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This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Dream of the Red Chamber provides a detailed, episodic record of life in the two branches of the wealthy, aristocratic Jia clan—the Rongguo House and the Ningguo House—who reside in two large, adjacent family compounds in the capital. Their ancestors were made Dukes and given imperial titles, and as the novel begins the two houses are among the most illustrious families in the city. One of the clan's offspring is made a Royal Consort, and a lush landscaped garden is built to...

In the tradition of the modern classics The Remains of the Day and A Gentleman in Moscow comes The Waiter, in which the finely tuned balance of a timeworn European restaurant is irrevocably upset by an unexpected guest... The Hills dates from a time when pigs were pigs and swine were swine, the Maître D' likes to say--in other words from the mid-1800s. Every day begins with the head waiter putting on his jacket. In with one arm, then the other. Shrugged onto his shoulders. Horn buttons done up. Always the same. There is clinking. Cutlery is moved around porcelain and up to mouths. But in...

Julio Robles, un jubilado de nivel altoburgués, culto, sensible y enamorado de España, planea cometer un atentado suicida contra un líder político usando Twitter para ganarse, a través de esta red, la confianza de su víctima. Mientras el Niño de Lenin —tal es su sobrenombre tuitero— urde el atentado, se desarrolla ante el lector un cáustico esbozo de la sociedad española del que forman parte los peculiares amigos de Julio, sus recuerdos, sus amores y desamores, y su único hijo. Educado en valores convencionales, el protagonista de este relato trata de aceptar el hecho de que su...

Eles o criaram para criar um Novo Mundo. Então ele voltou para pega-lo. Em 1684, a filha de Franklin James, Evelyn, desaparece de sua casa no meio da noite. A busca por ela leva seus socorristas para o alcance mais sombrio de Wildermoor, e nas garras do Conselho da Luz Eterna. Centenas de anos depois, D.I. Truman Darke não convence Colin Dexler, um homem acusado de um assassinato mais brutal e sem motivação. Depois que Dexler mata novamente, ambas as vidas ficam de cabeça para baixo. Agora, o principal suspeito em um caso de assassinato, Truman foge para encontrar as respostas que ele...