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Este libro tiene las obras completas de Emilia Pardo Bazán.

The crew of the Blue Nymph. They are the most daring, courageous, fool-hardy seagoing crew ever assembled. Foremost among them are Henri Delacrois, the French archer, Ralf Gunarson, the blonde Viking giant, Tishimi Osara the lovely female samurai, and Omar the irascible first mate. These are the colorful adventurers of the magnificent Blue Nymph. All pledged to follow their captain, the most famous sailor of all time, Sinbad El Ari.

A collection of stories from the most famous Western author of all time! Desert Death-Song is a compilation of some of Louis L’Amour’s greatest stories, many of which might otherwise be difficult to find. Whether he was writing under his early pen name, Jim Mayo, or his own, L’Amour’s stories are unforgettable, touching on rough and rugged American ideals, and set in the untamable frontier of the Western United States.

I "Amerika tur och retur" tar Warg en atlantkryssare till New York för att fira in det nya århundradet. På fartyget över träffar han den fagra mademoiselle Camille men på kajen i New York står detektiver från Pinkerton och väntar. En dramatisk rättegång och en nyårsdans på The Astoria får Warg att se döden i vitögat.

In "The Boscombe Valley Mystery", Inspector Lestrade summons Sherlock Holmes to a community in Herefordshire, where a local landowner has been murdered outdoors. The deceased's estranged son is strongly implicated. Holmes, employing his trusty magnifying glass quickly determines that a mysterious third man may be responsible for the crime, unraveling a thread involving a secret criminal past, thwarted love, and blackmail.

In einem arabischen Land herrscht im 19. Jahrhundert der weise König Salih. Als die Königin bei einem Attentat ums Leben kommt, versinkt die einzige Tochter in tiefe Melancholie. Die Thronfolgerin hat sich in einen armen Fischer verliebt, wovon ihr Vater nichts ahnt. Als Karam, der Kaffeehauserzähler, von ihrer Krankheit erfährt, beschließt er, die Prinzessin zu heilen. Allabendlich versammelt er erzählfreudige Menschen im Palast, um die junge Frau durch die schönsten Geschichten ins Leben zurückzuholen: von Mut und Feigheit, von Freundschaft und Feindschaft, von der Liebe und der Weisheit des Herzens.

Port Royal, 1699. Orphaned and adrift, Elias Grey finds his way aboard Equilibre under the command of Captain Thaddeus Locke—a man whose law is his own and whose code is carved from salt and consequence. What begins as a simple voyage soon becomes a crucible of loyalty, survival, and faith upon waters where mercy carries a price.

Everything is bigger in Texas — including the horror! A Piney woods meth dealer clones Adolph Hitler. A nightmare exorcist meets an inexorable fiend. An eyeball collector gets collected. The apparition of a lynching victim tracks down his executioners. A Texas lawman is undone by shades of his past. A Baphomet recruits converts as a local summer camp. The tales of the baker's dozen who appear in this anthology demonstrate why everything is scarier in Texas…

Buck, el perro del juez Miller, lleva una apacible vida en California, cuando es raptado y obligado a tirar de un trineo por las heladas orillas del río Yukón, donde miles de hombres llamados por la fiebre del oro buscan fortuna. Terribles experiencias y la crueldad de sus nuevos amos le empujan a reencontrarse con sus ancestros salvajes como única forma de adaptarse al medio y sobrevivir. El proceso de transformación que sufre Buck de perro doméstico a salvaje es impactante.

An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Agincourt from the number one historical novelist Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, St Crispin's Day, is one of England’s best-known battles, in part through the brilliant depiction of it in Shakespeare's Henry V, in part...

"A través de esa nube turbia, las cosas más comunes parecían cosas extrañas", recuerda la narradora de No soñarás flores. Mirada turbia, torcida, que a través de los ocho relatos de este volumen nos muestra siempre el lado más oculto de lo cotidiano.

THE LION OF NEGEBThe Story of Othniel, The First JudgeThe giants are in the grave, and the fire of the Exodus has faded to embers. For eight years, the tribes of Israel have withered under the "Double Wickedness" of Cushan-Rishathaim. The Promised Land has become a labor camp of limestone and salt, and the sons of the conquerors have become the property of an empire. Othniel ben Kenaz is a man of the shadows. A former warrior reduced to a quarry slave, he has spent nearly a decade hauling the very stones used to build his enemy’s monuments.

I’m the sister of the Kane brothers, two overprotective hockey legends destined for the NHL. Which means my love life has always been a total disaster. They’ve blocked every guy who’s ever shown interest, their intimidating presence clearing the room faster than a buzzer at the end of a period. So when three masked men show up and turn my world upside down, I’m not complaining. They awaken something in me I didn’t know I was missing. And the best part? My brothers have no idea and can’t interfere.

From Sunday Times best-selling author Ben Kane comes a collection of short stories.

Orphaned during World War II, Roger MacKenzie Wakefield believed that his mother died during the London Blitz, and that his father, an RAF pilot, was killed in combat. But this may not be the whole story.

Il Casanova di Schnitzler è un uomo rivolto al passato, incapace di affrontare il presente. Giunto alle soglie della vecchiaia...

A collection of stories capturing what it means to be a cowboy.

Pierre Bellemare trouve dans les récits du XIXe, publiés pour bon nombre d'entre eux dans les revues et les journaux de l'époque, l'occasion de nous faire réentendre une voix qu'on associe volontiers à l'esprit de la narration populaire.

La selva que rodea y que acecha. Carreteras secundarias y arroyos de lluvia. Una finca llamada Alegría. Vidas de quienes rara vez consiguen lo que quieren, vidas de ida y vuelta, vidas acomodadas a la violencia o que desaparecen de un zarpazo. Con su obra, Margarita García Robayo combina existencias, espacios y tiempos porque uno puede llenar el hueco de historias, y las historias de más huecos y esos huecos de más historias: la vida es una historia que contiene otra y que contiene otra. Uno no está condenado a una sola historia.

A construction project beneath the National Mall reveals a dark secret dating back to the Civil War, something buried by a cabal of scientists, led by Alexander Graham Bell, who helped found the Smithsonian Institution. It is a cache of bones, preserved in amber, protecting a wonder like no...