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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi fue un abogado, pensador y político indio. Recibió de Tagore el nombre honorífico de Mahatma. Desde 1918 estuvo abiertamente al frente del movimiento nacionalista indio. Instauró métodos de lucha social novedosos como la huelga de hambre, y en sus programas rechazaba la lucha armada y predicaba la Áhimsa como medio para resistir al dominio británico. La biografía de un hombre que lucho incansablemente por la paz y la unión de su pueblo.

Madeline is cursed with the unrelenting ability to survive, and this has made her a valuable prize to those who want to control her. Deep within the confines of a secretive facility, she lives her days as a lab rat and the intellectual property of Omni Biomedical. Nearly two decades of torture and brutal experiments have numbed her to the depths of humanity’s depravity.

I left the FBI because of a personal relationship that blew up in my face. He was the one and I let him go. I knew my brother—his best friend—had feelings for him, and I couldn't get in the way of that. Now, I'm living in a small town and working for a detective agency trying to stop a serial killer before they strike again. I focused everything on my job and let my love life wither in the process. But the case is a hard one to crack and backup is called. That backup? Matthew Hale, FBI agent, behavioral analyst, and my first ever true love and real heartbreak.

Esta apasionante obra de 1897, escrita en forma de novela epistolar, plasma de modo artístico las investigaciones de Bram Stoker acerca de los vampiros en el folclore europeo. Así vemos como el letrado británico Jonathan Harker emprende una fatigosa jornada hacia la región de Transilvania, en los montes Cárpatos, para dar consejo legal al tenebroso conde Drácula, quien pretende comprar tierras en Gran Bretania como paso inicial de un malévolo plan de dominación del mundo.

Reporter Maddy Banks doesn’t realize what she’s getting into when she makes arrangements to have an anonymous interview with an assassin. Her life in Paris was safe, with a devoted if slightly smug boyfriend and a career that was slowly taking off. When she first meets the man calling himself Constantine she can’t see him and his voice is disguised. Even so, she feels a distinct, erotic pull that horrifies her.

With the quiet help of his wealthy family, Sebastian "Baz" Acker has successfully kept his painful past at bay. But as the end of college draws near, his friends - his buffer zone - are preparing to move on while his own life is at a crippling standstill. With loneliness bearing down on him, Baz hooks up - then opens up - with Elijah Prince, the guy Baz took a bullet for last year. The aftershocks of their one-night stand leave giant cracks in Baz's carefully constructed armor.

Hacia el último tercio del siglo XVI vino a España un pintor excepcional: Domenico Theotocopulos, El Greco. Ya habían venido y seguirían viniendo, contratados en su mayoría por Felipe II, otros pintores, como Cincinato, Cambiaso, Zuccaro, II Tibaldi, etcétera, pero eran todos artistas de...

No quieres perderte los hitos importantes de tu niño pequeño, pero debes trabajar para proveer a la familia. No hay tiempo para ir al gimnasio, tener una cita nocturna con tu pareja, o simplemente pasar un domingo perezoso durmiendo hasta el mediodía. Y mientras pasas más tiempo en la oficina y menos tiempo haciendo las cosas que disfrutas, tu niño pequeño nunca parece quedarse sin energía, tiene rabietas regulares, y se niega a comer cualquier cosa que no sea dulces.

Messing around with Arsen is like playing with fire, and I can't help but crave the burn. The day I met my best friend's new stepbrother I fell into hate with the moody jerk. The feeling is mutual. I loathe him and unfortunately want him in equal measures. At least he seems to be suffering the same undeniable pull. He infuriates me. He's crawled under my skin. Arsen has the ability to ruin me for anyone else, and I want to let him.

En julio de 1981, apenas unos días después de haber sido liberado de la cárcel, Clifford Olson Junior desató un infierno en la Columbia Británica. Secuestró, violó y mató a seis niños y adolescentes en un solo mes. Mientras que los anteriores niños desaparecidos habían sido considerados simplemente como fugitivos, ahora, no cabía duda de que alguien estaba secuestrando niños en la zona de Lower Mainland, y los medios de comunicación se encendieron.

Wes Ward finds himself in new territory. Less than a year ago, he lived in New York City in a fantastic loft that overlooked upper Manhattan. Women in and out of his bed anytime he wanted and not a damn care in the world. Now? Now, he finds himself back in Boston plotting ways to stop his high school girlfriend, Mandy, from getting married, dodging his mother's every attempt at helping him settle down, and trying to understand why Clare Monroe makes him forget everything and everyone when she smiles at him.

Lucas Storey's life is all about college, studying, and finishing his medical degree. That's until he moves in with his older brother and meets his motorcycle club friends. Only, new people make Lucas nervous, almost to the extent of peeing himself, but he soon realizes they're great people and will accept him as he is. Now, if only he can stop thinking of a certain grumpy biker, things will be good. Never before has Wade "Wreck" Williams noticed the same sex, or at least not until Lucas crashes into their lives. And notice Lucas he does. But that's not all.

I was known as the traitor's daughter. When I was five years old, my father was tortured, branded with the letter Z, then beaten and left for dead. The grueling punishment for his crime was a reminder to all others who dared threaten the Russian's reign. I was the young girl left behind. A living piece of the traitorous puzzle the Russian leader tried so diligently to ignore - until I grew up. No longer could he deny how much my existence had always been intertwined with his. And in order to survive the life I was thrown into, I was forced to learn my place inside of it.

Jaden Matthews has never known his father or his father's family, but he's about to get a crash course on having siblings. With the recent passing of his grandmother, he's discovered he has three half-brothers and part ownership of a gym. In Serenity, Florida. His life in New York has hit a rocky road, so maybe this is the vacation he needs to get things back on track. Chase Michaels lost his future in a car crash almost 10 years ago, and he's made a new one for himself in Serenity. One that doesn't include getting emotionally involved with people who are just passing through.

Good things come in extra-large, smoking hot birthday suits. Things like Cohen James. Bad boy Cohen James has screwed up yet again. Star forward of Minnesota's pro hockey team, Cohen's made a name for himself - and not in a good way. So, at the insistence of his agent, he's stuck volunteering at the local YMCA teaching introductory adult swim lessons for 10 weeks. Ten weeks of torture. What he doesn't expect is her. Annie Plymouth, star pupil.

Losing his adoring husband shattered Tristan Rogers' world. For the past few years, he’s been going through the motions, running their dog grooming business while hiding the loneliness he feels down to his bones. When he witnesses an ugly breakup between a pretentious customer and his boyfriend, Tristan can’t help but intervene. Something about the unassuming younger man calls to him, and he can’t help wondering if he’s experienced some heartache of his own.

Hudson Granger was mine for one summer. And one summer was enough to ruin me for anyone else. On my father's ranch, we worked side by side. Rode hard. Kissed harder. Between sunburns and sweat, he became my everything. I told him I loved him before I left for university. A month later, he married a woman and built a family.

College student West Millbrook is in financial dire straits since his overbearing parents refuse to support him when he moves away to study. His solution is working for the Polished P & P company which will also give him the freedom to be himself. All he has to do is be an escort who sells his company, not his body. Easy, right? It is until he meets Russian god Adrik Hail. Wealthy businessman Adrik is lonely. His solution is to pay for no-strings-attached company. He doesn't have time to waste impressing someone, nor does he want anyone to think they can weasel their way into his life.

Aidan Burke is the perfect rebound guy for Jessie Law after she catches her asshole ex-boyfriend with his hands down some other girl's pants. When she meets the world-famous drummer of Dirty B on a night out, she takes him up on his simple proposal: one night of fun, hot sex with zero expectations. But soon Dirty B's tour is over, and they're back in South Carolina - which means running into Aidan more often than Jessie would like.

Moving to the sleepy town of Havens Hallow, Massachusetts, during my senior year hadn't been part of my future plans. Not to mention the ancient house my father bought sits next to the creepiest place imaginable—a graveyard full of battered stone statues. It's a far cry from the upper-middle class neighborhood we left behind. That wasn't the only thing I had to walk away from. My position as the star quarterback of my old team has now been replaced with a not-so-cozy spot on the sideline. With a football scholarship on the line, I can't afford to be benched. I need help, and fast.