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Set against the backdrop of World War II, this unforgettable novel, inspired by the true story of the Council of Books in Wartime, follows three women whose fates become intertwined by their belief in the power and goodness in the written word to triumph over the very darkest moments of war. Berlin 1933. Following the success of her debut novel, American writer Althea James receives an invitation from Joseph Goebbels himself to participate in a culture...

Jack and Annie visit the Paris World's Fair of 1889 in an effort to protect four scientific pioneers from an evil sorcerer.

A retelling of the tale of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, and his struggles to save the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmeralda from being unjustly executed in medieval Paris.

Hu�erfano, relojero y ladr�on, el muchacho Hugo vive entre los muros de una estaci�on parisina de ferrocarriles. Si quiere sobrevivir, nadie debe saber de su existencia. Sin embargo, un d�ia tiene un descuido y es descubierto por una exc�entrica chica, amante de los libros, y por un viejo y amargado juguetero. Y ya nada ser�a como antes. When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train...