Ficción - Literatura en otros idiomas

Los relatos agrupados bajo el título Si yo fuera un hombre, componen un puñado del mejor exponente del trabajo y la idea que mantuvo la vida de Charlotte P. Gilman: preocupación por la situación de las...

José Gregorio is a teenager affected by Down Syndrome who beleives he is an eagle. His greatest illusion is to become part of a mischievous gang where his sister belongs. They reject him and are always...

The explosion was extremely violent. I saw a flash and was blown off my feet. All around me, it was raining stones and sand, a cloud of dust and smoke. Immediately after the explosion, total silence....

On 24 June 1948 Lucius D. Clay, the Commanding General of the American Forces in Europe, ordered that all disposable transport aircraft should be made available for flights to Berlin. His order marked...

Considerado desde su revalorización en el siglo XX por poetas de la importancia de T. S. Eliot o William Butler Yeats como una de las máximas figuras de la poesía en lengua inglesa, John Donne (1572-1631)...

Conocido sobre todo por sus impresionantes cuentos que abrieron la senda de los géneros de terror, científico y policiaco, así como por la "Narración de Arthur Gordon Pym", Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1847)...

What moves the residents of Linz, what worries them, who do they love? This book is a once-in-a-lifetime insight into the mind of Linz. It brings people of all ages, genders, colors, sexualities and backgrounds...

All Super Heroes need a monster to fight, or a monstrous sidekick to help them. Some are even monsters themselves. This comprehensive field e-guide to Marvel flora, fauna, and beasts great and small shows...

Twin sisters Emily and Elisa live with their parents on a farm. One evening, when they can't fall asleep, they sneak into the horse stable and find out by accident that the cheeky stallion Eddy, is actually...

The Love Collection Volume one - Barbara Cartland 4 books for the price of 1 - Welcome to the timeless love stories of Romance legend Barbara Cartland. Anthology containing: Elizabethan Lover The Little...

The Love Collection Volume one - Barbara Cartland 4 books for the price of 1 - Welcome to the timeless love stories of Romance legend Barbara Cartland. Anthology containing: Elizabethan Lover The Little...

The Love Collection Volume one - Barbara Cartland 4 books for the price of 1 - Welcome to the timeless love stories of Romance legend Barbara Cartland. Anthology containing: Elizabethan Lover The Little...

This dark romance forces a woman in a fatal rendez-vous of crude sexual intimacy with a total stranger. Love is the issue of this raw story where life stumbles in chaotic New York City at the turn of...

A delightfully thrilling mix of short stories coupled with a novella, Bedtime Tales is relentless in its intensity and endless in its creativity. Yet again, Cavin Wright, the author of Bedtime Stories...

In his book True Love is not Common, author Peter Silwamba chronicles events that show how friendships can be formed and lost. The love story centers on characters living in the small family village of...

Miguel grew up in the jungles of Central America. His desire to “get rich like all Americans” is a driving force in his life. Dante is a second generation American of Italian immigrants, raised in “little...

In a time of strict social structure and high expectations, Lady Jewell Ravenwood struggles to find exactly where she fits into the world around her. With both of her parents killed, she fights through...

To be a 10-year-old boy in ancient times was definitely something no one would wish to be, as 10-year-old Bren knew very well. Actually, he was certain even the experienced warriors or the skillful wizards...

The Shem is a merciless species of alien beings who travel through space killing and destroying all those who get in their way. They lay waste to whole solar systems and galaxies, subjugating all. They...

Vayna of the Steppes, Homeworld is the first part of Vayna's story where the unique and sometimes bizarre experiences that shaped her personality and character are formed within a world and galaxy where...

Mark Crizlanek is trapped in a loveless marriage and a dead-end job-clerking at a local supermarket. One night while he is working, an old high school friend named Trevor Gates shows up and brags about...

This entertaining and adventurous historical novel incorporates the coming-of-age theme into an ancient era, that of 30,001 BC. Set in a tribal African community during the Stone Age, a young man named...

Whilst investigating the disappearance of a Government Minister's son, Detective Inspector Eastman becomes involved in the strange occurrences at a derelict church outside the village of Little Munchley....

Empleando una metodología propia de los estudios descriptivos de traduc- ción, se analiza un corpus de cuatro novelas del autor norteamericano Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep, 1939; Farewell, My Lovely,...

Here is a selection of authentic stories from African myth and legend, told by the author with interesting and unique twists. Although the origins are not necessarily known, the tales all center on the...

Martin Jackson is the first Negro slave born at Mont Blanc. Martin and Master Tom's youngest daughter Sarah are close in age. He is well liked by Sarah's family and often accompanies Sarah and Master...

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....