Marc Morris

A comienzos del siglo quinto de nuestra era, un acosado y exhausto imperio romano abandonó Britania a su suerte, y la isla se precipitó en el caos y la ruina, asaltada por invasores venidos del otro lado del mar que se establecieron como nuevos amos. Bandas guerreras y emigrantes de raigambre germanica que acabarian fundiendose, con el devenir del tiempo, en los anglosajones. Este libro narra la turbulenta historia de este pueblo a lo largo de los seis siglos siguientes, desde su arribada a las playas britanas a su ocaso tras la batalla de Hastings, desde las incesantes pugnas de reyes dadores de anillos que competian por la gloria hasta la embestida de los vikingos, que casi los aniquilo. Explora como anglos y sajones abandonaron a sus viejos dioses por Cristo, como pasaron de cantar a los matadores de dragones en el Beowulf a fundar cientos de iglesias, y traza el renacimiento de las ciudades y el comercio, y los origenes del familiar paisaje ingles de condados y burgos. Una historia que Marc Morris, reputado medievalista, recorre de manera original, a partir de las vidas y trayectorias tanto de figuras conocidas monarcas como Offa, Alfredo el Grande o Eduardo el Confesor, como de personajes mas oscuros, pero no menos importantes reinas ambiciosas, santos revolucionarios, monjes intolerantes o nobles codiciosos. De esta manera, Anglosajones proporciona un rico y plural relato de una epoca todavia envuelta en brumas, que consigue separar la historia de la leyenda, para contar como surgio una nueva sociedad, una nueva cultura y un pueblo. Para contar, en definitiva, el nacimiento de la primera Inglaterra, la tierra de los anglos.Una historia apasionante, maravillosamente contada Bernard CornwellUn viaje fascinante al mundo de la Britania anglosajona The TimesUn relato exhaustivo y accesible de este importante periodo Financial TimesEsplendido Dan Jones

A comienzos del siglo quinto de nuestra era, un acosado y exhausto Imperio romano abandonó Britania a su suerte, y la isla se precipitó en el caos y la ruina, asaltada por invasores venidos del otro lado del mar que se establecieron como nuevos amos. Bandas guerreras y emigrantes de raigambre germanica que acabarian fundiendose, con el devenir del tiempo, en los anglosajones. Este libro narra la turbulenta historia de este pueblo a lo largo de los seis siglos siguientes, desde su arribada a las playas britanas a su ocaso tras la batalla de Hastings, desde las incesantes pugnas de reyes dadores de anillos que competian por la gloria hasta la embestida de los vikingos, que casi los aniquilo. Explora como anglos y sajones abandonaron a sus viejos dioses por Cristo, como pasaron de cantar a los matadores de dragones en el Beowulf a fundar cientos de iglesias, y traza el renacimiento de las ciudades y el comercio, y los origenes del familiar paisaje ingles de condados y burgos. Una historia que Marc Morris, reputado medievalista, recorre de manera original, a partir de las vidas y trayectorias tanto de figuras conocidas monarcas como Offa, Alfredo el Grande o Eduardo el Confesor, como de personajes mas oscuros, pero no menos importantes reinas ambiciosas, santos revolucionarios, monjes intolerantes o nobles codiciosos. De esta manera, Anglosajones proporciona un rico y plural relato de una epoca todavia envuelta en brumas, que consigue separar la historia de la leyenda, para contar como surgio una nueva sociedad, una nueva cultura y un pueblo. Para contar, en definitiva, el nacimiento de la primera Inglaterra, la tierra de los anglos.

Before Mark Morris became "the most successful and influential choreographer alive" (The New York Times), he was a six year-old in Seattle cramming his feet into Tupperware glasses so that he could practice walking on pointe. Moving to New York at nineteen, he arrived to one of the great booms of dance in America. . Morris was flat broke but found a group of likeminded artists that danced together, travelled together, slept together. This collective, led by Morriss fiercely original vision, became the famed Mark Morris Dance Group.Suddenly, Morris was making a fast ascent. Celebrated by The New Yorkers critic as one of the great young talents, an androgynous beauty in the vein of Michelangelos David, he and his company had arrived. Collaborations with the likes of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Yo-Yo Ma, Lou Harrison, and Howard Hodgkin followed. And so did controversy: from the circus of his tenure at La Monnaie in Belgium to his work on the biggest flop in Broadway history. But through the Reagan-Bush era, the worst of the AIDS epidemic, through rehearsal squabbles and backstage intrigues, Morris emerged as one of the great visionaries of modern dance, a force of nature with a dedication to beauty and a love of the body, an artist as joyful as he is provocative.Out Loud is the bighearted and outspoken story of a man as formidable on the page as he is on the boards. With unusual candor and disarming wit, Morriss memoir captures the life of a performer who broke the mold, a brilliant misfit who found his home in the collective and liberating world of music and dance.

Alex Locke is a reformed ex-convict, forced back into Londons criminal underworld for one more job. He agrees to steal a priceless artefact - a human heart carved from blackest obsidian - from the home of a decrepit old man. But when the burglary goes horribly wrong, Alex is plunged into the nightmarish world of the Wolves of London, a band of unearthly assassins who will stop at nothing to reclaim the heart. As he races to unlock the secrets of the mysterious object, Alex must learn to wield its dark power - or be destroyed by it.

When a mercenary warrior (Matt Damon) is imprisoned within The Great Wall, he discovers the mystery behind one of the greatest wonders of our world. As wave after wave of marauding beasts besiege the massive structure, his quest for fortune turns into a journey toward heroism as he joins a huge army of elite warriors to confront this unimaginable and seemingly unstoppable force.

ONE MANS QUEST TO SAVE MANKIND When he has a vision about a flood sent to destroy?all life on earth, Noah knows what he must do. Together with his family, he must save two of every living animal. He must build an ark. Noah has to evade the many dangers that would see him fail and leave the world to ruin, and overcome his own struggles to fulfill his mission. This is the epic story of one mans attempt to preserve life for a new world.

What will you do? How far will you go? What will you become? Welcome to Banoi, a tropical island where you can leave the stresses of the world behind...Welcome to the Royal Palms Resort - which offers its guests from around the world the ultimate in luxury and relaxation...Welcome to the holiday paradise where your dreams should come true...but where a nightmare is about to begin...because a mysterious epidemic has suddenly, and without warning, broken out across the island. The local islanders, hotel guests and workers alike are struck down - only to rise again, craving the flesh and the blood of the still living. For four of the holidaymakers and a handful of others scattered around Banoi who are seemingly unaffected by the plague, they must face the awful, terrifying reality of a zombie apocalypse. Now there is only one thing left to do: survive. Welcome to Dead Island...a paradise to die for.

BLOOD UPON THE SANDS Spartacus is the hit TV series which has captivated viewers with its blood-soaked action, exotic sexuality, villainy and heroism. This original novel from the world of Spartacus: Blood and Sand relates a thrilling new tale of blood, sex and politics set in the brutal world of the arena. Spartacus and his fellow gladiators endure bout after bout of fierce and bloody fighting, while their opponents numbers never seem to shrink. Can Batiatuss ludus survive against such odds? An epic battle ensues against a vicious enemy determined to soak the arena in the blood of his rivals.

In the final volume of the thrilling dark fantasy trilogy, the Obsidian Heart, Alex Locke is still searching for his missing daughter. He is transported far into the future and then back into the past and the horrors of the First World War trenches, as gradually he pieces together the strange truth about the obsidian heart and his lost daughter.

Transported through time to the dank streets of Victorian London, Alex Locke seeks to unravel the mysteries of the Obsidian Heart, the enigmatic object to which his fate is inextricably bound. When a string of grisly murders takes place across the capital, Alex follows a trail that will lead him through the opium dens of Limehouse into the dark and twisted world of the Society of Blood, and ever closer to unlocking the secret of the Heart.

The official novelization of the summer blockbuster The Predator, Shane Blacks new movie with a screenplay by Shane Black and Fred Dekker.For centuries Earth has been visited by warlike creatures that stalk mankinds finest warriors. Their goals unknown, these deadly hunters kill their prey and depart as invisibly as they arrived, leaving no trace other than a trail of bodies.When a young boy accidentally triggers the universes most lethal Hunters return to earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.

An action-packed prequel to the new IllFonic video game PREDATOR: HUNTING GROUNDS revealing deeply buried secrets in the battle between the ultimate hunters and their human prey.This official prequel novel leads into the new PlayStation4 video game from IllFonic. PREDATOR: STALKING SHADOWS is the bridge between Predator 2 and the current day continuity. U.S. Marine Scott Devlin takes on a new assignment that begins with the clean-up of a Los Angeles combat scene revealing what appears to be alien weapons and tech. His next mission, to an equatorial jungle, seems like an assault on a drug cartel until his team finds human bodies, skinned and suspended from the trees. Justifiably freaked out, Devlin digs deeper and discovers hidden truths, clandestine agencies, savage opponents and an unexpected ally.Predator TM & 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'[A] clever, lively ... splendid new book'DAN JONES, SUNDAY TIMES'A big gold bar of delight'SPECTATORSixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and established themselves as its new masters. In this sweeping and original history, renowned historian Marc Morris separates the truth from the legend and tells the extraordinary story of how the foundations of England were laid.