As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the mysterious death of her sister, Rosa the Beautiful, Clara is mute for nine years. When she breaks her silence, it is to announce that she will be married soon to t[...]
Gjennom beretningen om et familiedynasti skildrer Isabel Allende Chiles dramatiske historie ? fra århundreskiftet og frem til mordet på president Allende i 1973.Romanen tegner fascinerende bilder fra et kontinent som i dag vies stor oppmerksomhet. Ikke minst gir møtet med kvinnene i boken leserne[...]
Set in Anglophile Chile and goldrush California during the middle years of the 19th century, a tale of how Eliza Sommers becomes embroiled in a forbidden love affair with the charismatic, but capricious Joaquin Andieta. When he disappears suddenly for California, she follows him.[...]
As a young girl, Aurora del Valle suffered a brutal trauma that has shaped her character and erased from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life. When she finds herself alone at the end of an unhappy love affair, she decides to explore the mystery of her past.[...]
Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the chance to take the trip of a lifetime.
With his mother in hospital, too ill to look after him, Alex is sent out to his grandmother Kate - a fearless reporter with blue eyes 'as sharp as daggers' points'. Kate is about to embark on an expedition [...]
In December 1991, Allende's daughter Paula, aged 26, fell gravely ill and sank into a coma. This book started as a letter to Paula written during the hours spent at her bedside, and became a personal memoir and a testament to the ties that bind families - a brave, enlightening, inspiring true story.[...]
From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, Isabel Allende's latest novel tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible. Bor[...]
Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue--the daughter of an African mother she never knew and a white sailor who brought her into bondage--ZaritE, known as TEtE, survives a childhood of brutality and fear, finding solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and in her exhilarating initia[...]
The author of 'The House of the Spirits' returns with a gritty yet transcendent tale of teenage addiction.[...]
From the author of 'The House of Spirits' - teenage Maya is in trouble. She's an alcoholic, an addict and deeply involved with a criminal gang. How did it all go so wrong? Abandoned by her parents as a baby, Maya has been brought up by her tough grandmother Nini and her gentle grandfather Popo. At s[...]
The author of 'The House of the Spirits' returns with a gritty yet transcendent tale of teenage addiction.[...]
Alexander Cold, un joven de quince años está a punto de embarcarse con su temeraria abuela, en el viaje de su vida. Una expedición de la International Geographic se dirige hacia la remotas y peligrosas tierras salvajes de Suramérica para documentar al legendario Yeti del Amazonas, más[...]
While his mother struggles with cancer, fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold goes on an expedition to the Amazon with his reporter grandmother where he comes to learn a great deal about his own strengths while also developing a special bond with Nadia, the daughter of their local guide. Reprint.[...]
The author of Portrait in Sepia profiles the landscapes and people of her native country; recounts the 1973 assassination of her uncle, which caused her to go into exile and choose to become a writer; and shares her experiences as an immigrant in post-September 11 America. Reader's Guide available. [...]
El primer recuerdo que Isabel Allende tiene de Chile es el de una casa que nunca conocio la "casa grande y vieja" de la calle Cueto, donde nacio su madre. Esta casa, evocada por su abuelo con tanta frecuencia que Isabel cree haber vivido alli, se convierte en la protagonista de su primera novela La [...]
Escorted by his bold grandmother, reporter Kate Cold, Alexander and his friend, Nadia, enter a magical realm in the Himalayas in search of the Golden Dragon, but the task isn't simple and soon the explorers must seek help from the animal spirits to safely guide them through what lies ahead. Reprint.[...]
Escorted by his bold grandmother, reporter Kate Cold, Alexander and his friend, Nadia, enter a magical realm in the Himalayas in search of the Golden Dragon, but the task isn't simple and soon the explorers must seek help from the animal spirits to safely guide them through what lies ahead.[...]
Originally going to Africa to write an article for her magazine, Kate teams up with Nadia Santos who leads her new companion on a search for some missing missionaries--and ends up in a dark forest occupied by Pygmies and their slaves where their own lives may now be at stake. Reprint.[...]
Witnessing the injustices against Native Americans by European settlers from childhood, Diego de la Vega, the son of an aristocratic Spanish landowner and a Shoshone mother, returns to California from school in Spain to reclaim the hacienda on which he was raised to seek justice for the weak and hel[...]
A child of two worlds--the son of an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner and a Shoshone warrior woman--young Diego de la Vega cannot silently bear the brutal injustices visited upon the helpless in late-eighteenth-century California. And so a great hero is born--skilled in athleticism[...]
Witnessing the injustices against Native Americans by European settlers from childhood, Diego de la Vega, the son of an aristocratic Spanish landowner and a Shoshone mother, returns to California from school in Spain to reclaim the hacienda on which he was raised to seek justice for the weak and hel[...]
Witnessing the injustices against Native Americans by European settlers from childhood, Diego de la Vega, the son of an aristocratic Spanish landowner and a Shoshone mother, returns to California from school in Spain to reclaim the hacienda on which he was raised to seek justice for the weak and hel[...]
"Alexander Cold, Nadia Santos, and Kate Cold head to Africa on assignment and discover a hidden world of corruption and slavery in the final installment of Isabel Allendeâs adventure trilogy for young readers."[...]