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"Desplazamientos es un relato entrañable sobre el encuentro con la casa de la infancia y todos los fantasmas y cuentas pendientes que aparecen con este movimiento. Y de nuevo, una mujer que tuerce el rumbo de la historia. Estas dos novelas pertenecen a mundos inventados, esos territorios de...

Vargas Llosa realiza un valiosísimo análisis de la obra de Juan Carlos Onetti haciendo hincapié en una preocupación que comparte ambos autores: la complicada y al mismo tiempo necesaria relación entre la ficción literaria y la realidad.

As a deeply authentic and heartfelt collection of harrowing true stories and reflections on sexual trauma, Echoes is a powerful anthology that seeks to shed light on the painful reality faced by male survivors of sexual abuse, along with the lasting mental and emotional scars that so many men carry with them. Compiling dozens of poignant real-life accounts, this groundbreaking book will open the hearts and minds of listeners, offering male survivors a safe place to find solace from their pain and begin building a road map on their journey to wholeness.

Esperimenti mistici, imprenditoria eroica, neuroscienze, body & mind hacking, arte, natura selvaggia, supercibi, survivalism, magia, geopolitica e altre deflagrazioni. Interviste condotte da Davide Francesco Sada, Mario Piccaluga e Giovanni Valentini. Contatti: info@ilbazaratomico.com Instagram: @ilbazaratomico

Peter and Maria decipher the formula found on Seth's microchip. Peter begins to understand how Seth is planning to bring about the end of the world...

Il 19 maggio 1953 Leonardo Sciascia scrive a Italo Calvino, funzionario dell'Einaudi, chiedendo un libro da recensire. E lo invita a collaborare alla rivista «Galleria». È l'inizio di un fitto scambio epistolare tra i due che continuerà fino alla morte di Calvino, e che è stato integralmente ricostruito in queste pagine: 145 tra lettere, biglietti, cartoline, telegrammi. Il carteggio restituisce il loro rapporto di stima e amicizia: l'incontro, il reciproco scoprirsi e intendersi, la pubblicazione di molte delle loro opere, il parziale allontanamento degli anni Settanta.

"Vis mig en spiller, så vil jeg vise jer en taber, og vis mig en helt, så vil jeg vise jer et lig". "Tåber dør" fortællingen om de miljøer hvor drømme og håb enten bærer en til stjernerne eller brister drastisk. Om gamblingens højborg Las Vegas, om Hollywoods brutale, men raffinerede filmmiljø og om New Yorks litterære jungle. Det er her tåberne lever og dør. På casinoet på Hotel Xanadu i Las Vegas mødes en gruppe mænd, som ikke tidligere kender hinanden.

What does it mean to "leave quietly"? It means making the worst mistake of your life. By leaving quietly, you inflict unspeakable harm on your children and grandchildren. The battle is raging. Two realms are seeking to influence the natural world--light and darkness. There is no middle ground. Depending on how you participate in life, either Heaven or Hell will advance its agenda into the Earth. The Holy Spirit is trying to show us what is at stake. He is trying to create something that will stop an evil every bit as hideous as Hitler.

A powerful, posthumous novel from bestselling author Mario Reading. Relegated to an isolated provincial town in France after years spent fighting on the Eastern Front, German commander Maximilian von Aschau finds unexpected distraction in the form of beautiful and reserved Lucie Léré. He’s seen every horror of the human experience. She’s never left her village. Opposites in every way, Max and Lucie manage to find common ground. But love is the most dangerous element of war. It makes you vulnerable... and careless.

En un escenario dominado por la corrupción, y donde los prejuicios y desigualdades conforman la realidad social del país, la verdad acaba convertida en verdades diversas que se confunden la una con la otra en un alucinante juego de espejos. A través de una atmósfera que deslumbra y atrapa, este libro refleja fielmente el clima de una época y denuncia los excesos del poder.

Dos vidas: la de Flora Tristán, que pone todos sus esfuerzos en la lucha por los derechos de la mujer y de los obreros, y la de Paul Gauguin, el hombre que descubre su pasión por la pintura y abandona su existencia burguesa para viajar a Tahití en busca de un mundo sin contaminar por las convenciones.

Los jefes (1959) fue el primer libro publicado por Mario Vargas Llosa, con el cual obtuvo su primer reconocimiento literario, el Premio Leopoldo Alas. Según su autor, «Los jefes es un pequeño microcosmos de lo que vendría a ser el resto de mis libros».

Kris (Antwerpen), Mario (Rotterdam) , Minya (Mainz,DLD) en Istvan (Berchem) bieden een levendige doch scherpe blik op het leven in Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, Benelux en de Wereld, gekleurd door een Neder-Vlaamse bril met uiteenlopende gasten aan tafel. De podcast biedt een mix van humor, inzichten en discussies over uiteenlopende onderwerpen voor een breed publiek. Op livestream elke week maandag én woensdag (W.O.W.) op http://praatradio.net, van 12-13u. Kijk op http://praattafel.be voor links en shownotes.

Thomas Lieven er noget af en verdensmand: en spion med ubegrænsede evner, men samtidig også anset som en farlig forbryder. Han afskyer alt, der har med krig at gøre, men ender alligevel med at blive hemmelig agent under anden verdenskrig. I virkeligheden vil Thomas bare leve sit liv i fred og ro omgivet af sine to primære laster: kvinder og kulinariske overraskelser.

Benito Pérez Galdós es un autor esencial en la literatura española contemporánea. En este ensayo, a partir del análisis de sus novelas, de sus obras teatrales y de los Episodios nacionales, Mario Vargas Llosa crea un perfil completo, personal y sugerente del escritor español. Nadie como el Nobel peruano es capaz de leer de manera tan sagaz y con tanta libertad y pasión la obra de un creador.

Quanto sono interrelate la storia della Terra e la storia dell'umanità? L'uomo è davvero la specie in cima alla piramide della vita? Con quale diritto ha conquistato questa posizione? L'utilizzo smisurato delle risorse dove ci porterà? Queste solo alcune delle domande a cui il genetista Guido Barbujani e il geologo Mario Tozzi provano a dare una risposta, in un dialogo avvincente, fatto di punti di incontro e di scontro, di curiosi aneddoti e nuove scoperte scientifiche.

People are sometimes too caught up with the day-by-day hustle and bustle that they tend to forget about securing their future and retirement. Each minute of this eight-chapter guide emphasizes how crucial investment is even before, during, and after one’s retirement. It talks about retirement, how to get started when planning for this, as well as how to ensure it’s a great one. Here, listeners get to assess and set their life goals, lifestyle, credit standing, habits, and learn strategies and tips to achieve these retirement goals.

Peter Adam wakes up on an oil rig to discover he has survived a mortal injury, and learns that the Vatican's chief exorcist, Don Luigi, has been elected pope. The news is worrying, not least because it appears Pope Peter II is doing everything possible to fulfil the prophecy of Malachi. Following a migraine attack, Peter wakes up to find himself in Cologne Cathedral after a gap in his life of five days of which he has no memory. Suddenly, all hell breaks loose around him.

Johannes Mario Simmel erzählt die Geschichte einer großen Liebe, aufgezeichnet von Oliver Mansfeld, Millionärssohn, Schüler eines Internats im Taunus. Oliver kann nicht mehr schweigen, er muss endlich die Wahrheit sagen - über seinen Vater, den er hasst, und über die Liebe zu der schönen Verena Lord, die ihren Mann betrügt und für die Liebe "nur ein Wort" ist.

In his undead quest for justice, Felix Gomez - detective vampire extraordinaire - has traveled from dusty desert battlefields, to gritty urban barrios, to the deepest corners of outer space. Now he's about to embark on his wildest adventure yet: back to an alternative past of steam-powered technology, telepathic magic, and intrigue more deadly and unforgiving than any he has ever encountered. There, he's a renowned pistolero hired to find the missing daughter of notorious Chinese gangster Wu-Fei.