![]() He had a great fondness for politics, although he did not consider himself a politician. He came to be nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1912, but his anticlericalism caused him to be successfully boycotted by the most conservative sectors of Spanish society, represented in traditionalist Catholicism, who did not recognize his intellectual and literary value. The Pérez Galdós museum in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria features a portrait of the writer by Joaquín Sorolla. While his plays are generally considered to be less successful than his novels, Realidad (1892) is important in the history of realism in the Spanish theatre. Some of his works have been translated into English, as he has slowly become popular in the Anglophone world. He remains popular in Spain, and is considered as equal to Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. ![]() ![]() Pérez Galdós was a prolific writer, publishing 31 novels, 46 Episodios Nacionales (National Episodes), 23 plays, and the equivalent of 20 volumes of shorter fiction, journalism and other writings. ![]() He was the leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist. Benito Pérez Galdós (– January 4, 1920) was a Spanish realist novelist. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:37847672 Scandate 20110708150211 Scanner . Un clásico de los viajes en el tiempo que lanza una pregunta provocadora: ¿qué pasaría si pudieras vivir tu vida otra vez, acordándote de los errores cometidos en el pasado A Jeff Winston, de 43 años, se le da esta oportunidad varias veces. OL15926334W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 94.21 Pages 330 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:9532200487 Jeff Winston was 43 and trapped in a tepid marriage and a dead-end job, w. Urn:lcp:replay00grim:epub:ff2a9471-022e-42f9-8686-e138dc5e9257 Extramarc University of Toronto Foldoutcount 0 Identifier replay00grim Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0ns1nt2k Isbn 0877957819ĩ780877957812 Lccn 86013986 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition Read 3,882 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Both the book and the dust jacket are in very good + condition and it is NOT an ex-library copy. ![]() The book was published by Arbor House in 1986 and is a First Edition with the requisite number line. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:17:26 Boxid IA138420 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor This offering is a vintage copy of Replay written by Ken Grimwood. ![]() ![]() Parents need to know that The Dark Prophecy is the second book in a series that's a spin-off of a Percy Jackson spin-off series. ![]() ![]() Flashback to one man choking another to death.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. People, including children, are kidnapped and held prisoner two men go on a hunger strike. The mention that an elephant's partner was killed as punishment. Animals attack: a giant serpent, a pit of poisonous snakes, a swarm of bees. Some injuries that require magical healing including a broken hand and foot, bloody wounds from swords, and madness. Many skirmishes where mythological creatures get skewered by poleaxes, hit with arrows, blinded, killed in explosions, and more and then turn to dust. Heads chopped off - three of them for boring the emperor, and one brother cuts off another brother's head after he becomes trapped and crushed, all so they can't be implicated in a crime (the ghost of the headless brother is a minor character). ![]() Arena fighting with exotic, tortured animals, cars, and an assortment of weapons causes injuries. ![]() ![]() Seuss: American Icon (2004) by Philip Nel, p. As quoted in "Author Isn't Just a Cat in the Hat" by Miles Corwin in The Los Angeles Times (27 November 1983) also in Dr.If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack. It's more than just a matter of laughing. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. ![]() And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Statement about children, as quoted in Enter, Conversing (1962) by Clifton Fadiman, p.For more context see: Another popular rumor was Caption to a political cartoon against the " America First" movement, showing children being read a story of " Adolf the Wolf", in PM Magazine (1 October 1941).But those were Foreign Children and it really didn't matter. and the wolf chewed up the children and spit out their bones. "Maybe Christmas", he thought, "doesn't come from a store." Quotes Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. 1.13 I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978). ![]()
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![]() ![]() in psychology from Yale University in 1972. She graduated from Barnard College in 1967 and earned a Ph.D. So looking back, I think that glorification of IQ was a pivotal point of my development." She said in a 2015 interview, "On the one hand, I didn't believe that a score on a test was that important on the other hand, every student wants to succeed in the framework that's established. Students with the highest IQ scores could erase the blackboard, carry the flag, or take a note to the principal's office. 153 elementary school in Brooklyn, New York, students were seated in order of their IQ. She was the only daughter and the middle sibling of three children. Her father worked in the export-import business and her mother in advertising. Early life and education ĭweck was born in New York. She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. She was on the faculty at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the University of Illinois before joining the Stanford University faculty in 2004. Dweck is known for her work on motivation and mindset. She is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. ![]() The Role of Expectations and Attributions in the Alleviation of Learned Helplessness in a Problem-Solving Situation (1972)Ĭarol Susan Dweck (born October 17, 1946) is an American psychologist. James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (2013). ![]() ![]() ![]() He's come from his new home in California back to his old city, New York, whence he abandoned his wife (McCormack) after the death of their 10-year-old daughter (Anthony). ![]() If superstitious people are afraid of a building's 13rd floor, why would they check into a hotel room on the 14th floor which is just the 13th, with a markup? Room 1408 (the digits add up to 13) in Manhattan's Dolphin Hotel is said to have a cursed history: 56 deaths in 95 years, says the place's manager (Jackson, who's billed above the title but is here basically to warn the hero against undergoing exactly the ordeal we came to see).Ī reputation for mayhem is just the sort of cachet that appeals to Mike Enslin (Cusack), a writer of spookraking haunted-house exposés. ![]() Jackson, Mary McCormack, Jasmine Jessica Anthony Director: Mikael Hâfström Writers: Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, from a story by Stephen King ![]() |