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Clarence Major is one of America's literary masters. He has published numerous books, from novels to poetry and short story collections. Among his many accolades, he was a finalist for the National Book Award and a Fulbright scholar and received the PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. His work has been featured in many literary journals, newspapers, and magazines, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, and Ploughshares.
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Décryptez Peste & Choléra de Patrick Deville avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !
Que faut-il retenir de Peste & Choléra, le roman consacré à la vie du bactériologue Alexandre Yersin ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée.
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During the last years of his life, Leo Tolstoy kept one book invariably on his desk, read and reread it to his family, and recommended it to all his friends: a compendium of wise thoughts gathered over the course of a decade from his wide—ranging readings in philosophy and religion, and from his own spiritual meditations.
Thoughtful Wisdom for Every Day comprises Tolstoy's own most essential ideas about spirituality and what it is to live a good...
7887) Public Speaking - From Passion to Profession: Turn Your Personal Message & Story into Big Money
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If you have ever thought of Public Speaking as a career or as something that can help propel your current situation, this book is a must read. If you have passion that you would like to learn how to deliver in public and potentially even turn it into profitable venture, this book is for you.
I will take you through the mechanics of what goes into public speaking, not merely the presentation, but the business acumen that can help you parlay your image...
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xxxvi, 279 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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"Incidents of Travel in Poetry is the first collection by Latino New York School poet Frank Lima in almost 20 years. In addition to a generous selection of his published books, Incidents contains a wealth of previously unpublished new material, tracing his development from his early gritty portrayals of Spanish Harlem street life to his later abstractly lyrical mode"--
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Collected here are both of Frederick Douglass' magazine articles: "My Escape from Slavery," and "Reconstruction," as well as his address "The Hypocrisy of American Slavery." These pieces show Douglass at his rhetorical best. Important reading for anyone wanting more after reading his Autobiographies.
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Sun tracks volume 64
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x, 93 pages ; 22 cm.
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A collection of stories and poems by Navajo author and poet, Luci Tapahonso, that reflects her own memories along with the voices of her Navajo ancestors. Includes an audio CD of the author reading aloud from her book.
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The most enjoyable way to learn about an unfamiliar culture is through its stories-especially when they're told in two languages! Korean Stories for Language Learners introduces 42 traditional Korean folktales through bilingual Korean and English texts presented on facing pages. This elegantly illustrated volume is designed to help language learners expand their vocabulary and to develop a basic familiarity with Korean culture. Accompanied by detailed...
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A great story can lead a reader down a rabbit hole of discovery-especially if it's presented in two languages! Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with Japanese and English language versions appearing on facing pages. Taking learners on an exciting cultural and linguistic journey, each story is followed by detailed translator's notes, vocabulary lists, and grammar points...
7893) In Her Purpose
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Amongst us are real, powerful stories of inspiring women, who offer impactful and compelling successes. These are true stories that give us hope, courage, and drive. In Her Purpose creators, Rose Buado and Jennifer Redondo-Marquez introduce you to 40 amazing stories of strong Asian women, who are redefining success on their own terms. There is so much to learn from these, women, who came before us. Like these women, many of us struggle to find a career...
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John Colarusso is professor of anthropology and modern languages and linguistics at McMaster University, and one of the world's most distinguished scholars of comparative linguistics. Adrienne Mayor is a research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford University.
The sagas of the ancient Narts are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. This book presents, for the first time in the West, a wide selection...
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Cette lettre est un véritable manifeste pour la liberté individuelle!
Pourquoi est-ce que je ne peux pas me coucher sur toi dans la jubilation d'une tendresse presque asexuée et, tout en faisant l'amour, parler de ce que nous avons mangé à dîner ou du temps qu'il fait?
Avant le Printemps de Prague, Jana Černá écrit à son amant Egon Bondy. Elle lui parle d'amour, de philosophie, de sexe, de désir. Une liberté de ton à l'image d'une femme...
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The most enjoyable way to learn about an unfamiliar culture is through its stories-especially when they're told in two languages!
Thai Stories for Language Learners introduces 28 entertaining Thai stories with bilingual Thai and English versions presented on facing pages. The stories are adapted from traditional folktales with roots in the Thai oral tradition, classic Thai literature, and Thai versions of the Indian Jataka Tales-which describe the...
7897) Irish Savannah
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Most people have heard the words to this song: "Tis Irish I am and 'tis proud I am of it." But, what does it mean to be Irish? When the Irish first came to Savannah, it meant they were either "lace curtain" or "old fort." Lace curtain inferred that the family was prosperous, usually Protestant, and had come to Savannah with letters of introduction, money, and a plan. Old fort meant that the family had come to America in desperation and to Savannah...
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A riveting, one-of-a-kind anthology of the diversity, strangeness, and power of American English that features a tremendous array of letters, poems, memoir, jeremiads, stories, songs, documents, and more from Sojourner Truth and Abraham Lincoln to Henry Roth and Zora Neale Hurston, from George Carlin and James Baldwin to Richard Rodríguez and Amy Tan, from Tony Kushner and Toni Morrison to Louise Erdrich and Donald Trump.
This volume is a kind of...
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"Wisdom is better than wit," said Jane Austen in a letter to Fanny Knight, "and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side."
Have you ever wanted to contribute to a discussion with an astute observation on unrequited love? Give advice to a peer on how to dress for a night out? Or end an argument with a biting quip on feminist politics? The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Jane Austen is the perfect pocket book to carry around in your...
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Learn about Korean culture while improving your language skills!
Korean Folktales for Language Learners presents 36 traditional folktales in parallel Korean and English versions on facing pages, with detailed notes and exercises aimed at beginning to intermediate language learners. Free online recordings of all the Korean stories are available to help students improve their pronunciation and comprehension skills.
The stories-which gradually increase...
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