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The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (Library of Latin America)
"Be aware that frankness is the prime virtue of a dead man," writes the narrator of The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas. But while he may be dead, he is surely one of the liveliest characters in fiction, a product of one of the most remarkable imaginations in all of literature, Brazil's greatest novelist of the nineteenth century, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. By turns flippant and profound, The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas is the story of an unheroic man with half-hearted political ambitions, a harebrained idea for curing the world of melancholy, and a thousand quixotic theories unleashed from beyond the grave. It is a novel that has influenced generations of Latin American writers but remains refreshingly and unforgettably unlike anything written before or after it. Newly translated by Gregory Rabassa and superbly edited by Enylton de Sa Rego and Gilberto Pinheiro Passos, this Library of Latin America edition brings to English-speaking readers a literary delight of the highest order..
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The Story of My Life (Penguin Classics)
Coming to the big screen this January—Buena Vista’s Casanova, starring Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, Good Samaritan, spy, swashbuckler, self-made gentleman, entrepreneur, poet, translator, philosopher, and general bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was not only the most notorious lover the Western world has known but also astoryteller of the first order. The Penguin Classics edition of Casanova’s The Story of My Life features a brilliant translation by Stephen Sartarelli and Sophie Hawkes and provides readers with the most famous episodes as well as the overall shape of Casanova’s monumental memoir in one beguiling, unique volume..
Price: $9.00
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The Color of Success: Race And High-achieving Urban Youth
Through students’ own voices and perspectives, this book reveals how and why some racial minorities achieve academic success, despite limited opportunity Based on the experiences of Black, Latino, and Vietnamese urban high school students, the author provides a revealing comparative analysis that offers insight into how schools can create opportunities and safe learning environments where youth acquire real goals, expectations, and tangible pathways for success. Offering alternatives to current practices and structures of inequality that plague educational systems throughout the nation, this sociologically informed book: * Takes a rare look at urban school success stories, instead of those depicting failure.
* Explores the social processes that enable racial minority youth to escape the unequal structures of urban schooling to perform well in school.
* Focuses on youth’s interpretations and reactions to the schooling process to determine how schools can empower youth and promote the social mobility of low-income urban populations..
Price: $19.40
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Science and Engineering Mathematics with the HP 49 G - Volume II - Calculus, differential equations, statistics
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Numerical and Statistical Methods with SCILAB for Science and Engineering
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Gilberto and the Wind (Picture Puffin)
A young boy finds in the wind a playmate of many moods: one that can sail boats, fly kites, blow dirt, and turn umbrellas inside out..
Price: $3.19
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Numerical and Statistical Methods with SCILAB for Science and Engineering - Volume 2
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Villas of Lucca
The villas of the Lucca district of Tuscany, Italy comprise palatial residences, historic villas, gardens and farmhouses - splendid dwellings whose charm is subtle, discreet and reserved. This superb book, edited by architect Gilberto Bedini, is not only a photographic revelation of the residential teasures of Lucca, but an exploration of the artistic and cultural heritage of the region..
Price: $40.07
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Applications of the HP 48 G series calculator in probability and statistics
Practical applications of the HP 48 G series calculator to probability and statistics, including programs, pre-programmed features, and graphical analysis..
Price: $24.99
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