Stephen King
Author
Series
Gwendy novels volume 1
Language
English
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Description
There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside. A stranger calls to Gwendy: "Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me." On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat...
3) Firestarter
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Language
English
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Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as The Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them, manifesting in even more terrifying ways when they fell in love and had a child. Their daughter, Charlie, has been gifted with the most extraordinary and uncontrollable...
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English
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Description
The small town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is faced with a big dilemma when it is mysteriously sealed off by an invisible and completely impenetrable force field. With cars and airplanes exploding on contact, the force field has completely isolated the townspeople from the outside world. Now, Iraq war vet Dale Barbara and a group of the town's more sensible citizens must overcome the tyrannical rule of Big Jim Rennie, a politician bent on controlling...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Stephen King introduces each of these short stories with a passage about its origins or his motivations for writing it. There are connections between stories -- themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past. "Afterlife" is about a man who died of colon cancer and keeps reliving the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again. Several stories feature...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cemetery Dance Publications
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a mysterious stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its seven colored buttons promised death and destruction. Years later, the button box entered Gwendy's life again. A successful novelist and a rising political star, she was once again forced to deal with the temptation that box represented. Now, evil forces...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"When Billy Summers was twelve years old, he shot and killed his mother's boyfriend after he kicked Billy's sister to death. At 17, he enlisted in the army. At 18, he was a sniper in Iraq and involved in the deadly battle to recapture Fallujah. For nearly twenty years, he's worked as a paid assassin. He's a good guy in a bad job, and he wants out. He takes on a very complicated, very lucrative job that he hopes will be his last. He's got a perfect...
Author
Publisher
Gallery 13
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Terror began in January, by the light of the full moon. The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the werewolf's fangs ripping at his throat. The next month there was a scream of agony from the woman attacked in her cozy bedroom. Now scenes of unbelievable horror unfold each time the full moon shines on the isolated Maine town of Tarker's Mills. Only one thing is sure-- when the full moon rises, a paralyzing fear sweeps through...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Asi comienza la fascinante novela de Stephen King sobre un lector fanatico. El genio es John Rothstein, un autor de culto, creador del personaje de Jimmy Gold. Morris Bellamy esta fuera de si, no solo porque Rothstein haya dejado de escribir, sino tambien porque considera que el inconformista Jimmy Gold se ha vendido para dedicarse a la publicidad. Morris decide matar a Rothstein y vacia su caja fuerte para llevarse no solo todo el dinero sino ademas...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"It's love at first sight for high school student Arnie Cunningham when he and his best friend Dennis Guilder spot the dilapidated 1958 red-and-white Plymouth Fury for sale--dubbed "Christine" by its original cantankerous owner--rusting away on a front lawn of their suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood. Dennis knows that Arnie's never had much luck in the popularity department, or really taken an interest in owning a car ... but Christine quickly changes...
13) Cujo
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una division de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Description
Uno de los grandes clásicos imprescindibles de Stephen King, gran maestro de la literatura de terror. Durante toda su vida Cujo fue un buen perro, un San Bernardo grandote, pacífico, juguetón y amante de los niños. Realmente se trataba de un perro bueno y feliz. Feliz hasta que le sucedió algo, y el cerebro de perro de Cujo se cubrió de una de esas oscuridades que se alimentan de sangre. Ahora, se ha convertido en un perro asesino; doblemente...
14) Cuento de hadas
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Charlie Reade parece un chico normal de secundaria, excelente en béisbol y fútbol americano, un estudiante decente. Pero lleva una carga pesada. Su madre murió en un accidente de atropello y fuga cuando él tenía siete años, y el dolor llevó a su padre. a beber. Charlie aprendió a cuidar de sí mismo y de su padre. Cuando Charlie tiene diecisiete años, conoce a una perra llamada Radar y a su anciano amo, Howard Bowditch, un recluso en una...
16) El resplandor
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Description
Jack Torrance está en busca de un nuevo comienzo en su vida. Su esposa quiere mantener a la familia unida. Y su pequeño hijo, Danny, es el único en darse cuenta del mal que los acecha. "REDRUM". Esa es la palabra que Danny había visto en el espejo. Y, aunque no sabía leer, entendió que era un mensaje de horror. Danny tenía cinco años, y a esa edad pocos niños saben que los espejos invierten las imágenes y menos aún saben diferenciar entre...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Description
Un niño de 11 años ha sido brutalmente asesinado. Todas las pruebas apuntan a uno de los ciudadanos más queridos de Flint City: Terry Maitland, entrenador en la liga infantil, profesor de literatura, marido ejemplar y padre de dos niñas. El detective Ralph Anderson ordena su detención. Maitland tiene una coartada firme que demuestra que estuvo en otra ciudad cuando se cometió el crimen, pero las pruebas de ADN encontradas en el lugar de los...
19) La cúpula
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2010
Language
Español
Description
De la nada ha caído sobre la ciudad una barrera invisible como una burbuja cristalina inquebrantable. Al descender, ha cortado por la mitad a una marmota y ha amputado la mano a un jardinero. El avión que pilotaba Claudette ha chocado contra la cúpula y se ha precipitado al suelo envuelto en llamas. Dale Barbara, veterano de la guerra de Irak, debe regresar ahora a Chester's Mill, el lugar que tanto deseaba abandonar. El ejército pone a Dale al...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Description
Cuatro novelas cortas de Stephen King sobre las fuerzas ocultas que nos acechan. Esta colección única nos ofrece una historía policiaca paranormal, protagnizada por la carismática Holly Gibney, y tres relatos más que ponden de manifiesto el incomparable talento, la imaginación inigualable y la diversidad de registros de este lengendario narrador.
Cuanto más cruenta y violenta es una noticia, más llama la atención de la gente: "La sangre...