Alaric Moebius and Basil Fox are two lovable scoundrels looking to make a quick fortune. Basil is a former SAS trooper turned Queen's Guard by day and thief by night. Moebius is an Oxford-educated charmer with a knack for getting into trouble. Together they chase adventure under the patronage of "Th[...]
Based on aspects arising from architectural work and academic teaching, this essay addresses the wide-ranging issues involved with innovatively integrating sustainability into architecture. It presents five theoretical questions concerning the underlying problem of a sustainably built environment an[...]
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Energy Efficient Data Centers, E2DC 2014, held in Cambridge, UK, in June 2014. The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from numerous submissions. They are organized i[...]
The painter's painter. Light, color and penetrating portraits from Spain's Golden Age luminary. Manet called him "the greatest painter of all." Picasso was so inspired by his masterpiece Las Meninas that he painted 44 variations of it. Monet, Renoir, and Degas were heavily influenced by the painting[...]
Curious George Takes a Job
Curious George Rides a Bike
Curious George Gets a Medal
Curious George Flies a Kite
Los ejercitos del Senor Oscuro van extendiendo cada vez mas su malefica sombra por la Tierra Media. Hombres, elfos y enanos unen sus fuerzas para presentar batalla a Sauron y sus huestes. Ajenos a estos preparativos, Frodo y Sam siguen adentrandose en el pais de Mordor en su heroico viaje para destr[...]
In this unsettling work about the alienating and at the same time liberating power of love, the monotonous existence of a book seller is rocked by the appearance of a consummate book thief who hopes to solve the enigma of her life through the stolen works. As in an obsessive dream where the limits b[...]
It begins with two disappearances: that of a deaf boy from a small town in Guatemala, and of Clara, the daughter of a rich banker and "kindly tyrant." Is there a connection between the disappearances? What roles do Clara's lover and family lawyer, her bodyguards, and the doctors in a shady hospital [...]
Rodrigo Rey Rosa draws us into a universe that transcends the borders of Guatemala because, in the words of the author, "the whole world is a violent place." In these four crime novels written between 1995 and 2006, Que me maten si, El cojo bueno, Piedras encantadas y Caballeriza, he also shows his [...]
Los letrados mas jovenes y brillantes no suelen foguearse, precisamente, como abogados de oficio. Clay Carter lleva asi demasiado tiempo y, como la mayoria de sus colegas, suena con un puesto mejor en un bufete de verdad. Cuando acepta, sin muchas ganas, el caso de un hombre joven al que acusan de u[...]
The prostate is a King Gland because queens do not have it. No other human organ in our body is so much prone to cancer as is the prostate and and no one knows when it develops and when to start preventive treatment. This book includes the causes, signs and symptoms of prostate enlargement; care and[...]
Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his country--and his [...]
Nominado para el National Book Award de ficci n en el 2017
Las historias de unos personajes que intentan luchar contra el poder en cualquiera de sus formas y que confirman a Daniel Alarc n como uno de los m s destacados narradores contempor neos.
El rey siempre est por encima del pueblo[...]