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An action-packed fictional telling of the events on the HMS "Bounty." Fourteen-year-old John Jacob Turnstile has gotten into trouble with the police on one too many occasions and is on his way to prison when an offer is put to him - a ship has been refitted over the last few months and is about to set sail with an important mission. The boy who was expected to serve as the captain's personal valet has been injured and a replacement must be found immediately. The deal is struck and Turnstile finds himself onboard, meeting the captain, just as the ship sets sail. The ship is the HMS "Bounty," the captain is William Bligh, and their destination is Tahiti. Mutiny on the Bounty is the first novel to explore all the events relating to the Bounty's voyage, from their long journey across the ocean to their adventures on the island of Tahiti and the subsequent forty-eight-day expedition towards Timor. A vivid recreation of the famous mutiny, the story is packed with humour, violence, and historical detail, presenting a very different portrait of Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian than has been shown before.

Instalado en los últimos compases de su vida, el capitán Turnstile rememora los extraordinarios acontecimientos que dieron inicio a su larga y fructífera carrera de marino. A sus catorce años, de padres desconocidos, John Jacob Turnstile es un chico alegre y vivaz que se gana el sustento de forma no muy honrosa por las calles y mercados de Portsmouth. Justo cuando esta a punto de dar con sus huesos en la carcel, surge una ultima tabla de salvacion: embarcar como ayuda de camara del capitan en un navio destinado a una importantisima y exotica mision. El capitan es William Bligh, la nave es la fragata HMS Bounty y el destino, Tahiti. Tras el fabuloso exito de su novela anterior, El niño con el pijama de rayas, John Boyne vuelve a mostrar su particular don narrativo con otra novela diferente, en la que el motin mas famoso de la historia es el vehiculo idoneo para sumergir al lector en un complejo microcosmos donde el juego de la ambicion, el poder, las jerarquias, la lealtad y el valor reflejan con inusitada precision toda la miseria y la grandeza de la condicion humana.

O capitán William Bligh era un experto en navegar polo Pacífico. En 1787, o Almirantado británico encoméndalle partir cara a Tahití ao mando da Bounty. Entre os pasaxeiros está o mozo John Jacob Turnstile, que embarca como servinte seu para evitar ir ao carcere. O destino converterao en testemuña privilexiada dun episodio que marcou o devir da Armada inglesa.Ilustracion de cuberta de MARC TAEGEREn 1787, ao mando do capitan William Bligh, a fragata Bounty parte cara a Tahiti. O Almirantado britanico encargaralle recoller arbores do pan para transplantalas nas colonias do Caribe. Tratabase de conseguir un produto economico para alimentar os escravos das illas que recollian cana de azucre. Bligh era un experto en navegar polo Pacifico; xa o fixera as ordes do lendario capitan Cook. Como en todas as penosas travesias daquela epoca, a tripulacion tiña por diante unha dura e longa viaxe. John Jacob Turnstile, un adolescente de Portsmouth, esta a piques de ser encarcerado cando lle ofrecen unha ultima oportunidade para evitar a cadea: embarcar na Bounty como paxe do capitan Bligh. John acepta a proposta sen dubidar e asi seria como chega a converterse en testemuña privilexiada dun episodio que marcou o devir da Armada inglesa.En Motin na Bounty (2008), John Boyne achegase a un feito historico xa narrado anteriormente e levado ao cine en tres ocasions, con actores de tanta sona como Clark Gable (1935), Marlon Brando (1962) e Mel Gibson (1987). Pero Boyne narra a viaxe da Bounty cunha ollada orixinal que invita a reflexion e nos presenta un complexo mundo dominado polo poder e pola ambicion.Nesta novela de aventuras, retratase a disciplinada vida do mar e tamen se reflicte o caracter dos personaxes, dende o capitan ata os oficiais e os mariñeiros. O dilema entre o ben e o mal, os arquetipos de heroe e vilan, a lealtade e a traizon, son alguns binomios que xorden neste libro. Situacions limite, valentia e actos de solidariedade son outros ingredientes desta historia tan emocionante.

It is early morning and the sun is rising. There are problems at home which are easier to deal with if eight-year-old Noah doesn't think about them. So he picks up his trainers and runs away, taking an untrodden path through the forest. Before long he come across a shop. But this is no ordinary shop. It is a toyshop - full of magic and wonder and broken promises. Noah is on a journey. A journey that will change his life. And it could change yours too.

The powerful, unforgettable new novel from the bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, for this is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler.Quickly, Pierrot is taken under Hitler''s wing, and is thrown into an increasingly dangerous new world: a world of terror, secrets and betrayal, from which he may never be able to escape.

Bruno has a friend called Shmuel. Like Bruno, Shmuel is nine years old. Their birthdays are on the same day. But Shmuel lives on the other side of a fence, and hes always wearing striped pyjamas...Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a heart-wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship between two innocent boys. Angus Jacksons deeply affecting adaptation was produced by The Childrens Touring Partnership and Chichester Festival Theatre on a UK tour in 2015.

Noah Barleywater saíu da casa ben cedo pola mañá, antes de o sol saír, antes de os cans acordaren, antes de o orballo parar de caer sobre os campos. Baixou da cama, vestiuse amodo coa roupa que deixara preparada o dia anterior e baixou en silencio polas escaleiras aguantando a respiracion. Habia tres chanzos que renxian nos puntos onde a madeira non encaixaba ben, de xeito que tivo que pisar con pes de la sobre eles co fin de facer o menor ruido posible...Aos seus oito anos, Noah pensa que e mais doado facerlles fronte aos seus problemas se non pensa neles. E por iso escapa da casa. Por un camiño inexplorado a traves da fraga. Non tarda en chegar a unha tenda. Pero non se trata dunha tenda normal. E unha tenda de xoguetes cuns incribles bonecos cargados de maxia. E dentro dela Noah encontrase cun artesan ben raro; un home que ten unha historia que contar, chea de aventuras, prodixios e promesas rotas. Ese home guiara a Noah nunha viaxe que lle cambiara a vida.

Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead. At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from - and over his three score years and ten, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country and much more. In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.

The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield''s father promised he wouldn''t go away to fight - but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn''t know where his father might be, other than that he''s away on a special, secret mission.Then, while shining shoes at King''s Cross Station, Alfie unexpectedly sees his father''s name - on a sheaf of papers belonging to a military doctor. Bewildered and confused, Alfie realises his father is in a hospital close by - a hospital treating soldiers with an unusual condition. Alfie is determined to rescue his father from this strange, unnerving place . . .

If you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty much anywhere. They dont even have to be your own. Or so would-be writer Maurice Swift decides very early on in his career.A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann gives him an opportunity to ingratiate himself with someone more powerful than him. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell. Whether or not he should do so is another matter entirely.

Récit de la quête d'identité, en Irlande depuis les années 1940, de Cyril Avery. Fils d'une fille-mère de la campagne, il est placé par une religieuse chez un couple de Dublin et trouve un modèle dan

Leggere questo libro significa fare un viaggio. Prendere per mano, o meglio farsi prendere per mano da Bruno, un bambino di nove anni, e cominciare a camminare. Presto o tardi si arrivera davanti a un recinto. Uno di quei recinti che esistono in tutto il mondo, uno di quelli che ci si augura di non dover mai varcare. Siamo nel 1942 e il padre di Bruno e il comandante di un campo di sterminio. Non sara dunque difficile comprendere che cosa sia questo recinto di rete metallica, oltre il quale si vede una costruzione in mattoni rossi sormontata da un altissimo camino. Ma sara amaro e doloroso, com''e doloroso e necessario accompagnare Bruno fino a quel recinto, fino alla sua amicizia con Shmuel, un bambino polacco che sta dall''altro lato della rete, nel recinto, prigioniero. John Boyne ci consegna una storia che dimostra meglio di qualsiasi spiegazione teorica come in una guerra tutti sono vittime, e tra loro quelli a cui viene sempre negata la parola sono proprio i bambini.

La storia del bambino con il pigiama a righe e difficile da descrivere in poche parole. Di solito in copertina diamo alcuni indizi, ma in questo caso siamo convinti che farlo sciuperebbe la lettura. È importante invece che cominciate a leggere questo libro senza sapere di che cosa parla. Farete un viaggio con un bambino di nove anni che si chiama Bruno. (Ma questo non e un libro per bambini di nove anni.) E presto o tardi arriverete con Bruno davanti a un recinto. Recinti come questi esistono in tutto il il mondo. Speriamo che voi non dobbiate mai varcare un recinto del genere. John Boyne e nato in Irlanda nel 1971 e vive a Dublino. Ha precedentemente scritto romanzi per adulti, questo e il suo primo romanzo per ragazzi.

A compelling quick read from the author of the international bestseller The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. At the start of his school holidays, Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free summer. But when his mother returns home one afternoon, flanked by two policemen, he knows that something terrible has happened. Mrs. Delaney has accidentally hit a small boy with her car. The boy is in a coma at the local hospital and nobody knows if he will ever wake up. Consumed by guilt, Danny's mother closes herself off, while Danny and his father are left to pick up the pieces of their fractured family. Told in John Boyne's unique style from the point of view of the twelve-year-old boy, The Dare is a brilliantly compelling story about how one moment can change a family forever.