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1979

It’s December 1979 and Clark’s minority Progressive Conservative government is under threat of dissolution before it has a chance to accomplish anything — even pass a budget. But Clark is young and idealistic, resolute on making his mark in office. When he steals a moment at his desk to make a crucial decision, his colleagues, including Brian Mulroney and Pierre Trudeau, take the opportunity to steer him in different directions.

1979 (The Allie Burns Novels Series #1)

<p>A Scottish journalist is drawn into a world of corruption, terror, and murder in the new novel by “one of crime fiction’s most eminent writers” (Entertainment Weekly).<p> <p>The year started badly and only got worse—blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest were the norm. For investigative journalist Allie Burns, however, someone else’s bad news was the unmistakable sound of opportunity knocking, and 1979 is ripe with possibilities.<p> <p>But Allie is a woman in what is still a man’s world. Desperate to get away from the “women's stories” the Glasgow desk keeps assigning her, she strikes up an alliance with wannabe investigative journalist Danny Sullivan. From the start, their stories create enemies. First an international tax fraud, then a potential Scottish terrorist group aiming to cause mayhem ahead of an impending referendum. And then Danny is found murdered in his flat. For Allie, investigative journalism just got personal.<p> <p>The debut of an intense new series, 1979 is an atmospheric journey into the past with intriguing insight into the present, from a Diamond Dagger winner and multiple Edgar Award finalist.<p>

1979: The unmissable first thriller in an electrifying, brand-new series from the Queen of Crime (Allie Burns)

THE FIRST IN A THRILLING NEW SERIES FROM THE QUEEN OF CRIMEThe shadows hide a deadly story . . .1979. It is the winter of discontent, and reporter Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. There are few women in the newsroom and she needs something explosive for the boys' club to take her seriously.Soon Allie and fellow journalist Danny Sullivan are exposing the criminal underbelly of respectable Scotland. They risk making powerful enemies - and Allie won't stop there.When she discovers a home-grown terrorist threat, Allie comes up with a plan to infiltrate the group and make her name. But she's a woman in a man's world . . . and putting a foot wrong could be fatal.__________'A brilliant novel by a supremo of the genre at the height of her powers. A cast of engaging new characters promise to make this an unmissable new series' PETER JAMES'Remarkable and compelling . . . the Queen of Crime has delivered another masterpiece' DAVID BALDACCI'Val McDermid is the absolute QUEEN. Allie is a fabulous character, I'll go wherever she takes me and I'm dying to see what she does next' MARIAN KEYES'Packed full of Val McDermid's trademark brilliance, 1979 is a thrilling snapshot of a fascinating era' JANE HARPER'Unrivalled. Unmissable. Unforgettable. 1979 is Val McDermid at her nail-biting, heart-rending best' CHRIS WHITAKER'McDermid was a newshound at the time and it shows . . . Her best book in years' THE TIMES, BOOK OF THE MONTH'Allie Burns is off to a flying start, and well worth following down the decades' THE SCOTSMAN'A brilliant thriller, as well as a perfect snapshot of the social and political issues of the time' LINWOOD BARCLAY'A new series from Val McDermid promises to be an event - and 1979 delivers. Full of wit, thrills and incisive social observation and features a marvellous new character to follow through the years to come' MICK HERRON'Absolutely fantastic. I have been reading Val McDermid for twenty-five years, so I am really saying something when I tell you I enjoyed this novel the most' CHRIS BROOKMYRE'Brilliant characters, masterful plotting and a pitch-perfect evocation of the heyday of newspapers. I loved it' CHRIS HAMMER'A gratifyingly multi-faceted character' FINANCIAL TIMES'The work of a writer at the peak of her powers' HERALD'The fast-paced storytelling flows irresistibly' IRISH TIMES

1982

La historia de amor prohibido entre un joven de 19 años y su madrastra en el contexto de la guerra de Malvinas. <P><P> «¿Cuántas posibilidades hay en la vida de cruzarse con esa persona? <P> Ellos habían tenido la suerte de encontrarse. Las circunstancias eran un detalle menor, una línea en la historia de su amor.» Pedro tiene diecinueve años y, a diferencia de los hombres de su familia, no eligió la carrera militar sino la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. <P>Pero corre el año 1982, y su refugio en la lectura o en las canciones de Spinetta es sacudido por el desembarco de las tropas argentinas en Malvinas: su padre, el teniente coronel Augusto Vidal, se encuentra en el frente de batalla. Aunque Buenos Aires esté lejos, la guerra lo enrarece todo. <P>El compás de espera que viven en su casa lo aproxima a Fátima, su madrastra. <P>Entre ellos surgirá un deseo desconocido e irrefrenable, un amor con la fuerza arrasadora de la libertad. Una pasión cargada de erotismo que tendrá consecuencias devastadoras. <P>Sergio Olguín ha escrito una novela que deja al desnudo los alcances insospechados del horror en tiempos de muerte y opresión. Una obra conmovedora que reúne los mejores atributos de su literatura: la gracia, la belleza, la oscuridad.

1982, Janine (Canons)

A postmodern novel of melancholy memory and erotic fantasy—&“a filthy tour de force&”—by the acclaimed Scottish author of Poor Things (The Washington Post). 1982, Janine is a searing portrait of male need and inadequacy, as explored via the lonely sexual fantasies of Jock McLeish, failed husband, lover, and businessman. Alone in a hotel room, Jock attempts again and again to escape the realities of his life through an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy featuring a woman named Janine. As various memories—from childhood to marriage to his present predicament—invade his imagination, Jock reels through this endlessly inventive black comedy of a man&’s mind. An unforgettably challenging book about power and powerlessness, men and women, masters and servants, small countries and big countries, Alasdair Gray&’s exploration of the politics of pornography has lost none of its power to shock. &“1982, Janine has a verbal energy, an intensity of vision that has mostly been missing from the English novel since D.H. Lawrence.&” —New York Times &“1982, Janine revived my flagging impetus to continue writing myself.&” —Jonathan Coe, winner of the 2019 Costa Novel Award

1984

Una obra mestra ambientada en una societat distòpica, totalitària i dictatorial, que reflexiona sobre conceptes encara vigents com ara la censura, la manipulació dels mitjans de comunicació i la falta de llibertats individuals en benefici d'un suposat interès comú. L'any 1984 Londres és una ciutat fosca en què la Policia del Pensament controla exhaustivament la vida dels ciutadans. Winston Smith és un peó d'aquest engranatge pervers i té com a objectiu reescriure la història per adaptar-la al que el Partit considera la versió oficial dels fets. Fins que un dia en Winston decideix qüestionar-se el sistema que els governa i els sotmet. «No hi haurà lleialtat, llevat de la lleialtat al Partit. No hi haurà amor, llevat de l'amor pel Gran Germà. No hi haurà rialles, llevat de les rialles del triomf davant un enemic derrotat. No hi haurà art, ni literatura ni ciència. Quan siguem omnipotents ja no necessitarem la ciència. No hi haurà distinció entre la bellesa i la lletjor. No hi haurà curiositat ni alegria davant el curs de la vida. Tots els plaers antagònics seran destruïts».

1984

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick With extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity, George Orwell&’s 1984 takes on new life in this edition. &“Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power.&”—The New Yorker In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be. Lionel Trilling said of Orwell&’s masterpiece, &“1984 is a profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book. It is a fantasy of the political future, and like any such fantasy, serves its author as a magnifying device for an examination of the present.&” Though the year 1984 now exists in the past, Orwell&’s novel remains an urgent call for the individual willing to speak truth to power.

1984 (Classics To Go)

Nineteen Eighty-Four, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel published in 1949 by English author George Orwell. The novel is set in the year 1984 when most of the world population have become victims of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance and propaganda. (Wikipedia)

1984: Nineteen Eighty-four (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations Ser.)

Edición especial con material didático para escuelas de la emblemática novela de George Orwell 1984. En el año 1984 Londres es una ciudad lúgubre en la que la Policía del Pensamiento controla de forma asfixiante la vida de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith, un peón de ese engranaje perverso, trabaja reescribiendo la historia a fin de adaptarla a lo que el Partido considera la versión oficial de los hechos. Hasta que decide poner en tela de juicio el sistema que los gobierna y somete. A poco de publicar la novela, Orwell escribió: «No creo que la sociedad que he descrito en 1984 necesariamente llegue a ser una realidad, pero sí creo que puede llegar a existir algo parecido». Corría el año 1948, y desde entonces la historia se ha encargado de convertir esa obra -entonces de ciencia ficción- en una advertencia más vigente que nunca. La crítica ha dicho...«Aquí ya no estamos solo ante lo que habitualmente reconocemos como "literatura" e identificamos con la buena escritura. Aquí estamos, repito, ante energía visionaria. Y no todas las visiones se refieren al futuro, o al Más Allá.»Umberto Eco «Entre mis libros favoritos, lo leo una y otra vez.»Margaret Atwood «No es difícil pensar que Orwell, en 1984, estuviera imaginando un futuro para la generación de su hijo, un mundo del que deseaba prevenirles.»Thomas Pynchon «La libertad es una obligación tan dolorosa que siempre habrá quien prefiera rendirse. La virtud de libros como 1984 es su capacidad para recordarnos que la libertad de los seres humanos responsables no es igual a la de los animales.»Anthony Burgess «Desde El proceso de Kafka ninguna obra fantástica ha alcanzado el horror lógico de 1984.»Arthur Koestler «Un libro magnífico y profundamente interesante.»Aldous Huxley

1984: Nineteen Eighty-four (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations Ser.)

«No creo que la sociedad que he descrito en 1984 necesariamente llegue a ser una realidad, pero sí creo que puede llegar a existir algo parecido», escribía Orwell después de publicar su novela. Corría el año 1948, y la realidad se ha encargado de convertir esa pieza -entonces de ciencia ficción- en un manifiesto de la realidad. En el año 1984 Londres es una ciudad lúgubre en la que la Policía del Pensamiento controla de forma asfixiante la vida de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith es un peón de este engranaje perverso y su cometido es reescribir la historia para adaptarla a lo que el Partido considera la versión oficial de los hechos. Hasta que decide replantearse la verdad del sistema que los gobierna y somete. La crítica ha dicho...«Aquí ya no estamos solo ante lo que habitualmente reconocemos como "literatura" e identificamos con la buena escritura. Aquí estamos, repito, ante energía visionaria. Y no todas las visiones se refieren al futuro, o al Más Allá.»Umberto Eco «Entre mis libros favoritos, lo leo una y otra vez.»Margaret Atwood «No es difícil pensar que Orwell, en 1984, estuviera imaginando un futuro para la generación de su hijo, un mundo del que deseaba prevenirles.»Thomas Pynchon «La libertad es una obligación tan dolorosa que siempre habrá quien prefiera rendirse. La virtud de libros como 1984 es su capacidad para recordarnos que la libertad de los seres humanos responsables no es igual a la de los animales.»Anthony Burgess «Desde El proceso de Kafka ninguna obra fantástica ha alcanzado el horror lógico de 1984.»Arthur Koestler «Un libro magnífico y profundamente interesante.»Aldous Huxley

1984: With Connections

1984: १९८४

1984 सर्वसत्तावादी शासन के खतरों से आगाह करने वाला विश्वविख्यात उपन्यास है। यह अनिवार्यतः विचार और भाषा के सम्बन्धों पर केन्द्रित एक कृति है। जाहिर है, जब विचार और भाषा एक-दूसरे को प्रभावित करते हों तो यह परिघटना किसी कालखंड में बँधी नहीं रह सकती। जब-जब कोई विचार विशेष सत्ता में होगा, उससे जुड़ी शब्दावली भी वापस प्रचलन में आएगी। यही बात इस उपन्यास को सार्वकालिक नहीं बनाती है और, उसको सर्वोपरि बनाए रखने के लिए अगर व्यवस्था को नागरिकों से भी महत्त्वपूर्ण मान लिया जाएगा तब किसी राज्य और समाज के लोगों को करना एक ऐसी परिस्थिति का सामना करना पड़ेगा, जहाँ कोई प्रत्यक्ष जंजीर भले न हो, लेकिन आज़ादी नहीं होगी; जीवन भले हो पर कोई गरिमा न होगी।

1986. Cuentos completos

<P>Un maestro en el género: este volumen indispensable incluye sus relatos publicados y algunos inéditos. «El hecho que más me ha parecido premonitorio de la muerte ha sido darme cuenta de que una persona que me gustaba me aburre profunda, infinitamente.» <P>Muy pocos autores llegan a dominar el género del relato, cercano a la poesía por su brevedad e impacto y del que Cortázar, Bioy Casares o Borges son los grandes maestros en lengua española: Rodrigo Rey Rosa está a la altura de esos clásicos. <P>Perturbadores, sensuales, angustiantes y llenos de suspense, dejan al lector absorto después de leerlos, como si despertara de un sueño o de un golpe. <P> La lectura de cada uno de estos cuentos, pertenecientes a seis libros distintos, hasta los últimos, inéditos y de escritura muy reciente, es una experiencia singular, cercana a un viaje inesperado. <P>El recorrido traza también un retrato literario de la evolución de un autor único.

1989

Back in 1989, Theo Wellis made a mistake: he ran from Luke, the man he loved. He's regretted it ever since--especially because the man in question died more than twenty years ago. One lonely, drunken night, he gets the chance to change the past. Will he take it or run away once again?

1989, The Number

1989, the number is an exploration of the year 1989 through politics, personal history and culture. This chapbook plays like a mixtape incorporating the hottest records and stories of 89 and reflecting their relevance for today.

1989: The brand-new thriller from the No.1 bestseller (Allie Burns)

THE SECOND THRILLING NOVEL IN VAL MCDERMID'S NEW SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIESThere's nothing like a killer story . . . 1989. The world is changing, and Allie Burns is still on the front line, covering the stories that count.Although Allie is no longer an investigative journalist, her instincts are sharper than ever. When she discovers a lead about the exploitation of society's most vulnerable, Allie is determined to give a voice to those who have been silenced. As Allie edges closer to exposing the truth, she travels behind the Iron Curtain, to East Berlin on the brink of revolution. The dark heart of the story is more shocking than she ever imagined. And to tell it, Allie must risk her freedom and her life . . . The latest Allie Burns thriller, set a decade after the bestselling first novel in the ground-breaking, iconic new series.Praise for 1979'McDermid is at her considerable best' GUARDIAN'Irresistible' PATRICIA CORNWELL'A brilliant novel by a supremo of the genre' PETER JAMES'Outstanding' SPECTATOR'Another masterpiece' DAVID BALDACCI'Sensational. One of Britain's most accomplished writers' SUNDAY EXPRESS

1994: Perder y fingir

The book narrates how, in a few months, Amalia transforms from a naive girl to a critical teenager and begins to see the country in which she lives from a new perspective.Amalia is a middle-class high school girl in Mexico from 1994. Attend a very rigid and traditional Catholic school. Along with Luisa, her best friend, Amalia begins to break the rules dictated by society: the parties begin and discover the boys of the opposite sex.Each of the characters in this story: her parents, her cousin Pablo, Luisa, her boyfriend Román, all contribute a small grain of sand in this awakening that leads Amalia to discover that the world is not how they wanted to tell it.There is a great nostalgia for the nineties today: music, fashion and television series constantly evoke this time. Brenda Legorreta's novel easily leads readers to that crucial year in the life of the country.El libro narra cómo, en unos cuantos meses, Amalia se transforma de chica ingenua a una adolescente crítica y comienza a ver el país en el que vive desde una nueva perspectiva.Amalia es una chica de preparatoria de clase media en el México de 1994. Asiste a una escuela católica, muy rígida y tradicional. Junto con Luisa, su mejor amiga, Amalia empieza a romper las reglas dictadas por la sociedad: comienzan las fiestas y a descubrir a los chicos del sexo opuesto. Cada uno de los personajes en esta historia: sus padres, su primo Pablo, Luisa, su novio Román, todos aportan un pequeño grano de arena en este despertar que lleva a Amalia a descubrir que el mundo no es como se lo han querido contar.Existe una gran nostalgia por los noventa en la actualidad: la música, la moda y las series de televisión evocan esta época constantemente. La novela de Brenda Legorreta lleva a los lectores con facilidad a ese año crucial para la vida del país.

1999

"When I woke up this mornin', Coulda sworn it was Judgment Day." Out of the darkness of rural Minnesota, four women speed towards the last man on earth: the artist formerly known as...

1999

Manchester approaching the Millennium is a violent city which is succumbing to the deadly delights of Warp, a designer hallucinogenic. When Will Ambrose's son dies after taking the drug he determines to find out who controls its supply. He soon finds himself on a bad trip into his worst nightmare.

1999

Manchester approaching the Millennium is a violent city which is succumbing to the deadly delights of Warp, a designer hallucinogenic. When Will Ambrose's son dies after taking the drug he determines to find out who controls its supply. He soon finds himself on a bad trip into his worst nightmare.

1: Tiger Trouble (WILD #1)

Featuring tiger cubs, circus bears, swimming monkeys and cute koalas - this is a must-read series for all animal lovers!Twins Tori and Taya Wild disagree about almost everything ... except for their love of animals - which is good since their house is almost always full of them! Their mother fosters all kinds of wild animals and the adorable tiger cubs, Chips and Gravy, are the most recent animals keeping them busy.But when Dad falls ill and can no longer travel for work, mum's animal fostering days could be over. They need to think up a money making scheme fast and that's when they set up a new 'animals on film' business ... and soon their lives are about to get even wilder!

1:35AM: An AFK Book (Five Nights At Freddy's #3)

The Fazbear Frights series continues with three more unsettling, novella-length tales to keep even the bravest Five Nights at Freddy's player up at night . . .For Delilah, Stanley, and Devon, being left behind is practically a way of life. Orphaned from a young age and recently divorced, Delilah escapes deeper into her dreams each night, in desperate need of a wake-up call. Stanley is newly dumped, stuck in a dead-end job for a mysterious employer, and unable to connect with anyone. And Devon, abandoned by his dad and ignored by his mom, can't understand why love and friendship come so easily to everyone except him. Unfortunately, in the callous world of Five Nights at Freddy's, it's always in the depths of loneliness when evil creeps in.In this third volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length stories from different corners of his series' canon, featuring cover art from fan-favorite artist LadyFiszi. Readers beware: This collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans.

1Q84

The long-awaited magnum opus from Haruki Murakami, in which this revered and bestselling author gives us his hypnotically addictive, mind-bending ode to George Orwell's 1984. <P><P>The year is 1984. Aomame is riding in a taxi on the expressway, in a hurry to carry out an assignment. Her work is not the kind that can be discussed in public. When they get tied up in traffic, the taxi driver suggests a bizarre 'proposal' to her. Having no other choice she agrees, but as a result of her actions she starts to feel as though she is gradually becoming detached from the real world. She has been on a top secret mission, and her next job leads her to encounter the superhuman founder of a religious cult. Meanwhile, Tengo is leading a nondescript life but wishes to become a writer. He inadvertently becomes involved in a strange disturbance that develops over a literary prize. While Aomame and Tengo impact on each other in various ways, at times by accident and at times intentionally, they come closer and closer to meeting. Eventually the two of them notice that they are indispensable to each other. Is it possible for them to ever meet in the real world? <P><P>From the Hardcover edition.

1Q84: 3 Volume Boxed Set (Vintage International #3)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver&’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 —&“Q is for &‘question mark.&’ A world that bears a question.&” Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author that, soon, his previously placid life begins to come unraveled. As Aomame&’s and Tengo&’s narratives converge over the course of this single year, we learn of the profound and tangled connections that bind them ever closer: a beautiful, dyslexic teenage girl with a unique vision; a mysterious religious cult that instigated a shoot-out with the metropolitan police; a reclusive, wealthy dowager who runs a shelter for abused women; a hideously ugly private investigator; a mild-mannered yet ruthlessly efficient bodyguard; and a peculiarly insistent television-fee collector.A love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell&’s—1Q84 is Haruki Murakami&’s most ambitious undertaking yet: an instant best seller in his native Japan, and a tremendous feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers.

1re année: Livre pour adolescent au sujet d'une académie surnaturelle (L'académie des Anges Gardiens #1)

Le mal existe. Je le sais, car j'en ai été créée. Les anges nous appelent les Renégats. Nous nous appelons les Délaissés. Parce qu'on a été abandonnés par le paradis et les êtres célestes, condamnés à vivre dans la misère en enfer. Mais j'ai réussi à me faire inviter à entrer à l'Académie des Anges Gardiens. Et l'heure de la revanche a sonné. Bienvenue à l'Académie des Anges Gardiens. 1re année : Renégat est le premier livre d'une série enlevante pour adolescents/ jeunes adultes au sujet d'une académie paranormale pour anges avec une histoire d'amour lente d'ennemis qui tomberont amoureux. Parfaite pour les fans de Supernatural Academy, Dark Angel Academy, Shadowspell Academy et Evermore Academy.