The Lost Magic Show Mystery: A Detective Squad Mystery Short Stories Book for Kids invites young readers to join an intrepid group of sleuths as they solve captivating mysteries and embark on thrilling adventures. When a famous magician's performance in town vanishes without a trace, it's up to the Detective Squad to unravel the enigma and save the show. As the team delves deeper into the case, they'll uncover hidden secrets, encounter peculia...
The main objective of this book is to offer practical proposals that allow us to enjoy our homes and keep them in perfect condition without spending more time than necessary. It is often thought that it takes hours for our home to be the way we like it. We thus become slaves to our homes and forget that their main function is to provide us with comfort. But it is the house that is at our service, not us at hers. Throughout these pages, many id...
The New York Times–bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through brings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection Elegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunez’s ninth novel. The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as a solitary female narrator asks what it means to be alive at this complex mo...
The New York Times–bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through brings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection Elegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunez’s ninth novel. The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as a solitary female narrator asks what it means to be alive at this complex mo...
You didn't think it was possible for a woman to wander the streets in the same spirit and manner as a man. A female pedestrian was subject to constant disruptions: stares, comments, catcalls, gropes. Of course, a woman has only to wait until she's a certain age, when she becomes invisible, and - problem solved. 'Nunez shakes the dust from every topic - grief, writing, academia, sexual politics - she picks up' New York Times 'I loved it . . . I...
The new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of THE FRIEND'When I open one of Sigrid Nunez's novels, I almost always know immediately: This is where I want to be' NEW YORK TIMES'I just adore Sigrid Nunez' PAULA HAWKINSElegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunez's ninth novel. The Vulnerables completes a meditation on our contemporary era that Nunez began with The Fri...
This book assesses the relationship between cosmopolitanism and sovereignty. By introducing a novel theory, the work presents a detailed philosophical analysis to illustrate how these notions might theoretically and practically work together.
En las actuales circunstancias en que se desenvuelve el mundo, la preservación de la identidad cultural constituye una necesidad de primer orden para los pueblos subdesarrollados. Los latinoamericanos no escapamos de esto. Es por eso que ¿La historia de América, [¿] ha de enseñarse al dedillo, aunque no se enseñe la de los arcontes de Grecia. Nuestra Grecia es preferible a la Grecia que no es nuestra. Nos es más necesariä (Martí, 1975).El pres...
Pirates of the Caribbean tells the narrative of Reinaldo, a Cuban teenager who grew up listening to rock and roll and RandB on American radio stations. Reinaldo, seventeen, got caught up in the Cuban Revolution of 1959, which quickly turned socialist, and all expectations of keeping up with the latest American songs and trends vanished.
As a result, Cuba's new leadership pledged a fervent relationship with the Soviet Union, and Reinaldo's mos...
Pirates of the Caribbean tells the narrative of Reinaldo, a Cuban teenager who grew up listening to rock and roll and RandB on American radio stations. Reinaldo, seventeen, got caught up in the Cuban Revolution of 1959, which quickly turned socialist, and all expectations of keeping up with the latest American songs and trends vanished.
As a result, Cuba's new leadership pledged a fervent relationship with the Soviet Union, and Reinaldo's mos...
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