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"Dios aprieta, pero no ahorca" ("God squeezes, but He doesn't strangle")—the epigraph of Machete—sets the stage for a powerful poet who summons a variety of ways to endure life when there's an invisible hand at your throat. Tomás Morín hails from the coastal plains of Texas, and explores a world where identity and place shift like that ever-changing shore.

The Man in the Iron Mask is a classic novel by Alexandre Dumas. A mysterious prisoner is held anonymously in the French penal system, required to wear a mask when seen by any but his jailer or his valet. There are rumors that the Man in the Iron Mask is the twin brother of Louis XIV, who had been hidden and incarcerated from birth by his father and mother, "for the good of France". In this, the last of the Three Musketeers novels, we see a world of intrigue and suspense, with politics and espionage making themselves known.

Nathan Alexander’s Hunger Gays follows the story of young Aspen Summers who has grown up in a world where young men are rounded up by the government and forced to participate in the deadly MvM match, an annual tournament where there can only be one champion - or one survivor. The feared event not only forces young men into public expressions of sexual domination and submission, but also serves as a reminder that nothing, not even the will of one man, is stronger than the will of the government.

En julio de 1981, apenas unos días después de haber sido liberado de la cárcel, Clifford Olson Junior desató un infierno en la Columbia Británica. Secuestró, violó y mató a seis niños y adolescentes en un solo mes. Mientras que los anteriores niños desaparecidos habían sido considerados simplemente como fugitivos, ahora, no cabía duda de que alguien estaba secuestrando niños en la zona de Lower Mainland, y los medios de comunicación se encendieron.

Toda persona anhela convertirse en una figura profesional a medida que va creciendo. De niños soñamos con ser diferentes figuras, policías, bomberos, soldados, manejar barcos, aviones, grandes camiones y todo tipo de trabajo que nos lleve a la aventura, por que es eso justamente lo que buscamos, la aventura de vivir experiencias.

Hunter Brayze doesn't always like his clients, but as the divorce attorney for Bentley & Channing Law, he doesn't have to. So when he meets his latest client, even though he can't stand the guy, let alone understand how any woman would ever marry him, he is still determined to win his case. But he never expects taking this client would turn his entire world upside down.

This classic farce was first performed in 1892. Since the record-breaking initial run in London, it has been revived many times around the world in a variety of languages, and has also been adapted for a number of presentations on film. The play incorporates many of the features which have become standard in romantic comedies: a cross dressing central character, identity confusion, young lovers kept apart by parental influence and older lovers unexpectedly reunited.

Tennisspelaren Björn Borg är en av Sveriges mest kända idrottsmän genom tiderna. Den här boken skrevs 1977, mitt i hans enastående karriär, och beskriver ett tennisfenomen av sällan skådat slag. Författaren Björn Hellberg berättar historien om den blyge och tillbakadragne stockholmaren som tog världen med storm. En storm som både ledde till sanslös idoldyrkan och ohämmad avundsjuka.

Geppetto es un anciano que se siente solo y crea un muñeco de madera para que le haga compañía, al que llama Pinocho. Un hada le da vida y es así como Pinocho, junto al pequeño Pepe Grillo, comienza a experimentar aventuras llenas de emociones y peligros, en el camino hacia el sueño de convertirse en un niño de verdad.

El autor expresa sus miedos, dando detalles de un sentir que lo mantiene en la soledad de la vida. Comprende que debe enfrentar ese miedo o simplemente... Sumergirse en la soledad.

Shakespeare da vida la historia de dos adolescentes, cuya incontenible y desbordada pasión para colocar el amor por encima de la muerte, en el marco dramático y absurdo del odio ancestral que se profesan do familias: los Montesco y los Capuleto. La feroz enemistad entre estos clanes no basta para evitar que Romeo y Julieta se enamoren y leguen a casarse en secreto, unión que la oposición de sus padres y las pasiones ajenas tornarán funesta.

Al abandonar Fort Leavenworth en 1910, la experiencia le había convertido en el hombre que sería el resto de su vida. Su odio hacia la humanidad estaba firmemente arraigado y se propuso hacer a los demás lo que ellos pudieran hacerle a él. La campaña de terror de toda su vida podía finalmente comenzar y nada podría interponerse en su camino. Matar a todos es un relato escalofriante y apasionante de una de las series de crímenes reales más brutales y espeluznantes de la historia de los Estados Unidos.

Not a book for those looking for a new and better get-rich-quick scheme, but an ideal guide for those who desire to create wealth, are determined to succeed, and are disciplined enough to rise above the status quo. Prescription for Wealth provides a simple and time proven way to personally free yourself from the power of those who control the wealth of the world, even in these times of financial uncertainty.

Los Papas son el ejemplo que Dios puso en las familias para proteger, cuidar, enseñar, guiar y proveer para las familias. Después de Dios son los papás los que deben tomar responsabilidad de cuidar las emociones y el corazón de los hijos sin hacer daño a la misma vez.

King Claudius, when a young man, wrote a five-act tragedy which was damned, and all reference to it forbidden under penalty of death. The King has a son - Hamlet - whose tendency to soliloquize has so alarmed his mother, Queen Gertrude, that she has sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to devise some Court revels for his entertainment. Rosencrantz is a former lover of Ophelia, to whom Hamlet is betrothed, and they lay their heads together to devise a plan by which Hamlet may be put out of the way. Some Court theatricals are in preparation.

Losing his adoring husband shattered Tristan Rogers' world. For the past few years, he’s been going through the motions, running their dog grooming business while hiding the loneliness he feels down to his bones. When he witnesses an ugly breakup between a pretentious customer and his boyfriend, Tristan can’t help but intervene. Something about the unassuming younger man calls to him, and he can’t help wondering if he’s experienced some heartache of his own.

Novela Nachové plachty, která vychází v edici Legendy, je křehký, jemný, laskavý a podmanivý příběh o síle snů, o okouzlení, o věštbě a jejím naplnění. Je to pohádkově krásný příběh, na jehož začátku je dívka Assol, která žije se svým otcem, bývalým námořníkem. Otec vyrábí napodobeniny lodiček a Assol je chodí na trh prodávat. Jedna z nich, ta s nachovými plachtami, se jí zalíbí. Hraje si s ní, pustí ji po řece, ale lodička jí uplave. Assol její plavbu sleduje, dojde až k místu, kde řeka ústí do moře.

Continuando con el éxito del libro Meteorología para Pilotos publicado por la editorial, este manual será el complemento ideal para comprender, analizar y lograr evitar todas las amenazas meteorológicas que rodean a las actividades aéreas.

Kindergarten teacher Spenser Harris has carved a quiet, stable future out of his tumultuous past, but his world turns upside down the night a homeless teen appears on his doorstep - a boy whose story mirrors the one Spenser has worked so hard to overcome. The decision to shelter Duon is easy. What's tricky is juggling the network of caregivers in Duon's life, especially TomAs Jimenez.

"Il pozzo e il pendolo", "Seppellimento prematuro", "Il Gatto Nero", "Re Peste", "Il Cuore Rivelatore", "La Maschera della Morte Rossa", "Ombra", "Il Diavolo nella Torre", "Il Ritratto Ovale". 9 capolavori del maestro del terrore in voce e musica."The Pit and the Pendulum", "Premature Burial", "The Black Cat", "King Pest", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Mask of Red Death", "Shadow", "The Devil in the Tower", "The Oval Portrait". Nine masterpieces of the master of terror in voice and music.