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.
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.
Spanish today
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
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.
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
Spanish Among Amigos Phrasebook
Author: Nuria Agulló
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071491155
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : es
Pages : 209
Book Description
Shake it up in Spanish with a little help from your friends Looking to break the ice in Barcelona? Flirt in Fajardo? If you want to connect with Spanish speakers, then get in on the conversation with your instant amigas, Pepa and Pili, and experience the real-world rhythm of everyday Spanish. Join the party and learn hundreds of expressions with their formal, informal, and “downtown” variations including tips on how and when to use them. So, if you want to mingle in Madrid, then you'll want to know how to say... ¿Eres de Madrid? Are you from Madrid? ¿Estudias o trabajas? Are you studying or working? ¿Te importa si me siento aquí? Do you mind if I sit here? ¿Estás libre esta tarde? Are you free this afternoon?
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071491155
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : es
Pages : 209
Book Description
Shake it up in Spanish with a little help from your friends Looking to break the ice in Barcelona? Flirt in Fajardo? If you want to connect with Spanish speakers, then get in on the conversation with your instant amigas, Pepa and Pili, and experience the real-world rhythm of everyday Spanish. Join the party and learn hundreds of expressions with their formal, informal, and “downtown” variations including tips on how and when to use them. So, if you want to mingle in Madrid, then you'll want to know how to say... ¿Eres de Madrid? Are you from Madrid? ¿Estudias o trabajas? Are you studying or working? ¿Te importa si me siento aquí? Do you mind if I sit here? ¿Estás libre esta tarde? Are you free this afternoon?
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.
Cecilia Valdés or El Angel Hill
Author: Cirilo Villaverde
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199725233
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Cecilia Valdés is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo Villaverde's novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a vast landscape emerges of the moral, political, and sexual depravity caused by slavery and colonialism. Set in the Havana of the 1830s, the novel introduces us to Cecilia, a beautiful light-skinned mulatta, who is being pursued by the son of a Spanish slave trader, named Leonardo. Unbeknownst to the two, they are the children of the same father. Eventually Cecilia gives in to Leonardo's advances; she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. When Leonardo, who gets bored with Cecilia after a while, agrees to marry a white upper class woman, Cecilia vows revenge. A mulatto friend and suitor of hers kills Leonardo, and Cecilia is thrown into prison as an accessory to the crime. For the contemporary reader Helen Lane's masterful translation of Cecilia Valdés opens a new window into the intricate problems of race relations in Cuba and the Caribbean. There are the elite social circles of European and New World Whites, the rich culture of the free people of color, the class to which Cecilia herself belonged, and then the slaves, divided among themselves between those who were born in Africa and those who were born in the New World, and those who worked on the sugar plantation and those who worked in the households of the rich people in Havana. Cecilia Valdés thus presents a vast portrait of sexual, social, and racial oppression, and the lived experience of Spanish colonialism in Cuba.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199725233
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Cecilia Valdés is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo Villaverde's novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a vast landscape emerges of the moral, political, and sexual depravity caused by slavery and colonialism. Set in the Havana of the 1830s, the novel introduces us to Cecilia, a beautiful light-skinned mulatta, who is being pursued by the son of a Spanish slave trader, named Leonardo. Unbeknownst to the two, they are the children of the same father. Eventually Cecilia gives in to Leonardo's advances; she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. When Leonardo, who gets bored with Cecilia after a while, agrees to marry a white upper class woman, Cecilia vows revenge. A mulatto friend and suitor of hers kills Leonardo, and Cecilia is thrown into prison as an accessory to the crime. For the contemporary reader Helen Lane's masterful translation of Cecilia Valdés opens a new window into the intricate problems of race relations in Cuba and the Caribbean. There are the elite social circles of European and New World Whites, the rich culture of the free people of color, the class to which Cecilia herself belonged, and then the slaves, divided among themselves between those who were born in Africa and those who were born in the New World, and those who worked on the sugar plantation and those who worked in the households of the rich people in Havana. Cecilia Valdés thus presents a vast portrait of sexual, social, and racial oppression, and the lived experience of Spanish colonialism in Cuba.