DescriptionJealousies, distrust, and hidden rivalries uncover dark secrets when a dozen vials of a deadly virus go missing. As a blizzard whips out of the north on Christmas Eve, several people converge on a remote family house. Stanley Oxenford, director of a pha…
DescriptionA story from the acclaimed tales of "Hyperborea": A grotesque, deadly black form undulated toward them. Closer and closer it came, almost toying with the frightened, fleeing men who sought treasure in the long-deserted Hyperborean capital... May this tale be a warning to all good thieves and adventurers who dare follow in the footsteps of the now one-armed Satampra Zeiros!
DescriptionNational Book Award nominee and five-time Spur Award-winner Loren D. Estleman is widely considered one of America's finest Western authors. In this riotous and action-packed tale of Old West high jinks, a band of thieves posing as a traveling theater troupe runs afoul of a clever Pinkerton agent.
DescriptionRinconete y Cortadillo es, seguramente, la mas popular de todas las Novelas ejemplares de Cervantes. En la andadura de estos dos muchachos desde la famosa Venta del Molinillo hasta el horrendo patio de Monipodio en Sevilla, Cervantes ha desplegado, con humor y sin renunciar a su fina ironia, una vision critica y satirica de ciertos ambientes sociales en la Espana de la segunda mitad del siglo XVI. El mundo de la marginacion y del hampa sale aqui al paso en los pillos, golfos y delincuentes de esta divertida novela corta que, sin serlo, profundiza en algunos temas de la novela picaresca.Two young men who have just met decide to enjoy exciting adventures together, using other people's money. They arrive in Sevilla, where it seems nobody can steal without the consent of a man named Monipodio. What are they to do?
DescriptionThe story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters: the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sykes, and the prostitute Nancy. Oliver Twist is scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.
