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"Written after Woolf had finished her emotionally draining work on The Waves, Flush purports to be an autobiography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s eponymous cocker spaniel, charting the dog’s early days in the countryside, his adoption by the famous poet, his subsequent life in London and his travels with his owners to Italy. While the resulting narrative is light-hearted and playful on the surface, Woolf ingeniously uses the faux-naif impressions of her animal narrator to voice her social criticism on topics such as the class system and the relationship between man and woman. Much like its predecessor Orlando, Flush is a genre-defying blend of biography and fantasy, and an accessible yet stylistically innovative jeu d’esprit."

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"She looked so irresistibly beautiful as she said those brave words that no man alive could have steeled his heart against her." In love with the beautiful heiress Laura Fairlie, the impoverished art teacher Walter Hartright finds his romantic desires thwarted by her previous engagement to Sir Percival Glyde. But all is not as it seems with Sir Percival, as becomes clear when he arrives with his eccentric friend Count Fosco. The mystery and intrigue are further deepened by the ghostly appearances of a woman in white, apparently harbouring a secret that concerns Sir Percival’s past. A tale of love, madness, deceit and redemption, boasting sublime Gothic settings and pulse-quickening suspense, The Woman in White was the first best-selling Victorian sensation novel, sparking off a huge trend in the fiction of the time with its compulsive, fascinating narrative.

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The intelligent and charming Newland Archer – a member of one of New York’s most prominent families – is living the life that has always been expected of him: he is engaged to the beautiful and well-connected May Welland and understands the rarefied world of Fifth Avenue society inside out. However, with the arrival of May’s cousin, the free-spirited and unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska, Newland begins to doubt all that once seemed so natural to him.An extraordinarily well-observed dissection of New York high society in the 1870s – the world in which Edith Wharton grew up – The Age of Innocence shines a critical light on the social mores and values of the old order.

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When an ageing, impoverished nobleman decides to style himself “Don Quixote” and embarks upon a series of daring endeavours, it is clear that his ability to distinguish between reality and the fantasy world of literary romance has broken down. His exploits turn into comic misadventures, in which everyday objects are transformed into the accoutrements of chivalry, peasant girls become princesses and windmills are mistaken for formidable giants, leading the hero and his squire Sancho Panza into the realms of absurdity and humiliation. Renowned for its comical set pieces, Don Quixote is a profound meditation on the relationship between truth and fiction and the morality of deception, as well as the foundation stone of the modern novel.

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This important re-evaluation of the Dutch- born painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema traces his personal and artistic journey towards international fame and success in London and investigates how this exceptionally creative artist used his own houses and studios as laboratories to produce vivid paintings of life in ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt. Lawrence Alma-Tadema s paintings were immensely popular among his contemporaries, and have since enchanted a wide audience through the medium of cinema. Anyone who has ever enjoyed the great epic films of antiquity from Italian silent classics and Cecil B. DeMille to Ridley Scott s Gladiator will instantly recognize their origins in sets and costumes Alma- Tadema invented. Accompanied by glowing reproductions of the artist s rich and detailed works, this book boldly re-assesses Alma-Tadema s art through the idea of home: from his admiration for the interiors depicted in early Dutch paintings through his fascination with Pompeian ruins, to his creation of large studio houses that were artworks in their own right. Building upon Alma-Tadema s renown as the archaeologist of artists, the new scholarship in this impressive volume shows how the spaces he created and inhabited with his talented artist-wife Laura and their two daughters reflected an aesthetic vision that has thrilled viewers and other artists for more than a century. Appealing to general and scholarly audiences alike, this book underscores Alma-Tadema s reputation as one of his era s greatest creative talents."

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Ya es oficial: BATPIG es un héroe cerdomenal!Y qué hay de su alter ego, Gary Yorkshire? Pues sigue haciendo cosas normales, como ir al cole o hacer exámenes. Pero qué pasa cuando recibe una ayudita para un examen de un ser mágico llamado Tiburoham Lincoln (mitad escualo, mitad presidente americano) y provoca un escándalo por hacer trampa? Y cuando se va de colonias en verano para desconectar? y tiene que entrar en acción sin su uniforme de Batpig?No es fácil ser un héroe épico y un cerdo normal al mismo tiempo, pero Gary se entrega a su labor en puerco y alma!

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Months before Alma López's digital collage Our Lady was shown at the Museum of International Folk Art in 2001, the museum began receiving angry phone calls from community activists and Catholic leaders who demanded that the image not be displayed. Protest rallies, prayer vigils, and death threats ensued, but the provocative image of la Virgen de Guadalupe (hands on hips, clad only in roses, and exalted by a bare-breasted butterfly angel) remained on exhibition. Highlighting many of the pivotal questions that have haunted the art world since the NEA debacle of 1988, the contributors to Our Lady of Controversy present diverse perspectives, ranging from definitions of art to the artist's intention, feminism, queer theory, colonialism, and Chicano nationalism. Contributors include the exhibition curator, Tey Marianna Nunn; award-winning novelist and Chicana historian Emma Pérez; and Deena González (recognized as one of the fifty most important living women historians in America). Accompanied by a bonus DVD of Alma López's I Love Lupe video that looks at the Chicana artistic tradition of reimagining la Virgen de Guadalupe, featuring a historic conversation between Yolanda López, Ester Hernández, and Alma López, Our Lady of Controversy promises to ignite important new dialogues.

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When the world-weary dandy Eugene Onegin moves from St Petersburg to take up residence in the country estate he has inherited, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with his neighbour, the poet Vladimir Lensky. Coldly rejecting the amorous advances of Tatyana and cynically courting her sister Olga – Lensky’s fiancée – Onegin finds himself dragged into a tragedy of his own making. Eugene Onegin – presented here in a sparkling translation by Roger Clarke, along with extensive notes and commentary – was the founding text of modern Russian literature, marking a clean break from the high-flown classical style of its predecessors and introducing the quintessentially Russian hero and heroine, which would remain the archetypes for novelists throughout the nineteenth century.

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Although much has been written about U.S. Supreme Court decisions involving higher education, little has been said about the foundational case law and litigation patterns emerging from the lower courts. As universities become increasingly legislated, regulated, and litigious, campuses have become testing grounds for a host of constitutional challenges. From faculty and student free speech to race- or religion-based admissions policies, Suing Alma Mater describes the key issues at play in higher education law. Eminent legal scholar Michael A. Olivas considers higher education litigation in the latter half of the twentieth century and the rise of "purposive organizations," like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Alliance Defense Fund (now known as the Alliance Defending Freedom), that exist to advance litigation. He reviews more than 120 college cases brought before the Supreme Court in the past fifty years and then discusses six key cases in depth. Suing Alma Mater provides a clear-eyed perspective on the legal issues facing higher education today.

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Si algo caracteriza al papa Francisco es su personalidad, reflejada en la alegría, ternura y misericordia impresas en todas y cada una de sus acciones, además de representar un pontificado muy consistente.Píldoras para el alma, un libro muy personal que recoge las meditaciones, plegarias y reflexiones de una de las figuras más revolucionarias de nuestro tiempo, será una fuente constante de orientación, consuelo y pazpara todos aquellos que deseen hallar sentido y plenitud en la vida. Un verdadero tesoro.

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Juan Lerma es uno de los investigadores actuales más importantes dentro del campo de la neurociencia. En este apasionante ensayo formula, junto a José Luis Rozas, uno de los grandes retos a los que se enfrenta la ciencia actual: entender el cerebro y sus enfermedades y cómo estas se pueden considerar afecciones del alma. Algunas de estas enfermedades, como la esquizofrenia, el autismo o la epilepsia, destruyen a la persona y, quizá por eso, tienen un coste social y sanitario enorme. A partir de la neurociencia, una disciplina relativamente joven, los autores plantean respuestas a estos y otros problemas y desentrañan la complejidad del cerebro y sus mecanismos.

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Breve obra de espiritualidad clásica que trata de la necesidad de la paz interior. Esa paz nace del amor a Dios -y no del temor-; de la oración confiada en Dios, aceptando siempre su voluntad...

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Presented through an ingeniously overlapping and intertwining series of letters written by six very different characters, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker is the story of Squire Matthew Bramble and his family’s journey across England and Scotland. From the gouty hypochondriac squire eager to take the waters in various spa towns to his malapropistic sister Tabitha, who is keenly looking for a husband, the characters recount their own experiences, desires and particular version of events, and in doing so introduce the reader to the extraordinary exploits of the ostler Humphry Clinker. Full of decadence, drunkenness and debauchery, and littered with double entendres, bawdy puns and scatological references, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, published only a few months before Smollett’s death, is a biting and sharply observed satire of the luxury and licentiousness of eighteenth-century society.

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En constelaciones familiares el trabajo empieza en el alma propia y en la familia. Si se ha logrado la reconciliación en ella, se puede extender a otros grupos y contextos, Qué es lo que lleva a la paz y la reconciliación con la propia alma? El desarrollo personal y el crecimiento son posibles cuando incluimos todo aquello que previamente excluímos. Antes de poderle dar entrada, no obstante, hay un conflicto. La paz y la reconciliación surgen sólo después de un conflicto. En su nuevo libro, Bert Hellinger investiga los prerrequisitos emocionales que son necesarios para la reconciliación. El autor encuentra respuesta y ejemplos en conflictos históricos, entre personas y culturas. Pero Hellinger también se concentra en el complejo de la paz entre las religiones, por ejemplo entre cristianos e islamistas, igual como entre conquistadores y conquistados en América, o dueños y esclavos en los Estados Unidos.

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After doubts are raised concerning the trustworthiness of Magua, Cora and Alice Munro’s Native American guide, the warrior slips away into the wilderness, and the vulnerable sisters turn to the scout Hawk-eye and the Mohicans Chingachgook and Uncas to lead them to Fort William Henry, where their father is in command. Yet Magua is sure to return with his fellow Huron warriors, and with the bloody conflict of the French and Indian War raging all around them, the Munros will have to trust their new guides if they are ever to reach the fort. Widely regarded as the first great American novel, The Last of the Mohicans, with its epic landscapes, stoic frontiersmen and noble Native Americans, created much of the mythology and romance that has wreathed the American frontier adventure ever since. This edition contains notes and extra material.

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With his birth itself a monumental exploit in itself, it is clear that the giant Pantagruel is destined to great things, and the novel that bears his name chronicles his the remarkable life of the exuberant youth: from his voracious reading habits to his escapades with the knave Panurge and his prowess in battle. The second work in this volume deals with the history of his father Gargantua, whose biography is equally if not more outlandish and larger than life. But these bawdy and boisterous tales, with their fixation on food and faeces, are not just entertaining yarns, as François Rabelais, one of the foremost humanists of the sixteenth century, parodies medieval learning, lambasts the established church authority and develops his own ideal visions for the ordering of society.

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A sweeping retrospective of Alma W. Thomas’s wide-reaching artistic practice that sheds new light on her singular search for beauty Achieving fame in 1972 as the first Black woman to mount a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Alma W. Thomas (1891–1978) is known for her large abstract paintings filled with irregular patterns of bright colors. This insightful reassessment of Thomas’s life and work reveals her complex and deliberate artistic existence before, during, and after the years of commercial and critical success, and describes how her innovative palette and loose application of paint grew out of a long study of color theory. Essays trace Thomas’s journey from semirural Georgia to international recognition and situate her work within the context of the Washington Color School and creative communities connected to Howard University. Featuring rarely seen theatrical designs, sculpture, family photographs, watercolors, and marionettes, this volume demonstrates how Thomas’s pursuit of beauty extended to every facet of her life—from her exuberant abstractions to the conscientious construction of her own persona through community service, teaching, and gardening. Published in association with The Columbus Museum and the Chrysler Museum of ArtExhibition Schedule:Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA (July 9–October 3, 2021) The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (October 30, 2021–January 23, 2022) Frist Art Museum, Nashville (February 25–June 5, 2022) The Columbus Museum, GA (July 1–September 25, 2022)

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Con este libro quiero que te sumerjas, que comprendas quién eres y tu misión en la Tierra. Un viaje interior para reencontrarte, un viaje exterior hacia lo salvaje.Hacerte llegar la llamada para que te comuniques de la manera más profunda, conectando con la Madre Tierra, regalándote los privilegios de la Naturaleza. El compromiso que tenemos con ella, llevando a nuestro bienestar todos sus sentidos. Aventurarte de la calidad de vida que hay a nuestro alcance. Del poder insaciable de sus beneficios, que la escuches y sientas cuando te susurre que la necesitas.En este libro, Saray Santana, botánica y fitoterapeuta, te enseñará el poder sanador de las plantas medicinales para nutrir y proteger tu bienestar, ayudándote a entender tu cuerpo, tu mente, cultivando la gratitud, con recetas sencillas para que aprendas a cuidar de ti.

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Elévate más allá de tus límites cada día de tu vidaLas profundas citas que encontrarás en estas 52 cartas, basadas en La liberación del alma, el éxito de ventas del New York Times, te inspirarán a superar tus limitaciones, cultivar una paz y una tranquilidad duraderas, y descubrir quién eres realmente.Bebiendo de las tradiciones centenarias de la meditación y el mindfulness, estas citas transformadoras del maestro espiritual Michael A. Singer te invitan a vivir el momento presente,liberarte de dolorosas experiencias del pasado y viajar más allá de tu mente. Si estás listo para dejar atrás la ruidosa voz interior que te retiene, esta baraja única te ayudará a abrir la puerta a una vida de libertad, felicidad y autorrealización.

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Oración y enfermedad son experiencias humanas que nos impactan profundamente. Estar enfermo es mucho más que un leve accidente que hay que olvidar lo más pronto posible, y rezar es una experiencia infinitamente distinta de un simple expediente incoado para resolver un problema grave. Aunque la oración no debe ser considerada una terapia, existen ocasiones en las que tanto el médico como el paciente pueden encontrar en ella alivio y aceptación de la voluntad divina. En las páginas de este libro encontramos reflexiones sobre la relación entre la enfermedad y la oración a cargo de diferentes profesionales que enfocan el tema desde el punto de vista filosófico, médico, sociológico, bíblico y espiritual.Extracto del Índice:Introducción. Giorgio Lambertenghi DeliliersRezar-pensar. (Massimo Cacciari)Orar por el día y durante la noche (Sor Ignazia Angelini)La enfermedad es revelación de lo humano. El enfermo y su Dios. La enfermedad y la crisis de los lazos familiares. La oraci

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