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Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, Red Mars is the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling trilogy. Red Mars is praised by scientists for its detailed visions of future technology. It is also hailed by authors and critics for its vivid characters and dramatic conflicts.

For centuries, the red planet has enticed the people of Earth. Now an international group of scientists has colonized Mars. Leaving Earth forever, these 100 people have traveled nine months to reach their new home. This is the remarkable story of the world they create - and the hidden power struggles of those who want to control it.

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

Part Fistful of Dollars, part The Martian, The Exile is set 150 years in the future as Mars, a barely habitable world, struggles with widespread corruption and brutality. In a desperate bid to find a way home to Earth, Bryce—a disgraced federal agent exiled from Earth—finds herself forced to join the local police force, while navigating dangers from every angle as she discovers there is little difference between criminals and law enforcement in this frontier world.

The once red and barren terrain of Mars is now green and rich with life - plant, animal, and human. But idyllic Mars is in a state of political upheaval, plagued by violent conflict between those who would keep the planet green and those who want to return it to a desert world.

SI MANDA EL VÍDEO, ¡LO PERDERÁ TODO!. Es de noche, tarde, y la recién nombrada inspectora, Cecilie Mars, comete un gran error que tendrá graves consecuencias para ella. Ese error ha sido grabado por una figura anónima que empezará a chantajear a Cecilie con revelar todo si no sigue su astuto plan. Involucrada en un siniestro dilema de chantaje y vigilantismo, Cecilie se ve obligada a dedicir hasta dónde está dispuesta a llegar para que realmente se haga justicia.

The initial Martian pioneers had fierce disagreements about how the planet should be used by humans. This led to a war that threatened the lives of billions of people on both Mars and Earth. Now, the second generation of settlers continues the struggle to survive the hostile yet strangely beautiful environment of the red planet.

An astronaut on a routine space flight is forced to make a decision that saves his crew, but ultimately finds him publicly disgraced by the corporation that built his ship and the politicians they own through lobbyists. Forced out of his rank as the scapegoat for what went wrong on the mission, he makes a fateful decision that brings him to the attention of a reclusive billionaire genius with his own vision and means to fulfill a dream to set foot on Mars.

La justicia podría no ser suficiente...En medio de una serie de asesinatos violentos a mujeres en Dinamarca, la inspectora jefe Cecilie Mars es arrastrada a las sombras de un mundo oculto lleno de odio. Los asesinatos se remontan a un antiguo caso de violación olvidado que une a un grupo de hombres con una rabia desmedida contra las mujeres. En su investigación, Mars descubre una sociedad secreta y no tardará en darse cuenta de que la ley no basta para detener a los autores.

This is a summary of the book, “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”, written by author John Gray. As you make your way through this summary, discover the ways in which men and women often think and perceive the world differently, and gain a better understanding of how to maintain a harmonious relationship.

Three years ago, Damien Montgomery was on the run from everyone. That is long past now, as the Mage-King of Mars has plucked him from obscurity to take advantage of his rare and powerful magical gifts. The Mage-King has plans for his newest pupil, but Damien is young and inexperienced. To season the young Mage, he is assigned to one of the warrior-judges that rove the Protectorate's stars, the Hands of the King, as an aide and apprentice.

Yesi y Desi. Vecinas. Amigas. Rivales. Dos destinos que se entrecruzan con consecuencias devastadoras. Berta Marsé se estrena en la novela. "Nacer en el mismo año, bajo el mismo signo zodiacal, vivir en el mismo barrio y estudiar en el mismo colegio, frecuentar el mismo parque, las mismas plazas, los mismos comercios no tiene por qué suponer una estrecha amistad. Si acaso una amistad circunscrita al espacio y al tiempo, ineludible, como una especie de tara genética. Pero no una amistad verdadera.

Mars is famous for its coloring, but the fourth planet from the sun has more than that going for it. Discover more interesting facts and secrets about the famous "red planet."

NASA finally made it. The very first human has just set foot on the surface of our neighbor planet. This is the start of a long research expedition that sent four scientists into space. But the four astronauts of the NASA crew are not the only ones with this destination. The privately financed "Mars for Everyone" initiative has also targeted the Red Planet. Twenty men and women have been selected to live there and establish the first extraterrestrial settlement.

Cuando los yihadistas se roban residuos nucleares de un hospital sin vigilancia de la ciudad de Nueva York en el medio de la noche, la policía, en una carrera frenética contra el tiempo, llama al FBI. Luke Stone, jefe de un departamento de élite y reservado dentro del FBI, es el único hombre al que se puede recurrir. Luke se da cuenta de inmediato que el propósito de los terroristas es crear una bomba sucia, que buscan un objetivo de alto valor, y que van a atacar en el plazo de 48 horas.

Octave Mouret, précurseur inspiré, bouleverse sa corporation comme Haussmann bouleverse la ville. Il parie tout sur les femmes, sur leurs envies et sur leur incapacité à surmonter les tentations.
Une lui résiste : Denise, incarnation de la vertu et de la générosité. Elle devient une obsession pour cet ogre.

After ten long years stranded on Earth, John Carter returns once again to Barsoom. But this time, he finds himself fighting for his life in the Valley Dor—the presumed Martian paradise that is in reality a violent hellscape, where legions of blood-thirsty Plant Men and four-armed great apes reward with bitter death believers who take the final pilgrimage down the sacred River Iss. Reunited with Tars Tarkas, his loyal green Martian friend, John Carter runs awry into the hands of the Holy Therns, the ancient cult that in secret rules all Barsoom.

Zweig est vraiment le fils que Freud aurait aimé avoir : Il apprécie en lui sa "modestie intérieure" tout en étant séduit par l'écrivain, si proche à bien des égards d'Arthur Schnitzler qu'il considérait comme son "frère jumeau" (Roland Jaccard). Pendant trente ans, Freud et Zweig vont échanger des lettres dans lesquelles percent l'admiration, et même une certaine affection, qu'ils ont l'un pour l'autre.

"A Princess of Mars" (1912) is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of his Barsoom series. Full of swordplay and daring feats, the novel is considered a classic example of 20th century pulp fiction. It is also a seminal instance of the planetary romance, a sub-genre of science fantasy that became highly popular in the decades following its publication. Its early chapters also contain elements of the Western. The story is set on Mars, imagined as a dying planet with a harsh desert environment.

L'action se déroule sous la Régence, période aux mœurs débridées succédant à l'austère fin de règne de Louis XIV. Le jeune chevalier des Grieux rencontre une belle adolescente : Manon Lescaut. Une passion irraisonnée naît entre ces deux très jeunes gens. Leur inconséquence et leur candide immoralité vont projeter le couple dans des aventures qui aboutiront à leur déchéance. Eduqué pour un avenir honorable, des Grieux, par passion amoureuse, ne pourra résister aux penchants licencieux de Manon.

Mysteriously projected to Mars, Captain John Carter of Virginia finds himself a captive of the savage Tharks, four-armed green Martian warriors roving the dead sea bottoms. Among them he meets one who will change his life forever—the incomparable Dejah Thoris, regal princess of the nation of Helium, captured while on a scientific mission to study the dwindling atmosphere of dying Barsoom. With the steel of his sword and the strength of his earthly muscles, John Carter will stop at nothing to free the woman who has captured his heart, even as she spurns his love.