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Versteckt im undurchdringlichen Dschungel Südamerikas liegt ein Geheimnis, dessen Entdeckung die Welt für immer verändern könnte ... Für einen neuen Auftraggeber, dem Tactical Archaeological Command, begibt sich Jack Reilly nach Kolumbien, denn dort wurde ein weiterer TAC-Agent gewaltsam entführt. Doch hier geht es um mehr als eine bloße Entführung, denn kurz zuvor gelang es dem Agenten, noch eine verschlüsselte Botschaft abzusenden. Ihre Botschaft: "El Dorado existiert!"

All I want is to be innocent again. But that's not how it works. Especially not after the Wheel. The three Bishop sisters grew up in privilege in the moneyed suburbs of Detroit. But as the auto industry declined, so did their fortunes. Harper, the youngest, is barely making ends meet when her beloved, charismatic sister Pam—currently in the middle of a contentious battle with her ex-husband—and her eldest sister, Debra, approach her about joining an exciting new club.

Aterrada por la posibilidad de volverse loca, Anna decide plasmar sus vivencias y pensamientos en cuatro cuadernos de distintos colores: en el de color negro registra su vida como escritora, en el rojo sus ideas políticas, en el amarillo sus experiencias personales y emociones más íntimas, y en el azul su cotidianidad. Sin embargo es un quinto cuaderno, el cuaderno dorado, el que reúne todos los cabos sueltos de su vida y el que posee la clave para recuperarse de aquel bloqueo en el que se encuentra estancada.

El Dorado is a historical espionage novel. The story is set in Paris after the French Revolution and the guillotine horrors. The plot begins when Sir Percy, the Scarlet Pimpernel, unwillingly agrees to take Armand St. Just, brother of his wife, Marguerite, with him to France as part of a plan to save the young Dauphin. Percy warns Armand not to renew any friendships while in Paris, but it doesn't take long before Armand has ignored his warnings and renewed a friendship with the devious Baron de Batz, who wants to free the Dauphin himself and hates the Scarlet Pimpernel and all he represents.

Joan Didion es una de las cronistas fundamentales de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. En una edición a cargo de Claudio López de Lamadrid, Los que sueñan el sueño dorado reúne por primera vez en castellano una selección de artículos y ensayos de sus libros.

Alongside the famous Lost City of Atlantis, perhaps no mythological city has captured the imaginations of people or been the source for exploration quite like El Dorado, the fabled city of gold that the Spanish believed was located somewhere in South America.

InSight Crime set out to the town of Segovia in search of Colombia’s blood gold – gold that makes us, the global consumers, complicit in conflict, crime, and corruption. But what we found was a trail that led not only to gangsters and warlords, but also to presidents and billionaire investors. Join us as we uncover the hidden story of Segovia’s descent from a company town to a mafia town and expose the savage capitalism that runs wild in the forgotten corners of the global economy.

A city cloaked in a legend too dangerous to be true. An ancient tribe, who has vowed to protect their gods until the end of time. A shipwreck scattered with gold, and drawings of a mythical beast. Sam Reilly is on the hunt to find an ancient tomb, before the secret of El Dorado is lost forever…

The story takes place in Wyoming territory in the 1870s. Will Roberts, a drifting cowboy wanders into the little sleepy town of El Dorado. He stops at the local saloon for a drink and maybe a tip on where he can find a job. While reluctantly sharing a table with a grubby stinky prospector he is drawn into a gunfight and saves the man's life. Salty, the prospector, rewards Will with half interest in his gold mine. Later that day will meets Victoria and falls madly in love with her.

In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame - and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East.

Indulge yourself with the charming and whimsical From Machu Picchu to El Dorado by Lino Omoboni. This is a voyage into the ancient past of the Incas as seen through the eyes of Melissa, a teenage girl who becomes central to their cause as both warrior and advocate, transported to a distant time many years into the past by the properties of a magical stone which she discovers whilst on a family holiday to the New Forest.

ಸಾವಿರಾರು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ, ಅದೊಂದು ದಟ್ಟವಾದ ಕಾನನ, ಗಗನ ಚುಂಭೀ ವೃಕ್ಷಗಳು, ವೈವಿಧ್ಯಮಯ ಜೀವ ಸಂಕುಲ,ಅದು ಆಧುನಿಕತೆಯಿಂದ ಬಹು ದೂರವಿದ್ದ ಪ್ರದೇಶ. ಅಲ್ಲೊಂದು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಸರೋವರ, ಮುಂಜಾನೆಯ ಸೂರ್ಯ ಆಗತಾನೇ ಉದಯಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಆ ಬಂಗಾರದ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಬೆಳಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಆ ಬೆಳಕಿಗೆ ಎದುರಾಗಿ ಕಟ್ಟುಮಸ್ತಾದ ,ವಿಶಾಲವಾದ ಎದೆಯ, ಶಕ್ತಿಯುತವಾದ ಮಾಂಸ ಖಂಡಗಳ ,ಬಂಡೆಯಂತೆಯೇ ಬಲಿಷ್ಠವಾದ ದೇಹವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಒಬ್ಬ ಅಜಾನುಬಾಹು ನಿಂತಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಅವನ ದೇಹಕ್ಕೆ ಸುತ್ತಲಿದ್ದವರೆಲ್ಲಾ ದೂಳನ್ನು ಎಸೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

El Dorado is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson: It seems as if a great deal were attainable in a world where there are so many marriages and decisive battles, and where we all, at certain hours of the day, and with great gusto and despatch, stow a portion of victuals finally and irretrievably into the bag which contains us. And it would seem also, on a hasty view, that the attainment of as much as possible was the one goal of man's contentious life.

Zombis, brujas, serpientes gigantes... ¿A qué más tendrán que enfrentarse Trolero y Hardy en esta loca aventura? Cuando Trolero y Hardy llegan a Villa Trigo, no pueden creer lo que ven: ¡la aldea está completamente devastada! No hay trigo, no hay Masa Madre y lo que es peor aún... ¡¡¡NO HAY PAN!!! Es un desastre total... Solo podrán salvarla dos auténticos héroes, tan valientes como para enfrentarse a hordas de zombis, brujas que adoran las matemáticas y la amenaza de un tal... ¿Lorito? Audiolibro narrado por los autores.

Francia, 1940. La vida en un pequeño pueblo del valle del Loira cambia drásticamente tras la ocupación alemana. Las hermanas Aubier se enfrentan a la guerra cada una a su manera, entre peligros, mentiras, pasiones prohibidas y secretos que han jurado no revelar a nadie. A medida que la contienda avanza, una decisión inimaginable las obligará a replantearse de qué lado están sus lealtades. Mientras luchan por sobrevivir deberán responder a una pregunta: ¿Hasta dónde estás dispuesta a llegar por proteger lo que más amas?

In 1594, English adventurer Sir Walter Ralegh heard the story of a lost city in South America from a Spanish conquistador. Setting out from Plymouth in February 1595, Ralegh reached the mouth of the Orinoco River and travelled over 400 miles inland to find it. Along the way, he captured galleons full of treasure, fought the Spanish and befriended the indigenous peoples.

Someone has broken into the Library of Doom! While searching for the intruder, the Librarian is captured by a shadowy figure the Eraser. He has chained the Librarian to a huge golden book. If the Librarian can't escape, all the world's books could be could be destroyed. Listen to the Spanish audio.

El sueño dorado es el libro 2 de la saga de Los Puentes de Isabel. La fascinante continuación de esta épica historia del amor prohibido entre Isabel y Alex. Cuando finalmente Alex toma la decisión de ir a Gaia a buscar una salida para poder estar con Isabel, es atrapado. Ahora sus memorias se encuentran en peligro de ser borradas para siempre. Pero Isabel toma una decisión que cambiará el destino de su vida, y la del mundo a su alrededor.

Archaeologist Duncan Rigby thinks he’s finally struck it rich when he discovers a trunk of legendary jewels, buried 300 years ago by exiled priests in a remote Mexican mountain range. But he’s not the only one on the trail of the famous Jesuit Treasure.… Rumors of the find have brought a wave of fortune hunters onto Baja’s southern shores - and that in turn attracts the attention of Atticus Fish, the expatriate American billionaire with a knack for getting caught up in other people’s troubles. When Rigby goes missing, Fish fires up his seaplane and enlists Baja’s infamous bootlegger, Skegs, to join him in his search.

El Dorado, La Vigencia del Mito desentierra la historia oculta detrás del mito más persistente de América: la ciudad perdida de oro que nunca existió, pero que cambió el destino de un continente. Desde las primeras expediciones de conquistadores enloquecidos hasta las obsesiones modernas por riquezas efímeras, este libro revela cómo una leyenda alimentó cinco siglos de codicia, violencia y destrucción.