The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Annotated) - formato ePub

el escritor británico G.K. Chesterton Chesterton es conocido por su estilo literario vívido que incluye metáforas elaboradas y juegos de palabras. "The Man Who Was Thursday" es un ejemplo perfecto de...

 La gente se pregunta por qué la novela es la forma literaria más popular; la gente se pregunta por qué se lee más que los libros de ciencias o los libros de metafísica. La razón es muy simple: porque...

Cuando se habla de las características inconfundibles del humor inglés, se habla concretamente del londinense Gilbert Keith Chesterton, porque toda su obra lleva este sello de identidad. Y como una evidente...

G.K. Chesterton, autor de novelas como El hombre que fue jueves y creador del famoso detective Padre Brown, fue ante todo un periodista que escribió miles de artículos para distintos medios.Su colaboración...

A lo largo de estas páginas, un par de proscritos hacen rodar por toda Inglaterra, huyendo de la justicia, el último barril de ron de la isla después de que un decreto gubernamental haya ordenado el cierre...

Edicion de Alejandro y Jaime Valero. Comparándolos con otros, puede que algunos relatos del padre Brown parezcan ingenuos. Pero es que él no es un detective al uso, ni tampoco sus historias. No podemos...

De la extensa obra de Chesterton, lo más difundido son, sobre todo, los cuentos detectivescos del Padre Brown y la novela metafísico-policial El hombre que jueves. Lo más importante, sin embargo, se encuentra...

Este volumen, realizado en colaboración con el Club Chesterton de la Universidad San Pablo CEU (Fundación Cultural Ángel Herrera Oria), es el sexto de esta serie que pone a disposición de los lectores...

De la extensa obra de Chesterton, lo más difundido son, sobre todo, los cuentos detectivescos del Padre Brown y la novela metafísico-policial El hombre que jueves. Lo más importante, sin embargo, se encuentra...

G.K. Chesterton, autor de novelas como El hombre que fue jueves y creador del famoso detective Padre Brown, fue ante todo un periodista que escribió miles de artículos para distintos medios. Su colaboración...

"El hombre que fue Jueves" supuso un hito en la carrera literaria de Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), y apuntaló su fama merecida de “maestro de las paradojas”. En un Londres más cercano al surrealismo...

El conjunto de los relatos del padre Brown, escrito a lo largo de más de veinte años, constituye quizá la obra más popular de Chesterton. El simpático cura-detective que los protagoniza resuelve en ellos,...

¿Qué es la anarquía? En consenso mayoritario significa la violencia extrema ante la tentación permanente de dominio. El hombre que fue jueves, descubre la falsedad de "un mundo en el que los hombres se...

En el hombre que fue jueves se han reunido dos grandes escritores, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, uno de los novelistas ingleses más originales, y el mexicano Alfonso Reyes, quien hizo la traducción y el prólogo...

In the whimsical and thought-provoking novel, 'Manalive' by G. K. Chesterton, readers are taken on a journey through the unorthodox life of the enigmatic character, Innocent Smith. Through his unconventional...

The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G. K. Chesterton about the idealised exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911. Written inballad form, the work is usually considered one...

A power-hungry megacorporation. A gang of cyberpunk rebels in their sights. A teen who may be the world's salvation, if hired killers don't get to him first. The far future. Adam dreams of simpler times....

Non-conformance is subversive!Diversity is deviancy!Indoctrination is education!Religion is purity!Welcome to the New World Order.In a society where non-conformance is considered subversive and deviant,...

Helen had lied to everyone. What she told even her closest friends was that her marriage just wasn't what she thought it was. But the truth was much harsher.She'd known things were wrong when Josh stopped...

Sometimes a family is an onion farmer discovering herself on sabbatical, her alien girlfriend, and their arctic moon. A short, sapphic romance/coming out story starring a trans protagonist.

Technology is power, especially in the world where both are sparse. Would those possessing the knowledge be persuaded to share?Drawn by a vague rumor of an industrialized state out west, Golden Dragon...

Enjoy this steamy wolf shifter paranormal romance series by best-selling author Ebony Quinn… In a world where wolf shifters turn feral without their fated mates, one cursed pack is running out of time... Amber...

A half-siren girl befriends a deaf boy.A vendetta between a teenager and her dad's stubborn ram continues into the afterlife.A hunter must atone for killing a god's sacred bull.A sacrificial maiden uncovers...

Can an architect and a construction worker find love amidst the concrete and the steel? Thanks to his friendship with a celebrity, Seth Mitchell's reputation as a partying ladies' man precedes him. But...

A boy with legendary magic. A cursed pirate captain. An eternal ship. Will Ilyanson has a secret which he keeps close to his chest, even though it could save him from his mundane existence as the son...

Haven and Sunshine are back at the beginning, surrounded by the souls and memories of those who went before.They may finally have a chance to find the peace they so desperately seek, but too soon it is...

A resurrected man, bound by dark magic, confronts unspeakable horrors on a cursed ranch. On the outskirts of a desolate Colorado ranch, something far more sinister than greed or corruption lurks. Abel...

In Book Two of The Montgomery Billionaires series by bestselling author Juliette N Banks, Atlas Montgomery is faced with a forbidden temptation at his brother's wedding. I had her once. In my arms and...

Seasoned operative Ariana Ramos is not what she seems at first glance.She is petite and trim, particularly beautiful, and pure dynamite.She is also the first operative since Soleada Garcia to be assigned...

Ronnie Cassidy After fleeing her abusive ex, Veronica 'Ronnie' Cassidy finds herself broke down in the middle of a snowstorm. Rescued by rough and burly biker, Griff Brooks, she has to ride out the blizzard...

They destroyed her life and her innocence leaving her to die. Now using her cursed bloodline she's about to make them all suffer for what they did. But when one deals with Evil no one is safe. As the...

When explorers unearth Amelia Earhart's journal, they awaken a deadly secret buried with it—one that blurs the line between history and haunting. A thrilling speculative adventure that intertwines history...

The Repairer of Reputations takes place in a near-future America, where the protagonist, Hildred Castaigne, is recovering from a head injury and becomes obsessed with a mysterious man named Mr. Wilde,...

Ten years ago, Derek's daughter disappeared. Now she's standing on his doorstep, pale and shaking, with streaks of red lightning flashing in her eyes. Derek should be overjoyed. He isn't. Because he knows...

TALON VERSUS FANG…Lieutenant Shane Atkins of the Coursing Hounds mercenary unit had a comfortable garrison assignment on Cumbres—until a Jade Falcon task force landed on the planet with orders to wipe...

A Dying Ship. A Hunted Man. A Doomed Journey.No Engines. No Fuel. No Environmental Systems.Hayden flees the Imperium. He struggles to survive. Hayden sees lights flash in the distance. Hayden quickly...

Not all that glitters is golden. . . Tempi has been just barely keeping her head above water. With the loss of her family and rent prices skyrocketing, she just wants to get through her work day without...

THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND ANASTASIA FRAZER, A YOUNG GIRL WHO FINDS HERSELF IN ACHALLENGING SITUATION DUE TO ABUSE AND TRAUMA. DESPITE HER DESPERATE NEED FOR RESCUE, HER FATHER BELIEVES THAT SHE IS DESTINED...

Navy SEAL. Tier One Operator. Pawn.           It started as an order from the Vice Admiral. A Black Ops mission for a woman from a government acronym no one ever spoke about. The brunette slid me a smile...

A Murder. A Fashion Show. A Whole Lot Of Mirrors. Fashion shows kill people.Detective Adeline Ford investigates a heartless murder. She recalls her modelling days. Adeline returns to the dark world of...

When darkness comes, it doesn't ask permission.Paramedic Lucy Barker thinks she's seen it all, after years of responding to violent accidents and medical emergencies on the streets of York. But when she...

Aria He was my new stepbrother, crashing into my life from out of nowhere and playing the perfect guy card flawlessly. But I'm not fooled, even if those dark eyes make my heart stutter. I won't let him...

A New Alien. A Band Of Superheroes. An Alien Mind.Aliens have weird minds.Superheroes Matilda Plum helps humans. She helps aliens occasionally. Matilda meets a brand new alien with a very weird problem.Matilda...

Apple -- I gave Deacon my heart, but he said I was too young. So he left. For over a year. Didn't want me around. Hurt and humiliated, I left for Grim Road MC. If anyone will understand my need to hide...

A Vineyard. An Arsonist. A Murderer.People love wining and dying.When Private Eye Bettie English investigates a series of attacks on a vineyard, she realises a murderer lurks in plain sight.Livelihoods...

Through these pages glide the undead.A chess player. A cookWriters. Students. Teachers. Lovers.The cursed. The damned.The grief-stricken. The penitant.The vengeful. The merciful. Ghostly features 13 haunting...