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New Year's Eve, 1975: Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima, founders of the visceral realist movement in poetry, leave Mexico City in a borrowed white Impala. Their quest: to track down the obscure, vanished poet Cesárea Tinajero. A violent showdown in the Sonora desert turns search to flight; twenty years later Belano and Lima are still on the run.

La recherche du journal secret qui pourrait changer l'histoire à tout jamais. Moscou, 1990. La guerre froide touche à sa fin et les archives s'ouvrent petit à petit. Et lorsque Fluke Kelso, historien autrefois prometteur, tombe sur la piste du journal intime de Joseph Staline, il se voit déjà auréolé de gloire. Encore faudrait-il retrouver le-dit journal, apparemment dérobé par le chef de la police secrète la nuit de la mort de Staline, quarante ans plus tôt.

Composed of thirteen indelible stories, Roberto Bolaño’s The Return is preoccupied with ghosts: troubled souls haunting society’s margins, lovers lost to the ages, young men who no longer recognize themselves in the mirror, fresh corpses afforded no peace, departed poets who visit us in dreams. These tales capture the extremes of human experience—sex, violence, death—and the mundane acts that linger in between, with Bolaño’s inimitable mordant humor and trenchant insight into what drives us.

Alberto Ruiz-Tagle was once a quiet, unknowable, unpromising member of Chile’s young poetry scene. But the military coup of 1973 sees Alberto reborn as the new regime’s leading poet, Carlos Wieder. Known for his daring sky poems, penned in smoke high above the cities, Weider’s dazzling trajectory is a cause for astonishment and speculation among his old poetry friends. Where did this monstrous talent suddenly spring from? And how is it connected to the disappearance of the beautiful Garmendia twins?

Auxilio Lacouture is the mother of Mexican poetry. Uruguayan by birth, Mexican by destiny, the vagrant poetess serves as guardian, confidant, literary mentor, and occasional lover to a generation of Mexico City’s mad young poets, a fixture in their heady bohemian swirl. On the infamous day in 1968 when the military invades the campus of the city’s main university, Auxilio is in the women’s bathroom of the department of literature and philosophy, reading the poetry of Pedro Garfias on the toilet.

Now I’m a mother and a married woman, but not long ago I led a life of crime. So begins the story of Bianca, whom a car crash has overnight left an orphan and, only a teenager herself, a caregiver to her younger brother. Abandoned by social services, the siblings drop out of school, attempt to survive on their late father’s meager pension, and lie around their family home in an apathetic stupor.

An unputdownable Small Town Kidnapping Mystery Boxset with a brilliant twist! When a child disappears from a winter hiking trip in the woods, a retired detective is forced to confront the past he thought he'd left behind. When a child disappears from a winter hiking trip in the woods, local police believe the child wandered off and got lost. Extensive search parties return from the woods empty-handed. The child has vanished into thin air. No footprints in the snow. Nothing.

Nurse Alice Palmer thought she'd left her old life in London and her demons behind to start fresh in New Zealand. That was until her past catches up with her, with the arrival of new A&E consultant Andrew Barrett. Especially when she learns that he has a little girl and his world is falling apart behind the scenes. So offering to look after Emmy, is a risk, but she can't ignore the motherless little girl in need of love.

Red Nails by Robert E. Howard is a gripping tale of adventure, horror, and intrigue set in a mysterious, ancient city. The story follows Conan the Cimmerian and Valeria of the Red Brotherhood, two fierce warriors who find themselves entangled in the deadly feud between two factions inhabiting the decaying city of Xuchotl. The city, built by a long-lost civilization, is filled with eerie corridors, sinister traps, and remnants of dark sorcery.

Doc Savage is the prototype of the modern fictional superhero. The character exploded onto the scene in 1933, with the Great Depression and the gathering clouds of war as a cultural backdrop. The adventure series is examined in relation to historical events and the changing tastes of readers, with special attention paid to the horror and science fiction elements. The artwork features illustrations, covers, and original art. Chapters cover Doc Savage paperbacks, pulp magazines, comic books, and fanzines, and an appendix offers biographies of all major contributors to the series.

Dive into the thrilling world of Conan the Cimmerian in Robert E. Howard's Jewels of Gwahlur, brought to life by the masterful narration of Mike Vendetti. This gripping tale of intrigue, ancient treasures, and supernatural mysteries follows Conan as he ventures into the forbidden valley of Alkmeenon, seeking the legendary Teeth of Gwahlur.

Step into a haunting post-apocalyptic world where imagination is the only tool left to reshape reality. Proof of the Pudding by Robert Sheckley is a thought-provoking science fiction tale that explores the boundaries of creation, perception, and human connection.

Solan Cooper ist klinisch tot, als sie in letzter Minute zurück ins Leben geholt wird. In den atemberaubenden Bergen Marylands findet sie Frieden – und lernt Nash kennen, der in der Natur seinem alten Großstadtleben entkommen möchte. Doch dann wird die Idylle jäh gebrochen, als eine junge Frau spurlos verschwindet. Sloan und Nash versuchen herauszufinden, was dahintersteckt und stoßen bald auf eine ganze Reihe von Vermisstenfällen.

Per mesi, tra il novembre del 2010 e il febbraio del 2011, tutta l'Italia segue col fiato sospeso le ricerche della tredicenne Yara Gambirasio, scomparsa misteriosamente. Dalla scomparsa della giovane fino alla condanna definitiva di Massimo Bossetti, le autrici analizzano ogni passaggio dell'inchiesta, in un racconto serrato che smonta ogni tesi innocentista e difende la verità processuale.

In un multiverso infinito, una donna senza ricordi del proprio passato, intrappolata in un matrimonio e in una realtà alternativa, dovrà affrontare pericoli inaspettati e scoprire la verità sulla sua identità. Il ricordo di altre vite in altri luoghi e di un esperimento fantascientifico, porteranno alla luce il segreto legato alla creazione del "Patriarcato".

Discover a road map for finding your way home, a place where you’re free to be yourself and not some version created by other’s expectations—where you can be at peace and have confidence to face life’s challenges! Join the author as he leads you on a simple but powerful journey toward emotional healing, self-acceptance and personal empowerment. As you are guided on this path you will gain practical tools that will assist you in living your best life.

Get a rare glimpse into the mind of Karrion Kross, the 6'4", 265-pound powerhouse known for his ferocity in the ring but admired for his thoughtful perseverance outside of it. This book is packed with heartache, humor, and invaluable lessons, revealing the real man behind the menacing exterior and his relentless journey to the top of sports entertainment.

In the canton of Sapirdad, two of the Empire’s most powerful families are moments away from going to war with each other, their hundreds of retainers gathered with swords drawn. If blood is spilled, the whole of the empire may be plunged into starvation and chaos. To deescalate matters, someone must do the impossible: prove that one family’s eldest son is innocent of a gruesome and unforgivable murder, despite the incontrovertible evidence against him.

When the abduction of a nine-year-old child sends a small town into a frenzy, Detective Sally Lawson is tasked with finding the person responsible. But when evidence points to a janitor employed at the museum where the child was the last seen, Lawson isn’t sure they’ve caught the right man. Desperate to solve the case before another child disappears, Detective Lawson must uncover the truth before worried parents bring the town to the brink of chaos.

Set in a world where every comfort and convenience comes at a staggering cost, the story follows Carrin, an ordinary man crushed beneath the weight of debt in a society obsessed with technological luxury. As he reflects on the tragic suicide of a neighbor and prepares for a visit from a relentless finance agent, Carrin confronts the unsettling truth about consumerism, inherited debt, and the price of happiness.