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One of the most engaging Middle English crusading poems, Richard Coer de Lyon recounts in verse the exploits, both historical and fanciful, of Richard I, king of England. While Richard's participation in the Third Crusade serves as its main subject, the poem disrupts its historical narrative with a number of fabulous interpolations, two of which are particularly notorious: the depiction of Richard's mother as a demon, and the portrayal of the king himself as a voracious cannibal. Once the source of critical disparagement, the poem's blending of history and fantasy—its historical distortions—have recently become the focus of renewed interest in the poem. With a substantial introduction and comprehensive explanatory and textual notes, this new edition of Richard Coer de Lyon signally contributes to the reappraisal and understanding of what became—during the centuries-long process of its composition—one of the most popular of medieval romances.

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'The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . . refined . . . witty' NEW STATESMAN 'Her work is funny, sexy, frightening and brutal' EDMUND GORDON, GUARDIAN 'Angela Carter liked to blur boundaries and break rules' GABY WOOD, INDEPENDENT Celebrating five decades of the feminist publisher, each of the Five Gold Reads represents an iconic moment in Virago's history, from the 1970s to today.'Sexuality is power' - so says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous Justine keeps to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. In a world where all tenderness is false, all beds are minefields.But now Sade has met his match. With invention and genius, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of his extreme imagination, and transforms them into symbols of our time - the Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes. Angela Carter delves into the viscera of our distorted sexuality and reveals a dazzling vision of love which admits neither of conqueror nor of conquered.

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Getting to school can be a difficult task if you are shy.Ask Leonard Shrew!Little Leonard finds it hard to make his voice heard. This sometimes means he misses out on some of the exciting experiences life has to offer: tasty seed snacks, playing games with the other children at free time, or being the first in the class to answer a question he knows he has the answer to. But when Leonard sees a friend being picked on by a bully in the playground can he find the courage to speak out and save the day? Parallel English and Spanish text Strong message to encourage self-awareness, confidence, compassion, and empathy Interactive sections - Little ones can encourage Leonard to speak by shouting “Speak Out, Leonard!” Beautifully illustrated artwork With Speak Out, Leonard! children will develop a second language while understanding the importance of using your voice to speak out against injustice. Al pequeño Leonard le cuesta un poco expresarse y se pierde algunas experiencias del día a día cómo jugar con otros niños en el recreo, comerse el almuerzo o ser el primero en dar la respuesta correcta en clase. ¿Vencerá su timidez para ayudar a un amigo en apuros? ¡Habla, Leonard! es un cuento perfecto para que los niños se diviertan leyendo en dos idiomas mientras aprenden la importancia de expresar inconformidad ante las injusticias.

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Madeleine de l'Aubespine (1546-96), the toast of courtly and literary circles in sixteenth-century Paris, penned beautiful love poems to the famous women of her day. The well-connected daughter and wife of prominent French secretaries of state, l'Aubespine was celebrated by her male peers for her erotic lyricism and scathingly original voice. Rather than adopting the conventional self-effacement that defined female poets of the time, l'Aubespine's speakers are sexual, dominant, and defiant, and her subjects are women who are able to manipulate, rebuke, and even humiliate men. Unavailable in English until now and only recently identified from scattered and sometimes misattributed sources, l'Aubespine's poems and literary works are presented here in Anna Klosowska's vibrant translation. This collection, which features one of the first French lesbian sonnets as well as reproductions of l'Aubespine's poetic translations of "Ovid and Ariosto", will be heralded by students and scholars in literature, history, and women's studies as an important addition to the Renaissance canon.

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La historia de cuatro niños migrantes no acompañados que se unen a lo largo del arduo viaje hacia el norte a través de México hasta la frontera de los Estados Unidos, Una jornada hacia la esperanza es una oda al poder de la esperanza y la conexión ante la incertidumbre y el miedo. Cada año, aproximadamente 50,000 menores no acompañados llegan a la frontera entre los Estados Unidos y México para presentarse para asilo o visas relacionadas. La mayoría de estos niños huyen de la violencia sistémica del “Triángulo del Norte” de Centroamérica: Honduras, El Salvador y Guatemala. Una jornada hacia la esperanza cuenta la historia de Rodrigo, un niño de 14 años que escapa de la violencia hondureña; Alessandra, una guatemalteca de 10 años cuyo primer idioma es el Q’eqchi ’; y los hermanos salvadoreños Laura y Nando. Aunque sus razones por hacer el viaje son diferentes y la jornada hacia el norte es peligroso, los cuatro niños se unen y se fortalecen mientras se comparten los sueños de su pasado y las esperanzas de su futuro. Escrito en colaboración con el Proyecto Global sobre el Hambre y la Migración en la Colaboración de Innovación Social de la Universidad de Baylor, Una jornada hacia la esperanza presenta cuatro páginas de información adicional y recursos para padres, maestros de escuela, bibliotecarios y otros. This is the Spanish Language Edition of A Journey Toward Hope. Four unaccompanied migrant children come together along the arduous journey north through Mexico to the United States border in this ode to the power of hope and connection even in the face of uncertainty and fear.

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La Bouillie de la Comtesse Berthe est un conte du petit peuple écrit par Alexandre Dumas, le célèbre auteur des Trois Mousquetaires et du Comte de Monte-Cristo. Sur les rives du Rhin médiéval, vivait jadis une femme au grand coeur, charitable, une personne aimable, compatissante, déterminée et noble : la comtesse Berthe. Celle-ci instaura une tradition plutôt inhabituelle, une fête annuelle qui devait se tenir le premier mai de chaque année, la bouillie de la comtesse Berthe. " Je dois d'abord vous dire qu'il y avait autrefois en Allemagne une race de bons petits esprits, malheureusement disparus depuis, dont le plus grand mesurait à peine six pouces. On les appelait les Cobolds. " La Bouillie de la Comtesse Berthe est une perle rare du passé remise au goût du jour par cette nouvelle édition dans l'intérêt mais aussi pour l'amusement des lecteurs, petits et grands, où qu'ils se trouvent sur la planète Terre.

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