Títulos em Político

The year is 2046. Freedom is extinct. Faith is law. And one woman's impossible pregnancy could ignite a revolution. The United States has devolved from a thriving democracy into a Christian nationalist surveillance state—where elections are theater, dissent is erased, and women's bodies are monitored by the government.

As war rages between fundamentalist Freemen and the Dirty, practitioners of outlawed magic, nine-year-old Rabbit and her siblings have no idea how to ensure their culture’s survival. They have nine shards of the Woodfeast, a relic with unknown power, and a host of uncertain allies: Jane, a Dirty woman known to the Freemen as their apostate son; the Warrior, a beast formed from wolves; and Hyena, a storm razing the country and insisting that Rabbit must commit murder to be truly free.

Über Nacht verändern sich die Straßen von Wolnopol: Dünen wehen über die Promenade, künstlich anmutende Wirbelstürme reißen Schneisen durch die ukrainische Küstenstadt. Inmitten dieses Chaos macht Maksym Karriere – als Dealer von synthetischen Drogen. Sein Großvater Bohdan, der den Gulag überstanden hat, bringt ihm Schach bei und zitiert Puschkin. Seine Mutter Nadia, Herzchirurgin des Städtischen Klinikums, traut weder Staat noch Menschen. Doch während die Stadt im Sand zu verschwinden droht, gerät auch die Familie ins Wanken.

Um romance hilário, ousado e diferente de tudo o que já se viu. Parece invenção, mas é (quase) tudo nossa história. Numa pátria chamada Plazil, Bráulio Garrazazuis Bestianelli elegeu-se presidente. Neste misto de ficção histórica e pornochanchada política, acompanhamos desde a infância do protagonista até a instauração de uma ditadura autoproclamada, em episódios que certamente soarão familiar ao leitor.

Versión ePub. Presenta el contexto histórico de la ONU, la Liga de las Naciones que la precedió, la postura republicana a largo plazo en contra de ella y la de los demócratas a favor. Una lectura imprescindible en la cuarta era con Donald Trump al mando. El título fue traducido parcial o...

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A man arrives in a snow-covered village, summoned by authorities he cannot see and cannot reach. Above the town stands the Castle—distant, silent, and absolute. K., a land surveyor by profession, believes he has been hired. Yet no one confirms his position. Letters contradict each other. Officials remain unreachable. Messages pass through endless intermediaries. The system is vast, opaque, and impenetrable.

Josia Ephram Trent is a scientist who, like most, dislikes the new US President. When the misguided actions of the Chief Executive create a chain reaction that kills someone close to him, Trent plans vengeance, in the only way he can.

Ein Jahr nachdem er den Élysée-Palast verlassen hat, ist der ehemalige Präsident Dan Lehman ein Schatten seiner selbst. Seine Ehe mit einer Schauspielerin ist nur noch Fassade. Er trinkt, wird in Gerichtsverfahren verwickelt und versucht mit einem Buch in die Medien zurückzukehren, während seine Frau die Rolle ihres Lebens spielt. Ihr Film ist ein Erfolg, wird für die Goldene Palme in Cannes nominiert. Und dort, in diesem Tempel des Kinos, in dem alles Illusion ist, vermischen sich Realität und Fiktion auf verheerende Weise.

The second instalment in the monumental BOMB LIGHT series – a gripping tale set on the eve of World War II, as nations race to find and control an elusive substance critical to building atomic weapons. From Neal Stephenson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Polostan and Cryptonomicon...

Vivien Kendall has always been different. Born with a birthmark covering much of her face, she’s been bullied, ridiculed, and mistreated as a child. But at the age of six, Vivien learns that in each of us there burns a spirit flame—a deep belief in oneself that must be nurtured and never allowed to go out. Living by that wisdom and through the enduring friendships of her nanny, her mentor, and the legend who eventually becomes her coach, she chases her dream to someday become the greatest figure skater in the world.

Newly arrived in America, Yana spends her days in a series of dead-end service jobs and her nights meeting other immigrants. Working as a doctor in Sofia, Yana's beautiful mother Lily believes she has escaped the dark horrors of her childhood, until she finds herself trapped once more in a violent marriage. And Lily's own mother, Eva, is slowly losing herself in the embroidery of her memories.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE OSCAR WINNING FILM Amidst the horrors of Auschwitz, German officer, Angelus Thomsen, has found love. But unfortunately for Thomsen, the object of his affection is already married to his camp commandant, Paul Doll. As Thomsen and Doll’s...

Brought to you by Penguin. John Self is a consumer extraordinaire. Rolling between London and New York he closes movie deals and spends feverishly, all the while grabbing everything he can to sate his massive appetites: alcohol, tobacco, pills, pornography and mountains of junk food. But John's...

Als Beverly Diamond ihren Mann Larry in einer kompromittierenden Situation mit seiner Sekretärin erwischt, wird ihre Welt auf den Kopf gestellt. Larry leitet das Wahlkampfteam von Marylands amtierenden Senator und Favoriten für die anstehende Wahl. Bev schließt sich kurzerhand seinem Gegner Michael Landau an. Sie und Michael sind ein gutes Team. Vielleicht in mehr als einer Hinsicht.

Civilizations do not collapse overnight. They decay slowly—corruption spreading through power, wealth, and influence until the foundations of society begin to rot from within. Most people never see it happening. They trust the institutions meant to protect them and believe the system still works. But some men know better.

Ein Doppelagent will in Kasachstan ein letztes großes Ding drehen, ein Dichter hofft auf das Abenteuer seines Lebens und eine Italienischlehrerin versucht, das Schlimmste zu verhindern. Der junge Dichter wird in Rom für sein Werk gefeiert, der Kalte Krieg ist endlich Geschichte und die russische Botschaft lädt zum Gartenfest mit Krimsekt und Piroggen. Germeshausen braucht einen Plan, so viel steht fest. Und er braucht Jakob Dreiser. Denn für seinen großen Coup gibt es keine bessere Tarnung als einen international gefeierten Dichter.

Ambition. Sorcery. Treason. How far will one woman dare to go? Eleanor Cobham arrived at court with nothing — her greatest hope was simply to marry well. But her ambition carried her further than any woman before her had dared. She wanted to rule her own destiny. To rule England itself. They...

1969: Albert Speer, l'architetto star del regime, ministro dell'armamento e gerarca prediletto di Hitler, pubblica le sue memorie. Grazie a questa rivisitazione del suo passato (a partire dalle monumentali, megalomani messe in scena ideate per i congressi e le adunate naziste fino agli ultimi convulsi, terribili giorni della caduta del Reich) porta a compimento l'ultima delle sue metamorfosi.

"Il 29 febbraio saranno trent'anni. Ti aspettiamo." Non ha bisogno di altri dettagli, Carlo, una vita da inviato speciale in zone di guerra, per capire a cosa si riferisca il messaggio appena ricevuto. Gli anniversari tondi segnano un punto, favoriscono ricordi, chiamano bilanci. Ma soprattutto costringono a vedere chi eravamo, e chi siamo diventati proprio perché abbiamo vissuto certe cose. Per Carlo, i 1425 giorni dell'assedio a Sarajevo, culmine del conflitto nei Balcani che ha sgretolato la ex Jugoslavia, sono stati un crocevia emotivo senza paragoni, un intreccio di paure.