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One Man's Bible"Courageous ... One Man's Bible is driven by the sweeping panorama of history and the suffering and reconciliation that underlie it."-- Washington Post Book WorldPublished to impressive critical acclaim, One Man's Bible enhances the reputation of Nobel Prize-winning Gao Xingjian, whose first novel, Soul...
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Recuerdos Y DesinformaciónNada de esto es real, pero todo es verdad Jim Carrey. Recuerdos y desinformaci n es una novela casi autobiogr fica que nos abre las puertas al lado oscuro de Hollywood. Recuerdos y desinformaci n es un viaje al coraz n de esa f...
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The Linden TreeA delightful fictional memoir about César Aira's small hometown. The narrator, born the same year and now living in the same great city (Buenos Aires) as César Aira, could be the author himself. Beginning with his parents--an enigmatic handsome black father who gathered linden...
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Scalping Columbus and Other Damn Indian Stories: Truths, Half-Truths, and Outright Liesvolume 60Adam Fortunate Eagle has been called many things: social activist, serious joke medicine, contrary warrior, national treasure, enemy of the state, living history. Characterizing his style as "Fortunate Eagle meets Mark Twain, Indian style," the author relates the traditions, joys, and frustrations of his...
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Not OkayPeter Wilson searches for healing from child sexual abuse and mental illness in the 1980's. With the resources at his disposal inadequate, he turns to the pop psychology self help book, I'm OK You're OK, wisecracks, and a little bit of murder.Author: Brett AxelPublisher:...
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Where the Sun Never SetsIf you find someone's diary, would you dare open it? Well, if you chance upon your old diary, would you dare read through your past? Iti is forced to move back to her hometown of Mussoorie amid worldwide lockdown to work on her first...
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Sons and LoversSince its publication in 1913, D. H. Lawrence's powerful and passionate third novel stands as one of the greatest autobiographical novels of the twentieth century. Here is the story of artist Paul Morel as a young man, his powerful relationship with his possessive mother,...
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An a from Miss KellerHow did Patricia Polacco become a writer? A perfect companion to the classic Thank You, Mr. Falker, The Art of Miss Chew, and Mr. Wayne's Masterpiece, this book celebrates a teacher who inspired a young Patricia Polacco to become the writer and storyteller she...
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A Book of MemoriesFirst published in Hungary in 1986 after a five-year battle with censors, P ter N das's A Book of Memories is a modern classic, a multi-layered narrative that tells three parallel stories of love and betrayal. The first takes place in East Berlin in...
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The House with a Sunken CourtyardAn occasionally terrifying and always vivid portrayal of what it was like to live as a refugee immediately after the end of the Korean War.Author: Kim Won-IlPublisher: Dalkey Archive PressPublished: 11/16/2013Pages: 229Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 8.57h x 5.51w x 0.69dISBN: 9781564789136About the AuthorWon-Il, Kim:...
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Asphodel"DESTROY," H.D. had pencilled across the title page of this autobiographical novel. Although the manuscript survived, it has remained unpublished since its completion in the 1920s. Regarded by many as one of the major poets of the modernist period, H.D. created in Asphodel a...
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Légy jó mindhaláligLégy jó mindhaláligA kollgium nagy, komor, ngyszg plet. Voltakpen csak az els rsze komor, a Nagytemplom felli si plet, a htuls hrom szakasz, amely gy van ptve, hogy az egsz egy ngyszg udvart zr be, inkbb sivr. De a kisdiknak ell-htul, mindenfell rendkvl imponl...
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MårbackaMårbacka ONCE they had a nursemaid at Mrbacka who was called Back-Kaisa. She must have been all of six feet high. She had a large-featured, swarthy, stern-looking face, her hands were hard and full of cracks, in which the childrens hair would catch when...
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The Trap: Pilgrimage, Volume 8The Trap: Pilgrimage, Volume 8 A short by-street paved from side to side. Narrow house-fronts and the endmost houses, hiding the passage that curved round into the further street, high enough to keep out of sight the neighbouring cubes of model dwellings and to...
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Albertine disparue Vol 2 (of 2)Albertine disparue Vol 2 (of 2) - À la recherche du temps perdu, Tome 7Ce n'tait pas que je n'aimasse encore Albertine, mais dj pas de la mme faon que les derniers temps. Non, c'tait la faon des temps plus anciens o tout ce...
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Albertine disparue Vol 1 (of 2)Albertine disparue Vol 1 (of 2) - À la recherche du temps perdu, Tome 7Mademoiselle Albertine est partie! Comme la souffrance va plus loin en psychologie que la psychologie! Il y a un instant, en train de m'analyser, j'avais cru que cette sparation sans...
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Revolving Lights: Pilgrimage, Volume 7Revolving Lights: Pilgrimage, Volume 7 In the ordinary novel, the novelist stands on the banks of the river of life chronicling how and when people arise, and how it is that things happen to them. But Miriam (the central figure of Dorothy Richardsons work)...
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Un amour de SwannUn amour de SwannPour faire partie du "petit noyau", du "petit groupe", du "petit clan" des Verdurin, une condition tait suffisante mais elle tait ncessaire: il fallait adhrer tacitement un Credo dont un des articles tait que le jeune pianiste, protg par Mme Verdurin...
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Lotin avioliittoLotin avioliittoBretagnen niemimaalla, meren rell syntyneen on Pierre Loti (oik. Ranskan laivaston upseeri Julien Viaud) jo aikaisin tuntenut rettmien ulapoiden, pitkien meriretkien ja kaukaisten, satumaisten maanosien oudon vetovoiman. Jo lapsena on hn nhnyt reippaiden ja rotevien merisankarien lhtevn Islannin retkille, tarkannut heidn iloisen paluunsa...
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La Prisonnière (Sodome et Gomorrhe III)La Prisonnière (Sodome et Gomorrhe III)Le texte dactylographi du prsent, qui forme le tome VI d' la recherche du temps perdu, nous avait t remis par Marcel Proust peu de temps avant sa mort. La maladie ne lui ayant pas laiss la force de...
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