Ficción moderna y contemporanea



Markus DeLeon and Sarah Winter's lives couldn't be more different... After three years away as the goalkeeper for an English soccer club, Markus has been happy to be back in Australia. He'd missed his family and friends, including Sarah. He's known her since childhood, and often protected her from the teasing of other children and the troubling consequences of a broken home. When they attend their friends' wedding, a new light is cast on their friendship... Sarah is fresh out of a bad relationship, and Markus has always been the one she can confide in. Maybe it's the magic of the wedding-or how stunning he looks in a tux-but the attraction between them intensifies in ways they'd never imagined. But sometimes when risking what you have, you might lose everything... Following a passionate encounter, Markus isn't sure how to handle this new aspect of his relationship with Sarah, and literally flees the scene for the coast. Sarah is unsure how to react to his sudden departure, but is soon knocked off course by misunderstandings and a frightening family emergency. Markus realizes his mistake and wants to make things right, but he also faces obstacles. He's been offered an exciting new job, and an attractive newcomer to the neighborhood is eager to claim his attention, though the last thing Markus needs is another confusing relationship. Can Sarah and Markus face the fear and doubt-and the potential loss of their lifelong friendship-to give their love a chance?

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Los suicidas del Monte Venir es la historia de un monte inmensamente alto y escarpado con una casa llena de misterios al borde del precipicio donde viven cuatro bellas y misteriosas hermanas que son las únicas sobrevivientes de una estirpe que a lo largo de los siglos vio inmolarse a todos sus miembros. El monte se volvió famoso entre los suicidas del mundo entero por ser el único que le garantizaba los desdichados la muerte absoluta. Estos son los mimbres de la novela contemporánea con más humos y destreza de los últimos tiempos. Por fin, la imaginación vuelve a la novela.

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"El desprestigi actual dels polítics és la mostra més evident de la crisi en què està immersa la nostra societat". Des de la seva àmplia experiència política, Joan Rigol diagnostica l'abast d'aquesta fallida i fa una proposta positiva de futur. L'individualisme i l'agressivitat imperants en les relacions socials s'estén a l'acció dels polítics, de manera que «la seva credibilitat moral queda ofuscada per les tàctiques i estratègies per assolir el poder». Davant d'aquesta espiral nociva, Rigol defensa una regeneració tant cívica com política, basades totes dues en un civisme actiu, que consisteix en l'exercici generós dels deures, a més de la satisfacció dels drets. La regeneració dels polítics passa precisament pel seu compromís com a ciutadans: «L'eix de l'actitud militant és l'assumpció de responsabilitats de civisme actiu i saber-ho traduir en programa polític. Tot militant, a més de ser polític, ha de portar entre mans compromisos cívics i comunitaris en la pròpia societat».

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Steven is the worst form of human scum.But it’s not all bad; he accepts it. He accepts that he has an adoring girlfriend and yet, despite that, still cheats on her with dating app “leads,” as he so calls them. He accepts his addiction in maliciously upsetting others, intent upon producing uneasiness and outrage. But can the people that he encounters accept him?Mix the cutthroat persona of American Psycho’s Patrick Bateman, the journey similar to Knut Hamsun’s Hunger, and with the attitude of Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, and what you got is the story of Steven, WASP IN THE OPIUM FLOWERS.

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"El petróleo, la sangre de la tierra, se convierte en tiempos de guerra en la sangre de la victoria."En 1939, cuando los ejércitos europeos se movilizaban para la guerra, el Servicio Secreto británico intentó impedir la exportación del petróleo rumano hacia Alemania. Fracasaron. En el otoño de 1940 volvieron a intentarlo.Serebin, periodista y escritor ruso, romántico y antihéroe, viaja a Estambul huyendo de una Europa en llamas. Allí su encuentro con la fascinante esposa de un diplomático francés, le conduce hasta el servicio de inteligencia británico. La misión encomendada, cortar el suministro de petróleo a los nazis, lleva a Serebin y a su amante francesa de los palacios de Bucarest a los prostíbulos de Izmir; de un elegante club náutico de Estambul a los muelles fluviales de Belgrado, de las pistas de patinaje de St. Moritz a las orillas del Danubio envueltas en la niebla. Todo el continente es una inmensa red de espionaje. Detrás de cada mirada, de cada gesto, de cada sorbo de café hay una trampa y Serebin tiene que evitar caer en ella, conseguir llevar a cabo su tarea, herir de algún modo el poder del ejército invasor.