Showing results for "Gus" in Literature & Fiction

It was Vera’s idea to buy the Itza. The “world’s most advanced smart speaker!” didn’t interest Thiago, but Vera thought it would be a bit of fun for them amidst all the strange occurrences happening in the condo. It made things worse. The cold spots and scratching in the walls were weird enough, but peculiar packages started showing up at the house - who ordered industrial lye? Then, there was the eerie music at odd hours, Thiago waking up to Itza projecting light shows in an empty room.

Joshua Jin is an assistant district attorney whose life is in crisis after the death of his teenage daughter and the breakup of his marriage. Now he has been handed an impossible case involving the savage rape of a 13-year-old girl who refuses to talk. The ex-con charged with the crime was arrested on a hunch. The problem? There is no physical evidence. Jin's orders are simple: pitch a sound bite, dump the case, and save his boss the Chinatown vote during a politically charged election year. But Jin refuses to drop the case; even after he discovers that the opposing attorney is a brilliant, high-priced lawyer - and his one-time lover - who wants nothing more than to crush Jin in the courtroom.

Fresh off the success of her groundbreaking first play, A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window tells the tragicomic story of a young bohemian couple in New York's Greenwich Village, struggling to do what's right in a world that rewards everything that's wrong. Sidney is a dreamer who wants his own Walden Pond; Iris is a budding actress whose own backstory is a performance. They're caught in a moment where, "the world is about to crack right down the middle," as the play tackles racism, sexism, antisemitism, homophobia, liberal complacency, and more.

“What a knockout. An incredibly rich and new voice for American literature…China Boy grabs the reader’s heart and won’t let go.”—Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club “A fascinating, evocative portrait of the Chinese community in California in the 1950s, caught between...

A wacky adventure for discerning adults. Gus has just taken on a new case: to track down mysterious dame, Bethany Muerte. There’s something fishy going on, and he will get to the bottom of it … just as soon as he’s done with his three-day bender. In this surreal comedic serial, we join Gus as he navigates the epileptic landscape of international intrigue and chunky mayhem. Part moody noir, part psychedelic trip, and part naughty indulgence, humor is always front and center as we meet the host of bizarre characters and twisted scenarios that bring this vivid soundscape to life.

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In Autumn of 1912, mounted trooper Augustus Hawkins arrives at his new post in the fading gold town of Colley, NSW. On his first day, he is ambushed by a hidden gunman, his junior officer is killed before his eyes, and he escapes back to town to find the police station burning to the ground. Someone has it in for the mounted troopers. A traumatised veteran of the Boer War, and a stranger to Colley, Hawkins is deeply shaken and ill-equipped to solve the case. But with only green troopers and a drunken, incompetent detective available to hunt down the murderer, he is forced to take the lead.

All of this was because of the dragon stone necklace I scavenged from that dead mage. I knew it was magic when I saw it. Well, it was and it wasn’t. Dragon stone, they call it, but what it actually is, is a dragon’s egg. When I touched it, I felt the need to put it around my neck for safekeeping. When I did, the necklace embedded itself inside my skin, making me the new dragon’s envoy. It has since been my duty to protect the egg until she’s ready to hatch. How do I know the egg is a she? Easy, she talks to me and is helping me to bring out my natural magic talents.

A podcast about the fantasy genre and the appreciation of good whiskey. Best buds, Gus and Dustin, review fantasy books both new and old, discuss topics related to the fantasy genre today, and enjoy some good whiskey.

An irreverent journey through Robert Jordan's THE WHEEL OF TIME, hosted by Gus (who has read the whole series) and Ali (who has not). New episodes weekly!

El príncipe mexica Ocelotl presencia uno de los momentos claves de la historia de la humanidad: la llegada de la expedición de Hernán Cortés al continente americano. A través de su perspectiva, "Los hijos del sol" muestra las costumbres del Imperio azteca durante la época precolombina, así como su crecimiento como guerrero y su primer amor.

"Las lágrimas de Julio César" es una palpitante novela que recrea la intensa relación de Julio César con Hispania y que toma como punto de partida su llegada a la península Ibérica en el año 68 a. C. Cónsul, dictador, eficaz estratega e ilustrado gobernante, César alentó sus sueños políticos en la ciudad aliada de Gades, desde la cual se reconstruye la historia del estadista, su destino, sus fantasías, sus victorias, obsesiones y afectos.

Septiembre de 1859. Tras la extraña tormenta solar, la ciudad aguarda en una calma tensa: está a punto de cumplirse una amenaza escrita hace siglos. En el silencio resuenan los bastones de un hombre huraño y metomentodo. A su lado camina una joven ciega que puede ver lo que nadie ve. Juntos forman una singular pareja de investigadores: razón frente a intuición, ciencia contra creencia. Una nueva pista les va a conducir hasta un apartado manicomio, y este será solo el principio.

En la Islandia del siglo XIX, dos hermanos mantienen una relación amorosa. Un joven juez, Ásmundur, tendrá que decidir si los hermanos son culpables del delito de incesto. Sin embargo, a medida que la investigación va avanzando, las convicciones del juez se irán poco a poco transformando.

Tras el suicidio de su hermana en la tumba del emperador, la seguridad de Lin Shui en la Ciudad Prohibida pende de un hilo. Ahora, como princesa de una dinastía derrotada y concubina favorita del nuevo emperador, verá cómo las envidias y amenazas crecen a su alrededor. Pero su vulnerabilidad pasa a un segundo plano cuando las muertes empiezan a sucederse y los asesinatos no hacen sino confirmar la sospecha obsesiva que la atormenta.

Corre el siglo III a.C. en la península Ibérica. Aníbal Barca se ha convertido, por derecho propio, pero también por carisma, fuerza e inteligencia en el líder de los ejércitos cartagineses, que aúnan no sólo a su gente, sino también a muchos pueblos íberos que, en su recorrido por la península Ibérica, se han unido a él. Roma domina el mundo. Pero Aníbal quiere conquistar Roma. Y, una vez pasados los Alpes, la mayor hazaña conseguida por el hombre hasta entonces, tendrá su primera victoria.

Una novela tan desgarradora como cercana, "El umbral de una vida" nos lleva a los dramáticos acontecimientos vividos durante un atentado a manos de terroristas del ISIS en el Museo del Bardo de Túnez. Basada en la experiencia directa de unos supervivientes al atentado, conocidos del autor, esta historia nos adentrará en el miedo, la fragilidad de la vida, el amor, el odio y la trascendencia a través de un testimonio escalofriante por su realidad.

Three one-act plays from David Mamet, one of the master stage writers of our time.

¿Qué pasaría si los youtubers más influyentes del país empezaran a cerrar, de repente y sin previo aviso, sus cuentas en la red? ¿Qué podría estar obligándolos a desaparecer? Tres adolescentes inquietos estarán dispuestos a todo por descubrirlo. Guillermo Barea, un adolescente ciego...

"The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" is a Sherlock Holmes short story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; it is a case that has Holmes trying to solve a kidnapping, but is more well-known for the introduction of Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older, smarter brother.