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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.

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!

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.

Henry is a squirrel about to set off on a grand adventure when he meets young puppy Austin. Poor Austin is an orphan with an injured leg, but Henry mends his injuries and tells him about his important mission. Henry travels in search of the legendary Golden Heart that once belonged to the Zakony tribe but was lost hundreds of years ago. He invites Austin to go along on his journey. If they find the Golden Heart, surely they’ll find fame and fortune. They use a special map with mysterious clues to follow the path, but along the way get distracted by people in need.

Wenn man sein Herz verliert, ohne es zu merken ... "Denk an den Finderlohn! Sei großzügig und prüfe, ob dein Herzchen bei demjenigen, der es gefunden hat, in guten Händen ist." Leichter gesagt als getan, denkt Julie-Marie Sommer. Sie hat sich geschworen, nie wieder ihr Herz zu verschenken und will auf der ostfriesischen Insel Norderney alt werden. Seit sie jedoch den attraktiven Lehrer Sven kennengelernt hat, tanzen Seepferdchen in ihrem Bauch und sie ist drauf und dran, ihre Vorsätze über Bord zu werfen. Doch dann taucht ihr alter Freund Leon auf und mit ihm dunkle Wolken am Horizont.

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.

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. In You Will Own Nothing¸ Roth reveals how the agendas of Wall Street, world governments, international organizations, socialist activists, and multinational corporations like Blackrock all work together to reduce the power of the dollar and prevent millions of Americans from taking control of their wealth.

In 2020, the American economy suffered the biggest financial collapse in history. But while Main Street suffered like never before, the stock market continued to reach new highs. How could this be? The answer is that government had slapped oppressive restrictions on small businesses while propping up Wall Street and engineering a historic consolidation of power and wealth. In The War on Small Business, entrepreneur Carol Roth unveils the many abuses of power inflicted on small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.