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Curso de literatura europea (Vib Ser. #Vol. 227)
by Vladimir NabokovNabokov nos da las pautas para una lectura sagaz, heterodoxa y apasionante de grandes libros europeos Vladimir Nabokov, lejos de generalidades y teorizaciones, enseña a sus alumnos a "acariciar los detalles" y apasionarse con la lectura de Austen, Dickens, Stevenson, Proust, Flaubert, Joyce y Kakfa. Estas lecciones apasionadas y apasionantes, reconstruidas más tarde por Fredson Bowers a partir de los apuntes del maestro, son una ocasión única para releer a fondo las grandes novelas de la literatura europea. A lo largo de casi dos décadas, antes de alcanzar la celebridad con Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov impartió cursos de literatura en las universidades estadounidenses de Wellesley y Cornell, y sus clases han llegado a constituir una leyenda. No es frecuente que los estudiantes tengan por maestro a uno de los mejores autores del momento, pero tampoco lo es que un novelista añada a su talento una vocación didáctica tan nítiday eficaz, y tan libre de convencionalismos académicos. Reseña:«Unas privilegiadas, sustanciosas e irremplazables meditaciones sobre el arte de la ficción.»Michael Dira, The Washington Post
Curso de literatura rusa (Vib Ser. #Vol. 227)
by Vladimir NabokovLecciones magistrales en las que Nabokov, un genio de la literatura, indaga en la obra de los grandes escritores del pasado. Vladimir Nabokov, exiliado de su país y con pocas esperanzas de regresar algún día, estaba capacitado como nadie para introducir a sus alumnos en la obra de los grandes maestros rusos: Gógol, Turguéniev, Tolstói, Gorki, Dostoyevski o Chéjov. Esas lecciones apasionadas y polémicas, reconstruidas por Fredson Bowers a partir de los apuntes del escritor, son una ocasión única para asistir a sus clases y releer a fondo la literatura rusa del siglo XIX. A lo largo de casi dos décadas, antes de saltar a la fama con Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov impartió cursos de literatura en las universidades estadounidenses de Wellesley y Cornell, y sus clases se han vuelto legendarias. No es frecuente que los estudiantes tengan por maestro a uno de los mejores autores del momento, pero tampoco que un novelista añada a sutalento una vocación didáctica tan nítida y eficaz, y tan libre de convencionalismos académicos. La crítica ha dicho:«Instruye y estimula. Un gran escritor ruso habla de los grandes escritores rusos.»Anthony Burgess
Curso sobre El Quijote (Vib Ser. #Vol. 227)
by Vladimir NabokovLas provocadoras lecciones de un escritor genial sobre uno de los clásicos indiscutibles de la novela A lo largo de casi dos décadas, Vladimir Nabokov impartió cursos de literatura, que llegaron a convertirse en leyenda, en las universidades de Wellesley y Cornell. Fredson Bowers los reconstruyó a partir de los apuntes del maestro. Fredson Bowers los reconstruyó a partir de los apuntes del maestro, cuya inusual libertad de criterio de brilla especialmente en el análisis de la obra maestra de Cervantes. Nabokov no vacila en señalar fallos y tropiezos, ni en cargar contra tópicos contumaces, para resaltar los valores auténticos de la historia de don Quijote y Sancho. La crítica ha dicho:«Cuando de leer se trata, según Nabokov, se debían "notar y acariciar los detalles". Estas clases son un ejemplo concreto y maravilloso de ese principio.» Zadie Smith
Cursor's Fury: Book Three Of The Codex Alera (Codex Alera #3)
by Jim ButcherIn his acclaimed Codex Alera novels, bestselling author Jim Butcher has created a fascinating world in which the powerful forces of nature take physical form. But even magic cannot sway the corruption that threatens to destroy the realm of Alera once and for all.
Cursor's Fury: The Codex Alera: Book Three (Codex Alera #9)
by Jim ButcherPower-hungry Kalare has rebelled against Alera's aging First Lord, Gaius Sextus. Ill-equipped to face this attack, Gaius must seek support - even from the combative High Lord of Aquitaine. Kalare has also seized valuable hostages that could mean the difference between victory and failure. And Amara, the First Lord's Cursor, has been tasked with their rescue. She has earned this trust but are her allies as worthy - or does the Lady Aquitaine see the time as ripe for betrayal?Treachery is rife elsewhere, as young Tavi of Calderon will find. Posted away from the war, Tavi joins a legion anyway, under an assumed name. Then Kalare does the unthinkable - uniting with the brutish Canim. When treason wipes out the army's command structure, Tavi finds himself leading an inexperienced legion against the might of the Canim horde - the very last resort of a war-torn realm.
Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera Series #3)
by Jim ButcherWhen the power-hungry High Lord of Kalare launches a merciless rebellion against the First Lord, young Tavi of Calderon joins a newly formed legion under an assumed name. And when the ruthless Kalare allies himself with a savage enemy of the realm, Tavi finds himself leading an inexperienced, poorly equipped legion--the only force standing between Alera and certain doom...
Cursor's Fury: The Codex Alera: Book Three (Codex Alera #13)
by Jim ButcherPower-hungry Kalare has rebelled against Alera's aging First Lord, Gaius Sextus. Ill-equipped to face this attack, Gaius must seek support - even from the combative High Lord of Aquitaine. Kalare has also seized valuable hostages that could mean the difference between victory and failure. And Amara, the First Lord's Cursor, has been tasked with their rescue. She has earned this trust but are her allies as worthy - or does the Lady Aquitaine see the time as ripe for betrayal?Treachery is rife elsewhere, as young Tavi of Calderon will find. Posted away from the war, Tavi joins a legion anyway, under an assumed name. Then Kalare does the unthinkable - uniting with the brutish Canim. When treason wipes out the army's command structure, Tavi finds himself leading an inexperienced legion against the might of the Canim horde - the very last resort of a war-torn realm.
Curtain: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #37)
by Agatha ChristieThe legendary detective saves his best for last as he races to apprehend a five-time killer before the final curtain descends in Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, the last book Agatha Christie published before her death.The crime-fighting careers of Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have come full circle—they are back once again in the rambling country house in which they solved their first murder together.Both Hercule Poirot and Great Styles have seen better days—but, despite being crippled with arthritis, there is nothing wrong with the great detective and his “little gray cells.” However, when Poirot brands one of the seemingly harmless guests a five-time murderer, some people have their doubts. But Poirot alone knows he must prevent a sixth murder before the curtain falls.
Curtain: A Novel
by Michael KordaFelicia Lisle and Robert Vane--she the Oscar-winning star of the world's greatest epic motion picture, he the greatest English actor--are the perfect couple, until Vane's moody genius and Felicia's private demons begin to tear them apart.
The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts
by Milan Kundera“An elegant, personalized integration of anecdote, analysis, scholarship, memory and speculation. . . . Not since Henry James, perhaps, has a fiction writer examined the process of writing with such insight, authority and range of reference and allusion.” —Russell Banks, New York Times Book Review“A magic curtain, woven of legends, hung before the world. Cervantes sent Don Quixote journeying and tore through the curtain. The world opened before the knight-errant in all the comical nakedness of its prose.”In this thought-provoking, endlessly enlightening, and entertaining essay on the art of the novel, renowned author Milan Kundera suggests that “the curtain” represents a ready-made perception of the world that each of us has—a pre-interpreted world. The job of the novelist, he argues, is to rip through the curtain and reveal what it hides. Here an incomparable literary artist cleverly sketches out his personal view of the history and value of the novel in Western civilization. In doing so, he celebrates a prose form that possesses the unique ability to transcend national and language boundaries in order to reveal some previously unknown aspect of human existence.
Curtain
by Amarjeet SinghThis story takes place 117 years in the future from today where an evil dictator named Chess is using robots and technology to manipulate information and society. Stakes are high as the free will of people is being tested. A 16-year-old girl named Curtain, a colour therapist, wants to give people awareness of what is happening behind the curtain. She wants to make the world a better and happier place by eliminating criminal surveillance and bringing down Chess. This is, however, far easier said than done. Chess is a genius after all. He has significant powers and resources at his disposal which are unknown to Curtain. Curtain is going to need some help…is she going to succeed in her quest?
Curtain and The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot Series #39 and #1)
by Agatha Christie2-in-1 volume. Hercule Poirot made his debut in 1920 in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and he meets his final challenge in Curtain.
Curtain Call (Babymouse Tales from the Locker #4)
by Jennifer L. HolmWatch out, Broadway! Babymouse tries out for the school play in the next book in the Babymousetastic, highly illustrated Babymouse: Tales from the Locker series.All of middle school's a play--at least, it seems that way to Babymouse. So when she hears about auditions for the school play, she jumps at the chance. She knows she's destined to be the lead! Or the lead's best friend. Or...Clown #2? Babymouse scrambles to memorize her one line, work on set design, and try to wrap her head around stage directions. But when the big show has a major glitch, it will take all of Babymouse's newfound skills to save the play.Le exhausted sigh.
Curtain Call
by Lisa TimpfFrom the first time she picked up a softball bat, Kayla has loved team games of any stripe. Now in her mid-forties, though, she is starting to come to the bitter realization that like all good things, her involvement in team sports must come to an end one day, whether she’s ready or not.When her broomball teammates start making noises about this being their final season together, Kayla sets her sights on capturing the league championship. What better way to remind them of how much fun it can be to win?The prospect of snagging the league title seems brighter with the addition of a new player, Val, who Kayla would like to get to know better. That is, if her meddlesome ex Abby will stay out of the picture long enough.Will winning the championship be enough to bring Kayla’s teammates back for one more season? If not, what can she do about it?
Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel: The stage is set when a killer strikes in this charming, Scarborough-set cosy crime mystery (A Helen Dexter Cosy Crime Mystery #2)
by Glenda YoungThe second in the page-turning cosy crime series from Glenda Young, this unputdownable whodunnit is perfect for fans of Julia Chapman's Dales Detective Agency, Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club, Betty Rowlands and Helen Cox.Early readers say ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐!'I really do love this series. It is light, easy to read and a perfect cosy crime series. I highly recommend''Wow I love this author. This book did not disappoint loved all the characters and how the author brought them to life. I enjoyed it so much I finished it within 24hrs''A wholly entertaining mystery set . . . A fun plot and plenty of wry humour completes the package''I really can't wait for more seaside adventures!'................................................In the charming Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough, the stage is set for murder . . . Helen Dexter has started a new chapter in her life as sole proprietor of the Seaview Hotel.But things take a dramatic turn when an acting troupe book into the hotel to rehearse a play they hope will save a much-loved theatre from being closed down. Helen immediately picks up on tension between the actors, but there is worse to come when the charismatic leading lady is found dead.With so much at stake, it's clear the show must go on. Helen is roped into helping the troupe with their performance, giving her ample opportunity to discover who wanted their diva dead.However, the murder is not the only thing on Helen's mind. She's receiving threatening phone calls, her car is vandalised - and she's just learned of an impending visit from a hotel inspector which could change the fortunes of the Seaview Hotel.With her trusty greyhound Suki by her side, Helen is determined to uncover the identity of the killer - even if it means she has to give the performance of her life.................................................Don't miss Helen and Suki's first cosy crime caper in Murder at the Seaview Hotel!'I loved this warm, humorous and involving whodunnit with its host of engaging characters and atmospheric Scarborough setting' CLARE CHASE'Just the heart-warming tonic readers need right now. Endearing characters, intriguing twists and one very cute canine' HELEN COX Love Glenda Young's cosy crime? Don't miss her acclaimed Ryhope-set sagas, Belle of the Back Streets, The Tuppenny Child, Pearl of Pit Lane, The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon, The Paper Mill Girl and The Miner's Lass.
Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel: The stage is set when a killer strikes in this charming, Scarborough-set cosy crime mystery (A Helen Dexter Cosy Crime Mystery #2)
by Glenda YoungThe second in the page-turning cosy crime series from Glenda Young, this unputdownable whodunnit is perfect for fans of Julia Chapman's Dales Detective Agency, Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club, Betty Rowlands and Helen Cox.Early readers say ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐!'I really do love this series. It is light, easy to read and a perfect cosy crime series. I highly recommend''Wow I love this author. This book did not disappoint loved all the characters and how the author brought them to life. I enjoyed it so much I finished it within 24hrs''A wholly entertaining mystery set . . . A fun plot and plenty of wry humour completes the package''I really can't wait for more seaside adventures!'................................................In the charming Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough, the stage is set for murder . . . Helen Dexter has started a new chapter in her life as sole proprietor of the Seaview Hotel.But things take a dramatic turn when an acting troupe book into the hotel to rehearse a play they hope will save a much-loved theatre from being closed down. Helen immediately picks up on tension between the actors, but there is worse to come when the charismatic leading lady is found dead.With so much at stake, it's clear the show must go on. Helen is roped into helping the troupe with their performance, giving her ample opportunity to discover who wanted their diva dead.However, the murder is not the only thing on Helen's mind. She's receiving threatening phone calls, her car is vandalised - and she's just learned of an impending visit from a hotel inspector which could change the fortunes of the Seaview Hotel.With her trusty greyhound Suki by her side, Helen is determined to uncover the identity of the killer - even if it means she has to give the performance of her life.................................................Don't miss Helen and Suki's first cosy crime caper in Murder at the Seaview Hotel!'I loved this warm, humorous and involving whodunnit with its host of engaging characters and atmospheric Scarborough setting' CLARE CHASE'Just the heart-warming tonic readers need right now. Endearing characters, intriguing twists and one very cute canine' HELEN COX Love Glenda Young's cosy crime? Don't miss her acclaimed Ryhope-set sagas, Belle of the Back Streets, The Tuppenny Child, Pearl of Pit Lane, The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon, The Paper Mill Girl and The Miner's Lass.
Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel: The stage is set when a killer strikes in this charming, Scarborough-set cosy crime mystery (A Helen Dexter Cosy Crime Mystery #2)
by Glenda YoungThe second in the page-turning cosy crime series from Glenda Young, this unputdownable whodunnit is perfect for fans of Julia Chapman's Dales Detective Agency, Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club, Betty Rowlands and Helen Cox.'I loved this warm, humorous and involving whodunnit with its host of engaging characters and atmospheric Scarborough setting' Clare Chase on Murder at the Seaview Hotel In the charming Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough, the stage is set for murder . . .When a troupe of actors arrive in Scarborough to perform a murder mystery play and book into the Seaview Hotel, it's only a matter of time before amateur sleuth Helen Dexter and her trusty greyhound Suki are playing the roles of detectives once again. Don't miss Helen and Suki's first cosy crime caper in Murder at the Seaview Hotel! Love Glenda Young's cosy crime? Don't miss her acclaimed Ryhope-set sagas, Belle of the Back Streets, The Tuppenny Child, Pearl of Pit Lane, The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon, The Paper Mill Girl and The Miner's Lass.(P) 2022 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Curtain Call to Murder: The brand-new, laugh-out-loud murder mystery series from national treasure Julian Clary
by Julian Clary'What a joy. The best book I've read this year. Awesome!' - MRS. B. CLARY (JULIAN'S MUM) A murder on stage. A cast full of suspects. Can dresser to the stars Jayne unravel the mystery? It is opening night at the London Palladium, and tensions are running high amongst the feuding cast of "Leopard Spots." Amongst them are an ageing lothario, a national treasure, an amateur psychic and a comedian-turned actor all vying for the spotlight.When an on-stage accident forces an unexpected intermission, it is clear only to dresser to the stars Jayne that the drama has turned deadly. Can she step out of the wings and identify the killer before it is too late? Or will murder make an encore...Discover the year's most entertaining, devious and fabulous mystery from author, actor and comedian Julian Clary
Curtain Call to Murder: The brand-new, laugh-out-loud murder mystery series from national treasure Julian Clary
by Julian Clary'Been reading this on m'olidays. It's perfectly ridiculous & also v funny...' - Dawn French 'Curtain Call To Murder positively explodes with the double-entendres and vicious wit that has become his trademark.' DAILY EXPRESS A murder on stage. A cast full of suspects. Can dresser to the stars Jayne unravel the mystery? It is opening night at the London Palladium, and tensions are running high amongst the feuding cast of "Leopard Spots." Amongst them are an ageing lothario, a national treasure, an amateur psychic and a comedian-turned actor all vying for the spotlight.When an on-stage accident forces an unexpected intermission, it is clear only to dresser to the stars Jayne that the drama has turned deadly. Can she step out of the wings and identify the killer before it is too late? Or will murder make an encore...Discover the year's most entertaining, devious and fabulous mystery from author, actor and comedian Julian Clary
A Curtain Falls: A Novel (Detective Simon Ziele #2)
by Stefanie PintoffFollowing on the heels of Stefanie Pintoff's acclaimed and award-winning debut, A Curtain Falls is a moody and evocative tale that follows Ziele and his partners as they scour the dark streets of early-twentieth-century New York in search of a true fiend.The careers of New York City detective Simon Ziele and his former partner Captain Declan Mulvaney went in remarkably different directions after the tragic death of Ziele's fiancée in the 1904 General Slocum ferry disaster. Although both men were earmarked for much bigger things, Ziele moved to Dobson, a small town north of the city, to escape the violence, and Mulvaney buried himself even deeper, agreeing to head up the precinct in the most crime-ridden area in the city.Yet with all of the detectives and resources at Mulvaney's disposal, a particularly puzzling crime compels him to look for someone he can trust absolutely. When a chorus girl is found dead on a Broadway stage dressed in the leading lady's costume, there are no signs of violence, no cuts, no bruises—no marks at all. If pressed, the coroner would call it a suicide, but then that would make her the second girl to turn up dead in such a manner in the last few weeks. And the news of a possible serial killer would be potentially disastrous to the burgeoning theater world, not to mention the citizens of New York.
Curtain for a Jester (The Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries #17)
by Frances Lockridge Richard LockridgeThe murder of a notorious practical joker is no laughing matter in this &“excellent series&” starring a husband-and-wife detective team (The New Yorker). Byron Wilmot will do anything for a laugh. He&’s a legend of practical jokes, notorious for once using a dummy to stage a kidnapping so realistic it fooled the police. So when Pamela and Jerry North are invited to a party at Wilmot&’s home, Mrs. North braces herself for an evening of snakes in a can, rubber spiders, and the like. But tonight, a murderer will get the last laugh. When Wilmot&’s secretary finds her boss lying in a pool of blood with a knife sticking out of his chest, she assumes it&’s just another highly realistic gag. But Wilmot doesn&’t move. He&’s dead and the Norths will have think quickly if they&’re going to find the killer—and make it to the punch line of Wilmot&’s last great joke. Curtain for a Jester is the 17th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Curtain of Death (A Clandestine Operations Novel #3)
by William E. Butterworth W.E.B. GriffinFrom #1 New York Times-bestselling author W. E. B. Griffin comes the dramatic third novel in the Clandestine Operations series about the Cold War, the fledgling Central Intelligence Agency--and a new breed of warrior. January 1946: Two WACs leave an officers' club in Munich, and four Soviet NKGB agents kidnap them at knifepoint in the parking lot and shove them in the back of an ambulance. That is the agents' first mistake, and their last. One of the WACs, a blond woman improbably named Claudette Colbert, works for the new Directorate of Central Intelligence, and three of the men end up dead and the fourth wounded. The "incident," however, will send shock waves rippling up and down the line and have major repercussions not only for her, but for her boss, James Cronley, Chief DCI-Europe, and for everybody involved in their still-evolving enterprise. For, though the Germans may have been defeated, Cronley and his company are on the front lines of an entirely different kind of war now. The enemy has changed, the rules have changed--and the stakes have never been higher.
A Curtain of Green: And Other Stories (Harvest Book Ser. #2)
by Eudora WeltyThe debut short fiction collection from the Pulitzer Prize–winning Southern author: &“A fine writer and a distinguished book&” (The New Yorker). When A Curtain of Green was published, it immediately established an unknown young writer from Mississippi as a uniquely original literary voice and a great American author. In her now-famous introduction to the collection, Katherine Anne Porter wrote that &“there is even in the smallest story a sense of power in reserve which makes me believe firmly that, splendid beginning that it is, it is only a beginning.&” In this collection are many of the stories that have become acknowledged masterpieces: the hilarious over-the-top family drama that drives a small-town resentful postmistress to explain &“Why I Live at the P.O.&”; the deeply satisfying thwarting of a trio of busybodies by a &“feeble-minded&” young woman in &“Lily Daw and the Three Ladies&”; the poignant pilgrimage of elderly Phoenix Jackson in &“A Worn Path&”; and the boldly experimental and jubilantly playful literary improvisation of &“Powerhouse,&” inspired by a performance Eudora Welty saw by Fats Waller. Porter added that &“[Welty] has simply an eye and an ear sharp, shrewd, and true as a tuning fork.&” Like the jazz tunes Powerhouse bangs out on the piano, Welty&’s stories remain as fresh, alive, and unpredictable today as when they first appeared. &“Miss Welty&’s stories are deceptively simple. They are concerned with ordinary people, but what happens to them and the manner of the telling are far from ordinary.&”—The New Yorker
Curtain Up: Agatha Christie: A Life in the Theatre
by Julius Green“[Julius] Green turned detective himself and scoured archives around the world to uncover a number of unpublished, unknown works . . . This book is a treat.” —Independent (UK)From the producer of numerous Agatha Christie stage plays comes the first book to examine the world’s bestselling mystery writer’s career and work as a playwright, published to commemorate her 125th birthday.Agatha Christie has long been revered around the world for her mysteries and the indelible characters she created, Miss Jane Marple and Hercule Poirot. In addition to her contributions as a novelist, this gifted writer was also an acclaimed playwright. Offering a unique, in-depth look at her work for the stage, Curtain Up analyzes her plays and features excerpts from Agatha Christie’s correspondences, notebooks, and several unpublished and unperformed scripts quoted from for the first time.Meticulously researched, peppered with groundbreaking discoveries—including a detaile discussion of her only play to premiere in America—Curtain Up sheds new light on Christie’s artistry and adds a fascinating layer to her remarkable story.
Curtain Up!: A Book for Young Performers
by Dirk McleanYoung Amaya is auditioning for a role in a professional play. Although she longs to perform, she is about to learn how much team effort and hard work is involved.As the reader follows her progress from a nervous hopeful at an audition through the fittings for costumes, the rehearsals, the memory work, and even stage fright, Dirk McLean introduces the many people and jobs involved in staging a play. A glossary provides descriptions of terms like casting, choreography, and blocking. Written by an author with extensive firsthand theater experience, this is a must-have resource for young children who are performers. And for those who only dream of a career on stage, it is entertaining to share Amaya's journey and to feel the thrill of a peek behind the scenes.