Resultados Editorial "audible studios" en Política

Mariano piensa hacer un recorrido en motocicleta con sus amigos; sin embargo, es secuestrado en un llano junto con otras personas. Los criminales exigen un cuantioso rescate por cada liberación, y poco a poco van soltando a los cautivos hasta que unicamente queda él. Deberá caminar del Estado de México a Guerrero en un secuestro duplicado.

Por trás da aparência poderosa de Vittorio Tommaso, candidato a governador da Sicília, existe um homem quebrado por um passado repleto de mentiras e traições. Vittorio se sente incapaz de confiar nas pessoas e, por isso, quando sua equipe sugere que ele deve se casar, sua primeira resposta é um simples não. No entanto, o entendimento de que isso aumentaria suas chances de se eleger fez ele ceder.

Ricordate gli anni della Thatcher? Gli anni in cui la rapacità era la virtù, i beni della nazione venivano depredati e Saddam Hussein era un uomo con il quale volentieri si facevano gli affari? È su questo periodo che Jonathan Coe, in uno dei romanzi più divertenti e mortalmente seri degli ultimi anni, butta uno sguardo giocoso e selvaggio. Ne esce un agghiacciante affresco socio-politico che rivela sorprendenti analogie con l'attuale realtà italiana.

For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state.

In this now-classic thriller, he and fellow author J. Frederick George tell a shocking tale with an all-too plausible premise. There's no way William A. Cozzano can lose the upcoming presidential election. He's a likable midwestern governor with one insidious advantage - an advantage provided by a shadowy group of backers.

In this concluding volume of Neal Stephenson’s epic work, “Half-Cocked Jack” Shaftoe must escape the noose of Jack Ketch; the rivalry between Newton and Leibniz comes to a head; and Daniel Waterhouse pursues his dream to build the Logic Mill

Jean Legarec, responsable d'une agence privée de renseignements, n'a qu'une vague idée de ce qu'il va affronter lorsqu'il accepte une demande inhabituelle : enquêter sur la disparition d'un enfant de six ans, petit-fils d'un homme politique français influent. Pour un million d'euros, il va se lancer dans des recherches qui lui feront prendre tous les risques et le confronteront à son propre passé.

Ever Montgomery suffered the ultimate betrayal by the one man who she should have been able to count on for anything. It has left her hurt, jaded, and incapable of forming relationships, but it also means that she can spot a liar a mile away. These traits are earning her a reputation as a reporter with a keen nose for a good story and a complete understanding of the extreme power of the written word.

In this "ingenious" novel ( New York Times) by "one of Europe's most original and remarkable writers" ( Los Angeles Times), a proofreader's deliberate slip opens the door to romance-and confounds the facts of Portugal's past.

In the 99th district of a sprawling labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician - and hundreds just like them - are undergoing Re-education, to restore their revolutionary zeal and credentials. In charge of this process is the Child, who delights in draconian rules, monitoring behaviour and confiscating treasured books. But when bad weather arrives, followed by the ‘three bitter years’, the intellectuals are abandoned by the regime and left on their own to survive.

Cuando los malos se enfrentan a los malos no hay esperanza posible, siempre ganarán los corruptos, los que juegan sucio, los que lucran con el destino de un país. Cuando la noche cae sobre un pueblo, las sombras de la política son la peor pesadilla de un México que sigue dormido. ¿Hasta dónde es capaz un ser humano para conseguir y conservar el poder?

Em um momento no qual a corrupção parece nos rondar em todas as esferas, a única pergunta que resta é: como este mal se instala na mente humana? Cada ser humano tem vampiros mentais capazes de deixá-lo sem ar—o orgulho, a ira, o ciúme, a dissimulação, a ambição e a necessidade neurótica de ser o centro das atenções. Embora destruidores, esses parasitas são imperceptíveis a seus hospedeiros. Neste impactante romance, Augusto Cury fala de um político adoecido pelos vampiros da corrupção.

O Cortiço é um dos principais romances naturalistas brasileiros. O português João Romão, dono do cortiço, busca a ascensão social a todo custo, concorrendo com o dono do sobrado vizinho, Miranda. Se utilizando do trabalho duro da escrava fugida Bertoleza, o comerciante aluga mais casas em seu terreno, guardando cada centavo apenas para si. No cenário de uma habientação coletiva, Aluísio Azevedo adentra no cotidiano dos moradores dessas estalagens cariocas do século XIX, discutindo a influências das relações entre meio, raça e momento histórico na construção dessa sociedade.

Cuando el narrador de esta novela conoce a Mirko Bevilacqua, un hombre extravagante que frecuenta de manera intermitente y clandestina a Clara, una joven que cuida de una anciana y elegante dama croata, su percepción de la realidad cambia irreversiblemente.

From James Meek, the prize-winning author of the international best seller The People’s Act of Love, comes a rich and intricate novel about everything that matters to us now: children, celebrity, secrets and shame, the quest for youth, loyalty and betrayal, falls from grace, acts of terror, and the wonderful, terrible inescapability of family.Ritchie Shepherd, an aging pop star and a producer of a reality show for teen talent, is starting to trip over his own lies.

In the chronic turmoil of modern Zimbabwe, Abednego and Agnes Mlambo’s teenage son, Bukhosi, has gone missing, and the Mlambos fear the worst. Their enigmatic lodger, Zamani, seems to be their last, best hope for finding him. Since Bukhosi’s disappearance, Zamani has been preternaturally helpful: hanging missing posters in downtown Bulawayo, handing out fliers to passersby, and joining in family prayer vigils with the flamboyant Reverend Pastor from Agnes’s Blessed Anointings church. It’s almost like Zamani is part of the family....

Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman gives an understated and exemplary performance of this satiric look at the unreality of American media culture. Chance, the enigmatic gardener, becomes Chauncey Gardiner after getting hit by a limo belonging to a Wall Street tycoon. The whirlwind that follows brings Chance to his new status of political policy advisor and possible vice presidential candidate. His garden-variety political responses, inspired by television, become heralded as visionary, and he is soon a media icon.

In March of 2002, while the eyes of the world focused on Afghanistan, Jack Noble finds himself on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. A Marine in name only, Jack is on loan to the CIA. Normally an integral part of the team, he finds that he is nothing more than a security detail in Iraq.

Henry Dumas' fiction is a masterful synthesis of myth and religion, culture and nature, mask and identity. From the Deep South to the simmering streets of Harlem, his characters embark on surreal and mythic quests armed only with wit, words, and wisdom. Championed by Toni Morrison, Walter Mosley, and Quincy Troupe, Dumas' books have long been out of print. All of his short fiction is collected here, for the first time, and includes several previously unpublished stories.

When a foreign exchange student is found murdered at an Iowa University, Deputy Sheriff Clyde Banks finds that his investigation extends far beyond the small college townall the way to the Middle East. Shady events at the school reveal that a powerful department is using federal grant money for highly dubious research. And what its producing is a very nasty bug.