The Valley Of Fear

Kawakami, Hiromi

In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers. Some children are made in factories, from cells of rabbits and dolphins; some live by getting nutrients from water and light, like plants. The survival of the race depends on the interbreeding of these and other alien bei...

O`farrell, Maggie

Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marr...

De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine

Here is my secret, which couldnt be simpler. It is only with the heart that one can rightly see; what is essential is invisible to the eyes. ...

Austen, Jane

‘You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone forever.'Anne Elliot is persuaded to reject a marriage proposal from handsome Captain Wentworth because he lacks rank or fortune. But when he returns home from the Navy, more than seven years later, Anne realises she still has strong feelings for him, despite th...

Tolkien, J.r.r

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. A New Legend Begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The first part of J.R. R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS.In a quiet village in the Shire, young Frodo is about to receive a gift that will change his life forever. Thought lost centuries ago, it is the One Ring, an object of terrifying power on...

Scott Fitzgerald, Francis

The Great Gatsby is one of the most recognized texts by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, considered a classic of American literature, whose exquisite work maintains all its relevance and freshness.Gatsby, the gentleman who reigns over West Egg, the host of the restless nights, but also the winner marked by the tragic fate of an unintended loneliness, is the archetype of those twenties...

Doyle, Arthur Conan

En 1922, el círculo espiritista de Crew, liderado por William Hope, fue acusado de fraude por la Sociedad de Investigación Psíquica Británica. Arthur Conan Doyle, creador del mítico detective Sherlock Holmes y gran adepto al espiritismo, no dudó en salir en su defensa. En este texto, articulado como una apasionante investigación, rastrea todas las pruebas a favor y en contra de...

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Fotógrafo en África. Artículos en el British Journal of Photography reúne de forma inédita los tres artículos que Arthur Conan Doyle escribió sobre su primer viaje a la costa occidental africana. Tenía 22 años cuando se embarcó como médico y fotógrafo a bordo del navío SS Mayumba.El viajero colonial, el narrador amable, el etnógrafo casual y el fotógrafo amateur se fusionan y n...

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Antes de aparecer en un solo volumen, las historias recogidas en este libro fueron publicadas individualmente en la revista Strand entre 1891 y 1892. Su autor alcanzó una enorme popularidad gracias a la publicación de los relatos, y a finales de 1892 se reunieron en un libro con el título de Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle ya había presentado en Estudio en escarla...

Doyle, Arthur Conan

"It can't hurt now," was Mr. Sherlock Holmes?s comment when, for the tenth time in as many years, I asked his leave to reveal the following narrative. So it was that at last I obtained permission to put on record what was, in some ways, the supreme moment of my friend's career..." The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories (56 in ...

Doyle, Arthur Conan

"To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex..." The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published on 1892. The stories are not in chrono...

Doyle, Arthur Conan

"I am afraid, Watson that I shall have to go," said Holmes as we sat down together to our breakfast one morning. "Go! Where to?" "To Dartmoor; to King's Pyland..." The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The eleven stories of the Memoirs are: "Silver Blaze" Clients: none; "The Adventure o...