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Boris Pahor, scrittore sloveno e cittadino italiano, non si colloca nel panorama letterario europeo come autore di un solo libro; altri capolavori segnano il suo percorso creativo che ruota in prevalenza intorno al destino della gente slovena nel Novecento e alle suggestioni di una città elusiva e ammaliatrice come Trieste. La prima di queste opere è la raccolta di racconti Il rogo nel porto, che non solo lievita ai livelli più alti della grande letteratura europea ma prelude a quasi tutta la restante produzione dell’autore quanto a temi e motivi ispiratori.

Boy Genius is a powerful identity satire, the picaresque odyssey of a child seeking to avenge the wrongs perpetrated on his parents. Park's genius, born into the turmoil of post-war Korea, is used as a puppet by the South Korean government - before being banished to America. From a remote New York city ghetto, the boy wages a clandestine guerilla war against all symbols of authority.

Fleeing her moribund marriage in Cape Town, Beth accepts a diplomatic posting to Shanghai. In this anonymous city, she hopes to lose herself in books, wine, and solitude, and to dodge whatever pangs of conscience she feels for her fealty to a South African regime that, by the 21st century, has betrayed its early promises.

As the lives of two characters intertwine around a single defining event, a series of utterly chilling experiences is revealed, sparking a nail-biting race to find the truth...and justice. A riveting, searing and devastatingly dark thriller, The Source is also a story about survival, about hopes and dreams, about power, abuse and resilience...an immense, tense and thought-provoking debut that you will never, ever forget.

Zara Maxwell é uma agente treinada para se infiltrar entre os figurões de Washington e descobrir tudo o que puder sobre eles. Esta esperta espiã usa de sua beleza, habilidade e inteligência fora do normal, para conseguir cumprir todas as suas missões e segue apenas uma regra: jamais se envolver emocionalmente.

The Kamanga Kings, a Khartoum jazz band of yesteryear, is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime when a surprise letter arrives inviting them to perform in Washington, DC. The only problem is...the band no longer exists. Rushdy is a disaffected secondary school teacher and the son of an original Kamanga King. Determined to see a life beyond his own home, he sets out to revive the band. Aided by his unreliable best friend, all too soon an unlikely group are on their way, knowing the eyes of their country are on them.

ठहरा हुआ देश' वैचारिक रूप से ठहरे हुए समाज में, विनी और विजय के प्रेम के माध्यम से लोकतांत्रिक जीवन के आधार को तलाश करने की कोशिश है। यह समाज में लगातार पीड़ित स्त्री के बलात्कार की सामाजिक व्याख्या और निदान की तलाश है।

Amor y desamor, exilios y desencuentros, erotismo y búsqueda de la identidad marcan el relato. El mejor testimonio para ejercitar la memoria colectiva con una historia terrible y lúcida, de acertados toques psicológicos. Ezequiel Szafir ahonda en la historia reciente de Argentina y hace de la literatura el mejor testimonio de la memoria colectiva. Una novela que plantea también un debate ético: ¿deben los hijos pagar las culpas de sus padres?, ¿existen barreras insalvables para el amor cuando el límite excede las posibilidades aceptables?

Raül Romeva decideix posar sobre el paper els seus pensaments des de la presó i ho fa amb els valors de l'esperança i la llibertat al centre de tot. Sense pocions màgiques ni retrets, amb el cap ben alt i la mà estesa i amb pas decidit cap a la República. Es tracta d'un llibre sobre la captivitat dels presos polítics, amb reflexions i propostes, molts dubtes, per. també algunes certeses. Amb raons i arguments sobre la nostra democràcia, sobirania i independència; amb records per l'1 d octubre, alguns silencis incomprensibles i el dolor compartit. Sense retrets, amb convicció.

The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program. The IAC's goal of getting as many people as possible off Earth before it becomes uninhabitable is being threatened.

Henry Dumas' fiction is a masterful synthesis of myth and religion, culture and nature, mask and identity. From the Deep South to the simmering streets of Harlem, his characters embark on surreal and mythic quests armed only with wit, words, and wisdom. Championed by Toni Morrison, Walter Mosley, and Quincy Troupe, Dumas' books have long been out of print. All of his short fiction is collected here, for the first time, and includes several previously unpublished stories.

Making connections between the Suez Canal War in 1949 and the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this novel about a British couple's disastrous marriage is told by their daughter, who has discovered her mother's diary written at the end of World War II. Ailsa Roberts, the writer of the diary, shows herself to be a vivid and intelligent young Englishwoman who is sailing with her little daughter on the Empire Glory to join her husband, a Welsh RAF sergeant stationed in Egypt, where Britain still occupies the Suez Canal Zone.

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.

Durante o conturbado período da ditadura militar, dois adolescentes, amigos de escola, incorporam as contradições que marcaram os anos de chumbo: de um lado, a direita, tida como reacionária; de outro, a esquerda, que se autoproclamava progressista. Nesse embate, quase sempre maniqueísta, um deles se entregará à luta armada, da qual não sairá ileso emocional e socialmente; o outro, vindo da classe trabalhadora, almejará uma posição na elite abastada paulistana, à qual o primeiro pertence.

Dr. Heather Reilly has been an anti-war activist since her brother died fighting the Taliban. But her crushing student loans drive her to take a job working on a peace plan for Afghanistan, in the last place on Earth she ever thought she'd be employed: the Pentagon. On her first day, however, her position is eliminated and she’s shuffled to a war-fighting office focused on combating Russian aggression. Making matters worse, she’s also working for Ariane Fletcher - a woman so terrifying, she eats generals for breakfast.

Tras terminar sus estudios de arquitectura en Europa, Lavinia regresa a Latinoamérica para emprender su camino como mujer independiente. Pero sus planes cambian cuando conoce a Felipe, con quien establece una profunda relación sentimental. A su lado le llega la oportunidad de implicarse en las luchas populares y los movimientos de liberación de la dictadura de su país, conectando de ese modo con Itzá, una indígena que luchó contra los invasores españoles y que ahora despierta reencarnada en un naranjo para acompañar, apoyar e inspirar a Lavinia.

In the 99th district of a sprawling labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician - and hundreds just like them - are undergoing Re-education, to restore their revolutionary zeal and credentials. In charge of this process is the Child, who delights in draconian rules, monitoring behaviour and confiscating treasured books. But when bad weather arrives, followed by the ‘three bitter years’, the intellectuals are abandoned by the regime and left on their own to survive.

La historia se inicia cuando, en el aniversario del gobierno, se atenta contra la vida de Viviana, presidente de la República de Faguas, líder y fundadora del Partido de Izquierda Erótica. Gioconda Belli, poeta y narradora nicaragüense, usa de su humor, ironía, valentía, imaginación, para relatar una historia en la que el realismo de la situación de América Latina y, particularmente América Central, es descrito con una precisión fotográfica. Es poesía en acción, ideología nueva y sueños, no exenta de amor, violencia y esperanza.

America is in trouble - at the mercy of a puzzling pathogen. That ordinarily wouldn’t lead to catastrophe, thanks to modern medicine, but there’s just one problem: the government supply of Dormigen, the silver bullet of pharmaceuticals, has been depleted just as demand begins to spike. Set in the near future, The Rationing centers around a White House struggling to quell the crisis - and control the narrative.

As greed and corruption taint the optimism of a nation, the political becomes deeply personal for former childhood friends Lindi and Kagiso. Their beloved home country, South Africa, is rapidly turning into a powder keg, as nations fight for ownership of its land and resources. With the murder of one of the nation’s bright young hopes, the fuse is well and truly lit. As the hunt for his killer intensifies, Lindi and Kagiso come together to protect the land and people they love, even as events are set in motion that no one - least of all they - can control.