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Dianetics has remained a best seller for more than 50 years. And with over 20 million copies in print, generating a movement that spans virtually every country on Earth, it’s indisputably the most widely read and influential book ever written about the human mind.

A collection of sexual fantasies from women around the world, Want is a revelatory, sensational, and game-changing exploration of women’s sexuality that asks, and answers: How do women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous? “The book you hold in your hands started...

Idioms in English, Volume 4 is designed for non-native speakers of English and presents 100 new idioms in stories and dialogs by native speakers. After each story or dialog, the idioms are presented in sentences with an opportunity for the listener to say the sentence (when you hear the chime) out loud. Idioms are used very frequently by native spakers of English. If you don't understand the idiom, then you can miss parts of presentations, conversations, and television or newspaper stories.

In this volume, you will find four of the most well-known stories of the Master of Mystery and the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. Whether it is a narrow escape from a deadly pendulum; a vengeance fulfilled in the catacombs of an ancient city; the foreboding, supernatural events happening in the House of Usher; or the gruesome and inexplicable murders on the Rue Morgue, Poe's stories will fascinate as well as terrify you.

Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer, and Frollo, the archbeacon, are both in love with Esmeralda. But the beatiful gypsy has already married another man to save his life - and her heart belongs to an army captain! Poor Quasimodo doesn't have much of a chance.

Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight. Yet the bitter feud between their families forbids all contact. Can the power of their love stand up against such a longstanding history of hatred?

Jim and his friends have the treasure map but they're badly outnumbered. Do they have a chance against the bloodthirsty mutineers? Long John Silver says he's on Jim's side. But the one-legged old pirate is clever and wily - and Jim's very life is at stake!

The exciting tales of the legendary detective will surprise you as Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson find the cause of a mysterious death among gypsy tales and exotic animals as well as free an innocent young man accused of the death of his own father.

The chilling tale of a good doctor who falls victim to his own evil experiment. Henry Jekyll is a respected doctor - a kindly man much loved by all. Why is he so protective of the vicious criminal, Edward Hyde? Jekyll's friends are stunned when the mystery is finally unraveled. They can scarcely believe that the man they had so admired had been living a double life!

The mysterious prisoner is called Marchiali - but is that his true identity? And why has an innocent man been imprisoned for so long? The fabled three musketeers suspect a royal conspiracy.

Professor Aronnax embarks in an expedition to find a strange underwater creature that has the power to destroy entire ships in one blow. After a strange turn of events Aronnax finds himself a prisoner in an underwater machine the likes of which the world has never seen before.

For thousands of years Man has searched, pondered and speculated about the true "meaning of life." But, in Scientology, that search has culminated — for the secret has now been discovered. Based on precision Axioms (self-evident truths), these are the answers — answers you’ve been looking for, answers that work. Here, then, is the Basic Book on the Theory and Practice of Scientology, with discoveries embracing every aspect of life.

In this intriguing business novel, which illustrates state-of-the-art economic theory, Alex Rogo is a UniCo plant manager whose factory and marriage are failing. To revitalize the plant, he follows piecemeal advice from an elusive former college professor who teaches, for example, that reduction in the efficiency of some plant operations may make the entire operation more productive. Alex's attempts to find the path to profitability and to engage his employees in the struggle involve the listener; and thankfully the authors' economic models.

Through more than a hundred books and publications, thousands more articles and essays, and over 3,000 recorded lectures, the works of L. Ron Hubbard embrace virtually every aspect of living. Here, then, is Scientology: A New Slant on Life, containing a timeless selection of Ron’s discoveries drawn from the full wealth of his writings and each one presenting a broad, yet comprehensive overview of Scientology applied to a specific aspect of existence - and, in combination, providing the panoramic overview of life itself.

Escritor, guionista y fotógrafo mexicano, perteneciente a la generación del 52, y considerado uno de los más destacados escritores en la lengua española, su gran reputación se asienta en dos libros: El llano en llamas, y la novela Pedro Páramo.

Luego de la Guerra de Indochina a comienzos de los años 50, Vietnam quedó dividida en dos: La del Norte, apoyada por comunistas, y la del sur, por los capitalistas. El empuje ideológico de la primera, y las difíciles relaciones con la URSS a causa de la Guerra Fría, llevaron a Estados Unidos a invadir Vietnam del Sur para enfrentar al Vietcong, la guerrilla comunista financiada por Ho Chi Minh.

Una de las figuras más asombrosas y peculiares de la Iglesia Católica. Italiano de nacimiento, religioso capuchino y renombrado santo italiano, este sacerdote es conocido mundialmente por la larga lista de hechos sobrenaturales que le ocurrieron en vida, varios de ellos, consumaron la atención mundial y hoy son materia incluso, de amplias investigaciones.

Escritor y orador en materia filosófica y espiritual que llevó sus ideas por todo el mundo, sus principales temas incluían la revolución psicológica, el propósito de la meditación, las relaciones humanas, la naturaleza de la mente y cómo llevar a cabo un cambio positivo en la sociedad global.

Abiertamente homosexual, Truman Capote es considerado uno de los narradores más grandes de los Estados Unidos de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Autor de la célebre novela "A sangre fría", su figura irreverente y frontal escandalizó al país.

Culminadas dos de las tres guerras médicas entre el mundo heleno y Persia, un nuevo orden se había instaurado en el mundo occidental del siglo V a.C. Los griegos se habían convertido en el muro de defensa de Europa, con el consiguiente desarrollo y riqueza derivado de tal condición. Sin embargo, el éxito muy pronto traería envidias, resentimientos e intolerancias sobre todo en sus dos pueblos más importantes.