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  Nadja

  André Breton

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  In Paris, during the fall of 1926, André Breton met a young woman from the provinces who called herself Nadja because, she said, "in Russian it's the beginning of the word for hope, and because it's only the beginning." Their love affair was brief, intense, and intensely self-conscious. They both talked exuberantly of the book that Breton would make out of their days and nights. And indeed a year later (after Nadja was institutionalized and Breton had moved on to other love affairs) he began to write Nadja—a book of memory and analysis taking its cue in part from Freud's case studies, but also a book of ingeniously intercut images, drawing on Surrealist ideas to portray a soul whose very way of being approaches, in Breton's words, "the extreme limit of the Surrealist aspiration."In this, the first new translation of Nadja in more than sixty years, Mark Polizzotti captures the youthful excitement, the abiding strangeness, and above all the freshness of Breton's prose. He also provides an illuminating introduction about the fate of the real Nadja, whose identity remained jealously guarded until the twenty-first century. A gripping tale of infatuation and a meditation on the surrealism of everyday life, Nadja is still a thing of convulsive beauty, impossible to pin or put down, a precursor to works of Julien Gracq, Julio Cortázar, and W. G. Sebald.

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  Fearless: ‘This book will change...

  Trinny Woodall

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  'Everything you could ever want for any age of woman. This book will change your life.' – Davina McCall 
  Trinny has one goal – to give everyone the tools they need to feel their best. 
  FEARLESS is a collection of everything Trinny has learnt throughout her life and career, and it will empower you to feel confident at every stage of your life. 
  This manual can be used as inspiration to challenge yourself; whether you need help with putting together an outfit that will make you feel great, knowing how to care for your skin, finding the colours that suit you and choosing makeup that enhances your natural beauty, FEARLESS includes all the tools you need to understand what suits you and will bring you joy. 
  Trinny also covers all the elements that will make you feel more confident on the inside, including different methods to navigate life’s challenges and help build faith in yourself and your choices. 
  It is time to fear less and be more. 
  Trinny Woodall's book 'Fearless' was a No.2 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 11-09-2023. 
  With its practical guides and references, FEARLESS is more than just a Sunday Times bestselling book; it's a manual for personal growth and self-esteem. From fashion and accessories to hobbies and crafts, Trinny Woodall's non-fiction masterpiece is a top reference for those seeking self-help. 
  For fans of Bobbi Brown (Bobbi Brown Beauty from the Inside Out), Anuschka Rees (Beyond Beautiful), Liz Earle (A Better Second Half), Kat Farmer (Get Changed), and Erica Davies (Leopard is a Neutral). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  Fierce Encounters: The Deadly...

  Ronan Ashford

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  Fierce Encounters: The Deadly Truth Behind Man-Eating Beasts 
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  Are you eager to advance your knowledge and gain a deeper understanding of survival and primal instincts through the lens of nature's most formidable creatures? 
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  Key features of this engaging exploration: 
  - In-depth analysis of the deadly truths surrounding man-eating beasts 
  - Comprehensive explanations of survival instincts and behaviors 
  - Effective strategies for understanding encounters with these formidable creatures 
  Our guide stands out through its thorough examination, which is vital for grasping the complexities of survival interactions. Concepts are explored in depth, ensuring clarity and comprehension. 
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  All’s Well That Ends Well

  Tom Wheelwright, William...

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  The young and virtuous physician’s daughter Helena desperately loves Count Bertram, but he regards her as beneath his notice. 
  When Helena cures the king of France of a mortal illness, he rewards her with Bertram’s hand, but before their marriage can be consummated, the count flees. To win her husband back again, Helena forms a daring and resourceful plan. 
  A plot to unmask the strutting soldier Parolles makes up another strand in this sometimes disturbing comedy of deception and disguise. 
  ACT IScene 1. Bertram, the young Count of Rossillion, is leaving home to take his place at the court of the King of France, who is gravely ill. Bertram bids farewell to his mother the widowed Countess, her friend the old lord Lafew and the young and virtuous Helena, daugther of a famous doctor now deceased, who lives as a dependent in the old Countess’ household. Helena is passionately in love with Bertram, though without hope because he is so far above her in birth. Parolles, a blustering soldier who has attached himself to Bertram, is also going to the French court and Helena determines to follow. She has learned the mysteries of medicine from her father; if she can cure the King, she may win Bertram’s heart.Scene 2. The ailing King tells of war between the Florentines and Sienese; he will give permission to any young gentleman of France who wishes to go to Italy in search of glory. Bertram arrives and the King greets him warmly. Scene 3. The Countess gently forces Helena to admit her love for Bertram and reveal her plan to attempt the King’s cure. The old lady kindly offers her support. 
  ACT IIScene 1. Lafew announces the arrival at court of a young woman who claims to be able to heal the King. The King is deeply skeptical, but Helena persuades him to allow her to make the attempt. Should she succeed, the King is to grant her the husband of her choice.Scene 2. The Countess’ fool Lavatch is to be sent to the court. He claims that he has a response that will serve him in all social situations, but the Countess exposes his folly.Scene 3. Helena has restored the King to joyful health. He offers her the hand in marriage of any of the young lords at court, but when she chooses Bertram he recoils in horror. Angrily, the King commands Bertram to wed Helena instantly. The marriage takes place, but Bertram vows that he will never sleep with his bride and determines to steal away to the Italian wars at once.Scene 4. Helena receives a letter from Bertram telling her that he has been called away and ordering her to take leave of the King.Scene 5. Lafew warns Bertram that Parolles is a hollow sham. Helena enters and Bertram dismisses her curtly, instructing her to return to the Countess. 
  ACT IIIScene 1. The Duke of Florence prepares to welcome the young Frenchmen who come to fight on his behalf.Scene 2. Helena has received a letter from Bertram: until she can get the ring from his finger, which he has vowed never to remove, and produce a child that she has conceived by him, she will never be able to call him husband.Scene 3. The Duke of Florence, impressed by Bertram’s military promise, has given him an important command. Scene 4. The Countess has received a letter from Helena telling her that she has gone on a pilgrimage to atone for her sin in aspiring to Bertram’s love and freeing him from his responsibility for her. The Countess bitterly deplores her son’s arrogance and blindness.Scene 5. Helena has come to Florence where she meets a kindly widow and her beautiful daughter, Diana. The widow tells her that Bertram has fought heroically in the war but also that he has been attempting to seduce Diana. Scene 6. The French soldiers hatch a plot to convince Bertram of Parolles’ cowardliness; pretending to be enemy soldiers, they will capture him, then see if he is prepared to betray his friends.Scene 7. Helena, too, is setting a plot. Diana is to pretend to yield to Bertram’s suit on condition that he give her his ring. She

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  Modigliani: Another Portrait

  Seungyong Chang

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  As of this writing, I have published thirty-three books. A fair number, when I take a step back and reflect. Most of my work, as readers may know, centers around the cultural arts—music, art, and film. Within this broad spectrum, one figure has continually drawn me back, time and again: the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. 
  There is a simple reason for this repetition: among all the artists I have studied and written about, Modigliani is the one I love most. His work, his life, and the tragic poetry that surrounds him continue to fascinate and move me on a deeply personal level. 
  This new work, "Modigliani: Another Portrait," is something very different. It is, in essence, an imagined life—a novel built on the premise of what might have been. What if the hardships that shaped Modigliani’s short life had never occurred? What if his family had not gone bankrupt at his birth? What if he had never suffered from tuberculosis, never succumbed to addiction, never lived in poverty? What if he had never met Jeanne Hébuterne, or perhaps, met someone else entirely? 
  This book dares to ask those counterfactual questions. In doing so, it turns the familiar tragedy inside out and proposes an alternate path—not necessarily a better one, but a different one. In that sense, it is both an homage and a challenge to the narratives we’ve come to accept about artists, genius, and fate. 
  I invite readers to read this story not as a historical account, but as a kind of dream. A parallel portrait. A fictional canvas on which the same soul is painted with a different light.

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  A Disturbance in the Force - How...

  Steve Kozak

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  Even by the standards of the 1970s, even compared to Jar-Jar Binks, the legendary 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special is a peerlessly cringeworthy pop-culture artifact. George Lucas, who completely disowned the production, reportedly has said, "If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that show and smash it." Just how on earth did this thing ever see the light of day? 
   
   
   
  To answer that question, as Steven Kozak shows in this fascinating and often hilarious inside look into the making of the Special, you have to understand the cultural moment in which it appeared—a long, long time ago when cheesy variety shows were a staple of network television and Star Wars was not yet the billion-dollar multimedia behemoth that it is today. Kozak explains how the Special was one piece of a PR blitz undertaken by Lucas and his colleagues as they sought to protect the emerging franchise from hostile studio executives. He shows how, despite the involvement of some of the most talented people in the business, creative differences between movie and television writers led to a wildly uneven product. Packed with memorable anecdotes, drawing on new interviews with countless people involved in the production, and told with mingled affection and bewilderment, this never-before-told story gives a fascinating look at a strange moment in pop-culture history.

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