Marc's life becomes a nightmare when he's shot in the chest. Awakening from a coma two weeks later, he discovers that his wife has been murdered and his daughter Tara is missing. A ransom note, which warns that there will be "no second chance" arrives but Marc ignores the kidnapper's wishes and tips off the police and the FBI, losing any hope of ...
In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is how wars are ...
Drawing on personal experience and extensive field research, Dr. Groopman sheds light on the faulty decision making that leads otherwise competent physicians down the wrong path in diagnosing and treating their patients. On average, a physician will interrupt a patient within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely ...
Wiglaf ha conseguido la medalla al cazador de dragones del mes, despues de haber logrado matar al dragon Gorzil. Solo hay un pequeno problema: nuestro pequeno heroe no soporta ver la sangre. Y para colmo de males no ha conseguido traer el oro de Gorzil. A la madre de Gorzil no le ha hecho ni pizca de gracia perder a su hijo Gorzil y esta muy ...
Wiglaf vive con sus padres y sus doce hermanos en el bosque. Wiglaf es diferente a los demas: es bajito y tiene el pelo de color zanahoria. Sus hermanos, todos grandes y fuertes, no lo tienen en gran estima, sus padres tampoco, y Wiglaf se ocupa de hacer las tareas de la casa. Llega un trovador a su casa y le senala que ha nacido para ser un heroe ...
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