Resultados para "James" en Literatura y ficción

James es un libro fascinante. Una reescritura de Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn de Mark Twain desde el punto de vista de Jim, el esclavo. Con el humor típico de Percival Everett y una inteligencia sobrecogedora, el lector vive una gran aventura, la de la libertad. James es el nombre de la dignidad. El esclavo ha visitado de forma clandestina la biblioteca de su amo y ha aprendido a leer y escribir. Cuando se entera de que lo han vendido y lo van a separar de su mujer y su hija decide escaparse.

Un exmilitar con cicatrices. Una estrella pop en peligro. Un triángulo que arde. James creía que alejarse de ella era lo único correcto. Volvió a su rancho con sus hijos, convencido de que no podía ofrecerle nada más que dolor. Pero cuando un atentado en pleno concierto pone la vida de...

Inglaterra, 1821. Aylana está desesperada: la vida de su hermano John pende de un hilo, y la única posibilidad de salvarlo es obtener la clemencia del rey. Sin título, fortuna ni contactos, acceder a la corte es imposible para una mujer como ella. Su única esperanza es James Eastlake, uno de los libertinos más conocidos del país y uno de los pocos hombres capaces de hablar directamente con Su Majestad. Pero James es el último hombre al que Aylana querría pedir ayuda.

My job, when you think about it, isn’t so different from a lot of people’s. The more old-fashioned crowd do still get hung up on the "killing people" part of it, I guess, but that’s a them problem: it’s been perfectly legal to take out lifers for ages. Besides, once ultrawealthy morons realized they had a way to live forever—limited resources be damned—there was only ever going to be one genuinely practical deterrent.

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.

Un virus letal se desata accidentalmente en el Cáucaso, extendiéndose velozmente por todo el planeta. En Galicia, un joven abogado observa impotente cómo su apacible vida se desmorona cuando la plaga alcanza su ciudad. Ahora, debe enfrentarse a una lucha desesperada por la supervivencia en un territorio familiar que se ha transformado en un infierno terrenal.

«Eres capaz de mirar a lo imposible a la cara y decirle que se siente y se calle. El mundo necesita personas así. El mundo te necesita a ti». Mil desconocidos reciben una invitación. Solo cien superarán la selección. Una competición sin precedentes ideada por MrBeast, el creador de...

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.

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 final masterpiece by James Sallis, author of the cult classic Drive When an old friend from his days on the police force makes a plea for him to come and help with what seems to be a murder case, jazz guitarist Bishop steps back into a former life. Two major problems, though. The job’s in...

A MAYOR GRACIA DE DIOS (The Grace). Es uno de los 15 relatos que componen la novela Dublineses. Este relato está marcado por la religión. Aquí se ven los trapicheos de un cierto proselitismo católico, ya que este relato trata de cómo los amigos y la esposa del protagonista, que ha tenido un accidente estando borracho, intentan reconducirle a la senda católica.

To solve a double murder in Cuba, US Army Captain Billy Boyle will need to build unlikely alliances with Havana’s underworld and British intelligence, including Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming, whose naval wartime service would later inspire the James Bond novels. This installment of James R...

The second installment in #1 New York Times bestselling author James Clavell’s Asian Saga, Tai Pan, Part One contains the first half of the sweeping epic of the founding of Hong Kong. “There can only be one Tai-Pan.” Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also...

For the first time, the complete works of M. R. James are available to download in one collection. This unabridged collection of all M.R. James' ghost stories includes tales from Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, More Ghost Stories, A Thin Ghost and Others, and A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories. It is expertly read by award-winning narrator Jonathan Keeble.

The London Classics Collection: Stories of the City allows you to step into the heart of London with a curated selection of iconic literary works that explore the soul of one of the world's most fascinating cities. From the smoky alleys of Victorian London to the political upheavals of the 20th century, this collection brings together stories that capture the city's rich history, diverse characters, and unflinching reflections on society.

A stylish, ambitious novel—touching on themes of power, money, and desire—that evokes the art world and all of its moral complexities. Thomas Haller has achieved the kind of fame that most artists only dream of: shows in London and New York, paintings sold for a fortune. The vision he...

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.

It should have been simple. Easy come, easy go, and in between, atonement. She was not who I would have chosen. Gwen was delicate and lovely: a former model with a ruined life, living loudly in the quiet of the Smoky Mountains, healing injured bears. When she laid her hands on me, she healed me too. That's how it began. That's where it went wrong. I knew she could never be mine. But I sinned. I sinned.

When I get ditched at the airport right before a holiday trip to the Bahamas, spending Christmas at home alone isn't all that appealing. So impulsively hopping on a plane to the most Christmasy place on earth seems like a good idea. At least until I realize I've got no plan, no place to stay, and nothing but beach clothes. Luckily, Arlo, the handsome B&B owner, comes to my rescue.

Viola y Perdita son dos jóvenes muy bellas de buena familia que, sin poder evitarlo, se enamoran del mismo hombre: Arthur Lloyd. Y éste se ve en la tesitura de tener que elegir una de entre las dos.Aunque las dos hermanas se aseguran la una a la otra que no sentirán envidia de la que resulte elegida, los sentimientos son difíciles de controlar. Cuando Viola ve que su hermana Perdita es la elegida por el señor Lloyd, no puede evitar sentir un odio, que se va acrecentando con el tiempo, hacia su hermana.