Premio Nadal 2007 Una parodia sutil, aunque hilarante y demoledora, de las novelas de intrigas esotéricas. Corina y Jacob han vivido siempre de la organización de robos de obras de arte. Cuando se dan por retirados de la profesión a causa de su edad avanzada y de la falta de ofertas, reciben un encargo imprevisto por parte de un mexicano libertino y de tendencias místicas que sueña con construir un prisma para ver el rostro de Dios. El encargo consiste en llevar a cabo el robo de las presuntas reliquias de los Reyes Magos que se conservan en la catedral alemana de Colonia. A partir de ahí, Benítez Reyes traza una parodia sutil, aunque hilarante y demoledora, de las novelas de intrigas esotéricas, de su truculencia y de sus peculiaridades descabelladas. Pero Mercado de espejismos trasciende la mera parodia para ofrecernos un diagnóstico de la fragilidad de nuestro pensamiento, de las trampas de la imaginación, de la necesidad de inventarnos la vida para que la vida adquiera realidad. Y es en ese ámbito psicológico donde adquiere un sentido inquietante esta historia repleta de giros sorprendentes y de final insospechado. A través de una prosa envolvente y de una deslumbrante inventiva, Benítez Reyes nos conduce a un territorio de fascinaciones y apariencias, plagado de personajes insólitos y de situaciones inesperadas

Urocza, przezabawna powiastka gdańskiego prozaika zaczyna się w okolicznościach iście dramatycznych: bohater (noszący wiele znamion, które pozwalają utożsamiać go z autorem), wsiadając w początku lat dziewięćdziesiątych do małego fiata z instruktorką kursu prawa jazdy, nieomal umiera z upokorzenia i wstydu. Pragnąc opóźnić moment ostatecznej kompromitacji, ucieka się do wypróbowanego sposobu: zaczyna snuć opowieść o samochodach swoich dziadków: citroenie zmiażdżonym przez pociąg relacji Wilno-Baranowicze, mercedesie zarekwirowanym w 1939 przez Sowietów w okolicach Lwowa… W trakcie opowieści, jak na wytrawnego narratora przystało, uświadamia sobie, że powiela fortel i zarazem literacki chwyt Hrabala, który w opowiadaniu Wieczorna lekcja jazdy w analogiczny sposób próbował obłaskawić i zmylić czujność instruktora usiłującego wprowadzić go w arkana jazdy na motocyklu. Narracja staje się piętrowa i wielowymiarowa: wątki hrabalowskie przeplatają się ze współczesnymi i z nostalgiczną, pełną ciepła i humoru wyprawą w głąb rodzinnych korzeni, w odeszły w przeszłość świat międzywojnia, wypraw na pikniki w sosnowe lasy, zawodów balonowych, spotkań w Automobilklubie i – przede wszystkim – cudownych chromowanych karoserii

War on Gor is a rousing and fearful affair — and when the armada of Cos landed and began its sweeping arch against the mighty city of Ar, Tarl Cabot was swept up in their drive. Outcast from Port Kar, rejected by the Priest Kings, Tarl fought now for his own redemption

Former Black Ops Army sniper Mercy Gunderson is back with a vengeance in the third book in Shamus Award-winning author Lori Armstrong's gripping mystery series. Six months have passed since Mercy Gunderson went to work for the Indian Country Special Crimes Unit (ICSCU) division of the FBI. Stationed in South Dakota with her partner Shay Turnbull, their first case involves a possible serial killer on the Eagle River Reservation, where the latest victim is the tribal chief's niece. As more victims turn up, conflicting information about past cases throws the FBI into a tailspin. Mercy digs into tribal archives, uncovering startling information that leads her to suspect that the tribal police know more about the deadly assaults than they're letting on – and may have been protecting the murderer for years. When the FBI arrests Mercy's friend Rollie Rondeaux for the brutal crimes, Mercy quickly realizes that the real killer, a highly trained former soldier, is still at large – and he now has his sights set on Mercy as his next victim. In order to save herself and her family, Mercy must unleash the cold, dark, efficient killer inside her and become the predator, rather than the prey

Love, sex, death, family, friendship, betrayal, tenderness, sacrifice and revelation… This incendiary collection of stories from acclaimed bestselling international writer Christos Tsiolkas takes you deep into worlds both strange and familiar, and characters that will never let you go. '…there is not a more important writer working in Australia today.' AB&P 'Tsiolkas has become that rarest kind of writer in Australia, a serious literary writer who is also unputdownable, a mesmerising master of how to tell a story. He has this ability more than any other writer in the country….' Peter Craven, The Sun Herald 'The sheer energy of Tsiolkas' writing — its urgency and passion and sudden jags of tenderness — is often an end in itself: a thrilling, galvanising reminder of the capacity of fiction to speak to the world it inhabits.' James Bradley, The Monthly

C'est l'histoire d'une infirmière à qui est confiée la mission d'aller soigner une jeune femme qui habite sur une île déserte avec un homme beaucoup plus âgé qu'elle. L'infirmière se lie d'amitié avec la jeune fille ce qui ne fait qu'envenimer les choses qui étaient déjà assez étranges dans la demeure de l'homme… C'est excellent, un suspense, une intensité d'émotions… tout est merveilleusement lié et décrit. C'est du Nothomb à son meilleur!

A tale of revenge and technological endeavor set on our solar system’s most desolate stage. The closest planet to the sun, Mercury is a rocky, barren, heat-scorched world. The planet’s surface faces the sun for nearly sixty earth days at a time, and the only places that stay cool are the ice caches at Mercury’s poles

Nothing matches Lora Leigh's latest entry in the series about genetically altered Breeds with feline DNA, and the humans who awaken their desire. Someone has been slipping the Sanctuary's secure information to a pharmaceutical company. Now it's up to Ria Rodriguez to pose as a clerk and uncover the leak. Yet she has no idea of the danger she's about to encounter, or the passion she's about to ignite in one of the greatest Breeds ever created. Years ago, Mercury Warrant -- who, according to his file, is one of the greatest Breeds ever created -- thought he lost his mate, and he's had to live with the idea that he'll never know true bonding. Then he's tapped to protect the mysterious Ria -- and finds himself falling in love. But Ria is a woman of many secrets, and she fears being consumed by her feelings for Mercury. Little does she know that she has every right to be afraid. Because the woman believed to be Mercury's true mate is back from the grave, and she's not about to let Ria -- or anyone else -- get in her way

THE HUNT IS FINALLY OVER. FBI agent Atlee Pine is at the end of her long journey to discover what happened to her twin sister, Mercy, who was abducted when the girls were just six years old — an incident which destroyed her family and left Atlee physically and mentally scarred. She knew her sister and parents were out there somewhere. And she had to find them. Dead or alive. Atlee and her assistant, Carol Blum, discover the truth. But the truth hurts. And hurt makes you tough. So how tough do you have to be to forgive? As they uncover a shocking trail of lies, greed, fear and revenge, they must face one final challenge. A challenge more deadly and dangerous than they could ever have imagined

An electric combination of angels, mystery and romance, MERCY is the first book in a major new paranormal series. There's something very wrong with me. I can't remember who I am or how old I am, or even how I got here. All I know is that when I wake up, I could be any one. It is always this way. There's nothing I can keep with me that will stay. It's made me adaptable. I must always re-establish ties. I must tread carefully or give myself away. I must survive. Mercy doesn't realise it yet, but as she journeys into the darkest places of the human soul, she discovers that she is one of the celestial host exiled with fallen angel, Lucifer. Now she must atone for taking his side. To find her own way back to heaven, Mercy must help a series of humans in crisis and keep the unwary from getting caught up in the games that angels play. Ultimately she must choose between her immortal companion, Lucifer, and a human boy who risks everything for her love

When esteemed Justice Departament attorney Theo Buchenan is struck ill at a New Orleans gala, Dr. Michelle Renard works fast to save his life. Soon, Theo finds himself in a race to save haer when Michelle is targeted by a deadly crime ring. They call themselves the Sowing Club, a devious foursome driven by greed to accumulate millions in a secret bank account. Now they're dead set on silencing Michelle, who might know the secret behind the mercy killing of one of their wives. Dodging a world-class hit man and a band of cunning criminals, Michelle and Theo walk a narrow path between passion and survival

In Mercy 6, four people in four separate places within the same Los Angeles hospital all collapse and die at once. After a quick examination, Dr. Anna Mendenhall, the first ER doctor to care for the patients, orders the entrances and exits to be sealed, believing the cause is contagion. With her is Mullich, the architect responsible for re-designing the hospital, which he had modeled for precisely this scenario: containment. Almost as soon as she makes the call, however, Mendenhall realizes it’s a mistake. As infectious disease specialists take over, she fears they will draw out the investigation—see what they want to see—and keep everyone locked in the hospital for an unnecessarily long time. What actually occurs, however, is more complex and unnerving than Mendenhall expects, as sinister outside agencies begin to get involved and medical concerns cease to be the primary concern. The farther her investigation goes, the more she understands that the forces around her want her contained, not because of her exposure to the patients, but because of what she suspects. Mercy 6 is well researched and only slightly speculative—which makes this understated and cutting-edge medical thriller as chilling as it is suspenseful

Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmark's premier crime writer. His books routinely top the bestseller lists in northern Europe, and he's won just about every Nordic crime-writing award, including the prestigious Glass Key Award-also won by Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, and Jo Nesbo. Now, Dutton is thrilled to introduce him to America. The Keeper of Lost Causes, the first installment of Adler- Olsen's Department Q series, features the deeply flawed chief detective Carl Morck, who used to be a good homicide detective-one of Copenhagen's best. Then a bullet almost took his life. Two of his colleagues weren't so lucky, and Carl, who didn't draw his weapon, blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing Carl expects. But it all becomes clear when he sees his new office in the basement. Carl's been selected to run Department Q, a new special investigations division that turns out to be a department of one. With a stack of Copenhagen's coldest cases to keep him company, Carl's been put out to pasture. So he's as surprised as anyone when a case actually captures his interest. A missing politician vanished without a trace five years earlier. The world assumes she's dead. His colleagues snicker about the time he's wasting. But Carl may have the last laugh, and redeem himself in the process. Because she isn't dead… yet

Jane, a shapeshifting vampire-hunter-for-hire, crosses paths with a stranger who has arrived in New Orleans, enlisted to hunt vampires who have gone insane—or so he says

Mercy Reynolds is a reporter in the San Francisco Bay area, but she's also more — and less — than human. Half woman, half air dragon, she's a 'draman' — unable to shift shape but still able to unleash fiery energy. Now something will put her powers to the test. Mercy's friend Rainey has enlisted her help to solve her sister's murder. Then a horrible accident claims Rainey's life, leaving Mercy only five days to find the killer: If Mercy fails, according to dragon law, Rainey's soul will be doomed to roam the earth for eternity. But how can Mercy help when she herself is a target? With nowhere else to turn, she must join forces with a sexy stranger — the mysterious man they call 'Muerte,' or death itself, who's as irresistible as he is treacherous. But can even Death keep Mercy alive for long enough to find her answers?

Following No Mercy, former Army sniper Mercy Gunderson returns in the second book in Shamus Award-winning author Lori Armstrong's gripping new mystery series. It's late April in South Dakota and 8 months have passed since Mercy Gunderson returned home to the family ranch. After spending the better part of two decades in the Army, she's had difficulty adjusting to the laidback rhythm of civilian life. So when her best buddy asks her to fill in a couple nights a week as a bartender at Clementine's, Mercy jumps at the chance. In recent months, a controversial underground oil pipeline proposed to run from Canada straight across Gunderson has led to numerous bar fights. After an employee of the oil company is found dead in the parking lot one night, Mercy starts investigating and will stop at nothing to find out the truth. Lori Armstrong is the winner of the 2009 Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original by The Private Eye Writers of America for her novel Snow Blind from her previous Julie Collins series

Sixty years after the publication of his great modernist masterpiece, Call It Sleep, Henry Roth, a retired waterfowl farmer already in his late eighties, shocked the literary world with the announcement that he had written a second novel. It was called, he reported, Mercy of a Rude Stream, the title inspired by Shakespeare, and it followed the travails of one Ira Stigman, whose family had just moved to New York’s Jewish Harlem in that "ominous summer of 1914." "It is like hearing that…J. D. Salinger is preparing a sequel to The Catcher in the Rye," the New York Times Book Review pronounced, while Vanity Fair extolled Roth's new work as "the literary comeback of the century." Even more astonishing was that Roth had not just written a second novel but a total of four chronologically linked works, all part of Mercy of a Rude Stream. Dying in 1995 at the age of eighty-nine, Roth would not live to see the final two volumes of this tetralogy published, yet the reappearance of Mercy of a Rude Stream, a fulfillment of Roth's wish that these installments appear as one complete volume, allows for a twenty-first-century public to reappraise this late-in-life masterpiece, just as Call it Sleep was rediscovered by a new generation in 1964. As the story unfolds, we follow the turbulent odyssey of Ira, along with his extended Jewish family, friends, and lovers, from the outbreak of World War I through his fateful decision to move into the Greenwich Village apartment of his muse and older lover, the seductive but ultimately tragic NYU professor Edith Welles. Set in both the fractured world of Jewish Harlem and the bohemian maelstrom of the Village, Mercy of a Rude Stream echoes Nabokov in its portrayal of sexual deviance, and offers a harrowing and relentless family drama amid a grand panorama of New York City in the 1910s and Roaring 20s. Yet in spite of a plot that is fraught with depictions of menace, violence, and intense self-loathing, Mercy of a Rude Stream also contains a cathartic, even redemptive, overlay as "provocative as anything in the chapters of St. Augustine" (Los Angeles Times), in which an elder Ira, haunted by the sins of his youth, communes with his computer, Ecclesias, as he recalls how his family's traditional piety became corrupted by the inexorable forces of modernity. As Ira finally decides to get "the hell out of Harlem," his Proustian act of recollection frees him from the ravages of old age, and suddenly he is in his prime again, the entire telling of Mercy his final pronouncement. Mercy of a Rude Stream is that rare work of fiction that creates, through its style and narration, a new form of art. Indeed, the two juxtaposed voices — one of the "little boys swimming in a sea of glory," the other of one of those same boys "in old age being rudely swept to sea" — creates a counterpoint, jarring yet oddly harmonious, that makes this prophetic American work such an lasting statement on the frailties of memory and the essence of human consciousness. Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Complete Novels includes A Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park, A Diving Rock on the Hudson, From Bondage, and Requiem for Harlem

(ne)oficiali Kristen Stewart biografija Stephenie Meyer „Saulėlydžio“ saga skaičiuoja milijonus gerbėjų visame pasaulyje, o nuo 2008-ųjų metų antrosios pusės, po filmo „Saulėlydis“ pasirodymo absoliuti jų dauguma sudaro nesuskaičiuojamą Kristen Stewart gerbėjų armiją. Kristen labai jauna ir paslaptinga, kaip ir jos herojė Bela – nedaug kas gali pasigirti gerai ją pažįstąs. Ši neoficiali Kristen Stewart biografija – bandymas praskleisti paslapties šydą ir supažindinti su kultinės aktorės gyvenimu nuo A iki Z. Sužinokite, kaip prasidėjo jos kelias į žvaigždžių olimpą, kokioje aplinkoje ji gyvena ir dirba, ką mėgsta ir su kuo draugauja, pagaliau – kas iš tikrųjų Kristen sieja su Robertu Pattinsonu. Atsivertęs knygą, sužinosi: Kodėl tėvai nesidžiaugė dukros pasirinkimu vaidinti Belą? Kodėl aštuonioliktojo gimtadienio tortą Kristen teko valgyti filmavimo aikštelėje? Kaip lengviausia pakviesti ją į pasimatymą? Kodėl aktorė nežiūri televizoriaus? Kas bendra tarp Kristen ir Belos? Kodėl už filmo garso takelį reikia dėkoti Kristen? Kur studijuoti svajoja K.Stewart ir kodėl? Kokiems drabužiams – patogiems ar prabangiems – pirmenybę teikia Kristen? Kodėl už vaidmenį Robertas Pattinsonas turi būti dėkingas Kristen? Kur daromi vampyriški Belos sumuštiniai? Kokius marškinėlius vilkėjo Bela, bučiuodamasi su Edvardu Kalenu? Kiek kainavo suknelė, kurią K. Stewart herojė vilkėjo šokių vakare? Kaip Kristen pasprunka nuo įkyrių paparacų ir daugybę kitų įdomių dalykų!

Ciklo "Mielos mažos melagės" 2-oji knyga. Spenserė nuviliojo sesers vaikiną. Arija prislėgta, nes ją atstūmė anglų kalbos mokytojas. Emilijai patinka jos naujoji draugė Maja... kur kas labiau nei tik draugė. Hanos užsispyrimas atrodyti nepriekaištingai virsta liga. Ir jų baisiausia paslaptis yra tokia skandalinga, kad išaiškėjusi tiesa sugriautų jų gyvenimus visiems laikams. Ir kodėl gi aš neturėčiau to papasakoti? Jos nusipelniusios viską prarasti. Kiek­vienas suglamžytas raštelis, bjaurus pranešimas vietiniu interneto ryšiu ir kerštingos žinutės telefonu, kurias aš siuntinėju, vis labiau šias mielas mažas melages stumia į neviltį. Patikėkit manim, turiu pakankamai „purvo“, kad palaidočiau jas gyvas

The adventure begins on the eve of the greatest experiment ever attempted—Time Travel. As the project team meets for their final mission briefing, the last member, arriving late, brings startling news. Catastrophe threatens and the fate of the Western World hangs in the balance. But a visitor from another time arrives bearing clues that will carry the hope of countless generations yet to be born. Meridian is an intelligent, compelling, fast paced story that is impossible to put down

Estamos en los territorios de la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos a mitad del siglo XIX. Las autoridades mexicanas y del estado de Texas organizan una expedición paramilitar para acabar con el mayor número posible de indios. Es el llamado Grupo Glanton, que tiene como lider espiritual al llamado juez Holden, un ser violento y cruel, un hombre calvo, albino, sin pestañas ni cejas. Nunca duerme, le gusta tocar el violín y bailar. Viola y asesina niños de ambos sexos y afirma que nunca morirá. Todo cambia cuando los carniceros de Glanton pasan de asesinar indios y arrancarles la cabellera a exterminar a los mexicanos que les pagan. Se instaura así la ley de la selva, el terreno moral donde la figura del juez se convierte en una especie de dios arbitrario

This is the third volume in the bestselling Wideacre Trilogy of novels. Set in the eighteenth century, they launched the career of Philippa Gregory , the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. Meridon, a desolate Romany girl, is determined to escape the hard poverty of her childhood. Riding bareback in a travelling show, while her sister Dandy risks her life on the trapeze, Meridon dedicates herself to freeing them both from danger and want. But Dandy, beautiful, impatient, thieving Dandy, grabs too much, too quickly. And Meridon finds herself alone, riding in bitter grief through the rich Sussex farmlands towards a house called Wideacre -- which awaits the return of the last of the Laceys. Sweeping, passionate, unique: 'Meridon' completes Philippa Gregory's bestselling trilogy which began with 'Wideacre' and continued with 'The Favoured Child'. From Publishers Weekly With this elaborate tapestry of a young woman's life, the Lacey family trilogy ( Wideacre and The Favored Child ) comes to a satisfying conclusion. Meridon is the lost child whose legacy is the estate of Wideacre. She and her very different sister, Dandy, were abandoned as infants and raised in a gypsy encampment, learning horsetrading and other tricks of survival. They are indentured to a circus master whose traveling show is made successful by Meridon's equestrian flair and Dandy's seductive beauty on the trapeze. Meridon's escape from this world is fueled by pregnant Dandy's murder and her own obsessive dream of her ancestral home. After claiming Wideacre, Meridon succumbs for a while to the temptation of the "quality" social scene, but eventually she comes to her senses, and, in a tricky card game near the end of the saga, triumphs fully. The hard-won homecoming in this historical novel is richly developed and impassioned

Kosmiczna winda wywożąca na orbitę towary i ludzi to projekt inżynieryjny istniejący od XX wieku, teraz wreszcie staje się rzeczywistością. Dla inżyniera Bracknella jest ona dziełem życia, ale dla wielkich korporacji, które na tanim transporcie na orbitę stracą majątki, oraz dla Nowej Moralności, dla której budowa wieży w niebo jest obrazą Boga, stanowią cierń w boku. Zostaje zawiązany spisek i wieża runie w dół, grzebiąc w globalnej katastrofie miliony ludzi. Winnym zostanie uznany Bracknell, karą jest wygnanie Ziemi. Inżynier traci dorobek całego życia, ale przypadkiem dowiaduje się o sabotażu i spisku i od tej pory całe swoje życie podporządkowuje jednemu — zemście na osobach winnych zniszczenia wieży i jego osobistej tragedii

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El viejo Merlín de las historias de Bretaña hace posada en Galicia. Allí llegan las gentes en procura de sus saberes mágicos. Un conjunto de historias y presencias que surgen de las crónicas del medievo, de las leyendas gallegas y bretonas, creando un retablo de gentes hermanadas en el gozo vital con la carga de humor que conviene el hecho de vivir

Mermaids, kidnappers, and mercenaries hijack a tropical vacation in this genre-bending sendup of the American honeymoon. On the grounds of a Caribbean island resort, newlyweds Deb and Chip — our opinionated, skeptical narrator and her cheerful jock husband who’s friendly to a fault — meet a marine biologist who says she’s sighted mermaids in a coral reef. As the resort’s “parent company” swoops in to corner the market on mythological creatures, the couple joins forces with other adventurous souls, including an ex — Navy SEAL with a love of explosives and a hipster Tokyo VJ, to save said mermaids from the “Venture of Marvels,” which wants to turn their reef into a theme park. Mermaids in Paradise is Lydia Millet’s funniest book yet, tempering the sharp satire of her early career with the empathy and subtlety of her more recent novels and short stories. This is an unforgettable, mesmerizing tale, darkly comic on the surface and illuminating in its depths

A rogue ex-cop from the Irish Garda manipulates a transfer to work for the NYPD in an exchange program. However, it turns out that the cop is really a serial killer wanted for murder in Ireland, and now, New York City

Merveille conclut en fanfare la trilogie de Robert J. Sawyer commencée avec Éveil et poursuivie avec Veille. Webmind, l'Intelligence Artificielle qui a émergé sur la Toile à la suite de circonstances très singulières, menace-t-elle l'humanité comme le croît le colonel Hume, du programme Watch, qui a juré de la détruire ? Ou bien l'apparition de cette entité aux pouvoirs quasi divins est-elle une chance extraordinaire pour l'humanité, comme le pense Caitlin Dexter, la jeune ex-aveugle dont la prothèse a tout permis ? Quel rôle jouera le grand singe Chobo, l'autre intelligence non humaine de la planète, dans l'effort de Webmind pour convaincre les humains de ses bonnes intentions ? La réponse se trouve-t-elle en Chine ?