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Die Welt ist in die drei Machtblöcke Ozeanien, Eurasien und Ostasien aufgeteilt, die sich, in ständig wechselnden Koalitionen, in dauerhaftem Krieg miteinander befinden. Die Handlung des Romans spielt in Ozeanien, das Nord- und Südamerika, die britischen Inseln, Australien und das südliche Afrika umfasst, wobei Winston Smith im "Landefeld 1" (England) lebt. In dem diktatorisch und totalitär geführten Staat unterdrückt eine vom – nie wirklich sichtbaren – Großen Bruder.

Die Welt ist in die drei Machtblöcke Ozeanien, Eurasien und Ostasien aufgeteilt, die sich, in ständig wechselnden Koalitionen, in dauerhaftem Krieg miteinander befinden. Die Handlung des Romans spielt in Ozeanien, das Nord- und Südamerika, die britischen Inseln, Australien und das südliche Afrika umfasst, wobei Winston Smith im „Landefeld 1“ (England) lebt. In dem diktatorisch und totalitär geführten Staat unterdrückt eine vom – nie wirklich sichtbaren – Großen Bruder.

“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?

Sister. Pawn. Liar. Traitor. Her words sent two queens to the scaffold. Her secrets shaped a kingdom. But her true story was hidden. Until now. Philippa Gregory brings the Boleyn traitor out of the shadows in a groundbreaking tale of love, betrayal — and survival.

In 1982 Soviet-controlled Poland—a time and place of suspicion and mistrust—when geopolitical forces and violent men descend upon her little town of Zygmuntowo, Emilia must decide if she is willing to risk prison or worse for self-respect and for her unexpected love.

A Liu Zhenyun le llevó tres años escribir esta novela, la más grande y madura de su acervo literario. La primera parte describe el pasado: Moisés Wu salió de Yanjin para encontrar a la única persona con quien "podía hablar", su hijastra. La segunda parte narra el presente: Niu Aiguo, hijo de aquella querida hijastra, también emprendió un viaje desde Yanjin men busca de un amigo con quien hablar. Ambos salieron y tardaron cien años.

A quirk of fate has enabled the donation of a history-altering amount of cash to the ministry of a popular religious leader in a solidly Conservative state. Having interpreted the donation as a sign from above, the pastor has divined its purpose: to enable his state’s formal secession from the Union and to have their U.S. Senator appointed President of the newly created country.

Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA’s algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband. For his safety, she must be kept under observation for twenty-one days. The agents transfer Sara to a retention center, where she is held with other dreamers, all of them women trying to prove their innocence from different crimes.

Por eso se va del hogar que supuestamente debe protegerla y entra en una casa okupada. Allí, al calor de compañeros que han buscado refugio de la ferocidad de los salarios precarios y del desalojo paulatino de los habitantes de los barrios por franquicias, hoteles y apartamentos turísticos, se entrega a la única vida que para ella tiene sentido: la de vivir en una comunidad de resistencia, en la que no se descarta la violencia.

On a Yorkshire farm, a man is brutally bludgeoned with a solid gold bar. A plucky young journalist sets out to uncover the truth surrounding the attack, connecting the dots between an amoral banker landlord, an iconoclastic columnist, and a radical anarchist movement. She solves the mystery, but her viral longread exposé raises more questions than it answers.

De padre tunecino y madre de origen argelino, Hubert Abraham Haddad, nacido en Túnez en 1947, siempre ha tenido presentes sus raíces judías y bereberes. Estandarte de la francofonía, ha escrito más de 15 novelas pero con Palestina, Premio Renaudot 2009 y Premio de los Cinco Continentes de la Francofonía 2008, alcanza al gran público.

It is a Tuesday evening in June when Ruth receives the phone call that all parents dread. Her daughter Daisy has been hit by a car during a deadly storm in Puerto Rico. How Ruth wishes she could tell Daisy she loves her. That she is sorry her own muddy feelings about Daisy's move to San Juan caused them to fight. What a waste of precious breath. Instinctively, it's her mother, Rafaela, Ruth wants to turn to. Rafaela whose own memories of growing up in Puerto Rico are becoming ever more vivid, as have her sudden flashes of forgetfulness.

En su despacho, Isabel San Martín se encuentra a dos días de las elecciones generales, en las que se presenta como candidata a la presidencia. Su brillante desempeño y trayectoria como ministra de Economía la posiciona como la favorita en las encuestas. Inspirándose en la malagueña Victoria Kent, abogada y política republicana española, Isabel quiere ganar para prestar real apoyo a la ciudadanía y a las mujeres. Pero tendrá que hacer frente a múltiples problemas en la cuenta atrás para el recuento de votos. ¿Realmente está el país preparado para recibir a una mujer al frente del gobierno?

Año 2112. Una alarma climática sin precedentes asola el planeta Tierra: bosques deforestados; especies extinguiéndose todos los días; una contaminación que roza ya lo irremediable. Zoe, una joven bióloga y activista ecológica para quien la lucha se ha convertido en su forma de vida, es seleccionada para formar parte de Cosnápolis, una ciudad secreta, aparentemente idílica y donde todos sus habitantes viven en armonía, que ha logrado preservar la flora y la fauna.

Chicago journalist Leo Townsend fears his career is faltering as fast as his sobriety. Subpoenaed to reveal a source to a grand jury, he’s facing jail time or losing the career he loves. Leo’s editor gives him one last chance by assigning the reporter a fluff piece on a homeschooling town, but Leo has no idea this assignment could be the deadline on his life. Thrown behind bars by shadowy figures pulling the strings, Leo vows to expose the community’s villains and land a scoop.

Cuando los malos se enfrentan a los malos no hay esperanza posible, siempre ganarán los corruptos, los que juegan sucio, los que lucran con el destino de un país. Cuando la noche cae sobre un pueblo, las sombras de la política son la peor pesadilla de un México que sigue dormido. ¿Hasta dónde es capaz un ser humano para conseguir y conservar el poder?

Willy sehnt sich nach nichts so sehr wie nach einem normalen Leben. Er will seine Arbeit als Zimmerer gut machen, er will für seine Familie sorgen, er träumt vom eigenen Häuschen. Mit seiner ehrlichen Art stößt er immer wieder an Grenzen, was nichts an seinem Entschluss ändert, anständig zu bleiben. Horst, ein ungelernter Hilfsarbeiter, glaubt schon lange nicht mehr daran, auf ehrliche Weise nach oben zu kommen. Er greift zu halbseidenen Mitteln, und seine Existenz entgleitet ihm in dem Maße, in dem er seine Aggressionen nicht im Griff hat.

Everywhere Sara Javed goes—online or outside—everyone is shouting about something. Couldn't they all just shut up? One day she takes her own advice. At first people don't understand her silence and are politely confused at best. But the last thing Sara could anticipate is becoming the figurehead of a global movement that splits society in two. The Silent Movement sparks outrage in its opposers. Global structures start to shift. And the lives of those closest to Sara—as well as strangers inspired by her act—begin to unravel.

In a reality not too distant from our own, where the so-called Mental Parity Movement has taken hold, the worst thing you can call someone is 'stupid'. Everyone is equally clever, and discrimination based on intelligence is 'the last great civil rights fight'. Best friends since adolescence, Pearson and Emory find themselves on opposing sides of this new culture war. Radio personality Emory – who has built her career riding the tide of popular thought – makes increasingly hard-line statements while, for her part, Pearson believes the whole thing is ludicrous.

Zaire. Late 90's. Mobutu's thirty-year reign is tottering. In Lubumbashi, the stubbornly homeless Sanza has fallen in with a trio of veteran street kids led by the devious Ngungi. A chance encounter with the mysterious Monsieur Guillaume seems to offer a way out . . . Meanwhile in Angola, Molakisi has joined thousands of fellow Zairians hoping to make their fortunes hunting diamonds, while Austrian Franz finds himself roped into writing the memoirs of the charismatic Tshiamuena, the "Madonna of the Cafunfo Mines."