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81) Don Mirócletes
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La Corporación Otraparte y la Editorial EAFIT ofrecen la presente edición de Don Mirócletes, una de las obras principales en el naciente ejercicio intelectual, entre lo filosófico, lo literario y lo político, de Fernando González. Dos ediciones aparecieron en Europa mientras fue diplomático en Génova y en Marsella. En 1932 es publicada por primera vez en París por la Editorial le Livre Libre. Una segunda edición, en 1934, apareció en Barcelona,...
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This classic book contains Ponting's well-written and witty account of Captain Scott's final Antarctic expedition of 1910-12. Fully detailed and with many of Ponting's own photographs, this moving account will make an excellent addition to the bookshelf of any admirer of Captain Scott, or anyone with an interest in travel and adventure.
84) 21 Pages/Psalm
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Robert Lax spent most of his later life on the island of Patmos. His published work runs to hundreds of items both in the United States and Europe, and his unpublished work to much more. He fashioned his writing and his life into ever simpler forms of expression. Here are his two classic meditations on the search for God, 21 Pages and Psalm, meant to be read together but never before published that way.
Also included are a 'prelude' and 'interlude'...
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The North-South Project is an original work of collective storytelling made up of prose pieces that consider what it means to be lost, the significance of memory, imagination, and history, and how all of these intersect and contribute to our sense of place and belonging. Edited by Noah Richler, author, journalist, cultural critic, and Literary amp; Ideas Curator of Torontos Luminato Festival, this anthology brings together thirteen acclaimed writers...
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This is the story of Juan Carlos Chavez, who found comfort from the pain of isolation, prejudice and his parents' absence in his love for and dedication to soccer. Living on a ranch on the slopes of the San Vicente Volcano or in an inner-city barrio was at times difficult. Playing soccer became a way of surviving loneliness and internal unexpressed anger for him. This is the odyssey that he lived in order to cross the border to the United States....
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This is a selection of sayings, prose and poetry compiled from a collection written by Estrella, it covers life themes such as friendship and love, the pain of growth and the wonder of life. Its candour offers you the ability to transport yourself through thoughts into your questioning mind and gives you wings to explore and express yourself, your thoughts, emotions and desires. They are thoughts shared for you and for those who may be pondering these...
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Este libro reúne cuarenta cuentos y cuarenta personajes que narran sus experiencias durante la cuarentena… pero también mucho más que eso. La pandemia mundial y el confinamiento en el Perú son un pretexto para abordar temas que nos interpelan como sociedad: el bullying, nuestra responsabilidad con el medio ambiente, la discriminación, la igualdad de género, el racismo, la salud mental, entre muchos otros. Temas complejos para los pequeños...
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This fantastic work of fiction is a conversation between an author named John Chateris, and a youthful editor. The two discuss books and editions, which are not yet written, in the setting of a library — a figurative story which comments on the publishing industry, done in a masterful way.
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Jim Haynes upturns some of the long-held myths of Australian history with surprising results.
With all the skills of the master storyteller that he is, Jim Haynes exposes some of the great myths of Australian history.
Did you know that Portuguese and Spanish explorers probably found the east coast of Australia before Captain Cook, and that the Rum Rebellion was not caused by rum? And what about Banjo Patterson having written Waltzing Matilda? As...
94) Love Bites
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Love is one of the most profound, mysterious, and complicated emotions known to human beings. There are many types of love, which can be, expressed in a number of ways. We seek to establish a means of relating to another to provide deep and meaningful fulfillment that nurtures and sustains us. Love is commonly, experienced by way of a romantic relationship with a partner with whom we feel compatible.
The emotion of love is most often, represented...
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Out of the box, growing and learning Out of the box, growing and learning is a quote in our book. We selected this saying because that's how we feel about our body of work. Our Poetry and Food for Thought is unique in the way that young and old will be able to relate and understand our message. Writers Block is not targeted to any one group of people; it's universal. We believe people from all walks of life can pick up a copy, and take a little something...
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This book is a true journal.Some of the names of people, streets, and places have been changed possibly making this reality based fiction.Writtenby a scorned woman to keep herself company the journal confronts a double standard and injustice one woman went through and her attempts to healherself through books and finally action.Strong feelings and sexuality are all aired about the life of a real person.This book is really about asabotage - a lie that...
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This book contains ten Uzbek short stories which have been translated into English. Each story is unique in its own way in that it portrays the cultural life of the Uzbek nation as well as the social and political events of Uzbekistan. These stories are translated to provide the English reader with information about Uzbekistan and its society. Some of the included stories were written by such famous writers as Abdulla Qahhar, Ghafur Ghulom, Sayed...
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In Torn Body, One Soul, four Palestinian writers sons and daughters of a Palestinian people torn apart tell their own tales of their predicament, estrangement, and marginalization, their expectations and visions in a new, magnified voice, first to their people, then to their nation, and to a wider English-speaking public. The seventh book in a series of volumes on Palestinian authors, this collection of short stories, translated and edited by Jamal...
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Dans cet essai, l'un des rares traduits en français sur la littérature de Norvège, le critique et professeur de littérature Henning Howlid Wærp, qui vit lui-même dans l'Arctique norvégien à Tromsø, réfléchit au rle de l'Arctique dans la littérature de son pays, avec quelques excursions du cté danois et suédois. Il offre ainsi une réflexion historique d'ensemble, à partir des récits d'exploration et de voyage du XIXe siècle, sur la...
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Lance Lee knows that Animals, Places and the Past (his past, our pasts) all have apart to play in Becoming Human. The deer's soft eyes look at him, he thinks of death. In "The Light at Vezelay" he writes of Mary Magdalene. "Poker-Faced", he lied to his father at 12. Read all about it in this splendid new collection. Lance Lee knows what it takes and proves it skillfully in Becoming Human.Martin Bax, Editor, Ambit, England's leading Arts Quarterly;...
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