The Man Who Would Be King - formato ePub

Entre 1893 y 1894, algunos lectores de la época pudieron descubrir, en las páginas de algunas revistas, diversos cuentos protagonizados por animales surgidos de la imaginación del escritor británico Rudyard...

Entre 1893 y 1894, algunos lectores de la época pudieron descubrir, en las páginas de algunas revistas, diversos cuentos protagonizados por animales surgidos de la imaginación del escritor británico Rudyard...

Escrito por el inglés Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). Su parte principal es el relato famoso de Mowgli, el muchacho-lobezno, educado por un grupo de lobos e implacablemente perseguido por Shere-Khan, el...

Tres cuentos elegidos entre los que integran el famoso libro de Rudyard Kipling. El autor se dirige a un niño lector y le cuenta con gracia e imaginación estas historias que responden a preguntas que...

En El libro de las tierras vírgenes, Rudyard Kipling dota a los animales de palabra y hace que sean ellos los maestros de Mowgli en el modo de comportarse en la vida y en las actitudes que debe tomar...

Rudyard Kipling, Premio Nobel de Literatura, narra las aventuras de un niño rico de diez años que siempre se aprovecha de su condición, y tiene que viajar a Londres junto a su padre. En el barco en el...

Harvey Cheyne es un niño rico de diez años que se aprovecha de su condición en el colegio en el que estudia. Suspendido por tratar de sobornar con dinero a un profesor para que le pusiera un examen más...

Harvey Cheyne es un niño rico de diez años que se aprovecha de su condición en el colegio en el que estudia. Suspendido por tratar de sobornar con dinero a un profesor para que le pusiera un examen más...

La historia, que fue inicialmente publicada en revistas entre 1893–1894 y que contaba en algunos casos con ilustraciones del padre de Rudyard, John Lockwood Kipling, se basa en cuentos de animales de...

(Bombay, 1865 - Londres, 1936) Narrador y poeta ingles, controvertido por sus ideas imperialistas y uno de los mas grandes cuentistas de la lengua inglesa. Pertenecia a una familia de origen ingles (su...

Publicada en 1924, "La casa de los deseos", obra de madurez de Rudyard Kipling, da título a este volumen en el que se recogen seis de las narraciones más bellas y profundas de la ingente producción cuentística...

«Nuestro más sincero agradecimiento al señor Kipling por estas horas de entretenimiento puro y sin adulterar que nos ha dado, a nosotros y a muchos otros lectores, con este libro inimitable.» Athenaeum,...

Una historia de aventuras y un ejemplo de lucha por la superación e iniciación en la vida de un joven.Harvey Cheyne, hijo de un rico hombre de negocios acostumbrado a hacer siempre su voluntad sin que...

Un relato formidable del imponente escritor angloindio Rudyard Kipling.El hombre que quiso ser rey, narración que dio origen a una espléndida película de John Huston, cuenta las peripecias de dos aventureros...

Un pequeño gran héroe se convierte en símbolo de la lucha por la superación del ser humano   Cubierta diseñada por Pep Boatella Traducción de J. Novo CerroCapitanes intrépidos es una de las obras más...

Estas fábulas fueron escritas por Rudyard Kipling para ser contadas a su pequeña hija Josephine en su lecho de enferma. La niña murió a los siete años. En la introducción original del libro su autor ordenó...

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,...

It was only supposed to be a short trip to Leto 5 to run a few errands. Instead, I get involved in a bar brawl and a wild chase, and then I nearly fall to my death.Miraculously, I make it back to my spaceship—with...

Stefan "Charly" Bach is asked by Karen "Carry" Lund to help her search for a missing friend. Together they experience adventures that endanger both their lives and their love. Experience the two of them...

When summer vacation begins in the lively town of Sonnenau, Mia, Ben, Emma and Lukas dream of unique adventures. The five fabulous friends Starko, Koordia, Speedo, Maya and Flexo offer their unique skills...

Imagine it's Thursday morning. You are going about your work outside when it starts to rain. A storm is approaching. You want to finish quickly. You get into a rush. An accident happens. Your leg is injured....

Particularly today, it is of great importance to draw children's attention to the diverse life in the forest, to help them develop their love for flora and fauna and to show them the vital symbiosis between...

Welcome back to the mountains of Occitania! The next generation is already arriving. At the same time, however, the status quo seems more endangered than ever. The secret committee of the empire decides...

Germany and Europe are facing numerous challenges. Financial problems, climate change, war and other problems threaten the stability of the democratic system and social cohesion. To avert the impending...

The lives of a young junior customer service assistant, an old lady, and a middle-aged man are changed forever when three masked males break into the bank in Roundley, wielding a machete and a large sledgehammer....

It is the year 1854 and witch hunts are taking place. Violet lives with her father and cat Widow deep in the forest, far away from the villagers responsible for her mother's death. She was suspected of...

Like Cinderella, Alice MacJextey also suffers from the bullying of an evil stepmother and a no-less-mean stepsister. The differences between Alice's loving mother and the father's new wife get so out...

Jean-Michel d'Aron, son of Alain d'Aron, owner of the noble inn "Zum Weißen Falken" in Paris, was born in 1769. As a student, he was forced to flee during the night of the fire in Paris in 1793. He stayed...

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"Hawk of the Hills" by Robert E. Howard is an action-packed tale featuring El Borak, a bold American adventurer in Afghanistan. As tribal tensions escalate, El Borak finds himself in the midst of a bloody...

Extraterrestrial intelligences operate on Earth undetected by the public. The largest, worldwide security service Life-Int-Ltd. becomes aware of this. Sigurd Westall, a new employee of the corporation,...

At the end of the corridor, he led her into a lift. They started moving upwards, and Loreen didn't know where to look with the blond standing opposite her, scowling at her with his jaw set. She crossed...

Sigurd survived the alien attack only by using his paranormal powers. When the aliens strike again and his two colleagues Mark Merlin and Selin Wiegand disappear, he gets the order to look for them. However,...

 TEENAGERS...OR TIME BOMBS?The nation is gripped by the shocking crimes: "good kids" who are suddenly, inexplicably lethal. When Connecticut doctor Dr. Lexi Bradley gets the call that her son has become...

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...

In "The Dunwich Horror" by H.P. Lovecraft, the rural town of Dunwich becomes the center of terror when the monstrous offspring of a strange family begins to wreak havoc. Wilbur Whateley, born of a human...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

LOVE AND LOYALTY CLASH IN A WORLD OF SECRETS AND DECEPTION! MR. AND MRS. SMITHMEETSTHE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE In the sun-soaked streets of a California beach town, two strangers' paths collide, sparking...

 From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick     A Macpherson Clan Two-Volume Box Set     A Midsummer Wedding    Their arranged marriage was two decades in the making. Elizabeth Hay is young, educated,...

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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,...

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...