Showing results for title "The Tyrant" in Literature & Fiction

Valle-Inclan decia en una carta que estaba escribiendo "una novela americana de caudillaje y avaricia gachupinesca...en una prosa expresiva y poco academica". Esa obra fue Tirano Banderas donde con una prosa brillante muestra las pequeneces de los dictadores de nuestra America.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, an Eastern emperor charged a small group with safeguarding a body of knowledge and secrets powerful enough to change the history of mankind. They went down in legend as the Nine Unknown Men - and now two rival factions of the descendants are fighting a mighty battle. Both sides think they are saving the world, but one of them is willing to use horrifying means to accomplish its goals. Now it is up to Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives to stop both of them from the destructive path they're on and save the earth from a dynasty of terror. 

Follow Nathan, Jess, Denny, and others as they struggle through a post-apocalyptic America, where the only law is martial! Their struggles take them from the comforts of their southern Illinois homestead, to the brutal realities of an America where liberty is no longer a right, and survival is of the fittest.

In book 7 of the Colony Ship Trailblazer series, Janae faces some of the worst situations she has encountered on the ship. Is the entity Pooljumalad is lurking about? Are the people she knew who she thinks they are? What dangers await? Which forces will take over? Who is the real tyrant on the Trailblazer?

When I accepted a lucrative position at Wolfe Wineries, I had no idea my boss was an insufferable man. But Montgomery Wolfe made the terms very clear. I'd follow his rules or face stern consequences. Even as we sparred from day one, sizzling electricity flowed between us. Yet as I'm bent across his desk, every sizzling stroke of his belt awakening my senses, I vowed to hate him.

Nathan, Denny, Jess, and Tori, together with Sergeant Banks and his Marines, have met a new ally with knowledge of a possible EMP attack on the west coast. Their plans to head north and rally on Buchanan remain the top priority. Colonel Charles Buchanan and his men have at last joined forces with General John James at the secret military installation in the Black Hills of South Dakota and have been advised of an impending attack from a sizeable UN force.

Xenophon was an ancient Greek philosopher, historian, soldier, and student of Socrates. In the dialogue between the poet Simonides and Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, Xenophon discusses the burdens of being an absolute dictator and the superior happiness of the private individual.

La première fois que j’ai rencontré Noah Parker, il m’a demandé si j’étais escort. Apparemment, quand on est un agent sportif milliardaire, c’est normal de trouver des inconnues à moitié nues dans sa chambre d’hôtel. C’est pourquoi je lui ai lancé mon talon aiguille à la tête. Ne vous inquiétez pas, il va bien, il a de bons réflexes. N’empêche, il a fait irruption dans ma chambre — prétendant que c’était la sienne — et refusait d’en sortir. J’ai fait pareil.

Stephen Gill was an Army National Guardsman when the Flip went down. His trials mirrored the lives of every patriot that lived under the yoke of unconstitutional fiat. His presence was sought after when Tori made it to Gorham, but his story was never told, nor the reason for his absence. Until now….

Il a suffi que je m’allonge une seconde… Quand je rouvre les yeux, je tombe nez à nez avec le visage bien dessiné, et très contrarié, de mon client milliardaire Théo Barnes. Si je suis Boucle d’Or, alors lui est aussi mal léché que trois ours réunis. J’étais surmenée. Je devais jongler entre photographier ses yachts et travailler sur mes autres projets. Ajoutez-y un lit moelleux sur l’un de ses yachts, et vous m’avez perdue. Je pensais être sur le point d’être licenciée. Sauf que nous sommes au beau milieu de l’océan, et qu’il me regarde comme si j’étais la pièce manquante du puzzle.

When his father dies, Prince Jauna Khan succeeds to the throne of Delhi as Muhammad bin Tughlaq. His reign will prove to be epic and bloody but unsurpassed in splendor, innovation, and defeat. A formidable strategist and remarkable scholar, the sultan will go down in history for his brutality as well as his brilliance, unfairly remembered only as a cruel tyrant who might have been raving mad. His high-flown aspirations and grandiose ambitions may have met with crushing failure, but even so, Tughlaq was a great hero of the 14th century, albeit a tragic and fatally flawed one.

In The Saga of Eruption, the tyrant of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, is tormented by a premonition nightmare revealing a hidden darkness within Islam and foretelling the imminent collapse of his regime. Desperate for answers, he turns to his estranged wife, Khojasteh, who knows of a long-imprisoned deaf-mute oracle named Zāl who can help decipher the ominous dream. Zāl's enigmatic prophecy sets off a series of transformative events that will change the lives of Iranians forever.

A crazed billionaire. A cabin in the woods. And no one to hear my screams...of desire. When I took a long-awaited vacation from crunching numbers for big business, I didn’t know I would be tricked into staying at a billionaire CEO’s private cabin in the woods. With his chiseled muscles and deep blue eyes, David Stratford is...overqualified in every way. But his company is failing, and David believes I have the solution to turn his fortunes around. When he broke into my cabin, I didn’t give him what he wanted. I’m not a corporate spy. But he won’t take no for an answer. Now David ...

The job description never mentioned “skills in managing a grump”... Tori Caldwell is laser-focused on her marine research, choosing to otherwise keep to herself. When she takes a side job ferrying supplies to a grumpy island billionaire, she can’t help noticing his mature attractive features and chiseled muscles. But all billionaires are definitely arrogant and annoying...right? When her new boss goes from billionaire beast to unforgettable one-night stand, Tori finds herself caught between temptation and her career. Billionaire Christian Ames has had his heart ripped out. When he ...

Imagine a faraway country that was once a friend of the West becoming the enemy, its people isolated and savagely repressed by a tyrant known as Great Uncle. As one of the country's most celebrated writers and a war hero, the storyteller has a better life than most – until he is made an offer he can't refuse. He must write a great novel, telling of the suffering of his people under the enemy's cruel economic sanctions and portraying Great Uncle as their saviour.