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The Bridge on the River Kwai tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity; Major Warden, a modest hero, saboteur and deadly killer; Commander Shears, who escaped from hell but was sent back. Ordered by the Japanese to build a bridge, the Colonel refuses, as it is against regulations for officers to work with other ranks. The Japanese give way but, to prove a point of British superiority, construction of the bridge goes ahead - at great cost to the men under Nicholson's command.

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Hay seres humanos en otro lugar, diferente de la nuestra galaxia? Es la pregunta que se hacen los pasajeros de una nave espacial que sobrevuela un planeta cercano a Betelgeuse: se divisan ciudades, carreteras curiosamente parecidas a las de nuestra Tierra. Después de haberse puesto, los tres hombres descubren que el planeta está habitado por simios. Estos los capturarán y se dedicarán a experimentar con ellos. Ante los simios, tendrán que confirmar su humanidad. Con millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo, reeditado ininterrumpidamente desde su primera aparición y adaptado en el cine, El planeta de los simios, la obra mundialmente conocida de Pierre Boulle, es uno de los grandes clásicos de la ciencia-ficción y de la novela de aventuras. Esta versión, traducida por Juli Avinent, incluye un texto introductorio de Alberto Giráldez sobre la experimentación con animales.

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In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, Ulysse, a journalist, sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. He finds there a planet which resembles his own, but on Soror humans behave like animals, and are hunted by a civilised race of primates. Captured and sent to a research facility, Ulysse must convince the apes of their mutual origins. But such revelations will have always been greeted by prejudice and fear...

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