239 Results for : implacable
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The Swimmers
From the best-selling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine comes a novel about what happens to a group of obsessed recreational swimmers when a crack appears at the bottom of their local pool. This searing, intimate story of mothers and daughters-and the sorrows of implacable loss-is the most commanding and unforgettable work yet from a modern master. The swimmers are unknown to one another except through their private routines (slow lane, medium lane, fast lane) and the solace each takes in their morning or afternoon laps. But when a crack appears at the bottom of the pool, they are cast out into an unforgiving world without comfort or relief. One of these swimmers is Alice, who is slowly losing her memory. For Alice, the pool was a final stand against the darkness of her encroaching dementia. Without the fellowship of other swimmers and the routine of her daily laps she is plunged into dislocation and chaos, swept into memories of her childhood and the Japanese American incarceration camp in which she spent the war. Alice's estranged daughter, reentering her mother's life too late, witnesses her stark and devastating decline.- Shop: buecher
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Malazan Book of the Fallen 01. Gardens of the Moon
Vast legions of gods, mages, humans, dragons and all manner of creatures play out the fate of the Malazan Empire in this first book in a major epic fantasy series from Steven Erikson. The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins. For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze. However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand... Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, Gardens of the Moon is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice.- Shop: buecher
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Improductifs (eBook, ePUB)
On venait là où le travail se trouvait encore. Essayant de nourrir nos familles, de nous offrir un luxe illusoire, de vivoter en rêvant d'avoir la plus belle maison, la plus grosse voiture, la plus merveilleuse petite existence dont personne ne se souviendrait d'ici cinquante ans. Et en courant après ce rêve, on s'exposait à eux. Parce que, tôt ou tard, la chance tournait. Le boulot disparaissait. On se voyait remplacé par un autre ou un automate. On luttait. On courait. On cherchait. Mais le temps passait trop vite. C'est là qu'on entendait le poing des collecteurs tambouriner sur la porte. Rien ne semble changer en ce monde où les improductifs sont purement et simplement retirés de la société par des unités de collecteurs chargés de les pourchasser afin de les livrer à des centres cryogéniques approuvés par l'État. Rien ne vient arrêter les élites qui font de l'obéissance la seule voie possible. Mais sous la surface, certains relèvent la tête et refusent de se soumettre. Sous la surface couve une étincelle, et au moindre souffle, une tempête de feu pourrait embraser ce monde. Improductifs est un roman dystopique nerveux, glaçant et implacable. Un page-turner dans la lignée de 1984 et de Farenheit 451 qui vous poursuit longtemps après l'avoir reposé.- Shop: buecher
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Diario de Che En Bolivia
"He llegado a los 39 y se acerca inexorablemente una edad que da que pensar sobre mi futuro guerrillero; por ahora estoy 'entero'." --Che Guevara, 14 de junio de 1967 Esta nueva edición del diario del Che Guevara del último año de su vida describe los esfuerzos que hace el Che para lanzar una rebelión guerrillera en contra del gobierno militar de Bolivia. Fue encontrado en su mochila cuando el ejercito boliviano lo capturo en octubre de 1967. Nuevamente revisado, ahora incluye "Una introducción necesaria" de Fidel Castro, revelando las mentiras de una edición anterior, preventiva preparada por la C.I.A. para descreditar al Che y la expedición boliviana, así como también la Revolución Cubana en si. El Diario del Che en Bolivia revela a un Che más viejo, puesto a prueba por el tiempo, y con su salud deteriorada, diferente que el de Diarios de Motocicleta o el maduro e implacable de Pasajes de la Guerra Revolucionaria: Congo. Se concreta una gran ironía a medida que relata los desafíos enfrentados a diario por su pequeña tropa guerrillera, los pronunciamientos del gobierno militar, y las acciones de la gran fuerza militar atacándolos. La ultima entrada describe el día en que el Che es capturado, dos días antes de su muerte.- Shop: buecher
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Wayward Suns (eBook, ePUB)
"Bird's prose sets the bar high for his contemporaries in this slice-of-life tale marbled with self-destruction and ambiguous hellfire magic. Smart, deep, and honest. Highly recommended."--CHAD LUTZKE, author of Slow Burn on Riverside and Of Foster Homes and FliesIn this dark coming-of-age tale, Holden Caulfield gets a makeover and settles down in the Eighties. He doesn't know it yet, but he has a date with the devil...The year is 1987. Before the end of the Cold War, before O.J. and the L.A. riots and the World Wide Web. Hair is big, excess is in, and Weston Mercer is slowly losing his mind.First, it's all so familiar. Evenings spent at the local oyster bar, followed by late nights in the pines, watching his cousin jam with his infamous band, Olympus. Days spent in a haze of drugs and classic TV and miso soup. And something else--a miserable sort of existence shrouded from purpose beyond the implacable pall of depression. Then he meets a stranger who reveals things, dark things. Things Wes wishes he never would have heard. In the shadow of these darker truths, nothing can ever be the same... Love. Addiction. Music. Death. Sex. Obsession. Madness.w a y w a r d s u n s.- Shop: buecher
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Code W-G (eBook, ePUB)
Début 2017, de Rennes à Paris, de Paris à Rennes, le Commandant Yon Etcheverry, chat noir de la PJ bretonne, reprenant du service après de sévères blessures, va devoir interpréter à sa manière une implacable danse macabre. Après dix ans de répit, le passé vient le télescoper, tant dans sa vie professionnelle que privée, et en cette veille d'élections présidentielles, les cadavres s'amoncèlent. Les investigations se resserrent autour de la région parisienne, mais surgissant de la face obscure du net, deux initiales mystérieuses, W-G, pourraient tout élucider... ou tout brouiller. Yon agite ses contacts, Police Judiciaire, Sécurité Intérieure et Extérieure, pour résoudre une équation machiavélique, car comme tous ceux qui croisent la route de l'entité W-G, l'enquêteur a toutes les chances de se faire pulvériser avant de pouvoir la neutraliser. Aucun service ne parvient à serrer l'adversaire, mais une chose est certaine : il n'a pas fini de frapper ! Un polar réaliste, rythmé et haletant qui se dévore comme un film... À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Ancien commandant fonctionnel de police, ayant traité braqueurs, trafiquants, terroristes et preneurs d'otages de tout poil, Yves Saint-Martin a côtoyé assez souvent la criminalité organisée pour donner à ses fictions une crédibilité saisissante.- Shop: buecher
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Eine Analyse der Anklageschrift von John Cook im Prozess gegen König Charles I. von England
Eine Analyse der Anklageschrift von John Cook im Prozess gegen König Charles I. von England ab 12.99 € als pdf eBook: König Charles I. - [. . . ] a tyrant traitor murderer and a public and implacable enemy to the commonwealth of england [. . . ]. . 1. Auflage. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus,- Shop: hugendubel
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The Gods of Laki: A Thriller , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 718min
From the author of Flypaper comes an adventure about mysterious underground volcanic forces and a savage plot to alter the Earth's climate. A race to unveil the secret of Laki, a volcano on the southern shores of Iceland, pits our heroes - a 16-year-old Viking girl from the tenth century, a German geologist from World War II, and a former Secret Service agent protecting a female volcanologist - against evil forces with a plan to cause an eruption using explosives, altering the global climate through the release and forcing the price of oil to skyrocket. Everyone and everything on Laki is in danger, including the possibility of ever unraveling the mysteries of the place, as it faces burial beneath a carpet of lava flows. Caught underground by the fracturing physical breakup of Laki, everyone finds themselves ensnared by Laki itself - an unseen, implacable foe that seems everything but a benign presence. Every move they make appears to be guided and controlled by an intelligence that permeates the netherworld. Only gradually, through all the conflict between the various factions, does everyone begin to realize that it is Laki itself that has always been in charge. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Molly Elston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022836/bk_adbl_022836_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Executioner's Song , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2557min
Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize-winning and unforgettable classic about convicted killer Gary Gilmore now in a brand-new edition.Arguably the greatest book from America's most heroically ambitious writer, The Executioner's Song follows the short, blighted life of Gary Gilmore who became famous after he robbed two men in 1976 and killed them in cold blood. After being tried and convicted, he immediately insisted on being executed for his crime. To do so, he fought a system that seemed intent on keeping him alive long after it had sentenced him to death. And that fight for the right to die is what made him famous.Mailer tells not only Gilmore's story, but those of the men and women caught in the web of his life and drawn into his procession toward the firing squad. All with implacable authority, steely compassion, and a restraint that evokes the parched landscape and stern theology of Gilmore's Utah. The Executioner's Song is a trip down the wrong side of the tracks to the deepest source of American loneliness and violence. It is a towering achievement - impossible to put down, impossible to forget. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Maxwell Hamilton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/004466/bk_hach_004466_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Glory Boy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 877min
Caleb Mitchell gave up everything to protect his home. Shunned by friends and family for abandoning the pacifist beliefs of their religion, abandoned by the love of his life, he left his home world of Canaan to go to the Commonwealth Military Academy on Earth and train to fight in the looming war against the implacable alien threat of the Tahni Imperium. When a training mission with a crew of cadets winds up caught in the middle of one of the worst battles of the war, Cal and his fellow students are officially declared dead. That's when their war really begins. Recruited for a top-secret special operations unit, Cal and his friends undergo experimental and dangerous physical augmentation that turns them into supersoldiers, designed to take the fight behind enemy lines and put the fear of God into an alien society who thinks their Emperor is God personified. Now Caleb is asked to sacrifice his very humanity to protect his people. But when Canaan itself is threatened by the Tahni, will he throw away his career and risk everything to save the people who turned their backs on him? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kyle McCarley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/007561/bk_tant_007561_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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