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Talented college gymnast with Olympic dreams are changed when he meets a mysterious stranger named Socrates who holds the power to tap into new worlds of strength and understanding. The gymnast suffers a serious injury, but with the help of Socrates and an elusive young woman, he discovers that he has much to learn and even more to leave behind before he can become a peaceful warrior and find his destiny.
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Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world.
"...combat sequences that feel like the real thing."--Boston Globe.
"...impressive visual effects..."--Leonard Maltin.
"...imaginative leaps..."--Hollywood Reporter.
3) Cloud atlas
Pub. Date
[2012, 2013]
Description
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present, and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives with diverse settings, from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
4) Eragon
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Eragon is an orphaned farm boy whose destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. This is no ordinary stone, this is the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Eragon is now the new Dragon Rider, the boy who will be a savior to the repressed peoples of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is ruled by the wicked King Galbatorix and his evil wizard Durza. Eragon, together with his mentor, Brom, the gracious dragon Saphira and the beautiful...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Por mi gran culpa quizá sea la primera y única novela narrada y protagonizada por Dios. Adán y Lidia —que en realidad se llama Eva— son una pareja que de repente ve truncada su aparente felicidad después de recibir una inesperada llamada. Tras ese incidente, Eva, que durante el tiempo que ha compartido con Adán se ha hecho pasar por otra persona, ocultando su verdadera identidad, se ve obligada a huir precipitadamente para tratar de evitar...
6) Cloud atlas
Pub. Date
2013
Description
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
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