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En este breve libro, que no breviario, cabalgan hermanadas la poesía japonesa occidentalizada, vale decir el haiku y el senryu, que en apenas diecisiete silabas divididas en tres versos sin rima expresa diversos sentimientos; la glosa, el soneto, el madrigal y el poema libre, realengo, que no atiende las estrictas normas de la métrica. Cabalgan también cómodamente, en su carruaje poético, los recuerdos únicos de la tierra que me vio nacer, Marabal, donde quedó sembrado mi espíritu y que muchas veces visito en sueños, repetitivos, de añoranza, de arrepentimiento por el abandono, de...

Desde que en el portal Poemas del alma conocí los formatos poéticos japoneses haiku y senryu optó por privilegiar la poesía breve sin descuidar, claro está, el soneto, la décima y el madrigal. Los breves poemas que conforman esta obra ojalá gusten a la lectoría. En ellos conviven armoniosamente los textos místicos con demonios, duendes, misterio, refugio, pena, aprendizaje, etc., todos productos de mi imaginación andariega, realenga que busca azarosamente en el rastrojo el fruto que queda luego de la recolección.

The Last Warrior Arizona, the far southwest of the United States, summer 2016. Vincent O’Brian has withdrawn into the solitude of the Arizona mountains after the tragic death of his beloved wife. A trained biologist, he now lives only for his work in the national park and for his seventeen-year-old daughter, Cathrin, whom he has raised alone. He avoids and distrusts people, preferring the wilderness and its creatures instead. But everything changes when he catches a young Native American stealing. Suddenly, Vincent is forced to reconsider his entire life. Pecos, the young Apache, seems to...

Courage comes in various forms. This small book contains a couple of nonfictional stories and one fictional story about courage. Heroes walk among us. Not all of them are given medals and parades, and some never tell others about their courageous acts. Courage Remembered: A true story about a selfless nurse who saved the life of the author in the street after he suffered a severe motorcycle accident. With her courageous act, she saved not only his life – but those of his unborn children and grandchildren. Change Came to Madison County: A true story regarding the dramatic changes impacting...

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Brought to you by Penguin. Family dysfunction meets fine dining, in this novel about sisterhood, secrets and the things you can’t swallow down. Matilda knows about hunger. She works in one of Sydney’s buzziest restaurants, Bocca, while suppressing her cravings, including for her celebrity...

Tony Dodds is running out of time, and the people who put him in this body would rather he ran out of it quietly. The degeneration is advancing. Words slip. Instincts sharpen. The human mind inside the French bulldog is fading by degrees, and the compound that could reverse the process is still out of reach. To secure it, MI5 sends Tony to China where he's set to attend a robotics expo. To provide deep cover, he has Mike and Wendy in tow. Nora is in Europe, pulling at a thread that leads somewhere none of them expected — back through decades of buried intelligence to the very top of the ...

Brought to you by Penguin. ***WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019*** RECIPIENT OF THE WOMEN’S PRIZE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER This is Britain as you've never read it. This is Britain as it has never been told. From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the...

"This novel will grab you in the gut and hold you there. It’s absolutely outstanding. Once I entered this world I didn’t want to leave.” —Roxane Gay, author of Opinions "The cast delivers powerfully nuanced performances. [Narrator] Dion Graham’s Sabre is both cringe-inducingly unctuous...

Awful, rich people - and the folks who want to be just like them. Drawing freely from the real people and actual events of its setting in 1920s Long Island (with literary license, of course), The Great Gatsby looks at the acquisition of the American Dream of wealth, power, and prestige, and what the costs are to those who realize that dream. And if that sounds a bit too highbrow for you, there are speakeasies, a broken nose, wild parties, and a bit of rough and tumble as well.

A fierce and merciless demon has been unleashed on the world, spreading destruction and bloodshed in both the human and the elven realms. Northlander Jarl Mandred witnesses the ruthless attack on his men, and he seeks vengeance with the help of the elf queen, Emerelle.

On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother of four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and when her husband disappears, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Colin Salmon known for his starring roles in Resident Evil and Alien Vs Predator. He is also known for his role as Charles Robinson alongside Pierce Brosnan's James Bond. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Maurice...

This is Leo Tolstoy's integration of the four biblical gospels into a single account of the life of Jesus. The Gospel in Brief is an intriguing fusion of biblical texts and Tolstoy's own religious views. Tolstoy explains that his goal is a “solution to the problem of life," not a theological or historical statement. He therefore ignores issues like Jesus' genealogy and divinity, focusing instead on the words and teachings of Jesus, stripped of what he regarded as the Church's distortions and focus on dogma and ritual.

Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Hans Fallada Prize, The End of Days, by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, consists essentially of five "books", each leading to a different death of the same unnamed female protagonist. The first chapter begins with the death of a baby in the early 20th-century Hapsburg Empire. In the next chapter, the same girl grows up in Vienna after World War I, but a pact she makes with a young man leads to a second death. In the next scenario, she survives adolescence and moves to Russia with her husband.

Sometimes the truth is found in a folktale. An evening of revelry and storytelling goes horribly awry when temptations arise and passions flare. Those who survive are haunted by memories and regrets in this southern gothic tale told across dual timelines. 1932. Cumberland Island off the coast of...

Brought to you by Penguin. An extraordinary new courtroom drama from Sunday Times bestselling thriller author James Patterson and Academy Award winner Viola Davis. Get ready to meet the most unforgettable character in years. All rise…for Judge Stone. The most respected citizen in Union Springs...

An adventure story primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness, The Count of Monte Cristo focuses on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about getting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. However, his plans have devastating consequences for the innocent as well as the guilty.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A REAL SIMPLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the author of Norwegian Wood and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World comes a love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable...