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Pub. Date
c1956
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This modern classic, which, like many clissics, went generally unnoticed during the years after its first publication (in 1925), ahs reached out gradually to a larger and larger audience, until today tis place among the primary works of American literature in this century is widely recognized.
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Pub. Date
1966
Description
A tragedy about the power of the imagination and the strange, claustrophobic world of childhood. At home, Paul shares a private world with his sister Elisabeth, a world from which parents are tacitly excluded. Their room is where the Game is played, the Game being their own bizarre version of life. All that they do outside is effectively controlled by the rules of the Game -- but unfortunately the rules of the Game prescribe that two children must...
11) Configurations
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Series
Pub. Date
[1971]
Description
Contains Piedra de sol/Sun stone, Blanco, and selections from Salamandra and Ladera este.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1972, c1961
Description
New Seeds of Contemplation is one of Thomas Merton's most widely read and best-loved books. Christians and non-Christians alike have joined in praising it as a notable successor in the meditative tradition of St. John of the Cross, The Cloud of Unknowing, and the medieval mystics, while others have compared Merton's reflections with those of Thoreau. New Seeds of Contemplation seeks to awaken the dormant inner depths of the spirit so long neglected...
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New Directions paperbook volume 480
Pub. Date
1979
Description
In this novel by the author of The Berlin Stories, a listless pair of siblings in post-WWI London battle the constraints of society and their mother.
It's the 1920s-the wake of the Great War-and Britain is undergoing a transformation. The middle class is struggling, and the younger generation, feeling constrained by the values that once fueled the empire, is yearning to break free . . .
A new war is brewing in the slums of Kensington, London....
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New directions for adult and continuing education volume no. 66
Pub. Date
1995
Description
"Although mentoring has been a popular topic, it has generated much controversy concerning its practice and research validity. The purpose of this volume of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education is to assist educators in clarifying and describing various elements of the mentoring process. It is also intended to enhance the reader's understanding of the utility, practice application, and research potential of mentoring in adult and continuing...
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