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In this text, Manning examines the formation of nineteenth-century intelligentsia print publics in the former Soviet republic of Georgia both anthropologically and historically. At once somehow part of “Europe,” at least aspirationally, and yet rarely recognized by others as such, Georgia attempted to forge European style publics as a strong claim to European identity. These attempts also produced a crisis of self-definition, as European Georgia...
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In Creating the Empress, Vera Proskurina examines the interaction between power and poetry in creating the imperial image of Catherine the Great, providing a detailed analysis of a wide range of Russian literary works from this period, particularly the main Classical myths associated with Catherine (Amazon, Astraea, Pallas Athena, Felicitas, Fortune, etc.), as well as how these Classical subjects affirmed imperial ideology and the monarch’s power....
3) Matamoros
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Pen Wild Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"By 1862 the Union had blockaded all Confederate ports. Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, Matamoros was the only harbor where the South could ship its cotton to Europe, and smuggle in arms for the rebellion. So it was a haven for Yankee and Rebel spies and diplomats, gunrunners and cotton smugglers, runaway slaves, bandits, Texas Rangers, and rogues of every stripe. But Matamoros was also full of French Foreign Legionnaires--because...
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known popularly by his stage name Molière, is regarded as one of the masters of French comedic drama. When Molière began acting in Paris there were two well-established theatrical companies, those of the Hôtel de Bourgogne and the Marais. Joining these theatrical companies would have been impossible for a new member of the acting profession like Molière and thus he performed with traveling troupes of actors in the French...
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'The Divine Comedy' (1320) is a narrative poem by Dante Alighieri. Begun in 1308 while Dante was exiled from his native Florence, 'The Divine Comedy' - a long poem divided into three books of 33 cantos each - presents the author's spiritual journey from sinfulness and despair to salvation and self-understanding.
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2020.
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First edition.
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English
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"A veteran foreign correspondent with unique access to Emmanuel Macron delivers the inside story of his turbulent presidency, designed to fight the rise of populist nationalism and hold the European project together, in the face of daunting opposition inFrance and abroad"--
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2013
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First edition.
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English
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Recounts the triumphs and mishaps of Columbus and other explorers, following the naturalists--both famous and obscure--whose investigations of the world's fauna and flora fueled the rise of science and technology that propelled Western Europe towards modernity.
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El propio Federico García Lorca, profundo conocedor de la historia del cante jondo, supo referirlo en una conferencia suya y vaticinar algunas de las intenciones de su Poema del cante jondo:
"El "cante jondo" se acerca al triunfo del pájaro y a las músicas naturales del chopo y la ola; es simple a fuerza de vejez y de estilización. Es, pues, un rarísimo ejemplar de canto primitivo, el más viejo de toda Europa, donde la ruina histórica, el...
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Idylls of the King (1859-1885) is a cycle of narrative poems by British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Written while Tennyson was serving as Poet Laureate, Idylls of the King reworks the medieval Arthurian legend in blank verse and with an elegiac tone. Based on Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur and the early British Mabinogion manuscripts, Tennyson's work connects an ancient tradition to the reign and ideals of Queen Victoria.
"The Coming of Arthur"...
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Poeta en Nueva York reúne poesías de indudable inspiración surrealista. Son, sin embargo, bastante más lúgubres que la mayor parte de los poemas de los otros libros de Lorca. Escrito entre 1929-1930 en Nueva York, durante la residencia de Federico García Lorca como estudiante en la Universidad de Columbia, este libro se publicó póstumamente en 1940.
García Lorca es testigo de la Nueva York que sufre por la pobreza tras el crack de 1929. Escribe...
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Draws on mythology, ancient history, archaeology, the roots of society, technology, and warfare to reveal how the English language is based on original Stone Age language and uncovers the most influential and important words used by humanity's neolithic ancestors.
12) Tartuffe
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known popularly by his stage name Molière, is regarded as one of the masters of French comedic drama. When Molière began acting in Paris, there were two well-established theatrical companies, those of the Htel de Bourgogne and the Marais. Joining these theatrical companies would have been impossible for a new member of the acting profession like Molière and thus he performed with traveling troupes of actors in the French...
13) Peer Gynt
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Born in Skien, Norway in 1828, Henrik Ibsen has often been referred to as the founder of modern drama and modernism in theatre. Ibsen was widely known as an atheist and political radical, and channeled some of those sentiments into his works. "Peer Gynt" captures humankind's unsure, imperfect and opportunistic nature in many memorable scenes: a portrait so intimate and accurate that the play has become a classic in Norwegian literature. This five...
14) The Wild Duck
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English
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Written in 1884 and first performed in 1885, "The Wild Duck", by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, is the first modern tragicomedy to be embraced by critics and audiences alike. The play, titled "Vilanden" in its original Norwegian, is widely considered one of Ibsen's most well-written plays. The story centers around the secrets and dramas of the Ekdal family, who live a dysfunctional life in purposeful denial of the many skeletons that lurk in their...
15) Asymmetry
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
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English
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Dr. John Yelenic was a successful dentist in a small Pennsylvania town. When he met Michele Kamler, he thought he'd finally found the woman of his dreams. She was beautiful, intelligent, and seemed to want all the same things out of life as he did.
Michele married Yelenic in 1997. But, by 2002, the relationship fell apart...and what followed was a bitter, three-year-long battle in which Michele made demands for Yelenic's money and even accused him-falsely,...
16) True life
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
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English
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"A stunning, intimate collection by Adam Zagajewski (1945-2021), "the most pertinent, impressive, meaningful poet of our time" (Mary Oliver)"--
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Gerald Arbuthnot receives a promotion from Lord Illingworth, a worldly politician who has a sordid history of women, one of whom is Gerald's widowed mother. When their connection is revealed, the young man questions his past, present and future aspirations.
A Woman of No Importance opens with a high-class party featuring a group of society's most illustrious citizens. In the midst of the event, Gerald Arbuthnot enters and announces his new position...
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The History Press
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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How do you get rid of a bothersome giant? Have you got a secret like Effie? And what would you do with an invisibility seed?Some of these stories from Glamorgan are strange and sad, some are a bit scary and some are a bit mad. Our ancestors first told them long ago, and people liked them so much they kept passing them on. These stories of magic and adventure belong to everyone. They are meant to be told. Read them, tell them and pass them on yourself!...
20) Dear Comrades
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Hoover Institution Press
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Vivid reports of the struggle of two parties vying for supremacy in postczarist Russia.--Provided by the publisher. --Provided by publisher.
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