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5) Before Adam
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With dramatic and detailed first person narration, Jack London's Before Adam follows the dreams of a young boy who has a genetically imprinted memory and knowledge of an ancestor who lived in prehistoric times. Big Tooth is a pre-human ape and is the protagonist of the young boy's dreams. He lives in a tribe that rests in the middle of two extremes. In the surrounding area, there are tribes of differing levels of development. One is primitive and...
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Wine Fiction: A Bibliography will lead you to mystery, romance, novels, poetry, plays, stories, humor, horror, juvenile, anthology and other books with a wine, winery, or vineyard theme. These may be new, old, out-of-print, or hard to find works. Many are now available in a new format. Use this guide as a starting point to find a book you did not know about. Find your next new favorite book here.
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10) The sonnets
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"The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, a cycle of 154 linked poems, were first published in 1609. Filled with ideas about love, beauty and mortality, the sonnets are written in the same beautiful and innovative language that we have come to know from Shakespeare's plays. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man known as the 'Fair Youth', while others are directed at a 'Rival Poet', and a 'Dark Lady'. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition...
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Includes both nonfiction and fiction reading recommendations for armchair or "real" travelers. This librarian famous for reader's advisory covers places as diverse as Afghanistan, Appalachia, Arizona, Baltimore, Boston, Burma, Congo, Corfu, Detroit, England, Finland, the Galapagos, Guernica, Hawaii, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Jordan, Korea, Law Vegas, Los Angeles, Maine, Malaysia, Martha's Vineyard, Miami, Nebraska, New York City, New Orleans, Niagara...
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In fifteen funny, colorful, poignant and mysterious stories, the irreverent modernist Katherine Mansfield, a friend and contemporary of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, examines a range of themes integral to the human experience, from marriage, family, and death to duty, disillusionment, and regret in this commanding collection, part of the Ecco Art of the Story series. Written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life in the...
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Hongrois d'origine, fils d'un violoniste éleveur de chevaux, Vic est l'enfant doué du jazz. Musicien, arrangeur, chef d'orchestre et compositeur, il a joué aux ctés de Miles Davis, d'Oscar Peterson, de Sammy Davis, de Michel Legrand. A accompagné Barbara, Eddie Constantine, Alys Robi, Véronique Sanson. La liste est longue. Figure célèbre du Festival de Jazz de Montréal, Vogel est une institution. Rebelle, rigoureux, flamboyant, il est le...
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El 1997 Jesús Martínez Guerricabeitia fue distinguido con la Medalla de la Universitat de València, en reconocimiento de su patrocinio de la bienal de pintura que trae su nombre, creada para enriquecer el patrimonio universitario con una colecció contemporánea de jóvenes artistas. Fruto de la colaboración entre la Universitat de València y la Generalitat Valenciana aparece este volumen que destaca los méritos que hicieron a Martínez Guerricabeitia...
16) Primer
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Learn fear and love for God so that you find peace and be blessed find hope in difficult times.
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"Divided into four sections, from baby through teen, and each illustrated by a different artist, this book offers something useful on every page, whether it’s how to develop rituals around reading or build a family library, or ways to engage a reluctant reader. A fifth section, “More Books to Love: By Theme and Reading Level,” is chockful of expert recommendations. Throughout, the authors debunk common myths, assuage parental fears, and deliver...
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