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Malone, a close friend of writer Joseph Conrad, is astonished to see his life stories made into an acclaimed see adventure series, and becomes obsessed with finding Conrad's final manuscript.

This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think something horrific is going on. But the important thing is, according to the narrator, "None of this is my fault."

Into the Texas Panhandle of the late 1880s, America's last great open range, ride two young cowboys. Nate Reynolds is the scion of a well-to-do family in search of adventure and gold and Billy Champion is a ne'er-do-well with a stubborn streak and an eye for the ladies. Together they aim to rid this violent territory of rustlers, horse thieves and the rest of the devils. But when the friends fall for the same green-eyed beauty, their brotherhood will...

Joel's fed up with life in a nursing home and begins to plan a way out, when Frank moves in and turns the community upside down. Though the two couldn't be more different, a fast friendship is formed. And when Joel tells Frank of his burgeoning plan, they embark together on a mission to find the perfect escape, discovering along the way that it's never too late for new beginnings.

After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks. In mid-December 1944, the Germans launch a desperate and ruthless counteroffensive in the Ardennes forest, utterly surprising the unprepared Americans who stand in their way. Through the frigid snows of the mountainous terrain, German tanks and infantry struggle to realize Hitler's goal. After the success...

Set in the 1740's, early in the French and Indian wars, this book follows the adventures of Natty Bumppo, or Leatherstocking, as a young hunter of 20, of his friendship with the mohican Chingachook, and his blighted love affair with Judith Hutter. Deerslayer, or frontiersman Natty Bumppo, and his Mohican friend, Chingachgook, attempt to rescue a Native American maiden and avoid two white bounty hunters in upper state New York during the French and...

Antonio Ortuño, uno de los más reconocidos narradores iberoamericanos de su generación, nos entrega una novela entrañable sobre la adultez, el fracaso y la amistad, escrita con la combinación exacta de ironía, nostalgia y reflexión. Barry Dávila, un cuarentón que viste como metalero de los años ochenta, tiene un plan: reunir a La Armada Invencible, el grupo de heavy y thrash con el que pudo haber triunfado si las peleas internas y una sociedad...

"In this steampunk satire about freedom of speech and religion, two men, a devout Catholic and an atheist, become unwilling allies when they vow to fight a duel to the death over their beliefs, and discover to their astonishment that an unbelieving world won't let them"--Title page verso.

"Two old friends reconnect in Dublin for a dramatic, revealing evening of drinking and storytelling in this winning new novel from the author of the Booker Prize winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Davy and Joe were drinking pals back in their Dublin youth. Davy rarely sees Joe for a pint anymore--maybe one or two when Davy comes over from England to check on his elderly father. But tonight Davy's father is dying in the hospice, and Joe has a secret that...

A bomb rips through present-day London, tragically ending the crime-fighting partnership of Arthur Bryant and John May begun more than a half-century ago during another infamous bombing: the Blitz of World War II. Desperately searching for clues to the saboteurs identity, May finds the notes his old friend kept of their very first case and a past that may have returned with murderous vengeance. It was an investigation that began with the grisly murder...