Solomon the elephant's life is about to be upturned. For two years he has been in Lisbon, brought from the Portuguese colonies in India. Now King Dom Joรฃo III wishes to make him a wedding gift for the Hapsburg archduke, Maximilian. It's a nice idea, since it avoids the Portuguese king offending his
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An elderly potter tries his hand at making ceramic dolls [for sale at] The Center ... One night Marcal and Cipriano [the potter] investigate [the mysterious sound of digging]. Horrified by what they discover, the family ... set off in a truck, heading for the great unknown.-Dust jacket.
Assim comeรงa este novo romance de Josรฉ Saramago. Colocada a hipรณtese, o autor desenvolve-a em todas as suas consequรชncias, e o leitor รฉ conduzido com mรฃo de mestre numa ampla divagaรงรฃo sobre a vida, a morte, o amor, e o sentido, ou a falta dele, da nossa existรชncia.
Josรฉ Saramago nos revela en estas pรกginas su dรญa a dรญa en Lanzarote, adonde trasladรณ su residencia en 1993. Lo acompaรฑa de preguntas y respuestas, de opiniones certeras y radiantes acerca de lo mรกs cercano y lo mรกs general, de comentarios sobre amigos y sobre el mundo que le ha tocado, que nos ha to
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Luke Webber thinks he's erased his entire history. New name, new life, no paper trail. He thinks that up in the wilds of Alaska no one will find him. He's wrong.</div>
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**From** **New York Times** **bestselling author JoAnn Ross comes a fan favorite story about a hero for hire!** Lucas Kincaid is done with being a bodyguardโor so he thought. He was just about to leave for a long overdue vacation to Alaska on his boat, except he's pulled back for one last assignme
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Eines Tages erfรคhrt der alte Tรถpfer Cipriano, dass das riesige Einkaufszentrum in der Stadt seine Produkte nicht mehr abnehmen will. Gedemรผtigt und kurz vor dem beruflichen Ruin stehend versucht er, sich den neuen Erfordernissen von Angebot und Nachfrage anzupassen, doch alle Bemรผhungen scheitern an
SUMMARY: Portuguese Nobel Laureate Saramago tells a fantastic tale about a city hit by an epidemic of "white blindness," in this work that is the basis for the upcoming movie with Julianne Moore.
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Le 7 avril 1803 naรฎt ร Paris la militante fรฉministe et ouvriรฉriste Flora Tristan, fille d'un officier pรฉruvien au service du Roi d'Espagne et d'une bourgeoise parisienne. Un siรจcle plus tard, le 8 mai 1903, son petit-fils, Paul Gauguin, meurt seul et presque aveugle dans sa case des รฎles Marquises.
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