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En la oscuridad de la noche, el corsario negro con dos de sus más fieles seguidores entran sigilosamente en Maracaibo para descolgar el cuerpo de su hermano, ahorcado en la plaza pública por el gobernador Van Guld. En su viaje de vuelta a la isla de Tortuga, en su barco “El Rayo”, para dar un entierro marinero a su hermano el mar, sin buscarlo no le queda más remedio que entablar combate con un barco español al que tras dura lucha apresan.

When an anonymous tip-off leads Detective Nikki Parekh and DS Sajid Malik to the sprawling Salinger estate, Nikki’s senses are on high alert. The brutal murder of all four members of the Salinger family has shocked the sleepy Bradford village to the core. A mother, father, daughter, and son...all killed in exactly the same way – whilst sat around the coffee table, playing a game of monopoly.

Haroon Moghul was thrust into the spotlight after 9/11, becoming an undergraduate leader at New York University's Islamic Center and forced into appearances everywhere: on TV, before interfaith audiences, in print. Moghul was becoming a prominent voice for American Muslims even as he struggled with his relationship to Islam. In high school he was barely a believer and entirely convinced he was going to hell. He sometimes drank. He didn't pray regularly. All he wanted was a girlfriend. But as he discovered, it wasn't so easy to leave religion behind.

Se puede decir que ésta es una de las historias o relatos de gatos más conocida de la literatura. Es la historia del comienzo de la vida doméstica: el hombre conoce a la mujer y ocupan una cueva creando el primer hogar. El perro, el cabllo y la vaca que hasta entonces eran salvajes, a través de un pacto no escrito con el hombre, se convierten en domesticados, pero el gato se niega, diciendo "Yo no soy un amigo y tampoco un criado.

In 1998, Satya opened to widespread critical acclaim. At a time when Bollywood was still rediscovering romance, Ram Gopal Varma's film dared to imagine the ordinary life of a Mumbai gangster. It kicked off a new wave of Hindi gangster films that depicted a vital, gritty side of Mumbai, rarely shown in mainstream cinema until then. More than two decades later, it has become an iconic film. When it was released, the regular moviegoer would have been hard-pressed to recognize more than a couple of names in the film's credits.

Nazia Sami is a celebrated author, but perhaps her greatest plot twist is yet to be produced. In her final days, she wields a pen one last time as she fills her diary with instructions for her sister and writes six letters to be delivered after her death.

Nairobi Noir is an act of excavation, rediscovering the city's ossified past and infusing life to preserve it for future generations. It is also an act of celebration, reminding listeners of the brilliance of the best-known writers to emerge from this part of the world, and heralding the birth of new writers whose gifts, we can safely predict, will shine brightly in the years ahead.

Es la noche más embarazosa de mi vida. No solo me he chocado, literalmente, con el hombre más guapo que he visto nunca en el vestíbulo de un hotel, sino que los bollos de nata montada que llevaba (no se admiten preguntas) han acabado aplastados contra mi cuerpo. Cuando por fin consigo cambiarme de ropa, ese mismo tipo —el hombre más sexy de la historia— hace una puja por veinticinco mil libras en una subasta benéfica…

For six amateur bakers, competing in Bake Week is a dream come true. When they arrive at Grafton Manor to compete, they're ready to do whatever it takes to win the ultimate prize: The Golden Spoon. But for the show's famous host, Betsy Martin, Bake Week is more than just a competition. Grafton Manor is her family's home and legacy - and Bake Week is her life's work. But as the competition commences, things begin to go awry. At first, it's small acts of sabotage. But when a body is discovered, it's clear that for someone in the competition, The Golden Spoon is a prize worth killing for.

Próspero, duque de Milán y un gran mago, fue traicionado por su hermano Antonio, y tras un complot, destituido de su cargo y desterrado, junto con su hija Miranda, a una extraña isla habitada por Ariel, un espíritu del aire, y un monstruo llamado Calibán. Con el objetivo de vengarse de esta traición y así, poder volver a Milán, Próspero trae, por medio de encantamientos, a sus hermanos a la isla y crea una tormenta sobrenatural, desatando la furia de una tempestad para exigir justicia y retomar su poder. La tempestad representa el caos interno y externo, que viene a purificar la historia. Tra

Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed 'Dr Doom,' until his prediction of the 2008 housing crisis and Great Recession came true—when it was too late. Now he is back with a much scarier prediction, one that we ignore at our peril. There are no fewer than ten overlapping, interconnected threats that are so serious, he calls them Megathreats.

When human remains are discovered under Bradford’s derelict Odeon car park, DS Nikita Parekh and her team are immediately called to the scene. Distracted by keeping her young nephew out of trouble, Nikki is relieved when the investigation is transferred to the Cold Case Unit, and she can finally focus on her family. But after the identity of the victim is revealed, she’s soon drawn back into the case. The dead man is a direct link to her painful past. As the body count begins to rise, Nikki must do everything she can to stop the killer in their tracks before anyone else gets hurt.

Sunny G's brother left him one thing when he died: His notebook, which Sunny is determined to fill up with a series of rash decisions. Decision number one was a big one: He stopped wearing his turban, cut off his hair, and shaved his beard. He doesn't look like a Sikh anymore. Sunny debuts his new look at prom, which he's stuck going to alone. He's skipping the big fandom party. Enter Mindii Vang, a girl with a penchant for making rash decisions of her own, starting with stealing Sunny's notebook. When Sunny chases after her, prom turns into an all-night adventure.

Todos los relatos del Rey de amarillo están conectados por un símbolo, por una maldad difícil de comprender: En la corte del dragón - vas a sentir un escalofrío cuando una voz de ninguna parte empiece a susurrar a tu alma La demoiselle d'Ys - Si Jeane te invita a ir a su castillo, quizás te lo deberías pensar... a lo mejor no te conviene El símbolo amarillo - ¿pueden los espíritus de un cementerio influenciar el arte de un pintor? La máscara - ¿cómo se podría conseguir una escultura absolutamente perfecta?

The chant of 'Azadi!' - Urdu for 'Freedom!' - is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what Kashmiris see as the Indian Occupation. Ironically, it also became the chant of millions on the streets of India against the project of Hindu Nationalism. Even as Arundhati Roy began to ask what lay between these two calls for freedom - a chasm or a bridge? - the streets fell silent. Not only in India, but all over the world.

Personajes De La Obra: Bautista: Adinerado hidalgo de Padua. Padre de Blanca y Catalina. Catalina: Joven hija de Bautista conocida en Padua por su malhumorado y arisco carácter opuesto al de su hermana Blanca, dócil y obediente. Lucentio: enamorado de Blanca. Se hará pasar por profesor para conquistarla. Petruchio: para casarse con Catalina, está dispuesto a amansar su carácter. Gremio: Viejo rico que es pretendiente de Blanca. Hortensio: Joven pobre que también pretende a Blanca.

¿Estás preparado para acompañar a Sherlock Holmes y su fiel compañero, el Dr. Watson, a resolver los misterios más intrigantes del Londres victoriano? No te pierdas esta antología de 15 relatos dramatizados que te harán sentir como un verdadero detective. Si aún no has explorado el ingenioso mundo de Sherlock Holmes, esta compilación de alguna de sus obras (dramatizadas) es tu oportunidad para acercarte a uno de los mayores clásicos de la literatura detectivesca.

Ghost Stories of Shimla Hills is a chilling compilation of the supernatural events and the activities of spirits in the hills of Shimla. The book presents ghost stories as narrated by the residents of Shimla.

In this compelling memoir, teenaged eagle hunter Aisholpan Nurgaiv tells her own story for the first time, speaking directly with award-winning and New York Times best-selling author Liz Welch (I Will Always Write Back), who traveled to Mongolia for this book. Nurgaiv's story and fresh, sincere voice are not only inspiring but truly magnificent: With the support of her father, she captured and trained her own golden eagle and won the Ölgii eagle festival. She was the only girl to compete in the festival.

Raised in a progressive Muslim family in the shadows of the Himalayan mountains, where she attended a Catholic girls' school, Daisy experienced culture shock when her family sent her to the States to attend high school in a mostly Jewish Long Island suburb. Ambitious and talented, she quickly climbed the corporate ladder after college as an architectural designer in New York City. Though she loved the freedom that came with being a career woman, she felt that something was missing from her life. One day a friend suggested that she visit a Sufi mosque in Tribeca.