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¿Terminará el ser humano adorando a las máquinas? ¿Tendrán las máquinas derechos? ¿Cómo se está transformando el paisaje interior de las personas ante la mutación del paisaje exterior? En "La vía del futuro" Edmundo Paz Soldán, una de las referencias ineludibles de la actual...

Relato histórico de amor y de espionaje ambientado en la Guerra del Pacífico. La presente es una edición revisada de esta novela, cuyo éxito –más de un millón y medio de ejemplares vendidos– se debe a lo bien documentada y al estilo apasionado de la narración...

"La colección Conoce en 10 pasos te invita a recordar a Van Gogh en su 125 aniversario. Los mitos y leyendas de Van Gogh permanecen vigentes. ¿Cuál es la verdadera historia detrás de su oreja cortada y el altercado con Gauguin? ¿Qué misterio hay detrás del disparo que le ocasionó una...

Esta novela podría considerarse una road movie, eso si consideramos la irreverencia y la imaginación desbocada como medio de transporte. Fruno, un joven que acaba de sufrir la siniestra pérdida de su madre, emprende un viaje por un país muy parecido a Estados Unidos en busca de su hermana...

Un grupo de chicos, acompañados de una maestra, la señora Ángela, se van de excursión a la selva. En la noche, desaparece uno de los chicos, Mario. Álex y Arturo deciden ir a buscarlo. A medida que transcurre la búsqueda, cerca a un caudaloso río que esconde misterios, en medio de una...

La historia es impactante y logra involucrar al lector con el maravilloso valor de los libros. Combina elementos de diferentes géneros de aventuras, fantásticos y de suspenso, logrando un relato ingenioso, lleno de giros dirigido a lectores jóvenes, para despertar el interés por la magia que...

Relato histórico de amor y de espionaje ambientado en la Guerra del Pacífico. La presente es una edición revisada de esta novela, cuyo éxito –más de un millón y medio de ejemplares vendidos– se debe a lo bien documentada y al estilo apasionado de la narración...

Nació en Berlín 1892 y murió en Port Bou, España, 1940. Escritor y filósofo alemán, autor de ensayos de historia y estética en la línea de la escuela de Fráncfort. Su vida y su pensamiento transitaron por los límites con el propósito de romper con el legado que justificó el...

Podemos ser héroes es la amarga y voraz supervivencia del día a día, en la decadencia e incluso en la derrota. Los personajes de estos trece cuentos, jóvenes, marginales y rebeldes, deambulan por la convulsiva Lima de los años 80 con el rock subte a viva voz. Protagonizan historias...

Alejandro ha aprendido a luchar sin detenerse, a no soñar sino a tener metas, objetivos, a no sentir apegos fuertes que lo anclen y a hacer a un lado su corazón ya que este jamás lo ha necesitado. Sin embargo, un día todo cambia y una joven rubia, de mirada penetrante y carácter decidido...

In this engaging, thoughtful, and winsome book, Andrew Wilson takes us to the first Christmas to show that what can make our Christmases truly special is Jesus, the light of the world. Andrew Wilson explains how Jesus makes a difference to the darkness of this world-and how he can make a difference to our lives too.

In the eyes of her family, Chastity Shackleford was impulsive, flighty, overly emotional and inclined to sentimental overtures. All in all, a disaster waiting to happen should she accept the Duke of Blackmore's offer of a Season in London. But what else was she to do since her twin sister and best friend had abandoned her for the wilds of Cornwall? Naturally she might have hoped that disaster had waited a little longer before striking, but at least she faced the possibility of marriage with someone who had all his own teeth. 

Produced during the height of the post-World War II film noir movement, Blood on the Moon is a classic Western immersed in the film noir netherworld of double crosses, government corruption, shabby barrooms, gun-toting goons, and romantic betrayals. With this volume, biographer and noir expert Alan K. Rode brings the film to life for a new generation of listeners and film lovers.

Sci-fi writer, heiress, weirdo, and oldest daughter of the beloved and infamous Hale family, 21-year-old Luna Hale has been known by many names. But the title she’s coveted these days has been elusive...until now. She can see it. It’s in reach. She’s more than ready to be his girlfriend. Luna wants to go on an exploration of Paul Donnelly. Top to bottom. Inside out. To discover all there is to know about her human hero. But he’s afraid some skeletons are better left in the darkness.

Life has never been easier thanks to the advancement of technology. However, with all new technological advancements also come new risks. The most drastically increasing issue in the world today is not biological warfare, but cyber warfare. Data has become the single most valuable commodity in today’s world, and, of course, there are always people lurking around the corner, trying to get their hands on it.

Belfast, Northern Ireland: early spring 2017. Retired Chief Inspector Patrick Mullan is found brutally murdered in his bed. Detective Sergeant Ryan McBride and his partner Detective Sergeant Billy Lamont are called to his desolate country home to investigate. In their inquiry, they discover a man whose career with the police service of Northern Ireland was overshadowed by violence and corruption. Is the killer someone from Mullan's past, or his present? And who hated the man enough to kill him twice?

This collection arguably contains some of the most charming lyrics ever written in English. Blake’s poems can be enjoyed, not only for their historical importance in an age which was fiercely proud of its genius and its traditions, but also for their simple and beautiful expression of “two contrary states of the human soul.” Songs of Innocence was originally a complete collection of twenty-three poems, first printed in 1789. In 1794, a composite collection entitled Songs of Innocence and of Experience, containing forty-seven poems, was published.

I’m so looking forward to meeting Aunt Maura, my mother’s twin sister who lives on the rugged west coast of Ireland. With my own mother dying so suddenly, and my sweet baby daughter arriving, I need family around me. But instead of arriving at Maura’s house safe and sound, I wake up in hospital, badly injured. Then I remember the crash. Where is my baby?

Antonio, a wealthy and popular merchant, is in financial difficulty. He approaches a Jewish money lender, Shylock, who agrees to provide 3000 ducats, with a very curious bond – a pound of the merchant’s flesh, to be levied if Antonio fails to make a timely repayment. Feeling confident that...

In The Attributes of God, renowned theologian Gerald Bray leads us on an exploration of God’s being, his essential attributes, his relational attributes, and the relevance of his attributes to our thinking, lives, and worship. As we better understand God’s attributes, we will learn to delight in who God is and how he has made himself known to us in Scripture.