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Liv died when she was just six years old. At least, that’s what the authorities think. Her father knew he alone could keep her safe in this world. So one evening he left the isolated house his little family called home, he pushed their boat out to sea and watched it ruin on the rocks. Then he walked the long way into town to report his only child missing. But behind the boxes and the baskets crowding her dad’s workshop, Liv was hiding. This way, her dad had said, she’d never have to go to school; this way, she’d never have to leave her parents. This way, Liv would be safe. Suspenseful and heartbreaking, Resin is the story of what can happen when you love someone too much – when your desire to keep them safe becomes the very thing that puts them in danger.<

L’inspector fa tard, de Manuel de Pedrolo (1918-1990), és una novel·la breu, escrita el 1953 i considerada una de les contribucions de l’autor al gènere policíac. Carregada d’una inigualable intensitat «in crescendo», no és un text típic de crims. No hi ha detectius privats ni investigacions, però sí una trama que unifica la intriga pròpia del gènere amb la indagació profunda al voltant de la naturalesa humana. Molt psicològica, aconsegueix que ens identifiquem amb el personatge protagonista fins a límits insospitats. Una intel·ligent reflexió sobre les desigualtats socials, els límits del bé i del mal, el sentit de culpa, la por i la fatalitat.<

Recull de narracions de Pedrolo corresponents a l’any 1953: «Història de qualsevol», «La vida a les dents» i «Interior».<

The Eastern Alliance has suffered multiple crushing defeats in the Pacific, and the tide seems to be turning against them. The Allies turn their attentions to the Russian Far East, but are they pushing ahead of themselves? After a series of tragic events in America, will the country come together or fracture apart? The US economy has now been fully retooled for war, but will it be enough to overcome the enemy forces that seek to destroy the nation? Battlefield Russia is the highly anticipated fifth book in the action-packed Red Storm military thriller series. If you like page-turning action, pulse-pounding combat scenes, and complex characters, you’ll love James Rosone and Miranda Watson’s newest addition to the series. With the addition of India and Indonesia to the Eastern Alliance, will the democracies of the West be able to stand against the dictatorial regimes of Russia and China? Grab your copy of Battlefield Russia and find out.<

Mecanoscrit del segon origen és una obra de ciència-ficció que narra l'experiència de dos supervivents —l'Alba i en Dídac— després d'una catàstrofe. Els dos joves s'enfrontaran a la destrucció i, a poc a poc, gràcies al seu treball i a l'organització, aniran superant els obstacles.<

Stella Rimington first joined Britain’s Security Service (MI5) part-time in 1965, while she was in India accompanying her husband on a posting to New Delhi. She became a full-time employee on her return to the U.K. During her career with MI5, she worked in all the main fields of the Service: counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism becoming, successively, Director of all three branches. She was appointed Director-General in 1992 – the first woman to hold the post and the first Director-General whose name was publicly announced. During her tenure, she pursued a policy of greater openness for MI5, giving several public lectures and publishing a booklet about the service.<

Com actua un pare si sospita que el seu fill és un assassí? Com respon el fill al recel familiar? Amb el rerefons d’una universitat agitada per la lluita política durant la Barcelona grisa del franquisme, Manuel de Pedrolo presenta l’abisme entre un pare i un fill sotmesos a la mútua desconfiança i a la incomunicació.<

With her debut novel, , Stella Rimington established herself as a top-notch thriller writer, and introduced us to Liz Carlyle—a smart, impassioned MI5 intelligence officer whose talents and ambitions are counterbalanced by an abiding awareness of her job’s moral complexities. In , we are plunged back into her high-stakes, high-tension world.

Liz has always been particularly skilled at “assessing people,” and when one of her agents reports suspicious meetings taking place at an Islamic bookshop, she trusts her instinct that a terrorist cell is at work. Her boss, Charles Wetherby, Director of Counter-Terrorism, knows to trust Liz’s instincts as well: he immediately puts a surveillance operation into place.

So Liz is surprised when Wetherby suddenly takes her off the case. And she’s shocked to hear why: Wetherby has received a tip-off that a mole—a “secret asset”—has been planted in one of the branches of British Intelligence. If this is true, the potential damage to the Service is immeasurable. As her colleagues work to avert an impending terrorist strike, Liz is charged with the momentous task of uncovering and exposing the mole before it’s too late.

As she did in , Stella Rimington once again brings all her experience as the first woman Director General of MI5 to bear in a heart-stopping thriller that takes us deep into a “wilderness of mirrors” where nothing is what it seems and no one can be trusted.

Barcelona, any 1968. El moviment antifranquista multiplica les accions en tots els fronts. El règim es defensa ampliant la repressió. En aquest context convuls i perillós, una organització revolucionària debat sobre l’ús de la violència. Després de llargues discussions, uns quants militants decideixen orquestrar un atracament per finançar la compra d’armes. Una acció planificada fins a l’últim detall que els portarà a una situació límit.<

Liz has been transferred to counter-espionage—the hub of MI5 operations during the Cold War, which has been scaled back as anti-terrorism has gained priority. But there’s plenty for her to do: there are more spies operating in London in the twenty-first century than there were during the height of East-West hostilities. Even the Russians still have a large contingent, although now they spy on the international financial community and on the wealthy ex-pat oligarchs who make England their domain.

In her new assignment, Liz quickly uncovers a plot to silence one of these Russians: Nikita Brunovsky, an increasingly vocal opponent of Vladimir Putin. The Foreign Office is adamant about forestalling a crime that could become a full-blown international incident, but there’s not a single clue as to how the assassination will be carried out—and Liz is solely responsible for averting disaster. So she goes undercover, attaching herself to Brunovsky’s retinue: racing against the clock to determine who betrayed him and suddenly facing a wholly unexpected second task—unmasking a Russian operative working undercover alongside her.

Dame Stella has once again distilled her experience as the first woman Director General of MI5 into a spy novel of arresting psychological complexity and unflagging suspense.

A Mister Chase, podeu sortir, els personatges han abandonat el món i arriben al nou àmbit, cadascun pel seu compte, sabent que són morts; arriben a una mena d’hotel, que té una sola porta d’entrada i dues de sortida; i mentre els personatges menen la seva investigació intentant entendre el sentit d’aquell àmbit, per què hi són i on aniran, i se’l comencen a fer seu i temen la sortida, Pedrolo ens mena a fer una reflexió paral·lela sobre la nostra apropiació del nostre àmbit, que potser no n’hi ha per tant però hi som i no n’hi ha d’altre, abans d’acarar-nos a la incògnita del gran buit.<

Back in London after a gruelling operation in Paris, Liz Carlyle has been posted to MI5’s counter-espionage desk. Her bosses hope the new position will give her some breathing space, but they haven’t counted on the fallout from Putin’s incursions into the Ukraine. Discovering that an elusive Russian spy has entered the UK, Liz needs to track him down before he completes his fatal mission – and plunges Britain back into the fraught days of the Cold War.

Meanwhile, following the revelations of whistle-blower Edward Snowden, the intelligence services are in the spotlight. In response to the debate raging around privacy and security, they hire Jasminder Kapoor, a young and controversial civil rights lawyer, to explain the issues to the public. But in this new world of shadowy motives and secret identities, Jasminder must be extra-careful about whom she can trust…

Gripping, nail-bitingly tense and drawn from her own experience as Head of MI5, Stella Rimington's latest thriller brings the new Cold War vividly to life.

Tots estaven d’acord: hi havien de renunciar. Fins aleshores l’agència havia viscut tranquil·lament de treballs corrents que no els posaven en conflicte ni amb la llei ni amb llur pròpia consciència. Però la temptació era massa forta i, en el fons, se sentien desafiats per les circumstàncies insòlites. Com era possible enterrar legalment un ésser viu? Naturalment, l’individu que reposava al cementiri era ben mort, però ocupava el lloc d’algú altre que ara reclamava una investigació. La van fer, doncs. Sense imaginar-se ni remotament que de difunts n’hi hauria més, el darrer de tots quan la història ja era closa…<

What are lesbians longing for? Playwright, event host, and editor Kathleen Warnock helps answer this question in her newest edition of this much-loved, best-selling series. Featuring work from some of the best-known erotic writers as well as the debuts of startling new talent, Best Lesbian Erotica 2011 welcomes back some familiar faces, including Stella Sandberg. Her story, “Manchester, 2000,” follows the European adventures of two studs on a long ride. Perennial favorite Betty Blue returns with “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” an encounter between a firespirit and a lost boi on the celestial plane. Cheyenne Blue’s “A Story About Sarah” travels to the antipodes, telling the story of a life-long love between a rancher’s daughter and a half-Aboriginal woman. There’s more… right under the covers of Best Lesbian Erotica 2011.<

Lilith l’enigmàtica, Eva la seductora, el desconcertat Adam que perd costelles i l’inevitable Jahvè són els protagonistes d’aquest llibre suspecte en el qual es recullen, vinguts de ben curioses fonts i adquirits en circumstàncies sovint prou obscures, una dotzena mal comptada de textos «religiosos» que ens informen contradictòriament, però cadascun d’ells amb pretensions de competència, de l’aventura pintoresca del paradís terrenal, on sembla que la humanitat va deixar les plomes quan encara no en tenia. Hom podria preguntar-se, és cert, i més de quatre potser ho faran, què hi fa, en Pedrolo, en aquest camp gelosament reservat a uns singulars especialistes, però no seria menys oportuna aquesta altra pregunta: i què hi fan els anònims autors dels Gènesis, en plural, que la tradició judeo-cristiana, encara en circulació, ens comunica (i més d’un devien ser si, per tal de fer bona mesura, hom empaquetà dues versions conflictives en un mateix llibre)? Al capdavall, si en Pedrolo no era a l’Edèn (confiem-hi!) tampoc no hi eren ells…<

Your every fantasy will be laid bare as you devour these sure, sensual stories. In Best Lesbian Erotica 2012, women are looking for a little bit of everything: love, lust, someone they can trust. In the bath, at the “toy” store, or in the kitchen, they’re ready to take a chance that could lead to the experience of a lifetime. This year’s guest judge is the Sugarbutch herself: Sinclair Sexsmith, poet, performer, impresario. Mr. Sexsmith has selected work from an international field of authors, from top names in erotic fiction, to outstanding newcomers. DeJay’s “Never Too Old” proves that an old(ish) butch can learn new tricks, even if it means showing her boxers to an impossibly young salesgirl. Last year’s judge, Lea DeLaria, slips between the covers of this year’s edition with her story about love… or lust… in an elevator. In “Skindeep,” Anna Watson tells the story of a femme who gets to the bottom of her lover’s disappearing acts. Best Lesbian Erotica 2012 is fully loaded, literary and lustful. Curated by Lammy Award-nominated editor Kathleen Warnock, this volume is long on variety and even longer on beautifully developed characters who are as interesting as they are interested in getting girls.<

A No hi fa res si el comte-duc no va caure del cavall, a Tàrrega hi trobem tres joves, la relació entre els quals no queda clara en un principi. El narrador en el primer bloc és un d’ells i s’hi refereix pels noms com si els coneguéssim de tota la vida. La senzilla història, que coneixerem explicada des de diferents moments i punts de vista parcials, sembla començar en un acte irreverent en una petita església de barri, que porta els joves a entrar en contacte amb una valuosa figura anomenada la Verge dels Llavis. A partir d’ella coneixerem altres personatges fora del comú, a cavall entre la terra dels morts i la dels vius.<

From the Phoney War of 1939 to the Battle of Britain in 1940, the pilots of Hornet Squadron learn their lessons the hard way. Hi-jinks are all very well on the ground, but once in a Hurricane's cockpit, the best killers keep their wits close. Newly promoted Commanding Officer Fanny Barton has a job on to whip the Hornets into shape before they face the Luftwaffe's seasoned pilots. And sometimes Fighter Command, with its obsolete tactics and stiff doctrines, is the real menace. As with all Robinson's novels, the raw dialogue, rich black humour and brilliantly rendered, adrenalin-packed dogfights bring the Battle of Britain, and the brave few who fought it, to life.<

North Africa, 1942. Dust, heat, thirst, flies. A good clean fight, for those who like that sort of thing, and some do. From an advanced landing field, striking hard and escaping fast, our old friends from Hornet Squadron (Piece of Cake) play Russian roulette, flying their clapped-out Tomahawks on ground-strafing forays. Meanwhile, on the ground, the men of Captain Lampard’s S.A.S. patrol drive hundreds of miles behind enemy lines to plant bombs on German aircraft. This is the story of a war of no glamour and few heroes, in a setting often more lethal than the enemy.<