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Posteguillo, SantiagoLas legiones malditas
Language: Spanish, Novel – Format: ePub

Publio Cornelio Escipión, conocido por el apodo de Africanus, era considerado por muchos el heredero de las cualidades militares atribuidas a su padre y a su tío.
La mejor saga histórica de los últimos tiempos: la Trilogía de (More) Roma, de Santiago Posteguillo. Publio Cornelio Escipión, conocido por el apodo de Africanus, era considerado por muchos el heredero de las cualidades militares atribuidas a su padre y a su tío. Pero de ellos no sólo había recibido estos magníficos atributos, sino también algunos enemigos, entre otros Asdrúbal, el hermano de Aníbal, y el general púnico Giscón, quienes harían lo posible por acabar con su enemigo y masacrar sus ejércitos. Los enemigos también acechaban en Roma, donde el senador Quinto Fabio Máximo, en una jugada maestra, obliga a Escipión a aceptar la demencial tarea de liderar las legiones V y VI que permanecían desde hacía tiempo olvidadas en Sicilia. Así, según creía el senador, lograría deshacerse del último de los Escipiones. Pero otro era el destino de las legiones malditas que, de la mano de Africanus, lograrían cambiar un capítulo de la historia.
Con magistral precisión histórica y un excelente ritmo narrativo, Santiago Posteguillo presenta la historia de la infancia y juventud de Africanus, uno de los personajes más influyentes de Occidente.

Swift, JonathanI viaggi di Gulliver
Language: Italian, Novel – Format: iSilo

Twain, MarkTom Sawyer, Detective
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

Tom Sawyer, Detective is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894). Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in (More) this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time. Like the two preceding novels, the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn.
Tom and Huck find themselves with Uncle Silas and his family again (see “Huck Finn”), and much of the drama ends up focusing on Uncle Silas. Like the two preceding novels, the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn.

Verga, GiovanniI Malavoglia
Language: Italian, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

I Malavoglia è il titolo del romanzo più conosciuto dello scrittore siciliano Giovanni Verga, pubblicato a Milano dall’editore Treves nel 1881. Il romanzo narra la storia di una famiglia di pescatori che vive e lavora ad Aci (More) Trezza, un piccolo paese siciliano nei pressi di Catania. Il romanzo ha un’impostazione corale, e rappresenta personaggi uniti dalla stessa cultura ma divisi dalle loro diverse scelte di vita, soverchiate comunque da un destino ineluttabile. Lo scrittore adotta la tecnica dell’impersonalità, riproducendo alcune caratteristiche del dialetto e adattandosi quanto più possibile al punto di vista dei differenti personaggi, rinunciando così all’abituale mediazione del narratore. L’opera va inserita nel Ciclo dei vinti, insieme a Mastro-don Gesualdo e a La Duchessa de Leyra, opere che affrontano il tema del progresso, visto dal punto di vista degli “sconfitti” di ogni strato sociale. La Duchessa de Leyra rimase solo abbozzato, mentre altri due romanzi previsti nel Ciclo (L’Onorevole Scipioni e L’uomo di lusso) non vennero neppure iniziati.

Shakespeare, WilliamAs You Like it
Language: English, Theater Play – Format: ePub

Original Play with modern translation.
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the First Folio, 1623. The play’s first performance is (More) uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility. As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle’s court, accompanied by her cousin Celia to find safety and, eventually, love, in the Forest of Arden. In the forest, they encounter a variety of memorable characters, notably the melancholy traveller Jaques who speaks many of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches (such as “All the world’s a stage” and “A fool! A fool! I met a fool in the forest”). Jaques provides a sharp contrast to the other characters in the play, always observing and disputing the hardships of life in the country. Historically, critical response has varied, with some critics finding the work of lesser quality than other Shakespearean works and some finding the play a work of great merit.

Vargas, FredTiempos de hielo
Language: Spanish, Novel – Format: ePub

Alice Gauthier, una respetable profesora de matemáticas de sesenta y seis años, aparece muerta en su bañera, todo parece apuntar a un suicidio, pero ciertos detalles, como un extraño signo trazado en el lugar del suceso, hacen (More) pensar que quizá haya algo más detrás de su muerte, por lo que el caso es derivado al equipo de la Brigada Criminal del comisario Adamsberg. Al poco, una mujer dice haber enviado una carta que la muerta había escrito a un tal Amadée Masfauré…, cuyo padre se habría suicidado dejando un signo similar. Las sospechas se confirman al comprobar que ambas muertes tenían algo más en común: las dos víctimas formaban parte de una trágica expedición a una remota e inexplorada isla de Islandia, diez años antes?
Un extraño club de admiradores de Robespierre, viejos rencores familiares, pistas falsas, reminiscencias de antiguos mitos nórdicos?, y la imbatible sagacidad de Adamsberg y su brigada son los ingredientes de la magnífica nueva obra de la reina de la novela negra europea.
Nacida en 1957 en Paris, hija de una madre química y de un padre intelectual, la pequeña Fred (diminutivo de Fréderique, adopta Vargas en referencia al papel de Ava Gadner en `La condesa descalza` ) acaba siendo una brillante arqueóloga, especialista en la Edad Media.

Delibes, MiguelLa sombra del ciprés es alargada
Language: Spanish, Novel – Format: ePub

La sombra del ciprés es alargada es la primera novela de Miguel Delibes, publicada en 1948 y galardonada con el Premio Nadal al año siguiente (1949).
La novela es una narración tradicional en cuanto a andadura y recursos (More) expresivos, que se desarrolla en una Ávila no “protegida” por sus murallas, sino “encerrada” por ellas.
Describe la vida del protagonista y narrador, Pedro, cuando es niño. Es huérfano y se encuentra en una situación difícil ya que su tío lo deja a cargo de un maestro, Lesmes. Este tiene una concepción pesimista de la vida. Más tarde conocerá a Alfredo, su primer y mejor amigo, y las cosas acabarán complicándose para los dos.

Poe, Edgar AllanThe Murders in the Rue Morge
Language: English, Short Stories – Format: ePub

“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham’s Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his “tales of ratiocination”. Similar works (More) predate Poe’s stories, including Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1819) by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Zadig (1748) by Voltaire.
C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mysterious brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human.
As the first true detective in fiction, the Dupin character established many literary devices which would be used in future fictional detectives including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Many later characters, for example, follow Poe’s model of the brilliant detective, his personal friend who serves as narrator, and the final revelation being presented before the reasoning that leads up to it. Dupin himself reappears in “The Mystery of Marie Roget” and “The Purloined Letter”.

Defoe, DanielRobinson Crusoe
Language: Italian, Novel – Format: ePub

Robinson Crusoe, in passato comune anche sui libri, è un romanzo di Daniel Defoe pubblicato nell’aprile 1719 e considerato il capostipite del moderno romanzo di avventura e, da alcuni critici letterari, del romanzo moderno in (More) generale.
Robinson Crusoe è figlio di un mercante di Brema (il cui nome originale è Kreutznaer) emigrato in Inghilterra. Nato nel 1632 nella città portuale di York, il padre lo educa severamente alla nuova condizione di rappresentante cadetto della classe media e vuole che in futuro diventi un avvocato; il giovane però, da sempre fortemente appassionato alla vita di mare, decide appena compiuti diciannove anni di andar contro le direttive paterne, fermamente contrarie ai suoi ‘istinti di viaggio’, e quindi d’imbarcarsi.

Rowling, Joanne K.Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

No Muggle Prime Minister has ever set foot in the Ministry of Magic, for reasons most succinctly summed up by ex-Minister Dugald McPhail (term of office 1858-1865): “their puir wee braines couldnae cope wi’ it.” Pottermore (More) Presents is a collection of J.K. Rowling’s writing from the Pottermore archives: short reads originally featured on pottermore.com with some exclusive new additions. These eBooks, with writing curated by Pottermore, will take you beyond the Harry Potter stories as J.K. Rowling reveals her inspiration, intricate details of characters’ lives and surprises from the wizarding world.
These stories of power, politics and pesky poltergeists give you a glimpse into the darker side of the wizarding world, revealing the ruthless roots of Professor Umbridge, the lowdown on the Ministers for Magic and the history of the wizarding prison Azkaban. You will also delve deeper into Horace Slughorn’s early years as Potions master at Hogwarts – and his acquaintance with one Tom Marvolo Riddle.

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