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From the author of 1984, George Orwell narrates the journey of a writer among the down-and-out in two great cities in this sobering, truthful portrayal of poverty and society.
Famous for its realistic and unsentimental description of poverty, Down and Out in London and Paris follows the adventures of a penniless British writer who finds himself rapidly descending into the seedy heart of two great European capitals. As a dishwasher in Paris, he describes...
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A Harvest book volume HB244
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English
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Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history.
The Origins of Totalitarianism begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. Arendt explores the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, focusing on the two genuine...
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Harvest book volume HB297
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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[1974, ©1966]
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English
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Brings to life the young country lawyer as well as the president who became the central figure in the wildest storm that ever shook the American Republic
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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At their holiday home in Cornwall, a distant lighthouse holds a haunting attraction for the members of an Edwardian family as disillusionment, turmoil, and a world on the brink of war plague the family's relationships
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Harcourt, Inc
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2006
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English
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Lucas Corso, a rare book hunter, is called in to authenticate a fragment of the original manuscript of Alexandre Dumas's "The Three Musketeers," found in the possession of a murdered bibliophile, and soon finds himself involved in an adventure in which life imitates literature
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El mundo de fantasía y la mirada tierna y curiosa de El Principito conquistó a grandes y chicos de distintas épocas. Catapulta editores presenta una nueva edición con las ilustraciones originales de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, traducida por Cristina Piña. Incluye un exclusivo señalador para que el mismo principito acompañe el viaje por las páginas de su libro.
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