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Durante el saqueo de Cádiz por los ingleses, Clotaldo, caballero y militar británico, rapta a una niña de siete años, Isabel, y se la lleva a su casa a Londres, donde la cría como si fuera su propia hija. La niña crece para convertirse en una joven de extraordinaria belleza, cuyo nombre han convertido en Isabela. El hijo de Clotaldo, Ricaredo, está locamente enamorado de Isabela y después de convencer a su padre de que su amor es lo único que le importa en la vida, éste accede al matrimonio de la pareja.

A new warlord, Malik Khan, has appeared inside Afghanistan. A common bandit and a thief, but clever enough to cloak his rampage of murder and pillage under the mantel of Islam. He takes a hospital in a remote area as his base of operations, a former stone built military post perched on a hilltop and said to be impregnable. Safe behind his walls and with the medical staff held hostage, he is free to continue his campaign of robbery and murder unmolested.

For the past 14 years, Isabella Jordan's life had been focused on her husband and children. She'd set aside her career as a writer to build a home for them on a vineyard in the Tuscan hills, which was a dream come true for any woman. And it had been for Isabella too - until recently. After years of not writing, she finds herself under a deadline and faced with the worst case of writer's block that she's ever known. But when she finds distraction - and comfort - with another man, she must face the truth about her problems before she makes a mistake that will cost her everything.

El pequeño tamborilero es un relato corto perteneciente a la serie de relatos de Justice Security del escritor T. M. Bilderback. Es un relato entretenido que te hará reflexionar sobre la posibilidad de creer en algo más allá de lo normal.

Desensitized and detached from the worldly goods that fall before her, Mai finds herself in a position of great fortune and opportunity being raised as the only child in the respected Zhang family. Steeped in riches, Mai finds it all too much to sacrifice her morality for the life of luxury. The sudden disappearance of her beloved grandfather, the constant presence of the Win Chun family and the ever growing threat of the Shadow Government conjures a story of eternal panic, mistrust and revenge as Mai begins to piece together her family’s true history.

Pequeños Gigantes del Paraíso es un poema épico que muestra el talento de Jaime Bedoya Martínez para crear historias fantásticas basadas en lo mundano, lo visceral, es decir, el mundo natural de los insectos, y los rituales y jerarquías sociales sorprendentemente sofisticados que dominan su existencia.

Revive los orígenes del detective más famoso del mundo con "Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes". En esta selección de doce relatos cortos, Arthur Conan Doyle nos presenta a un Holmes en su máximo esplendor, resolviendo misterios intrigantes y cautivando a lectores de todas las edades. Desde "Escándalo en Bohemia" hasta "La banda de lunares", cada caso es una prueba del ingenio y la astucia de Sherlock Holmes. ¡Prepárate para sumergirte en un mundo de misterio y suspense!

Dragons, magic, princesses of mighty kingdoms: elements of fantasy that have carried on throughout the many ages and yet may one day be forgotten. Enter, and delve into the roots of fantasy, rediscovering the fantastic, and exploring lost worlds. This is storytelling at its best. This collection of original works will take listeners back to the moment when they first fell in love with the genre; featuring stories from writers across the spectrum such as Mark Lawrence, R.S. Belcher, Miles Cameron, and many more.

Ever thought about visiting the beautiful and rugged state of Montana? If so, be sure to listen to these stories before you go, for there may be more there than you ever imagined in your wildest dreams. These all new stories are sure to make you want to hide deep in your sleeping bag if you’re brave enough to listen to them at night by headlamp while camped in one of the state’s beautiful campgrounds. And what just brushed against your tent? A wolf? Grizzly bear? Or was it something even bigger and more terrifying?

I don't know if Jack London intended for this to be a didactic tale, but it certainly is. When the Yukon experts say don't go out when it's 50 degrees below zero it's best to pay attention. The man, he is never given a name, Sally's forth when it is actually 75 degrees below zero. London takes us into the mind of the man and the dog as the man heads to his doom. Read by award-winning audiobook narrator and producer Mike Vendetti, make sure you are in a warm room when you listen to this tale of the North because at 75 degrees below zero, it is cold.

An older man crushed by his long-time sweet-pea, a younger woman who stays in trouble...the crazy MC of Montana! I'm Butch and I'm Kitty's play uncle. I work at her father Mac's motorcycle shop. When she ran away from home, the young girl came looking for me. She shows up to the clubhouse begging for my help. Of course, I’m going to help her - I would never turn away a woman. But with her, she wants more than a stay at my place. I don't know. Her father is a crazy muthaf--ker especially when he drinks. I've known him for a long time.

There's no way she's tough enough to get me into shape. When my physical therapist's ex locks her out and takes everything she owns, I want to help. However, a recent, unfortunate incident has social media all over me. Risking all, I offer her cold, hard, cash but she refuses, suggesting I'm trying to buy her sexual favors. Now she's got this ridiculous idea she can get back on her feet with a wedding.

The Beast in the Jungle is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published in the collection titled The Better Sort. The story addresses themes like fate, loneliness, love and death. The protagonist, John Marcher, anticipates an event that he believes will set him apart from other people. Marcher is frozen by his fears and a sense of impending doom. A haunting tale of egotism, fear of the unknown and unrequited love, the story warns that the only thing one has to fear is fear itself. John’s failure to reciprocate May Bartram’s love condemns him.

When Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) published Three Stories and 10 Poems in 1923, he was 24, a wounded veteran of the Great War, and still three years away from publishing his debut novel (The Sun Also Rises). So the "Three Stories" give us a unique look into Hemingway's developing writing skills and his very particular areas of creative interest.

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly magazine (January 27 - April 16, 1898). Classified as both gothic fiction and a ghost story, the novella focuses on a young governess sent to a remote country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a dark foreboding of menace within the house, she soon comes to believe that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. But is the threat to her young charges really a ghostly presence or something else entirely?

Going Down in a Blaze of Glory: Being an outlaw in the old west is hell. But when you are being hunted by the fastest draw in the west who also packs a buffalo gun, it's worse than hell.

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella, White Nights, was originally published in 1848. The tender narrative is an appealing blend of realism and romanticism. A daydreamer, the hero is a lonely young man in Saint Petersburg who lives in a fantasy world. After a chance encounter, he falls in love with a young woman, Nastenka, whom he meets in the same place over four nights. Sharing a sense of alienation, they exchange information on their respective backgrounds and grow fond of one another in a short time.

In this adventure Conan is the leader of the beautiful Queen’s army, but is quickly thrown down from his lofty position by witchcraft. His quest for revenge starts with his crucifixion.

Andrée Warg lever sina dagar i ett Stockholm som går från 1800-tal till 1900-tal. Det finns en allmän förväntan om det nya århundradet, men Warg är mer intresserad av att tillskansa sig förmögenheter där det går. Många av brotten i staden är råa men Warg är en gentleman och hans raffinerade metoder ger honom både förmögenheter och framgång men även respekt – och med jämna mellanrum löser han brott i bara farten.

I "Amerika tur och retur" tar Warg en atlantkryssare till New York för att fira in det nya århundradet. På fartyget över träffar han den fagra mademoiselle Camille men på kajen i New York står detektiver från Pinkerton och väntar. En dramatisk rättegång och en nyårsdans på The Astoria får Warg att se döden i vitögat.