Kingdom Cons - formato ePub

 "Yuri Herrera destaca con su primer libro, Trabajos del reino, en el que, a través de la mirada de un compositor de corridos, despliega ante el lector un panorama de la 'vida palaciega' de un cártel...

A las siete de la mañana del 10 de marzo de 1920 se declaró un incendio en la mina El Bordo, en el estado mexicano de Hidalgo. Unas horas más tarde se dio por terminada la evacuación y se cerró el tiro...

Los personajes de Diez planetas habitan un futuro inimaginable que, no obstante, nos invita a dudar de las herramientas con que calibramos nuestro mundo más próximo: un terrícola exiliado en un improbable...

Señales que precederán al fin del mundo es, sin duda, una de las novelas más singulares de entre todas las que se han escrito en español en este cambio de siglo. Y también una de las más bellas y precisas.Como...

Una epidemia paraliza el país pero propicia, a su vez, el encuentro entre una mujer deseada, La Tres Veces Rubia, y un hombre que desea, El Alfaqueque. Las palabras de éste parecen conseguir, calmar o...

Este libro inventa una hipótesis: ¿qué sucedió durante el año y medio en que Benito Juárez, quien acabaría siendo el primer presidente indígena de México, vivió desterrado en Nueva Orleans? Es en ese...

Quizá la crudeza de la realidad vivida a partir de la degradación social y política padecida en las últimas décadas, ha impulsado en escritores jóvenes un notorio interés por tratar las calamidades que...

Polvere e sole. Silenzi. Pochi spiccioli guadagnati per la strada offrendo rime in cambio di pietà. Perché Lupo ha un talento: sa come trasformare in musica ciò che vede.Un giorno incontra un Re, entra...

Secondo la mitologia azteca, il Mictlán era il livello inferiore del mondo sotterraneo, l’aldilà abitato dai signori della morte. La leggenda lo situava a nord e per raggiungerlo bisognava percorrere...

Jadis, ils chantaient les exploits de Pancho Villa et d’autres généraux de la Révolution mexicaine dans les fêtes populaires des villages du nord. Aujourd’hui, ils parcourent encore avec leurs accordéons...

'Au commencement, une simple requête maternelle. Celle que Cora fait à sa fille, Makina : elle doit partir à la recherche de son frère, de l'autre côté de la frontière, afin de lui transmettre un message....

Yuri Herrera nous ouvre les portes d’un monde fascinant et implacable : celui de la frontière qui sépare les deux rives du Rio Grande, entre le Mexique et les États-Unis. Il s’agit d’un territoire métis...

On March 10, 1920, in Pachuca, Mexico, the Compañía de Santa Gertrudis — the largest employer in the region, and a subsidiary of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company — may have committed...

The characters that populate Yuri Herrera's first collection of stories inhabit imagined futures that reveal the strangeness and instability of the present. Drawing on science fiction, noir, and the philosophical...

Signs Preceding the End of the World is one of the most arresting novels to be published in Spanish in the last ten years. Yuri Herrera does not simply write about the border between Mexico and the United...

A plague has brought death to the city. Two feuding crime families with blood on their hands need our hard-boiled hero, The Redeemer, to broker peace. Yuri Herrera's novel, a response to the violence...

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...