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La familia de Gracia Mendes Nasi, al igual que muchos otros conversos, aceptó la conversión forzada, pero mantuvo en secreto sus prácticas religiosas judías debido al riesgo de muerte si eran descubiertos. La labor de Gracia tuvo un gran impacto en la vida de miles de conversos, ya que desempeñó un papel fundamental al ayudarlos a reubicarse en lugares más seguros y a recuperar su antigua religión. Su historia se basa en su vida real.

Her home was her prison. The ghost was her warden. And escape required a terrible price. Margaret Hayes is trapped. Not by the four walls of her old house, but by the malevolent presence that claims her as its own. It whispers to her in the dark, a constant reminder that she belongs to it. After uncovering a journal detailing the dark rituals that bound the entity to the house, Margaret fights back. But banishing a demon is one thing. Severing the bond that ties it to her home—and to her very soul—is another. To win her freedom, she must be willing to burn down her own prison. But will ...

The Better Off Dead series delves into the furthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!

A father's desperate search becomes a journey into the impossible. For three years, Elias Thorne has lived in the suffocating silence of his son’s disappearance. The official search in the remote North Cascades found nothing—no body, no clue. Leo was simply gone. But Elias, a forestry expert, cannot accept the official story. Driven by a father's intuition, he returns alone to the one place no one dared to fully search: the mysterious "Valley of No Return." What he finds there defies all logic. A single, small sneaker… placed near a footprint of impossible size and shape. The legend ...

King of Diamonds - The Life of Barney Barnato is based on true facts and characters. King of Diamonds transports the reader to South Africa’s tumultuous diamond and gold-mining days in the late 1800’s, when thousands of fortune-seekers rushed there for riches. Many died of disease, violence or mine disasters. Most returned home as the paupers they arrived. Major figures of that era are portrayed, including ruthless empire builder Cecil Rhodes, Paul Kruger, the ill-tempered, British-hating president of the Dutch-controlled Transvaal, and an assortment of British and French speculators, ...

He lost his job, his love, and was about to lose his home. Then he found the key to losing everything else. Kaelen Moss is a ghost in his own life, a brilliant data analyst whose world has crumbled into eviction notices and silent phones. At his lowest point, he stumbles upon a hidden secret: a mysterious mathematical formula known as the Veridian Query. It’s a key that unlocks the hidden patterns of reality itself, allowing him to predict the stock market, optimize traffic, and find lost things. For the first time, Kaelen holds power instead of pity. But his success draws the attention ...

Two brothers. One promise. A deadly path to justice. As boys, Leo and Samuel swore a blood oath in their treehouse: brothers, no matter what. Leo, the rule-follower, would become the law. Samuel, the shadow, would become a force of his own. Fifteen years later, Detective Leo Valdez is hunting the city’s most elusive serial killer—The Watchmaker. A vigilante who murders the corrupt with chilling precision, leaving a vintage pocket watch and a playing card as his signature. The killer is brilliant, ruthless, and always one step ahead. Because he knows how Leo thinks. As the investigation ...

A town haunted by a secret. A ghost demanding justice. A man trapped in the middle. Elias Vance just wanted a break from his city life. A creative retreat to the ghost town of Sombra, Arizona, seemed like the perfect escape. But Sombra isn't just empty; it's waiting. When Elias unearths a tarnished silver belt buckle from the grave of Sheriff John Walker, murdered in a long-forgotten betrayal, he doesn't just find a relic—he opens a door. Now, the spirit of the vengeful lawman has taken hold, and Elias is a prisoner in his own body. Forced to be the instrument of a century-old revenge, he...

True stories of the weird and Unexplained are truly frightening, and could happen to anyone...at anytime...

This is the story of the life of Gracia Mendes Nasi, who was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1510. Gracia's family was Jewish and lived in Castile, Spain, for almost a century before being compelled to renounce their Jewish identity and convert to Catholicism due to the strict laws imposed by the Inquisition in 1478. The Mendes family, like many other Jewish converts known as conversos or new Christians, accepted the forced conversion but maintained their religious practices in secret due to the risk of death if discovered. Gracia's work undeniably and significantly impacted the lives of ...

After a life long battle with his inner Demons, Alan Reed must face his after a girl is abducted and the cops think he may have something to do with it, then he finds the Pedophile Papers, and everything changes.

Your existence is the epitome of normal…until it isn’t. In an instant, everything changes. The peaceful security you hold dear to your heart has been ripped away, and you are left fighting for your life. But don’t think for a second you have a chance in hell of surviving. Your odds are never good when staring into the face of pure evil. Join us for tales of savagery and slaughter, where the innocent, or not-so-innocent, find themselves in the most ferocious situations they have ever encountered.

It's Christmas, and the girls are on one of their toughest and most dangerous cases yet!! Join Mirabelle, Evereleigh and a cast of characters to find out the truth of Frau Perchta the "Christmas Witch"

In the quiet, peculiar town of Elderwood, some secrets are more than just hidden—they're stitched into the fabric of reality itself. For Milo, Tess, and Leo, it begins with a glimmer in the gloom: the ghost of a girl erased from history, her silent plea for help echoing across decades. Solving her mystery uncovers a terrible injustice and unlocks a terrifying truth. Elderwood is a place of thin walls and hidden doors, a patchwork of worlds where sorrow can poison the land and a book in the library can write back. But they are not just finders of lost things. They are threads in a vast, ...

Obra de ficción inspirada en la vida de Joseph Mendes Nasi (1520-1579). La familia Mendes, como muchas familias judías, se convirtió al catolicismo durante la Inquisición, pero mantuvo en secreto sus prácticas judías. Estos conversos eran conocidos como conversos. A los dieciséis años, Joseph se incorporó al negocio familiar de comercio y banca. La Casa de Mendes tenía el monopolio de las especias importadas a Portugal. Se volvió experto en desenvolverse en los círculos reales y, finalmente, se trasladó a Constantinopla, donde entabló amistad con Selim, el hijo del sultán ...

Some secrets aren't meant to be seen. Mirabelle notices things. It's what she does. So when the new librarian, Mr. Sterling, doesn't blink—not once—she knows it's more than just weird. It's a mystery. Teaming up with her friends—artistic Everleigh, logical Uta, practical Connor, and Everleigh's magical ladybug familiar, Adaline—Mirabelle is determined to uncover the truth. Is he an android? A ghost? A man under a spell? Their investigation leads them to a decades-old tragedy, a lost love, and a beautiful song silenced by fire. To solve the mystery, they'll have to do more than just ...

To preserve the future, he must become history's greatest monster. Leo Vale, a historian with a reverence for the past, is recruited by the shadowy Chronos Guardians. Their mission: to protect the timeline from catastrophic paradoxes. They are not time travelers; they are surgeons, making calculated, brutal incisions to save the whole. Leo’s job is to ensure the "necessary" deaths happen as history demands—from a jovial merchant in medieval Florence to a brilliant scientist in a nuclear plant. He learns to see people as threads in a tapestry, their sacrifices essential to prevent ...

He doesn’t see the dead. He sees those about to die. Nine months after his sister's tragic death, Leo is drowning in grief and haunted by fading memories. Then he sees the first one: a man-shaped void, a perfect hole in reality. He writes it off as a hallucination, a symptom of a mind shattered by loss. But it happens again. And again. Leo discovers these "inverse ghosts" are not remnants of the past, but terrifying previews of the future. They mark the exact location where someone is about to meet a sudden, violent end. He is the only one who can see them, a silent witness to impending ...

The Library of Lost Beginnings What if the greatest story ever told was one you had to save yourself? Since his mother passed away, Leo's world has been quiet. His only comfort is the strange questions he collects in his notebook. But when he finds a hidden door in the library, he uncovers a secret that will change everything. Welcome to the Library of Lost Beginnings. This is where every story never finished—the forgotten adventures, the abandoned heroes, the daydreams that vanished before they were told—fights to survive. Leo discovers a brave knight with no quest, a dragon who can't ...

The peace they fought for was an illusion. The real threat was just opening its ledger. After saving their enchanted town from temporal collapse, Milo, Tess, and Leo have earned their title as Keepers. But their hard-won peace shatters with the arrival of a gaunt man in a perfectly tailored grey suit. He is not a ghost or a monster. He is an appraiser from the Aethereal Bourse, a hidden market that trades in the essence of magic itself. With a chilling, bureaucratic precision, he begins harvesting Elderwood's soul, siphoning its joy, its memories, and its very magic into a brilliant, ...