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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.
2) 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.
3) Autumn
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"From the Man Booker-shortlisted and Baileys Prize-winning author of How to be both: a breathtakingly inventive new novel -- about aging, time, love, and stories themselves -- that launches an extraordinary quartet of books called Seasonal. Readers love Ali Smith's novels for their peerless innovation and their joyful celebration of language and life. Her newest, Autumn, has all of these qualities in spades, and is the first installment in a quartet....
5) La Celestina
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Letras hispánicas volume 4
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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...
6) 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.
7) 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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109 pages ; 21 cm.
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"Benito Juárez ha sido un personaje muy controversial en la historia de México. Es amado o es odiado. ¿Fue un autoritario o un patriota? ¿Sólo conocemos al Juárez de las monografías escolares o tenemos un conocimiento real de su propuesta política? ¿Fue un vendepatrias? ¿Se equivocó en la Ciudadela? ¿Pudo morir tranquilo o cargaba en su conciencia el asesinato de Maximiliano? La imagen de Benito Juárez está distorsionada; por esta razón,...
10) Latvia
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88 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
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Presents the history, culture, economy, and government of Latvia, and describes major cities, landscape, people, holidays and festivals, and its place in the European Union.
11) Poland
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88 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 21 cm.
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Presents the history, culture, economy, and government of Poland, and describes major cities, landscape, people, holidays and festivals, and its place in the European Union.
12) United Kingdom
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88 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
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Presents the history, culture, economy, and government of the Unied Kingdom, and describes major cities, landscape, people, holidays and festivals, and its place in the European Union.
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Poeta en Nueva York reúne poesías de indudable inspiración surrealista. Son, sin embargo, bastante más lúgubres que la mayor parte de los poemas de los otros libros de Lorca. Escrito entre 1929-1930 en Nueva York, durante la residencia de Federico García Lorca como estudiante en la Universidad de Columbia, este libro se publicó póstumamente en 1940.
García Lorca es testigo de la Nueva York que sufre por la pobreza tras el crack de 1929. Escribe...
16) 1984
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Orwell's classic novel of one man's nightmare odyssey through a world ruled by warring states and a power structure that controls not only information but individual thought and memory.
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345 pages (some folded) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
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"A lushly photographed cookbook and travelogue showcasing the regional cuisines of the Alps, including 80 recipes for the elegant, rustic dishes served in the chalets and mountain huts situated among the alpine peaks of Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and France." -- Amazon.com
18) Hungary
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88 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
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19) The capital
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417 pages ; 25 cm
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Set on capturing the elusive inner workings of the European Union, Robert Menasse, one of Austria's most creative thinkers, moved to the EU's headquarters in Brussels for an enthralling, wine-soaked tour of supranational institutions. The resulting novel has become an international sensation, translated from German into more than twenty languages and deemed "the first great EU novel" (Politico). At the heart of a cast as diverse as the union itself...
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"Author Javier Sierra embarks on a grand tour of the Prado museum in this historical novel that illuminates the fascinating mysteries behind some of the greatest paintings in the world--complete with gorgeous, full-color inserts of artwork by Raphael, Boticelli, and other masters."--
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