Product Description: With the characteristic wit and ingenuity that defined O. Henry’s work, this collection of short stories brilliantly captures the soul and personality of New York City’s inhabitants in the early 20th century. The author expertly portrays the energy and unpredictability of the big city through various memorable characters and through his fascinating plot twists...read more

Product Description: Set in London shortly after World War II, this dark psychological novel is as eerily chilling as it is profound. The narrator, Richard Merton, tells the story of his close friend Tony and how he progressively falls under the influence of his new and sinister butler, Barrett...read more

Product Description: Entre las minorias demograficas que senalan la contradiccion inherente a las sociedades de ideologia etnocentrica, la de los gitanos es la mas conocida, a traves de los cliches literarios, pero tambien por los prejuicios que se han utilizado para caracterizar a un colectivo que ha sido nomada forzoso y chivo expiatorio de carestias...read more

Product Description: An eavesdropping network led by the United States spans the planet. The system, known as Echelon, allows the US and its allies to intercept the private phone calls and e-mails of civilians and governments around the world. We start out at Menwith Hill in England's Yorkshire moors, a secret eavesdropping station covered in mysterious, gargantuan golf balls; the narrative then moves quickly to other spy stations, traveling all the way to the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia...read more