Brave New World - formato ePub

"Mono y esencia" consta de dos partes bien diferenciadas. La primera se sitúa en 1948 donde Bob Briggs encuentra accidentalmente la copia rechazada de un guion titulado "Mono y esencia", firmado por un...

Vasta erudición y profunda sensibilidad no están reñidas en este estudio que rastrea, a través de todas las grandes culturas de la historia, eso que Leibniz denominó "Philosophia Perennis": la búsqueda...

Ciego en Gaza (1936) es, ante todo, una novela personal e íntima. En conflicto entre lo intelectual y lo sexual y a través del misticismo, Huxley nos describe simultáneamente y sin aparente orden cronológico,...

En una isla imaginaria de Pali se produce el choque entre dos modos de entender la vida y las relaciones humanas.Cuando el periodista Will Farnaby desembarca en la isla entra en contacto con unas costumbres,...

Las relaciones entre un eminente físico, su bella mujer y un inexperto joven que aspira a convertirse en científico se transforman, por una extraña combinación de deseo y enfermedad, en la manifestación...

Contrapunto es posiblemente la novela más ambiciosa y lograda de Huxley y la que dio mayor fama internacional, pues en ella da forma literaria al contrapunto musical, alternando acciones simultáneas que...

Sebastian Barnac tiene diecisiete años. Es un adolescente extremadamente tímido, guapo y con alma de poeta, que inspira cariño y ternura por sus facciones infantiles.Un verano viaja a Italia y en ese...

Con el término "eminencia gris" se suele describir al consejero de un gobernante que actúa secretamente o de forma no oficial. Y exactamente eso hizo el padre José de Tremblay, prominente miembro de...

Más allá del Golfo de México narra los incidentes del viaje hecho por Huxley a través de Centroamérica, el Caribe y el sur de México, donde los paisajes, las personas y los múltiples incidentes sirvieron...

Un libro tan singular como precursor, en el que el autor expresa sus experiencias sensoriales bajo la acción de la mescalina, el principio activo del peyotl, denominación mexicana del cacto, venerado...

Dos ensayos que propugnan una nueva visión maravillosamente depurada bajo la acción de la droga y que son en sí mismos experiencias de trascendencia del yo. «Si las puertas de la percepción quedaran depuradas,...

La colección «Conocer una obra» os ofrece la posibilidad de saberlo todo sobre Un mundo feliz de Aldous Huxley, gracias a una guía de lectura tan completa como detallada. Su escritura, clara y accesible,...

Soixante ans après la mort du grand écrivain Aldous Huxley, son chef-d'œuvre, Le Meilleur des Mondes, dans une nouvelle traduction de Josée Kamoun. Un roman qui se lit et se relit, intemporel, visionnaire,...

UMA SÍNTESE DO CONHECIMENTO SAGRADO DE TODOS OS TEMPOS Completo e abrangente no seu estudo comparado do sagrado e das religiões, este livro de Aldous Huxley é um verdadeiro exercício espiritual contemplativo,...

Discover this profound account of Huxley's famous experimentation with mescalin that has influenced writers and artists for decades....

In his prescient vision of the 21st century, Huxley explores Buddhist ideology, nuclear threat and ‘big oil’ corporate greed....

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' DAILY MIRRORThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne,...

Kangaroo is an account of a visit to New South Wales by an English writer named Richard Lovat Somers, and his German wife Harriet, in the early 1920s. This appears to be semi-autobiographical, based on...

'Readers can't get enough of this enchanting story' The Sun'A delightful journey into a fantasy realm where dreams make everything better' Daily Mail'Hugely inventive and wise, we adored this heart-lifting...

The Great War is over. Gabriel Dan has been released from a POW camp in Russia and is making his way home to Austria. He comes to an industrial town in Poland and checks in at the once-grand Hotel Savoy,...

 From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick     A Macpherson Clan Two-Volume Box Set     A Midsummer Wedding    Their arranged marriage was two decades in the making. Elizabeth Hay is young, educated,...

LOVE AND LOYALTY CLASH IN A WORLD OF SECRETS AND DECEPTION! MR. AND MRS. SMITHMEETSTHE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE In the sun-soaked streets of a California beach town, two strangers' paths collide, sparking...

And then it started, little by little it started, until they were married five years later and his real life began.'Exquisite ... A super-abundantly gifted, big-hearted novelist.' Ian McEwan'A writer...

Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the novel follows the lives of four sisters — Meg,...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

SAMKIEL AND DIANNA RETURN'A wicked ride from beginning to heart shattering end. Leaving me literally screaming for more. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough to get more our morally corrupt heroine who...

Collected together in one neat volume—three electrifying futuristic adventures that let loose the Robotech Defense Force against the most fearsome conquerors in the universe.Three ROBOTECH novels for...

Following the highly acclaimed Nocturnes and Night Music, Night & Day is filled with eerie surprises and dark delights.Night & Day takes us from the dusty shelves of an uncanny library filled...

'Intelligent, warm, familiar, gripping, and completely immersive. Ambitious in geography and scope, I relished every paragraph. The Gamache (and Three Pines) we love, but utterly fresh. SUPERB' WILL DEANRelentless...

The Eldest Girl is a family drama spanning three generations. It moves between the 1960s with Tom, fresh off the boat from England who falls in love with the seemingly unattainable Ngahere, and 2010 where...

EVEN ANGELS HAVE THEIR DEMONS . . .PARIS, CHRISTMAS 2021. After a heart attack, Mathias Taillefer wakes up in hospital with a stranger at his bedside. The mysterious girl reveals herself to be Louise...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SIX TUDOR QUEENS SERIES.In a brand-new short story, Alison Weir reimagines a dark and dangerous moment in Tudor history.I wasn't supposed to know about...

Rosie Redbrush, a travel agent working for Wanderlust Wishes travel agency, is someone who sells holidays but never takes them. At twenty-nine, she lives a quiet, comfortable life in the town she grew...

FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE.'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE'Loads of fun...

Nick Cutter, author of #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop, returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing friend and uncovering a shocking truth.On a sunny...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Sure to become your next fantasy obsession' The hottest forced proximity x forbidden romance vampire story to sink your fangs into this spooky season!...

From the author of The North Wind comes a darkly reimagined tale of forbidden love, inspired by the Greek myth of Hero and Leander and the Scottish ballad Tam Lin. Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated...

An old house turns out not to be as empty as its new owners supposed. A nobleman barters his soul for arcane knowledge. A stranger with a terrible curse looks for an unsuspecting victim to take her place....

Rick causes a car accident in the middle of Munich and nothing is the same afterwards. At first, no one believes him that his traffic light was green when he drove into the intersection without braking....

The astronomer falls off the flatbed truck, the falconer is afraid of a lion. Mona Lisa worries about red spots. Being "degenerate" hurts. The artworks themselves know best what it feels like to be systematically...

Alexis (24) is a young man with mild disabilities. Intelligent, but opinionated, passive and very introverted. During an ordinary December week, he is confronted with an avalanche of surprising experiences...

After the sudden death of her boyfriend, Vera would have been happy to spend the rest of her days curiously unnoticeable, washing bed sheets and cleaning toilets in present day Glastonbury. But when the...

For readers of Nightbitch and We Ride Upon Sticks, this strange and sexy novel of queer love in a small town is an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern life is a monster ready to possess us...

Perfect for fans of A Winter in New York by Josie Silver and Always in December by Emily Stone, Christmas at Reedy Falls is an opposites-attract, wholesome Christmas romance that will leave readers believing...

“One of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing...