Brad Watson
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"Astonishing prose brings to life a forgotten woman and a lost world in a strange and bittersweet Southern pastoral. Since his award-winning debut collection of stories, Last Days of the Dog- Men, Brad Watson has been expanding the literary traditions of the South, in work as melancholy, witty, strange, and lovely as any in America. Inspired by the true story of his own great-aunt, he explores the life of Miss Jane Chisolm, born in rural, early-twentieth-century...
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Los perros de este libro puede que sueñen con viajes espaciales, con bailar alzados sobre las patas traseras, dormir bajo sábanas sedosas, quitarse el abrigo de piel al caer la noche y hacer el amor cara a cara. Sus amos, en cambio, sueñan con huesos, con mear al pie de las farolas, con lamerse los genitales, la caza, el bosque, el premio, el olor de la sangre y los rastros de su especie. Humanos que perseveran en su empeño de no claudicar, amordazados...
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Did Jesus really beat death? That's what Christians for hundreds of years have believed, that Jesus Christ returned to life after death and burial in a stone tomb. To the modern mind, 'resurrection' is utterly implausible, but it was also doubtful to many first-century Greeks, Jews, and even some Christians. With such an incredible assertion at the heart of the Christian faith, it's no wonder that some people struggle to believe. Unlike any other...
5) The Siege
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An international assassin is compromised during a mission and his handler sends him to a Reassignment Center to be processed for a new identity. While there, a ruthless assault team storms the compound and he must team with others to defend the facility and survive the night.