Résultats pour "Emma" dans Post-apocalyptique

Six years after the events of The Poison Maker, the oppressive government maintains its totalitarian control across The Raft, and Professor savannah Selbourne is now their pawn. Despite her humble beginnings, she has become an essential voice in the regime. Yet she yearns to break free.

The first speculative work of fiction from Booker Prize-shortlisted, bestselling author Emma Donoghue, Blaze is a magnificent work of imagination and empathy. 'Blaze haunts me in the best way . . . a beautiful example of the literature we need now' – Sarah Moss, author of Ripeness 2040. A...

From the bestselling, critically acclaimed author of The Paris Express and Room, a brilliant novel about one unexpected heroine’s coming-of-age in a post-apocalyptic New York. The year is 2040 and a catastrophic event has left New Yorkers in dire need of food and shelter. This is the world a...

Wealthy philanthropist Arthur Wells, in need of a family getaway with his wife, Joan, and his daughter, Emma, arranges a trip to Romania. His intention is to explore an ancient cave system he read about, located in Constanta, on the Black Sea coast. The name of the cave, unearthed in 1986, is Pestera Movile. It has been sealed from the light of day for over five-and-a-half million years, preserved beneath more than 20 meters of clay. In this harsh, chemosynthetic environment, Arthur stumbles across something he hopes will advance medical science.

The end of the world comes to an ordinary Somerset street with no warning, no sirens, and a frankly insulting lack of organisation. It starts with a barbecue. A few bad jokes. A street that thinks the end of the world is something that happens on telly.

Peter ha guardato la sua nuova famiglia allontanarsi, sicuro che fosse l'ultima volta che l'avrebbe vista. Ma a volte i piani vanno a monte nel migliore dei modi. Adesso vuole raggiungerla, ma a volte i piani vanno a monte nel peggiore dei modi.

La vida le ha dado algunos golpes a Zelu a lo largo de los años, pero cuando de repente la despiden de su trabajo en la universidad y rechazan su última novela, todo ello en medio de la boda de su hermana, su vida da un vuelco. Discapacitada, desempleada y procedente de una familia entrometida, exigente y crítica, no sabe muy bien qué va a ser de ella. Esa noche, en su habitación de hotel, toma una decisión arriesgada que marcará su vida: decide escribir un libro MUY diferente a los demás.

After a centuries' long apocalypse, humanity has returned to its violent roots. The few ragged settlements that remain fight each other for what little the Nothing provides and will do whatever it takes to stay alive. Charlize Smith doesn't know it yet, but her hometown might be the last civilized place on Earth. Born a Defect and forced to undergo a slew of dangerous experiments, Charlie dreams of the day when she can finally set out on her own. But when a tragedy pushes her to the edge, she's arrested and thrown onto a truck bound for the Nothing - where she's probably going to die.

Seventeen year old assassin-in-training, Aveline, is ready to die rather than submit to her fate working in a brothel to repay her late father's debts. On the night she tries to end her life, a stranger stops her and offers a proposition: a clean slate, in exchange for her agreement to become the guardian of a young woman she has never met. Leery of the assignment and the man behind it, Aveline has no other option but to accept the deal.