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1) Dagon
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2020
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Español
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"Escribo esto bajo una fuerte tensión mental, ya que cuando llegue la noche habré dejado de existir". Tras haber vivido una traumática experiencia, un marinero anónimo a principios de la Primera Guerra Mundial, cuenta lo que le ha sucedido antes de quitarse la vida.Todo comienza cuando siendo sobrecargo en un barco es prisionero por los alemanes, y logra escapar en un bote salvavidas. Después de varios días a la deriva, se cree destinado a morir,...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2021
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Español
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"Doctor Arrowsmith" es considerada una de las obras maestras de la narrativa norteamericana del siglo XX. Como hijo y nieto de médicos, Sinclair Lewis tenía gran cantidad de conocimientos sobre el mundo de la medicina. El libro sigue la vida de Martin Arrowsmith, un tipo bastante común que entra en contacto con la medicina a los catorce años como asistente del médico en su ciudad natal. Lewis narra de manera brillante el mundo de la investigación...
3) Hop on Pop
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Pairs of rhyming words are introduced and used in simple sentences, such as "Day. Play. We play all day. Night. Fight. We fight all night."
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El aristócrata solterónTras una majestuosa boda, la novia desaparece durante la recepción. El adinerado Lord Simon, su nuevo esposo, no tiene la más mínima idea si su nueva esposa se encuentra viva, secuestrada o si a escapado con otro hombre a sus espaldas.La ansiedad y los nervios de perderla influirán para que Simon, desesperadamente y con el corazón en la mano, solicite la ayuda de Sherlock Holmes y su fiel compañero Watson. Se supone...
5) Lady Susan
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2020
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Español
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Lady Susan es una novela de intrigas y enredos donde la trama se va develando a raíz del intercambio de cartas entre los diferentes personajes. La historia gira en torno a lady Susan Vernon, una hermosa e inteligente mujer, pero también manipuladora y egoísta. Sus planes no sólo incluyen un nuevo casamiento ventajoso para ella misma; sino que también pretende casar a su hija de dieciséis años con el adinerado Sir James, hombre al que la joven...
6) The stranger
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A young Algerian, Meursault, afflicted with a sort of aimless inertia, becomes embroiled in the petty intrigues of a local pimp and, somewhat inexplicably, ends up killing a man. Once he's imprisoned and eventually brought to trial, his crime, it becomes apparent, is not so much the arguably defensible murder he has committed as it is his deficient character. In the story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched...
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a 6,000-word short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's physical and mental health.
The story is written in the first person as a series of journal entries. The narrator is a woman whose husband — a physician —
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Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2023
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Español
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Mumin, su familia y amigos emprenden nuevas aventuras. A lo largo de sus travesías, Mumin aprende sobre la amistad, la generosidad, el perdón y la valentía. En un cuento se extravía el preciado telescopio de Mumin, por lo que tiene que encontrarlo antes de que sea demasiado tarde. En otro relato, Mumin y sus amigos navegan a la Isla Soledad en busca de la Canción del Océano. En uno más, Mumin descubre un tesoro fascinante: una perla del color...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2023
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Español
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La Pequeña My es una auténtica fiera, pequeña pero feroz, inteligente, valiente y una de las mejores amigas de Mumin. La Pequeña My es el tipo de persona que quiere decidir las cosas por sí misma y dondequiera que vaya, siempre ocurre algo emocionante. Por eso, sin duda, es la acompañante ideal para las andanzas de Mumin, ¡pero esta vez la protagonista de las aventuras es ella!Entra en el tranquilo y atemporal mundo de los Mumin, donde Mumin,...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2023
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Español
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¡Acompaña a Mumin, su familia y amigos durante las cuatro estaciones del año! Desde el primer día de la primavera, cuando Manrico vuelve de sus viajes invernales, hasta el resplandor dorado del solsticio de verano, en la tarde que Mumin resuelve un misterio. En el otoño de tonos amarillos y anaranjados, Mumin y Sniff descubren un mensaje en un botella y se embarcan en busca de una nueva amistad. Luego, en el invierno, los Mumin se preparan para...
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Fictionwise, Inc
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Volume 5 Contents: Philosophy of Furniture--A Tale of Jerusalem--The Sphinx--Hop-Frog--The Man of the Crowd--Never Bet the Devil Your Head--Thou Art the Man--Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling--Bon-Bon--Some Words with a Mummy--The Poetic Principle--Old English Poetry--[POEMS OF LATER LIFE]--The Raven--The Bells--Ulalume--To Helen--Annabel Lee--A Valentine--An Enigma--To my Mother--For Annie--To F--To Frances S. Osgood--Eldorado--Eulalie--A...
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Overview: Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma.
14) Doctor Zhivago
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First published in Italy in 1957 amid international controversy, Doctor Zhivago is the story of the life and loves of a poet/physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds. Set against this backdrop of cruelty and strife is Zhivago's love for the tender...
15) Dom Casmurro
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Portuguese
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"Poucos romances examinam as artimanhas do ciúme com tanta sutileza como Dom Casmurro. Publicado em 1899, o livro permanece uma das mais fascinantes radiografias da traição, que, como o leitor mais atento perceberá, são supostamente duas: a de Capitu, exposta pelo marido Bentinho, e a da própria narrativa, revelada pela maneira como Bentinho modifica os fatos para corroborar suas suspeitas matrimoniais. Tudo isso se manifesta com graça e inteligência...
16) The Willows
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The Willows is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. "The Willows" is an example of early modern horror and is connected within the literary tradition of weird...
17) Youth
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Charles Marlow embarks on his first seafaring journey to the East as a young man on board the Judea, a barque headed towards Bangkok under the command of Captain John Beard. The Judea sets sail on a journey that is meant to take about 150 days, but bad luck and danger follow the vessel wherever she goes.
"Youth" is a semi-autobiographical short story based on author Joseph Conrad's own experiences aboard the ship the Palestine in 1882. Much of the...
18) Nightmare alley
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"Nightmare Alley "begins with an extraordinary description of a freak-show geek--alcoholic and abject and the object of the voyeuristic crowd's gleeful disgust and derision--going about his work at a county fair. Young Stan Carlisle is working as a carny, and he wonders how a man could fall so low. There's no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him. And since Stan is clever and ambitious and not without a useful streak...
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Celebrate an unforgettable classic with this beautifully illustrated 100th anniversary edition.
This 100th anniversary hardcover includes Tasha Tudor's iconic illustrations, an extended author biography, activities, and more.
When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds it full of secrets. The mansion has nearly one hundred rooms, and her uncle keeps himself locked
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