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Ab Insaaf Honay Wala Hai
by Shakeel SiddiquiA collection of progressive stories of Urdu from India and Pakistan. The stories will definitely paint some new pictures in front of you. This collection gives a new perspectives of stories from across the border.
Abaayam: A Tamil translation of the Flemish novel Het Gevaar
by Jos Vandeloo N. SivaramanThis translation of a Flemish novel highlights one of very critical present day issues -- disasters due to nuclear power plants.
Abaddon's Gate: Book 3 of the Expanse (now a Prime Original series) (Expanse #3)
by James S. CoreyFor generations, the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt - was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.
Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse #3)
by James S. CoreyThe third book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Abaddon's Gate opens the door to the ruins of an alien gate network, and the crew of the Rocinante may hold the key to unlocking its secrets. Now a Prime Original series. HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIESFor generations, the solar system -- Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt -- was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus's orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless dark.Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artifact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.Abaddon's Gate is a breakneck science fiction adventure following the critically acclaimed Caliban's War.The ExpanseLeviathan WakesCaliban's WarAbaddon's GateCibola BurnNemesis GamesBabylon's AshesPersepolis RisingTiamat's WrathLeviathan FallsMemory's LegionThe Expanse Short FictionDriveThe Butcher of Anderson StationGods of RiskThe ChurnThe Vital AbyssStrange DogsAuberonThe Sins of Our Fathers
Abaddon's Gate: Book 3 of the Expanse (now a Prime Original series) (Expanse #3)
by James S. CoreyNOW A PRIME ORIGINAL TV SERIESAbaddon's Gate is the third book in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series.For generations, the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt - was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.The Expanse is the biggest science fiction series of the last decade and is now a major TV series.Praise for the Expanse:'The science fictional equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire' NPR Books'As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form' io9.com'Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fights' wired.com'High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce' Library Journal'This is the future the way it's supposed to be' Wall Street Journal'Tense and thrilling' SciFiNowThe Expanse series:Leviathan WakesCaliban's WarAbaddon's GateCibola BurnNemesis GamesBabylon's AshesPersepolis RisingTiamat's WrathLeviathan Falls Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection
Abaddon's Locusts: 5 (BJ Vinson Mystery #5)
by Don TravisA BJ Vinson MysteryWhen B. J. Vinson, confidential investigator, learns his young friend, Jazz Penrod, has disappeared and has not been heard from in a month, he discovers some ominous emails. Jazz has been corresponding with a “Juan” through a dating site, and that single clue draws BJ and his significant other, Paul Barton, into the brutal but lucrative world of human trafficking. Their trail leads to a mysterious Albuquerquean known only as Silver Wings, who protects the Bulgarian cartel that moves people—mostly the young and vulnerable—around the state to be sold into modern-day slavery, sexual and otherwise. Can BJ and Paul locate and expose Silver Wings without putting Jazz’s life in jeopardy? Hell, can they do so without putting themselves at risk? People start dying as BJ, Paul, and Henry Secatero, Jazz's Navajo half-brother, get too close. To find the answer, bring down the ring, and save Jazz, they’ll need to locate the place where human trafficking ties into the Navajo Nation and the gay underground.
La abadesa de Bingen
by María Elisa CortinaLa verdadera historia de la mujer que desafió a papas y emperadores en plena Edad Media. Nacida en una familia de fortuna y linaje, a los tres años de edad Hildegarda de Bingen comenzó a tener visiones acompañadas de dolores tan intensos que parecían llevarla a la muerte. A los catorce años fue encerrada, contra su voluntad, en una celda de barro adosada a las paredes de un monasterio de varones. Allí dedicaría su vida solo a la contemplación del Señor. Pero Dios le tenía preparada otra cosa. Sazonada con ingredientes fantásticos y usando como telón de fondo el mundo monástico y el convulsionado siglo XII, esta novela narra la historia de esa joven que desafiando a su mundo fue abadesa, profetisa y médico. Realizó milagros y exorcismo, se vistió con sedas y joyas, escribió de teología y medicina, compuso música, fundó dos monasterios, predicó en público, desafió al mundo masculino y enfrentó a papas y emperadores siendo una de las personalidades más fascinantes del siglo XII alemán. **Novela ganadora del Premio Caligrama 2018, en la categoría Talento.**
La abadesa de Bingen
by María Elisa CortinaLa verdadera historia de la mujer que desafió a papas y emperadores en plena Edad Media. Nacida en una familia de fortuna y linaje, a los tres años de edad Hildegarda de Bingen comenzó a tener visiones acompañadas de dolores tan intensos que parecían llevarla a la muerte. A los catorce años fue encerrada, contra su voluntad, en una celda de barro adosada a las paredes de un monasterio de varones. Allí dedicaría su vida solo a la contemplación del Señor. Pero Dios le tenía preparada otra cosa. Sazonada con ingredientes fantásticos y usando como telón de fondo el mundo monástico y el convulsionado siglo XII, esta novela narra la historia de esa joven que desafiando a su mundo fue abadesa, profetisa y médico. Realizó milagros y exorcismo, se vistió con sedas y joyas, escribió de teología y medicina, compuso música, fundó dos monasterios, predicó en público, desafió al mundo masculino y enfrentó a papas y emperadores siendo una de las personalidades más fascinantes del siglo XII alemán.**Novela ganadora del Premio Caligrama 2018, en la categoría Talento.**
La abadía de Northanger
by Jane AustenLos mejores libros jamás escritos La abadía de Northanger es quizá la novela más irónica y divertida de Jane Austen, maestra inigualable en la recreación de retablos sociales con hondo perfil humano Publicada originariamente en 1818, La abadía de Northanger narra la historia de Catherine Morland, una joven ingenua aficionada a la lectura de novelas góticas. Invitada por los Tilney a pasar una temporada en su casa de campo, se dedicará a investigar tortuosos e imaginarios secretos de familia. Pero cuando finalmente todo se aclare y comprenda que la vida no es una novela, la inocente Catherine pondrá los pies en la tierra y encauzará su futuro según dictan las normas morales y sociales de la época. «Querida Miss Morland, ¿qué ideas ha estado usted alimentando?»
La abadía de Northanger (Los mejores clásicos #Volumen)
by Jane AustenLos mejores libros jamás escritos. La abadía de Northanger es quizá la novela más irónica y divertida de Jane Austen, maestra inigualable en la recreación de retablos sociales con hondo perfil humano. Publicada originariamente en 1818, La abadía de Northanger narra la historia de Catherine Morland, una joven ingenua aficionada a la lectura de novelas góticas. Invitada por los Tilney a pasar una temporada en su casa de campo, se dedicará a investigar tortuosos e imaginarios secretos de familia. Pero cuando finalmente todo se aclare y comprenda que la vida no es una novela, la inocente Catherine pondrá los pies en la tierra y encauzará su futuro según dictan las normas morales y sociales de la época. La presente edición incluye una detallada cronología de la autora así como una introducción a cargo de Marilyn Butler, reputada crítica literaria, y autora del ensayo Jane Austen and the War of Ideas (1975). Una nota biográfica escrita por el hermano de Jane Austen cinco meses después de su muerte hace las veces de colofón; un documento inédito que aporta fragmentos de sus últimas cartas y deja entrever el perfil más humano de una de las autoras más queridas de la literatura inglesa. «Querida Miss Morland, ¿qué ideas ha estado usted alimentando?»
La abadía de Tintern
by William WordsworthLos mejores poemas breves de William Wordsworth Wordsworth es el poeta romántico inglés por antonomasia. Junto a Coleridge, sentó las bases del movimiento que revolucionó la poesía inglesa del XIX y abrió un camino con el que todavía están en deuda muchos poetas del siglo XX. A pesar de su importancia, la obra de este autor no ha conocido en nuestra lengua la difusión que le corresponde. Gonzalo Torné, con excelente criterio, ha llevado a cabo una selección de los grandes poemas breves de Wordsworth -algunos nunca hasta ahora traducidos al castellano-, entre los que se cuentan algunas de las obras maestras de la poesía universal, como «La abadía de Tintern» o «Insinuaciones de inmortalidad en recuerdos de temprana infancia».
La abadía de Tintern y otros poemas
by William WordsworthFundador del romanticismo inglés, William Wordsworth (1770-1850) es uno de los grandes poetas británicos de todos los tiempos. Este volumen recopila las piezas menos difundidas del célebre autor de Baladas líricas, que escribió en colaboración con Samuel Taylor Coleridge, y del extenso poema Preludio. El prólogo y la exquisita traducción son obra de Gonzalo Torné.
Abadón (Apocalipsis #2)
by Mario EscobarLa desaparición de varias jóvenes en la ciudad de Nueva Orleans aterroriza a sus habitantes. Priscila Serrano ha conseguido convertirse en una famosa investigadora de asesinos ritualistas; no obstante, este parece más bien un caso de secuestros. Ante la aparición de los primeros cadáveres, el FBI envía a Priscila a la ciudad, y esta llega acompañada de Ray Charles. La misión es descubrir al peligroso secuestrador y asesino. Junto a las víctimas se han encontrado vestigios de ceremonias vudú. Se descubre también que todas las jóvenes desaparecidas eran vírgenes que pertenecían a una organización similar a los Niños Exploradores. Las cosas se complican cuando la detective averigua que el caso está relacionado con un antiguo escándalo de Nueva Orleans, el cual hasta el momento muchos interesados han tratado de ocultar. Durante la investigación, Priscila y Ray descubren que, de manera sobrenatural, el poder del mal se cierne sobre la ciudad.
Abahn Sabana David
by Marguerite Duras Kazim Ali"Duras's language and writing shine like crystals."--The New Yorker"A spectacular success. . . . Duras is at the height of her powers."--Edmund WhiteAvailable for the first time in English, Abahn Sabana David is a late-career masterpiece from one of France's greatest writers.Late one evening, David and Sabana--members of a communist group--arrive at a country house where they meet Abahn, the man they've been sent to guard and eventually kill for his perceived transgressions. A fourth man arrives (also named Abahn), and throughout the night these four characters discuss existential ideas of understanding, capitalism, violence, revolution, and dogs, while a gun lurks in the background the entire time.Suspenseful and thought-provoking, Duras's novel calls to mind the plays of Samuel Beckett in the way it explores human existence and suffering in the confusing contemporary world.Marguerite Duras wrote dozens of plays, film scripts, and novels, including The Ravishing of Lol Stein, The Sea Wall, and Hiroshima, Mon Amour. She's most well-known for The Lover, which received the Goncourt Prize in 1984 and was made into a film in 1992. This is her third book to be published by Open Letter. Kazim Ali is a poet, essayist, and novelist, and has published a translation of Water's Footfall by Sohrab Sepehri in addition to co-translating Duras's L'Amour. He teaches at Oberlin College and the University of Southern Maine.
¡Abajo el cole! (¡Abajo el cole! #1)
by María FrisaDiviértete y aprende de los consejos, travesuras, bromas y chistes de Hugo, el protagonista de la nueva serie «¡Abajo el cole!». ¡La selva del colegio nunca había sido tan divertida! Cuando eres Hugo: 1.- Eres, ejem, ejem, un poco bajito. A tu amigo Javi y a ti os llaman Pin y Pon. 2.- A la chica que te gusta le mola tu archienemigo. Encima, como es mutonto, no se entera y cree que sois amigos. 3.- Además de obligarte a ir al cole, te obligan a apuntarte a un torneo de baloncesto. 4.- Los de tu equipo son unos mantas y creen que la pelota tiene dientes y les va a morder. 5.- Los matones supremos del cole van a por vosotros y es como si sobre tu cabeza se activara una cuenta atrás. 6.- Y todos creen que estás obsesionado con hacer listas aunque, evidentemente, es mentira. Definitivamente... ¡VIVA EL COLE! Porque, aunque seas un pringado y un soso, tu amigo Javi (¡YO!) es un crack, y va a mejorarlo todo con sus chistacos para que este libro sea el MÁS DIVERTIDO del MUNDO.
Abalado por um vampiro (Corações Imortais de São Francisco #3)
by Susan GriscomLane DeMarco é um vampiro quebrado atormentado por um passado horrível que torna impossível a intimidade e a confiança. Sua paixão por tocar música é a única coisa satisfatória o suficiente para conter sua insanidade ... até Vanessa agitar sua vida com mais força do que o terremoto de San Francisco. Ela é inteligente, sexy, obstinada, e seu desejo por ela pode sair de controle ... exceto que ela é uma bruxa. A mesma bruxa que uma vez lançou um feitiço desagradável sobre ele. Vanessa Creamer herdou uma poderosa primogenitura, mas eventos traumáticos em sua vida destruíram sua confiança. Embora ela esconda bem, ela luta diariamente com a dúvida e nega seus desejos mais profundos pelo homem que ela realmente deseja. Sua atração por Lane, com sua voz sensual e olhos no quarto, prova irresistível. Todas as suas tentativas de se conectar com ele falharam e ela teme que seu ódio por ela seja tão poderoso e intenso quanto seu desejo por ele. A paixão incendeia entre eles enquanto lutam com segredos profundos que os assombram. A bruxa em quem ele desconfia pode domar os demônios destrutivos que o atormentam? Ou seus desejos fervorosos o enviarão mais fundo para o inferno em que ele está vivendo?
The Abalone Ukulele: A Tale of Far Eastern Intrigue
by Roger CrosslandIn this historical adventure, cultures from China, Korea, Japan, and the United States collide in 1913 over three tons of Japanese gold ingots.Three ordinary men—a disgraced Korean tribute courier, a bookish naval officer, and a polyglot third-class quartermaster—must foil Japanese subversion and, with sub rosa assistance from Asiatic Station, highjack that gold to finance a Korean insurrection. Three ordinary women complicate, and complement, their efforts: an enigmatic changsan courtesan, a feisty Down East consular clerk, and a clever Chinese farm-girl.It is a tale that wends through the outskirts of Peking to the Yukon River; from the San Francisco waterfront to a naval landing party isolated on a Woosung battlefield; from ships of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet moored on Battleship Row to a junk on the Yangtze; and from the Korean gold mines of Unsan to a coaling quay in Shanghai. Soon a foreign intelligence service, a revolutionary army, and two Chinese triads converge on a nation’s ransom in gold . . .Praise for The Abalone Ukulele“A masterclass in historical fiction. With painstaking research and a gift for story spinning, Crossland brings to brilliant life a sprawling epic of greed, gold, and redemption. Crossland’s gift for converting historic details into character and narrative makes The Abalone Ukulele an immersive read.” —Joseph A. Williams, author of Seventeen Fathoms Deep and The Sunken Treasure“Crossland’s tale of shenanigans, greed, nobility, [and] slivers of grace propels across a geography spanning Shanghai, the Klondike gold fields, and San Francisco’s wharves. His characters are elemental, with a commedia dell'arte quality . . . . Clues to a mystery are sprinkled skillfully throughout, keeping the reader turning the page.” —Loretta Goldberg, author of the award-winning novel, The Reversible Mask“Maritime historical fiction in the tradition of Patrick O'Brian.” —Steve Robinson, author of No Guts, No Glory
Abandon (Abandon #1)
by Meg CabotFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot, a dark, fantastical story about this world . . . and the underworld.Pierce knows what it's like to die, because she's done it before. Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can't help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet she's never alone . . . because someone is always watching her.Now she's moved to a new town, but even here, he finds her. Pierce knows he's no guardian angel, and his dark world isn't exactly heaven, yet she can't stay away . . . especially since he always appears when she least expects it, but exactly when she needs him most. If she lets herself fall any further, she may just find herself back in the one place she most fears: the Underworld.
Abandon
by Blake CrouchOn Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone found. <p><p>Now, two backcountry guides have been hired by a history professor and his journalist daughter to explore the long-abandoned mining town and learn what happened. With them are a psychic and a paranormal photographer—the town is rumored to be haunted.
Abandon: A Novel
by Blake CrouchA century-old mystery—and a desperate battle to survive—unfold in this standalone thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion. On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone found. Now, journalist Abigail Foster and her historian father have set out to explore the long-abandoned town and learn what happened. With them are two backcountry guides—along with a psychic and a paranormal photographer who are there to investigate rumors that the town is haunted. But Abigail and her companions are about to learn that the town&’s ghosts are the least of their worries. Twenty miles from civilization, with a blizzard bearing down, they realize they are not alone. The ordeal that follows will test this small team past the breaking point as they battle the elements and human foes alike—and discover that the town&’s secrets still have the power to kill. Part journey into old-West history, part nail-biting survival thriller, Abandon is a bloody, darkly surprising tale as only Blake Crouch could deliver.
Abandon
by Sean DesmondSean Desmond's Abandon, now a major motion picture starring Katie Holmes and Benjamin Bratt.There are worse places an Ivy Leaguer, desperate to restore a tattered academic career, can pass the mist-shrouded New England autumn of his senior year. There is serenity on the secluded fourth floor of the cavernous stone dormitory, marred only by the occasional echoed footfall on the stairs of muffled voice in the corridor. The atmosphere is ripe for quiet study--until it begins.Floorboards creak in seemingly deserted hallways. Phantom whispers stir the silence. Invisible eyes seems to lurk, watching. At last, an enigmatic stranger emerges from the shadows, claiming to be a fellow student. But nobody else can see or hear the presence that seeps in like fog rolling off the Charles River. Nobody else can sense, with growing dread, the terrible truth.Decades have passed since the murky accident that claimed the lives of three Adams House residents. But somebody wants to relive--and punish--the sins of the past. Somebody is preying on the dorm's current occupants, even as one of their peers descends slowly into a surreal world where madness meets mayhem; where nothing is certain but the chilling suspicion that what has happened before can--and must--happen once again...
Abandon
by Jillian HunterMorwenna Halliwell pleaded with all her heart, "If you sell Abandon to a stranger, Lord Pentargon, you are condemning the islanders to a fate as awful as the Highland Clearances." Anthony Hartstone, third Earl of Pentargon, was to sell the beautiful island of Abandon to the politically powerful Marquess of Camelbourne in exchange for political support. However, he found it hard to resist the persistent Morwenna, a beauty with magical powers that could suddenly bring rainbows and make flowers bloom over the island. As Anthony embarks on his mission, evil forces threaten to destroy his plans and he must confront the Herculean task of convincing his bride-to-be, Morwenna, of his undying love and desire to protect her and their beautiful land.
Abandon
by Pico IyerPico Iyer’s intoxicating new novel is at once a stylish intellectual mystery and a pulse-quickening love story—the love in question being at once sacred and profane. John Macmillan, a classically reticent Englishman who has moved to California to study the poems of the Sufi mystic Rumi, unexpectedly becomes involved in two equally absorbing quests. The first is for a mysterious Rumi manuscript that may have been smuggled out of Iran; the second for the elusive Camilla Jensen, who continually offers herself to him only to repeatedly slip from his grasp. Are these quests somehow related? And can Macmillan give himself over to them without losing his career and identity? Moving deftly from California academia to the mosques of Iran, filled with insights into the minds of Islam and the modern West,Abandonis a magic carpet-ride of a book.
Abandon
by Elana JohnsonThe fight for independent thought becomes a matter of life or death in this sizzling and intense conclusion to the Possession trilogy.Vi has made her choice between Jag and Zenn, and the resistance may have suffered for it. But with the Thinkers as strong as ever, the rebels still have a job to do. Vi knows better than anyone that there's more at stake than a few broken hearts. But there is a traitor among them...and the choices he makes could lead to the total destruction of everything Vi has fought for. Vi, Jag, and Zenn must set their problems aside for the resistance to have any hope of ending the Thinkers' reign. Their success means everything...and their failure means death.
Abandon
by Carla NeggersABANDONRediscover this thrilling story of action, intrigue and romance from New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers.On a quiet long weekend in New Hampshire, Deputy US Marshal Mackenzie Stewart is viciously assaulted at the lakefront cottage of her friend, federal judge Bernadette Peacham. The attacker escapes, and it becomes clear he was more than a deranged drifter when FBI special agent Andrew Rook arrives. Mac knows Rook isn’t up from Washington, DC, to set things straight between them after their whirlwind affair. He’s on a case. The investigation takes an unexpected turn when they return to Washington to find Bernadette’s ex-husband, a powerful attorney, shot to death. Then Bernadette disappears, and Mac and Rook realize the stakes are higher than either had imagined.Originally published in 2007