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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.

John Quincy Adams is the missing link in the classical era of American history which began with the Revolution and ended with Emancipation. Between these bookends lies the absorbing yet overshadowed epic of a new nation spearheading liberty's cause in a world skeptical of freedom arriving at all, much less in slaver's garb. M. B. Zucker takes listeners back to that adolescent country in the care of an enigmatic guide, John Quincy Adams, heir to one president by blood and another, Washington, by ideology.

Lawless Hour is a gripping political thriller that explores the dark descent of a society under authoritarian rule. In a near-future America, the newly elected regime introduces a radical policy: an unimpeded hour of law enforcement power to "restore order." But as the night stretches on, it becomes clear that this is not a simple exercise in justice—it's a systematic purge targeting anyone deemed undesirable by the state's new laws.

Pulitzer prize-winning author David K. Shipler’s fictionalized story of a Vietnamese interpreter, based on his own experiences as a war correspondent, brings back the tensions within Vietnam during the war, focusing on a local with close ties to American journalists and politicians.

Vuelve Karin Smirnoff con una nueva entrega de la serie Millennium. Una serie de culto con más de 105 millones de lectores en todo el mundo. Lisbeth Salander y su sobrina Svala parecen tener un imán para los problemas: ahora Svala forma parte de un grupo de activistas que se opone a la reapertura de una mina. El conflicto está en punto muerto hasta que una periodista que investigaba el tema es asesinada. Salander y Svala deberán recurrir a Mikael Blomkvist y al hacker Plague para enfrentarse a un grupo que está dispuesto a recurrir a medidas extremas para defender sus intereses.

നമ്മുടെ രാജ്യത്തെ രാഷ്ട്രീയ-സാമൂഹിക-സാംസ്‌കാരിക മണ്ഡലങ്ങളിലെ നാട്യങ്ങളുടെയും കാപട്യങ്ങളുടെയും നേർക്കുള്ള വി കെ എന്നിന്റെ നിശിതമായ വിമർശനമാണ് ഈ നോവൽ. അക്ഷരാഭ്യാസമില്ലാത്ത ചാത്തൻസ് അക്കാദമി അവാർഡ് നേടുകയും അയാളുടെ കൃതി പാഠപുസ്തകമാവുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

לאחר שנחל אכזבה בעיר היהודית שבה התגורר חוזר גיבור ויהי בוקר, עיתונאי ערבי, לכפר הולדתו, כדי לבנות מחדש את חייו עם אשתו ובתו. למרבה הפתעתו, מתברר לו כי החברה הערבית שהכיר השתנתה מן הקצה אל הקצה, וכי לא יוכל עוד לחמוק מהתמודדות עם סדריה ומנהגיה החדשים, משום שבוקר אחד הצבא הישראלי מטיל עוצר על הכפר ללא כל סיבה נראית לעין, אין יוצא ואין בא, והעיתונאי ובני משפחתו צריכים להחליט מה פירוש הדבר להיות אדם במצב לא אנושי בעליל.

സമകാലിക സാമൂഹ്യ യാഥാർത്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ നേർസാക്ഷ്യങ്ങളായ രചനകൾ. പുതുനിര കഥാകൃത്തുക്കളിൽ ശ്രദ്ധേയനായ എഴുത്തു കാരന്റെ 5 നോവെല്ലകൾ. ഒരാൾക്ക് എത്ര മണ്ണ് വേണം, അതിജീവനം, മഞ്ഞമുഖം, പ്രകാശദൂരങ്ങൾ, ആദിമൂലം.

A Jewish US president abandons Israel and emboldens Iran. As the Middle East becomes increasingly unstable, World War 3 seems inevitable. Only a Chueta computer genius, aided by ancient candlesticks, has a chance to prevent it.

تدور أحداث هذه الرواية في أجواء الحرب الأهلية الرواندية عام 1994، حيث تبدأ بوصول صالح فاروق إلى مطار كيجالي الدولي قادما من باريس، وذلك حتى يلتحق بالفرع الرواندي لشركة تعدين فرنسية والتي كان يعمل كمترجم في مقرها الرئيسي في باريس.

There is always a dark shadow lurking everywhere, so was there in America. The liberals: Daunting, fearless, cruel and sadistic, ruled over the only power they could find in America; conservatives and any one who believes in the rule of law and God. Soon, the conservatives find the pain and the power of the liberals too overbearing. The closure of churches, bombings, theft of the economy and deficits weigh down the conservatives causing Texas to become the first state to secede. Soon, other states start fueling up their resentment towards the liberals who used them for their advantage.

Mayor Anthony Podesta, now Lieutenant Governor Podesta, and Jonathan Chalmers seem on a roll as Anthony with the assistance of his “SFPD Special Branch” achieves his comeuppance upon newly minted Governor Mario Pardini. Chalmers on the other hand has a new avocation collecting red zucchettos who The Holy Father Pope Callixtus IX grudgingly hawks to balance-out certain misappropriations at the Vatican Bank, not to mention the atonement for the countless lawsuits alleging ecclesiastic improprieties.

Journalist Tierra Campos and FBI Special Agent Victoria Larsen find themselves in a desperate race against the clock to stop a dangerous cabal from rigging a presidential election in the fourth book of multiple award-winning political thriller author Mikael Carlson's terrifying contemporary fiction series.

1985, Cambridgeshire. An MPs wife is involved in a fatal car crash, and may be over the alcohol limit. Ben Schroeder QC returns to defend her but nothing is straightforward as he gets tangled in a web of political ambition and intrigue. A compulsive mix of crime fiction and legal thriller, exploring highly topical themes.

"তথাকথিত 'উদ্বাস্তু' শঙ্খর পরিবার দেশভাগের সময় ওপার বাংলার ভিটে ছেড়ে চলে আসে উত্তর চব্বিশ পরগনার সীমান্ত লাগোয়া গ্রাম ঈশ্বরীপুরে। শুরু হয় আবার নতুন করে বাঁচার লড়াই। শিকড়ের খোঁজে লড়াই, যে লড়াই শঙ্খ শেখে তার ঠাকুর্দাকে দেখে এবং নানা অভিজ্ঞতার মধ্যে দিয়ে বড়ো হতে হতে নিজের অজান্তেই কখন যেন সেই লড়াইয়ে শামিল হয়ে যায়। তপন বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের লেখায় বারবার উঠে এসেছে পূর্ববাংলা থেকে পশ্চিমবাংলায় অভিপ্রয়াণ করা মানুষদের কথা। শুধু তাই নয়, বাংলার মানুষের জীবনে রাজনীতির প্রভাবও তাঁর লেখায় সুস্পষ্ট; "সমগ্র শঙ্খচিল" পড়ে আমরা বাংলার তৎকালীন রাজনৈতিক প্রেক্ষাপট ও তার শৈলীর পরিবর্তন লক্ষ্য করতে পারি।"

Putin by Stu Armstrong is a gripping blend of fact and fiction, delivering a compelling narrative that explores the life and legacy of one of the world’s most controversial leaders. Meticulously researched and infused with dramatic storytelling, this audiobook takes listeners deep into the psyche of Vladimir Putin, from his early days as a KGB operative in Soviet-era East Germany to his rise as the unchallenged ruler of modern Russia.

Ariel needed money, and Joseph Hortha had it. Bound by gratitude toward the late Chilean president and a persistent need to know whether murder or suicide ended his life during the 1973 coup, the two men embark on an investigation that will take them from Washington DC and New York, to Santiago and Valparaíso, and finally to London.

But the most important situations we face as adults were never discussed with us when we were students. We weren't taught these skills in school, and this makes all the success stories we hear about seem out of reach; it makes us feel dumb. We aren't dumb, we just don't know how to work the system.

"جليتر" رواية مكثفة جداً عن الحب والقمع والوطن، تذهب الكاتبة فيها مباشرة إلى النفس البشرية فتجلس مرة كطبيب نفساني يستمع إلى اعترافات إحدى شخصياتها (لمى داوود)، من خلال شخصية أخرى وهو الطبيب النفسي فراس، الذي جمعته بلمى زمالة جامعية من أيام الدراسة كان لأشخاص آخرين أثر فيه، حيث تقوم قصة الرواية على لقاء مجموعة من طلبة جامعة بيرزيت في عام 1994، بأستاذ الدراسات الثقافية المثير للجدل والعبثي، الذي يغير حياتهم بطريقة أو بأخرى، ويستمر تأثيره على معظمهم حتى بعد طرده من الجامعة بسبب تصرفاته الغريبة وبعد موته بالسرطان !!

في رواية "الشحاذة" تختار الكاتبة "هيفاء بيطار" كتابة الوجع السوري بطريقةٍ مختلفة فما بين مجازر سوريا وغربة باريس تسطر كلماتٍ من الحنين والألم وتغوص في الواقع المظلم لتتذكر اللاذقية وهموم أهلها، باريس ووحدة مقاهيها..زوارق اللاجئين على الشواطيء الباردة والموت الذي يخيّم على المشهد..