David's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:33:58 -0700 60 David's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Tom Sawyer, Detective 268234 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn.]]> Mark Twain 1891355635 David 0 to-read 3.46 1896 Tom Sawyer, Detective
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]]> The Prince and the Pauper 62446 240 Mark Twain 0451528352 David 0 to-read 3.88 1881 The Prince and the Pauper
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]]> The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 24583
Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn ? the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."

As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.

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"TOM!"
No answer.
"TOM!"
No answer.
"What's gone with that boy, ?I wonder? You TOM!"
No answer.
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked?through?them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service¡ªshe could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear:
"Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll¡ª"
She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat.
"I never did see the beat of that boy!"]]> 244 Mark Twain David 3 to-read 3.92 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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]]> <![CDATA[Mal de altura. La gran tragedia del Everest]]> 16055646 Mal de altura se ha convertido en una lectura obligada para todo amante de la literatura de monta?a, de aventura o de viajes. Un best seller internacional tanto por la calidad de la historia como por el acierto con el que su autor, Jon Krakauer, nos narra lo sucedido.

Qu¨¦ m¨¢s se puede decir de una tragedia que conmocion¨® el mundo de la monta?a incluso transcendi¨¦ndolo¡­ quiz¨¢ s¨®lo que merece la pena empaparse de la intensidad de las palabras y el estilo gr¨¢fico del autor que consiguen atrapar al lector y nos llevan en este viaje literario hasta el coraz¨®n mismo de lo inevitable.

Mal de altura se lee como una buena novela, pero no es ficci¨®n. Jon Krakauer parti¨® hacia el Himalaya en 1996 para escribir un reportaje sobre la creciente explotaci¨®n comercial del Everest. Su intenci¨®n era analizar los motivos de que tanta gente est¨¦ dispuesta a someterse a riesgos antes reservados a alpinistas profesionales. Tras coronar la cima m¨¢s alta de la Tierra, Krakauer comenz¨® el peligroso descenso, pero no todos lo consiguieron; hubo muertes, hubo heridos y mucha controversia. Esta obra suscit¨® tanta pol¨¦mica que Krakauer se vio obligado a escribir un post scriptum de r¨¦plica, incluido en esta edici¨®n.

El tiempo se detiene mientras Krakauer perfila y relata conmovedoramente lo sucedido.

]]> 362 Jon Krakauer 8498291453 David 0 to-read 4.21 1997 Mal de altura. La gran tragedia del Everest
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]]> Cuchillo de agua 29848477
En medio de esta desalmada guerra por el agua, el mercenario ?ngel Vel¨¢zquez est¨¢ al servicio de un poderoso c¨¢rtel que busca nuevos acu¨ªferos. Siguiendo su cometido se cruza con la curtida periodista Lucy Monroe, quien conoce de primera mano el peligro de saber demasiado, y con la joven Mar¨ªa, hija de un emigrante mexicano, que sue?a con escaparse al norte.

Con la ciudad de Phoenix vini¨¦ndose abajo, no queda m¨¢s remedio que depender los unos de los otros para sobrevivir. Aun as¨ª, en un escenario en el que el agua vale m¨¢s que el oro, las alianzas resultan tan movedizas como la arena.]]> 540 Paolo Bacigalupi 8415831919 David 0 to-read 3.77 2015 Cuchillo de agua
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average rating: 3.77
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]]> Las hermanas Bunner 11499217 Las hermanas Bunner se destaca entre toda su producci¨®n. Su lectura revelar¨¢ a quienes no hubieran tenido la oportunidad de conocer este texto un aspecto nuevo de la autora norteamericana y nos confirma el enorme talento que pose¨ªa.?
Soledad Pu¨¦rtolas

Ann Eliza y Evelina Bunner, las protagonistas de esta novela corta, regentan una modesta mercer¨ªa en un barrio humilde de Nueva York. Un d¨ªa, con motivo de su cumplea?os, Ann Eliza le regala a su hermana un reloj. Este humilde objeto ser¨¢ el causante de que los cimientos sobre los que se asientan sus vidas empiecen a tambalearse.
Edith Wharton escribi¨® esta conmovedora historia sobre la abnegaci¨®n y el sacrificio en 1892, si bien no la public¨® hasta 1916 en el volumen titulado Xingu and other stories. A pesar de su temprana fecha de redacci¨®n, los conocedores de su obra no dudan en considerarla una de sus creaciones m¨¢s logradas. En ella quedan patentes tanto su habilidad a la hora de desarrollar una trama como su maestr¨ªa para describir el ambiente en el que se desenvuelven sus narraciones y para plasmar las motivaciones, las dudas y los anhelos de sus personajes.
Edith Wharton (de soltera Edith Newbold Jones) naci¨® en Nueva York el 24 de enero de 1862 y falleci¨® en la localidad de Saint-Brice-sous-For¨ºt, cerca de Par¨ªs, el 11 de agosto de 1937. Perteneciente a una familia de la alta sociedad neoyorquina, recibi¨® una esmerada educaci¨®n. En 1885 se cas¨® con Edgard Robbins Wharton, de quien se divorci¨® en 1913. Gran admiradora de la cultura europea, en 1907 estableci¨® su residencia en Francia. Autora de novelas, relatos, poemas, libros de viajes y de decoraci¨®n, entre sus obras podemos destacar La edad de la inocencia (Premio Pulitzer en 1921), La casa de la alegr¨ªa, Las costumbres nacionales o Ethan Frome.]]> 160 Edith Wharton 8493781851 David 0 to-read 3.99 1916 Las hermanas Bunner
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]]> <![CDATA[El maravilloso viaje de Nils Holgersson]]> 30814119 80 Selma Lagerl?f 9561228777 David 0 to-read 3.94 1906 El maravilloso viaje de Nils Holgersson
author: Selma Lagerl?f
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average rating: 3.94
book published: 1906
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]]> El arte de la guerra 33652320 42 Sun Tzu 1773137255 David 0 currently-reading 3.71 -400 El arte de la guerra
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]]> Don Quijote de la Mancha 25648330 1018 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 8423349683 David 3 4.46 1615 Don Quijote de la Mancha
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average rating: 4.46
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rating: 3
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]]> Matadero Cinco 186766 Matadero Cinco o La cruzada de los ni?os catapult¨® a Kurt Vonnegut como uno de los grandes ¨ªdolos de la juventud norteamericana y se convirti¨® de inmediato en un cl¨¢sico de la literatura contempor¨¢nea. Una historia amarga, conmovedora y a la vez divertid¨ªsima, de la inocencia confrontada con el apocalipsis, ?una novela con ribetes esquizofr¨¦nico-telegr¨¢ficos?, en palabras de su autor. Kurt Vonnegut fue hecho prisionero en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y se encontraba en Dresde cuando esta ciudad fue bombardeada y arrasada por la aviaci¨®n norteamericana; este hecho le marc¨® profundamente y decidi¨® escribir un libro en torno a ese tema: "Matadero Cinco".

La historia de un superviviente de la matanza que, muchos a?os m¨¢s tarde, es raptado y transportado al planeta Trafalmadore es una de las muchas tramas que se entrecruzan en una obra profundamente innovadora, en la que resplandecen cegadoras met¨¢foras de la nueva era y en la que los pasajes de ciencia-ficci¨®n funcionan a la manera de los payasos de Shakespeare. El humor, a menudo muy negro, es esencial en la obra de Vonnegut, quien ha afirmado que ?lo c¨®mico es parte tan integral en mi vida que empiezo a trabajar en una historia sobre cualquier tema y, si no encuentro elementos c¨®micos, la dejo?.]]> 192 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 8433920316 David 0 to-read 3.93 1969 Matadero Cinco
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]]> <![CDATA[Dios - La ciencia - Las pruebas: El albor de una revoluci¨®n]]> 184628221 584 Michel-Yves Bollor¨¦ 8412658795 David 0 to-read 3.79 2021 Dios - La ciencia - Las pruebas: El albor de una revoluci¨®n
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[Los trabajos de Persiles y Segismunda.]]> 136459400 0 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra David 0 to-read 0.0 Los trabajos de Persiles y Segismunda.
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]]> 4?3?2?1 30244626
As inventive and dexterously constructed as anything Paul Auster has ever written, yet with a passion for realism and a great tenderness and fierce attachment to history and to life itself that readers have never seen from Auster before. 4 3 2 1 is a marvelous and unforgettably affecting tour de force.]]> 866 Paul Auster 1627794468 David 0 to-read 3.92 2017 4?3?2?1
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]]> Crimen y castigo 103582 544 Fyodor Dostoevsky 8471662604 David 0 to-read 4.44 1866 Crimen y castigo
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average rating: 4.44
book published: 1866
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]]> El viejo y el mar 3284191 147 Ernest Hemingway 9586140873 David 0 to-read 3.76 1952 El viejo y el mar
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]]> <![CDATA[The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)]]> 40024
The newly appointed police commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt, in a highly unorthodox move, enlists the two men in the murder investigation, counting on the reserved Kreizler's intellect and Moore's knowledge of New York's vast criminal underworld. They are joined by Sara Howard, a brave and determined woman who works as a secretary in the police department. Laboring in secret (for alienists, and the emerging discipline of psychology, are viewed by the public with skepticism at best), the unlikely team embarks on what is a revolutionary effort in criminology-- amassing a psychological profile of the man they're looking for based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who has killed before--and will kill again before the hunt is over.

Fast-paced and gripping, infused with a historian's exactitude, The Alienist conjures up the Gilded Age and its untarnished underside: verminous tenements and opulent mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. Here is a New York during an age when questioning society's belief that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected and mortal consequences.]]> 498 Caleb Carr 0812976142 David 0 to-read 4.06 1994 The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
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average rating: 4.06
book published: 1994
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]]> <![CDATA[Comentarios de la Guerra de las Galias]]> 130160222 352 Julio C¨¦sar 6070785762 David 0 to-read 4.10 Comentarios de la Guerra de las Galias
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]]> <![CDATA[El misterio de la isla de T?kland]]> 3935350 Spanish 236 Joan Manuel Gisbert 8423988511 David 2 3.68 1979 El misterio de la isla de T?kland
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average rating: 3.68
book published: 1979
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Las intermitencias de la muerte]]> 2543
Se buscar¨¢n maneras de forzar a la muerte a matar aunque no lo quiera, se corromper¨¢n las conciencias en los ?acuerdos de caballeros? expl¨ªcitos o t¨¢citos entre el poder pol¨ªtico, las mafias y las familias, los ancianos ser¨¢n detestados por haberse convertido en estorbos irremovibles. Hasta el d¨ªa en que la muerte decide volver...

Arrancando una vez m¨¢s de una proposici¨®n contraria a la evidencia de los hechos corrientes, Jos¨¦ Saramago desarrolla una narrativa de gran fecundidad literaria, social y filos¨®fica que sit¨²a en el centro la perplejidad del hombre ante la impostergable finitud de la existencia. Par¨¢bola de la corta distancia que separa lo ef¨ªmero de lo eterno, Las intermitencias de la muerte bien podr¨ªa terminar tal como empieza: ?Al d¨ªa siguiente no muri¨® nadie.?]]> 274 Jos¨¦ Saramago 9587043642 David 0 to-read 4.06 2005 Las intermitencias de la muerte
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]]> Fitness Revolucionario 40529437 Entender¨¢s por qu¨¦ los genes tienen el secreto para deshacerse f¨¢cilmente del sobrepeso y conocer¨¢s los aspectos del mundo moderno que contribuyen a los trastornos del progreso. Te familiarizar¨¢s con las tradiciones de las poblaciones m¨¢s saludables del planeta y aprender¨¢s a aplicar la sabidur¨ªa del pasado para mejorar tu cuerpo en el presente.
En un mundo plagado de mitos y falsas promesas, Fitness Revolucionario ofrece una visi¨®n cient¨ªfica y global para eliminar esos kilos de m¨¢s, pero tambi¨¦n para descansar mejor y vivir con m¨¢s energ¨ªa. Miles de personas han logrado su objetivo siguiendo los principios que encontrar¨¢s en este libro. Es el momento de experimentar una salud salvaje.]]> 264 Marcos V¨¢zquez Garc¨ªa 8441540195 David 0 to-read 4.41 Fitness Revolucionario
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]]> Confesiones de San Agust¨ªn 18948900 Confesiones es un libro en el que san Agust¨ªn escribi¨® acerca de su juventud pecadora y de c¨®mo se convirti¨® al cristianismo. Es ampliamente aceptada como la primera autobiograf¨ªa occidental jam¨¢s escrita, y se convirti¨® en un modelo para otros autores cristianos de los siguientes siglos. No es una autobiograf¨ªa completa pues fue escrita tras sus primeros 40 a?os de vida y vivi¨® hasta los 76, tiempo durante el cual produjo otros importantes trabajos, entre ellos La ciudad de Dios. De todos modos, proporciona gran informaci¨®n sobre la evoluci¨®n de su pensamiento en sus primeros a?os. El libro es un acabado trabajo de filosof¨ªa y tambi¨¦n un importante aporte a la teolog¨ªa.]]> 130 Augustine of Hippo David 0 to-read 4.22 400 Confesiones de San Agust¨ªn
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]]> <![CDATA[Vivir en el asombro: Memorias de un psic¨®logo criminalista]]> 216037066 176 Juan Enrique Soto Castro 8430991662 David 0 to-read 3.64 Vivir en el asombro: Memorias de un psic¨®logo criminalista
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]]> El pa¨ªs de octubre 1601783 287 Ray Bradbury 8445073958 David 0 to-read 3.93 1955 El pa¨ªs de octubre
author: Ray Bradbury
name: David
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1955
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]]> <![CDATA[Saber que se puede. Recuerdos y reflexiones de una v¨ªctima del terrorismo]]> 11368562 Palabras sabias y directas dan vida a este emotivo testimonio de Irene Villa, una de las primeras v¨ªctimas civiles de la banda terrorista ETA, cuya imagen de ni?a indefensa nos asalt¨® con crudeza por televisi¨®n aquel 17 de octubre de 1991. Ese d¨ªa se truncaron los sue?os de una adolescente de doce a?os que aspiraba a ser capitana de su equipo de se qued¨® sin piernas y casi pierde a su madre. En lugar de derrumbarse, Irene volvi¨® a nacer con optimismo y sin reproches.
?ste es un libro lleno de esperanza y fuerza que nos ense?a a superar los reveses m¨¢s duros, pensando en positivo. Irene recuerda su vida antes y despu¨¦s del atentado, sus muchos viajes, sus experiencias inolvidables con personalidades como Lady Di o los Reyes de Espa?a, su constante lucha por superar lo insuperable... Tambi¨¦n reflexiona sobre el terrorismo y comparte con el lector entradas de su diario escritas a ra¨ªz de los tr¨¢gicos atentados del 11 de marzo de 2004 en Madrid.
Irene se ha convertido en una mujer entusiasta que valora su experiencia porque es una herramienta para ayudar a los dem¨¢s. Por eso estudia Psicolog¨ªa y por eso ha escrito su historia.
Su vida demuestra la importancia de no sentirse nunca v¨ªctima.]]> 296 Irene Villa 8427030657 David 0 to-read 3.50 Saber que se puede. Recuerdos y reflexiones de una v¨ªctima del terrorismo
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]]> 1984 5470 328 George Orwell David 5 4.15 1949 1984
author: George Orwell
name: David
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1949
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[El silencio de los corderos (Hannibal Lecter, #2)]]> 768510 408 Thomas Harris 030734469X David 0 to-read 4.31 1988 El silencio de los corderos (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
author: Thomas Harris
name: David
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1988
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]]> El fin de la infancia 6267163 Todos reconocemos esto como un recurso m¨²ltiples veces utilizado como preludio a una invasi¨®n extraterrestre. En esta ocasi¨®n, en la obra de Arthur C. Clarke, con la llegada a la Tierra de una raza extraterrestre bautizada como superse?ores, la humanidad conocer¨¢ sus mejores tiempos. Bajo su tutela, se acabar¨¢ con las guerras, el hambre, las fronteras¡­Pero algo no va bien, nadie ha visto nunca a un superse?or y esto hace que surjan grupos radicales contrarios a la pol¨ªtica de los superse?ores. Karellen, interlocutor por parte de los superse?ores, hace p¨²blico que en cincuenta a?os se presentar¨¢n a la humanidad, cuando ¨¦sta est¨¦ preparada¡­]]> 238 Arthur C. Clarke 8445070223 David 0 to-read 4.02 1953 El fin de la infancia
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name: David
average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)]]> 77566 500 Dan Simmons 0553283685 David 0 to-read 4.26 1989 Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
author: Dan Simmons
name: David
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1989
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]]> <![CDATA[El guardi¨¢n invisible (Trilog¨ªa del Bazt¨¢n, #1)]]> 17238220 440 Dolores Redondo 8423346048 David 0 to-read 4.01 2013 El guardi¨¢n invisible (Trilog¨ªa del Bazt¨¢n, #1)
author: Dolores Redondo
name: David
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Memoria nueva de antiguos oficios]]> 6232043 123 PACO MARTIN. 8434829479 David 0 to-read 3.83 1988 Memoria nueva de antiguos oficios
author: PACO MARTIN.
name: David
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1988
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]]> El mundo sumergido 4947311 224 J.G. Ballard 8445070746 David 1 3.29 1962 El mundo sumergido
author: J.G. Ballard
name: David
average rating: 3.29
book published: 1962
rating: 1
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]]> Las torres del olvido 6660139 480 George Turner David 0 to-read 3.87 1987 Las torres del olvido
author: George Turner
name: David
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1987
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]]> <![CDATA[Asesinato de calidad (George Smiley, #2)]]> 9680010 188 John Le Carr¨¦ David 2 Tampoco se puede descartar a Perkins como asesino. ?Quiz¨¢s ella descubri¨® que hizo trampas? O la mat¨® sin querer pensando que era el marido?

Hoy en d¨ªa con el ADN ser¨ªa muy f¨¢cil, claro.]]> 3.33 1962 Asesinato de calidad (George Smiley, #2)
author: John Le Carr¨¦
name: David
average rating: 3.33
book published: 1962
rating: 2
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No se si alguien me puede explicar c¨®mo puede demostrar que es el asesino. No hay huellas ni ning¨²n tipo de pruebas del crimen. Ni pruebas del m¨®vil. Incluso es dif¨ªcil de creer que por ir en bici llegara a tiempo de matar y volver a casa sin que le vieran. Tampoco puede demostrar que mat¨® a Perkins.
Tampoco se puede descartar a Perkins como asesino. ?Quiz¨¢s ella descubri¨® que hizo trampas? O la mat¨® sin querer pensando que era el marido?

Hoy en d¨ªa con el ADN ser¨ªa muy f¨¢cil, claro.
]]> <![CDATA[The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)]]> 2052
Librarian's note: this is an alternate cover edition.]]> 231 Raymond Chandler 0394758285 David 0 to-read 3.96 1939 The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
author: Raymond Chandler
name: David
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1939
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]]> El halc¨®n malt¨¦s 31298152 El Halc¨®n Malt¨¦s, que da nombre a la novela, es una supuesta estatuilla con figura de halc¨®n incrustada de piedras preciosas que los caballeros de la Orden de Malta regalaron al emperador Carlos V en 1530. La novela se desarrolla en la ciudad de San Francisco, donde un pu?ado de delincuentes, no todos traficantes de arte, siguen la pista a dicha joya.
Sam Spade, el protagonista de El halc¨®n malt¨¦s, es, sin duda alguna, el personaje m¨¢s conocido de Dashiell Hammett. Detective privado que hace gala de la dureza y brutalidad de un hombre acostumbrado a abrirse camino a codazos en los ambientes m¨¢s hostiles y que parece apreciar menos la propia vida que el dinero.]]> 289 Dashiell Hammett 8899637768 David 0 to-read 3.68 1930 El halc¨®n malt¨¦s
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]]> El fantasma de la ¨®pera 50833391 336 Gaston Leroux 841743061X David 0 to-read 3.90 1910 El fantasma de la ¨®pera
author: Gaston Leroux
name: David
average rating: 3.90
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Joseph Rouletabille #1)]]> 188214 First published in 1907, this intriguing and baffling tale is a classic of early 20th-century detective fiction. At the heart of the novel is a perplexing mystery: How could a crime take place in a locked room which shows no sign of being entered? Nearly a century after its initial publication, Leroux's landmark tale of foul play, deception, and unbridled ambition remains a blueprint for the detective novel genre. Written by the immortal author of The Phantom of the Opera, this atmospheric thriller is still a favorite of whodunit fans everywhere.
"The finest locked room tale ever written." ¡ª John Dickson Carr, author of The Hollow Man.]]> 192 Gaston Leroux 0486449289 David 0 to-read 3.68 1907 The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Joseph Rouletabille #1)
author: Gaston Leroux
name: David
average rating: 3.68
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia]]> 13651 387 Ursula K. Le Guin David 0 to-read 4.24 1974 The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: David
average rating: 4.24
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]]> Citizen of the Galaxy 16689 282 Robert A. Heinlein 1416505520 David 0 to-read 3.99 1957 Citizen of the Galaxy
author: Robert A. Heinlein
name: David
average rating: 3.99
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]]> <![CDATA[El problema de los tres cuerpos (Trilog¨ªa de los tres cuerpos, #1)]]> 28487182

"El problema de los tres cuerpos" es la primera novela no escrita originariamente en ingl¨¦s galardonada con el premio Hugo, el Nobel del g¨¦nero de la ciencia ficci¨®n.

Su autor, Cixin Liu, ha sido considerado el gran descubrimiento del g¨¦nero y es capaz de vender cuatro millones de ejemplares solamente en China y de hacerse con prescriptores de la talla de Barack Obama, quien seleccion¨® "El problema de los tres cuerpos" como una de sus lecturas navide?as de 2015, y Mark Zuckerberg, que lo convirti¨® en la primera novela de su club de lectura.

El p¨²blico y la cr¨ªtica de los cinco continentes se rinden ante esta obra maestra, enormemente visionaria, sobre el papel de la ciencia en nuestras sociedades, que nos ayuda a comprender el pasado y el futuro de China, pero tambi¨¦n, le¨ªda en clave geopol¨ªtica, del mundo en que vivimos.]]> 416 Liu Cixin 8466659730 David 0 to-read 4.06 2006 El problema de los tres cuerpos (Trilog¨ªa de los tres cuerpos, #1)
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name: David
average rating: 4.06
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]]> M¨¢s que humano 8138083
M¨¢s que humano es la historia de un grupo de personajes que no encuentran su papel en la sociedad. Lone es un ser solitario, pero todo cambia cuando encuentra a otros personajes tan solitarios como ¨¦l. Junto a Janie, las mellizas Beanie y Bonnie y el beb¨¦, y gracias a sus incre¨ªbles capacidades ps¨ªquicas, conformar¨¢ un ser ¨²nico, capaz de vivir apartado de un mundo al que no pertenece.]]> 240 Theodore Sturgeon 8445077066 David 0 to-read 3.91 1953 M¨¢s que humano
author: Theodore Sturgeon
name: David
average rating: 3.91
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]]> T¨², el inmortal 10235731
But this was no time to talk about the past, the future was at state. For the Vegans were returning on a mission of conquest -- and soon the place of Earth among the stars would be decided]]> 183 Roger Zelazny 8476342330 David 0 to-read 3.53 1966 T¨², el inmortal
author: Roger Zelazny
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average rating: 3.53
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]]> Flowers for Algernon 18373 Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache.
?
Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence ¨C a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.

As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?]]> 311 Daniel Keyes 015603008X David 0 to-read 4.19 1966 Flowers for Algernon
author: Daniel Keyes
name: David
average rating: 4.19
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]]> V for Vendetta 5805 "Remember, remember the fifth of November..."

A frightening and powerful tale of the loss of freedom and identity in a chillingly believable totalitarian world, V for Vendetta stands as one of the highest achievements of the comics medium and a defining work for creators Alan Moore and David Lloyd.

Set in an imagined future England that has given itself over to fascism, this groundbreaking story captures both the suffocating nature of life in an authoritarian police state and the redemptive power of the human spirit which rebels against it. Crafted with sterling clarity and intelligence, V for Vendetta brings an unequaled depth of characterization and verisimilitude to its unflinching account of oppression and resistance.]]> 296 Alan Moore 1401207928 David 0 to-read 4.26 1990 V for Vendetta
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name: David
average rating: 4.26
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]]> The Book Thief 19063 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

(Note: this title was not published as YA fiction)]]> 592 Markus Zusak David 3 4.38 2005 The Book Thief
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name: David
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> The Three Musketeers 7190 The Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas' historical novels and one of the most popular adventure novels ever written.

Dumas' swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of d'Artagnan, a brash young man from the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King Louis XIII. Before long, he finds treachery and court intrigue,and also three boon companions, the daring swordsmen Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together, the four strive heroically to defend the honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady.]]> 625 Alexandre Dumas David 0 to-read 4.09 1844 The Three Musketeers
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]]> La isla del d¨ªa de antes 2041366 592 Umberto Eco 8497593847 David 0 to-read 3.51 1994 La isla del d¨ªa de antes
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average rating: 3.51
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]]> The Great Gatsby 4671 The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald¡¯s family and from his lifelong publisher.

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author¡¯s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald¡¯s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.]]> 180 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743273567 David 0 to-read 3.93 1925 The Great Gatsby
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average rating: 3.93
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]]> A sangre fr¨ªa 2947273 440 Truman Capote David 0 to-read 4.22 1966 A sangre fr¨ªa
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name: David
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]]> The Martian Chronicles 76778
The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanity¡¯s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. They felt they had never been born. Those few that survived found no welcome on Mars. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up.

But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them ¨C and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame.

Contents:
Rocket Summer
Ylla
The Summer Night
The Earth Men
The Taxpayer
The Third Expedition
-And the Moon Be Still As Bright
The Settlers
The Green Morning
The Locusts
Night Meeting
The Shore
Interim
The Musicians
Way in the Middle of the Air
The Naming of Names
Usher II
The Old Ones
The Martian
The Luggage Store
The Off Season
The Watchers
The Silent Towns
The Long Years
There Will Come Soft Rains
The Million Year Picnic]]> 182 Ray Bradbury 0553278223 David 0 to-read 4.16 1950 The Martian Chronicles
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]]> The Invisible Man 17184 192 H.G. Wells 0451528522 David 0 to-read 3.63 1897 The Invisible Man
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name: David
average rating: 3.63
book published: 1897
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]]> Moby-Dick or, The Whale 153747 "It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it."

So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby-Dick is also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

This edition of Moby-Dick, which reproduces the definitive text of the novel, includes invaluable explanatory notes, along with maps, illustrations, and a glossary of nautical terms.]]> 720 Herman Melville 0142437247 David 0 to-read, en-casa 3.53 1851 Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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name: David
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]]> Ensayo sobre la ceguera 50254902 No food, no water, no government, no obligation, no order.

Discover a chillingly powerful and prescient dystopian vision from one of Europe's greatest writers.

A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An ophthalmologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is affected before he can read the textbooks.
It becomes a contagion, spreading throughout the city. Trying to stem the epidemic, the authorities herd the afflicted into a mental asylum where the wards are terrorised by blind thugs. And when fire destroys the asylum, the inmates burst forth and the last links with a supposedly civilised society are snapped.

This is not anarchy, this is blindness.

¡®Saramago repeatedly undertakes to unite the pressing demands of the present with an unfolding vision of the future. This is his most apocalyptic, and most optimistic, version of that project yet¡¯ Independent]]> 366 Jos¨¦ Saramago David 3 4.42 1995 Ensayo sobre la ceguera
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name: David
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1995
rating: 3
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]]> The Road 6288
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don¡¯t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food¡ªand each other.

The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, ¡°each the other¡¯s world entire,¡± are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.]]> 241 Cormac McCarthy 0307265439 David 1 3.99 2006 The Road
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]]> Theodore Boone, joven abogado 40785296 0 John Grisham 8484416909 David 0 to-read, en-casa 3.00 2010 Theodore Boone, joven abogado
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]]> To Kill a Mockingbird 2657 "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 David 0 to-read 4.25 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
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]]> El hombre duplicado 2538 380 Jos¨¦ Saramago 8466312803 David 0 to-read 4.03 2002 El hombre duplicado
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]]> El hombre bicentenario 66168
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Contiene los siguientes relatos:
Lenny (Lenny, 1957)
Veredicto (A Loint of Paw, 1957)
Una estatua para pap¨¢ (A Statue for Father, 1959)
Aniversario (Anniversary, 1959)
Necrol¨®gica (Obituary, 1959)
Lluvia, lluvia, al¨¦jate (Rain, Rain, Go Away, 1959)
Luz estelar (Star Light, 1962)
Padre fundador (Founding Father, 1965)
La clave (The Key, 1966)
La bola de billar (The Billiard Ball, 1967)
Exilio en el infierno (Exile to Hell, 1968)
Factor clave (The Prime of Life, 1966)
Intuici¨®n femenina (Feminine Intuition, 1969)
El mayor patrimonio (The Greatest Asset, 1972)
Coja una cerilla (Take a Match, 1972)
Versos luminosos (Light Verse, 1973)
Un extra?o en el para¨ªso (Stranger in Paradise, 1974)
?Que es el hombre? (That Thou Art Mindful of Him!, 1974)
Vida y obra de Multivac (The Life and Times of Multivac, 1975)
El hombre bicentenario (The Bicentennial Man, 1976)
Marching in (Marching In, 1976)
Anticuado (Old-Fashioned, 1976)
El incidente del tricentenario (The Tercentenary Incident, 1976)]]> 476 Isaac Asimov 8440650388 David 4 4.17 1976 El hombre bicentenario
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name: David
average rating: 4.17
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rating: 4
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]]> La paciente silenciosa 51902283 SOLO YO PUEDO HACERLA HABLAR.

Alicia Berenson, una pintora de ¨¦xito, dispara cinco tiros en la cabeza de su marido, y no vuelve a hablar nunca m¨¢s. Su negativa a emitir palabra alguna convierte una tragedia dom¨¦stica en un misterio que atrapa la imaginaci¨®n de toda Inglaterra.

Theo Faber, un ambicioso psicoterapeuta forense obsesionado con el caso, est¨¢ empe?ado en desentra?ar el misterio de lo que ocurri¨® aquella noche fatal y consigue una plaza en The Grove, la unidad de seguridad en el norte de Londres a la que Alicia fue enviada hace seis a?os y en la que sigue obstinada en su silencio. Pronto descubre que el mutismo de la paciente est¨¢ mucho m¨¢s enraizado de lo que pensaba. Pero, si al final hablara, ?estar¨ªa dispuesto a escuchar la verdad?]]> 400 Alex Michaelides 8466351930 David 0 to-read 4.34 2019 La paciente silenciosa
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]]> Seeing 47667
But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent are blank. The citizens are rebellious. A state of emergency is declared. But are the authorities acting too precipitously? Or even blindly? The word evokes terrible memories of the plague of blindness that hit the city four years before, and of the one woman who kept her sight. Could she be behind the blank ballots? A police superintendent is put on the case.

What begins as a satire on governments and the sometimes dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister. A singular novel from the author of Blindness.]]> 307 Jos¨¦ Saramago David 0 to-read 3.78 2004 Seeing
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]]> <![CDATA[La Mala prensa del eucalipto (Spanish Edition)]]> 101683273 481 Xos¨¦ Miguel Alonso Boo 8484574377 David 0 to-read 0.0 La Mala prensa del eucalipto (Spanish Edition)
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]]> El pirata (Spanish Edition) 62007242 480 Walter Scott 8835328519 David 0 to-read 4.00 El pirata (Spanish Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Liberalismo: Los 10 principios b¨¢sicos del orden pol¨ªtico liberal (Deusto) (Spanish Edition)]]> 44793924 324 Juan Ram¨®n Rallo 8423430464 David 3 4.35 Liberalismo: Los 10 principios b¨¢sicos del orden pol¨ªtico liberal (Deusto) (Spanish Edition)
author: Juan Ram¨®n Rallo
name: David
average rating: 4.35
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]]> <![CDATA[Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes]]> 138470672 0 Arthur Conan Doyle David 3 3.50 1892 Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
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name: David
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1892
rating: 3
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]]> La ola 57863312 128 Todd Strasser 8418733039 David 0 to-read 3.70 1981 La ola
author: Todd Strasser
name: David
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1981
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]]> <![CDATA[Around the World in Eighty Days]]> 54479 252 Jules Verne 014044906X David 4 3.95 1872 Around the World in Eighty Days
author: Jules Verne
name: David
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1872
rating: 4
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]]> 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1) 6443834 ¤½¤·¤Æ2009Äê¡¢¡º1²Ï84¡»¤ÏÄæ¤Î·½Ïò¤«¤é1984Äê¤òÃ褤¤¿½ü¹ýȥСÕh¤Ç¤¢¤ë¡£
¤½¤³¤ËÃ褫¤ì¤Æ¤¤¤ë¤Î¤Ï¡¸¤³¤¦¤Ç¤¢¤Ã¤¿¤«¤â¤·¤ì¤Ê¤¤¡¹ÊÀ½ç¤Ê¤Î¤À¡£
˽¤¿¤Á¤¬Éú¤­¤Æ¤¤¤ëÏÖÔÚ¤¬¡¢¡¸¤½¤¦¤Ç¤Ï¤Ê¤«¤Ã¤¿¤«¤â¤·¤ì¤Ê¤¤¡¹ÊÀ½ç¤Ç¤¢¤ë¤Î¤È¡¢¤Á¤ç¤¦¤Éͬ¤¸¤è¤¦¤Ë¡£±Õ±Õ> 554 Haruki Murakami 4103534222 David 0 to-read, para-comprar 4.02 2009 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)
author: Haruki Murakami
name: David
average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[Informe sobre la Tierra: Fundamentalmente inofensiva (Gu¨ªa del autoestopista gal¨¢ctico, #5)]]> 140443 Gu¨ªa del autoestopista gal¨¢ctico, Empresas Dimensinf¨ªn? ?Fue Plat¨®n quien sentenci¨® ?El Universo es lo que es, o lo tomas o lo dejas?, o es acaso una m¨¢xima de alg¨²n fil¨®sofo c¨®smico? ?Puede uno costearse sus devaneosinterplanetarios vendiendo u?as de los pies y diversas secrecciones corporales a bancos de ADN? ?C¨®mo se consigue que un robot est¨¦ perpetuamente al borde del orgasmo?

Todos estos inquietantes y trascendentales enigmas tienen su respuesta en esta novela, quinta parte de la trilog¨ªa Gu¨ªa del Autoestopista Gal¨¢ctico (y es que Douglas Adams, el escritor brit¨¢nico de mayor proyecci¨®n interplanetaria, adem¨¢s de inventar la ciencia ficci¨®n c¨®smica y c¨®mica, est¨¢ empe?ado en forzar una ya ineludible redefinici¨®n del concepto de trilog¨ªa).]]> 272 Douglas Adams 8433923501 David 0 to-read 3.82 1992 Informe sobre la Tierra: Fundamentalmente inofensiva (Gu¨ªa del autoestopista gal¨¢ctico, #5)
author: Douglas Adams
name: David
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1992
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]]> <![CDATA[Hasta luego, y gracias por el pescado (Gu¨ªa del autoestopista gal¨¢ctico, #4)]]> 1256371 En fin, la historia tiene moraleja, aunque, seg¨²n se nos dice, de momento al cronista se le ha olvidado. Ello no debe desmerecer la definici¨®n que Ford Prefect da en un momento de inspiraci¨®n: ?La vida es como un pomelo, algo amarillo anaranjado con hoyuelos por fuera y h¨²medo y carnoso por dentro?.
Douglas Adams, merced a una imaginaci¨®n desbocada, ha desarrollado la ciencia-ficci¨®n c¨®smica y c¨®mica a niveles de absoluta imprevisibilidad.]]> 158 Douglas Adams 8433923110 David 0 to-read 3.80 1984 Hasta luego, y gracias por el pescado (Gu¨ªa del autoestopista gal¨¢ctico, #4)
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> <![CDATA[La vida, el universo y todo lo dem¨¢s (Gu¨ªa del autoestopista gal¨¢ctico, #3)]]> 8645930 192 Douglas Adams 8433973703 David 3 3.67 1982 La vida, el universo y todo lo dem¨¢s (Gu¨ªa del autoestopista gal¨¢ctico, #3)
author: Douglas Adams
name: David
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1982
rating: 3
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]]> El hombre en el castillo 7870326
Un autor que se acerca a un escenario como el propuesto se enfrenta al problema de describir c¨®mo ser¨ªa el mundo si los nazis hubieran ganado la guerra. Dick opta por trazar a grandes rasgos la brutalidad nazi llevada al mundo entero, e incluso al espacio exterior, y elige centrarse preferentemente en la cotidianidad de los americanos derrotados dentro de una cultura japonesa victoriosa.

La acci¨®n se desarrolla en 1962 en la costa Oeste de los que otrora fueran los Estados Unidos, ahora PSA, Pacific States of America, zona de influencia japonesa. Los nativos son ciudadanos de segunda clase a pesar de que su cultura es admirada por los vencedores, a tal punto que uno de los mejores negocios es la venta de aut¨¦nticas antig¨¹edades americanas, como relojes de Mickey Mouse. Este mundo nos es descrito a trav¨¦s de las vidas de Robert Childan, Frank Frink, su ex-esposa Juliana, y Nobusuke Tagomi, saltando la narraci¨®n constantemente de un personaje a otro.

La trama gira alrededor de tres cuestiones que se tocan por momentos: el comercio en torno a las antig¨¹edades americanas y la valoraci¨®n que los japoneses hacen de ella, la misi¨®n del Sr. Baynes, llegado de Europa, para entrevistarse, con fines aparentemente comerciales, con el Sr. Shinjiro Yatabe, y un extra?o libro, censurado por los nazis, que describe a los Aliados victoriosos, escrito por un tal Hawthorne Abendsen, el Hombre en el Castillo al que alude el t¨ªtulo.]]> 261 Philip K. Dick 8445075616 David 0 to-read 3.32 1962 El hombre en el castillo
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]]> <![CDATA[El restaurante del fin del mundo (Gu¨ªa del autoestopista gal¨¢ctico, #2)]]> 6124471 208 Douglas Adams 8433973282 David 4 3.89 1980 El restaurante del fin del mundo (Gu¨ªa del autoestopista gal¨¢ctico, #2)
author: Douglas Adams
name: David
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1980
rating: 4
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]]> S. El barco de Teseo 199238693 Un libro, dos lectores, un mundo de misterio, amenazas y deseo¡­

Una joven encuentra accidentalmente un libro dejado fuera de lugar por un extra?o: un lector intrigado, embelesado por la historia y su misterioso autor, como lo revelan las notas escritas al margen. Ella responde escribiendo m¨¢s notas y vuelve a dejar el libro para que lo coja el chico. As¨ª comienza un intercambio en el que los dos se adentrar¨¢n en lo desconocido.

El libro: S. El barco de Teseo, la ¨²ltima novela de un prol¨ªfico pero enigm¨¢tico autor llamado V. M. Straka, en el que un hombre sin pasado es secuestrado y llevado a un extra?o barco con una tripulaci¨®n siniestra, comenzando un viaje desconcertante y lleno de peligros.

El escritor: Straka es un autor revolucionario, cuya identidad real es uno de los mayores misterios del mundo.

Los lectores: Eric y Jennifer, tienen que afrontar decisiones cruciales sobre qui¨¦nes son, qu¨¦ quieren llegar a ser y cu¨¢nto est¨¢n dispuestos a confiar en sus pasiones, sus desenga?os, sus miedos¡­ y en el otro.

S. El barco de Teseo, ideada, concebida y realizada por el cineasta J. J. Abrams y escrito por el galardonado novelista Doug Dorst, es la cr¨®nica de dos lectores que se conocen en los m¨¢rgenes de un libro y se ven implicados en una lucha mortal entre fuerzas que no comprenden. Un viaje al universo de la palabra escrita que sumergir¨¢ a sus lectores en una espiral arriesgada, una aventura imposible de abandonar hasta y m¨¢s all¨¢ de la ¨²ltima p¨¢gina.]]> 472 J.J. Abrams 8419521493 David 0 to-read 3.53 2013 S. El barco de Teseo
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]]> <![CDATA[La buena suerte: Claves de la prosperidad]]> 66460

?Qui¨¦n aceptar¨¢ el reto de ir al bosque encantado en b¨²squeda del Tr¨¦bol M¨¢gico? As¨ª comienza la leyenda de La buena suerte, un libro inspirador y extraordinariamente positivo: una f¨¢bula mediante la cual se desvelan las claves de la buena suerte y la prosperidad tanto para la vida como para los negocios.

]]> 128 ?lex Rovira Celma 8495787555 David 0 4.05 2004 La buena suerte: Claves de la prosperidad
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hitchhiker¡¯s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)]]> 11
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!]]> 216 Douglas Adams David 4 4.21 1979 The Hitchhiker¡¯s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
author: Douglas Adams
name: David
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1979
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[O faro de Arealonga (INFANTIL E XUVENIL - F?RA DE XOGO E-book) (Galician Edition)]]> 90084292 212 Ux¨ªa Casal 849121173X David 1 2.50 O faro de Arealonga (INFANTIL E XUVENIL - F?RA DE XOGO E-book) (Galician Edition)
author: Ux¨ªa Casal
name: David
average rating: 2.50
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rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter y el legado maldito]]> 30243012 Diecinueve a?os despu¨¦s... la octava historia

Ser Harry Potter nunca ha sido tarea f¨¢cil, menos aun desde que se ha convertido en un ataread¨ªsimo empleado del Ministerio de Magia, un hombre casado y padre de tres hijos.

Mientras Harry planta cara a un pasado que se resiste a quedar atr¨¢s, su hijo menor, Albus Severus, ha de luchar contra el peso de una herencia familiar de la que ¨¦l nunca ha querido saber nada. Cuando el destino conecte el pasado con el presente, padre e hijo deber¨¢n afrontar una verdad muy inc¨®moda: a veces, la oscuridad surge de los lugares m¨¢s insospechados.

Harry Potter y el legado maldito es una obra de teatro de Jack Thorne basada en una historia original de J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany y Jack Thorne. Es la octava historia de la saga de Harry Potter y la primera que se representa oficialmente en los escenarios. Esta edici¨®n especial del texto teatral acerca a los lectores la continuaci¨®n del viaje de Harry Potter, sus amigos y familiares, inmediatamente despu¨¦s del estreno mundial de la obra en el West End de Londres el 30 de julio de 2016.

La obra de teatro Harry Potter y el legado maldito est¨¢ producida por Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender y Harry Potter Theatrical Productions.

]]> 333 John Tiffany 8498387566 David 4 3.29 2016 Harry Potter y el legado maldito
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]]> Presa 32734069 407 Michael Crichton 8467201088 David 0 to-read 3.40 2002 Presa
author: Michael Crichton
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter: The Prequel (Harry Potter, #0.5)]]> 8933944
At the bottom of the card, JKR wrote: "From the prequel I am NOT working on - but that was fun!"]]> 3 J.K. Rowling 1156923441 David 0 to-read 4.11 2008 Harry Potter: The Prequel (Harry Potter, #0.5)
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> El gran robo del tren 30899382 368 Michael Crichton 8422608030 David 5 4.07 1975 El gran robo del tren
author: Michael Crichton
name: David
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1975
rating: 5
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]]> El hombre terminal 37132 409 Michael Crichton 8495501236 David 0 to-read 3.22 1972 El hombre terminal
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name: David
average rating: 3.22
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]]> La amenaza de Andr¨®meda 2991439 Cuatro cient¨ªficos estadounidenses, escogidos por sus logros en microbiolog¨ªa, patolog¨ªa, epidemiolog¨ªa y qu¨ªmica electrol¨ªtica han sido convocados sin saber por qu¨¦ y con la m¨¢xima urgencia a un laboratorio secreto que el Proyecto Wildfire esconde bajo tierra en el desierto de Nevada. All¨ª, rodeados por los m¨¢s sofisticados equipos inform¨¢ticos y sin poder comunicarse con el exterior, excepto por una l¨ªnea directa con la oficina de Seguridad Nacional, trabajan para combatir la amenaza de una epidemia mundial. Han de encontrar un ant¨ªdoto contra un microorganismo desconocido que, inexplicablemente, ha matado a todos los habitantes, excepto a un anciano y un beb¨¦, en un peque?o pueblo de Arizona donde un sat¨¦lite ha sido recuperado. Pocas piezas les faltan ya para completar el puzzle cuando una rotura en el sello que a¨ªsla el laboratorio ha permitido que su adversario microbacteriano salga al exterior. Entonces, su ya desesperada b¨²squeda de una respuesta m¨¦dica se unir¨¢ a una fren¨¦tica carrera para impedir el fin del mundo. Con su fuerza narrativa, el suspense y los conocimientos cient¨ªficos que atesora, La amenaza de Andr¨®meda coloca al lector ante una trama que une la investigaci¨®n espacial a los m¨¢s altos secretos de estado.]]> 344 Michael Crichton 8483463938 David 0 to-read 3.66 1969 La amenaza de Andr¨®meda
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]]> <![CDATA[The Disintegration Machine (Professor Challenger, #5)]]> 4340651 48 Arthur Conan Doyle 1425477194 David 0 to-read 3.52 1929 The Disintegration Machine (Professor Challenger, #5)
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average rating: 3.52
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]]> <![CDATA[When the World Screamed (Professor Challenger, #4)]]> 1476665 Liberty Magazine, 25 February-3 March 1928.]]> Arthur Conan Doyle 0877016526 David 0 to-read 3.38 1928 When the World Screamed (Professor Challenger, #4)
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average rating: 3.38
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]]> <![CDATA[The Land of Mist (Professor Challenger, #3)]]> 52676 This novel was first published in a serial form in "The Strand" magazine July 1925-May 1928.]]> 516 Arthur Conan Doyle 1425000134 David 0 to-read 2.99 1926 The Land of Mist (Professor Challenger, #3)
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average rating: 2.99
book published: 1926
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]]> <![CDATA[El mundo perdido (Spanish Edition)]]> 18957598 192 Arthur Conan Doyle 1478339942 David 5 5.00 1912 El mundo perdido (Spanish Edition)
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name: David
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1912
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Da Vinci Code: The Young Adult Adaptation]]> 30156386 The greatest conspiracy of the past 2,000 years is about to unravel.

Robert Langdon, professor of religious symbology at Harvard, is in Paris to give an evening lecture. He¡¯s also scheduled to meet with a revered curator from the world-famous Louvre museum, but strangely the curator never arrives. Later, Langdon receives an urgent late-night call: the curator has been murdered in the museum, and alongside the body the killer has written a series of baffling codes. The police need Langdon¡¯s help to decipher them.

In a terrifying twist, Langdon himself becomes the primary suspect in the murder. With the help of French cryptologist Sophie Neveu, he must flee the scene and deciper a mystifying trail of clues. If Robert and Sophie can¡¯t solve the puzzle in time, an ancient truth could be lost forever¡ªand both their lives hang in the balance.]]> 416 Dan Brown 1524715824 David 4 4.51 2003 The Da Vinci Code: The Young Adult Adaptation
author: Dan Brown
name: David
average rating: 4.51
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]]> <![CDATA[Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future]]> 25541028 392 Ashlee Vance 0062301233 David 0 to-read 4.12 2015 Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
author: Ashlee Vance
name: David
average rating: 4.12
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]]> CSI: Huida a Miami 18043683 334 Max Allan Collins 8478711821 David 4 3.67 2003 CSI: Huida a Miami
author: Max Allan Collins
name: David
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> The Long Walk 9014 370 Richard Bachman 0451196716 David 3 4.11 1978 The Long Walk
author: Richard Bachman
name: David
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1978
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Elemental, querida lectora (Misterios en la librer¨ªa Sherlock Holmes #1)]]> 204211550 336 Vicki Delany 8419599565 David 0 to-read 3.61 2017 Elemental, querida lectora (Misterios en la librer¨ªa Sherlock Holmes #1)
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name: David
average rating: 3.61
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]]> <![CDATA[El nudo Windsor (Su Majestad, la reina investigadora #1)]]> 58406110
Pero el ambiente festivo se trunca de pronto cuando uno de sus invitados es hallado muerto en uno de los dormitorios de la residencia.

Todo parece indicar que el joven pianista ruso se ha ahorcado, pero un nudo mal hecho lleva al MI5 a sospechar que hay gato encerrado.

La reina deja la investigaci¨®n en manos de los profesionales, hasta que las pesquisas apuntan hacia sus fieles sirvientes y decide tomar cartas en el asunto.]]> 308 S.J. Bennett 8418363347 David 0 to-read 3.37 2020 El nudo Windsor (Su Majestad, la reina investigadora #1)
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]]> El prisionero de Zenda 71098500 0 Anthony Hope 8440717725 David 0 to-read 0.0 1894 El prisionero de Zenda
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name: David
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]]> Esfera 90801 418 Michael Crichton 8422634724 David 0 to-read 3.77 1987 Esfera
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average rating: 3.77
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]]> <![CDATA[Un ano de f¨¢bula en catro estaci¨®ns (Galician Edition)]]> 101433104 0 Ux¨ªa Casal 8478242112 David 0 en-casa, to-read 0.0 Un ano de f¨¢bula en catro estaci¨®ns (Galician Edition)
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]]> As de xenoveva, as (a) 92244340 132 Ux¨ªa Casal 8482887599 David 0 en-casa, to-read 0.0 As de xenoveva, as (a)
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]]> Saturno tam¨¦n ¨¦ Deus 36387760 108 Ux¨ªa Casal David 0 en-casa, to-read 3.86 Saturno tam¨¦n ¨¦ Deus
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]]> <![CDATA[La superpotencia renovable (Spanish Edition)]]> 199732939 385 Daniel P¨¦rez Rodr¨ªguez 8419558346 David 4
Lo peor es que tiene algunos errores de edici¨®n que espero que corrijan.]]> 4.57 La superpotencia renovable (Spanish Edition)
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Estamos bien para tener una panor¨¢mica general de la situaci¨®n de las energ¨ªas renovables. Viene con muchos datos y muchas fuentes y explica con claridad la situaci¨®n del presente y el futuro que puede venir.

Lo peor es que tiene algunos errores de edici¨®n que espero que corrijan.
]]> <![CDATA[Aguas continentales: Gesti¨®n de recursos h¨ªdricos, tratamiento y calidad del agua]]> 93125637 280 Damian Barcelo 8400086643 David 0 to-read 0.0 Aguas continentales: Gesti¨®n de recursos h¨ªdricos, tratamiento y calidad del agua
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]]> As¨ª habl¨® Zaratustra 43447834 Thus Spoke Zarathustra is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale in Penguin Classics.

Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. Nietzsche's utterance 'God is dead', his insistence that the meaning of life is to be found in purely human terms, and his doctrine of the Superman and the will to power were all later seized upon and unrecognisably twisted by, among others, Nazi intellectuals. With blazing intensity and poetic brilliance, Nietzsche argues that the meaning of existence is not to be found in religious pieties or meek submission to authority, but in an all-powerful life passionate, chaotic and free.]]> 320 Friedrich Nietzsche 8416365539 David 0 to-read 4.09 1883 As¨ª habl¨® Zaratustra
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