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  • Optimism
    Helen Keller
    Who better than Helen Keller to write about optimism? Helen Keller became blind when she was nineteen months old. At the time children who were deaf and blind were simply given up on. But Helen’s mother read that a deaf blind person had been educated and decided to explore that possibility for her daughter. As a result of this Helen Keller was the first deaf blind person to ear...
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    14,24 €

  • Words of Hope in Troubled Times
    José Ramos-Horta
    The Twenty-first Century offers us a chance, a unique chance, to coalesce around common global interests – to reverse the nefarious consequences of climate change, manage clean water reserves that are becoming a rare commodity, save our polluted rivers, lakes, and seas, replenish the depleted fish stock, eliminate extreme poverty and hunger, and de-escalate tensions on the Kore...
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    23,52 €

  • Best Korean Short Stories Collection 2 대한민국 베스트 단편 소설모음집 2
    Meet the very finest of Korean short stories. This compilation of 17 short stories bring you the essence of Korean literature, covering the early 1900's to the late 1900's. Also ideal for advanced Korean learners.대한민국 문화의 정수를 담아 1900년초부터 1900년후반까지의 거장들의 작품을 담은 모음집. 한국 문화와 언어를 공부하는 상급자 수준의 학생들에게 교재로도 적합한 도서. ...
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    10,78 €

  • the post calvin
    After three years of publishing daily pieces online, the post calvin is proud to present the post calvin: selected essays. Editors Josh deLacy, Will Montei, Debra Rienstra, and Abby Zwart have gathered suggestions from writers and chosen pieces that represent the heart and soul of the post calvin. the post calvin is a daily online journal that features twenty-eight regular wri...
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    13,30 €

  • From Dawn to Daylight
    Dawn Downey
    Dawn Downey’s second collection of essays is for everyone who savors down-to-earth stories with a twist of wisdom. Deeply honest and deeply personal, her observations are laced with quirky insights and self-deprecating humor. She draws inspiration from the flu, the garden, bad knees and bad TV. She explores larger themes of loss and estrangement, while retaining a youthful outl...
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    9,50 €

  • The Book of Days
    The Book of Days is an illustrated anthology from the 2015 Sydney Writers’ Festival. The book was designed live during the festival at a workstation next to the Pier 2/3 Main Stage at Walsh Bay. The anthology is divided into two parts. The first is a selection of writing and illustrations from festival presenters. It includes excerpts of what was read or shown at festival event...
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    25,66 €

  • Runaway Thoughts
    In 2013 students at Venice High School in Los Angeles formed the first P.O.P.S. (Pain of the Prison System) club, a club for those whose lives have been touched by prison. Many have parents, friends, siblings, uncles and aunts inside; some have had their own brushes with the law. All have stories to tell. Runaway Thoughts offers the stories, artwork and essays of those whose vo...
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    16,35 €

  • Color
    Kenneth A. McClane / Kenneth AMcClane
    In 1991, acclaimed poet Kenneth A. McClane published Walls: Essays, 1985-1990, a volume of essays dealing with life in Harlem, the death of his alcoholic brother, and the complexities of being black and middle-class in America. Now, in Color: Essays on Race, Family, and History, McClane contributes further to his self-described 'autobiographical sojourn' with a second collectio...
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    28,20 €

  • Real Women’s Stories 2018
    Beth Kallman Werner
    The twelve brief chapters in this book reflect the beauty and the burdens of life, the highs and lows of being a woman.With stories about: mothers and daughters; relocating from a small town in Idaho to a tiny island in the Caribbean; a United States marine adopting a baby girl from an orphanage during the Vietnam War; surviving divorce, alcoholism, and domestic violence; build...
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    13,87 €

  • DeFacto Feminism
    Judy Juanita
    Judy Juanita views activism and feminism as it plays out in her political, artistic and spiritual life. A distinguished semifinalist for OSU’s 2016 Non/Fiction Collection Prize, De Facto… blends essays, poems, graphics by the late Rini Templeton and literary criticism. An act of self-definition with the feel of memoir, these essays follow a long line of thinkers, including Anna...
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    14,63 €

  • Whippoorwill Calls
    Gabrielle Songe
    Alternating between prose and poetry the author weaves her journey of awakening from agnosticism to belief. The story travels along paths of loves and loves lost at times metaphorically and other times supernaturally. Does 'More Is Expected' signal a sequel? Old Testament Prophet Jeremiah and King David provide sign posts along the way. ...
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    8,53 €

  • Japón España: la Vía Dual
    Pedro Gallo / Pedro Gallo Tenaguillo
    El libro de Pedro Gallo está escrito con prosa rica, culta, ágil y fluida. Y aborda un tema que conoce realmente bien, y que justamente por ello lo explica con profundidad y con claridad. Es un libro que se lee con todo interés y con todo gusto. La relación entre España y Japón es básicamente buena pero tiene un potencial de desarrollo y crecimiento espectacular prácticamente e...
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    18,99 €

  • What Is It Like to be Alive?
    Chris Arthur
    In What is it Like to be Alive? Fourteen Attempts at an Answer, prize-winning essayist Chris Arthur looks into life’s mirror and offers an account of what can be seen in ordinary things. Each of the book’s fourteen essays is an exercise in seeing beyond the obvious, and finding hidden depth in the places and things we might otherwise take for granted. Arthur ranges over subject...
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    19,66 €

  • State by State
    Matt Weiland
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    13,23 €

  • Brasil Afora
    Fernando Abdo
    Séculos de invasões, colonizações predatórias e densa exploração territorial insuflaram tremenda diversidade cultural e dessemelhanças - quase semelhantes no arraial brasileiro. As cicatrizes expuseram a generosidade, a mansidão do questionar e regionalismos inconfundíveis. Nesta obra, alguns contos de Norte a Sul, de gente fictícia, contudo, vigentes-fidedignas.Não há intensã...
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    13,00 €

  • Hu ba Hu
    Parwana Rudaulvi
    The author of this book, 'Parwana Rudaulvi,' mentions that writing literary sketch is a challenging endeavor. He included sketches of several of his contemporaries in this book and stated that the intention behind them was to portray some prominent figures from his time, with whom he had close relationships, as I perceived them. Allow me to present what I have seen and the impr...
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    24,75 €

  • Double Flame, The
    Octavio Paz / Helen Lane
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    14,51 €

  • Poesias, Reflexões E Saudades
    Claudinei Machado
    O conteúdo de Poesias, Reflexões e Saudades, foi escrito entre os anos de 1997 e 1998. Esse período marca uma época de grandes descobertas e de inúmeros questionamentos gerados pelos desafios apresentados no período da juventude, na descoberta do amor em sua mais intensa manifestação e presença;Os enfrentamentos das questões relacionadas às descobertas na sexualidade, os precon...
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    9,85 €

  • Poesias, Reflexões E Saudades
    Claudinei Machado
    O conteúdo de Poesias, Reflexões e Saudades, foi iniciado no ano de 1997. Esse período marca uma época de grandes descobertas e de inúmeros questionamentos gerados pelos desafios apresentados na juventude, a descoberta do amor em sua mais intensa manifestação e presença;Os enfrentamentos das questões relacionadas às descobertas da sexualidade, os preconceitos que sempre estiver...
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    27,63 €

  • Islaah-e-Moashira - Islam ki Rahnumai
    Mufti Tanzim Aalim Qasmi
    In this book written by Mufti Tanzim Aalim Qasmi, articles regarding the reform of the society have been included which address the urgent need for societal reform. Reading these articles will instill a spirit of action and a fear of God, as well as awareness of Islamic customs and guiding principles on interpersonal relationships, behavior, and both individual and group life. ...
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    24,72 €

  • Ascenso Ferreira - Poemas Reunidos No Centenário Do Modernismo Brasileiro: 1922-2022
    Fredy Lopes
    Ascenso Carneiro Gonçalves Ferreira, surgiu a partir do município de Palmares-PE, no final do século XIX.Na primeira década do século XX, o poeta veio para o Recife exercer carreira de funcionário público do Tesouro do Estado e desde então, fixou-se definitivamente na capital pernambucana, dedicando-se à criação literária por quatro décadas. Nesse tempo, o poeta escreveu para r...
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    24,88 €

  • Por Onde Passei
    Adriano Nunes
    Por Onde Passei é um livro de poemas baseado na vida, na vida de muitas pessoas que passaram por um caminho, um lugar onde nos encontramos. Poemas, poesias, arte, música... isso e muito mais você encontrará nesse livro.O livro está dividido em 5 seções:1- O AMOR: A essência da vida;2- OS CAMINHOS: Experiências da vida;3- RELACIONAMENTOS: Até onde você iria;4- POESIA ESCRITA: A ...
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    17,94 €

  • Defy Definitions
    This book is a celebration of voices from the margins. It brings together 32 captivating personal essays from across the globe, celebrating the spirit of living, and exploring individual quest for identity and existence. The narratives in this collection transcends geographical boundaries, and reminds us how several factors, such as social environment, history, culture, and gen...
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    26,14 €

  • A Farmer’s Almanac - Stories about Land, Food, and Life
    Drausin Wulsin
    This is Volume II of A Farmer’s Almanac Series, Wonder of Actualization. The first of Drausin Wulsin’s three ventures on the land, covering a span of over 30 years, was starting a grass-based, New Zealand-style dairy in the state of Ohio. The next entailed creating a wetlands mitigation bank on 215 acres. The third was developing a grass-based meat business, involving beef, she...
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    13,62 €

  • Etapas superadas con pasión: Todo sucede en el momento indicado
    Lupercio Riaño Pinzón
    En este libro el lector será testigo de una historia de vida apasionante, llena de sobresaltos y altibajos, de angustias y delicias, de logros y fracasos, y, a través de ella, podrá discernir con el autor cuáles son las etapas de la vida de todo hombre, qué las caracteriza y qué se espera de ellas. Podrá ser testigo también, en carne ajena, de cómo evoluciona un ser humano, a p...
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    7,28 €

  • Mosaic through East-Facing Glass
    Marg Heidebrecht
    2020. Yeah, that. Everything stopped except Marg Heidebrecht’s habit of writing for ninety minutes a day. Four years, forty essays later, the author of In the Shade: Friendship, Loss, and the Bruce Trail provides us with this new collection. Intended as a legacy for family and friends, her insights and humour will be appreciated by others trying to make sense of their own lives...
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    19,86 €

  • Mosaic through East-Facing Glass
    Marg Heidebrecht
    2020. Yeah, that. Everything stopped except Marg Heidebrecht’s habit of writing for ninety minutes a day. Four years, forty essays later, the author of In the Shade: Friendship, Loss, and the Bruce Trail provides us with this new collection. Intended as a legacy for family and friends, her insights and humour will be appreciated by others trying to make sense of their own lives...
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    30,86 €

  • Diz Que Diz
    Gilson Vieira Da Cunha
    O livro é o terceiro e último volume de uma trilogia de contos, que sucede a Tempo-Quente e Assim, Assim, recentemente publicados pelo Clube de Autores. Encerra quatro histórias divertidas, talhadas entre os anos de 2005 e 2007.Relata o cotidiano de pessoas simples e suas andanças pelas ruas - seja trabalhando,fuxicando, observando, chateando ou simplesmente batendo pernas. Alg...
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    15,25 €

  • Amar Sob A Luz Da Lua
    Tais Mota Da Silva
    Laila é uma garota doce e gentil, que cansou da frieza de sua mãe, das brigas frequentes dos pais e das provocações de sua irmã mais velha. Então ela decide fazer suas próprias escolhas. Por isso, aceita o convite de sua amiga para irem a uma festa, onde ela se encontrava muito feliz, até que um jovem se esbarra nela, suja seu vestido e a culpa por isso, o que a deixa furiosa. ...
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    34,63 €

  • Crónica sentimental de la vida provinciana
    Pascual-Antonio Beño
    Beño, en su modestia, jamás imaginó que sus artículos acabarían formando un libro como éste, ya que los consideraba «flor de un día», tan efímeros como la rosa del azafrán, que nace al salir el sol y muere al caer la tarde. Sin embargo, hubiera sido una terrible injusticia dejar que permanecieran en el olvido, ya que conforman una obra de importancia capital, no ya en el bagaje...
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    29,11 €