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The face was quite unfamiliar to her, and yet not strange. She had not known till this moment what face to expect'. A Clergyman's Daughter is George Orwell's least well-known, most unappreciated novel. Drawing on his experiences as a hop-picker, teacher, and urban vagrant, it tells the peculiar story of Dorothy Hare, the daughter of the Rector of St Athelstan's in the fictional town of Knype Hill. Unacknowledged by her absent-minded father and...

If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: "To fight against Fascism, " and if you had asked me what I was fighting for, I should have answered: "Common decency."' Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's account of the Spanish Civil War. It was the last and most mature of Orwell's documentary books and it is a sharp, focused and angry account of the fighting in Spain. The discomforts of trench warfare, his near-dea...

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Poverty is what I am writing about". In the late 1920s, Eric Blair resigned his post as a colonial policeman in Burma, immersed himself in the slums of Paris and London, and reinvented himself as George Orwell, one of the most revered prose stylists in the English language. Orwell decided to write about the lives of the poor - the dishwashers of Paris, the tramps of London - not by imagining poverty, but by experiencing poverty. The result is ...

A new edition of a Gothic novella which has inspired many horror and psychological thrillers since its publication. This new edition of The Turn of the Screw offers students the definitive text and extensive appendices. An unnamed young governess is sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Yet she is soon oppressed by a sense of foreboding and deep disquiet, becoming convinced that something dark is menacing her ...

Better your business, your career, and your life with the timeless wisdom of The Art of War. Better your business, your career, and your life with the timeless wisdom of The Art of War. Like any great strategy, each passage within this book can be applied to many life situations, from motivating you in your career to providing insight into your relationships. Learn the secrets successful businesspeople have been using for generations, and gain...

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This book is a well-researched, comprehensive study filled with practical advice and strategies to foster greater home-support engagements thereby ensuring students' success.After reviewing existing literature on the importance of parent engagement in improving students' performance, it was reported that a large number of students in Jamaica have been performing below the National Average. The author Dr. Kasan Troupe, suggests an incentivized ...

A superbly engaging way for children to learn about the countries and flags of the world.

2020 Maxy Awards Runner-Up - Women's Fiction"Cole's writing is sharp, clear, and engaging." -Sara B. Fraser, author of Long DivisionRayna thought she knew what she was doing when she spontaneously married Ethan and left the city to live on a secluded ranch. It was supposed to be the answer that finally gave her life direction and got her away from her parent's toxic relationship, but nothing is like she fantasized. Her few attempts at helping ...

This book is the collection of miscellaneous articles and other pieces of work that we have done during our careers. The main aim is to share different experiences and knowledge, not just limited to ours but also many others with whom we interacted during our careers. The reason for sharing these experiences and knowledge is because we always believe it to be our moral obligation towards the domain which has given us so much over the years.As ...

Rose stood up and closed her eyes, and as in a dream, a vision appeared before her. She saw herself prostrated at the foot of the cross where Jesus hanged. Her arms desperately encircled the base of the cross. Jesus looked at her, not with condemnation, not even with pain as He hang on the cross, but with love and understanding and clarity. His eyes bored into her soul.When she opened her eyes, she was surrounded by a spiritual blue light that...

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Life is full of experiences. These experiences can be useful windows in teaching us spiritual truths. Jesus taught this way. Often, He used physical examples to illustrate spiritual truths. These short devotionals use life experiences not only to connect the physical to the spiritual but to encourage the reader to finish the climb, the spiritual life journey that all Christians are on. It's similar to climbing a mountain. The goal is the summi...

Life is full of experiences. These experiences can be useful windows in teaching us spiritual truths. Jesus taught this way. Often, He used physical examples to illustrate spiritual truths. These short devotionals use life experiences not only to connect the physical to the spiritual but to encourage the reader to finish the climb, the spiritual life journey that all Christians are on. It's similar to climbing a mountain. The goal is the summi...

Wayne and Anita Evans move from New York City to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where they plan to settle and raise their ten-year-old son, Alastair, in the fresh air and amicable environment. Everything is good from the start, despite the many reports of missing people in the area. As Alastair begins exploring the new, wild country, his curiosity drives him to find out what is beyond their property fence line. After traveling too far from home, he fi...

Sam and George are childhood friends, sharing a deep loyalty that is cemented when George, the older by three years, saves Sam from drowning. When George decides to enlist during Vietnam, and Sam's first sexual experiences lead to a pregnancy, the stress and pressures are too much for Sam's mind to process. He breaks and has his first experience of a psychiatric hospital. As he faces the stigma of mental illness, his girlfriend Delores is ostr...

Bold and daring adventures of boy hero Oolaf in the world of Vikings!

Con este estudio pretendo demostrar que Fernando de Rojas fue un fiel aliado de Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo. No solo lo ayudó en la gran obra de La Celestina, sino también en muchas otras obras. Esta colaboración duró toda la vida de Fernández de Rojas y probablemente continuó después de su muerte, por parte de sus hijos. Por otra parte, Fernando de Rojas también escribió libros, pero siempre bajo seudónimos. Entre tanto, he hallado muchos lib...