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DESCRIPCION:Cuentos, historias y fábulas para niños, colección en español ilustrados a todo color.Cuentos para niños: Son relatos cortos que incluyen personajes imaginativos, aventuras emocionantes y lecciones morales o mensajes educativos, para entretener a los niños, estimular su imaginación, enseñarles sobre valores como la amistad, la valentía o la importancia de ser amable, y a menudo terminan con finales felices.Historias para niños:...
402) A Wrinkle in Time
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Reading is an important part of a child's education, so are studying the Scriptures. This series of books combines both of those things. Each book in this series is developed to go with a classic work. This one is A Wrinkle in Time. Read one chapter of Madeleine L'Engle's classic and the corresponding chapter in this devotional book.
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This is not the holiday Elizabeth Bennet expected...After the tragic passing of her sister, Lydia, Elizabeth Bennet has become the guardian of Lydia's daughter, Helena. With a child and a pleasant (enough) fiancé by her side, Christmas at her childhood home promises to be one filled with joy. However, when she happens upon an old acquaintance, Elizabeth is shocked to find that this season may have a surprise or two in store for her yet.Fitzwilliam...
404) Cody
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Con giros divertidos, románticos, eróticos y tristes, esta provocativa novela plasma de manera brillante el panorama de la adolescencia tardía, cuando las amistades parecen eternas y los amores reencarnan. Ambientada en Arkansas, pero publicada originalmente en Ámsterdam bajo el nombre Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada, Cody ganó con rapidez el aprecio de los críticos y lectores de Europa y Norteamérica, y se mantuvo en las listas de los libros...
405) Bay Bizzness
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San Francisco; The Bay. Known by many names and home to most notorious and most famous.Introducing Bay Bizzness.An anthology of four stories from four of the baddest authors from the Bay area.King Khatari, representing Oakland; Danae Braggs, representing Richmond; Lyrics Brown, representing San Francisco; Caleigh Blue, representing Vallejo.The dopest anthology to hit the bricks yet!Bay Bizzness Lyrics Brown San Francisco, home to plenty duplicated...
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En el lejano reino de Asgard, vivían los dioses más poderosos de la mitología nórdica. Uno de ellos destacó por sus grandes hazañas, su fiereza y su fuerza descomunal... ¡Era Thor, el gran dios del trueno! Gracias a su mágico martillo, Thor se encargaba de proteger a los dioses y a los humanos de la terrible amenaza de los gigantes, los seres malvados que habitaban en las cumbres heladas de Jötunheim. ¡Adéntrate en los nueve mundos y descubre...
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In the heart of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the Mississippi River stands as both a physical and metaphorical conduit for the protagonist's odyssey. Fleeing his abusive father and the societal constraints that seek to "sivilize" him, young Huckleberry Finn finds solace on the riverbanks, a sanctuary that beckons him toward self-discovery and freedom. On Jackson Island, Huck's solitude is shattered when he encounters Jim, a runaway...
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From Harold Brodkey come three remarkable stories about the brief lives of two women and the troubling appearance of an angel above Harvard University Considered by many to be among the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, Harold Brodkey created fiction that startled, provoked, and often confounded. These three novellas, told through the recollections of fictional alter ego, Wiley Silenowicz, serve as sterling examples of Brodkey's...
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A couple's future hangs in the balance as they wait for a train in a Spanish café in this short story by a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize–winning author.
At a small café in rural Spain, a man and woman have a conversation while they wait for their train to Madrid. The subtle, casual nature of their talk masks a more complicated situation that could endanger the future of their relationship. First published in the 1927 collection Men Without Women,...
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Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is an enthralling odyssey that takes readers on an extraordinary expedition into the very bowels of the Earth, unlocking the mysteries that lie beneath the surface. Published in 1864, this timeless adventure begins with the eccentric Professor Otto Lidenbrock, whose insatiable thirst for knowledge propels him to uncover an ancient Icelandic manuscript containing cryptic clues to a subterranean world.
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A reimagined edition of A Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse-the classic picture book by a legendary author and a beloved illustrator, about a girl and her mother, with themes of growing up, dreams, and letting go.
A girl declares all the things she'll do for her mother when she is all grown up-from climbing mountains and swimming across oceans, to picking the pinkest rose, to building the biggest bridge and a castle for her mother to live...
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Two historical adventure novels from the author of Treasure Island, as well as a rare travel memoir of his experiences in the Pacific Islands.
The Master of Ballantrae: In this tragic tale of a family divided by the eighteenth-century Jacobite rising, two brothers join opposing sides of the conflict. The story follows their epic rivalry from Scotland to the high seas and the American wilderness.
Kidnapped: This adventure novel, inspired by true...
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The epic life saga of the tenth-century king of Norway from the British author of The Thirsty Sword and other historical adventures.
Norse history comes alive in this story of a Viking who became a king. Though he had a humble start in life-orphaned as a child and sold into slavery-Olaf became known for bringing the Roman Catholic religion to the early Norwegians.
Olaf's heroic life-from his time in King Valdemar's court to his Viking...
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These heart-soaring tales of romance and tragedy are widely considered four of the finest novels in English literature. Wuthering Heights is an immortal story of love and obsession on the stormy Yorkshire moors. The fate of the Earnshaw family is forever changed when they adopt a dark-skinned orphan boy named Heathcliff. As the years pass, Heathcliff and young Catherine Earnshaw fall deeply in love, but their passion cannot survive the pressures...
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In this "brilliantly written" book, the author of Brave New World reflects on his dystopian classic-and its echoes in the real world decades later (Kirkus Reviews).
Written almost thirty years after the publication of Aldous Huxley's groundbreaking dystopian novel, Brave New World Revisited compares the "future" of 1958 with his vision of it from the early 1930s. Touching on subjects as diverse as world population, drugs, subliminal suggestion,...
416) A Little Bit Austen
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Calling all Jane Austen fans! Love Jane Austen, but short on time? This boxed set collects short pieces inspired by the author of Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility in one fun-sized collection.Alison's the Sensible One: Alison Dash was always the sensible one in her family, until everyday life had other ideas.Spinster Librarian: Is Mary Smith doomed to be single after being dumped on her birthday?The Little Blue Book: Maria Bertram...
417) Midnight's Memory
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Elizabeth Bennet did not believe in magic anymore… After a year spent as the last unmarried Bennet daughter living at Longbourn, Elizabeth Bennet has grown weary of her dull life. Just when she feels as if the doldrums of everyday life might drive her mad, a dear friend invites her to spend the spring at an idyllic manor home in Bath. It is truly a magnificent place, full of wonder and beauty, but nowhere brings Elizabeth more joy than the stunning...
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A short thriller and a comic crime novel by the author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde explore murderous greed in nineteenth-century Scotland.
The Wrong Box: Two elderly brothers, Joseph and Masterman, are the last surviving members of an investment agreement known as a tontine. All their two nephews have to do to inherit everything is make sure Joseph outlives Masterman. But that's easier said than done. Robert Louis Stevenson cowrote...
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By turns funny, romantic, erotic, and sad, this evocative novel brilliantly recreates the landscape of late adolescence, when friendships seem eternal and loves reincarnate. Set in Arkansas but first published in Amsterdam, Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada (published in the U.S. as Cody) quickly won praise from reviewers and readers across Europe and North America. So beautiful, brave, and ahead of its time that William S. Burroughs was an early...
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"The Classic Collection of Mary Roberts Rinehart" offers a comprehensive selection of novels and short stories from the esteemed American author. Renowned for her gripping mysteries and engaging characters, Rinehart's works have enthralled readers for generations.
This anthology includes the iconic Miss Cornelia Van Gorder series, featuring the intrepid amateur detective as she unravels complex mysteries in her signature style. From eerie old mansions...
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