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The Booker Prize-winning modern classic of contemporary war fiction from the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls Recommended by Richard Osman 'One of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century British fiction' Jonathan Coe 'Original, delicate and unforgettable' Independent 'A new vision of what the First World War did to human beings, male and female, soldiers and civilians. Constantly surprising and formally superb' A. S. Byatt, Daily Telegraph 1917, Scotland. ...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-04-25 Género:Ficción y literatura 12,99 €

'Anthology' comes from the Greek word that stands for garlands - a bouquet of flowers. An anthology then, should be a sort of reminder of something else, a small token of something much larger. In the case of flowers, they bring with their fragrance and colorfulness the reminder of the fields, of a season. Coelho's anthology, therefore, is not only a collection of texts or poems, but a gift, something arranged according to his sensitivities, to give to others. The selection of books presented in...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2010-03-04 Género:Ficción y literatura 8,99 €

SO VERLOCKEND, SO GEFÄHRLICH von MANN, CATHERINE Security-Experte Max St. Cloud reist nach Royal, um einen Erpresser zu überführen - dabei darf er sich nicht von der sexy Hotelbesitzerin Natalie ablenken lassen! Aber ein ungeahnt heißer Kuss entfesselt eine gefährliche Sehnsucht in dem überzeugten Junggesellen … VERFÜHRT, VERLIEBT … UND DANN? von RYAN, REESE Bei einem prickelnd erotischen Dinner in seinem Atelier kommt Sasha dem faszinierenden Künstler Jordan Jace schnell näher. Ehe...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2019-07-16 Género:Ficción y literatura 5,99 €

Edited by Abel Debritto, the definitive collection of poems from an influential writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, and acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark on modern culture. Few writers have so brilliantly and poignantly conjured the desperation and absurdity of ordinary life as Charles Bukowski. Resonant with his powerful, perceptive voice, his visceral, hilarious, and transcendent poetry speaks to us as forcefully today as when it was written. Encompassing a wide...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2016-10-25 Género:Ficción y literatura 10,99 €

The first four novels in the Charlie Parker series, available together as a digital-only package. Former NYPD Charlie Parker first appears in EVERY DEAD THING on a quest for the killer of his wife and daughter. He is a man consumed by violence, guilt and the desire for revenge. When his ex-partner asks him to track down a missing girl, Parker embarks on a grim odyssey through the bowels of organised crime to a unique serial killer: The Travelling Man. In DARK HOLLOW, Private detective Charlie Pa...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-04-18 Género:Ficción y literatura 7,99 €

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) es uno de los gigantes de la literatura de los que se ha conservado una cantidad apreciable de la abundantísima correspondencia mantenida a lo largo de su vida con amigos, colegas, amantes y otras relaciones. En su caso, no es descabellado afirmar que ésta es como el hilo del collar que ensarta no sólo toda su vida, sino también su pensamiento y su poética (detalle no menor en alguien que hizo de la escritura su razón de ser) desde su infancia hasta su muerte. ...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2021-05-27 Género:Ficción y literatura 7,99 €

The last 50 years have proved a particularly lively period in the history of the short story form. This new collection gives a full picture of the richness and diversity of this most American of genres from its very beginnings to the present day. The collection offers a freshly stimulating combination of old favourites such as Mark Twain's 'Jim Smiley's Jumping Frog' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart', unfamiliar works by well-known authors, such as Ernest Hemingway's 'Out of Season', S...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2011-10-06 Género:Ficción y literatura 9,49 €

"One of the most important writers of the past hundred years." — The Times (London) In this perceptive collection of essays, Doris Lessing addresses directly the prime questions before us all: how to think for ourselves, how to understand what we know, how to pick a path in a world deluged with opinions and information, and how to look at our society and ourselves with fresh eyes.

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-05-07 Género:Ficción y literatura 7,99 €

Books 5-8 in the Charlie Parker series, available together as a digital-only package. Charlie Parker's latest case in THE BLACK ANGEL starts with the disappearance of a young woman in New York. His hunt turns into an epic quest and marks a dawning realisation in Parker that there is another dimension to his crusade, a dangerous dimension that affects his personal life. In THE UNQUIET, Daniel Clay, a once-respected psychiatrist, has been missing for years following revelations about harm done to ...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-04-18 Género:Ficción y literatura 7,99 €

Wenn einer wirklich über die Hells Angels schreiben darf, dann Hunter S. Thompson »Der harte Kern, die Outlaw-Elite, das waren die Hells Angels.« Für seinen brisanten Insiderbericht über den Aufstieg der Hells Angels zur größten und berüchtigtsten Motorradgang der Welt nahm Thompson Mitte der sechziger Jahre über ein Jahr lang am exzessiven, gewalttätigen und freiheitsliebenden Leben der Angels teil. Das Kultbuch, das Hunter S. Thompson bekannt machte – jetzt zur Debatte als Neuausga...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2012-10-31 Género:Ficción y literatura 9,99 €

Hay muchas clases de comienzos, la mayoría pasan inadvertidos o parten de un final. Invernasímil comienza como un proyecto de amigos a los que les gusta contar historias y las escriben. En cada número encontrarás nuestros relatos desperdigados por sus páginas y podrás reír o llorar, según te plazca. No tenemos un género concreto, de ahí que cada número se enarbole con un lema —mayoritariamente abstracto o lo suficiente abierto como para que podamos interpretarlo y que los textos enc...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2023-01-06 2,99 €

'This collection is [like] the Beatles' "White Album": massive in size and scope, with individually brilliant pieces presented together because the only context they need is how good they are' MARLON JAMES A captivating collection of fiction from one of the world's most beloved writers, introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author, Marlon James. With a writer as prolific as Neil Gaiman, where do you begin? Or how do you know what to try next? Spanning his career to date, this collec...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2020-10-20 Género:Ficción y literatura 3,99 €

An anthology of post-apocalyptic short fiction from some of the biggest names in science fiction and speculative fiction - including Stephen King, George R. R. Martin and Orson Scott Card Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon - these are our guides through the Wastelands . . . From the Book of Revelations to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving tal...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-06-13 Género:Ficción y literatura 0,99 €

Der eine will auf dem höchsten Turm der Dresdner Innenstadt nach einem anstrengenden Meeting bloß ein bisschen frische Luft schnappen, als er einen zutiefst verzweifelten jungen Mann entdeckt. Der zweite will seine Tochter noch ein letztes Mal sehen, nachdem sie sich zwanzig Jahre lang aus dem Weg gegangen waren. Die dritte ist Ärztin und kann den Tod eines ihrer kleinen Patienten kaum ertragen. Die vierte wünscht sich, sie hätte an diesem Morgen niemals die Tür geöffnet. Und die fünfte ...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2012-12-10 Género:Ficción y literatura 0,99 €

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2011-10-25 Género:Ficción y literatura 8,99 €

Er ist mein Feind! Plötzlich weiß Eve: Sie hasst Talos Xenakis. Weiß wieder, was sie in dunklen Tagen ohne Erinnerungen verdrängt hatte. Doch es gibt kein Entkommen: Die Trauung ist vorbei, sie die Frau des Milliardärs, und die Hochzeitsnacht beginnt …

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2022-05-28 Género:Ficción y literatura 2,49 €

Nach seiner bitteren Scheidung lebt Jace nach dem Motto: Sex ja - Beziehung nein! Nur die Festtage will er mit der schönen Cassie verbringen, danach werden sie sich nicht wiedersehen. Aber der berühmte Regisseur hat die Rechnung ohne die Magie der Christnacht gemacht …

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2020-11-27 Género:Ficción y literatura 2,49 €

Zunächst ist Lucas Kane wenig erfreut über Catrionas Ankunft an seiner Ausgrabungsstätte in Luxor. Er hält sie für viel zu unerfahren. Trotzdem macht sie ihren Job gut und ist dabei so hinreißend, dass er immer wieder ihre Nähe sucht. Da mischt sich sein Erzfeind Omar Rafiq ein. Auch er will Catriona erobern …

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2020-07-03 Género:Ficción y literatura 2,49 €

Niemals würde Karim, der Scheich von Zangrar, jenes Partygirl heiraten, das sein Vater für ihn ausgesucht hat! Alexandra ist zwar eine Prinzessin, genießt aber einen zweifelhaften Ruf. Um ihr die Heirat auszureden, begleitet Karim sie inkognito in sein Wüstenreich. Dabei entdeckt er Geheimnisse, die ihr Leben bedrohen - und seines für immer verändern …

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2020-07-03 Género:Ficción y literatura 2,49 €

NACHT DER SÜNDE von ANNE OLIVER In der Firma, die Tycoon Damon erst kürzlich übernommen hat, wird ihm Kate Fielding vorgestellt. Ihr nüchternes Auftreten täuscht ihn jedoch keine Sekunde. Er weiß: Letzte Nacht war sie seine sinnliche Geliebte … SEHNSUCHT NACH GLÜCK UND LIEBE von BARBARA MCMAHON Seit Rachel als Assistentin in seinem Schloss an der Costa Blanca wohnt, wird die Versuchung für Luis Alvares immer größer. Doch nie wird er ihr seine Liebe gestehen, aus Angst, sie könnte ih...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2020-02-14 Género:Ficción y literatura 5,99 €

“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” is among Ernest Hemingway’s most impressive short stories. His famous “Iceberg Theory” (he thereby meant that in his texts, only a short part of the overall content is actually written down, the rest of it stands between the lines) has often caused confusion in reading his short stories and his omissions have tended to obscure their thematic implications - “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”, however, is embarrassing by its riches. ...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2008-08-21 Género:Ficción y literatura 13,99 €

The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected — and most popular — of its kind. The Bes...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2012-10-02 Género:Ficción y literatura 11,99 €

A collection of the year’s best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a “sense of repair.” The stories in this year’s collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2021-10-12 Género:Ficción y literatura 8,99 €

This entry relates to the collection of short stories under the title of "For Your Eyes Only." The individual stories can be found elsewhere. Now this sounds interesting: "Bond watched her as she reached the edge of the tables and came up the aisle. It was hopeless. She was coming to meet someone—her lover. She was the sort of woman who always belongs to somebody else. What damnable luck! Before Bond could pull himself together, the girl had come up to his table and sat down. ‘I’m sorry I...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2021-07-08 Obtener

Conjunto de relatos y pensamiento, que invitan al lector a reflexionar sobre la vida, el amor, los seres queridos y lo cotidiano.

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2021-06-01 2,49 €

The Purple Decades brings together the author's own selections from his list of critically acclaimed publications, including the best from The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test , Radical Chic , From Bauhaus to Our House , The Right Stuff and the complete text of Mau-Mauing and the Flak Catchers . An essential introduction to the non-fiction writing of the inventor of New Journalism .

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2018-06-21 Género:Ficción y literatura 12,99 €

'Sometimes - not often - a book comes along that feels like Christmas. Philip Hensher's timely, but timeless, selection of the best short stories from the past 20 years is that kind of book. His introduction is as enriching as anything that has been published this year' Sunday Times A spectacular treasury of the best British short stories published in the last twenty years We are living in a particularly rich period for British short stories. Despite the relative lack of places in which they can...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2018-10-04 Género:Ficción y literatura 8,99 €

Este libro que incluye 3 leyendas de Bécquer. Las leyendas son un conjunto de relatos en prosa sobre tradiciones populares. En algunos casos se trata de recreaciones que el poeta hizo basándose en leyendas recogidas en sus viajes por España, en otros, son invenciones del propio Bécquer siguiendo los esquemas del relato tradicional. Al escribirlas Bécquer tenía la intención de dar a conocer las tradiciones españolas y evitar que cayeran en el olvido. Están frecuentemente ambientadas en l...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2017-08-25 4,99 €

Behind every story is a person. A writer. Each story--as is every story--is a type of magic. It's something from nothing. A new world, a character, a situation drawn from the mind of a writer, but, to the reader, as real as if we could touch, taste, smell every nuance, every detail. Under the editorial direction of Suzanne W. Vincent, Flash Fiction Online is proud to bring you its 2015 Anthology. Spanning genres, from John Guzlowski's literary piece, "The Last Man on Earth - A Mini-Novel" to Ele...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2016-01-01 10,99 €

Under the pseudonym Myles na Gopaleen, Flann O’ Brien wrote a daily column in the ‘Irish Times’ called ‘Cruiskeen Lawn’ for over twenty years which hilariously satirised the absurdities and solemnities of Dublin life. With shameless irony and relentless high spirits Myles' 'Cruiskeen Lawn' became the most feared, respected and uproarious newspaper column in the whole of Ireland from its first appearance in 1940 until his death in 1966. This wonderful selection from the 'Cruiskeen Lawn'...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2016-03-31 Género:Ficción y literatura 6,99 €

Crackling Mountain and Other Stories features eleven outstanding works by Osama Dazai, widely regarded as one of the 20th century Japan's most gifted writers. Dazai experimented with a wide variety of short story styles and brought to each a sophisticated sense of humor, a broad empathy for the human condition, and a tremendous literary talent. The eleven stories in this collection of Japanese literature present the most fully rounded portrait available of a tragic, multifaceted genius of modern...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2012-04-10 Género:Ficción y literatura 13,99 €

A raw and tenderly funny look at the human-cat relationship, from one of our most treasured and transgressive writers. “The cat is the beautiful devil.” Felines touched a vulnerable spot in Charles Bukowski’s crusty soul. For the writer, there was something majestic and elemental about these inscrutable creatures he admired, sentient beings whose searing gaze could penetrate deep into our being. Bukowski considered cats to be unique forces of nature, elusive emissaries of beauty and love. ...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2015-12-01 Género:Ficción y literatura 10,99 €

The River With No Bridge (Hashi no nai kawa) explores with outspoken frankness a subject still taboo in Japan: the intolerance and bigotry faced daily by Japan’s largest minority group, the burakumin. Racially no different from other Japanese, over the centuries burakumin have been cruelly ostracized for their association with occupations considered defiling. Spanning the years 1908 to 1924, the original six volumes of this novel trace the developing awareness of burakumin of their rights and ...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2011-12-27 Género:Ficción y literatura 10,99 €

This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe. Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination , the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East. These nine bloodcurdling, chilling tales present a genre of literature largely unknown to readers outside Japan, including the strange story of a quadruple amputee and his perverse wife; the record of a man who creates a ...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2011-06-07 Género:Ficción y literatura 13,99 €

Violent, sensual, and seemingly un-Japanese, the stories in Season of Violence nevertheless depict Japanese teenagers of the present in compulsive but often unconscious revolt against the moral codes of "old Japan." Yet these stories tell of youth who offer no real, modern morality to replace the old—only the anti-morality of indiscriminate sex, brutality, and living for today's pleasures and sensations. These are stories of teenagers who came to be known as Taiyozoku— the Sun Tribe. Season ...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2004-12-15 Género:Ficción y literatura 6,49 €

The hilarious writing of James Thurber, author of 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty', collected in this classic anthology. This collection brings together the best of James Thurber's brilliantly funny, eccentric and anarchic writings. It includes his most famous work, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty , in which an ordinary man's fantasies have a more powerful hold on him than reality, as well as essays, poetry and cartoons gathered from all of Thurber's collections. Making fun of his own weaknesse...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2014-01-30 Género:Ficción y literatura 8,99 €

Neben seinen Kurzgeschichten und Romanen, die ihn berühmt machten, verfasste Truman Capote für Magazine wie "Esquire" oder den "New Yorker" unzählige Reportagen und Porträts. Sie besitzen die erzählerische Kraft seiner Prosa - alles, was den Schriftsteller Capote ausmacht: Melancholie, Beobachtungsgabe, perfekte Dialoge und ein glühendes Interesse am Menschen. Angefangen bei den frühen Reiseskizzen des Zweiundzwanzigjährigen bis hin zu einem Porträt der Schriftstellerin Willa Cather, da...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-07-10 12,99 €

A compilation of Charles Bukowski's underground articles from his column "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" appears here in book form. Bukowski's reasoning for self-describing himself as a 'dirty old man' rings true in this book. "People come to my door—too many of them really—and knock to tell me Notes of a Dirty Old Man turns them on. A bum off the road brings in a gypsy and his wife and we talk . . . . drink half the night. A long distance operator from Newburgh, N.Y. sends me money. She wants me...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-06-15 Género:Ficción y literatura 16,99 €

The legends of Norse mythology are famous for including Odin, Thor and Loki and the battles they fought and the adventures they enjoyed. Here are collected some of the finest examples of Norse story telling. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-06-06 Género:Ficción y literatura 8,99 €

This book will ensure that any man or woman is properly equipped to defend themselves when unforeseen emergencies should arise. It will teach both men and women the Jiu Jitsu technique of defense under all conditions. It will provide expert lessons on how to practise safely and effectively in order for you to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-05-31 Género:Ficción y literatura 8,99 €

An anthology of zombie short fiction from some of the biggest names in horror and speculative fiction - including Stephen King, George R. R. Martin and Neil Gaiman When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth! From White Zombie to Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil to World War Z, zombies have invaded popular culture, becoming the monsters that best express the fears and anxieties of the modern west. Gathering together the best zombie literature of the last three decades from man...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-06-13 Género:Ficción y literatura 0,99 €

Curl up with three enchanting and beautifully written stories, about falling in love and second chances . . . If you had one wish this Christmas, what would it be? Sarah wishes that she didn't feel so lonely. And she shouldn't be - not with her husband Eddie, and their two children. But since she waved goodbye to the bright lights of the big city and moved to the country, her marriage is missing its usual sparkle. And then Eddie's job takes him away from home just before Christmas. Will his abse...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2012-11-08 Género:Ficción y literatura 6,99 €

Forever Rumpole - a hilarious new selection of the very best Rumpole stories by John Mortimer Horace Rumpole lives alongside Mr Pickwick and Bertie Wooster as one of the immortal comic characters in English fiction. With his curmudgeonly wit, his literary allusions, his disdain for personal ambition and his lack of pomposity, he has, in the words of the Daily Telegraph, 'ascended to the pantheon of literary immortals'. Forever Rumpole contains seven stories originally chosen by the author himsel...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2011-11-03 Género:Ficción y literatura 8,99 €

Über unseren Alltag von übermorgen Wie werden wir später mal leben, lieben, sterben? Werden die Vereinigten Obstgüter Brandenburgs die Herrschaft übernehmen, werden wir zu Zuschauern unseres Todes, oder zu Darstellern unserer eigenen Lebenssoap, wird es die Hauptwerke erotischer Literatur dann endlich auch als Zäpfchen geben? 17 der spannendsten deutschsprachigen Autoren malen sich in visionären, witzigen, abgedrehten, schrecklich-schönen Erzählungen unsere allernächste Zukunft aus. Un...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2011-01-28 Género:Ficción y literatura 7,99 €

Including Homage to Catalonia 'Spain not only defined Orwell as an individual, it also gave him his first glimpse of totalitarianism' D. J. Taylor, Guardian George Orwell's experience of the Spanish Civil War had a transformative effect on his life and work. This volume brings together his complete writings on the war, including Homage to Catalonia , his searing memoir of fighting in the conflict and the bitter betrayal that followed. The powerful journalism, essays, letters and pamphlets also c...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2001-05-03 Género:Ficción y literatura 11,99 €

RESURRECTION! The hungry dead have risen. They shamble down the street. They hide in backyards, car parks, shopping centres. They devour our neighbours, dogs and policemen. And they are here to stay. The real question is: what are you going to do about it? How will you survive? How will the world change when the dead begin to rise? Bram Stoker-award-winning author Christopher Golden has assembled an original anthology of never-before-published zombie stories from an eclectic array of today's mos...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2010-02-18 Género:Ficción y literatura 3,99 €

An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famous and lesser-known authors, men and women, during the war and after its end. These stories are able to illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture and the many modes in which short fiction contributed to the war's literature. The selection covers different periods: the war years themselves, the famous boom years of the late 1920s to the more recent past in which the First World War has received new cu...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2007-10-25 Género:Ficción y literatura 10,99 €

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings is a collection that displays the full force of Edgar Allen Poe's mastery of both Gothic horror and the short story form. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by David Galloway. This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates his intense interest in aesthetic issues, and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. 'The Fall of ...

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2003-03-27 Género:Ficción y literatura 5,49 €

“[Coelho’s] special talent seems to be his ability to speak to everyone at once. The kind of spirituality he espouses is to all comers. . . . His readers often say that they see their own lives in his own books.” —New Yorker From the bestselling author of The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho, comes an absorbing new novel that holds a mirror up to our culture’s obsession with fame, glamour, and celebrity.

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2009-04-07 Género:Ficción y literatura 9,99 €