In this deeply revealing second memoir, after Paula, novelist Allende (The House of Spirits) utilizes her family and the complex network of their relationships as the linchpin of the narrative. While weaving in her candid opinions on love and marriage, friendship, drug addiction, the writing life...
La storia del Cile di quest’ultimo secolo raccontata dalle donne di una importante e stravagante famiglia del paese.
Una saga familiare del nostro secolo in cui si rispecchiano la storia e il destino di tutto un popolo.
Alexander en Nadia gaan nog één keer op reis met Alexanders oma Kate, een reisboekenschrijfster. Ze maken een expeditie naar het donkere hart van Afrika, waar ze doordringen tot een pygmeeënvolk dat meedogenloos wordt onderdrukt. Alex en Nadia stellen alles in het werk om een...
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Aristocratic Chile is vividly evoked in Isabel Allende’s lyrical novels, in which a family’s past and future is linked inextricably with that of its country’s. A writer whose dreamy, imagistic books transport the reader to another time and place, Allende is considered by many to be...
Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende's magnificent family saga is populated by a memorable, often eccentric cast of characters. Together, men and women, spirits, the forces of nature, and of history, converge in an unforgettable, wholly absorbing and brilliantly realised novel that is as...
Het rijk is in rep en roer omdat in opdracht van een rijke westerse verzamelaar de Gouden Draak is gestolen, het kostbare beeld dat met orakelspreuken de toekomst kan voorspellen. Als Alexander samen met zijn vriendinnetje Nadia op onderzoek uitgaat, worden ze het slachtoffer van de bende die de...
House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, Magda Bogin (Translator)
Here, in an astonishing debut by a gifted storyteller, is the magnificent saga of proud and passionate men and women and the turbulent times through which they suffer and triumph. They are the Truebas. And theirs is a world you will not want to leave, and one you will not forget. Esteban -- The...
Isabel Allende escribe con el corazón y lo hace para narrar la historia de Inés Suárez, la mujer que conquistó Chile en el siglo XVI y que ahora conquistará el corazón de miles de lectores. Al igual que lo hizo en Hija de la fortuna, Retrato en sepia o La...
Gr. 8-11. In the final installment of the trilogy that began with City of the Beasts (2002), Alexander, now 18, acknowledges that he feels "vaguely ridiculous, as if he were in some Tarzan movie." Unfortunately, that sums up what's disappointing in this story. Alex and his friend,...
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)
A woman makes love to an Indian dying of snakebite, miraculously restoring him to life and engendering a daughter named Eva``so she will love life.'' Thus begins Allende's latest novel, a magnificent successor to The House of the Spirits and Of Love & Shadows. Set in a Latin American...
Zorro by Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)
A swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well Born in southern California late in the 18th century, he is a child of two worlds. Diego de la Vega's father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner;...
Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden
Allende has forsaken the epic multi-generational sweep of her bestselling first novel, The House of the Spirits, for a more tightly focused yet equally satisfying tale of love and political commitment. Irene Beltran, the unconventional daughter of a wealthy family, and Francisco Leal, son of Spanish...
Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator), Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)
Aristocratic Chile is vividly evoked in Isabel Allende’s lyrical novels, in which a family’s past and future is linked inextricably with that of its country’s. A writer whose dreamy, imagistic books transport the reader to another time and place, Allende is considered by many to be...
In The House Of The Spirits Isabelle Allende has indeed shown us the relationships between past and present, family and nation, city and country, spiritual and political values. She has done so with enormous imagination, sensitivity, and compassion." -- Jane Futcher, San Francisco Chronicle See...
Celebrating Motherhood: A Comforting Companion for Every Expecting Mother
For mothers and mothers-to-be, this gift book touches on every stage of the process from anticipation to embrace. Isabel Allende, Amy Tan, Maya Angelou, Vladimir Nabokov, Adrienne Rich, the Dalai Lama, and many others offer folklore, birth stories, naming customs, and spiritual advice for mothers,...
In the early years of the conquest of the Americas, Inés Suárez, a seamstress condemned to a life of toil, flees Spain to seek adventure in the New World. As Inés makes her way to Chile, she begins a fiery romance with Pedro de Valdivia, war hero and field marshal to the famed...
75 Books Every Woman Should Read: The Complete List
On Friday we posted a call to help us complete a list of 75 books every woman should read. We started you off with 20 culled from our editors' suggestions, and you guys took the ball and ran with it. A few notes on the compendium of 75 that you helped us compile below. As we said in the original...
Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 2000: Until Isabel Allende burst onto the scene with her 1985 debut, The House of the Spirits, Latin American fiction was, for the most part, a boys' club comprising such heavy hitters as Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, and Mario...
Is your inspiration running low? Is your muse out to lunch? Do you need a nudge to channel your creativity? Next time youre stuck, just flip open The Writer's Block to any page and youll find an idea or exercise that will jump-start your imagination. Many of these assignments come straight...
An inspiring collection of the personal philosophies of a group of remarkable men and women Based on the National Public Radio series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty essayists-from the famous to the unknown-completing the thought that begins the book's title. Each piece compels...
Brenda's Wardrobe Companion: A Guide to Getting Dressed From the Inside Out
A fashion expert and image consultant for real women with real bodies, Brenda Kinsel helps readers match their clothes to their personal style. Brenda's Wardrobe Companion walks the reader through the same affirming process that the author's clients experience before they go shopping....
Katherine Anne Porter called courage "the first essential" for a writer. "I have to talk myself into bravery with every sentence," agreed Cynthia Ozick, "sometimes every syllable." E. B. White said he admired anyone who "has the guts to write anything at...
Isabel Allende has made her name as a writer in the genre of magic realism, where fantastical events occur, often without warning. When her daughter Paula collapsed into an irreversibly coma due to a rare disease, Allende found herself desperate for a story to tell her dying daughter. This is the...
CHARLES DE LINT and his wife, the artist MaryAnn Harris, live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His evocative novels, including Moonheart, Forests of the Heart, The Onion Girl, and Widdershins, have earned him a devoted following and critical acclaim as a master of contemporary magical fiction in the...
An inspiring collection of the personal philosophies of a group of remarkable men and women Based on the NPR series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty essayists—from the famous to the unknown—completing the thought that begins the book’s title. Each piece compels...
This I Believe: Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In the 1950s, the Edward R. Murrow–hosted radio program This I Believe prompted Americans to briefly explain their most cherished beliefs, be they religious or purely pragmatic. Since the program's 2005 renaissance as a weekly NPR segment, Allison...
Latin American Fiction: A Short Introduction (Blackwell Introductions to Literature)
The emergence of modern narrative from Spanish-speaking Latin America represents one of the key cultural developments of the twentieth century. This account introduces readers to modern Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts, and to debates about how to read it.The author...
Aristocratic Chile is vividly evoked in Isabel Allende’s lyrical novels, in which a family’s past and future is linked inextricably with that of its country’s. A writer whose dreamy, imagistic books transport the reader to another time and place, Allende is considered by many to be...
Aristocratic Chile is vividly evoked in Isabel Allende’s lyrical novels, in which a family’s past and future is linked inextricably with that of its country’s. A writer whose dreamy, imagistic books transport the reader to another time and place, Allende is considered by many to be...
Diana H., A reviewer, 11/22/2005 This book was a gift to my youngest sister who is not an avid reader, so since I needed something to read on the train ride to and from work I decided to give it a shot. I couldn't put it down and found myself telling some parts of it to the rest of my family. I...
Nacida en España, y proveniente de una familia pobre, Inés Suárez sobrevive a diario trabajando como costurera. Es el siglo dieciséis, y la conquista de América está apenas comenzando. Cuando un día el esposo de Inés desaparece rumbo al Nuevo...
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