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Random House USA Inc Moyers on America
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£13.46
Pelican Publishing Co Creating Blockbusters How to Generate and Market
Book SynopsisA guide to creating 'ever-cool' entertainment. An asset to entertainment executives or anyone aiming to create the next big hit, this book offers guidelines for developing concepts and marketing blockbusters. Whether it is a best-selling novel, a video game, or a high-tech toy, blockbusters play a big part in American society. Despite the prominence of these breakthrough hits, most entertainment ventures do not survive in today's competitive market. This guide identifies the key principles that will ensure lasting success.
£22.39
Pelican Publishing Company Off Air
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£19.51
Pelican Publishing Co From the Outhouse to the Mouse House
Book SynopsisA positive how-to guide for the road to success! After graduating from college, Eva Steortz moved across the country on a whim to seek better opportunities. She took a leap of faith and answered a job ad for The Walt Disney Company, and in a true Cinderella story, she rose through the ranks to eventually become vice president. She reveals the unspoken truths about the crap you cant control in your career while focusing on the areas you can control. She discusses how to rally your relationships, possess positive style, master self-motivation, and the simple secrets to crafting your happily ever after plan. Her mission is to inspire others to aim high in their careers, and Steortz provides the tools to get to the top.
£20.39
History Press Edgar Allan Poes Charleston
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£20.39
History Press Tales from the National Press Club
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£21.24
History Press North Plattes Keith Blackledge Lessons from a
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£18.69
PublicAffairs My Home Team: A Sportswriter's Life and the
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£24.00
PublicAffairs Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us
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£22.40
Not Stated The Freaks Came Out to Write The Definitive
Book SynopsisA rollicking history of America's most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legendary writers, editors, and photographers. You either were there or you wanted to be. A defining New York City institution co-founded by Norman Mailer, The Village Voice was the first newspaper to cover hip-hop, the avant-garde art scene, and Off-Broadway with gravitas. It reported on the AIDS crisis with urgency and seriousness when other papers dismissed it as a gay disease. In 1979, the Voice’s Wayne Barrett uncovered Donald Trump as a corrupt con artist before anyone else was paying attention. It invented new forms of criticism and storytelling and revolutionized journalism, spawning hundreds of copycats. With more than 200 interviews, including two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Colson Whitehead, cultural critic Greg Tate, gossip columnist Michael Musto, and feminist writers V
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Amazon Publishing Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature
Book SynopsisA deeply personal memoir about one woman’s journey to finding her voice and rewriting her story by the creator and host of the award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books™. Zibby Owens has become a well-known personality in the publishing world. Her infectious energy, tasteful authenticity, and smart, steadfast support of authors started in childhood, a precedent set by the profound effect books and libraries had on her own family. But after losing her closest friend on 9/11 and later becoming utterly stressed out and overwhelmed by motherhood, Zibby was forgetting what made her her. She turned to books and writing for help. Just when things seemed particularly bleak, Zibby unexpectedly fell in love with a tennis pro turned movie producer who showed her the path to happiness: away from type-A perfectionism and toward letting things unfold organically. What unfolded was a meaningful career, a great love, and finally, her voice, now heard by millions of listeners. An honest and moving story about relationships, love, food issues, the writing life, and finding one’s true calling, Bookends will inspire and uplift.Trade Review“Owens (Princess Charming), host of the podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books and cofounder of Zibby Books, chronicles her path from shy, bookish child to busy mom and media company CEO in this zippy debut…Owens’s infectious enthusiasm radiates with charm, as do her earnest reflections on motherhood. Bibliophiles will breeze through this.” —Publishers Weekly “Owens recounts falling in love again after divorce and offers encouragement and advice to mothers and women trying to get it all done. Her insights into dealing with grief are touching, and readers experiencing loss may find solace in her story.” —Kirkus Reviews “This is an endearing memoir reflecting on a woman’s defining moments in life that will likely resonate with Owens’ fans and also readers who enjoy stories about writers with a New York City backdrop.” —Booklist “Bookends, Zibby’s memoir, is a remarkably poignant story about family, relationships, love, life, and finding one’s true calling…Her writing flows off the page and offers something for everyone. If you’ve experienced heartache, depression, relationship pain, weight issues, felt punched in the face by life and loss…come through it alive and kickin’—you will fly through each page of Bookends. Zibby’s inspiring account provides helpful insight and hope to everyone who reads it.” —Quest Magazine “Part literary love story, part family history, it’s a propulsive read that chronicles Owens’s complicated relationships—with food, with romance, with books, with vast wealth—all told with self-effacing warmth…heartfelt and touching.” —Claire Gibson, Avenue Magazine “In this new memoir…she takes on the role of accomplished author herself, as she beautifully reveals the loves and losses that have shaped her life, and discovers what it means to truly find your place in the world.” —Town & Country “When Owens writes with this blend of vulnerability and approachability, the reader feels as if a close friend is sharing her story with you…Bookends is proof that anyone has the power to rewrite their narrative, if only they are open to fully experiencing all that life puts in their path.” —Hippocampus Magazine “Zibby Owens’s Bookends is a candid and charming memoir about the ups and downs of midlife through the lens of reading and books. Zibby, one of the most beloved book influencers in America, shares how books can help us through tough times. An inspiring and hopeful read.” —Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO, Thrive Global “I knew Zibby was an ardent supporter of authors, but I didn’t realize she was such a fantastic writer herself. Insightful, helpful, authentic, and unifying, the tone of this beautifully written, memorable memoir is just so Zibby. A great choice for every busy mom.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Four Winds “Zibby Owens has always been a terrific interviewer of authors, but it wasn’t until I read her book that I realized how deep her passion for literature truly runs. Her story is a valentine to falling in love with the written word, and for a writer—and readers—that’s the sweetest kind of tale.” —Mitch Albom, New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger in the Lifeboat “A tender, intelligent coming-of-age tale, by turns poignant and hilarious, Bookends gripped me from the first sentence. This is the kind of book you hide in the bathroom to finish, ignoring the cries of your kids and the ringing phone. But it’s also a serious meditation on the dangerous constraints of contemporary motherhood and the nature of privilege. I dare you to read it and not fall in love with Zibby!” —Joanna Rakoff, author of international bestselling memoir My Salinger Year “Zibby Owens has such an infectious enthusiasm—for life, for love, for her friends and family, but above all else for books—her prose glows with it. Thus Bookends acts on two levels: it is both a personal journey from mute child to gregarious author, who spends her days talking to and about writers, and a virtual bookshelf, the kind you sometimes find in a summer rental, groaning with well-loved spines.” —Deborah Copaken, New York Times bestselling author of Ladyparts and Shutterbabe “Bookends is a testament to the healing power of literature, love, and above all, allegiance to one’s true self. Zibby Owens guides us, like a comforting friend, through her journey of loss and reinvention, reminding us, in the end, of our endless capacity for love.” —Claire Bidwell Smith, author of The Rules of Inheritance “Lucky for us, Zibby Owens—a relentless cheerleader for authors known and unknown—has paid homage to books and the role reading has played in her endlessly fascinating life by writing her own.” —Katie Couric “There are no words other than: WOW! Zibby’s work is gorgeous, raw, honest, heartbreaking, and funny. Zibby inspires me.” —Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author
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SAGE Publications Inc Dynamics of Media Writing: Adapt and Connect
Book SynopsisDynamics of Media Writing Third Edition gives students transferable skills that can be applied across all media platforms—from traditional mass media formats like news, public relations, and advertising to emerging digital media platforms. Whether issuing a press release or tweeting about a new app, today’s media writers need to adapt their message for each specific media format in order to successfully connect with their audience. Throughout this text, award-winning teacher and college media adviser Vincent F. Filak introduces fundamental writing skills that apply to all media, while also highlighting which writing tools and techniques are most effective for specific media formats and why. User-friendly and loaded with practical examples and tips from professionals across mass media, this is the perfect guide for any student wanting to launch a professional media writing career.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments About the Author PART I. THE BASICS YOU NEED, REGARDLESS OF FIELD Chapter 1. Know Your Audience How to Define an Audience Key Questions to Ask in Serving Your Readers What Attracts an Audience? What Audiences Need to Know and How to Make Them Care The Big Three Chapter 2. Being Accurate, Relying on the Facts Why Is Journalism Such a Picky Field? Why Media Professionals Matter More Than Ever Making Sure You Are Sure Examining the Broader Issues The Big Three Chapter 3. Grammar, Style and Language Basics Why Do Grammar and Style Matter? Sentence Structure Sentence Length Read Your Work Aloud How to Keep Writing Tight and Right The Big Three Chapter 4. Basic Media Writing The “Killer Be’s” of Good Writing The Inverted Pyramid Leads: The Prominence of Importance Types of Leads Problematic Leads and Potential Fixes How to Order the Rest of Your Pyramid The Big Three Chapter 5. Interviewing Interview Preparation Places to Dig Getting the Interview Interacting With Your Source Interviewing via Email or Text Interviewing for Multiple Media The Questions Interview Flow Silence as an Ally The Nonverbal Approach: How to Ask a Question Without Asking The End of the Interview (Almost) Follow-Up Interviews The Big Three Chapter 6. Writing for Websites and Blogs Working on the Web Blogging Best Blogging Practices How to Build a Quality Blog Post Linking and Other Interactive Elements Engaging Readers The Big Three Chapter 7. Social Media What Does Social Media Do? Why Is Social Media Valuable? Social Media Tools How to Avoid #Fail Building a Social Media Audience The Big Three Chapter 8. Law and Ethics in Media Writing The First Amendment Libel Legal Defenses Against Libel Getting SLAPP-ed Anyway Copyright How to Avoid Copyright Infringement Ethics and the Media Ethical Concerns How to Work Through Ethical Dilemmas Determining Your Own Approach to Ethics The Big Three PART II. FOCUS ON NEWS MEDIA Chapter 9. Reporting: The Basics and Beyond Event Coverage Preparing for the Event How to Cover the Event News Reporting Beyond the Event Beats Features Profile Writing Localizations Obituaries The Big Three Chapter 10. Writing for Traditional Print News Products Nuances for Print Writing Attributions Expanding the Inverted Pyramid The Big Three Chapter 11. Writing for Broadcast Nuances for Broadcast Writing Structure Integrating Additional Elements Types of Stories Polishing Your Final Piece for Delivery The Big Three PART III. FOCUS ON MARKETING MEDIA Chapter 12. Public Relations Defining PR Types of PR Writing Keys to PR Why the Media Matters The Big Three Chapter 13. Advertising Defining Advertising The Creative Brief Message Formation Writing in Advertising The Big Three Chapter 14. Marketing Brands and Branding Campaigns Versus Brands Useful Marketing Platforms and Tools Copywriting for a Brand Ways to Work With and for Your Readers Writing Creatively for Marketing The Big Three Glossary Index
£109.80
WW Norton & Co Sell Your Story in A Single Sentence: Advice from
Book SynopsisFinally, a guide by a leading Hollywood insider who actually knows the answer—and now she shows you how to do it yourself! Lane Shefter Bishop, CEO of Vast Entertainment, explains the key to selling your screenplay, novel, or script. This comprehensive guide to opening career doors is the first of its kind, highlighting the tips and techniques for making your story stand out. From tips on character development to hints on points to avoid, Bishop covers all your bases when selling your story.
£11.99
J Ross Publishing Branded Entertainment: Dealmaking Strategies &
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£40.80
Berrett-Koehler Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life
Book SynopsisBelva Davis recounts her remarkable journey from Monroe, Louisiana, up through the black radio industry in Oakland to become an award-winning news anchor known as the Walter Cronkite of the Bay Area.Never in My Wildest Dreams is a memoir with a message. Raised in a dysfunctional family in Louisiana and the San Francisco Bay area, Belva Davis rose through the black radio industry, became the first black female reporter west of the Mississippi with her hiring at KPIX, and eventually anchored KQEDâs âœEvening Edition,â the stationâs nightly news show. Overcoming personal and career obstacles, Davis reported on some of the eraâs most explosive stories, including the rise and fall of the Black Panthers, the Jonestown massacre, and the Moscone/Milk murders. The book also recounts Davisâs interviews with world leaders, including Fidel Castro and three U.S. presidents.
£13.49
Chicago Review Press This I Know: Marketing Lessons from Under the
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£17.09
Verso Books The Eitingons: A Twentieth-Century Story
Book SynopsisLeonid Eitingon was a KGB assassin who dedicated his life to the Soviet regime. He was in China in the early 1920s, in Turkey in the late 1920s, in Spain during the Civil War, and, crucially, in Mexico, helping to organize the assassination of Trotsky. "As long as I live," Stalin said, "not a hair of his head shall be touched." It did not work out like that.Max Eitingon was a psychoanalyst, a colleague, friend and protégé of Freud's. He was rich, secretive and-through his friendship with a famous Russian singer- implicated in the abduction of a white Russian general in Paris in 1937. Motty Eitingon was a New York fur dealer whose connections with the Soviet Union made him the largest trader in the world. Imprisoned by the Bolsheviks, questioned by the FBI. Was Motty everybody's friend or everybody's enemy?Mary-Kay Wilmers, best known as the editor of the London Review of Books, began looking into aspects of her remarkable family twenty years ago. The result is a book of astonishing scope and thrilling originality that throws light into some of the darkest corners of the last century. At the center of the story stands the author herself-ironic, precise, searching, and stylish-wondering not only about where she is from, but about what she's entitled to know.Trade ReviewUnlike the hordes of amateur historians who have mobbed the world's libraries over the past decade on the theory that reconstructing lineage equates to personal discovery, Wilmers is up to something that commands general attention. -- Christopher Glazek * New Yorker *Wilmers' adventures in digging through [the Eitingons'] lost world makes Mary-Kay one of the book's most intriguing characters. * Harper’s *Like characters in some Russian Jewish Stalinist Freudian capitalist 20th-century fairy tale, the Eitingons are larger than life, their fates bitter and all too human. * New York Times *A superbly written book, The Eitingons is much more than a family history, for the author has a deep knowledge of the cultural and political context, whether of twentieth-century America or the Soviet Union, in which they lived. It stands as an intimate portrait of a world that seems far removed from our own. * The Observer *The Eitingons is a riveting history of the twentieth century. It deals with war, displacement, murder, espionage, the Jewish diaspora and psychoanalysis. It explains Trotsky's assassination, the growth of Freud's teachings, the importance of the fur trade, the uses of money and the lure of the past. There is a lightness and a truthfulness in the narrative that makes you turn every page with pure fascination. -- Colm TóibínWilmers pieces together what she can of the shadowy life of Leonid Eitingon, a high-level KGB killer ... and looks for clues that her grandfather's cousin Max, a protégé of Freud in Berlin, and Motty, a New York fur trader, were also working for Stalin. What emerges is a fascinating story of family secrets and silences. * New Statesman *Well researched, bold, and revealing, Wilmers's book transforms a series of dark family secrets into an illuminating experience for anybody brave enough to delve into the enigma of family history. * Publishers Weekly *Compelling... [Wilmers] has produced a deeply-researched family chronicle, which bears only a trace resemblance to the memoirs that dominate the book industry. * Barnes and Noble Review *
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Four Courts Press Ltd Irish Media: A Critical History
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£39.88
Birlinn General Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul
Book SynopsisFULLY REVISED AND EDITED PAPERBACK EDITION Shortlisted for Penderyn Music Prize Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything. Twelve chapters take you on a turbulent year-long journey through the drama and chaos that ripped through the city in 1967 and tore it apart in personal, political and interracial disputes. It is the story of Motown, the break-up of The Supremes and the damaging disputes at the heart of the most successful African-American music label ever. Set against a backdrop of urban riots, escalating war in Vietnam and police corruption, the book weaves its way through a year when soul music came of age and the underground counterculture flourished. LSD arrived in the city with hallucinogenic power and local guitar band MC5 - selfstyled holy barbarians of rock - went to war with mainstream America. A summer of street-level rebellion turned Detroit into one of the most notorious cities on earth, known for its unique creativity, its unpredictability and self-lacerating crime rates. The year 1967 ended in social meltdown, rancour and intense legal warfare as the complex threads that held Detroit together finally unravelled. Features the story of DETROIT, a major motion picture.Trade Review'Cosgrove weaves a compelling web of circumstance that maps a city struggling with the loss of its youth to the Vietnam War, the hard edge of the civil rights movement and ferocious inner-city rioting ... a whole-hearted evocation of people and places' - Independent
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc RFID and the Internet of Things
Book SynopsisRFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology allows for automatic identification of information contained in a tag by scanning and interrogation using radio frequency (RF) waves. An RFID tag contains an antenna and a microchip that allows it to transmit and receive. This technology is a possible alternative to the use of barcodes, which are frequently inadequate in the face of rapid growth in the scale and complexity of just-in-time inventory requirements, regional and international trade, and emerging new methods of trade based on it. Use of RFID tags will likely eventually become as widespread as barcodes today. This book describes the technologies used for implementation of RFID: from hardware, communication protocols, cryptography, to applications (including electronic product codes, or EPC) and middleware. The five parts of this book will provide the reader with a detailed description of all the elements that make up a RFID system today, including hot topics such as the privacy concerns, and the Internet of Things.Table of ContentsForeword xi Guy Pujolle Part One: Physics of RFID 1 Chapter 1. Introduction 3 Simon Elrharbi, Stefan Barbu 1.1. Bibliography 5 Chapter 2. Characteristics of RFID Radio Signals 7 Simon Elrharbi, Stefan Barbu 2.1. Description and operating principle of RFID systems 7 2.2. Transmission channel 19 2.3. First level electric model in inductive coupling 31 2.4. Bibliography 55 Chapter 3. RFID Communication Modes 57 Simon Elrharbi, Stefan Barbu 3.1. Communication modes 57 3.2. Bibliography 68 Part Two: RFID Applications 69 Chapter 4. Applications 71 François Lecocq, Cyrille Pépin 4.1. Introduction 71 4.2. History: evolution from barcodes to RFID tags 72 4.3. RFID tags 83 4.4. Normalization/standardization 89 4.5. Advantages/disadvantages of RFID tags 98 4.6. Description of RFID applications 102 4.7. Application examples 103 4.8. Conclusion 109 4.9. Bibliography 111 Part Three: Cryptography of RFID 113 Chapter 5. Cryptography and RFID 115 Julien Bringer, Hervé Chabanne, Thomas Icart, Thanh-Ha Le 5.1. Introduction 115 5.2. Identification protocols and security models 116 5.3. Identification protocols 121 5.4. Conclusion. Physical attacks on RFID devices 141 5.5. Bibliography 144 Part Four: EPCglobal 151 Chapter 6. EPCglobal Network 153 Dorice Nyamy, Mathieu Bouet, Daniel de Oliveira Cunha, Vincent Guyot 6.1. Introduction 153 6.2. Tags 154 6.3. EPCglobal architecture 164 6.4. Conclusion 179 6.5. Bibliography 180 Part Five: Middleware 183 Chapter 7. Middleware for the Internet of Things: Principles 185 David Durand, Yann Iagolnitzer, Patrice Krzanik, Christophe Loge, Jean-Ferdinand Susini 7.1. Distributed applications 187 7.2. RPC: Remote Procedure Call 188 7.3. Object-oriented middlewares 189 7.4. Summary of object-oriented middleware architectures 195 7.5. The XML revolution 199 7.6. Middleware for the Internet of Things 208 7.7. Conclusion 213 7.8. Bibliography 213 Chapter 8. Middleware for the Internet of Things: Standards 217 Yann Iagolnitzer, Patrice Krzanik, Jean-Ferdinand Susini 8.1. EPCglobal application environment 218 8.2. General introduction to message-oriented middleware 219 8.3. Service-oriented middleware 231 8.4. Conclusion 242 8.5. Bibliography 242 Chapter 9. Middleware for the Internet of Things: Some Solutions 245 Yann Iagolnitzer, Patrice Krzanik, Jean-Ferdinand Susini 9.1. EPCglobal and SUN Java RFID software 246 9.2. .NET and RFID services platform 250 9.3. IBM Websphere RFID Suite 256 9.4. Singularity 258 9.5. Middleware for embedded systems 260 9.6. ObjectWeb projects and the Internet of Things 265 9.7. Conclusion 276 9.8. Bibliography 276 List of Authors 279 Index 283
£132.00
Seven Stories Press,U.S. War of Words: Memoir of a South African
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£16.99
The Library of America Reporting World War II: American Journalism
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£17.06
Catapult Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide
Book SynopsisEverything you’ve ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask is right here in this funny, candid guide written by an acclaimed authorThere are countless books on the market about how to write better but very few books on how to break into the marketplace with your first book. Cutting through the noise (and very mixed advice) online, while both dispelling rumors and remaining positive, Courtney Maum's Before and After the Book Deal is a one–of–a–kind resource that can help you get your book published.Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book has over 150 contributors from all walks of the industry, including international bestselling authors Anthony Doerr, Roxane Gay, Garth Greenwell, Lisa Ko, R. O. Kwon, Rebecca Makkai, and Ottessa Moshfegh, alongside cult favorites Sarah Gerard, Melissa Febos, Mitchell S. Jackson, and Mira Jacob.Agents, film scouts, film producers, translators, disability and minority activists, and power agents and editors also weigh in, offering advice and sharing intimate anecdotes about even the most taboo topics in the industry. Their wisdom will help aspiring authors find a foothold in the publishing world and navigate the challenges of life before and after publication with sanity and grace.Are MFA programs worth the time and money? How do people actually sit down and finish a novel? Did you get a good advance? What do you do when you feel envious of other writers? And why the heck aren’t your friends saying anything about your book? Covering questions ranging from the logistical to the existential (and everything in between), Before and After the Book Deal is the definitive guide for anyone who has ever wanted to know what it’s really like to be an author.
£12.99
Belt Publishing Amelia Bloomer
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GracePoint Publishing Dare to Own You
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Pottersfield Press Halifax and Me
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£19.76
Ma Non Troppo Cómo Ganarse La Vida Con La Música
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Anagrama Senior Service
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Anagrama Viajes Con Herodoto
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Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert S.L.U La verdadera patria: infancia y adolescencia en
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Contra Cómo Dejamos de Pagar Por La Música: El Fin de
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Blume J. R. R. Tolkien: Su Vida, Sus Obras Y Su
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