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612 pages ; 23 cm
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"Isla de Jamaica, 1753. Deidre, la hija de la inglesa Nora Fortnam y del esclavo Akwasi, lleva una vida protegida, en la plantación de su madre y de su padre adoptivo. Pese a los orígenes poco claros de la joven, los muchachos de la isla beben los vientos por ella. Deidre, sin embargo, no siente el menor interés por ninguno de ellos, hasta que el jóven médico Victor Dufresne pide su mano. Tras una espléndida ceremonia nupcial, la pareja de recién...
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a powerful and groundbreaking novel that played a pivotal role in shaping American history. Published in 1852, the book provides a stark depiction of the brutal realities of slavery in the United States. The story revolves around the life of Uncle Tom, an enduring and compassionate African American slave, and the various characters he encounters through his life of servitude. Stowe's narrative vividly...
10) Conquistadora
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508 pages ; 24 cm
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"Even as a young girl in nineteenth-century Spain, Ana Cubillas is drawn to the exotic island of Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de Leon. And in twin brothers Ramon and Inocente, both in love with Ana, she finds a way to get there: she marries Ramon and convinces the brothers that their destiny is in the remote sugar plantation they have inherited on the island. But Ana's fantasies haven't prepared her for the...
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Romántica) volume 271
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509 pages ; 20 cm.
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Raised to be a gentleman, Joss San Pietro is betrayed and enslaved, and now his fate lies in the hands of Lilah Remy, the pampered daughter of a wealthy planter. Their destiny awaits in a paradise where they are shipwrecked and alone.
"Lilah Remy no había podido evitar quedar cautivada por Joss San Pietro, un joven hombre de negocios. Pero pronto tendría lugar una dramática revelación: la abuela de Joss era mestiza y esclava, lo cual lo convierte...
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173 pages ; 23 cm
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Para Catalina, los ̕das pasan en una calma hip̤ntica en la hacienda de Colutla. Su serenidad se ve sacudida por los recuerdos reprimidos de la infancia que es̀tn regresando con ̀ms frecuencia. La llegada del misterioso viajero Joaq̕un inyecta nueva vida, sentido y entusiasmo a sus ̕das. Apenas percibe que la presencia de este extrąo amenaza su matrimonio, su relac̤in con su hermana Eugenia, la{250} nica constante en su vida, y el futuro de...
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