Miguel
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Beyond the Talent volume 4
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Go up close for an intimate dialog with BET and Grammy award winner MIGUEL. Miguel took time out of his demanding schedule to share the energy behind his artistry. And then, Jennia chops it up with the controversial Soulja Boy [Love & Hip Hop] and finds out who his celebrity crush is, and how he became the youngest artist in 20 years to write, produce and perform a #1 hit.
2) Don Quixote
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Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. In the story, a gentleman named Mr. Alonso Quixano reads too many chivalric romances and consequently loses his sanity. Deciding to revive chivalry, undo wrongs, and bring justice to the world, he recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs...
3) Don Quixote
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Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. This Modern Library edition presents the acclaimed Samuel Putnam translation of the epic tale, complete with notes, variant readings, and an Introduction by the translator." Don Quixote is practically unthinkable as a living being," said novelist Milan Kundera....
4) Spineless
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Union Square Kids
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"When his asthma lands him at a health resort in the wilds of Gilded Age South Florida, twelve-year-old Algie Emsworth is over the moon. The scientific treasure trove of unexplored swamps may launch his dream career as a naturalist. But even Algie is startled when he happens upon a brand-new species and her brood in the karst springs surrounding the resort. Algie quickly realizes he must keep his discovery a secret: a famous collector of exotic animals...
7) The heretic
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In this winner of the Premio Nacional de Narrativa, Spain's most prestigious literary prize, Miguel Delibes takes us into the heart of sixteenth-century Spain. At the very moment Martin Luther nails his ninety-five theses to a church door and launches the movement that will divide the Roman Catholic Church, a child is born, his fate marked by the political and religious upheaval taking root in Europe. His mother having perished in childbirth, his...
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In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. The Four Agreements are: Be Impeccable With Your Word, Don't Take Anything Personally, Don't Make Assumptions, Always Do Your Best
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¿Quieres ser un líder en tu trabajo? ¿Quieres vender más? ¿Cautivar el corazón de esa persona especial?
O lograr que tus hijos adolescentes te escuchen y puedas convencerlos.
Para poder convencer a alguien, la clave está en entender cómo piensan....
¡Las personas solo escuchan lo que desean!, entonces aprende a decir lo que desean escuchar y úsalo a tu favor.
Para cautivar a las personas hasta el punto de influenciar sus pensamientos...
11) El Viaje
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Introducido por el amado autor cubano de ciencia ficción, Yoss, como una de las novelas fundacionales del género, el clásico de los años 1960 de Miguel Collazo El Viaje es una parábola de apertura mental del progreso social, profetas y masas reacias, y el viaje metafísico de la humanidad interior.
En el planeta Ambar, hace mucho tiempo colonizado por científicos que llegaron por nave espacial, los habitantes ya no viven en ciudades. Generación...
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Una obra de divulgación de uno de los escritores más influyentes en lengua castellana del siglo XX
En ella se recoge infinidad de datos acerca de la vida de Cortázar, desde Buenos Aires a París, a partir de un conocimiento completo de su obra. De carácter ameno, el lector descubrirá a la vez, de manera precisa y sorprendente, a la persona y al escritor. Cuenta, además, con un prólogo del escritor nicaragüense Sergio Ramírez, amigo personal...
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Taylor and Francis
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2019
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To date, there has been no comprehensive analysis of the disperse research on the squatters' movement in Europe. In Squatters in the Capitalist City, Miguel A. Martínez López presents a critical review of the current research on squatting and of the historical development of the movements in European cities according to their major social, political and spatial dimensions.
Comparing cities, contexts, and the achievements of the squatters'
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This volume studies Pentecostalism in Latin America as a broad, diverse, and multifaceted movement. It describes different features and colors that together shape its collective face. This is done from context to context, weaving in various relationships with society and politics. Pentecostalism is situated as a collective actor embedded in a changing reality that blends various streams for theological reflection. The book explains how Pentecostals...
15) The Journey
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Introduced by beloved Cuban science fiction author Yoss as one of the foundational novels of the genre, Miguel Collazo's 1960s classic The Journey is a mind-opening parable of social progress, prophets and reluctant masses, and humanity's metaphysical voyage inward.
On planet Ambar, long ago colonized by scientists who arrived by spaceship, inhabitants no longer live in cities. Generation after generation, Ambarians wander through the desert, the...
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¡Alumbra, lumbre de alumbre, Luzbel de piedralumbre! Como zumbido de oídos persistía el rumor de las campanas a la oración, maldoblestar de la luz en la sombra, de la sombra en la luz. ¡Alumbra, lumbre de alumbre, Luzbel de piedralumbre, sobre la podredumbre! En El señor presidente, una de las obras que mejor han revelado los horrores de la vida bajo una dictadura, y que inspiró obras como El recurso del método o El otoño del patriarca, Miguel...
17) Dom Quixote
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Portuguese
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«Dom Quixote de la Mancha» é considerado a grande criação de Cervantes. O livro é um dos primeiros das línguas europeias modernas e é considerado por muitos o expoente máximo da literatura espanhola. Em princípios de maio de 2002, o livro foi escolhido como a melhor obra de ficção de todos os tempos. A votação foi organizada pelo Clubes do Livro Noruegueses e participaram escritores de reconhecimento internacional.
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Enrico is an author, illustrator, actor, and martial artist based in Miami and New York City. He began his martial arts training at the age of eleven with his uncle who was a student of Ron Van Clief. Chinese Goju was his first martial art. He later picked up martial arts again as an adult under the instruction of Tracy Tyler, a past student of the Jujitsu master Moses Powell. After two years of training with Tracy he attended City Wing Tsun in Manhattan...
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Taylor and Francis
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2022
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Remembering the Liberation Struggles in Cape Verde: A Mnemohistory takes as its reference from the anti-colonial struggles against the Portuguese colonial empire in Africa in the 1960s and 1970s and the ways this period has been publicly remembered. Drawing on original and detailed empirical research, it presents novel insights into the complex entanglements between colonial pasts and political memories of anti-colonialism in shaping new nations
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