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This tale of the near future becomes more relevant every day. Combining a travelogue through a changed society with flashbacks to a long, crazy war in Europe, Sounds of Soldiers looks at the fallout from nationalism and military fantasies gone wrong.

The Planning stage of the worldwide propaganda machine took years to set up. Ed, better known in the business world as Mr. Edward Peterson, knew that if he could align his dream with the right funding organizations and gain their support, it would only take a few decades to subjugate his unsolicited members into believing anything. People are gullible. It was all about writing the programs and making them user-friendly so that they became a part of everyone's daily life, that secret goals could be met.

A mediados del siglo XX, Carlos Denegri era el líder de opinión más influyente de México. Reportero estrella del diario Excélsior, tenía una red de contactos internacionales envidiada por todos los periodistas. Mimado por el poder, como columnista político sobresalió por su falta de escrúpulos, al grado de que Julio Scherer lo llamó "el mejor y el más vil de los reporteros". Industrializó el "chayote" cuando esa palabra todavía no se usaba en la jerga política.

في قلب المحروسة؛ أوائل القرن الماضي، حيث تنبض الأرض بالمقاومة، وتموج بالمكائد والمؤامرات، واضطهاد المحتل الإنجليزي لأصحاب الأرض، يجد ""كامل"" نفسه في رحلة هروبٍ طويلة طمعًا في النجاة.

Well-known current affairs investigator David Chase, nick-named 'the axe' from popular segment 'Cut to the Chase,' has been on the tail of a murderer who was released from jail after killing a man but who claims he was a wolf man at the time. A good old-fashioned right-wing 'moral outrage sensationalist' field-operative, Chase doesn't like what he sees happening to the news world around him—especially at his long-standing conservative TV Network, CNT (we missed 'u'), which, under the spinning eye of Veronica Fox, is reverting to myth making, 'false facts' and disinformation.

Los enrevesados rituales de la burocracia, lo extraordinariamente inútil que resulta la tecnología nacional, el interminable examen de conciencia que un ciudadano común tiene que hacerse antes de decidir por quién votar y las peculiares maneras de los mexicanos para dar malas noticias o presentar a dos extraños… Jorge Ibargüengoitia exhibe en esta colección de textos la inexplicable lógica detrás de la vida en este país.

Violet Payne has spent years crafting the perfect facade, serving as a publicist and informant for House Sunsong, one of the five ruling noble families of Stelladir. But when she becomes a threat to the very House she serves, her life is marked for elimination. Ryland Sunsong is an assassin, a weapon forged in blood and loyalty. Tasked with silencing Violet before she can betray them, he expects the kill to be swift and emotionless. Instead, he finds himself drawn to the woman he’s meant to destroy—torn between duty and an undeniable, dangerous desire.

When Nathaniel Pickering, Lady Margaret's older brother is found murdered, Thomas takes her away to London, in search of gyrfalcons. Thomas's astute mind is unable to ignore the clues, and in uncovering some dark secrets, he places himself - and his mistress - in grave danger. Now a target himself, Thomas must face some of London's most notorious criminals, in a battle of both brain and brawn.

Politisch hoch brisant und menschlich herausfordernd: Kommissar Oppenheimer muss zwischen Ex-Nazis und Israelis vermitteln. Frühsommer 1952: Auf den westdeutschen Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer wird ein Briefbomben-Attentat verübt, das zum Glück vereitelt werden kann. Weil es Hinweise gibt, dass Adenauers Leben nach wie vor in Gefahr ist, schickt Ben-Gurion israelische Agenten nach Deutschland – das Abkommen soll um jeden Preis geschützt werden.

Zip es un periodista frustrado que abandonó hace años la profesión por problemas con las drogas y con la disciplina laboral. Una mañana, al regresar del entierro del Chule, un expresidiario amigo suyo se acerca al banco a ingresar efectivo, con tan mala suerte que es testigo, primero, y rehén, después, de un atraco. El líder de los atracadores es el hijo del Chule, que junto a dos compañeros se atrincheran en el banco ante la llegada de la Policía.

William is a mental health specialist in a world of absolute empathy. It's a dangerous job: one slip-up and an escalating empathy feedback loop with a patient could kill them both. Every day, William faces the worst consequences of the hyperempathy virus release and loathes the restraints it puts on humanity.

David Juárez aterriza, procedente desde Alicante, en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria para incorporarse en su nuevo puesto como subinspector de policía. Nada más llegar, antes incluso de tomar posesión de manera oficial de su cargo, sus compañeros ya le involucran en la investigación de un extraño crimen: un joven pintor aparece brutalmente asesinado en su apartamento poco después de inaugurar con éxito su última exposición.

Juan Buganvilla emerge como un símbolo de la lucha, la dignidad y la resistencia. A través de su vida, marcada por el amor, el desarraigo y el sacrificio, Juan Buganvilla se convierte en una figura emblemática de aquellos que, aun en tiempos de odio y represión, se aferran a su inocencia y sus ideales. Con una prosa poética y evocadora, Emilio González Déniz nos transporta a la España del siglo XX, donde la historia de Buganvilla se entrelaza con los destinos de una nación fracturada.

En Canillejas hay un edificio de renta antigua sobre el que pone los ojos un fondo de inversión para comprarlo y echar a los vecinos. El bloque de pisos alberga a veinte familias y el bar del Julito. En él vive el Botas, protagonista de la novela Yonqui, que, junto a personajes de otras novelas del autor como Zip, el Tijeras o el Pirri empiezan a organizarse para intentar salvar el edificio.

The book America the Great Is Falling: The Rise of Morningstar’s Empire is a fictional but deeply resonant exploration of systemic inequality in the United States. It delves into the struggles of Black and Brown communities, immigrant families, and marginalized groups, shedding light on injustices such as healthcare disparities, the trauma of immigration policies, and economic oppression.

Summer 2020. The first lockdown has ended in the small Canadian town of Moosehead. Twenty-four-year-old Vincent McKnight emerges from three months of stay-at-home orders into a surreal new normal of multi-coloured face masks, acrid hand sanitizers, and germaphobic neighbours standing six feet apart. The new normal becomes even stranger when Vince’s Indigenous grandfather sends him to buy a loaf of bread from the town’s new baker. Stefanie Müller speaks five languages, has beautiful blue eyes… and is a certified conspiracy theorist.

يتحايل شباب حي عشوائي على إلتقاط أرزاقهم بطرق غريبة، ويحركهم كعرائس الماريونيت عجوز عقيد له في المكر باع طويل. وسط هذا البؤس تولد قصة حب ناقصة، وصراع دامِ ضد سارقي القوت والفاسدين في جهاز الشرطة، لكن كل هذا لا يبدد آمالاً عريضة بالخروج من الأزقة الغارقة في العوز إلى براح عالم زاخر بالنعمة والراحة. في منتصف الطريق تتوالى المفاجآت لتحدد مصائر بشر متعبين، و توزعهم على مصائر لا تخطر على بال.

Written during the English Civil War, of which Hobbes had first-hand experience, Leviathan argues for political rule by an absolute authority. Hobbes claimed that human nature was, at its core, ruthless and brutal: people were selfish, self-interested and likely to cause conflict for one another. In order to combat this chaos, individuals ought to submit to a sovereign – a ‘Leviathan’ – in exchange for order, security and peace.

His power built the walls. Now love threatens to break them down. Mickey Gallagher has dedicated his life to maintaining the delicate political balance in Washington. But when his boyfriend, Senate-hopeful Andrew Adams, learns he must marry a woman to secure the Maryland seat, the future of their relationship is thrown into jeopardy. Desperate to save his campaign, Andrew’s best friend and successful lobbyist, Evelyn Proctor, agrees to temporarily step in. Except one evening of indulgence blurs the lines of duty and desire.

When headteacher Kirsty's local MP resigns after a sex scandal, she's set on running in the by-election to replace him. When he fails to dissuade her from standing, Rick sets out to influence Kirsty's campaign to his own advantage. Kirsty battles on in the spotlight as the domestic and the political start to collide – until a revelation from the past threatens to derail the whole operation.