The Light That Failed - formato ePub

 Dos visiones del espíritu japonés a través de las miradas de dos grandes autores. Occidente y Oriente    se entrecruzan en la crónica del viaje de Rudyard Kipling a tierras niponas y el código del Samurai...

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...

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...

Es Puck, el travieso duende que tiene el poder de hacer que la gente olvide y recuerde. Gracias a Puck, los dos niños conocerán a hombres de otras épocas: normandos, sajones, romanos, pictos y vikingos,...

El hombre que pudo reinar (1888) trata de dos aventureros británicos en la India que se convier¬ten en reyes de Kafiristán, una parte remota de Afga¬nistán. La historia está inspirada en las hazañas de...

Dan y Una, dos hermanos que viven en el condado inglés de Sussex, acaban de representar por tercera vez El sueño de una noche de verano. Es la víspera del solsticio y en la ladera de la colina de Pook,...

El texto de Kipling sobre el Japón, una joya de la escritura turística, de una amenidad extraordinaria, mantiene una actualidad pasmosa gracias a la casualidad que hizo de Kipling uno de los poquísimos...

Mowgli es un niño que llega a la jungla luego de que un viejo tigre asesine a sus padres. Es un niño que crece en la selva y es criado por una pareja de lobos, con quienes aprende a adaptarse a las leyes...

Kipling viaja a Egipto y visita el Sudán entre invierno y primavera de 1913 movido por el deseo de "descubrir el sol", y los juegos de luces y sombras darán las páginas más llamativas de un texto que...

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...

A power-hungry megacorporation. A gang of cyberpunk rebels in their sights. A teen who may be the world's salvation, if hired killers don't get to him first. The far future. Adam dreams of simpler times....

Non-conformance is subversive!Diversity is deviancy!Indoctrination is education!Religion is purity!Welcome to the New World Order.In a society where non-conformance is considered subversive and deviant,...

Helen had lied to everyone. What she told even her closest friends was that her marriage just wasn't what she thought it was. But the truth was much harsher.She'd known things were wrong when Josh stopped...

Sometimes a family is an onion farmer discovering herself on sabbatical, her alien girlfriend, and their arctic moon. A short, sapphic romance/coming out story starring a trans protagonist.

Technology is power, especially in the world where both are sparse. Would those possessing the knowledge be persuaded to share?Drawn by a vague rumor of an industrialized state out west, Golden Dragon...

Enjoy this steamy wolf shifter paranormal romance series by best-selling author Ebony Quinn… In a world where wolf shifters turn feral without their fated mates, one cursed pack is running out of time... Amber...

A half-siren girl befriends a deaf boy.A vendetta between a teenager and her dad's stubborn ram continues into the afterlife.A hunter must atone for killing a god's sacred bull.A sacrificial maiden uncovers...

Can an architect and a construction worker find love amidst the concrete and the steel? Thanks to his friendship with a celebrity, Seth Mitchell's reputation as a partying ladies' man precedes him. But...

A boy with legendary magic. A cursed pirate captain. An eternal ship. Will Ilyanson has a secret which he keeps close to his chest, even though it could save him from his mundane existence as the son...

Haven and Sunshine are back at the beginning, surrounded by the souls and memories of those who went before.They may finally have a chance to find the peace they so desperately seek, but too soon it is...

A resurrected man, bound by dark magic, confronts unspeakable horrors on a cursed ranch. On the outskirts of a desolate Colorado ranch, something far more sinister than greed or corruption lurks. Abel...

In Book Two of The Montgomery Billionaires series by bestselling author Juliette N Banks, Atlas Montgomery is faced with a forbidden temptation at his brother's wedding. I had her once. In my arms and...

Seasoned operative Ariana Ramos is not what she seems at first glance.She is petite and trim, particularly beautiful, and pure dynamite.She is also the first operative since Soleada Garcia to be assigned...

Ronnie Cassidy After fleeing her abusive ex, Veronica 'Ronnie' Cassidy finds herself broke down in the middle of a snowstorm. Rescued by rough and burly biker, Griff Brooks, she has to ride out the blizzard...

They destroyed her life and her innocence leaving her to die. Now using her cursed bloodline she's about to make them all suffer for what they did. But when one deals with Evil no one is safe. As the...

When explorers unearth Amelia Earhart's journal, they awaken a deadly secret buried with it—one that blurs the line between history and haunting. A thrilling speculative adventure that intertwines history...

Ten years ago, Derek's daughter disappeared. Now she's standing on his doorstep, pale and shaking, with streaks of red lightning flashing in her eyes. Derek should be overjoyed. He isn't. Because he knows...

TALON VERSUS FANG…Lieutenant Shane Atkins of the Coursing Hounds mercenary unit had a comfortable garrison assignment on Cumbres—until a Jade Falcon task force landed on the planet with orders to wipe...

A Dying Ship. A Hunted Man. A Doomed Journey.No Engines. No Fuel. No Environmental Systems.Hayden flees the Imperium. He struggles to survive. Hayden sees lights flash in the distance. Hayden quickly...

Not all that glitters is golden. . . Tempi has been just barely keeping her head above water. With the loss of her family and rent prices skyrocketing, she just wants to get through her work day without...

THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND ANASTASIA FRAZER, A YOUNG GIRL WHO FINDS HERSELF IN ACHALLENGING SITUATION DUE TO ABUSE AND TRAUMA. DESPITE HER DESPERATE NEED FOR RESCUE, HER FATHER BELIEVES THAT SHE IS DESTINED...

Navy SEAL. Tier One Operator. Pawn.           It started as an order from the Vice Admiral. A Black Ops mission for a woman from a government acronym no one ever spoke about. The brunette slid me a smile...

A Murder. A Fashion Show. A Whole Lot Of Mirrors. Fashion shows kill people.Detective Adeline Ford investigates a heartless murder. She recalls her modelling days. Adeline returns to the dark world of...

When darkness comes, it doesn't ask permission.Paramedic Lucy Barker thinks she's seen it all, after years of responding to violent accidents and medical emergencies on the streets of York. But when she...

Aria He was my new stepbrother, crashing into my life from out of nowhere and playing the perfect guy card flawlessly. But I'm not fooled, even if those dark eyes make my heart stutter. I won't let him...

A New Alien. A Band Of Superheroes. An Alien Mind.Aliens have weird minds.Superheroes Matilda Plum helps humans. She helps aliens occasionally. Matilda meets a brand new alien with a very weird problem.Matilda...

Apple -- I gave Deacon my heart, but he said I was too young. So he left. For over a year. Didn't want me around. Hurt and humiliated, I left for Grim Road MC. If anyone will understand my need to hide...

A Vineyard. An Arsonist. A Murderer.People love wining and dying.When Private Eye Bettie English investigates a series of attacks on a vineyard, she realises a murderer lurks in plain sight.Livelihoods...

Through these pages glide the undead.A chess player. A cookWriters. Students. Teachers. Lovers.The cursed. The damned.The grief-stricken. The penitant.The vengeful. The merciful. Ghostly features 13 haunting...

While not about the Lifeline team, these high-adrenaline companion stories deliver thrills in the great outdoors and heated passion indoors. Falling FreestyleDara and her best friends, Kane and Jack,...