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Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story
by Tomie dePaolaHace mucho tiempo—a long time ago—there lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. So begins the age-old tale of a kindhearted young woman, her jealous stepmother, two hateful stepsisters, and a young man in search of a wife. The young man, Javier, falls madly in love with beautiful Adelita, but she disappears from his fiesta at midnight, leaving him with only one clue to her hidden identity: a beautiful rebozo—shawl. With the rebozo in place of a glass slipper, this favorite fairy tale takes a delightful twist. Tomie dePaola's exquisite paintings, filled with the folk art of Mexico, make this a Cinderella story like no other.
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story
by Tomie DepaolaHace mucho tiempo?a long time ago?there lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. So begins the age-old tale of a kind-hearted young woman, her jealous stepmother, two hateful stepsisters, and a young man in search of a wife. The young man, Javier, falls madly in love with beautiful Adelita, but she disappears from his fiesta at midnight, leaving him with only one clue to her hidden identity?a beautiful rebozo? shawl. With the rebozo in place of a glass slipper, this favorite fairy tale takes a delightful twist. Tomie dePaola?s exquisite paintings, filled with the folk art of Mexico, make this a Cinderella story like no other.
Adelita. Una mujer, una revolución
by Sofía GuadarramaUna historia iniciática, que marca el cambio de una mujer a través de su propio corazón. "Y si acaso yo muero en campaña, y mi cadáver lo van a sepultar, Adelita, por Dios, yo te lo ruego, que con tus ojos me vayas a llorar". El amor puede tomar muchas formas: una canción, una mujer o una revolución. Cecilia es una chica de alta sociedad, pero el destino la pone en medio de una revuelta llena de violencia y sentimientos encontrados que la llevan a convertirse en la soldadera más famosa del país. Adelita rescata del olvido la imprescindible labor de las mujeres en un periodo crucial en México, poniéndole un rostro humano a la lucha armada. Se trata de una versión audaz de la leyenda de este personaje. Una historia iniciática, que marca el cambio de una mujer a través de su propio corazón.
The Adelphi Players: The Theatre of Persons
by Dr Cecil DaviesCecil Davies' The Adelphi Players: The Theatre of Persons represents a uniquely interesting contribution to our understanding of touring British theatre in the mid-twentieth-century, post-war period. This book will interest everyone - whether student, academic or general reader - who wants to know more about issues concerning the recent history of British theatre. In their values and aims, the Adelphi Players pre-empted many of the post-war developments that we associate with the non-commercial, fringe and community theatre movement. In Richard Heron Ward founder of the Adelphi-Players, we encounter a dramatist, novelist, essayist and poet who has been unusually neglected in terms of our appreciation of the English literature of the broad left in the 1930s, `40s and `50s. The Adelphi Players has been edited by Peter Billingham, who has also provided an introduction placing Ward and the Adelphi players in the wider social, cultural and ideological context.
Adelphoe: The Brothers
by Terence David ChristensonThe play Adelphoe provides an introduction to the world of Roman comedy from one of its best practitioners, Terence. As with all Focus translations, the emphasis is on an inexpensive, readable edition that is close to the original, with an extensive introduction, notes and appendices.
Adel's Purr (Elements of Love)
by Sui Lynn2nd EditionElements of Love: Book OneIn a world recovering from a war that devastated humanity, Evan Halvard struggles to control a power he doesn't understand. Evan is a stone mason. He can give life to stone to create and awaken living gargoyles. When he receives a message that a large gargoyle is about to be demolished by the Church, Evan rushes to save it. After centuries of sleep, the gargoyle has no interest in a present he can't relate to. Yet, through the haze of his hibernation, a voice calls to him. He awakens restrained by those he swore to protect. Evan and Adel must work to understand the power connecting them and escape the evil hunting Evan, before the Church destroys Adel.1st Edition published by Silver Publishing, July 2011
Adelsverein: The Gathering (Book One of the Adelsverein Trilogy)
by Celia HayesAdelsverein: The Gathering is Book 1 of the Adelsverein Trilogy, a saga of family and community loyalties, and the challenge of building a new life on the hostile frontier. The year is 1847, and they have come from Germany to Texas in, under the auspices of the "Mainzer Adelsverein" - the society of noblemen of Mainz, who seek to fill a settlement in Texas with German farmers and craftsmen. Among them is a family who will survive and endure, making their mark in Texas, their new land. Christian "Vati" Steinmetz, the clockmaker of Ulm in Bavaria, has brought his many sons and daughters: Magda, passionate and courageous, is courted by Carl Becker, a young frontiersman with a dangerous past. Her sister, Liesel wants nothing more than to be a good wife to her husband Hansi, a stolid and practical farmer who will be called by circumstances to become something greater. Brothers Friedrich and Johann, who have always been close, will find themselves fighting in the Civil War, but one will wear Union blue, the other Confederate grey homespun. Yet they will never forget that they are brothers.
Adelsverein: The Sowing (Book Two of the Adelsverein Trilogy)
by Celia HayesAdelsverein: The Sowing is Book 2 of the Adelsverein Trilogy, following the fortunes of 19th century German settlers who came to Texas seeking land and political freedom. "Vati" Steinmetz and his children have prospered since they arrived in America. His oldest daughter Magda has married Carl Becker, born him children, and helped him build a happy life as a rancher in the beautiful valley of the Guadalupe River. Vati's son-in-law Hansi Richter has become a successful farmer, and his son Johann has returned from Germany after years of studying to become a doctor. Ideals, friendships, and cruel circumstances collide as the Civil War comes to the Texas Hill Country. Carl Becker and Hansi Richter face mortal danger from the "hanging band," a pro-Confederate lynch mob seeking to permanently silence the voices of Union sympathizers. Vati's beautiful adopted daughter Rosalie is in love ... with a man who intends to serve in the Confederate Army! Meanwhile, Johann and his twin brother Friedrich are drawn to serve in the war--but on opposite sides. Adelsverein: The Sowing continues the epic of story of how one family of German immigrants became Americans, through the gut-wrenching tragedy of the Civil War!
Adelsverein: The Harvesting (Book Three of the Adelsverein Trilogy)
by Celia HayesA war ends and another begins. The Confederacy lies in ruins and those who survived struggle to rebuild homes and lives in this triumphant conclusion to the saga of the Becker and Richter families in the Texas Hill Country. This is Book Three of the Adelsverein Trilogy. See also Adelsverein: The Gathering - Book One of the Adelsverein Trilogy and Adelsverein: The Sowing - Book Two of the Adelsverein Trilogy.
Adem's Cross
by Alice MeadFourteen-year old Adem, an Albanian boy, lives in Serb-occupied Kosovo. Adem hates existing in a constant state of terror. Every week, friends and family are beaten, teargassed, and killed. The Albanians are helpless, and even passive resistance can get you killed--as is Adem's sister Fatmira, gunned down while reading a protest poem. Now Adem must decide how to survive this never-ending nightmare--with or without his family.
The Aden Effect
by Claude G. BerubeAlpha team was gone, dead to a man. A few crewmen from Bravo team had been blown overboard. Stark reentered the pilothouse and checked the radio hoping to get out one last mayday, but the radio, like the crew, was dead....Connor Stark was a pariah, a man without a country, a former naval officer whose career came to an unceremonious end after a court-martial resulted in a dishonorable discharge. At home and at peace in Scotland, he was determined to leave his past behind until murder, politics, and Middle East instability prompted his unexpected recall to active duty. . Set against a background of modern piracy in the Gulf of Aden, the story begins as the new American ambassador to Yemen, C. J. Sumner, is assigned to negotiate access to the oil fields off the island of Socotra and enlists Stark's help countering pirates who are capturing ships at will off the Horn of Africa. Meeting with resistance to her diplomatic overtures, Sumner recruits Stark, who has become a mercenary after being dishonorably discharged, as her defense attaché, because he knows the region. When Stark sets up a meeting with the owner of a Yemeni shipping company and the ruling
The Aden Vanner Novels: Sleep No More, Sorted, and Close Quarters (The Aden Vanner Novels #3)
by Jeff GulvinThe complete police-procedural trilogy featuring maverick London Inspector Aden Vanner: Sleep No More, Sorted, and Close Quarters. Sleep No More: London&’s Detective Chief Inspector Aden Vanner, former member of the Irish Army, has never tracked a serial killer as elusive as the Watchman. The victims are all ordinary citizens in need of some twisted retribution, shot execution-style. But when Vanner is shut out of the case by his superintendent, it could cost him more than his career, because Vanner has suddenly become the prime suspect. Sorted: Aden Vanner, demoted from the rank of London&’s Detective Chief Inspector, is beaten outside a pub by unknown assailants. Vanner knows the difference between a garden-variety robbery and something else. This felt like payback. Considering how many people Vanner has crossed, it could be anyone. Now it&’s Vanner&’s turn to get even—and where better than as new Detective Inspector of the Drug Squad. Close Quarters: Aden Vanner is investigating drug dealers in the Harlesden district of London when the shooting death of a suburban wife captures his attention. As Vanner digs into the case, he begins to make connections between her murder and the Harlesden gang, between her husband and the IRA, and between himself and a vengeful old acquaintance. When all the pieces collide, even Vanner isn&’t prepared for the explosion. Informed by his research with the Metropolitan Police Department, Jeff Gulvin&’s thrilling trilogy brings readers into criminal London with frightening authenticity. &“Gulvin keeps your nose glued to the page.&” —The Literary Review
The Adept
by Katherine Kurtz Deborah Turner HarrisHe is Sir Adam Sinclair: nobleman, physician, scholar - and Adept. A man of learning and power, he practices ancient arts unknown to the 20th century.
Adequate Yearly Progress: A Novel
by Roxanna EldenA debut novel told with humor, intelligence, and heart, a &“funny but insightful look at teachers in the workplace…reminiscent of the TV show The Office but set in an urban high school&” (The Washington Post), perfect for fans of Tom Perrotta and Laurie Gelman.Roxanna Elden&’s &“laugh-out-loud funny satire&” (Forbes) is a brilliantly entertaining and moving look at our education system. Each new school year brings familiar challenges to Brae Hill Valley, a struggling high school in one the biggest cities in Texas. But the teachers also face plenty of personal challenges and this year, they may finally spill over into the classroom. English teacher Lena Wright, a spoken-word poet, can never seem to truly connect with her students. Hernan D. Hernandez is confident in front of his biology classes, but tongue-tied around the woman he most wants to impress. Down the hall, math teacher Maybelline Galang focuses on the numbers as she struggles to parent her daughter, while Coach Ray hustles his troubled football team toward another winning season. Recording it all is idealistic second-year history teacher Kaytee Mahoney, whose anonymous blog gains new readers by the day as it drifts ever further from her in-class reality. And this year, a new superintendent is determined to leave his own mark on the school—even if that means shutting the whole place down.
Adestreia de Némésis
by Fernando Patrice MartinezDescubra imediatamente a história de Tebas por meio da reencarnação de sua deusa, a jovem Lysiclès. Filha de um senador, ela o envolverá na sua aventura fascinante: a indomável Lysiclès se torna testemunha de um estupro, realizado frequentemente pelo oligarca mais poderos da cidade de Tebas! Como poderá parar esse ciclo vicioso, uma vez que a antiga cidade de Cadmos é governada por um homem tirano, estuprador e assassino? Adestreia de Némésis, a deusa da aflição, é uma livre adaptação do mito de Procné
Adéu a l'Eddy Bellegueule
by Édouard LouisUna rebel·lió contra el món, contra la seva família i contra la societat. Vaig sortir corrents, de cop. Només vaig tenir temps de sentir que la mare deia Què fa ara aquest boig? No volia quedar-me al seu costat, em negava a compartir aquell moment amb ells. Ja era lluny, a partir d'aleshores ja no pertanyia al seu món, la carta ho deia. Vaig sortir als camps i vaig caminar una bona part de la nit, la frescor del nord, els camins de terra, l'olor de colza, molt forta en aquell moment de l'any. Tota la nit la vaig dedicar a elaborar la meva nova vida lluny d'aquí. «En realitat, la insurrecció contra els pares, contra la pobresa, contra la meva classe social, el seu racisme, la seva violència, els seus costums, va ser una cosa secundària. Perquè, abans que jo em rebel·lés contra el món de la meva infantesa, el món de la meva infantesa s'havia rebel·lat contra mi. Per a la meva família i els altres, de seguida, vaig ser font de vergonya i fins i tot de repulsió. Només tenia l'opció de fugir. Aquest llibre és un intent per entendre-ho.»Édouard Louis Ressenyes:«Excepcional. Un còctel de Zola i Dickens. Molt crua, de vegades quasi insuportable, però també tragicòmica, mantenint una certa distància, i mai maniquea.»Livres Hebdo «Un llenguatge contingut i alhora brutal, sense victimismes ni exaltacions líriques [...]. L'autor oposa, a la seva escriptura clàssica, la llengua del seu entorn, que barreja patuès local i sintaxi brusca. En efecte, la violència social s'exerceix amb el llenguatge.»Les Inrockuptibles «Magnífic [...]. És l'anunci d'un alliberament i d'un renaixement a través de les paraules per fugir de la fatalitat del determinisme social.»Le Point «Teixir un text amb la unió de dos registres lingüístics tan oposats és més que una proesa. L'èxit literari és innegable.»Le NouvelObservateur «Una narració sorprenent, a causa de la història personal de l'autor, però també del seu talent.»Madame Figaro «És el crit de còlera d'un jove que expressa la seva repugnància pel mite tenaç que converteix el proletariat en una fera valenta, de bon cor i amant de la vida.»Catherine Simon, Le Monde des Livres «L'escriptura d'Édouard Louis, el seu entestament a parlar de la vergonya, garanteixen que el seu llibre, que no hi ha dubte que fereix persones concretes, revela un escàndol universal.»Jean Birnbaum, Le Monde des Livres
Adéu Capità!
by Ricard Zaplana Ruiz Oliveri BenjamiUn homenatge a un magnífic jugador i millor persona que sempre ha despertat l'afecte i l'admiració de tots els culés Podem mesurar l'èxit sumant gols, medalles, copes, campionats, premis... I els nostres triomfs potser seran molts. Podem mesurar l'èxit valorant l'esforç, la lluita, la superació, el coratge en cada moment... I els nostres triomfs seran grans. Gràcies capità. Per emocionar-nos en cada partit donant-ho tot i més, per compartir amb nosaltres la il·lusió d'un esport i d'un club, per fer-nos somiar, per ensenyar-nos el valor de l'amistat i del compromís. Sempre seràs el gran capità.
ADEUS, A672E92 QUINTUS
by Cintia Cara Laurel A. RockefellerO que você faria se soubesse que o seu mundo está chegando ao fim? Após a ciência ter confirmado a iminente aniquilação do planeta A672E92 Quintus, uma equipe diplomática fica encarregada de controlar a rivalidade cega das duas casas aptas para a jornada espacial, a Cashmarie e a Xing-li. Se falharem, certamente cada homem, mulher e criança perecerá. Como a disputa entre as casas permanece, são designados dois representantes para liderar o tratado de paz, aí surge o romance com um toque extrassensorial, e torna-se lendária a luta para se despedir do A672E92 Quintus e descobrir o seu novo lar: o planeta Beinan.
Adeus as Armas [A Farewell to Arms]
by Ernest HemingwayThe best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Hemingway's frank portrayal of the love between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley, caught in the inexorable sweep of war, glows with an intensity unrivaled in modern literature, while his description of the German attack on Caporetto -- of lines of fired men marching in the rain, hungry, weary, and demoralized -- is one of the greatest moments in literary history. A story of love and pain, of loyalty and desertion, A Farewell to Arms, written when he was 30 years old, represents a new romanticism for Hemingway.
Adhunika Bharata Shastravettalu
by M. KyuriAdhunika Bharata Shastravettalu is the compilation of life stories of 36 Indian scientists for students to get inspired.
Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans (Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans)
by Isi HendrixThe first book in a fast-paced, witty, and big-hearted debut Afrofantasy trilogy about a twelve-year-old apprenticing in the kitchens at the prestigious Academy of Shamans, who must ally with a snarky goddess and a knife-wielding warrior to save her kingdom. Perfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers and The School for Good and Evil.Life is tough for twelve-year-old orphan Adia. Her aunt and uncle believe she’s an ogbanje, a demon-possessed child that brings misfortune wherever they go, and Adia can’t disagree—especially when she suddenly manifests mysterious powers that she can’t control, causing an earthquake in her village.So when Adia is offered a kitchen apprenticeship at the faraway Academy of Shamans, she flees with nothing but a pouch of change, her cat Bubbles, and the hope that someone there can figure out what's wrong with her—and fix it. But just as she's settling in, Adia stumbles upon a shocking secret: Unlike her, the kingdom's emperor really is possessed—by a demon more wicked than any other. And he’s on his way to the Academy for a visit.Joining forces with a snarky goddess, a 500-year-old warrior girl, and an annoying soldier-in-training, Adia must travel through hidden realms to exorcise the emperor and save her kingdom. But to succeed, she first must come to understand the powers inside her….The fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Adicción (Medianoche #Volumen 2)
by Claudia GrayTras una larga temporada sin verse, Bianca y Lucas buscan la forma de infringir las estrictas normas de la academia Medianoche para poder continuar con su intensa y complicada historia de amor. Pero ¿hasta dónde están dispuestos a llegar? Nadie sabe tan bien como ellos que el amor mata o muere... Segunda entrega de la serie paranormal romántica «Medianoche». «Seguíamos cogidos de la mano cuando entramos en el gran vestíbulo, donde había unos cuantos alumnos haciendo tiempo entre clases. Noté su mirada clavada en nosotros, hambrienta y ávida; estaban tan sedientos de chismes nuevos como de sangre. Al pie de las escaleras que conducían a los dormitorios de las chicas, Balthazar se inclinó y me besó en la mejilla. Noté sus labios frescos al rozar mi piel. Mientras subía las escaleras, intenté pensar en cómo iba a explicar aquello a Lucas...» En el internado Medianoche,el amor no es un juego...
Adicción
by Claudia GrayTras una larga temporada sin verse, Bianca y Lucas buscan la forma de infringir las estrictas normas de la Academia Medianoche para poder continuar su intensa y complicada historia de amor. ¿Pero hasta dónde están dispuestos a llegar?Nadie sabe tan bien como ellos que el amor mata o muere.
ADICIONES PALERMITANAS (EBOOK)
by Germán MarínEn una antigua casona aristocrática en decadencia, lo real y lo imaginado se entremezclan y forman un mundo donde los estilos de vida del Santiago del ayer también semejan una ficción El narrador de Adiciones palermitanas junto con relatar su vida presente, empieza a hilar una novela independiente de él, en la que ficción y realidad tomarán una senda común para converger en una sola. El escenario principal de esta mixtura, será el hotel Palermo, ubicado en la calle Catedral, cerca de la plaza Brasil de Santiago. Así, mientras el protagonista, retirado del quehacer por enfermedad, sobrelleva una existencia solitaria dedicado a escribir, el mismo relato que crea pronto se confundirá con esa otra realidad que redacta.
Adieu
by Honoré De Balzac"Adieu" by Balzac is a captivating addition to French Literature. It is a long tale encompassing insanity and the supernatural. This thrilling fantasy enraptures the readers and flares the imagnation. This simple plot evolves from characters and weaves a web of suspense. Interesting!