Resultados para "man" en Literatura de género

Benedicto XIII, el afamado papa Luna, era menudo, extremadamente culto y sofisticado y, sobre todo, terco como buen aragonés —es a su irreductible negativa a abdicar que debemos la expresión popular «seguir en sus trece»—. Fue el último santo padre de Aviñón al que el concilio de Constanza de 1414 depuso y declaró antipapa. Pero ¿qué secreto esconde su trayectoria? ¿Por qué nunca quiso hablar de esa aciaga primavera de 1378 en la que nació el gran cisma de Occidente que perturbó durante treinta años la cristiandad y anticipó la escisión definitiva, un siglo después, de la Reforma?

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...

De vergeten dystopische roman die via Booktok een wereldwijde sensatie werd. Diep onder de grond leven negenendertig vrouwen gevangen in een kooi. De vrouwen worden in de gaten gehouden door ongenaakbare bewakers en kunnen zich niet herinneren hoe ze daar terecht zijn gekomen, ze hebben geen besef van tijd en herinneren zich slechts vaag hoe hun leven ooit is geweest. Terwijl het continu brandende licht de dag in de nacht doet overgaan en er ontelbare jaren verstrijken, zit een jong meisje – de veertigste gevangene – alleen en verstoten in de hoek.

Intriga, acción y misterio en la España rural de los años 50. Dos de las personas más importantes de un pequeño pueblo de Cuenca, el alcalde y el médico, aparecen destripados en sus domicilios a finales de los años 50. Desde la Comandancia de la capital se envía al brigada Valencia, para...

In Ernest Hemingway's masterful novella, The Old Man and the Sea, join Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman, on his epic struggle against nature's fury and his own inner demons. A timeless tale of resilience, determination, and the enduring bond between man and the sea.

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.

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE ALLIES HAD LOST THE WAR? America, fifteen years after the end of the Second World War. The winning Axis powers have divided their spoils: the Nazis control New York, while California is ruled by the Japanese. But between these two states - locked in a cold war -...

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...

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...

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.

Don't miss the star-studded mini series adaptation of A Man in Full-coming soon to Netflix. Big men. Big money. Big games. Big libidos. Big trouble. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta real-estate entrepreneur turned conglomerate king...

In 1913, the Viennese aristocracy is gathering to celebrate the 17th jubilee of the accession of Emperor Franz Josef, even as the Austro-Hungarian Empire is collapsing and the rest of Vienna is showing signs of rebellion. At the centre of this social labyrinth is Ulrich: a veteran, a seducer and...

This book is about fresh starts, about love, about friendship. It is also about the earth-shattering experience of becoming a father, the mundane struggles of family life, ridiculously unsuccessful holidays, the emotional strains of children’s’ birthday parties and pushing a pram around...

In a small town where secrets last five minutes, privacy is a myth, and gossip lasts forever, this might have been the worst possible place to settle. After my last job fell apart and burned my reputation, I followed Archer to this small town in Nowhere, Montana. I had no intention of staying...

Poet Gabriel Syme believes in the beauty of order and, as such, is recruited by Scotland Yard to an anti-anarchist police corp. While undercover, Syme meets fellow poet Lucian Gregory, a verse writer devoted to disorder, who introduces him to London’s anarchist underworld. Just as Gregory is to be elected to the central council, Syme’s cover is revealed and he is forced to make a decision that sends the cabal into chaos. Is anyone in this underground faction who or what they seem? Syme suddenly realizes he doesn’t have all the answers.

He's in our house. I never imagined that moving into our dream home, a beautiful Virginia Colonial, would unravel my life. The renovations are finally complete and I revel in the quiet moments, sipping coffee in the morning sun. But something is off. At first, it's little things — a creak in the floorboards, a misplaced item. I brush them off, chalking it up to the house settling. My husband Jacob is more distant, buried in late-night meetings and coming home reeking of whiskey and lies. But I love my life. So I let things go, sweeping them under the rug, because it's easier that way.

Una nueva empresa internacional ha aterrizado en la capital para comercializar el intercambio de cuerpos. Se acabó la guerra de sexos, la guerra de clases, adiós a la xenofobia. La empresa YOU-FEELING te abre la mente convencida de que con su tecnología puede propiciar la aproximación de...

Anne Beddingfeld is a young woman who is aching for adventure and that is exactly what she gets when she witnesses the death of man on the London Underground. Her notice of a mysterious man who suspiciously leaves the scene embarks Anne on a mystery that will take her all the way to Cape Town in South Africa. With a love interest also in her future, it will take all her faculties to set everything straight. The Man in the Brown Suit is an early publication in Agatha Christie’s long and illustrious career.

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...

Neal Clark ramrod of the Circle C Ranch was in Cascade City to see the gunsmith when the Shelly gang attempted to hold up the bank. Neal rushed out of the shop and fired killing Buck Shelly and his son Luke. Buck's teenage son Ed was holding the horses. He escaped but was believed to be mortally wounded. At least that's what Neal thought - until he received a letter from Ed declaring that he’d be back to settle the score.