Author: Carmina Pazos
Publisher: Bubok
ISBN: 8468630594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Galería de personajes variados, que viven situaciones difíciles de acuerdo con su trayectoria de vida: La reina María de Portugal, esposa de Alfonso XI, el amor del rey, Leonor de Guzmán, madre de muchos de sus hijos ; un chico arrancado de su aldea natal de ?frica, un minero en el momento más difícil de su vida , los añorados fantasmas de la infancia, un jubilado que repasa su vida con lucidez y socarronería...no faltan en estas historias el amor, el dolor, el odio, la esperanza, todas las pasiones que conforman nuestras vidas . Todo con un lenguaje sugerente y atractivo.
Relatos. Vivir al límite
Author: Carmina Pazos
Publisher: Bubok
ISBN: 8468630594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Galería de personajes variados, que viven situaciones difíciles de acuerdo con su trayectoria de vida: La reina María de Portugal, esposa de Alfonso XI, el amor del rey, Leonor de Guzmán, madre de muchos de sus hijos ; un chico arrancado de su aldea natal de ?frica, un minero en el momento más difícil de su vida , los añorados fantasmas de la infancia, un jubilado que repasa su vida con lucidez y socarronería...no faltan en estas historias el amor, el dolor, el odio, la esperanza, todas las pasiones que conforman nuestras vidas . Todo con un lenguaje sugerente y atractivo.
Publisher: Bubok
ISBN: 8468630594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Galería de personajes variados, que viven situaciones difíciles de acuerdo con su trayectoria de vida: La reina María de Portugal, esposa de Alfonso XI, el amor del rey, Leonor de Guzmán, madre de muchos de sus hijos ; un chico arrancado de su aldea natal de ?frica, un minero en el momento más difícil de su vida , los añorados fantasmas de la infancia, un jubilado que repasa su vida con lucidez y socarronería...no faltan en estas historias el amor, el dolor, el odio, la esperanza, todas las pasiones que conforman nuestras vidas . Todo con un lenguaje sugerente y atractivo.
Spanish today
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Murder Most Serene
Author: Gabrielle Wittkop
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939663146
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the last days of the Venetian Republic, the successive wives of Count Alvise Lanzi suffer mysterious, agonizing deaths. Murder Most Serene offers a cruel portrait of a beautiful but corrupt city-state and its equally extravagant and corrupt inhabitants. Redolent of darkness, death, poison and transgression, it is also an over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek Venetian romp. Rich in historical detail and bursting with bejeweled putrescence, Gabrielle Wittkop's chilling memento mori eschews the murder mystery in which it is garbed for a scintillating depiction of physical, moral, societal and institutional corruption, in which the author plays the role of puppeteer--"present, masked as convention dictates, while in a Venice on the brink of downfall, women gorged with venom burst like wineskins." Self-styled heir to the Marquis de Sade, Gabrielle Wittkop (1920-2002) was a French author who wrote a remarkable series of novels and travelogues, all laced with sardonic humor and dark sexuality, with recurrent themes of death, disease and decrepitude. After meeting Justus Wittkop, a German deserter, in Paris under the Occupation, she hid him from the Nazis and then married him after the war, in what she described as an "intellectual alliance," given he was homosexual. He would commit suicide in 1986, with her approval, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's. Her first novel, The Necrophiliac, appeared in 1972, but a number of her books have only been made available since her own suicide in 2002, after she was diagnosed with lung cancer.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939663146
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the last days of the Venetian Republic, the successive wives of Count Alvise Lanzi suffer mysterious, agonizing deaths. Murder Most Serene offers a cruel portrait of a beautiful but corrupt city-state and its equally extravagant and corrupt inhabitants. Redolent of darkness, death, poison and transgression, it is also an over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek Venetian romp. Rich in historical detail and bursting with bejeweled putrescence, Gabrielle Wittkop's chilling memento mori eschews the murder mystery in which it is garbed for a scintillating depiction of physical, moral, societal and institutional corruption, in which the author plays the role of puppeteer--"present, masked as convention dictates, while in a Venice on the brink of downfall, women gorged with venom burst like wineskins." Self-styled heir to the Marquis de Sade, Gabrielle Wittkop (1920-2002) was a French author who wrote a remarkable series of novels and travelogues, all laced with sardonic humor and dark sexuality, with recurrent themes of death, disease and decrepitude. After meeting Justus Wittkop, a German deserter, in Paris under the Occupation, she hid him from the Nazis and then married him after the war, in what she described as an "intellectual alliance," given he was homosexual. He would commit suicide in 1986, with her approval, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's. Her first novel, The Necrophiliac, appeared in 1972, but a number of her books have only been made available since her own suicide in 2002, after she was diagnosed with lung cancer.
Lo que nos rodea nos refleja
Author: Eloise Alemany
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : es
Pages : 190
Book Description
Thirteen of the finest collectors from Argentina converse with artists, editors and critics defining Argentine art and collecting today. "Featured in this book are 13 collections of different sizes and shapes, colors and ages, profile an intent, each with an unique personality and sensibility...The diversity of the selection goes on to reflect the changing landscape of collecting and the evolving shape of 21st century culture and lifestyle"--P. 7.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : es
Pages : 190
Book Description
Thirteen of the finest collectors from Argentina converse with artists, editors and critics defining Argentine art and collecting today. "Featured in this book are 13 collections of different sizes and shapes, colors and ages, profile an intent, each with an unique personality and sensibility...The diversity of the selection goes on to reflect the changing landscape of collecting and the evolving shape of 21st century culture and lifestyle"--P. 7.
The Visions of Quevedo
Author: Francisco de Quevedo
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
A satirical masterpiece, "The Visions of Quevedo" offers a glimpse into Spanish literature through the lens of Francisco de Quevedo. With sharp wit and keen observations, Quevedo critiques society, human nature, and the world around him, making this work a significant contribution to classic literature. His perspective offers a fresh take on traditional themes.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
A satirical masterpiece, "The Visions of Quevedo" offers a glimpse into Spanish literature through the lens of Francisco de Quevedo. With sharp wit and keen observations, Quevedo critiques society, human nature, and the world around him, making this work a significant contribution to classic literature. His perspective offers a fresh take on traditional themes.
Kandahar Cockney
Author: James Fergusson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The remarkable and touching story of a singular friendship between the author (an affluent Western correspondent) and his Pashtun interpreter who meet in an Afghan war-zone and resume their friendship when Mir becomes an asylum seeker in London's East End. In the spring of 1997, James Fergusson, a young freelance British correspondent, encounters a local Pashtun interpreter named Mir in rebel-controlled Afghanistan. They soon become firm friends, with Mir an invaluable guide not only to the battle zone, but to the country's complex politics, culture and traditions. Not long after James's return home, Mir and his family are forced to flee Afghanistan, fearing for their lives. When Mir arrives in London seeking asylum, it is to James that he turns for help. Now their roles reverse: the guided becomes the guide as James introduces Mir to the bewildering customs of the infidel West. Yet in many ways it is Mir who remains the guide -- this time to a side of his own homeland that James had never noticed or engaged with before. He discovers whole communities of Afghans scattered throughout London, and the shadow economy in which asylum seekers are forced to work. He accompanies Mir throug
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The remarkable and touching story of a singular friendship between the author (an affluent Western correspondent) and his Pashtun interpreter who meet in an Afghan war-zone and resume their friendship when Mir becomes an asylum seeker in London's East End. In the spring of 1997, James Fergusson, a young freelance British correspondent, encounters a local Pashtun interpreter named Mir in rebel-controlled Afghanistan. They soon become firm friends, with Mir an invaluable guide not only to the battle zone, but to the country's complex politics, culture and traditions. Not long after James's return home, Mir and his family are forced to flee Afghanistan, fearing for their lives. When Mir arrives in London seeking asylum, it is to James that he turns for help. Now their roles reverse: the guided becomes the guide as James introduces Mir to the bewildering customs of the infidel West. Yet in many ways it is Mir who remains the guide -- this time to a side of his own homeland that James had never noticed or engaged with before. He discovers whole communities of Afghans scattered throughout London, and the shadow economy in which asylum seekers are forced to work. He accompanies Mir throug
Operation Pedro Pan
Author: Yvonne Conde
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135957479
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135957479
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Spanish American Reader
Author: Ernesto Nelson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spanish language
Languages : es
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spanish language
Languages : es
Pages : 392
Book Description
Piercing the Darkness
Author: Joe R. Lansdale
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939065568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
An All-Star Anthology Benefitting the Children's Literacy Initiative. Featuring N.Y. Times bestsellers Jonathan Maberry, Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, and Christopher Golden. Plus new, never-before-published stories from James A. Moore, Jeff Strand, Ronald Malfi, and others. Twenty-eight of the biggest and brightest names in horror have gathered to shine their light upon an ever-increasing darkness-children's illiteracy. Join them as they take you down into the depths, and hope you make it to the light on the other side. David Bain Gary A. Braunbeck Kealan Patrick Burke Sandy DeLuca Robert Dunbar Greg F. Gifune Christopher Golden Janet Joyce Holden Gerard Houarner Jonathan Janz Brian Keene Jack Ketchum Joe R. Lansdale Jonathan Maberry Ronald Malfi Elizabeth Massie C. Dennis Moore James A. Moore Gene O'Neill Monica O'Rourke Gord Rollo Mary SanGiovanni Lucy Snyder Jeff Strand Tim Waggoner F. Paul Wilson Simon Wood T.T. Zuma
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939065568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
An All-Star Anthology Benefitting the Children's Literacy Initiative. Featuring N.Y. Times bestsellers Jonathan Maberry, Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, and Christopher Golden. Plus new, never-before-published stories from James A. Moore, Jeff Strand, Ronald Malfi, and others. Twenty-eight of the biggest and brightest names in horror have gathered to shine their light upon an ever-increasing darkness-children's illiteracy. Join them as they take you down into the depths, and hope you make it to the light on the other side. David Bain Gary A. Braunbeck Kealan Patrick Burke Sandy DeLuca Robert Dunbar Greg F. Gifune Christopher Golden Janet Joyce Holden Gerard Houarner Jonathan Janz Brian Keene Jack Ketchum Joe R. Lansdale Jonathan Maberry Ronald Malfi Elizabeth Massie C. Dennis Moore James A. Moore Gene O'Neill Monica O'Rourke Gord Rollo Mary SanGiovanni Lucy Snyder Jeff Strand Tim Waggoner F. Paul Wilson Simon Wood T.T. Zuma
Hansard
Author: Simon Woods
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571355447
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. It's a summer's morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house he shares with his wife of 30 years, Diana. But all is not as blissful as it seems. Diana has a stinking hangover, a fox is destroying the garden, and secrets are being dug up all over the place. As the day draws on, what starts as gentle ribbing and the familiar rhythms of marital sparring quickly turns to blood-sport. A witty and devastating new play. Hansard premiered at the National Theatre, London, in August 2019.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571355447
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. It's a summer's morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house he shares with his wife of 30 years, Diana. But all is not as blissful as it seems. Diana has a stinking hangover, a fox is destroying the garden, and secrets are being dug up all over the place. As the day draws on, what starts as gentle ribbing and the familiar rhythms of marital sparring quickly turns to blood-sport. A witty and devastating new play. Hansard premiered at the National Theatre, London, in August 2019.