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'Wake up, genius.' So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, a Salinger-like icon who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel. Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked...

In the year 2446, the world exists as a mere shell of what it used to be. The Great Cataclysm tore the human race apart as the Horsemen of the Apocalypse rode. War, Pestilence, Famine... Only Death has yet to ride. Archangel Tzadkiel, Angel of Mercy, takes the task upon himself to find one human on the planet who still understands mercy. Humans are a treacherous species and as his journey nears its end, he fears he may never find that person. When he is captured by soldiers of the ruling tyrannical faction, The Eminent Protectorate, hope wanes even further. A mere scullery maid, Lourdes,...

Lejos de la rutilante Barcelona visitada y admirada por los turistas, la historia se sita︢ en los barrios ms̀ desfavorecidos de la ciudad, un territorio olvidado donde la presencia cada vez mayor de inmigrantes est ̀cambiando el paisaje y las maneras de vivir.

Tristana es una novela de Benito Pérez Galdós que aborda el tema de la emancipación de la mujer en la sociedad española del S. XIX. Trata sobre un triángulo amoroso entre la protagonista, un anciano acaudalado y un artista bohemio. Benito Pérez Galdós es un escritor español nacido en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria en 1843. Compaginó su faceta de novelista con crónicas periodísticas, obras de teatro e incluso una carrera política. Está considerado como uno de los autores españoles que mejor representan el realismo español del S. XIX; sus novelas se alejaron de las modas naturalistas ...