Elvira

"These eleven stories...combine gritty surrealism with explosive interior meditations, traversing the fickle, often terrifying terrain between madness and freedom. In the title story, a so-called 'non-inventor' brings snow-white rabbits to an island inhabited exclusively by birds, with horrific results. In 'Myotragus' a privileged man’s understanding of the world is violently disrupted by the sight of a creature long thought extinct. Elsewhere in...

In the early 1900s, two cousins leave their Russian shtetl with the rest of their family to come to America, hopeful that they will all pass the dreaded inspection at Ellis Island.

Nick Andrews has grown up in poverty in a tiny village. All his life he's been told that he's useless. After getting one scolding too many he decides to go far away, off to sea. But his experience as a farmhand has done little to prepare him for the hardships of a sailor's life. When his ship is attacked by pirates, Nick's life is miraculously spared by the notorious pirate captain, Christopher Hart-a man in charge of a crew feared for their brutality....

Este libro nos introduce al derecho ramano a través de sus principales conceptos, reglas y principios. La jurisprudencia de la Roma antigua es la base de los ordenamientos jurídicos que forman parte de la familia romano-germánica. Por tanto, si queremos conocer mejor el derecho peruano y hacer aportes congruentes con sus raíces, no podemos dejar de lado el estudio e investigación del derecho romano.

Letting Go of Laziness is a comprehensive guide to overcoming procrastination and embracing productivity. The book is written for anyone looking to break free from lazy habits and achieve their goals, whether it's in their personal or professional life. In this book, you will learn: • The causes of laziness and procrastination and how to identify them in yourself • Techniques for developing a positive mindset and motivation • Strategies for...

Award-winning author Elvira Woodruff has written a harrowing novel about an eleven-year-old orphan boy on a stormy sea -- and the charming daredevil who befriends him in England in 1695.When a storm brings down his father's boat, Digory Beale is forced to leave home to discover his fate. For if Digory has been orphaned, he can never go home again. On his journey, Digory becomes the apprentice to Henry Winstanly, whose life's obsession is to save...

This historic time-travel fantasy is a riveting sequel to a bestselling classic.Ten-year-old Matt Carlton and six friends are accidentally swept back in time--to Boston in 1776! The British now occupy the city, and redcoat guards are everywhere! While the boys are being held captive by a den of Patriot spies, the girls have been taken in by a wealthy Tory family.The pox is rampant; danger lies around every corner--and there's no hope for returning...

Welcome to the third book in the Speaking Russian Fast-Track series. It is a simplified and concise version of the Speaking Russian Podcast and especially attractive to those who want to learn Russian words and phrases in less than 3 minutes, as well as for those who listen to the full version of the podcast and want to revise the new words introduced in each episode of the Speaking Russian podcast. Speaking Russian Fast-Track 3 includes lessons...

Eran libros que se publicaron en pequeñas tiradas y que hasta hoy resultaban inencontrables. Poemarios dispersos, escritos entre los 70 y los 90 principalmente, que parecían escabullirse de los lectores, aunque en realidad se escabullían de la censura, y que ahora se recopilan en Actas urbe, de Elvira Hernández (1951). Libros urgentes, que la autora de La Bandera de Chile iba escribiendo en esos años, rápido, escapando de los censores, pero...