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Author
Publisher
Disruption Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When her husband was appointed by President Barack Obama to be U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, Susan Solomont uprooted herself. She left her career, her friends and family, and a life she loved to join her husband for a three-and-a-half year tour overseas. In a story that is part memoir and part travelogue, Solomont recounts a time of self-discovery as she navigates a new life in a foreign country. She learns the rules of a diplomatic household;...
3) Crusade
Author
Series
Crusade trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
An international team of six teenaged vampire hunters, trained in Salamanca, Spain, goes to New Orleans seeking to rescue team-member Jenn's younger sister as the vampires escalate their efforts to take over the Earth.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the stories the author read to his possibly illiterate Sicilian grandmother as a child, these nested narratives are told by couples traveling through hallucinatory, romantic landscapes. As the traveler in "Self Portrait with Sicily" rides a train through the Bronx, boundaries between worlds, geography, and generations blur, transporting him through Sicily and the rural landscape of his Nonna. On a honeymoon in Spain, the narrator of "Self...
Author
Series
Colección Colorín colorado volume 4
Publisher
Edelvives [Ed. Luis Vives]
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
An adaptation of the traditional story "The emperor's new clothes". Two rascally tailors convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes; but, during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on.
Una adaptación del cuento tradicional del emperador quien es engañado por dos sastres pícaros. Los sastres le convencen al emperador que le est́án haciendo su ropa más bonita, visible...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rocaeditoria
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Es el vigesimoprimer cumplea�nos de Zinnia Gray, un d�ia muy especial porque ser�a el �ultimo cumplea�nos que celebrar�a jam�as. Cuando era joven, un accidente industrial le provoc�o una extra�na enfermedad. No se sabe mucho sobre ella, pero s�i que no le permitir�a llegar a cumplir los veintid�os.Su mejor amiga Charm est�a decidida a conseguir que el ultimo cumplea�nos de Zinnia sea toda una experiencia basada en la bella...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Known as Snow White, Lady Sophie has led a sheltered life in the mountains of Bavaria. Until now. Her father, the widowed Duke Maximilian, is at last remarrying, and on the day of his historic wedding, Sophie is making her high-society debut. At the ball, Sophie charms the dashing Prince Philip, heir to the Spanish throne. But as Philip and Sophie start falling deeply in love, the king of Spain loses his temper. His wish is that Philip would marry...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
This selection of Ted Hughes's poetry, made by the author himself in 1995, includes poems from every phase of his four-decade career. Here are poems from Hughes's first book, "The Hawk in the Rain, and its successor, "Lupercal, which introduced him as a major poet; from "Wodwo, "Crow, and "Gaudete, book-length poetic sequences in which the natural world is made into a thrilling and terror-filled analogue to our human one; and from six volumes of his...
10) Cinematic places
Author
Series
Publisher
White Lion Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Go beyond the big screen and explore the real places that inspired some of the greatest films of all time - brought to life through comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn artwork. Travel journalist Sarah Baxter reveals 25 essential cinematic destinations around the globe, spanning different decades, directors and movie genres. Full-page colour illustrations instantly transport you to each location. You'll find that these places are...
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Diego Armando Maradona was one of the greatest footballers of all time. He was also one of the most controversial. In an international career with Argentina he earned 91 caps, scored 34 goals and played in four FIFA World Cups. His vision, passing, ball control and dribbling skills, and his presence and leadership on the field, often electrified his own team's overall performance. Yet, while he was regarded as a god on the pitch, his turbulent private...
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