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La presente investigación hace parte de la convocatoria que el Departamento de Investigaciones de la Universidad Piloto de Colombia adelantó el año 2010 y que, con el conjunto de las propuestas presentadas por el Programa de Arquitectura al interior del Grupo de Investigación Practica Urbanoarquitectónica y Teoría Socioeducativa, busca avanzar en diferentes direcciones en el proceso de escrutar las actuales dinámicas que se dan en la conformación...
2) Pipe Dreams
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There are two histories of drug use: the social history and the secret history of subjective experience.
From antiquity to the present, people have sought artificial paradise in the stimulations and insights afforded by the use of intoxicants. Famous literary figures have often been the first to experiment with little-known drugs, and to champion their unique fascination upon the human imagination. In this remarkable anthology, a dazzling array of...
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The 1994 Ian St James Awards attracted the greatest number of entries - and the highest calibre of finalists - in the history of the competition up to that point.
There is a mixture here of shorter and longer stories which are as diverse as they are entertaining.
Each of the authors starting a career in this book was selected from thousands of entries.
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Current talk about the "new normal" and "going back to normal" has some questioning what normal means. What does normal look like? Is anyone or anything ever truly normal? Is normal something we should strive for? And if so, why do we revere the exceptional? Do we always need to return to the status quo, or can we learn and grow, taking the good parts of our past as we move forward into a new future? In these pages, you'll read poetry, nonfiction,...
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In Life Lessons, Rita de Brún interviews some of Ireland's most interesting characters. From judges, politicians and diplomats, to poets, commentators and campaigners, the contributors to this book come from a wide range of backgrounds and inhabit all walks of life. Despite their differences, there are uniting forces. All are fired by a drive to be true to who they are and follow their passions. All have their own life lessons to impart... As individuals...
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This issue of Minerva Rising is a powerful tribute to the connection we feel to our mothers and our children. Each story, poem, essay, and picture is a testimony to the influence these relationships have on our creativity. In "Cyberattack," one woman questions what her twenty-year-old self would think of her decision to be a mother. In the poem, "My Mother was Dead, a daughter walks the streets in Poland retracing the steps of all the Jewish mothers...
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This inaugural issue of the SFWP Annual includes twelve fiction and creative nonfiction stories from the first issues of the SFWP Quarterly, formerly known as the SFWP Journal. Read heartbreaking fiction about finding companionship as the sun literally burns itself out, learn about the trauma young gay men in Iran often endure, hide from witches in Salem in the 1600s, and even make your way through a modern choose-your-own-adventure story. Our creative...
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A diverse group of high school students come together to share their open hearts with the world through writing short, personal narratives. These teens discuss a wide range of lifes important issues, such as young love, surviving a new country, losing a family member, and many more. Consisting of mostly minority students, this group battles through and conquers some of lifes more challenging obstacles hidden in the everyday living of Californias valley...
9) Po ~ Life
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Po-Life is a compilation of poetry reflecting Life as seen through the eyes and journey of the author, detailing his realities and conquest of Love, Lust and Life. Although writing poetry is a way for him to release, open up and communicate to the world, it is subsequently a means for him to escape and cope with the way he is living.
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Published in the waning years of the Great Depression, this anthology promises "a comprehensive view of the metropolis, presented in a series of articles prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of New York City." Its 26 essays capture the city's pace by day and night during the 1930s, covering its history from Dutch trading post to world-class marketplace; art studios and galleries; skyscrapers and other architectural...
11) Bibliography of St. Lucian Creative Writing: Poetry, Prose, Drama by St. Lucian Writers 1948-2013
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Bibliography of St. Lucian Creative Writing: Poetry, Prose, Drama by St. Lucian writers is an invaluable reference tool for those researching St. Lucian literature, including the work of internationally recognised St. Lucian-born Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. It lists published and unpublished literature by St. Lucians writing poetry, prose, and drama. Reviews and articles on St. Lucian literature are also cited in a substantial section. Also included...
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Dating from around 1400, composed by an anonymous writer, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was first translated and published almost 200 years ago. Its epic nature has not been dimmed by time: the story of a knight on a green steed challenging Sir Gawain to an epic challenge. What follows is a strange tale full of decapitations, seduction and magic. The Green...
14) Reckoning 5
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Tending tiny miracles until they split the pavement.
The present is clay, sitting cool and wet in the palm of your hand. Squash it, twist it, and mold it. Shape it into something beautiful.
Featuring poetry, essays, fiction, and art by Hana Amani, Cécile Cristofari, Leah Bobet, Julia DaSilva, Marlon Hacla, Kristine Ong Muslim, Anthony Pearce, Angela Penrose, Christy Jones, Priya Chand, Maya Chhabra, Danielle Jorgenson Murray, Catherine Rockwood,...
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The San Diego Writers and Editors Guild published its first collection of short stories, essays, and poetry offered by its members in 2012. We called it The Guilded Pen—an apt title we thought—a cute play on words—and the title stuck. And, so did the idea of publishing an annual anthology to encourage and promote the writing arts in San Diego. We could not have foreseen the impact that such an anthology would have on the San Diego writing scene.
The...
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Este libro pretende ilustrar el debate sobre la cultura de masas en su momento inaugural y sin duda más apasionado: el periodo de entreguerras del siglo pasado. Los textos elegidos, todos inéditos hasta ahora en español excepto uno, vienen comentados y anotados por especialistas en la materia para acercarlos al lector de hoy. Se reúnen en este volumen textos que pertenecen a pensadores, críticos y creadores que reflexionaron sobre el auge de...
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The Timberline Review is an all-volunteer literary journal published by Willamette Writers. Our focus is on showcasing emerging talent. This issue includes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from Jeffrey Alfier, David Athey, Roy Bentley, C. W. Buckley, Brandon French, Desmond Everest Fuller, Trina Gaynon, Anne Gudger, Vix Gutierrez, Christine Hanolsy, Amy K. W. Heil, Amanda Hiland, Casey Killingsworth, Tricia Knoll, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, Veronica Lupinacci,...
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Edited by Shelly Oria-author and editor of Indelible in the Hippocampus-this explosive, intersectional collection of essays, fiction, poems, plays, and more, explores the universality of human reproductive experiences, as well as their distinct individuality.
Twenty-eight contributors examine issues both timely and, somehow, timeless: policing of women's bodies, the choice to live child-free lives, the lack of access to reproductive health, the misogyny,...
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Blue, the world's favorite color, is elegantly showcased in more than 200 artworks from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Representing a diversity of movements, cultures, and media that spans the ages and the globe, the objects in Blue range from ancient Egyptian jewelry and traditional Japanese prints to Impressionist paintings and indigo-dyed textiles. Short essays from museum curators on the significance and symbolism of the color...
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