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Using examples from history, philosophy, science, psychology and political theory, the author of Sapiens presents this revealing story about how information has been, is and will be the current that underlies all human activity and possibly the answer to why we are facing, now, the possible destruction of the planet.
The last of the five-book series of inspector Blanco reaches its end with a final case, possibly the most brutal, for the Case Analysis Brigade. With Elena still on the wanted list, Zarate missing and a new inspector in the office, the team is facing up to the most sadistic organization of the saga.
A woman of many interests, the Scottish Eliza Touchet is captivated by an intriguing trial that is stirring intense passions in London: Sir Roger Tichborne, heir to a vast empire who disappeared at sea years earlier, has suddenly reappeared and is claiming what is rightfully his. The Imposture takes us into a fascinating Victorian world where reality and fiction blend with great intensity.
The narrator of this story is born just a few kilometers from Chernobyl the year the nuclear plant explodes, and grows up in a country plagued by confusion and misery. In the land of "radioactive children," monstrous fruits, red skies, and alcoholic, sick, or disoriented men, women endure by turning everyday life into a refuge.