Resultados para "man" en Literatura de género

Una novela tan extraordinaria como la peripecia de sus protagonistas. En el año 2011, el narrador de esta novela y su familia llegaron, de un modo azaroso, a una vivienda casi en ruinas situada en un pequeño pueblo del sur de España. Un acuerdo con el propietario les permitiría hacer uso de ella mientras él encontraba financiación para construir allí unos apartamentos. Era solo cuestión de tiempo que la casa fuera derribada. Sin embargo, durante los años siguientes, pasaron largos periodos en ella, reparándola con sus propias manos, transformándola en un acogedor lugar de encuentro y celebración.

La boda del año está a punto de celebrarse. La novia estará espectacular y el novio es el hombre perfecto para ella. Pero ¿qué hay de los invitados a la boda? Son una pesadilla. Y el padrino, el peor de todos.

Nei villaggi delle Alpujarras è esploso il grido della ribellione. Stanchi di ingiustizie e umiliazioni, i moriscos si battono contro i cristiani che li hanno costretti alla conversione. È il 1568. Tra i rivoltosi musulmani spicca un ragazzo di quattordici anni dagli occhi incredibilmente azzurri. Il suo nome è Hernando. Nato da un vile atto di brutalità - la madre morisca fu stuprata da un prete cristiano -, il giovane dal sangue misto subisce il rifiuto della sua gente. La rivolta è la sua occasione di riscatto.

Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido's life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rié Takemoto. She wants Kido to investigate a dead man - her recently deceased husband, Daisuké. Upon his death she discovered that he’d been living a lie. His name, his past, his entire identity belonged to someone else, a total stranger.

Step into the mind-bending worlds of The Selected Works of Philip K. Dick, a powerful collection of classic science-fiction stories from one of the genre’s most influential visionaries, Philip K. Dick. This expertly curated volume showcases Dick at his sharpest—probing the fragile boundaries between reality and illusion, power and freedom, humanity and the unknown.

Que la vida es jodida ya lo sabemos todos. Káiser, de 17 años, camello de profesión y DJ por vocación, acaba de descubrirlo. A través de sus días gastados, sus noches interminables y sus constantes desfases aderezados con droga y música electrónica recorremos el Madrid de finales de los...

David a la batería, Fran a la guitarra, Javi al bajo, tocan en bares de mala muerte mientras están en tratos con una multinacional para que financie su próximo disco. Sobreviven a base de curros esforzados, jugarse la piel en los atascos, o de la distanciada generosidad paterna. Con ellos...

In this 1919 collection, Wodehouse introduces readers to the iconic duo of Bertie Wooster, an affable but hapless English gentleman, and Jeeves, his brilliant and resourceful valet. From social blunders, hopeless romances and family mishaps, Bertie is saved by Jeeves’s calm intellect time and time again. Also featured in this collection is the wealthy yet helpless Reggie Pepper, a character often considered an early prototype of Bertie.

Crónica veraniega de un grupo de jóvenes madrileños que intentan eliminar de su vida los sentimientos y los escrúpulos con desfases nocturnos y una actitud nihilista hacia una realidad que ven pasar de largo, en un bucle continuo. Un vertiginoso descenso a los infiernos, narrada en primera...

Truth Medici knows life isn't fair. But for the first time, the balance is in his favor. Cultivation has taken him from desperate slumrat to burglar to mercenary to bodyguard to terrorist, and now he's the revered prince of a kingdom to come—immortal heir to a dynasty hidden for millennia. Pampered by succubae, demons, and sprites, Truth is more than ready to embody the might of his ancestors, who've prospered in secret for centuries. With an aura that reeks of power, he'll make his presence known. His word and will are law.

En la opulenta Córdoba de la segunda mitad del siglo XVI, un joven morisco, desgarrado entre dos culturas y dos amores, inicia una ardiente lucha por la tolerancia religiosa y los derechos de su pueblo. En 1568, en los valles y montes de las Alpujarras, ha estallado el grito de la rebelión: hartos de injusticias, expolio y humillaciones, los moriscos se enfrentan a los cristianos e inician una desigual pugna que sólo puede terminar con su derrota y dispersión por todo el reino de Castilla.

La novela, que tiene su origen en un relato inédito escrito hace algunos años, narra una historia de amistad truncada entre dos personajes de distinta condición social – un pijo universitario e irresponsable y un chico de barrio, simpático y manipulador, que trabaja como guardia de...

In our own time, when the dark threat of a dystopian world is not an alien or avoidable concept, The Last Man (1826) is revealed as a trailblazing novel. With a truly global view, Mary Shelley’s futuristic romain à clef–containing portraits of her husband Percy (Adrian), Lord Byron (Raymond) and several others–spearheaded the apocalyptic genre for an intimidated 19th-century readership that rejected her ‘diseased imagination’ and ‘polluted taste’.

When the Chinese premier visits Harvard, international student Pei Lulu encounters a lone woman protesting who will drastically change her understanding of the People's Republic and her own place in the world. For the first time, Lulu learns of the 1989 protest movement and the government’s violent response. Determined to find out more, she seeks answers from her family, who share surprising stories of their involvement. A formative university course prompts Lulu to pursue a line of PHD research focused on the protest movement.

Après un retour mouvementé au domaine familial et des mois marqués par l'angoisse, Romane s'autorise enfin à croire de nouveau au bonheur et à l'amour aux côtés de Mathis. Mais lorsqu'elle est victime d'une attaque brutale dans les écuries, l'équilibre précaire qu'elle avait réussi à trouver vacille. Et cette agression n'est que le prélude d'une série d'événements terrifiants qui menacent de détruire tout ce qu'elle chérit. Quand le corps de son agresseur présumé est découvert dans la forêt, empoisonné, la jeune femme comprend qu'une force bien plus sombre rôde autour du haras Sabatier.

Henry Brogan is an elite assassin who becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, he soon learns that the man who’s trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself. This is the official novelization of the hotly anticipated Gemini Man, the latest film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee (Life of Pi; Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).

Entonces tenían poco más de veinte años: un grupo de amigos que se citaban en el bar Kronen y consumían la juventud a base de sexo, alcohol y drogas. En algunas ocasiones coqueteaban con la muerte e incluso hubo quien salió mal parado de aquel coqueteo. Ha pasado mucho tiempo. Han pasado exactamente veinticinco años. Ahora trabajan y no se ganan mal la vida; algunos se han casado y tienen hijos. Casi ninguno de ellos consume drogas y las borracheras se han convertido en enología.

When it comes to instigating an apocalypse, it's been a promising start for Truth Medici. But to really get things rolling, he has a monumental undertaking ahead of him: break the systems that keep the immortal Starbrite alive and finally shatter the source of his power. Invisible and impervious to magic, Truth is the one man capable of decapitating the mastermind behind the wicked system controlling his world.

Seventeen-year-old Truth Medici scavenges for scraps to eat; weathers his parents' abuse; and battles derelicts, killer pimps, and demons in the soul-crushing stretch of desperation he calls home. Even the cops steer clear of the toxic Harban slums. But just across the canal live the magical elite, with their wealth, flying carpets, gorgeous mages, and custom spell beasts, all thanks to the patronage of the almighty Starbrite Corporation. Getting there, and taking his three vulnerable siblings with him, is Truth's only dream.

Truth Medici has three questions: Can he rescue his siblings from the clutches of the evil Starbrite Corporation? What will it require of him? And where does he need to go next to make it happen? When he meets Justinian Merkovah—a strangely ageless spellcaster, teacher of religious law, and nomadic exorcist—he's one step closer to discovering the answers. With his experience providing security to the rich and terrible, Truth accepts a gig as Merkovah's bodyguard. What better way for Truth to grow as a mage?