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...

De la autora superventas número 1 de novelas feel-good y con más de un millón de ejemplares vendidos. A veces, las mejores sorpresas esconden los secretos más inesperados. Después de tres décadas de matrimonio, Brenda Jones ha tomado una decisión: dejar a su marido. Lo hará en cuanto...

El matrimonio entre Leah y Alex salió a la luz, fue lanzado al aire como una granada activaba a manos del enemigo, quien estaba dispuesto a aprovechar cualquier debilidad para separarlos. Sin embargo, ellos estaban listos para enfrentarse a todas las armas que apuntaban en su dirección. ¿El problema? La mitad de ellas estaban empuñadas por sus propias familias.

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.

Leah McCartney y Alexander Colbourn llevaban consigo el peso del pasado conflictivo de sus padres; su casi inexistente relación era hostil, pero un viaje a Las Vegas, una excitante noche de tragos y un acta de matrimonio unió sus mundos de una manera inesperada y explosiva... Leah estaba dispuesta a acabar con ese terrible error antes de que su novio y sus padres se enteraran, pero, aunque aún no lo notaba, ya era tarde para hacerlo…

Der so perfektionistische Sangwoo findet sich mitten in einer Beziehung mit dem chaotischen Jaeyoung wieder. Nachdem sie ihre ersten Konflikte und Herausforderungen überwunden haben, müssen sie sich nun neuen Situationen und vor allem starken Gefühlen stellen. Diese neue Phase bringt sie zwar näher zusammen, allerdings bleibt die Frage, ob ihre Verbindung stark genug ist, um ihre Unterschiede zu akzeptieren und ihre individuellen Welten miteinander zu vereinen.

"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.

When Lily is offered a ticket out of the career and life she hates, she takes it. Even if it means signing a contract to marry the attractive but aloof Sebastian Miller for five years. Her job is simple: play the happy housewife and she will get awarded a million dollars of her inheritance. That money is more than enough for her to start a life on her own and away from her controlling parents. But four years in, she's more than ready to be done with this marriage. She's pretty sure her husband hates her, and she longs for the freedom the end of their contract will bring.

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.

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.

Sie haben ihn gebaut, um ihren Müll zu beseitigen. Stellt sich heraus, sie sind die Nächsten. Tedd ist ein Mülldroid mit einer „Anomalie“ er kann selbständig denken. Management will ihn eingeschmolzen sehen, und sein vorlautes Mundwerk hilft ihm nicht gerade. Er könnte still und leise verschwinden. Er könnte auf Nummer sicher gehen. Er könnte, zum ersten Mal in seiner elenden Existenz, das Vernünftige tun. Aber das tut er nicht. Das tut er nie. Wenn du Douglas Adams, John Scalzi oder Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries liebst, wirst du dies verschlingen.

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.

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.

Tedd is a trash droid with an "anomaly" - he can think for himself. Management wants him smelted, and his runaway mouth isn't helping. He could disappear quietly. He could play it safe. He could, for once in his miserable existence, do the sensible thing. But he doesn't. He never does.

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.

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.

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.