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Our pets. They are our loyal companions and our faithful friends, a constant source of joy and inspiration. In this endearing anthology of prayers and poems, June Cotner has handpicked choice writings by some of the world's most notable animal lovers to celebrate the playful, the poignant, and the profound ways these wonderful creatures touch our daily lives.
Selections include Emily Dickinson's astute observations of her cat, Roger Caras' thoughts...
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¿Cuál es la historia de los primeros diccionarios en Hispanoamérica y, en particular en Chile? ¿Cómo se relaciona con la construcción de los Estados nacionales a lo largo del siglo XIX? Este libro busca desentrañar esta y otras preguntas leyendo entre definiciones variopintas los discursos ideológicos, históricos y políticos y reflexionando sobre la naturaleza lingüística y normativa de los diccionarios.
La profunda investigación y los...
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Are you on a quest for academic brilliance? Whether you're a student embarking on your research journey or a seasoned scholar seeking to refresh your skills, "30 Thesis Writing Commandments" is your roadmap to success. In the world of academia, the pursuit of excellence is paramount. Written by academic mentor Kadri Walcott, this book offers invaluable insights to empower you on your quest for scholarly distinction. With thirty commandments, it covers...
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The snow is falling, the holidays are approaching and…It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies! This delightfully depraved book of classic Zombie Christmas carols by Michael P. Spradlin is guaranteed to spread Yuletide cheer to all those good boys and ghouls who devoured the monster New York Times bestsellers Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and World War Z, as well as fans of 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead. With an introduction by the inimitable...
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Filósofo, historiador, profesor, controvertido, reservado, gay. Ícono asociado con la izquierda que, sin embargo, criticó duramente al freudomarxismo y al feminismo de su tiempo. Mucho se dijo sobre Michel Foucault, y sus ideas todavía resuenan con fuerza en la actualidad, tanto dentro como fuera de la academia. En La creación del placer, Luis Diego Fernández traza un recorrido de tres partes para: explicar la forma en que Foucault piensa los...
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La voluntad para ser mejor es un tema profundo y significativo. Se trata de la determinacion y el deseo de mejorar uno mismo tanto en terminos personales como profesionales. A lo largo de la historia, la humanidad ha demostrado una asombrosa capacidad para administrar y controlar diversos aspectos que existen en el mundo, pero lamentablemente, no siempre de manera responsable, ética o solidaria. Como resultado, hemos enfrentado desafíos significativos:...
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When the going gets tough, the tough eat ice cream. They also keep their sense of humor because laughter is the best medicine in a world gone mad. In this, his seventh book, nationally syndicated humorist Jerry Zezima writes about family foibles and the funny little things of everyday life. It's the kind of stuff that millions of people can relate to. And it's a welcome respite from all the bad things going on these days. So sit back with "The Good...
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Like Kofi Annan, Larry Miller is one of the most irresistible comic personalities working today. Known for years as an actor, writer, comedian, and sexual pioneer, he's gained a new following as a cultural commentator and frequent guest on political shows. Now, in Spoiled Rotten America, he fixes his gaze on what's funny about our daily lives-which includes, roughly speaking, everything. From middle-aged drinking ("When you're in your twenties, you...
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Desde hace 19 años que el Premio Periodismo de Excelencia de la Universidad Alberto Hurtado elige a grandes periodistas, editores, profesores y pensadores de la comunicación para que seleccionen, como prejurados y jurados finalistas, a aquellos trabajos periodísticos que logran ir más allá: los que descubren las causas, las consecuencias, las tendencias, lo que está pasando y lo que muestra el germen de lo que vendrá. Este libro es un ejemplo...
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From the award-winning, multi-genre author and musician Steven Heighton, Songbook brings together Heighton's lyrics and music for the first time in a single volume, including his final songs, which have never been heard or seen until now. When Steven Heighton died suddenly of cancer in 2022, he was in the middle of an intensely creative period of songwriting. He released his first album of original material, The Devil's Share, in 2021 and was preparing...
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In just a decade, blogging changed from a fad to a phenomenon with an estimated 51 million participants, mostly creative citizens with something to say or express. Citizens who want to participate in media rather than be subjected to it. Blogothon is a selection of blogs and essays posted by raconteur par excellence, gadfly of the media, and "News Dissector" Danny Schechter in an award-winning daily blog that he began writing in 2000. In Blogothon...
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The Mexicans is a multifaceted portrait of the complex, increasingly turbulent neighbor to our south. It is the story of a country in crisis -- poverty, class tensions, political corruption -- as told through stories of individuals.
From Augustín, an honest cop, we learn that many in the Mexican police force use torture as their number-one-crime-solving technique; from Julio Scherer Garcia, a leading newspaper editor, we learn how kidnapping and...
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Departing from a discussion on what it would be a mannerist attitude in the architecture of today, and theorizing around it, this book analyzes some works of contemporary European practices including Lutjens Padmanabhan, architekten de vylder vinck taillieu, TEd'A, Maio, 6a architects and AOffice KGDVS.
Art critics between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries imprinted a long-standing derogatory meaning to the word "mannerism". Even though scholars...
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La médecine humaniste, qui traverse une période sombre, est sur le point de s'éteindre. Les causes de cette crise sont multiples et la gestion de la pandémie de COVID en est une illustration frappante, révélant les ravages d'une science dénaturée sur la santé publique. Cependant, cet ouvrage ne se contente pas de constater ce déclin ; il propose des solutions pour sauver l'âme de l'art de guérir. Il met en lumière l'importance de prendre...
15) The Tree
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The classic meditation on creativity and the natural world
"For years I have carried this book. . . with me on travels to reread, ponder, envy. In prose of classic gravity, precision, and delicacy, Fowles addresses matters of final importance." -W. S. Merwin, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"The Tree is the fullest and finest exploration I've ever read of how the useless delights to be discovered in nature can ripen into the practice of art." -Lewis...
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L'Islande est un volcan. Au sens propre comme au sens figuré. Et ce volcan ne sommeille plus. Il s'est réveillé, nous attire, irrigue notre imagination de ses geysers.
Vous en doutez ? Regardez l'explosion du nombre de touristes qui en reviennent émerveillés. Familiarisez-vous avec l'ampleur des changements survenus dans ce pays assommé par la crise financière de 2008. Déstabilisée, l'Islande a tenu parce qu'elle est incassable. Ce rocher...
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Learn how to navigate life with the effortless savior faire of a true daughter of the South with The Southern Belle's Handbook.
Sissy LeBlanc's rules to live by will teach you how to hook, hold on to, and handle any man as well as conquer any personal situation with the poise and confidence of a sophisticated southern stunner.
And because every woman possesses her own sassy instincts, you can also record your own rules for unstoppable fabulousness...
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La pandémie du COVID-19 s'estompe mais les humeurs persistent ! Patrick Huchet nous présente son dernier recueil de chroniques, intitulé Humeurs post covidiennes – Tome III, dans lequel il continue de réagir spontanément aux événements sociaux, politiques et culturels qui l'interpellent. L'auteur, avec une touche d'humour, agrémente ses réflexions de références pertinentes issues du monde de la musique et du cinéma qu'il maîtrise particulièrement...
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"ABŪ AL-ʿALĀʾ AL-MAʿARRĪ (973-1058)" réexamine la pensée de la figure importante de la littérature arabe, Al-Maʿarrī, encore très mal ou peu connue. L'ouvrage tente d'éclairer la philosophie de ce penseur arabe, articulée autour de la question fondamentale de l'humain et de son bonheur, en se basant principalement sur les Luzūmiyyāt et l'Épître du Pardon, deux de ses œuvres majeures. En défendant ouvertement Al-Maʿarrī, cet essai...
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Émilie Guyonnet rapporte avec sensibilité et humanisme les témoignages des habitants d'Okinawa, acteurs locaux ou simples citoyens, obligés de cohabiter avec les 32 bases militaires américaines (près de 26 000 soldats). Ces bases causent de nombreux problèmes quotidiens, mais sont aussi pour le Japon un gage de « protection » par son allié américain.
En complément de ces témoignages, elle fait le point sur les enjeux actuels dans la...
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