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Todo ocurre en el futurista Londres del año 1984, en Oceanía, la nación que agrupaba todos los pueblos angloparlantes del mundo, el gobierno que imperaba era de índole totalitario, controlado por el Partido y liderado por el Gran Hermano, la figura a quien todos los ciudadanos le deben absoluto respeto y admiración.

Politics in the European Union is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the EU. Unique in its in-depth coverage of the history of the EU, the book explores a wide range of topics, including institutions and policies, making it a complete guide to understanding the complex nature of the EU.

Le cadavre d'une jeune fille est découvert place Vintimille, à Paris. Maigret parvient à identifier la victime : il s'agit de Louise Laboine, d'origine niçoise. En venant tenter sa chance à Paris quelques années plus tôt, elle se lie d'amitié dans le train avec Jeanine Armenieu, une jeune Lyonnaise.

Un anciano sacerdote viaja desde un pequeño pueblo del norte de Reino Unido hasta Londres para pedir ayuda a Scotland Yard. En una granja de su parroquia ha descubierto el cuerpo decapitado del propietario y a su hija junto a él, en estado de shock y declarándose culpable. Pero nadie en la población cree que Roberta haya sido capaz de semejante crimen. El inspector Lynley y la sargento Havers son los encargados de resolver un complicado caso repleto de contradicciones.

George Orwell's 1984 zählt zu den bedeutendsten Romanen des 20. Jahrhunderts und gilt als eines der prägenden Werke der politischen Dystopie. Winston Smith arbeitet im Ministerium für Wahrheit. Tag für Tag schreibt er Zeitungsartikel und Berichte um, damit die Vergangenheit zur jeweils gültigen Wahrheit der Partei passt. Über allem steht der Große Bruder, das allgegenwärtige Gesicht des Regimes in Ozeanien.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE BOOK BEHIND THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF THE DECADE Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental...

Space Marines can be found fighting hundreds of wars across every sector of the Imperium - they are the will of the emperor made manifest. These audio dramas will bring you into their battles as never before, as bolt shells and chainswords lay waste to any who would stand against them.

Skinwalkers at the Pentagon unmasks the massive scope of the Pentagon’s landmark UFO study that ran from the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC. The Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program or AAWSAP investigated the “Tic Tac” and other “nuts and bolts” UFO events, analyzed intrusions of UFOs onto US military bases, as well as probed the plethora of bizarre phenomena that government investigators encountered on Skinwalker Ranch.

Nella Francia dell'800, l'evoluzione della società con il decadere dell'aristocrazia e il sorgere di una nuova borghesia indistriale

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R.R. Martin’s ongoing masterwork, A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. A century before A GAME OF THRONES, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne...

El Inspector Lynley, Deborah y sus amigos Helen y Simon pasan unos días en la casa familiar del primero, en Cornualles. Su visita coincide con un hecho que perturba la placidez de la vida pueblerina: el asesinato y castración de Mick Cambrey, un conocido donjuán local. Su muerte, y la posterior de Justin Brooke, biólogo y novio de la hermana de Simon, parecen deberse a las drogas. Pero la investigación de Lynley y Simon desvelará un universo de ambiciones más oscuras, más implacables.

Casanova in Bolzano is a riveting novel written within the framework of historical reality, of Casanova's escape from a Venetian prison and his fateful encounter with a woman in Bolzano who finally defeats him. Marai captures Casanova and his time and world with amazingly rich detail and startling insight.

The Cities Classics Collection: London, Paris, New York allows you to step into the vibrant streets of three of the world's most iconic cities through a carefully curated collection of literary masterpieces. From the foggy alleys of London to the grand boulevards of Paris, and the buzzing avenues of New York, these stories bring to life the essence of urban life, capturing the triumphs, tragedies, and timeless experiences of the people who shaped these cities.

Siglos antes de que tuvieran lugar los acontecimientos que se relatan en "Canción de hielo y fuego", la casa Targaryen, la única dinastía de señores dragón que sobrevivió a la Maldición de Valyria, se asentó en la isla de Rocadragón. Aquí tenemos el primero de los dos volúmenes en el que el autor de Juego de tronos nos cuenta, con todo lujo de detalles, la historia de tan fascinante familia.

George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel - a scathing satire on a downtrodden society's blind march towards totalitarianism. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

Philosophy of Mind is the third and final part of the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences, the collection in which Hegel (1730-1831) offered an overview of his life’s work. Though originally written in 1817, he revised it in 1830, thus providing a finished form the year before his...

HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS is the fifth volume in the series. The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. In the...

This audiobook contains the practical ideas, principles, and teachings of the Rosicrucians and Hermetic masters and the methods that transform the apprentice into the MAGI. This audiobook will rock your consciousness. This audiobook contains the power and spiritual magic that most never find.

Bob Lazar was a brilliant young physicist that found himself employed at a top-secret facility in the middle of the desert outside Las Vegas. Under the watchful eye of the government elite, he is tasked with understanding an exotic propulsion system being used by an advanced aerospace vehicle he is told came from outer space. The stressful work and long, odd hours start to wear on Bob and he becomes concerned for his safety. He tells his wife and a couple close friends about what he's doing in the desert, and his employers find out and are furious.

Animal Farm tells the story of Farmer Jones’s animals, led by Napoleon the pig, who rise up in rebellion and take over the farm. Tired of being exploited solely for human gain, the animals—who have human characteristics such as speech—vow to create a new and more just society. However, as time goes on, it becomes clear that the society the animals have constructed is not equal at all when the pigs begin their crusade to consolidate their power and the other animals make the daunting realization that “some animals are more equal than others.”