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Alchimie organique (Alchimie #1)
by Andrew GreyAlchimie, tome 1Brendon Marcus ne vit que pour son travail. C’est un génie qui a sauté des classes jusqu’à devenir professeur à l’université à ses vingt ans et quelques, et qui ne connaît rien d’autre. Les interactions avec d’autres personnes le rendent confus. Alors quand Josh Horton, l’assistant du coach de football, le poursuit de ses assiduités, Brendon n’est pas sûr de la démarche à adopter.Josh a ses propres problèmes. Ses parents, à qui tout réussi, ne sont pas particulièrement heureux de son choix de carrière, et certains joueurs n’aiment pas avoir un assistant gay. Il commence à avoir des doutes, mais Brendon rend son monde meilleur.Mais quand le chef du département de Brendon commence à causer des problèmes, Josh et Brendon découvrent que se défendre l’un et l’autre est la première étape pour pouvoir faire face au reste du monde.
Alchymic Journals
by Evan S. ConnellCapturing the spirit of arcane writing, Evan S. Connell delivers spectacular and esoteric prose as he imagines the journals of seven alchemists. The first is Paracelsus, the famous sixteenth-century alchemist, who is followed by an array of distinct voices: physicians, historians, alchemists, and philosophers. Each employs a unique personality and point of view in a world of pre-scientific thought, of the western world about to step into modernity.Though this historical recreation is medieval in style, Connell succeeds in infusing his diarists with alchemic wisdom, ancient appeal, and felt humanness. A work of rigid art and astute mimicry, Connell's work is intelligent and remarkable, medieval yet applicable to modernity. Alchymic Journals is, at its core, a study of humanity from the mind of one of America's greatest writers.
Alchymist: The Well of Echoes, Volume Three (A Three Worlds Novel)
by Ian IrvineThe Node has failed, rendering humanity's battle clankers and the Aachim's constructs useless. With the battle lost, hordes of alien Lyrinx are swarming from the tar pits of Snizort, intending to fall upon the survivors and destroy them to the last man. Tiaan, crippled and unable to walk, is held prisoner by the vengeful Vithis, who is determined to extract her geomantic secrets at any cost. For his failings, Nish has been cast out and branded a traitor, while Irisis, accused of high treason, is forced to flee for her life. The fate of humanity is dependent on the survival of one wily old man, the Scrutator Xervish Flydd. But Flydd has been blamed for the defeat at Snizort and is condemned to die a brutish death as a slave - hauling ironclad clankers out of the battlefield mire until his heart bursts under the strain.
Alchymist: The Well of Echoes, Volume Three (A Three Worlds Novel) (Well of Echoes #Vol. 3)
by Ian IrvineThe Node has failed, rendering humanity's battle clankers and the Aachim's constructs useless. With the battle lost, hordes of alien Lyrinx are swarming from the tar pits of Snizort, intending to fall upon the survivors and destroy them to the last man. Tiaan, crippled and unable to walk, is held prisoner by the vengeful Vithis, who is determined to extract her geomantic secrets at any cost. For his failings, Nish has been cast out and branded a traitor, while Irisis, accused of high treason, is forced to flee for her life. The fate of humanity is dependent on the survival of one wily old man, the Scrutator Xervish Flydd. But Flydd has been blamed for the defeat at Snizort and is condemned to die a brutish death as a slave - hauling ironclad clankers out of the battlefield mire until his heart bursts under the strain.
Alcoba azul: y otros relatos (Plaza Y Janes Exitos Ser. #Vol. 188)
by Rosamunde PilcherUn fascinante conjunto de relatos de hondo perfil humano que revelan la especial maestría de la autora en este género. Las historias de Alcoba azul están ambientadas en una Inglaterra rural y apacible, estas trece historias plasman el discurrir de los sentimientos más profundos al compás de la vida cotidiana.
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms: Stories and Essays
by Tim McLoughlinAn enthralling collection of short fiction and nonfiction that draw upon McLoughlin's three-decade career in the criminal justice system.“A wistful Irish sensibility and memories from a 30-year career as a peace officer in the New York City criminal justice system haunt this solid collection . . . With spare prose, McLoughlin creates memorable vignettes of urban life. Fans of Kent Anderson’s Liquor, Guns & Ammo will want to check this out.” —Publishers Weekly“Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms couldn’t be more New York. Tim McLoughlin drops a ton of big-city knowledge and wisdom, rich in lived-in detail, with humor that’s hard as the sidewalk.” —John Strausbaugh, author of City of SeditionIn Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Tim McLoughlin draws upon his three-decade career in the criminal justice system with his characteristic wit and his fascination with misfits and malfeasance. A lifetime immersed in New York City feeds short stories that evoke a landscape of characters rife with personal arrogance and misjudgment; and nonfiction essays about toeing the line when the line keeps disappearing. An opioid-addicted catsitter electronically eavesdrops on his neighbors only to hear devastating truths. A degenerate gambler stakes his life on a long shot because he sees three lucky numbers on the license plate of a passing car. In the nonfiction essays, we learn that the system plays a role in supporting vice, as long as it gets a cut. Altar boys compete to work weddings and funerals for tips in the shadow of predatory priests. Cops become robbers, and a mob boss just might be a civil rights icon. McLoughlin shines a light on worlds that few have access to. A recurring theme in his urban, often New York–centric work is chronic displacement, people standing still in a city that is always changing. These are McLoughlin’s ghosts, these casualties of progress, and he holds them dear and celebrates them.
Alcools
by Guillaume ApollinaireThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.
Alcools: Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
by Guillaume ApollinaireA new translation of this complex and beautiful poetry.Alcools, first published in 1913 and one of the few indispensable books of twentieth-century poetry, provides a key to the century's history and consciousness. Champion of &“cubism&”, Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) fashions in verse the sonic equivalent of what Picasso accomplishes in his cubist works: simultaneity. Apollinaire has been so influential that without him there would have been no New York School of poetry and no Beat Movement. This new translation reveals his complex, beautiful, and wholly contemporary poetry. Printed with the original French on facing pages, this is the only version of this seminal work of French Modernism currently available in the United States.
Alcott Hall (Second Sons)
by Emily RathA spicy, smart, standalone &“Why Choose&” Regency romance set three years after the events of the Second Sons duology from New York Times bestselling author Emily Rath.The Lady has an offer. The Vicar has a confession. When her late aunt leaves her a generous fortune, socially awkward Lady Madeline Blaire believes she&’s finally found a way out of the high society husband hunt. There&’s only one problem. To claim it, Madeline must marry by New Year&’s Eve . . . which is now only three weeks away! Determined to claim her financial freedom, Madeline slips away from her overbearing family and races off to Alcott Hall. Madeline needs a husband. Now. She will be generous, providing him with a comfortable living. All he has to do is agree never to claim his rights as her husband. Three years ago, Charles Bray left Finchley and never looked back. It was too painful to dwell in the past. So, when duty calls him home, he returns, heart heavy, to a town full of ghosts. Seeking any distraction, he sparks an unlikely friendship with a quiet young lady who makes him a surprising offer too good to refuse.
Alcune volte
by Angela Longobardi Jennifer EllisionDisoccupata. Al verde. Damigella d'onore. Tutte (sfortunatamente) parole che descrivono Em Hayes. Senza opportunità di lavoro a San Francisco, Em cede alla promessa di sua madre di alloggio gratis e torna a casa. La sua migliore amica, Nikki, non potrebbe essere più eccitata. La laurea di Em in Organizzazione di Eventi sta prendendo polvere, e quale miglior modo di metterla in uso se non organizzare il matrimonio di Nikki? C'è solo una piega in quel piano: Cole Connors. L'ex coinquilino delle ragazze. E parte della ragione per cui Em non è tornata dal giorno della laurea al college. Em non è mai riuscita a dimenticare Cole - o quanto vicini fossero prima che lei lo mettesse da parte e se la desse a gambe. Nemmeno Cole ha mai dimenticato Em - ma negli ultimi due anni lei non gli ha dato altra scelta che provare. E, stando a Nikki, non c'è accoppiata migliore per organizzare il matrimonio dei suoi sogni. Di solito Em è brava a soffocare sentimenti confusi, ma stare di nuovo intorno a Cole li riporta tutti in superficie. E questa volta, non è sicura di voler scappare.
Alcuni più brevi di altri
by Neville Hiatt Valentina RolandiUna raccolta di racconti brevi per i più giovani e i giovani di cuore. Lasciate fuori il mondo, e ricordatevi com'era essere giovani. Quand'è stata l'ultima volta che avete parlato ad un cavallo, sentito i raggi del sole nascente sul volto, fatto un viaggio su un treno a vapore, trascorso la notte intera a colorare o percepito la sabbia insinuarsi tra le dita dei piedi? Ritornate ad un tempo in cui le preoccupazioni e lo stress non facevano ancora parte del vostro vocabolario giornaliero.
Aldabra, or the Tortoise Who Loved Shakespeare
by Silvana Gandolfi"The way to outsmart death, Elisa dear, is to turn into something else!" It's just one of those things Elisa's dramatic grandmother says. She loves Shakespeare. She paints bold canvases in her backyard. She's always had a magical personality. But when Nonna talks about turning into something else, does she mean it... literally? Faced with an ever-more tortoise-like grandmother, Elisa must uncover a series of mysteries: Why is it that her mother and her grandmother don't talk? Where is the exotic island of Aldabra--and why does Nonna want to go there? Who is the man on the Internet so eager to know the details of Nonna's transformation? And where can Elisa turn to for help? Suspenseful, funny, and beautifully observed, Aldabra takes readers from the sparkling canals of Venice to the islands of the Indian Ocean, and beyond...!
Aldao
by María Teresa AndruettoParir y abortar en la clandestinidad, insilio, prostitución y locura, la libertad y su pérdida, la búsqueda persistente de un padre, un linaje de mujeres unidas por las violencias de su tiempo y el regreso a Aldao, territorio ficcional convertido en caleidoscopio que, como el óleo de un paisaje de llanura, irradia historias con su sol de fuego. «Su fuerza, que la convierte en la Annie Ernaux sudamericana, consiste en no psicologizar, en no subrayar nada».Andrea Marcolongo, La Stampa Parir y abortar en la clandestinidad, autos cazando a chicos como moscas, delatores por todas partes, personas abandonadas a la buena de Dios, prostitución, militancia, locura e instituciones psiquiátricas atraviesan esta novela de María Teresa Andruetto. También la libertad y su pérdida, la búsqueda persistente de un padre, la dictadura, el insilio, la construcción de identidad y un linaje de mujeres unidas por las violencias de su tiempo. Y vuelve Aldao, territorio ficcional presente en sus otras novelas, convertido aquí en caleidoscopio que, como el óleo de un paisaje de llanura, irradia historias con su sol de fuego. "La memoria es un carretel que empieza a rodar y se me escapa de las manos y de la voluntad, porque una cosa lleva a la otra, como un río de montaña que serpentea, pega saltos y salpica aquí y allá sin que podamos detenerlo".
Aldaraia (Matthew Bishop (Español) #1)
by Burt ClinchandhillLa búsqueda del mayor secreto de la Tierra ha comenzado. •GANADOR: Premio Pinnacle a la excelencia literaria, Invierno 2021 - Mejor novela de suspenso "El suspenso es monumental, la historia nunca se ralentiza, y tiene ese don mágico de difuminar las líneas de lo aparentemente imposible con algo que casi parece que podría estar basado en la verdad absoluta (AKA, El Código Da Vinci)." ~ Reseñas de libros de Feathered Quill, Amy Lignor, VERDADERO HIGH-FIVE Cuando el padre de Jennifer Porter muere de una misteriosa enfermedad, ella hereda un libro de 400 años de antigüedad, titulado Aldaraia sive Soyga voco'r, escrito en una lengua desconocida que su padre había estado intentando descifrar antes de morir. Sin saber por dónde empezar, Jennifer pide ayuda al estimado profesor de Yale, Matthew Bishop, y ambos entablan una improbable amistad mientras comienzan a desentrañar los secretos del libro. Pronto descubren que se han omitido componentes vitales y se embarcan en la búsqueda global de una serie de pergaminos ocultos destinados a resolver uno de los mayores misterios del mundo. Sin embargo, Jennifer y Bishop no son los únicos interesados en los secretos del libro, y su búsqueda se convierte en una peligrosa y aterradora carrera contra el tiempo. "Burt Clinchandhill es un gran narrador con un don único para la prosa elegante, grandes diálogos y personajes que atrapan la atención de los lectores. La historia es trepidante y la tensión aumenta muy rápido, escalando hacia una conclusión deliciosa y explosiva." ~ Reseñas de libros favoritos de Lectores, Romuald Dzemo, 5 ESTRELLAS EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTA el primer libro de la serie "Matthew Bishop" de thrillers de conspiraciones religiosas, ideal para fans de Dan Brown y Michael Crichton. "Burt Clinchandhill lleva Aldaraia a un nuevo nivel de lectura apasionant
Alden Nowlan Selected Poems: Selected Poems (A List)
by Alden NowlanThe best of beloved poet Alden Nowlan's explicitly honest, direct, and insightful poetry. Now featuring an introduction by Susan Musgrave. Alden Nowlan, one of Canada's finest and most influential poets, died in 1983. He leaves a rich legacy of poetry that is accessible yet profound, and that speaks to people's lives with wry observation and keen insight. Alden Nowlan Selected Poems is for Nowlan fans and new readers alike. The poems included in this volume reflect the recurring themes that illuminate Nowlan's work, and it is truly the best of his poetry. Above all, this volume is a tribute to a poet who deserves to be treasured for all time.
Alder Gulch
by Ernest HaycoxThe boom was on for Alder Gulch in Montana, and Pierce was forced to run from other troubles to try and make his fortune in gold. He was persuaded by beautiful Diana Castle to let her accompany him, and the two set forth together upon an incredible adventure. In crude Virginia City, wagons careened in and out of town, carrying thousands of prospectors who panned for gold. Crime was rampant, and the law a thousand miles away. ...
Aldo Applesauce
by Johanna HurwitzWhen he and his family move to the suburbs, Aldo has difficulty finding new friends.
Aldo Ice Cream
by Johanna Hurwitz[From the back cover:] "A grubby sneaker contest, traveling cats, and a hurricane... . It's not quite the summer that Aldo had planned. When Aldo's mother asks him to help her deliver Meals On Wheels to the elderly and housebound, Aldo's summer vacation soon becomes very busy. How can he get Mr. Puccini to talk? Would a visit from his cat help cheer up Mrs. Nardi? And how can he earn enough money to buy an ice-cream freezer for his sister's birthday? Aldo is determined to solve these questions (and several others)... even if it takes him all summer to do it." Pictures are described. You'll find more books about Aldo, a curious, thoughtful boy with lots of energy in the Bookshare collection. Look for Aldo Applesauce, Aldo Peanut Butter, and Much Ado About Aldo
Aldo Peanut Butter
by Johanna Hurwitz Diane Degroat[From the front dust jacket flap] Aldo was hoping to get a puppy for his birthday. He got five! And even though he has to give three of them away, the stage is set for one howl of a summer--especially when Mom and Dad have to leave Aldo and his sisters in charge of the house for two weeks in July. Aldo is desperately trying to housebreak the two remaining puppies--Peanut and Butter--before they break everything in the house. It doesn't help that his crabby neighbor, Mrs. Crosby, is accusing the pups of digging up her front yard. And Aldo's sisters also have their hands full when Elaine's hair turns as green as the live lobsters that Karen has brought home for dinner. What will Mom and Dad say if they return to find that everything's gone to the dogs? Welcome back Aldo and his family and friends in Johanna Hurwitz's latest and funniest look at growing up. Bookshare has over twenty more enjoyable books by Johanna Hurwitz in the Bookshare collection including Aldo Ice Cream.
Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palace
by Jonathan FriesenIn the Darkness of this Theater, Anything Can Happen The family's broken-down theater has always been a safe place for Chloe. There, no one can see the scars that line her face—scars her inventor father accidentally caused, leaving even deeper wounds between them. In the darkness she meets Nick, a boy with his own hurts. While Nick isn't the most pleasant companion, a rocky friendship is formed over their love of films. Soon the two are working on a movie script about a fantastical world—one that suddenly comes alive on the screen. Chloe and Nick are transported into an adventure beyond what they ever imagined, filled with dragons, magical pools, and a sinister vapor that threatens to destroy everyone. But when tragedy strikes, Chloe must find the courage to step out of the shadows and find what she’s always longed for.
Aldous Huxley
by Donald WattThis set comprises forty volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes. This second set compliments the first sixty-eight volume set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in October 1995.
Aldous Huxley
by Guinevera A. NanceCriticism and interpretation of Aldous Huxley's works, as well as an overview of his life.
Aldous Huxley's Short Fiction
by Andrija MatićAldous Huxley’s Short Fiction analyzes Huxley’s short stories within a modernist context, highlighting that he shared more characteristics with distinguished modernists than is usually believed. The book also explores other features of Huxley’s short stories, focusing on themes such as consumerism, mainstream education, shallow intellectualism, women’s emancipation, toxic masculinity, and sensational journalism, themes that correspond with both Huxley’s time and our world, and position him among the most prophetic authors of the twentieth century. This study demonstrates that Huxley’s short fiction can provide answers to questions that remain confusing or partially explained in the research on Huxley’s work. It illustrates the constants and changes in Huxley’s opinions on organized religion, mysticism, and the relation between sexuality and spirituality, while also clarifying Huxley’s political opinion, which is often misunderstood due to his advocacy of pacifism. Finally, the in-depth interpretations of Huxley’s short stories reveal the dynamics of his literary style, especially his complex humor and irony, areas he developed more than any other modernist author of short fiction.
Aldous Huxley: A Quest for Values
by Milton BirnbaumIn the moral vacuum and world of shifting values following World War I, Aldous Huxley was both a sensitive refl ector and an articulate catalyst. This work provides a highly illuminating analysis of Huxley's evolution from skeptic to mystic. As Milton Birnbaum shows, in a perceptive interpretation of Huxley's poetry, fi ction, essays and biographies-what evolved in Huxley's moral and intellectual pilgrimage was not so much a change in direction as a shift in emphasis. Even in the sardonic Huxley of the 1920s and 1930s, there is a moral concern. In the later Huxley, there are traces of the satirical skepticism which delighted his readers in the decades preceding World War II. A man of letters, a keen observer, seeker of new ways while profoundly knowledgeable in the truths of ancient wisdom, Huxley tried to achieve a symbiotic synthesis of the best of all worlds. In clarifying and interpreting Huxley's intellectual, moral, and philosophical development, Birnbaum touches upon all the subjects that came under the scrutiny of a singularly encyclopedic mind. This book is of great worth to those interested both in Huxley the brilliant satirist and in Huxley the seeker of salvation. In his search, Huxley typifi ed the modern quest for values. Milton Birnbaum's study is an invaluable guide in that journey. His new introduction takes account of research and analysis of Huxley that has occurred since this book's original publication.
Aldri mer enn to ganger
by Claudio Ruggeri Bjørn JensåsEn melding funnet i en flaske og en antikvitetshandlers nysgjerrighet gjør at Vincent Germano starter en etterforskning som ender i en nesten utrolig konklusjon. Politimester Germano er ofte omgitt av personer som han må rettferdiggjøre seg selv overfor, eller gi ordrer eller spørre om råd. Men faktisk så står han ganske alene i denne saken slik alle som leter etter sannheten gjør.