Calder: 430 books

Long before he was one of America's leading yachting writers, Nigel Calder was a novice cruiser with ambitions grander than his experience. Nigel and his partner Terrie were young and foolish, with a home-built boat that was new and untested, one child already and another on the way - but they were...

A Eurasian transformation is underway, and it flows from China. With a geopolitically central location, the country's domestic and international policies are poised to change the face of global affairs. The Belt and Road Initiative has called attention to a deepening Eurasian continentalism that has,...

This based-on-a-true-story, suspenseful and explosive novel by David Calder, takes the reader right into the heart of the worst terrorist attack ever on Israeli soil. Abu Jihad, head of the Palestinian terrorist organization Fatah, and chief instigator of the Civil War raging in Lebanon, has...

"A fusion, a collage, a bold endeavor of a literary work, a 'new' novel if you like." — Anakana Schofield, author of Martin John and Malarky "From the opening 'cast list' that includes such characters as 'Grandad' played by 'My mother's father', to a narrator who admits, 'Actually,...

Se presenta en este volumen la primera edición crítica de La puente de Mantible (ca. 1627-1630), comedia caballeresca temprana escrita por Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Recogida en la primera parte de comedias publicada por su autor en 1636, suele quedar en el olvido, a pesar del enorme interés...

Este ebook presenta Amor, honor y poder (Edición completa), con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Amor, honor y poder es una comedia de Calderón de la Barca, estrenada en 1623. La comedia cuenta la historia del rey Eduardo de Inglaterra y de sus amores con la condesa de Salveric. La...

Comedias de capa y espada como Guárdate del agua mansa son la rama del teatro de Calderón que más se asemeja al de Lope. Calderón simplificó las tramas de sus comedias y les dio mayor vigor narrativa suprimiendo las escenas públicas que tanto gustaban a Lope y a su generación. El eje de la...

High in the Pyrenees, a full day's hike from any trappings of civilisation, is no place for a human to be - unless you are searching for the time of your life. This is the roof of a mountain range that stretches from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean coasts, and provides some of the most breathtakingly...

For almost three decades, Jean Calder has been working with children with disabilities in Lebanon, Egypt and the Gaza Strip. In 1981 Jean Calder left a comfortable life in Queensland and a respected academic career to work as a volunteer in Lebanon. When the war broke out and many foreigners fled,...

In this groundbreaking book Kent E. Calder argues that a new transnational configuration is emerging in Asia, driven by economic growth, rising energy demand, and the erosion of longstanding geopolitical divisions. What Calder calls the New Silk Road—with a strengthening multi-faceted relationship...

"Guillermo Calderón is an authentic genius of the theater . . . you can't say you've heard or seen any of it before, which may make you want to hear and see it again."—The New Yorker "Neva's neobrutalist punch demonstrates . . . the enduring power of art."—Time Out...

The pulp magazines of the early to mid 20th Century are often "politically incorrect" by modern standards. However, the "Spicy" magazines -- Spicy-Adventure Stories, Spicy Mystery, Spicy Western, etc. -- were politically incorrect by their own contemporary standards as well. With...

En Las tres justicias en una la tragedia reside en que los pecados cometidos atentan quienes los cometen. La visión trágica de la vida adquiere en Calderón la convicción de que los hombres arrastran consigo los pecados ajenos. Esta imagen moral y cristiana aparece en varias obras de Calderón.

El médico de su honra es una obra dramática de Calderón de la Barca, escrita hacia 1637. por lo tanto encuadrada en la literatura barroca.