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The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is a sweeping historical novel of Mexico during the short, tragic, at times surreal, reign of Emperor Maximilian and his court. Even as the American Civil War raged north of the border, a clique of Mexican conservative exiles and clergy convinced Louis Napoleon to invade Mexico and install the Archduke of Austria, Maximilian von Habsburg, as Emperor. A year later, the childless Maximilian took custody of the two...
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xxx, 173 pages ; 22 cm
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The European Union could soon be a thing of the past. Spurred by anti-EU sentiments due to the euro crisis, national interests conflict with a shared vision for the future of Europe. Is it too late to preserve the union that generated unprecedented peace for more than half a century? This is no mere academic question. In the past decade, the EU has declined from a unified global power to a fractious confederation of states with staggering unemployment,...
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In this new telling of Mexico's Second Empire and Louis Napoleon's installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic, interesting, and tragic time of this six-year-siege to life.
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xxiv, 232 pages ; 25 cm
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"From one of the most perceptive observers of the English today comes a brilliantly insightful, mordantly funny account of their seemingly irrational embrace of nationalism. England's recent lurch to the right appears to be but one example of the nationalist wave sweeping across the world, yet as acclaimed Irish critic Fintan O'Toole suggests in The Politics of Pain, it is, in reality, a phenomenon rooted in World War II. We must look not to the vagaries...
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Vintage volume V-781
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"Story revolves around two individuals, Inger and Isak, and their elemental existence in the rough, open country of Norway." *** "I do not know how to express the admiration I feel for this wonderful book without seeming to be extravagant. I am not usually lavish with my praise, but indeed the book impresses me as among the very greatest novels I have ever read. It is wholly beautiful; it is saturated with wisdom and humor and tenderness." H.G. Wells...
7) Sweden
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Presents the history, culture, economy, and government of Sweden, and describes major cities, landscape, people, holidays and festivals, and its place in the European Union.
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The cycle of 55 sonnets that comprise Rainer Maria Rilke's "Sonnets to Orpheus" were written in a period of three weeks during 1922, a time which the poet himself described as a "savage creative storm." Inspired by the death of his daughter's friend, Wera Knoop, Rilke commenced to the production of "Sonnets to Orpheus," a work filled with mythological and biblical allusions. During the same burst of creative energy he set to working on the completion...
10) Finland
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88 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
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Introduces the history, geography, economy, and culture of Finland, and describes the relationship between Finland and the European Union.
11) La Celestina
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Letras hispánicas volume 4
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Español
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La presente versión teatral de La Celestina ha sido estimada como la primera versión dramática castellana que mantiene el sentido y estilo del antiguo teatro clásico, tanto en los caracteres como en el lenguaje. En muchos países de América la crítica, así como el público, apreció la medida en que la palabra y los personajes se corresponden cabalmente, como debe suceder en esta extraordinaria obra. La vitalidad del personaje central –la...
12) France
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88 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
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Presents the history, culture, economy, and government of France, and describes major cities, landscape, people, holidays and festivals, and its place in the European Union.
13) Medea
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The influence of Euripides on the development of the dramatic genre cannot be overstated. Along with Sophocles and Aeschylus he is regarded as one of the three great Greek tragedians from classical antiquity. One of the most important of Euripides' surviving dramas is "Medea", the story of its title character, the wife of Jason of the Argonauts, who seeks revenge upon her unfaithful husband when he abandons her for a another bride. Set in Corinth...
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308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Recounts the triumphs and mishaps of Columbus and other explorers, following the naturalists--both famous and obscure--whose investigations of the world's fauna and flora fueled the rise of science and technology that propelled Western Europe towards modernity.
15) Spain
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88 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
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Presents the history, culture, economy, and government of Spain, and describes major cities, landscape, people, holidays and festivals, and its place in the European Union.
16) Italy
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88 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
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Presents the history, culture, economy, and government of Italy, and describes major cities, landscape, people, holidays and festivals, and its place in the European Union.
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Idylls of the King (1859-1885) is a cycle of narrative poems by British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Written while Tennyson was serving as Poet Laureate, Idylls of the King reworks the medieval Arthurian legend in blank verse and with an elegiac tone. Based on Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur and the early British Mabinogion manuscripts, Tennyson's work connects an ancient tradition to the reign and ideals of Queen Victoria.
"The Coming of Arthur"...
18) Portugal
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Explores the history, government, economy, and culture of Portugal, and briefly discusses some of the major issues facing the country today, including emigration and human rights.
19) Spring Awakening
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"Spring Awakening" is German playwright's Frank Wedekind's controversial and shocking drama of sexuality and repression. First performed in 1906 in Berlin, though written by Wedekind several years earlier, the play focuses on the lives on several adolescents coming of age in late nineteenth century Germany. Three teenage boys, Melchior, Moritz, and Wendl, and girls Wendla and Martha, struggle with abuse, a lack of information and acceptance, and their...
20) Juárez
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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The story of three powerful men in Mexico, Benito Juarez, Napoleon III, and Emperor Maximilian, driven by political passions. And of a woman, Empress Carlota, driven to madness.
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