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Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, four hundred stainless steel poles, a gash in a mesa, four concrete tubes, and military sheds filled with cubes. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. It also took her through the states of anxiety, drunkenness, disorientation, and heat exhaustion. "Spiral Jetta" is a chronicle of this journey. A lapsed art historian and devoted urbanite, Hogan initially sought firsthand experience of the monumental earthworks of the 1970s and '80s - Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty", Nancy Holt's "Sun Tunnels", Walter De Maria's "Lightning Field", James Turrell's "Roden Crater", Michael Heizer's "Double Negative", and the contemporary art mecca of Marfa, Texas. Armed with spotty directions, no compass, and less-than-desert-appropriate clothing, she found most of what she was looking for and then some.

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· · A Daily Mail Book of the Week · ·The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history.____________________ 'A wickedly entertaining read' The Times____________________The Borgias have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthlessness, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of this remarkable family is far more than a tale of sensational depravities - it also marks the golden age of the Italian Renaissance and a decisive turning point in European history. From the family's Spanish roots and the papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, to the lives of his infamous offspring, Lucrezia and Cesare - the hero who dazzled Machiavelli, but also the man who befriended Leonardo da Vinci - Paul Strathern tells the captivating story of this great dynasty and the world in which they flourished.'A vivid insight into the hothouse world of papal politics in the tumultuous years before the Reformation.' Daily Telegraph'Authoritative and well-written' Wall Street Journal

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Based on the acclaimed RTE documentary, 'Shooting the Darkness', this landmark book presents the stories of leading photographers - Alan Lewis, Paul Faith, Martin Nangle, Stanley Matchett, Trevor Dickson, Hugh Russell and Crispin Rodwell - whose images captured some of the most important events of the Troubles. They talk, many of them for the first time, about the photographs they took - how they got the shot; what it cost them to take the photograph; and reflect on whether it was worth it. More broadly, they talk about what it was like to be a photographer during the Troubles: how the paramilitary groups dealt with them, the ethical dilemmas they faced, and the emotional fallout they experienced. The book includes the stories behind iconic images such as Bishop Edward Daly waving a blood-stained handkerchief on Bloody Sunday, Sean Downes being shot and killed by an RUC plastic bullet in Andersonstown in 1984, and the brutal attack of corporals Derek Wood and David Howes in March 1988.

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Even as war rages, there are deep secrets lurking in the heart of Buckingham Palace… Windsor, 1942. War rages through Great Britain. Anna Duckworth, former lover of Prince George, Duke of Kent, is found dead after an enemy bomb blast at her country home. When courtier Guy Harford is called to dispose of incriminating love letters between Anna and the Duke, it becomes clear that there’s more to the story than anyone is prepared to reveal. As the court begins to whisper of a lone gunshot heard in the house that day, another gruesome death befalls the royal circle. With the bodies stacking up, Guy rejoins his old accomplices, East End burglar Rodie Carr and undercover agent Rupert Hardacre, to unmask the dangerous secrets lurking beneath the glittering Crown. But with tensions rippling from London to Tangier as the Allied Forces prepare to invade North Africa, and Guy’s reputation in the Palace hanging in the balance, can he solve the mystery before more heads roll?

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In today's society it is scientists and businesspeople who wield the most influence and power. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi believes this also gives them the responsibility to provide for the needs, not just of their workforce, but of the community in its largest sense. This book helps those in power towards a new understanding and vision of what it means to be a leader.The people interviewed here - including Peter Bijur (CEO of Texaco), Michael Markkula (co-founder of Apple Computer), Anita Roddick (founder of The Body Shop) and Ted Turner (vice chairman of AOL Time Warner) are recognised both for their success and because they care for more than success. Their case studies provide a blueprint for doing business that is good, not just in the material sense, but also on spiritual and ethical levels.Good Business shows leaders and managers - and employees - how to contribute to the development of an enjoyable life that provides meaning, to a society that is just and evolving, and ultimately to the sum of human happiness.

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A week after Easter 1973—following the lynching of Black church sexton Sam Jefferson—Lily Vida Wallace is dropped like an immigrant into Greenville, South Carolina. After returning home to Manhattan, Lily continues theological studies in anticipation of the overturn of a centuries-old, males-only priesthood and simultaneously struggles with her erratic engagement. When her fiancé flees following discovery of professional impropriety and Atlanta attorney Rodney Davis lands in her path, a new love grows—accelerating Lily’s understanding even as it challenges her naïveté about race. Some two decades later, high-profile interracial nuptials in Oakland, California, become the occasion for a reunion between the now Reverend Vida and Lucius Clay, the fiery journalist she met in South Carolina. Within weeks of their re-meeting, Lucius is dispatched to cover Black church burnings—beginning with Lily’s hometown in Texas. Writer Hilton Als recently commented: “We need to wake up to the fact that America is not one story. It is many, many, many stories.” American Blues offers no neat resolution. Instead, its timely story invites, as it tangles with, readers’ own assumptions and complex experiences of race and gender in America.

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Everyone in Clade City knows their days are numbered. The Great Cascadia Earthquake will destroy their hometown and reshape the entire West Coast-if they survive long enough to see it. Nuclear war is increasingly likely. Wildfires. Or another pandemic. To Griff, the daily forecast feels partly cloudy with a chance of apocalyptic horsemen. Griff's brother, Leo, and the Lost Coast Preppers claim to be ready. They've got a radio station. Luminous underwater monitors. A sweet bunker, and an unsettling plan for "disaster-ready rodents." But Griff's more concerned about what he can do before the end times. He'd like to play in a band, for one. Hopefully with Charity Simms. Her singing could make the whole world stop.When Griff, Leo, and Charity stumble upon a mysterious late-night broadcast, one song changes everything. It's the best band they've ever heard-on a radio signal even the Preppers can't trace. They vow to find the music, but aren't prepared for where their search will take them. Or for what they'll risk, when survival means finding the one thing you cannot live without.

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Reclaiming the notion of literature as an institution essential for reflecting on the violence of culture, history, and politics, Violence and Naming exposes the tension between the irreducible, constitutive violence of language and the reducible, empirical violation of others. Focusing on an array of literary artifacts, from works by journalists such as Elena Poniatowska and Sergio González Rodríguez to the Zapatista communiqués to Roberto Bolaño's The Savage Detectives and 2666, this examination demonstrates that Mexican culture takes place as a struggle over naming—with severe implications for the rights and lives of women and indigenous persons.Through rereadings of the Conquest of Mexico, the northern Mexican feminicide, the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, the disappearance of the forty-three students at Iguala in 2014, and the 1999 abortion-rights scandal centering on “Paulina,” which revealed the tenuousness of women’s constitutionally protected reproductive rights in Mexico, Violence and Naming asks how societies can respond to violence without violating the other. This essential question is relevant not only to contemporary Mexico but to all struggles for democracy that promise equality but instead perpetuate incessant cycles of repression.

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The emotion and trauma of the Partition are buried deep, but Aanchal Malhotra has found a way to recover them. Through the possessions saved by her own great-grandparents as they fled their homes, she discovers the unique power of such objects: to unlock the secrets of a colossal human migration, and a life that once was. Remnants of Partition is a remarkable alternative history, telling the family stories hidden within items carried between the new India and Pakistan, amid chaos and violence. They uncover a rich tapestry of pain and rupture, but also of hope and connection – in belonging through belongings, and identities reforged. From a string of pearls to a young woman’s poetry, this extraordinary book gives voice to the voiceless, restoring the everyday to a great drama of the twentieth century. Its power and poignancy will haunt the reader. Shortlisted for the British Academy's 2019 Al-Rodhan Prize A Hindustan Times 'India @ 70' book Shortlisted for the Hindu Lit for Life Non-Fiction Prize Shortlisted for the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize

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To Benita Ford, Tallgrass, Oklahoma, will always be home. It's where her beloved grandmother raised her and where she rode bikes with her two best friends-the man who became her husband and Calvin. And Tallgrass is where she stayed, even after her husband died while serving his country. Now Calvin is home from that same war, and the sensitive, mischievous boy she once knew is today a man scarred by wounds no one else can see. Falling in love with him is something Bennie never imagined.Tallgrass still haunts Captain Calvin Sweet. Yet it's where he must go to see Bennie-the one woman he always loved but could never have. Calvin regrets so much about what happened years ago. Still he can't deny being with Bennie makes his future feel bright, like anything is possible. But the demons of his past won't be quieted that easily. As old hurts linger, threatening to pull them apart, Calvin and Bennie must take the ultimate risk for the love of a lifetime . . .

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Ranging from Kentchurch Court, a former fortified medieval manor house that has been the seat of the Scudamore family for nearly 1,000 years, to a delightful Strawberry Hill-style Gothic house in rural Cornwall and car-crazed Goodwood House, this beautifully illustrated book showcases ten outstanding British country houses, all still in the hands of the original families. James Peill recounts the ups and downs of such deep-rooted clans as the Cracrofts, landowners in Lincolnshire since the 12th century, whose late 18th-century Hackthorn Hall is a perfect example of the kind of house Jane Austen describes in her novels (indeed, she appears on their family tree), as well as the relatively newly arrived Biddulphs, who constructed Rodmarton, an Arts & Crafts masterpiece, in the first decades of the last century. James Fennell has once again provided superb photographs of a wealth of gardens, charming interiors, bygone sporting trophies, fine art collections and fanciful family memorabilia, making The English Country House a delicious treat for Anglophiles and lovers of old houses.

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A group of house mice struggle to survive a long and strange winter. The humans are gone, the sun is rarely seen, and a cold, dark rain befouls everything it touches. The mice, long dependent on humans for food, stubbornly cling to their old ways, looting the nearby abandoned houses for any scraps they can find. Once, there was plenty to eat, but now the scavengers return empty-handed, or not at all. Food is scarce, but danger is everywhere. Poison and traps wait for the unwary in dark cupboards, and a gang of feral cats relentlessly chase the mice whenever the rodents leave the safety of their nest. Now there are even rumors a hawk has come to join the hunt. As supplies run low and many mice fall ill, desperation creeps in. With the colony at a breaking point, rumors of a wrecked truck filled with food give them hope, but it lies far beyond the forest, where even the cats won’t go. Included in Scurry, is a two-page READER'S GUIDE. The full TEACHER'S GUIDE can be found on SkyboundComet.com.

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FECHA DE PUBLICACIÓNlunes, 09 de noviembre de 2009CONTENIDONos acercamos a ellos todos los días, trabajamos a favor de la infancia y tratamos de que comiencen a descubrir y conocer el mundo que los rodea. Tratamos de darles lo mejor.Siempre escuchamos decir que detrás de toda práctica hay una teoría, tengamos o no conciencia de ello.Esa teoría, algunas de esas teorías, nos ayudan a saber más acerca de cómo son, de cómo comprenderlos, de cómo, justamente, ofrecerles aquello que necesitan.Y no se trata ya del niño del libro, que -aislado de cualquier contexto- suma habilidades mes a mes; se trata del niño que tenemos en las salas, que vive en mejores o peores condiciones, que ha nacido en un contexto familiar y social, que tiene una historia -antes aun de haber nacido- y un futuro.Y no nos acercamos esta vez a la teoría didáctica sino a la psicológica, conscientes de que la función docente no será la de interpretar ni

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Hija del emperador Maximiliano II de Habsburgo y María de Austria, la archiduquesa Margarita es, junto con el compositor castellano Tomás Luis de Victoria, la figura central de esta ambiciosa novela cuya honda imaginería trasciende el género histórico.Ambientado en la Europa de las guerras de religión y la Leyenda Negra durante los reinados de Felipe II a Felipe IV, este retablo de quimeras y sombras retrata el poder y la gloria de personajes clave como el misterioso emperador Rodolfo II en su corte de alquimistas del castillo de Praga, artistas como Arcimboldo y Cervantes, leyendas como la del Golem o la Condesa Sangrienta y, por supuesto, las miserias y locuras de los Habsburgo con las especulaciones musicales y cabalísticas del momento.A través de escenarios tan dispares como las batallas navales de Lepanto y la Armada Invencible o ciudades imperiales como Viena, Praga y Budapest, la archiduquesa Margarita, en su retiro del convento de Las Descalzas Reales de Madrid, traza u

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ïCïmo han influido las teorïas de Darwin en la psicologïa y la psiquiatrïa? ïQuï relaciïn hay entre la evoluciïn del sistema nervioso y la evoluciïn de la inteligencia? ïCïmo se explica la apariciïn del cerebro y la inteligencia humana? ïPuede una visiïn evolucionista de la neuroinmunoendocrinologïa darnos una base para una nueva medicina psicosomïtica? ïDe dïnde viene nuestra enorme capacidad y vulnerabilidad emocional? ïEs la esquizofrenia el precio que debe pagar el Homo sapiens por el lenguaje? Estas son algunas de las cuestiones que se plantean en este libro.Los autores, convocados y coordinados por el editor de la obra, Julio Sanjuïn (Profesor Titular de Psiquiatrïa de la Universidad de Valencia), representan disciplinas diversas, como la psiquiatrïa (T. Crow), la psicologïa experimental (F. Rodrïguez y C. Salas), la embriologïa del sistema nervioso (L. Puelles) y la endocrinologïa (J. Sancho-Rof y O. Gonzïlez).Este libro se dirige a los profesionales interesa

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Edición en español de la serie LEYENDO A PASOS para lectores en el PASO 2. Libro basado en la película Encanto de Disney.Encanto cuenta la historia de los Madrigal, una familia extraordinaria que vive en una casa mágica escondida en las montañas de Colombia. La magia del Encanto ha bendecido a todos los integrantes de la familia con un fantástico don, desde la súper fuerza hasta el poder de sanar con la comida. A todos, excepto a Mirabel. Al descubrir que la magia que rodea al Encanto está en peligro, Mirabel, la única Madrigal sin un don, podría ser la última esperanza de su excepcional familia. Niños y niñas entre los 4 y 6 años de edad disfrutarán de este divertido cuento basado en la película Encanto de Disney. Este libro forma parte de LEYENDO A PASOS, una serie de textos adecuados para cada nivel de lectura. Los libros del PASO 2 usan vocabulario básico y oraciones cortas para narrar historias sencillas. Son adecuados para lectores que reconocen palabras familiares y que comprenden y vocalizan palabras nuevas con un poco de ayuda. This Step 2 LEYENDO A PASOS leveled reader is based on Disney’s Encanto!Disney’s Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift, ranging from superstrength to the power to heal—every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope. Children ages 4 to 6 will love this Step 2 LEYENDO A PASOS leveled reader based on the animated feature film. Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories and are for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. LEYENDO A PASOS is a Spanish-language line of Step into Reading.

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Cha Jing, o el Clásico del té, es el primer estudio sobre el té de la historia.El Cha Jing considera que todo lo que rodea al té es una parte muy importante del orden cósmico, por lo que la preparación y elaboración del té, es un símbolo de la armonía con el universo.Por ello, sobre la obra impera la idea de que todos los detalles de la vida deben de cuidarse y de celebrarse, que se debe tratar de encontrar la belleza en todo y buscar la tranquilidad y la armonía en la vida; empezando por el momento de la preparación y de la degustación del té, que fue una de las actividades más importantes del ocio chino.Así la recolección, elaboración y preparación del té, rozan la religiosidad, hablándose casi de una religión del té, donde se regulan todos los elementos que en éstas intervienen.Una obra histórica y llena de significados, traducida por primera vez al castellano, para todos los amantes del té y de la filosofía china.LU YU (733-804) también fue conocido como ?el s

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La historia del rey don Sebastián de Portugal está rodeada de enigmas. Algo que procede tanto de su vida privada y pública, como de la muerte inesperada que le llegó en el campo de batalla en el norte de África.Todos los historiadores coinciden en que este halo de misterio proviene desde el momento en que el joven monarca tuvo uso de razón y al mismo tiempo cuentan que, al principio, la incógnita procedía de sus gustos e inclinaciones personales, que no parecían ser heterodoxas, desde el punto de vista de algunos servidores; luego surgirían las ausencias de palacio y ciertos viajes clandestinos que dieron mucho que hablar. Más tarde vendría la sospecha de conspiración, contubernio y mala vida, que se veía reflejada en un gobierno de tendencia individual y muy particular, que para algunos nobles rozaba lo despótico; para finalizar con la muerte acaecida a manos de los sarracenos durante la guerra de sucesión de Marruecos. Ahí comenzó otro episodio lleno de misterio, fundamentado en

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La imagen de la continuidad de cuatro mil años de la cultura china es, no obstante, una historia llena de rupturas radicales, de profundas mutaciones y de intercambios con otras culturas. En China han surgido pensamientos tan originales como el de Confucio o el del daoísmo, y el budismo fue asimilado antes de que en la época moderna se estableciera un diálogo, decisivo para el presente y el futuro, con Occidente. A pesar de ello, la mayoría de los occidentales desconocen esta tradición intelectual, o tienen un conocimiento parcial y reducido de ciertos aspectos religiosos o de unos pocos pensadores.Las cien escuelas de pensamiento que florecieron hace tiempo nos ofrecen sus frutos en estas páginas. Cuanto mejor las conozcamos más fácil será la comunicación con esa gran parte de la humanidad que todavía parece tan lejana. La riqueza de la historia intelectual china aporta una diversidad única que nos ayudará a comprender mejor el mundo que nos rodea. Las aportaciones al pensamiento

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Cada día estamos más y más rodeados de tecnología. La forma en que nos comunicamos y compartimos datos en la red ha cambiado radicalmente en las últimas décadas. Es indiscutible el valor que nos aporta la tecnología a los seres humanos, pero también es cierto que esta evolución tecnológica ha ido acompañada de un incremento en los riesgos de seguridad. Los delitos y ataques han existido desde tiempos remotos, pero estos han ido evolucionando muy deprisa en un mundo cada vez más digital, que también evoluciona y debe protegerse de manera adecuada y reinventada temporada tras temporada. Los ciberdelincuentes renuevan constantemente los ciberataques y las ciberarmas, lo que hace que tanto los ciudadanos de a pie como las empresas tengan que evolucionar y conocer las últimas novedades de ciberseguridad y hacking.En esta nueva edición de El libro del Hacker os mostraremos desde los conceptos básicos de seguridad y técnicas de hacking hasta conocimientos avanzados, as

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Unos sicarios del cártel de los Emes irrumpen en el set de rodaje de la última narcotelenovela de Santiago Parral y lo asesinan a balazos cuando el director intenta proteger a la estrella, la célebre actriz Mónica del Sol. O al menos esa es la versión oficial que se difunde a los medios de comunicación sobre asesinato del admirado director. Sin embargo, la realidad es muy diferente, mucho menos cinematográfica. Santiago Parral es asesinado sí, pero por cuál de todos sus empleados, allegados y enemigos con motivos para hacerlo? A través de la investigación que iniciará para exonerar a su marido, uno de los principales sospechosos, la periodista Daniela Ruiz irá descubriendo pistas sobre el crimen que la llevarán a nuevos posibles implicados: el asistente de dirección y reciente marido de la hija del director, la artista invitada al episodio de ese día, la cocinera?Una vuelta de tuerca al clásico thriller policíaco, cargado de una mordaz crítica al sistema político inoperante, a la l

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History has a way of bestowing a more lasting immortality on important people who die at the height of their earthly achievements. Famous personalities who are cut down at the height of their fame leave people clamoring to know more about them. Books and songs are written about them. Pictorial mementoes and keepsakes are in demand. The celebrated military figure General George Armstrong Custer, whose life ended so abruptly, is no exception. Interest in him, and those associated with him, has never diminished with the passing time. Elizabeth Bacon Custer, George’s faithful wife, and more than two dozen women who lost their husbands at the Battle of Little Big Horn, fall into that category. Elizabeth Bacon Custer set the social tone at Fort Lincoln, Nebraska, where she and twenty-five other women were living when their spouses perished in June 1876. She helped the ladies deal with the difficulties of life on the Plains; how to handle frostbite, how to treat heat prostration due to the suffocating amount of clothing, how to obtain water through holes cut in the ice of lakes or rivers, and how best to entertain themselves while waiting for their husbands to return from a campaign. When a soldier left the fort, his wife never knew if he would return. Eliza Porter, wife of 1st Lieutenant Colonel I. Porter of Custer’s 7th Cavalry, described the last get-together Elizabeth Custer hosted for the officers and their families this way. “Here are those nice fellows gathered around the Custer’s table, all discussing the situation and all knowing they will never all come back. One leaves his watch and little fixings and says, ‘if one of those bullets gets me, send this to my wife waiting for me in Independence.’ One need not search any further to unearth the reason why “Boots and Saddles,” the call to battle written by Elizabeth Custer, struck terror into the hearts of Army wives. Each wondered if she would be widowed or if the role of widowhood would be forced upon her friends. After the men were assembled, they rode out proudly to the strains of “The Girl I Left Behind Me.” In order to hide their tears and anxiety from their husbands, many wives did as Elizabeth Porter did; they refused to watch the column’s ride away from the fort. They preferred to say goodbye behind closed doors. Fear and weeping were private. Nine months after the massacre at Custer’s Last Stand, Elizabeth Custer scheduled a reunion with the widows of the Little Big Horn. On June 25, 1887, the women met in Monroe, Michigan, to reflect on the events leading up to the battle, remember the loved ones that were killed, and share how they have been able to go on. The widows got together every year for more than twenty years. In between reunions they corresponded with each other, exchanged photographs, and supported one another through the difficult times. The never-before-seen materials that will be used to write the book entitled Elizabeth Custer and the Widows of the Little Big Horn will be provided by the curators of the Elizabeth Custer Library and Museum at Garryowen, Montana; an example of some of the historical materials that will be provided include letters between Elizabeth Custer and the other widows, letters to and from politicians and the widows supporting and criticizing General Custer, and agendas and pictures of the widows at the annual meetings. There have been many books written about General George Custer and a handful have been penned about Elizabeth Bacon Custer, but there have been nothing written about the widows of the Last Stand. This will be a first.

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John Lestrade is attempting to come to terms with the suicide of his friend Stephen, and his guilt that he did nothing to prevent it. Escape to a room on the hill is an act of internal exile, an attempt to find the space to overcome the inauthentic, automaton quality of his life. But Lestrade's self-loathing despair poisons any hope of reconnecting with his friends. It is only when his friend Derek's abandoned girlfriend is killed in a car crash, and is then refused a proper burial by the Catholic church, that Lestrade is moved to action. In its energy and in its rejection of the colonial straight-jacket that locks in the middle-class intellectuals in the novel, there remains in A Room on the Hill some possibility of honest reflection and escape. Garth St. Omer was born in St Lucia in 1931. During the early 1950s St. Omer was part of a group of artists in St Lucia including Roderick and Derek Walcott. His first publication, the novella Syrop, appeared in 1964, followed by the Faber publications of A Room on the Hill (1968), Shades of Grey (1968), Nor Any Country (1969) and J-, Black Bam and the Masqueraders in 1972. In the 1970s he moved to the USA, where he completed a doctoral thesis at Princeton University in 1975. Until his retirement as Emeritus Professor, he taught at the University of Santa Barbara in California. In 2001 he was honoured with the Saint Lucia Medal of Merit for service in the Arts and Literature.

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'This theoretically informing book provides one of the strongest analyses of Turkish political economy. Bu ra and Sava kan decisively dispel myths regarding the new, allegedly self-made and 'small' entrepreneurs who form the backbone of Turkish success. Drawing on original documents, interviews, and statistics, they demonstrate that politics (as practiced by regimes, parties, and associations) has 'made' the Turkish pious business class. No one can think of markets and market actors in the same way after reading this book.'- Cihan Ziya Tugal, UC Berkeley, US'This impressive work places Turkey firmly on the map of comparative politics and political economy. It adds intriguing facets to what we know about the relationship between the state, democracy and capitalist development in an age of neoliberalism. It also sheds new light on the role of religion in economic change and class formation in emerging countries on the periphery of contemporary capitalism. Moreover, in emphasizing the role of business associations in the politically sponsored rise of a post-Fordist model of globalized national capitalism, the book provides exciting new insights on a subject that has been regrettably neglected in recent years.'- Wolfgang Streeck, The New School for Social Research, US'Power has shifted in Turkey over the last decade, both within business and the state, towards groups with religious-conservative rather than Kemalist-secular sensibilities. This book goes deep inside this transformation to analyze the role of Muslim business networks and their relationship with the state. You will not find a better guide to Turkey s emergent new capitalism.'- Dani Rodrik, Institute for Advanced Study, USNew Capitalism in Turkey explores the changing relationship between politics, religion and business through an analysis of the contemporary Turkish business environment.This book focuses on the developments that have transformed the economic, political and cultural coordinates of business activity; led to new forms of interest representation; and changed the relationship between government and business in Turkey in the post-1980 period. Ay e Bu ra and Osman Sava kan argue that political action plays a crucial role in shaping the configuration of the business community, influencing the patterns of business development, and informing the emergence of rival models of capitalist development and political change endorsed by different groups of entrepreneurs. Moreover, the book explores the idea that whilst the use of religion as a strategic resource by some business associations serves to create bonds of trust and solidarity among their members, it also contributes to the polarization of the business community.This interdisciplinary book will be an invaluable resource for academics, graduate students and researchers interested in political economy, political science, sociology, economic history, and organization studies. It will also appeal to journalists and business people, especially those investing or planning to invest in Turkey or the Middle East.Contents: Introduction 1. Economic Development and Cultural Modernization in Republican Turkey: A Brief Overview 2. The Changing Place of the Economy and Religion in Turkish Society Since 1980 3. The New Political Economy of Capital Accumulation 4. Business Associations as Political Actors 5. Polarization at the Local Level Conclusion Index

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Una niña rodeada de sus animalitos de trapo empezó a leer un libro sobre los osos polares y se enteró de que son inteligentes, juguetones y curiosos. Y supo que, lamentablemente, el cambio climático los está amenazando seriamente. La pequeña entonces quiso saber más y más...Se enteró de que las garras del oso blanco, que vive entre las nieves del Ártico, pueden medir tanto como un plato de los que usamos para comer. Leyó que cuando el oso se moja se sacude el agua igual que los perros y que gruñe, ruge, maúlla y hasta ronronea. La niña se sorprendió cuando aprendió que este mamífero mide de pies a cabeza lo mismo que dos niños de siete años, uno encima del otro.Supo que los osos polares tienen un olfato extraordinario y que son muy limpios. Después de comerse una foca, por ejemplo, se lavan bien el morro.A lo largo de este entretenido libro documental se ven dibujos de la niña jugando con los osos, pescando con ellos o deslizándose por el hielo. Un libro muy atractivo y a la

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No fuiste creado para vivir en la decepción, en la desilusión ni en la derrota; Dios te ha proporcionado las herramientas para que lleves una vida que no se defina por tus pruebas, sino por tus victorias.Vivimos en un tiempo de profunda incertidumbre. Aun así, la Biblia promete que podemos vivir la vida de libertad que fue diseñada para nosotros, incluso en tiempos en los que el mundo que nos rodea parece lleno de oscuridad. Fuimos creados para ser vencedores, y para superar los mayores obstáculos de nuestras vidas.En su nuevo libro Vencedor, el estimado profesor David Jeremiah dirige su entendimiento a uno de los pasajes más citados, pero menos comprendido de la Biblia: la recomendación del apóstol Pablo a los efesios de que tomen toda la armadura de Dios (Efesios 6:10-18). Con la profundidad de lo caracteriza, de su sabiduría y de su compasión, el Dr. Jeremiah analiza la poderosa importancia de la armadura espiritual como herramienta crítica en nuestra vida cotidiana, al confrontar los retos específicos de nuestras vidas y de nuestra época.Si ya estás harto de vivir en derrota, es hora de encontrar una fuerza renovada y reclamar las promesas de la palabra de Dios de vencer las mayores amenazas de la vida.

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The insane minds of Adam F. Goldberg, Hans Rodionoff and Jeff Zapata have joined forces to bring you the Garbage Pail Kids as you've never seen them before. Dynamite Entertainment and this incredible trio of creators proudly presents give you Garbage Pail Kids: Origins!This all-new GPK book is a bad-ass, sprawling, superhero epic; we not only learn how our GPK heroes came to be but we also reveal to the world that Adam Bomb and his gang of good guys were instrumental in the outcome of World War II and the fate of humanity!Story 1, starts with Adam Bomb''s origin and how he begins as an unassuming, flat-footed soda jerk named Adam Baum ultimately transforming into an All-American superhero named Adam Bomb. Thanks to an unfortunate radiation leak, Adam leads a team of other enhanced super-charged garbage humans to take down the axis of evil led by Nasty Nick.Story 2, it's a battle of brother vs. brother Garbage Pail Kids style! No worries though, there's only the

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Si los parisinos caminan por su ciudad acompañados por Balzac y los londinenses van de la mano de Dickens, nosotros nos planteamos pasear por nuestro Madrid con Galdós al lado. Y eso no será todo, ya que también lo haremos con Isabel II, con Carlos María de Castro o con el marqués de Salamanca, entre otros.A través de las obras de este gran novelista, que también fue dramaturgo, cronista y político, es fácil introducirse en ese Madrid en construcción, sentirse inmerso en la sociedad decimonónica y verse rodeado por rentistas, especuladores, marqueses arruinados y endeudados hasta las cejas, burgueses enriquecidos, inmigrantes procedentes de otras provincias y en busca de una vida mejor o mujeres que buscan su sitio en aquel nuevo ámbito urbano.Leyendo fragmentos de sus obras, nos sentiremos dentro de los cafés llenos de humo de aquel Madrid del siglo xix; sufriremos el bullicio de las calles sin semáforos ni pasos de cebra. Mientras, quizá veamos a Galdós yendo de aquí para all

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Si en " Alabanza de la lentitud " el neurobiólogo Lamberto Maffei rompe una lanza a favor del provecho y adecuación que para toda actividad humana, pero especialmente la relacionada con los procesos cerebrales, tiene el no dejarse arrastrar por el vértigo de la vida actual, en " Elogio de la rebeldía " ?obra en cierto modo complementaria? llama la atención acerca de los perjuicios que el estilo de vida que nos viene impuesto, mediatizado en gran parte por estímulos y demandas constantes, pantallas y clics, causa también a un espacio fundamental de la actividad cerebral y, por extensión, humana: aquel que demanda no sólo una conexión afectiva y efectiva con los demás, sino también con la naturaleza, el clima y la realidad física que nos rodea. Arte, ciencia, cultura, son expresiones de rebeldía, de libertad, de un cerebro que no es pasivo y conforme, sino que quiere ir más allá, y esto, nos explica Maffei, es expresión del cerebro lento, del cerebro del tiempo y del lenguaje, del diálog

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1938, París. Ludwig Fresenburg era cirujano principal en un hospital alemán. Pero, tras escapar de los nazis y convertirse en refugiado político en París, ahora se hace llamar Ravic y malvive como puede, con unas condiciones de trabajo pésimas y rodeado de alcohol y relaciones sentimentales sin ningún futuro? Hasta que conoce a Jeanne. Porque esta novela es, ante todo, una novela de amor. Amor que pudo ser total, que pudo ser puro, pero que es incompleto y turbulento. Amor y también venganza, que Ravic logra satisfacer. Jeanne Madou le da el amor, y Haake, el verdugo, el instrumento con que la Gestapo troncha su vida y su carrera, la ocasión de vengarse. Lo demás es la vida incierta y sobresaltada del hombre sin nombre, sin origen y sin destino; excepto uno, el más cruel: ser devuelto al horror nazi del que huyó. Porque, aunque el símbolo de Francia, el Arco de Triunfo, se hunda en la oscuridad de la guerra, y aunque Ravic se enfrente a un futuro negro, está emocionalmente listo para s

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Bruno era un niño que odia bañarse. Es lo que más odia en el mundo! Una tarde sus padres le preparan una sorpresa en el agua; una sorpresa que, lejos de animarle, termina por enfadarle mucho más.Pero al día siguiente la vida de Bruno dará un giro inesperado cuando, durante su baño diario, viva una extraña aventura que cambiará por completo su punto de vista sobre el mundo que le rodea y su comportamiento hacia los demás: los muñecos piratas de su hermano pequeño Lucas lo han encogido y le tienen prisionero hasta que les ayude a encontrar a uno de sus tripulantes.Pero cómo conseguirá Bruno encontrarlo en un cuarto de baño que, ahora, se ha convertido en un lugar totalmente distinto, en el que el agua de la bañera es un océano, la alfombrilla de los pies una selva y el cesto de la ropa sucia un volcán?La novela Piratas a la hora del baño (finalista de la XV Edición Premio Leer es Vivir 2013 de Everest) es una historia de aventuras en la que no falta el humor y en la que intent

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?Es natural que queráis saber, antes de empezar, quiénes somos y a qué venimos. No tengáis miedo. No venimos a pediros nada. Al contrario; venimos a daros de balde algunas cosas. Somos una escuela ambulante que quiere ir de pueblo en pueblo. Pero una escuela donde no hay libros de matrícula, donde no hay que aprender con lágrimas, donde no se pondrá a nadie de rodillas, donde no se necesita hacer novillos. Porque el Gobierno de la República, que nos envía, nos ha dicho que vengamos ante todo a las aldeas, a las más pobres, a las más escondidas, a las más abandonadas, y que vengamos a enseñaros algo, algo de lo que no sabéis por estar siempre tan solos y tan lejos de donde otros lo aprenden, y porque nadie, hasta ahora, ha venido a enseñároslo; pero que vengamos también, y lo primero, a divertiros. Y nosotros quisiéramos alegraros, divertiros casi tanto como os alegran y divierten los cómicos y titiriteros.? Así se presentaban los jóvenes integrantes de las misiones pedagógicas que desd

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Director J.J. Abrams’ new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, Star Trek features a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before, as it tells the story of how the brash Starfleet cadet James T. Kirk first meets a Vulcan named Spock, and earns the Captain’s chair of the Starship Enterprise. The film quickly became a critical and commercial smash hit worldwide, as audiences — confirmed Trekkers and newcomers alike — thrilled to a state-of-the-art action epic which both respected the legacy of Gene Roddenberry’s archetypal modern myth and forged ahead into an exciting future of its own. Star Trek: The Art of the Film is a lavishly illustrated celebration of that new vision, tracing the evolution of the movie’s look through a stunning array of previously unseen pre-production paintings, concept sketches, costume and set designs, unit photography and final frames. Written by New Yor

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In Anouk Masson Krantz's most expansive work to date, she travels tens of thousands of miles across the Americas, broadening her focus from the United States to both American continents. In her exquisite, large-scale photographs all new for this book - Anouk captures sweeping landscapes and paints an intimate portrait of the enduring cross-boundary legacies of the North American cowboy, Central American vaquero, and South American gaucho. Her time spent at ranches and rodeos across The Americas has culminated in a magnificent book honouring a way of life many around the world dream of but rarely have experienced first-hand.Frontier builds upon Anouk's renowned body of work with her bestselling Wild Horses of Cumberland Island (2017); West: The American Cowboy (2019); American Cowboys (2021); and Ranchland (2022).Her stunning black and white, large-scale photographs capture a culture deeply rooted in princ

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Born on a Somerset pea-field in 1941, the second of eight children in a Romani family, Maggie Smith-Bendell has lived through the years of greatest change in the travelling community's long history. As a child, Maggie rode and slept in a horse-drawn wagon, picked hops and flowers, and sat beside her father's campfire on ancient verges, poor but free to roam. As the twentieth century progressed, common land was fenced off and the traditional ways disappeared. Eventually Maggie married a house-dweller and tried to settle for bricks and mortar, but she never lost the restless spirit, the deep love of the land and the gift for storytelling that were her Romani inheritance.Maggie's story is one of hardship and prejudice, but also, unforgettably, it recalls the glories of the travelling life, in the absolute safety of a loyal and loving family.

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John le Carré's second novel is an ingenious puzzle featuring his best-loved character George Smiley. Now available in a collector's hardback edition.Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old Service friend to investigate. Smiley knows that Stella feared her husband would murder her, but as he probes further beneath Carne's respectable veneer, he uncovers far more than a simple crime of passion. In his second George Smiley novel, le Carré moves outside the world of espionage to reveal the secrets at the heart of another particularly English institution. The result is a pitch-perfect murder mystery, with Smiley as master detective.THE SECOND GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL'Beautifully intelligent, satiric and witty' Daily Telegraph

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Two generals from the northwestern state of Sonora, Álvaro Obregón and Plutarco Elías Calles, dominated Mexico between 1920 and 1934, having risen to prominence in the course of the Mexican Revolution. Torn between popular demands for ending the privileges of wealthy foreign investors and opposition by a hawkish U.S. administration and enemies at home, the two generals and their allies from their home state mixed radical rhetoric with the accommodation of entrenched interests. In The Sonoran Dynasty in Mexico Jürgen Buchenau tells the story of this ruling group, which rejected the Indigenous and Catholic past during the decades of the revolution and aimed to reinvent Mexico along the lines of the modern and secular societies in western Europe and the United States. In addition to Obregón and Calles, the Sonoran Dynasty included Adolfo de la Huerta and Abelardo L. Rodríguez, four Sonorans among six presidents in less than two decades. Although the group began with the common aims of nationalism, modernization, central political control, and enrichment, Buchenau argues that this group progressively fell apart in a series of bloody conflicts that reflected broader economic, political, and social disagreements. By analyzing the dynasty from its origins through its eventual downfall, Buchenau presents an innovative look at the negotiation of power and state formation in revolutionary Mexico.

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One of The Times Books of the Year 2020Shortlisted for The Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards 2021, Debut Food Book_____________'Fascinating and entertaining - a pleasure to read.' Claudia RodenHave you ever stopped to wonder how our most beloved foods came to be the way they are now? As a nation of food-lovers we have been munching on fruit and veg, drinking tea and coffee and adorning our dishes with oils and spices for generations, but how did this happen? What is the history of our favourite foodstuffs?In this series of enlightening and highly entertaining essays, award-winning food writer Mark Riddaway travels back through the centuries to tell the fascinating, surprising and often downright bizarre stories of some of the everyday ingredients found at London's Borough Market.Discover how the strawberries we eat today had their roots in a clandestine trip to South America by a French spy whose surname happened to be Strawberry, why three-quarters of Britain's late-18th-century intake of tea was sold on the black market, and what Sigmund Freud found so fascinating about eel genitalia.From the humble apples and onions that we've grown on these shores for centuries, to more exotic ingredients like cinnamon and bananas that travel from across the world to finesse our food, Borough Market: Edible Histories offers a chance to digest the charming stories behind every last morsel.

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Henry James's great masterpiece, now in a stunning Penguin clothbound edition designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith.When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Charming and cultivated, Osmond sees Isabel as a rich prize waiting to be taken. In this portrait of a 'young woman affronting her destiny', Henry James created one of his most magnificent heroines, and a story of intense poignancy.This edition is based on the earliest published copy of the novel: this is the version that was read first and loved by most readers in James's lifetime. It also includes an introduction, notes and other editorial materials by leading James scholar Philip Horne.Henry James was born in 1843 in Washington Place, New York, of Scottish and Irish ancestry. In addition to many short stories, plays, books of criticism, autobiography and travel, he wrote some twenty novels, the first published being Roderick Hudson (1875). They include The Europeans, Washington Square, The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Princess Casamassima, The Tragic Muse, The Spoils of Poynton, The Awkward Age, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl.Philip Horne is Professor of English at University College London.

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**Winner - Sweetspot Cycling Book of the Year** For 11 years I was a professional cyclist, competing in the hardest and greatest races on Earth. I was in demand from the world’s best teams, a well-paid elite athlete. But I never won a race. I was the hired help.When my mum dropped me off in a small French town aged 17, I was full of determination to be a professional cyclist, but I was completely green. I went from mowing the team manager’s lawn to winning every amateur race I entered. Then I turned pro and realised I hated the responsibility and pressure of chasing victory. And that’s when I became a domestique.I learned to take that hurt and give it everything I had to give, all for someone else’s win. When the order came in to ride I pushed out with the hardest rhythm I could, dragging the group faster and faster, until my whole body screamed with pain. There were times I rode myself to a standstill, clutching the barrier metres from the line, as the lead group shot past. But that’s what made me a so good at my job.As my career took off, I started looking at the fans lining the route, cheering us like heroes. The passion for cycling oozed off them, but they couldn’t know what it was really like. They didn’t see the terrible hotels, the crazy egos or all the shit that goes with great expectations. Well, this is how it is…

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In 2006, Liverpool fans voted Ian Rush among the top three all-time greatest players in the history of the club. Taking his place alongside Kenny Dalglish and Steven Gerrard, he surpassed football legends such as Fowler, Keegan, Owen, Smith, Carragher and Hansen. Ian Rush is quite simply Liverpool's greatest goalscorer and, along with Jimmy Greaves and Denis Law, one of the finest natural penalty-box predators the game has ever seen.This is the story of a rough-edged Welsh teenager thrust into the ranks of an already great side, who didn't feel up to it, but who learned how to grow as a player and a man until he became the most devastating finisher in English football. Rush's story is bursting with honesty and insight, emotional turmoil and tragedy, and hilarious tales and asides. It is a near-mythical tale of triumph and tragedy. Of an era when Liverpool FC became nigh on invincible, made the League title their own, and rode the highs of European and FA Cup Finals alongside the devastating tragedies of Heysel and Hillsborough. The drama of Rush's time at Liverpool during the 80s - the decade that defined the club more than any other - is thrillingly captured in this autobiography, which takes you into the thick of the action, as well as offering a frank and insightful analysis of football today.

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Grandes ideas, explicaciones sencillasCon una prosa sencilla, El libro de la física presenta explicaciones claras y concisas que desbrozan la jerga especializada, diagramas que plasman complejas teorías, citas memorables e ingeniosas ilustraciones que juegan con nuestros conocimientos de la física.¿Cómo generan electricidad los imanes? ¿Qué es la antimateria? ¿Es posible viajar en el tiempo? A partir de estas y otras muchas preguntas, los físicos han ampliado las fronteras del conocimiento humano y nos han ayudado a comprender las leyes físicas que rigen nuestro mundo y el universo.Tanto el estudiante deseoso de aprender cómo el simple lector curioso acerca del funcionamiento del mundo encontrarán en este libro en español de física muchas ideas estimulantes.La física explicada de forma sencillaAdéntrate en una emocionante travesía por la historia de la física y sus descubrimientos más relevantes. Mediante explicaciones claras y concisas este libro de física contesta a las preguntas más profundas acerca del funcionamiento del mundo que nos rodea.Recopilatorio de grandes momentos de la física a lo largo de los años donde destacan diagramas que plasman complejas teorías, citas memorables de los científicos más grandes de la historia, termodinámica, teoría de cuerdas, física cuántica, y mucho más.Este libro en español para niños, jóvenes y adultos te adentra en el apasionante mundo de la física con explicaciones realmente sencillas a lo largo de los siguientes capítulos: • Medida y movimiento. La física y el mundo cotidiano. • Energía y materia. Materiales y calor. • Electricidad y magnetismo. Dos fuerzas se unen. • Sonido y luz. Las propiedades de las ondas. • El mundo cuántico. Nuestro incierto universo. • Física nuclear y de partículas. Dentro del átomo. • La relatividad y el universo. Nuestro lugar en el cosmos. El libro de la física pertenece a la galardonada serie Grandes Ideas explica temas complejos de un modo fácil de entender mediante explicaciones claras y alejándose del academicismo tradicional. Su creativo diseño y los gráficos innovadores que acompañan al texto hacen de esta serie una introducción perfecta a una gran diversidad de materias para toda la familia.

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Malcolm, an orphaned field mouse, is considered a nuisance by his house-mouse relatives who live at 65 Rodent Row, Mouse-Town Estates, in the gloomy basement of Balmoral Castle. He is a misfit who does poorly at school and is bullied by his cousins. While house mice serve as collectors within the castle walls, Malcolm yearns to follow in his daddie’s paw-steps and become an explorer of the outside world. While collecting in the royal kitchen one afternoon, Malcolm is discovered by Chief Castle Cook. In his mad dash to escape, Malcolm inadvertently exposes the MI Mouse-Way Ramp 3 to human eyes. Disaster strikes! Royal staff board up mouse holes and bait traps with poison. Mouse-Town Estates is threatened with death and starvation. Malcolm seizes the opportunity to try to save the house-mouse community and to explore the outside world at the same time. Will Malcolm survive four fat royal corgis, being trapped in the royal handbag, arrest, and imprisonment to save the day? Or will Her Majesty the Queen succeed in chopping off his head?

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The Museum of Modern Art in NewYork, founded in 1929, has helped to bring the history of modern art to vivid life through its unparalleled collection of late-19th and 20th-century painting and sculpture. A veritable who's who of modern art is represented in the Museum's collection: Paul Cezanne,Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Max Beckmann, Oskar Schlemmer, Constantin Brancusi, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist, AndyWarhol, Cy Twombly, Mark Rothko, Piet Mondrian, Jackson Pollock, to name but a few. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the Museum's painting and sculpture collection through more than 300 colour illustrations and texts drawn from the Museum's archives and publications. These lively, diverse, and often surprising interpretations of a work of art, sometimes from the artist themselves, both enrich and expand the literature on the history of modern art. Accompanying these texts is an introduction by John Elderfield, Chief Curator Emeritus at the Museum, which offers a personal account of the collection's history and its installations.

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DISCOVER THE CHARMING MEMOIR FROM THE BELOVED WEST END LEGENDIn 1989, a young Michael Ball landed the lead role in the musical Aspects of Love. It was a moment that changed his life forever. It was the first time he worked with legends of the stage like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Trevor Nunn; it was from that show that came his smash hit song, Love Changes Everything, which rode high in the charts for 15 weeks; it was then, also, that he first met his long-term partner Cathy McGowan and battled back against the stage fright that had threatened his career.Over three decades later, Michael returns to a new production of the same show where he made his name, definitely older, possibly wiser, and with a lifetime's worth of stories to tell. In Different Aspects, Michael takes us backstage inside the making of a West End hit, while diving back into memories to explore that moment in his twenties when the world was at his feet and his life chang

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WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES AUDIBLE SHORT STORY AWARD'A gripping novel and a sharp, entertaining examination of the nature of art and its power to inspire and corrupt' Roddy DoyleNessa McCormack's marriage is coming back together again after her husband's affair. She is excited to be in charge of a retrospective art exhibit for one of Ireland's most beloved and enigmatic artists, the late sculptor Robert Locke. But the arrival of two outsiders imperils both her personal and professional worlds: a chance encounter with an old friend threatens to expose a betrayal Nessa thought she had long put behind her, and at work, an odd woman comes forward claiming to be the true creator of Robert Locke's most famous work, The Chalk Sculpture. As Nessa finds the past intruding on the present, she must decide whether she can continue to live a lie - or whether she's ready to face the consequences once everything is out in the open. In this gripping debut, Danielle McLaughlin reveals profound truths about love, power, and the secrets that rule us.

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First published in 1969, Signs and Meaning in the Cinema transformed the emerging discipline of film studies. Remarkably eclectic and informed, Peter Wollen's highly influential and groundbreaking work remains a brilliant and accessible theorisation of film as an art form and as a sign system. The book is divided into three main sections. The first explores the work of Sergei Eisenstein as film-maker, designer and aesthetician. The second, which contains a celebrated comparison of the films of John Ford and Howard Hawks, is an exposition and defence of the auteur theory. The third formulates a semiology of the cinema, invoking cinema as an exemplary test-case for comparative aesthetics and general theories of signification. Wollen's Conclusion argues for an avant-garde cinema, bringing post-structuralist ideas into his discussion of Godard and other contemporaries. Published as part of the BFI Silver series, this fifth edition features a new foreword by film theorist David Rodowick and brings together material from the four previous editions, inviting the reader to trace the development of Wollen's thinking, and the unfolding of the discourse of cinema.

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With heart-pounding real-life stories of serial killers, sadistic torturers, flesh-eating cannibals, and creepy evil-doers of all kinds, Totally Terrifying True Crime Trivia gives you the gory details your curiosity craves. Meet the most demented figures of all time, like Richard Chase, the necrophile who delighted in drinking his victim's blood; Gilles Garnier, the self-proclaimed werewolf who hunted children; and Ed Gein, who used his victims' bodies like craft supplies. You'll be double-checking your deadbolt every night after stepping into the twisted minds of killers like: - Pedro Rodrigues Filho, a.k.a. the Brazilian Dexter, who considered himself a vigilante for justice and took the lives of over 100 drug dealers, murderers, and rapists. - Mother-daughter cult leaders May Blackburn and Ruth Rizzio, who went from sacrificing animals to baking thirty-year-old Florence Turner to death in a sacrificial oven. - Professor Khaw Him Sun, who offed his wife and daughter in 2015 with the most unlikely of murder weapons: a poison yoga ball.

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