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"Joan Orpí (Piera, 1593 - New Barcelona, 1645) is one of the most unknown characters in Spanish history. In this torrential book we are told the odyssey that brought him first to Barcelona, later to Sevilla and finally to America, where he would experience all kinds of outlandish situations. Using historical facts as raw material, and with stellar appearances of characters such as Miguel de Cervantes or the brigand Serrallonga among others, Besora...
462) Northanger Abbey
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"A timeless classic, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is both a coming-of-age story and a parody of the Gothic novels of the nineteenth century. Catherine Morland is destined to be the heroine of her own life story as she navigates friendships and romantic relationships, and as she learns to let go of childish notions of fantasy regarding the lives of others. Held from publication for more than a decade, this story was an instant success when it was...
465) Quijote
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Inspirado por la obra de Cervantes, Sam DuChamp, un escritor mediocre de thrillers de espías, crea el personaje de Quijote, un vendedor cortés y pasado de moda que vive obsesionado con la televisión y que está enamorado platónicamente de una estrella de la pequeña pantalla. Junto con su hijo (imaginario) Sancho, Quijote se embarca en una aventura a través de Estados Unidos para probar que es merecedor de la mano de su doncella, enfrentándose...
466) The party
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"Two years after he published 'The Underground Sketchbook' in 1964, Tomi Ungerer conceived 'The Party', a take-down of the super-rich as savage as anything George Grosz or Ralph Steadman put on paper. The premise of the book is a party in the Hamptons attended by a coterie of fat cats: captains of industry, tycoons, magnates, and moguls, luxuriating in their tuxedos, evening gowns, and prattling small talk. The party was given by Mrs. Julia Van Flooze,...
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Key West, 2016. Sea levels are rising, coral reefs are dying. In short, everything is going to hell. It's here that two young filmmakers find something to believe in: an old sailor who calls himself Daniel Defoe and claims to be five hundred and sixty years old. In fact, old Dan is in the prime of his life -- an incredible, perhaps eternal American life. The story unfold over the course of a millennium, picking up in the sixteenth century in the Viceroyalty...
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PM Press outspoken authors volume 1
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Sardonic and merciless, this satire of the entire apocalyptic enterprise provides a humorous and timely interpretation of the best-selling 'Left Behind' series - the adventures of those 'left behind' to battle the Anti-Christ after all born-again Christians have ascended into heaven.
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"Set in the near future, this is prophetic warning about where the United States, as a nation, may be headed. A politically torn nation watches as the Republicans solidify their hold over the US with a series of electoral victories and judicial appointments. Mike Pence leads the country, succeeding Donald Trump as the flag-bearer of an increasingly dogmatic movement. There are parts of the country, however, that cannot abide by what they view as a...
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"Fortunato es un asesino a sueldo, culto, elegante y discreto. Cuando se le encarga que elimine a una política corrupta, recuerda su infancia y juventud, cómo sintió crecer la violencia dentro y qué hizo para controlarla y usarla, según él, en beneficio propio y de los demás. Pero esta educación sentimental es solo el principio de un viaje que le llevará por los escenarios más oscuros y violentos de nuestra sociedad y le hará replantearse...
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"Orwell pisał: „»Folwark zwierzęcy« miał być przede wszystkim satyrą na rewolucję rosyjską. Jednak, jak podkreślam, przesłanie utworu jest szersze - chciałem wyrazić w nim myśl, iż ów szczególny rodzaj rewolucji (gwałtowna rewolucja oparta na konspiracji, z motorem napędowym w postaci nieświadomie żądnych władzy osób) może doprowadzić jedynie do zmiany władców. Mój morał brzmi tak oto: rewolucje mogą przynieść radykalną...
475) History: a mess
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While studying a seventeenth-century diary, the protagonist of History. A Mess. thinks she's discovered ground-breaking evidence about the identity of one of Britain's first professional female artists. This discovery will change her academic career, her whole life...until she realizes that her "discovery" amounted to two diary pages stuck together. But at this point there's no going back, and she goes to great lengths to hide her mistake--almost...
476) Manga Dogs: Vol. 1
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"Kanna Tezuka is a serious 15-year-old manga artist, already being published as a pro. So when she finds out her high school is starting a manga drawing course, even she gets excited. But it's a fiasco! The teacher is useless, and the only other students-- three pretty-boy artist wannabes-- quickly adopt Kanna as their (unwilling) sensei. But they all have ridiculous delusions about being an artist, and if Kanna can't bring them back down to Earth,...
477) Manga Dogs: Vol. 3
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"End of the line: Teenage manga artist Kanna Tezuka's series about a high school for Buddhist statues is facing cancelation! Meanwhile, the manga course that's given her so much free time to draw at school is under threat from a principal taken with the next big thing: light novels! Their teacher's solution to this existential crisis is an inspiring field trip, but will it be enough to get these dogs to start drawing at last?!"--Page 4 of cover.
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