A long drive through the night, at the wheel Cecilia Amato, in the back her son Martín, playing with his toys; on the side of the road, a

His ambition and arrogance pushing him to attempt a reconstruction beyond the possibility of surgical techniques, the resulting irreparable disfigurement of poor Evelyn Morley drives the fragile patient

Regarded as one of the fathers of the literary genre which would come to be known as science fiction, his 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon

In only thirty years the world has changed, the recreation of dinosaurs on Isla Nublar an ambitious experiment which could not be controlled, the long-extinct animals now free

Ambition is shaped by circumstance; it is easier for one who grew up around boats and enjoyed the independence that wealth brings to set their sights on circumnavigating

Along the fjords of Norway the sailing vessel Demeter heads north under the nominal command of Captain Van Vught, an expedition financed and guided by the ambitious and

The slum districts of Chicago, 1987, Angie Pittarelli trying to make ends meet and support both herself and nephew David by working as a stripper at Revealers, harassed

North Denver, 1978; school is hell for Finney Shaw, targeted by a gang of bullies for whom taunts and cruel behaviour are less satisfying than physical violence, nor

July, 1943, almost three years after the Battle of Britain and two years past the worst of the London Blitz and, shortly thereafter, the entry of America into

Spring and summer a time of growth, “executions mandated by the court guard wait for the autumn equinox.” Having already attempted escape once, pursued by officers of the