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A fundamental part of English heritage, the Domesday Book is unique in medieval history, recording an entire country and its inhabitants town by town, with over 12,500 entries. In this lavishly illustrated book, Elizabeth Hallam and Thomas Hinde examine the background to the nine-hundred-year-old document, setting the events of 1086 into the context of the medieval world. It is a remarkable tribute to English continuity that almost all of the Domesday settlements still exist in some form or another.
Clinical psychologist and author of The Defining Decade, Meg Jay takes us into the world of the supernormal: those who soar to unexpected heights after childhood adversity. Whether it is the loss of a parent to death or divorce; bullying; alcoholism or drug abuse in the home; mental illness in a parent or a sibling; neglect; emotional, physical or sexual abuse; having a parent in jail; or growing up alongside domestic violence, nearly 75% of us experience adversity by the age of 20. But these experiences are often kept secret, as are our courageous battles to overcome them. Drawing on nearly two decades of work with clients and students, Jay tells the tale of ordinary people made extraordina...
Edition and translation of medieval French poem.
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A história de Troféu de Solidão inicia-se como a vida; a primeira cena retrata o nascimento de Gabriel, filho de Raul e Márcia, um casal paulistano. A segunda cena nos transporta ao ano de 1980, quando Gabriel está com 12 anos de idade. A família passa férias na fazenda dos pais de Raul, em uma pequena cidade (fictícia) do Norte do Brasil chamada Cascata. Entre muitas lavadeiras está Matilde, uma jovem sonhadora. Ela acredita que em São Paulo seus problemas tenham fim. Raul, um aclamado escritor romancista. Márcia, uma arrogante socialite. O casal está em crise no casamento. O principal tema do divorcio é a educação de Gabriel. A mãe de Matilde falece nas mãos da injusta rea...
In 1908, H. H. Munro (Saki) gave up foreign reporting and settled in London. Many of his stories from this period feature Reginald and Clovis, young men-about-town who take mischievous delight in the discomfort or downfall of their conventional, pretentious elders