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The end of the Pleistocene era brought dramatic environmental changes to small bands of humans living in North America: changes that affected subsistence, mobility, demography, technology, and social relations. The transition they made from Paleoindian (Pleistocene) to Archaic (Early Holocene) societies...

A problem of philosophy is completely different from a problem of science. In science we accept our subject-matter as it is presented in unanalysed experience; in philosophy we examine the first principles and ultimate questions that concern conscious experience itself. The problem of truth is a problem...

George Smiley se ha convertido en el jefe del maltrecho servicio secreto británico en el tiempo en que las traiciones de un agente doble soviético han acribillado la red de espionaje. Smiley quiere venganza. Su método es el ataque, la presa es Karla, el escenario de la batalla es Hong Kong y el...

George Smiley, que es un hombre con problemas y con compasión infinita, es también un decidido e implacable adversario como espía. La escena en la que entra es un paisaje de Guerra Fría, de topos y faroleros, de cazadores de cabelleras y artistas callejeros, donde los hombres son cambiados,...

En esta apasionante y estimulante novela de intriga de Oriente Medio, Charlie, una joven actriz bella y brillante, es inducida en el «teatro de lo real» por un agente de la Inteligencia israelí. Obligada a representar su papel definitivo, es empujada hacia una trampa engañosa y frágil para atrapar a un esquivo terrorista palestino.

El hombre desaparecido: Harting, de pasado refugiado, un asistente en la embajada británica de Bonn. Los documentos desaparecidos: cuarenta y tres, todos confidenciales (o más). El momento: pésimo y probablemente no accidental; estudiantes radicales y neo-nazis se amotinan; negociaciones críticas...

Barley Blair, editor de Londres, recibe un documento de contrabando desde Moscú y es enviado a la Unión Soviética como contacto. Katya, el intermediario de Moscú, es bella y atenta. Juntos pueden representar el futuro, una idea que es un anatema para los atrincherados profesionales del espionaje de ambos lados.

He was her worst fear—and her only hope. As her father's designated successor, Princess Leeahna wants nothing more than to be a good queen to her people. Yet she is haunted by a witch's prophecy, spoken before her birth: “One day this child will cause a savage to sit on her father’s...

A man robbed of his birthright will do anything for revenge. His noble parents gave him the name Grayden D’Aksohn. Those who know him now—or know his reputation—simply call him Ax. He should have inherited a fortune and enough good farmland to please any man, save a greedy king. Today...

MAYDAY is based on the historical 1970 Kent State University shootings, and the subsequent rumors: In retaliation to the rock and bottle throwing, a few Ohio National Guard soldiers secretly plot to open fire on [the student protestors.] One member “draws the short straw” and must fire the first...

The story of The Adventures of Fred the Fly: And His Homecoming Party, is a sequel to The Adventures of Fred the Fly: And Some of His Friends. It tells the story of how Fred receives a cool reception from his mother, initially. A meeting with Harry the snail reveals why there is much interest in the...

A lyrical, apocalyptic debut novel about addiction, friendship, and the struggle for survival at the height of an epidemic. The sickness started with a single child and quickly spread: you could get high by drinking your own shadow. Artificial lights were destroyed so addicts could sip shadow...

Test yourself against The Economist's champion quiz team - the only trivia book you'll ever need! Trivia books are a dime a dozen. Trust The Economist, which knows the price and the value of everything, to do something different. In its first ever trivia book in a 175-year history, the...