One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE MAGAZINE
Por primera vez en lengua española,se reúne una generosa selección de los cuentos de tradición oral de uno de nuestros vecinos europeos no demasiado lejanos. Pequeñas obras para deleitar a pequeños y mayores así como para suscitar el interés de etnolingüistas, literatos e historiadores. Unos cuentos que abrirán una nueva puerta a la que asomarnos para conocernos mejor.
Sinopsis de CUENTOS ESLOVACOS DE TRADICION ORAL II: CUENTOS Y LEYENDAS Una vez abierta la puerta del mundo de la tradición oral de nuestros vecinos centroeuropeos al lector español, completamos nuestra primera selección de cuentos, publicados en el año 2012, con esta nueva aportación de catorce títulos.
Why does Santa travel via Reindeer? How does he fit through the chimney, and how does he deliver all those toys in one wintry night? With a Christmas story, this book answers the enigmatic Christmas questions.
Collects stories of the author, from the yuletide festivities of Marmee and her 'little women' to the moving 'What Love Can Do'.
Relates the adventures of Vakula, the blacksmith, in his fight against the devil, who has stolen the moon above the village of Dikanka and is wreaking havoc on its inhabitants, all to win the love of the most beautiful girl in town.
Nine years ago, with the world's eyes on her, C harlie C olbert fled. The press and the police called C harlie a 'witness' to the shocking events at her elite graduate school on C hristmas Eve - events known to the public as 'Scarlet C hristmas' - though C harlie knows she was much more than that.
A strange new philosophy is gaining popularity amongst the Roman soldiers. When its enchanting influence reaches the Gauls, everything they once held dear is turned upside down.
FRANCES ALWAYS SAID SHE'D BE MURDERED... SHE WAS RIGHT. In 1965, when Frances Adams was seventeen, a fortune teller told her that one day she'd be murdered. Thus began a lifetime of trying to prevent the crime that would be her eventual demise. No one took Frances seriously for sixty years - until, of course, she was murdered.
The explosive sequel to the internationally bestselling thriller The Housemaid by Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret is an unbelievably twisty read about the secrets kept at the dark heart of a family
