Cuando Papá Noel cayó del cielo
Cuando Papá Noel cayó del cielo

Author: Cornelia Funke

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9788478442416

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Durante una tremenda tormenta, el carromato de un Papá Noel cae en la calle de una ciudad. El joven Ben se atreve a llamar a la puerta. Así conoce a Nicolás Reyes, el único Papá Noel verdadero, que le cuenta cómo el Gran Consejo de la Navidad lo está acosando y persiguiendo. Este organismo está dirigido por Valdemar Duendemuerto, un Papá Noel que quiere imponer unas navidades mucho más mercantilistas con regalos más caros y que está acabando con todos los Papá Noel buenos... Pero a Nicolás Reyes poco le preocupan tales minucias. Con su reno Estrella Fugaz, con unos ángeles y con sus duendes navideños lleva ya años ocupándose de satisfacer al menos los auténticos deseos de algunos niños: él proporciona esos regalos que no se pueden comprar con dinero... ¿Hará algo Valdemar Duendemuerto para acabar con la felicidad navideña que ofrece Nicolás?

Vita coaetanea / A Contemporary Life / Vida coetánea / Vida coetània
Vita coaetanea / A Contemporary Life / Vida coetánea / Vida coetània

Author: Ramon Llull

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2017-04-20

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 902726533X

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The Vita coaetanea (A Contemporary Life) is an autobiographical account of Ramon Llull’s life dictated by himself to a friend in 1311 when he was seventy-nine years old. In it Llull reviews his works in the context of a life dedicated to God and motivated by the desire to disseminate the message of the Christian faith among the infidels. Llull, the self-labeled troubadour of books, wrote this account in part as a self-justification of his life and work, in part as self-consolation for his unending toils and travails. It is very likely that he also had in mind the Council of Vienne (1311) which he was about to attend and where he submitted petitions dealing with the establishment of adequate places to study languages for the preaching of the Gospel to every creature and the founding of a Christian military religious order that waged permanent war against the Saracens until the Holy Land is reconquered. Llull wanted to frame these petitions within a well thought-out justificatory account of his life and works that exudes passion, commitment and love for his fellow man. This volume contains the Latin original, as well as translations into Catalan, Spanish, and English.

Palaces of the Ancient New World
Palaces of the Ancient New World

Author: Susan Toby Evans

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13:

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Among the most sumptuous buildings of antiquity were royal palaces. As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle. This volume, the first scholarly compendium of elite residences of the high cultures of the New World, presents definitive descriptions and interpretations by leading scholars in the field. Authoritative yet accessible, this extensively illustrated book will serve as an important resource for anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians of art, architecture, and related disciplines.

Serrana de la Vera
Serrana de la Vera

Author: Luis Vélez de Guevara

Publisher: Aris and Phillips Hispanic Cla

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1786941910

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This edition presents The Mountain Girl from La Vera (1613) for the first time in English. The extraordinary protagonist, Gila, calls herself a man, takes pride in doing things men do, and falls in love with a queen. Her betrayal by an army captain who she has humiliated leads to tragedy. Gila has been described as feminist, lesbian, queer, and transgender. It is a vibrant, relevant play and a great piece of theatre.

Bob Marley
Bob Marley

Author: Ziggy Marley

Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2020-10-13

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0847868788

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In honor of Bob Marley's seventy-fifth birthday, this glorious oversize book collects more than 150 photographs that celebrate the life and influence of the forefather of reggae and one of the greatest musical and sociopolitical icons of twentieth-century pop culture. Drawing exclusively on photos in the Marley family archives, the book mixes the iconic and the intimate, bringing together striking images of Marley as a performer onstage with unseen glimpses into his creative process in and out of the studio and his family life in Jamaica. Making the most of its oversize pages, the book is designed as a monument to his influence. Focusing on the last decade of his life--the period of his greatest worldwide fame--and with excerpts from unpublished interviews and prophetic quotes alongside the images, this is a definitive portrait of one of the great artists of the twentieth century made by those who knew him best.

Kafka and the Traveling Doll
Kafka and the Traveling Doll

Author: Jordi Sierra i Fabra

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781676657286

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One year before his death Frank Kafka had an extraordinary experience. Having a walk through Steglitz Park, in Berlin, he found a little girl crying heartbroken. She had lost her doll. To calm her down Frank introduced himself as the Dolls's Postman, and told the little girl that the doll was away on a trip but had sent a letter for her that will be delivered by himself the following day. For three weeks Frank focused exclusively on the doll's letters that he handed on every day to the girl. Nobody has ever known who that little girl was and what happened with the letters.