Search a title: enter Forward2forward2.wordpress.comThe Best Russian Novel by Leo TolstoyActive TOC:Table of ContentsBOOK ONE: 18051 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28BOOK TWO: 18051 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21BOOK THREE: 18051 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19BOOK FOUR: 18061 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16BOOK FIVE: 1806 - 071 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22BOOK SIX: 1808 - 101 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26BOOK SEVEN: 1810 - 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13BOOK EIGHT: 1811 - 121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22BOOK NINE: 18121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23BOOK TEN: 18121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39BOOK ELEVEN: 18121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34BOOK TWELVE: 18121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16BOOK THIRTEEN: 18121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19BOOK FOURTEEN: 18121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19BOOK FIFTEEN: 1812 - 131 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20FIRST EPILOGUE: 1813 - 201 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16SECOND EPILOGUE1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Situada en una de las grandes ciudades a comienzos de la segunda década del siglo XXI, cuando Facebook y WhatsApp dominaban la comunicación.Seguimos a Alejandra, una joven médica inmigrante y madre soltera que lucha incansablemente para mantener a flote a su pequeña familia. A lo largo de la trama, algunos de sus pacientes cambiaran su vida y sus creencias, haciendole encontrar respuestas a preguntas que no se habia formulado hasta entonces.A traves de los ojos de Alejandra descubriremos la sanidad publica y la vida de los inmigrantes. Pero, sobre todo, como muchas personas enfrentan el final de sus dias.

Con Una afición peligrosa, después de Pájaros a punto de volar, publicada el año pasado en esta colección, se completa la edición de los cuentos inéditos, o no recogidos en libros, de Patricia Highsmith. Los relatos muestran el espectro completo de su escritura, desde las narraciones psicologicas hasta lo grotesco, asi como algunos personajes frecuentes en sus novelas, por ejemplo el psicopata gigolo de Una aficion peligrosa. Otras narraciones se apartan de lo que se considera Highsmith pura y dura, como el registro comico de Dos palomas muy desagradables o Un completo fracaso, una verdadera leccion moral. Quiza uno de los textos mas originales e inesperados dentro de su obra es El problema de la señora Blynn, el problema del mundo, que segun el critico aleman Paul Ingendaay, representa la joya de la coleccion.

Una novela que ilustra perfectamente el carácter fronterizo de la obra de Patricia Highsmith: el interés de la intriga policíaca se funde con un apasionante buceo en la psicología de los personajes.La accion de esta novela, situada en Mexico, gira en torno a un grupo de artistas norteamericanos y mexicanos que llevan una vida alegre y despreocupada.Uno de ellos, Theodore, encuentra el cadaver de Lelia, su amante, una joven y hermosa pintora que ha sido violada y salvajemente mutilada. Lelia tenia otro amante, Ramon, un joven mexicano.Los dos amantes se convierten en los principales sospechosos. Theodore logra disipar rapidamente las sospechas de la policia y colabora con ella para el esclarecimiento del crimen, mientras que Ramon, corroido por un complejo de culpa, se acusa de acciones que no ha cometido, pero es puesto en libertad.Theodore alberga y protege a Ramon, aunque no esta convencido de su inocencia, y se desarrolla entre ambos una turbia y compleja relacion: una de esas relaciones entre dos hombres que tanto fascinan a Patricia Highsmith. Recordemos, por ejemplo, a Ripley y Greenleaf en A pleno sol, Coleman y Garret en El juego del escondite, Bruno y Guy en Extraños en un tren.La historia termina con un final inesperado que disloca la existencia del grupo de amigos.Un juego para los vivos ilustra perfectamente el caracter fronterizo de la obra de Patricia Highsmith: el interes de la intriga policiaca se funde con un apasionante buceo en la psicologia de los personajes.

Times are tough for David Miller, a journalist for a second rate financial magazine who hates his boss, is tired of supporting his girlfriends partying lifestyle, and recently lost his sister to cancer. But things are about to get much worse. When he loses his wallet in a neighborhood bar, he finds himself being blackmailed by junkies, lying to his family and friends, and stumbling into a crime that may cost him his life.

White Mike es delgado, pálido y distante; lleva el pelo rubio muy corto, viste tejanos, sudadera con capucha y un oscuro abrigo Brook Brothers. Ascético y solitario, no fuma, no bebe, no se droga. Lee a Camus y a Nietzsche, y ha terminado el instituto. Era un buen estudiante, pero ahora lleva seis meses sin hacer nada y todos suponen que se ha tomado un año sabatico antes de empezar la universidad. O mas de un año. Entretanto, White Mike se ha convertido en un camello sumamente eficaz y esta ganando una pequeña fortuna. Que, sin duda, aumentara considerablemente en los cinco dias proximos, entre Navidad y Año Nuevo, cuando todos los estudiantes de la privilegiada burguesia a la que tambien pertenece White Mike vuelvan de sus casas de vacaciones, avidos de drogas, sexo y juerga. Alli estaran los jovencisimos Mark Rothko y Timmy, que aspiran a ser gangsters -o al menos a parecerlo- y merodean por Manhattan robando CDs de hip-hop, hablando la jerga de los negros, buscando drogas y comprando alcohol y tabaco con documentos de identidad falsos. Y la guapisima Sara Ludlow, la chica mas popular de su universidad, ocupada en organizar fiestas para conseguir su mayor ambicion en la vida: ser famosa. Y su amiga Jessica, menos guapa que Sara y bastante mas torturada, que es una adicta al Twelve, la nueva droga de diseño. Y Claude, que ha sustituido la adiccion a la cocaina por la aficion a las armas, que compra en Chinatown y almacena en su dormitorio...Cada tantos años, aparece un autor muy joven, casi adolescente, que da cuenta de la entrada a la vida de su generacion, de las maneras en que va cambiando el mundo y refleja, pero tambien construye, los nuevos lenguajes, los nuevos estilos, las nuevas mitologias. Son novelas sintomaticas que se constituyen en hitos y tienen la intensidad de lo narrado a ras del suelo, de lo que se esta contando y viviendo. Sucedio hace unos años con Menos que cero, de Bret Easton Ellis, y sucede ahora con Twelve, de Nick McDonell.

The Second Jesse Stone MysteryStiles Island is a wealthy and exclusive enclave separated by a bridge from the Massachusetts coastal town of Paradise.A group of ex-cons, led by James Macklin, plan to blow the bridge and loot the island, and Paradise police chief Jesse Stone has his hands full.Stone faces battling this group of ruthless criminals whilst simultaneously dealing with his own romantic entanglements, and trying to keep Paradise, as well as the women in his life, out of harms way.Parker fans and all who love muscular crime writing will appreciate this tale, as the Boston-based crime master once again shows how to do it well, and with stylePublishers WeeklyParker has injected Trouble in Paradise with yet another blast of the page-turning energy hes famous for.New York PostTough-guy dialogue...sharp social commentary...Fresh...interesting.Boston Globe

Abe, a 17-year-old soon-to-be college history major, has an unusual dream -- Abraham Lincoln is telling God he shouldnt be getting all the credit for ending slavery and saving the American Union. The former U.S. president, affectionately known as Honest Abe, says he was just Gods servant."Its not like I singlehandedly put the nation back together again. I wasnt even there anymore! I died! he exclaims.Lincoln convinces God to send someone who will tell Lincolns story to this generation; the modern Abe believes hes the one for the job! He begins researching Lincolns life and learns they have more in common than just their first names. Lincoln had a girl named Ann too -- except he lost her to typhoid fever. The modern Abe ditched his girl because he figured hed end up marrying her at a young age!Readers learn the importance of cherishing love when you find it in Together Again, a short Christian romance for young adults. Readers also learn not to allow anyone to be a superhero that separates them from God.

Potty training is one of the vital dog obedience trainings that a dog or puppy should learn. No matter what age the dog is, puppy or adult, it needs the proper potty training. Also, no matter what the size, whether small or large dogs, they need the rules, boundaries and limitation from you. Start potty training your dog now and avoid having accidents around your house. Not only can your dog benefit from the training but also you. To live a life without house mess can also be achievable through dog housetraining.

Una novela agridulce y llena de giros inesperados en la que Dan Rhodes entretiene y conmueve en la misma gran medida.«... los perros dependen de los hombres, y los hombres están en manos del destino.

The Belgian celebrity gossip columnist J.P. Vandam is being suspected by the police of murdering the former top model Catherine Vincenti. He now organizes an online investigation with detective teams from all over the world, because he not only wants to prove his innocence, but also reveal the truth. He has asked the other suspects to tell her what they have to say about the case. Is the real culprit Fred Hulot, the husband of Catherine, who had an affair with J.P.? Is it Delphine, the younger sister of Catherine, who also had a vague relationship with J.P.? Is it Pierre Dubois, Catherines cocaine dealer? By the way, the pictures taken by Pierre Dubois are in the table of contents / excerpts.

Henning Mankell described The Serious Game as one of Swedens lost classics. Soderberg wrote a contemporary novel. He wants the reader to look upon that time and to understand that love is not a secluded island, it is always affected by the big world; by society; politics, disasters and scandals. Arvid, an educated and ambitious young man, meets Lydia, the daughter of a landscape painter; it is summer, they are young, and they fall in love. Lydia, however, has other suitors, and Arvid is frightened of being tied to her, afraid of his emotions. Instead, they part and both conduct marriages of convenience. Years later, trapped inside loveless marriages, the two struggle to rekindle the passion and promise of their early relationship, but with bitter and tragic results. A work of tremendous insight, tenderness and gentle irony.

At thirty-five Mary Agreda began her Mystical City of God, which was the fruit of her daily meditations and rapt states of contemplation. When this work appeared it was hailed with almost unanimous applause by the bishops of Spain. The Spanish Inquisition, always rigid in its censorship, regarded it as almost, if not wholly, of divine revelation. The Sorbonne at Paris held thirty-two stances, in which five hundred and fifty doctors discussed its merits, but finally condemned it with true national hostility to Spain. At Rome it was indeed placed on the Index, but was removed shortly after by command of the pope himself, some say at the solicitation of the King of Spain. Though no formal approbation has ever been given to the work, Pope Alexander VIII. authorized its circulation, and Clement IX. forbade its being placed on the Index. Its discussion, however, has delayed the process for the canonization of its author, though no one ever doubted her sincerity, her earnest convictions, and the saintliness of her character. In it she displays a mind thoroughly imbued with the religious spirit, and, though without education, strictly speaking, shows a knowledge of Scripture, a depth of theological learning, and a correctness of scholastic terms that are truly surprising. The style is dignified, and yet easy; and some of her descriptions have a certain grandeur, as in the Passion, where Satan and his angels are represented as following Christ to Mount Calvary bound in chains, forced to become witnesses of his sufferings and death, and smitten to the ground at the moment of the Consummatum est. This is volume three out of four.

Part One of the Lew Griffin SeriesThere are those who vanish into the steaming New Orleans night - and it is part time Private Investigator, Repo-man and blues afficionado Lew Griffins job to find them. A prisoner of the bottle, his past and his skin, Griffin knows every hidden corner of Hell...and is on intimate terms with the demons who dwell there. But the disapperence of a militant woman activist is about to set Griffin on a roller-coaster careening towards rock bottom - carrying the brilliant, tormented black P.I. ever closer to a nightmare that threatens to hit him where he lives..and more brutally than he ever imagined possible.

The Field is John B. Keanes fierce and tender study of the love a man can have for land and the ruthless lengths he will go to in order to obtain the object of his desire. It is dominated by Bull McCabe, one of the most famous characters in Irish writing today. An Oscar-nominated adaptation of The Field proved highly successful and popular worldwide, and starred Richard Harris, John Hurt, Brenda Fricker and Tom Berenger.

Following the death of her husband Sir Florian, beautiful Lizzie Eustace mysteriously comes into possession of a hugely expensive diamond necklace. She maintains it was a gift from her husband, but the Eustace lawyers insist she give it up, and while her cousin Frank takes her side, her new lover Lord Fawn states that he will only marry her if the necklace is surrendered. As gossip and scandal intensify, Lizzies truthfulness is thrown into doubt, and, in her desire to keep the jewels, she is driven to increasingly desperate acts. The third in Trollopes Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds bears all the hallmarks of his later works, blending dark cynicism with humour and a keen perception of human nature.

Celestine becomes as corrupt as the men who uses her in this satire of French society. The Diary of a Chambermaid was written as a satire of Parisian society in the wake of the Dreyfus Affair. Mirbeau brings a journalists analytical eye to Celestines adventures as she loses her innocence and becomes as corrupt and depraved as the men who exploited her. Since its publication in 1900 it has never ceased to shock and fascinate its readers and has been made into a film by Jean Renoir in 1946 and Luis Bunuel in 1964.

A collection of fin-de-siecle German and Austrian decadence writing.

100 hundred years of the best of French 19th-century literary horror. "Hales inspired selection - he includes little-known pieces by Sade, Baudelaire, Dumas and Maupassant, as well as stories by unjustly forgotten writers such as Catulle Mendes, Jean Pichepin, Charles Nodier and Petrus Borel - not only makes this an invigorating collection to read, it virtually redefines the boundaries of the French horror genre." Brendan King in The Times Literary Supplement