- Table View
- List View
Los demonios de la calle Goya: Una historia sanadora de buenas intenciones y malas acciones
by Owen JonesCuando la maldad sale de las buenas intenciones. El londinense Frank se casa con Joy, una bonita joven tailandesa que trabaja en la ciudad. Ella siempre había soñado con ir a la Costa del Sol, así que se van a pasar su luna de miel a un apartamento en Fuengirola que les deja el jefe de Frank. Las cosas empiezan a torcerse cuando Joy empieza a pensar que el apartamento está encantado. El miedo lleva a la depresión y esto conduce al terror. Frank no sabe qué hacer, excepto llevarla a ver a su familia a Tailandia, pero esto conlleva también algunas penurias. Al final, todo parece arreglarse a partir de la intervención de una sociedad secreta escandinava. Esta es la historia de cómo algo malvado puede derivarse de las buenas intenciones.
Los demonios de la historia
by Javier Gumiel SanmartínEl relato de unos hechos que cambiaron la Historia de España de finales del Siglo XIX y del XX. Los demonios de la Historia es la continuación de La Sangre de Caín y relata los acontecimientos históricos producidos en España entre Octubre de 1868, apenas triunfante la Revolución de Septiembre, La Gloriosa, y el asesinato, nunca esclarecido totalmente del general Prim, que cambió de una forma indiscutible la Historia de España y, en alguna medida, de Europa. <P><P>A través de sus páginas se desvelan las costumbres y el ambiente del Madrid de la época. Se conocen las pautas por las que se regían los duelos y se entra en el interior de una Logia masónica, con la descripción de sus ritos y su jerarquía. <P>Entre todos esos acontecimientos discurre la vida de Mariano Pereantón, desarrollando su trabajo como periodista para el diario republicano La Discusión, especialmente como cronista de las sesiones de las Cortes..
Demonios de Marte: La gran mentira (Haelys Rexöth Ser.)
by H. J. PilgrimAbrirás tus ojos de una forma que no podrás creer. No estamos solos. Nunca lo estuvimos. Fuimos controlados por una presencia invisible que esperaba el momento ideal para volver a por nosotros. Es el primer día del año 2060 y tras las celebraciones vienen los gritos, la sangre y la muerte. Cielo regresa a su casa con el temor de que sea el peor cumpleaños de su vida y no se equivoca. Por otro lado, Hayder lucha por regresar a Quilmes después de recibir una llamada de su novia Sabrina muy asustada. Algo está pasando y no es bueno. Lara, una antigua conocida suya, y su grupo de mercenarios lo acompañarán. Los peligros esconden verdades, las verdades revelan mentiras ancestrales, las mentiras se pagan con la muerte. ¿Querrás conocer la verdad?
Demonios del océano (Vampiratas #Volumen 1)
by Justin SomperLa primera entrega de la serie Vampiratas: una espectacular aventura en el mar protagonizada por dos hermanos. A los gemelos Connor y Grace no les queda nada en tierra por lo que luchar: su padre acaba de fallecer y nunca han conocido el cariño de una madre. Temerosos del incierto futuro que les espera, deciden huir en barco. Una tormenta impredecible les sorprende en alta mar y, cuando están a punto de ser devorados por las olas, dos milagrosos barcos acuden en su ayuda. Recogido por el Diablo, capitaneado por el orgulloso y legendario pirata Molucco Wrathe, Connor se sentirá pronto como en casa y hará suyas las artes de la piratería; en cambio, la suerte de Grace es bien distinta. Sin saber ni siquiera dónde está y encerrada en una habitación a cal y canto, todo irá bien siempre y cuando siga las reglas del enigmático capitán sin rostro... LOS VAMPIRATASEL CAPITÁN no tiene rostro, solo una máscara. ¿Qué secretos oculta? ¿Por qué sabe tanto de Grace? LORCAN FUREY salvó a Grace de una muerte segura y parece tener las mejores intenciones. Pero guarda un secreto... LOS PIRATASPara MOLUCCO WRATHE la única norma es que no hay normas... La piratería es instinto, es azar y lanzarse al peligro por el bien de un hermano. Pero no todos están de acuerdo... CHENG LI, instruida en la Academia, cree que la piratería es otra cosa y que el tiempo de Wrathe ya ha pasado...
Los demonios del pasado (Serie Porvenir de papel #2)
by Olga HermonA cambio de su rendición, él le daría un reino. A cambio de su amor, ella sanaría las heridas de su alma rota y atormentada. Con el apoyo y amor incondicional de don Ricardo, su padre y su gran amiga Giselle, Isabella ha sabido salir adelante combinando su nueva vida de madre soltera y escritora, y aunque no ha podido olvidar al hombre que le robó tres meses de su vida y el corazón, lleva su día a día con paso firme y seguro a su segundo éxito literario. Después de su fuerte experiencia de un año atrás, su forma de ver el mundo ha cambiado, pero su vida amorosa sigue rezagada entre sus planes; su centro del universo son su hijo y su profesión. Cumpliendo con su palabra dada, Zahir se ha mantenido alejado de su hermano e Isabella, aunque los remordimientos por los errores cometidos en el pasado lo mantienen atado al presente. La oportunidad de redimirse se la ofrecerá Ricardo Hamilton cuando se presente ante él para entregarle las pruebas de su inocencia. Al descubrir el engaño de Isabella, Zahir decide ir en su busca para comunicarle su decisión de hacerse cargo de su hijo, pero ante la reticencia de ella a aceptar sus condiciones, se verá forzado a imponer sus derechos. Con tal de deshacerse de la amenaza de Zahir de nuevo en su vida, Isabella resuelve hacerle una propuesta que está segura lo alejará de ella y de su hijo para siempre. Sin embargo, no cuenta con que las fuerzas del cielo y de la tierra ejercen el control de sus destinos. Entre verdes mares y arenas doradas, días soleados y noches de tormenta, Zahir se valdrá de todos sus encantos y argumentos para demostrarle a la rebelde Isabella que él tiene la razón, pero no el que tiene la última palabra, pues el extraño libro entrará de nuevo en el juego.
Los demonios del Reich
by Fabiano MassimiUn electrizante thriller histórico basado en hechos reales, por el aclamado autor ganador del Premio Asti d'Appello con El ángel de Munich, comparado con Ken Follett, Número 1 en ventas en Italia y «uno de los thrillers del año» (Juan Carlos Galindo, El País) «Un escritor que conjuga la erudición de un historiador, las fuentes de un periodista y la capacidad narrativa de un novelista.» Juan Losa, Público Corre el mes de febrero de 1933 en Berlín. Ante el edificio del Parlamento en llamas, el ministro de Propaganda del Tercer Reich, Joseph Goebbels, se dispone a hacer unas declaraciones a la prensa. Unos días antes, Siegfried Sauer, que había huido a Viena junto a Rosa, se encuentra en su casa con el agente doble Karl Julian. Hace dos meses que Sauer no sabe nada de su pareja: ella ha vuelto a Alemania para unirse a la resistencia y tratar de dinamitar el partido nazi desde dentro, pero cuando Julian le enseña una postal que ha recibido con una foto de Múnich y una cita del Cantar de los Nibelungos —«Cava una fosa y siéntate en su interior»—, entiende que se trata de un mensaje para él: Rosa está en peligro. Sauer viajará clandestinamente a Berlín, una ciudad plagada de camisas pardas, clubes nocturnos, fiestas secretas en la que no puede fiarse de nadie y donde se suceden misteriosos asesinatos de mujeres, todas ellas muy parecidas a Rosa. La crítica ha dicho...«Una página de la historia del siglo XX poco investigada, pero considerada un hito fundamental por los historiadores y de la que ahora se encarga la narrativa.»La Repubblica «Una novela capaz de tocarnos la fibra, con tramas que se entrelazan y, como telón de fondo, un periodo de incomparable interés histórico: la Alemania de entreguerras, un país presa del populismo,devastado por una polarización ideológica y una violencia extremas sobre las que fundamenta su poder. Un cuadro que encuentra un trágico reflejo también en la sociedad occidental contemporánea.»Ildefonso Falcones, Corriere della Sera «Preciso, imaginativo y brillante.»Donato Carrisi, Corriere della Sera «De la Historia solo se aprende investigando. […]Unos secretos muy importantes escondidos tras un thriller histórico. […] Un sutil hilo conductor que une [Massimi] a las novelas de Kafka y que, en sus relatos de la vida y de los sentimientos durante la formación del pangermanismo, vuelve a revivir a un pueblo muerto y a sus verdugos, recordándonos que no es la gente la que escribe la Historia, sino quien sabe controlarla.»Roma
Los demonios y otras adaptaciones teatrales
by Albert CamusUn novedoso volumen con las seis obras que adaptó Albert Camus en su labor teatral, cuatro de ellas inéditas en castellano. Además de escribir cuatro obras originales, Albert Camus llevó a cabo una intensa labor como adaptador y director teatral. Ese trabajo poco conocido lo ocupó desde sus días de estudiante en Argelia hasta poco antes de su muerte, y las seis obras reunidas en este volumen dan testimonio de la pasión con que lo llevó a cabo. Una de ellas procede de un clásico francés del siglo XVI, dos son versiones de obras de Calderón y Lope de Vega, una cuarta retoma una pieza de Dino Buzzati y las dos restantes llevan a escena novelas de Faulkner y Dostoievski. El conjunto no solo ofrece un complemento perfecto de las obras del autor que hemos reunido con el título de Teatro, sino que muestra toda su versatilidad en el ámbito amplio de la escena, uno de los pocos lugares del mundo donde, en sus palabras, era feliz. «El teatro me ofrece la comunidad que necesito -escribió-. Aquí todos estamos vinculados sin que nadie deje de ser libre: ¿no es una buena fórmula para la sociedad futura?».
The Demonists
by Thomas E. SniegoskiFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series and the Remy Chandler series, a new dark fantasy series filled with demons, exorcisms, and the fight against the worst that hell has to offer... There is more to our world than meets the eye--darker things, crueler things. Exorcist John Fogg and his wife, psychic medium Theodora Knight, know what lurks in the shadows. But even they're not prepared for the worst Hell has to offer... It was supposed to be a simple exorcism, a publicity stunt to firmly establish John and Theodora's thriving paranormal investigation empire in the public eye. But something went wrong, leading to an on-air massacre that unleashed a malicious host of demons and left Theodora catatonic, possessed by countless spirits. John sets out on a desperate quest to find a cure for his wife, but his obsession brings him face-to-face with an even more terrifying problem: Theodora's possession is only one piece of a deadly plot that is threatening the entire world. Because an ancient evil is about to make Earth its battlefield--and without John and Theodora's intervention, there is no chance for salvation...
Demonkeeper
by Royce BuckinghamEver since his mentor?the original Demonkeeper? mysteriously disappeared, Nat has been in charge of the demons that live in his house. Most of them are just nuisances, but the Beast who lives in the basement is very dangerous. When Nat goes out one night, a clueless burglar breaks into the house and unwittingly sets the Beast free. Meanwhile, a vicious villain, the Thin Man, wants to use the Beast for his own evil purposes. Can Nat defeat the Thin Man and return the Beast to the basement without any major casualties?
Demonkeepers
by Jessica AndersenAccording to Mayan doomsday prophecy, 12/21/12 marks the end of the world in a global cataclysm that can only be prevented by the Nightkeepers, magical warriors enlisted to fight the rise of the underworld demons. To fulfill the final prophecy the Nightkeepers must find their mates, but when Lucius and Jade are charged with rescuing the Mayan sun god, they try to ignore their growing attraction. Unless they can confront their own demons and accept that love isn't a weakness, even destiny might not be able to save them. . .
The Demonologist
by Michael LaimoIs Bev Mathers going crazy? He's been hearing voices in his head, seeing nightmarish visions that can't be true. Unfortunately, What's taking control of him is far more terrifying than insanity.
The Demonologist: A Novel
by Andrew Pyper**WINNER OF THE 2014 THRILLER AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL** Fans of The Historian won't be able to put down this spellbinding literary horror story in which a Columbia professor must use his knowledge of demonic mythology to rescue his daughter from the Underworld.Professor David Ullman is among the world's leading authorities on demonic literature, with special expertise in Milton's Paradise Lost. Not that David is a believer--he sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination and nothing more. So when the mysterious Thin Woman arrives at his office and invites him to travel to Venice and witness a "phenomenon," he turns her down. She leaves plane tickets and an address on his desk, advising David that her employer is not often disappointed. That evening, David's wife announces she is leaving him. With his life suddenly in shambles, he impulsively whisks his beloved twelve-year-old daughter, Tess, off to Venice after all. The girl has recently been stricken by the same melancholy moods David knows so well, and he hopes to cheer her up and distract them both from the troubles at home. But what happens in Venice will change everything. First, in a tiny attic room at the address provided by the Thin Woman, David sees a man restrained in a chair, muttering, clearly insane... but could he truly be possessed? Then the man speaks clearly, in the voice of David's dead father, repeating the last words he ever spoke to his son. Words that have left scars--and a mystery--behind. When David rushes back to the hotel, he discovers Tess perched on the roof's edge, high above the waters of the Grand Canal. Before she falls, she manages to utter a final plea: Find me. What follows is an unimaginable journey for David Ullman from skeptic to true believer. In a terrifying quest guided by symbols and riddles from the pages of Paradise Lost, David must track the demon that has captured his daughter and discover its name. If he fails, he will lose Tess forever.
The Demonologist: A Novel
by Andrew PyperProfessor David Ullman is among the world’s leading authorities on demonic literature. Not that he’s a believer. He sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination and nothing more. So when offered a luxury trip to Venice to consult on a ‘phenomenon’, he accepts, taking his 11-year-old daughter Tess with him.
The Demonologist
by Andrew PyperThe desperate search for his missing daughter will take a father to hell and back...Professor David Ullman is among the world's leading authorities on demonic literature. Not that he's a believer. He sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination and nothing more. So when offered a luxury trip to Venice to consult on a 'phenomenon', he accepts, taking his 11-year-old daughter Tess with him.Amidst the decadent splendour of the city, David makes his way to the address he's been asked to visit. What he witnesses in the tiny attic room shakes him to the core: a man restrained in a chair, clearly insane. But what David hears the man say is worse. The voice of his father, dead for 30 years, repeating the last words he ever spoke to his son. Words that have left scars - and a mystery - behind. Terrified, David is determined to leave with Tess as quickly as possible. But he can't shake the feeling that something is following him. And then, before his eyes on the roof of their hotel, Tess disappears. But before she falls into the Grand Canal's waters, she utters a plea: Find me.At once frightening and deeply moving, Andrew Pyper's page-turning thriller explores the lengths a father will go to find his daughter, and the darkness he is prepared to confront along the way.
The Demonologist
by Andrew PyperProfessor David Ullman is among the world's leading authorities on demonic literature. Not that he's a believer. He sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination and nothing more. So when offered a luxury trip to Venice to consult on a 'phenomenon', he accepts, taking his 11-year-old daughter Tess with him.Amidst the decadent splendour of the city, David makes his way to the address he's been asked to visit. What he witnesses in the tiny attic room shakes him to the core: a man restrained in a chair, clearly insane. But what David hears the man say is worse. The voice of his father, dead for 30 years, repeating the last words he ever spoke to his son. Words that have left scars - and a mystery - behind. Terrified, David is determined to leave with Tess as quickly as possible. But he can't shake the feeling that something is following him. And then, before his eyes on the roof of their hotel, Tess disappears. But before she falls into the Grand Canal's waters, she utters a plea: Find me.At once frightening and deeply moving, Andrew Pyper's page-turning thriller explores the lengths a father will go to find his daughter, and the darkness he is prepared to confront along the way.Read by Jeff Harding. A native of New England, Jeff Harding has appeared in television productions as varied as HOWARD'S END, THE FAST SHOW, FATHER TED and NCS MANHUNT. He has recorded many audiobooks, including Orion's THE LAST TEMPLAR, ROBERT LUDLUM'S BOURNE TROLOGY and the best-selling Dan Brown's THE DA VINCI CODE.(p) 2013 Orion Publishing Group
The Demonologist: A Novel
by Andrew Pyper**WINNER OF THE 2014 THRILLER AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL** Fans of The Historian won't be able to put down this spellbinding literary horror story in which a Columbia professor must use his knowledge of demonic mythology to rescue his daughter from the Underworld.Professor David Ullman is among the world's leading authorities on demonic literature, with special expertise in Milton's Paradise Lost. Not that David is a believer--he sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination and nothing more. So when the mysterious Thin Woman arrives at his office and invites him to travel to Venice and witness a "phenomenon," he turns her down. She leaves plane tickets and an address on his desk, advising David that her employer is not often disappointed. That evening, David's wife announces she is leaving him. With his life suddenly in shambles, he impulsively whisks his beloved twelve-year-old daughter, Tess, off to Venice after all. The girl has recently been stricken by the same melancholy moods David knows so well, and he hopes to cheer her up and distract them both from the troubles at home. But what happens in Venice will change everything. First, in a tiny attic room at the address provided by the Thin Woman, David sees a man restrained in a chair, muttering, clearly insane... but could he truly be possessed? Then the man speaks clearly, in the voice of David's dead father, repeating the last words he ever spoke to his son. Words that have left scars--and a mystery--behind. When David rushes back to the hotel, he discovers Tess perched on the roof's edge, high above the waters of the Grand Canal. Before she falls, she manages to utter a final plea: Find me. What follows is an unimaginable journey for David Ullman from skeptic to true believer. In a terrifying quest guided by symbols and riddles from the pages of Paradise Lost, David must track the demon that has captured his daughter and discover its name. If he fails, he will lose Tess forever.
Demonology: Stories
by Rick MoodyRick Moody's novels have earned him a reputation as a "breathtaking" writer (The New York Times) and "a writer of immense gifts" (The San Francisco Examiner). His remarkable short stories have led both the New Yorker and Harpers to single him out as one of the most original and admired voices in a generation. These stories are abundant proof of Rick Moody's grace as a stylist and a shaper of interior lives. He writes with equal force about the blithe energies of youth ("Boys") and the rueful onset of middle age ("Hawaiian Night"), about Midwestern optimists ("Double Zero") and West coast strategists ("Baggage Carousel"), about visionary exhilaration ("Forecast from the Retail Desk") and delusional catharsis ("Surplus Value Books: Catalog Number 13.") The astounding title story, which has already been reprinted in four different anthologies, is a masterpiece of remembrance and thwarted love.Full of deep feeling and stunningly beautiful language, the stories in Demonology offer the deepest pleasures that fiction can afford.
Demonosity
by Amanda AshbyAn ancient myth + a mean girl + a reluctant warrior = a lively take on good vs. evil The Black Rose--a powerful ancient force--has been let loose and has taken up residence in Celeste Gibson, popular girl at Cassidy Carter-Lewis' high school. Thomas Delacroix is the spirit of a fourteenth-century knight who is devoted to protecting the Black Rose, but he needs a contemporary living being to take on the challenge. That's where Cassidy comes in. She's a quirky high school junior who just wants to dress in her vintage clothes, hang out with her best friend, and take care of her father, who is recovering from surgery. She's the last person who would ever volunteer for such a task, but no one actually asked her. Now, like it or not, she finds herself training before dawn and battling demons at parties, the mall, and even at school. But hey, no one ever said high school was going to be easy. . .
The Demons
by Kenneth BulmerGigantic were The Demons who terrorized the underground kingdom of Archon. Yet, who were they? Whence came their fantastic power? Why did they wage ruthless and relentless war against Archon? These were questions to which there was no answer until Stead arrived in Archon, apparently from nowhere.Only after he had been a Forager for some months, and had experienced the spine-chilling dangers of The Outside did Stead arrive at a solution. Even then he had a difficult task convincing the Controllers, who, for generations, had insulated themselves against the harsh truth. Only those who had actually seen The Outside - the Foragers, Soldiers and Workers - could properly understand.
The Demons
by Kenneth BulmerGigantic were The Demons who terrorized the underground kingdom of Archon. Yet, who were they? Whence came their fantastic power? Why did they wage ruthless and relentless war against Archon? These were questions to which there was no answer until Stead arrived in Archon, apparently from nowhere. Only after he had been a Forager for some months, and had experienced the spine-chilling dangers of The Outside did Stead arrive at a solution. Even then he had a difficult task convincing the Controllers, who, for generations, had insulated themselves against the harsh truth. Only those who had actually seen The Outside - the Foragers, Soldiers and Workers - could properly understand.
Demons (Star Trek: The Original Series #30)
by J.M. DillardDemons Long before the Federation, powerful force invaded our galaxy and almost destroyed it... a force that began with possession and madness, and ended in murder! A Starfleet research expedition to the farthest reaches of the galaxy has unearthed that force once again... and brought its silent evil back to the planet Vulcan. Now Spock must defeat the demons that threaten his friends and family,or the Enterprise will become the instrument of the galaxy's destruction!
Demons: A Novel in Three Parts (Vintage Classics #Vol. 39416)
by Fyodor DostoevskyInspired by the true story of a political murder that horried Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a "novel-pamphlet" in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Demons (World Classics Series #Vol. 39416)
by Fyodor DostoyevskyA pair of self-styled revolutionaries and their followers plot to overthrow the Tsar and seize control of the government in Dostoyevsky's compelling tale of ideology and murder in 19th-century Russia. Based on a real-life political assassination, the story unfolds in a fictional town in which Stavrogin, a power-hungry cynic, and Pyotr, a radical willing to go to any lengths for his ideals, take charge of a crew of anarchists, nihilists, and other politically minded outsiders. When one of the conspirators faces exposure, the gang's response results in a shocking orgy of bloodshed. Written in 1872, Dostoyevsky's cautionary tale explores the destructive forces of demagoguery and unbridled rhetoric. The novel examines how breakdowns in civil behavior beget violence and chaos, leading ordinary people to commit extraordinary crimes. Fascinating for its character portraits and for its truths about people as political animals, Demons remains highly relevant for modern readers.
Demons
by Fyodor DostoyevskyPyotr and Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy society and seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their goals – even if the mission means suicide. But when it seems the group is about to be discovered, will their recruits be willing to kill one of their own circle in order to cover their tracks? Partly based on the real-life case of a student murdered by his fellow revolutionaries, Dostoyevsky’s sprawling novel is a powerful and prophetic, yet lively and often comic depiction of nineteenth-century Russia, and a savage indictment of the madness and self-destruction of those who use violence to serve their beliefs
Demons
by John ShirleyWriters from Clive Barker to Bruce Sterling and Roger Zelazny have praised John Shirley’s searing, apocalyptic visions of postmodern hell on earth. Now this perversely brilliant author, one of the seminal representatives on the cyberpunk movement, unleashes his newest masterpiece. DEMONS. In a future uncomfortably close to the present day, the apocalypse has surpassed all expectations. Hideous demons roam the streets in an orgy of terror, drawing pleasure from torturing humans as sadistically as possible. Divided into seven clans, these grisly invaders-–gnashing, writhing, bloodthirsty monsters–-seem horrifically to be long in our world. Ira, a young San Francisco artist, becomes involved with a strange group of scientists and philosophers desperately trying to end the bloody siege. Yet through it all, Ira continues to paint–for in his canvasses lie crucial clues to the demons’ origins. Yet the demons draw their strength from an all-too-familiar evil–-a deadly malevolence supported by some of the greatest powers on earth, concealed beneath the trappings of status, success, and abused power. Ira and his allies–-including a compelling young seeress–-come to believe these demons didn’t just appear. They were summoned. But the most shocking revelation is yet to come . . . EXCLUSIVE TO THIS EDITION: The original novella Demons was published as an acclaimed, limited edition hardcover which Publishers Weekly called a “mini-masterpiece. ” Now the terror continues, as the sequel story, “Undercurrents,” takes the reader on a macabre journey into the center of the conspiracy that may lay waste to the Earth.