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Mavis Gallant

The Moslem Wife and Other Stories

<p>Internationally celebrated as among the finest stories written in English today, Mavis Gallant's fiction offers a penetrating and powerful vision of contemporary human relationships in Europe and North America.</p><p>Selected and with an afterword by Mordecai Richler.</p><

Patricia Highsmith

Deep Water

Mavis Gallant

The Pegnitz Junction

In these dazzling stories, Mavis Gallant immerses us in the lives of ordinary people swept up in the upheaval and displacement that followed in the wake of the Second World War. A bitter yet stubbornly pragmatic woman prepares for what promises to be another disastrous Christmas with her mother, her aunt, and her would-be-war-hero uncle. Engaged to another man, a woman travels to Paris with her older lover and his young son. A wife recollects her complicated relationship with the refugee woman who had a brief affair with her husband. Small mercies form the backbone of a friendship between an actress and a police commissioner. A career soldier, now discharged and stranded in France, makes his first adjustments to life as a civilian. In elegant, diamond-sharp prose, Gallant distills the vanities, absurdities, and contradictions that lie at the heart of human behavior and fashions stories of rare power and insight.<

Sue Henry

Degrees of Separation

Jessie Arnold

Mavis Gallant

Varieties of Exile

New York Review Books Classics

<p>Mavis Gallant is the modern master of what Henry James called the international story, the fine-grained evocation of the quandaries of people who must make their way in the world without any place to call their own. The irreducible complexity of the very idea of home is especially at issue in the stories Gallant has written about Montreal, where she was born, although she has lived in Paris for more than half a century.</p><p>Varieties of Exile, Russell Banks's extensive new selection from Gallant's work, demonstrates anew the remarkable reach of this writer's singular art. Among its contents are three previously uncollected stories, as well as the celebrated semi-autobiographical sequence about Linnet Muir — stories that are wise, funny, and full of insight into the perils and promise of growing up and breaking loose.</p><

Frank Herbert

Destino: El Vacío

Herbert, el gran creador de DUNE, ya afrontó el tema de la inteligencia artificial en 1965 con esta novela precursora. En la reedición de 1978 tuvo la oportunidad de revisarla completamente actualizando sus supuestos técnicos.La problemática creación de una inteligiencia artificial dotada de conciencia.<

Georgette Heyer

Detection Unlimited

Mavis Gallant

The Selected Stories of Mavis Gallant

Since 1950, the year that accepted one of her short stories and changed her life, Mavis Gallant has written some of the finest short stories in the English language. In tribute to her extraordinary career this elegant 900-page volume brings together the work of her lifetime. Devoted admirers will find stories they do not know, or stories that they will rediscover, and for newer admirers this is a treasure trove of 52 stories by a remarkable modern Canadian master.<

Assaf Gavron

The Hilltop

<p>Hailed as "The Great Israeli Novel" ( Tel Aviv) and winner of the prestigious Bernstein Prize, is a monumental and daring work about life in a West Bank settlement from one of Israel's most acclaimed young novelists.</p><p>On a rocky, beautiful hilltop stands Ma'aleh Hermesh C, a fledgling community flying under the radar. According to the government it doesn't exist; according to the military it must be defended. On this contested land, Othniel Assis — under the wary gaze of the neighboring Palestinian village — plants asparagus, arugula, and cherry tomatoes, and he installs goats — and his ever-expanding family. As Othniel cheerfully manipulates government agencies, more settlers arrive, and, amid a hodge-podge of shipping containers and mobile homes, the outpost takes root.</p><p>One of the settlement's steadfast residents is Gabi Kupper, a one-time free spirit and kibbutz-dweller, who undergoes a religious awakening. The delicate routines of Gabi's new life are thrown into turmoil with the sudden arrival of Roni, his prodigal brother, who, years after venturing to America in search of fortune, arrives at Gabi's door, penniless. To the settlement's dismay, Roni soon hatches a plan to sell the "artisanal" olive oil from the Palestinian village to Tel Aviv yuppies. When a curious correspondent stumbles into their midst, Ma'aleh Hermesh C becomes the focus of an international diplomatic scandal and faces its greatest test yet.</p><p>By turns serious and satirical, brilliantly skewers the complex, often absurd reality of life in Israel, the West Bank settlers, and the nation's relationship to the United States, and makes a startling parallel between today's settlements and the kibbutz movement of Gabi and Roni's youth. Rich with humor and insight, Assaf Gavron's novel is the first fiction to grapple with one of the most charged geo-political issues of our time, and he has written a masterpiece.Hailed as "The Great Israeli Novel" ( Tel Aviv) and winner of the prestigious Bernstein Prize, is a monumental and daring work about life in a West Bank settlement from one of Israel's most acclaimed young novelists.</p><p>On a rocky, beautiful hilltop stands Ma'aleh Hermesh C, a fledgling community flying under the radar. According to the government it doesn't exist; according to the military it must be defended. On this contested land, Othniel Assis — under the wary gaze of the neighboring Palestinian village — plants asparagus, arugula, and cherry tomatoes, and he installs goats — and his ever-expanding family. As Othniel cheerfully manipulates government agencies, more settlers arrive, and, amid a hodge-podge of shipping containers and mobile homes, the outpost takes root.</p><p>One of the settlement's steadfast residents is Gabi Kupper, a one-time free spirit and kibbutz-dweller, who undergoes a religious awakening. The delicate routines of Gabi's new life are thrown into turmoil with the sudden arrival of Roni, his prodigal brother, who, years after venturing to America in search of fortune, arrives at Gabi's door, penniless. To the settlement's dismay, Roni soon hatches a plan to sell the "artisanal" olive oil from the Palestinian village to Tel Aviv yuppies. When a curious correspondent stumbles into their midst, Ma'aleh Hermesh C becomes the focus of an international diplomatic scandal and faces its greatest test yet.</p><p>By turns serious and satirical, brilliantly skewers the complex, often absurd reality of life in Israel, the West Bank settlers, and the nation's relationship to the United States, and makes a startling parallel between today's settlements and the kibbutz movement of Gabi and Roni's youth. Rich with humor and insight, Assaf Gavron's novel is the first fiction to grapple with one of the most charged geo-political issues of our time, and he has written a masterpiece.</p><

Brian Herbert

Dune Leyendas 1

Dune Leyendas

Georgette Heyer

Duplicate Death

Assaf Gavron

Almost Dead

<p>Politically incorrect, provocative, and steeped in wit and irony, a fast-paced tragicomedy about the perfectly ordinary madness in today's Middle East.</p><p>A thirtysomething Tel Aviv businessman, Eitan "Croc" Einoch's life is turned upside down when he narrowly escapes a suicide bombing on the minibus he rides to work. When he lives through a second attack, and then a third, he becomes, reluctantly, a national media celebrity. Naturally, the Palestinian terrorists responsible for the attacks are less than happy. This embarrassing symbol of their failure-this "CrocAttack"-must be neutralized.</p><p>Meanwhile, Fahmi Sabih lies in a coma, quarrelling with his conscience. The young Palestinian suicide bomber has learned everything he knows about bombs, targets, and revenge from his brother. So why has Einoch survived? As Fahmi's story unfolds, it becomes clear that their paths are destined to cross again-for there is another bombing still to come-and then luck will change drastically for one or both of them. But who, if anyone, has right on his side?</p><

Ben Greenman

The Slippage

<p>What would happen if you invited Lorrie Moore, Mona Simpson, Tom Perrotta, and Steven Wright to a suburban barbecue? Something like this wry and wistful new novel of marriage, lust, and disconnection, from the author of What He's Poised to Do.</p><p>William and Louisa Day are a suburban husband and wife with no children confronting the question of what their relationship means to them, and if and how it will survive. One day, after weeks of bizarre behavior-disappearing in the middle of parties, hoarding mail-Louisa approaches William with a simple appeal: "I want you to build us a house." Caught off-guard by the request, William is suddenly forced to reckon with his own hopes and desires, his growing discomfort at home and work, and, in the end, the fight-or-flight ultimatum his wife has posed for their future. Complicating these questions are the ghosts of other relationships in William's past, both ancient and recent-from the ex-girlfriend whose child is a kind of surrogate son, to his new neighbor, his partner in a recent indiscretion now uncomfortably returned to the foreground.</p><p>Ben Greenman is a poet of romantic angst in contemporary American life, hailed for his whimsical yet unbearably poignant portraits of people grasping at connection through the fog of crumbling relationships. The Slippage is an emotionally powerful work, marked by Greenman's trademark blend of yearning and mordant wit.</p><

Ian Hamilton

(Ava Lee 01) El abrazo de la tigresa

Ava Lee

<p>Los frascos pequeños esconden los mejores perfumes, pero también los peores venenos. Ava Lee, nacida en Hong Kong y criada en Canadá, mide 1´60 y pesa 52 kilos, pero es experta en una letal variedad de kung fu y no dudará en emplearla para llevar a buen puerto los trabajos como forense contable que le encarga su "tío", el anciano Sr. Chow. Cinco millones de dólares han desaparecido y Ava seguirá su rastro desde Hong Kong hasta las Islas Vírgenes, pasando por Bangkok y la Guayana, donde la espera un formidable rival: el corrupto Capitán Robbins.</p><p>El abrazo de la tigresa es el primero de los cuatro títulos protagonizados por Ava Lee, una heroína irresistible en la que la modernidad occidental y la tradición oriental se estrechan seductoramente la mano. Intrigas económicas, escenarios exóticos y duelos apasionantes son el pan de cada día para un personaje que crea adicción</p><

Ben Greenman

What He's Poised to Do: Stories

<p>Ben Greenman is a writer of virtuosic range and uncanny emotional insight. As Darin Strauss has noted, "Like Bruno Schulz, George Saunders, Donald Barthelme, and no one else I can think of, Greenman has the power to be whimsical without resorting to whimsy." The stories in this new collection, , showcase his wide range, yet are united by a shared sense of yearning, a concern with connections missed and lost, and a poignant attention to how we try to preserve and maintain those connections through the written word.</p><p>From a portrait of an unfaithful man contemplating his own free will to the saga of a young Cuban man's quixotic devotion to a woman he may never have met; and from a nineteenth-century weapons inventor's letter to his young daughter to an aging man's wistful memory of a summer love affair in a law office; each of these stories demonstrates Greenman's maturity as a chronicler of romantic angst both contemporary and timeless, and as an explorer of the ways our yearning for connection informs our selves and our souls.</p><

Kim Harrison

(RAQUEL MORGAN 02) El Bueno, El Feo Y La Bruja(c.1)

RAQUEL MORGAN

LA VIDA ES DURA PARA UNA CAZARRECOMPENSAS INDEPENDIENTE COMO LA BRUJA RACHEL MORGAN, QUE DEBE PATRULLAR ENTRE LAS SOMBRAS MAS OSCURAS DEL CENTRO DE CINCINNATI EN BUSCA DE DELINCUENTES SOBRENATURALES.PUEDE CON LOS VAMPIROS VESTIDOS DE CUERO E INCLUSO CONSIGUE METERSE CON ALGUN QUE OTRO ASTUTO DEMONIO; PERO UN ASESINO EN SERIE QUE SE ALIMENTA DE EXPERTOS EN EL TIPO MAS PELIGROSO DE MAGIA NEGRA PARECE DEMASIADO PARA ESTA BRUJITA.ENFRENTARSE A UN MAL ARCAICO E IMPLACABLE NO ES JUEGO DE NIÑOS Y EN ESTA OCASION, RACHEL TENDRA SUERTE SI LOGRA ESCAPAR CON SU ALMA INTACTA.<

Neil Gaiman

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

Laurell K Hamilton

4-El Café Lunatico

Don Gutteridge

Dubious Allegiance

Marc Edvards

Frank Herbert

El cerebro verde

Robert A Heinlein

El día de pasado mañana

David Gemmell

The King Beyond the Gate

Drenai

A century has passed since the heroic defence of Dros Delnoch. But the people of the Drenai face a new terror: a mad emperor kept in power by two forces of unsurpassed evil. The Joinings are werebeasts of awesome power. The Dark Templars are warrior-priests whose fighting skills are without equal. Against them, the Drenai face certain defeat. One man, an outsider hated by the Drenai for his Nadir blood, and despised by the Nadir for his Drenai ancestry, sets out to bring down the emperor. He is one man against the armies of chaos. He is Tenaka Khan — the Prince of Shadows.<

Fred Hoyle

El Enigma De Ossian

Hacia 1970 los diversos gobiernos del mundo comienzan a sentirse alarmados y desconcertados ante el insólito crecimiento del poder industrial en el sur de Irlanda, en la zona de Kerry, lugar donde según la leyenda el bardo Ossian habría hecho su famosa cabalgata. Todas las tentativas para descubrir los móviles de ese desarrollo, que gradualmente va aterrorizando al mundo, fracasan, hasta que Thomas Sherwood, el protagonista de la novela, es enviado a investigar. El Enigma de Ossian (1961) describe las aventuras de Sherwood a través de un relato vertiginoso y alucinante donde se mezclan lo policial y lo científico, las peripecias de una peligrosa misión de espionaje con planteos de lo que sería la humanidad en un futuro cercano.<

David Gemmell

Quest for Lost Heroes

Drenai

The Drenai fortress of Dros Delnoch has fallen and blood hungry Nadir hordes sweep across the land, bringing desolation and despair. But, with the Nadir triumphant, slavers seize a young girl in the tiny realm of Gothir and a peasant boy sets off on a quest that will shake the world. To rescue her, Kiall must cross the savage steppes and journey through the Halls of Hell, facing ferocious beasts, deadly warriors and demons of the dark. But the boy is not alone. With him are the legendary heroes of Bel-Azar: Chareos the Blademaster, Beltzer the Axeman and the bowmen Finn and Maggrig. And one among them hides a secret that could free the world of Nadir domination. For he is the Nadir Bane, the hope of the Drennai. He is the Earl of Bronze.<

Robert A Heinlein

El Gato que Atraviesa las Paredes

David Gemmell

Morningstar

Owen Odell is determined to show the Highland people that Jarek Mace, the man they have hailed as a hero, a legend, and the great Morningstar himself, is nothing more than an outlaw, a bandit, and a thief. Original.<

Robert-A Heinlein

El granjero de las estrellas

<p>George Lerner está a punto de embarcar rumbo a Ganímedes para unirse a los nuevos colonos y Bill vive con un único deseo: entrar a formar parte, como él, de la expedición. Pero su padre no quiere ni oír hablar de ello: es una misión demasiado peligrosa.</p><p>Desoyendo estos consejos, Bill no descansará hasta que consiga partir a bordo de la nave colonial Mayflower para buscar su destino en las estrellas. Pronto se dará cuenta de que su padre no andaba tan descaminado.</p><p>Robert A. Heinlein está considerado, junto a Isaac Asimov y Arthur C. Clarke, uno de los tres pilares de la ciencia ficción y autor de algunas de las novelas más importantes del género. El granjero de las estrellas, galardonada con un Retro Hugo (premio que reconoce, 50, 75 o 100 años después, las mejores novelas de los años en los que no se concedieron los premios homónimos), se ha convertido en un clásico imprescindible. </p><

David Gemmell

Knights of Dark Renown

M-K Hume

El rey Arturo: El hijo del dragón

Crónicas del rey Arturo: Rey de los británicos

Reina la Edad Oscura en tierras de Britania... un tiempo de caos y derramamientos de sangre. Hace mucho tiempo que las legiones romanas abandonaron las islas británicas y Uter Pandragón, el gran rey de la Britania Celta, está próximo a la muerte. Su reino se incendia en enfrentamientos entre los jefes tribales que se disputan su trono. Artorex, de padres desconocidos, es entregado a Antor y Livinia, los señores de una villa romana. Allí vive como un sirviente hasta que aparecen tres importantes caballeros que ordenan que sea adiestrado como un guerrero: en la espada y el escudo, en el caballo y el fuego, en el valor y el dolor. El país está sumido en una situación desesperada y las grandes ciudades orientales están cayendo bajo la amenaza de las hordas sajonas. Artorex se gana la estima de los guerreros celtas y al frente de los mismos derrota en varias batallas a los sajones. Con su carisma y sus dotes guerreras demuestra que sólo él es capaz de unificar a las tribus británicas. Pero para poder alcanzar su destino y llegar a ser el gran rey de los británicos, Artorex debe encontrar la corona y la espada de Uter. El futuro de Britania está en juego.<

David Gemmell

Echoes of the Great Song

<p>The Avatars are immortal and live like kings — even though the empire is dying. Their immortality is guaranteed by magic crystals whose influence is now waning, overwhelmed by the sheer power of a great flood and a sudden ice age. But when two moons appear in the sky, and the ruthless armies of the Crystal Queen swarm across the land bringing devastation and terror, the Avatars unite with their subjects to protect their universe.</p><p>As the cities face imminent destruction, three heroes emerge. Talaban, a warrior haunted by tragedy; Touchstone, the mystic tribesman seeking his lost love; and Anu, the Holy One, the Builder of Time. And when all seems lost, two others enter the fray: Sofarita, the peasant girl who will inspire a legend, and the madman, Viruk, who will become a god…</p><

Frank Herbert

El Hombre De Dos Mundos

La primera colaboración que combina el increíble talento de los dos Herbert, padre e hijo, da como resultado una brillante mezcla de aventuras, ciencia ficción y cómicas situaciones que sin duda atraerá la atención del lector, redoblando su deleite. Parodia o no parodia, EL HOMBRE DE DOS MUNDOS parte de una apremiante premisa: supongamos que todo el universo fuesen creación de la fecunda imaginación de un mundo extraterrestre; supongamos así mismo que hubiésemos alcanzado la capacidad de destruir ese mundo, ignorando que se trata de nuestro creador, ignorando que su destrucción significaría la virtual aniquilación de nuestra existencia. Y supongamos por último que el destino final de ambas razas reside en manos de un hombre que es la mitad ser humano, agresivo y codicioso, y mitad precoz e ingenuo adolescente extraterrestre.<

David Gemmell

Dark Moon

The peaceful Eldarin were the last of three ancient races.  The mystical Oltor, healers and poets, had fallen before the dread power of the cruel and sadistic Daroth.  Yet in one awesome night the invincible Daroth had vanished from the face of the earth.  Gone were their cities, their armies, their terror.  The Great Northern Desert was their only legacy.  Not a trace remained for a thousand years... The War of the Pearl had raged for seven years and the armies of the four Duchies were exhausted and weary of bloodshed.  But the foremost of the Dukes, Sirano of Romark, possessed the Eldarin Pearl and was determined to unravel its secrets. Then, on one unforgetable day, a dark moon rose above the Great Northern Desert, and a black tidal wave swept across the land.  In moments the desert had vanished beneath lush fields and forests and a great city could be seen glittering in the morning sunlight. From this city re-emerged the blood-hungry Daroth, powerful and immortal, immune to spear and sword.  They had only one desire:  to rid the world of humankind for ever. Now the fate of the human race rests on the talents of three heroes:  Karis, warrior-woman and strategist; Tarantio, the deadliest swordsman of the age; and Duvodas the Healer, who will learn a terrible truth. A new world of myth and magic, love and heroism, from the bestselling author of The Legend of Deathwalker.<

Harry Harrison

El Invasor Del Tiempo

David Gemmell

The Ironhand's Daughter

Hawk Queen

After the bloody battle of Colden Moor the warlike highlanders had lost their independence. They lived in surly subservience to the Outlanders, and only a teenage girl survived to represent the line of kings: Sigarni. Sigarni the silver-haired. Huntress, whore, princess. All of these she was called. But those who pierce the veil of the future knew that a leader was coming to the North - a leader descended from Ironhand, mightiest of the highland kings.<

Tanya Huff

(Saga De La Sangre 03) El Linaje De La Sangre

Sangre

<p>Durante incontables siglos, encerrado en un sarcófago que no debía abrirse, había esperado pacientemente la oportunidad de vivir de nuevo para poder alimentarse de incautos y fortalecerse. La espera por fin ha terminado. Una vez en el departamento de egiptología del Royal Ontario Museum de Toronto, tras arrancar sus descubridores los sellos y hechizos que lo aprisionaban, se apresuró a hacerse con las mentes y las almas de los confiados habitantes de la ciudad, para comenzar a crear un imperio para sí y para su dios. Sólo tres personas tienen siquiera una ligera impresión de que algo va mal.</p><p>Para Henry Fitzroy, un vampiro de 450 años, todo comenzó con una obsesionante y abrumadora imagen del sol, un terrorífico símbolo de muerte para alguien como él. Temiendo por su cordura, pidió ayuda a su amante ocasional y compañera de investigaciones sobrenaturales, la ex policía Vicki Nelson. Y mientras ambos luchaban por hacer frente a la obsesión de Henry, el mejor amigo y antiguo compañero de Vicki, el detective Mike Celluci, seguía la huella de dos misteriosas muertes en el museo, convencido de que eran asesinatos y no accidentes, y convencido también de que el asesino era una momia resucitada de entre los muertos.</p><p>Tras mucho tiempo aprisionada por los dioses de Egipto, una antigua fuerza del mal se cierne sobre la ciudad de Toronto...</p><

David Gemmell

Lion of Macedon

Lion of Macedon

Tom Harper

El mosaico de sombras

<p>Constantinopla, 1096. El mayor imperio de la cristiandad corre el riesgo de ser destruido cuando una mano misteriosa dispara una flecha dirigida al corazón del emperador Alejo. La flecha yerra el blanco, pero la alarma se extiende por todo el palacio: si Alejo cae, Bizancio entera será destruida.</p><p>Demetrio Askiates, desvelador de misterios, antiguo legionario y cazador de recompensas al servicio del imperio, es rápidamente requerido para atrapar al criminal e impedir que éste alcance su funesto objetivo. El veterano detective, curtido en los bajos fondos, deberá adentrarse en un mundo desconocido: un hervidero de príncipes, esclavos, eunucos y mercaderes, donde se verá desafiado a desenredar una nebulosa trama de intrigas.</p><p>Desde los barrios más recónditos hasta las torres doradas del palacio imperial, desde las arenas del hipódromo hasta las cúpulas sublimes de Hagia Sofía, Demetrio deberá abrirse camino a lo largo de un peligroso laberinto de traiciones y engaños antes de que el tiempo se agote y las calles de la ciudad se tiñan de sangre.</p><

David Gemmell

Dark Prince

Lion of Macedon

The Lion of Macedon - strategos, Parmenion. A lone hero in search of salvation and finding, instead, destiny. The Dark Prince - the child who will become Alexander, creator of the greatest empire the world has ever known. He will conquer all. All except the Chaos Spirit, the immortal evil that dwells in his soul. Together they will be forced into other dimensions, across time, into enchanted worlds full of wonder and sorcery...<

Harry Harrison

El Mundo De La Muerte

El mundo de la muerte narra las aventuras de un jugador profesional, de nombre Jason dinAlt, que se gana la vida en los casinos de los planetas fronterizos. El secreto de su éxito en los juegos de “azar” se debe a sus habilidades telepáticas y telekineticas que le permiten mover dados y adivinar cartas para frustración de sus contrincantes. Un buen día recibe el encargo por parte de un gigantón procedente del planeta Pyrrus de hacer saltar la banca de un importante casino para comprar armas con las que los habitantes de este planeta puedan continuar su lucha de supervivencia contra las especies animales y vegetales que los están diezmando. Tras muchas peripecias y persecuciones dinAlt decide acompañar a su hercúleo contratante en la búsqueda de un lugar donde establecerse. Cuando dinAlt llega a Pyrrus encuentra un planeta habitado por enormes y musculosos humanos cuya anatomía ha sido forjada gracias a la elevada gravedad del planeta. Un planeta poblado por una fauna de pesadilla que persigue de manera implacable a todos los humanos. Se iniciarán aquí una serie de sucesos que llevarán a dinAlt a descubrir los diversos misterios que envuelven la existencia de los pyrranos<

David Gemmell

Wolf in Shadow

Jon Shannow

<p>John Shannow, The Jerusalem Man, lived in a world that had toppled on its axis. Civilization had been replaced by ruthlessness and savagery. Relentless in his quest for peace, Shannow followed a path that led only to bloodshed and sorrow.</p><p>Abaddon, the Lord of the Pit, sought to plunge mankind into a new Satanic era. His Hellborn army spewed forth from the Plague Lands with an unholy force stemming from human sacrifice. For it was the blood of innocents that fueled the corrupted Sipstrassi Stones of Power-the source of Abaddon's might.</p><p>But the Hellborn made a fatal mistake-they took the woman who had stolen Shannow's heart. He would move Heaven and Earth to save her or he would die trying.</p><

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