CONEXIÓN URANO 2 - EL REINO AZUL

John Sable has it all: a happy marriage, an amazing career, and great friends. On the morning of September 11, 2001, his train to New York is delayed. When he ultimately arrives at work, there is utter chaos. The unimaginable has occurred: a jumbo jet hijacked by terrorists has destroyed the World Trade Center, causing destruction, fear, and pandemonium. John’s life will never be the same. Emotionally scarred from the horrific events of 9/11, his mental health crumbles. Once highly successful and self-confident, John becomes a man torn apart by fear. His PTSD affects everything around him,...

I was eight years old when my grandfather took me by the hand and did not let go until we found my parents in Athens. Who knows what might have happened if I had stayed in the village. It was 1946. Early spring 1946. The almond trees were blooming side by side and the countryside was in full bloom.' Thus begins the most autobiographical novel by Theodor Kallifatides and one of the most appreciated by its hundreds of thousands of readers. A week before Kallifatides fled the town, a group of fascists with guns in their hands had forced all the people to gather in the cemetery. There they stood, ...

Entre 1832 y 1836 España debe enfrentarse a dos terribles tragedias que llenan de muerte y dolor el reino, por un lado el cólera y por el otro la guerra fraticida que enfrenta carlistas y cristinos. Dos luchas diferentes que Antonio Villanueva Edo...

Nacimiento, ascensión y caída de un héroe, Julien Sorel. sentimientos encontrados finamente descritos por Henri Beyle, Stendhal, en una de las novelas clave del siglo XIX: el amor que se transforma en amor propio, la pasión en ambición, la generosidad, el entusiasmo, la hipocresía... 1824-1830. Francia, la gran muñidora de la Europa decimonónica: un antiguo régimen que se resiste a morir tras el vuelco que supuso la Revolución francesa, una iglesia romana que no quiere perder su influencia, las diferentes corrientes de pensamiento, el intercambio y la mezcla de clases sociales, la...