Títulos en Vacaciones

¿Qué puede llegar a ocurrirles a los vecinos de un barrio cualquiera en estos tiempos difíciles? ¿Cómo resisten, en pleno ojo del huracán, parejas y personas solas, padres e hijos, jóvenes y ancianos, los embates de una crisis que «amenazó con volverlo todo del revés y aún no lo ha conseguido»? Los besos en el pan cuenta, de manera sutil y conmovedora, cómo transcurre la vida de una familia que vuelve de vacaciones decidida a que su rutina no cambie.

Este Audiolibro recoge los cuentos: “Cuento de Navidad”,“En Babilonia”,“El Ahogado”, “Las Cerezas”,“Sin pasión”,“Santiago el mudo”,”La gota de sangre”, “Relatos y cuentos”, “El destino”, “Eximente”, “Irracional”, “La enfermera”, “La navidad del peludo”, “Las caras”, “Restoran”, todos ellos de Emilia Pardo Bazán.

Cuento de Navidad es una novela escrita por el británico Charles Dickens y publicada originalmente 19 de diciembre de 1843. Su trama cuenta la historia de un hombre avaro y egoísta llamado Ebenezer Scrooge y su conversión tras ser visitado por una serie de fantasmas en Nochebuena. Una variedad de conceptos y publicaciones influyeron en Dickens como sus experiencias de la infancia, su simpatía por los pobres y varios relatos navideños y cuentos de hadas. Se puede considerar el relato como una condena de la avaricia.

«En Las Vegas, el tiempo se congela entre fiestas y casinos». Y por eso no es sorprendente que Meredith vaya a ir, aunque sí que lo es su propuesta. Ava no puede dejar de pensar que ahí hay algo extraño, por más que Connor intente tranquilizarla y que Lily no desconfíe porque lo único que quiere es no pensar en Tom ni Finn ni Ximena ni Jasmine, puesto que lo que ha pasado es horrible, atroz, y ¿por qué Oliver no puede limitarse a desaparecer de su vida, como parecen haberlo hecho Martha y Rex?

Lorena pilla a su novio liándose con la jefa de contabilidad en la fiesta de Navidad de la empresa y decide salir corriendo de allí. Hace una maleta, coge el primer vuelo que encuentra y se refugia en casa de su abuela Afrodisia en un pueblo perdido. Dos días después de su llegada, suena el timbre de la puerta y ella imagina que es su ex, pero es mucho peor. El que llama es su jefe, el dueño de la empresa, Nicolás, guapo, sexy y terriblemente insoportable, que no viene a buscarla porque la eche de menos, sino porque necesita algo de ella.

La edición especial Cuentos de Navidad de Paulo Coelho recoge diversos relatos navideños del escritor. Estos cuentos giran en torno a la alegría, la generosidad, la humildad y los pequeños grandes milagros que vivimos en nuestro día a día.

Fame under her stage name, Stella Hart. Fortune. A high-profile marriage to fellow Hollywood actor, Davin Giles. But then a scandal with her ex-husband ruined her reputation and she was forced to disappear from the public eye.

Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve and transformed from an odious miser to a charitable and loving man who vows to always cherish the Christmas season.

"The Christmas Tree" by Charles Dickens, narrated by Vincent Caruso, is a timeless holiday tale that takes listeners on a journey through the nostalgic warmth of a Victorian Christmas. In this beautifully crafted story, Dickens paints vivid images of Christmas traditions, from the dazzling glow of the decorated tree to the lively gatherings of family and friends. Vincent Caruso's narration brings the text to life with a rich and engaging voice that captures the essence of the story’s festive spirit, transporting listeners to a world filled with holiday cheer and reflection.

"I exhort therefore, that intercessions be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty." - 1 Timothy 2. This verse is the center of this fascinating, rip-roaring, family friendly deeply Christian tale.

Starting over in the little town of Occoquan, Katie Young finds solace in small-town life with best friends at their thriving gallery and a deepening romance with the town’s resident scientist. Her college-age daughter bakes up holiday memories in their river house. And Katie can’t wait to captain the boat parade and deliver Santa to the town dock on her new ferryboat. But when the holiday-averse Deke flies south for the season and Santa goes swimming, Katie wonders if she needs a survival suit—or just a really strong cocktail—to weather midlife mayhem.

When Anais receives a near-derelict Paris hotel in her divorce settlement, her first thought is to tidy it up and sell it immediately. All she wants is to move on and forget her disaster of a marriage ever happened. But selling it proves impossible, so she has only one option: to make it gorgeous and open by Christmas… when her funds will almost certainly run out. She’s not counting on the grumpy American bar-owner next door, Noah, coming and interfering at every moment though.

This charming, funny and clever Christmas Holiday fantasy is narrated by Oscar nominated and Emmy Award Winning Special Makeup Effects Artist Edward E. French. Author Frank Richard Stockton, born April 5, 1834, was an American writer and humorist, best Remembered for his most famous fable, "The Lady, or the Tiger?" (1882), about a man sentenced to an unusual punishment for having a romance with a king's beloved daughter.

I just met my new son-in-law . . . And he’s my ex-husband. They’re here. I watch them arrive from the kitchen window. My pregnant daughter and her new husband. They’ve barely known each other six months. I greet him with a tight smile that he recognizes as fake. Luke is no good for my beautiful, fragile Cerys. He’ll break her heart. I know that because he broke mine — when he was married to me. I don’t know what he’s after. But I’m going to make it my business to find out.

Looking up at the departures board in Heathrow airport, her flight to New York boarding soon, she knows that getting on that plane changes everything. Her life in London has grown stale, her relationship with boyfriend Dom has run its course, and New York has always been her dream. But it’s a risk – she’ll miss her parents, her friends, her job. What if Bea could live both lives? In one she goes back home for Christmas, and in another she heads to the Big Apple.

Olive and Jasper have never been closer—except for one thing. Jasper is still reticent about his frequent disappearances from polite society. With the holidays approaching and no paying client on the books, Olive decides to shadow Jasper when he’s unexpectedly called away. Her search brings her to Holly Hill Lodge where an eclectic group has gathered to celebrate an old-fashioned English Christmas. When the butler goes missing, Olive and Jasper must work together to solve the Christmas crime—as well as the secret Jasper hides.

When Jesse Lightning meets Minnie Byrne, he is having a bad day. Reeling from the effects of a very bruised heart, the last thing Jesse wants is a new friend. But Minnie is hard to say no to, and reluctantly Jesse realises that her impetuous playfulness might do him good. So when Minnie suggests they go on fortnightly platonic dates with no strings, no promises, no expectations beyond good company, Jesse agrees before he has a chance to think too deeply about it.

Ebenezer Scrooge is heartless, stingy, and selfish. He spends his entire days in his office, buried in hefty accounting books. He avoids good deeds like the plague, is never pleasant, and despises Christmas. However, under the influence of extraordinary events that unfold on a certain Christmas Eve, his life undergoes a complete transformation...

Come and envision Old Jacob Marley appearing before his sinister old partner Scrooge to foretell of the things to happen which fate has set forward. Feel the presence of the ghosts as they take Scrooge one by one from the past to the future. Feel the warmth and the laughter and even the sorrow of Tiny Tim and the Crachit Family. Come listen and envision as the townspeople laugh without sorrow of the passing of Old Scrooge and the barter with the pawnbroker over the simplest things he left behind. Envision what happened to Scrooge as the last phantom shows him the things of yet to come.

With the festive season fast approaching, amateur sleuth Juno Browne helps organise a Christmas Fair to raise funds for Ashburton’s local animal sanctuary. The event is a success, but whilst Santa is handing out presents in the fairy-lit grotto, a murder is being committed in a dark corner of the garden. Juno discovers the body of Bob the Blacksmith, found clutching a horseshoe decorated with a sprig of elder. Suspicion falls on Bob’s longsuffering wife, Jackie, and on Don Drummond, with whom Bob violently quarrelled in the past