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Libro de bolsillo. Biblioteca de autor volume 657
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Español
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El Extranjero es la primera novela del escritor francés Albert Camus, publicada en 1942. El protagonista, Meursault, es un ser indiferente a la realidad por resultarle absurda e inabordable. El progreso tecnológico le ha privado de la participación en las decisiones colectivas y le ha convertido en "extranjero" dentro de lo que debería ser su propio entorno.
4) No one lives
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A ruthless criminal gang takes a young couple hostage and goes to ground in an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. When the captive girl is killed, the tables are unexpectedly turned. The gang finds itself outsmarted by an urbane and seasoned killer determined to ensure that no one lives.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Joseph Cotten stars as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie. But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the psychopathic killer plots the death of his young niece to protect his secret.
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A man is accused of murdering his wealthy woman friend in order to secure his inheritance. The defendant's mysterious wife stuns the courtroom by giving damaging testimony against her husband. The web of intrigue is finally unwoven in a shocking, chilling conclusion.
Pub. Date
2007.
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Español
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"Acapulco, 1974. Un grupo de mujeres y hombres decide reunirse para beber y compartir experiencias. La velada poco a poco irá tornándose complicada, pues insultos, agravios, mentiras y secretos de la infancia saldrán a la luz. Y juegos sexuales se impondrán en esta noche de libertinaje"--Recipiente.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who's teamed with a gung-ho litigator in a politically-explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honor - including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story that follows Alaskan State Trooper Jack Halcombe, as he sets out to end the murderous rampage of Robert Hansen, a serial killer who has gone unnoticed for thirteen years. Risking his life, Halcombe goes on a personal manhunt to find the killer before the next body surfaces.
11) Juan sin miedo
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
Español
Description
Juan se enamora de Amparo, la hija de Pancho, enemigo de su padre. Al llevar serenata a Amparo, de despedida, un cuatrero mata al padre de ella, Juan es culpado y huye, aunque luego un catrero es obligado a confesar, y asi atrapan al culpable.
14) Parkland
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
November 22, 1963 is a day that changed the world forever when beloved American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Parkland is the true story behind that tragic day, told from the vantage point of individuals who are forced to make split-second decisions after this incomprehensible event that will change the world's landscape forever.
15) The paperboy
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
It takes audiences deep into the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, as investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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Español
Description
Ivan's mother takes a job as a servant for the Lomeli Curiel family. One of the Curiels' daughters seduces Ivan and becomes pregnant, and the daughter's mother sends men out to beat him. During the brawl, one of the men is killed and Ivan is wrongfully accused of the crime. Having nothing to lose, Ivan crosses the border illegally into the U.S. where he meets an older businessman who adopts him and pays for his education. After eleven years, he returns...
18) Inocente
Author
Series
Kindle County volume 8
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
"Tras el éxito de Presunto Inocente, Scott Turow regresa con su apasionante secuela. Una mañana Rusty Sabich, sexagentario y presidente del tribunal de apelación del condado de Kindle, descubre el cadáver de su mujer Barbara en la cama que ambos comparten. Sin embargo, espera casi un día entero antes de avisar a la policía y a los servicios de emergencias. Ni siquiera avisa a sus hijo Nat. ¿Por qué?"--P. [4] of cover.
Innocent continues the...
20) Watchmen
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English
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In the United States, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. But, when one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up, but no less determined, masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover the plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion, a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers, Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging...
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