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  • El Cartero Siempre Llama Dos Veces
    by James M. Cain
    ISBN 8408060392 (84-08-06039-2)
    Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp

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  • Ciudad de Huesos
    by Michael Connelly, Javier Guerero Gimeno
    ISBN 8466613463 (84-666-1346-3)
    Softcover, Ediciones B

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    On New Year's Day, detective Harry Bosch fields a call that a dog has found a bone that is believed to be humana chance discovery that leads him to evidence of a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. Digging through police reports and hospital records, and tracking down street kids and runaways from the 1970s, Bosch finds a family ripped apart by an absence and a trail into a violent, terrifying world. As the case takes him deeper into the past, and he fights to keep control in a lawless and brutal showdown, the investigation races to a shocking conclusion and leaves Bosch on the brink of an unimaginable decision. Harry Bosch recibe la orden de acudir a visitar a un doctor que insiste en que ha encontrado un hueso humano cuando paseaba con su perra por las colinas de Hollywood. Acompañado de un equipo de antropólogos forenses, Bosch descubre que el hueso pertenece al esqueleto de un niño que fue asesinado casi tres décadas atrás. Despierta no sólo la conmoción general, sino un inusitado interés dentro del propio equipo de investigadores. A Bosch no le gusta un asunto que, más allá de las típicas complicaciones policiales, denota claros paralelismos con su propia infancia tortuosa. En este escenario, Harry Bosch, cansado de esta lucha que parece no tener fin, tomará una drástica decisión vital.
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  • El Padrino
    by Mario Puzo
    ISBN 8466604359 (84-666-0435-9)
    Softcover, Ediciones B

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    More than thirty years ago, a classic was born. A searing evocation of the Mafia underworld, this novel introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and the powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor that would be passed on from father to son. The novel stands out due to its exquisitely detailed characters who, despite leading unconventional lifestyles within a notorious crime family, experience the triumphs and failures of the human condition. With its themes of the seduction of power, the pitfalls of greed, and family allegiance, this is the definitive gangster novel.
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  • El Padrino / The Godfather
    by Mario Puzo, Angel Arnau
    ISBN 8466304479 (84-663-0447-9)
    Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc

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    Vito Corleone is the most respected Don of New York. He is merciless with his rivals, but also intelligent, astute and faithful to honor and friendship. His life and businesses, as well as those of his son and heir, make up the storyline of this masterpiece. With the publication of The Godfather, for the first time the Mafia was portrayed from the inside. Later, Puzo himself would write the scripts for the famous trilogy of Francis Ford Coppola.

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    Vito Corleone es el Don más respetado de Nueva York, ciudad a la que llegó como emigrante desde su Sicilia natal a los doce años. Don Corleone es implacable con sus rivales, pero es también un hombre inteligente, astuto y fiel a los principios del honor y la amistad. La vida y negocios de Don Corleone, así como los de su hijo y heredero, conforman el eje de esta obra maestra.

    La publicación de El Padrino en 1969 supuso una convulsión en el mundo literario, pues por primera vez la Mafia aparecía novelada desde su interior; presentada como una compleja contrasociedad con una cultura, unas interrelaciones y unas jerarquías comúnmente aceptadas. Posteriormente, el propio Puzo escribiría los guiones de la famosa trilogía de películas de Francis Ford Coppola. [via]

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  • El Perro De Los Baskerville/ The hound of the Baskervilles
    by Arthur Conan Doyle
    ISBN 8497645464 (84-9764-546-4)
    Softcover, Edimat Libros

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    For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including drama, fiction, poetry, and essays.
     
    Los lectores tomarán un gran placer en descubrir los clásicos con estas bellas y económicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Esta selección editorial cuenta con títulos que abarcan todos los géneros literarios, desde teatro, narrativa, poesía y el ensayo.

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  • Der Hund Von Baskerville/the Hound of the Baskervilles
    by Arthur Conan Doyle
    ISBN 3548226027 (3-548-22602-7)
    Softcover, Distribooks Inc

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    This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]

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  • Mord Im Orientexpress/Murder on the Orient Express
    by Agatha Christie
    ISBN 3502513031 (3-502-51303-1)
    Softcover, Distribooks Inc

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    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ... 1908. sequence the results of his reading, reflection, and personal thoughts. The problem is to establish the exact chronology of this intellectual activity. Thus we shall avoid "falling into the traditional error of mistaking a transient opinion for the final expression of his personality, and, through the confusion of dates, of introducing contradiction and incoherence into his ideas".1 Furthermore, we shall learn how his inner life has developed. His life and his books deposit on his mind successive 'strata' of experience. From each stratum he attempts to learn some lesson, and, each time, the succeeding stratum shows him the insufficiency of his ideas and raises the problem again.... It is this romance of an intellect that fascinates and instructs the psychologist. To trace it we need as many dates as possible.2 First Chronological Data It is known, before any detailed research, that Montaigne withdrew to his chateau and began working on the Essais in 1571; that Books I and II appeared in 1580; that Book III and about six hundred additions came out in 1588; that, beginning in 1588, correcting and enlarging a copy of the 1588 edition, Montaigne was preparing a new edition, which his death, on September 13, 1592, prevented his issuing. We possess this copy ('Exemplaire de Bordeaux'). It served as the foundation for the edition published in 1595 by MHe de Gournay. Up to this point it is evident that ninety-four essays are anterior to 1580, that thirteen were written between 1580 and 1588, and that the additions to these one hundred and seven were prepared between 1588 and September 13, 1592. But we must go farther. Each group must be taken separately, and an attempt made to place chronologically every essay that it contains.1 Processes and Metho... [via]

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  • Chien Des Baskerville
    by Larousse
    ISBN 2070513467 (2-07-051346-7)
    Softcover, Gallimard

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    Sir Charles Baskerville, revenu vivre une paisible retraite dans le manoir de ses ancêtres, au coeur des landes du Devonshire, est retrouvé mort à la lisière des marécages, le visage figé dans une absolue terreur. Autour du cadavre, on relève les empreintes d'un chien gigantesque. Ami et médecin de la victime, James Mortimer sait que son patient était troublé par une vieille malédiction : un chien viendrait de l'enfer pour réclamer les âmes des descendants des Baskerville. Il décide de faire appel à Sherlock Holmes pour protéger Henry, l'héritier de la victime. En acceptant, le fameux détective ignore qu'il met en péril sa propre vie.

    Paru en 1902, ce roman est la plus célèbre des aventures d'Holmes. Il est baigné d'éléments fantastiques qui amènent le fameux détective à douter de ses pouvoirs de déduction. Même le docteur Watson a du mal à le suivre ! La résolution du mystère mettra fin à ses interrogations. Cette fois-ci, le maître de la logique s'en tire de justesse... --Lisa B. [via]

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