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1) Jane Eyre
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"Una de las grandes novelas de todos los tiempos. La obra maestra de la literatura victoriana. Jane Eyre es una novela clásica de amor, precursora
del feminismo y la psicología moderna, sobre una huérfana que enfrenta su destino mani - festo gracias a su inteligencia e integridad inquebrantables. Controvertida y revolucionaria en el momento de su publicación, Jane Eyre es, al mismo tiempo, una crítica punzante a una sociedad rancia y un himno...
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¿Te gustaría liberarte de los pensamientos que te limitan, te angustian o te hacen sufrir? ¿Quieres aprender a crear nuevos pensamientos que te inspiren, te motiven y te llenen de energía? ¿Te interesa conocer cómo la destrucción y la creación de tus pensamientos más profundos pueden transformar tu realidad?Si la respuesta es sí, este libro es para ti. En él, el autor te propone un método revolucionario para cambiar tu forma de pensar...
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Eleanor Wachtel's award-winning CBC Radio programme Writers & Company has set the gold standard for intelligent, insightful, riveting interviews. To mark the dawn of the new millennium, Wachtel talked to some of the most inspiring and influential thinkers of our time - people who have forever changed their area of specialty and influenced the world around them. As she writes in her introduction, "I wanted to interview people who had shaped the last...
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"No has venido a sufrir a este mundo, sino a transmutar tu dolor en gozo, y tus oscuridades propias en luz para ti y para los que te rodean", les
confía a quienes quieren escucharla, y cuál médica de almas, les provee a los desesperados píldoras filosóficas, recetas espirituales, diagnósticos esperanzadores, ejercicios de recuperación eficaces, medicinas de curación milagrosa, estimulantes de reconstitución mágica.
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"Romantic Reverie: 13 Love Stories" is an enchanting collection of heartfelt tales that transport readers to a world where love knows no boundaries. In this captivating anthology, each story unfolds like a delicate petal, revealing unique and unforgettable love stories that span across time, place, and circumstance.From the sun-kissed beaches of a tropical paradise to the bustling streets of a bustling metropolis, "Romantic Reverie" sweeps readers...
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This anthology represents a selective literary collection of research and scholarship over fifty years of the author's professional career. At the time this manuscript was submitted to the publisher, America was experiencing an endemic in violent crime and mass shootings; death, destruction, and heartache over COVID-19; an increase in suicides among young people; a rise and proliferation of hate groups rooted in the philosophy of white supremacy;...
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The poems, stories, and essays in this anthology are written by writers with disabilities, sharing slices of their lives and experiences. Although disability is a part of some of these selections, it is not the focus or theme of this anthology. See and experience daily life, historical moments, and nature's wonders through the words of these authors. Behind Our Eyes, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, offers accessible opportunities for writers...
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La vida se desliza, veloz, hasta que el cuerpo pisa el freno y se niega a seguir al mismo ritmo. Cuando el dolor lo coloniza, la voluntad pierde el control. En ese momento se pone en marcha un dispositivo médico, psicológico, familiar y social que acompañan al poseso para librarlo del tormento. ¿Es un drama o más bien una comedia en la que cada uno desempeña un papel? Porque el dolor se padece en soledad, pero el sufrimiento viene acompañado...
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SARAH and ROBERT who are brother and sister were ravenous. They saw the window of a house slightly ajar.
ROBERT, who was aged 14, climbed through the window to see if he could find some food. Sarah who was just 16, protested to ROBERT not to do it but he was caught stealing.
The police were called and both were arrested. At The Old Bailey Courthouse in London, ROBERT was sentenced to be hung. SARAH was sent to Australia to serve her prison sentence....
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"En este libro, Ezequiel López Peralta nos lleva a un viaje para descubrir qué es el erotismo, cómo se manifiesta, cómo y por qué lo inhibimos,
cómo desbloquearlo, cómo enriquecerlo, cómo seducirnos y seducir a otra persona para poner nuestras potencialidades eróticas en función del bienestar erótico, sexual y afectivo personal y mutuo. El autor desarrolla las relaciones que el erotismo tiene con la sexualidad y la sensualidad y explica...
13) Brought to Book
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The 1994 Ian St James Awards attracted the greatest number of entries - and the highest calibre of finalists - in the history of the competition up to that point.
There is a mixture here of shorter and longer stories which are as diverse as they are entertaining.
Each of the authors starting a career in this book was selected from thousands of entries.
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La literatura tiene la función transformadora de habitarnos en la palabra. Ahí nos desgarra y nos devuelve conscientes del dolor que no es nuestro, pero nos pertenece. Estos relatos reconstruyen la memoria desde la entraña porque no hay mayor cercanía que sentirse lejos. Las y los autores de origen mexicano que radican en tierras canadienses muestran la herida viva de la violencia estructural que, sutil, encuentran su fuerza en la construcción...
15) On Cats
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Doris Lessing's love affair with cats began at a young age, when she became intrigued with the semiferal creatures on the African farm where she grew up. Her fascination with the handsome, domesticated creatures that have shared her flats and her life in London remained undiminished, and grew into real love with the awkwardly lovable El Magnifico, the last cat to share her home. On Cats is a celebrated classic, a memoir in which we meet the cats that...
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Dating from around 1400, composed by an anonymous writer, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was first translated and published almost 200 years ago. Its epic nature has not been dimmed by time: the story of a knight on a green steed challenging Sir Gawain to an epic challenge. What follows is a strange tale full of decapitations, seduction and magic. The Green...
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Current talk about the "new normal" and "going back to normal" has some questioning what normal means. What does normal look like? Is anyone or anything ever truly normal? Is normal something we should strive for? And if so, why do we revere the exceptional? Do we always need to return to the status quo, or can we learn and grow, taking the good parts of our past as we move forward into a new future? In these pages, you'll read poetry, nonfiction,...
19) Nene's Prose
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Nene's Prose is composed of twelve essays written by Ancel Mondia.
P.O.W.E.R. highlights wishes on a twenty-seventh birthday.
L.I.V.E. divulges coping ways on mental health struggles.
Isms tackles discrimination that ought to be changed.
SCAR states the ways of dealing with physical defects.
Insecurities discusses the things that lead to conquering oneself.
Toxicity shares outlooks on work experiences.
Illuminating...
20) Vignettes
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Josip Novakovich's Vignettes offers a wide-ranging look at his life, including his youth in hometown Daruvar, Croatia, where he attended school in a castle on a hill with barrels of whites and reds stored in the basement, "my peers and I learned the basics of math, grammar, history, and literature, somewhat dizzy and fumigated in wine vapors that seeped upward through the oiled oak floors."
Over the course of seventeen short stories, Novakovich...
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