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When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first...
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A remarkably handsome youth, Dorian Gray, meets Lord Henry Wotton and is corrupted into a life of terrible evil. Granted eternal youth, Dorian Gray lives a wild, dissipated life while his portrait grows old and haggard. Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works... full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused...
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The story of a farm family's Depression-era journey from the Dustbowl of Oklahoma to the California migrant labor camps in search of a better life.
4) Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories One Hundred and One Tales of Mystery, b
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One Hundred and One Tales of Mystery, by Famous Authors of East and West
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Cada capítulo de este libro está realizado por fotógrafos especializados y de reconocido prestigio que conforman el grupo Portfolio Natural. Así podrás compartir su experiencia de la práctica fotográfica, descrita de manera clara y actual, combinando la teoría con ejemplos prácticos.
Sus catorce capítulos engloban la actividad total del fotógrafo en la naturaleza. Desde los controles fotográficos y el flujo de trabajo a los temas más...
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Includes 56 original illustrations and a map of the area. Our anonymous author was part of the 6th Poona Division, Indian Army, the first of the British Empire's forces to be deployed to Mesopotamia during the First World War. Fighting and marching through sweltering temperatures forced much inactivity on the British and Indian troops as much as their Turkish and Arab opponents. The author in his irreverent style remarked: "From 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. it...
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Includes Gallipoli Campaign Map and Illustrations Pack -71 photos and 31 maps of the campaign spanning the entire period of hostilities. A moving and wittily written account of an officer of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers of the 10 (Irish Division) during their heroic but futile campaign on the Gallipoli Peninsula. He landed with his men of 'D' company into the storm of shot, shell and death at Suvla Bay and fought hard against the elements...
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Build and Refine Your In-Camera and Photoshop Skills with This Authoritative and Visually Stunning Guide to Capturing Incredible Landscape Photographs
Practical demonstrations, step-by-step examples and invaluable secrets from five leading professional photographers show you how to use your digital SLR to its full potential
Darwin Wiggett, David Noton, William Neill, Tom Mackie and Tony Worobiec tackle subjects key to taking great...
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Illustrated with over 40 photos and 15 maps of the engagement. The momentous events of the 6th of June 1944, D-Day, still resonate around the world, almost 200,000 Allied Soldiers were thrown against the Nazi dominated coast of France in a bid to free Western Europe from the Fascist grip that had held it since 1939. Although massive air and naval bombardments proceeded the landings the mission would succeed or fail based on the ground troops being...
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Los artesanos de lo auténtico. Durante el confinamiento domiciliario, en la primavera del año 2020, a consecuencia de una pandemia mundial, tres personas inquietas y valientes, dedicadas a la comunicación y al diseño de experiencias y amantes de la comida auténtica, tuvieron la necesidad de reivindicar la gastronomía artesana de alta calidad, la que produce alimentos con técnicas respetuosas y sostenibles.
A través de un viaje gastronómico...
13) Madagascar
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Madagascar ha sido definida como "Gran Isla" del océano Índico, "santuario de la naturaleza", "isla-continente", "paraíso desconocido", "encrucijada cultural"… Los folletos turísticos elogian esta tierra perdida frente a África y, sin embargo, tan cerca, a veces, de Asia. Pero Tanindrazana, la "tierra de los antepasados", no se reduce a estos estereotipos rimbombantes.
Las islas del norte, como Nosy Bé, son ahora muy populares entre los turistas...
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He aquí un regalo para el lector más exquisito: las veinte historias que los fieles seguidores de la Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, una de las publicaciones más prestigiosas de crimen y suspenso en la escena internacional, votaron como sus favoritas indiscutibles, muchas de las cuales se trasladaron a la pantalla de la mano del gran maestro del suspenso y el terror.
Estafadores y delincuentes, investigadores privados y detectives aficionados,...
15) Pining Away
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On the night of the Party at the Mystery Shack, Dipper discovers a way to clone himself and thinks he's found the key to finally wooing Wendy. But will Dipper muster up the courage to ask her to dance? Or will his clones get jealous and turn on him? Then, when Lil' Gideon knocks Mabel out of the 'friend zone' and into the 'romance zone,' Mabel can't turn him down! Will Dipper help Mabel break up with Lil' Gideon? Or will Mabel become Lil' Gideon's...
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"Don't suffer a child to be accused of a fault until you are perfectly aware he has been guilty of it" is one of the many recommendations imparted within this historical booklet. Covering timeless topics such as "Pregnancy and Childbirth," "Diet," "Sleep," and "Clothing," Don'ts for Mothers reveals motherhood as viewed in the late 1800s. While the majority of the guidance is outdated and strikingly odd to modern readers, this entertaining...
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Rapunzel has lived in her secret tower in the woods for eighteen years. Not one to remain idle, she keeps busy with music, painting, cooking, and even astronomy. With her best friend--a chameleon named Pascal--to keep her company, and a vivid imagination to keep them both entertained, Rapunzel has lots of adventures to dream up!
18) Senegal
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Senegal es la tierra del eterno sol y la aventura, rica en paisajes, contrastes y encuentros fortuitos. Es la imagen del África icónica representada por sus cuentos, griots, cultura animista y pueblos de chozas. La que les contamos a los niños para que tengan dulces sueños. Senegal es también otra África, actual, donde la democracia es estable, donde las religiones coexisten armoniosamente, donde los grupos étnicos seculares perpetúan sus...
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