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The American Detective Novel in Translation
The American Detective Novel in Translation
Daniel Peter LINDER MOLIN
Empleando una metodología propia de los estudios descriptivos de traduc- ción, se analiza un corpus de cuatro novelas del autor norteamericano Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep, 1939; Farewell, My Lovely, 1940; The Little Sister, 1949; y The Long Goodbye, 1954) y las traducciones al español publica- das en Argentina y España.
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Where We Are From
Where We Are From
The U3A

This compilation presents the work of eleven writers living in the Axarquia region of Andalucia: one Spaniard, one Canadian, eight British and one French/American. If you enjoy sauntering down memory lane in another´s shoes, you will want to read these reminiscences that provide genuinely moving and profound glimpses into their childhood realities.

Some writers offer a gentle stroll where the reader encounters the places and people who helped to shape their lives. Others provide a view of life-altering flashbacks emotional and challenging. All are different and present empowering reflections, movingly written and illustrated with heartwarming images of lives that began in …

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You shall not kill
You shall not kill
Julia Navarro

«You shall not kill, son, you shall not kill, because no man can be the same after taking another man's life.»

Fernando, a young literary editor and the son of a persecuted Spanish Republican, decides to flee a Spain battered by the Civil War. His friends, Catalina and Eulogio, escaping their own circumstances, join him in the adventure. The three young friends live a great story of unwavering friendship and loyalty which takes them on a journey through Second World War Alexandria, occupied Paris, Lisbon, Prague, Boston and Chile.

An ode to friendship

Fernando, Catalina and Eulogio have grown …

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The Road to Oblivion (My Quotidian Ghosts)
The Road to Oblivion (My Quotidian Ghosts)
Francisco Albiac Samper
I am still afraid to look in the mirror and cross it, I have not yet confronted the selves that paralyze me. I am trapped, resigned to my lies. And here I am, completing my life as an indifferent spectator, not daring to leave my comfortable detachment, allowing the days and time to pass by without pain or glory.
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Mistress of Greenbrier
Mistress of Greenbrier
Victoria Morris

The handsome Dr. Beauregard Addams previously 'cured' his headstrong fiance Lucy of 'female hysteria', using his unique medical treatments. In the days leading up to their marriage, Lucy is convinced that Beau is keeping secrets. Her fear causes a relapse, that requires another dose of the doctor's treatment, including strong enemas, strict discipline and corporal punishment, which drive her sexual urges to the brink of orgasm. Though she remains under Beau's firm control, once she's married, her vows to love, honor and Obey get severely tested. Beau is enlisted by the Confederacy, and he sends Lucy to France to keep …

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Defender of Genes
Defender of Genes
Tony Green

Billions of years ago in a faraway galaxy, Planet Zula is reeling from the effects of global warming. It is burning amid the flames of a worldwide war over resources. When evil aliens attack an orbiting space station, a group of young people find themselves cast adrift in a new interstellar spacecraft with amazing technology. Assisted by an extraordinary apparition, they are bound for an unknown destination and find themselves stranded millions of light years from home. A series of hair-raising adventures spanning billions of years follows, while a new planet evolves around them. When the young people roam the …

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East of the Rhine
East of the Rhine
Konrad Anton Aniol

The narrative of a man’s life is intertwined so tightly with the spirit of the times in which he lives that it is impossible to tell his story without exposing the stage upon which his life unfolds. The era in which our protagonist moves is materially quite different from our present situation. However, the one constant throughout time is the interior world of the human psyche. It is here in the realm of the person’s soul that the Zeitgeist, which tries desperately to conform our actions to proper norms of action, can on occasion and for certain events be overcome. …

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Chasing Columbus
Chasing Columbus
David J Andrews

Chasing Columbus is the first in a breathtaking new series of four books bringing the past into the present. Never have the events of history seemed as pertinent to the modern day as Guy Trepanation battles against evil forces of conspiracy intent on destroying him and changing the course of history. A fast-paced adventure thriller that takes the reader on a journey from the Caribbean to Asia. Adventure devotees will love this one as the author creates a host of ruthless, ambitious characters, who, for both good and evil reasons, are all intent on possessing the legendary Columbus and Tucker …

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Lovers in London
Lovers in London
Barbara Cartland

Witty, sardonic and with an eye for beautiful ladies, the handsome Marquis of Rakecliffe has earned himself the nickname Rake amongst his friends and family. As he cuts a swathe through the glittering balls and elegant soirees of London society, he is pursued by debutantes and married hostesses alike. Admired by men, including the Prince of Wales, for his intelligence, bravery, and ability to take on any challenge to defend his country it seems the Marquis lives a charmed life. Beautiful Lanthia Grenville is a stranger to the city and the new fashions set by the Prince of Wales and …

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The Little Pretender
The Little Pretender
Barbara Cartland

In 1750 Scotland, just four years after Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Rising of the Clans, it’s hard to know who’s loyal to the English and who is faithful to the Stuarts. It’s beautiful seventeen-year-old Iona’s perilous mission to ascertain whether the Duke of Arkrae, head of Scotland’s most powerful clan, is a traitor or is he in cahoots with the English. The plan is for Iona to gain the trust of the duke and his clan by claiming to be the sister he thought to have died as a child. As all around her doubt her claim and call her a …

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Angus Chinnery
Angus Chinnery
Hugo F. Vanterpool

Angus Chinnery is a handsome and intelligent boy who grows into manhood fulfilling all his childhood promise. He migrates from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands to the USA in his early twenties with his young wife, who shortly thereafter annuls their marriage. Angus goes to live with his Uncle Ebbie and then enters the University of New York. He becomes a lawyer and works for a while at a New York law firm. Homesick for his native land, he returns to Tortola, where he marries a lovely girl and they raise a beautiful family, with two sons and two …

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Stop fighting! Should you intervene in a sibling fight?
Stop fighting! Should you intervene in a sibling fight?
Isabelle Gravillon, Nicole Prieur

That's life. it is often difficult for parents to see their children fighting as if this highlights their serious failure as educators. And yet it is the most normal thing in the world. In fraternal relationships, moments of complicity and love alternate with periods of rivalry and hatred. We must accept the quarrels, which are indispensable for children to grow and assert themselves. This book helps parents to adopt a certain distance and answers questions such as: * What triggers the fights? * Should we let them happen? * What do they bring to the children? * Why are they …

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