Report

Report

Author: United States. Congress Senate

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 2374

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I the Supreme

I the Supreme

Author: Augusto Roa Bastos

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2019-02-26

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1984898140

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I the Supreme imagines a dialogue between the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator known as Dr. Francia and Policarpo Patiño, his secretary and only companion. The opening pages present a sign that they had found nailed to the wall of a cathedral, purportedly written by Dr. Francia himself and ordering the execution of all of his servants upon his death. This sign is quickly revealed to be a forgery, which takes leader and secretary into a larger discussion about the nature of truth: “In the light of what Your Eminence says, even the truth appears to be a lie.” Their conversation broadens into an epic journey of the mind, stretching across the colonial history of their nation, filled with surrealist imagery, labyrinthine turns, and footnotes supplied by a mysterious “compiler.” A towering achievement from a foundational author of modern Latin American literature, I the Supreme is a darkly comic, deeply moving meditation on power and its abuse—and on the role of language in making and unmaking whole worlds.


Congressional Record

Congressional Record

Author: United States. Congress

Publisher:

Published: 1961

Total Pages: 1462

ISBN-13:

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)


Afghanistan at Peace

Afghanistan at Peace

Author: Sandra Miller Ross

Publisher: Vireo Book, A

Published: 2018-12-11

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781644280164

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In 1970, the prominent entomologist Ed Ross and his wife Sandy were on a legitimate scientific expedition, focused on achieving a significant scientific result, i.e., to find and identify a special insect, an embiid. Over a period of years, in the course of Ed's research, the couple had already visited very remote and exotic locales all over the world, including places many people have never heard of. They had seen people living nearly stone-age lives, witnessed primitive rites, thrice camped their way across Africa, and Ed never set foot in a hotel during his yearlong entomological survey of India. But none of this could have prepared them for Afghanistan. As world-traveled as they were, they found themselves completely surprised and enthralled by this unique, ancient, and enduring culture.


Delaware River Basin Compact

Delaware River Basin Compact

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works

Publisher:

Published: 1961

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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Considers S. 856, the Delaware River Basin Compact, to establish a regional commission to plan and develop water and water-related resources of the Delaware River Basin in New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.