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Reimpresión del original, primera publicación en 1878.
Celestra’s Magic is the story of how Mike Kelly grew up in a small town before the Vietnam War. However, an unexpected trip to San Francisco sets the tone for dramatic changes in his life. Kathleen O’Brien is a beautiful soprano. Her life is centered not only on music but also on the production of fine California wine. Catty is engaged to a man she does not love and he becomes a source of trouble for the two lovers. Mike is forced to flee California and is later drafted into the military service. Upon his discharge, Mike discovered that drug dealers might have killed Kathleen. However, he holds out hope that she is still alive. His search to find her is at first unsuccessful, until he is fortified in his quest by the angelic presence of a magical woman named Celestra.
Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which starts memorably with Article 1: we are all born free and equal, Freedom is an enthralling anthology of short stories by some of the world's top writers. Most of the stories have been written especially for this anthology by a renowned array of internationally acclaimed writers, including Paulo Coelho, Yann Martel, AL Kennedy, Ali Smith, Amit Chaudhuri, Ariel Dorfman, Helen Dunmore, Marina Lewycka, Walter Mosley, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, James Meek, Kate Atkinson, David Mitchell, Hector Aguilar Camin, Ishmael Beah, Boris Akunin, Alice Pung and Banana Yoshimoto. Each acclaimed contributor has chosen one of the thirty UDHR rights as the basic inspiration for his or her story, and the result is an anthology that contains a complete mix of thoughtful, serious, funny and thrilling stories that provide some completely unexpected takes on the issue of human rights. Published in association with Amnesty International, Freedom is an eclectic collection that will prompt readers to engage imaginatively with what human rights mean for all of us.
In the chilling world of Give Me Your Heart, the need for love is obsessive, self-destructive and unpredictable. It takes us to forbidden places, confronts us with gruesome truths, and leads us beyond our control. In the unsettling 'Strip Poker,' a reckless teenage girl must turn the tables on a group of threatening young men. Can she outplay them? In the award-winning 'Smother!' a daughter's nightmarish childhood memory brings trouble to the door of her bourgeois mother. Which of them will win? In 'The First Husband,' a jealous man discovers his wife lied about her first marriage, and plans a cruel revenge. Will he go through with it? In these and other powerful tales, children move beyond their parents' reach, wives and husbands wake up as strangers, haunted pasts intrude upon uncertain futures, and lives hang in the balance. In ten razor-sharp stories, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates shows that the most deadly mysteries often begin at home.
“A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go.” --Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Once Gone) “A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) A complete bundle of books 1-6 in the ZOE PRIME MYSTERY series by USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce. On...
(Guitar Book). Music historian Dave Rubin surveys the gear, tones, licks and lives of 100 top guitarists in this exclusive book with audio. Includes rare photos, bios, tablature and audio demonstrations of every lick in the book! Learn the magic behind the masters, including: Duane Allman * Jeff Beck * Chuck Berry * Eric Clapton * Bo Diddley * Tommy Emmanuel * Robben Ford * Buddy Guy * Jimi Hendrix * James Hetfield * Robert Johnson * Mark Knopfler * Yngwie Malmsteen * Pat Metheny * Django Reinhardt * Randy Rhoads * Carlos Santana * Joe Satriani * Slash * Steve Vai * Stevie Ray Vaughan * Angus Young * Frank Zappa * and more.
A bundle of books #3 (FACE OF FEAR) and #4 (FACE OF MADNESS) in Blake Pierce’s Zoe Prime Mystery series! This bundle offers books three and four in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. In FACE OF FEAR (#3), women are turning up dead in Los Angeles, with no pattern other than the fact that they are all heavily tattooed. With a dead end in the case, the FBI calls in Special Agent Zoe Prime to find a pattern where others cannot—and to stop the killer before he strikes again. But Zoe, in therapy, is battling her own demons, barely able to function in her world plagued by numbers and on the brink of quitting the FBI. Can she really enter this psychotic killer’s mind, fin...