Author: Roberto Bolaño
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1529924537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
War-games champion Udo Berger is finally on holiday. Travelling to the Costa Brava with his long-ignored girlfriend, Ingeborg, there they meet another vacationing German couple, Charly and Hanna, and a band of shady locals. They have fun, see the sights, relax. Then, late one night, Charly disappears without a trace. Desperate to solve the mystery, Udo refuses to leave, even after Ingeborg returns home. Increasingly frightened, the situation slips beyond his grasp and Udo suddenly realizes that the consequences of this ‘game’ are much more serious than he ever imagined. TRANSLATED BY NATASHA WIMMER ‘Capering, weird, rascally and short... The Third Reich is giddily funny, but it is also prickly and bizarre enough to count among Bolaño’s first-rate efforts’ The Economist ‘A mesmerizing tale: sleek, linear, easily digested, beautifully translated... Classic Bolaño’ Washington Post
The Third Reich
Author: Roberto Bolaño
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1529924537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
War-games champion Udo Berger is finally on holiday. Travelling to the Costa Brava with his long-ignored girlfriend, Ingeborg, there they meet another vacationing German couple, Charly and Hanna, and a band of shady locals. They have fun, see the sights, relax. Then, late one night, Charly disappears without a trace. Desperate to solve the mystery, Udo refuses to leave, even after Ingeborg returns home. Increasingly frightened, the situation slips beyond his grasp and Udo suddenly realizes that the consequences of this ‘game’ are much more serious than he ever imagined. TRANSLATED BY NATASHA WIMMER ‘Capering, weird, rascally and short... The Third Reich is giddily funny, but it is also prickly and bizarre enough to count among Bolaño’s first-rate efforts’ The Economist ‘A mesmerizing tale: sleek, linear, easily digested, beautifully translated... Classic Bolaño’ Washington Post
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1529924537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
War-games champion Udo Berger is finally on holiday. Travelling to the Costa Brava with his long-ignored girlfriend, Ingeborg, there they meet another vacationing German couple, Charly and Hanna, and a band of shady locals. They have fun, see the sights, relax. Then, late one night, Charly disappears without a trace. Desperate to solve the mystery, Udo refuses to leave, even after Ingeborg returns home. Increasingly frightened, the situation slips beyond his grasp and Udo suddenly realizes that the consequences of this ‘game’ are much more serious than he ever imagined. TRANSLATED BY NATASHA WIMMER ‘Capering, weird, rascally and short... The Third Reich is giddily funny, but it is also prickly and bizarre enough to count among Bolaño’s first-rate efforts’ The Economist ‘A mesmerizing tale: sleek, linear, easily digested, beautifully translated... Classic Bolaño’ Washington Post
Las diez reglas de oro para escribir la novela del año
Author: Sara Burillo
Publisher: Sara Burillo Molinero
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : es
Pages : 108
Book Description
En este libro lleno de ejercicios y meditaciones, descubrirás qué historia hay en lo más profundo de ti, qué contar de tal manera que tu instinto lidere la trama para que sea especial desde el mismo principio hasta el final. Además, también daremos una vuelta al uso del vocabulario con magia, entenderemos cómo involucrar al lector, que viva la historia y no solo la lea; que nuestros personajes cobren vida y no sean meras marionetas, que dirijan ellos la historia y nosotros les demos voz (aun a sabiendas de que estos personajes son partes recónditas de nosotros mismos); descubriremos también cómo escribir diálogos creíbles y a la vez fascinantes y cómo describir de una forma auténtica y emocional. Hallaremos las diferencias entre la elección de un final alegre y uno triste o inesperado. También veremos cómo corregir nuestra novela una vez esté escrita para no perder tiempo e ir al grano. Encontrarás lo que hubiera deseado aprender cuando comencé, e incluso años después. ¡Echa un vistazo a todo lo que vas a descubrir dentro de estas páginas! 1 LA HISTORIA 1.1.- El género de la novela 1.2.- Tu verdadera historia 2 ORGANIZACIÓN 2.1.- Cuánto tiempo escribir al día 2.2.- Escribir directamente o planear 3 PERSONAJES 3.1.- La elección 3.2.- Meditación para los personajes 4 ESTRUCTURA 4.1.- Primeros pasos para la estructura de la novela 4.2.- La segunda parte de la estructura 5 DIÁLOGOS 5.1.- Diálogos con salsa 5.2.- Continuidad en los diálogos 5.3.- Cambios sustanciales 6 DESCRIPCIONES 6.1.- A través de los sentidos 6.2.- Describir con pasión 6.3.- Descripciones valiosas 6.4.- Generamos suspense 6.5.- Los signos de puntuación 7 VOCABULARIO 7.1.- Vocabulario al describir 7.2.- Vocabulario sensacional 7.3.- Vocabulario en los diálogos 7.4.- Repeticiones 7.5.- Verbos 8 REPOSO 8.1.- Tiempo de reposo 9 PUREZA 9.1.- La revisión 9.2.- Las críticas 9.3.- El truco del almendruco 10 FINAL FELIZ O INFELIZ 10.1.- La elección del final Y ahora que has visto qué contiene el libro, ¿te atreves a descubrir al impresionante escritor que hay dentro de ti y a comenzar un viaje apasionante hacia la novela o el bestseller de tu vida?
Publisher: Sara Burillo Molinero
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : es
Pages : 108
Book Description
En este libro lleno de ejercicios y meditaciones, descubrirás qué historia hay en lo más profundo de ti, qué contar de tal manera que tu instinto lidere la trama para que sea especial desde el mismo principio hasta el final. Además, también daremos una vuelta al uso del vocabulario con magia, entenderemos cómo involucrar al lector, que viva la historia y no solo la lea; que nuestros personajes cobren vida y no sean meras marionetas, que dirijan ellos la historia y nosotros les demos voz (aun a sabiendas de que estos personajes son partes recónditas de nosotros mismos); descubriremos también cómo escribir diálogos creíbles y a la vez fascinantes y cómo describir de una forma auténtica y emocional. Hallaremos las diferencias entre la elección de un final alegre y uno triste o inesperado. También veremos cómo corregir nuestra novela una vez esté escrita para no perder tiempo e ir al grano. Encontrarás lo que hubiera deseado aprender cuando comencé, e incluso años después. ¡Echa un vistazo a todo lo que vas a descubrir dentro de estas páginas! 1 LA HISTORIA 1.1.- El género de la novela 1.2.- Tu verdadera historia 2 ORGANIZACIÓN 2.1.- Cuánto tiempo escribir al día 2.2.- Escribir directamente o planear 3 PERSONAJES 3.1.- La elección 3.2.- Meditación para los personajes 4 ESTRUCTURA 4.1.- Primeros pasos para la estructura de la novela 4.2.- La segunda parte de la estructura 5 DIÁLOGOS 5.1.- Diálogos con salsa 5.2.- Continuidad en los diálogos 5.3.- Cambios sustanciales 6 DESCRIPCIONES 6.1.- A través de los sentidos 6.2.- Describir con pasión 6.3.- Descripciones valiosas 6.4.- Generamos suspense 6.5.- Los signos de puntuación 7 VOCABULARIO 7.1.- Vocabulario al describir 7.2.- Vocabulario sensacional 7.3.- Vocabulario en los diálogos 7.4.- Repeticiones 7.5.- Verbos 8 REPOSO 8.1.- Tiempo de reposo 9 PUREZA 9.1.- La revisión 9.2.- Las críticas 9.3.- El truco del almendruco 10 FINAL FELIZ O INFELIZ 10.1.- La elección del final Y ahora que has visto qué contiene el libro, ¿te atreves a descubrir al impresionante escritor que hay dentro de ti y a comenzar un viaje apasionante hacia la novela o el bestseller de tu vida?
The Infinite Plan
Author: Isabel Allende
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063049678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Summer Reissues with P.S. The engrossing story of one man’s quest for love and for his soul from bestselling author Isabel Allende, now available with P.S. Isabel Allende’s first novel to be set in the United States and to portray American characters, The Infinite Plan is a vivid tale of one man’s search for love, and his struggle to come to terms with a childhood of poverty and neglect. As he journeys from the Hispanic barrio in Los Angeles to the killing fields of Vietnam to the frenetic life of a lawyer in San Francisco, Gregory Reeves loses himself in an illusory and wrongheaded quest. Only when he circles back to his roots does he find the love and acceptance he has been searching for.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063049678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Summer Reissues with P.S. The engrossing story of one man’s quest for love and for his soul from bestselling author Isabel Allende, now available with P.S. Isabel Allende’s first novel to be set in the United States and to portray American characters, The Infinite Plan is a vivid tale of one man’s search for love, and his struggle to come to terms with a childhood of poverty and neglect. As he journeys from the Hispanic barrio in Los Angeles to the killing fields of Vietnam to the frenetic life of a lawyer in San Francisco, Gregory Reeves loses himself in an illusory and wrongheaded quest. Only when he circles back to his roots does he find the love and acceptance he has been searching for.
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.
Queen Calafia
Author: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Book of Daniel
Author: E.L. Doctorow
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307762955
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The central figure of this novel is a young man whose parents were executed for conspiring to steal atomic secrets for Russia. His name is Daniel Isaacson, and as the story opens, his parents have been dead for many years. He has had a long time to adjust to their deaths. He has not adjusted. Out of the shambles of his childhood, he has constructed a new life—marriage to an adoring girl who gives him a son of his own, and a career in scholarship. It is a life that enrages him. In the silence of the library at Columbia University, where he is supposedly writing a Ph.D. dissertation, Daniel composes something quite different. It is a confession of his most intimate relationships—with his wife, his foster parents, and his kid sister Susan, whose own radicalism so reproaches him. It is a book of memories: riding a bus with his parents to the ill-fated Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill; watching the FBI take his father away; appearing with Susan at rallies protesting their parents’ innocence; visiting his mother and father in the Death House. It is a book of investigation: transcribing Daniel’s interviews with people who knew his parents, or who knew about them; and logging his strange researches and discoveries in the library stacks. It is a book of judgments of everyone involved in the case—lawyers, police, informers, friends, and the Isaacson family itself. It is a book rich in characters, from elderly grand- mothers of immigrant culture, to covert radicals of the McCarthy era, to hippie marchers on the Pen-tagon. It is a book that spans the quarter-century of American life since World War II. It is a book about the nature of Left politics in this country—its sacrificial rites, its peculiar cruelties, its humility, its bitterness. It is a book about some of the beautiful and terrible feelings of childhood. It is about the nature of guilt and innocence, and about the relations of people to nations. It is The Book of Daniel.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307762955
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The central figure of this novel is a young man whose parents were executed for conspiring to steal atomic secrets for Russia. His name is Daniel Isaacson, and as the story opens, his parents have been dead for many years. He has had a long time to adjust to their deaths. He has not adjusted. Out of the shambles of his childhood, he has constructed a new life—marriage to an adoring girl who gives him a son of his own, and a career in scholarship. It is a life that enrages him. In the silence of the library at Columbia University, where he is supposedly writing a Ph.D. dissertation, Daniel composes something quite different. It is a confession of his most intimate relationships—with his wife, his foster parents, and his kid sister Susan, whose own radicalism so reproaches him. It is a book of memories: riding a bus with his parents to the ill-fated Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill; watching the FBI take his father away; appearing with Susan at rallies protesting their parents’ innocence; visiting his mother and father in the Death House. It is a book of investigation: transcribing Daniel’s interviews with people who knew his parents, or who knew about them; and logging his strange researches and discoveries in the library stacks. It is a book of judgments of everyone involved in the case—lawyers, police, informers, friends, and the Isaacson family itself. It is a book rich in characters, from elderly grand- mothers of immigrant culture, to covert radicals of the McCarthy era, to hippie marchers on the Pen-tagon. It is a book that spans the quarter-century of American life since World War II. It is a book about the nature of Left politics in this country—its sacrificial rites, its peculiar cruelties, its humility, its bitterness. It is a book about some of the beautiful and terrible feelings of childhood. It is about the nature of guilt and innocence, and about the relations of people to nations. It is The Book of Daniel.
The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493
Author:
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806123844
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
This definitive edition of Columbus's account of the voyage presents the most accurate printed version of his journal available to date. Unfortunately both Columbus's original manuscript, presented to Ferdinand and Isabella along with other evidence of his discoveries, and a single complete copy have been lost for centuries. The primary surviving record of the voyage-part quotation, part summary of the complete copy-is a transcription made by Bartolome de las Casas in the 1530s. This new edition of the Las Casas manuscript presents its entire contents-including notes, insertions, and canceled text-more accurately, completely, and graphically than any other Spanish text published so far. In addition, the new translation, which strives for readability and accuracy, appears on pages facing the Spanish, encouraging on-the- spot comparisons of the translation with the original. Study of the work is further facilitated by extensive notes, documenting differences between the editors' transcription and translation and those of other transcribers and translators and summarizing current research and debates on unanswered current research and debates on unanswered questions concerning the voyage. In addition to being the only edition in which Spanish and English are presented side by side, this edition includes the only concordance ever prepared for the Diario. Awaited by scholars, this new edition will help reduce the guesswork that has long plagued the study of Columbus's voyage. It may shed light on a number of issues related to Columbus's navigational methods and the identity of his landing places, issues whose resolution depend, at least in part, on an accurate transcription of the Diario. Containing day-by-day accounts of the voyage and the first sighting of land, of the first encounters with the native populations and the first appraisals of his islands explored, and of a suspenseful return voyage to Spain, the Diario provides a fascinating and useful account to historians, geographers, anthropologists, sailors, students, and anyone else interested in the discovery-or in a very good sea story. Oliver Dunn received the PH.D. degree from Cornell University. He is Professor Emeritus in Purdue University and a longtime student of Spanish and early history of Spanish America. James E. Kelley, Jr., received the M.A. degree from American University. A mathematician and computer and management consultant by vocation, for the past twenty years he has studied the history of European cartography and navigation in late-medieval times. Both are members of the Society for the History of Discoveries and have written extensively on the history of navigation and on Columbus's first voyage, Although they remain unconvinced of its conclusions, both were consultants to the National geographic Society's 1986 effort to establish Samana Cay as the site of Columbus's first landing.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806123844
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
This definitive edition of Columbus's account of the voyage presents the most accurate printed version of his journal available to date. Unfortunately both Columbus's original manuscript, presented to Ferdinand and Isabella along with other evidence of his discoveries, and a single complete copy have been lost for centuries. The primary surviving record of the voyage-part quotation, part summary of the complete copy-is a transcription made by Bartolome de las Casas in the 1530s. This new edition of the Las Casas manuscript presents its entire contents-including notes, insertions, and canceled text-more accurately, completely, and graphically than any other Spanish text published so far. In addition, the new translation, which strives for readability and accuracy, appears on pages facing the Spanish, encouraging on-the- spot comparisons of the translation with the original. Study of the work is further facilitated by extensive notes, documenting differences between the editors' transcription and translation and those of other transcribers and translators and summarizing current research and debates on unanswered current research and debates on unanswered questions concerning the voyage. In addition to being the only edition in which Spanish and English are presented side by side, this edition includes the only concordance ever prepared for the Diario. Awaited by scholars, this new edition will help reduce the guesswork that has long plagued the study of Columbus's voyage. It may shed light on a number of issues related to Columbus's navigational methods and the identity of his landing places, issues whose resolution depend, at least in part, on an accurate transcription of the Diario. Containing day-by-day accounts of the voyage and the first sighting of land, of the first encounters with the native populations and the first appraisals of his islands explored, and of a suspenseful return voyage to Spain, the Diario provides a fascinating and useful account to historians, geographers, anthropologists, sailors, students, and anyone else interested in the discovery-or in a very good sea story. Oliver Dunn received the PH.D. degree from Cornell University. He is Professor Emeritus in Purdue University and a longtime student of Spanish and early history of Spanish America. James E. Kelley, Jr., received the M.A. degree from American University. A mathematician and computer and management consultant by vocation, for the past twenty years he has studied the history of European cartography and navigation in late-medieval times. Both are members of the Society for the History of Discoveries and have written extensively on the history of navigation and on Columbus's first voyage, Although they remain unconvinced of its conclusions, both were consultants to the National geographic Society's 1986 effort to establish Samana Cay as the site of Columbus's first landing.
LEV
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : es
Pages : 2142
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : es
Pages : 2142
Book Description
Essentials for Child Development Associates Working with Young Children
Author: Carol Brunson Day
Publisher: Ingram
ISBN: 9780975914007
Category : Child development
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher: Ingram
ISBN: 9780975914007
Category : Child development
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
View of the Hebrews
Author: Ethan Smith
Publisher: Left of Brain Onboarding Pty Limited
ISBN: 9781396322228
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
In the nineteenth century, it was a common belief that Native Americans were the descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Ethan Smith wrote on this topic, and in so doing, challenged the dismissal of the Indigenous Americans by European settlers. Smith used biblical scripture, similarities in the Hebrew and Native American languages and their name for God, and other points of evidence to prove the connection between Israel and the First Nations. From there he showed how the reunited Hebrew tribes would be restored to Zion before the end of the world. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of Smith's book is that it is said to have influenced the Book of Mormon, which was published about seven years after later. As a child, Smith moved away from religion after his parents died but found his way back before he turned 20 and worked in the ministry until his death. Smith wrote several books while serving in the ministry in which he explored prophecies and baptism, among other subjects. But this book remains one of the most controversial of all his publications.
Publisher: Left of Brain Onboarding Pty Limited
ISBN: 9781396322228
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
In the nineteenth century, it was a common belief that Native Americans were the descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Ethan Smith wrote on this topic, and in so doing, challenged the dismissal of the Indigenous Americans by European settlers. Smith used biblical scripture, similarities in the Hebrew and Native American languages and their name for God, and other points of evidence to prove the connection between Israel and the First Nations. From there he showed how the reunited Hebrew tribes would be restored to Zion before the end of the world. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of Smith's book is that it is said to have influenced the Book of Mormon, which was published about seven years after later. As a child, Smith moved away from religion after his parents died but found his way back before he turned 20 and worked in the ministry until his death. Smith wrote several books while serving in the ministry in which he explored prophecies and baptism, among other subjects. But this book remains one of the most controversial of all his publications.