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En La mà contra l’horitzó, novel·la tècnicament estructurada a base dels tres plans temporals, passat, present i futur, Manuel de Pedrolo ens fa assistir a la presa de consciència de l’individu que, enredat en la xarxa d’una organització totalitària sostinguda pel terror, descobreix la seva condició d’home fonamentalment lliure i denúncia, amb la seva rebel·lió, la mentida d’un sistema polític que pretén justificar-se acudint al recurs d’una ètica del sacrifici administrada pels botxins. Es tracta d’una obra densa, però transparent, en la qual l’autor oposa el seu «no» més decidit a aquella mentalitat que prefereix la injustícia al desordre.<

The threat of nuclear war is imminent… In the afternoon of July 8th the Western powers were due to explode a Hydrogen Bomb in a remote area of Southern Algeria—code named Zone Zero. The zone, of course, had to be evacuated. Fort Ney was the smallest and loneliest Legion outpost in the zone, commanded by a young lieutenant who had stolen fifty thousand francs because of a worthless woman. Here too was the English legionnaire, tortured with the thought that he was a coward; and a little Greek who had within him the spark of greatness. It had always been a peaceful place—until the twelve travellers arrived. Then, with the time for the explosion drawing nearer, the outwitted garrison faced the uttermost limit of horror… Zone Zero is a powerful techno-thriller. Perfect for fans of Joe Buff. John Robb was born as Norman Robson in 1917 in Northumberland, England. Aged nineteen, he became a journalist, working on the Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Daily Express. After war service in the army and as a correspondent, Robb joined The Star in Sheffield. Writing as John Robb, he became a prominent novelist. His first two novels in 1951 were Space Beam and No Time For Corpses. He went on to write the successful Legion novels, based as they were on his own experiences. One of his best Legion novels, Punitive Action (1953) was filmed by United Artists as Desert Sand in 1955. He would write dozens more books under various pen names. He died on 18th June 1993.<

A Her body is found in an abandoned car on a lonely country road. She didn’t own a car. Didn’t even drive. How did she get there? Where did she die? Who moved her, and why?

Meanwhile He is wearing an expensive suit and carrying no identification. Post-mortem findings indicate he died from injuries sustained during the fall. But what was he doing up there? And why are there no signs of a car in the vicinity?

As the inconsistencies multiply and the mysteries proliferate, Annie’s father’s new partner, Zelda, comes up with a shocking piece of information that alerts Banks and Annie to the return of an old enemy in a new guise.

El bar del vell Cedó, un establiment tronat de la Vall d’Hebron dels anys cinquanta, és la cruïlla que fa trobar els quatre protagonistes de La terra prohibida, l’obra políticament més compromesa i de més valor històric de Manuel de Pedrolo. Un retrat perfecte de la resistència catalanista, durant la guerra i la postguerra, en totes les seves intensitats, amb una càrrega autobiogràfica indiscutible. Segons Rafael Tasis, allà s’hi concentraven les pàgines més importants de Pedrolo (per sobre del «Darkness at Noon» de Koestler). Una obra imprescindible escrita el 1957, enterrada per la censura durant vint anys, publicada per primera vegada el 1977, mort el dictador, i recuperada ara, passats quaranta anys més, que volen fer-li justícia.<

Carles Puiggalí, el protagonista de Les finestres s’obren de nit, és un filòsof que no seria difícil de qualificar d’existencialista. S’incorporà a l’exèrcit el 1936 i acudí als camps de batalla… De l’experiència de la guerra n’ha extret una manera tràgica de percebre la vida.<

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.<