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Stephen King nació el 21 de septiembre de 1947 en Portland en el estado de Maine (Estados Unidos). Ganó una beca para ir a la universidad de Maine donde se licenció en Lengua y Literatura Inglesa en 1970. Se caso un año mas tarde con Tabitha Spruce. Mient

" L'homme en noir fuyait a travers le désert, et le Pistolero le suivait... " Ce Pistolero, c'est Roland de Gilead, dernier justicier et aventurier d'un monde qui a changé et dont il cherche a inverser la destruction programmée. Pour ce faire, il doit arracher au sorcier vêtu de noir les secrets qui le mèneront vers la Tour Sombre, a la croisée de tous les temps et de tous les lieux. Roland surmontera-t-il les pièges diaboliques de cette créature? A-t-il conscience que son destin est inscrit dans trois cartes d'un jeu de tarot bien particulier ? Le Pistolero devra faire le pari de le découvrir, et d'affronter la folie et la mort. Car il sait depuis le commencement que les voies de la Tour Sombre sont impénétrables...

Gary, el protagonista de esta historia, recuerda con miedo, cuando siendo niño tuvo un encuentro con un hombre de ojos anaranjados y vestido con un traje negro de tres piezas que le causó horror y le dijo cosas terribles.Esta experiencia le marcara toda la vida y ya en el ocaso de la misma la recordara con el temor de volver a reencontrarse con el. La aceptacion del miedoy como vivir haciendole frente es uno de los temas centrales de este sorberbio relato que fue ganador, en 1995, del prestigio premio O.Henry en Estados Unidos.

During a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror. As night falls, Trisha has only her ingenuity as a defense against the elements, and only her courage and faith to withstand her mounting fears. For solace she tunes her headphones to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox baseball games and follows the gritty performances of her hero, relief pitcher Tom Gordon. And when the reception begins to fade, Trisha imagines that Tom Gordon is with her—the protector from an enemy who may or may not be imagined…one who is watching her, waiting for her in the dense, dark woods…

Retired Detective Bill Hodges now runs a two-person firm called Finders Keepers with his partner Holly Gibney. They met in the wake of the 'Mercedes Massacre' when a queue of people was run down by t

The #1 New York Times bestseller--four chilling novellas from Stephen King that will "grab you and not let go" (The Washington Post). One Past Midnight "The Langoliers" takes a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston into a most unfriendly sky. Only eleven passengers survive, but landing in an eerily empty world makes them wish they hadn't. Because something's waiting for them. Two Past Midnight: "Secret Window, Secret Garden" enters the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger. Three Past Midnight: "The Library Policeman" is set in Junction City, Iowa, an unlikely place for evil to be hiding. But for small businessman Sam Peebles, who thinks he may be losing his mind, another enemy is hiding there as well--the truth. If he can find it in time, he might stand a chance. Four Past Midnight "The Sun Dog" is a menacing canine appearing in every Polaroid picture that fifteen-year-old Kevin Delevan takes with his new camera, beckoning him to the supernatural. Old Pop Merrill, Castle Rock's sharpest trader, aims to exploit it for profit, but this creature that shouldn't exist at all is a very dangerous investment.

Retired Detective Bill Hodges now runs a two-person firm called Finders Keepers with his partner Holly Gibney. They met in the wake of the ''Mercedes Massacre'' when a queue of people was run down by the diabolical killer Brady Hartsfield.Brady is now confined to Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, in an unresponsive state. But all is not what it seems: the evidence suggests that Brady is somehow awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room.When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one that will put their lives at risk, as well as those of Bill''s heroic young friend Jerome Robinson and his teenage sister, Barbara. Brady Hartsfield is back, and planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city.The clock is ticking in unexpected ways ...Both a stand-alone novel of heart-pounding suspense and a sublimely terrifying final episode in the Hodges trilogy, End of Watch takes the series into a powerful new dimension.

Paul Sheldon é um famoso escritor de romances cor-de-rosa, tornado célebre pela personagem principal das suas obras, Misery Chastain. Porém, Sheldon entendeu que estava na hora de virar a página e decidiu matar Misery. E ento que sofre um terrivel acidente de viaço e e socorrido por Annie Wilkes, uma ex-enfermeira que o leva para sua casa para o tratar. O que Paul no sabe e que Annie, a sua salvadora, e tambem a sua maior f, a mais fanatica e obcecada de todas e esta furiosa com a morte de Misery. Ferido e incapaz de andar, totalmente a merce de Annie, Paul e obrigado a escrever um novo livro para ressuscitar Misery, como uma Xerazade dos tempos modernos nas mos de uma psicopata tresloucada que ha muito deixou de distinguir a realidade da ficço. Repleto de complexos jogos psicologicos entre refem e captor, Misery e uma obra de suspense e terror no seu estado mais puro.