Resultados para "Error" en Literatura y ficción

Soy enfermera, mi trabajo es salvar vidas, no arrebatarlas. Pero a veces suceden cosas que no puedes presagiar y te ves obligada a hacer lo impensable. Ahora lo más importante es proteger a los míos y, sobre todo, al pequeño e inocente Campbell. Matar no es lo peor que he hecho...

Algunos días no deberían existir. Cualquiera que se encontrara en el pellejo de Bea pensaría lo mismo. ¿Cuántas probabilidades hay de que la Administración cometa un error tan grave que envíe tu vida y tu estabilidad al garete? ¿Y de que te toque precisamente a ti? ¿Y qué es lo peor de todo? Que quien tiene que demostrar que fueron ellos los que metieron la pata eres tú —¿quién si no?—. Jodido, ¿verdad? Viuda, con un bebé al que mantener y sin trabajo, a Bea no le queda otra que pedirle a su cuñado, Theron Mitros, que la ayude a deshacer el entuerto.

"Technical Error" was first published in the December 1946 issue of Fantasy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

No es un simple masaje. Tres... Dos... Uno... En el mismo momento en que las manos de Daniela tocaron el cuerpo de aquel hombre, su lista de deseos empezó a cobrar vida. Propósitos de Daniela: Vivir sola. Ser una mujer más sexy. Subir a un avión, sin anestesia. Acostarme con un hombre el mismo día que lo conozca, aunque me conformo con acostarme. Perseguir un orgasmo alucinante -dicen que existen-. Subirme sobre unos zapatos de tacón vertiginosos sin romperme la crisma. Bailar desnuda, acompañada si es posible. Dejarme hacer un masaje. Escribir un libro.

Australia is a proud country full of proud people, but exactly what are we proud of? Comedian and history buff Ben Pobjie delves deep into Australia's past and has a good old rummage amongst the nation's personal effects. With wit, perspicacity and a healthily elastic attitude to historical accuracy, the great saga of Australia is unravelled like an old woolly jumper. For anyone who snoozed through history class at school, this is the book to get you all caught up.

In a creative twist, a fatally ill man’s great humanitarian act is to seek out and kill someone deserving of death; but the horror of an innocent man being accused of the murder was not an outcome Mr Todhunter, or the friends who advised him, considered. His job is then to prove his own guilt. Dedicated to P.G. Wodehouse, the story is suspenseful, inventive and humorous, with a riveting attention to detail and a profound suggestion of the absurdity of trying to influence destiny.

Former ADA turned defense lawyer Lainey Abbott is beginning to worry. It looks like the rest of her professional life will be spent representing dope boys in stop-and-frisk cases, just to help keep the lights on at her and Greg Knight’s law practice. Then a star football player from an elite college shows up at their door. A young, beautiful classmate, with whom he had an erratic three-month fling, was just found dead, and right away he’s in the NYPD’s crosshairs. Could be a fairly straightforward case to defend. Or maybe not. He's Black, and the missing girl is white.

Daniel Godfrey has been sentenced to be transported to a prison planet for a crime he didn't commit - but something goes wrong with the transmatter device, and Daniel and his companions are thrust onto an alien world whose people are more human than they have any right to be.

Rep and Melissa Pennyworth attend a reenactment of a Civil War battle in Missouri while seeking a case for attorney Rep - and find a corpse instead. Melissa’s friend, Linda Damon, was emotionally involved with the victim before his death, and Linda’s husband, Peter, had motive, opportunity, and a Civil War saber that is drenched in the victim’s blood. Logically, this is a job for the police, but when Rep and Melissa are involved, logic is seldom a reliable guide.

A story about an Demonic Angel in Heaven and an Angelic Demon in Hell. Damon always felt out of place in his surroundings and at his work. Most would consider it an ordinary problem but Damon was an angel working in Heaven. When Damon is redeployed to work on a mission on Earth, things start to become interesting. He is however dismayed to find out that he has been assigned as a shoulder Angel to the most boring man on Earth, Joe Smith.

Parker Wu’s life was cut short after a tragic encounter with a very large truck. But when one existence ended, another far more bizarre one began. Reincarnated and transported to the Continent—a world of swords and sorcery in which an all-powerful being known as the Eternal King reigns supreme—Parker is no longer a corporeal being. It seems the Continent has other plans for the late Earthling . . . As it turns out, Parker is now a System, a non-player entity whose purpose is to help a player succeed.

T.E.D.D. is a trash droid with glitches, sarcasm to spare, and zero interest in dealing with our crap. Unfortunately, quitting isn’t easy when blackouts, psychotic episodes, and a corporate death squad are on your tail. To survive, T.E.D.D. must embrace his anomaly—and maybe even team up with the humans he can’t stand.

Miss Prudence Canton loves her quiet life in the country, caring for her ailing father and their beloved horses. She's become adept at fending off the advances of gentlemen until a bold stranger named Lord Woodleigh makes a visit to the stables. For a brief moment lust takes over, but Prudence's father, and his gun, find them before things get out of hand. Now, in order to pay for those stolen kisses, Lord Woodleigh is forced to find a husband for the woman whose reputation he himself nearly ruined.

Erst wenn sich abends die Straßen Seouls allmählich leeren, verlässt die Psychotherapeutin Hae-Su den Schutz ihres Hauses. Niemand soll sie sehen, eine Frau, die alles verloren hat: ihre Arbeit und Reputation, ihren Partner, ihre Freunde.

Sailing to London, Sophia Braighton only hopes to escape certain ruin. But when she arrives, her Great Aunt Daphne has other plans for the American-born beauty. Determined to marry off her niece to a man of means, she propels Sophia into London society, not knowing that the young woman’s trust in men is shattered. In fact, Sophia never expects to ever feel anything for a man. Then again, she never expects to find herself in the company of the dashing earl of Marlton….

Plan Serezhi i vora vrode by shel neploho - ljudej na svad'bu v dom samogo opasnogo cheloveka oni sognali, vot tol'ko, kogda hozjain spustilsja, stalo ponjatno - podgotovit'sja k jetoj chasti ograblenija nado bylo by poluchshe... Svad'ba ne uspela nachat'sja, kak tut zhe prevratilas' v paniku gostej. Odnako Serezha nashelsja i v jetoj neprostoj situacii...

Accidental mediator Edwin Lark never meant to join the Department — a sprawling, magical bureaucracy where sparkleaf plants hold grudges, coffee machines unionize, and potluck boards develop emotional issues. But when a clerical blunder names Edwin the head of inter-departmental harmony, he’s thrown into a whirlwind of feuding factions, flying sticky notes, caffeinated interns, and one extremely judgmental Auditor.

WARNING: SEMANTIC ERROR ALERT! Computer science major Sangwoo Choo lives by the following tenets: reason, routine, and rules. So it makes perfect sense for him to delete his group members’ names from the project they contributed nothing to. If that inadvertently destroys their immediate future...

All’apparenza la vita di Holly scorre tranquilla a Salt Lake City. Condivide un appartamento con sua cugina e lavora per una società informatica. Tuttavia è difficile mantenere la calma quando il tuo ex decide di sposare tua sorella e la tua famiglia ti provoca in continuazione. L’unica soluzione per non scoppiare è sparire per un po’. David vive in luoghi sempre diversi. Ha fatto una scelta giusta nella sua esistenza e molte sbagliate. Ha pochi desideri: evitare brutte sorprese, rigare dritto come è riuscito a fare negli ultimi quattro anni e avere sempre una donna diversa nel letto.

Sassy has never been so dangerous. Question: What do you get when you take a witty housewife with deep, dark secrets and coop her up in a house with a frustratingly demonic dishwasher and a professional killer who just happens to look like The Gladiator? Answer: You get a thrilling tour de force of unexpected action that's peppered throughout with comedic beats and seriously dark undertones. From opening paragraph all the way to the very end, Error Code is a non-stop romp.