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Book cover of The Dark Design

The Dark Design

The Third Book of the Riverworld Series

by Philip Jose Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010

Milton Firebrass, once Mark Twain's enemy and now his greatest ally, plans to build a giant airship that can fly to the North Pole of Riverworld. Once there, he hopes to learn the secret of the mysterious tower that dominates the landscape and find the answer to his most urgent question: could the...
Book cover of Venus on the Half-Shell
by Philip Jose Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013

Simon Wagstaff narrowly escapes the Deluge that destroys Earth when he happens upon an abandoned spaceship. A man without a planet, he gains immortality from an elixir drunk during an interlude with a cat-like alien queen. Now Simon must chart a 3,000-year course to the most distant corners of the multiverse, to seek out the answers to the questions no one can seem to answer.
Book cover of Flesh
by Philip Jose Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013

Philip José Farmer applies his unique brand of sci-fi to create a thrilling post-apocalyptic America! Space Commander Stagg explored the galaxies for 800 years. Upon his return, the hero Stagg is made the centerpiece of an incredible public ritual, one that will repeatedly take him to the heights of ecstasy and the depths of hell.
Book cover of Gods of Riverworld

Gods of Riverworld

The Fifth Book of the Riverworld Series

by Philip Jose Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011

Thirty billion people from throughout Earth's history have been resurrected along the great and winding waterways of Riverworld. Most began life anew—accepting without question the sustenance provided by their mysterious benefactors. But a rebellious handful, including Mark Twain, Richard Burton,...
Book cover of Hadon of Ancient Opar (Khokarsa Series #1 - Wold Newton Prehistory)
by Philip Jose Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013

Twelve thousand years ago the great lost city of Opar was in its prime, with its Atlantean tradition, its fabled jewels, its living goddess and Hadon, son of ancient Opar, whose claim to a throne launches him upon an enthralling and dangerous venture.  A brand-new edition of the classic novel.
Book cover of The Wind Whales of Ishmael
by Philip Jose Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013

Ishmael, lone survivor of the doomed whaling ship Pequod, falls through a rift in time and space to a future Earth - an Earth of blood-sucking vegetation and a blood-red sun, of barren canyons where once the Pacific Ocean roared. Here too there are whales to hunt - but whales that soar through a dark...
Book cover of Guys Read: Terrifying Tales
by Jon Scieszka, Adam Gidwitz, R.L. Stine
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

Be afraid, be very afraid of Terrifying Tales, the sixth volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading. Eleven masters of suspense—Kelly Barnhill, Michael Buckley, Adam Gidwitz, Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown, Claire Legrand, Nikki Loftin, Daniel José Older, Dav Pilkey, R.L. Stine, and...
Book cover of The Book of Chameleons
by Jose Eduardo Agualusa
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008

Félix Ventura trades in an unusual commodity; he is a dealer in memories, clandestinely selling new pasts to people whose futures are secure and who lack only a good lineage to complete their lives. In this completely original murder mystery, where people are not who they seem and the briefest of...
Book cover of The Implacable Order of Things
by Jose Luis Peixoto
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008

Winner of the José Saramago Literary Award In an unnamed Portuguese village, against a backdrop of severe rural poverty, two generations of men and women struggle with love, violence, death, and—perhaps worst of all—the inescapability of fate.   A pair of twins conjoined at the pinky,...
Book cover of Gender, Sex and Translation

Gender, Sex and Translation

The Manipulation of Identities

by Jose Santaemilia
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015

Gendered and sexual identities are unstable constructions which reveal a great deal about the ideologies and power relatinships affecting individuals and societies. The interaction between gender/sex studies and translation studies points to a fascinating arena of discursive conflict in which our...
Book cover of Fragilidades

Fragilidades

Una aproximación a la inconsistencia de lo humano

by Jose Mª Asensio Aguilera
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 18, 2016

Por lo común no solemos tomar en consideración las potenciales fragilidades del ser humano a la hora de pretender traducir en acciones los proyectos de orden social, político o personal que concebimos. Se tiende a pensar que todos ellos vienen avalados por una plena racionalidad, una no menor autonomía...
Book cover of L'Ultime Secret du Christ
by Jose rodrigues dos Santos
Language: French
Release Date: May 2, 2013

La célèbre paléographe Patricia Escalona est égorgée en pleine nuit dans la Bibliothèque vaticane, alors qu'elle y étudiait l'un des plus anciens manuscrits détenus par l'Église : le Codex Vaticanus. Près de son corps, le tueur a laissé un message codé. La célèbre paléographe...
Book cover of 6 Tips About Green Tea You Can't Afford to Miss
by Jose Vance
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015

Tea is fast becoming one of the most popular drinks in the world. Tea tastes excellent, and it is a very versatile drink, but it is also extremely healthy for you as well. Many people understand the health benefits of tea, including Chinese cultures, Japanese cultures, Europeans, Taiwanese and African...
Book cover of El reposo del fuego
by Jose Emilio Pacheco
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 8, 2014

Publicado por vez primera a comienzos de 1966, es uno de los poemas largos más intensos que se han escrito en la literatura mexicana. El autor vislumbra la implacable pulsión destructiva que ha surcado desde su origen a la civilización mexicana y a la historia de los últimos 100 años.
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