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1) Moby Dick
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Deutsch
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Gemeinsam mit dem Harpunier Queequeg heuert der Ich-Erzähler, der Matrose Ismael, auf dem Walfänger Pequod an. Dort erklärt Kapitän Ahab der Mannschaft das Ziel der Fahrt: Er will den weißen Wal "Moby Dick", der ihm einst das Bein abriss, jagen und erlegen. Die Mannschaft, aufgeheizt durch den charismatischen und wahnsinnigen Kapitän, schwört sich auf Ahab und dessen Ziel ein.
Ahabs Gegenpart ist der erste Maat, Starbuck, ein kühner und erfahrener...
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English
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"Moby-Dick Reversed: A Whale's Humorous Account" is an inventive and humorous retelling of Herman Melville's classic "Moby-Dick." This novella, the second in the "Laughter Lines" series, offers a fresh and comedic perspective by narrating the tale from the whale's point of view.Our protagonist, a witty and articulate whale, takes readers through a rollicking journey beneath the waves, offering hilarious insights into human behavior, maritime adventures,...
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English
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Explore the fundamental questions of life in The McGuffin Quest. Katie White and Harry Jinx, lifelong friends, set out on an adventure to the Kingdom of Wisconsin in search of the elusive McGuffin. Is it an English teacher who inspires Katie, or is the quest itself the true inspiration? As they journey through the idyllic rolling hills of Baraboo, Wisconsin, the world around them transforms into a whimsical and thought-provoking universe of bizarre...
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English
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A nineteenth-century sailor must navigate a future world of airships and soaring whales in the Hugo Award–winning author's sci-fi sequel to Moby-Dick.
When the whaling ship Pequod is destroyed, Ishmael is the lone survivor to escape a watery grave. But shortly after his rescue, he finds himself slipping through a rift in time and space-into a future Earth. In this strange new world, he encounters bloodsucking vegetation and a blood-red sun....
Author
Publisher
Editorial Periférica
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
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Henry Price, pintor inglés al servicio de la Comisión Corográfica, una expedición científica que recorre Colombia en 1850, va siguiendo el rastro de un misterioso y hábil artista local de cuya identidad apenas hay indicios y habladurías populares. Lo que empieza siendo un mero interés profesional –un artista fascinado por otro– acaba convirtiéndose en una obsesión, en una aventura filosófica y en un camino de aprendizaje para el pintor...
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English
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Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection of the greatest classics of all time:
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis...
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