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Acceso al comportamiento
by Antonio DoñateUna novela sobre la generación que ha renunciado a encontrar el sentido de la vida. Se trata de vivir el presente, y punto. Aviso de lectura Creo recordar que en una novela de Gombrowicz, Cosmos, en algún momento el protagonista mira al techo de su habitación y ve una raya que bien pudiera ser una pequeña grieta pero que él interpreta como un signo, una señal, un aviso. Ver signos por todas partes es hoy uno de los vicios que la posmodernidad nos ha legado. Vemos por ejemplo un programa de televisión en el que sale Belén Esteban y no nos conformamos con ver mierda sino que desde el retrete rosa nos remontamos hasta la condición efímera de las identidades bajo el capitalismo depredador sin que falte quien vea en la susodicha un remake rizomático y fungible de Madame Bovary. Todo es signo: los padres, las novias, los trabajos, los amigos, los silencios. Signos de nada seguramente, perover signos e interpretarlos es hoy el único juguete mental que se nos permite. Si cito a Gombrowicz no es solo para lucir mi cultura literaria #la cultura es hoy un significante que apenas requiere significado- sino porque el protagonista de esta novela sufre a mi entender de ese síndrome de sobresignificación que, si no les importa, llamaré «el síndrome de Constantino», en homenaje a aquel emperador que soñó con dos rayas en forma de cruz y concluyó con el famoso In hoc signo vinces. Un protagonista -«edad indeterminada entre los treinta y los cuarenta, aire de tener estudios superiores, cierta apariencia no convencional. Educado, pero no muy cordial. Con ese tipo de presencia o mirada del que se le supone un vasto mundo interior, repleto de esquirlas y sinsabores»- que ve carteles dispersos por la ciudad y, obsesionado, quiere pensar que revelan y esconden un mensaje. No les extrañe: en una vida carente de sentido se trata de encontrar uno sea como sea. Noes que se vuelva loco: para quien vive en extravío lo real es el mapa y no la realidad. Y la novela narra eso: cómo, muerta la realidad, solo nos queda su epitafio, el mapa, es decir, el Juego de la Oca. De signo en signo y vivo porque me toca. No esperen a que Babelia, El Cultural, el ABCD o el suplemento cultural de El Progreso de Lugo se lo diga: esta es la mejor novela del año. O casi. Reseña:«En un momento en que la literatura actual solo se mira el ombligo en forma de autoficción post-post-postmoderna, este libro nos reconcilia con la idea de que se puede mirar hacia fuera con perspicacia, con interés y con un acendrado espíritu crítico. No se la pierdan.»Sr. Molina en el blog Solodelibros
Acceso al comportamiento
by Antonio DoñateRafa está «en medio del camino de la vida». Abandonó sus estudios para aprender oficios manuales: de una empresa de impresión industrial, pasó a una carpintería y luego entró a trabajar como encargado en un quiosco en el aeropuerto de Vigo, su ciudad natal. En la actualidad lleva una vida de soltero sin demasiadas ambiciones, ni profesionales, ni afectivas. Se mueve con naturalidad por las redes sociales de internet, colecciona fotografías, escucha música, sale con los amigos y de vez en cuando va a casa de su madre. Pero el azar le llevará a descubrir un extraño cartel pegado en una pared, un cartel que contiene un mensaje que puede darle sentido a su vida.
Acceso no autorizado
by Belén GopeguiAcceso no autorizado es un thriller político-informático, una fábula contra el conformismo fatalista. Por Belén Gopegui, autora de La escala de los mapas. «No hay fortaleza inexpugnable que no contenga un defecto.» Con un trasfondo de redes hackeadas, tramas de corrupción, nacionalización de cajas de ahorro, un ministro del Interior interesado en quitar de en medio a su rival política y una vicepresidenta verdugo de su propio destino, Acceso no autorizado podría ser, como dijo Antonio J. Juliá, «la road movie del socialismo de los últimos años». Anticipatoria en muchos sentidos, narra el encuentro de dos héroes crepusculares perdidos en los mundos a los cuales pertenecían: el político desgastado que aún quiere cambiar infinitesimalmente las cosas desde la parcela de poder que le ha sido conferida por las urnas y el héroe sin rumbo, hacker, que desde los pasillos electrónicos de la red espera reescribir el código de lo real. En el envés de la trama alienta la rebelión de quienes rechazan un futuro en apariencia inevitable. Acceso no autorizado narra una historia de insólita confianza entre desconocidos que pone al descubierto la soledad y la violencia del poder, la red que tejen el azar, las condiciones objetivas y el factor humano. Críticas:«La única sorpresa que nos puede deparar cada nuevo libro de Belén Gopegui no es la de su calidad -siempre indiscutible-, sino conocer su verdadero acierto.»Rafael Conte, El País «Acceso no autorizado profundiza el plan de Gopegui de pensar no a la literatura como algo político, no a la narrativa para criticar el poder, sino a la inversa, de pensar a la novela como un contrapoder y a la escritura como una contrapolítica.»Damián Tabarovski, Perfil «La trama político-informática es solo lo que se recorta en la superficie. La novela impacta más hondo.»Laura Galarza, Página 12
Acceso no autorizado
by Belén Gopegui«No hay fortaleza inexpugnable ni prisión que no contenga un defecto.»* Así piensa el personaje que se infiltra en un ordenador ajeno con la intención de entablar una relación que salve a un amigo de las oscuras organizaciones del tráfico de información reservada. Y así piensa una vicepresidenta del gobierno envuelta en circunstancias que le hacen dudar y preguntarse si puede intervenir en lo real.Acceso no autorizado es una fábula contra el conformismo fatalista en clave de acción política e informática.«La única sorpresa que nos puede deparar cada nuevo libro de Belén Gopegui no es la de su calidad -siempre indiscutible-, sino conocer su verdadero acierto.»Rafael Conte, El País*Cita: Mercedes Soriano. Historia de no. Madrid, 1989
Access All Areas: Selected Writings 1990–2011
by Sara WheelerAdventures in going forth and staying put from one of our greatest travel writersIn vivid, urgent books such as Terra Incognita and The Magnetic North, Sara Wheeler reckoned with the allure and brutality of life on the fringes, exploring distant lands with an extraordinary sensitivity to history, to place, and to the people who inhabit them. Access All Areas collects the best essays and journalism by a writer who has used extreme travel as a means to explore an inner landscape. Ranging from Albania to the Arctic, Wheeler attends a religion seminar aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 and defrosts her underwear inside an igloo. She treks to distant Tierra del Fuego—"a place where nothing ever happened"—and to the swamps of Malawi, a place so hot that toads explode. She crosses dubious borders with nothing but a kidney donor card for ID and learns to wing walk and belly dance, though not at the same time. Charming, scathing, restless, and eternally amused, the writer we meet in Access All Areas has spent a lifetime investigating roots and rootlessness. Seeking only to satisfy her own curiosity, Wheeler shows us the world.
Access Denied (and other eighth grade error messages)
by Denise VegaComputer whiz Erin Swift is ready to start eighth grade. The Year of Humiliating Events (aka, seventh grade) is behind her and she's ready to rule the school. But eight grade comes with its own set of problems for Erin to navigate, including her first boyfriend, her first break-up, and the fact that her mom has been treating her more like an eight year old than an eighth grader. Even worse, there's a new girl at Molly Brown Middle School who is determined to remake Erin in her bad-girl image, and former crush Mark "Cute Boy" Sacks has been acting strange lately. But as Erin 's school year once against hurdles toward disaster, a personal tragedy forces her to realize that things, and people, aren't always as bad as they seem. Can she save what's left of eighth grade before it's too late?
Access Denied (Turing Hopper #3)
by Donna AndrewsWhen Turing Hopper, Artificial Intelligence Personality extraordinaire, learns that criminal Nestor Garcia's once-dormant credit card has been doing a lot of shopping lately, she begins to do some sleuthing -- and finds out the loot's shown up at an empty bungalow. So Turing gets her human friends to stake out the vicinity. But when one of them sees something he wishes he hadn't -- and gets charged with murder -- everyone will have to pull together to clear his name. The only way to do it is to find the guilty party -- by luring him to attack them. But doing so might very well get them "accidentally" deleted...
Access Restricted (Word$ #2)
by Gregory Scott KatsoulisIn this gripping sequel to All Rights Reserved, Speth Jime has freed her home of Portland from the oppressive system that forced everyone to pay for every word they spoke. Now she will discover the cost of that freedom, and the devastating secrets of the world beyond her dome.On the day she went silent, Speth never meant for anyone to follow her lead—or to start a rebellion of Silents. But after taking down the tyrant Silas Rog and freeing the city from his grasp, everyone is looking to Speth for answers she doesn’t have. All she wants is to find her parents, who are shackled to a lifetime of servitude in exchange for a debt they can never repay. But how can Speth leave her friends to fend for themselves when she’s the reason their city is in chaos?When the government threatens to restore the WiFi and take back the city, Speth is forced to flee with a ragtag group of friends by her side. Together, they embark on a dangerous journey outside the dome they’ve lived in their entire lives, in search of a better future. Along the way, Speth will discover the shattering truth about their world…and the role she’ll need to play to save it.
Access To Power
by Robert EllisDrawing on his experience as a high-profile media consultant, first-time author Ellis spins a potent political thriller that deftly conveys the superficiality and shrewdness of life on Capitol Hill. When renowned image-maker Frank Miles is hired to wage a no-holds-barred advertising blitz for Mel Merdock, a senatorial candidate with deep pockets and few morals, Frank's primary concern is to win the race, even if his client isn't the best man for the job. Three weeks prior to election day, Frank's longtime business partner and friend, Woody, is murdered during what appears to be a botched robbery. Unable to shake the feeling that Woody's death was no accident and aware of the considerable enemies his sometimes sleazy media schemes have earned him, Frank does some investigating of his own and uncovers a shocking trail of corruption that leads all the way to the White House. Ellis writes in crisp, punchy prose, mirrored by the novel's short, sound bite-like chapters, which are skillfully woven to form an absorbing narrative. A side story involving a romance between Frank and an associate is a pleasing touch, and Ellis's painstaking attention to character development, pacing and detail will ensure that this hard-hitting debut will leave conspiracy buffs hungering for more.
Accessible Citizenships: Disability, Nation, and the Cultural Politics of Greater Mexico
by Julie Avril MinichAccessible Citizenships examines Chicana/o cultural representations that conceptualize political community through images of disability. Working against the assumption that disability is a metaphor for social decay or political crisis, Julie Avril Minich analyzes literature, film, and visual art post-1980 in which representations of non-normative bodies work to expand our understanding of what it means to belong to a political community. Minich shows how queer writers like Arturo Islas and Cherríe Moraga have reconceptualized Chicano nationalism through disability images. She further addresses how the U.S.-Mexico border and disabled bodies restrict freedom and movement. Finally, she confronts the changing role of the nation-state in the face of neoliberalism as depicted in novels by Ana Castillo and Cecile Pineda. Accessible Citizenships illustrates how these works gesture towards less exclusionary forms of citizenship and nationalism. Minich boldly argues that the corporeal images used to depict national belonging have important consequences for how the rights and benefits of citizenship are understood and distributed. A volume in the American Literatures Initiative
Accessible Citizenships: Disability, Nation, and the Cultural Politics of Greater Mexico
by Julie Avril MinichAccessible Citizenships examines Chicana/o cultural representations that conceptualize political community through images of disability. Working against the assumption that disability is a metaphor for social decay or political crisis, Julie Avril Minich analyzes literature, film, and visual art post-1980 in which representations of non-normative bodies work to expand our understanding of what it means to belong to a political community. Minich shows how queer writers like Arturo Islas and Cherríe Moraga have reconceptualized Chicano nationalism through disability images. She further addresses how the U. S. -Mexico border and disabled bodies restrict freedom and movement. Finally, she confronts the changing role of the nation-state in the face of neoliberalism as depicted in novels by Ana Castillo and Cecile Pineda. Accessible Citizenships illustrates how these works gesture towards less exclusionary forms of citizenship and nationalism. Minich boldly argues that the corporeal images used to depict national belonging have important consequences for how the rights and benefits of citizenship are understood and distributed.
Accessing The Future: A Disability-themed Anthology Of Speculative Fiction
by Kathryn Allan Djibril Al-AyadThe fifteen authors and nine artists in this volume bring us beautiful, speculative stories of disability and mental illness in the future. Teeming with space pirates, battle robots, interstellar travel and genetically engineered creatures, every story and image is a quality, crafted work of science fiction in its own right, as thrilling and fascinating as it is worthy and important. These are stories about people with disabilities in all of their complexity and diversity, that scream with passion and intensity. These are stories that refuse to go gently.
Accession
by Livi Michael'She is the best of the modern chroniclers of these mediaeval wars . . . beautifully written, politically astute and full of insight into the moments when great history meets fragile human hearts.' The TimesMargaret Beaufort and Margaret of Anjou - two women who have fought to the bitter end to see their sons take the English throne.But with her son Edward killed in battle, and imprisoned herself, what next for Margaret of Anjou? And will Margaret Beaufort live to see Richard III deposed, and her son Henry Tudor finally ascend the throne? In this powerful and dramatic conclusion to Livi Michael's Wars of the Roses trilogy, the stakes are higher than ever, the sides are ever-changing, and all will be decided at the Battle of Bosworth . . .
Accessories to Die For: A Mystery
by Paula PaulGood old-fashioned murder lurks behind the Old World charm of Santa Fe, New Mexico. And nobody knows that better than former attorney turned consignment-shop owner—and part-time amateur sleuth—Irene Seligman. When New York assistant DA Irene Seligman moved home to take care of her demanding mother, Adelle, she thought she was leaving a world of corruption and violence behind. But after opening her store, Irene’s Closet, and getting reacquainted with the locals, she learns that something’s rotten in sunny Santa Fe. Even upstanding citizens like her friend Juanita Calabaza, a Native American artisan, can’t seem to escape the decidedly unfashionable surge in crime. Juanita’s handcrafted jewelry has been known to catch the eye of many a tourist on the plaza in Santa Fe’s historic district. But lately she’s been attracting the wrong kind of attention . . . from the police. With her son missing after falling in with a bad crowd, Juanita foretells the death of one of his associates—which comes back to haunt her when the scumbag actually turns up dead. Now Juanita’s trading in her turquoise beads for an orange jumpsuit, and Irene will need to call upon all her old investigative skills to clear Juanita’s name—before her friend pays the ultimate price. Paula Paul’s delightful mysteries featuring Irene Seligman can be read together or separately: A KILLER CLOSET | BROKEN POTTERY
Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in Nineteenth-Century France
by Susan HinerAccessories to Modernity explores the ways in which feminine fashion accessories, such as cashmere shawls, parasols, fans, and handbags, became essential instruments in the bourgeois idealization of womanhood in nineteenth-century France. Considering how these fashionable objects were portrayed in fashion journals and illustrations, as well as fiction, the book explores the histories and cultural weight of the objects themselves and offers fresh readings of works by Balzac, Flaubert, and Zola, some of the most widely read novels of the period.As social boundaries were becoming more and more fluid in the nineteenth century, one effort to impose order over the looming confusion came, in the case of women, through fashion, and the fashion accessory thus became an ever more crucial tool through which social distinction could be created, projected, and maintained. Looking through the lens of fashion, Susan Hiner explores the interplay of imperialist expansion and domestic rituals, the assertion of privilege in the face of increasing social mobility, gendering practices and their relation to social hierarchies, and the rise of commodity culture and woman's paradoxical status as both consumer and object within it.Through her close focus on these luxury objects, Hiner reframes the feminine fashion accessory as a key symbol of modernity that bridges the erotic and proper, the domestic and exotic, and mass production and the work of art while making a larger claim about the "accessory" status—in terms of both complicity and subordination—of bourgeois women in nineteenth-century France. Women were not simply passive bystanders but rather were themselves accessories to the work of modernity from which they were ostensibly excluded.
Accessory to Marriage
by Ann Voss PetersonHE WAS THE ONLY MAN WHO COULD PROTECT HERSpecial agent Trent Burnell was Risa Madsen's only hope to help her rescue her sister from a dangerous marriage and keep Risa alive in the process. But having the sexy agent this close, touching her, holding her, only reminded her of all she'd lost...all she still wanted.SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN HE HAD EVER LOVEDAs an FBI agent,Trent Burnell was just doing his job. But as a man who had-who still-loved this woman, protecting Risa from a killer was no longer just standard procedure...it was crucial to their long overdue lifetime of happiness.
Accessory to Murder (Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper #3)
by Elaine VietsA secret shopper turns amateur sleuth when her best friend’s husband is accused of murder in this mystery by the Anthony and Agatha Award–winning author.Josie Marcus has an eye for the finer things in life. Unfortunately, her wallet can’t keep up—as a single mom and mystery shopper, she won’t be moving out of St. Louis’s suburbs anytime soon. Good thing her best friend, Alyce Bohannon, doesn’t mind sharing a taste of the high life in her posh gated community, Wood Winds. But the refined neighborhood turns ugly with gossip when Alyce’s neighbor, the well-heeled scarf designer Halley Hardwicke, is murdered.Talk is cheap . . . until the detectives begin questioning Alyce’s husband, Jake, about the crime. So Josie decides to do a little sleuthing of her own, going undercover to unravel the secrets of the cliquey Wood Winds wives. Hopefully she can clear Jake’s name and uncover the truth before the killer snags another victim.
Accessory to Murder (Josie Marcus #3)
by Elaine VietsSomeone has killed Halley Hardwicke, the hot young designer of thousand-dollar Italian silk scarves, in the mall parking lot-and police have their eye on Jake, the husband of Josie's best friend Alyce. The couple lived near the wrap maven, but it seems Halley and Jake were a little too neighborly. So Josie decides to do what she does best to help out her friend-go undercover and see if she can find some clues. Because this time, there's a lot more at stake than a scarf, even if it's to die for. . . .
Acciaio di Scozia
by Tanya Anne Crosby Valeria D'EllenaLa vera pietra del Destino rimane nascosta, ma ora una nuova battaglia sorge all'orizzonte per determinare chi brandirà la spada dei re. Sfidando il suo signore e fratello, Lael dei dùn Scoti alza la spada per combattere al fianco dei MacKinnon per restituire Keppenach al suo legittimo errede - Broc Ceannfhionn. Rischierà tutto per tenere la fortezza libera dalle mani del Macellaio di Re Henry...persino la vita. Lo chiamano Macellaio, ma nemmeno lui farebbe impiccare una donna. Oltrepassando il cancello a cavallo, spinto dalla furia, Jaime Steorling taglia il cappio della bella dai capelli corvini e si scopre suo prigioniero, nel cuore. Alla fine, solo un legame d'amore tra acerrimi nemici potrà guarire delle nazioni separate. ACCIAIO DI SCOZIA continua la storia cominciata con FUOCO DI SCOZIA.
The Accident: A Thriller
by Linwood BarclayIn this mesmerizing thriller by acclaimed author Linwood Barclay, a typical American community descends into darkness, as an ordinary man is swept into one of the most violent mysteries of modern life. It's the new normal at the Garber household in Connecticut: Glen, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the housing crisis, and now his wife, Sheila, is taking a business course at night to increase her chances of landing a good-paying job.But she should have been home by now.Waiting for Sheila's return, with their eight-year-old daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears confirmed: Sheila and two others have been killed in a car accident. Adding to the tragedy, the police claim Sheila was responsible.Glen knows it's impossible; he knew his wife and she would never do such a thing. When he investigates, Glen begins to uncover layers of lawlessness beneath the placid surface of their suburb, secret after dangerous secret behind the closed doors.Propelled into a vortex of corruption and illegal activity, pursued by mysterious killers, and confronted by threats from neighbors he thought he knew, Glen must take his own desperate measures and go to terrifying new places in himself to avenge his wife and protect his child.Bold and timely, with the shocking twists and startling insights that have become trademarks of this new master of domestic suspense, The Accident is a riveting triumph, a book that moves at a breathless pace to a climax no one will see coming.From the Hardcover edition.
The Accident
by Linwood BarclayA drunk-driving accident hides more than one dark secret in No. 1 bestselling gripping thriller from the author of FIND YOU FIRSTGlen Garber's life has just spiralled out of control. His wife's car is found at the scene of a drunk-driving accident that took three lives. Not only is she dead, but it appears she was the cause of the accident. Suddenly Glen has to deal with a potent mixture of emotions: grief at the loss of his wife, along with anger at her reckless behaviour that leaves their young daughter motherless. If only he could convince himself that Sheila wasn't responsible for the tragedy.But as more and more secrets begin to surface, Glen may have to face something much, much worse . . .
The Accident
by Linwood BarclayGlen Garber's life has just spiralled out of control. His wife's car is found at the scene of a drunk-driving accident that took three lives. Not only is she dead, but it appears she was the cause of the accident. Suddenly Glen has to deal with a potent mixture of emotions: grief at the loss of his wife, along with anger at her reckless behaviour that leaves their young daughter motherless. If only he could convince himself that Sheila wasn't responsible for the tragedy.But as more and more secrets begin to surface, Glen may have to face something much, much worse . . .Read by Peter Berkrot(p) 2011 Brilliance Audio
The Accident
by Linwood BarclayIn this mesmerizing thriller by acclaimed author Linwood Barclay, a typical American community descends into darkness, as an ordinary man is swept into one of the most violent mysteries of modern life. It&’s the new normal at the Garber household in Connecticut: Glen, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the housing crisis, and now his wife, Sheila, is taking a business course at night to increase her chances of landing a good-paying job.But she should have been home by now.Waiting for Sheila&’s return, with their eight-year-old daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears confirmed: Sheila and two others have been killed in a car accident. Adding to the tragedy, the police claim Sheila was responsible.Glen knows it&’s impossible; he knew his wife and she would never do such a thing. When he investigates, Glen begins to uncover layers of lawlessness beneath the placid surface of their suburb, secret after dangerous secret behind the closed doors.Propelled into a vortex of corruption and illegal activity, pursued by mysterious killers, and confronted by threats from neighbors he thought he knew, Glen must take his own desperate measures and go to terrifying new places in himself to avenge his wife and protect his child.Bold and timely, with the shocking twists and startling insights that have become trademarks of this new master of domestic suspense, The Accident is a riveting triumph, a book that moves at a breathless pace to a climax no one will see coming.
The Accident
by David Bellos Ismail KadareThe new book from the winner of the inaugural International Man Booker Prize is a modern-day love story of powerful obsession set against the background of dark political intrigue.On the autobahn in Vienna a taxi leaves the carriageway and strikes the crash barrier, flinging its male and female passengers out of its back doors as it spins through the air. The driver cannot explain why he lost control; he only says that the mysterious couple in the back seat seemed to be about to kiss . . .Set against the tumultuous backdrop of war and its aftermath in the Balkans, The Accident intimately documents an affair between two people caught in each other's webs. The investigation into their deaths uncovers a mutually destructive obsession that mirrors the conflicts of the region. A destabilizing mixture of vivid hallucination and cold reality, Ismail Kadare's new novel is a bold and fascinating departure.From the Hardcover edition.
Accident
by Agatha ChristiePreviously published in the print anthology The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories. Visiting the country, retired Inspector Evans meets Mrs. Marrowdene. Could she be the same woman he once suspected of murdering her husband? And what are her plans for her new spouse?