Titoli in Antologie e racconti brevi

A listless woman befriends an influencer at a rooftop party, only to discover her lifestyle is not as glamorous as it seems. A college freshman gives the world's longest blow job to a boy whose name she's forgotten. A fan-favorite reality TV star joins a dating app after an explosive breakup, ready to move on, but finds she's only in control when cameras are rolling. While working in a hot tub showroom, a struggling actress goes method so she can nail an audition for the role of High School Junkie Girlfriend.

A tense and brilliantly dramatic short story from the bestselling author of The Throne of the Caesars Series. This thrilling short story opens at the end of BLOOD AND STEEL and is the perfect trailer for Harry Sidebottom’s new novel FIRE AND SWORD. AD 238. When Gordian the Younger is brutally...

A chilling short story taking us back to DI Sean Corrigan’s days as a detective from Luke Delaney, ex-Met detective and author of COLD KILLING. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Stuart MacBride. DI Sean Corrigan is not like other detectives. The terrible abuse he suffered as...

Benedict Cumberbatch reads five stories featuring the famous vegetarian railway detective, Thorpe Hazell, as heard on BBC Radio 4. In The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box, Hazell hatches a daring plan to retrieve a highly sensitive government document before it reaches the German Ambassador. In...

"Edición revisada y ampliada. Un ameno compendio de la Historia de España y de sus gentes de mano del gran maestro de la novela histórica, Antonio Pérez Henares" Conocía todas las pieles que rozaron la superficie de sus aguas. Una obra que conjuga lo mejor del género histórico, del relato fantástico y de la leyenda popular.

Una historia atmosférica situada en un rincón repleto de libros en el Londres del siglo XIX. Una maravillosa novela. Un retrato de los lugares en los que los libros y las historias te pueden transportar a la vida real. Una joya de libro para todos aquellos que alguna vez soñaron con tener un rincón propio repleto de libros y de sueños...

Cosa succede a mescolare i film Speed e Mission Impossible in un thriller adrenalinico? Edward Muffen, dopo lo sfortunato esito di una missione pericolosa, viene dimesso dall'ospedale. Potrebbe tornare a lavorare nell'MI6, ma per lasciarsi alle spalle le ferite del corpo e anche quelle del cuore, decide di fare un viaggio. E quale modo migliore se non un viaggio in mongolfiera? Purtroppo però, una volta a bordo, lo attenderà una brutta sorpresa.

Edward Muffen, dopo lo sfortunato esito di una missione pericolosa, viene dimesso dall’ospedale. Potrebbe tornare a lavorare nell’MI6, ma per lasciarsi alle spalle le ferite del corpo e anche quelle del cuore, decide di fare un viaggio. E quale modo migliore se non un viaggio in mongolfiera? Purtroppo però, una volta a bordo, lo attenderà una brutta sorpresa.

Este audiolibro es, en palabras de su autor: "una mirada real y sincera a la vida cotidiana de los niños marginados del mundo." El autor busca rendir un tributo que sirva de denuncia de las condiciones en las que viven los niños marginados en el mundo. Son las historias de una niña que mendiga en Bogotá, otra que se enfrenta a la circuncisión en Zimbawe, un niño en Egipto que camina largas distancias todos los días por una jarra de agua, o aquél que se ve obligado a convertirse en un soldado en Sierra Leona.

It is a fictionalised account of the first expedition across the Western Wilderness, crossing the Rocky Mountains. The journal chronicled a 1792 expedition led by Julius Rodman up the Missouri River to the Northwest. This 1792 expedition would have made Rodman the first European to cross the Rocky Mountains. The detailed journal chronicles events of the most surprising nature and recounts '[T]he unparalleled vicissitudes and adventures experienced by a handful of men in a country which, until then, had never been explored by "civilised man"'.

El sultán Shahriar descubre que su esposa lo engaña y la decapita. Todavía lleno de rencor, cada día desposa a una mujer a la que luego ordena matar por la mañana. Inesperadamente, Sherezade, la hija del visir, se ofrece voluntaria para casarse con el sultán. Durante la noche de bodas, la muchacha inicia un relato que deja fascinado a su marido, pero que interrumpe justo antes del amanecer.

Sherezade decide contar la verdadera historia de Simbad el marino, confesando que la narrada en las 1001 noches anteriores no era la auténtica... Simbad conoce muchos futuros descubrimientos científicos a lo largo de sus viajes, y Sherezade describe lo que el marino observa: comarcas extraordinarias, plantas de propiedades extrañas, animales parásitos, trenes, incubadoras, autómatas, la máquina de Babbage, el electrotipo, las pilas, experimentos de física, etc.

"Métodos de supervivencia" es una colección de relatos de Félix J. Palma en la que el autor vuelve a regalarnos su prosa más poética y su sensibilidad a la hora de tejer historias que llegan al corazón. En ella encontraremos desamores, secretos, robos, encuentros con el pasado, huidas del presente y hasta un alma que se vende al diablo para escribir la mejor de las novelas.

Nadie es capaz de tejer una red de suspense, provocar una sacudida de sorpresa o dar una lección sobre la vida como el autor de bestsellers Jeffrey Archer. Desde África a Oriente Medio, desde Londres a Pekín, Archer nos lleva a lugares que jamás hemos visto y nos presenta personajes a los que jamás podremos olvidar.

La historia comienza con una joven aristócrata, Ardita, en un yate anclado cerca de la costa. Ella está leyendo La revuelta de los ángeles de Anatole de France. Ella discute con su tío exasperado que intenta casarla con un joven llamado Toby.

Is it murder to destroy a robot if it looks and speaks and thinks and feels like a human being? Can a ventriloquist be incriminated by the testimony of his own dummy? Can a time traveller prevent his younger self from killing the woman they both loved? And can the survivor of a pair of Siamese twins investigate his own brother's murder? No other writer has ever rivalled the imagination and narrative gifts of Ray Bradbury, and the 20 unforgettable stories in this collection demonstrate this singular writer's extraordinary range, influence and emotional power.

The first of Maurice Leblanc's collections about his devilish, debonair rogue, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar presents eight dazzling short stories that display some of Lupin's greatest thefts and escapes. Lupin robs from within prison, leaves its walls with ease, steals priceless diamonds from the rich and outwits the greatest detective of all: Sherlock Holmes. Witty, cunning, and taunting, Lupin is a genius on the wrong side of the law, although his noble code of ethics and Robin-Hood-like ways often see him use his talents for good.

Two men. One gun. No escape. A gripping Colter Shaw short story from the master of suspense, with a twist you won’t see coming. A captive held at gun point. In search of a missing woman in Kansas, unique investigator Colter Shaw finds himself in the middle of a violent kidnapping that sends...

Strong sled dogs were in demand, and that’s how Buck, the St. Bernard cross Scotch Shepherd ended up in the wilds of Alaska.

On the surface, Amelia Vernet appears to be the great detective's quiet sixteen-year-old cousin. But her innocent exterior conceals an important fact: Amelia is a member of the Fangborn, a secret family of werewolves, vampires, and oracles sworn to protect Ordinary humans, and she uses her Fangborn werewolf gifts to help Holmes solve the curious cases that cross the doorstep of 221B Baker Street.