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  • The Stories of Frederick Busch

    A selection of short stories from a twentieth-century "American master" (Dan Cryer, Newsday).A contemporary of Ann Beattie and Tobias Wolff, Frederick Busch was a master craftsman of the form; his subjects were single-event moments in so-called ordinary life. The stories in this volume, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout, are tales of families trying to heal their wounds, save ... Leer más

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  • A Dangerous Profession

    A Book About the Writing Life

    Frederick Busch has an enduring love affair with great books, and here he brilliantly communicates his passion to us all. Whether expounding on Melville or Dickens, or celebrating Hemingway or O'Hara, he explains what literature can ineffably reveal about our own lives. For Busch, there was no other recourse save the "dangerous profession;" it was to be his calling, and in these piercing essays, ... Leer más

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  • Girls

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    A New York Times Notable BookIn the unrelenting cold and bitter winter of upstate New York, Jack and his wife, Fanny, are trying to cope with the desperate sorrow they feel over the death of their young daughter. The loss forms a chasm in their relationship as Jack, a sardonic Vietnam vet, looks for a way to heal them both.Then, in a nearby town, a fourteen-year-old girl disappears somewhere ... Leer más

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  • Why I Like This Story

    On the assumption that John Updike was correct when he asserted, in a 1978 letter to Joyce Carol Oates, that "Nobody can read like a writer," Why I Like This Story presents brief essays by forty-eight leading American writers on their favorite American short stories, explaining why they like them. The essays, which are personal, not scholarly, not only tell us much about the story selected, they ... Leer más

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  • Memoirs of the Late War – Vol. II.

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    An anthology of memoirs of the Peninsular War and the abortive attack on Bergen-op-Zoom in 1814.In this first volume, Captain Cooke recounts his experiences with the 43rd Foot at Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, the Bidassoa, the Nive, Nivelle and Toulouse. As with many of the British officer memoirs, there is a tone of dry wit about his writing. ... Leer más

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  • Nord

    Traducido por Stéphanie Levet ...
    "Voilà Jack, l’ancien flic qui dans Filles enquêtait sur la disparition d’une adolescente, de retour chez lui, dans le nord de l’État de New York. Désormais déchu au rang de vigile dans un complexe hôtelier de la côte de Caroline, il se voit proposer par une avocate qu’il sauve des griffes d’un gigolo un travail du genre de ceux qu’il a autrefois pratiqués : rechercher son jeune neveu parti se ... Leer más

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  • Filles

    Traducido por Nadia Akrouf ...
    Parce que sa vie lui échappe, parce que sa petite fille de quelques mois est morte et que son couple se désagrège, parce qu’il va mal, Jack, ancien flic devenu vigile à l’université, accepte d’enquêter sur la disparition d’une adolescente, Janice Tanner. Quelque temps plus tard, une autre fillette disparaît... Autour de Jack, s’étend l’interminable hiver nord-américain, la neige qui recouvre tout ... Leer más

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  • The Ultimate Submarine Compendium: 36 Captivating Reads

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  • The Night Inspector

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    An immensely powerful story, The Night Inspector follows the extraordinary life of William Bartholomew, a maimed veteran of the Civil War, as he returns from the battlefields to New York City, bent on reversing his fortunes. It is there he meets Jessie, a Creole prostitute who engages him in a venture that has its origins in the complexities and despair of the conflict he has left behind. He also ... Leer más

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  • The Philosophy of Recognition

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    The theory of recognition is now a well-established and mature research paradigm in philosophy, and it is both influential in and influenced by developments in other fields of the humanities and social sciences. From debates in moral philosophy about the fundamental roots of obligation, to debates in political philosophy about the character of multicultural societies, to debates in legal theory ... Leer más

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  • The Western Coast

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    America and the catastrophic world of twentieth-century war, mass murder, and horror are the backdrop of this story of Annie Gianfala, a young woman who finds herself cast adrift in Hollywood with World War II looming.Defending herself with despairing stubbornness against personal catastrophe, she is able to save her life and escape. "Enormously touching and wholly believable."— Washington Post ... Leer más

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  • A Tale of Two Cities

    The French Revolution comes to vivid life in Charles Dickens's famous novel about the best of times and the worst of times...The storming of the Bastille…the death carts with their doomed human cargo…the swift drop of the guillotine blade—this is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures in his famous work A Tale of Two Cities. With dramatic eloquence, he brings to life a time of ... Leer más

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