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La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días (Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) es una novela del escritor francés Julio Verne. Las peripecias del británico Phileas Fogg y de su ayudante Jean Passepartout,...

Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino es una obra narrada en primera persona por el profesor francés Pierre Aronnax, notable biólogo, que es hecho prisionero por el Capitán Nemo y es conducido por los...

Tras terminar la guerra de Secesión estadounidense, el presidente del Gun-Club, Impey Barbicane, propone la fabricación de un cañón gigante para enviar un proyectil a la Luna. Junto con el secretario,...

Los hombres de este siglo XXIX viven en medio de un espectáculo de magia continua, sin que parezcan darse cuenta de ello. Hastiados de las maravillas, permanecen indiferentes ante lo que el progreso les...

El profesor alemán Otto Lidenbrock descubre un escrito cifrado de un sabio islandés del siglo XII que afirma haber llegado al centro de la Tierra: Arne Saknussemm (basado en la figura de Arne Magnussen,...

El flemático y solitario caballero inglés Phileas Fogg abandonará su vida de escrupulosa disciplina para cumplir con una apuesta con sus colegas del Reform Club, en la que arriesgará la mitad de su fortuna...

- Esta edición es única; - La traducción es completamente original y se realizó para el Ale. Mar. SAS; - Todos los derechos reservados. El rayo verde (Le Rayon vert) es el vigésimo tercer libro de la...

Durante la guerra civil estadounidense, cinco prisioneros de guerra huyeron de Richmond, Virginia, secuestrando un globo aerostático. Después de quedar cinco días suspendidos en el cielo a causa de un...

La aventura comienza cuando Phileas Fogg, un inglés aristocrático del siglo XIX, apuesta una fortuna irresistible a que puede dar la vuelta al mundo en 80 días. Así, la novela relata el viaje de Fogg...

Ante la aparición de un misterioso monstruo que aterroriza a marineros por todo el mundo en 1866, el profesor francés Pierre Aronnax, notable biólogo, y su ayudante Conseil, emprenden una expedición en...

Durante una revuleta tártara, Miguel Strogoff se embarcó como mensajero del zar Alejandro II en un viaje fascinante que lo llevó de Moscú a Irkutsk, en el este de Siberia, con la misión de preservar la...

Un viaje alucinante por el fondo marino a bordo del Nautilus, capitaneado por el enigmático Nemo.El profesor Pierre Aronnax, gran conocedor de la biología marina, su fiel criado Conseil, y un habilidoso...

El profesor Liddenbrock descubre en un manuscrito antiguo una pista que lo llevará a un pasadizo en el interior de un volcán islandés.Cubierta diseñada por Pete Lloyd. Traducción de Trinidad García...

Los hijos del Capitán Grant no es una de las novelas archiconocidas de Verne, pero sí se cuenta entre las favoritas de sus lectores más devotos. Robert y Mary se enteran del hallazgo de una botella con...

Viajero infatigable, escritor prolífico y uno de los autores más leídos durante los dos últimos siglos, las generaciones que han crecido junto a Jules Verne son cómplices de sus visiones e inquietudes....

En 1859 Jules Verne realiza un viaje por Inglaterra y Escocia con su amigo Hignard recogiendo las impresiones del viaje en un cuaderno, que será la base de este texto, del que no se supo nada hasta 1989,...

The Lost Continent, A classic "lost race" story, with all of the required elements: a seductive empress, a straight-arrow hero, battles, escapes, sorcery, and earth-shattering cataclysms! Eminently readable...

Philip Haldane and his sister lived in a little red-roofed house in a little redroofed town. They had a little garden and a little balcony, and a little stable with a little pony in it—and a little cart...

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,...

A gripping 'cuckoo in the nest' domestic thrillerAfter the death of their mum, twins Chloe and Charlie are shocked when their dad introduces Lynne as their 'new mummy'. Lynne, a district nurse, is trusted...

THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK 'Dark academia, secret societies, and murder - what's not to love?' Jessica Payne'Takes you on a wild ride. It's a must-read!' Courteney CoxHow far would you go to...

***A new Peter Diamond novel from the CWA Diamond-Dagger-winner Peter Lovesey***'His work is the gold standard for UK crime fiction writing' DEADLY PLEASURES'Peter Lovesey writes feel-good crime yet he...

Gilmore Girls hit our screens in 2000 and has been our autumn obsession ever since. There's a reason that Vogue calls it 'the quintessential autumn girl show' and that, years later, we're still head over...

IN THE UNDERGROUND FAE REALM, ONLY THE STRONGEST AND MOST RUTHLESS HAVE POWER - BUT A YOUNG HUMAN WOMAN FORCED INTO A LIFE OF SERVITUDE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING 'A darkly enchanting page-turner laden...

'Warm, wise, witty, and just plain fun' Maggie Shipstead At a perfectly ordinary cocktail party, Francis is introduced to Billy and - although it slips right by him at the time - he falls in love with...

'If you've ever been in a relationship with another person, if you've ever had a family, you need to read this book' Ann PatchettPolly Solo-Miller Demarest is the perfect flower of the Solo-Miller family.The...

This stand-alone edition of King's novella, retitled The Shawshank Redemption, like the film, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Best Picture Academy Award nominee. A mesmerising tale of unjust imprisonment...

'Addictive and impossible to put down, my favourite book of the decade' No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van DykenYou made a bargain... Your soul for his - and now, you are mine.Cate Holloway...

It all starts with a fire. Seven children, asleep in a big house in the Italian countryside. A forgotten candle. Their parents are not there. They are in a different country, a different continent, Africa,...

A viciously funny and intelligently provocative play about family, friendship and faith, adapted by the author from his Pulitzer-finalist short story.Who in your life would you trust to keep you alive?...

When Daniel Leicester goes in search of his late wife's missing bicycle in the oppressive heat of a Bologna summer, he is transported to her final days. But as unfinished business bleeds - quite literally...

NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY.THE BRAND NEW GANGLAND CRIME NOVEL FROM ROBERTA KRAYShe sold him out. Now he's out for revenge . . .After her murderous ex-boyfriend who she turned in to the police was released...

Having been saved from execution at the hands of the Draoihn - powerful magic users Raine used to count as allies - Raine finds herself in the Fault, a vast magical wasteland, which is falling apart before...

Moidl is a farmer's daughter from the Hohenhauser Farm in Hintertux in the Zillertal region of Tyrol. Her close bonds with her family and the farm are her lifeblood, and the various blows they are dealt...

Three middle-class sixth-form girls leave their independent boarding school in the summer of 1918. They are told by their headmistress that their prospects of marriage have been reduced following the...

'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett'Wondrous ... a fairy tale for the strange times in which we live' Rumaan AlamThey were sisters and...

'Brilliant, compelling, heart-wrenching writing.' PETER JAMESYour son has gone missing.And then the police arrest the prime suspect.You.You know you're innocent.That someone else took your son.But the...

From internationally bestselling author Mary E. Pearson, The Courting of Bristol Keats is the first book in her debut adult fantasy series, filled with forbidden romance, deadly faerie curses and pulse-pounding...

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,...

From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey... Countdown to the Fourth of July… Just weeks before Independence Day, the President is targeted for assassination by a powerful...

From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey... In a crowded parking lot, chaos erupts as a Porsche careens out of control. An SUV crashes through a dealership window, and a...

 "IN TRUE MAY MCGOLDRICK STYLE, A TIMELY AND HEARTWARMING STORY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!"  Paige Coleman has stayed away from her beloved seaside home in the Connecticut village of Stonington ever since being...

 A fast-attack nuclear submarine cuts silently through the waters of the North Atlantic, hijacked by two-dozen armed terrorists.  The target: New York City  Trapped aboard the submarine, Ship Superintendent...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLALady Millie, youngest of the Pennington family, has always lived in the shadow of her talented and powerful siblings. She's been the rock of stability and order for her sisters...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLA CollectionFrom USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick…Three poignant stories of emotion, hope, and forever love—a duke and a Highland heiress, a prince and a pauper, and...

Mysterious murders are taking place in the Lake District in the northwest of England. Mysterious, since there seems to be no connection between them and no motive can be determined for any of them. It...