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7541) Kenilworth
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Extrait "C'est le privilège des romanciers de placer le début de leur histoire dans une auberge, rendez-vous de tous les voyageurs, o règne la liberté, et o chacun déploie son humeur sans cérémonie et sans contrainte."
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Extrait : "Nous entrons en Espagne par un petit bourg, un refuge des employés de douane. Suivant un chemin légèrement boueux, et laissant à notre droite l'île des Faisans, o Mazarin et Don Luis de Haro traitèrent de la paix des Pyrénées et du mariage de Marie-Thérèse et de Louis XIV (ce n'est plus qu'un îlot menu orné d'un piètre monument au milieu du cours d'eau) nous gagnons Irun, ville déjà très espagnole, avec ses balcons et ses...
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Rediscover the magic of Russian folktales in a breathtaking illustrated edition.
This collection of traditional stories will sweep you away to the birch forests and ornate palaces of Russia. You'll meet a mysterious girl born from the snow, a terrifying Baba Yaga, and a series of dauntless heroines and heroes willing to fight dragons and cross fiery rivers. Blending whimsical magic with magnificent drama, these tales come to life alongside intricate...
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In Why She Wrote, dive into the fascinating, unexpected, and inspiring stories behind the greatest women writers in the English language.
This compelling graphic collection features 18 women-including Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Anne Lister, and more-and asks a simple question: in a time when being a woman writer often meant being undervalued, overlooked, or pigeonholed, why did she write?
Why did Jane Austen struggle to...
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Extrait: "J'ai gardé, de la journée du Quatre-Septembre, une vision ineffaçable, à laquelle se mêle la plus singulière des impressions. Je crois toujours y revoir une course de Longchamp ou d'Auteuil un jour de grand prix, par un magnifique après-midi d'été. Les degrés de l'église de la Madeleine, o s'entassait un public qui braquait ses lorgnettes sur le Palais-Bourbon comme sur une piste, étaient un véritable «pesage», la foule de...
7547) Life Volume. 2
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We go around and around in circles trying to figure out our purpose. Often holding back the truth that lay seeded in our center. There's this fear that festers from our inner traumas. They leave us helpless. Faith comes from having the foresight to know that treasures are hidden in plain sight. Blinded by the vices we attract through our reflections. We become slaves to systems we did not create. Blame is then placed on the architect. Why then do...
7548) Diadem: Selected Poems
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Marosa di Giorgio has one of the most distinct and recognizable voices in Latin American poetry. Her surreal and fable-like prose poems invite comparison to Franz Kafka, Julio Cortázar, or even contemporary American poets Russell Edson and Charles Simic. But di Giorgio's voice, imagery, and themes-childhood, the Uruguayan countryside, a perception of the sacred-are her own. Previously written off as "the mad woman of Uruguayan letters," di Giorgio's...
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Alistair Cooke knew, met, interviewed, or reported on many of the most influential men and women of the twentieth century and in this collection profiles the twenty-three he considered the most remarkable In his career of more than fifty years broadcasting the BBC radio program Letter from America and as the US correspondent for the Guardian for more than twenty-five years, Alistair Cooke met and mixed with many famous people. In Memories of the Great...
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A bombardier's story of serving in the skies over Europe-and surviving in a POW camp-as told through his correspondence with his Ohio family.
On his twenty-sixth horrifying mission over the hostile skies of Nazi Europe, a charismatic bombardier, seated at the nose of a B-17, strapped on his parachute as his disintegrating bomber dropped uncontrollably to the ground. What got him to this point, the ensuing months behind barbed wire, and his daily...
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"No other dancer ever looked like Paul Taylor, that strapping, elastic, goofy hunk of a guy, and no one else's dance works look like his either-not the deep, dark ones or the zany ones or the uplifting ones. His vocabulary, his tone are unique and unmistakable. The same thing is true, it turns out, about his writing. His style is utterly his own, and like all real style it isn't a calculated voice but a reflection of the way his quirky mind works."...
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"A wild, rollicking ride into the heart of horse country-these essays get at what it means to love horses, in all that love's complexity." -Anton DiSclafani, author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
A compelling and provocative essay collection that smashes stereotypes and redefines the meaning of the term "horse girl," broadening it for women of all cultural backgrounds.
As a child, horses consumed Halimah Marcus' imagination. When she...
7553) Seasons: desert sketches
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The late writer and naturalist "Ellen Meloy wrote and recorded a series of audio essays for KUER (NPR Utah) in the 1990s. Every few months, she would travel to their Salt Lake City studios from her red rock home of Bluff to read an essay or two. With understated humor and sharp insight, Meloy would illuminate facets of human connection to nature and challenge listeners to examine the world anew. [This book] is a compilation of these essays, transcribed...
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An inspiring collection of the personal philosophies of a group of remarkable men and women
Based on the National Public Radio series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty essayists-from the famous to the unknown-completing the thought that begins the book's title. Each piece compels readers to rethink not only how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs but also the extent to which they share them with others.
Featuring a well-known...
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"When The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations was published in 1987, P. J. O'Rourke had more entries than any living writer. And he kept writing funny stuff for another thirty-five years. Now, for the first time, P.J.'s best quips and riffs have been collected in one volume, edited by his longtime friend and award-winning magazine editor Terry McDonell. The Funny Stuff is organized by subject in alphabetical order from Agriculture to...
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Les « Classiques Junior » est une collection destinée aux élèves du primaire, consacrée aux oeuvres majeures de la littérature universelle. L'objectif principal de cette collection est d'ouvrir une fenêtre sur les livres d'hier, qui ont bercé l'apprentissage des belles lettres de générations entières à travers les siècles. Ces oeuvres qui ont traversé le temps et les frontières, ont été et continuent d'être de grands succès, et...
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My story is probably not like yours. I'm a Black boy from the Midwest. I've never been kissed. I'm desperately in love with two women: Aretha and Whitney. I struggle with a mild form of social anxiety. I sing to myself almost everywhere I go. I'm an ex-chitlins (with hot sauce and ketchup) lover. I've been called an Oreo. I've been stopped by the police while walking home. I'm the descendant of slaves, and a Harvard graduate. Though our stories may...
7559) The Valley of Fear
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Step into the captivating world of "The Valley of Fear," a thrilling masterpiece by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that takes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on an unforgettable journey into the heart of mystery and intrigue. Published in 1915, this novel is a riveting addition to the iconic detective series, offering a perfect blend of suspense, deduction, and rich storytelling.
Picture yourself immersed in the atmospheric landscapes of the American...
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An essay collection from the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple. From the prolific writer, poet, and activist Alice Walker, comes a compilation of writing and speeches on advocacy, struggle, and hope. Drawing equally on Walker's spiritual grounding and her progressive political convictions, each chapter concludes with a recommended meditation to teach us patience, compassion, and forgiveness. We Are the Ones...
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