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It is 2028. President Trump has just finished his third term and is about to be elected to a fourth. America has become increasingly isolationist and xenophobic. Emboldened by the President’s support, the New American Party has gained power and become a controlling minority. Cloaking its policies in the increasing need for national security, the President and his new party work to remake America in the image they desire, focusing their efforts on personal freedoms and immigration.

Este libro es un clásico de la literatura mundial y posee el mérito histórico de haber iniciado la novela sobre la Revolución Mexicana de 1910; la obra muestra desde dentro las fuerzas de lo que entonces se llamó "la bola": los desposeídos levantados para la revuelta. La novela arranca con el grupo armado de Juchipila, un poblado al sur de Zacatecas, y cierra, como epílogo de la narración y un símil de la suerte misma de la Revolución, cuando la ciudad es tomada por las tropas carrancistas.

Los animales ya están cansados de ser explotados por el hombre y deciden expulsarlo de sus propiedades para fundar una sociedad animal en la que el ser humano es el enemigo. La cabeza de la rebelión es un cerdo que, en principio, parece preocuparse por los intereses comunes y el bienestar general. Sin embargo, el veneno del poder lo invade paulatinamente. Los animales están desconcertados porque su situación no ha mejorado y lo que comenzó como un proyecto de prosperidad se convierte poco a poco en una desoladora utopía. Rebelión en la granja.

In the latest riveting thriller from James Rollins, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sigma Force series, an international research station in the Coral Sea comes under siege during a geological disaster that triggers massive quakes, deadly tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. To stop...

Esta novela narra el ascenso y la caída de Santos Rodríguez, un influyente asesor político que luego de acompañar a distintos presidentes aspira él mismo a convertirse en gobernante de una República jamás nombrada, pero que se parece mucho al México de mediados del siglo XX. Dotado de un gran carisma y copiosas arcas, y amparado en su buena fortuna, Santos Rodríguez buscarácumplir su sueño a toda costa. Pero nada es tan sencillo en un país donde la lucha por el poder ocurre en el terreno de la miseria moral.

Brought to you by Penguin. When Layla and Andy first meet, they can't believe they have the same surname. It feels like fate… Sera, Layla’s best friend, has her doubts about Andy. As the couple fall deeper in love, Sera becomes more and more vocal about Layla settling down with a white boy...

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.

Con este mensaje inesperado, el pasado vuelve para sacudir la vida de un antiguo agente secreto cuando ya no tiene el escudo de su organización. Participó en la guerra sucia del Estado, convencido de su causa: la defensa de una sociedad democrática y de las víctimas inocentes contra la violencia terrorista. Pero el tiempo ha pasado, no todo salió bien y la justificación es muy lejana, mientras que él ya no puede abandonar el lado oscuro. La críptica comunicación que acaba de recibir lo reclama de nuevo.

Europe. Great Britain has long-since left the Union, but tensions between European countries remain, and the international balance of power is firmly weighted towards China and the US. Seizing the opportunity for an unexpected comeback, disgraced former Paris mayor Vincent d’Amont makes an outrageous proposal. France and Germany should unite to create a new superpower: Charlemagny.

Eine Frau über sechzig lebt in sich selbst zurückgezogen in einem Haus am Tiber, am Stadtrand von Rom. Eines Tages bekommt sie neue Nachbarn. Eine Familie mit zwei Kindern zieht in die Wohnung gegenüber: Die Eltern gehören zur Generation Prekariat, der Vater ist Musiker, die Mutter jobbt. Sie haben eine vierjährige Tochter und einen jugendlichen Sohn, Anhänger von Fridays for Future, sie brauchen eine Nanny und wenden sich an die Nachbarin.

A cadre of philanthropic billionaires contract a man to establish a new paradigm of prosperity in impoverished countries. He is a renaissance man with the iron will of a K2 mountaineer and the killer instincts of a Navy SEAL. One man armed with an idea who is collision bound with a murderous ruling class while the world sits on the powder keg of systemic corruption.

Set in modern-day America, post-pandemic and election. The new government, only two years into its tenure, already has the green-energy project up and running. And, with the midterms a few months away, it seems like a rather strategic time to push for the liquidation of all physical currency to E-dollars. Supported by the liberals and vehemently opposed by the conservative side of the country, both sides fight to protect their version of America, but what they do not know is that life is about change completely from all they knew it to be.

Hermana y hermano, Cara y Brom, del planeta Ammeron, similar a la Tierra, visitaron el idílico planeta cercano Jashar. Allí, a una edad temprana, conocen y se hacen amigos de Boda, un sabio muy gentil, avanzado y eterno que se convierte en su maestro. Cada verano, año tras año, pasan tiempo con Boda.

Авторы обработали важные блоки истории Европы и Византии XI—XVII веков. Знаменитые византийские деятели - Василий Богомил и Иоанн Итал оказываются яркими отражениями императора Андроника-Христа, то есть князя Андрея Боголюбского из XII века. Например, проясняется знаменитый евангельский сюжет: почему рядом с Христом на Голгофе были распяты два "разбойника". Оказывается, Благоразумный разбойник символизирует учеников Христа, продолжавших почитать Его после суда. А Безумный разбойник — это образ учеников, которые отказались от Христа.

En la ficción de la novela un grupo de animales de una granja expulsa a los humanos tiranos y crean un sistema de gobierno propio que acaba convirtiéndose en otra tiranía brutal. Orwell, un socialista democrático y durante muchos años un miembro del Partido Laborista Independiente, se posicionó con obras como Rebelión en la granja y 1984 contra el totalitarismo tanto nazi como soviético.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man’s life in this “coming of age story that captures the soul of America” (The Washington Post), the debut novel from The New Yorker staff writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Vinson Cunningham...

Ola Olajide, a high-profile journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is marrying the love of her life in one month's time. Young, beautiful, successful – she and her fiancé Michael are the ‘couple goals’ of their social networks and seem to have it all. That is, until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: ‘Oh my god, have you seen The List?’ It began as a crowdsourced collection of names and somehow morphed into an anonymous account posting allegations on social media.

Uppsagd från sitt jobb på bensinmacken är Lasse Bengtsson dömd till ett liv framför motorsporten på teve. Men Lasses fru Eva börjar tröttna på att se sin man långsamt dra med sig deras gemensamma vardag ner i avgrunden. Eva bestämmer sig för att ge allt en sista chans och bjuder in Lasse till en myskväll, hittar en klimatdokumentär som verkar spännande och innan hon vet ordet av har hon satt eld i baken på honom. Lasse bestämmer sig för att rädda planeten, men blir utmanad av bostadsrättsföreningens äregiriga och pedantiska ordförande, den pensionerade studierektorn Olsson.

Up-and-coming junior minister Gregory Buchanan has had a portrait painted of himself by the acclaimed artist Sophie White - a painting she intends to enter in this year's Archibald Prize. Until then, Gregory has hung it in pride of place on his dining-room wall. It's a life-sized standing portrait, practically photographic in nature. And it's a nude. His wife will be home soon and he thinks the painting will be a pleasant surprise. Even more surprising will be an unexpected accumulation of guests.

'Pathway to the Stars: Part 4, Universal Party' propels humanity’s journey beyond the Solar System as Eliza, Yesha, and James work tirelessly to unite Earth. Eliza leads the charge in the Western Hemisphere, while Yesha takes on the East, racing to implement technological innovations and form the Universal Party—a movement aimed at global unity. Their goal is to bring the visionary ideals that built the tech cities to Earth, creating a foundation for peace and cooperation.

Henry Farber, a well-meaning psychiatrist, is forced into hiding when the nation’s chief executive—a narcissistic autocrat in his disastrous second term—is found dead on the consulting room couch. From an isolated bungalow, Farber sets out to clear his name while offering an intimate view of a flawed populist leader. 

1984 centers on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviors within society. Orwell modeled the totalitarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated. The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984 when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda.

1984 centers on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviors within society. Orwell modeled the totalitarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated. The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984 when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda.

Sarah Woods has developed a reputation for taking seemingly un-dramatisable non-fiction classics and turning them into gripping and immersive audio drama. Four seminal political books are here brought to life and into the twenty-first century, and ideas that have been fascinating and shaping society for hundreds of years are developed into brilliant, insightful dramas. How does humanity's success also mean its potential destruction? And what do we need to turn from this danger, and instead develop a global system that's positive, sustainable, and better for the masses rather than the few?

Spitzbergen 2110: Weit im Norden, tief in den Bergen, liegt eine Schatzkammer, die mit Pflanzensamen aus aller Welt gefüllt ist. Tommy wächst in dieser sonst kargen, gnadenlosen Landschaft auf, mit seinen zwei Brüdern und seiner Großmutter – der Hüterin des Saatguts. Schon vor vielen Jahren hat man hier am Nordpol den Kontakt zu den anderen Ländern abgebrochen und versucht, im Einklang mit der Natur zu leben. Doch dann wird Spitzbergen von einer Katastrophe heimgesucht – und Tommys Familie gehört zu den wenigen Überlebenden.

Eine Erfindung erobert die Welt – und bestimmt das Schicksal zweier Familien, die bereit sind, alles zu riskieren. Wetzlar, Optische Werke, Konstruktionsabteilung, 1914: Dem Tüftler Oskar Barnack gelingt der Durchbruch. Anstatt weiterhin mit einer kiloschweren Glasplattenkamera auf Foto-Safari zu gehen, hat der Feinmechaniker einen handlichen Apparat entwickelt, der in eine Jackentasche passt. Ernst Leitz, der Sohn des Werkgründers, erkennt das Potenzial – und treibt die Produktion der Leica gegen alle Widerstände voran-

If he had been just another married man, and she a beautiful woman—it would have been just a passionate affair. But he was the president. Will this dangerous liaison change the course of history? Matthew Underwood—former anchorman and now U.S. President—is dangerously indifferent to his job until he meets the female head of the tiny country of Lampang. After they fall in love, Underwood becomes mired in Lampang's internal politics—and a nosy reporter, not to mention the jealous First Lady, threaten everything.

He glides through life cocooned by his devoted family, lucrative business, sporting prowess and good looks. He is the embodiment of thriving post-war America, land of liberty and hope. Until one sunny day in 1968, when Swede's daughter, Merry, commits an outlandishly savage act of political terrorism and the Levov family is plunged into mayhem. Extraordinarily nuanced and poignant, American Pastoral is the first in an eloquent trilogy of post-war American novels that still resonates today.

Mike Redstone is elated when his small accounting firm lands a contract with a trendy Los Angeles tech company. As he goes to work for his new client, the twin suicide and drug epidemics sweeping Los Angeles are little more than regrettable distractions. But Redstone’s enthusiasm turns to confusion, and then fear, as he reluctantly realizes that his new client is at the center of a plot to subjugate his city, trapping its population in a web of drug-suffused thought control.

An der Universität in Cambridge waren sie ein seltenes und seltsames Freundespaar: der adelige Schotte Liam Broedie und Alard von Sedlitz, Gutsbesitzersohn aus Oberschlesien. Schon ihre Väter hatten zusammen in Heidelberg studiert und waren Freunde fürs Leben geblieben, obwohl sie durch den 1. Weltkrieg zu Kriegsgegnern geworden waren.

Wer sind wir ohne Arbeit? Was brauchen wir zum Leben? Was macht uns aus? David Schalkos Was der Tag bringt ist ein bestechender Kommentar auf unsere sich radikal verändernde Arbeitswelt – ein Roman, grotesk, komisch und aufwühlend bis zuletzt. Felix ist Ende dreißig, Single und Unternehmer. Mit seinem Start-up für nachhaltiges Catering ist er, endlich, auf einem guten Weg. Dann aber kommt die Pandemie, bleiben die Aufträge aus, gewährt ihm die Bank keinen weiteren Kredit.

In a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a social-economic collapse, Haven Segreti is forced to conform and serve as a member of an elite administrative pack behind the community walls of the New Republic. She faces difficult choices, torn between an illicit liaison with her mentor, Adrien, and a chance of a deeper connection with a troubled young man set on revenge.

Andersens ægteskab er gået i stykker, og han har mistet sin søn. Ekskonen Anne opfordrer ham til at skrive et afskedsbrev til sønnen Frederik for at bearbejde det, der er sket, men han kan ikke. Han har store huller i sin hukommelse og savner en masse svar. I samtaler med en psykiater forøger han at rekonstruere, hvad er er sket med Frederik – at nå om bag sin egen fortrængning om sønnens bortgang for at komme overens med sin sorg og sin vrede mod klimabevægelsen Brodenberg, der ifølge Andersen slugte Frederik.

A blazingly propulsive novel from the prize-winning author of In Our Mad and Furious City, following a captured jihadist and poet-preacher as he recounts his path to international notoriety Who is Yahya Bas? Revolutionary poet, notorious jihadist, misbegotten son, self-styled idiot-boy. When the...

Ein origineller, rasanter Debütroman einer aufregenden neuen Stimme. Damani kämpft. Jeden Tag kümmert sie sich um ihre Mutter, fährt die ältere Dame Mrs. Patrice zum Bingospielen, während sie immer weniger durch die Fahrdienst-App verdient. Die Rechnungen stapeln sich, ihre Wut auf die Welt wächst. Bis eines Tages Jolene in ihrem Wagen sitzt. Sie scheint die perfekte Freundin zu sein - aufmerksam, attraktiv, eine Verbündete. Vielleicht kann Damani über das hinwegsehen, was sie zurückhält: Noch nie hat sie eine Frau mit Geld gedatet, geschweige denn eine weiße Frau mit Geld.

Mens forberedelserne til Gøteborgs 400-års jubilæum er i fuld gang, findes bygmesteren Ernst Rosbäck død på taget af byens første skyskraber. Desuden er hans 14-årige barnebarn, Nadja, sporløst forsvundet. For politibetjent Dennis Wilhelmson og hans kolleger går efterforskningen langsomt: Lige indtil de finder et spor, der peger mod 1980’ernes Berlin. Men fremgangen stoppes snart af en frygtet virus, som skånselsløst hærger i Europa...

Delhi, the near future: a former journalist goes in search of answers after she finds herself stripped of identity and citizenship and thrust into a vast conspiracy involving secret detention centers, government sanctioned murders, online rage, nationalist violence, and a figure of shifting identifies known as the “New Delhi Monkey Man.” Bhopal, 1984: an assassin hunts a whistleblower through a central Indian city that will shortly be the site of the worst industrial disaster in history. Calcutta, 1947: a veterinary student’s life and work connect him to an ancient Vedic aircraft.

El que debería haber sido el día más feliz en la vida de la narradora de esta novela se convierte en el inicio de una historia de locura. La ansiedad se apodera de ella y el peso del mundo cae sobre sus hombros por partida doble: debe cuidar a sus mellizos recién nacidos y dar voz a los que han confiado en ella. Esta historia indaga en una herida personal para conectar con luchas universales, y es un viaje a través del arte, la literatura, la mitología y la historia de la medicina.

Brought to you by Penguin. Yorùbá Boy Running charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting 'Run, Àjàyí, run!' The day the Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of Òsogùn, thirteen-year-old Àjàyí's life was split in...

Stürmisch zieht einen In meines Vaters Haus sofort in den Bann. Denn nicht nur das Wetter fegt geradezu apokalyptisch über die Algarve in Portugal hinweg. Über Paul, den in Frankfurt lebenden Erben eines internationalen Unternehmens, bricht das Leben herein. Das unbekümmerte Dasein eines Studenten aus reicher Familie liegt hinter ihm und die erbarmungslosen Herausforderungen des Geschäftslebens, die hartherzigen Anforderungen seines patriarchalischen Großvaters Otto, sowie sein verwirrendes Liebesleben holen ihn ein.

The Incredible Events in Women's Cell Number 3 is the debut novel by Kira Yarmysh that follows a young woman, Anya, who is arrested at a Moscow anti-corruption rally, and, under false charges, sentenced to a ten-day stretch at a special detention center.