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    La Plaga
    La pianista de Varsovia
    Brimstone
    The Book of the Dead
    On Writing
    The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
    • On Writing

      A Memoir of the Craft

      • 274 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      "If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write." In 1999, Stephen King began to write about his craft -- and his life. By midyear, a widely reported accident jeopardized the survival of both. And in his months of recovery, the link between writing and living became more crucial than ever. Rarely has a book on writing been so clear, so useful, and so revealing. On Writing begins with a mesmerizing account of King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. A series of vivid memories from adolescence, college, and the struggling years that led up to his first novel, Carrie, will afford readers a fresh and often very funny perspective on the formation of a writer. King next turns to the basic tools of his trade -- how to sharpen and multiply them through use, and how the writer must always have them close at hand. He takes the reader through crucial aspects of the writer's art and life, offering practical and inspiring advice on everything from plot and character development to work habits and rejection. Serialized in the New Yorker to vivid acclaim, On Writing culminates with a profoundly moving account of how King's overwhelming need to write spurred him toward recovery, and brought him back to his life. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower -- and entertain -- everyone who reads it. --front flap

      On Writing2024
      4.3
    • The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      As the novel opens, Annie is marrying Paulo. But when her wedding night day ends in an unimaginable accident, Annie finds herself on her own heavenly journey, and an inevitable reunion with Eddie

      The Next Person You Meet in Heaven2019
      4.3
    • Todo lo que puedas imaginar

      Crea la vida que quieres

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      LA IMAGINACIÓN humana es un arma poderosísima. Haciendo un uso inteligente y controlado de ella, puede ayudarnos a cambiar nuestra realidad. En esta obra reveladora, el doctor Wayne W. Dyer nos propone un viaje iniciático a esa región desconocida de nuestra mente que nos ayudará a afinar la percepción que tenemos de nosotro

      Todo lo que puedas imaginar2013
    • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFirst time in paperbackAn innocent man is about to be executed.Only a guilty man can save him. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, Travis Boyette abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donté Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donté is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what’s right and confess. But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man?

      The confession2011
      3.9
    • La pianista de Varsovia

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Emocionante novela protagonizada por Mia, una excepcional pianista, que logra escapar de la persecución nazi, se incorpora a la resistencia judía, y más tarde al servicio de espionaje francés.

      La pianista de Varsovia2010
      3.7
    • "Pendergast has taken Constance on a whirlwind Grand Tour, hoping to give her closure and a sense of the world that she's missed. They head to Tibet, where Pendergast intensively trained in martial arts and spiritual studies. At a remote monastery, they learn that a rare and dangerous artifact the monks have been guarding for generations has been mysteriously stolen. Pendergast agrees to take up the search. The trail leads him and Constance to the maiden voyage of the Queen Victoria, the world's largest and most luxurious passenger liner - and to an Atlantic crossing fraught with terror."--Publisher

      An Agent Pendergast Novel: The Wheel of Darkness. Darkness, Englische Ausgabe2008
      3.9
    • The Book of the Dead

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Psychotic killer Diogenes faces down his incarcerated FBI agent brother, while the Museum of Natural History reopens a long-closed tomb exhibit, a decision that coincides with a series of murders and sparks rumors about an ancient curse.

      The Book of the Dead2008
      4.2
    • In the wake of a series of bizarre murders in which claw prints are found near each of the victims, agent Pendergast teams up with officer Vincent d'Agosta in an investigation with apparent ties to the supernatural.

      Brimstone2006
      4.2
    • The Ice Limit

      • 491 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them.

      The Ice Limit2003
      3.8
    • La Plaga

      • 639 pages
      • 23 hours of reading

      Pulsando las teclas con dedos temblorosos, Ted accedió a la base de datos consultada en la biblioteca. Esta vez, se saltó la búsqueda por síntomas y fue directamente al archivo ‘Peste’: "Existen tres formas de enfermedad, todas provocadas por un mismo microbio. En la forma bubónica, los primeros síntomas incluyen fiebre, dolor de cabeza e hinchazón leve de los ganglios linfáticos, especialmente en el cuello y la entrepierna. Sin tratamiento, la enfermedad progresa rápidamente hacia síntomas más graves, como marcada hinchazón de los nódulos linfáticos con hemorragia en los tejidos circundantes." Ted se palpó el cuello, dudando de lo que su instinto ya consideraba seguro. Continuó leyendo: "Si no se trata, la peste bubónica puede convertirse en peste neumónica, donde las bacterias invaden el sistema respiratorio, volviéndose altamente contagiosa." Fuera de sí, Ted calculó que su malestar había comenzado unas cuarenta y ocho horas atrás. Cerró los ojos, apoyándose en su asiento, sintiendo cómo su corazón bombeaba sangre cargada de bacterias. Alucinante, pensó. Estamos en el siglo XXI, no en la Edad Media. ¿Cómo ha podido suceder? ¿Qué ocurre cuando la peste bubónica, ausente durante tanto tiempo, reaparece en la sociedad moderna? La historia presenta dos relatos paralelos: en el siglo XIV, el médico Alejandro Canches escapa de la ejecución por realizar una autopsia y recorre la Europa de la Peste Negra, siendo finalmente enviado

      La Plaga1998
      3.9