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The Hummingbird's Daughter

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Urrea, Luis Alberto, PUBLISHER: Back Bay Books, The prizewinning writer Luis Alberto Urrea's long-awaited novel is an epic mystical drama of a young woman's sudden sainthood in late 19th-century Mexico.It is , and civil war is brewing in Mexico. A 16-year-old girl, Teresita, illegitimate but beloved daughter of the wealthy and powerful rancher Don Tomas Urrea, wakes from the strangest dream--a dream that she has died. Only it was not a dream. This passionate and rebellious young woman has arisen from death with a power to heal--but it will take all her faith to endure the trials that await her and her family now that she has become the Saint of Cabora.THE HUMMINGBIRD?S DAUGHTER is a vast, hugely satisfying novel of love and loss, joy and pain. Two decades in the writing, this is the masterpiece that Luis Alberto Urrea has been building up to.

The Delaware

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Jay, PUBLISHER: Children's Press(CT), The "New True Books" have been produced to fill a very important need. Children are by nature inquisitive and these fact-filled books provide answers to many basic questions. Students use the New True Books for supplementary work in their classes. They use them to find out about special things that interest them. They read them to learn on their own. Packed with information, each fascinating book encourages children to study independently. The "New True Books" are effective. Each book is richly illustrated with full-color photographs and art, selected to support the text. A large, easy-to-read typeface is used. Each title contains a table of contents, a glossary, and a complete index. The "New True Book" series was prepared under the direction of the late Illa Podendorf, formerly with the Laboratory School, University of Chicago. Remember, children will always have questions, so let the "New True Books" help them find the answers.

Daily Life During the Salem Witch Trials

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Goss, K. David, PUBLISHER: Greenwood, What was it like to live in the colony of Massachusetts during the last decade of the 17th century, the decade famed for the Salem Witch Trials? "Daily Life during the Salem Witch Trials" answers that question, offering a vivid portrait essential to anyone seeking to understand the traumatic events of the time in their proper historical context. The book begins with a historical overview tracing the development of the Puritan experiment in the Massachusetts colony from to . It then explores the cultural values and day-to-day concerns of Puritan society in the late-17th century, including trends and patterns of behavior in family life, household activities, business and economics, political and military responsibilities, and religious belief. Each chapter interprets a different aspect of daily life as it was experienced by those who lived through the social crisis of the witch trials of , helping readers better comprehend how the history-making events of those years could come to pass.

Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Prather, Marla F. / Kuspit, Donald B., PUBLISHER: Whitney Museum of American Art, Throughout his remarkably prolific career of more than 40 years, Lucas Samaras has built a diverse and highly textured body of work, largely with his own image. Self-depiction is arguably the driving force of his life's work. This book, the catalogue for a major exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, is the first to focus on his self-portraiture. Marla Prather surveys Samaras's career from the late s to the present, tracing his self-portraits in various mediums, including drawings, photography, boxes, mirrored environments, and film. There will also be an extensive, illustrated biography of the artist, making the catalogue an essential source for scholars. Including some 300 illustrations, Unrepentant Ego demonstrates Samaras's critical place in art history, which he has earned by creating provocative, multifaceted work outside the dominant trends of his time.

Words on Ice: A Collection of Hockey Stories

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kennedy, Michael, PUBLISHER: Key Porter Books, A young boy dreams of hockey glory. A teenager explores his budding talent and revels in his first poignant victory. A professional goalie relies on a mysteriously powerful face mask to deliver him to glory. A small town pits itself against a neighbouring village in an all-out no-holds-barred contest of hometown solidarity. A middle-aged woman discovers women's recreational hockey. An aging radio personality joins the pros on the ice in an exhilarating--and embarrassing--publicity stunt. In this anthology of hockey tales--both fiction and non-fiction--hockey lovers from across North America offer their insights on what makes hockey "the best game you can name." With stories from such bestselling authors as Roch Carrier, Morley Callaghan, Mordecai Richler, Don Gutteridge, Ken Dryden, George Plimpton and the late Peter Gzowski, Words on Ice is an outstanding literary contribution to any hockey lover's bookshelf.

Midterm Disappearance: A Seeton Hall Mystery

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Irving, Laurelyn, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, Jumping from crises to cookouts, Laura Jordan, mother of Seeton Hall, has her hands full with 104 college students under one roof. Kegs fly, the toilet paper war commences and students are out on the ledge, literally, when Laura discovers one of her charges, Chris, is missing. As amateur sleuth, she learns some important medical information that turns up the heat on her investigation. The more she looks, the more shady characters arise from the past. Chrisa mother appears to be a loser magnet, with a list of boyfriends who could form Whoas Who in the local prison system. Soon, the students, a campus detective and Lauraas professor boyfriend join in the search. An unexpected betrayal leaves Laura locked up and in the dark. In the face of death, she thinks she knows who is responsible for Chrisa disappearance. Can she escape and is it already too late for Chris?

How It All Began: The Personal Account of a West German

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fragoulis, Tess / Baumann, Bommi, PUBLISHER: Arsenal Pulp Press, Cultural Writing. Biography. Memoir. HOW IT ALL BEGAN is the personal testimony of Michael "Bommi" Baumann, a man who, in the late s and early '70s, was a member of the June 2nd Movement, one of the most spectacular urban guerrilla organizations in West Berlin. Of this book, Baumann said, "Others should understand why people take the road of armed struggle, how they come to it, how the seeds are planted, and what the emotions behind it are, what kind of considerations and psychic preconditions are needed to overcome the fear involved." But Baumann, ultimately, had to make a choice. He renounced violence when he left the June 2nd Movement in . Security police seized the original German edition, Wie Alles Anfing, when it appeared in . The resulting trial and publicity raised an international outcry and the book ended up being republished in German and translated into six languages.

Reckless

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cornelia Funke, PUBLISHER: Hachette, Ever since Jacob Reckless was a child, he has been escaping to a hidden world through a portal in his father's abandoned study. Over the years, he has made a name for himself as a finder of enchanted items and buried secrets. He's also made many enemies and allies--most important, Fox, a beautiful shape-shifting vixen whom Jacob cares for more than he lets on. But life in this other world is about to change. Tragedy strikes when Jacob's younger brother, Will, follows him through the portal. Brutally attacked, Will is infected with a curse that is quickly transforming him into a Goyl--a ruthless killing machine, with skin made of stone. Jacob is prepared to fight to save his brother, but in a land built on trickery and lies, Jacob will need all the wit, courage, and reckless spirit he can summon to reverse the dark spell--before it's too late.

Shooting People: Adventures in Reality TV

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brenton, Sam / Cohen, Reuben, PUBLISHER: Verso, In the late s the television landscape underwent a seismic change as the reality gameshows Big Brother and Survivor won unprecedented audiences across Europe and the US. Subjecting their contestants to protracted seclusion from the outside world, the shows offered up a novel combination of mundanity and extremity, and bred a host of imitations which ranged from the absurdly inept to the outright sadistic. Shooting People explores the emergence of the form, its relation to documentary and its significance in a globalized TV industry. Sam Brenton and Reuben Cohen draw parallels between some of the methods employed to control contestants and techniques of incarceration and psychological interrogation, and expose the nefarious influence of psychologists and psychotherapists in the business of reality TV. This "ultimate form of light entertainment" is also shown to be a perfect propaganda vehicle for an anti-political culture in which, in the absence of grand narratives, the personal focus, the detritus of selfhood, has become seen as the only story worth telling.

Rodgers Columellae Res Rustica:

R. H. Rodgers Columellae Res Rustica: Incerti auctoris Liber de arboribus 22 lug. oxford u.p NUOVO For readers of the mid-first century CE, Columella compiled a comprehensive curriculum of the agricultural discipline, aiming to cover every aspect of the field that might effect economic profit and environmental stewardship. Columella combines traditional Roman moralism with an interest in experimental practices and a plea for sound fiscal sense; his work was cited for its scientific currency by a younger contemporary, the Elder Pliny, while Cassiodorus included him, for literary eloquence and practical value, in a selective list for monastic readers. Nonetheless, the medieval manuscript tradition is very slender, and the transmitted text is of mediocre quality. Independent testimony, happily available in authors of late antiquity, is often crucial to successful restoration. This freshly constituted critical edition builds upon the solid recension of pioneering Swedish scholars but incorporates the products of conjectural emendation more consistently and more extensively than has previously been thought necessary.

The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters: Destiny Rising

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smith, L. J., PUBLISHER: Harper Teen, Destined for danger... Elena has faced countless challenges--escaping the Dark Dimension, defeating phantoms, discovering she's a Guardian. But nothing compares to choosing between the two loves of her life: Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Elena has reunited with Stefan, while Damon, hurt by the rejection, has become dark and unpredictable. Now Elena's torn between saving Damon's soul and staying true to Stefan. But before Elena can decide who her heart belongs to, Dalcrest College's campus is overrun with vampires determined to resurrect Klaus, the wicked Old One who will stop at nothing to destroy Elena--and everyone close to her. As Elena learns more about her destiny as a Guardian, a protector against evil on earth, she realizes that before she can defeat Klaus, she has to sacrifice someone close to her. Elena must decide how much--and who--she's willing to give up before it's too late....

Kingship and Common Profit in Gower's Confessio Amantis

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Peck, Russell A. / Gardner, John, PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, "Confessio Amantis," " "the principal work in English by John Gower, friend of Chaucer, by whom he was influenced, has always been read as a conventional poem about the seven deadly sins. Here, paying particular attention to the poem's language and style, Peck gives a brilliant new reinterpretation which not only illuminates the poem's elegant beauty but provides a profound moral purpose as well. Gower's "Confessio, "according to Peck, is a restatement of late fourteenth-cen-tury ideas of good and bad behavior, and is designed to illuminate and re-shape the minds and hearts of men. Peck sees the concepts of "kingship"--the governance of souls as well as king-doms--and "common profit"--the mutual enhancement of such king-doms--as the poem's unifying ideas. Peck's discussion further shows how the various tales hold together and support the poem's loose plot and the poet's strongly moral intention.

Cowper's 'Task': Structure and Influence

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Priestman, Martin, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, William Cowper () is one of the most interesting of late eighteenth-century poets. His poetry is notable as heralding a simpler and more natural style than the classical style of Pope and his imitators, and thus prefiguring the profound innovations of Romanticism. Though Cowper himself has attracted attention as either a religious maniac or a lovably domestic character, his most important poetry has been neglected. This book, which was originally published in , is the first complete critical study of his major long poem The Task. Furthermore, by carefully examining the procedures whereby an autobiographical element is introduced into the poem, the author shows how the concerns and techniques of The Task influenced the major autobiographical poem of the Romantic period, Wordsworth's The Prelude. The connection between the two poems had often been acknowledged in passing, but prior to this work The Task had not been surveyed in sufficient detail to establish the full weight and importance of this connection.

Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Chandler, Raymond, PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf, Authorized by the estate of the late Raymond Chandler, this volume reveals the missing life history and detective adventures of Philip Marlowe, one of the 20th century's most enduring and beloved characters. Marlowe is the quintessential American detective: cynical yet idealistic; romantic yet full of despair; a gentleman capable of rough violence. The stories are written by some of the detective-mystery genre's leading lights, including Max Allan Collins, Sara Paretsky, Roger L. Simon, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Robert Crais, Edward Hoch, Ed Gorman, Eric Van Lustbader, Loren Estleman, Simon Brett, and Joyce Harrington. The final story in the volume is Raymond Chandler's last Marlowe adventure: "The Pencil." The stories run chronologically through the career of Marlowe, from through . These are classic Marlowe tales of betrayal, mistrust, and double-dealing on the seamy side of Los Angeles. You can share your thoughts about Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe in the new ibooks virtual readers' group at www.ibooksinc.com

MacBook Pro Touchbar iGB Grigio Siderale

Vendo Macbook Pro con Touchbar versione top di gamma con 512GB di SSD e processore i7 versione potenziata. 10 mesi di vita, condizioni eccellenti. Unico piccolo segno di usura su un tasto della tastiera, foto su richiesta. Scatola e accessori originali. Secondo caricabatteria originale Apple. Aggiungo adattatore USB-USB Type C. Aggiungo adattatore HUB multiporta Type-C con HDMI. MacBook Pro Touchbar Late Touch Bar con sensore Touch ID integrato Grigio siderale Display Retina LED da 15,4" (diagonale) con tecnologia IPS risoluzione nativa x a 220 pixel per pollice Luminosità 500 nit Intel Core i7 quad-core a 2,9GHz (Turbo Boost fino a 3,8GHz) con 8MB di cache L3 condivisa Unità SSD PCIe da 512GB 16GB di memoria LPDDR3 a MHz Radeon Pro 460 con 4GB di memoria GDDR5 e switch della Quattro porte Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) Trackpad Force Touch Non scambio. No offerte ridicole. Scambio a mano oppure spedizione tracciabile in tutta Italia.

The Mutiny

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rathbone, Julian, PUBLISHER: Little Brown and Company, For its British population, the India that swelters in the late spring of is a place of amateur theatricals, horseracing, and flirtations under the aegis of the omnipotent East India company. But a brutal awakening lies in store for the complacent British: one May night, after 30 years of abuse, the East India Company's native soldiers rise up against their British officers. Caught up in the violence is pretty Sophie Hardcastle, a young wife and mother newly arrived from England. As she searches for her infant son, missing in the chaos, Sophie finds herself bearing witness to atrocities on both sides. Moving, somber, and thrilling, Rathbone's tale is told on a grand scale, ranging from the Cannings in Government House to the heroism of the humblest soldiers and peasants. It is as exhilarating as any Victorian adventure story, and yet, with its unflinching examination of religious fanaticism and the horrors of war, "The Mutiny" also carries a powerful message for the modern world.

Prisoner of the Heart

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Delore, Annette, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, For twenty years being an Undercover Agent for the U.S. Government, while in Prison for first-degree murder, is quite the act to pull off. Then one day a couple years ago I received a letter at the prison, from the girl who stole my heart back in high school. Over time with many letters and phone calls, Dawn fell in love with me. Dawn has no idea that I'm working for the Government; she still believes I'm an inmate with a life sentence, who hopes to one day be out on parole. A couple of hours ago while I was on assignment in Europe, I received a phone call. The Agent tells me that Dawn and her four children have been kidnapped. In a matter of minutes I have Agents moving in action and I was aboard an airplane, but will we find Dawn and the children before it's too late?

How Far Is Heaven?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Howard, T. J., PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, Jody Howard is having a difficult time coming to grips with the fact that he didnat reach his childhood dream of being a major leaguer. Jodyas late father, Joe, had major league talent, possessing a throwing arm that was almost legendary in the area. Joe had once been offered a contract by his beloved Chicago Cubs, but was forced to turn it down because his young wife, Ruth, was seriously ill, from complications after giving birth to Jody. Although Jody showed much promise during his earlier playing days, he let fear and guilt curtail his lofty aspirations. After confiding in his widowed mother of his feelings, Ruth Howard prays for help for her son. Through divine intervention, Jody is then apparently given his fatheras arm to pursue a major league career. Jody, his girlfriend Beth, and those close to him embark on the pursuit of the cherished dream, ultimately jeopardizing other dreams Jody didnat even realize he had.

In Sunlight and in Shadow

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Helprin, Mark, PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), Mark Helprin's enchanting and sweeping new novel asks a simple question: can love and honor conquer all? New York in glows with post-war energy.　 Harry Copeland, an elite paratrooper who fought behind enemy lines in Europe, returns home to run the family business. In a single, magical encounter on the Staten Island ferry, the young singer and heiress Catherine Thomas Hale falls for him in an instant, too late to prevent her engagement to a much older man. Harry and Catherine pursue one another in a romance played out in postwar America's Broadway theaters, Long Island mansions, the offices of financiers, and the haunts of gangsters. Catherine's choice of Harry over her long-time fiance endangers Harry's livelihood and eventually threatens his life. Entrancing in its lyricism, "In Sunlight and in Shadow" so powerfully draws you into New York at the dawn of the modern age that, as in a vivid dream, you will not want to leave.

Destination: Unknown

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: St Croix, Sammy / Ganzer, Diane, PUBLISHER: Avid Readers Publishing Group, Bound. Drugged. Tortured. Raped. Set afire. Then.left for dead. Jesse Pagnini is a martial arts champion who is kidnapped for ransom by a gang of hoodlums lead by a psycho who has tormented her since kindergarten. Chainsaw, Hoser, Fist, Trout, Bear, Bold, Giggler, Rage, Ridge. All names to be feared in the underground, where drugs are the name of the game, and selling them to the highest bidder is a way of life. Held against her will in an abandoned, rat-infested warehouse, it now becomes a battle of wits as she lays in wait, hoping her father finds her before it's too late Vinny Pagnini, once the object of ridicule in his old neighborhood, has risen among the ranks to become the most respected millionaire in business, yet how did he acquire his money? Was it the old fashioned way, or something more? Will death be the ultimate price to pay for getting even?

Lotto 15 MIX Chicago House Deep Classic

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Macbook Pro 13'' Retina GB

Vendo Macbook Pro 13'' (Late ) funzionante al 100% e in condizioni estetiche pressoché perfette. Sono inoltre in possesso della scatola e di tutti i suoi accessori originali. Regalo insieme al macbook una espansione della memoria da 128GB (Transcend JetDrive Lite) dal valore di 100 euro. Il computer è stato utilizzato per 3 anni in accoppiata con un thunderbolt display, difatti la batteria è ancora in ottimo stato e conta solamente 242 cicli completi. Le specifiche le vedete in foto: il pc è aggiornato a macOS Sierra, Intel Core i5 da 2,4 Ghz, 8 GB di ram, 256 GB di SSD. Vendo ad 849 euro che è un prezzo più che ragionevole in quanto spero di chiudere al più presto una trattativa (la valutazione ufficiale di siti come macusato per un macbook con queste specifiche è ancora di 970 euro). Preferisco scambi a mano ma posso anche spedire assicurando il pacco con spese a vostro carico. Per qualsiasi informazione od ulteriori foto non esitate a contattarmi.

The Emergence of Jewish Artists in Nineteenth-Century Europe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Goodman, Susan Tumarkin / Cohen, Richard I. / Hyman, Paula E., PUBLISHER: Merrell, The emancipation of Jews in Europe during the nineteenth century meant that for the first time they could participate in areas of secular life -- including established art academies -- that had previously been closed to them by legal restrictions. Jewish artists took many complex routes to establish their careers. Some -- such as Camille Pissaro -- managed to distinguish themselves without making any reference to their Jewish heritage in their art. Others -- such as Simeon Solomon and Maurycy Gottlieb -- wrestled with their identities as well to produce images of Jewish experience. The pogroms that began in the late nineteenth century brought home to Jews the problematic relationship of minority groups to majority cultures, and artists such as Maurycy Minkowski and Samuel Hirszenberg confronted the horror of the deaths of thousands of Jews in powerful images of destruction and despair. Comprehensively illustrated in color throughout, Painting in Nineteenth-Century Europe explores for the first time every aspect of the role of Jewish artists within nineteenth-century European art.

Bound for Glory: America in Color

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hendrickson, Paul, PUBLISHER: ABRAMS, The photographs of the Farm Security Administration (FSA), which recorded American life in the late s and early s, remain among the most moving and famous documentary images from the first half of the 20th century. Yet few people know that, along with thousands and thousands of black-and-white photographs, the FSA photographers also took color pictures. Here, for the first time, is a selection of the best of the FSA color photographs, introduced by National Book Award finalist Paul Hendrickson and assembled to create a vivid portrait of America as it emerged from the Great Depression to fight World War II. Covering countryside and city, farm and factory, work and play, the images in this book open a window onto our national experience from to , revealing a world that we have always seen in our mind's eye exclusively in black and white. Never before has there been a book that paints this picture in full color. Published in association with the Library of Congress.

The Americas in the Modern Age

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Langley, Lester D., PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, In this wide-ranging book, historian Lester D. Langley offers a fresh interpretation of the history of the modern Western hemisphere since the mid-nineteenth century. He evaluates the dynamics of hemispheric history, commencing with the articulation of the "two Americas" (Theodore Roosevelt's America and the contrasting America described by Cuban revolutionary, essayist, and poet Jose Marti) and culminating with recent controversial efforts to forge a united hemisphere. Tracing the interactions and influences among the nations of South, Central, and North America, including Canada, Langley departs from other accounts of the past 150 years. He argues that the seedtime for today's Americas was not the Cold War but the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He also contends that it is not what the countries and people of the Americas have in common that binds them; instead, their cultural, political, and economic conflicts tie them together. Comprehensive and balanced, this history of the nations of the Americas offers new insights into both the past and the future of inter-American relations.

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