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A Study Guide for Anna Akhmatova's "Requiem," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
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For almost 500 years (247 BCE—224 CE), the Arsacid kings of Parthia ruled over a vast multicultural empire, which encompassed much of central Asia and the Near East. The inhabitants of this empire included a complex patchwork of Hellenized Greek-speaking elites, Iranian nobility, and semi-nomadic Asian tribesman, all of whom had their own competing cultural and economic interests. Ruling over such a diverse group of subjects required a strong military...
19423) The Dark Issue 58
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Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editors Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints: "The All-Night Horror Show" by Orrin Grey "The Summer Is Ended and We Are Not Saved" by Natalia Theodoridou (reprint) "Escaping Dr. Markoff" by Gabriela Santiago "Casualty of Peace" by David Tallerman (reprint)
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In Growing Up Muslim, Andrew Garrod and Robert Kilkenny present fourteen personal essays by college students of the Muslim faith who are themselves immigrants or are the children of immigrants to the United States. In their essays, the students grapple with matters of ethnicity, religious prejudice and misunderstanding, and what is termed Islamophobia. The fact of 9/11 and subsequent surveillance and suspicion of Islamic Americans (particularly those...
19425) Odio Barcelona
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Yo no odio Barcelona, pero Londres sí. La odio de todo corazón; de hecho, cuando voy a Londres tengo que beber el triple de lo que normalmente bebo, sólo para mantener la calma, de tanto odio que siento por aquella maldita mierda de ciudad. Pero si contribuyera con un texto para un libro titulado I Hate London y luego descubriera que el ilustrador había puesto imágenes de la Blitzkrieg nazi junto al título, habría tomado el libro hipotético...
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A Study Guide for Harlan Ellison's "Jeffty Is Five," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
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The Best of the Independent Rhetoric and Composition Journals 2011 represents the result of a nationwide conversation-beginning with journal editors, but expanding to teachers, scholars and workers across the discipline of Rhetoric and Composition-to select essays that showcase the innovative and transformative work now being published in the field's independent journals.
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Many people understand that it's important to practice daily discipline in order to reach your long-term goals. But you are probably aware of how hard it is to stay focused every single day on milestones so far away.
Imagine how happy you'll be when you will learn how to channel unlimited focus and discipline towards what really matters. In fact, you are already one step closer to this change, as you invest your time in this program right now.
We're...
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En 2014, Roma fue testigo de una extraordinaria reunión de cuatrocientos intelectuales y líderes religiosos de todo el mundo, convocados en un coloquio internacional para hablar sobre la complementariedad del hombre y la mujer en el matrimonio.
Inaugurado por el Papa Francisco, el coloquio Humanum puso a los líderes religiosos en diálogo directo con académicos, investigadores, consejeros familiares, trabajadores sociales, y organizadores comunitarios,...
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One of the most popular video games of all time, Minecraft has become a global craze thanks to nearly 40 million registered users worldwide across all platforms. In Minecrafter 2.0 Advanced, those who mastered the basics laid out in the first Minecrafter strategy guide now find tips on more complex areas of game play, including Redstone circuitry and other inventions, and advice for beating "The End." This must-have guide for even the most advanced...
19431) Archie: Issue #459
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Archie ; 459
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Welcome to Riverdale, the home of everyone's favorite teenager, Archie Andrews - and his closest friends! Dive into these beloved and classic Archie stories, which feature all the elements that have become an important part of pop culture. See the love triangle that includes girl-next-door Betty Cooper and wealthy socialite, Veronica Lodge! Share a burger with Archie's best pal, Jughead Jones! Square off with tough-talking Reggie Mantle! Sit back...
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Some happy endings come at a cost...
Orphans and outcasts, angry girls and lost boys, magic and malevolence: these tales are not for the faint of heart...
A lone star leaves the moon's court to grant a wish. A lost girl seeks revenge on the boy who stole her away. A bestial prince learns the meaning of honor and sacrifice. A tortured princess embraces her hidden magic. A cunning orphan fights against brutal witch hunters.
Three new authors reimagine...
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A Study Guide for Robert Olen Butler's "Titanic Survivors Found in Bermuda Triangle," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
19434) Hooked on Crochet! Afghans
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The six beautiful afghans featured in this book will inspire you to pick up your hook and start crocheting immediately. The designs fill homes with splashes of color and make great gifts for friends, family, and new babies. The afghans are made using light- and worsted-weight yarn, and the designs include Sand & Sea, Jewel Tones, Heirloom, Peacock, Daisy, and Ebb & Flow. The skill level for these projects is easy to intermediate.
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El despojo paramilitar y su variación: quiénes, cómo, por qué recoge los resultados de investigación del programa "Observatorio de restitución y regulación de derechos de propiedad agraria" financiado por Colciencias. Esta investigación analiza la variación regional del despojo de tierras activo paramilitar en Colombia, los mecanismos a través de los cuales tuvo lugar y las alianzas con elites agrarias que posibilitaron esta masiva transferencia...
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¿Desea transformar su jardín en un auténtico oasis?
Esta obra le ayudará a responder las cuestiones y solucionar los problemas más habituales que pueden encontrar los jardineros principiantes.
Gracias a los trucos y consejos que ofrece este libro y el ilustrativo DVD adjunto usted tendrá en su mano todas las armas necesarias para conseguir un jardín lleno de belleza y encanto.
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Following in the tradition of the Southern Women series, Arkansas Women highlights prominent Arkansas women, exploring women's experiences across time and space from the state's earliest frontier years to the late twentieth century. In doing so, this collection of fifteen biographical essays productively complicates Arkansas history by providing a multidimensional focus on women, with a particular appreciation for how gendered issues influenced the...
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A study guide for Thomas Jefferson's "The Declaration of Independence", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary themes for Students: the American Dream series. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary themes for Students: The American Dream for all of your research needs.
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Throughout history, Christians have found the summary of their faith in the three ancient creeds. The God We Proclaim explores that faith as it is found in the shortest of them: the Apostles' Creed. The contributors are among Britain's foremost Christian communicators and teachers.
Written with an infectious enthusiasm for theology, The God We Proclaim is ideal for anyone seeking to understand the Christian faith, either individually, or in a church...
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Read along with Disney! Mater can't wait to show his friends in Radiator Springs the junkyard jukebox he built, but they are too busy rounding up tractors on the loose-and the tractors are causing trouble everywhere they go! Follow along with word-for-word narration as Mater and his junkyard jukebox help save the day!
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