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An innocent father serving life for the murder of his own son receives evidence that his child may still be alive, and must break out of prison to find out the truth in #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben’s latest breathtaking thriller.David and Cheryl Burroughs were living the dream life when tragedy struck. Now, five years after that terrible night, Cheryl is remarried. And David is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison for the brutal murder of their son.Then Cheryl’s sister, Rachel, arrives unexpectedly during visiting hours and drops a bombshell. She’s come with a photograph that a friend took on vacation at a theme park with a boy in the background who has a familiar, distinctive birthmark … and even though David and Rachel realize it can’t be, they both just know. It's David’s son, Matthew, and he's still alive.David plans a harrowing escape from prison, determined to do what seems impossible–save his son, clear his own name, and discover the real story of what happened that devastating night.
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Diez personas sin relación alguna entre sí son reunidas en un misteriosoislote de la costa inglesa por un tal Sr. Owen, propietario de unalujosa mansión a la par que perfecto desconocido para todos susinvitados. Tras la primera cena, y sin haber conocido aún a suanfitrión, los diez comensales son acusados mediante una grabación dehaber cometido un crimen en el pasado.
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'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.'A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much-
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Brought to you by Penguin.One of the greatest American novels ever written.Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.
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One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'The Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary ShelleyA twisted, upside-down creation myth, Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale lays bare the dark side of science, and the horror within us all. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, who plunders graveyards to create a new being from the bodies of the dead - but whose botched creature causes nothing but murder and destruction. Written after a nightmare when its author was only eighteen, Frankenstein gave birth to the modern science fiction novel.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.¿A quién va dirigido el libro FRANKENSTEIN?Frankenstein es una novela con un amplio espectro de lectores. Su temática universal sobre la creación, la responsabilidad, el rechazo y las consecuencias del progreso científico la hace accesible a un público diverso. Se recomienda para lectores jóvenes interesados en la ciencia ficción y el terror gótico, así como para adultos que buscan una obra literaria con profundidad filosófica y social. La complejidad de la narrativa y la exploración de temas morales la convierten en una lectura enriquecedora para estudiantes de literatura y filosofía. En definitiva, la obra trasciende las barreras generacionales y ofrece una experiencia de lectura significativa para un amplio rango de edades y niveles de conocimiento.Temas que trata el libro FrankensteinFrankenstein explora una multitud de temas interconectados que la convierten en una obra compleja y multifacética. Algunos de los temas más relevantes son:La ambición científica y sus consecuencias: La novela presenta una crítica a la ambición desmedida del científico que busca trascender los límites naturales sin considerar las implicaciones éticas y morales de sus actos. El Dr. Frankenstein se obsesiona con la creación de vida artificial, sin prever las consecuencias devastadoras de su experimento. Este tema invita a la reflexión sobre la responsabilidad del científico en la sociedad y la necesidad de una ética rigurosa en la investigación.La creación y la responsabilidad: El tema central gira en torno a la creación de vida y la responsabilidad que conlleva. Frankenstein crea una criatura, pero la abandona a su suerte, sin asumir las consecuencias de sus actos. La novela explora la relación entre creador y criatura, cuestionando el derecho a la creación y la obligación de cuidar de lo que se ha creado.El rechazo y el prejuicio: La criatura de Frankenstein es rechazada por la sociedad debido a su apariencia monstruosa. La novela muestra cómo el prejuicio y el miedo a lo diferente pueden llevar a la exclusión y la violencia. Este tema invita a la reflexión sobre la importancia de la aceptación y la tolerancia hacia los demás, independientemente de sus diferencias físicas o sociales.La naturaleza humana: Frankenstein explora la naturaleza humana en sus aspectos más oscuros y complejos. La novela muestra la capacidad del ser humano para la crueldad, la venganza y la autodestrucción, pero también su capacidad para el amor, la compasión y la redención. La obra presenta una visión ambivalente de la condición humana, sin simplificaciones ni juicios morales fáciles.El aislamiento y la soledad: Tanto el Dr. Frankenstein como su criatura experimentan un profundo aislamiento y soledad. El científico se aísla por la culpa y el horror de su creación, mientras que la criatura es rechazada por la sociedad. La novela explora las consecuencias del aislamiento social y la importancia de las relaciones humanas para el bienestar individual.El poder de la naturaleza: La novela contrasta el poder de la naturaleza con el poder de la ciencia. La naturaleza se presenta como una fuerza poderosa e impredecible, capaz de destruir y crear. La ciencia, por su parte, se presenta como una herramienta poderosa, pero también peligrosa, que puede ser utilizada para el bien o para el mal.Resumen de críticas, opiniones y valoraciones del libro FRANKENSTEINSe considera una obra fundamental de la literatura gótica y de ciencia ficción, alabada por su capacidad para generar inquietud y reflexión. Ha sido objeto de numerosas adaptaciones cinematográficas y teatrales, lo que demuestra su perdurable influencia en la cultura popular. La novela ha sido ampliamente estudiada y analizada desde diferentes perspectivas, destacando su complejidad temática y su riqueza literaria. Se reconoce su impacto en la literatura y su capacidad para generar debate sobre temas éticos y morales relevantes para la humanidad. La obra continúa siendo leída y apreciada por su capacidad para conmover y desafiar al lector.
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The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. A powerful story of friendship, it is also about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies. Since its publication in 2003 Kite Runner has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic of contemporary literature, touching millions of readers, and launching the career of one of America's most treasured writers.
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An incendiary new novel from award-winning author R.F. Kuang about the power of language, the violence of colonialism, and the sacrifices of resistance.Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.Oxford, 1836: The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world. And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows.Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift. Until it became a prison…But can a student stand against an empire?
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Perhaps the single most influential work of English drama, William Shakespeare's Hamlet is a timeless tragedy of the conflicted loyalties, madness, betrayal and terrible revenge. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by T.J.B. Spencer with an introduction by Alan Sinfield. 'To be or not to be - that is the question' Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. When young prince Hamlet is confronted by his father's ghost on the battlements of Castle Elsinore, he is burdened with a terrible task: slay King Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, who the ghost alleges murdered him. Wrestling with his conscience, Hamlet feigns wild madness while plotting a brutal revenge, alienating his mother Queen Gertrude and spurning his lover Ophelia. But the act of insanity takes Hamlet perilously close to the reality, wreaking havoc on guilty and innocent alike. This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Hamlet, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay by Paul Prescott discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced, including Romeo and Juliet (1595), Henry V (1599), Hamlet (1601), Othello (1604), King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606), as well as a collection of 154 sonnets, which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in English. If you enjoyed Hamlet, you might like Shakespeare's Macbeth, also available in Penguin Shakespeare. 'It has everything - intrigue, romance, politics, violence, revenge, jealousy, wit. It plays itself out on such a grand scale' Kenneth Branagh.
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Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means ‘of Fred’. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.
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Michel Houellebecq lo hace de nuevo. Después de Submission (2015), centrada en la colonización musulmana, y que anticipó las elecciones presidenciales de 2022, Annihilate se proyecta en 2027. Zemmour sigue trabajando en 2027, «solo tienes que pronunciar tu nombre y la conversación comienza a ronronear de maneras marcadas y suavemente predecibles, un poco como con Georges Marchais en su día, cada uno encuentra sus marcadores sociales, su posicionamiento natural, y saca satisfacciones tranquilas de ellos». Un tono muy kunderiano, Annihilate es quizás el libro maestro del autor, este viejo joven con insolencia desilusionada, endiabladamente inteligente y extrañamente cordel, cuyas proyecciones más acerbicas no dejan de golpear. Bajo un cielo gris, mucho sexo y alcohol, y para terminar una cita con la muerte, sumergirse en la nada. El aleccionismo es completo, una negación total, sin ningún recurso a mentiras maravillosas. Como dice una figura, «el pecado original del cristianismo es la esperanza».
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This beautifully produced book, available in a new edition, introduces readers to the major developments in the history of modern art from Realism to the New Leipzig School.,The story of modern art begins with a revolution-when the realists started rejecting romanticism in favor of depicting life as it really was. Since that movement began in the mid-19th- century, painters have been rebelling, rethinking, deconstructing, and challenging notions of what art is. Filled with stunning reproductions of some of the world's greatest masterpieces, this reference book offers a chronological journey through artistic revolutions. Each movement is presented in a series of informative presentations-a concise definition and description, full-page and smaller detailed color illustrations, and in-depth profiles of the artists crucial to the style's development. Covering a wide range of movements both familiar and obscure, this accessible and informative volume is a perfect introduction for readers interested in art's constantly evolving story.
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One question, a split-second decision, and Brian Darby lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defense, and bears the bruises to back up her tale. For veteran detective D. D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter?
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Retired bus driver and recent widower Dermot Lynch grabs his bags from the bus's dusty undercarriage and begins to climb the hill to his son's house. It is Dermot's first time in Spain and the first time he's been out of Birmingham in many years. When he finally arrives at the gates of the crumbling development, Dermot learns that Eamonn, only one of a handful of settlers in the half-finished ghost town of Lomaverde, has fallen prey to an alluring vision and is upside down in a dream that is slipping away. But Dermot finds something beautiful and nostalgic in Lomaverde's decline—something that is reminiscent of his childhood in Ireland. Soon he is the center of attention in the tiny group of expats where paranoid speculation, goat hunting, and drinking are just some of the ways to pass the days. As the happenings in Lomaverde take a strange turn, father and son slowly begin to peel back their pasts, and they uncover a shocking secret at the heart of this ad hoc community. With the depth, grace, and wry authenticity that have characterized Catherine O'Flynn's previous work, Mr. Lynch's Holiday gives us a story that again shimmers with the power of good old realism (Jane Smiley, The LA Times) about love, connection, and a father and son finding each other exactly when they need it most.
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THE WORKS contains every kind of poem you will ever need for the Literacy Hour but it is also a book packed with brilliant poems that will delight any reader.It's got chants, action verses, riddles, tongue twisters, shape poems, puns, acrostics, haikus, cinquains, kennings, couplets, thin poems, lists, conversations, monologues, epitaphs, songs, limericks, tankas, nonsense poems, raps, narrative verse and performance poetry that's just for starters.It features poems from the very best classic and modern poets, for example: William Blake, Michael Rosen, Robert Louis Stevenson, Allan Ahlberg, W.H. Auden, Brian Patten, Roger McGough, Roald Dahl, Charles Causley, Eleanor Farjeon, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ted Hughes, T.S. Eliot and William Shakespeare to name but a few.A book packed with gems for dipping in to time and time again.
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A heady historical drama about a British family who opens an upper-class hotel on the magical Italian Riviera during the Roaring Twenties.
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Del guionista de Jurassic Park, llega uno de los mejores y más emocionantes libros de ciencia ficción. David Koepp es un célebre guionista y director estadounidense mejor conocido por su trabajo en Jurassic Park,Spider-Man, Panic Room, War of the Worlds y Mission:Impossible. Su trabajo en la pantalla ha recaudado más de seis mil millones en todo el mundo
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Jane Austen's first published work, meticulously constructed and sparkling with her unique wit Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love and its threatened loss the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love. This edition also includes explanatory notes and textual variants between first and second edition. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the Englishspeaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as uptodate translations by awardwinning translators.
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Helen is a retired teacher living on the Irish coast. She enjoys the peace and quiet - despite the burden of Margaret, her unpleasant sister. Margaret arrived three years ago for a short holiday, but somehow managed to stay and worm her way into Helen's life.One day, Helen sees a man struggling in the sea and decides to investigate. She doesn't quite know what it is, but something about it feels very strange...
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From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment.Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking―for lack of a better word―on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armour. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks.
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In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. But that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of: Kobani. By then, the Islamic State had swept across vast swathes of the country, taking town after town and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around it. From that unlikely showdown in Kobani emerged a fighting force that would wage war against ISIS across northern Syria alongside the United States. In the process, these women would spread their own political vision, determined to make women's equality a reality by fighting - house by house, street by street, city by city - the men who bought and sold women.
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Jim Butcher Dresden Files Series 4 Collection 3 Books Set: Side Jobs: Harry is the best and technically the 'only' at what he does, being the lone professional wizard PI in the Chicago phonebook. So when the Chicago PD has cases that transcend mortal capabilities, they come to him for answers. For the 'everyday' world is actually full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. Yet despite his precautions, Harry tends to stumble from crisis to drama in his dealings with the supernatural world - call it an occupational hazard.Brief Cases: Return to the world of the Dresden Files with Harry Dresden (the only wizard in the Chicago phone book) and friends as they solve supernatural mysteries, protect the helpless, and fight evil.Brief Cases is a new collection of Dresden Files stories which will include an original novella, from international bestseller Jim Butcher.Battle Ground :Harry has faced terrible odds before. He has a long history of fighting enemies above his weight class. The Red Court of vampires. The fallen angels of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. The Outsiders. But this time it's different. A being more powerful and dangerous on an order of magnitude beyond what the world has seen in a millennium is coming. And she's bringing an army. The Last Titan has declared war on the city of Chicago, and has come to subjugate humanity, obliterating any who stand in her way.
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The terrifying new psychological thriller by internationally bestselling phenomenon Sebastian Fitzek. Walk Me Home is Fitzek's most enthralling work to date.The Walk Me Home telephone helpline service has proved indispensable. Staffed by volunteers, it provides a reassuring voice at the end of the phone, helping to protect lone women as they walk home at night.Jules has only been working for Walk Me Home for a short time and has never had to deal with a truly life-threatening situation. But that all changes one Saturday night when Klara calls.The young woman is terrified. She thinks she is being followed by a man. A man from her past. A man who drew a date in blood on her bedroom wall. And that day dawns in less than two hours...For Klara - and Jules - the stakes have never been higher. Will either of them ever make it home again?
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Over 100 identical generations, Mia’s family has shaped earth history to push humanity to the stars, making brutal, wrenching choices and sacrificing countless lives.After nudging the human race through the dawn of rocket technology, Mia finds herself about to help launch the first people into space. She can't take them to the stars, not quite yet, but she's getting them ever closer...But a terrible adversary is upon her, threatening the future of two species...
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Harvey's lethal imagination is cranked up to eleven in this one ... His best yet by far. Superb' Lee Child.Daniel Fitzsimmons seems like an ordinary American teenager. He loves his brother, his friends, his school work. But Daniel has powers. Powers that he does not understand and is not sure he can control.Daniel can't risk telling those around him what is happening, but when a mysterious stranger offers an insight into what he is experiencing, he becomes Daniel's unofficial mentor. And when a tragedy threatens to derail his life, and with the police growing ever more interested in his past, Daniel's powers will finally come into their own.
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Pietro Fenoglio, un viejo carabinero que lo ha visto todo, y Giulio, un veinteañero muy inteligente, sensible y desorientado, se hacen amigos en las situaciones más inesperadas. Sus encuentros transcurren entre confidencias personales y el relato de una formidable experiencia investigativa, que se va convirtiendo poco a poco en una reflexión sobre el método del saber, sobre los escurridizos conceptos de verdad y falsedad, sobre la idea misma de poder. ''La version di Fenoglio'' es un manual sobre el arte de la investigación escondido en una novela conmovedora, poblada por personajes de extraordinaria autenticidad: voces de una penumbra en la que se mezclan el bien y el mal, el miserable y el justo.
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Con adorables y divertidas ilustraciones de Jane Cabrera y un entrañable texto, esta es la introducción perfecta a las maravillas de la vida en la Tierra. Mucho que ver y contar sobre el cuidado de nuestro planeta ¡y una sorpresa desplegable al final
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December 2016 - A severed hand is found washed up on a beach next to the Queen's estate at Sandringham. Elizabeth has become quite accustomed to solving even the most complex of murders. And though she quickly identifies the 70-year-old victim, Edward St Cyr, from his signet ring, the search for his killer is not so straightforward. St Cyr led an unconventional, often controversial life, making many enemies along the way in the quiet, rural world of North Norfolk, where everyone knows each other's business. But when a second man is found dead, and a prominent local woman is nearly killed in a hit-and-run, the mystery takes an even darker turn. With the Christmas break coming to an end, the Queen and her trusted assistant Rozie must race to discover how the pieces of the puzzle fit together. Or the next victim may be found even closer to home.
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ANNA O HASN’T OPENED HER EYES FOR FOUR YEARS.Not since the night she was found in a deep sleep by the bodies of her best friends, suspected of a chilling double murder.For Doctor Benedict Prince, a forensic psychologist on London’s Harley Street, waking Anna O could be career-defining. As an expert in sleep, he knows all about the darkest chambers of the mind, the secrets that lie buried in the subconscious.As he begins Anna O’s treatment – studying his patient’s dreams, combing her memories, visiting the site where the horrors played out – he pulls on the thread of a much deeper, darker mystery.Awakening Anna O isn’t the end of the story, it’s just the beginning.
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Oscar a dix ans et il vit à l'hôpital. Même si personne n'ose le lui dire, il sait qu'il va mourir. La dame rose, qui le visite et « qui croit au ciel », lui propose d'écrire à Dieu pour qu'il se sente moins seul.A travers cette correspondance originale, le récit aborde, du point de vue de l'enfance, des questions philosophiques et existentielles : la maladie, la souffrance et la mort, la rencontre avec l'autre et avec le mystère...Les nombreux passages de paroles rapportées permettront aux élèves de découvrir ou d'approfondir les techniques du dialogue argumentatif.L'appareil pédagogique est suivi d'une interview exclusive de l'auteur.
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El Club de Asesinatos de Mujeres se enfrenta a la pelea de sus vidas en este último thriller de la exitosaserie de James Patterson. TRES CIUDADES. TRES BALAS.TRES VÍCTIMAS, es lo que el lector encontrará en laentrega nº 20 de esta serie. JAMES PATTERSON es uno de los escritores más conocidos y vendidos de todos los tiempos. Sus libros han vendido más de 385 millonesde ejemplares en todo el mundo. Es autor de algunasde las series más populares de las últimas décadas (Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett y Private novels) y ha escrito muchos otros bestsellers número uno, incluidas novelas románticas y thrillers independientes.
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The world is classic Jane Austen. The mystery is vintage P.D. James.The year is 1803, and Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet have been married for six years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane and her husband Bingley live nearby and the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, the guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland. As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham - Elizabeth Bennet's younger, unreliable sister - stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered.Two great literary minds - master of suspense P.D. James and literary icon Jane Austen - come together in Death Comes to Pemberley, a bestselling historical crime fiction tribute to Pride and Prejudice. Conjuring the world of Elizabeth Bennet and Mark Darcy and combining the trappings of Regency British society with a classic murder mystery, James creates a delightful mash-up that will intrigue any Janeite.From the bestselling author of The Murder Room, Children of Men and A Certain Justice, comes a wonderful mixture of the nation's greatest romance and best-loved crime fiction. In 2013, this novel was adapted as a miniseries by the BBC, starring Matthew Rhys as Darcy, Anna Maxwell Martin as Elizabeth Bennet and Jenna Coleman as Lydia Wickham.
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Fishtail, Montana, is home to Anne and Pitt Pollock, local royalty, high school sweethearts, and owners of the successful Pollock ranch. The sprawling foothills of the Beartooth Mountains surround the town, overlooking the Pollocks’ property and the nearby ranch belonging to Bill and Pattie Brown. The two couples have known each other since childhood.Their sons Peter Pollock and Matt Brown are also the best of friends. When they and two other local kids meet Juliet Marshall, new to town after her parents’ bitter divorce, the five of them are soon inseparable, spending their summer days swimming, horseback riding, hiking, and fishing.But one August afternoon, their latest adventure takes a dangerous turn—and quickly escalates into a battle for survival—when they find themselves trapped on Granite Peak. Fear reverberates through the town as their parents grow ever more desperate to hear word that their children have been found. They must place their own trials aside amid a massive search-and-rescue operation. As they come to lean on one another for support, a media frenzy ensues, heightening tensions and testing some already fragile relationships.In the aftermath of this one fateful event, devastating secrets are revealed, new love appears on the horizon, and families are forced to reconsider what they once held dear. In The Challenge, Danielle Steel deftly weaves a story that is a portrait of courage and a striking tale of the bonds of love and family.
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a compelling, moving story exploring injustice and mob hysteria by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.'On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on'Santiago Nasar is brutally murdered in a small town by two brothers. All the townspeople knew it was going to happen - including the victim. But nobody did anything to prevent the killing. Twenty seven years later, a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk. To at last understand what happened to Santiago, and why. . .'A masterpiece' Evening Standard'A work of high explosiveness - the proper stuff of Nobel prizes. An exceptional novel' The Times'Brilliant writer, brilliant book' Guardian
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Los libros de literatura en otros idiomas son ediciones impresas que permiten leer obras originales en su lengua de creación. Las novelas en otros idiomas ofrecen la oportunidad de acceder directamente al estilo, el ritmo y los matices culturales del texto sin mediaciones. El formato en papel favorece una lectura pausada, la consulta constante y el aprendizaje lingüístico a través del contacto directo con la obra.
¿Qué son los libros de literatura en otros idiomas?
Son publicaciones en papel que presentan obras literarias escritas y editadas en su idioma original o en una lengua distinta a la habitual del lector o lectora.
Definición
Estos libros incluyen novelas, relatos, poesía u obras teatrales en idiomas como inglés, francés, alemán u otras lenguas. Leer en versión original permite apreciar la riqueza léxica y las particularidades expresivas del texto.
Valor lingüístico y cultural
Las novelas en otros idiomas ofrecen una inmersión cultural que amplía la comprensión de contextos históricos y sociales. Además, constituyen una herramienta eficaz para reforzar competencias lingüísticas.
Cómo elegir novelas en otros idiomas
Seleccionar libros de literatura en otros idiomas implica valorar el nivel de dominio lingüístico y el interés por determinadas tradiciones literarias.
Criterios de selección
Es recomendable tener en cuenta la complejidad del lenguaje, el género literario y la edición impresa disponible.
- Novelas contemporáneas en versión original.
- Clásicos universales en su lengua original.
- Ediciones anotadas para facilitar la comprensión.
- Obras breves para iniciarse en la lectura en otro idioma.
Tipos de libros y contenido habitual
Los libros de literatura en otros idiomas en formato papel presentan diferentes propuestas adaptadas a diversos niveles de lectura.
Tipos de libros y contenido
- Novelas completas en idioma original.
- Relatos breves para práctica lectora.
- Antologías de autores internacionales.
- Ediciones con introducciones culturales explicativas.
Estos libros permiten combinar el placer de la lectura con el aprendizaje y el enriquecimiento cultural.
Beneficios culturales y educativos
Leer novelas en otros idiomas en papel favorece la adquisición de vocabulario, la comprensión intercultural y el desarrollo de la autonomía lectora.
Refuerzo lingüístico
La lectura continuada en otro idioma mejora la comprensión escrita y amplía el conocimiento gramatical y léxico.
Apertura cultural
Acceder a obras en su lengua original permite comprender mejor las referencias culturales y los matices propios de cada tradición literaria.
Orientación lectora: ¿para quién son estos libros?
Los libros de literatura en otros idiomas están dirigidos a personas interesadas en ampliar su horizonte cultural y lingüístico.
- Lectores y lectoras que desean practicar un idioma extranjero.
- Estudiantes que trabajan literatura en versión original.
- Personas interesadas en culturas y tradiciones internacionales.
- Quienes buscan una experiencia de lectura más cercana al texto original.
Preguntas frecuentes sobre libros de literatura en otros idiomas
¿Qué ventajas tiene leer novelas en otros idiomas?
Permite apreciar el estilo original del autor o autora y mejorar la competencia lingüística.
¿Cómo elegir un libro adecuado según el nivel de idioma?
Es recomendable empezar por obras breves o ediciones con notas explicativas y aumentar progresivamente la dificultad.
¿Qué aportan estos libros a nivel cultural?
Ofrecen una comprensión más profunda de las referencias y contextos propios de cada tradición literaria.
¿Por qué leer literatura en otros idiomas en formato papel?
El formato en papel facilita la consulta, la anotación manual y una lectura más concentrada, aspectos clave en el aprendizaje lingüístico.
