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Matters of Urgency (Biz): A poem about the cut and thrust of the Business world. How businesses in the boardroom deal with the aspects of promotion.

Ad oggi la raccolta di fiabe abruzzesi più completa e autentica, storie raccolte dal Ciampoli nel corso dei suoi peregrinaggi in lungo e in largo per l’Abruzzo a cavallo tra la fine dell’800 e l’inizio del ‘900, questo volume getta luce sulle tradizioni e sul folklore di una tra le regione più suggestive d’Italia. Domenico Ciampoli (Atessa, 23 agosto 1852 – Roma, 21 marzo 1929) è stato uno scrittore, bibliotecario e slavista italiano.FEAT DESC

O munaciello, il diavolo di Mergellina, la leggenda di Capodimonte e molti altri ancora: una Napoli esoterica, magica e circondata dalla nebbia del mito. Mancano a noi le nere foreste del Nord, le nere foreste degli abeti, cui l'uragano fa torcere i rami come braccia di colossi disperati; mancano a noi le bianchezze immacolate della neve che dànno la vertigine del candore; mancano le rocce aspre, brulle, dai profili duri ed energici; manca il mare livido e tempestoso.

Lili es una niña de nueve años que carga en su pequeño cuerpo el peso de una vida difícil. Vive con su padre, un hombre severo cuya crueldad ha marcado sus días desde que su madre falleció años atrás. Cada año, Lili visita la tumba de su madre para honrar su memoria, un ritual lleno de nostalgia y amor que le permite sentirse cerca de ella, aunque sea por unos momentos. Pero ese día, después de perder la noción del tiempo, todo cambiará. Cuando llega tarde a la fábrica donde su padre trabaja, él la recibe con furia y la envía de regreso a casa bajo la sombra de una amenaza: ...

Stanislaw Korab-Brzozowski's Collected poems (in English translation) Little is known about the poet. Stanislaw Korab-Brzozowski was born in 1876, in Lattakia, Syria. Both his father, Karol, and his brother, Wincenty, were noted poets. In addition to writing his own poems, Stanislaw translated French poets: Baudelaire and Verlaine, among others. He edited two periodicals in Lviv, where he lived. In 1901, he committed suicide by taking poison. Tadeusz Boy-Zelenski, a distinguished Polish poet and translator, claimed that Stanislaw's suicide had been caused by a tragic love affair. I came ...

Poems by the most famous Polish poets since Renaissance until the19th century translated into English.

Marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, What Matters in Jane Austen? solves the mysteries of Austen’s fictional world. Jane Austen’s novels have been a staple of the English canon since the nineteenth century. Yet critics of the time did not appreciate the true complexity of her work. Nothing, John Mullan argues, is accidental or coincidental in Austen. As Austen herself said, she wrote for readers who have "a great deal of ingenuity themselves."

STRANGE INHERITANCE Sam Taylor and Matthew Wain are fifty years old when they discover their father has died and left them a considerable fortune. This is a pleasant surprise but it is not the only one. Both Sam and Matthew were brought up by different mothers - one in the USA and the other in the UK. And until now, they had no idea that they had a sibling. They go to Stratford-upon-Avon to look at the apartment they have jointly inherited. They have no intention of remaining for long, perhaps no intention of even keeping it. Yet the apartment, part of an ancient country house, casts a ...

Should he be hanged or transported? The Artful Dodger is the best pick-pocket in England, a one-person crime wave. Although only a child, he seems certain to face the noose. But, to everyone’s surprise but his own, he escapes this fate and is transported to Australia. There he falls prey to Fred Crimp, a disfigured and vicious criminal who Dodger thinks vaguely familiar. His quick wits save him, and life begins to look better as he discovers there are easier ways to get rich than by picking pockets. But back in London, the peril becomes more deadly and his life at risk. In order to elude ...

Marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, What Matters in Jane Austen? solves the mysteries of Austen’s fictional world. Jane Austen’s novels have been a staple of the English canon since the nineteenth century. Yet critics of the time did not appreciate the true complexity of her work. Nothing, John Mullan argues, is accidental or coincidental in Austen. As Austen herself said, she wrote for readers who have "a great deal of ingenuity themselves."

The wedding antics of Toad are told in this sequel with a measure of humour, particularly wit and farce, strongly reminiscent of Grahame's balance of humour in the original. Nigel McMorris, Chair, The Kenneth Grahame Society. In 2008 the Kenneth Grahame Society held a short story competition to write a short story in the style of The Wind in the Willows. Writers from around the world entered the competition. 'Mr Toad's Wedding' won first prize. It tells the story of how Mr Toad lost his heart and almost lost his friends because of it. Martin Lake writes about the original much-loved ...

When Mr Toad announces that he’s getting married the lives of his friends are catapulted into turmoil. Toad Hall and the Riverbank are turned upside down. Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad must come to terms with a beautiful bride, a ferocious mother-in-law and a French cousin who makes even Toad look humble. But this is only the beginning. The bride is kidnapped, not once but twice. and Toad and his friends leave their familiar home to journey to the French Riviera on a desperate rescue mission. This novel is the follow up to the prize-winning Mr Toad’s Wedding.

In spring 1095, Christian and Emelye make love for the first time. When it is announced Christian must fulfill his obligation to marry Lady Arianna the lovers know their dream of bring together is over. Months later Emelye realizes she is with child but refuses to tell anyone who the father is and is exiled from the home and family she loves. Emelye suffers the ultimate pain a mother can feel and is left without the man she loves and the child they created. The arrival of Christian and his newborn daughter gives Emelye a purpose. Christian is being forced to join the crusade and decides to ...

Will a white chimp save its rescuers or get them killed? Journalist Isabella Green travels to Sierra Leone, a country emerging from civil war, to write an article about a chimp sanctuary. Animals are her obsession, and she can’t resist getting involved with the project, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. She forms a bond with local boy, Ten, and army veteran, Pete, to try and save it. When they rescue a rare white chimp from a village frequented by a dangerous rebel splinter group, the resulting media interest could save the sanctuary. But the rebel group have not signed the cease fire....

Esta es la única antología del poeta colombiano Octavio Gamboa (1923-1992). Realizada por el poeta y escritor Hugo Cuevas-Mohr, la antología toma el nombre de un poema de Octavio Gamboa, SE ME HAN PERDIDO LAS ESTRELLAS. El autor escogió 60 poemas que dividió en seis capítulos, buscando en la secuencia de los poemas acompañar al lector en un camino que el poeta labra con sus versos.

De Tweede Wereldoorlog heeft niet alleen diepe sporen getrokken door onze samenleving, maar ook geleid tot een nog altijd doorgaande stroom aan gepubliceerde getuigenissen en herinneringen. Tal van schrijvers hebben eigen ervaringen en die van anderen verwerkt in romans, verhalen, toneelstukken, poëzie en autobiografisch proza. In deze serie colleges laat Jaap Goedegebuure zien hoe zich in de Nederlandstalige literatuur van de afgelopen vijfenzeventig jaar een ontwikkeling heeft voltrokken.

Elle devra tout quitter pour vivre à nouveau. Seule survivante de l'accident qui a coûté la vie à son fiancé et ses meilleurs amis, Fanny doit à présent réapprendre à vivre. Comment expliquer à ses proches la culpabilité d'être toujours là ? L'impossibilité de renouer avec la joie ? Pour honorer la mémoire de celui qu'elle aimait et échapper à sa douleur, elle décide de réaliser son rêve à lui et de partir au Canada...