If Edgar Allan Poe and David Lynch wrote a book, it might be as warped, wicked, and perversely funny as this treasury of 13 twisted tales from childhood's "Twilight Zone."
Esta magnífica novela explora las corruptas interrelaciones entre el crimen organizado, las altas finanzas y el periodismo. La acción se desarrolla a lo largo de un dia normal en la sede de un...
Una ambiciosa saga familiar de amores apasionados, secretos inconfesables y misterios del pasado, con unos personajes cuyas vidas se ven marcadas, a lo largo de tres generaciones, por un antiguo...
This is an informal collection of essays and speeches on the writers who in one way or another counted for Val ry in the shaping of his mind or in his affections and interests: Descartes, Voltaire,...
A groundbreaking guide to flower flies in North America This is the first comprehensive field guide to the flower flies (also known as hover flies) of northeastern North America. Flower flies are,...
Inspiring popular video games like Tetris while contributing to the study of combinatorial geometry and tiling theory, polyominoes have continued to spark interest ever since their inventor,...
This comprehensive textbook introduces readers to the principal ideas and applications of game theory, in a style that combines rigor with accessibility. Steven Tadelis begins with a concise...
Millions around the world know the name; millions more may know him żeby the countless iconic characters he created. Kermit the Frog. Bert and Ernie. Grover. Miss Piggy. Big Bird. The Muppets. All...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "An essential expos of our times--a work that reveals the deep rot in our financial system... Everyone should read this book."--David Grann, author of Killers of...
Prometheus the god stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock, where an eagle clawed unceasingly at his liver, until Herakles freed him. For the...
Here is the original manuscript of Raymond Carver's seminal 1981 collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Carver is one of the most celebrated short-story writers in American...
Harriet Blue used to be a detective. Now she's inmate 3329.Prison is a dangerous place for a former cop - as Harriet Blue is learning on a daily basis.So, following a fight for her life and a...
What adventure novelist could have invented the life of Giuseppe Garibaldi? The revolutionary, soldier, politician, and greatest figure in the fight for Italian unification, Garibaldi (1807-1882)...
Does a new start for the Galactic Alliance mark the beginning of the fall of the Jedi Order?§§After a violent civil war and the devastation wrought by the now fallen Darth Caedus, the Galactic...
The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the...