Esmeraldas, ciudad ecuatoriana de importancia capital para la economía nacional, es a la vez el único punto de exportación de petróleo bruto y la sede de la principal refinería del país. Sin embargo, su relevancia económica es ampliamente soslayada. Está disimulada por una imagen “folclorizada” (la gastronomía, la música, el deporte) o dramática (la inseguridad, la ilegalidad, la corrupción) que marca el imaginario nacional. Esta paradoja ilustra el desafío de conocer esta ciudad, que es e...

The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind is dark and haunting tale from the author of the bestselling Perfume - now available in ebook for the first timeSet in Paris and attracting comparisons with Franz Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe, The Pigeon tells the story of a day in the meticulously ordered life of bank security guard Jonathan Noel. Noel who has been hiding from life since his wife left him for her Tunisian lover - when ...

" Lorsque lui arriva cette histoire de pigeon qui, du jour au lendemain, bouleversa son existence, Jonathan Noël avait déjà dépassé la cinquantaine, il avait derrière lui une période d'une bonne vingtaine d'années qui n'avait pas été marquée par le moindre événement, et jamais il n'aurait escompté que pût encore lui arriver rien de notable, sauf de mourir un jour. Et cela lui convenait tout à fait. Car il n'aimait pas les événements, et il avait une véritable horreur de ceux qui ébranlaien...

Master storyteller Patrick Neate has written a funny, provocative and daring tale of London high- and low-life set among the capital's twirtysomethings. Featuring performance poetry; murder; Trafalgar Square's only fried-chicken induced battle; hat selling; bank robbery for the middle classes, love (and other social ailments); as well as pigeons - lots of crazed, angry thinking pigeons - The London Pigeon Wars is both a comic fable for our times and an exciting bird's eye view of life (and...

Join Tanner the avid adventurer slash inventor, his little Brother Tucker, and the Gang on the first of many adventures.For this first outing they decide to throw a party for the towns mascot, " a Pigeon" who turns 20 years old this year, much to the Town Mayors NON- delight.Of course anything that can go wrong does go wrong, but the gang mean well!This 2000 word comedy romp short book for children aged 5-12 is perfect a short read, which parents, carers, teachers ,...

Depuis quelques jours, Tomy suivait d'une oreille attentive les pépiements d'un petit oiseau. Ils provenaient du toit de la maison.« C'est un bébé pigeon, lui apprit sa mère, il vient juste d'éclore dans le nid que ses parents ont confectionné pour lui sur le toit. »Tomy en était ravi. Mais voilà que les pépiements se changent en cris de peur, puis tout s'arrête. Le silence complet.Gagné par l'inquiétude, Tomy utilise sa formule magique. Il se transforme aussitôt et de...

Feathers Flying!Everything that could go wrong does, when a Franciscan priest attempts to bless a previously desecrated monument to Paddy the Pigeon, decorated veteran of the Normandy Invasion. This whimsical and comedic short story, with just a whiff of the supernatural, is rooted in historical fact and set in Carnlough, Northern Ireland.

Since a few days, Tomy heard the chirping of a small bird. It came from the roof of the house." It is a baby pigeon, taught him her mother, he has just hatched in the nest his parents made for him on the roof. "Tomy was delighted. But now chirping change in shouts of fear, then everything stops. The complete silence.Quickly, Tomy uses its magic formula. He immediately transformed and turn into a tiny boy, smaller still than the thumb. He climbs on the roof, and discove...

The Marrano Specter pursues the reciprocal influence between Jacques Derrida and Hispanism. On the one hand, Derrida’s work has engendered a robust conversation among philosophers and critics in Spain and Latin America, where his work circulates in excellent translation, and where many of the terms and problems he addresses take on a distinctive meaning: nationalism and cosmopolitanism; spectrality and hauntology; the relation of subjectivity and truth; the university; disciplinarity; inst...

Patrick Mackay had killed at least eleven people in his short life, including a four year old child, a nanny, an elderly priest and an 89 year old woman.Today, the killer has been in prison for forty four years. That makes him the longest serving inmate currently serving time in a British jail. He is slightly ahead of the notorious Michael Peters. While, that is not a name which may be familiar to all true crime aficionados, his alternative identity – Charles Bronson – will. (Peters...

Non. Uccidere. La gente del posto. Questa è la regola più importante di Samantha Strong, un’adorabile orsa bruna con una doppia vita come serial killer di provincia. Dopotutto, appena oltre la foresta, nella grande città vicina, ci sono un sacco di potenziali vittime. E quando si è lavorato duramente come Sam per costruirsi una vita comoda e un'attività fiorente in una comunità come Woodbrook, un piccolo paradiso popolato di amichevoli animali, l'ultima cosa da fare è disturbare la tranqui...

It is amazing how a few simple words can inspire people, including D.P. Bickerdike. First, a song was written and became popular, and second, a person on social media paraphrased a reference to a few of these lyrics (as if that person had just listened to the song.) This inspired D.P. Bickerdike to investigate further. The Author reviewed information about this familiar song and musician and learned some interesting details. Out of curiosity, Bickerdike entered these details into the Bible...