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'A powerful and subtle writer...a remarkable novel' Spectator'Chilling and tragic' Ruth RendellIn the waning years of the Edwardian era, a group of gentlemen wait out a raging blizzard in the perpetual darkness of the Antarctic winter, poised for a strike at the South Pole. As the storm lifts, a new challenge faces Captain Sir Eugene Stewart - to discover which of his twenty-five carefully chosen men has become a murderer. The quest for adventure has become a quest for justice.

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El 9 de junio de 1933, Aurora Rodríguez comprendió que tenía que matar a su hija. Cogió una pistola y le disparó cuatro tiros mientras dormía.Acababa así la vida de Hildegart Rodríguez, brillante y precoz feminista, pionera de la educación sexual y la planificación familiar en España, a manos de su madre. Aurora, una singular dama de la burguesía gallega, quiso engendrar a la niña destinada a emancipar a la mujer española, y bajo este grandioso sino nació Hildegart, sometida desde el primer día a un estricto programa educativo. A los dos años la pequeña ya leía, a los trece se matriculaba en Derecho y a los catorce daba mítines por todo el país.Pero los matices ideológicos entre madre e hija y el férreo control que Aurora ejercía sobre Hildegart fueron minando esa simbiótica relación. Y cuando la madre consideró que su criatura se había desviado del altísimo fin para el que había sido creada, acabó con la hija.En este detallado fresco de la sociedad española del principios del

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Un año después de la muerte de su padre, Manuel Astur emprendió un viaje que lo llevaría a recorrer Italia de norte a sur, sumándose así a la larga tradición de escritores que documentaron sus travesías por el bel paese que ofrece al viajero, al cabo de los siglos, estampas imperecederas de una belleza extraordinaria y lo enfrenta así a la fugacidad de su periplo vital. Astur usa la escritura como medio para ahondar en su pasado familiar, para aprender de los grandes maestros que recorrieron el mismo camino antes que él, para reconciliarse con su dolor y sus temores más profundos, para celebrar a su padre y, a fin de cuentas, para conciliar los instantes de mayor felicidad y asombro con la melancolía y el duelo. Un libro sobre el amor, la pérdida y el poder de la palabra como fuente de sentido profundamente conmovedor, bello y certero.

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Morir és traslladar-se a una casa més bella. ?Es tracta, senzillament, d?abandonar el cos físic tal com la papallona abandona el capoll de seda?. Aquestes paraules de joia són les que cada dia pronunciava la doctora Elisabeth Kübler-Ross al capçal del llit dels seus malalts. Doctora honoris causa per diverses universitats, és reconeguda mundialment com una autoritat en matèria de tanatologia.Les experiències científiques de la doctora Kübler-Ross permeten confirmar l?existència d?una vida més enllà de la mort. Només es tracta del pas cap a un nou estat de consciència en el qual es continua existint i comprenent, i en el qual l?esperit té la possibilitat de prosseguir la seva creixença.

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Four dragonriders on a mission to save their world.Elian and his dawn dragon, Aurora, lead the search for the fourth and final orb. Pursued by night dragons and helped by a WWI airman, the four dragonriders are drawn into a huge aerial battle between all the dragon enclaves. The ultimate fate of dragonkind hangs by a thread. To restore order, a terrible price must be paid ...

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Esta obra ha sido diseñada como un curso de estudio de magia ceremonial y como tal contiene las enseñanzas, rituales, símbolos, ceremonias y secretos de la Orden Hermética de la Golden Dawn.

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From an award-winning poet, an exciting new collection that explores exile and return, from North Africa to North AmericaIn Aurora Americana, Myronn Hardy, an American poet who moved back to the United States after living for years in Morocco, reflects on exile and return as he describes the experience of leaving North Africa and rediscovering a North America both recognizable and unrecognizable. What does it mean to feel exiled both away from and at “home”? What does it mean to miss something?In forms such as the sonnet, ghazal, and triolet, Aurora Americana takes up the distant and recent past of the United States, from Thomas Jefferson to the deadly “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, Virginia. But the book also meditates on smaller, momentary encounters across racial and national barriers, from evocations of Francophone Africa to a screening of Black Panther in Portugal for a mostly white audience. Allusions to Fannie Lou Hamer, Frantz Fanon, Prince, John Coltrane, Alessandro de’ Medici, Ahmed Zaki, Modesto Brocos y Gómez, Nasser Zefzafi, and others anchor the collection. With poems set at or near dawn, Aurora Americana explores an ominous yet hopeful new morning in America, one in which potential cataclysm exists alongside possibility and change.

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This is a book that compiles poetry written over years of observation. Words are mere concoction of thoughts, thoughts that have been plenty. These have been threaded together and put forth for everyone to read. From nature to philosophy. From darkness to awakening, all enclosed with a feminine touch. This book, as the title describes, is the dawn of new age poetry. The five categories of poems touch upon several aspects. Beyond, has poetry that talks about the extra ordinary, the human responses and the perceptions of human mind. Melancholy, explores dark poetry. It encompasses the deprived and deeply saddened thoughts. Life, encloses poetry that brings to light the philosophical aspect of life and its journey. Essence, envelopes poetry pertaining to nature, our surroundings and their impact on us. Woman, as the name suggests has poetry regarding women, their strength and the hurdles they face.

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Aurora Leigh (1856), Elizabeth Barrett Browning's epic novel in blank verse, tells the story of the making of a woman poet, exploring 'the woman question', art and its relation to politics and social oppression. The texts in this selection are based in the main on the earliest printed versions of the poems. What Edgar Allan Poe called 'her wild and magnificent genius' is abundantly in evidence. In addition to Aurora Leigh, this volume contains poetry from the several volumes of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's published poetry from 1826 to 1862, including Casa Guidi Windows (1851), Songs for the Ragged Schools of London (1854) and the British Library manuscript text of the 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' (1846) which records her courtship with Robert Browning.

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Sequel to the bestselling Frostheart - the crew are back for another thrilling adventure!Ash and the rest of the Frostheart's brave crew have finally arrived at the majestic stronghold of Aurora - and Ash's mind is blown. It's an extraordinary place - unlike anything he's ever seen - and he can't wait to solve the next clue that will lead him to his parents. But it's quickly clear that even Aurora isn't safe for Song Weavers. A fanatical Pathfinder captain has turned the city against Ash and his kind - and it's not long before the Frostheart has to make another break for freedom. But when a vicious Wraith attack leaves Ash, Lunah, Rook and Tobu stranded on the ice, they will have to use all their strength and cunning to reach safety. But what they find is even more incredible...Praise for Frostheart: "Littler's debut is wild, funny, lavishly illustrated and filled with excitement." Guardian"A heart-stopping tale ... [that] really lives up to the hype" Sunday Post"This exhilarating snowy adventure will have kids reading under the covers long after lights out." i Newspaper

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One of Britain’s most loved cruise ships, Aurora was built by Meyer Werft and entered service in 2000. Named by HRH The Princess Royal, she was specifically designed for the British cruise market. Since entering service her annual world cruises have made her famous all over the world. Aurora’s interior spaces are quintessentially British, and pay tribute to the long heritage of the P&O Line. From Anderson’s to the Curzon Theatre, Alexandria Restaurant to the Uganda Room, Aurora is a much-loved modern classic. Written and photographed by well-known maritime historians Chris Frame and Rachelle Cross, this beautiful book is a must-have keepsake for anyone who has sailed aboard Aurora as well as those with a love of cruising.

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Aurora no se lo puede creer. Diane, su nueva profesora, se la llevará de viaje a Nueva York! Allí conocerá a Bobby y se harán amigos en seguida. Pero poco después, este desaparece. Alguien lo ha secuestrado! Parece que Aurora tendrá que desplegar sus habilidades detectivescas al otro lado del Atlántico. Resolverá el misterio?

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El Breviario de la aurora, nacido con voluntad de concisión, es un texto paralelo a la Enciclopedia del crepúsculo. Está formado por 360 voces o definiciones, organizadas alfabéticamente, en las que el autor se ha exigido el reto de la brevedad: ninguna de ellas podía superar las tres líneas, siendo preferible, en las más, un laconismo todavía mayor. Aunque escritas en cualquier momento del día, la gran mayoría de esas definiciones o voces surgieron neblinosamente tras el sueño (y demasiado a menudo tras el insomnio).

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"Aurora Leigh" es un extenso poema narrativo que gira en torno a uno de los temas principales del siglo XIX: la conciliación entre el deseo amoroso y la ambición artística de la mujer. La manera en que defiende la independencia de esta y su responsabilidad como trabajadora por derecho propio dentro del tejido político y social, así como su necesidad de conciliar sus ambiciones profesionales con el papel de esposa cristiana, procuraron a la obra una extraordinaria popularidad entre lectoras y lectores de ambos lados del Atlántico.

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The text is accompanied by both explanatory annotations and textual notes. "Backgrounds and Contexts" includes thirty letters or letter excerpts by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning that trace Aurora Leigh’s inception, evolution, and publication. Seven contemporary documents—on the "woman question," prostitution, socialism, and poetic theory—place the text historically. "Criticism" collects twenty-five assessments of Aurora Leigh from the period 1899–1993. A wide range of opinion is provided by George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Ellen Moers, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, Angela Leighton, Deirdre David, Dorothy Mermin, and Margaret Reynolds, among others. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

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Aurora fue para Nietzsche una de sus obras básicas y fundamentales. En Ecce Homo, es la obra a la que más páginas dedica Nietzsche, así como un trato muy especial. Perono sólo a posteriori, también en el momento de componerla y publicarla es plenamente consciente de que supone un acontecimiento: no sólo sabe que el contenido de Aurora es muy importante, sino que lo ve como algo único y especial. Aurora responde a una cuestión clarísima: indaga la procedencia de los valores morales del cristianismo, un problema de primer orden, puesto que condiciona el futuro de la humanidad, y es eso lo que le lleva a iniciar su campaña contra la moral.

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Las fabulosas aventuras de Aurora es la primera incursión en la literatura para niños y jóvenes del aclamado escritor Douglas Kennedy y una obra ilustrada por el popular dibujante y guionista de cómic Joann Sfar. Una novela de aventuras dirigida a lectores desde los 9 años donde Aurora, una niña autista, investiga la desaparición de su amiga. Una misteriosa historia donde la diferencia, el acoso escolar y la familia son los protagonistas.

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The squad you love is out of time. Prepare for the thrilling finale in the epic, bestselling Aurora Cycle series about a band of unlikely heroes who just might be the galaxy's last hope for survival. Is this the end? What happens when you ask a bunch of losers, discipline cases and misfits to save the galaxy from an ancient evil? The ancient evil wins, of course. Wait . . . Not. So. Fast. When we last saw Squad 312, they were working together seamlessly (aka, freaking out) as an intergalactic battle raged and an ancient superweapon threatened to obliterate Earth. Everything went horribly wrong, naturally. But as it turns out, not all endings are endings, and the team has one last chance to rewrite theirs. Maybe two. It’s complicated. Cue Zila, Fin and Scarlett (and Magellan!) making friends, making enemies and making history? Sure, no problem. Cue Tyler, Kal and Auri joining forces with two of the galaxy’s most hated villains? Um, okay, yeah. That too. Actually saving the galaxy, though? Now that will take a miracle.

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New title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, with lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift, or personal choice for notetakers and journal users of all kinds.A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year.BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table.

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