Global Fiction

Il nuovo romanzo di Ken Follett costituirà una sorpresa per i suoi milioni di lettori. Per niente al mondo segna un cambio di rotta rispetto ai suoi romanzi storici. Ambientato ai giorni nostri narra di una crisi globale che minaccia di sfociare nella terza guerra mondiale, lasciando il lettore nell'incertezza fino all'ultima pagina. Più di un thriller, Per niente al mondo è un romanzo ricco di dettagli reali che si muove tra il cuore rovente del deserto del Sahara e le stanze inaccessibili del potere delle grandi capitali del mondo.

Novelist Patrick Hamlin has come to Los Angeles to oversee the film adaptation of one of his books and try to impress his wife and daughter back home with this last-ditch attempt at professional success. But California is not as he imagined. Drought, wildfire, and corporate corruption are everywhere, and the company behind a mysterious new brand of synthetic water seems to be at the root of it all. Patrick finds an unlikely partner in Cassidy Carter—the cynical starlet of his film—and the two investigate the sun-scorched city.

Former US Navy SEAL Frank Marshall has innocent blood on his hands. Lots of it. Now his only mission in life is to make things right, and that means stepping back onto the grid. Where men of violence are waiting to kill him. Across the Atlantic, a brutal London gangster has given border force officer Roy Sullivan an ultimatum—take part in a criminal enterprise or watch his young son and ex-wife suffer the consequences.

It’s fate when a man accidentally drops his phone off the bridge. It’s fortune when it’s retrieved by a friendly shape sloshing in the muck underneath. From that day forward, as they share a coffee every morning, an unlikely friendship blooms. Considering the reality for the man above, where life seems perfect, and that of the sharp-witted creature below, how forever after can a happy ending be?

Il livello delle acque del mare si è alzato, sommergendo improvvisamente l'intera città di New York. Ogni strada si è trasformata in un canale, ogni grattacielo in un'isola a sé stante. Ma per i residenti di un edificio di Madison Square, la New York del 2140 è ben lontana dall'essere una metropoli isolata e perduta, e tutto sembra procedere esattamente come prima del disastro climatico.

Peter is thrilled to leave New York City to accompany his parents on an expedition to Greenland to study global warming. There he has visions of things that should be too far away for him to see. Generations ago, the people of Thea’s community were hunted for possessing unusual abilities, so they fled beneath the ice. Thea needs help that only Peter can give. Their meeting reveals secrets of both their pasts, and changes the future for them both forever.

Dan is back home to settle his affairs. Then, he is free. But when an innocent woman is abducted in broad daylight, Dan responds to her call for help. His actions leads him into the dangerous vortex of a global plot - a plot designed to cripple America, maybe for good. Deep under the blue waters of the Eastern Seaboard hides a deadly secret, and the enemy knows about it. They have arrived and will stop at nothing to unleash mayhem. Only Dan Roy, ex-Black Ops warrior, stands in their way.

A Friend of the Earth opens in the year 2025, as Tyrone O'Shaughnessy Tidewater ekes out a bleak living in southern California, managing a rock star's private menagerie. Global warming is a reality. The biosphere has collapsed and most of the major mammalian species are extinct.

How should a woman feel, when she only what a gentleman to open the car door for her, take her out to dinner, maybe some flowers, or a box of chocolates, or just a simple walk in the park. And yet you are told to stop looking through the world with rose-colored glasses. That kind of man doesn’t exist anymore. Times have changed. Anthony, her ten-year son, sees this, and wants better for his mother and brother. To cope with what he sees around him, He tells the story of his family through his journal. He knows what his mother desires, and the love he has for his brother Michael.

Nick is an ex-Army translator whose facility for language allowed him to escape a difficult childhood in rural Connecticut. His mother is a former addict, now dying and requires expensive care. Desperate for money though ambivalent about finance, Nick is employed as a researcher at a Boston hedge fund. The head of the fund, the Boss, is a financial genius who believes US financial collapse is imminent, in part due to past inequities, including slavery.

Sátira en torno al desarrollo sostenible y la gestión medioambiental de una gran empresa energética que explota una refinería en el litoral gaditano. Federico Castilla es director de Responsabilidad Corporativa y Desarrollo Sostenible de Oilgas International, multinacional del sector petroquímico con implantación en Europa, África y Oriente Medio. Una mañana recibe una llamada desde Oilgas Ibérica, su planta de distribución de refino en España, y le comunican que se acaba de producir un accidente laboral en dicha planta.

Sometimes, only a kid can save the day.... Star athlete Josh and computer prodigy Madison begin the adventure of a lifetime when they discover the Small World Global Protection Agency. The GPA is a secret organization dedicated to helping other kids and saving the day when adults can’t. In New Kids on the Rock, their first mission takes them to Australia, where they go from the Outback to the top of the Sydney Opera House!

Conto que encerra o livro Sagarana, A hora e vez de Augusto Matraga traz a história de um homem sertanejo acostumado a se impor pela força em seu cotidiano. Nhô Augusto é a perfeita síntese do mandonismo local que se fez presente em tantas cidades brasileiras durante o século XX. Manejando de forma magistral o dilema universal entre o bem e o mal, João Guimarães Rosa construiu um enredo surpreendente, que leva os leitores a refletir acerca de seus instintos.

Join Viktor as he uncovers part of his past in this collection of Warden Global books and short stories. Hidden in the shadows is a supernatural world, filled with wonders that coexist alongside our own. Standing on the threshold of both, he fights for those who can’t protect themselves. It isn’t fun; it isn’t glorious, but it is important.

Read by Peter Kenny, award-winning narrator of the Culture series by Iain M. Banks. In a ravaged near-future England, a private detective with psychic powers might be the last hope standing between mankind and total collapse. Mindstar Rising is the first cyberpunk thriller in Peter F. Hamilton's...

For years, Trent Turner has worked in the shadows using his vigilance and determination to covertly defend his country. His anonymous days dispatching of the world's dark realities are interrupted when the unthinkable happens and sends him on a path that could destroy him. He finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy where political and financial powers collide when members of a hacktivist group are strong-armed into helping a sworn enemy of the United States rise to power once again.

Carley Dawson’s story isn’t just about achieving fame and fortune in the glamorous world of music production; it’s about the transformative power of pursuing one’s dreams with unwavering determination. It’s a story rooted in the familiar soil of a small Alabama town, where Carley’s musical talents first blossomed amidst the backdrop of family, friends, and the rhythmic pulse of a local bar.

Lançado em 1943, Fogo morto é considerado por muitos críticos a obra-prima de José Lins do Rego. O livro encerra o que se convencionou denominar, dentro da obra do escritor paraibano, o "ciclo da cana-de-açúcar", série iniciada pelo romance Menino de engenho, de 1932. A obra é dividida em 3 partes, cada uma delas dedicada a um personagem específico. Na primeira parte do livro, conhece-se as agruras de José Amaro, mestre seleiro que habita as terras pertencentes ao seu Lula, protagonista da parte seguinte da obra e homem que se revela autoritário no comando do Engenho Santa Fé.

Four years after the events that took place in Delaney's first book, The Shaft, the Global Calling organization is now making a dynamic impact across India. As they host the largest ministry event in their history, with over 100,000 worshippers in a crowded Mumbai cricket stadium, a radical anti-Christian militia (Indian Liberation Resistance Organization) orchestrates a brutal terrorist attack.

For most of the world life had improved after the implementation of the Basic Human Standard and the formation of The Global Federation of Nations. However, after 15 years, there are some who still fight against the principles of the organization. Natalie Kelley is a journalist for the Chicago Tribune whose reporting focuses on American terrorist groups in opposition to the GFN.