would be more dangerous and exciting than fighting in Afghanistan. But with a roommate like Sherlock Holmes, whose detective skills and personality fascinate Watson so much that he helps him with his cases and captures them in stories. This book begins the Sherlock Holmes series that encapsulated four novels and over 50 stories.