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Hace poco se ha cumplido el quinto centenario del descubrimiento de lo que se llamó en su día el mar del Sur, ni más ni menos que el océano más grande del mundo: el océano pacífico. Sin embargo no parece que nadie recuerde que el 25 de septiembre de 1513 un hidalgo extremeño fue el primer europeo que vio desde lo alto del cerro ese mayor océano del mundo , al que muchos historiadores llamaron “El lago español”.

Sandokan es un príncipe de Borneo que ha jurado vengarse de los ingleses que le robaron su trono y asesinaron a toda su familia. Desde entonces se dedica a la piratería con el nombre de El Tigre de Malasia y cuenta para ello con la fidelidad de su tripulación compuesta por malayos y dayakos de Borneo.

Antes de empezar escuchar los surrealistas versos de “Los paisajes de la multitud”, tendríamos que plantearnos un hecho fundamental en la vida del poeta: cuando Federico Lorca llega a Nueva York, el caos constante de tráfico, gigantescos edificios, miles de personas siempre corriendo...producen en él un efecto que lo deslumbra completamente al compararlo con su idílica vida en Fuente Vaqueros y Granada tan pequeñas y provincianas, pero a la vez tan llenas de luz y de arte. Ese contraste producirá en el poeta una profunda melancolía.

Asesinato. En este corto poema el autor relata en forma de diálogo un crimen que realmente ocurrió en la calle 42 de Nueva York. El relato de la violencia que este acto físico supuso le sirve al poeta para plasmar el dolor de su ánimo. Ciudad sin sueño. Intenta transmitir el poeta su propia insatisfacción por analogía con la noche, la vigilia, que no le permite dormir ni soñar ni encontrar alivio o esperanza. Navidad en el Hudson. En este poema identifica el protagonista su sensación de soledad con respecto al resto del mundo en el río Hudson.

Los poemas de este libro están escritos la ciudad de Nueva York en el año 1929-1930, curso académico durante el cual Federico vivió como estudiante en Columbia University. Después de la lectura de cada poema, se hace un comentario sobre el mismo para facilitar al oyente la comprensión del mensaje que Federico García Lorca nos quiso comunicar con sus surrealistas visiones.

El último territorio del antiguo imperio romano fuera de Europa era Constantinopla una ciudad de grandes murallas y fortaleza protegida. Pero la presión turca para invadirla cada vez era mayor y el sultán Mehmed II está completamente obsesionado con capturar la ciudad que identifica con el símbolo de la cristiandad.

El edificio de la ópera de París, es un edificio de gran lujo, un verdadero monumento, que tiene la particularidad de haber sido construido sobre un lago subterráneo. Todos los empleados que trabajan en la ópera dicen que el edificio está encantado por un misterioso fantasma que provoca accidentes y que se supone que de vez en cuando aparece en un palco privado que tiene para los conciertos.

Hasta la muerte de don Julio, Bahati vive bajo su techo junto a Ojosdeagua y a un esclavo homosexual que hace de madre del pequeño. Los cuatro forman una extraña familia en la que los tres adultos ocupan la mayor parte de su tiempo cuidando a Ojosdeagua e instruyéndolo con la esperanza de que algún día pueda tener la formación necesaria para enviarlo fuera de Cuba y continuar con sus estudios. Muerto el amo, Bahati se ocupa de la administración de un ingenio y de enviar cartas y dinero a su protegido, que finalmente consigue ser profesor en el instituto Tuskegge de Alabama.

Shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year Arrest Me, for I Have Run Away is a stunning short story collection on human nature and identity. Stevie Davies' latest work, it is bound to captivate and charm the listener.

Dr. Hart adores his wife and is known to gently push Meg’s boundaries when he knows it is for her own good. Keeping her safe is his priority. When their friends go missing and it seems as if she is the next target, will he be able to save her when the killer strikes again?

A year after she separated from her husband, Gianni, on Christmas day, Chloe’s heart is finally on the mend as she unpacks the decorations for her first ever festive holiday alone. That is, until the phone rings...It’s the manager of Gianni’s new seaside restaurant in Appledore, begging for Chloe’s help. Equally famous for his gold-leaf Christmas puddings and his explosive temper, Gianni has been really stirring up a sensation with the locals – and not in a good way! It’s the last thing she wants to do, but Chloe knows she is the only one that can help.

Although we often think of love as a feeling over which we have no control, in fact we can decide to love and increase our ability to love. We begin by using practices that increase our thoughts of love, then learn to be more loving in our words and actions. This audiobook presents a number of such practices that can help us in this process.

The serial killer obsessed with Deputy Chief Jess Harris has finally been cornered but the body count is still rising. Chief of Police Dan Burnett is on administrative leave, his life is falling apart. Deputy Chief Harold Black has assumed the post of Birmingham's top cop, a dream of his for more than a decade. Private Detective Buddy Corlew is poised face to face with serial killer Eric Spears and Jess Harris has just learned that everything she thought she knew about where she came from is a lie. There's only one way to end this - someone has to die....

The body count is rising. The serial killer obsessed with Birmingham's Deputy Chief Jess Harris is getting closer, and he knows Jess's secret. Can she protect the child she carries and the people she loves from Eric Spears and his followers? The body farm discovered in a small Alabama town has many buried secrets. Is the truth about Jess's past too buried there?

Deputy Chief Jess Harris knows her time is running out. Somehow she must protect the people she loves and any more innocent victims from the serial killer obsessed with her. Is sacrificing herself the only way to stop this evil?

Legend claims, deep within the rainforest of South America a mysterious tribe exists. Origin of their mystic happenings is an unusual spring and waterfall. It’s claimed once entered works like a portal to the other side, offering peace and verification of passed loved ones - who still live! Seen only by a chosen few, their specific whereabouts has remained unexplainably undetected. Some claim they’re fictitious, but others will die for their cause and existence. And some claim they are devout - while others call them murderers.

Jo Flynn has never been in love. She is still looking for that connection. Sparks and tingles. Humor and tenderness. Desire. On a business trip to Raleigh, North Carolina, a need for more coffee sends her to a cafe where a chance encounter with a beautiful woman with emerald green eyes changes her perspective of what she's been looking for and her own beliefs about herself.

490 shares powerful stories coupled with an eye-opening forgiveness technique that empowers anyone to experience every day with strength and clarity. You cannot be happy, healthy, or step into your purpose until you know and understand fully three things about yourself: your love language, fear triggers, and fear language. Knowing these changes everything! In this audiobook of compelling stories paired with eye-opening truths, Dr. Joan Samuels-Dennis introduces us to the room - a moment in time we must all forgive before we can transform into the beautiful.

Joan Kuhl helps women create a clear vision of what their career path deserves to be and make a convincing business case for equality to their managers and senior leadership. You'll learn strategies for overcoming sexist cultural attitudes about gender and leadership as well as for dealing with self-limiting behaviors like imposter's syndrome (the feeling that you're never good enough despite a track record of success) and the myth of meritocracy (the idea that just doing good work is the only way to advance).

Society bachelor and former army sniper Ben Benedict moves between two worlds - from high-society Washington to the mean city streets, from tuxedos to Glocks. His powerful Virginia family wants him out of harm’s way, but Ben stays on the job, determined to make amends for a past that haunts him.