Chamán

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Chamán

Escocés y miembro de una familia que ha practicado la medicina a lo largo de generaciones, Rob J. Cole debe emigrar por razones políticas a las nuevas tierras de América. Tras trabajar en Boston con el eminente cirujano Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cole partirá rumbo al Oeste, hacia un territorio que los colonos todavía no han podido arrebatar a los indios sauk, y donde le esperan las experiencias más intensas de su vida profesional y personal. Sigue así la trepidante saga de la familia Cole, que Noah Gordon había iniciado con la publicación de El médico y que tiene en Chamán una excelente continuación.

ISBN: 849654642X

Author: Noah Gordon

Publisher: Zeta Bolsillo

Rating: 4.03

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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

HOW DID AMERICA BEGIN?

This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an extraordinary journey to understand the truth behind our most sacred national myth: the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Colony. As Philbrick reveals in this electrifying new book, the story of the Pilgrims does not end with the First Thanksgiving; instead, it is a fifty-five-year epic that is at once tragic and heroic, and still carries meaning for us today.

ISBN: 0670037605

Author: Nathaniel Philbrick

Publisher: Viking

Rating: 3.85

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The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea: Poems

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The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea: Poems

From the phenomenally bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time comes Mark Haddon’s first collection of poems.

That Mark Haddon’s first book after The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a book of poetry may surprise his many fans; that it is also one of such virtuosity and range will not.

The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea reveals a poet of great versatility and formal talent. All the gifts so admired in Haddon’s prose are in strong evidence here – the humanity, the dark humour, and the uncanny ventriloquism – but Haddon is also a writer of considerable seriousness, lyric power, and surreal invention. This book will consolidate his reputation as one of the most imaginative writers in contemporary literature.

ISBN: 0307275698

Author: Mark Haddon

Publisher: Vintage

Rating: 3.34

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Golden Horrors: An Illustrated Critical Filmography of Terror Cinema, 1931 1939

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Golden Horrors: An Illustrated Critical Filmography of Terror Cinema, 1931 1939

From the grindhouse oddities to major studio releases, this work details 46 horror films released during the genre's golden era. Each entry includes cast and credits, a plot synopsis, in-depth critical analysis, contemporary reviews, time of release, brief biographies of the principal cast and crew, and a production history. Apart from the 46 main entries, 71 additional ?borderline horrors? are examined and critiqued in an appendix.

ISBN: 0786427248

Author: Bryan Senn

Publisher: McFarland & Company

Rating: 4.00

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L évangile selon Pilate

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L évangile selon Pilate

Première partie : Dans le jardin des oliviers, un homme attend que les soldats viennent l'arrêter pour le conduire au supplice. Quelle puissance surnaturelle a fait de lui, fils de menuisier, un agitateur, un faiseur de miracles prêchant l'amour et le pardon ? Deuxième partie: Trois jours plus tard, au matin de la Pâque, Pilate dirige la plus extravagante des enquêtes policières. Un cadavre a disparu et est réapparu vivant ! Y a-t-il un mystère Jésus ou simplement une affaire Jésus ? A mesure que Sherlock Pilate avance dans son enquête, le doute s'insinue dans son esprit. Et avec le doute, l'idée de foi. L'Evangile selon Pilate a reçu le Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle 2001.

ISBN: 2253116041

Author: Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Publisher: LGF

Rating: 3.95

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Longitude

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Longitude

An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.

During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Ships ran aground on rocky shores; those traveling well-known routes were easy prey to pirates.

In 1714, England's Parliament offered a huge reward to anyone whose method of measuring longitude could be proven successful. The scientific establishment--from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton--had mapped the heavens in its certainty of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution--a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land. And the race was on....

ISBN: 0739323784

Author: Dava Sobel

Publisher: RH Audio

Rating: 3.93

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You Wouldn t Want to Sail on the Mayflower!: A Trip That Took Entirely Too Long

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You Wouldn t Want to Sail on the Mayflower!: A Trip That Took Entirely Too Long

- High interest topic for children of all ages.
- Draws in even the most reluctant reader with a lighthearted tone and hilarious illustrations.
- Includes a glossary and index.

ISBN: 053112391X

Author: Peter Cook

Publisher: Children's Press(CT)

Rating: 3.88

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