Títulos en Política

In this "ingenious" novel ( New York Times) by "one of Europe's most original and remarkable writers" ( Los Angeles Times), a proofreader's deliberate slip opens the door to romance-and confounds the facts of Portugal's past.

Diana y Leonora son amigas desde la escuela primaria. Las dos aman leer y su poderoso vínculo las protege y acompaña a medida que crecen. Leonora es alta e imponente, de fuertes convicciones, audaz, decidida. Diana, más discreta y muy hábil con la palabra escrita, aspira a contar la historia de su generación, la de los movimientos revolucionarios latinoamericanos, herederos de similares luchas europeas que escupieron a su gente hasta estas tierras.

La vida de María Eva Duarte de Perón está llena de misterios y enigmas que han contribuido enormemente a la construcción de uno de los mitos más significativos de la Argentina y del mundo. Esta obra, basada en un monólogo imaginario dirigido a su marido Juan Perón desde su morada definitiva, arroja una mirada a la experiencia subjetiva de la protagonista de una de las historias de amor y de política más intensas que ha tenido la Argentina.

George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution has become an intimate part of our contemporary culture, with its treatment of democratic, fascist, and socialist ideals through an animal fable.

Yoga gegen Rechts vereint Kurzgeschichten mit trockenem Humor, bissigen Dialogen und messerscharfen Beobachtungen. Mit satirischem Scharfsinn und viel Selbstironie entlarvt Patrick Salmen die pathologischen Züge achtsamkeitsbesessener Stadtneurotiker, denn niemand weiß so gut wie der Dortmunder Comedian, dass einem das Gegenüber oft nur deshalb so schräg vorkommt, weil man gerade in einen Spiegel schaut.

Some men inherit power. Others inherit the damage. The Children of Kings is the second book in The Temporary Arrangements Series, a dark, unsentimental novel about how men are shaped, renamed, and repurposed inside systems that no longer need to announce themselves with violence.

Galilée Morvan-Pronovost vit seule dans un petit appartement en plein coeur de Montréal. Lorsque le restaurant où elle travaille est vendu puis fermé pour rénovations, elle se tourne vers son activité secondaire de graphiste, tout en dénichant un emploi de serveuse dans un café. C’est là qu’elle aperçoit Laurence, la conjointe de son frère Copernic, en compagnie d’un groupe de jeunes femmes militantes pacifistes.

En Lucus Augusti, la actual Lugo, hay dos pueblos galaicos enfrentados: las siete aldeas y los sureños de Gualmar. Las hijas del César llegan a aquellas tierras con una peligrosa misión, en la que tendrán que demostrar que están a la altura de su status como hijas del hombre más poderoso del imperio.

Anatole France creo una de las grandes novelas, que sobre el fondo de los anos posteriores a la Revolucion Francesa y el desarrollo del Terror, muestra un punto de vista diferente sobre ese hecho historico. El protagonista de la obra, el pintor Evaristo Gamelin, revolucionario ferviente, se ven envuelto en los torbellinos de los hechos y acaba sacrificando en vano su vida.

Chi se non Paolo Poli poteva calarsi nei panni di Don Abbondio e della Monaca di Monza, dando una voce inconfondibile a ciascuno dei memorabili personaggi manzoniani e tirandoci dentro nelle vicende umane e storiche del grande romanzo? Il libro di tutti e per tutti, in una lettura che è un vero spettacolo!

In the 99th district of a sprawling labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician - and hundreds just like them - are undergoing Re-education, to restore their revolutionary zeal and credentials. In charge of this process is the Child, who delights in draconian rules, monitoring behaviour and confiscating treasured books. But when bad weather arrives, followed by the ‘three bitter years’, the intellectuals are abandoned by the regime and left on their own to survive.

Navy SEAL Keith “Chunk” Redman has been one of the military’s top doorkickers since the day he pinned on his trident: loyal, single-minded, lethal. Tasked to lead a new, covert team of Tier One SEALs—the most elite special operators in the world—Chunk can no longer simply rely on the status quo. To safeguard America, he needs help to stay a step ahead of its adversaries.

Начало альтернативных 2000-х. В сердце России вскипает конфликт, который вот-вот выплеснется за границы страны: официальный Татарстан разрывает отношения с Москвой, подтягиваются наблюдатели из ООН и вспомогательные силы НАТО. Стороны затевают противостояние, задействующее стратегические технологии, экономическое давление и манипулирование общественным мнением с помощью СМИ. Но есть еще одна сила, незаметная поначалу. И от нее во многом зависит, чем закончится эта история. «Мировая»—дебют дважды лауреата премии «Большая книга» Шамиля Идиатуллина. Впервые роман был опубликован в 2004 году.

Brought to you by Penguin. Perhaps one reason not enough people kill billionaires is it’s actually quite tricky... An electrifying, ultra-contemporary heist, a wild and hilarious story that is also dangerously prescient. When her home is destroyed in wildfires, fourteen-year-old Australian...

There There meets The Night Watchman in this gripping literary debut about power and corruption, family, and facing the ghosts of the past. Mitch Caddo, a young law school graduate and aspiring political fixer, is an outsider in the homeland of his Anishinaabe ancestors. But alongside his...

“Don’t give up! I’ll help you!” barks Rex, the hero of Władysław Reymont’s Revolt of the Animals (1924), “carried away with wrath and compassion” at the sight of his friend the old donkey with “his head covered in a hempen sack, being whipped by boys harrying him towards a pit of lime.” Who would not be roused to a righteous indignation at the sight of such wanton cruelty, inflicted upon a wise, sentient creature–for the perverse pleasure of man, that “crown and lord of all creation,” to whom dominion over this world was supposedly given by the Lord at the dawn of creation?

A conspiracy runs deep. A betrayal runs deeper. Micah Miller is a former army ranger, a fallen priest, and now a mercenary with nothing left to lose. When the Vatican entrusts Micah to lead a perilous mission, he's thrown into a web of deception that leads straight to the White House. Teaming up with Safra Bennett, one of Mossad's best intelligence operatives, Micah must unravel a sinister plot before thousands die in an attack designed to plunge the world into chaos. But the deeper they dig, the more they realize that the enemy isn't just hiding in the shadows-he's controlling them.

George Orwell’s classic satire of the Russian Revolution has become an intimate part of our contemporary culture, with its treatment of democratic, fascist, and socialist ideals through an animal fable.

Flavius Maximus has declared himself emperor and crossed into Gaul. The civil war with Gratian has been short, and the rightful ruler of the West lies in an early grave. Now two men face off across an empire. Theodosius in the east, his armies large but reliant on mercenaries. Maximus in the west, his forces small, but battle hardened and loyal to a fault. In the middle of the chaos, at the heart of a dying world, two old friends march at the heads of opposing forces.

The Prisoner is the much-anticipated sequel to Persephone Books’ bestselling title, Crooked Cross by Sally Carson. It is now August 1933, and the deadly fervour of Hitler’s Nazi regime continues to spread across Germany. Michael Reader, a young Englishman, decides to visit his friends the...