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FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar el audiolibro El Vagabundo de las Estrellas de Jack London, mientras espera ser ejecutado, el convicto Darrell Standing nos relata su peculiar historia desde el corredor de la muerte de la cárcel de San Quintín. Acuciado por la falta de tiempo, el protagonista describe el universo que se abrió ante él después de pasar por el suplicio de una celda de aislamiento en la oscuridad, soportando la tortura de una camisa de fuerza. El tormento físico actuando como una vía de escape, le da acceso a otros planos para recorrer sus vidas pasadas.

Stephen Oakwood will weiter in die Geheimnisse der Magie eindringen. Doch dafür benötigt er Geld. Ausgerechnet Calhoun, der Erbe von Haus Ashford, bietet ihm einen lukrativen Job als Leibwächter. Eigentlich will Stephen nichts mehr mit seiner hochmütigen und intriganten Familie zu tun haben, doch ihm bleibt kaum eine andere Wahl. Bis der geheimnisvolle Byron aus dem Schatten tritt und vorgibt, Stephen unterstützen zu wollen. Doch auch das hat seinen Preis.

Ray Smith is a young man seeking a life of simplicity and truth. Another young man, Japhy Rhyder, becomes instrumental in leading Ray to Buddhism as they embark upon a spiritual quest. Their journey takes them from the Bohemian parties of San Francisco to the natural beauty of the High Sierra mountains. Through such books as Doctor Sax and The Subterraneans, Jack Kerouac was an inspiration to the beat culture, hippies, and dharma seekers of the 1950s and 60s.

Ambientada en la vida agreste y salvaje de una frontera que trasciende su mero carácter físico para convertirse en encarnación del conflicto entre la naturaleza y un ser humano alienado de ella, Colmillo blanco es una de las obras más célebres de Jack London (1872-1916).

En esta obra, publicada en 1909, el autor mostro el retrato de un rudo marinero que quiere progresar, pero al tratar de dedicarse a escritor se encuentra con el fracaso continuo y el rechazo permanente, incluso de la mujer que ama. Pero al cambiar su suerte, y ser aceptadas sus obras, todos quieren congraciarse con el pero Martin Eden se ha cansado del mundo.

In Der Ruf der Wildnis (1903) – Die Geschichte eines Hundes – erzählt Jack London die eindrucksvolle Geschichte des Hundes Buck, der aus seinem behüteten Leben in Kalifornien gerissen wird und im rauen Norden während des Klondike-Goldrausches seinen Weg in die Wildnis findet. Zwischen Zivilisation und Naturinstinkt entfaltet sich ein packender Überlebenskampf, der bis heute Leser und Hörer fesselt. Ein zeitloser Abenteuerroman über Instinkt, Freiheit, Anpassung und den unbändigen Willen zum Überleben – atmosphärisch dicht und bildgewaltig erzählt.

In a world overloaded with information, learning has become more complicated than ever. We scroll, watch, read, and listen—but how much of it truly changes us? This book is for anyone who’s tired of passive knowledge and ready for transformation. Whether you're a student, stylist, entrepreneur, or parent, you’ll discover a powerful system of learning that moves from reading to doing, and ultimately to teaching and legacy. I wrote this book not as a guru, but as your smart friend. Someone who has made mistakes, discovered truths, and found joy in passing them on.

CrossRhoades: An Agnostic on Politics & Religion is a podcast for thoughtful people navigating faith and public life in a time when loyalty and certainty feel demanded from us. Hosted by Jack Rhoades, a former United Methodist minister turned agnostic, the show explores where belief, doubt, and politics intersect. This is not a debate stage or an outrage machine, but a space for reflection, nuance, and movement, where curiosity is the engine of deeper understanding.

A man, a woman, and a road trip through the sun-blasted highways of West Texas that descends into chaos, blood, and screams. Bleak, cinematic, and unrelenting, Scratch is a fever dream of American horror. A collision of Nick Cutter’s raw realism, Edward Lee’s extremity, and Cormac McCarthy’s apocalyptic poetry, Scratch delivers a quick, brutal, and bloody fix that lingers long after the final tick.

Puppeteer Bob Harker has wandered the grey sands of Weston-Super-Mare for as long as anyone can remember, peddling his own brand of Punch’n’Judy to tourists and locals alike. Now, according to Reggie Bowles, his best friend, Bob Harker is dead. The only problem is that Bob’s body has disappeared. Convinced by Reggie to investigate both Bob’s death and subsequent disappearance, private investigator John “Slim” Hardy finds himself with a tricky case on his hands.

CrossRhoades: An Agnostic on Politics & Religion is a podcast for thoughtful people navigating faith and public life in a time when loyalty and certainty feel demanded from us. Hosted by Jack Rhoades, a former United Methodist minister turned agnostic, the show explores where belief, doubt, and politics intersect. This is not a debate stage or an outrage machine, but a space for reflection, nuance, and movement, where curiosity is the engine of deeper understanding.

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En 1902, Jack London llegó a Londres con la intención de escribir un reportaje sobre el East End, la zona este de la ciudad, donde se hizo pasar por un vagabundo, con el fin de poder penetrar en el Abismo, tal como él lo llamaba. Su curiosidad le llevó a visitar los slums, los llamados barrios pobres de la ciudad, en donde se hacinaban cientos de personas en condiciones infrahumanas, mientras que las clases acomodadas se beneficiaban de la política colonial que el Imperio llevaba a cabo en sus colonias.

In an area of Houston known as the Heights, boys had been going missing for years, but it was the peace-and-love 1970s, so police just called them runaways. When the truth was uncovered, and police - and the rest of Houston - realized the boys had become victims of notorious American serial killer Dean Corll, Houston recoiled in horrified shock. Residents realized that they had not only become the site of the most grisly mass murder in Texas history, but the worst mass murder in all of US history.

When law enforcement, the courts, and the prison system fail, there is a fourth and final option. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr launches a new thriller series cowritten with New York Times bestselling author M.P. Woodward. Disillusioned by the government and institutions he...

Suburbia. Shady, tree-lined streets; well-tended lawns; and cozy homes. A nice, quiet place to grow up. Unless you are teenage Meg or her crippled sister, Susan. On a dead-end street, in the dark, damp basement of the Chandler house, Meg and Susan are left captive to the savage whims and rages of a distant aunt who is rapidly descending into madness. It is a madness that infects all three of her sons and finally the entire neighborhood. Only one troubled boy stands hesitantly between Meg and Susan and their cruel, torturous deaths.

Something is wrong with Nora. There's a darkness inside her that she can't seem to control. As she and her men search for answers to her siren's dark nature, someone puts out a hit on her clan. Now, mercenaries from all over are trying to kill them. On top of all that, Nora must take on her first official case for the FUA. Someone is stealing mythical creatures, and they need to be stopped before they can steal the magic of the world's most powerful underworlders.

With the same passionate scholarship and analytical audacity he brought to the character of God, Jack Miles now approaches the literary and theological enigma of Jesus. In so doing, he tells the story of a broken promise–God’s ancient covenant with Israel–and of its strange, unlooked-for...

What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to speak and write freely in English? How about understanding more of what you hear or read? The idioms, phrases, words, and expressions in 49 Easy English Conversation Dialogues For Beginners in American English are designed to improve your English quickly and easily.

A veritable library of listening in this splendid collection of American Short Stories! This boxed set includes all stories from Volumes 1, 2 and 3.