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Vasta erudición y profunda sensibilidad no están reñidas en este estudio que rastrea, a través de todas las grandes culturas de la historia, eso que Leibniz denominó "Philosophia Perennis": la búsqueda...

Ciego en Gaza (1936) es, ante todo, una novela personal e íntima. En conflicto entre lo intelectual y lo sexual y a través del misticismo, Huxley nos describe simultáneamente y sin aparente orden cronológico,...

En una isla imaginaria de Pali se produce el choque entre dos modos de entender la vida y las relaciones humanas.Cuando el periodista Will Farnaby desembarca en la isla entra en contacto con unas costumbres,...

Las relaciones entre un eminente físico, su bella mujer y un inexperto joven que aspira a convertirse en científico se transforman, por una extraña combinación de deseo y enfermedad, en la manifestación...

Contrapunto es posiblemente la novela más ambiciosa y lograda de Huxley y la que dio mayor fama internacional, pues en ella da forma literaria al contrapunto musical, alternando acciones simultáneas que...

Sebastian Barnac tiene diecisiete años. Es un adolescente extremadamente tímido, guapo y con alma de poeta, que inspira cariño y ternura por sus facciones infantiles.Un verano viaja a Italia y en ese...

Con el término "eminencia gris" se suele describir al consejero de un gobernante que actúa secretamente o de forma no oficial. Y exactamente eso hizo el padre José de Tremblay, prominente miembro de...

Más allá del Golfo de México narra los incidentes del viaje hecho por Huxley a través de Centroamérica, el Caribe y el sur de México, donde los paisajes, las personas y los múltiples incidentes sirvieron...

La colección «Conocer una obra» os ofrece la posibilidad de saberlo todo sobre Un mundo feliz de Aldous Huxley, gracias a una guía de lectura tan completa como detallada. Su escritura, clara y accesible,...

Un libro tan singular como precursor, en el que el autor expresa sus experiencias sensoriales bajo la acción de la mescalina, el principio activo del peyotl, denominación mexicana del cacto, venerado...

"Mono y esencia" consta de dos partes bien diferenciadas. La primera se sitúa en 1948 donde Bob Briggs encuentra accidentalmente la copia rechazada de un guion titulado "Mono y esencia", firmado por un...

Dos ensayos que propugnan una nueva visión maravillosamente depurada bajo la acción de la droga y que son en sí mismos experiencias de trascendencia del yo. «Si las puertas de la percepción quedaran depuradas,...

Adaptación de una de las distopías más influyentes de la ciencia ficción clásica. En un futuro cercano, tras una terrible guerra, la sociedad a nivel global se ha transformado. Se sigue el dogma del...

A veces la sombra de una novela, o de un puñado de libros, ensombrece la figura de un autor. Este sería el caso de Aldous Huxley, que desde hace décadas es aquel que escribió Un mundo feliz, y también...

El intelectual británico Jeremy Pordage llega a Los Ángeles contratado por Jospeh Panton Stoyte, millonario estadounidense, para evaluar y tasar unos manuscritos antiquísimos. En el extravagante castillo...

"Limbo" è la prima raccolta di racconti di Aldous Huxley. Pubblicata nel 1920 contiene sette racconti visionari e satirici, che introducono alcuni temi che staranno alla base di tutta la produzione successiva...

Sibusiso Dlamini's journey from poverty to prosperity is anything but ordinary. Once a broke young man who had lost his ID and matric certificate, Sibusiso's life begins to change when Nokulunga Ndosi,...

In The House on Maplewood Lane, Veronica's battle isn't just for the truth—it's for her own sanity. As she navigates the murky waters of grief, fear, and haunting memories she's tried to escape, she uncovers...

For a long time the villain world has faced loss after loss. It all begins with a battle that gives hope to future villain destruction. Can Kyler and her comrads overcome the curse of villain loss. She...

When a spaceship accident costs Camellia her chance to explore the universe as a botanist, she jumps at the chance to be a test subject on an experimental voyage. If the gamble restores her hearing, her...

When eight-year-old JT Chambers hands the Navy SEAL visiting his Kansas elementary school a battered white envelope addressed to My Brother SEAL, no one expected the request inside…especially Alex Wolf...

When Nicole wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital with no memory of her life, she's faced with a stranger who claims to be her husband, Blake—a striking, attractive man who seems too perfect to be real....

A Spicy & Festive Small Town Contemporary Christmas Romance from USA Today Bestselling Author Faedra Rose!Jennika is thirty, curvy, single, and looking forward to spoiling herself with a relaxed Christmas...

When love and danger collide…Leah Storm already lived through the worst heartbreak of her life. After six blissful years with Mitchell Wagner, her first love and best friend, everything shattered. A devastating...

A village being torn apart becomes the powerful break of a vicious cycle of lifelong abuse. Through the tragedy, Sister Marielle finds a safe place in one of God's Orders. That is, until she starts to...

When a witch with a talent for Christmas magic teams up with a grumpy exiled elf, sparks fly—and not just the magical kind.HeavenlyAll I wanted was to bring a little extra sparkle to Charcoal City's Christmas,...

Captain Tyrell Hanson, or "Tyrell" to his crew, is known as a loose canon, and a force of nature. Now it's up to him and a hand-picked but untested crew to save the last ship made at Luna Colony-- and...

Lavita Byanca Williams is an English Language Teacher, she graduated from World TESOL Academy, in London, England. This book give a detailed account of what she accomplished so far in her life. Lavita...

A dangerous killer targets criminals released on technicalities. Then, he sets his sights on C.T. Ferguson. Explosions rock the city of Baltimore. Bomb blasts kill criminals convicted of terrible offenses...

A couple have a new baby, but they quickly realize that he's not normal.

Jennifer Annabel McGill is a Colonel in the United States Army. She commands a Brigade at Fort Drum, New York. Throwing a Christmas party for her headquarters company gives her a chance to reward her...

Loving both bears consequences.I'm a woman over 40 with two men in my life.Two bear shifters who in their own way know how to please my desires.One lover protects me from enemies that are waiting for...

 TEMPTATION CAN BE IRRESISTIBLE. BUT IT CAN ALSO BE DEADLY...  "Let me ask you: if you received a message, and you had no clue who sent it, would you reply? What if you got more and more of them, and...

Holidays secrets are lovely, but unless they come from the heart, they could prove dangerous.It's Christmastide in London, and Inspector Gabriel Bright is excited for the season. Newly married to the...

A guarded baker, a determined financier, and a small-town mystery in a sweet, cozy romance where secrets and love spark holiday magic. In the charming town of Sweetwater Springs, baker Emma Jacobsen is...

Ladies and Gentlemen, please pull up a chair and grab yourself a plate. Here for you to devour are eighteen stories (and six poems) that could have been lost. Now they are gathered here for you to consume...

In Celestial Carnage, Luxe Lucifer weaves a chilling tapestry of horror and desire, transporting readers to a nightmarish world where the lines between fear and fantasy blur. At the heart of this haunting...

 Ash Wednesday invites readers into the haunting legacy of a forgotten estate in Laurelsville, Ohio—a land where secrets seep into the soil and ancient forces linger among the towering ash trees. Ethan,...

When a corpse with webbed feet and other aquatic adaptations washes ashore during a hurricane, the county medical examiner calls in marine biologist Will Myers for assistance. The deceased's mysterious...

In a world ravaged by ecological disaster and societal collapse, hope is a scarce commodity. Fifty years after climate change and resource wars have fractured civilization, isolated communities struggle...

Twins Vengeance and Other Stories is as it seems. A collection of four suspense filled stories that ranges from fantasy vengeful times to modern agents that leaves everyone at the edge of their seats. "A...

The haunting at Rose Falls has reached a terrifying climax, but Sasha Berry Wyndham refuses to be driven away by the dark forces that plague her family's ancestral home. Determined to break the curse...

As Claire Cooperson sits by the fire, wrapping presents and putting them beneath the Christmas tree, she hears what sounds like glass shattering. The unwelcome noise startles her, and she jumps up, tiptoeing...

Twisted Tales and Unseen Horrors Await... Step into a world where ordinary settings unravel into chilling nightmares, and the line between the living and the dead blurs with every turn of the page. In...

It's been years since all the family was home for Christmas—will they all make it this year?When Gage Parker requests the family come together at Rock Creek Ranch for Christmas, they wonder what he has...

Enid (Book 2)Book 2 of the Enid TrilogyIn this gripping continuation of the Enid Trilogy, Enid's journey takes her from the mysterious elfin realm into the dazzling, perilous world of fairies. When Enid...