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David Juárez aterriza, procedente desde Alicante, en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria para incorporarse en su nuevo puesto como subinspector de policía. Nada más llegar, antes incluso de tomar posesión de manera oficial de su cargo, sus compañeros ya le involucran en la investigación de un extraño crimen: un joven pintor aparece brutalmente asesinado en su apartamento poco después de inaugurar con éxito su última exposición.

The book America the Great Is Falling: The Rise of Morningstar’s Empire is a fictional but deeply resonant exploration of systemic inequality in the United States. It delves into the struggles of Black and Brown communities, immigrant families, and marginalized groups, shedding light on injustices such as healthcare disparities, the trauma of immigration policies, and economic oppression.

Tantas páginas se han escrito sobre Carlota y Maximiliano que bastarían para tapizar cada muro del Castillo de Chapultepec. ¿Qué más queda entonces por decir? Esta novela no intenta revivir el Imperio mexicano con datos fehacientes ni héroes empolvados por la gloria. Lo que aquí se ofrece es otra cosa: un testimonio alucinante narrado por una cortesana que ha perdido la razón, y que desde ese margen turbio reconstruye la figura esquiva de la emperatriz Carlota. Una loca narrando a otra loca.

The thesis of this story is that “because of the development of scientific knowledge, separate sovereign states and separate sovereign empires are no longer possible in the world. To attempt to keep on with the old system is to heap disaster upon disaster for [hu]mankind and perhaps to destroy our race altogether. The remaining interest of this book now is the sustained validity of this thesis and the discussion of the possible ending of war on the earth.”

1979. Behsad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah’s expulsion. He tells of sparking hope, of clandestine political actions, and of how he finds the love of his life in the courageous, intelligent Nahid. 1989. Nahid lives her new life in West Germany with Behsad. With their young children, they spend hour after hour in front of the radio, hoping for news from others who went into hiding after the mullahs came to power.

Summer 2020. The first lockdown has ended in the small Canadian town of Moosehead. Twenty-four-year-old Vincent McKnight emerges from three months of stay-at-home orders into a surreal new normal of multi-coloured face masks, acrid hand sanitizers, and germaphobic neighbours standing six feet apart. The new normal becomes even stranger when Vince’s Indigenous grandfather sends him to buy a loaf of bread from the town’s new baker. Stefanie Müller speaks five languages, has beautiful blue eyes… and is a certified conspiracy theorist.

يتحايل شباب حي عشوائي على إلتقاط أرزاقهم بطرق غريبة، ويحركهم كعرائس الماريونيت عجوز عقيد له في المكر باع طويل. وسط هذا البؤس تولد قصة حب ناقصة، وصراع دامِ ضد سارقي القوت والفاسدين في جهاز الشرطة، لكن كل هذا لا يبدد آمالاً عريضة بالخروج من الأزقة الغارقة في العوز إلى براح عالم زاخر بالنعمة والراحة. في منتصف الطريق تتوالى المفاجآت لتحدد مصائر بشر متعبين، و توزعهم على مصائر لا تخطر على بال.

His power built the walls. Now love threatens to break them down. Mickey Gallagher has dedicated his life to maintaining the delicate political balance in Washington. But when his boyfriend, Senate-hopeful Andrew Adams, learns he must marry a woman to secure the Maryland seat, the future of their relationship is thrown into jeopardy. Desperate to save his campaign, Andrew’s best friend and successful lobbyist, Evelyn Proctor, agrees to temporarily step in. Except one evening of indulgence blurs the lines of duty and desire.

Esta novela no la protagonizan seres extraterrestres sino Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, que podría ser descrito, parafraseando a Bolaño, como uno de los últimos revolucionarios de las guerras floridas latinoamericanas. Marciano extrema la apuesta de Nona Fernández, que ha cruzado audazmente la memoria y la imaginación para entender la historia reciente de Chile, sumergiéndose en zonas que parecen salirse de los límites terrenales, en las que espacio y tiempo no son tan claro

In 2044, America is on the brink—its government locked in a merciless, endless shutdown. The nation’s economy is in free fall. With no hope of compromise, the silent majority finally reaches its tipping point. When Jack Sanborn, a UNC Law professor, utters a dangerous idea in a crowded lecture hall, it sparks what feels like a revolution. Split the two-party monopoly and give democracy back to the people. Soon after a student video of his talk smashes viral records, Sanborn finds himself willed by the people to make an improbable run for president.

El protagonista de esta novela negrísima, un periodista jubilado con un pasado glorioso como reportero de sucesos, escribe a toda velocidad El leñador, su última novela policiaca, mientras hace balance de su vida e investiga por su cuenta «el crimen de Raspai». En su novela, el inspector-jefe José Pulido debe enfrentarse a su peor caso: el asesinato, a golpes de hacha, del alcalde de una pequeña población mediterránea. Un crimen de una violencia feroz que le hará descender a los sótanos de su propio infierno cuando se tope con el muro de la verdad y del gran dinero.

Some revolutions start with protest signs. This one began with a lesson plan. When a small group of teachers, veterans, and students refuse to stay silent about a broken system, they spark a movement that spreads far beyond the classroom walls. Shattered Chains is the explosive conclusion to the Against the Odds series—a story about truth, courage, and the unfiltered voices of America’s classrooms and communities. After the chaos at City Hall, the world finally takes notice of Playbook 3.0—a student-built, teacher-backed app exposing how debt, policy, and inequality intertwine.

When Nepal’s government bans social media to silence a viral TikTok trend, a restless generation rises. What begins as protest becomes revolution—the Gen Z Kranti. In the bloodied streets of Kathmandu, old parties collapse. A female jurist is chosen Prime Minister through a Discord vote. Circles of eleven people, in villages and across the diaspora, organize into a new kind of democracy. Their vision is audacious: a corruption-free Nepal, job guarantees for every citizen, and an economy that abandons money itself. But storms gather.

Trump’s Default: The Mist of Empire is a visionary novel set between 2025 and 2029, chronicling America’s surreal economic collapse and its unexpected spiritual rebirth. In 2028, as Donald Trump reaches the final year of his second term, the U.S. formally defaults on its debt—unleashing not just financial chaos, but a breakdown of reality itself.

Deported is a poetic, mythic tale of Keir—a nameless, voiceless man with no passport, no past, and a calm, otherworldly presence. Mistaken for Mexican and deported from the U.S., he becomes a wandering exile, passed through over a hundred nations. In each, he creates beauty—gardens in prisons, hammocks from light, meals from memory—never causing harm, always inspiring quiet transformation. Authorities can’t identify him. His fingerprints vanish from databases. Blonde hair darkens inexplicably. Still, Keir remains serene. He becomes a whispered legend across detention centers worldwide.

Empty Country imagines a quiet, seismic shift in history. After President Donald Trump orders all undocumented immigrants to leave the U.S. within 24 hours, there is no protest—only silence, and then movement. Millions walk south. As they vanish, the U.S. begins to crumble. Crops rot, businesses shutter, and invisible labor scaffolds collapse. In a visionary response, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum offers a 50-by-50-mile sanctuary in Sonora—a tax-free, autonomous zone. The migrants build a new city: Nueva Esperanza.

The sequel to Agenda 21—which Brad Thor called “a brilliantly written, exhilarating, pulse-pounding adventure”—from #1 New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio host Glenn Beck. It was once named America, but now it is just “the Republic.” Following the...

From the author of Hild, a fierce and urgent autobiographical audiobook about a woman facing down a formidable foe. So Lucky is the sharp, surprising new audiobook by Nicola Griffith—the profoundly personal and emphatically political story of a confident woman forced to confront an unnerving...

Ayn Rand’s dystopic science fiction novella takes place at some unspecified future date. Mankind has entered another dark age as a result of what Rand saw as the weaknesses of socialistic thinking and economics. Technological advancement is now carefully planned -- when it is allowed to occur at all -- and the concept of individuality has been eliminated.

Exposing his father’s transgressions in a tell-all was the ethical, righteous--and profitable--thing to do. What’s left but to slink back home for a humbling face-to-face with the man whose secrets he sold? He was a notorious government whistle-blower. Depending on whom you ask, he’s a treasonous felon, a folk hero, a validated patriot, or a national disgrace. To his son, Michael, he’s the father who threw his family into upheaval. Now, having moved back home at the age of thirty-four, Michael is getting to know him as a man.