c - Libros y biografía

In this, the quietly powerful third novel in C. P. Snow’s Strangers and Brothers sequence, Lewis Eliot narrates the world of the great Anglo-Jewish banking dynasties between the two World Wars.Drawn into...

The stability and resilience of Lewis Eliot is sharply contrasted with the melancholia of his brilliant colleague, Roy Calvert, in the fourth novel of C. P. Snow’s masterful Strangers and Brothers sequence.Opening...

Winner of 1954 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction.Widely regarded as C. P. Snow’s masterpiece, this lucid and compelling story of the contest for the Mastership of a Cambridge college is the...

Sir Lewis Eliot returns to his hometown in the tenth, and penultimate, novel in the Strangers and Brothers sequence.Although now mature in the world of affairs and in possession of a knighthood, the older...

Lewis Eliot, the diffident protagonist of the Strangers and Brothers sequence, retreats to the background in this absorbing study of his mentor, George Passant, a charismatic solicitor’s clerk. In the...

The world of Sir Lewis Eliot draws to a close in Last Things, the eleventh and final novel in C. P. Snow’s decade-spanning Strangers and Brothers sequence.After his heart stops briefly on the operating...

Lewis Eliot walks the echoing corridors of Whitehall observing political intrigues and shifting alliances in this exceptional portrait of the heart of the British government during the Suez Crisis. At...

The personal life of Lewis Eliot, the central figure and narrator of C. P. Snow’s Strangers and Brothers, takes centre stage in this moving account of his wartime years.The suicide of Lewis’s desperately...

Bone-chilling fiction based on scripture and the astonishing revelations of the saints. Guaranteed to make you rethink the Apocalypse.Eighteen months ago, the Earth survived a comet strike. Famine, economic...

She wanted an adventure. She found fear, betrayal and a fight for survival.***** It's the kind of case that chills FBI agent Caitlyn to the bone - missing person, college student, beloved daughter of...

Phyllis, a fiercely independent woman from across the ocean, tracks two vampires to a picturesque Canadian village on Bell Island, Newfoundland. With help from the local constable, can Phyllis hunt down...

What does it take for a person to become a successful entrepreneur? Common answers that people have for this question are; money, education, and skills. This is actually very untrue. To become a successful...

The books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Judaism Made Simple is a short...

In the heart of Texas, Sadie Hawkins' entrepreneurial dreams  take flight when a golden opportunity lands in her lap: hauling antiquities. But when calamity strikes she finds herself not just fighting...

History tells us that in 69AD, at the ripe old age of 32 and on hearing that General Glaba's forces were closing in, Nero fled his palace in Rome. He stabbed himself in the throat with a pen and was trampled...

The spotlight doesn't only shine. Sometimes, it burns.Being the bad-boy bassist for the world's hottest band has earned Griffin Hancock some perks: a big house, a fast car, and most importantly his incredible...

In 1037, a senior civil servant of the Byzantine empire faces a tedious journey to Greece, escorting the Army payroll. His only companions are a detachment of the Empire's elite Guard, recruited from...

"NOT GUILTY is a compelling, engrossing, and ultimately uplifting and rewarding read. I couldn't tear myself away!"—Cheryl Rainfield, author of Scars, Stained, Hunted and Parallel Visions.A blood-smeared...

The desert town of Rattlesnake isn't a destination. It's a last resort. Seventeen-year-old Jonah Guthrie's aunt sold their home in New England and fled to this place to escape the humiliation of his dad's...

Nineteen-year-old Libby Brown is on her way to the winter Olympics for her shot at the Gold. But on a last practice run, an out-of-bounds snowboarder collides with her, and she wakes up in a hospital...

Editor's PickFive juniors at Las Animas High have a long history together. They love, dislike, or tolerate each other depending on the day. Occupied with class assignments, career choices, family disharmony,...

"We are going to have so much fun tonight." Steve yelled over the kids screaming and laughing and holding their bags up at each house, for candy. "Yeah, we'll never forget this night, the parade at the...

There is a battle going on as we are caught up in the midst of Spiritual Warfare. Is your shield up & your sword drawn; sharp, piercing, dividing soul & spirit, joints & marrow? Do you have...

Sakit, güzel bir ülkedir. Akabe Körfezi, Ürdün Nehri ve İskenderiye Üçgenindeki bu ilginç topraklar, tarih boyunca bütün afetlerden uzak kalmıştır. Sakitliler, demiri işler, tarım yaparlardı. Ürdün diyarı...

Karima V. BushnellReviewed in the United States on June 25, 2015I thoroughly enjoyed this book and admire it as well. The fictional Indian tribes have an authentic ring in two different ways: First, their...

One summer afternoon in northern England in 1946, when Ann Colley was a child, she met a man from Czechoslovakia named Dr. Novak. This encounter launched her lifelong fascination with Central and Eastern...

Thirty-five-year-old Rae Sullivan owns a thriving home décor shop in the San Francisco Bay area, near majestic Mt. Tamalpais (to locals, The Sleeping Lady). But when her business partner, Thalia, confides...

Heal the hidden cause of your symptoms with the 5-step Mind Detox method • Details an effective 5-step technique that quickly resolves the root-cause experiences and beliefs that trigger chronic conditions...

In the not-so-distant future, organs can be re-grown from a handful of stem cells.For patients who can afford the treatment and hang on to life support for long enough, the prognosis is good. Even the...

Addiction is a stealth predator. Unrecognized, it will grow and flourish. Unchecked, it destroys.Marilea Rabasa grew up in post-WWII Massachusetts in a family that lived comfortably and offered her every...