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In Irving's great work, The Sketch Book, fictional historian Diedrich Knickerbocker introduces us to Rip van Winkle, the Dutch colonist who slept through the Revolutionary War; Ichabod Crane, the superstitious, social-climbing schoolmaster; and the pumpkin-topped Headless Horseman, ancestor to countless horror film antiheroes. In addition to 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle', The Sketch Book touches on cultural and historical concerns that remain compelling, thanks to Irving's modern outlook and impressive foresight. This new edition, with an introduction from Elizabeth L. Bradley, demonstrates how inextricably Irving's writings are woven into the fabric of American culture - high and low.

At an internment camp in Indonesia, forty-seven people are pronounced dead with acute hemorrhagic fever. When epidemiologist Henry Parsons travels there on behalf of the World Health Organization to investigate, what he finds will have staggering repercussions. Halfway across the globe, the deputy director of U.S. Homeland Security scrambles to mount a response to the rapidly spreading pandemic leapfrogging around the world, which she believes may be the result of an act of biowarfare. And a rogue experimenter in man-made diseases is preparing his own terrifying solution. As already-fraying global relations begin to snap, the virus slashes across the United States, dismantling institutions and decimating the population. With his own wife and children facing diminishing odds of survival, Henry travels from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia to his home base at the CDC in Atlanta, searching for a cure and for the origins of this seemingly unknowable disease. The End of October is a one-of-a-kind thriller steeped in real-life political and scientific implications, filled with the insight that has been the hallmark of Wright s acclaimed nonfiction and the full-tilt narrative suspense that only the best fiction can offer. A swift and all-too-convincing chronicle of science, espionage, action and speculation that moves from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia to the U.S. as it eerily evokes real-life current events.

The return of the beautiful Countess Olenska into the rigidly conventional society of New York sends reverberations throughout the upper reaches of society. Newland Archer, an eligible young man of the establishment is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a pretty ingénue, when May's cousin, Countess Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence. Her sorrowful eyes, her tragic worldliness and her air of unapproachability attract the sensitive Newland and, almost against their will, a passionate bond develops between them. But Archer's life has no place for passion and, with society on the side of May and all she stands for, he finds himself drawn into a bitter conflict between love and duty.

When `Lord of the Flies` appeared in 1954 it received unprecedented reviews for a first novel. Critics used such phrases as `beautifully writeen, tragic and provocative... vivid and enthralling... this beautiful and desperate book... completely convincing and often very frightening... its progress is magnificient... like a fragment of nightmare... a dizzy climax of terror... the terrible spell of this book...` E.M. Forster chose it as the Outstanding Novel of the Year. `Time and Tide` touched upon perhaps the most important facet of this book when it said, `It is not only a first-rate adventure but a parable of our times, ` and articles on this and subsequent Golding novels have stressed these twin aspects of Golding: a consummate control of the novel form, and a superb all-encompassing vision of reality which communicates itself with a power reminiscent of Conrad.

Una divertida comedia romántica juvenil que te enseña que, aunque la vida te lleve por muchos caminos, la dirección solo la decides tú. Sara estudia Bellas Artes, pero cada vez le parecen menos bellas. Fran estudia Derecho, como quiere su familia, pero ni su corazón ni su vida giran en torno a ello. Bárbara actualiza sus redes sociales de manera constante y a ratitos estudia Diseño. Los tres amigos se conocieron hace años en una fiesta de disfraces y se creó entre ellos una bonita amistad en la que, sin saberlo, se fueron ocultando cosas. Pero la vida, los momentos y las sensaciones les hacen ver que algo falla, y comienzan a plantearse si…

La novela empieza con el ataque terrorista a las torres gemelas. Sophie Monod, una exitosa, solitaria y huraña artista que vive en París, mira conmocionada cómo los símbolos de un imperio y un estilo de vida se derrumban ante sus ojos. La destrucción y el horror la llevan a otro 11 de septiembre, el de 1973, cuando Salvador Allende, íntimo amigo de su padre, es depuesto en un cruento golpe de estado liderado por Augusto Pinochet. Pero el desplome de las torres hace que Sophie reviva mucho más que la violencia política de esos años. De pronto sus remembranzas se centran en la traición conjunta de su padre, diego, y de su mejor amiga, Morgana. Una traición que se ha pasado los últimos 27 años intentando olvidar y vengar silenciosamente. Cuando Diego conoció a Morgana pensó que era una buena influencia para su hija, por lo que fomentó la amistad entre ambas. Sin embargo, poco a poco, Diego y Morgana empezaron a enamorarse. Inician una relación secreta, a espaldas de Sophie, porque saben que esto destruiría su precario equilibrio emocional. Comienza así una historia de intensa pasión, cuyo trasfondo son los años de la unidad popular en chile. Es una época de atentados, asesinatos políticos, violencia, incertidumbre y zozobra: días después del golpe de estado nace Antonia, la hija de Morgana y Siego. Ante la violencia y la destrucción que siguen al golpe sedicioso, Morgana decide salir de Chile junto a su hija recién nacida. Diego, sin embargo, no está dispuesto a tomar la vía fácil y se une a la resistencia armada en la clandestinidad. Morgana enfrenta un dilema, y luego de un largo proceso, decide quedarse con él. Su vida se transforma en un infierno dominado por el terror. Cada día se entera de más gente, incluyendo amigos y conocidos, que han caído en poder de la dictadura.