Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

Fitzgerald, Francis Scott

In 1860s Baltimore, something extraordinary happens: a boy is born old. His name is Benjamin Button and every year, he grows younger. As time passes, he discovers love, family and happiness. Yet his journey is marked by misunderstanding, loneliness and rejection. This is the story of a life lived in reverse, a life lived against all rules. En el Baltimore de la década de 1860,...

Andres, Jose Carlos

Franky es una niña monstrua grande, muy grande. Papá Frankenstein fabrica juguetes para su hija, Hera la calavera es su profesora y sus amigas son la piraña que araña y la serpiente que muerde. Pero lo que Franky realmente quiere es ir al colegio. Su padre teme que los niños y niñas del pueblo se asusten al ver a su hija y no quieran jugar con ella. ¿Conseguirá Franky ir a la e...

Austen, Jane

Jane Austen began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was just twenty years old, though it would not be published until seventeen years later, in 1813. Widely regarded as one of the first romantic comedies in literary history, the novels entanglements and misunderstandings are deftly interwoven with a sharp, ironic critique of English society. Mrs Bennet is determined to sec...

Godas, Adrian

The thrilling history of the extraction and economic control of the worlds major minerals from Antiquity to the present day: gold, copper, iron, lithium, rare earths, and more. Why should you read this book? Mining is on the verge of regaining a central role on the global stage. As the world gradually shifts toward deglobalization and an indirect confrontation between the Unit...

Marr, Shirley

A stunning new story from award-winning author, Shirley Marr, about family love, friendship and hope. James is stuck in the present and that's the last place he wants to be. His parents have separated, and he must get used to living two completely different lives. Now, he has two homes, two bedrooms and two routes to school, with nothing adding up to the one great life he used ...

Vv.aa.

This is Madrid. Madrid. Homeric city, the cradle and grave of many of us that pour out the joyful days of youth among its streets and wineries, throughout its history it has accepted into its fold non-conforming poets from the four corners of the earth, because one is born a poet in his land, but one is made and perishes in Madrid.No matter where you are from, Madrid never ...

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Graded Readers aim to extend learners' language through stories adapted to their skill level. Choose from a wonderful variety of myths, legends, science-fiction, mystery, action, ghost, classic and original stories to cater to the needs of the most avid reader. The colourful illustrations in the Reader and the dramatised recordings of the Audio CD guide learners to incredib...

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

«Pasear es un entretenimiento distinguido, burgués, ocioso, elegante?; caminar es más bien algo instintivo, natural, salvaje. Pasear es un rito civil, y caminar es un acto animal. Pasear es algo social, y caminar algo más bien selvático, aunque sea por las calles de una ciudad. El que pasea se imagina paseando, o gusta de observarse según la perspectiva de los otros; el que cam...

Robert Louis Stevenson

El extraño caso de Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde, la máxima contribución de Stevenson a la literatura de intriga y a la indiscutible mitología del terror, aborda el conflicto del desdoblamiento de la personalidad para entrar en el terreno de lo misterioso, la sordidez y el perverso atractivo de la muerte y el horror. ...

Robert Louis Stevenson

El 1876, un jove Robert Louis Stevenson, que volia dedicar-se a les lletres però que encara no havia publicat res, va conèixer Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne (1840?1914), una americana casada i amb tres fills, amb la qual van esdevenir amants. El 1878 Fanny se?n va tornar cap a San Francisco, Califòrnia. Un any després, l?agost de 1879, quan ella ja havia arreglat els papers del s...