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Al tre mi butto
by Magali Dubreuil-Bourguet***UNA STORIA DI CONFINATI CHE SCONFINANO E TI FA SENTIRE BENE**** ****PRONTI A SALTARE?**** "La persona più insignificante ai nostri occhi oggi, da un giorno all’altro può diventare la nostra più bella ragione di vita. Si tratta solo di lasciargliene la possibilità, un secondo, un minuto, un giorno per un’eternità. Forse ci passiamo davanti tutti i giorni sena nemmeno accorgercene, finché lui o lei ci salvano la vita… Nina e Raph, vicini di casa che però non si sono mai incontrati. Quando due giovani adulti diversi in tutto, un incosciente e una tuttofobica si ritrovano confinati in un palazzo di Tolosa, si domeranno o si ammazzeranno? La nostra zona di sicurezza può diventare in ogni momento molto incerta: tocca a noi capirne i motivi, imparare, talvolta disimparare da se stessi o dagli altri.”
Al's Blind Date: The Al Series, Book Six (Al #6)
by Constance C. GreeneAl has not one but two blind dates--what if they both go terribly wrong? When it comes to boys, fourteen-year-old Al is the first to admit she isn't exactly an expert. Even Brian, the boy she met at her father's wedding, has only ever sent her one letter. Just when she's starting to wonder if any boy could ever really like her, she suddenly finds herself with two blind dates in one week. Al isn't sure if she's ready to take this next step. What if the boys are boring, or strange, or really short? Or what if they abandon her to dance with other girls? The more Al thinks about her upcoming dates, the worse they sound. Dating is scary enough, but blind dating? That's enough to terrify even a girl as brave as Al.
Al-Hicha: La otra peregrinación
by Ana DelgadoEn memoria de los vencidos, porque también son historia. Tras la rebelión morisca de la Navidad de 1568, los habitantes de los pueblos de la Alpujarra fueron expulsados de sus casas y de su tierra y repartidos por otros territorios de la península o el Norte de África. Los nombres de los pobladores del pueblo de Yegen, a los que están dedicadas estas líneas, son reales. Así como la distribución de los barrios, las mezquitas y las propias casas. Dichas casas, con sus tierras correspondientes, fueron después entregadas a nuevos pobladores, que llegaron de diferentes lugares de España. Aunque los datos históricos concuerdan en gran medida con los hechos acaecidos, los personajes y aquello que les ocurre pertenece a la imaginación de la autora.
Al-Kady House "The Last God-Father
by Riyad Al Kadihttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Riyad-Al-Kadi/e/B00J9J8HBW Great Book, to read it describes the world of the iraqi Mafia and the World of Weapon Trade. you will never be happy in this World full of betrayal and hatred even from the close beloved ones to you, you never be safe it decribes the changes happened upon the Iraqi Society after the Coup aganist the King,
Al-Mutanabbi: The Poet Of Sultans And Sufis (Makers of the Muslim World)
by Margaret LarkinThis exhaustive and yet enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. A revolutionary at heart and often imprisoned or forced into exile throughout his tumultuous life, al-Mutanabbi wrote both controversial satires and when employed by one of his many patrons, laudatory panegyrics. Employing an ornate style and use of the ode, al-Mutanabbi was one of the first to successfully move away from the traditionally rigid form of Arabic verse, the 'qasida'.
Alabama Holt Elements of Language, Third Course
by Lee Odell Judith L. Irvin Richard VaccaNIMAC-sourced textbook
Alabama Holt Elements of Literature: Volume 2, Essentials of American Literature
by Kylene BeersNIMAC-sourced textbook
Alabama Moon
by Watt KeyFor as long as ten-year-old Moon can remember, he has lived out in the forest in a shelter with his father. They keep to themselves, their only contact with other human beings an occasional trip to the nearest general store. When Moon's father dies, Moon follows his father's last instructions: to travel to Alaska to find others like themselves. But Moon is soon caught and entangled in a world he doesn't know or understand; he's become property of the government he has been avoiding all his life. As the spirited and resourceful Moon encounters constables, jails, institutions, lawyers, true friends, and true enemies, he adapts his wilderness survival skills and learns to survive in the outside world, and even, perhaps, make his home there.
Alabama Noir (Akashic Noir #0)
by Don NobleAlabama joins Mississippi as fertile Deep South soil for the Noir Series.“Banish any boredom with a descent into Alabama Noir.” —Southern Review of BooksAkashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the geographic area of the book.Brand-new stories by: Ace Atkins, Tom Franklin, Anita Miller Garner, Suzanne Hudson, Kirk Curnutt, Wendy Reed, Carolyn Haines, Anthony Grooms, Michelle Richmond, Winston Groom, Ravi Howard, Thom Gossom Jr., Brad Watson, Daniel Wallace, D. Winston Brown, and Marlin Barton.From the introduction by Don Noble:Some locales seem to come with their own soundtrack. Don Ho and his tiny bubbles provide the background music for Hawaii, Edith Piaf for Paris. The reggae of Bob Marley evokes Jamaica. The soundtrack for Alabama is without question provided by our troubled troubadour Hank Williams. The 2016 biography Hank by Mark Ribowsky paints a dark picture of the musician’s short, alcoholic, drug-filled life: a life of loneliness and pain. He goes so far as to call Hank’s life story “noir-ish” . . .In Alabama Noir we encounter “troubles and foibles” galore, darkness in many forms. The stories range from the deadly grim to some that are actually mildly humorous. We see desperate behavior on the banks of the Tennessee River, in the neighborhoods of Birmingham, in the affluent suburbs of Mobile, in a cemetery in Montgomery, and even on the deceptively pleasant beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.Fans of noir should all find something to enjoy.
Alabama: Poems
by Rodney JonesAlabama focuses on a boy from a rural, fundamentalist community who becomes a pacifist, feminist, and existentialist poet. Labyrinth, meditation, fable, and peasant poem, formed from interleaved strands of prose vignettes and lineated poetry, this collection is at once a tale of cultural exile and familial loyalty, and an unflinching look at regional shame that doubles as a love story, all expressed with the intimate voice and vision of Rodney Jones.
Alabanza
by Alberto OlmosAmbientada en un futuro inmediato en el que la literatura ha desaparecido de la sociedad, y aunando suspense y autoficción , narrativa minimalista y estilo vigoroso, Alabanza es la obra más lograda y personal de Alberto Olmos, una apasionante reivindicación de la literatura que devuelve el protagonismo al lector. «No estoy enamorado de ti.» Con esta declaración comienza Alabanza, una emocionante novela sobre las relaciones de pareja, la gestión de la propia identidad y el futuro de la literatura. Claudia y Sebastián disfrutan de unas vacaciones de verano en un pueblo habitado exclusivamente por viudas y donde no es posible conectarse a internet. Mientras él se dedica a recordar por escrito a todas las amantes de su vida, ella recorre el pueblo y los alrededores y acaba interesada por un suceso acaecido hace casi treinta años: el incendio de la iglesia mayor. Un crimen espeluznante servirá de insospechada catarsis para su vida en común. Reseñas:«Lo específicamente contemporáneo en Olmos es la elaboración de una voz que, desde un lugar desolado, opina con exasperación adversativa en contra del sentido común de su época.»Rafael Reig, ABCD Las Letras «Se toma en serio al lector con la voluntad de acorralarlo, desquiciarlo y hasta reanimarlo.»Nadal Suau, El Cultural «Resultará difícil que con el paso del tiempo este libro no se convierta en una de las referencias de la narrativa española de las primeras décadas del siglo XXI.»Revista de Letras «Una historia honesta, minimalista e intelectualmente provocativa. Obscenamente buena. Sus páginas gozan de una excelente respiración, con un temblor contenido por momentos y expansivo cuando es preciso.»Ángeles López, La Razón «Alberto Olmos ha dado un valiente paso adelante en su ya brillante carrera literaria con su último trabajo, [...] una novela fluida y absorbente.»Cambio 16 «Literaria, sentimental, vivencial.»Guillermo Bursutil, La Opinión de Murcia
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems 1982-2002
by Martín Espada"An astonishing collection of political poetry at its finest."--The Progressive, Favorite Books of 2004 Alabanza is a twenty-year collection charting the emergence of Martín Espada as the preeminent Latino lyric voice of his generation. "Alabanza" means "praise" in Spanish, and Espada praises the people Whitman called "them the others are down upon": the African slaves who brought their music to Puerto Rico; a prison inmate provoking brawls so he could write poetry in solitary confinement; a janitor and his solitary strike; Espada's own father, who was jailed in Mississippi for refusing to go to the back of the bus. The poet bears witness to death and rebirth at the ruins of a famine village in Ireland, a town plaza in México welcoming a march of Zapatista rebels, and the courtroom where he worked as a tenant lawyer. The title poem pays homage to the immigrant food-service workers who lost their lives in the attack on the World Trade Center. From the earliest out-of-print work to the seventeen new poems included here, Espada celebrates the American political imagination and the resilience of human dignity. Alabanza is the epic vision of a writer who, in the words of Russell Banks, "is one of the handful of American poets who are forging a new American language, one that tells the unwritten history of the continent, speaks truth to power, and sings songs of selves we can no longer silence." An American Library Association Notable Book of 2003 and a 2003 New York Public Library Book to Remember. "To read this work is to be struck breathless, and surely, to come away changed."--Barbara Kingsolver "Martín Espada is the Pablo Neruda of North American authors. If it was up to me, I'd select him as the Poet Laureate of the United States."--Sandra Cisneros "With these new and selected poems, you can grasp how powerful a poet Espada is--his range, his compassion, his astonishing images, his sense of history, his knowledge of the lives on the underbelly of cities, his bright anger, his tenderness, his humor. "--Marge Piercy "Espada's poems are not just clarion calls to the heart and conscience, but also wonderfully crafted gems."--Julia Alvarez "A passionate, readable poetry that makes [Espada] arguably the most important 'minority' U.S. poet since Langston Hughes."--Booklist"Neruda is dead, but if Alabanza is any clue, his ghost lives through a poet named Martín Espada."--San Francisco Chronicle
Alabardas
by José SaramagoLa novela inacabada de José Saramago sobre la violencia, el negocio de las armas y la responsabilidad personal. Meses antes de su muerte, José Saramago sintió una vez más el impulso vital de reflexionar desde la ficción sobre una de sus mayores preocupaciones: la violencia ejercida sobre las personas y las sociedades, que las convierte en víctimas y les impide ser dueñas absolutas de sus vidas. <P><P> El resultado de este impulso es Alabardas, alabardas, espingardas, espingardas, una huella emocionante del inagotable espíritu de lucha de José Saramago y su última voluntad narrativa. El relato inconcluso plantea el conflicto moral de Artur Paz Semedo, empleado de una fábrica de armas, que, intrigado por el sabotaje de una bomba durante la Guerra Civil española e impulsado por Felícia, su exesposa, inicia la investigación de los entresijos de una época convulsa, lo que despierta en él un debate íntimo entre la ceguera impuesta por el miedo heredado y la necesidad del compromiso. <P><P>Alabardas, alabardas, espingardas, espingardas es una reflexión sobre el poder y la destrucción, sobre cómo las armas alimentan el gran fracaso ético de la humanidad que son las guerras, sobre la paz como único camino posible para romper con la aparente inevitabilidad de la violencia. Esta edición especial, ilustrada con grabados de Günter Grass, incluye las notas de trabajo de Saramago, en las que el autor plantea cuál sería el final de la historia narrada. <P><P>Se complementa, además, con textos del periodista y escritor italiano Roberto Saviano, y del poeta y ensayista español Fernando Gómez Aguilera. Reseña:«La historia de Artur Paz Semedo es una orquesta de revelaciones.»Roberto Saviano
Alabaster Voume 2: Grimmer Tales (Alabaster)
by Caitlin R. KiernanDancy Flammarion possesses a savvy awareness and a keen knife for the monsters that lurk in the shadows. She does the bidding of an unholy host, a legion of dark gods guiding her across America's southern wilds. And a blackbird's grim tales of her battles could be his only salvation from becoming dinner for a boxcar full of beastly hoboes. Collects Alabaster: Boxcar Tales #1–#13 from Dark Horse Presents. "Caitlín R. Kiernan is the poet and the bard of the wasted and the lost."—Neil Gaiman
Alabaster: Pale Horse (Alabaster)
by Caitlin R. KiernanAn albino girl wanders the sun-scorched back roads of a south Georgia summer, following the bidding of an angel or perhaps only voices in her head, searching out and slaying ancient monsters who have hidden themselves away in the lonely places of the world. * Caitlín R. Kiernan is an International Horror Guild Award-winning author! * A complete collection of the Alabaster prose short stories. "Caitlín R. Kiernan is the poet and the bard of the wasted and the lost."--Neil Gaiman
Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird
by Various&“Caitlin R. Kiernan is the poet and the bard of the wasted and the lost.&” –Neil GaimanA year after her death in a burning barn, Dancy Flammarion now finds herself in a hell of her own creation. A new evil haunts the sun-scorched back roads and ghost towns of the American South: murderous twins who command a legion of ghouls. Once again, she must face down demons, both those who walk the world unchallenged and those in her own shattered mind. Collects the five-issue miniseries.
Alabaster: Wolves (Alabaster)
by Caitlin R. KiernanDancy Flammarion may look like a frail teenage girl, but her journey through the swamps and byways of the American South brings her into battle with werewolves, monsters, and grotesque secrets, armed only with a knife and a mission to destroy the deadly creatures that lurk in shadow. Collects the five-issue miniseries. "It's gentle and horrific and apocalyptic all at once. Good writing. Good pencil and ink work. Good colors. That's a good comic." —Comics Alliance
Alachua County, Florida (Black America Series)
by Lizzie Prb JenkinsAlachua County's African American ancestry contributed significantly to the area's history. Onceenslaved pioneers Richard and Juliann Sams settled in Archer as early as 1839. They were former slaves of James M. Parchman, who journeyed through the wilderness from Parchman, Mississippi. They and others shaped the county's history through inventions, education, and work ethics based on spirituality. This book shows people working together, from the early1800s rural farm life, when racial violence was routine, until African Americans broke the chains of injustice and started organizing and controlling civic affairs.
Alacrán enamorado
by Carlos BardemLa desgarradora historia de Alyssa, la mujer que podía ser invisible, y Julián, el boxeador que sólo perdía en sueños. Dos jóvenes, unidos por el amor, pero separados por la violencia urbana.
Aladdin (Little Golden Book)
by Karen KreiderWhat do you get when you combine a magic lamp, a flying carpet, a beautiful princess, and a young man who wants to be a prince? Disney's Aladdin! All the fun and adventure of the hit movie is retold in the classic Little Golden Book. It's perfect for children ages 2 to 5, and available just in time for the film's Diamond Edition DVD and Blu-ray release in fall 2015.
Aladdin Deluxe Step into Reading (Step into Reading)
by RH DisneyJoin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine from Disney Aladdin in this Step 2 deluxe Step into Reading early reader!Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, and the Genie are coming to theaters in May 2019 with the live-action release of Disney Aladdin! This Step 2 deluxe Step into Reading leveled reader based on the classic tale is perfect for children ages 4 to 6. Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. Step 2 is for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.Disney Aladdin is an animated classic featuring beloved characters, an award-winning soundtrack, and a timeless tale of love and adventure.
Aladdin Live Action Novelization
by Disney Book GroupA beloved classic comes to life for a new generation in the upcoming Walt Disney Studios live action Aladdin film, and this thrilling novelization invites fans to revisit Aladdin's tale over and over again.
Aladdin Princess Stories
by Hinkler BooksChildren will love this classic fairytale. Faithfully adapted from the original story, this beautiful princess story also features beautiful colour illustrations. Aladdin is perfect for story time and bedtime. Reading encourages imagination, builds understanding, opens new worlds and helps children reach their full potential.