Completing his edgy Spanish trilogy, Jason Webster unearths the secrets of the Spanish Civil War, and turns it into a personal quest for its dark legacy in today's Spain. After twelve years in Spain, Jason Webster had developed a deep love for his adopted homeland; his life there seemed complete. But when he and his Spanish wife moved into an idyllic old farmhouse in the mountains north of Valencia, by chance he found an unmarked mass grave from the Spanish Civil War on his doorstep.Spurred to investigate the history of the Civil War, a topic many of his Spanish friends still seemed to treat as taboo, he began to uncover a darker side to the country. Witness to a brutal fist-fight sponsored by remnants of Franco's Falangists, arrested and threatened by the police in the former HQ of the Spanish Foreign Legion, sheltered by a beautiful transvestite, shunned by locals, haunted by ghosts and finally robbed of his identity, Webster encountered a legacy of cruelty and violence that seems to linger on seventy years after the bloody events of that war. As in Webster's previous books, Duende and Andalus, ?Guerra! reveals the essence of modern Spain, which few outsiders ever manage to see. Fascinating true stories from the Civil War, vividly retold as he travels around the country. Yet the more Webster unveils of the passions that set one countryman against another, the more he is led to wonder: could the dark, primitive currents that ripped the country apartin the 1930s still be stirring under the sophisticated, worldly surface of today's Spain?
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In the hills above Valencia is a notorious nightclub called Sunset. When its larger-than-life owner, Jose Luis, dies suddenly, everyone assumes it was a heart attack. Meanwhile, all is not well for Max Camara at HQ. His new boss, Rita Hernandez, has it in for him and his idiosyncratic methods. He must abandon a complex investigation to check out what looks like a routine death at Sunset. But an anonymous phone call suggests otherwise, leading him to an unholy network of drug dealers, priests and shady officials protecting a dark government secret..
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Either you kill the bull, or the bull kills you - traditional proverb. Chief Inspector Max Camara hates bullfighting but one hot afternoon in Valencia he has to replace his boss, judging a festival corrida that stars Spain's most famous young matador. That night, he is summoned back to the bullring where the young matador's dead body now lies, naked and mutilated. As the city prepares for Fallas, the five day festival of fireworks and celebrations, and the politicians work feverishly towards an election, Camara hunts down his prey through the city's streets and bars. But as he follows the trail of death, money, corruption and sex in search of the killer, he must also battle his own demons and desires...
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Having pursued a conventional enough path through school and university, Jason Webster was all set to enter the world of academe as a profession. But when his aloof Florentine girlfriend of some years dumped him unceremoniously, he found himself at a crossroads. Abandoning the world of libraries and the future he had always imagined for himself, he headed off instead for Spain in search of duende, the intense emotional state - part ecstasy, part desperation - so intrinsic to flamenco. Duende is an account of his years spent in Spain feeding his obsessive interest in flamenco: he subjects himself to the tyranny of his guitar teacher, practising for hours on end until his fingers bleed; he becomes involved in a passionate affair with Lola, a flamenco dancer (and older woman) married to the gun-toting Vicente, only to flee Alicante in fear of his life; in Madrid, he falls in with Gypsies and meets the imperious Jesus. Joining their dislocated, cocaine-fuelled world, stealing cars by night and sleeping away the days in tawdry rooms, he finds himself spiralling self-destructively downwards. It is only when he arrives in Granada bruised and battered, after two years total immersion in the flamenco lifestyle that he is able to put his obsession into context. In the tradition of Laurie Lee's classic As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, Duende charts a young man's emotional coming of age and offers real insight into the passionate essence of flamenco.
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Reputation: it takes a lifetime to build and just one moment to destroy. Emma Webster is a respectable MP. Emma Webster is a devoted mother. Emma Webster is innocent of the murder of a tabloid journalist. Emma Webster is a liar. #Reputation: The story you tell about yourself. And the lies others choose to believe…
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Бренд: Sophia Webster
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Салли МакБрайд, молодая выпускница колледжа, становится временным директором приюта для девочек по просьбе своей давней подруги, жены одного из попечителей приюта. С самого начала Салли приходится браться за решение многих накопившихся проблем, о которых она рассказывает в письмах своим друзьям. Вначале у Салли складываются непростые отношения с приютским врачом, доктором МакРеем, письма к которому она даже начинает со слов "Милый враг". Но постепенно приключения обитателей приюта все больше увлекают Салли, и она не только меняет жизнь сирот, но и свою собственную, а также жизнь нескольких богатых и влиятельных друзей..Серия “Titul Classics” – это лучшие произведения мировой литературы на языке оригинала. Знаменитые романы и повести, рассказы, любимые многими поколениями читателей, публикуются в оригинале и помогают вам не только получить удовольствие от чтения, но и совершенствовать свой английский язык..
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Бренд: DL1961 KidsЦвет: Webster
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Бренд: SpectorМодель: Alex Webster Signature Legend 5
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Купить виниловую пластинку Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster / Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1LP) - это возможность погрузиться в уникальный мир джазовых мелодий и выразительных импровизаций. Альбом "Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster" от двух легендарных саксофонистов Коулмена Хокинса и Бена Уэбстера представлен в формате винила, чтобы привнести тепло и аутентичность в вашу музыкальную коллекцию. Коулмен Хокинс и Бен Уэбстер - это имена, которые стоят во главе джазовой истории. Их музыкальное взаимодействие на альбоме "Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster" привносит эмоциональную глубину и сильное харизматичное исполнение. Приобретая виниловую пластинку Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster / Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1LP), вы получаете возможность насладиться этим музыкальным шедевром, в котором царит дух истинного джаза. Откройте для себя неповторимую атмосферу прошлых эпох и ощутите величие двух великих музыкантов. Это не просто покупка виниловой пластинки - это приобретение истории и искусства, которые звучат живо и актуально до сих пор.Трек-лист:A1 Blues For Yolande A2 It Never Entered My Mind A3 Rosita B1 You'd Be Nice To Come Home To B2 Prisoner Of Love B3 Tangerine B4 Shine On Harvest Moon
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Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson - Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson - Vinyl 180 Gram Remastered. 1 LP. A1 The Touch Of Your Lips, A2 When Your Lover Has Gone, A3 Bye-bye, Blackbird, A4 How Deep Is The Ocean, B1 In The Wee, Small Hours Of The Morning, B2 Sunday, B3 This Can't Be Love
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