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For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in Spanish gold.

A spellbinding work of literature, Latitudes of Longing follows the interconnected lives of characters searching for true intimacy. The novel sweeps across India, from an island, to a valley, a city, and a snow desert, to tell a love story of epic proportions. We follow a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who speaks to them; a geologist working to end futile wars over a glacier; octogenarian lovers; a mother struggling to free her revolutionary son; a yeti who seeks human companionship; a turtle who transforms first into a boat and then a woman.

Tras recorrer más de 100 países cubriendo los eventos deportivos más importantes del planeta, Alberto Lati sin duda demostrará porqué el futbol es un fenómeno cultural más complejo de lo que imaginamos, al tiempo que contagiará a los oyentes el gozo de viajar.

Sixteen-year-old Travis is looking for a good time. A vacation in Mexico with his mother and two siblings might cramp his style, but he’s willing to take that risk for a chance to cruise the beaches. Some things keep gnawing at him, though, like leaving Dad crying at the airport, and watching Mom disappear with a mysterious ‘headache’ every afternoon that they’re in Mexico.

El Caribe, 1665. La isla de Jamaica, colonia lejana de la corona inglesa, muestra su resistencia al asedio del gran Imperio español. La capital, Port Royal, es una ciudad peligrosa plagada de posadas, borrachos, peleas y burdeles. Cuando El Trinidad, un galeón español cargado de oro, fondea en una bahía cercana a la ciudad a la espera de ser reparado, el bucanero inglés Charles Hunter urde un plan extremadamente audaz. Con el apoyo extraoficial del gobernador de la isla, su ataque al galeón es uno de los más atrevidos y sangrientos de la historia real de la piratería.

Chris Summers is on a late spring vacation to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica to enjoy some surf and sunshine away from his home the Pacific Northwest. He shares a sensual afternoon with fellow tourist Megan Hopkins after meeting her on a deserted beach. But what starts out as a tropical fling turns into a dangerous pursuit across two continents. There is passion and peril in this adventurous romance in which ancient cultural treasures fuel human greed.

Poemas que cantan el análisis de los tiempos de crisis, a partir de las citas siguientes...El dedo móvil escribe, y habiendo escritosigue adelante. Ni toda tu piedad ni tu ingenioharán que vuelva para tachar media líneani tus lágrimas borrarán una sola palabra.Omar KhayyamEl tiempo es el único recurso del cual pueden disponer gratuitamentelos que viven en el escalón más bajo de la sociedad.La corrosión del carácterRichard Sennett En una palabra, el PIB lo mide todo exceptolo que hace que valga la pena vivir la vida. El arte de la vidaZygmunt Bauman

Latitudes es un espacio para la reflexión, es sonido constructivo. Un lugar para imaginar un mundo más habitable. Un proyecto maratónico en el que recorremos relatos inspirados que nos acercan a grandes referentes humanos, artistas de distintas épocas, a pensamientos profundos, y experiencias personales. ¡Abanderamos las humanidades y enriquecemos con acentos! ¡A disfrutar de esta carrera de fondo en la que cada quien va a su ritmo y en su carril!

¿Qué une a Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, el Brexit, el presente, el pasado, un hombre de luto por los tiempos perdidos, una mujer atrapada en los tiempos modernos? La respuesta está en Primavera, una novela luminosa, generosa y llena de esperanza, en la que, al igual que en Otoño e Invierno, la autora escocesa está haciendo algo más que analizar las injusticias de nuestra época: nos ilumina el camino para salir de la pesadilla.

BOOK THREE IN THE DEVIL'S FIRE SERIES The Golden Age of Piracy is drawing to a close. Captain Guy Dillahunt recklessly pursues the infamous Charles Vane across the Caribbean, risking the lives of his entire crew for one last chance at glory. Former strumpet Jacqueline Calloway uncovers a dark destiny she never could have imagined. The dashing Gabe Jenkins attempts to right the wrongs of his past, and meets an enemy he does not expect. Kate Lindsay engages in a final battle for her freedom, while friend and foe alike conspire against her. The horizon beckons, but few will survive to reach it.

BOOK TWO IN THE DEVIL'S FIRE SERIES Hostage-turned-pirate Kate Lindsay returns in this action-packed followup to The Devil's Fire, and the last thing she wants is to go back to her mundane life in London. A young pirate narrowly avoids the gallows when the governor of the Bahamas enlists his aid in bringing Lindsay to justice. A pirate hunter returns to his old ways, with the demons of his past swiftly following his trail. A beautiful strumpet falls in league with Blackbeard, witnessing his despicable crimes firsthand, before she becomes a pawn in his schemes. As all sides spiral toward a ...

Latitudes Pyrénées, c'est le podcast qui vous fait découvrir les Pyrénées au-delà de la carte postale. De l’Atlantique à la Méditerranée, entre la France et l’Espagne, ces montagnes sont empreintes d'histoires, de cultures et de traditions. A travers le récit des femmes et des hommes, de tout âge et de tout horizon, je vous emmène à la rencontre de ceux qui ont fait le choix de vivre aux pieds des sommets. Au-delà des paysages, que représentent ces territoires de montagnes pour celles et ceux qui y sont intimement liés ? Au fil des conversations, on se questionne sur le ...

El asesinato como forma de ganarse la vida es la pregunta fundamental de esta crónica. La investigación aborda la figura del sicario —con sus días siempre al borde del abismo— como ineluctable resultado de la descomposición social y de la incapacidad del Estado para evitar que sigan proliferando.

TAAF. Quatre lettres derrière lesquelles se cache un monde, ou plutôt des mondes. Des bouts du monde.TAAF, ça veut dire Terres australes et antarctiques françaises. Des archipels français éparpillés dans les mers du Sud, entre les 40èmes rugissants et les 50èmes hurlants. Vous ne savez peut-être pas situer leur latitude, mais vous avez sûrement déjà entendu leurs noms qui respirent le mythe des grandes explorations maritimes, les odyssées épiques des conquêtes océaniennes. Terre Adélie, Kerguelen, Crozet, Amsterdam, Saint-Paul…Sur ces territoires inhabités, des bases ...

Pódcast narrativo: reguetón, ciudad y feminismos | 6 temporadas | Gustavito.Media se produce en Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM, Ciudad de México.

Following on from the bestselling Next, Michael Crichton's new novel will repeat the winning formula established with novels such as Jurassic Park: to identify future trends in science and imagine the most astonishing - and terrifying - possibilities that they hold for Mankind. Always interesting, often controversial, Next and State of Fear put him straight back in the headlines - and bestseller charts - and reaffirmed his position as the thriller master.

Leaving a successful career in the US, a father makes a fateful decision to settle his wife and two young daughters on an isolated beach in the Dominican Republic. He plants ten thousand coconut seedlings and declares they are the luckiest people alive. In reality, the family is in the path of hurricanes, and in the grip of a brutal dictator.

After twenty years in the LAPD, Mike Travis should be enjoying his retirement in Hawaii. Instead, he's become a reluctant PI who can't manage to stay out of trouble-much to the chagrin of his long-suffering girlfriend.

An irresistible tale of swashbuckling pirates in the New World; a classic story of treasure and betrayal Jamaica in 1665 is a rough outpost of the English crown, a minor colony holding out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, Jamaica's capital, a cut-throat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses, is devoid of London's luxuries; life here can end swiftly with dysentery or a dagger in your back.

Latitudes Podcast is the voice of art from Africa. Hosted by Refiloe Mpakanyane, the podcast explores new ways of accessing and thinking about the contemporary visual arts from Africa, while also seeking to build strong community and a robust archive of thought leadership. The Latitudes Podcast is sponsored by iTOO Artinsure and is brought to you by Latitudes Online, the world's leading marketplace for art from Africa.