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By Frank Herbert. 1984
Herejes de Dune es la quinta novela de la serie «Dune» de Frank Herbert, considerada la cumbre de la ciencia…
ficción contemporánea. Esta quinta entrega de la serie prosigue con las aventuras de la estirpe de los Atreides en el fascinante planeta de arena. Nos hallamos en el futuro respecto a la acción de Dios emperador de Dune. La expansión galáctica que siguió a la muerte de Leto ha terminado. Todos regresan al planeta madre, convertido de nuevo en el mundo inhóspito y seco de sus orígenes. El delicado equilibro entre las antiguas fuerzas está a punto de romperse. En este marco aparece un nuevo personaje: Sheeana, una chica que tiene el poder de invocar, controlar y conducir a Shaihulud, el gigantesco gusano de arena...By Anna Seghers. 1946
'At once a suspenseful manhunt story and a knowing portrait of the perils of ordinary life in Hitler's Germany, The…
Seventh Cross is not only an important novel, but an important historical document. This new, unabridged translation is a genuine publishing event' - Joseph Kanon, author of 'The Good German' and 'Leaving Berlin''A masterpiece. Written in the midst of terror, but with such clarity, such acuity; Seghers is a writer of rare insight' RACHEL SEIFFERT author of A Boy in WinterSeven prisoners escape from Westhofen concentration camp. Seven crosses are erected in the grounds and the commandant vows to capture the fugitives within a week. Six men are caught quickly, but George Heisler slips through his pursuers' fingers. It becomes a matter of pride to track him down, at whatever cost.Who can George trust? Who will betray him? The years of fear have changed those he knew best: his brother is now an SS officer; his lover turns him away. Hunted, injured and desperate, time is running out for George, and whoever is caught aiding in his escape will pay with their life.The Seventh Cross is one of the most powerful and influential novels of the twentieth century, a tense thriller that helped to alert the world to the grim realities of Nazi Germany.'It was [Seghers] who taught my generation and anyone who had an ear to listen after that not-to-be-forgotten war to distinguish right from wrong. The Seventh Cross shaped me; it sharpened my vision' GUNTER GRASS'A fascinating insight into life in pre-war Nazi Germany just as the horrors of the Nazi regime were beginning to unfold. This is an important novel, as much for its picture of German society as for its insight into the psyche of ordinary people confronting their personal fears and mixed loyalties' SIMON MAWER, author of The Glass RoomIn The Seventh Cross, Seghers's aim was to write, 'A tale that makes it possible to get to know the many layers of fascist Germany through the fortunes of a single man.' She had four copies of the manuscript: one was destroyed in an air raid; a friend lost the second copy while fleeing the Nazis; another was found by the Gestapo; only the fourth copy survived, which, fortunately, she sent to her publisher in America just before she escaped Nazi-occupied France. Published in 1942, The Seventh Cross was an immediate bestseller and was the basis for an MGM film starring Spencer Tracy in 1944. It has been translated into more than 40 languages.Margot Bettauer Dembo's expert new translation makes the complete text of this great political novel available in English for the first time.By Herman Melville. 2013
A new selection of Melville's darkest and most enthralling stories in a beautiful Pushkin Collection edition Includes "Bartleby, the Scrivener", "Benito…
Cereno" and "The Lightning-Rod Man"A lawyer hires a new copyist, only to be met with stubborn, confounding resistance. A nameless guide discovers hidden worlds of luxury and bleak exploitation. After boarding a beleaguered Spanish slave ship, an American trader's cheerful outlook is repeatedly shadowed by paralyzing unease. In these stories of the surreal mundanity of office life and obscure tensions at sea, Melville's darkly modern sensibility plunges us into a world of irony and mystery, where nothing is as it first appears.By Octavia E. Butler. 1984
'A book that shifted my life... Epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant' VIOLA DAVIS on Wild Seed'Butler's evocative, often troubling novels…
explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human' NEW YORK TIMESA PATTERNIST NOVEL: BOOK THREE Blake Maslin is a doctor. In an alternate America marked by volatile class warfare, he and his twin daughters are taken captive by armed men demanding urgent medical care.In an isolated desert compound, the family encounter a collective of people suffering from an unknown and deadly disease. They appear sickly yet possess unnatural strength, torn between the dangerous compulsion to infect others or to hold on to their own humanity.In the following hours, Blake and his daughters each must make a vital choice: risk everything to escape infection and warn the rest of the world, or accept their place in this strange new society.By Hans Christian Andersen, Geraldine McCaughrean. 2020
A captivating retelling of the story of the very first Christmas from multi-award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean.In the still heart of…
the night, the child was born. A boy. Mary kissed him, washed him, wrapped him tightly and laid him in the wooden trough where the animals usually munched hay. She gave him a kiss. She gave him a name too - Jesus - just as the angel had told her to do.Discover the tale of Mary and Joseph, the Angel Gabriel, the shepherds, the wise men and the arrival of the Baby Jesus, retold in simple, lyrical language. Illustrated with enchanting silhouette artwork by Laura Barrett, this is a book to be shared and treasured by every family at Christmas time.By Margaret Mayo. 2004
Bursting with magic and mischief, adventures abound with this new collection of classic fairytales authored by bestselling author Margaret Mayo.…
Join favourite characters as they scale beanstalks, ride in carriages made of pumpkins, and eat poisoned apples ... Much-loved classics that feature in the collection include Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rumplestiltskin, These timeless tales are vivaciously retold by Margaret Mayo, who perfectly captures their enchantment. The highly illustrated edition features artwork by Helen Stephens, whose colourful sketches deliver the stories to their dramatic full potential.By Lucy Maud Montgomery. 2019
Las peripecias de Ana de las Tejas Verdes, una saga clásica ahora revisada y actualizada en esta cuidada edición ilustrada.…
Uno de los personajes más entrañables de la literatura universal. El amor está en el aire en Avonlea. Antiguos enamorados que se reencuentran, romances que no lo eran, nuevas parejas y algún encuentro mágico que provoca un buen entuerto... ¡Nunca faltan las emociones cuando Ana Shirley anda cerca! La soñadora pelirroja se hace mayor y la vida le reserva sus propias sorpresas.By Ira Levin. 1970
'Marvellously entertaining. A cross between Brave New World and Doctor Who' Look MagazineConsidered one of the great dystopian thrillers -…
alongside A Clockwork Orange and Brave New World- Ira Levin's terrifying glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers even forty years after publication.Set in a seemingly perfect global society, where uniformity is the defining feature, one man leads the resistance against UniComp - a central computer that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. All ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into a single race called 'The Family', and citizens are continually drugged so that they can never realise their potential as human beings, but will remain pliant and cooperative... With a vision as frightening as any in the history of the science fiction genre, This Perfect Day is one of Levin's most haunting novels.By Ira Levin. 1967
'The Swiss watchmaker of the suspense novel' Stephen KingRosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor-husband, Guy, move into the Bramford, an…
old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and only elderly residents. Neighbours Roman and Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome them; despite Rosemary's reservations about their eccentricity and the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband starts spending time with them. Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Rosemary becomes pregnant, and the Castavets start taking a special interest in her welfare.As the sickened Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated, she begins to suspect that the Castavets' circle is not what it seems...By Angela Thirkell. 1933
Successful lady novelist Laura Morland and her boisterous young son Tony set off to spend Christmas at her country home…
in the sleepy surrounds of High Rising. But Laura's wealthy friend and neighbour George Knox has taken on a scheming secretary whose designs on marriage to her employer threaten the delicate social fabric of the village. Can clever, practical Laura rescue George from Miss Grey's clutches and, what's more, help his daughter Miss Sibyl Knox to secure her longed-for engagement?Utterly charming and very funny, High Rising is irresistible comic entertainment.By Nancy Spain. 2021
'Her detective novels are hilarious - less about detecting than delighting, with absurd farce and a wonderful turn of phrase…
. . . Nancy Spain was bold, she was brave, she was funny, she was feisty. I owe her a great deal' Sandi ToksvigWhen Prince Charming is murdered and the principal dancer hits the bottle, amateur sleuths Miriam Birdseye and Natasha Nevkorina come to the rescue. Sacrificing their Christmas plans for the sake of art and detecting, they join the pantomime. As ex-thespians, they know the show must go on - though the cast shrinks with each rehearsal. Can the indomitable detective duo discover the murderer before the final curtain falls?Fast paced and festive, this comic crime classic from Nancy Spain will keep you on the edge of your seat.By Nancy Spain. 1950
'Her detective novels are hilarious - less about detecting than delighting, with absurd farce and a wonderful turn of phrase…
. . . Nancy Spain was bold, she was brave, she was funny, she was feisty. I owe her a great deal' Sandi ToksvigWhen Prince Charming is murdered and the principal dancer hits the bottle, amateur sleuths Miriam Birdseye and Natasha Nevkorina come to the rescue. Sacrificing their Christmas plans for the sake of art and detecting, they join the pantomime. As ex-thespians, they know the show must go on - though the cast shrinks with each rehearsal. Can the indomitable detective duo discover the murderer before the final curtain falls?Fast paced and festive, this comic crime classic from Nancy Spain will keep you on the edge of your seat.By Emilia Pardo Bazán. 2006
Edición estuche con tres de las obras imprescindibles de Emilia Pardo Bazán: sus cuentos, Los pazos de Ulloa e Insolación.…
Cuentosen edición de Eva Acosta En una ocasión, Leopoldo Alas «Clarín» afirmó que Emilia Pardo Bazán era «uno de los españoles que más saben y mejor entienden lo que ven, piensan y sienten. Tratar con ella es aprender mucho». La crítica suele estar de acuerdo en afirmar que donde mejor se recoge su habilidad como escritora es, precisamente, en sus cuentos -valientes, modernos, de impecable factura-. Leer estas piezas supone una grata sorpresa. ___________________________ Los pazos de Ulloaen edición de Marina Mayoral, catedrática de literatura española en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid Una de las obras más conocidas de Emilia Pardo Bazán, una culminación de su peculiar concepción del naturalismo. El texto es un gran fresco rural donde recrea a su gusto el campo gallego, violento, sensual, lleno de contrastes sociales y culturales. Novela de aprendizaje, plasma a la perfección el tránsito de la inocencia a la desencantada madurez. ___________________________ Insolaciónen edición de Eva Acosta Cuenta la relación que entablan en la madrileña feria de San Isidro Asís Taboada, una viuda de 32 años, y Diego Pacheco, un joven y apuesto gaditano. La historia comienza en retrospectiva, cuando la protagonista despierta con resaca y empieza a recordar los acontecimientos del día anterior; pero el fluir de su conciencia pronto se combina con el drama para abordar un amor que no ignora la ley del deseo. Considerada escabrosa en su momento, la obra recibió críticas moralizantes de sus contemporáneos. En la actualidad, sin embargo, se reivindican sus grandes cualidades literarias, así como la denuncia que hizo la autora del doble rasero aplicadoa hombres y mujeres en materia de moral sexual. ___________________________ La crítica ha dicho:«El genio literario de doña Emilia es atemporal y sus libros, los temas que trató, son hoy tan actuales como entonces e incluso oportunos.»Inés Martín Rodrigo, ABCultural «Pardo Bazán [...] fue una escritora capaz de pensar sobre la insania que produce el deseo reprimido en las mujeres y hablar abiertamente de ello.»Isabel Burdiel «Ponía a hombre y mujer en plano de igualdad y denunciaba, con irónica sutileza, la paradoja de la doble moral sexual de su época: actos idénticos provocaban reacciones opuestas, y sociedad y religión los medían con distinto rasero.»Eva Acosta «Para que luego digan que lo esencial es la obra y que la vida no importa. En el caso de Emilia Pardo Bazán, no puede entenderse una cosa sin otra porque su voluntad empecinada por vivir a su aire y la entrega a la literatura fueron fruto del mismo carácter apasionado. Lo que más me admira de esta grandísima intelectual fue la magnanimidad con la que trató sus propias contradicciones. No parecía sufrir por ellas, se las permitía. [...] Una mujer fascinante [...] de valerosos pensamientos.»Elvira Lindo, El PaísUn fabuloso estuche con los escritos esenciales de George Orwell: 1984, Rebelión en la granja, Homenaje a Cataluña y los…
ensayos contra el totalitarismo reunidos en Opresión y resistencia. George Orwell cultivó con igual maestría la novela, el reportaje y el periodismo político. Junto con sus dos obras maestras de narrativa, 1984 y Rebelión en la granja, el presente estuche contiene los textos ensayísticos en los que el autor fue forjando su lúcida visión del mundo. En Homenaje a Cataluña, Orwell identificó las derivas represivas que aquejaban a España. Y en los escritos reunidos en Opresión y resistencia dio curso a los primeros pálpitos de sus ideas famosas en contra del totalitarismo. Esta compilación esencial se completa con prólogos y epílogos de firmas como Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Pynchon y Miquel Berga, y todos los textos se publican en ediciones definitivas con el aval de The Orwell Estate. La crítica ha dicho:«En una época de lealtades partidistas extremas y a la vez cínicamente fluctuantes, [Orwell] se las arregló para ser un enemigo coherente e inflexible tanto de Hitler como de Stalin».Christopher Hitchens, Por qué es importante Orwell «La claridad y precisión de su prosa han asegurado su frescura, y sus temas -la importancia de la verdad objetiva y de no confundir el patriotismo con el nacionalismo- siguen siendo de gran pertinencia en nuestro tiempo».Alan Johnson, Orwell on Truth «Orwell es una figura mucho más contradictoria y compleja de lo que aparenta ser en la imagen que ha prevalecido de él, y muy parecida a la de Albert Camus, a quien lo une, además del talento literario, la lucidez política y la valentía moral».Mario Vargas Llosa, La verdad de las mentiras «Orwell desarrolló la prosa inglesa más clara y atractiva del siglo XX. Pero es obvio que era mucho más que un gran escritor. Hoy resulta necesario debido a su pasión por la verdad.»The Sunday Times «Casi antes que nadie él comprendió que la corrupción de las palabras es un síntoma y a la vez la causa de la corrupción del pensamiento».Antonio Muñoz Molina «Un intelectual radicalmente independiente cuya obra es de una claridad moral insobornable».Guillermo Altares, El País «Probablemente el más influyente escritor occidental del siglo XX. [...] El verdadero Orwell, quienquiera que sea, sigue tomando forma».The TimesBy E. M. Forster. 2021
At the heart of E. M. Forster&’s first major success lie two families: the wealthy and business-minded Wilcoxes and the…
cultured and idealistic Schlegels. When the beautiful and independent Helen Schlegel begins an impromptu affair with the ardent Paul Wilcox, a series of events is sparked—some funny, some tragic—that results in a dispute over who will inherit Howards End, the Wilcoxes&’ charming country home. As much about the clash between individual wills as the clash between the sexes and classes, Howards End is a novel whose central tenet, &“Only connect,&” remains a powerful prescription for modern life. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.By E. M. Forster. 2021
When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs. Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped…
by its insular and prejudiced &‘Anglo-Indian&’ community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the &‘real India,&’ they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterly portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern world. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.By E. M. Forster. 2021
First published in 1908, A Room with a View portrays the love of a British woman for an expatriate living…
in Italy. Caught up in a world of social snobbery, Forster's heroine, Lucy Honeychurch, finds herself constrained by the claustrophobic influence of her British guardians, who encourage her to take up with a well-connected boor. In the end, however, Lucy takes control of her own fate and finds love with a man whose free spirit reminds her of &“a room with a view.&” More than a love story, A Room with a View is a penetrating social comedy and a brilliant study of contrasts—in values, social class, and cultural perspectives—and the ingenuity of fate. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.By James Joyce. 2021
A vivid and unflinching collection of fifteen short stories, Dubliners delves deep into the inner and outer lives of Dublin&’s…
inhabitants. From the unsettling adventure of two truant schoolboys to the crafty schemes of two con-men, from a young woman&’s refusal to abandon Ireland and elope with a sailor to a man&’s moment of clarity during an annual dance party, these stories offer a moving portrait of Ireland at the turn of the twentieth century. This book is Joyce at his most accessible and profound, rooted in the rich detail of the city he was born in, with themes of social decline, sexual desire, corruption and failure, and teeming with Joyce&’s brilliant and influential style. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.By Robert Musil. 2021
The Confusions of Young Torless is a taut, powerful depiction of teenage masculinity in this short novel set in an…
Austrian military academy. An unpopular boy is gradually bullied and humiliated by a coterie of better-off classmates until the almost unbearable conclusion. This was the work which made Musil's name and is his most popular work before his unfinished masterpiece, The Man Without Qualities.By Anne Digby. 1999
In Enid Blyton's bestselling series, the Naughtiest Girl and her friends make their own rules at their very unusual boarding…
school.In book eight, Elizabeth is desperate to play the piano in the end of school concert. Elizabeth knows Arabella is very good - so she spends every waking minute practising. But exams are looming, and piano practice leaves Elizabeth with no time to revise.Will the Naughtiest Girl have to stay in First Form another year?Between 1940 and 1952, Enid Blyton wrote four novels about Naughtiest Girl, Elizabeth Allen. Books 5-10 are authorised sequels of the series written by Anne Digby in 1999. Bonus material: A rare, complete serial story about a very special school. An interview with Enid Blyton about her school days. Enid Blyton's experiences as a teacher. A timeline of the author's life. Photos from Enid Blyton's younger days.