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In this book, Michael Laitman's fascinating commentary uncovers the wisdom in the Pentateuch (also known as the "Torah") in a manner no other book has done before. Here you discover that each protagonist in the stories of the Torah is really a force within, determining your path in life. Delve into the text to enrich and empower yourself as you become the happy, confident person that you dream of being.
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"El presente volumen de la Serie Cuadernos de Humanidades celebra los cumpleaños de tres clásicos de la literatura colombiana: 150 años de María por Jorge Isaacs; 50 años de Cien años de Soledad por Gabriel García Márquez; 40 años de Qué viva la música por Andrés Caicedo. Estas tres obras pertenecientes al canon literario colombiano son también referencia literaria mundial. Este volumen comparte los textos presentados en los homenajes...
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In this collection we find two of Cicero's philosophical treatises, "On Friendship" and "On Old Age". In Cicero's treatise on friendship we learn of his belief that true friendship with someone is derived from complete honesty, truth and trust. Cicero placed a high value upon friendship and saw it as a relationship of mutual benefit in which friends do things for each other without expectation of repayment. In a related philosophical writing on the...
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Cuando a principios de junio de 1962, Dionisio Ridruejo cruzó la frontera clandestinamente, ya era un referente de la oposición al franquismo. Su asistencia al IV Congreso del Movimiento Europeo para reunirse con demócratas españoles del interior y del exilio le condenó a vivir dos años en el destierro. Se instaló en París desde donde desarrolló una campaña política contra la dictadura que le llevó a viajar por media Europa y los Estados...
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Este relato, la penúltima de las Novelas ejemplares de Cervantes es, en un primer plano narrativo, la historia de un soldado, convaleciente de sífilis, conversando con un amigo. La anécdota que narra el alférez Campuzano, enraizada en el tópico del engañador que termina siendo engañado -al que regresaron una y otra vez escritores consagrados y menores de los Siglos de Oro-, posee un andamiaje cómico notable. Un pequeño guiño: cuando Peralta...
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These ten letters, written by one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, offer deep and sincere advice to the young poet. They touch on all aspects of life and are valuable to anyone wishing to be a poet and to those who are not. Written with power, style, and conviction these letters will guide and inspire anyone who reads them.
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The third book in the bestselling and hilarious series of 'Am I Alone…?' books From bin Laden to Pippa Middleton's bottom, and from riots to Rebekah Wade, Telegraph readers offer their maverick and hilarious take on the year's events, in the letters the paper didn't publish, because they were just too off-the-wall, too outrageous, or too waggish for an august Letters page. The first two volumes of unpublished letters to the Daily Telegraph, Am I...
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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Younger was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Born of the equestrian rank, the lower of the two Roman aristocratic orders, Pliny would ascend to the higher rank, the senatorial order, by being elected Quaestor in his late twenties. The nephew of Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger would have correspondence with numerous important Roman figures throughout his lifetime, including...
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"Schwester Teresa macht sich Sorgen um die Sorgen. Zum Glück. Die meisten Menschen sorgen sich viel zu viel. … Höchste Zeit, sich mit dem leidigen Phänomen des Sorgens mal ein bisschen intensiver zu beschäftigen. Und da ist Schwester Teresa genau die Richtige. Eine fromme Tausendsassa, die mit beiden Beinen auf dem Boden steht und dabei den Blick immer fest in den Himmel gerichtet hält. Vor allem aber schafft sie es auf eindrückliche Weise,...
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La correspondencia de Emilia Pardo Bazán con Galdós abarca los mejores años creativos de la vida de ambos, entre 1883 y 1915. Se trata de la recopilación de las cartas, conocidas hasta el momento, enviadas por Pardo Bazán a Galdós, ordenadas cronológicamente y acompañadas de una aproximación a la figura de la escritora coruñesa y el relato esencial del amor y la amistad entre ambos autores. Literatura y vida literaria, intrigas académicas,...
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Our fantasies and dreams create our reality. Most parents wish the best for their children and especially strong is the mother and daughter bond. In "Faery Letters" Pamela Erickson, a uniquely talented writer, demonstrates her love and caring for her own daughter through a series of "Faery Letters." This is a book that will be shared between mothers and daughters alike and passed down among generations of woman who will find themselves reflected in...
73) Cartas a su hijo
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Este Epistolario íntimo reúne una selección de las cartas que escribió el poeta a lo largo de su obra. El volumen puede leerse como la carta de navegación del signo Vallejo. Es en las epístolas enviadas a compañeros de ruta como Juan Larrea, Gerardo Diego o Mariátegui donde Vallejo devela de forma más prístina las reflexiones que motivan su escritura. A través de ellas también se puede reconstruir el itinerario vital que operó como motor...
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Soon after his death, Vincent van Gogh's reputation grew and developed through the remarkably symbiotic relationship evident between his paintings and letters. However, the sheer bulk and complexity of Van Gogh's complete surviving correspondence presents a formidable challenge to those who wish to read and analyze the whole text as a literary work. Reading Vincent van Gogh is at once an interpretive guide to Van Gogh's letters and a distillation...
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Frequently the deeper dimension of love is lost with words that express physical contact. The act of making love and self-gratification has taken the place of the meaning of love. These letters attempt to express the true meaning of love. In any love relationship there cannot help but be some physical expression; be it a touch of the hand to a shoulder. There is however a far deeper meaning of love which has to do with the human spirit. The purpose...
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Meanderings of the Pen, a collection of short stories told in first person by the author as she brings us into the lives of many different characters. The tales are heartwarming, nostalgic, and surprisingly entertaining. Whether they be 'beauty or beast' you will enjoy a camaraderie with them. Walk with her as she locates attention to some of the less obvious in our surroundings. Things you may have overlooked as you travelled through life. Savor...
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Tradicionalmente la historia se escribía en las secciones de Política e Internacional de los diarios, dejando a la de Cultura el trabajo de las personalidades creadoras: su obra, estilos de vida, aspiraciones y andamiaje espiritual. Pero hoy sabemos que a menudo ciertas atmósferas de época quedan mejor explicadas ahí que en los vaivenes de un gobierno, y que la información cultural es uno de los grandes campos de innovación del periodismo....
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This exceptional collection provides new insight into the life of North Carolina writer and activist Paul Green (1894-1981), the first southern playwright to attract international acclaim for his socially conscious dramas. Green, who taught philosophy and drama at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1927 for In Abraham's Bosom, an authentic drama of black life. Among his other Broadway productions were Native...
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Notas de diarios, cartas, pensamientos, descripciones sirven al joven Justo Sierra para contarnos la vida de Antonio, un joven músico que abandona su lugar de origen en la costa para trasladarse a la Ciudad de México y terminar su formación musical para dedicarse a la composición.
En ese empeño, el protagonista avanza en su arte y se adentra al núcelo de la vida social y cultural del México de mediados del siglo XIX. Inteligencia, agudeza...
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