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La peor consecuencia del exilio es acaso la condena a vivir en el pasado. A añorar personas y circunstancias que ya no son como eran. A pensar incesantemente en un regreso que el paso del tiempo va volviendo impracticable. En esta novela a la vez vigorosa y sutil, Shenaz Patel presenta con empatía la condición de los desterrados de las islas Chagos, en el océano Índico, a través de la mirada de tres personajes memorables: Charlesia, la rebelde...
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"Hoy, a esta hora aproximadamente, se cumple un año exacto del accidente que me llevó hasta el borde del túnel y la luz. Tropecé con una piedra y caí pesadamente golpeando con la cara el duro suelo de mi casa, rompiendo mi nariz, la que quedó enterrada en el suelo. Cinco días después estaba siendo internado en la clínica, con fiebre que hacía sospechar de covid-19 y que, finalmente, resultó ser una bacteria alojada en la zona cervical de...
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Juan Montalvo es uno de los más grandes pensadores de América Latina. Vivió en el siglo XIX, durante un período de inestabilidad política y restricciones de las libertades públicas. Pasó la vida defendiendo la libertad de prensa y combatiendo las tiranías y el clericalismo. Se enfrentó sin descanso contra los gobiernos autoritarios y sufrió por ello persecuciones que lo mantuvieron exilado de su patria, el Ecuador, por largas temporadas.
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Edited by Shelly Oria-author and editor of Indelible in the Hippocampus-this explosive, intersectional collection of essays, fiction, poems, plays, and more, explores the universality of human reproductive experiences, as well as their distinct individuality.
Twenty-eight contributors examine issues both timely and, somehow, timeless: policing of women's bodies, the choice to live child-free lives, the lack of access to reproductive health, the misogyny,...
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The International UFO Library Magazine. Featuring Articles from Around the World. Page 6. Italy-The Zanfretta Case by Rino Di Stefano. Page 8. England-The Making of Alternative 3 by Tony Dodd. Page 10. USA-Cosmic Rhythms by Karen Boone,O.M.D., PhD Page 12. Spain-Abductions in Spain by Antonio Rebera. Page 14. Iran-Luminous Balls Over the Eastern Sea by Michael Hesemann. Page 16. Italy-Research and Events by Roberto Pinotti. Page 18. USA-The Butts...
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This assortment of quick-read pieces is perfect for those with busy lifestyles, small attention spans, for those who love short stories, poems, monologues, or for those who just love reading and want to add another book to their collection. The works in this book are all unique and grab you in right away. Some will jerk your tears, while others will make you want to scream out in anger; this really is a rollercoaster of literary works and will surprise...
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As the Great War raged along in 1916, Wells turned his prophetic eye towards the future. Topics considered include the law, the media, the new map of Europe, the roles of the United States, Russia, and France, the outlook for Germany, the "white man's burden," and the prospects for European socialism.
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A labor of love taking much of Burton's life to write and revise, "The Anatomy of Melancholy" is an expansive, informative, and eccentric work of genius first published in 1621. Burton was an English churchman and a scholar, and his depth and breadth of knowledge is readily apparent in this inexhaustible book. Through the frame of a medical treatise, Burton begins with melancholy and slowly deals with various mental states, frequently digressing with...
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¿Te gustaría liberarte de los pensamientos que te limitan, te angustian o te hacen sufrir? ¿Quieres aprender a crear nuevos pensamientos que te inspiren, te motiven y te llenen de energía? ¿Te interesa conocer cómo la destrucción y la creación de tus pensamientos más profundos pueden transformar tu realidad?Si la respuesta es sí, este libro es para ti. En él, el autor te propone un método revolucionario para cambiar tu forma de pensar...
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El alma de los muertos recoge una selección de textos del escritor hispano-cubano Alfonso Hernández-Catá (1885-1940), que gozó de enorme prestigio en sus dos patrias, aunque en la actualidad es más conocido en Cuba que en España.
La producción literaria de Hernández-Catá es extensa y diversa. Cultivó, sobre todo, el género del cuento, en el que llegó a ser un maestro. Asimismo, fue un prolífico autor de novela corta y también, aunque...
72) Philadelphians
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Art is titled Philaguernica by Jared Owens.
Philadelphians has fictitious stories and stories based on a true story. All of them reveal to the reader an original look at Philadelphia through the eyes of a single author, Tony DePaul, an author who has spent the bulk of his life in the city. He went away for grad school to Arkansas but came back. His Philly comes through loud and clear. This is why it is also appropriate to place the art of celebrated...
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This is a fabulous collection of the best British short stories of 1922. It contains 24 stories collected from various magazines and newspapers by the likes of Hugh Walpole, Algernon Blackwood, John Galsworthy. Stories include The Looking Glass by J. D. Beresford, Broadsheet Ballard by A. E. Coppard, Seaton's Aunt by Walter de la Mare, The Bat and Belfry Inn by Alan Graham, The Devil to Pay by Max Pemberton, The Dice Thrower by Sidney Southgate and...
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Composé au Pérou à la fin du XVIe siècle par le jésuite espagnol José de Acosta, le récit de la Peregrinación de Bartolomé Lorenzo raconte, à l'aide des procédés caractéristiques du roman d'aventures, le périple accompli par un jeune portugais sur les routes et dans les marges de l'Amérique espagnole jusqu'à son incorporation dans la Compagnie de Jésus à Lima vers 1570. Le récit d'Acosta, bien qu'il ait été tiré de l'oubli et...
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This book is an in-dept analysis of the letter/sound correspondence of USA English. It combines two databases, one from the Times of London which counts the frequency of words in the newspaper, and the other from the truespel database of phonetic spelling of USA English. Together they combine to count letter and sound correspondence for frequency analysis. Each of the 26 letters of the alphabet is examined and lists are made of a letters most frequent...
77) Catharsis
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"Catharsis" is a collection of poetry that has been crafted from a mix of creativity, realism and psychology. Each poem deals with common feelings and stimuli that individuals may come across in every day situations, including a look into the power of the conscious and unconscious mind. Other themes that are present are mental illness, perception, death and religion.
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The first extensive treatment of Sherwood Anderson's work from a postmodern perspective. Sherwood Anderson, remembered chiefly as a writer of short stories about life in the Midwest at the turn of the century, was acknowledged as an innovator of the short story form and a major influence on such writers as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Valuable critical studies have examined his works from biographical, New Critical, or psychoanalytical approaches,...
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This 1914 volume, "a simple record of happy and memorable hours spent in the company of favourite books, and a tribute of gratitude to their authors," contains the chapters "The Birth of a Book-Lover," "In Green Pastures," "Beside Still Waters," "In a Brown Study," and "The Peter Pan of Bookland," among others.
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Collaborative Form attempts to show the nature and limits of works of art that are made up of two or more artistic forms. The first task of this book is to analyze and interpret a set of such combinations. Each chapter treats one collaborative work and attempts to show that the principles of collaboration are the same, whether the components are poetry and graphic works as in Lettera Amorosa by Rene Char and George Braque, poetry and music as in Herzgewachse...
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