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The Forever War

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 20:00:48 PST

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Humans first bumped heads with the Taurans when we began using collapsars to travel the stars. Although the collapsars provide nearly instantaneous travel across vast distances, the relativistic speeds associated with the process means that time passes slower for those aboard ship. For William Mandella, a physics student drafted as a soldier, that means more than 27 years will have passed between ...

San Manuel Bueno, mártir

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:50:52 PST

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San Manuel Bueno, Mártir constituye, sin duda alguna, un punto culminante en la creación literaria de Miguel de Unamuno. Porque él mismo declaró: "Tengo la conciencia de haber puesto en ella todo mi sentimiento trágico de la vida cotidiana". Pero, al mismo tiempo, porque aquí culmina el proceso de renovación del género novelístico que Unamuno había comenzado a principios de siglo. Ofrecemos el te ...

Fahrenheit 451

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:27:19 PST

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El fin de la eternidad

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:07:51 PST

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Entirely in Spanish/Espanol.

Animal Farm

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:50:56 PST

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"Animal Farm", by George Orwell - author of 1984, one of Britain's most popular novels - is a brilliant political satire and a powerful and affecting story of revolutions and idealism, power and corruption. 'All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.' Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under t ...

La penúltima verdad

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:05:27 PST

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En un futuro cercano, la tercera guerra mundial se recrudece a marchas forzadas, y la Tierra, plagada de virus y radioactividad, resulta inhabitable; almenos, eso cree la inmensa mayoría de la población que, confinada en factorías subterráneas, sólo conoce del exterior lo que ve en los informes televisivos. Pero éstos no ofrecen más que mentiras sistemáticas ideadas por profesionales del artifici ...

Robur el conquistador

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:18:53 PST

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Extraños sucesos están ocurriendo alrededor del mundo. En la reunión del Instituto Weldon en Filadelfia, en el estado de Pennsylvania, el presidente Uncle Prudent, el secretario Phil Evans y los miembros de la organización debaten acerca de la posibilidad de que el nuevo globo creado, al cual llaman Go ahead, llevase un ala direccional localizada en el frente o en la parte trasera. Un hombre nomb ...

Viaje alrededor de la Luna

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:10:26 PST

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Esta es la continuación de la historia comenzada anteriormente en De la Tierra a la Luna. Barbicane y sus socios empiezan su viaje de circunnavegación alrededor de la luna. El libro está lleno de descripciones del terreno lunar, además de largas explicaciones sobre Balística y Matemática.

Apocalipsis

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:03:03 PST

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Roberto y Aurora no se conocen. Pero ambos han comenzado a hurgar, guiados por motivos diferentes, mas alla de las oscuras redes del metro madrileño. Ella busca el cadaver del pintor Velázquez. En cambio a el, el azar lo ha llevado a conocer una extraña sociedad secreta que se oculta en las cavernas subterraneas de la ciudad. Ambos ignoran las misteriosas fuerzas que manipulan sus destinos; poder ...

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Vol. 1

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:37:18 PST

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Thousands of years before Luke Skywalker would destroy the Death Star in that fateful battle above Yavin 4, one lone Padawan would become a fugitive hunted by his own Masters, charged with murdering every one of his fellow Jedi-in-training! From criminals hiding out in the treacherous under-city of the planet Taris, to a burly, mysterious droid recovered from the desolate landscape of a cratere ...

Star Wars: Vector

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:32:55 PST

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The Knights of the Old Republic, fearing for the future, activate Celeste Morne, whoencounters Zayne Carrick, a Padawan who is accused of murdering fellow Jedi ...

Star Wars

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:31:41 PST

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Star Wars: Legacy, Vol. 7

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:31:11 PST

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Collects issues #32-#36 of the Dark Horse comic-book series Star Wars: Legacy. A shake-up in the Sith leadership has made the galaxy a worse place, not a better one. On the planet of Dac, the Mon Calamari are still feeling the wrath of Darth Krayt - their punishment for betraying the Sith Empire. Meanwhile, a victory has turned sour - and possibly deadly - for Cade Skywalker and his companions. ...

Star Wars Legacy Volume 4

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:30:20 PST

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Star Wars Legacy, Vol. 3

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:29:16 PST

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"Claws of the Dragon" - one hundred years after the events in Return of the Jedi, Luke's descendent Cade Skywalker is captured by the Sith, Emperor Darth Krayt, who unveils his true identity, and a secret chapter in the life of Obi-Wan Kenobi is revealed. When Cade attempts to rescue the Jedi he turned over to the Sith during his days as a bounty hunter, the last Skywalker soon finds himself in t ...

Star Wars Legacy

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:29:12 PST

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Cade Skywalker has succeeded in escaping from Darth Krayt, but the Sith have placed abounty on his head and, after the genocide on Mon Calamari, Cade is ...

Star Wars: Legacy 8

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:28:47 PST

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The events in this story begin approximately 137 years after the Battle ofYavin.

Star Wars Rebellion Volume 3

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:26:50 PST

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Lieutenant Deena Shan is feeling insecure and worthless. After a few nearly disastrous missions with the Rebel Alliance, she is ready to give up, go home, and leave the Rebellion to the true heroes. That is, until Deena becomes part of a suicide mission that could hit the Empire where it really hurts! But, when Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia are captured in the process, Deena must reconcile her ...

Star Wars

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:26:09 PST

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For years, Wyl Tarson, top lieutenant to the galactic crimelord Raze, secretly delivered valuable information to the Rebel Alliance - until his employer discovered the betrayal and implanted a bomb inside Wyl's skull! Now, Wyl must infiltrate an Imperial stronghold on the planet Ahakista under the guise of working for the Rebellion, or Raze will detonate the bomb. Unwilling to compromise active ...

Star Wars: Dark Times, Vol. 1

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:24:10 PST

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Collects Star Wars: Dark Times #1-5. These are dark times indeed, when even the noblest of undertakings must rely on stealth, deception, and possibly the betrayal and abandonment of friends and loved ones. Jedi Dass Jennir and his companion Bomo Greenbark survived the Clone Wars, but the fate of Bomo's wife and daughter remains a mystery. The two friends are determined to find them, but their p ...

Star Wars Dark Times Volume 2

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:23:50 PST

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At the dawn of the Galactic Empire, two beings a galaxy apart will do the unthinkable to save those in their care, only to risk losing themselves in the process. After "Order 66" forces Jedi Master K'Kruhk to take desperate measures in defense of some Padawan younglings, he believes he has found them a peaceful oasis in an oppressed galaxy. But little does K'Kruhk know, a far away drama involvin ...

Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Volume 2

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:20:07 PST

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Nearly 4,000 years before the Death Star, fugitive Padawan Zayne Carrick's quest to clear his name for the alleged murder of his fellow Jedi-in-training brings him head to head with the galaxy's most feared fighting force - the Mandalorians! Along with a petty crook named Gryph and Elbee the grouchy droid, Zayne is a passenger aboard the Last Resort, a renegade ship piloted by the senile genius C ...

Knights of the Old Republic

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:18:55 PST

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Four thousand years before Luke Skywalker stood as the final Jedi, his predecessors wandered the universe, each playing his own role in keeping the peace and holding back the forces of the dark side. This 136-page collection focuses on Ulic Qel-Droma and Nomi Sunrider, two young novices training to become Jedi warriors. Their training, however, turns into a trial by fire when they prematurely hav ...

Star Wars

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:17:37 PST

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Zayne and his con-artist partner Gryph are finally learning the truth about their fiercefriend Jarael and the strange Mandalorian deserter Rohlan.

Star Wars

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:15:39 PST

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"Free at last from the false charges against him, former Jedi student Zayne Carrickis ready and able to seek his fortune across the galaxy.

Star Wars

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:14:42 PST

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Zayne Carrick joins forces with the same Masters who murdered his fellow Padawan in a desperate attempt to save the galaxy from the Mandalorians! Arkanian Lord Adasca holds the Republic and the Mandalorians hostage, offering a weapon of unrivaled power to the highest bidder, but not even Zayne and his former Master Lucien Draay can stop Adasca from unleashing unthinkable devastation in pursuit of ...

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Vol. 6

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:13:49 PST

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This volume collects issues #29-#35 of the Dark Horse comic-book series Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" Fugitive Padawan Zayne Carrick's quest to clear his name is finally concluded in this huge, novel-length volume! Zayne and his con-artist companion Gryph commit to exposing the dark actions of the secret Jedi Covenant. Doing so takes them not only to the homeworld of one of Zayne's mu ...

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Vol. 8

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:12:29 PST

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This volume collects issues #42-#46 of the Dark Horse comic-book series Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

Batman: la broma asesina

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:38:43 PST

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Nightwing #2

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:20:15 PST

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Este volumen comprende el material de los comic-books USA Nightwing #9 (VI/97) a #18 (III/98). Segunda entrega de las primeras aventuras de Dick Grayson como Nightwing en solitario, como defensor de Blüdhaven. Además de una nueva introducción exclusiva de Chuck Dixon donde ahonda en sus recuerdos sobre esta etapa, este volumen recopila los números 9 a 18 de la serie original, con enfrentamientos ...

Cosecha roja

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:16:55 PST

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Cosecha Roja desarrolla la violenta historia de un detective privado que se propone limpiar de gángsters una pequeña ciudad minera. En ella se compendian ya los elementos característicos de la posterior novela negra norteamericana: el desarrollo de una compleja trama argumental en un contexto social contemplado con mirada crítica, la denuncia de la corrupción de la sociedad capitalista, la riguro ...

Watchmen

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:05:21 PST

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Watchmen es una obra mítica de los británicos Alan Moore, guionista, y Dave Gibbons, dibujante. Se editó, por primera vez, en formato comic-book, entre 1986 y 1987 se publicó en 12 entregas. La historia es una crítica a la sociedad occidental de su momento, mediados de los ochenta, y , por extensión, de la actualidad: sobre valoración del dinero, la lenta introducción de la tecnología en las face ...

El árbol de la ciencia

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:24:59 PST

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Publicada en 1911, EL ÁRBOL DE LA CIENCIA (para el propio Pío Baroja «el libro más acabado y completo de todos los míos») es la obra en la que la técnica narrativa del novelista –el gusto por la sucesión ininterrumpida de acontecimientos, la abundancia de personajes secundarios, la hábil articulación de situaciones críticas, el impresionismo descriptivo, el rápido trazo de caracteres– alcanza su ...

La máquina del tiempo

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:15:25 PST

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Bóvedas de acero

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:48:39 PST

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Presionada por la necesidad creciente de recursos, la población de la Tierra se ha refugiado en las Ciudades, enormes aglomeraciones subterráneas en un precario equilibrio. Colectivizados, agorafóbicos y temerosos de los robots, los terrestres miran con recelo a sus parientes espaciales descendientes de la oleada de colonización estelar, individualistas, longevos y en perfecta simbiosis con sus r ...

Trilogía de las Fundaciones

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:36:11 PST

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The Stars My Destination

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:16:27 PST

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Long out of print, and hugely influential on both the SF New Wave of the 60s and the cyberpunks of the 80s, Bester's second novel is a fast-moving pyrotechnic extravaganza with enough bloodshed for Tarantino and enough social analysis for Marx. The solar system is torn by warfare--the discovery of a human capacity to move short distances by the power of mind has blown open the balance of econ ...

Llamada para el muerto

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:50:00 PST

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A Murder of Quality

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:44:12 PST

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Stella Rode has written two letters to the Christian Voice's problem column: the first was a tip for preparing pastry; the second declares that her husband may be planning to kill her. And by the time George Smiley is handed the second letter, Stella is already dead. Travelling to the old, cloistered institution of Carne School, Smiley discovers that neither the very respectable people of the sch ...

El caso Bourne

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:38:05 PST

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The Running Man

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:27:18 PST

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And now there is a new contestant, the latest Running Man, staking his life while a nation watches...