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1) Atonement
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In 1935, thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take...
2) Conviction
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Betty Anne Waters is a young woman whose world is shattered when her beloved brother Kenny is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Steadfastly convinced of his innocence, Betty Anne embarks on an 18-year journey to set Kenny free, using state-of-the-art forensic technology. The unshakable bond between a brother and sister, at the heart of this real-life drama, will stir your emotions and inspire you....
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La incomparable Danielle Steel nos brinda una historia inspiradora sobre una mujer que pierde a su amor, su casa y su libertad y tiene que aprender a vivir de nuevo. Sydney disfruta de una vida idílica con su marido Andrew en una casa maravillosa, rodeados de familia y buenos amigos. Sin embargo, su felicidad se esfuma de repente cuando él muere en un accidente y ella,con cuarenta y nueve años y tras una década sin trabajar, se ve de pronto viuda,...
4) Lockout
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A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.
6) Atonement
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In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take is...
8) Lockout
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A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.
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Maya, a ballerina, becomes the target of the Russian mafia after her husband, a successful American business man, is killed. Refusing to disclose the location of her husband's financial documents, Maya is framed by corrupt cops and thrown into prison. As she escapes from prison with her world turned upside down by the news of her daughter's kidnapping, Maya takes per ballerina skills and uses them to get her back.
10) Los guardianes
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"En la pequeña ciudad de Seabrook, Florida, un prometedor abogado llamado Keith Russo fue asesinado a tiros una noche mientras trabajaba hasta tarde en su despacho. El culpable no dejó pistas. No hubo testigos, nadie tenía un motivo. Pero la policía pronto sospechó de Quincy Miller, un joven negro que había sido cliente de Russo. Miller fue juzgado y condenado a cadena perpetua. Durante veintidós años languideció en prisión, manteniendo...
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A man is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, and is set free by the General of the police, who believes his innocence. The only condition of his release is that he must secretly help the police catch criminals.
"Luis Roberto Guzmán es 'El Pantera, ' un hombre al que la vida lo lleva a convertirse en héroe vengador. Víctima de una terrible injusticia que le arrebató al amor de su vida, decide comenzar a trabajar como ayudante del muevo jefe...
13) La confesión
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Colección Alejandría. Narrativa volume 55
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Saúl wakes night after night in the same bed in what seems an endless succession of insomnia. When he finally believes he has regained a minimally clear consciousness, he observes that two hooded individuals have locked him in a strange room. After a brief conversation full of ambiguities that still completely baffles Saúl, they beat him and is taken in a van to an unexpected place. There he must confront his past, his mistakes and a definitive...
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Celestial y Roy acaban de casarse y son la personificación tanto del Sueño Americano como del «nuevo Sur estadounidense». Él es un joven ejecutivo y ella es una artista en ciernes con una brillante carrera profesional por delante. Sin embargo, cuando la vida en común empieza a convertirse en rutina, una serie de circunstancias que jamás habrían imaginado los separan para siempre.