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Ahmed is an Arab scrap dealer in the Holy Land, just like his grandfather who used to cart away the unwanted belongings of foreigners with his old horse wagon, yelling "Alte Sachen", that ancient Yiddish call for clutter. Living in a land that has been conquered, occupied, and battled...

"Fire! Wake up! The shelter is on fire!" His students affectionately call him "Doc Survival." He's Quebec's Indiana Jones in a forest setting. Searching for the treasures of the wilderness has been his life-long quest; with passion as his only guide, he has dared to penetrate...

“Accessible . . . Engaging . . . May well be our fullest account to date of what Bleikasten calls Faulkner’s ‘energy for life’ and ‘will to write.’” —Theresa Towner, author of The Cambridge Introduction to William Faulkner Writing to American poet Malcolm Cowley in 1949, William...

Hello, dear colleague. I'm pleased you're reading this Induction booklet, because it means that you are willing to enter the battle against the USMLE with more force than ever. It's our future and we have to fight for it. No one else will put his or her face at the front of the battle field...

Shortlisted for the Writers' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize One of The Globe and Mail's Globe 100: Best Books of 2014 There were plans for an official welcome. It was to take place the following Sunday. But those who came to the rectory on Father Pennant's second day were the ones who...

ENTERTAIN WITH STYLE AND FRESHNESS! Libation-loving siblings André and Tenaya Darlington show you how to make cocktails from every era, reimagined for a contemporary palate. Dial back the sugar, and load up on quality ingredients. The New Cocktail Hour shows you how to mix incredible craft...

Extrait : "Quoi ! c'est tout de bon, me disait, il y a quelque temps, un de mes anciens favoris, vous écrivez vos aventures et vous vous proposez de les publier ! — Hélas, oui, mon cher : cela m'a pris tout d'un coup comme bien d'autres vertiges, et vous savez que je ne m'amuse guère à...

A seminal text in literary theory available in English for the first time Legend, saga, myth, riddle, saying, case, memorabile, fairy tale, joke: André Jolles understands each of these nine “simple forms” as the reflection in language of a distinct mode of human engagement with the world...

“THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WE CAN’T ADDRESS . . . WHOEVER MAY OCCUPY THE WHITE HOUSE.” “I’m not going to limit myself to condemning corruption and calling for its eradication; I also want to set out . . . a new politics, a different economic model, and the strengthening of cultural, moral,...

This is a much-needed new overview of Spanish social and political history which sets developments in twentieth-century Spain within a broader European context. Julián Casanova, one of Spain's leading historians, and Carlos Gil Andrés chart the country's experience of democracy, dictatorship and...

This book contains: * includes vocabulary with difficult and important words translated to English * ready for on-demand translation * includes exercises for comprehension training * hand-drawn illustrations by the author From the introduction: In German, detective stories are...

Alors que les années 1910 s'achèvent, la petite Aurore Gagnon vit paisiblement au sein d'une famille unie, à Sainte-Philomène-de-Fortierville. Mais le malheur la guette. La maladie rôde et emporte sa mère, laissant la fillette démunie face à sa nouvelle belle-mère, épousée à la hâte par...

André Trocmé of Le Chambon is famous for his role in saving thousands of Jews from the Nazis during World War II. But his bold deeds did not spring from a void. They were rooted in his understanding of Jesus’ way of nonviolence – an understanding that gave him the remarkable insights contained...

Le 4 octobre de cette année-là fut un grand jour pour moi. Quand je vivrais aussi vieux que le patriarche Mathusalem, cette date resterait à mes yeux plus mémorable que celle d’aucun fait historique.