Ficción

Under Fire mirrors a decaying society. Readers' focus is rather reduced to the life of university students in an unjust and unstable political environment. The students of the university depicted in the...

In the year 3000 Perry Rhodan is the ambassador of mankind with his research vessel Khrest III underway in space. The crew of the Khrest includes humans, aliens and mutants, among them the twin-headed...

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are hired by the King of Bohemia to retrieve an indiscreet photograph from the American actress and singer, Irene Adler. She is blackmailing his highness hoping to ruin...

The country is in crisis. Unrest and inner city tensions feed on unemployment. And as the Government struggles to contain the soaring debt, no one listens. Most are tired of 'PR-savvy' words, tired of...

Remembrances form Granny's childhood have come about inspired by old black and white photographs. It brings to paper what the Granny told about her "good old times." The old artefacts and the everyday...

Snifflemonstersnuffles - or how to tickle a Coronavirus The teeny tiny snifflemonster Snuffles is terribly bored and decides to visit humans. It is especially fascinated by noses and decides to get comfortable...

Avec Bernard Bommelaer, entrez dans le royaume des «femmes-oiseaux». Le beau sexe, l’Asie, ses mystères… et ses chausse-trappes ! Sous son cocotier, il jouit à la plage des vacances méritées d’un travailleur...

Laika is the first living being to reach Earths orbit. In other words: the first living being that died outside Earth ... maybe you too would like to know the story of the dog that went into space.

Some mysterious graffiti on the walls of the Castillet, a crowned reptile in Saint Jean Cathedral, the Campo Santo defiled: these are some of the bizarre clues in Lieutenant Dominique d’Astié’s latest...

The second book in the monstrously funny and action-packed new series: Darkmouth. It’s going to be legendary. The adventures of the most unfortunate Legend Hunter ever to don fighting armour...

Walter McWilliam asks his grandmother, Sarah McWilliam where she grew up. She then tells her story, from when she helped her mother, Mary Foulkes, a midwife. Through midwifery she meets her future husband,...

Mami Wata - Short Stories in Nigerian Pidgin English seeks to facilitate the use of Pidgin English as a National Language in Nigeria, and to create dialogue among young people in Nigeria. Also, the purpose...

On November 11, 2000, a train caught fire in a mountain tunnel at the Kaprun ski resort in Austria, killing 155 people. The disaster and its aftermath traumatized the nation. This in-depth account by...

« Pay otherwise you die » ! This condemnation exercised in the medical community is unfortunately the experience of people like Cassandra and Violène.Cassandra; single mother; descended into drugs and...

Chrissie loves trains. She has train books, train pictures – and, of course, model trains. But Chrissie has never been on an actual train. In part, because Chrissie doesn’t find getting around...

Esta obra analiza el fracaso de la implementación de la Estrategia de Lisboa (2000), en un contexto de agravamiento del deterioro del entorno económico europeo por la prolongación de los problemas fiscales...

Our patient did not show any vascular risk factors that would have justify the medical condition. Besides, symptoms were progressive and the neuroimages were atypical for a vascular etiology. A more continuous...

About this book. On April 6, 1943, the book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was published for the first time in New York. Since then, it has inspired and touched people from all over the...

This anthology of twenty medieval tales contains a representative selection of the various kinds of short narrative in verse that were transmitted together in German manuscript collections from the later...

Spin-off episode of the entire oeuvre. This short story describes the encounter of a huntress and a hunted, two mothers, with a fateful ending. As a bonus, the enclosure shows concepts, thoughts of the...

This book illustrates that the idea of a 'national' literature is profoundly problematic. Chapters on boundaries and crisscrossing show how a nation and its writers' works do not exist in isolation from...

Antiphanes is one of the most important writers of the Middle Attic comedy. His plays deal with matters connected to mythological subjects, although others referenced particular professional and national...

It's Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus has presents to deliver to all the children in the world – but Santa and all his elves have come down with a possible case of COVID-19! Can they find a way to make...

This short story tells a humble love tale. One that starts young and ends with nature making its way. A story that claims how volatile this life is, how happiness and love intermingle with pain and loss....

There may not be beauty in suffering, but there are always glimmers of hope. This message could not be any clearer than in R. Ryöväri's poetry collection titled Sleepless on top of the Mountain. In her...

This book in Lingala-English teaches you the words used in Congo-DRC to call each member of the family. In the future, you will follow the story of each member of our family, our friends, visits some...

Beautifully illustrated poems about being deceived, broken trust, and manipulation to dealing with anxiety, loneliness, and pain. Discovering your bravery and strength through the journey of learning,...

"Fast-paced and entrancing psychological thriller"—Booklist"A portrait etched in acid of a Buenos Aires society menaced by economic and political crisis. Without value judgement but with light irony,...

"Boisterous black comedy . . . funny and goodhearted, with much incident and expert enthusiasm for sex, food and drink."—The Literary Review"Much to enjoy in the clash of cultures and superstitions, even...

Originally published in 1930, Mhudi: An Epic of South African Native Life of a Hundred Years Ago is a historical romance of epic scale that tells the story of a courageous and beautiful Barolong woman...