LIBROS DEL AUTOR: terence clarke

10 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: terence clarke

  • The Notorious Dream of Jesus Lazaro
    Terence Clarke
    Infamous Mexican muralist Jesús Lázaro comes to San Francisco from Mexico--where he had painted the exteriors of churches despite objections by the Catholic Church and the Mexican government. The artist sees the massive cathedral of Saint Mary of The Assumption of San Francisco, at the corner of Gough and Geary Streets, and determines he must paint the entire exterior with gran...
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    10,50 €

  • The Moment Before
    Terence Clarke
    Renowned Parisian artist Yvette Roman suffers from epileptic seizures that are preceded by extraordinary visions. Much of her work is based on those visions. While in New York City for an exhibition of her work at The Guggenheim, a painting by Yvette is delivered to her Manhattan gallery. But, Yvette has no recollection of having done it, even though the painting may be her mas...
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    13,56 €

  • The Entrepreneurial Parent
    Chandra Clarke / Terence Johnson
    Starting a business and making it a success is one of the most challenging things you can do, career-wise. Meanwhile, having children and raising a family is one of the most difficult things you can do personally. So it would be absolutely insane to try to both at once, right?But thousands of us do, every single day.Some of us even do this as single parents, or with special-nee...
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    11,63 €

  • When Clara Was Twelve
    Terence Clarke
    During a stay in Paris in 1957, an American girl Clara Foy learns that her mother Lauren had an illegitimate child when she was a teenager living in California. The little girl was immediately given up for adoption. For Lauren and her family, this was a scandalous event that has been kept a guarded secret until the present moment, when the lost little girl comes onto the scene,...
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    13,22 €

  • My Father In The Night
    Terence Clarke
    For Pearse, an Irish-Catholic kid during the 1950s in San Francisco's North Beach, growing up is not an easy task. He serves morning mass at Saints Peter and Paul church, takes Sunday 'tours' with his grandfather M.J. to Blum's Cafe for lemon-crunch cake, swims at the local Crystal Plunge..... But when tragedy hits the family, Pearse starts to doubt all he has accepted,...
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    12,20 €

  • An Arena of Truth
    Terence Clarke
    In the matter of race in the United States, reconciliation is sought, while confrontation is shunned. This formula has not worked. An Arena of Truth tells of a remarkable educational project designed by Dr. Peter Kranz, that, if further implemented now, everywhere, could do much to resolve the racism that plagues this country.The core element of the project is racial confrontat...
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    12,46 €

  • New York
    Terence Clarke
    See the view from the High Line, find love in Central Park, dance with the finest ballerina of the century, and feel the artistic pulse of Williamsburg, Brooklyn…all in New York.“Clarke’s enjoyable collection captures an authentic charm….new takes on classic stories of New York by Salinger or Capote—fine company, all in all.” –Kirkus Reviews ...
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    9,08 €

  • Little Bridget and the Flames of Hell
    Terence Clarke
    The Irish still matter in San Francisco. This book of stories deals with the contemporary relationship of the Irish-Irish and the Irish-Americans in that city. Usually humorous, sometimes painful, other times a combination of the two, that relationship remains an important and extremely soulful one. 'I read every word of these stories, not through professional obligation but th...
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    35,63 €

  • A Kiss for Senor Guevara
    Terence Clarke
    Her mother, Alma, had told her about him, how he deserved being hunted down by the soldiers out there in the Yuro Ravine. And so Ofelia had thought quite a bit about Señor Guevara...The world-renowned Che Guevara, who brought Fidel Castro to power in Cuba, has been abandoned and captured. During the moments he and Ofelia have with each other, each discovers the possibility for ...
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    30,20 €

  • The Russian Language Today
    Larissa Ryazanova-Clarke / Terence Wade
    The first major analysis in English of the dramatic changes which have occurred in the Russian language at the end of the 20th century. ...
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    107,78 €