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David Grann

    10 de marzo de 1967

    David Grann es un maestro en desenterrar historias increíbles que se esconden en las profundidades de nuestra civilización. Sus reportajes, publicados en las principales revistas estadounidenses, no temen explorar los rincones más oscuros y remotos de la existencia humana. El estilo de Grann se caracteriza por una extraordinaria profundidad en la inmersión del tema y su habilidad para presentar eventos complejos con un realismo inquebrantable. Su obra es un testimonio de la búsqueda incesante de la verdad y de los fascinantes misterios que esperan ser revelados.

    David Grann
    The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession
    Lost City of Z
    The White Darkness
    The Wager
    Killers of the Flower Moon
    Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers
    • The New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Killers of the Flower Moon is now adapted for young readers. This book is an essential resource for young readers to learn about the Reign of Terror against the Osage people--one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, thanks to the oil that was discovered beneath their land. Then, one by one, the Osage began to die under mysterious circumstances, and anyone who tried to investigate met the same end. As the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created Bureau of Investigation, which became the FBI, took up the case, one of the organization's first major homicide investigations. An undercover team, including one of the only Native American agents in the bureau, infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest modern techniques of detection. Working with the Osage, they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. In this adaptation of the adult bestseller, David Grann revisits his gripping investigation into the shocking crimes against the Osage people. The book is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward Native Americans that allowed the murderers to occur for so long.

      Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers
      4,3
    • Killers of the Flower Moon

      • 400 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history

      Killers of the Flower Moon
      4,1
    • The Wager

      • 329 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth.

      The Wager
      4,2
    • The White Darkness

      • 160 páginas
      • 6 horas de lectura

      By the Sunday Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs

      The White Darkness
      3,9
    • Soon to be a major film starring Robert Pattinson, Charlie Hunnam and Sienna Miller. Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle's novel The Lost World, was among the last of a legendary breed of British explorers. For years he explored the Amazon and came to believe that its jungle concealed a large, complex civilization, like El Dorado. Obsessed with its discovery, he christened it the City of Z. In 1925, Fawcett headed into the wilderness with his son Jack, vowing to make history. They vanished without a trace. For the next eighty years, hordes of explorers plunged into the jungle, trying to find evidence of Fawcett's party or Z. Some died from disease and starvation; others simply disappeared. In this spellbinding true tale of lethal obsession, David Grann retraces the footsteps of Fawcett and his followers as he unravels one of the greatest mysteries of exploration. 'A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure' John Grisham

      Lost City of Z
      3,9
    • By the author of international bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE WAGER, this collection explores twelve captivating real-life mysteries. Inspired by Sherlock Holmes's reflections on the strange coincidences and intricate events of life, David Grann embarks on a journey of investigation and discovery. While Holmes features in just one of the mesmerizing stories, each narrative brims with intrigue. The protagonists include a Polish detective unraveling clues in a post-modern novel linked to a real murder, an arson investigator racing against time to prove an inmate’s innocence, a legendary French con man questioning his own reality, and scientists pursuing a sea monster. Unlike fictional tales, these accounts are grounded in truth, revealing the complexities of human nature. The characters face deception, madness, and moral dilemmas, illuminating why some individuals choose paths of good while others descend into evil. As Holmes famously noted, life is infinitely stranger than fiction, and these stories exemplify that notion, showcasing the unpredictable and often dark facets of the human experience.

      The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession
      3,9
    • Now a major motion picture starring Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek, from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Killers of the Flower Moon, The Old Man and the Gun is here joined by two other riveting true crime tales. "The Old Man and the Gun," is the story of a man who idolized the likes of Pretty Boy Floyd and, as a result, fashions himself into a notorious bank robber and escape artist. "The Chameleon" is the tale a French con artist gets in over his head when he impersonates a missing Texas teenager and raises the suspicions of a local private investigator. "True Crime" follows a riveting investigation in which a Polish cold-case detective makes an unlikely connection between a philosopher's novel and the murder case he's trying to crack. Grann takes the reader on a journey through some of the strangest and most thrilling real life stories of felonious behavior from around the world.

      The old man and the gun : and other tales of true crime
      3,7
    • Adapted for Young Readers: Killers of the Flower Moon

      The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

      • 323 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      The New York Times bestseller and the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime winner Killers of the Flower Moon is now adapted for young readers. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND ROBERT DE NIRO This book is an essential resource for young readers to learn about the Reign of Terror against the Osage people - one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, thanks to the oil that was discovered beneath their land. Then, one by one, the Osage began to die under mysterious circumstances, and anyone who tried to investigate met the same end. As the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created Bureau of Investigation, which became the FBI, took up the case, one of the organization's first major homicide investigations. An undercover team infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest modern techniques of detection. Working with the Osage, they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.In this adaptation of the adult bestseller, David Grann revisits his gripping investigation into the shocking crimes against the Osage people.

      Adapted for Young Readers: Killers of the Flower Moon