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La creciente rapidez de la expansión de la civilización y de la tecnología hace que el mundo que nos rodea se transforme a pasos agigantados (cambio climático y sus consecuencias, urbanización acelerada y migraciones masivas) y acentúa la importancia cada vez mayor del conocimiento y valoración de la Geografía. Relegada a menudo a una posición subordinada, ésta, como materia que atañe a la organización de la interconexión de las poblaciones, los diferentes entornos ambientales y los lugares, proporciona sin embargo una perspectiva inmejorable de cómo suceden estos cambios, de por qué lo hacen en un lugar preciso y no en otro, y de su repercusión en los procesos del medio ambiente y los asuntos humanos. Esta reivindicación de la Geografía, tan apasionada como bien fundada, llevada a cabo por A. B. Murphy preconiza pensar geográficamente como medio de fortalecer la sociedad civil, de contribuir a una mejor toma de decisiones por parte de los gobiernos y los grandes empresarios en provech

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El deporte es una de las actividades más importantes en las sociedades contemporáneas, no solo por la cantidad de ciudadanos que lo practican, como amateurs o profesionales, sino también por su repercusión mediática y económica, sin olvidar su trascendencia social como mecanismo de identificación colectiva.El presente libro ofrece un panorama amplio de los principales problemas éticos que rodean el deporte profesional: dopaje, violencia, discriminación sexual, nacionalismo, tensión entre juego limpio y competitividad. Igualmente encontramos en esta obra un análisis de la implicación para la salud de los deportistas y para su integridad moral de los recientes desarrollos tecnológicos en favor del mejoramiento físico: dopaje genético, prótesis, aparición de los cyborgdeportistas y la posibilidad de los deportistas híbridos.José Luis Pérez Triviño (Cádiz, 1965) es profesor titular de Filosofía del Derecho en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). Ha realizado estancias de investig

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What do famous people love to do during their free time in the Big Apple? Like all New Yorkers, even the well-known among them have cherished rituals that connect them to their city in a unique way—favorite restaurants, delis, museums, parks, galleries, landmarks, haunts, and hideaways. For one resident, it may be watching tango dancers on Saturday nights in Central Park; for another, it's riding a bike over the Brooklyn Bridge to get a slice of Grimaldi's pepperoni pizza and a view of the Manhattan skyline from across the East River. Perhaps it entails choosing from the many varieties of bread at Rock Hill Bake House in the Union Square Greenmarket or simply walking across 46th Street and ending up at the great Broadway hangout, Angus McIndoe. In a refreshing step beyond the usual travel guides and tourist listings, My City, My New York quotes VIPs and gives readers something truly unique: a chance to experience Manhattan the way its most notable luminary residents do. The activities and establishments included are diverse, often eclectic, and, most-importantly, nonexclusive––you don't need to be a celebrity to enjoy them. While offering new and creative possibilities for exploration, My City, New York is also a love letter to the Big Apple and will touch even the most jaded New Yorkers. Celebrities include: - Matthew Broderick- Woody Allen- Bette Midler- Joan Rivers- Donald Trump- Chris Noth- Mayor Michael Bloomberg- Alex Rodriguez

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While Americans prize the ability to get behind the wheel and hit the open road, they have not always agreed on what constitutes safe, decorous driving or who is capable of it. Mobility without Mayhem is a lively cultural history of America’s fear of and fascination with driving, from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Jeremy Packer analyzes how driving has been understood by experts, imagined by citizens, regulated by traffic laws, governed through education and propaganda, and represented in films, television, magazines, and newspapers. Whether considering motorcycles as symbols of rebellion and angst, or the role of CB radio in regulating driving and in truckers’ evasions of those regulations, Packer shows that ideas about safe versus risky driving often have had less to do with real dangers than with drivers’ identities.Packer focuses on cultural figures that have been singled out as particularly dangerous. Women drivers, hot-rodders, bikers, hitchhikers, truckers, those who “drive while black,” and road ragers have all been targets of fear. As Packer debunks claims about the dangers posed by each figure, he exposes biases against marginalized populations, anxieties about social change, and commercial and political desires to profit by fomenting fear. Certain populations have been labeled as dangerous or deviant, he argues, to legitimize monitoring and regulation and, ultimately, to curtail access to automotive mobility. Packer reveals how the boundary between personal freedom and social constraint is continually renegotiated in discussions about safe, proper driving.

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Conceptualism played a different role in Latin American art during the 1960s and 1970s than in Europe and the United States, where conceptualist artists predominantly sought to challenge the primacy of the art object and art institutions, as well as the commercialization of art. Latin American artists turned to conceptualism as a vehicle for radically questioning the very nature of art itself, as well as art's role in responding to societal needs and crises in conjunction with politics, poetry, and pedagogy. Because of this distinctive agenda, Latin American conceptualism must be viewed and understood in its own right, not as a derivative of Euroamerican models.In this book, one of Latin America's foremost conceptualist artists, Luis Camnitzer, offers a firsthand account of conceptualism in Latin American art. Placing the evolution of conceptualism within the history Latin America, he explores conceptualism as a strategy, rather than a style, in Latin American culture. He shows how the roots of conceptualism reach back to the early nineteenth century in the work of Símon Rodríguez, Símon Bolívar's tutor. Camnitzer then follows conceptualism to the point where art crossed into politics, as with the Argentinian group Tucumán arde in 1968, and where politics crossed into art, as with the Tupamaro movement in Uruguay during the 1960s and early 1970s. Camnitzer concludes by investigating how, after 1970, conceptualist manifestations returned to the fold of more conventional art and describes some of the consequences that followed when art evolved from being a political tool to become what is known as "political art."

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'Terrific. So funny' Zadie Smith 'Monstrously depressing but so comic and well observed that I didn't really mind .... It is great' Dolly Alderton'A dark comedy of female rage' Catherine Lacey 'Brilliant. For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation' Pandora Sykes 'Funny, shocking, clever, and hugely entertaining' Roddy Doyle 'A definitive work of milennial literature' Jia Tolentino 'The best thing I've read in years' Emma Jane Unsworth'Vicious ... hilariously spot on' Guardian In a windowless office, a woman explains something from her real, nonwork life - about the frustration and indignity of returning her online shopping - to her colleagues. One wears a topknot. Another checks her pedometer. Watching them all is Millie. Thirty-years-old and an eternal temp, she says almost nothing, almost all of the time. But then the possibility of a permanent job arises. Will it bring the new life Millie is envisioning - one involving a gym membership, a book club, and a lot less beer and TV - finally within reach? Or will it reveal just how hollow that vision has become? 'Made me laugh and cry enough times to feel completely reborn' The Paris Review 'A definite work of millennial literature. Wretchedly riveting, with the sick, obsessive pleasure of looking under a bandage at a wound' The New Yorker 'So darkly funny and acutely observed that it feels like a documentary' Andrew McMillan 'Anyone who has ever felt like their life is going nowhere - and to make it worse, going nowhere in an achingly slow manner - will recognize themselves' Nylon

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This fun and photo-filled biography celebrates the life, films, and fans of the director responsible for such indie cult classics as Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Movie-industry veteran David Gati has compiled and edited a humorous and insightful look at Smith’s nearly 30-year filmmaking journey. Through Smith’s own funny, honest, and uncensored stories—taken from podcasts, Q&As, and documentaries—readers get to know him as a person, the struggles he’s been through, and the people he’s worked with, as well as his process for writing, directing, casting, shooting, editing, and showing his films to the public. The book is arranged chronologically with each chapter exploring how an aspect of Kevin’s life is reflected in one of his 14 films. Not to be overlooked is Smith’s outsized fan base, who relate to the director’s down-to-earth persona and his geeky, sometimes juvenile, often-nostalgic regular-person characters. Gati uses their fan art to add a visual facet to the book’s colorful narrative gems. Rounding out this scrapbook presentation are on-set stills, candid personal photos, and memorabilia. The result is an exploration of how films affect and reflect the popular culture of their time, with a light-hearted analysis of the phenomenon of fandom. This unusual biography is a must-have collectible dedicated to a member of the ’90s independent filmmakers—which includes Quentin Tarantino, Allison Anders, Robert Rodriguez, Hal Hartley, and Spike Lee—whose relevance and popularity will only continue to grow.

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This handsome, unique package -- containing a stereoscopic viewer, 34 3D photographic cards, and a photo-packed paperback book -- offers a rare view of Paris, the world's most beautiful city, during an era when art, literature, poetry, and music blossomed and reigned.Paris during the Belle Époque (1880-1914) was a time when peace and prosperity allowed for towering innovation in art, fashion, architecture, and gastronomy. The city at this time was the epicenter of art and music. Fauré, Saint Saëns, Debussy, and Ravel were composing; Rodin was working on The Thinker; Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, Pissarro, and Degas painted scenes depicting everyday life; and Pablo Picasso embarked on his Blue Period. As Art Nouveau came into fashion, new buildings followed suit. Opéra Garnier, Castel Beranger, Moulin Rouge, and the Paris Metro entrances were all built during this time. Galeries Lafayette unveiled its gilded department store, which sold couture to the aspiring middle class.This burgeoning creativity and prosperity, as well as the city and the inhabitants who embraced it, are all captured here, with stunning clarity and realism. Paris in 3D's innovative and inimitable package includes a sturdy metal stereoscopic viewer, 34 rarely seen stereoscopic photographs of the city at the turn of the century, and an accompanying 128-page paperback, which provides a brief history of the stereograph craze and an overview of the city's evolution during that time.

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Photographs Not Taken is a collection of photographers’ essays about failed attempts to make a picture. Editor Will Steacy asked each photographer to abandon the conventional tools needed to make a photograph—camera, lens, film—and instead make a photograph using words, to capture the image (and its attendant memories) that never made it through the lens. In each essay, the photograph has been stripped down to its barest and most primitive form: the idea behind it. This collection provides a unique and original interpretation of the experience of photographing, and allows the reader into a world rarely seen: the image making process itself. Photographs Not Taken features contributions by: Peter Van Agtmael, Dave Anderson, Timothy Archibald, Roger Ballen, Thomas Bangsted, Juliana Beasley, Nina Berman, Elinor Carucci, Kelli Connell, Paul D’Amato, Tim Davis, KayLynn Deveney, Doug Dubois, Rian Dundon, Amy Elkins, Jim Goldberg, Emmet Gowin, Gregory Halpern, Tim Hetherington, Todd Hido, Rob Hornstra, Eirik Johnson, Chris Jordan, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Misty Keasler, Lisa Kereszi, Erika Larsen, Shane Lavalette, Deana Lawson, Joshua Lutz, David Maisel, Mary Ellen Mark, Laura McPhee, Michael Meads, Andrew Moore, Richard Mosse, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Laurel Nakadate, Ed Panar, Christian Patterson, Andrew Phelps, Sylvia Plachy, Mark Power, Peter Riesett, Simon Roberts, Joseph Rodriguez, Stefan Ruiz, Matt Salacuse, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Aaron Schuman, Jamel Shabazz, Alec Soth, Amy Stein, and others.

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Celebrate 40 years of WHAM! with the Sunday Times bestseller from one half of the world's most famous bands 'I couldn't put it down. Such a fantastic book' Chris Evans, Virgin Radio ________ School mates. Band mates. Soul mates . . . When Andrew Ridgley took George Michael, the new boy at school, under his wing, he discovered a soul mate. In Wham! George and Me, Andrew tells the story of how they rode a rollercoaster of success around the world while making iconic records and surviving superstardom with their friendship intact. It is a memoir of love, music, the flamboyant 1980s and living in a pop hurricane. No one else can ever tell their story - because no one else was there . . .Forty years on from their explosion into pop music, Andrew Ridgeley tells the inside story of Wham!, his life-long friendship with George Michael and the formation of a band that changed music. ________ 'A joyous celebration of the Wham! years. For anyone who was a teenager in the early 1980s, it will take you on a nostalgia trip. It's an honest but affectionate account of a remarkable duo who remained true to their origins and their friendship throughout it all' Daily Express 'As infectious as their music' Daily Mirror 'A remarkably generous memoir. In more than one sense, the biography of a friend' Spectator 'A great story' Saturday Live, Radio 4 'A lovely book. A love letter to George' Graham Norton, BBC One 'Charming, heartfelt . . . there's a real poignancy to Ridgeley's description of Wham!'s glory days' Sunday Times

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A former SAS soldier is entangled in a gripping tale of murder, betrayal and revenge in this action-packed stand-alone from the world's bestselling thriller writer.________________________________________MURDERFormer SAS soldier David Shelley has plans for a safer, more stable existence when he settles down to civilian life in London. But the shocking death of a young woman he used to protect puts those plans on hold.BETRAYALThe police rule the death a suicide, but the grieving parents can't accept their beloved Emma would take her own life. They need to find out what really happened, and they turn to their former bodyguard, Shelley, for help.REVENGEWhen they discover that Emma had fallen into a dark and dangerous world of drugs and online pornography, the father's need for retribution will take them into a war from which there may be no escape.________________________________________'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer . . . Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' MICHAEL CONNELLY'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.' MARK LAWSON, GUARDIAN'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN

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The Ducati Story is brought right up to date in this new edition of Ian Falloon's authoritative book, covering the complete history of the marque. Initially under government control, Ducati went through several decades of ups and downs, characterised by dubious managerial decisions. Held together by the great engineer Fabio Taglioni, the father of desmodromic valve gear, Ducati produced some of the finest motorcycles of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s: the Marianna, desmo 125 single, Mach 1, 750 and Pantah. Taglioni also instigated Ducati's return to racing, and victory in the 1972 Imola 200 was the turning point. Mike Hailwood rode the 900 Ducati to victory in the 1978 Isle of Man Formula One race and Tony Rutter took four World TT2 Championships. Cagiva purchased Ducati in 1985, bringing a new engineer, Massimo Bordi, and new designs - most famously the Desmoquattro. In various guises this model dominated the World Superbike Championship during the 1990s, particularly in the hands of Carl Fogarty. Landmark models included the 916 and Monster, and, with the sale of Ducati to the Texas Pacific Group in 1996, the company continued to grow. The racing programme expanded to MotoGP and new model families were introduced. With control taken by the Italian company InvestIndustrial in 2006, Ducati embarked on the next era of development, Casey Stoner winning the MotoGP World Championship in 2007. Now under the Audi umbrella Ducati continues to thrive. This new edition includes a brand new chapter featuring all the models from 2012 up to 2018.

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'One of the most powerful books of the year' Daily Mail'Nobody can make the serious funny and the funny serious quite like Ruby.' - Alastair CampbellDear Reader,Checking into a mental clinic wasn't exactly on my radar in 2022. Writing about it wasn't either. But here we are.I spent a lifetime trying to create a 'front' to give everyone the illusion that all is well. It wasn't, and it isn't. Now I look back and I think, 'what the f*ck was that all about?'I began the book trying to find meaning by going on various, life-changing journeys, I ended up in a mental clinic; obviously things didn't work out the way I expected. This is the story of what happened after the mental car crash . . . From then on, the journey had to turn inward. It turns out I wasn't looking for meaning, I was looking for home.I'm not a fiction writer. I can't fake it. I could say I rode into the sunset, but life isn't like that unless you're a cowboy. Truth is I'm not as well as I thought I was.These days, trying to stay sane in a completely chaotic world makes life incredibly difficult. For those readers who are deep in the darkness of mental illness, I hope my book makes you feel less alone.Take care, love,Ruby x---------------------------------------------------------------------'If you buy only one book this year, make it this one.' - Joanna Lumley'A true tour de force. We're all a little messed up in our own ways, but we should all strive to be as fabulously fearless as Ruby.' - Fearne CottonAs seen on Channel 5 CastawaySunday Times Bestseller, May 2021

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La poesía épica es un fenómeno literario universal, en el tiempo y en el espacio, que se da en todos los pueblos y culturas. Un héroe, con un objetivo o ideal concreto, tiene que superar una serie de obstáculos para conseguir ese fin y alcanzar plenamente su grandeza. El Poema de Mio Cid es el primer monumento de importancia de la lengua castellana y uno de los grandes poemas épicos de la Edad Media europea. Mezcla magistral de historia e invención nos cuenta las andanzas de Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid Campeador, noble caudillo que vivió entre 1040 y 1099, aproximadamente. Esta edición ofrece una versión en prosa a cargo de la escritora Espido Freire.

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Cultural critic Gerald Early has gathered here a collection of 13 writers who offer personal reflections on the public obsession with sport. They range from the pool hustler to the closet baseball fan; from late-night rodeo on cable TV to tennis games on the weathered fields of Illinois. But beyond fan or competitor or social commentator, these writers are storytellers, and it is in their personal stories - poignant, funny, extreme, illuminating - that we begin to identify the themes that galvanize both sport and literature: conflict and sacrifice, ritual and passion, humiliation and heroism.

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Business success begins with trust.Trust is the basis for all that we do as leaders and as organizations. Employees who trust their employers are more productive and creative. Businesses that earn their customers' trust maintain better relationships and reap better results. Meanwhile, breaches of trust between companies and the public are becoming more frequent—and more costly.If you read nothing else on trust, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you build, maintain, and repair trust, both as a leader and as a company.This book will inspire you to: Develop trust through competence, legitimacy, and impact Understand the neuroscience of trust Follow through on your commitments to stakeholders Negotiate better with an untrustworthy counterpart See your company through the eyes of your customers Rebuild relationships after a breakdown of trust This collection of articles includes "Begin with Trust," by Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss; "The Neuroscience of Trust," by Paul J. Zak; "Dig, Bridge, Collectively Act," by Tina Opie and Beth A. Livingston; "Rethinking Trust," by Roderick M. Kramer; "How to Negotiate with a Liar," by Leslie K. John; "The Enemies of Trust," by Robert M. Galford and Anne Seibold Drapeau; "Don't Let Cynicism Undermine Your Workplace," by Jamil Zaki; "The Trust Crisis," by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta; "Customer Data: Designing for Transparency and Trust," by Timothy Morey, Theodore "Theo" Forbath, and Allison Schoop; "Operational Transparency," by Ryan W. Buell; and "The Organizational Apology," by Maurice E. Schweitzer, Alison Wood Brooks, and Adam D. Galinsky.HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

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Para unos, la muerte es la interrupción de todo lo que la naturaleza ha hecho hasta aquel momento. La inteligencia, el sentimiento, los afectos, todo desaparece repentinamente y el cuerpo se convierte de nuevo en hierba, mineral o humo, según el caso.Para otros, la Muerte es la liberación. El Alma, hecha luz, se desprende del cadáver y se eleva hacia el cielo, rodeada de ángeles y de espíritus gloriosos.El ser que acaba de morir sigue las leyes inmutables fijadas por la naturaleza y prosigue su evolución sin que sus creencias personales deban intervenir.Si, tal como nosotros mismos lo creemos firmemente, algo de nosotros subsiste en otro plano, es algo que, tarde o temprano, todos llegaremos a constatar.Entonces, para qué discutimos de antemano?GÉRARD ANACLET VINCENT ENCAUSSE, también conocido como ?Papus?, fue un médico francés nacido en La Coruña, hijo de padre francés, el químico Louis Encausse, y de madre española, Irene Pérez.Inició sus estudios en la Fac

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En este libro, pensado para un primer curso de economía, Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson y John List utilizan problemas económicos y datos reales para ayudar a los estudiantes a aprender sobre el mundo que los rodea.Adoptando una perspectiva fresca y novedosa, los autores nos muestran la enorme capacidad de las ideas económicas básicas para explicar, predecir y mejorar lo que ocurre en el mundo.Cada capítulo se abre planteando una pregunta a los estudiantes, que es contestada mediante datos reales en el apartado “Economía basada en la evidencia”, que cierra cada unidad.Como resultado del énfasis que hace el texto en los aspectos prácticos de la disciplina, los estudiantes aprenden a ver los principios económicos más allá del contexto del aula, e incluso a aplicarlos a las decisiones que deben tomar en su día a día.Economía es un libro profusamente ilustrado, con un planteamiento didáctico, ameno y riguroso, conectado con el mundo actual.

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Encuadernación: RústicaDescripción: 96 p. 24x16 cmNo podemos cambiar las cosas exteriores, igual que no es posible que amoldemos a otras personas a nuestra forma de ser y tampoco podemos configurar al mundo de acuerdo con nuestros deseos, pero nada nos impide alterar las cosas internas: nuestros deseos, pasiones y pensamientos.El huracán del mundo no puede ser evitado, pero si podemos triunfar sobre las perturbaciones de la mente. Aunque estemos rodeados por el ruido, podemos mantener una mente serena; a pesar de estar envueltos por responsabilidades, es posible mantener el corazón descansado y en medio de la batalla, podemos conseguir una paz duradera.Las veinte lecciones que componen este libro forman un contexto armonioso que encamina al lector hacia las alturas del conocimiento y de las conquistas personales, que lo elevarán por encima de las turbulencias del mundo hasta donde reina el silencio celestial.James AllenJAMES ALLEN, fue un poeta

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"Qué palabra es ésta?" (Mc 1,27), se preguntaba la gente que rodeaba a Jesús en los comienzos de su presencia en Cafarnaúm.La expresión revela un asombro desconcertado ante el impacto producido por una manera de hablar a la que no estaban acostumbrados. Como cuando alguien arroja una piedra en el centro de un lago o de un estanque, y el agua quieta se agita, formando círculos cada vez más grandes que se contagian unos a otros su estremecimiento."El agua al agua se lo susurra", podríamos decir con las palabras del Salmo 18: así nos comunicamos los creyentes, unos a otros, la resonancia que el Evangelio va teniendo en nuestras vidas.Eso es lo que pretenden estas páginas, muchas de las cuales ya han sido publicadas en Sal Terrae o en otras revistas. No son comentarios exegéticos, porque no han surgido de la observación y el análisis de los textos, sino de la "alteración" que la Palabra ha producido en ese "centro del estanque" que es el corazón.Los once primeros capítulos

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" El día que terminó con la Gran Caída empezó con una tormenta matinal. Al hombre del que se va a hablar aquí lo despertó el estallido de un formidable trueno. " Es un actor de largo recorrido. Había dormido en la casa de una mujer, a la que volvería a ver esa misma noche, en la megalópolis. El rodaje de la película de la que va a ser protagonista empieza al día siguiente. Deja la magnífica casa, atraviesa el bosque y se dirige al centro de la ciudad. En este día cálido de verano, pasea su ocio sin rumbo ni destino por sus calles, caminando en zig zag o de cualquier otra forma que le permita sortear obstáculos, desde el amanecer hasta bien entrada la noche. Durante el recorrido, mientras observa la naturaleza y rememora aspectos de su vida, se va encontrando con todo tipo de personajes: indigentes, parejas, hombres de negocios, presentadores de televisión, el presidente corriendo con sus escoltas y todo su gobierno, inmigrantes que hablan otras lenguas, un sacerdote, un policía... Son

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La mente del coronel Randall Weird siempre ha sido un misterio para los lectores de 'Black Hammer'. Su capacidad para desplazarse por la Para-zona le situaba a la vez en el pasado, el presente y el futuro. Ahora, el coronel Weird ha olvidado algo y su respuesta está fuera de la granja.'Coronel Weird. Cosmagogo' es un extraño viaje a través del tiempo y el espacio, donde su protagonista busca algo que ha olvidado hace mucho y que hace peligrar su cordura. A lo largo de las décadas, el coronel Randall Weird se enfrentará a su pasado y su futuro desde todos los ángulos, a menudo desordenadamente, mientras se esfuerza por mantener la cabeza sobre los hombros y protegerse a sí mismo y los que le rodean de un universo fracturado que hierve de peligros incontables.Jeff Lemire se ha unido esta vez al dibujante Tyler Crook ('AIDP', 'Harrow County') para acercarnos un poco más a uno de los personajes más imprevisibles y enigmáticos de todos los que habitan en la granja de Black Hammer. Una

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En julio del 2011, los canónigos de la catedral de Santiago de Compostela se dieron cuenta de que faltaba el Códice Calixtino, el manuscrito iluminado del siglo XII considerado como la primera guía de viajes del mundo y referente para millones de peregrinos cuando realizan el Camino de Santiago.El robo del Códice Calixtino, una obra rodeada de misterio, leyendas y controversia desde sus orígenes hasta nuestros días ?y de valor incalculable?, conmocionó a toda la sociedad española e internacional.Para recuperar la famosa reliquia, se puso en marcha un operativo liderado por la Brigada de Patrimonio Histórico. Para su investigación, los policías tuvieron que viajar a Santiago ?y también en el tiempo?, al entrar en un mundo gobernado por las leyes de Dios, ejecutadas por el deán, jefe del templo, y sus colaboradores, los canónigos.Inevitablemente, las pesquisas que el inspector jefe Tenorio y el juez Vázquez Taín hicieron abarcaron todos los rincones más oscuros de la catedral

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Lee 30 relatos rápidos y fabulosos de conocidos mitos del mundo; aprende cómo se explicaban sus misterios los pueblos antiguos; descubre dioses, diosas, monstruos y héroes, epopeyas y aventuras; explora las creencias ancestrales de África, Australia, la antigua Grecia y los nativos americanos, y emprende aventuras rápidas.Un conjunto ilustrado de cuentos tradicionales de varias culturas del mundo, acompañados de rápidos resúmenes, acontecimientos mitológicos breves y propuestas de divertidas misiones. Una introducción encantadora a la mitología, para mentes sagaces y curiosas. Durante miles de años, los pueblos de todas las culturas han relatado historias para explicarse el mundo que los rodea.Estas historias se denominan mitos. Este libro es una recopilación de 30 famosos mitos del mundo, cada uno de ellos relatado en una forma abreviada. Puedes leer cada mito con la velocidad que requieras, incluso puedes leerlos en voz alta, como un narrador tradicional. Disfruta admirando la

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La realidad virtual ha recorrido un largo camino y es capaz de difuminar la línea entre la realidad y la ilusión. Pero, cómo afecta este nuevo medio a sus usuarios? Qué usos y aplicaciones tiene para nuestro entorno laboral? Qué potencial tiene para mejorar nuestra vida cotidiana?El autor recurre a dos décadas de investigación sobre los efectos psicológicos de la realidad virtual y otros medios de comunicación para ayudar a los lectores a comprender esta nueva y poderosa herramienta. Ofrece pautas para interactuar con la realidad virtual y describe las aplicaciones de esta tecnología, sus funciones y cómo se debe usar, no para distanciarnos de la realidad, sino para transformar nuestro trabajo y enriquecer nuestras vidas, con respecto a nosotros mismos, a los demás y lo que nos rodea.Existen ciertos peligros y muchas incógnitas en el uso de la VR, pero es una tecnología tan potente que puede ayudarnos a perfeccionar nuestro rendimiento, a recuperarnos de un trauma, a mejorar nu

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Encuadernación: Rústica.Estás rodeado por ángeles influyentes y llenos de amor que desean ayudarte en todas las áreas de tu vida. El propósito de esta obra de la doctora Doreen Virtue es enseñarnos métodos prácticos que nos ayuden a comunicarnos y trabajar con nuestros ángeles para sanar y mejorar las relaciones, la salud, la carrera profesional y la familia.Presenta transcripciones de sesiones de lectura angélica con los que aprenderás lo que los ángeles dicen sobre la vida después de la muerte, el futuro de nuestro mundo y cómo facilitar tu designio divino.Podrás descubrir el significado angélico de números como el 111 o cómo tus vidas pasadas pueden afectar a tus asuntos actuales, o entender por qué los ángeles se encarnan a veces en forma humana.Doreen Virtue te invita a explorar aquí el fascinante mundo de los elementales y de los ángeles de la naturaleza, y comprobarás cómo pueden actuar para curar en todos los ámbitos de tu vida. También se incluyen afirmaciones angé

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A mitad de los años cincuenta del siglo pasado, Kate y Baba, dos amigas tan distintas como complementarias, vivieron su infancia en los bellos paisajes rurales de la Irlanda profunda, rodeadas de un sinfín de personajes, algunos entrañables y otros maravillosamente detestables. Tras pasar por un internado y dejar atrás a sus singulares familias, se instalaron en Dublín y se abalanzaron sobre el amor en todas sus formas conocidas, no todas convenientes, desde luego, y no siempre con fortuna. Pero han pasado los años, e Irlanda y los años de juventud quedan lejos. Ambas, casadas finalmente, viven en Londres: Kate, ya madre, con su gran amor de Dublín; Baba, con un ostentoso constructor (sí, un nuevo rico) que le ofrece la vida de comodidades y lujos a la que siempre aspiró. Dos mujeres aún jóvenes e impetuosas, dos hombres definitivamente maduros.Una nueva ciudad y unas vidas nuevas. La maternidad y la madurez al fin. Y, sin embargo, tantas inseguridades todavía. Kate y Baba parecen

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Summer for Louise means sand, surf, and... the supernatural. Louise spends every summer at her grandma's house with her older sister, cousins, and Rodin the dog. But, this year, her plans to relax and read comics on the beach are about to be turned upside down by a mischievous ghost, bored with being forced to haunt the same house. While the other girls are wrapped up in romance and teenage problems, Louise takes refuge with her new paranormal BFF, determined to escape the drama and just enjoy her summer break, something that is proving to be a lot harder than she anticipated... Enter the dreamy world of Elizabeth Holleville's graphic novel for a supernatural coming-of-age story, woven together with the threads of family, young love, and the tricky territory that comes with being a teenage girl.

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The Best Wife in the World is a special collection of more than 300 quotes honouring the joys of being married to your soul mate. This wonderful collection of quotes features contributions ranging from the deeply philosophical to the brilliantly humorous. It is the perfect present for saying thank you to your wife – for her love, support and strength. With witty and wise quotes from the stars of stage, screen and literature, the worlds of music, comedy and politics, The Best Wife in the World makes for a delightful book and a thoughtful gift. 'The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.' Howard Nemerov. 'My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.' Winston Churchill. 'I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.' Rodney Dangerfield.

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A divisive left-wing leader at the helm of the Labour Party. A Conservative prime minister battling with her cabinet. An identity crisis on a national scale. This is Britain 1981. One Sunday morning, four prominent Labour politicians – Bill Rodgers, Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins and David Owen – gather in private at Owen's home in Limehouse, East London. They are desperate to find a political alternative. Should they split their party, divide their loyalties, and risk betraying everything they believe in? Would they be starting afresh, or destroying forever the tradition that nurtured them? Steve Waters' thrilling drama takes us behind closed doors to imagine the personal conflicts behind the making of political history. Limehouse premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2017, directed by Polly Findlay. It is a fictionalised account of real events, and it is not endorsed by the individuals portrayed.

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''An all-time classic. The book I''m happy to return to, over and over again. It''s an utter joy to cook from, as it is to dig deep into the stories'' - Yotam Ottolenghi''This book has a special place in my heart'' - Claudia RodenA glorious new edition of the original gem at the heart of bestselling food writer Diana Henry''s much-loved repertoireCrazy Water, Pickled Lemons gathers together dishes that combine colourful, aromatic and perfumed ingredients - from leathery pomegranates with their insides bursting with ruby seeds to flower waters that allow you to drink in the scent of a garden - to bring pleasure to your kitchen and an intoxicating whiff of warmer climes to your table. CONTENTS INCLUDE:Fragrance of the EarthThyme, oregano & citrus roasted poussins; Lemon & rosemary cakeA Bowl of Fresh HerbsChermoula tuna with pomegranate couscous; Chilled avocado & corian

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This cowboy's got one last chance to prove himself. Carly Beauchamp has loved cowboy Austin Davis since first grade. Ask anyone in their dusty, backwater New Mexico town of Unforgiven, and they'll say "Carly and Austin" the way some say "big trucks and country boys." But after years of waiting for a wedding ring, Carly's done with being a rodeo widow . . . Austin never meant to put his career on the circuit before Carly. She's always been his future, his one and only. But now that she's moved on, he's beginning to see where he went wrong, and he'll do anything to win her back. The only thing is, Carly's suddenly acting differently, and she's definitely hiding a secret-one that will test the depth of their love and open up a whole new world of possibilities.

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How did Tiger Woods become the greatest of all time?And how did he fall so spectacularly? Before the age of twenty-five, Tiger Woods had risen to phenomenon status: twice named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, champion of more than thirty professional tournaments and the youngest player to win all four Grand Slam tournaments.Tiger, Tiger taps into the transformative moments of Wood''s life, revealing in vivid, dramatic scenes what he saw and felt on the course and in his inner life.___________________________PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON''Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there''s no stopping his imagination'' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW''A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting'' GUARDIAN''The master storyteller of our times'' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON''No one gets this big without amazing natural st

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Popular Day Hikes: Northern Okanagan details 39 popular day trips amid the stunning, open terrain of the British Columbia interior, from Grindrod in the north to Vernon in the south and between the Okanagan Valley and the Shuswap. With little need for rigorous bushwhacking or risky scrambling, the routes described in this new book will offer all users at all skill levels the opportunity to experience semi-desert landscapes, lakeside vistas and mountain views. Some of the trips included are: Bluenose Mountain; Enderby Cliffs; Sugarloaf Mountain; Rawlings Lake Cliffs; Adams River Trail Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park; Hyde Mountain Lookout; Margaret Falls; Skimikin Lake; Blind Bay to White Lake. Each route description includes: detailed directions to trailheads, colour maps and photographs; seasonal information, round-trip distances, trail commentary, difficulty ratings.

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Born out of the cultural flamboyance and anxiety of the 1980s, They Live (1988) is a hallmark of John Carpenter's singular canon, combining the aesthetics of multiple genres and leveling an attack against the politics of Reaganism and the Cold War. The decision to cast the professional wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper as his protagonist gave Carpenter the additional means to comment on the hypermasculine attitudes and codes indicative of the era. This study traces the development of They Live from its comic book roots to its legacy as a cult masterpiece while evaluating the film in light of the paranoid/postmodern theory that matured in the decidedly "Big 80s." Directed by a reluctant auteur, the film is examined as a complex work of metafiction that calls attention to the nature of cinematic production and reception as well as the dynamics of the cult landscape.

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Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other world-changing innovations.In this book, writer Cody Cassidy digs deep into the latest research to uncover the untold stories of some of these incredible innovators (or participants in lucky accidents). With a sharp sense of humor and boundless enthusiasm for the wonders of our ancient ancestors, Who Ate the First Oyster? profiles the perpetrators of the greatest firsts and catastrophes of prehistory, using the lives of individuals to provide a glimpse into ancient cultures to show how and why these critical developments occurred, and educate us on a period of time that until recently we've known almost nothing about.

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IT WAS THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLDOn 22nd November 1963, John F. Kennedy's presidential motorcade rode through Dealey Plaza. He and his wife Jackie greeted the crowds on a glorious Friday afternoon in Dallas, Texas.BUT WHAT IF IT MISSED?Mitch Newman is a photojournalist based out of Washington, D.C. His phone never rings. When it does, a voice he hasn't heard in years will tell him his former fiancée Jean has taken her own life.WHEN THE TRUTH IS BIGGER THAN ALL THE LIESJean was an investigative reporter working the case of a lifetime. Somewhere in the shreds of her investigation is the truth behind her murder.WHO WOULD BELIEVE IT?For Mitch, piecing together the clues will become a dangerous obsession: one that will lead him to the dark heart of his country - and into the crossfire of a conspiracy...

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Scruples is the novel that  created publishing history, the first-and widely  acknowledged to be the very best-novel ever written  about the staggeringly luxurious life of a Beverly  Hills boutique and the people who work in it.  Scruples was translated into twenty  languages and made Rodeo Drive famous around the  world. The New York Post said  that 'Scruples was born to  be a smash bestseller. . . It has more inside  information about the worlds of high fashion and  Hollywood than you'd find in a dozen manuals.'  With Scruples, Judith Krantz earned her reputation  as a blazingly talented and original storyteller.  she takes her readers behind the scenes of wealthy  and fame to show them the real people and the real  emotions that exist at the core of even the most  high-powered live

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La presenta obra constituye un resumen fácil y completo sobre los aspectos más importantes de la filosofía del yoga, que se encuentran apenas tratados parcialmente en diferentes libros.Para conocer lo que aquí se plantea sería necesario leer una multitud de obras sobre varios temas tan dispares como complicados y que aquí se presentan reunidos en un solo libro, en forma de 14 lecciones correlacionadas.Los temas fueron presentados y explicados por Baba Barata, siguiendo las enseñanzas de su maestro Ramacharaka y fueron puestos por escrito por el abogado y magnífico escritor estadounidense William Walker Atkinson, con lo que se unieron unos magníficos conocimientos a una manera excelente de escribir y de comunicar.No se trata de una exposición sobre las técnicas empleadas en los distintos tipos de yoga, sino de una exposición de todos los aspectos filosóficos que rodean a estas técnicas y que muchas veces son obviados por los autores o apenas tratados. Se abordan a

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1973. Tras la muerte de su mujer en un accidente de coche, el escritor y activista bisexual Steve Abbott se traslada con Alysia, su hija de dos años, a San Francisco, una ciudad que en aquel momento hervía de hombres gays en busca de liberación, aunque pocos de ellos estaban además criando a una niña. Steve se sumerge en la vibrante escena cultural de San Francisco. Lleva a Alysia a fiestas en las que solo hay adultos, la pone delante de un micrófono en lecturas poéticas y la introduce en un mundo de artistas, pensadores y escritores. Llevan una vida nómada, de apartamento en apartamento, rodeados de un elenco de compañeros de piso que cambia sin parar. De niña, a Alysia su vida le parece de cuento de hadas, pero al llegar a la adolescencia algo empieza a no encajar. El mundo, pronto lo aprende, es hostil a la diferencia. Y por si aquello fuera poco una enfermedad misteriosa empieza a hacer estragos en la comunidad gay, poniendo en peligro a todos los habitantes de su universo. Incluid

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King vuelve aCastle Rock con un mensaje para nuestros tiempos.La prueba de que un maestro aún puede elevar más su leyenda.USA TodayEl cuerpo de Scott Carey sufre un extraño fenómeno: pierde peso sin parar pero no se vuelve más delgado, su báscula le dice que cada día es un poco más ligero, sin importar si lleva o no ropa o cómo de pesada sea esta.Castle Rock es una ciudad pequeña en la que las noticias vuelan y Scott no quiere ser sometido a pruebas y experimentos, así que solo confía su secreto a su amigo el doctor Ellis.Sin embargo, el misterio de su insólita enfermedad causará efectos inesperados en la convivencia de la pequeña ciudad y sacará a la luz lo mejor de la gente que le rodea.Elevación es una historia fascinante y conmovedora y un antídoto contra nuestra cultura individualista.La crítica ha dicho...Una historia de misterio, pero muy diferente a las habituales de King.ZendaEl autor pr

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?El pintor de los pintores?, así describía Manet, en una carta enviada desde Madrid a su amigo Fantin-Latour, al artista que acababa de admirar en el Museo del Prado: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez. De Renoir a Picasso y de Édouard Degas a Francis Bacon, todos los grandes han suscrito este juicio.Al poner en escena tanto a los humildes como a los reyes, a los bufones como a los hombres de Iglesia, al no vedarse ningún género, ni el cuadro de historia ni el paisaje ni el desnudo femenino, Velázquez encarna en sí mismo toda la pintura española y quizá toda la pintura.Sin embargo, el más conocido de los pintores en cuanto a su obra es también el más desconocido en cuanto a su vida. Ningún testimonio directo, ninguna correspondencia íntima, ningún documento de archivo han permitido hasta ahora describir al hombre que fue. Ha sido necesario aguardar al cuarto centenario de su nacimiento, conmemorado en 1999, para que numerosos coloquios, congresos y simposios hicieran avanzar

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Un anodino oficinista japonés sale del trabajo, sin sospechar que se le viene encima la más loca y disparatada odisea para volver a casa: yakuzas, yokais, sushis gigantes apisonadores, familias caníbales, camioneras enamoradizas, yetis, esqueletos y brujas. El personaje es vapuleado por las circunstancias y vive, o más bien padece, una sucesión de peripecias cómicas sobre las que no tiene ningún control. José Domingo explica que, de cierta forma, ?es una metáfora del día a día, lo que te rodea te acaba superando y, al final, de lo que te das cuenta, como el oficinista, es de que lo mejor que puedes hacer es dejarte llevar?.Inspirado en los videojuegos antiguos y la cultura pop, vibrante de color, detalles y personajes, el cómic de José Domingo recibió el premio a la mejor obra nacional en el Salón del Cómic de Barcelona de 2012, y fue nominado a los prestigiosos premios Eisner en 2014, en la categoría de mejor cómic internacional. Además, esta nueva edición de Aventuras de un oficin

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Un escritor vaga en solitario por la ciudad de San Juan, se sienta en un café o lee un libro, rodeado de pedazos de cosas con que poblar las horas, relatando lo que pasa sin que nada pase. Habitante de una isla olvidada, reino de lo invisible, el escritor anota en su cuaderno, en breves fragmentos, el frágil contenido de sus días de supervivencia, dando el pulso de una crónica urbana. Un día, la realidad se contradice y le ofrece un juego inquietante de seducción intelectual en sucesivas entregas que no sabe si son mensajes, citas u obras de arte. Y entonces le surge la ilusión de que aquellos anónimos firmados por un alias, Simone, los envíe una mujer de la que enamorarse. El escritor conocerá a Li Chao, una obrera china que huyó durante la Revolución Cultural de su país y es condenada a un trabajo esclavizado en Puerto Rico, redimiendo su dura cotidianidad en la literatura. Fruto de una búsqueda o una persecución, esta intensa historia de amor nacerá con el trago amargo del desastre.

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In the early 1960s, travel-writer Simon Gandolfi drove a VW from England to Goa where he rented a bungalow on the beach at Calangute. And it was on Calangute beach that Gandolfi met and loved Vanessa and explored with her much of the subcontinent. The 2008 terrorist attack on the Taj Hotel in Mumbai prompted Gandolfi to re-explore the subcontinent on a small motorcycle. Collecting a Honda 125 from the factory outside Delhi, he rode for six months and 12,000 kilometres. He rediscovers the rented bungalow become a beach bar, his and Vanessa's bedroom a bottle store - and he learns of Vanessa's death soon after their parting. Memories of his travels with Vanessa became his companions as he continued his ride and are the connecting link in this chronicle of two journeys in which Gandolfi explores both the changes in India and in himself.

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"Gorgeous and real poetry. This book is a bright spot in a bleak time." - Peter Gizzi A True Account collects works written between 2013 and 2020, published by a variety of small presses in the UK and the US. Here are variously refracted the student movement, austerity, general election, referendum, the crisis of 2020 or 2019 or any year you care to name; the Massacre of the Innocents, the housing question, the October Revolution in November; Sappho, Mingus, Storm Ophelia; Rukeyser, Rilke, Rodefer; the aesthetics of resistance, the insistence of history: luxury and voluptuousness, peace and pleasure, beauty and order, the questions that still remain unanswered and the problems that remain unsolved. "Wanting poetry to save my life, to shame my life, as LONG as the WORLD is WIDE, and as WIDE as the WORLD is LONG." For Fans Of: Sean Bonney, Amiri Baraka, Fred Moten, Peter Gizzi

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A rousing yet haunting portrait of journalistic idealism. —Publishers Weekly Can the unrelenting power of truth expose one of Stalin’s greatest crimes to a world that refuses to bear witness? From journalist and screenwriter Andrea Chalupa (host of the hit podcast Gaslit Nation and writer of Orwell and the Refugees: The Untold Story of Animal Farm) and artist Ivan Rodrigues, this powerful new historical graphic novel reexamines the bravery and tragedy that first thrust Ukraine in the international spotlight in the years before World War II.In the early 1930s, Gareth Jones is a young journalist with powerful connections after a groundbreaking interview with Adolf Hitler and his chief propagandist, Joseph Goebbels. This notoriety gains him permission to travel to the Soviet Union for a potential interview with Joseph Stalin. Jones hopes to learn more about the Soviets mass economic g

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‘Inspires you to spoil yourself.’ – Claudia Roden “Cooking for yourself is, I know now, nothing more or less than an exercise in loving yourself.” Solo Food is the first cookbook that celebrates cooking for yourself. Many people love to spend hours in the kitchen for their family or friends, but eat a pizza in front of the TV if they’re alone. Janneke Vreugdenhil shows that cooking without the other mouths to feed can be extremely satisfying. You don’t need to take anyone else’s tastes into account; you and you alone know exactly how long you like your steak to be cooked and you can go ahead and enjoy that delicious pasta with prawns and smoked whiskey tomato sauce. Solo Food is an exciting and personal, inspirational cookbook with 72 recipes that you’ll love putting on the table.

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