Exploring Top Books of Shelfari

This swashbuckling tale, beloved around the world, follows the fortunes of d'Artagnan, a country boy who travels to Paris to join the Musketeers, save his Queen from scandal, and outwit the devious Cardinal Richelieu.

The Fortress of Solitude: A Novel

by Jonathan Lethem

The Fortress of Solitude is the story of Dylan Ebdus growing up white and motherless in downtown Brooklyn in the 1970s. It’s a neighborhood where the entertainments include muggings along with games of stoopball. In that world, Dylan has one friend, a black teenager, also motherless, named Mingus Rude. As Lethem follows the knitting and unraveling of their friendship, he creates an overwhelmingly rich and... (more)

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

by Pearl Cleage

In a remarkable debut novel that sizzles with sensuality, crackles with life-affirming energy and moves the reader to laughter and tears, author Pearl Cleage creates a world rich in character, human drama, and deep, compassionate understanding. After a decade of luxe living in Atlanta, Ava Johnson has returned to tiny Idlewild, Michigan -- her fabulous career and power plans smashed to bits on one dark truth: Ava... (more)

En Busca De Klingsor (Biblioteca Breve)

by Jorge Volpi Escalante

En un contexto histórico fascinante, Jorge Volpi concibe y ejecuta temas de suma trascendencia como son la relación entre la ciencia y el mal y la búsqueda de la verdad El joven teniente Francis P. Bacon recibe la orden de capturar al científico que controló las investigaciones atómicas del Tercer Reich. Como Mefistófeles de Hitler, Klingsor, su nombre clave, supervisaba la organización secreta de físicos y... (more)

No Sera La Tierra / No the Earth

by Jorge Volpi Escalante

In the frenzy of the world’s history, the lives of three women intertwine. Soviet biologist Irina Gránina witnesses the crumbling of communism; Jennifer Moore, from the IMF, is a soldier in the fight of globalization, and Éva Halász, computer science genius, is determined to unveil the secrets of intelligence. Their lives document some of the greatest transformations of our time. Scientific tale, detective fable,... (more)

El Fin De LA Locura

by Jorge Volpi Escalante

Quien es Anibal Quevedo? Un loco, un caballero andante de la revolucion o uno de los intelectuales comprometidos mas importantes de la segunda mitad del siglo XX? Mezcla de novela politica y de aventuras, de critica del mundo internacional y de farsa estructuralista, El Fin de la Locura es ante todo una cruel metafora sobre el destino de la izquierda, el apasionante relato del derrumbe de la utopia revolucionaria.... (more)

Sanar tu piel amarga (Colección Plaza Mayor)Jorge Volpi Escalante

Sanar tu piel amarga (Colección Plaza Mayor)

by Jorge Volpi Escalante

Text: Spanish

When The Earth Moves (Exploring Planet Earth)

When The Earth Moves (Exploring Planet Earth)

by Sandra Friend

Earthquakes. Avalanches. Landslides. Quicksand. Sinkholes. When the earth moves and people are in its path, we pay attention! Learn about the mechanics of each type of earth movement, and how these earth movements are taken into consideration by the people who live with their dangers- from highway crews creating intentional landslides to keep busy roads clear to the engineers designing drainage to ensure that... (more)

Rats in the Trees (Contemporary American Fiction)

Rats in the Trees (Contemporary American Fiction)

by Jess Mowry

From the author of the hip novel Way Past Cool come these moving, streetwise stories about wayward boys. Mowry captures with moving accuracy and rare insight the bravado, humor, and compassion born in young men struggling for dignity and love. Optioned for a feature film by John Singleton, director of Boyz 'n the Hood.

La Imaginacion Y El Poder: Una Historia Intelectual De 1968

La Imaginacion Y El Poder: Una Historia Intelectual De 1968

by Jorge Volpi Escalante

El temperamento melancólico (Colección Plaza Mayor)

El temperamento melancólico (Colección Plaza Mayor)

by Jorge Volpi Escalante

Text: Spanish

Amphitryon. Premio Primavera de Novela 2000Ignacio Padilla

Amphitryon. Premio Primavera de Novela 2000

by Ignacio Padilla

In 1996, Padilla was part of a group of young Mexican writers who penned a largely ignored manifesto against Latin American "banana" literature and in favor of experimental and authentic writing that is not limited to Latin themes. The literary world can no longer ignore Padilla or this literary movement now known as "Crack," which signifies a break with tradition. Amphitryon, Padilla's fourth novel, won him the... (more)

Embrittlement by the Localized Crack Environment

Un Siglo Tras De MiEloy Urroz

Un Siglo Tras De Mi

by Eloy Urroz Kanan

Crackproof Your Software: Protect Your Software Against Crackers (With CD-ROM)

Crackproof Your Software: Protect Your Software Against Crackers (With CD-ROM)

by Pavol C?erve?n

Crackproof Your Software is an essential resource for all software developers. It effectively teaches how to protect software against unauthorized copying and distribution. The book highlights weak points in seemingly well-protected programs. Software developers will learn how crackers break common protection schemes and how to defend against them. The book begins by introducing the developer to the techniques and... (more)

Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

First introduced in Freakonomics , here is the full story of Sudhir Venkatesh, the sociology grad student who infiltrated one of Chicago's most notorious gangs The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics . Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh... (more)

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