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La esclava del Negro Ponto es una obra dramática escrita por Luciano Francisco de Comella, un autor español que vivió entre los siglos XVIII-XIX, conocido por sus dramas y comedias. La trama de esta obra particular se ubica en una isla del Negro Ponto, un término que se refiere al Mar Negro en la antigüedad.
La isla, en el contexto de la obra, es representada como un antiguo emporio cristiano que ha sido ocupado por una versión islamizada de...
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It is a few weeks before Christmas and everyone except Catherine seems to be gearing up for the big day with excitement. Catherine is a single mum, struggling to bring up her five year old daughter, she has little time for romance, and when she learns she has lost her job and her flat is deemed unliveable, she wonders just what else life is about to fling at her. Where or to whom can she turn to for help? Kismet in the shape of handsome, bachelor,...
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«Eugénie Grandet» é uma das obras mais famosas de Balzac e conta a história de um amor frustrado entre uma jovem provinciana de 23 anos e seu primo parisiense.
Embora a narrativa seja simples, retrata fielmente a escalada individualista de um plebeu que nada mais consegue ver e valorizar além do brilho do ouro. Assim é o pai de Eugénie, o senhor Grandet, um homem ambicioso e sem escrúpulos que coloca a ascensão social e financeira acima...
5) Fausto
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"Último grande poema dos tempos modernos", no dizer de Otto Maria Carpeaux, o "Fausto" de Goethe está para a Modernidade assim como "A Divina Comédia" de Dante para a Idade Média. Representa não só a obra máxima de seu autor, mas a suma do conhecimento e das aspirações de sua época.
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Um dos primeiros livros de Goethe, provavelmente de caráter autobiográfico, este romance caracteriza-se por seu teor epistolar, pois se trata da reprodução de cartas que o Jovem Werther teria escrito ao narrador por muito tempo. A obra, narrada na primeira pessoa, com economia de personagens, tem em suas notas de rodapé a indicação de que nomes e locais foram substituídos por dados fictícios, o que contribui para que se acredite na transposição...
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Richard Olney was considered a culinary genius for his ability to elevate cooking to a practical art. He wrote evocatively about the beauty and pleasure in cooking by focusing on preparing simple foods well. This new edition of his classic cookbook includes a fresh cover, new interior design, and a foreword by Mark Bittman-so that a whole new generation of food lovers can enjoy this inspiring book. Olney's 175 recipes are so straightforward that cooks...
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Self PortraitAre we the sum of our partsOr what makes us humanUnderneath?Are we our faceOr our passions?Are we a body? Or a soul?This collection of poetry by E.M. McConnell is designed to be more introspective, looking at nature, how it affects us, our inner worlds, how mirth can lift us, and of course what drives us, inspiration, and love.
9) Oliver Twist
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Numa pequena cidade de Inglaterra, uma jovem dá à luz um menino e morre em seguida. O pequeno órfão recebe o nome de Oliver Twist e vive os seus primeiros nove anos em instituições de caridade. Não suportando tantos maus-tratos,Oliver foge para Londres, onde inadvertidamente se junta a um bando de marginais comandado por um grande vilão: Fagin...
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Lors de la contemplation du célèbre retable d'Issenheim, une des grandes énigmes de l'histoire de l'art attend le visiteur. Buter sur la présence d'un ange musicien insolite doté d'une crête de paon et couvert de plumes dans le Concert des anges de Grünewald engendre un sentiment de malaise. Quelle audace de la part des concepteurs d'avoir placé un tel être et ses acolytes dans ce Concert qui fête la Vierge à l'enfant !
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Dreaming with Animals is the first children's biography of celebrated sculptor and Brookgreen Gardens cofounder Anna Hyatt Huntington. Her remarkable life serves as an inspiration not only because of the greatness of her art but also because of her courage and perseverance. L. Kerr Dunn highlights how Anna overcame society's expectations of women and survived a life-threatening illness to become a prolific sculptor and an important benefactor of art...
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"Haïkus de la colline & d'ailleurs" est une danse lyrique des moments fugaces du quotidien et des saisons, mettant en lumière la nature. Les vers qui le composent forment un archipel intime qui rend hommage à l'art japonais de la poésie.
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Dans le silence, Thomas Moritz explore l'imaginaire à travers des mots simples qui invitent à la contemplation. "Haïkus de la colline & d'ailleurs" vous transporte dans ces instants...
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"Cristaux des dunes'" est une réflexion approfondie sur un microcosme o les observations et les études de l'écosystème se conjuguent à travers une grammaire symbolique, tout en restant comparative. Elle se concentre sur la sensibilité et la sensualité des sens, mais intègre également l'observation du poète à travers sa cognition sociale rapide qui fait émerger une qualité quantitative d'émerveillement dans la conscience. Ce processus...
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From crumpets to beans on toast, Cornish pasties to sausage rolls, fish and chips to cottage pie, spotted dick to rhubarb crumble, British cuisine is as unique as it comes and, despite many of the stereotypes about British food being bland or boring, the truth is, British foods whether a full English breakfast, Yorkshire pudding, strawberry trifle or cauliflower cheese, is packed full of flavorful ingredients that combine in some of the world's most...
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Plug it in and Cook with French Flair
"I'd bet that if French cooks could get their hands on Michele Scicolone's French Slow Cooker, which is filled with smart, practical, and convenient recipes, they'd never let it go." - Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table
With a slow cooker, even novices can turn out dishes that taste as though they came straight out of the kitchen of a French grandmère. Provençal vegetable soup. Red-wine braised...
18) Don Quixote
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«Dom Quixote de la Mancha» é considerado a grande criação de Cervantes. O livro é um dos primeiros das línguas europeias modernas e é considerado por muitos o expoente máximo da literatura espanhola. Em princípios de maio de 2002, o livro foi escolhido como a melhor obra de ficção de todos os tempos. A votação foi organizada pelo Clubes do Livro Noruegueses e participaram escritores de reconhecimento internacional.
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Perdre son identité et la retrouver au bout d'un long périple, tout en découvrant par la même occasion une famille du nom de Sephora, s'est avéré être une victoire.
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La littérature est pour Jamel Mouaouya un lien avec tout ce qu'il aime. Il écrit des textes à thématiques variées dans lesquels se retrouvera le plus grand nombre.
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British women writers were enormously influential in the creation of public opinion and political ideology during the years from 1780 to 1830. Anne Mellor demonstrates the many ways in which they attempted to shape British public policy and cultural behavior in the areas of religious and governmental reform, education, philanthropy, and patterns of consumption. She argues that the theoretical paradigm of the "doctrine of the separate spheres"may no...
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