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The Argentinian's Solace
by Susan StephensDiego Acosta's polo-playing days are over. Living in self-imposed exile on his idyllic island, he finds his nights are now filled with tormenting memories rather than the beautiful women who once graced his king-size bed.When Maxie Parrish crashes into his solitude, radiating exuberance and a love of life, she burns so brightly he can't take his eyes off her! He'll seduce her and conquer her with the same single-minded determination that saw him rise to the top of the world polo circuit.This time he wants to walk away unharmed, because the scars that can't be seen take longer to heal....
The Argentinian's Virgin Conquest
by Bella FrancesHis most tempting conquest! Lucinda Bond might be descended from English nobility, but her aloofness hides painful insecurities. Painful enough that she's never allowed herself to be touched. Then Dante Hermida sweeps her from the Caribbean Sea, assuming she's drowning, and Lucie finds herself in the arms of Argentina's most outrageous playboy! His arrogance challenges her, but his caressing gaze ignites a desperate desire... Despite Lucie's defiant facade, soon Dante has her at his sensual command! But discovering Lucie's innocence, this dark-hearted Argentinian finds himself longing to claim her...with a need that shows no sign of abating!
Argentis
by E. C. TubbThis colorful, action-packed space opera tells of rival factions, including Earthmen and an enigmatic and fanatical Venusian, who voyage through space in a race to find the derelict ship of an ancient civilization, a Venusian Elder Race.
Argentis
by E.C. TubbThis colorful, action-packed space opera tells of rival factions, including Earthmen and an enigmatic and fanatical Venusian, who voyage through space in a race to find the derelict ship of an ancient civilization, a Venusian Elder Race.
Argentum (La saga/ AMAL Volumen: 2 #2)
by Debbie Manber KupferCon Alistair desaparecido, un poco de paz regresa a AMAL, pero Miri es atormentada por pesadillas. El amuleto de plata que recientemente había colgado alrededor del cuello de Alistair ahora está en posesión de Miri y parece haber cobrado vida propia. Y luego desaparece misteriosamente. Jessamyn busca la ayuda de Quentin, quien afirma haberse arrepentido de su asociación pasada con Alistair, pero ¿se puede confiar en él? ¿Y qué hay de Jenna? La joven rescatada de la casa de empaque de Alistair guarda un terrible secreto. Uno que podría determinar el futuro de AMAL
Argmenon: El elegido
by Marta Luján«Argmenon», El Elegido te atrapará en una nueva dimensión: el poder de seducción de una mente oscura. <P><P>El despótico Argmenon y su ejército de osyawin avanzan en la conquista de los reinos sometiendo a los hombres con el poder del medallón de la serpiente, pero sabe que la profecía está a punto de cumplirse. <P>Si el Elegido encuentra las rosas de Cristal de Luz destruirá su imperio de oscuridad y restaurará la gloria de Therram, y él no podrá vengarse de los layowin y del Gran Maestro. Para evitarlo, deberá encontrar primero al Elegido. <P>Pero Kyros no es sólo un joven campesino de Hakkaran; posee una cualidad extraordinaria. Pronto descubrirá que ese poder tiene un propósito de ser, lo que le llevará a embarcarse en una misión más allá de lo imaginable y a entablar una batalla personal con un ser oscuro que domina las mentes y los corazones. <P>¿Podrá escapar él a ese dominio o sucumbirá al poder de la oscuridad arrastrando consigo las esperanzas de todos los pueblos?
Argmenon: Las rosas de Cristal de Luz
by Marta LujánLa magia de este libro te conquistará. Virko y las tropas de osyawin han invadido la ciudad de Ilmahid gracias a la traición del hijo de Asthor. Kyros y sus amigos han huido para salvar su vida. Iniciarán así un viaje lleno de aventuras y peligros en busca de las rosas de cristal de luz que Irgus escondió en diversas ciudades cuando era un joven soldado. <P><P>Solo con las rosas podrá Kyros derrotar a Argmenon y devolver el esplendor a los reinos sometidos, cumpliendo así su misión. Durante el viaje, Kyros conocerá la responsabilidad y la esperanza que descansan sobre el elegido, al tiempo que descubrirá su verdadera identidad y sus orígenes y encontrará el amor. <P>Sin embargo, cumplir con su misión le exigirá un precio demasiado alto. ¿Estará dispuesto a pagarlo para salvar la vida de todos? solo una cosa podrá sostenerlo entonces: la confianza.
ARGMENON. La caída de Therram: La caída de Therram
by Marta Luján«Argmenon» sumergirá al lector en un mundo corrompido por la oscuridad, y le hará conocer el poder de la luz, el valor y la amistad. Cuando el hombre cede a la ambición, su mundo se desestabiliza y pierde el sentido de la realidad. El rey Hàdam lo sabe, porque él ha caído bajo ese mismo hechizo. <P><P>Ahora los servidores de la Oscuridad, los Osyawin, harán que todos los habitantes de Therram paguen las consecuencias. Su líder, el temido y a la vez venerado Argmenon, un ser sin rostro y sin piedad, los llevará como esclavos a las minas de Odnumar, si logran sobrevivir al terrorífico viaje por el desierto y por el mar. <P>Sin embargo, aún queda una esperanza... el joven soldado Irgam debe escapar y esconder las rosas de Cristal de Luz. Estas fueron un regalo a Hàdam de los Layowin, los servidores del Cristal de Luz, para proteger su reino. Las rosas contienen un gran poder que Argmenon ambiciona para sí mismo. <P>Cuando el Elegido las recupere y derrote a Argmenon, Therram volverá a ver su gloria. Una única esperanza, un largo camino plagado de peligros y fuerzas oscuras, un enemigo formidable con poderes sobrenaturales y sed de venganza, y un joven soldado inexperto... <P>¿Acaso morirá con él esa esperanza?
The Argonautika
by Apollonios Rhodios Peter GreenThe Argonautika, the only surviving epic of the Hellenistic era, is a retelling of the tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece, probably the oldest extant Greek myth. Peter Green's lively, readable verse translation captures the swift narrative movement of Apollonios's epic Greek. This expanded paperback edition contains Green's incisive commentary, introduction, and glossary. Alternate spelling: Argonautica, Apollonius Rhodius
The Argonauts
by Maggie NelsonAn intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts is a genre-bending memoir, a work of "autotheory" offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. It binds an account of Nelson's relationship with her partner and a journey to and through a pregnancy to a rigorous exploration of sexuality, gender, and "family." An insistence on radical individual freedom and the value of caretaking becomes the rallying cry for this thoughtful, unabashed, uncompromising book.
Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog
by Ralph HardyFrom a compelling new voice in middle grade literature comes a reimagination of The Odyssey told from the point of view of Odysseus’s loyal dog. Argos is a thrilling tale of loyalty, determination, and adventure.For twenty years, the great hero Odysseus struggles to return to Ithaka. After ten years beneath the walls of Troy, he begins the long journey back home. He defeats monsters. He outsmarts the Cyclops. He battles the gods. He does whatever it takes to reunite with his family.And what of that family—his devoted wife, Penelope; his young son, Telemachos; his dog, Argos? For those twenty years, they wait, unsure whether they will ever see Odysseus again. But Argos has found a way to track his master. Any animal who sets foot or wing on Ithaka brings him news of Odysseus’s voyage—and what a voyage it is!These tales bring hope that one day his master will return. Meanwhile, Argos watches over his master’s family and protects them from the dangers that surround a throne without its king. This rousing story of devotion and determination is an original take on one of the most beloved myths of all time.
Arguably
by Christopher HitchensShortlisted for the 2012 Orwell Prize'As soon as we abandon our own reason', wrote Bertrand Russell, 'and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.'For over forty years, Christopher Hitchens has proclaimed truth where others have spun falsehood and written, with passionate commitment, on matters that others fear to broach. This volume of essays encompasses Hitchens' writing over the past decade on politics, literature and religion.In Arguably Hitchens explores a wide range of cultural and political issues, past and present. His fresh perceptions of figures as diverse as Charles Dickens, Karl Marx, Rebecca West and Philip Larkin are matched in brilliance by his acerbic discussions and intrepid observations, gathered over a lifetime of travelling and reporting from destinations such as Iran, China and Pakistan.Hitchens' life has above all else been one of defiance and wit, courage and humility: in an age of digital punditry and twenty-four hour hucksterism, he has been a voice of reason amid the clamour, making an indelible mark on politics and literature on both sides of the Atlantic. Arguably is the indispensible companion to the Anglosphere's pre-eminent political writer.
Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
by Christopher Hitchens"All first-rate criticism first defines what we are confronting," the late, great jazz critic Whitney Balliett once wrote. By that measure, the essays of Christopher Hitchens are in the first tier. For nearly four decades, Hitchens has been telling us, in pitch-perfect prose, what we confront when we grapple with first principles-the principles of reason and tolerance and skepticism that define and inform the foundations of our civilization-principles that, to endure, must be defended anew by every generation. "A short list of the greatest living conversationalists in English," said The Economist, "would probably have to include Christopher Hitchens, Sir Patrick Leigh-Fermor, and Sir Tom Stoppard. Great brilliance, fantastic powers of recall, and quick wit are clearly valuable in sustaining conversation at these cosmic levels. Charm may be helpful, too." Hitchens-who staunchly declines all offers of knighthood-hereby invites you to take a seat at a democratic conversation, to be engaged, and to be reasoned with. His knowledge is formidable, an encyclopedic treasure, and yet one has the feeling, reading him, of hearing a person thinking out loud, following the inexorable logic of his thought, wherever it might lead, unafraid to expose fraudulence, denounce injustice, and excoriate hypocrisy. Legions of readers, admirers and detractors alike, have learned to read Hitchens with something approaching awe at his felicity of language, the oxygen in every sentence, the enviable wit and his readiness, even eagerness, to fight a foe or mount the ramparts. Here, he supplies fresh perceptions of such figures as varied as Charles Dickens, Karl Marx, Rebecca West, George Orwell, J.G. Ballard, and Philip Larkin are matched in brilliance by his pungent discussions and intrepid observations, gathered from a lifetime of traveling and reporting from such destinations as Iran, China, and Pakistan. Hitchens's directness, elegance, lightly carried erudition, critical and psychological insight, humor, and sympathy-applied as they are here to a dazzling variety of subjects-all set a standard for the essayist that has rarely been matched in our time. What emerges from this indispensable volume is an intellectual self-portrait of a writer with an exemplary steadiness of purpose and a love affair with the delights and seductions of the English language, a man anchored in a profound and humane vision of the human longing for reason and justice.
Arguedas / Vargas Llosa: Dilemmas and Assemblages (New Directions in Latino American Cultures)
by Mabel MorañaAn English-language translation of the MLA Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize and LASA Premio Iberoamericano award-winning Spanish-language book, Arguedas/ Vargas Llosa. Dilemas y ensamblajes, Mabel Moraña offers the first comparative study of two of contemporary Latin America's central literary figures: Mario Vargas Llosa and Jose Maria Arguedas.
The Arguers
by Corinna LuykenA delightfully preposterous and original fairy tale about a community that forgets how to get along, by the celebrated creator of The Book of MistakesThe first argument was over a brush and a comb, and which would be better for taking a tangle out of the king's beard. Next came the argument over letters, and then over spoons . . . and soon they argued all the time, and no one could remember when the arguing had started or over what or by whom. They only knew that they had always argued, and that they did it well. Very, very well.And so it was that the king and queen decided to hold a contest to choose the very best arguer in the land. But what will happen when everyone is so busy arguing that they can't even hear the queen announce the start of the contest?
Arguing About Literature: A Guide And Reader
by John Schilb John CliffordMore and more, first- year writing courses foreground skills of critical analysis and argumentation. In response, Arguing about Literature hones students' analytical skills through instruction in close critical reading of texts, showing them how to turn their reading into well-supported and rhetorically effective argumentative writing. Two books in one, it combines a guide to reading literature and writing arguments with a compact thematic anthology of stories, poems, plays, essays, and arguments for analysis and research, from the authors of Making Literature Matter.
Arguing About Literature: A Guide And Reader
by John Schilb John CliffordArguing about Literature: A Brief Guide hones students’ analytical skills though instruction in close critical reading of texts, showing them how to turn their reading into well-supported and rhetorically effective argumentative and researched writing.
Arguing About Literature: A Guide and Reader
by John Schilb John CliffordArguing about Literature hones your analytical and argumentative writing skills by combining two books in one: a guide to reading literature and writing arguments, and a thematic anthology of literature and essays.
Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium (Studies in Popular Culture Series)
by Jeet Heer Kent WorcesterWhen Art Spiegelman's Maus—a two-part graphic novel about the Holocaust—won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, comics scholarship grew increasingly popular and notable. The rise of “serious” comics has generated growing levels of interest as scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals continue to explore the history, aesthetics, and semiotics of the comics medium. Yet those who write about the comics often assume analysis of the medium didn't begin until the cultural studies movement was underway. Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium brings together nearly two dozen essays by major writers and intellectuals who analyzed, embraced, and even attacked comic strips and comic books in the period between the turn of the century and the 1960s. From e. e. cummings, who championed George Herriman's Krazy Kat, to Irving Howe, who fretted about Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie, this volume shows that comics have provided a key battleground in the culture wars for over a century. With substantive essays by Umberto Eco, Marshall McLuhan, Leslie Fiedler, Gilbert Seldes, Dorothy Parker, Irving Howe, Delmore Schwartz, and others, this anthology shows how all of these writers took up comics-related topics as a point of entry into wider debates over modern art, cultural standards, daily life, and mass communication. Arguing Comics shows how prominent writers from the Jazz Age and the Depression era to the heyday of the New York Intellectuals in the 1950s thought about comics and, by extension, popular culture as a whole.
The Argument
by Tracy RyanPoems of keen appraisal and survival, bound by a cohesive vision, form this collection, which features the work of Australian poet Tracy Ryan. Revealing the poet's preoccupation with mortality, this compilation deals with the cold cross-examiner death by responding with life.
An Argumentation of Historians: The Chronicles of St. Mary's Book Nine (The\chronicles Of St. Mary's Ser. #9)
by Jodi TaylorThe ninth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone’s cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don’t call it “time travel”?these historians “investigate major historical events in contemporary time.” And they aren’t your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster-magnets. From Tudor England to the burning city of Persepolis, from a medieval St. Mary’s under siege to Victorian Rushford and a very nasty case of gaol fever, Max is struggling to keep her private life intact. There’s an ambitious programme hindered by giant teapots, plus Mrs. Midgely’s objection to dead hamsters in her airing cupboard, and Mr. Markham’s stubborn refusal to reveal his exact marital status. And as if that’s not enough?the unfortunately not leprosy-laden Malcolm Halcombe is back. Admittedly, none of this is the most secure platform from which to launch an initiative to bring down the renegade Clive Ronan, but hey?what’s the worst that could happen?
An Argumentation of Historians (Chronicles of St. Mary's #9)
by Jodi TaylorThe ninth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.They say you shouldn't push your luck. Max gives her own luck a massive shove every day - and it's only a matter of time until luck pushes back... January 1536 - the day of Henry VIII's infamous jousting accident. Historians from St Mary's are there in force, recording and documenting. And, arguing - obviously.A chance meeting between Max and the Time Police leads to a plan of action. And, it's one that will have very serious consequences - especially for Max. Her private life is already more than a little rocky. But with Leon recovering and Matthew safe in the future there will never be a better opportunity to bring down Clive Ronan, once and for all.From Tudor England to the burning city of Persepolis - and from a medieval siege to a very nasty case of 19th century incarceration - Max is determined that this time, he will not escape.(P) 2018 Audible, Ltd
An Argumentation of Historians: The Chronicles Of St. Mary's Book Nine (Chronicles of St. Mary's #9)
by Jodi TaylorThe ninth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.They say you shouldn't push your luck. Max gives her own luck a massive shove every day - and it's only a matter of time until luck pushes back... January 1536 - the day of Henry VIII's infamous jousting accident. Historians from St Mary's are there in force, recording and documenting. And, arguing - obviously.A chance meeting between Max and the Time Police leads to a plan of action. And, it's one that will have very serious consequences - especially for Max. Her private life is already more than a little rocky. But with Leon recovering and Matthew safe in the future there will never be a better opportunity to bring down Clive Ronan, once and for all.From Tudor England to the burning city of Persepolis - and from a medieval siege to a very nasty case of 19th century incarceration - Max is determined that this time, he will not escape. Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'