Edith Nesbit: The complete Novels (Book Center) - formato ePub

Después de conocer el inicio de las andanzas de los hermanos Bastable en <i>Los buscadores de tesoros</i>, los chicos de la familia siguen sus aventuras. Tras un episodio particularmente rebelde,...

Helen, hermana mayor y único miembro de la familia de Philip, se ha casado, y él debe marcharse a vivir con su nueva hermanastra, Lucy. Al principio todo son problemas. Arrojado a un mundo diferente al...

Cuando Padre desaparece de forma inesperada, y en extrañas circunstancias, Roberta, Peter y Phyllis y su madre tienen que abandonar su feliz y holgada vida familiar en Londres para ir a vivir entre estrecheces...

«La autora con la que más me identifico es E. Nesbit. Es fabulosa, hizo geniales y graciosas historias de fantasía. Sus niños son muy reales y fue totalmente innovadora en su tiempo.» <b>J.K. Rowling</b>Los...

En una mansión del siglo XIX, cuatro chicos viven una experiencia mágica, en la que el misterio y el humor acompañan el descubrimiento de un mundo desconocido. El dinamismo de la trama y la excelente...

Este libro está repleto de dragones, algunos de ellos muy fieros y hambrientos capaces de comerse un ejercito de hipopótamos. Otros, sin embargo, necesitados de amor y muy tiernos, aunque algo estrafalarios...

«La autora con la que más me identifico es E. Nesbit. Es fabulosa, hizo geniales y graciosas historias de fantasía. Sus niños son muy reales y fue totalmente innovadora en su tiempo.» <b>J.K. Rowling</b>Los...

Después de que su padre se ausentara misteriosamente de casa, Bobbie, Peter y Phyllis se mudan con su madre a una pequeña casa de campo llamada las Tres Chimeneas, al lado de una estación de tren. Pronto...

El dragón de fuego presenta la historia de Sabrinetta, una princesa que vivía en una gran torre a prueba de dragones, y de un príncipe terriblemente malvado que se lo había arrebatado todo. La historia...

Después de conocer el inicio de las andanzas de los hermanos Bastable en <i>Los buscadores de tesoros</i>, los chicos de la familia siguen sus aventuras. Tras un episodio particularmente rebelde,...

Cuando Padre desaparece de forma inesperada, y en extrañas circunstancias, Roberta, Peter y Phyllis y su madre tienen que abandonar su feliz y holgada vida familiar en Londres para ir a vivir entre estrecheces...

Helen, hermana mayor y único miembro de la familia de Philip, se ha casado, y él debe marcharse a vivir con su nueva hermanastra, Lucy. Al principio todo son problemas. Arrojado a un mundo diferente al...

Los antólogos, como los traductores, son traidores por definición: si los segundos han de adaptar un idioma a las reglas y la música de otro, los primeros escogen una línea argumental y eligen aquello...

La historia de la literatura universal está plagada de ejemplos de mujeres malignas que han manipulado la voluntad de los hombres utilizando como armas su inteligencia y belleza, mostrando la debilidad...

Le chef-d’œuvre britannique publié pour la première fois en France.Lorsque leur père disparaît mystérieusement, Roberta, Peter, et Phyllis doivent quitter leur vie confortable à Londres pour aller vivre...

Edith Nesbit was born in London. She grew up in France, Germany, and Kent, and wrote over 60 books of fiction for children, including Five Children and It, The Wouldbegoods, and The Railway Children....

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' DAILY MIRRORThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne,...

Kangaroo is an account of a visit to New South Wales by an English writer named Richard Lovat Somers, and his German wife Harriet, in the early 1920s. This appears to be semi-autobiographical, based on...

'Readers can't get enough of this enchanting story' The Sun'A delightful journey into a fantasy realm where dreams make everything better' Daily Mail'Hugely inventive and wise, we adored this heart-lifting...

The Great War is over. Gabriel Dan has been released from a POW camp in Russia and is making his way home to Austria. He comes to an industrial town in Poland and checks in at the once-grand Hotel Savoy,...

Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the novel follows the lives of four sisters — Meg,...

SAMKIEL AND DIANNA RETURN'A wicked ride from beginning to heart shattering end. Leaving me literally screaming for more. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough to get more our morally corrupt heroine who...

And then it started, little by little it started, until they were married five years later and his real life began.'Exquisite ... A super-abundantly gifted, big-hearted novelist.' Ian McEwan'A writer...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

Collected together in one neat volume—three electrifying futuristic adventures that let loose the Robotech Defense Force against the most fearsome conquerors in the universe.Three ROBOTECH novels for...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SIX TUDOR QUEENS SERIES.In a brand-new short story, Alison Weir reimagines a dark and dangerous moment in Tudor history.I wasn't supposed to know about...

EVEN ANGELS HAVE THEIR DEMONS . . .PARIS, CHRISTMAS 2021. After a heart attack, Mathias Taillefer wakes up in hospital with a stranger at his bedside. The mysterious girl reveals herself to be Louise...

FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE.'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE'Loads of fun...

Rosie Redbrush, a travel agent working for Wanderlust Wishes travel agency, is someone who sells holidays but never takes them. At twenty-nine, she lives a quiet, comfortable life in the town she grew...

Nick Cutter, author of #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop, returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing friend and uncovering a shocking truth.On a sunny...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Sure to become your next fantasy obsession' The hottest forced proximity x forbidden romance vampire story to sink your fangs into this spooky season!...

The Eldest Girl is a family drama spanning three generations. It moves between the 1960s with Tom, fresh off the boat from England who falls in love with the seemingly unattainable Ngahere, and 2010 where...

'Intelligent, warm, familiar, gripping, and completely immersive. Ambitious in geography and scope, I relished every paragraph. The Gamache (and Three Pines) we love, but utterly fresh. SUPERB' WILL DEANRelentless...

Following the highly acclaimed Nocturnes and Night Music, Night & Day is filled with eerie surprises and dark delights.Night & Day takes us from the dusty shelves of an uncanny library filled...

An old house turns out not to be as empty as its new owners supposed. A nobleman barters his soul for arcane knowledge. A stranger with a terrible curse looks for an unsuspecting victim to take her place....

From the author of The North Wind comes a darkly reimagined tale of forbidden love, inspired by the Greek myth of Hero and Leander and the Scottish ballad Tam Lin. Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated...

Rick causes a car accident in the middle of Munich and nothing is the same afterwards. At first, no one believes him that his traffic light was green when he drove into the intersection without braking....

Alexis (24) is a young man with mild disabilities. Intelligent, but opinionated, passive and very introverted. During an ordinary December week, he is confronted with an avalanche of surprising experiences...

The astronomer falls off the flatbed truck, the falconer is afraid of a lion. Mona Lisa worries about red spots. Being "degenerate" hurts. The artworks themselves know best what it feels like to be systematically...

After the sudden death of her boyfriend, Vera would have been happy to spend the rest of her days curiously unnoticeable, washing bed sheets and cleaning toilets in present day Glastonbury. But when the...

A sinful prince. A determined reporter. A dangerous rivalry.Gabriel Axton -the Prince of Gluttony, self-proclaimed rake of rakes - lives for indulgence. But when a hunt takes a deadly turn, he realizes...

Perfect for fans of A Winter in New York by Josie Silver and Always in December by Emily Stone, Christmas at Reedy Falls is an opposites-attract, wholesome Christmas romance that will leave readers believing...

“One of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing...

For readers of Nightbitch and We Ride Upon Sticks, this strange and sexy novel of queer love in a small town is an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern life is a monster ready to possess us...

Growing up in Roath Park, Cardiff, John Richards never envisaged a career in the cut-throat corporate 'City' – London, the world-renowned hub of trading, retail and financial marketing. Spending his childhood...