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Y, de pronto, el mundo frenó y nuestra vida se acotó a las paredes de nuestra casa. Las conversaciones giraban solo en torno a un virus del que no sabíamos nada. Los días comenzaron a tener un peso distinto y el encierro fue una puerta inevitable para mirarnos de nuevo. Este diario reúne, en orden cronológico y sin interrupción, las sensaciones, los pensamientos y la pequeña locura por los que atravesé durante los 136 días de cuarentena...
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En este nuevo libro, Álvaro relata la travesía que realizó en 2023 entre Santander y Londres con su pequeño velero. En tres meses ascendió al Finisterre francés, atajó Bretaña por los canales, recorrió todo el Canal de la Mancha y se introdujo en Inglaterra por el río Támesis hasta Londres. Y luego la vuelta, claro. En total, más de 2.000 millas, de las cuales 353 por el interior de Bretaña, navegando por ocho ríos y atravesando 131...
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Les quelque 650 textes-œufs réunis dans "Notre Dame des œufs – Un tour du jour en 80 mondes et quatre saisons" composent un concentré de vie d'une année. Leur contenu varie de la succession des saisons au simple temps qui passe, du quotidien d'un vécu à l'évocation de l'enfance, du vol des goélands à la glissade vers la mort. Objet vivant tracé de taches d'encre, cet ouvrage joint les extrémités de la vie que sont l'intimité la plus...
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The second volume in the definitive, complete collection of the letters of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Sylvia Plath, from the early years of her marriage to Ted Hughes to the final days leading to her suicide in 1963, many never before seen.
One of the most talented and beloved poets, Sylvia Plath continues to fascinate and inspire the modern literary imagination. The tragedy of her untimely death at age thirty, almost fifty-five years ago, has...
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HUMOR (somewhere between Mark Twain and Homer Simpson)
What others are saying:
Is this the same guy who once mistook a black bear for a black lab? And then mistook a black lab for a black bear??? Gimmee a break.
- David Attenborough's barber, Sal.
He's obviously a horrid little man crying out for attention. And just what is his obsession with nudity?
- Distant cousin of Judge Judy.
My one hope is that he never makes it onto mainstream...
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"Just keep on living..." My late mother, the inspiration for Ageless Glamour Girls™, used to love saying this. I first heard it in my mid-twenties, but it didn't click until later in life when I began navigating this aging journey. And among many of our mothers back then, there was very little, if any, talk with their daughters about growing older, and all that comes with it. And the M-word? What the heck is that?
This void inspired me to want...
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This daily journal reveals what it is like to travel into foreign countries without knowing anyone in those countries and not knowing their languages while traveling alone and while not being a part of any tour group. The journal answers many questions about why anyone would want to travel solo and how you can make it a positive experience. You might even feel confident enough to try traveling that way yourself. Read the journal and see if you can...
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"This book honestly helped to understand and release those experiences that made me feel unworthy and doubt myself for years. I feel more empowered than I ever have. These words will stay with me forever."
- Samantha F (Amazon customer)
Daniel Chidiac, International best-selling author of Who Says You Can't? You Do and The Modern Break-Up brings his new interactive series, Thoughts and Feelings - A collection of his never released work. Thoughts...
10) Coronation
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The definitive history of coronations and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong. 'What is the finest sight in the world? A Coronation.
What do people talk most about? A Coronation.
What is delightful to have passed? A Coronation.
'Horace Walpole, 1761 As a boy of sixteen, Roy Strong watched the grand procession carrying Queen Elizabeth II to her coronation. The spectacle was considered the greatest public event of the century. But...
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This is a love story from start to finish, Irene and Rachael's.
Based on the diaries of Rachael Dixey who looked after her civil partner Irene after she developed early onset Alzheimer's disease.
The story charts the daily decline and inexorable loss of Irene to dementia. With the dramatic deterioration in Irene's health Rachael turns from lover and soul mate to carer and, finally, single woman. Eventually, no longer able to cope with Irene at home,...
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Step into a world where artistry and adventure collide in William Kemp's Nine Days' Wonder, a new edition of the picaresque tale that chronicles the extraordinary journey of William Kemp, a celebrated actor, comedian and colleague of Shakespeare in the Elizabethan era. Known for his physical comedy and vibrant jigs, Kemp embarks on an unprecedented 110-mile morris dance from London to Norwich, an endeavour that not only challenges his endurance but...
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Les histoires insolites de la Seconde Guerre mondiale!
Daniel-Charles Luytens, fin limier de l'Histoire, est sans cesse à la recherche d'archives inédites, oubliées ou méconnues. Il nous livre ici sa dernière moisson de dossiers consacrés à l'une des périodes les plus tragiques du XXe siècle, 39-45, période durant laquelle Hitler et ses acolytes sévirent sur l'Allemagne et les territoires occupés. Grâce à des documents tels que des...
14) Mantel Pieces
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From the twice Booker Prize winner and internationally bestselling Hilary Mantel, a collection of writing — essays, book reviews, memoir — from over thirty years contributing to the London Review of Books In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, 'I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.' This collection of twenty...
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