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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Arrested in 1849 for belonging to a secret group of radical utopians, Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to four years in a Siberian labor camp a terrible mental, spiritual, and physical ordeal that inspired him to write the novel The House of the Dead.
Told from the point of view of a fictitious narrator- a convict serving a ten-year sentence for murdering his wife The House of the Dead describes in vivid detail the horrors that Dostoevsky himself witnessed while in prison: the brutality of guards who relish cruelty for its own sake; the evil of criminals who enjoy murdering children; and the existence of decent souls amid filth and degradation.
Also included in this volume is Dostoevsky's first published work, Poor Folk, a novel written in the form of letters that brought him immediate critical and public recognition.



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In "The House of the Dead, Dostoevsky give vent to his perceptions of prison life, writing from his grueling experience in a Siberian camp, and introduces a gallery of boastful and ridiculous convicts surrounding the narrator. The epistolary novel "Poor Folk was Dostoevsky''s first major literary success, and shows hte early sparks of his genius.

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“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.” Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security.... A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love.

The Pearl

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Or, Life among the Lowly

The story of American slavery and Uncle Tom, an African-American man who never lost his dignity under the most inhumane circumstances.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Robert Langdon, profesor de simbología de Harvard, llega al vanguardista Museo Guggenheim Bilbao para asistir a la inauguración de un descubrimiento que "cambiará para siempre la faz de la ciencia". El anfitrión de esa noche es Edmond Kirsch, un multimillonario y futurista de cuarenta años, y uno de los primeros discípulos de Langdon.

Pero la velada estalla de repente en caos, y el preciado descubrimiento de Kirsch está a punto de perderse para siempre. Ante a una amenaza inminente, Langdon se ve obligado a huir acompañado por Ambra Vidal, la elegante directora del museo que trabajó con Kirsch. Ambos viajan a Barcelona en una peligrosa búsqueda para encontrar una críptica contraseña que desvele el secreto de Kirsch.

A través de los oscuros corredores de la historia oculta y la religión extrema, Langdon y Vidal deben eludir a un atormentado enemigo cuyo omnisciente poder parece emanar del propio Palacio Real de España. Descubrirán pistas que los enfrentarán cara a cara con el sorprendente descubrimiento de Kirsch... y con la asombrosa verdad que nos ha eludido a todos desde hacetanto tiempo.

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A #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Da Vinci Code.
 
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that "will change the face of science forever." The evening's host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist, and one of Langdon's first students.

But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch's precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced to flee. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch. They travel to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch's secret.

Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme re­ligion, Langdon and Vidal must evade an enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain's Royal Palace. They uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch's shocking discovery...and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.

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El profesor de simbología en Harvard Robert Langdon despierta en un hospital a media noche. Desorientado y con una herida en la cabeza, no recuerda nada de las últimas treinta y seis horas, incluyendo como llegó allí o el origen de ese macabro objeto que los médicos han descubierto entre sus pertenencias. 
 
Con una incansable asesina persiguiéndoles por Florencia, Langdon y la ingeniosa doctora Sienna Brooks se ven obligados a huir.  Embarcados en un aterrador viaje, deberán desentramar una serie de códigos desarrollados por un brillante científico cuya obsesión con el fin del mundo sólo se compara con su pasión por una de las obras más influyentes jamás escritas: El infierno, el oscuro poema épico de Dante.
 
Dan Brown ha vuelto a superarse, combinando el arte clásico de Italia, su literatura y su historia con la ciencia más avanzada en este entretenidísimo thriller.

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Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings. With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he and his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee. Embarking on a harrowing journey, they must unravel a series of codes, which are the work of a brilliant scientist whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by his passion for one of the most influential masterpieces ever written, Dante Alighieri's The Inferno.  Dan Brown has raised the bar yet again, combining classical Italian art, history, and literature with cutting-edge science in this captivating thriller.

Inferno (Spanish Edition)

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The narrative of a boy who lived through Auschwitz and Buchenwald provides a short and terrible indictment of modern humanity.

Night

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Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.

Dear Martin

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Born with a facial deformity that initially prevented his attendance at public school, Auggie Pullman enters the fifth grade at Beecher Prep and struggles with the dynamics of being both new and different, in a sparsely written tale about acceptance and self-esteem.

Wonder

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Dear Reader,

You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in their right mind would read this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire on purpose, because each dismal moment of their stay in the village of V.F.D. has been faithfully and dreadfully recorded in these pages.

I can think of no single reason why anyone would want to open a book containing such unpleasant matters as migrating crows, an angry mob, a newspaper headline, the arrest of innocent people, the Deluxe Cell, and some very strange hats. It is my solemn and sacred occupation to research each detail of the Baudelaire children's lives and write them all down, but you may prefer to do some other solemn and sacred thing, such as reading another book instead.

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket

A Series of Unfortunate Events #7: the Vile Village Netflix Tie-In

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The Baudelaires need a safe place to stay--somewhere far away from terrible villains and local police. A quiet refuge where misfortune never visits. Might Heimlich Hospital be just the place

In Lemony Snicket's eighth ghastly installment in A Series of Unfortunate Events, I'm sorry to say that the Baudelaire orphans will spend time in a hospital where they risk encountering a misleading newspaper headline, unnecessary surgery, an intercom system, anesthesia, heart-shaped balloons, and some very startling news about a fire.

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