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Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, más conocido como Joseph Conrad (185 –1924), fue un novelista polaco que adoptó el inglés como lengua literaria. Conrad, cuya obra explora la vulnerabilidad y la inestabilidad moral del ser humano, es considerado como uno de los más grandes novelistas de la literatura inglesa. ÍNDICE: –El Corazón de las Tinieblas –El Negro del «Narcissus» –Lord Jim –Victoria –El Pirata –El Agente Secreto –Crónica Personal –El Duelo

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Jack London, probablemente nacido como John Griffith Chaney ( 1876-1916), fue un escritor estadounidense, autor de Colmillo Blanco, La llamada de lo salvaje y otras novelas y cuentos. ÍNDICE Amor a la vida Bâtard Cara de luna El burlado El diente de ballena El llamado de la selva El pagano El silencio blanco Encender una hoguera La ley de la vida La liga de los ancianos Odisea en el norte Por el hombre que está en la pista Un buen bistec Un millar de muertes Colmillo Blanco La llamada de la selva

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“The Most Dangerous Game”, also published as “The Hounds of Zaroff”, is a story by Richard Connell, first published in Collier’s on January 19, 1924. The story features a big-game hunter from New York City who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. The story is inspired by the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were particularly fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s.
The story has been adapted numerous times, most notably as the 1932 RKO Pictures film The Most Dangerous Game, starring Joel McCrea and Leslie Banks, and for a 1943 episode of the CBS Radio series Suspense, starring Orson Welles. It has been called the “most popular short story ever written in English.” Upon its publication, it won the O. Henry Award.

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Join Team Sisterhood as they take down America’s most wanted in this electrifying thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cross Roads. Thanks to a presidential pardon, the Sisterhood can put their fugitive days behind them and resume their lives in peace. Still, all the women admit that lately things are a little too calm and peaceful. Meeting up for the first time in months to celebrate Kathryn’s birthday—in the City of Sin, no less—seems like the perfect antidote.  But before they can kick up their heels something too big to pass up is dropped into their laps. The time has come to deal with Enemy #1, aka Hank Jellicoe, who’s wanted by the FBI, the CIA, and Homeland Security for starters. President Connor herself has run out of patience with their lack of results. Only the Sisterhood, with their special blend of guts, imagination, and friends in all places are capable of pulling off the impossible—of hunting down this monster and taking him out once and for all . . .   Series praise   “Spunky women who fight for truth, justice, and the American way.”—Fresh Fiction on Final Justice “Readers will enjoy seeing what happens when well-funded, very angry women take the law into their own hands.”—Booklist on Weekend Warriors “Delectable . . . deliver[s] revenge that’s creatively swift and sweet, Michaels-style.”—Publishers Weekly on Hokus Pokus

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One is a young fighter for justice, relegated to a lower level in society and persistently trying to gain his people their rights. The other is an outcast from a notorious family, desperately trying to find her way in the world. In a modern, magic-oriented society, these two will meet, come together, and fight their way through the obstacles standing before them. With much on the line, the pair go on an action-packed adventure to overcome the mystery of their pasts and escape their unfair treatment. They will change along their intertwined journeys, make their enemies and allies, and find out who they truly are, and where they belong.

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After the death of his father, young Leviticus is left to
face the truth that he is a vampire. Everything he has
ever known has changed. He is forced into a world of
violence, confusion, and isolation. His family is now terrified of what
he has become, and they struggle in this new life. What lengths does
he have to go in order to survive and keep his family safe? Does he
have enough strength and courage to overcome these new obstacles in
a high school where nothing makes sense, where even his classmates
want to kill him? Before, he was bullied, but now he’s fighting for his
life. Could a new stranger be the key to his family’s survival?

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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1908 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. «The Wolf Hunters» sees an American boy who has become friends with a Native American boy, together they discover a mysterious cabin, and stumble upon a secret that has lain hidden for half a century. «The Wolf Hunters» is the prequel to «The Gold Hunters.» James Oliver 'Jim' Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. He was born on 12th June, 1878, in Owosso, Michigan, USA. In 1900, Curwood sold his first story while working for the Detroit News-Tribune, and after this, his career in writing was made. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the Canadian northwest, a trip that provided the inspiration for his wilderness adventure stories. The success of his novels afforded him the opportunity to return to the Yukon and Alaska for several months each year – allowing Curwood to write more than thirty such books. Curwood's adventure writing followed in the tradition of Jack London. Like London, Curwood set many of his works in the wilds of the Great Northwest and often used animals as lead characters (Kazan, Baree; Son of Kazan, The Grizzly King and Nomads of the North). Many of Curwood's adventure novels also feature romance as primary or secondary plot consideration. This approach gave his work broad commercial appeal and helped drive his appearance on several best-seller lists in the early 1920s. His most successful work was his 1920 novel, The River's End. The book sold more than 100,000 copies and was the fourth best-selling title of the year in the United States, according to Publisher's Weekly. He contributed to various literary and popular magazines throughout his career, and his bibliography includes more than 200 such articles, short stories and serializations. Curwood was an avid hunter in his youth; however, as he grew older, he became an advocate of environmentalism and was appointed to the 'Michigan Conservation Commission' in 1926. The change in his attitude toward wildlife can be best expressed by a quote he gave in The Grizzly King: that 'The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live.' Despite this change in attitude, Curwood did not have an ultimately fruitful relationship with nature. In 1927, while on a fishing trip in Florida, Curwood was bitten on the thigh by what was believed to have been a spider and he had an immediate allergic reaction. Health problems related to the bite escalated over the next few months as an infection set in. He died soon after in his nearby home on Williams Street, on 13th August 1927.

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