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War and Peace (Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude)Considered one of the greatest novels ever written, "War and Peace" masterfully captures an intimate view of humanity on an epic scale. In this sweeping narrative, Tolstoy utilizes a large cast of characters to brilliantly depict the impact of war on society. Set during...
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How Harry Cast His Spell: The Meaning Behind the Mania for J. K. Rowling's Bestselling BooksMore than any other book of the last fifty years (and perhaps ever), the Harry Potter novels have captured the imagination of children and adults around the world. Yet no one has ever been able to unlock the secret of Harry's wild popularity ....
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Fishing with DaddyIn this book, a little girl named Karly, tells of her experiences fishing with her Daddy. She tells of family members who sometimes go with them, and the odd names of places they fish. Children may notice that Karly listens and learns, from the...
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Why the Chimes Rang and Other Stories (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)Raymond Macdonald Alden (1873-1924) was an American scholar and educator, born in New Hartford, N. Y. He studied at Rollins College, Fla., and at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1894. In 1894-95 he was instructor in English at Columbian (now...
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Relocating the Sacred: African Divinities and Brazilian Cultural HybriditiesAlthough Brazil is home to the largest African diaspora, the religions of its African descendants have often been syncretized and submerged, first under the force of colonialism and enslavement and later under the spurious banner of a harmonious national Brazilian character. Relocating the Sacred...
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Muriel Spark's Early Fiction: Literary Subversion and Experiments with FormThis book presents a detailed critical analysis of a period of significant formal and thematic innovation in Muriel Spark's literary career. Spanning the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, it identifies formative instances of literary experimentation in texts including The Comforters, The Driver's Seat and The...
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The Shakespearean Death Arts: Hamlet Among the TombsThis is the first book to view Shakespeare's plays from the prospect of the premodern death arts, not only the ars moriendi tradition but also the plurality of cultural expressions of memento mori, funeral rituals, commemorative activities, and rhetorical techniques and strategies fundamental to...
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MushroomObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. They are the things we step on without noticing and the largest organisms on Earth. They are symbols of inexplicable growth and excruciating misery. They are grouped...
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Las Aventuras de Tom Sawyer TDHistorias de siempre para intrépidos de todas las edades.En una población a orillas del río Mississippi vive Tom Sawyer, un muchacho travieso, experto en saltarse las normas y escabullirse de la escuela para embarcarse en las aventuras más peligrosas y disparatadas. A pesar de...
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VĂn Hóa VĂn ChƯƠng ViỆt NamỞ Việt Nam, từ trước đến nay, chúng ta bàn nhiều về văn chương cũng như về văn hoá, nhưng lại ít khi đề cập đến văn hoá văn chương, cho dù, theo tôi, việc nghiên cứu văn hoá văn chương có thể giúp...
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Vipers' TangleVipers' Tangle begins as a man's letter to his estranged wife, explaining his hatred for her and their children, and is transformed under Mauriac's masterful pen into a diary of spiritual and psychological battles against God, family, and self. With remarkable subtlety and sensitivity,...
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The Edinburgh Companion to the Critical Medical HumanitiesThis is the first volume to comprehensively introduce the ways in which interdisciplinary thinking across the humanities and social sciences might contribute to, critique and develop medical understanding of the human individually and collectively.Author: Anne Whitehead, Angela Woods, AtkinsonPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublished: 08/31/2022Pages: 700Binding...
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Modern Language Review (117: 4) October 2022The October 2022 issue of Modern Language ReviewContentsMassinger's Roman Actor and Rotrou's Saint GenestDirt and Truth in Serao and ZolaPilgrimage, Place, and Saint FrideswideGavino Ledda in the Tavianis' Padre padroneMaría de Zayas's Aventurarse perdiendoReinaldo Arenas's Arturo, la estrella más brillanteSpeeches in Support of Exhibitions...
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Brighton RockAuthor: Graham GreenePublisher: BatiscafoPublished: 11/22/2022Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.35h x 5.51w x 0.79dISBN: 9788419089038Language: Spanish
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Arsène Lupin, Caballero LadrónThe immortal creation of Maurice Leblanc, is the most famous white-collar thief in the history of literature. Witty and seductive, Lupin uses his privileged intellect, his skills as a magician and his mastery of disguises to always stay one step ahead of his pursuer,...
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Global Childhoods and Cosmopolitan Identities in LiteratureThis book investigates literary representations and self-representations of people with cosmopolitan identities arising from mobile global childhoods which transcend categories of migrancy and diaspora.Author: Elizabeth JacksonPublisher: BrillPublished: 10/05/2022Pages: 184Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9789004514317This title is not returnableThis title is only available via back order
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Writing the Black Decade: Conflict and Criticism in Francophone Algerian LiteratureWriting the Black Decade: Conflict and Criticism in Francophone Algerian Literature examines how literature--and the way we read, classify, and critique literature--impacts our understanding of the world at a time of conflict. Using the bitterly-contested Algerian Civil War as a case study, Joseph Ford...
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Small Victories: Antelope Hill Writing Competition 2022What keeps us going when we feel so far from our goal?Times of uncertainty and confusion weigh on the spirit. In these times it is the simplest and smallest of experiences that give us hope and courage to work for a brighter tomorrow. The...
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Images from the Great Forest: (As Told by Mr. P. Woodpecker)This book is a collection of stories and poems cleverly combining life lessons from the perspectives of fictional forest animals.Author: Tom RobertsonPublisher: BrillPublished: 09/01/2022Pages: 108Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9789004532489This title is not returnableThis title is only available via back order
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Die Schön Magelona; eine fast lustige Historie von dem Ritter mit den silbern Schlüsseln und von der Schönen Magelona gar lustig zu lesenThis book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...
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