Resultados para "Jam" en Literatura y ficción

The Catenan Republic—the Hierarchy—may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilized society in allowing my strength, my drive, and my focus—what they call Will—to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do.

Un hecho cotidiano hace que una familia caiga en las redes de una peligrosa organización. Cuando Tom Bryce encuentra un CD que alguien ha olvidado en el asiento contiguo del tren en el que viaja, hace lo que cualquier persona decente haría: lo recoge y, cuando llega a casa, intenta averiguar a quién pertenece para poder devolvérselo. Sin embargo, su buena fe topará con el escalofriante contenido del disco: un estremecedor asesinato. A partir de ese momento, su vida y la de su familia comienzan a correr peligro.

The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am. But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore. I am no longer one. I won the Iudicium and lost everything—and now, impossibly, the ancient device beyond the Labyrinth has replicated me across three separate worlds. A different version of myself in each of Obiteum, Luceum, and Res. Three different bodies, three different lives.

Azaran I was born a dragon rider. A member of the Brotherhood of Ormarr, son of Cadmar, and the eldest of four sons. I was raised to defend the innocent and protect the secret of the dragons, but when I was eighteen, my parents were brutally murdered and the training and care of my brothers fell...

Original cast members from the beloved TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reunite for an all-new adventure about connections that never die—even if you bury them. A decade has passed since the epic final battle that concluded Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV). The game-changing spell that gave power to all potential Slayers persists. With new Slayers constantly emerging, things are looking grim for the bad guys.

There are more than monsters in the dark . . . Three years ago, Eric Hill's life was blown apart. Forced into hiding in remote Colorado, he's all but given up. No friends, no family. He's barely even existing. This is, until Cherie stumbles into his life. Humble, vivacious, and curious. She's...

Ashlie Willis is a disappointment. At least, that’s what she tells herself. Failed career, bad relationships, life—the former teacher can’t seem to get anything right. People pleasing is a tough habit to break, and pretending is easier than facing her fears. The only one asking what she...

From the Hugo Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse, James S. A. Corey, comes the start of a monumental new space opera series. HOW HUMANITY CAME TO THE PLANET CALLED ANJIIN IS LOST IN THE FOG OF HISTORY, BUT THAT HISTORY IS ABOUT TO END. The Carryx—part empire...

Le Tour d'écrou est une nouvelle fantastique d'Henry James. Le narrateur assiste à la lecture du journal d'une gouvernante. La jeune femme a été engagée par un riche célibataire pour veiller sur ses neveu et nièce, Flora et Miles. Orphelins, ceux-ci vivent dans une vaste propriété isolée à la campagne.

Bajo la forma de un diario personal, un quincuagenario de viaje por Florencia anota los episodios de un acontecimiento extraordinario para él: acaba de conocer a la hija de la que fue su amor de juventud casi treinta años antes, y a su pretendiente, un joven inglés, e intuye en esta relación la exacta repetición de su propia historia sentimental. ¿Logrará el narrador su propósito? ¿Producen las mismas causas los mismos efectos? ¿Tiene sentido proyectar nuestra propia vida en la de los demás?

An eldritch magic has awakened, turning the mortal world darker. Colder. Famished. With flesh-eating monsters and a sinister curse spreading like a plague, the last glimmer of humanity in Foxglove Parish has long since faded. For Maevyth and Zevander, the only chance of escape is through The Eating Woods. But fate has woven a new web, tangling the threads of destiny, and crossing the mystical boundary to Aethyria might not be so simple.

Stephen Dedalus, alter ego de Joyce, relata episodios de su vida a través de evocaciones azarosas de su pensamiento que le llevan a topar una y otra vez con el catolicismo, el pecado, el sacrificio, la penitencia y lo socialmente adecuado. Obra de expiación y exorcismo personal de Joyce es también la consolidación definitiva en el desarrollo de un personaje, Stephen Dedalus, fundamental en Ulises.

After serving five years in prison, Kamden "Killa" King has returned home. Aside from wanting to discover who set up his arrest, he's found himself in the middle of a bigger issue that may garner a new enemy: his father, Boston King. When bonds are formed, family ties are broken. Secrets are uncovered, and both alpha males know the war won't end well.

Romance and anarchist violence collide in this thought-provoking thriller about the London underworld and the political unrest that seethes there. Set in the late 19th century and written in James’s elegant, impressionistic style, The Princess Casamassima follows the life of bookbinder Hyacinth Robinson. The illegitimate son of a French woman imprisoned for murdering his father, Hyacinth is raised by an impoverished seamstress in a poor area of London.

Una autèntica obra mestra de la narrativa curta contemporània. La vetllada nadalenca a casa de les senyoretes Morkan és l'esdeveniment anual per excel·lència. La llar s'omple de riures, música i ball per al gaudi de convidats i amfitriones. Però també del sord silenci dels que ja no hi són. La memòria dels que se n'han anat portarà els personatges d'aquesta història a recórrer camins que s'havien oblidat.

Though Ulysses is widely regarded as a "difficult" novel, this fresh and lively reading shows its comic genius as well as its great moments of poignance, making it more accessible than ever before.

A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw. Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered and outgunned, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the very evil he fought to destroy? In his darkening shadow, a new hero rises.

Henry James hace confluir en "Pandora" todas las tramas recurrentes que aparecen en la literatura que le encumbró: la tensión entre Europa y América, la inmovilidad entre clases y el prototipo de una nueva mujer que empieza a surgir a finales del XIX. Era...

Manga-loving gamer Ethan Graham is a frustrated Boston-area tax consultant toiling away at a mind-numbing nine-to-five grind of a job, wondering when he'll ever have control over his own life. If not in this world, maybe the next? Then, after a tragic accident, Ethan suddenly finds himself reincarnated in the land of Argwyll...as a hat. A hat that can possess creatures and steal their skills. Not too shabby—why evolve just one monster when you can upgrade skills from them all?

Mister Big, un despiadado gánster de Harlem que dirige todo un imperio del crimen y que parece estar utilizando un antiguo tesoro pirata enterrado en una isla jamaicana para financiar operaciones de espionaje soviético en suelo estadounidense. Un poderoso enemigo que, por si fuera poco, parece experto en las negras artes del vudú, algo que, a pesar de la ayuda que le presta la hermosa Solitaire, puede terminar incluso con Bond, James Bond.