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Una noche oscura y lluviosa, Eilish Stack abre la puerta de su casa de Dublín y se encuentra a dos agentes de la policía secreta. Están allí para interrogar a su marido, un sindicalista que ha participado en manifestaciones recientes. La casa, la familia y el país que Eilish conocía, y en los que confiaba, están a punto de desmoronarse.

There were conjugal visits in the slave camps of the USSR. House of Meetings is about one such liaison. It is a triangular romance: two brothers fall in love with the same girl in Moscow, which is poised for pogrom in the gap between the war and the death of Stalin. Both brothers are arrested, and their rivalry slowly complicates itself over a decade in the slave camp above the Arctic Circle.

In Rabindranath Tagore’s Gora, immerse yourself in a captivating exploration of identity, nationalism, and personal conviction. Set against the backdrop of colonial India, the novel follows the life of Gora, a young man deeply committed to the ideals of nationalism and reform. As Gora grapples with his fervent beliefs, he encounters diverse characters and complex situations that challenge his perspectives and shape his journey.

Die Welt ist in die drei Machtblöcke Ozeanien, Eurasien und Ostasien aufgeteilt, die sich, in ständig wechselnden Koalitionen, in dauerhaftem Krieg miteinander befinden. Die Handlung des Romans spielt in Ozeanien, das Nord- und Südamerika, die britischen Inseln, Australien und das südliche Afrika umfasst, wobei Winston Smith im "Landefeld 1" (England) lebt. In dem diktatorisch und totalitär geführten Staat unterdrückt eine vom – nie wirklich sichtbaren – Großen Bruder.

Mario es testigo de un asesinato que lo lleva a escarbar en pasados tormentosos y verdades oscuras. En la búsqueda que emprendemos con el narrador, descubrimos la historia del albergue Nuevo Amanecer, dirigido por Elena Mendoza, una maestra de la manipulación, enferma de poder, cuya crueldad no conoce límites.

When Alex takes on a mission to reclaim stolen Bedouin land, he finds himself imprisoned and branded a criminal. Meanwhile, Caitlin faces her own dangers, becoming the target of an extremist plot. But the rules of warfare change forever when Caitlin condenses an electromagnetic pulse into shootable ammunition and deploys an AI chatbot–quantum computer that can use the internet to control secure Israeli communications and provide strategic intel.

Lionel Pigot Johnson was born in 1867. He was a poet, short story writer, essayist, and critic. A member of the notorious and influential Rhymer’s Club his poetry and short stories are studded with the themes of the times. His most influential work ‘Dark Angel’ was published in 1893.

You are cordially invited to participate in my absurd but heartfelt attempt to help save this nation from corruption, stupidity, and evil beings of one sort or another. No Common Sense is a genre-bending political satire-based update of Founding Father Thomas Paine’s original Common Sense.

Esta es una historia moldeada por el tránsito. Su protagonista huye de un entorno violento en Centroamérica en busca de un sitio donde sentirse a salvo y vivir su identidad sexual. Aunque en ese camino sufre maltratos y desilusiones, también conoce la amistad.

He wants them. When I first met Kevin Markos, we were both drunk college students at Spring Break. It was a week I never expected, and a week I’d never forget. Especially since I took pictures. Unfortunately, life got in the way, careers got in the way…as did Kevin’s miles-deep closet. I thought the only way I’d ever see Kevin again was on a TV screen.

El protagonista de esta novela no tiene nombre, aunque podríamos llamarlo "el karateca". Su historia comienza en 1975: tiene 18 años y un grupo de agentes de la dictadura de Pinochet acaba de secuestrar y asesinar a su sensei, un profesor de castellano militante del MIR. El karateca comienza a tener visiones en las cuales aparecen Cristo, los ángeles, diversos seres demoniacos, un anciano fraile llamado Casaus y el espíritu de su sensei, quien le exige luchar contra el mal y vengar su muerte.

El novato es la tercera novela –y acaso la mejor, la más perfectamente acabada, por ahora– de la saga protagonizada por Germán, el cronista de la sección Policiales de Crítica, el mítico diario de Natalio Botana que se preciaba, desde su eslogan, de ser como un tábano destinado a mantener despierta y vigilante a la sociedad argentina.

Die Welt ist in die drei Machtblöcke Ozeanien, Eurasien und Ostasien aufgeteilt, die sich, in ständig wechselnden Koalitionen, in dauerhaftem Krieg miteinander befinden. Die Handlung des Romans spielt in Ozeanien, das Nord- und Südamerika, die britischen Inseln, Australien und das südliche Afrika umfasst, wobei Winston Smith im „Landefeld 1“ (England) lebt. In dem diktatorisch und totalitär geführten Staat unterdrückt eine vom – nie wirklich sichtbaren – Großen Bruder.

AD 211: Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome, has invaded what is now Scotland, but Tullius, second-in-command of the legendary Sixth Victrix Legion, has more to worry about. Severus’s eldest son, a young Caracalla, is already testing the limits of his power as his monstrous nature begins to reveal itself. With his family under threat of death from him, Tullius must balance their safety with a sworn duty to his emperor and turn to the only people who can help – those north of Hadrian’s Wall – his enemies.

A Liu Zhenyun le llevó tres años escribir esta novela, la más grande y madura de su acervo literario. La primera parte describe el pasado: Moisés Wu salió de Yanjin para encontrar a la única persona con quien "podía hablar", su hijastra. La segunda parte narra el presente: Niu Aiguo, hijo de aquella querida hijastra, también emprendió un viaje desde Yanjin men busca de un amigo con quien hablar. Ambos salieron y tardaron cien años.

Eine Geschichte von Liebe und Freundschaft über alle Grenzen hinweg. In einem Europa, wie es einst unsere Zukunft hätte sein können. Karlsbad, 1871. Die Zeit der Kriege scheint für immer vorbei, im böhmischen Kurort treffen sich Gäste aus ganz Europa. So auch Vicky, Tochter einer Londoner Industriellenfamilie, die den Ärmelkanal untertunneln will, um England mit dem Kontinent zu verbinden; Paul, ein Berliner Ingenieur, der hofft, am Bau einer Prachtstraße namens Kurfürstendamm mitzuwirken; und Auguste Escoffier, angehender Meisterkoch aus Paris, dessen Name zum Inbegriff der französischen Kochkunst werden soll.

“Don’t give up! I’ll help you!” barks Rex, the hero of Władysław Reymont’s Revolt of the Animals (1924), “carried away with wrath and compassion” at the sight of his friend the old donkey with “his head covered in a hempen sack, being whipped by boys harrying him towards a pit of lime.” Who would not be roused to a righteous indignation at the sight of such wanton cruelty, inflicted upon a wise, sentient creature–for the perverse pleasure of man, that “crown and lord of all creation,” to whom dominion over this world was supposedly given by the Lord at the dawn of creation?

In 1982 Soviet-controlled Poland—a time and place of suspicion and mistrust—when geopolitical forces and violent men descend upon her little town of Zygmuntowo, Emilia must decide if she is willing to risk prison or worse for self-respect and for her unexpected love.

Quarterlife is a groundbreaking portrait of a nation on the cusp of a new age. When the Bharat Party comes to power after a divisive election, Naren, a jaded Wall Street consultant, is lured home to Mumbai. With him is Amanda, a restless New Englander eager to embody her ideals through a teaching fellowship in a Muslim-majority slum. Meanwhile, Naren's charismatic brother Rohit, an amateur filmmaker, sets out to explore his roots and befriends the fiery young men of the Hindu nationalist machine.

Scott Bradley James arrives in Annapolis, Maryland, as a plebe in the class of 1941 without a terribly good idea why he wants to be a naval officer, other than that his father was a sailor, and he wants to see the world, whatever that means. Scott and his roommate become fast friends, and, after surviving scrapes of their own making, the two fetch up at Pearl Harbor. War is brewing, and their class has graduated early. They have been sent to battle stations.