Medio siglo después de la misteriosa muerte de Buenaventura Durruti, una periodista francesa pretende esclarecer quién disparó la bala que acabó con el mítico anarquista.
Con La trampa, novela publicada en 1957, Magda Portal deja testimonio de su militancia política y, a través de un canto coral, retrata las diversas luchas por alcanzar el poder en el Perú de mediados del siglo XX.
Tres personajes: dos Hermanos Maristas y un seminarista se ven involucrados en un intento de asesinato a Juan Pablo Segundo, en su visita a Chile en el parque O'Higgins en 1987, una delirante historia sobre la Iglesia Católica, sus miserias, sus virtudes, la educación chilena y la amistad en el marco de la dictadura cívico-militar chilena.
A comienzos del siglo XX, la provincia argentina de Entre Ríos tenía 170 colonias asentadas en las tierras compradas por el barón Hirsh a fin de dar cobijo a miles de familias judías de Polonia y Besarabia perseguidas por los pogromos.
Robert Ying Bilton alerts to the phenomenon of rented soldiers in the war on terrorism when he met a team of security contractors who were carrying out a secret mission on the Pakistani -Afghan border in the fall of 2003; Bilton held his intention to take a long epic journey to enter this mysterious world and reveal its secrets, to return to us with an amazing understanding of the way to use private soldiers.
A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Doyle writes beautifully, trenchantly, near-irrefutably' Richard Dawkins 'Thought provoking and entertaining.
From the acclaimed author of Immigrant, Montana comes a one-of-a-kind novel about memory, politics, a world of lies, and the ways in which truth can be not only stranger than fiction, but a fiction of its own.
IPPY Awards Gold Medal Winner in the memoir categoryColorado Independent Book Publishers Association (CIPA) Gold Medal Winner in the memoir categoryNational Indie Excellence Awards finalist in the new non-fiction categoryA deeply personal memoir about finding family and belonging from White House staffer Robin F.
The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in its first full English translation'Wang Xiaobo is a truly unique writer, and there are very few writers like him' Ai Weiwei'Fills the reader with aching poignancy, and yet makes them want to laugh out loud' Jung Chang, author of Wild SwansTwenty-one year old Wang Er, stationed in a remote mountain commune, spends his days herding oxen, napping and dreaming of losing his virginity.
One of the world's best-loved heroes Evan Smoak, otherwise known as Orphan X, returns in an all-new thrilling adventure'Put Jack Reacher and Jason Bourne into a blender.
In Politics, Carol Ann Duffy, one of the English language's best-loved living poets presents from her own archives, in chronological order, her favourites among her poems on the theme of politics and protest, drawing on work written over four decades.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKOVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEThis breathtaking story of love, loss and survival has captured the hearts of readers around the world.
'Spare, chilling, with wild flashes of vivid colour and the tempo of a thriller, Siblings jolts us into the beating heart of a family and post-war East Germany, conjuring the political dreams and divisions that make and ultimately break both' Lisa Appignanesi1960.
WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2023WINNER OF THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2024WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Sean is back.
Raffiniert, vielschichtig, politisch aktuell: Hamburgs sanftmütiger und boxender Ermittler ist mit "Die stille Mörderin", dem zweiten Kriminalroman um Kommissar Tom Simon, zurück Supermarktkassiererin Claudia Hilser war schon vieles in ihrem Leben, morgen wird sie Mörderin, so ihr Plan.
Auf dem Balkon einer Brünner Wohnung wächst in der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit ein Kaninchen heran, das Heiligabend in die Pfanne gehauen werden soll.
Die junge Trompeterin Karla Klimentová aus der südmährischen Barockstadt Kroměříž wird vom verheerenden Tsunami zu Weihnachten 2004 nicht nur ihrer Eltern beraubt, sondern auch ihrer Fähigkeit zu musizieren und zu komponieren.
A masterful political thriller from the author of Shining City thrusts veteran Washington fixers Peter Rena and Randi Brooks into a dark world of cyberattacks, a new era of foreign espionage, and a risky, classified plan to save the world from environmental disasterBillionaire entrepreneur David Traynor has big dreams for fixing a broken government in his first term as president of the United States.
'One of the most exquisite debuts I've read' - Daily Telegraph'Affecting and haunting' - ObserverAfter the death of his wife, a father in a forgotten corner of France raises his two sons alone.
The book that has stolen hearts everywhere, the breath-takingly powerful Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club pick, perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and Great Circle.
2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprisingsWhen the Soweto uprisings of June 1976 took place, Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu, the author of this book, was a 14-year-old pupil at Phefeni Junior Secondary School.
Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation is a first-hand account of the university protests that gripped South Africa between 2015 and 2017, widely better known as the #FeesMustFall.
From the award-winning pen of Achmat Dangor comes a subtle and multi-layered collection of short stories that showcases an unusual and illuminating take on 'the struggle years', and how the past impacts on us in a variety of ways.
Originally written during his two year imprisonment in Atlanta, The Tragedy of White Injustice and Other Meditations is a collection of short thoughts or, impromptu poetry, from one of the Fathers of Black Nationalism, Marcus Garvey.
