Resultados para "Cosmo" en Literatura y ficción

Es la intención de este audiolibro mostrar que en la relatividad general esas dos caras de la cultura muestran el mismo aire de familia que cualquiera puede apreciar entre el rostro delirante que la tradición nos ha legado de don Quijote y ese icono de la modernidad que es el rostro de un Einstein desmelenado.

L'universo è un'immensa foresta abitata da feroci predatori. Nascondersi significa sopravvivere, rivelarsi significa diventare prede. È quello che ha fatto la Terra, e ora i predatori stanno arrivando. Impiegheranno 400 anni, attraverso gli spazi siderali, e la Terra tenta di organizzare una disperata resistenza.

En las profundidades de las ruinas de Derinkuyu, la legendaria ciudad subterránea situada en el corazón de Capadocia, el arqueólogo David Birch descubre un artefacto de bronce cubierto de inscripciones griegas y dotado de mecanismos increíblemente avanzados para su época. Mientras descifran los orígenes del artefacto, tropiezan con la asombrosa leyenda de la Máquina del Destino, un dispositivo poderoso oculto al mundo, ligado a los secretos de los dioses y capaz de vislumbrar el porvenir de los días.

Mount Oznol is no longer just a border. It has become a target. When Aresh spots an Accord convoy moving through the canyon with Extractors, escorts, and a second hidden retrieval team, Mira, Sh’ala, and Zaxar are forced into a brutal confrontation where every move reveals more of the enemy’s real purpose. What begins as a defensive strike quickly turns into a deeper discovery: the Accord is not only pushing into Rokar for access, but building a full extraction line tied to the planet’s rare metals and to Zaxar himself.

Actor Matthew McConaughey descends into a surreal desert of the soul, an admirer of Miley Cyrus performs a 3,000-word sentence in defense of his passion, an aging porn star dons a dinosaur costume to film the sex scene of a lifetime, and Leonard Cohen shills for Subway: these mercurial and wildly varied stories explode the conventions of short fiction.

Jóvenes de ambos sexos se encuentran dentro de una nave espacial que tiene un destino desconocido. La única compañía con la que pueden contar, es la de un grupo de robots que les cuidan y asesoran en todo, incluso un poco más de la cuenta.... Pero los jóvenes haciendo gala de esa curiosidad típica en ellos empiezan a investigar.

Es la intención de este audiolibro mostrar que en la relatividad general esas dos caras de la cultura muestran el mismo aire de familia que cualquiera puede apreciar entre el rostro delirante que la tradición nos ha legado de don Quijote y ese icono de la modernidad que es el rostro de un Einstein desmelenado.

Fêter mon anniversaire depuis un cachot ? Ce n'est pas vraiment ce que j'avais imaginé. Mais lorsque le Seigneur du Chaos (un démon sexy à mourir) me prend pour mon double maléfique, c'est exactement ce qu'il se passe. Quand il finit par comprendre que je ne suis qu'une simple mortelle, il me propose un accord que je ne peux refuser : son autorisation de rester dans la ville interdite pour retrouver le meurtrier de ma mère en échange de mon aide.

A woman from a small Greek village finds herself swept up in the long and storied history of her island—and its far–reaching impact—in this unforgettable story of love, passion, and resistance. Chania, Crete; 1941. When mainland Greece falls to the Germans after incredible and heroic...

Les jours passés à la librairie Morisaki resteront à jamais gravés dans ma mémoire. Puisque c'est là-bas que j'ai commencé à vivre, à vivre réellement. Sans cette parenthèse, ma vie aurait été bien moins colorée, bien plus monotone, bien plus triste. Un lieu précieux, inoubliable. Voilà ce qu'est la librairie Morisaki à mes yeux.

Juan Bonilla recupera la figura de Nahui Olin, una de las mujeres más carismáticas del arte mexicano del siglo XX, para una obra merecedora del Premio Nacional de Narrativa 2020. Esta es una historia de amor y fantasmas. Nahui Olin fue, durante los veinte años, la musa de...

After solving one impossible mystery, Deirdre Green remains stumped by the remaining clues left by her late father. Every time she makes progress with The Monarch Papers, she realizes his cryptic riddles have only created more questions. As Deirdre begins to walk stranger, more dangerous paths, she finds that dark forces hell-bent on her destruction wait in the shadows....

Pella, Greece; 341 B.C. Alexandros is a middle child caught between two warring spouses, born to both a king and queen, but never meant to rule himself. When a mysterious young man arrives from the north, fleeing his own family, and meets Alexandros in a garden in the Macedonian capital, the bond that's created between them will soon become unbreakable and ultimately define both the direction of the Ancient World and ours.

"A mulher que ele amava tanto desfazia-se em provas de amor com o marido na hora solene em que se despedia da terra." Ponto de virada na vida do protagonista Cosme, a morte se sua Carlota o faz rever, tarde demais, seus sentimentos. Com notável sensibilidade, Machado de Assis faz o leitor mergulhar na psicologia dos personagens.

In December of 1945, in the Upper Egyptian desert, an Arab farmer and his brother left their village in search of sebakh, a soft soil which was used to fertilize crops, and while digging in the foot-hills of the mountains near the village of Nag Hammadi, they found something else. In the hole the brothers created, they stumbled upon a sealed earthenware jar which contained thirteen books, or codices, all bound in thick leather that was thousands of years old.

On October 28, 1940, Mussolini provides Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas with an ultimatum - either allow Axis forces to occupy their country or face war - and Greece’s response is swift: “Oxi!” they say. “No!” In a small village nestled against the radiant waters of the Aegean Sea, Alexei, the son of a local fisherman, and his best friend Costa - who were both born on the same night eighteen years earlier and have been like brothers ever since - leave their homes, like all the other young men in their village and throughout Greece, to bravely fight for their country.

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further distress the protagonist with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore".

Richement documenté, ce nouveau roman de Cristina Caboni nous plonge dans l'univers fascinant des souffleurs de verre, et brosse le portrait de deux femmes fortes et farouchement libres qui défient les lois et les préjugés de leur époque.

東洋の化粧品王は、いかにして誕生したか「ほんまに、きみが愛おし！」　時は明治の世。秀才ながらも、山口の家族を支えるため進学をあきらめ、単身神戸に出てきた少年・利一。牛より安い値段で花街に売られてきた少女・ハナ。神戸の花隈での二人の出会いは、やがて日本の生活をも一変させる発明、大ヒット商品誕生へとつながっていく。

Life is tough on space station Belvaille - not for the aristocratic nobles that call it home, but for the poor slobs like Hank. Hank is considered a celebrated cutthroat and the oldest living person in the city. His occupation is to be hired muscle for those people who don't want to get their hands dirty but still want dirty things done.