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Leonard the Lobster

Illustrated by Angel Dela Pea Jr. ...

by Mr. Charles Perez ...

Leonard the Lobster is a story that teaches young children to listen to their mother's warnings of danger. The story ends happily when Leonard escapes a tragic end and returns safely to his native habitat. ... Read more

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Leonard the Lobster is a story that teaches young children to listen to their mother's warnings of danger. The story ends happily when Leonard escapes a tragic end and returns safely to his native habitat.
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Misericordia

by Benito Perez Galdos ...

Crushed by poverty or the weight of their pretensions, the high and low life of 19th century Madrid provides the cast for this enjoyably bleak portrait of a family's decline, fall and recovery. The widow Dona Francisca, reduced from salon to slum, is protected by her servant Benita, who begs and barters in a daily battle with starvation and her mistress's pride. When a sudden inheritance enriches ... Read more

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Crushed by poverty or the weight of their pretensions, the high and low life of 19th century Madrid provides the cast for this enjoyably bleak portrait of a family's decline, fall and recovery. The widow Dona Francisca, reduced from salon to slum, is protected by her servant Benita, who begs and barters in a daily battle with starvation and her mistress's pride. When a sudden inheritance enriches
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Trafalgar: A Tale

by Benito Pérez Galdós, Charles Dudley Warner ...

The Battle of Trafalgar: The central historical event of the novel, this naval battle was fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of France and Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. It is a key moment in the novel, providing the backdrop for much of the action and drama.Characters: The novel features a mix of historical and fictional characters. While some characters are based on ... Read more

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The Battle of Trafalgar: The central historical event of the novel, this naval battle was fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of France and Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. It is a key moment in the novel, providing the backdrop for much of the action and drama.Characters: The novel features a mix of historical and fictional characters. While some characters are based on
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Doña Perfecta - Audiobook

by Benito Pérez Galdós, Classic Audiobooks ...

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Written by Spanish novelist Benito Pérez Galdós, Doña Perfecta tells the story of Pepe Rey, a young engineer who travels to the small town of Orbajosa to marry his cousin Rosario. He expects a warm welcome, but soon discovers that his modern ideas and independent nature are deeply unwelcome in a community ruled by tradition, religion, and suspicion. As tension grows between Pepe and Rosario's ... Read more

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Written by Spanish novelist Benito Pérez Galdós, Doña Perfecta tells the story of Pepe Rey, a young engineer who travels to the small town of Orbajosa to marry his cousin Rosario. He expects a warm welcome, but soon discovers that his modern ideas and independent nature are deeply unwelcome in a community ruled by tradition, religion, and suspicion. As tension grows between Pepe and Rosario's
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Marianela - Audiobook

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Written by Spanish novelist Benito Pérez Galdós, Marianela tells the story of a poor orphaned girl who serves as a guide to Pablo, a young man who has been blind since birth. Unable to see her appearance, Pablo knows Marianela only through her voice, her kindness, and the world she describes to him. Their close friendship gives her hope that she may finally be loved. Everything changes when a ... Read more

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Written by Spanish novelist Benito Pérez Galdós, Marianela tells the story of a poor orphaned girl who serves as a guide to Pablo, a young man who has been blind since birth. Unable to see her appearance, Pablo knows Marianela only through her voice, her kindness, and the world she describes to him. Their close friendship gives her hope that she may finally be loved. Everything changes when a
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Ecopoetics and the Global Landscape

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by Cheryl Alison, Sarah Bouttier, Sarah Giragosian, Randy Schiff, David Tagnani, Aleksandra Ubertowska, Isabel Sobral Campos, Craig Santos Perez, John Charles Ryan, Heather H. Yeung0, Benay Blend1 ...

Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Ecopoetics and the Global Landscape: Critical Essays surveys ecopoetry from a global perspective across different historical epochs. Its comparative approach foregrounds the importance of ecopoetics within the context of distinct national literatures and cultures to reveal the ubiquitous intersection of poetry with ecocriticism. The collection analyzes environmental problems resulting from the ... Read more

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Ecopoetics and the Global Landscape: Critical Essays surveys ecopoetry from a global perspective across different historical epochs. Its comparative approach foregrounds the importance of ecopoetics within the context of distinct national literatures and cultures to reveal the ubiquitous intersection of poetry with ecocriticism. The collection analyzes environmental problems resulting from the
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The Tale of Mrs. Ladybug (UNABRIDGED)

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"Little Mrs. Ladybug was a worker. Nobody could deny that. To be sure, she had to stop now and then to talk to her neighbors, because Mrs. Ladybug dearly loved a bit of gossip. At the same time there wasn't anyone in Pleasant Valley that helped Farmer Green more than she did. She tried her hardest to keep the trees in the orchard free from insects." ... Read more

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"Little Mrs. Ladybug was a worker. Nobody could deny that. To be sure, she had to stop now and then to talk to her neighbors, because Mrs. Ladybug dearly loved a bit of gossip. At the same time there wasn't anyone in Pleasant Valley that helped Farmer Green more than she did. She tried her hardest to keep the trees in the orchard free from insects."
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The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon ...

Translated by Lucia Graves ...

Series series The Cemetery of Forgotten Books
"Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind**. Really, you should." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post“Wondrous...masterful...The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero.” —* ... Read more

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"Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind**. Really, you should." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post“Wondrous...masterful...The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero.” —*
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The City of Mist

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by Carlos Ruiz Zafon ...

“Ruiz Zafón’s visionary storytelling prowess is a genre unto itself.”—USA TodayReturn to the mythical Barcelona library known as the Cemetery of Forgotten Books in this posthumous collection of stories from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind and The Labyrinth of the Spirits.Bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón conceived of this collection of stories as an appreciation ... Read more

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“Ruiz Zafón’s visionary storytelling prowess is a genre unto itself.”—USA TodayReturn to the mythical Barcelona library known as the Cemetery of Forgotten Books in this posthumous collection of stories from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind and The Labyrinth of the Spirits.Bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón conceived of this collection of stories as an appreciation
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

by Thornton Wilder ...

The Bridge of San Luis Rey tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who witnesses the accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die. Is there a direction or meaning in lives ... Read more

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who witnesses the accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die. Is there a direction or meaning in lives
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El Filibusterismo

by Jose Rizal ...

Translated by Leon Ma. Guerrero ...

Few novels have made a more shattering impact on their society than El Filibusterismo - and its predecessor, Noli Me Tangere of Jose Rizal. And surely no writer has paid a higher penalty for self-expression. Rizal was executed by firing squad mainly because of these two books. Filipinos, inspired by Rizal, made the first nationalist revolution in Asia in 1896, established its first democratic ... Read more

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Few novels have made a more shattering impact on their society than El Filibusterismo - and its predecessor, Noli Me Tangere of Jose Rizal. And surely no writer has paid a higher penalty for self-expression. Rizal was executed by firing squad mainly because of these two books. Filipinos, inspired by Rizal, made the first nationalist revolution in Asia in 1896, established its first democratic
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A Manuscript of Ashes

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by Antonio Muñoz Molina ...

Translated by Edith Grossman ...

In this "beautifully wrought" novel set in Franco-era Spain, a university student stumbles into a decades-old mystery ( New York magazine).It's the late sixties, the last dark years of Franco's dictatorship. Minaya, a university student in Madrid, is caught up in the student protests and the police are after him. He moves to his uncle Manuel's country estate in the small town of Mágina to write ... Read more

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In this "beautifully wrought" novel set in Franco-era Spain, a university student stumbles into a decades-old mystery ( New York magazine).It's the late sixties, the last dark years of Franco's dictatorship. Minaya, a university student in Madrid, is caught up in the student protests and the police are after him. He moves to his uncle Manuel's country estate in the small town of Mágina to write
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