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La vida de Alena es un completo infierno. Al poco de cambiarse a un internado de pijos, ya sufre los acosos de Filippa y de las otras chicas del equipo de lacrosse. Pero Josefin no piensa dejar que su mejor amiga Alena siga aguantando de esta manera ni al rector ni a las sesiones de tutoría ni a...

The ghost stories Preface -- The black cat -- The flayed hand -- The vengeance of a tree -- The parlor-car ghost -- Ghost of Buckstown Inn -- The burglar's ghost -- A phantom toe -- Mrs. Davenport's ghost -- The phantom woman -- The phantom hag -- From the tomb -- Sandy's ghost -- The ghosts...

W.E.B. Dubois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community, and after completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard,...

In this stunning novel, C. W. Gortner brings to life Juana of Castile, the third child of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain, who would become the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country’s throne. Along the way, Gortner takes the reader from the somber majesty of Spain to the glittering...

The Irish poet and dramatist, W. B. Yeats is recognised as one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century. Yeats produced a wide body of poetry and dramatic works, as well as founding the famous Abbey Theatre, and in 1923 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Delphi Poets...

In the early 1980s, the mysterious A.W. Mykel came out of nowhere with a brilliantly inventive espionage thriller that became an international bestseller…astonishing readers with its daringly imaginative plot, larger-than-life characters, and outstanding action…becoming one of the most entertaining...

Sure, you can root for Sherlock Holmes or Charlie Chan or Hugh Drummond. But I'll take a good old-fashioned rogue over the lot of 'em any day. Boston Blackie, A.J. Raffles, the Lone Wolf, Thubway Tham, Mr. Clackworthy, Arsene Lupin -- they all hold a curious fascination, dabbling as they do in crime...

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman’s classic histories of the First World War era In this landmark, Pulitzer Prize–winning...

Translation based on W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn, 1869 The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes, lasting from 58 BC to 51 BC. The Romans would also raid Britannia and Germania, but these expeditions never developed...

De B-acteur die president werd en de Koude Oorlog beëindigde   Reagan is de eerste Nederlandse biografie over de 40e Amerikaanse president. Ruim 10 jaar na zijn overlijden vertelt meesterverteller H.W. Brands het verhaal van Ronald Reagan (1911-2004). De jonge ‘Dutch’ groeide...

Following the successful release of his off-beat travel volume, Midnight Bathing in Far East Russia, John W. Robinson's The Muskrat Skin Jacket takes a look at life closer to home. Stories included in The Muskrat Skin Jacket run the gamut, from tales of seeking out penny candy as a five-year-old,...

CONTENTS: ABRAHAM MERRITT 1. The People of the Pit AMELIA REYNOLDS LONG 2. Omega ANTHONY MELVILLE RUD 3. Ooze ARTHUR TRAIN 4. The Nth Power CLARK ASHTON SMITH 5. The Black Abbot of Puthuum DAVID H. KELLER 6. The Jelly-Fish DAVID H. KELLER 7. The Rat Racket DAVID H. KELLER 8. The Worm DONALD ALLEN...

A Place in the Country is W. G. Sebald’s meditation on the six artists and writers who shaped his creative mind—and the last of this great writer’s major works to be translated into English.   This edition includes more than 40 pieces of art, all originally selected by W. G. Sebald. This...