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"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...
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"To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Indigenous Voices Awards, an anthology consisting of selected works by finalists over the past five years, edited by Jordan Abel, Carleigh Baker, and Madeleine Reddon. For five years, the Indigenous Voices Awards have nurtured the work of Indigenous writers in lands claimed by Canada. Established in 2017 initially through a crowd-funded campaign by lawyer Robin Parker and author Silvia Moreno-Garcia that...
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Jane Smith volume 1
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Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date.
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"From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a hilarious horror satire about a family of professional killers responsible for the most atrocious events in history and the young brothers that are destined to take over. Meet Otto and Cecil. Two brothers growing up privileged in the Welsh countryside. They enjoy watching nature shows, playing with their pet pony, impersonating their Grandfather ... and killing the help. Murder is the family business...
5) Sucker
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"Bad Blood meets Succession in this sharp-toothed satire of Silicon Valley and the 1 percent, in which the black-sheep son of an industrial tycoon starts working for a tech pioneer who's running a biomedical startup that promises nothing less than immortality, only to uncover the horrifying truth at the heart of her sublime promises. Chuck Gross would like nothing more than to prune himself from his family tree. He's already clipped his name: trimmed...
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"Nothing short of astonishing. The best writers are brave writers, and Harris has proven herself among those ranks." —Mateo Askaripour, New York Times bestselling author of Black Buck
A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption, and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means
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Tegan and Sara volume 1
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"Before Tegan and Sara took the music world by storm, the Quins were just two identical twins trying to find their place in a new home and new school. From first crushes to the perils of puberty, surviving junior high is something the sisters plan to face side by side, just like they've always faced things. But growing up also means growing apart, as Tegan and Sara make different friends and take separate paths to understanding their queerness. For...
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Discover what it was like to live in this epic era of . . . emperors, wealthy senators, fearsome gladiators, loyal citizens, struggling lower classes and enslaved workers. With its highly structured and complicated society, life was a lavish and pampered affair for some and a harsh, beleaguered existence for others. Find out how this powerful civilization invaded and conquered a massive area, including more than 50 million people at its peak . . ....
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Juan García Ponce: la mirada oblicua es una lectura de la vida y la obra de García Ponce a partir de algunos presupuestos esenciales extraídos de la propia poética del autor. No se trata solo de destacar algunos temas fundamentales y recurrentes de su obra—una sexualidad abierta que no se sustenta en la moral instituida, el incesto entre hermanos, la homosexualidad, el deseo como la fuerza que rige los comportamientos humanos, el rechazo a las...
12) Nerissa's Ring
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Nerissa's Ring is the last two words of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
It is "upside down" because the merchants in the play were on a pilgrimage from Venice to Belmont, the home of the queenly princess, Portia, whose assistant was Nerissa. Shakespeare asserts that one can get from Venice to Belmont either by land or by sea. It turns out Belmonte is an inland town in northeastern Portugal which fits that geography.
Furthermore, today's...
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The first great English poet was the father of English tragedy and the creator of English blank verse. Chaucer and Spenser were great writers and great men: they shared between them every gift which goes to the making of a poet except the one which alone can make a poet, in the proper sense of the word, great. Neither pathos nor humor nor fancy nor invention will suffice for that: no poet is great as a poet whom no one could ever pretend to recognize...
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Erich Auerbach (1892–1957) was Sterling Professor of Romance Languages at Yale University. He is widely recognized as one of the foundational figures of comparative literature. Edward W. Said (1935–2003) was professor of literature at Columbia University and the author of Orientalism.
The classic book that has taught generations how to read Western literature
More than half a century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach's Mimesis...
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El panorama más amplio del patrimonio literario universal.
La célebre Historia de la literatura universal es la más completa y lúcida síntesis que existe en castellano sobre las literaturas de todas las épocas, desde sus más remotos orígenes hasta las puertas del siglo XXI. Con una prosa ágil y un sugestivo espíritu crítico, Martín de Riquer y Jose María Valverde ofrecen un análisis profundo de los principales escritores y obras, al...
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"Honorable Mention for the 2015 René Wellek Prize, American Comparative Literature Association" Rivkah Zim teaches early modern English and comparative literature at King's College London. She is the author of English Metrical Psalms: Poetry as Praise and Prayer, 1535–1601.
Why writing in captivity is a vitally important form of literary resistance
Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy as a prisoner condemned to death for treason, circumstances...
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Get the Summary of Harold Bloom's The Western Canon in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Western Canon" by Harold Bloom is a comprehensive exploration of the literary works and authors that have shaped Western culture. Bloom delves into the concept of the Canon, emphasizing its evolution from a prescriptive list of essential readings to a more personal selection of literature that fosters individual connections....
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La pensée a joué - et joue toujours - un rle vital dans le devenir de l'espèce humaine dont l'histoire se conçoit et se crée à travers elle. C'est par elle, également, que l'humanité a su pallier des faiblesses qui la rendent vulnérable aux phénomènes naturels. On peut donc s'attendre à en voir la trace dans la façon dont diverses sociétés ont projeté leur existence et assumé leur place dans le monde. Comment la pensée structure-t-elle,...
19) El polaco
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Gracias a:
Daniel, por su apoyo, su inmenso cariño y por ser el único hombre que me hace reír de verdad. Mi Xiuma, por leerme y por ser mi fan número uno. Dayana Paradas, por ser la primera en leerme y siempre estar allí para mí. Mi mami, por impulsarme a creer en mí. Mis fieles lectoras. Gracias, chicas… muchas gracias. Mis hijos. Esto es para ustedes. Los amo con el alma y con todo mi corazón. Son mi más grande orgullo y espero ser la...
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"This delightfully fun exploration into the moon both informs and entertains, and helps young readers make sense of the world around them. The charming protagonist, Moon, sparsely narrates her story in eleven short chapters with text bubbles and vignettes sprinkled in to provide wit, style, and humor. Young audiences will immediately connect to the colorful, whimsical art and welcome a sense of accomplishment in devouring this unexpected, yet wholly...
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