Títulos en Política

In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war, a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end. For known only to a few, the leaders of the great Hives, nations without fixed location, have long conspired to keep the world stable, at the cost of just a little blood. A few secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction can ever dominate, and the balance holds. And yet the balance is beginning to give way.

Gogol's great comic masterpiece paints an hilariously satirical picture of provincial life in 19th century Russia. Its publication in 1847 not only provided inspiration for succeeding generations of Russian writers, but fanned the already flickering flames of social discontent which were eventually to flare up and consume Russia in the revolution of 1917.

Twice a week, the president pilots his ultraluxury airship Trump Sky Alpha (seats start at $50,000), delivering, as he travels between D.C., New York City, and Mar-a-Lago, a streaming YouTube address to the nation, in which he trumpets his successes and blasts his enemies - until the day his words plunge the world into nuclear war. One year later, with 90 percent of the world's population destroyed, a journalist named Rachel has taken refuge in the Twin Cities Metro Containment Zone. 

Sidi lives a hermetic life as a bee whisperer, tending to his beloved “girls” on the outskirts of the desolate North African village of Nawa. He wakes one morning to find that something has attacked one of his beehives, brutally killing every inhabitant. Heartbroken, he soon learns that a mysterious swarm of vicious hornets committed the mass murder - but where did they come from, and how can he stop them? If he is going to unravel this mystery and save his bees from annihilation, Sidi must venture out into the village and then brave the big city and beyond in search of answers.

Master storyteller and international bestselling author of Redemption, Trinity, and Exodus, Leon Uris once again brilliantly interweaves historical fact with gripping fiction in this powerful novel of politics, family, intrigue, love, and the passions that rule human lives. Spanning the decades...

Dans la Famille sans nom (et sans liberté dans son destin), l’auteur Jules Verne nous entraîne dans ces familles qui ont vu leurs rêves d’autonomie politique brisés par la force coloniale britannique. Au Québec, référendums perdus, répression de la crise d’octobre 1970 allumée par le Front de Libération du Québec, les Patriotes de 1837: même combat, même déception. Un livre au cœur des colères du Québec.

When a foreign exchange student is found murdered at an Iowa University, Deputy Sheriff Clyde Banks finds that his investigation extends far beyond the small college townall the way to the Middle East. Shady events at the school reveal that a powerful department is using federal grant money for highly dubious research. And what its producing is a very nasty bug.

Cuando el narrador de esta novela conoce a Mirko Bevilacqua, un hombre extravagante que frecuenta de manera intermitente y clandestina a Clara, una joven que cuida de una anciana y elegante dama croata, su percepción de la realidad cambia irreversiblemente.

"Ciudad Revientacráneos" es un mazazo a la conciencia del lector, un tajo en su sensibilidad y una buena patada en su entrepierna. Un banquero especializado en operaciones fraudulentas elabora un plan para cargarse el corrupto sistema bancario desde el interior. Sin embargo, en lo más profundo de los archivos del banco le espera un monstruoso descubrimiento cuyas implicaciones podrían acabar con todo el planeta. Una trama tan retorcida como la realidad que le valió a su autor el Premio Wonderland 2016.

For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state.

En México el panorama no es alentador. Parecería que autoridades y criminales son dos caras de la misma moneda; el tipo de cambio: el miedo. El médico, protagonista de esta historia, nos recuerda que hay otras opciones además de callar o huir y que se puede y se debe luchar contra la injusticia y el abuso. ¿Qué debe hacerse con los días de rabia? Tal vez una opción sea contar su historia.

What If You Had to Live Your Life All Over Again… Without Being Yourself? Luke Harrison built his life on clarity and control. As a respected journalist in Washington, he understood how to navigate complexity, how to ask the right questions, and how to hold onto what mattered most. His world...

Nordamerika, 1784. Die Vereinigten Staaten sind noch jung. Der Revolutionskrieg ist gerade zu Ende gegangen, die Verfassung noch längst nicht in Stein gemeißelt. Einer der Gründer dieser neuen Nation ist Alexander Hamilton: Patriot, rechte Hand George Washingtons und erster Schatzminister des Landes.

Als Alexander von Waldheim im Nachlass seiner Eltern das Tagebuch seiner Urgroßmutter Camilla findet, ist ihm gleich klar: Das wird die Geschichte für seinen nächsten Roman werden! Fasziniert taucht er in die Vergangenheit ein und erfährt so von den turbulenten Leben von Camilla und Tessa, zweier sehr unterschiedlicher Frauen, die sich in einem nicht endenden Krieg zwischen Liebe, Eifersucht und Tod durchs Leben kämpfen müssen ... Berlin, 1862: Camilla schlägt sich alleine durchs Leben.

Ferma animalelor este un roman alegoric scris de George Orwell, publicat în 1945. Povestea urmărește un grup de animale care se răscoală împotriva stăpânului lor, sperând să construiască o societate dreaptă, în care toate animalele să fie egale. La început, idealurile lor par să...

'A white-knuckle ride of a thriller' Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key 'An essential and chilling read' Heat magazine 'A wild and page-turning thriller' The Sun 'Perilous and gripping' Woman & Home magazine 'Highly recommended for book clubs . . . so many talking points' Prima magazine YOUR...

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Un tipo solitario y antisocial se ve obligado a suplantar la identidad del líder del partido político de la oposición. Desde entonces vivirá toda una serie de aventuras para acabar con el régimen totalitario del país latinoamericano de Miranda. Desaforado, desquiciado, hilarante, el narrador usa sus palabras para cuestionar, ridiculizar y destruir la realidad (y para reconstruirla de nuevo, desde cero, como nueva). Tres ataúdes blancos se presta a múltiples interpretaciones. Es al mismo tiempo una crítica feroz de la política en América Latina.

كونهم حيوانات لا يعني أنهم لا يدركون معنى الثورة، كونهم يمشون على أربع لا يعني أنهم لا يفقهون كيف تكون جلسات العروش.

In Reconstruction-era Baltimore, members of the city's elite keep turning up dead. When Jane Gray Wharton's husband, Ned, dies unexpectedly while overnighting at his brother's home, Jane has no reason to question the circumstances of his death. But on a visit to the same house a few weeks later, both Jane and her daughter fall gravely ill, and Jane begins to suspect foul play.