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The unstoppable Hercule Poirot finds himself in the Middle East with only one day to solve a murder in the classic Agatha Christie mystery, Appointment with Death. Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sits the corpse of Mrs. Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on...

Mr. Davenheim, a wealthy financier, leaves his home to mail a letter, then fails to return. The story fills the newspapers and intrigues Hercule Poirot, who challenges Inspector Japp with the claim that he can solve the case before the police, and without leaving his flat...

In the Agatha Christie classic Peril at End House, a young woman who has recently survived a series of very close calls appears to be the target of a dedicated killer—and it’s up to Hercule Poirot to save her life. On holiday on the Cornish Riviera, Hercule Poirot is alarmed to hear pretty...

All'apparenza il racconto di un'esperienza scolastica, un semplice aneddoto con un inizio appena abbozzato ma privo di un reale finale, all'apparenza molte cose innocenti... di fatto un racconto intenso e pregno delle sensazioni provate durante la Guerra Civile Spagnola e l'immediato periodo del dopoguerra; una storia che non ha un inizio, perché già noto, e che non ha fine, perché era ancora in via di sviluppo quando il racconto fu pubblicato, confrontando più o meno velatamente vincitori e vinti; una storia piena di cose innocenti solo in apparenza.

The complete SIX TUDOR QUEENS short-story collection by acclaimed historian and SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author, Alison Weir. 'This brilliant series has brought Henry VIII's six wives to life as never before' TRACY BORMAN 'Detailed, immaculately researched and convincing' THE TIMES 'Lingers long...

From Sunday Times best-selling author Ben Kane comes a collection of short stories.

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook The Man in the Brown Suit The Man in the Brown Suit is Agatha Christie at her best, as a young woman makes a dangerous decision to investigate a shocking “accidental” death she witnesses at a London tube station. Pretty, young...

El Talismán de Emilia Pardo Bazán es una novela ambientada en Galicia, España, durante el siglo XIX. La historia gira en torno a la vida de Felipe, un joven nacido en la pobreza, que salta a la fama gracias a su inteligencia y ambición. Mientras Felipe navega por la jerarquía social, se encuentra con el amor, la traición y la intriga política. Además del viaje de Felipe, la novela explora también la vida de otros personajes, entre ellos su familia y conocidos, ofreciendo una visión panorámica de la sociedad gallega de la época.

¿Puede separarse la memoria de la imaginación? ¿No es toda historia individual una forma de historia social? José Ovejero usa esas dos preguntas para construir un mundo a la vez propio y ajeno, autobiografía y ficción, sin que los límites...

El protagonista de esta espiral de incertidumbre ha resucitado por equivocación una leyenda que acabará por devorarle. El fantasma de un adolescente asesinado treinta años atrás en un remoto cementerio de submarinos se convierte de pronto en el sanguinario...

Arnold Bennett was born in 1867 in Hanley one of the six towns that formed the Potteries that later joined together to become Stoke on Trent; the area in which most of his works are located. At the turn of the century he turned full time to writing and shortly thereafter in 1903 he moved to Paris and in 1908 published to great acclaim The Old Wives Tale. With this his reputation was set. Clayhanger and The Old Wives Tale are perhaps his greatest and most lauded novels.

Arnold Bennett was born in 1867 in Hanley one of the six towns that formed the Potteries that later joined together to become Stoke on Trent; the area in which most of his works are located. At the turn of the century he turned full time to writing and shortly thereafter in 1903 he moved to Paris and in 1908 published to great acclaim The Old Wives Tale. With this his reputation was set. Clayhanger and The Old Wives Tale are perhaps his greatest and most lauded novels.

Arnold Bennett was born in 1867 in Hanley one of the six towns that formed the Potteries that later joined together to become Stoke on Trent; the area in which most of his works are located. At the turn of the century he turned full time to writing and shortly thereafter in 1903 he moved to Paris and in 1908 published to great acclaim The Old Wives Tale. With this his reputation was set. Clayhanger and The Old Wives Tale are perhaps his greatest and most lauded novels.

Arnold Bennett was born in 1867 in Hanley one of the six towns that formed the Potteries that later joined together to become Stoke on Trent; the area in which most of his works are located. At the turn of the century he turned full time to writing and shortly thereafter in 1903 he moved to Paris and in 1908 published to great acclaim The Old Wives Tale. With this his reputation was set. Clayhanger and The Old Wives Tale are perhaps his greatest and most lauded novels.

Arnold Bennett was born in 1867 in Hanley one of the six towns that formed the Potteries that later joined together to become Stoke on Trent; the area in which most of his works are located. At the turn of the century he turned full time to writing and shortly thereafter in 1903 he moved to Paris and in 1908 published to great acclaim The Old Wives Tale. With this his reputation was set. Clayhanger and The Old Wives Tale are perhaps his greatest and most lauded novels.

Renowned Jewish vocalist and writer Elizabeth Schwartz’s first book of fiction “The Sweet Fragrance of Life & Other Stories” is a meditation on historic European Jewish Culture seen through the lens of a woman’s point of view. As if Sholem Ale­ichem and Angela Carter had a child, The Sweet Fra­grance of Life & Oth­er Hor­ror Sto­ries explores Euro­pean Jew­ish his­to­ry, cul­ture, and real world events through a fem­i­nist, shtetl perspective. This is an eerie collection of new Jewish-themed horror stories from a world that was.

Jerome Searing, soldado raso y valiente explorador de los federales, tendrá una misión cuyo fin no hubiera podido imaginar. Además de los evidentes méritos narrativos del cuento, el título de Uno de los desaparecidos prefigura el final de su autor, Ambrose Bierce, quien desapareció en México, en 1913, sin dejar rastros.

Esta breve, pero inteligente obra, describe de forma suspicaz el trato mediante cartas de los petersburgueses. Con este relato crítico, el escritor ruso transmite al lector de una forma irónica el funcionamiento burocrático de la importante capital rusa y el carácter de muchos de los ciudadanos de la misma.

Bola de Sebo de Guy de Maupassant es un cuento ambientado durante la guerra franco-prusiana. Explora las complejidades de la naturaleza humana y la hipocresía social cuando los pasajeros de un autocar enfrentan dilemas morales y prejuicios sociales.

El relato histórico de Alejo Carpentier El Camino de Santiago narra la historia de un soldado español del siglo XVI, Juan, que emprende una peregrinación a Santiago de Compostela. A partir de Amberes, en el insurgente Flandes, pierde su camino y llega finalmente a Sevilla y América, donde su destino será cumplido.