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El Gran Gatsby de F. Scott Fitzgerald es una poderosa exploración del sueño americano, la decadencia de la élite y la ilusión de la riqueza como sinónimo de felicidad. Ambientada en los años 20, la novela sigue la vida del enigmático Jay Gatsby, cuya obsesión por el amor perdido de Daisy Buchanan lo lleva a construir una existencia rodeada de lujo y fiestas deslumbrantes. A través de la mirada de Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald retrata un mundo...
2) The Raven
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The Raven Edgar Allan Poe - In Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century, Edgar Allan Poe's renowned poem The Raven found perhaps its most perfect artistic interpreter. Doré's dreamlike, otherworldly style, tinged with melancholy, seems ideally matched to the bleak despair of Poe's celebrated work, among the most popular American poems ever written.This volume reprints all 26 of Doré's detailed,...
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The Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Omnibus Edition is Comprised of 5 Volumes
The Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Volume 1
[Introduction to (and History of) Literary Picture Postcards]
Volume One of Authorized Images is a comprehensive history of how the picture postcard came into existence. The Introduction then offers an overview of printed paper...
4) El Proceso
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Nueva traducción de El proceso que respeta el peculiar estilo de Kafka, con reordenación de capítulos y un fragmento inédito en español.
Josef K., un ciudadano corriente, se despierta una mañana en presencia de unos misteriosos funcionarios que han ido a detenerlo a la pensión en la que reside. Le interrogan y le comunican que se le permite seguir con su vida diaria a pesar de estar detenido. A partir de ahí, se ve envuelto en un proceso judicial...
5) Tom Jones
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When Squire Allworthy returns from London to discover a sleeping baby of unknown parentage in his bed, Tom Jones makes its rollicking start toward a picaresque journey across eighteenth-century England. Its foundling hero, having grown to young manhood and developed a passion for the girl next door, finds himself banished from the squire's country estate by the contrivance of a romantic rival. Lusty, good-hearted Tom is thus compelled to seek his...
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The essential and bestselling guide to typography from beloved design educator Ellen Lupton-revised and expanded to include new and additional voices, examples, and principles, and a wider array of typefaces.
"Thinking with Type is to typography what Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is to physics."-I Love Typography
The bestselling Thinking with Type in a revised and expanded third edition: This is the definitive guide to using typography...
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Un joven científico, para asombro e incredulidad de sus colegas y otros expertos, ha desarrollado una máquina que le permite hacer realidad uno de los sueños más antiguos de la humanidad: vivir en una época distinta a la suya.
H. G. Wells logra con su libro La máquina del tiempo, el primer relato, y el más acabado, de viajes en el tiempo. En los momentos fundacionales de la ciencia ficción aborda con maestría uno de los temas más recurrentes...
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Howard Smither has written the first definitive work on the history of the oratorio since Arnold Schering published his Geschichte des Oratoriums in 1911. This volume is the first of a four-volume comprehensive study that offers a new synthesis of what is known to date about the oratorio.Volume 1, divided into three parts, opens with the examination of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque antecedents and origins of the oratorio, with emphasis...
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La opinión de Baudelaire sobre Madame Bovary es, sin duda, la que sigue manteniéndose hoy. Para él, como para nosotros ahora, Madame Bovary es una obra de arte. El artículo, que publica en la revista L'Artiste, en aquel, año de 1857, es un modelo de inteligencia crítica: "Una novela, ¡y qué novela! La más imparcial, la más leal". Él es el primero, y durante bastante tiempo el único, en afirmar que la dimensión moral del texto es secundaria,...
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Orgullo y prejuicio es una exploración atemporal del amor, la clase social y el crecimiento personal, ambientada en la Inglaterra de la era Regencia. Jane Austen critica las normas y expectativas sociales de la época, tejiendo una narrativa que equilibra el romance con un agudo comentario social. A través de las experiencias de Elizabeth Bennet y el señor Darcy, la novela aborda temas como el prejuicio, el orgullo y el poder transformador de la...
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El Corsario Negro goza el honor de ser considerada como la más perfecta de todas las novelas de Salgari, al ser en ella donde la prosa del escritor italiano logra la fluidez y el estilo más depurado de toda su producción. Las aventuras de este singular personaje, y su saga de relatos que componen el Ciclo de los corsarios, nacieron como respuesta a su nombramiento como caballero por la casa de Saboya, reinante entonces en Italia. Salgari creó...
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In this intimate biography of the Prince of Soul, David Ritz provides a candid look at a star and a friend. Ritz had been collaborating with Gaye on his story for several years before the singer's tragic death and had conducted a series of extraordinary interviews in which Gaye discussed his deepest secrets. Drawing from these interviews, Gaye's life is recounted in his own words and the words of those who knew him best: his family, friends, and colleagues....
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Originally published in the First Folio of 1623, "Measure for Measure" is William Shakespeare's play which was likely written sometime in 1603 or 1604. The play begins with Vincentio, the Duke of Vienna, who leaves the government in charge of the authoritarian justice, Angelo, when he departs the city on a diplomatic mission. Lord Angelo believes that there is too much debauchery in the city and seeks to more strictly enforce laws against certain...
14) Romancero gitano
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Federico García Lorca, Primer romancero gitano, edición facsimilar de la primera edición de Madrid, Revista de Occidente, 1928. Ejemplar conservado en la Biblioteca Dámaso Alonso. Madrid: JdeJ Editores, 2020.
El Romancero gitano se publicó en junio de 1928, en la Revista de Occidente. La expectación creada antes de su publicación por las varias lecturas en público que el mismo Lorca llevó a cabo hizo que esa primera edición se agotase inmediatamente.
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Bonsai For Beginners will take you by the hand and show you how to immerse yourself in this extraordinary art of gardening and celebrate a unique Eastern tradition.Grow your own beautiful Bonsai trees and learn an incredible art form with this step-by-step guide!Have you always wanted to try growing a bonsai, but didn't know where to start?Then this book is for you!Discover all the essential tips for growing a healthy and well-kept tree that will...
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Classical music was never meant to be an art for snobs!
In the 1700s and 1800s, classical music was popular music. People went to concerts with their friends, they brought snacks and drinks, and cheered right in the middle of the concert.
Well, guess what? Three hundred years later, that music is just as catchy, thrilling, and emotional.
From Bach to Mozart and Chopin, history's greatest composers have stood the test of time and continue to...
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As makers, we tend to learn different stitches over time without thinking much about how they relate to one another. But when Natalie Chanin and her Alabama Chanin and The School of Making teams began to look at needlework closely, they realized all stitches are based on geometric grid systems-and by using grids as guides, they could make learning stitches, even seemingly elaborate ones, as easy as child's play.
In The Geometry of Hand-Sewing Chanin...
18) Make Your First A-Line Skirt: One Great-Fitting Pattern, a Few Simple Skills, Endless Possibilities
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Create the classic A-line skirt with one easy pattern An A-Line skirt can be professional or casual, classic or whimsical, simple or elaborate, colorful or muted-and that's with one pattern! Use this great-fitting pattern and a few simple skills to create your dream skirt. Make one of 17 projects by mixing and matching layers, fabrics, hem variations, and trims and embellishments. Plus, learn how to insert a zipper like a pro, and add ruffles, pockets,...
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“Daft Punk's Discovery” is a homage to a fascinating, troubled beast of an album that casts a huge shadow over the 21st Century. It's a global view of Discovery as a cultural phenomenon, placing the album at the centre of celebrity culture, fan clubs, video, the music business etc., while also examining its profound musical impact.
You can draw lines from Discovery to Glass Swords, Kanye West, EDM, Autotune, iTunes, Beyoncé, Guilty Pleasures,...
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French Horn Sheet Music With Lettered Noteheads Book 2: 20 Easy Pieces For BeginnersThis music book is part of the Lettered Noteheads series and contains 20 popular sheet music pieces for French Horn. Arrangements are very easy and will suit new beginners. Each arrangement features bigger music notes than normal and each note head has the letter name printed within the note.Contents:BarcarolleLightly RowThe New World SymphonyEtudeThe EntertainerBill...
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