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Historical fiction, Literature biography, Biography
Revisi n original sima de la filiaci n de los hijos de los 70 esta … vez contada por el menor de una familia de psicoanalistas reconocidos exiliados en Brasil cuyo hermano mayor ha sido adoptado poco antes de escapar del pa s Repito que mi hermano es hijo y una interrogaci n me salta siempre a los labios hijo de qui n El hijo menor de una pareja de psicoanalistas exiliados en San Pablo se pregunta por el origen de su hermano mayor Adoptado antes de escapar de la dictadura argentina el enigma filiatorio del primog nito encarna con la historia pol tica y da nuevos sentidos al tema de la identidad que aqu es a la vez ntima y social Y en su particular textura narrativa -que cruza el portugu s y el espa ol el estilo l rico con el ensayo y la autobiograf a- se expresa tambi n la marca profunda de la cultural psi y su persistente voluntad de verdad En esta novela -elogiada de modo un nime por la cr tica y distinguida con los premios Jabuti en Brasil y Saramago en Portugal- Fuks aborda con extrema delicadeza la sensible cuesti n del amor entre los miembros de una familia desde una ptica no explorada por los hijos de la llamada generaci n del 70 Los padres conocen muy bien las teor as sobre hijos adoptados y biol gicos Sin embargo la vida es diferente de lo que explica la bibliograf a especializada Le cabe entonces al escritor revisar ese pasado violento y dar nuevo sentido a la trama familiar El resultado es una prosa al mismo tiempo l rica y ensay stica que combina una extrema sensibilidad con una revisi n l cida y sin concesiones de la historia reciente argentina con la libertad de quien ha nacido en otro pa s
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Historical fiction, Biography
The true story of a young man struggling for freedom at the dawn of the Civil War Anthony Burns is… a runaway slave who has just started to build a life for himself in Boston Then his former owner comes to town to collect him Anthony won t go willingly though and people across the city step forward to make sure he s not taken P P Based on the true story of a man who stood up against the Fugitive Slave Law Hamilton s gripping account follows the battle in the streets and in the courts to keep Burns a citizen of Boston--a battle that is the prelude to the nation s bloody Civil War P Jane Addams Children s Book Award Winner
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Historical fiction, Animals and wildlife
C mo puede un perrito encantador alterar el rumbo de la Historia mundial Una hilarante y atrevida novela… sobre el nazismo y un homenaje a la poca dorada del cine a trav s del original testimonio de su peludo protagonista Berl n 1938 Sirius un astuto fox-terrier disfruta de una tranquila vida perruna junto a los Liliencron una familia jud a hasta que una noche el cachorro es testigo de uno de los cap tulos m s sombr os de la historia alemana la Noche de los Cristales Rotos La familia decide entonces refugiarse en Estados Unidos donde Sirius se convierte en toda una estrella de la poca dorada del cine y se codea con las m s respetables celebridades de Hollywood desde Rita Hayworth Billy Wilder y John Wayne hasta Marlene Dietrich y Cary Grant Sin embargo el mundo de la far ndula es una monta a rusa y Sirius acaba de gira con el esperp ntico y popular Circo Barnum Entre forzudos fieras e ilusionistas la carrera de este artista canino es un cohete pero un d a un truco de magia sale mal y aparece de vuelta en Berl n esta vez en el seno de una familia nazi Ser entonces cuando se convierta en el confidente del F hrer o tal vez de la resistencia Rese as Pocas veces un libro es tan ingenioso divertido y adorable al mismo tiempo Kultur Spiegel Conmovedora y encantadora para los amantes de la historia y los animales por igual Publishers Weekly Una novela estupenda No lo hab a pensado antes pero Sirius es un observador tan astuto que ahora estoy convencido de que los protagonistas de cuatro patas son los mejores testigos de la historia The Independent
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Historical fiction, Biography, Politics and government biography
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Historical fiction, Biography
Reina Renuente: María Rosa Tudor, la hermana menor del infame rey Enrique VIII Es una historia Tudor, NO sobre una… de las esposas, sino sobre María Rosa, la bella hermana menor de Enrique VIII. UNA NOVELA HISTÓRICA TUDOR ¡No habla sobre ninguna de las seis esposas! Enrique tenía muchos otros parientes, de los cuales la mayoría, debido a su efímera dinastía y a su trémulo derecho a la corona, el siempre inseguro Enrique había ejecutado durante su reinado para asegurar su trono. ¿Puedes imaginarte cómo sería ser la hermana menor del infame rey inglés Enrique VIII? Recuerda que éste fue el rey que tuvo seis consortes, dos de ellas decapitadas. Y aunque la adolescente María Rosa era su hermana favortita (hasta llamó a su famoso barco por ella), sus cambiantes alianzas y su despiadado deseo de hacer las cosas a su manera, lo llevaron a presionar a la joven y bonita María a un odioso matrimonio de estado con el senil y enfermo rey Luis XII de Francia. Pero, una renuente María Rosa, tan decidida como Enrique y apasionadamente enamorada por primera vez del campeón de las justas, Charles Brandon, no se rindió tan fácilmente. Antes de aceptar la unión, después de una incansable campaña de su querido hermano para que diera el sí, María Rosa obtuvo una promesa de Enrique. Una promesa que ella estaba determinada a que él cumpliera. En la corte francesa, María Rosa es acechada por el astuto y encantador pero pervertido Francisco, el heredero al trono de Luis, que incluso a la joven edad de veinte, es un experto seductor. En medio de horribles abrazos conyugales y de las persistentes e indeseadas atenciones de Francisco, María se encuentra en una desesperada e infeliz situación. Pero luego, su enfermo esposo muere, y el lujurioso Francisco asciende al trono francés y al poder absoluto. María Rosa pensó que su situación PREVIA a la muerte de su esposo era díficil, pero luego escucha
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Contemporary romance, Historical fiction, Westerns, Animals and wildlife
A life-and-death rescue leads to love for a single mom in USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine Mann's Texas Cattleman's Club:… After the Storm story.Texas tycoon Whit Daltry has always been a thorn in Megan Maguire's side, especially when he tried to put the kibosh on her animal shelter. But when he saves her daughter during the worst tornado in recent memory, Megan sees beneath his prickly exterior to the hero underneath. Soon, the after-storm recovery makes bedfellows of these opposites. Until Megan's old reflexes kick in-should she brace for betrayal or say yes to Whit once and for all?Be sure to read other scandalous stories from the Texas Cattleman's Club: After the Storm series, only from Harlequin® Desire!STRANDED WITH THE RANCHER by USA TODAY bestseller Janice MaynardPREGNANT BY THE TEXAN by USA TODAY bestseller Sara OrwigBECAUSE OF THE BABY... by Cat SchieldHIS LOST AND FOUND FAMILY by Sarah M. AndersonMORE THAN A CONVENIENT BRIDE by USA TODAY bestseller Michelle CelmerFOR HIS BROTHER'S WIFE by USA TODAY bestseller Kathie DeNosky
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Historical fiction, Biography, Literature biography, Anthologies
In Birth of a Bookworm, Michel Tremblay takes the reader on a tour of the books that have had a… formative influence on the birth and early development of his creative imagination; the physical and emotional world of his childhood is celebrated as the fertile ground on which his new, vivid way of seeing and imagining is built.
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Historical fiction, Biography
A newspaperman, an ex-Navy vice-admiral, a steel worker, a farmer, and the 124th Emperor of Japan himself--these are the fascinating… heroes of Gibney's brilliant book about modern Japan. Strongly individual, every one of them, the five yet share the common inheritance of Japan's precocious but unstable past.Through their lives and attitudes, Gibney gives us an invaluable analysis of this new sovereign nation so suddenly thrown into the world's power conflicts. He helps us understand the historical and social forces which make Japan what she is today--the old contracts and loyalties from which each of the Five Gentlemen is struggling to break away from his country. Their courageous efforts to weld a new Japan from the remains of the old society, and to come to terms with the present, are as exciting as it is important.
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Robert Barr has been almost completely overlooked by critics and anthologists of Canadian literature, in part because, although he was… educated in Canada, he spent most of his life in the United States and England. However, since most of his serious novels are either set in Canada or have some Canadian connection, Barr deserves attention. The Measure of the Rule, originally published in 1907, is the nearest he came to writing an autobiographical novel. It concerns the Toronto Normal School and the experiences there in the 1870s of a young man who undoubtedly is Barr himself. In this novel, Barr is exorcising unhappy memories and is ironic, even bitter, about the school's quality of education, the rigid discipline observed by its staff and their indifference to their students, and the sexual segregation practiced. A number of men under whom Barr actually studied are vividly caricatured. As a realistic study of Ontario's only central teacher-training institution in the late nineteenth century, The Measure of the Rule will appeal both to those interested in Canadian fiction of that period and to those more concerned with the evolution of the system of education established by Egerton Ryerson. Also included with this reprint of the novel is an essay originally published in 1899 and entitled 'Literature in Canada.' In this essay, Barr elaborated upon his opinions of the school system and its quality of education.
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Historical fiction, General fiction, Animals and wildlife
Bird-watchers will love this journey back to the 1880s West Coast when vast populations of wild birds still filled the… skies in annual migrations. But the birds were imperiled by plume hunters intent on personal fortune. This story of violence, love, and loss portrays the advent of the Audubon Society.A moving story of conflict, friendship, and love, The Plume Hunter follows the life of Fin McFaddin, a late-nineteenth century Oregon outdoorsman who takes to plume hunting - killing birds to collect feathers for women's hats - to support his widowed mother. In 1885, more than five million birds were killed in the United States for the millinery industry, prompting the formation of the Audubon Society. The novel brings to life an era of our country's natural history seldom explored in fiction, and follows Fin's relationships with his lifelong friends as they struggle to adapt to society's changing mores.Renée Thompson writes about wildlife, her love of birds, and the people who inhabit the American West. Her first novel, The Bridge at Valentine, received high praise from Pulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry, author of Lonesome Dove. Renée lives in Northern California with her husband, Steve, and is at work on a short-story collection.The Plume Hunter won the 2012 da Vinci Eye Award, presented by the Eric Hoffer Award for Books, for its superior cover art."I really enjoyed this book. It offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of a bird hunter and the complex social, economic and personal issues swirling around the birth of the conservation movement." --David Sibley, author of THE SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS"...Renée Thompson's gripping novel transports the reader to a time when our nation was trying its best to grow up, yet seemed mired in its own awkward "teen" years...I read this book in one sitting, finding it no easier to put down than Fin did his hunting guns." -- Bill Thompson III, Editor, Bird Watcher's Digest"...Renée Thompson brings us to a place of semi-darkness, with its confused emotions, and allows us to witness the "Hunter" changing from within. This is a story of process and a quest to redeem. I love it." - Fr. Tom Pincelli, Former Chairman, American Birding Association"...A compelling chronicle of avarice, betrayal, and redemption."- Tim Gallagher, author of The Grail Bird
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Historical fiction, Biography, General non-fiction
Progress and education go hand in hand. This unique collection from The Amazing People Club explores the lives of four… influential educators who recognized the importance of sharing knowledge to improve people's life and acted on it. Meet Maria Montessori whose revolutionary educational method has inspired public and private schools throughout the world. While many have heard of Montessori schools, most don't know about her pivotal work in India or the fact she was the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Italy. Explore the life of another amazing woman who dedicated her life to educating people. Inspired by her own teacher, Helen Keller became the first deaf and blind person to earn her degree. She traveled the world to educate people on politics and women's rights. You'll also meet Aristotle, who was taught by Plato and in turn taught Alexander the Great. Without doubt, he is one of the most important figures in Western philosophy. Finally you'll come "face to face" with the lesser-known, but no less amazing, Dr. Reg Revans. His is one of the great management thinkers and pioneered Action Learning, a process we can all use in our lives. Each story comes to life through BioViews®. These are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. They provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.
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Historical fiction, Biography, Reference
A brand-new biography series featuring some of the most important people from history and today. I am two years old… when I become deaf and blind. I live in a world of darkness. I am finally able to read and write with the help of my teacher Annie Sullivan. I am Helen Keller. Learn all about this remarkable young woman, whose accomplishments are truly inspiring, in the continuation of Scholastic's latest biography series: I AM. This book will feature illustrations throughout, a timeline, an introduction to the people you'll meet in the book, maps, sidebars, and a top ten list of important things to know about Helen Keller.
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Historical fiction, Biography, Historical biography
Continuation of a biography series featuring some of the most important people from history and today. Just in time for… President's Day, children will be moved by Washington's revolutionary vision for our country. Celebrated war hero, George Washington used his progressive ideals to become the first President of the US, earning the nickname "Father of his country." Readers will be inspired by Washington's heroic journey to make America a better place.
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Historical fiction, Law and crime biography, Biography
From a murderous mother to a famous actor accused of killing his wife in cold blood, gripping true crime exposés… from an award-winning journalist. Mother’s Day: The true story of Theresa Cross Knorr, the twisted child abuser who murdered two of her own daughters—with the help of her sons. It would be almost a decade after these horrific crimes before her youngest daughter, Terry Knorr Graves, revealed her mother’s history of unfathomable violence. At first, she was met with disbelief by law enforcement and even her own therapist, but eventually, the truth about her mother’s monstrous abuse emerged. Award-winning journalist Dennis McDougal details the pathological jealousy, rage, and domineering behavior that escalated into appalling acts of homicide and destroyed a family. Blood Cold: In May 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was shot to death in a car parked on a dark Hollywood side street. Eleven months later, Robert Blake—her husband, the father of her child, and the star of the classic film In Cold Blood and the popular 1970s TV detective series Baretta—was arrested for murder, conspiracy, and solicitation. Did Blake kill his wife? Did he hire someone to do the job for him? Award-winning journalist Dennis McDougal and entertainment-media expert Mary Murphy recount a real-life crime story more shocking and bizarre than any movie.