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1) Macbeth
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Español
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Concebida por muchos como el punto más alto del pensamiento trágico de Shakespeare. Los cinco actos de esta obra logran una tensión dramática inédita, la experiencia de valores morales invertidos, una secuencia cronológica y trama impregnadas de crueldad, cinismo, aflicción y remordimiento. Editorial Universitaria, a partir de la edición Oxford de Wells y Taylor, publica esta versión a cargo del poeta y ensayista Armando Roa Vial, a quien...
2) Hamlet
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Pub. Date
2017
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Español
Description
Hamlet, la obra más conocida de Shakespeare, es en realidad una pieza llena de lagunas e indefiniciones. Una obra enigmática y misteriosa, en la que cada personaje es un artista de la simulación. El propio Hamlet es un ser en continua transformación. En él caben la ceremoniosidad, la cortesía y la reflexión, junto a la pasión, la burla, el enigma o la posibilidad de la locura. En el castillo de Elsenor, en un ambiente que emana corrupción...
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Español
Description
Middle-aged Magdalena has lost contact with her son after he took off with a friend from their town of Guanajuato to cross the border into the U.S., hopeful to find work. Desperate to find out what happened to him, and to know whether or not he's even alive, she embarks on an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous journey to discover the truth. At the same time, a young man named Miguel has returned to Mexico after being deported from the U.S.,...
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To commemorate 400 years after the death of Shakespeare, we publish this illustrated version of the classic "Romeo and Juliet," a novel published in 1597 for the first time, and that has been enshrined with the past of time. The strength of the feelings represented in it has made it in one of the most advertised novels of this English author, which is still recreated in music, dance, theatre, and literature; however, there are few illustrated editions...
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Pub. Date
2003.
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Español
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Esta es la historia de dos mercenarios que crecieron juntos, como hermanos, y de su celosa relacion con la imponente Casilda. Al terminar la Guerra de la Reforma, Pedro y Damian emprenden un camino que los conduce a jugar, robar y matar. Las cartas con que juegan parecen determinar su destino.
The story of two mercenaries, raised as brothers, and their jealous relationship with the stunningly beautiful Casilda. At the end of the Reform War, Pedro...
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Pub. Date
[2008?]
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Español
Description
France's planned invasion of Mexico provides the backdrop for the writing of the Mexican national anthem.
"Luis se enlista en el ej?ercito para defender a M?exico del ataque de los franceses, paralelamente se enamora de una chica que es sobrina del embajador de Francia. Cuando el ej?ercito mexicano se ve mermado en fuerzas Luis los alienta tocando con su corneta el Himno Nacional de M?exico haciendo que los soldados se recuperen y venzan a los franceses,...
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Pub. Date
[2008]
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Español
Description
Catalina es una hermosa joven que desilusionada del amor y empujada por sus padres, se casa con Sebastián, creyendo que él es hijo de un rico terrateniente que solucionará los problemas económicos de su familia. Al llegar al rancho se da cuenta de que Sebastián mintió, que no es hijo del dueño, sino simplemente el capataz. Sebastián decide poner a prueba al amor de Catalina.
Catalina Negrete succumbs to family pressure and marries Sebastian,...
12) Extasis
Pub. Date
[2008]
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Español
Description
Rober, a reckless 25-year-old concocts an outrageous scheme with friend Max and girlfriend Lola-- they will rob their families and flee their hometown. The trio's plan goes awry when Rober betrays them.
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℗2006.
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Español
Description
"A dedication to the most famous Mexican comedian of all times; Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas.' In this fictional story, Cantinflas starts a journey after his death to either heaven or hell in which he remembers the most important aspects of his life" -- container insert.
14) Grey eyes
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Español
Description
In a post-apocalyptic future, mankind is color blind. A brilliant scientist suddenly dies, leaving his precious briefcase, filled with a highly-addictive synthetic drug that allows people to see colors again, to Ana, a mere twelve-year-old girl. Possession of the briefcase makes her the target of a doctor with wicked plans for the drug, and her only hope to escape his pursuit relies on the aid of the dead scientist₂s two devoted bodyguards. Together,...
Pub. Date
2007
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Español
Description
A stranger in a strange land, Bolivar De La Cruz has just crossed the border from Mexico in search of a better life. In contrast, restless, club-hopping second-generation immigrant Lola has the American Dream at her fingertips but feels like a stranger in her own life, forever caught between appeasing her old-world mother and following her heart. On the surface, despite their shared ethnic heritage, Bolivar and Lola have little in common. But when...
16) El hombre búfalo
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Español
Description
Sigue Eric, un periodista jóven en la Ciudad de México quien deja de escribir después de recibir amenazas de muerte. Obsesionado con un anciano sin tech quien tiene Alzheimer y un ser mítico quien se cuida de niños abandonados, decide escribir de nuevo, aun se lo tiene que pagar con la vida. Desde el 2000, al menos 133 periodistas se han asesinado en México--calificado por la organización Reporters Without Borders como el país sin guerra más...
17) Deep crimson
Pub. Date
[2005]
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Español
Description
Based on the true story of the Lonely Hearts Murders, Nicolas and Coral roam the back roads of Mexico looking for lonely women who Nicolas seduces and the insanely jealous Coral then murders.
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Pub. Date
2002.
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Español
Description
Mexico's greatest super hero, the silver masked wrestler known as "El Santo," meets his foe, Argos, the Martian leader. With his "astral eye" Argos plans to destroy planet Earth unless he is obeyed. Meantime, Argos' alluring assistants, Aphrodite and Selene, are creating havoc in the city. Will Santo fall captive to their seductive powers? Can our hero, El Santo, locate the alien spacecraft, free the humans and save planet Earth?
19) Valentin
Pub. Date
2004.
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Español
Description
Valentin is a nine-year-old boy whose feuding parents have left him to be raised by his eccentric grandmother. He sets out to discover the harsh realities about his parents, while bringing joy to those around him.
20) Crimen y castigo
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Considerada por la crítica como la primera obra maestra de Dostoievski, Crimen y castigo es un profundo análisis psicológico de su protagonista, el joven estudiante Raskólnikov, cuya firme creencia en que los fines humanitarios justifican la maldad le conduce al asesinato de una usurera. Pero, desde que comete el crimen, la culpabilidad será una pesadilla constante con la que el estudiante será incapaz de convivir.
Follows an impoverished former...
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