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El misterio de Sans-Souci by Agatha Christie ES
EnglandDescription:
La trama se desarrolla tras el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tommy y Tuppence Beresford se aburren en su vida cotidiana cuando un viejo conocido del servicio secreto les propone instalarse en un hotel de la costa de Inglaterra para investigar entre su clientela, formada por militares retirados, viejas chismosas y parejas de enamorados a un peligroso agente secreto nazi.
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El misterio de Sittaford by Agatha Christie ES
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Sittaford House es una mansión locallizada en una pequeña ciudadela de la campiña inglesa. Su dueño, Joseph Trevelyan, la alquila durante el invierno a las señoras Willet, madre e hija, y él se muda a la ciudad más próxima.Alrededor de la mansión existen seis casas menores, construídas y vendidas o alquiladas por Trevelyan. Las nuevas moradoras de la mansión quieren establecer buenas relaciones con los vecinos y los invitan frecuentemente para tomar té y jugar en las frías tardes del invieno inglé... continue
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El Prncipe Feliz y otros cuentos by Oscar Wilde ES
IrelandDescription:
El príncipe feliz y otros cuentos, es una colección de cuentos escrita en 1888 por Oscar Wilde. Contiene cinco cuentos, de los cuales algunos, son conocidos mundialmente como. El gigante egoísta, El ruiseñor y la rosa La historia trata de un joven estudiante enamorado de una chica. Necesitaba una rosa roja para impresionarla y que así ella fuera al baile con él. Sólo tenía rosas blancas en su jardín, entonces se puso a llorar. Un ruiseñor le vio y este, ilusionado con la idea de que el joven pueda encontrar el amor verdadero, toma la decisión de sacrificar su vida para teñir una rosa roja con ... continue
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Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey EN
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'Elizabeth is missing', reads the note in Maud's pocket in her own handwriting. Lately, Maud's been getting forgetful. She keeps buying peach slices when she has a cupboard full, forgets to drink the cups of tea she's made and writes notes to remind herself of things. But Maud is determined to discover what has happened to her friend, Elizabeth, and what it has to do with the unsolved disappearance of her sister Sukey, years back, just after the war.
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Endless Night by Agatha Christie EN
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Gipsy S Acre Was A Truly Beautiful Upland Site With Views Out To Sea And In Michael Rogers It Stirred A Child-Like Fantasy. There, Among The Dark Fir Trees, He Planned To Build A House, Find A Wonderful Girl And Live Happily Ever After, Yet, As He Left The Village, A Shadow Of Menace Hung Over The Land. For This Was The Place Where Accidents Happened. Perhaps Michael Should Have Heeded The Locals Warnings: There S No Luck For Them As Meddles With Gipsy S Acre .
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England’s Other Countrymen: Black Tudor Society by Onyeka Nubia EN
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The Tudor period remains a source of timeless fascination, with endless novels, TV programmes and films depicting the period in myriad ways. And yet our image of the Tudor era remains overwhelmingly white. This ground-breaking and provocative new book seeks to redress the balance: revealing not only how black presence in Tudor England was far greater than has previously been recognised, but that Tudor conceptions of race were far more complex than we have been led to believe. Onyeka Nubia's original research shows that Tudors from many walks of life regularly interacted with people of African ... continue
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Enter A Murderer by Ngaio Marsh EN
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New Zealand
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The crime was committed on stage at the theatre, when an unloaded gun fired a very real bullet; the victim was an actor clawing his way to stardom using blackmail instead of talent; the suspects included two unwilling girlfriends and several relieved blackmail victims. The stage was set for one of Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn's most baffling cases.
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Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna EN
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For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters during a heatwave in London as simmering tensions and secrets come to a head over one life-changing weekend. London, 2019. It's the hottest June on record, and a whale is stuck in the Thames River. In the streets of the city, four old acquaintances want more from life than they've been given. On the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, their paths will intersect at a party that will change their lives forever... Maggie, a once-hopeful artist turned waitre... continue
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Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy EN
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Thomas Hardy’s impassioned novel of courtship in rural life In Thomas Hardy’s first major literary success, independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, the soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy, and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. One of his first works set in the semi-fictional... continue
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