Irene Ketman Libros

En 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse, genio matematico y capiton de la marina de guerra EEUU, esta asignado a la Separacion 2702, cuya mision es mantener ignorantes a los nazis del hecho de que la Inteligencia Aliada ha descifrado el codigo del enemigo. Sesenta años despues, el nieto de Waterhouse, quien es un brillante cripto-hacker, proyecta crear un paraiso de datos y el mayor exponente de la libertad informatica, condicionada por las leyes y normas de las altas finanzas internacionales y la infotecnologia. Pero su esquema revela una conspiracion masiva con raices en la Separacion 2702, una que represente o un futuro de la libertad personal y digital o al totalitarismo universal.

A novel told in the voices of two narrators: Violet, who in 1944 is imprisoned in the tower of a rambling country house by her family; and Claudine, a modern-day property negotiator who becomes involved in handling the sale of the derelict Whitecliff in 2004.

On a hot summer afternoon in 1972, three teenagers drove into an unfamiliar neighborhood and six lives were altered forever. Thirty five years later, one survivor of that day reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. But another survivor is now out of prison, looking for reparation in any form he can find it. The Turnaround takes us on a journey from the rock-and-soul streets of the '70s to the changing neighborhoods of D.C. today, from the diners and auto garages of the city to the inside of Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, where wounded men and women have returned to the world in a time of war. A novel of fathers and sons, wives and husbands, loss, victory and violent redemption, The Turnaround is another compelling, highly charged novel from George Pelecanos, "the best crime novelist in America."

The Orange Prize-winning author Kate Grenville recalls her family's history in an astounding novel about the pioneers of New South Wales. Already a best seller in Australia, The Secret River is the story of Grenville's ancestors, who wrested a new life from the alien terrain of Australia and its native people. London, 1806. William Thornhill, a Thames bargeman, is deported to the New South Wales colony in what would become Australia. In this new world of convicts and charlatans, Thornhill tries to pull his family into a position of power and comfort. When he rounds a bend in the Hawkesbury River and sees a gentle slope of land, he becomes determined to make the place his own. But, as uninhabited as the island appears, Australia is full of native people, and they do not take kindly to Thornhill's theft of their home. The Secret River is the tale of Thornhill's deep love for his small corner of the new world, and his slow realization that if he wants to settle there, he must ally himself with the most despicable of the white settlers, and to keep his family safe, he must permit terrifying cruelty to come to innocent people.

U ovom raskošnom povijesnom romanu, utemeljenom djelomično na historijskim činjenicama, autorica oživljuje likove dviju sestara glazbenica, koje su svoje glazbeno umijeće izgradile u samostanu Pieta` u Veneciji te ga nadogradile zahvaljujući jednom od najslavnijih baroknih skladatelja i violinista, Antonija Vivaldija. Od najranijeg djetinjstva, kad su se, napuštene od majke, našle u samostanu, prelijepa i zavodljiva Chiaretta i njezina starija sestra, ponešto suzdržana i skromna Maddalena, otkrivaju ljubav prema glazbi. Dok će Chiarettin put voditi od slavne solo-pjevačice u samostanskom zboru do aristokratove nevjeste i sudionice pomalo razvratnog života u osamnaestostoljetnoj Veneciji, Maddalena će ostati posvećena samostanskom životu i svojoj strasti prema violini, ali i prema Vivaldiju. No, usprkos različitim putovima i nedaćama koje će uslijediti, sestre će ostati vjerne jedna drugoj kao i svojoj ljubavi prema glazbi. Četiri godišnja doba otvaraju okno u prostor-vrijeme Venecije u njezinu zlatnom dobu i otkrivaju kako je nastalo jedno od najvećih remek-djela klasične glazbe, Vivaldijevi koncerti okupljeni pod naslovom ovog romana.

¿Puede un libro crear una devastadora plaga de felicidad humana? Cuando un larguísimo manuscrito de autoayuda llega a la mesa de Edwin de Valu, un editor estresado, cínico y mal pago, su destino parece el tacho de basura. Esa mañana, el escepticismo de Edwin acerca de este tipo de libros y su mal humor logran que ni siquiera conteste la carta que acompaña el libro, firmado por un tal Tupak Soiree. Sin embargo, en la reunión que mantiene luego con su insoportable jefe y ante la desesperada necesidad de cubrir un hueco en la programación de otoño, Edwin se encuentra defendiendo las virtudes del gigantesco libro, cuyo lema es: "¡Vive, Ama, Aprende!". Se deciden a publicarlo, y para sorpresa de todos, se convierte en un suceso comercial sin precedentes. Una pandemia de felicidad comienza a extenderse por el mundo y, de repente, toda América ha dejado de fumar, de tomar alcohol, de drogarse e incluso de leer, menos el libro de Tupak Soiree, claro. Los poderosos intereses financieros que se ven afectados por la epidemia culpan al editor de la calamidad. Y aunque Edwin se esfuerza por impedirlo, parece que el apocalipsis sobrevendrá, aunque cueste creerlo, por exceso de bienestar.

This book does a great job in illustrating Feng Shui and your landscapes, home, and business.

Onderzoek naar het thema lichamelijke schoonheid, waarbij wordt geconcludeerd dat schoonheid een universeel onderdeel is van de menselijke ervaring dat gezien kan worden als een biologische aanpassing.

Een Britse vrouw stuit op een groot onrecht: de kwestie Tibet en besluit daartegen de protesteren; ze richt onder meer de organisatie Act for Tibet op.