Títulos en Política

El inspector Dolores Morales está dado de baja en la Policía Nacional desde hace años y ahora trabaja como investigador privado. La mayoría de sus casos son adulterios de una clientela de pocos recursos. Pero un encargo va a sacarlo de la rutina: la desaparición de la hija de un millonario. Pronto el caso se revela como la punta de un iceberg en el que toman forma la corrupción y el abuso de poder que subyace en el discurso revolucionario de la Nicaragua contemporánea.

Solo un perro viejo en viajes y experiencias por todo el mundo como Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa puede presentarnos una novela como "Adiós, Mr. Trump". Con una maestría apabullante a la hora de mezclar ficción y realidad, el autor nos presenta el entramado de intereses financieros y comerciales entre Estados Unidos y México a través de la figura de su presidente, en una trama que mezcla narcos, inmigrantes, arquitectos, políticos y una enorme obra de ingeniería que supondrá crear un canal interoceánico que atraviese México para unir el Atlántico y el Pacífico.

Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them—a theme that occupied Dazai's life both personally and professionally. This new translation preserves the playful language of the original and offers the listener a new window into the mind of one of the greatest Japanese authors of the 20th century.

عمل روائي جميل، فيه من فعل الإيحاء ما لا يفعله المباشر الصريح ولا واقع الحدث. طفولة تعلَّم عصافيرها الحذر كي لا تقع كل مرة في فخاخ التاريخ، وتصبح أسيرة قضبان القفص...

Caught in the midst of England's War of the Roses, young Dick Shelton's loyalties are torn between a guardian who betrays him and the leader of the secret fellowship, "The Black Arrow".

A través dels preparatius d’un sopar de retrobament, assistim a la reviviscència de les experiències iniciàtiques de la generació que va combatre contra els estertors del franquisme: l’arribada a la ciutat, el descobriment del sexe, les inquietuds vitals i artístiques, els embolics de la política… Al mateix temps que un retrat d’aquell moment històric, la novel·la mostra també la diversitat dels camins que emprenen els personatges, la distància que els separa, el passat que els lliga i la pervivència dels morts.

Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also known as the Noble House, into the world’s largest Far East trading company. He is now the Tai-Pan—Supreme Leader—of all Tai-Pans in China. Along the way, however, he made a powerful enemy. Tyler Brock, Struan’s rival from their early opium-smuggling days, also heads a large trading fleet, second in size only to Struan’s. But it is not only silks and spices that drive their mutual companies’ wealth—the opium trade is still booming. War between England and China might be over, but the hostilities remain.

A man known only as K. arrives in a mysterious town where an all-powerful castle filled with unseen "gentlemen" controls every aspect of life. When the ridiculous bureaucracy of the castle officials makes K.'s original reason for coming to the village, working as a land surveyor, seem impossible, K. must find a way to make a life within a system where the only answer he ever seems to get is "no". K. struggles in vain to get in contact with anyone at all within the castle to help solve his predicament. But still, there may be some tenderness to be found in this absurdist landscape.

Puse Los Elegidos sobre una pila de libros en mi escritorio, y allí quedó durante varios años. En más de una década de trabajo como corresponsal extranjero en América Latina, había recibido numerosos libros de ex jefes de Estado. Por lo general eran verdaderos ladrillos: obras escritas en...

La suma de los ceros es una excepcional fantasía política. Eduardo Rabasa ha escrito una novela futurista ubicada en el presente; su inventiva no depende de nuevas tecnologías sino de nuevas formas de relación. Una novela sobre el más complicado de los deportes extremos: la...

En el Puerto Alegre de los años veinte se desarrolla esta implacable alegoría de las dictaduras latinoamericanas. El viejo león, tirano de la isla caribeña de Arepa, en vísperas de su quinta reelección se dispone a decretar una presidencia vitalicia. En el centro de esta conspiración política, el magnicidio, varias veces frustrado, desatará una de las más vigorosas críticas al poder dentro de la obra de Jorge Ibargüengoitia, autor imprescindible para la literatura hispanoamericana.

In 2044, America is on the brink—its government locked in a merciless, endless shutdown. The nation’s economy is in free fall. With no hope of compromise, the silent majority finally reaches its tipping point. When Jack Sanborn, a UNC Law professor, utters a dangerous idea in a crowded lecture hall, it sparks what feels like a revolution. Split the two-party monopoly and give democracy back to the people. Soon after a student video of his talk smashes viral records, Sanborn finds himself willed by the people to make an improbable run for president.

Charlotte learns the truth behind the execution of the Royal Romanov family of Russia, revealed to her by the surviving grandson of Tsar Nicholas II, the last full blood Prince of Russia. One of the World's biggest mysteries and tragic events is uncovered after a century of numerous speculations. She must face the threats and dangers from the governments in power wanting to keep the truth hidden. Should she tell the world the secrets being buried or stay silent as the shadow group behind the Monarchies of Europe insists?

The book How Authoritarian King Seized America: Judgment Day Is Coming by Michael J. Henderson is a historical fiction novel that envisions a dystopian future where America has fallen under the rule of an authoritarian leader, Don Orangeman. The novel explores themes of racial oppression, economic devastation, and political corruption as the country is transformed into the "Ivory Empire."

Ha Jin displays his impressive storytelling gifts in this richly textured examination of contemporary China in 1989. Professor Yang, a respected literature scholar, suffers a stroke and is confined to a hospital bed. Now Jian Wan, Yang’s brightest student and future son-in-law, must suspend his rigorous studies to care for his mentor. Jian dutifully keeps watch as Yang begins raving madly, often pleading with unseen tormentors. Has Yang lost his grip on sanity, or is he no longer capable of hiding deeply buried, painful secrets?

Mariano piensa hacer un recorrido en motocicleta con sus amigos; sin embargo, es secuestrado en un llano junto con otras personas. Los criminales exigen un cuantioso rescate por cada liberación, y poco a poco van soltando a los cautivos hasta que unicamente queda él. Deberá caminar del Estado de México a Guerrero en un secuestro duplicado.

Emma wakes up one morning to an apocalyptic world. The cosy existence she shares with her grandmother, a famous retired actress has been shattered: there's no telephone, no radio and an American warship sits in the harbour. England has withdrawn from the European Common Market and, on the brink of bankruptcy has decided that salvation lies in a union—political, military and economic—with the United States. Theoretically it is to be an equal partnership, but it soon begins to look like a takeover bid.

Britannia, 45 AD: Vespasian's brother, Sabinus, is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods – not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother and they plan to sacrifice the siblings on midsummer's day. Vespasian must strive to save his brother whilst completing the conquest of the south-west of the haunted isle, before he is drawn inexorably back to Rome and the heart of Imperial politics.

Leo Kall is a zealous, middle-ranking scientist in the totalitarian World State who has just made a thrilling discovery: a new drug, Kallocain, that will force anyone who takes it to tell the truth. At last, criminality will be dragged out into the open and private thought can be outlawed. But can the World State be trusted with Kallocain? For that matter - can Kall himself be trusted? Written as the terrible events of the Second World War were unfolding, Karin Boye's classic dystopian novel speaks more clearly than ever of the dangers of acquiescence and the power of resistance.

The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency humwithin the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location.