Historia y biografías
The Faber Pocket Guide to Handel
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A larger-than-life figure in his time, Handel s reputation has been less than steady since his death in 1759. Was he (in the words of Berlioz) just a great barrel of pork and beer , or (as Handel himself claimed) truly the master of us all ? Now, in this 250th anniversary year, there is more (...)
My Name is Red
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Born Yesterday
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One of Britain's most fearless writers takes on real news stories in the most ambitious and innovative novel of the year.
The Country Life
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Stella Benson sets off for Hilltop, a tiny Sussex village housing a family that is somewhat larger than life. Her hopes for the Maddens may be high, but her station among them, as au pair to their irascible son Martin - is undeniably low. What could possibly have driven her to leave her home, (...)
Love in a Life
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Love in a Life, Andrew Motion's sixth volume of poetry, marks a conspicuous development in the work of the founder of the modern Narrative School. Directness and a new colloquialism are wedded to Motion's distinctive obliquities in a volume where the idea of marriage governs the architecture of (...)
My Life as Emperor
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Opening with a child s ascension to the Chinese throne, Su Tong s latest novel charts the complexities of courtly life, as a boy of few talents is suddenly thrust into a position of power. An extraordinary and chilling dramatisation of the dark side of nation-building, it is also a deft exploration (...)
All Names Have Been Changed
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Set in the Dublin of the mid 1980s - gripped by a heroin epidemic and light years from the post EU economic boom of today - All Names Have Been Changed tells the story of a small group of mature students on a writing course at Trinity, who become dangerously obsessed with their tutor, a notorious (...)
The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet
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Deborah Bull was a Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet, noted for her performances in the works of Forsythe and MacMillan. She is now Creative Director of the Royal Opera House as well as a writer and broadcaster. She has written and presented several programmes for BBC TV and radio, including (...)
All the Colours of the Town
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When Glasgow journalist Gerry Conway receives a phone call promising unsavoury information about Scottish Justice Minister Peter Lyons, his instinct is that this apparent scoop won't warrant space in The Tribune. But as Conway's curiosity grows and his leads proliferate, his investigation takes him (...)
Small-Scale Poultry Keeping
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The Bellini Card
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Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, Yashim the detective enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers but when two (...)
The Trouble with Science
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Rain
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In this, his first volume of original verse since the award-winning Landing Light, Don Paterson is found writing at his most memorable and direct. In an assembly of masterful lyrics and monologues, he conjures a series of fables and charms that serve both to expose us to the unsettling forces (...)
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
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The gods of poetry and death descend on a house in India to vie for the soul of a wounded monkey. A bargain is struck: the monkey must tell a story, and if he can keep his audience entertained, he shall live. The result is Red Earth and Pouring Rain, Vikram Chandra's astonishing, vibrant novel. (...)
Walking a Line
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A collection of poems by Tom Paulin, who is also known as an essayist and from his appearances on television and radio. The title of the book is taken from a statement by the modernist painter Paul Klee.
Diccioemario
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Diccioemario: Poemario de definiciones de sola validez poética /// Termómetro poético /// Intento épico o inútil de contener la entropía de las palabras que giran como verbos. Locura estética comparable a poner puertas al campo o a pavimentar el mar… «Iván Ruiz se comporta como autor de mundos y (...)
Valle - Inclán a la luz del decadentismo europeo y del modernismo hispánico ( finales S. XIX. principios S.XX)
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Vida de Marco Bruto
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La Vida de Marco Bruto es un ensayo de reflexión política en el que se glosa la vida del célebre asesino de César escrita por Plutarco.
Mindanao. Su Historia y Geografía
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Crónica sobre la segunda isla más grande de Filipinas.
La adversa fortuna de don Bernardo de Cabrera
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Esta obra inspirada en la historia política de España, relata la vida de Bernardo Cabrera (Calatayud, 1289-Zaragoza, 1364) Este noble aragonés participó en la conquista de Mallorca (1343), y comandó la escuadra que derrotó a la flota genovesa y se apoderó del Alguer (1353). Consejero de Pedro III (...)