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En esta obra que nos presenta Jorge Iván, la historia es contada por cuatro narradores en cuatro momentos distintos, cada uno con su estilo y sus limitaciones. Se trata de la presentación de ese evento que llamamos Los Villa desde diferentes puntos de vista y contextos. Sin darnos cuenta, esa historia familiar que comienza contada como si se tratara de una transcripción de notas de un diario, se va convirtiendo en la historia de un pueblo, en una...
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Michael P. Spradlin (outrageous words) and Jeff Weigel (eye-popping illustrations)-the seriously twisted minds that brought you the New York Times bestselling Christmas carol tome It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies and Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime, a book of Zombie love songs-have arisen once more, this time to devour Mother Goose raw! Jack and Jill Went Up to Kill is a hilarious volume of zombie nursery rhymes designed to tickle the...
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Deshi accidentally kills his older brother, Wei, by shoving him in front of a moving jeep, and his furious mother, calling on the ancient tradition of ghost marriage, demands that he find the unmarried Wei a corpse bride, a recently deceased single woman who will accompany him in the afterlife. Guilt-ridden Deshi seeks the help of a matchmaker, a grave robber, and a hospital attendant before he runs into stubborn, spirited Lily, who would make a perfect...
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Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas-offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America?
The iconoclastic historian's magnum opus, Who Discovered America? calls into question our understanding of how the American continents were settled, shedding new light on the well-known...
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Nedford "No-Fuss" Knemis, born in the everglades of South Florida as a mix of Seminole Indian and White American, is taken to Europe to be educated after his parents are killed in an everglades boating mishap. Ned the No-Fuss proceeds to squander his grandmother's inheritance, gambling at the casinos in Europe, and getting into failed marriages. By chance he is recruited by a Greek spy operative to work in spydom, in the Balkans, and in North Africa....
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No sabemos cuándo nuestros antepasados pensaron en sí mismos por primera vez. Cuándo empezaron a distinguir el bien del mal, lo verdadero de lo falso, lo bello de lo feo. Cuándo adquirieron conciencia de que su vida es limitada y de que pueden vivirla de una manera o de otra distinta.
Pero los primeros tiempos de los seres humanos ya hace mucho que pasaron. Y casi se podría decir que están fuera de nuestro alcance porque nos falta lo más importante,...
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Killoffer trabaja en su mesa de dibujo. Se deja llevar y toca la guitarra. En la noche, sueña que es una estrella de rock, un guitarrista en un grupo cuya vestimenta coincide con la del dibujante Jean-Christophe Menu. Un cómic gracioso y sintético sobre el camino alucinado que pueden tomar los sueños.
9) Kingpin
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Exiled from his family. Marked for death. Determined to survive.
Everything is for sale during the next 72 hours-guns, knives, assassination attempts. Reiji, a young man with no allies and a father who wants to see him dead, knows the only thing standing between life and death is his ability to outwit and outrun his vengeful uncle.
For ten-million-dollars, Reiji can buy himself some time... but it may not be enough to keep him alive.
Find out what...
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This book really teaches all kids to get along well together; it will touch their hearts and at the same time teaches them a good look at life in general but most of all it deal with a topic that is among us every day but not much has changed look in every school or town theres bullying going on so i just try to give hope that we can change things and make all chidren safe please tell your frends about this book / its a family book/ with a rewarding...
11) Infinity
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Join Afrel and Afrodite as they endure the fight of their lives in their quest to stop the comet destined to doom the earth. They not only fight the comet itself but those forces out to keep it's existence a secret. With all that they're up against, stopping the comet will be the easy part.
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Knowledge@Wharton, University of Pennsylvania's online business journal, calls San Diego Comic-Con the "Super Bowl of pop culture". The convention is the required pilgrimage for artists, actors, filmmakers, producers or screenwriters. Each year 130,000 fans gather, and where they go Hollywood follows. News coverage weighs heavily to celebrities, even though they are outnumbered thousands to one.The real stars aren't the big-screen actors and showrunners...
13) Fun Run
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Fun Run is a comic cartoon book about running created by a lifelong runner. There is no story line; each page is its own little-self-contained, one-picture story, unrelated to any other gag in the book. Fun Run topics range from track to marathons to running just for the joy or agony of running. Subjects include treadmills, jogging, running, racing, and spectating. Nearly every runner will be able to relate to these comic situations: encounters with...
14) Late Bloomers
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This is a book about second chances. Margot Roberts is a middle-aged widow with a dear daughter an ocean away in London. As the story begins, she has been a successful banker for decades...but feels that it's the same old thing, day after day. Somehow, she decides to take the plunge by taking classes and eventually buying the greenhouse nursery that she loves. Once there, she decides to inspire other late-blooming customers. Eventually, she becomes...
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El transporte público es el escenario perfecto para dejarnos llevar por nuestras cavilaciones mientras observamos a quienes están a nuestro lado. ¿Quiénes son? ¿Son como los imaginamos? Puede que no... o quizás sí.
Los trazos minuciosos de Vincent Sardon tejidos junto al punto de vista de Anne Barou reúnen veinte formas de explicarle a quien ha hecho una reserva en un hotel que ya no hay lugar para él.
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Inside the greatest movie saga of them all. From interviews with the cast and crew to expert analysis of the characters from leading Star Wars writers, this book showcases the Star Wars phenomenon in exhaustive detail. This essential collection features the exclusive true story of George Lucas's struggle to bring Star Wars to the big screen, and how his love of fast-moving vehicles shaped the saga. A must for Star Wars fans, this retrospective also...
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PUNKROCKPAPERSCISSORS is a one-of-a-kind tribute to '80s punk rock and hardcore, archiving over 600 show flyers that exemplify the scene 's unfettered creativity and DIY ethic. The flyers feature Northeastern U.S. clubs such as the legendary CBGB, City Gardens, The Showplace, The Pipeline, The Pyramid, Wally's Place, The Ritz, and more. Reproduced in this 240-page, oversized book are flyers for some of punk rock 's most influential important bands,...
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Go inside the ultimate space saga. From exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews to indepth articles by leading Star Wars writers, this collection coves the entire Star Wars saga from blockbuster movies to award-winning animated TV shows via comic books, novels, video games, and even radio shows! This indispensible guide unearths the meaning of the Force, unveils the 50 greatest reasons to love the Star Wars prequels, and celebrates Star Wars: The Empire...
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Il n'est pas possible pour l'histoire qui va être contée d'en préciser l'époque; elle se perd dans la profondeur des siècles, et la terreur qu'elle a inspirée autrefois a rendu les témoins peu bavards...En ces temps, seuls quelques anciens, le soir, dans la sécurité de leurs foyers, osaient murmurer à des oreilles proches ce qu'ils avaient entendu de la bouche même de ceux qui les avaient précédés. Les confidents transmettaient ces récits...
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Mal adentro, entre columnas y montañas, es un grito desesperado, un relato casi diario de los hechos más representativos de la permanencia injusta en la cárcel del autor del relato, por un delito que no cometió. El lector se encontrará con una voz que expresa toda su furia y su dolor, que maldice por la injusticia cometida sobre él. La voz relata el descenso al infierno, su lucha con todos los demonios, el silencio. Luego, narra el proceso de...
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