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Este libro es una biografía elegíaca del poeta, en el que Rilke habla a través de sus cartas, enlazadas artesanalmente por la autora. Se trata de un poeta que parte en busca de su propia voz, su sí mismo, en una enconada lucha con su propia naturaleza. Lou Andreas-Salomé muestra el revés de la trama de la creación, el riesgo vital que supone encontrar al poeta en cada uno de nosotros y, a la vez, el poder salvador que entraña. En un mundo...
84) Junín 1960
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Una memoria desde la infancia sobre la vida colectiva en un espacio y época especiales de la ciudad: la carrera Junín en los sesenta.
"Jairo Osorio"
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Calvé, avant d'être chansonnier, poète ou musicien, est assurément un des grands humanistes de la chanson québécoise et pourtant universelle, puisque sa chanson est de toutes latitudes et de tous horizons. Elle se cherche autant qu'elle nous trouve, toujours en douceur comme pour ne pas déranger, s'insinuant au cœur des sentiments pour prendre son sel et saumurer l'éternité du rêve.
D'aussi loin qu'il m'en souvienne, les chansons de Calvé...
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One of the most influential art collectors of our time and founder of the global advertising agency, Charles Saatchi reveals his opinions on collecting, artists, dealers, advertising and investing in art with unflinching honesty. Famously reclusive, he has answered questions asked to him by journalists, critics and the general public about the art world and his personal life.
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Un episodio poco conocido en la trayectoria artística y vital de la pintora mexicana
El 10 de marzo de 1939 se inauguró en París la exposición Mexique. La obra de Frida Kahlo protagonizó la muestra al ser promovida por André Breton, que la describió como "un listón alrededor de una bomba".
Para entonces Frida llevaba casi dos meses en la capital francesa, el tiempo suficiente para conocer de primera mano los círculos intelectuales de la...
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Molly Peacock uncovers the history of neglected painter Mary Hiester Reid, a trailblazing artist who refused to choose between marriage and a career.
Molly Peacock looks at the balancing act of female creativity and domesticity in the life of Mary Hiester Reid, a painter, who produced over three hundred stunning, emotive floral still lifes and landscapes. Born in the U.S. in 1854, trained by libertine Thomas Eakins, Mary trailblazed in a life, where...
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#1 I always knew I was a girl with certainty, but I had to sacrifice this certainty in order to stand firmly in the murkiness of my shifting self-truths.
#2 I first valued Marilyn, who lived in the same housing complex as my grandmother, in kindergarten. We had many things in common, and I trusted her completely.
#3 I loved visiting Grandma Pearl, the first woman who...
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Frank Lloyd Wright's groundbreaking designs, innovative construction techniques, and inviting interiors continue to astound and inspire generations of architects and nonarchitects alike. The only comprehensive collection of Wright-designed buildings open to the public in the United States and Japan, Wright Sites has been revised and expanded to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the architect's birth in June 1867. The fourth edition of our best-selling...
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The true story of a heart that has been shattered, and stained. The author Wendy Sims talks about her story of surviving abuse. The actions lead her to be tortured and traumatized throughout her life. The realization of the world she lived in growing up. in the 1970s. The woman she has become today in the realization that she never let what happened to her affect the life she has worked hard to gain and live. Becoming the Champion she was meant to...
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J'ose me mettre à nu pour vous raconter mon expérience de vie personnelle. A travers tous les coups durs que j'ai reçus, c'est grâce à ma résilience et ma ténacité que j'ai pu me rendre o j'en suis aujourd'hui. Je souhaite procurer aux lecteurs l'espoir de traverser leurs moments difficiles car comme l'a si bien dit Mère Teresa, la vie est un défi à relever, un bonheur à mériter, une aventure à tenter.
Dans ma jeunesse, j'ai vécu l'enfer...
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The Accidental Writer: A Memoir. Didn't know rules of grammar; became a writer. Had a vasectomy; became a dad. Liked cats; became a dog love. rI'd like to call this a "no-holds-barred" memoir, but I must confess to barring a few holds. Still, in addition to how I accidently became a writer, dad and dog lover (even though I don't know the rules of grammar...had a vasectomy in my twenties...and grew up loving cats), The Accidental Writer has sex, violence...
97) Arena y viento
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Recién cumplidos los trece años, en plenos años 50, Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa se fue a vivir con sus tíos a Cabo Juby, cerca de la frontera con el Sáhara Occidental en Marruecos. Al principio, un Alberto adolescente pensó que no podría soportar la soledad de aquel remoto e inhóspito lugar que parecía maldito. Pero el tiempo le haría cambiar de opinión; la escuela del desierto le transformaría para siempre y cuando años más tarde tuvo...
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#1 The Carnegie Deli in New York was a landmark for more than 79 years. It served its loyal customers oversize portions of pastrami and corned beef slathered in Russian dressing, and in 1986, it served my mother and father a late-night postcoital feast.
#2 My mother, Barbara Peck, was a once-in-a-generation type of person who gave very few fucks. She was pregnant, unmarried,...
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#1 I was in Dublin in the late 1940s, and I was blown away by the city. I was ravenous for food, life, and stories. I stood in awe of the Gresham Hotel, which was built in 1809 to celebrate the victory of Nelson over Napoleon in the Battle of Trafalgar.
#2 I was proud to be going to the chemist's shop with such dignity. I was wearing my best clothes, and I was sure...
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