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Criticism
How do poems and novels create a sense of mind? What does literary criticism say in conversation with other disciplines… that addresses problems of consciousness? In Paper Minds, Jonathan Kramnick takes up these vital questions, exploring the relations between mind and environment, the literary forms that uncover such associations, and the various fields of study that work to illuminate them. Opening with a discussion of how literary scholarship’s particular methods can both complement and remain in tension with corresponding methods particular to the sciences, Paper Minds then turns to a series of sharply defined case studies. Ranging from eighteenth-century poetry and haptic theories of vision, to fiction and contemporary problems of consciousness, to landscapes in which all matter is sentient, to cognitive science and the rise of the novel, Kramnick’s essays are united by a central thematic authority. This unified approach of these essays shows us what distinctive knowledge that literary texts and literary criticism can contribute to discussions of perceptual consciousness, created and natural environments, and skilled engagements with the world.
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Biography, United States history, United States travel and geography
Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history—George E. Stephens and James… Henry Gooding. These Union soldiers not only served in the Massachusetts 54th Infantry, the well-known black regiment, but were also war correspondents who published eyewitness reports of the battlefields. Their dispatches told the truth of their lives at camp, their intense training, and the dangers and tragedies on the battlefield. Like the other thousands of black soldiers in the regiment, they not only fought against the Confederacy and the inhumanity of slavery, but also against injustice in their own army. The regiment’s protest against unfair pay resulted in America’s first major civil rights victory—equal pay for African American soldiers. This fresh perspective on the Civil War includes an author’s note, timeline, bibliography, index and source notes.
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Mysteries and crime stories, Police procedural fiction, Women sleuths, Suspense and thrillers
He’s your perfect date. You’re his next victim. When the tortured body of a young woman is found in a… dumpster, her eyes swollen shut and her clothes soaked with blood, Detective Erika Foster is one of the first at the crime scene. The trouble is, this time, it’s not her case. While she fights to secure her place on the investigation team, Erika can’t help but get involved and quickly finds a link to the unsolved murder of a woman four months earlier. Dumped in a similar location, both women have identical wounds – a fatal incision to their femoral artery. Stalking his victims online, the killer is preying on young pretty women using a fake identity. How will Erika catch a murderer who doesn’t seem to exist? Then another girl is abducted while waiting for a date. Erika and her team must get to her before she becomes another dead victim, and, come face to face with a terrifyingly sadistic individual.Gripping, tense and impossible to put down, Last Breath will have you on the edge of your seat, racing to the final dramatic page. Read what everyone is saying about Last Breath: ‘Oh my giddy aunt, Robert Bryndza never fails to surprise me, just when I convinced myself the Detective Erika Foster series couldn't possibly get any better, he delivers another belter of a book…each book has been from the last and how each story offers something unique, which is why Robert Bryndza continues to be one of my very favourite authors on the planet.’ The Book Review Café ‘It's the sort of book that you want to devour in one sitting, it's too good to put down. The characters crackle with energy and the chemistry between them is fantastic to read… A breathtaking addition to the series that I would thoroughly recommend!’ The Quiet Knitter ‘Robert Bryndza has leapfrogged up to the top place in my list of favourite crime authors after reading his other books… This book was absolutely fantastic!! The story gripped me from page one and didn’t let up until the end…If you’re looking for a gritty police procedural crime thriller, then I can highly recommend this book. If you’re going to buy this one, don’t forget to buy the others too!! Five stars (although if I could give it more I would!).’ Star Dust Book Reviews ‘I will always applaud for more Erika Foster #QueenDetective. I love her so much, she is one of my best fictional characters.’ The Book Heathen ‘One of my most anticipated reads of 2017…Last Breath is a gripping, nail biting ride of a read. I seriously cannot get enough of the author’s books and now that I have finished this one I have the long agonising wait for the next one. Brilliant series, brilliant book by a brilliant author, what else can I say!’ By the Letter Book Reviews
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Laws and statutes, Medicine, Politics and government, Psychology, Law and crime
An urgent exposé of the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisonsAmerica has made mental illness a crime.… Jails in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago each house more people with mental illnesses than any hospital. As many as half of all people in America's jails and prisons have a psychiatric disorder. One in four fatal police shootings involves a person with such disorders.In this revelatory book, journalist Alisa Roth goes deep inside the criminal justice system to show how and why it has become a warehouse where inmates are denied proper treatment, abused, and punished in ways that make them sicker.Through intimate stories of people in the system and those trying to fix it, Roth reveals the hidden forces behind this crisis and suggests how a fairer and more humane approach might look. Insane is a galvanizing wake-up call for criminal justice reformers and anyone concerned about the plight of our most vulnerable.
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Fantasy, Ghost and horror stories, Suspense and thrillers
The iconic, "extraordinary" (The Washington Post) collaboration between #1 bestselling author Stephen King and Peter Straub--an epic thriller about a… young boy's quest to save his mother's life. Why had twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer's mother frantically moved the two of them from Rodeo Drive to a New York City apartment to the Alhambra, a fading ocean resort and shuttered amusement park in New Hampshire? Who or what is she running from? She is dying . . . and even young Jack knows she can't outrun death. But only he can save her--for he has been chosen to search for a prize across an epic landscape of dangers and lies, a realm of innocents and monsters, where everything Jack loves is on the line.
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Science fiction, Suspense and thrillers
<P>A brilliantly plotted, relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy. <P>"Are you happy with… your life?" <P>Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. <P>Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. <P>Before a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend." <P>In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible. <P>Is it this world or the other that's the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could've imagined--one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe. <P>Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human--a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
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Family stories, Mysteries and crime stories
In this supernatural mystery set in a Virginia coal-mining town in 1942, Bone discovers that she has a Gift—the ability… to see true stories in objects—and investigates whether her mother’s Gift may have led to her death. Bone sees stories when she touches everyday objects—both the happy and the sad stories of the people who owned them. When she receives an anonymous note that says her mother’s Gift killed her, Bone starts to question how Mama died—was it really the flu? Why won’t her father or Aunt Mattie discuss it? Will Bone’s own Gift kill her? As Bone tries to solve the mysteries surrounding her mother’s death, the schisms in her family, and the Gifts, she discovers that the truth can change everything. This beautifully written coming-of-age story about family secrets and learning to trust the power of your own story will resonate deeply with readers. Includes an author’s note about Appalachian tales and the WPA story-collecting project featured in the novel. This is the first novel in the emotionally resonant Ghosts of Ordinary Objects trilogy.
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Science fiction, Suspense and thrillers
<P>In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when… he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. <P> Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. <P>But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
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Adventure and exploration, Travel and geography
In the years following the Civil War, “Arctic fever” gripped the American public, fueled by myths of a fertile, tropical… sea at the top of the world. Several explorers attempted to find a route to the North Pole, but none succeeded. Bound by Ice follows the journey of George Washington De Long and the crew of the USSJeannette, who departed San Francisco in the summer of 1879 hoping to find a route to the North Pole. However, in mid-September the ship became locked in ice north of Siberia and drifted for nearly two years before it was crushed by ice and sank. De Long and his men escaped the ship and began a treacherous journey in extreme polar conditions in an attempt to reach civilization. Many—including De Long—did not survive. A riveting true-life adventure, Bound by Ice includes excerpts from De Long’s extensive journals, which were recovered with his body; newspapers from the time; and photos and sketches by the men on the expedition. The title also includes an epilogue, author’s note, bibliography, source notes, and index.
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Adventure stories, Fantasy, General fiction
Tamora Pierce brings readers another Tortall adventure! Alianne is the teenage daughter of the famed Alanna, the first lady knight… in Tortall. Young Aly follows in the quieter footsteps of her father, however, delighting in the art of spying. When she is captured and sold as a slave to an exiled royal family in the faraway Copper Islands, it is this skill that makes a difference in a world filled with political intrigue, murderous conspiracy, and warring gods. This is the first of two books featuring Alianne.From the Hardcover edition.
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Fantasy, General fiction
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a… murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy? This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . . Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.<P><P> Winner of Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Reader’s Choice Senior Award
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Multi-cultural fiction
Llaves a Tetuán es una apasionada novela que narra sobre la ramificación de la familia Benzimra en sus diferentes expansiones… por el mundo entero. Una familia judía con su historia errante de exilio, en búsqueda del punto donde poder echar raíces - tan típico de cualquier familia judía - partiendo de su base en la amada ciudad de Tetuán en Marruecos, pasando por Madrid, Nueva York, Jerusalén, Grecia e incluso el Amazonas. A pesar de todas sus travesías siguen añorando la ciudad que sirvió de cuna y regresando a ella una y otra vez. Las raíces de los Benzimra se remontan a 1492, el año de la expulsión de los judíos de España en época de la Inquisición quienes crean una comunidad apenas a 100 millas de distancia de la frontera española, con esperanza de poder volver a su tierra española y solo en 1860 ocurre que España, su patria madre, llega a ellos en la nueva comunidad creando nuevos contactos y nuevos horizontes. La narración nos lleva hasta un futuro que demuestra que aun es largo el recorrido.
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Adventure stories, Science fiction
Sometimes truth means destruction Jimmy has survived the explosion of Neptune's Shadow, the second largest oil rig in the world.… NJ7 still thinks he died in New York--although Miss Bennett, the agency's cruel and calculating director, will leave no stone unturned in searching for his body. Now France and England are on the brink of war, and Jimmy is partly responsible. The simplest way to settle the conflict would be to admit he caused the explosion. But coming clean would put more than his own life in peril. Is there a way to keep his family safe and prevent an international disaster?
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Poetry
Una colección de poemas de la última década, incluyendo traducciones del hebreo y español, además de poemas escritos en inglés… por el reconocido poeta israelí Mois Benarroch. Entre el Rayo y el Trueno Entre el rayo y el trueno para cuando veo tu luz ya hay demasiado ruido. Aquí En estas calles el ángel que caminó antes que yo me ayudó a caminar evitando que cayera me salvó cuando tuve un accidente de coche en la cabeza cerca de la sinagoga sobre la cabeza del año aquí en estas calles tan vacías de mí lloré por primera vez sonreí por primera vez y desde aquí viajé a todas partes ahora he vuelto buscando la comprensión de las casas, las calles, las aceras, la gente. Si Me Ves por la Calle y no te saludo no creas que no quiero tu compañía o que intento hacerte daño si me ves por la calle y estoy pensando en otro poema en otras palabras que puedan por fin describir la línea del firmamento que se conecta entre mis piernas y la ciudad en la que nací un gran arco iris si me ves por la calle y no digo hola no es una declaración de guerra sino una mirada hacia el futuro. Arena me llevó veinte años aprender a llorar en hebreo entonces mis palabras se volvieron suaves como una roca cuyo secreto fue desvelado por la lluvia: estaba hecha de arena.
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General fiction, Science fiction
It has happened to all of us, we're talking with our brother of a childhood memory and suddenly he says,… but you didn't do that, I did. And that seems normal. But, what do we remember when we remember? Scientific studies show that in less than twenty-four hours we have already changed the memory of what has happened to us. Perhaps our memories are not always completely ours, only partially ours, partly they are what others who were in the same place have told us, and partly perhaps they are memories of others that with time are infiltrated in our brain. The narrator of "El Ladrón de Memorias" does not steal memories, but he feels like a thief, because he is drawn to pulling at some moments other people's most intimate memories, only to realize that he can no longer differentiate his memories from the others. "The Stealer of Memories" is an autobiography of the entire world. "Rarely have I had the opportunity to read a book on ebook format with the characteristics of "The Stealer of Memories". Mois Benarroch has the strange particularity of talking about anything and has a way of making you unable to stop reading. I have compiled many fragments of his book because they seemed interesting, intuitive and I think I almost believe that in fact the author is a memory thief: "...But there is one that doesn't go away. And it is that every text is autobiographical. Each character is the author. Nothing original in that. I know. But I'm not saying that every text is based on the life of the writer. Just the opposite. It is based on the not-life of the writer. The wife who appears in the text of a male writer is not the writer's wife, and vice versa, the homosexual will be the one who was not, the rich one is the rich one that the writer longs to be, if he is poor. The writer defines himself by what he cannot be. What he cannot be is not infinite. One cannot not-be just anybody. He can only be characters or people he is able to imagine..." I have
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Poetry
Esquina em Tetuão de Mois Benarroch Livro de poemas publicado pela editora Esquío, dirigida por Julia Uceda Outros livros do… autor disponíveis em português: - 10 poemas (português) (Prêmio Yehuda Amijai 2012) (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch, translated by Pedro Paixao (Sep 27, 2013) - O Ladrão De Memórias (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch and Cátia A. G. Fernandes (Feb 18, 2015) - Às Portas de Tânger (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch and Catia A. G. Fernandes (Aug 24, 2015) Leva-me ao mar (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch and Maria Olinda Reis (Sep 14, 2015) - Lamentações do imigrante / (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch and JEAN PIERRE BARAKAT (Sep 14, 2015) - Cachecol Blues / (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch and Getúlio Maia (Oct 5, 2015)
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General fiction
Raquel Dice (qualcosa di interamente inaspettato). C'é qualcuno dietro di noi che ci dice che da qualche parte esiste un'altra… persona nel mondo che vive una vita parallela alla nostra, che sente le stesse cose, che forse sta facendo le stesse cose in questo momento. Cosa accade, però, quando due linee parallele si incontrano? Succede l'impossibile e ciò che non dovrebbe accadere. Se l'anima gemella esiste e se abbiamo voglia di incontrarla, questo non vuol dire che l'incontro ci facilita la vita o ci dà soluzioni.
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General fiction, Biography
Um escritor judeu-espanhol chega a Madri para um encotnro de hispano-judeus, logo depois da norte do melhor amigo e da… irmã. Em Sevilha, acha um cachecol, que permanece em seu pescoço por 13 dias e, assim como chega, some e se perde em Madri. O cachecol se transforma em uma obsessiva reflexão sobre a perda e a despedida das coisas e das pessoas. O escritor se despede dos mortos, mas também de todas as pessoas de quem não pode se despedir e que nunca poderá. Depede-se dos sonhos. Enquanto isso, vêm a seu encontro judeus-espanhóis que ficaram perdidos por 150 na Amazônia, sobre os quais tinha escrito dez anos antes em um de seus romances. Terá inventado essa realidade? A realidade é fruto do que imaginamos? O romance viaja por vários países, Marrocos, Brasil, Nova York, Israel. E línguas: hebraico, francês, espanhol, português e, principalmente, o jaquetía, o judeu-espanhol do norte do Marrocos, que persevera em continuar uma morta-viva de uma cultura que não existe mais, de palavras e expressões que deixam para trás um mundo perdeu.Um escritor judeu-espanhol chega a Madri para um encotnro de hispano-judeus, logo depois da norte do melhor amigo e da irmã. Em Sevilha, acha um cachecol, que permanece em seu pescoço por 13 dias e, assim como chega, some e se perde em Madri. O cachecol se transforma em uma obsessiva reflexão sobre a perda e a despedida das coisas e das pessoas. O escritor se despede dos mortos, mas também de todas as pessoas de quem não pode se despedir e que nunca poderá. Depede-se dos sonhos. Enquanto vêm a seu encontro judeus-espanhóis que ficaram perdidos por 150 na Amazônia, sobre os quais tinha escrito dez anos antes em um de seus romances. Terá inventado essa realidade? A realidade é fruto do que imaginamos? O romance viaja por vários países, Marrocos, Brasil, Nova York, Israel. E línguas: hebraico, francês, espanhol, português e, principalmente, o jaquetía, o judeu-espanhol do norte do Marrocos, que persevera e
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Mysteries and crime stories, Romantic suspense
When the body of a crucified boy is found by the river in Kansas City, Lieutenant Thomas Noel, a priest… turned homicide detective, is assigned the case. In their search for the boy's killer, Noel and his new partner, Daniel Qo, follow the clues to a secretive traditional Catholic group located in the Missouri countryside. Then another body turns up, and the hunt intensifies. But Noel's investigation hits too close to home and attracts the attention of the killer....
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Multi-cultural fiction
Quando o pai dos Benzimra morre, deixa um testamento no qual anuncia à sua família a existência de um filho… ilegítimo, fruto de uma relação com uma mulher muçulmana em Marrocos. Para receber a herança, a sua família deve fazer todos os possíveis para o encontrar. Empreendem então uma viagem até Tetuão, passando por lugares como Jerusalém, Madrid, Nova Iorque e Paris, à procura desse irmão perdido; uma viagem que os irá confrontar com as suas origens marroquinas, com o seu judaísmo, que os levará a questionarem-se sobre a sua identidade; uma experiência d qual não regressarão os mesmos. Uma obra que põe a descoberto como vive a sociedade israelita em pleno conflito entre sefarditas e ashkenazim, os laços e as tensões entre o mundo árabe e a Europa, entre a cultura do Médio Oriente e a cultura ocidental. Um mundo cheio de complexidades e refinamentos que são frequentemente distorcidos na versão apresentada pelos meios de comunicação. Uma história sobre um mundo pouco conhecido, o dos judeus do norte de Marrocos, repleta de intrigas, pontilhada por rasgos de humor e erotismo, que leva até ao incesto, mas deixando sempre a possibilidade de regresso a casa.