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1) Moby dick
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Narra la traves a del barco ballenero Pequod, comandado por el capit n Ahab, en la obsesiva y autodestructiva persecuci n de un gran cachalote blanco. Al margen de la persecuci n y evoluci n de sus personajes, el tema de la novela es eminentemente enciclop dico al incluir detalladas y extensas descripciones de la caza de las ballenas en el siglo XIX y multitud de otros detalles sobre la vida marinera de la poca. --
2) Moby-Dick
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Ishmael, a young school teacher, signs up on a whaling ship to seek adventure. With his unexpected friends, Queequeg, a cannibal harpooner, he joins the Pequod, captained by the mysterious Ahab. But Ahab is only interested in seeking revenge upon the great white whale, Moby Dick, who took off Ahab's leg on an earlier trip. It's a hair-raising whale hunt where Ishmael's search for adventure turns into a desperate wish to survive!
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Gibbs Smith
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First edition.
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""Call me Ishmael. Some years ago I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Ishmael and his shipmates search the ocean far and wide. Will they ever find the white whale that sailors call, "Moby Dick"?"--Provided by Publisher.
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