Oscar Wilde

Dave Williams

Basil is a painter who was examining the painting of Dorian Gray, when Lord Henry, a man of high position in society, interrupts him in his study. Lord Henry asked the painter because he did not exhibit the painting in the Grosvenor gallery and that he did not exhibit it in the Academy. The painter replied that it was not because he put too much of it in the portrait. Lord Henry and Basil go out into the garden, where Basil tries to describe to him why Dorian Gray is so special and helps him so much to paint his works of art. Lord Henry is very curious to meet the young man, but Basil does not want to, he says he does not want to lose who makes his paintings make sense...

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Gabriel Marquez

"ONE HUMDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDEe" is the story of a people and a fictitious family, but that is a representation of the reality in which we live, its validity today is notorious. Since in this work you can see all the changes that occur as a result of political hatred, civil wars, economic interests, killings, poverty, despair, conformism, the arrival of immigrants, and countless other things. And, although the author describes magical or fantastic facts that do not happen in real life, today we pass on high or take as "normal" facts that should not be part of our lives, like the numerous of unemployed, thefts, murders, social crises, kidnappings ... Gabriel García Márquez calls each of us to reflect, to really think about what we want to be, in which we must take advantage of the opportunity we have on this earth, because this is unique and unrepeatable. And that depends only on us our future, if we want to live happily or in solitude.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Edgar Allen Poe

After setting up his story from this perspective, the man tells the reader about a cat named Pluto he used to have as a pet. He describes Pluto as a remarkably large, beautiful animal, entirely black. The narrator's wife jokes that the cat might be a witch in disguise, given its unusual intelligence. The narrator and Pluto have a close bond. He takes care of Pluto, and Pluto follows him everywhere around the house. It is a very tender relationship.Then, everything goes wrong. The narrator, an alcoholic, starts getting angry at everyone. He mistreats his wife and their other animals, but he never hurts Pluto. But one night, the narrator comes home drunk and thinks Pluto is avoiding him. He grabs the cat, who bites him. In retaliation, the narrator cuts out one of the cat's eyes.After he sleeps off his drunken state, the narrator is horrified about his actions. It is not enough to get him to stop drinking, though. The cat's eye socket heals, but Pluto and the narrator no longer have a good relationship. Pluto starts to avoid the narrator all the time. Instead of feeling remorseful, the narrator just feels irritated at the cat's behavior.The narrator hangs the cat 'in cold blood' from a tree. That night, his house burns down. The narrator, his wife, and their servant all escape the fire unharmed, but the fire destroys his home and all of his possessions. When the narrator returns to the ashes later, he sees the figure of a cat on the only surviving wall.Months pass. The narrator sees a cat remarkably similar to Pluto, except that on his chest is a white patch. The cat follows him home. At first, the narrator likes the cat, but soon he can't stand the cat at all, especially after he notices that one of its eyes is missing.The more he hates the cat, the more the cat likes him. The narrator cannot bring himself to hurt the cat because he is afraid of it. The white shape on its chest morphs into a gallows, a direct reminder of his crime against Pluto.Eventually, the narrator is driven so mad that he tries to kill the cat with an axe. His wife intervenes, and the narrator ends up killing his wife. He decides to conceal the body inside his house, behind the wall of the basement.The narrator looks for the cat, but it is missing. For three nights, he sleeps undisturbed by the cat. Then, on the fourth day, police come to his house to ask questions about his wife's disappearance. During their investigation, the narrator raps on the wall he has rebuilt to conceal his wife's corpse. The noise of him knocking causes the cat, which had accidentally become sealed inside the wall, to howl, alerting the police to the presence of the narrator's wife.

The Black Cat

J. Sheridan Le Fanu

The protagonist tells us how her life goes from ordinary to disconcerting and frightening when Carmilla appears, a beautiful young woman who turns out to be a vampire. Laura is a young woman who lives with her father and servants in an old castle in Styria, Austria.Laura remembers that when she was a little girl she was asleep in the arms of a young girl and she woke up feeling two needles in her neck. When they found her, she was alone. Her life takes a turn when, in front of the castle where they live, a carriage suffers an accident and the lady and her daughter, who were traveling in it, settle in the castle until they can undertake, again, trip. Laura and the young woman, Carmilla, quickly become friends, even though the new tenant shows oddities in her behavior: she wakes up after noon and locks herself in her room without showing signs of being in it.She seems to be in love with Laura, given the interest she shows towards her ...

Carmilla

Florentino Ariza y Fermina Daza se enamoran apasionadamente, pero Fermina eventualmente decide casarse con un médico rico y de muy buena familia. Florentino está anonadado, pero es un romántico. Su carrera en los negocios florece, y aunque sostiene 622 pequeños romances, su corazón todavía pertenece a Fermina. Cuando al fin el esposo de ella muere, Florentino acude al funeral con toda intención. A los cincuenta años, nueve meses y cuatro días de haberle profesado amor a Fermina, lo hará una vez más.

Amor en Los Tiempos de Colera

En esta obra se pueden ver todas las modificaciones que se producen a raíz del odio político, las guerras civiles, los intereses económicos, las matanzas, la pobreza, la desesperanza, el conformismo, la llegada de inmigrantes, e innumerables cosas más. Y, si bien el autor describe hechos mágicos o fantásticos que no suceden en la vida real, hoy en día pasamos en alto o tomamos como "normal" hechos que no deben ser parte de nuestras vidas, como el numerosos de desocupados, los robos, los asesinatos, las crisis sociales, los secuestros.... Gabriel García Márquez nos llama a cada uno de nosotros a reflexionar, a pensar realmente en que queremos ser, en que debemos aprovechar la oportunidad que tenemos en esta tierra, porque ésta es única e irrepetible. Y que depende solamente de nosotros nuestro futuro, si queremos vivir felices o en soledad.

Cien Anos de Soledad

En esta obra se pueden ver todas las modificaciones que se producen a raíz del odio político, las guerras civiles, los intereses económicos, las matanzas, la pobreza, la desesperanza, el conformismo, la llegada de inmigrantes, e innumerables cosas más. Y, si bien el autor describe hechos mágicos o fantásticos que no suceden en la vida real, hoy en día pasamos en alto o tomamos como "normal" hechos que no deben ser parte de nuestras vidas, como el numerosos de desocupados, los robos, los asesinatos, las crisis sociales, los secuestros.... Gabriel García Márquez nos llama a cada uno de nosotros a reflexionar, a pensar realmente en que queremos ser, en que debemos aprovechar la oportunidad que tenemos en esta tierra, porque ésta es única e irrepetible. Y que depende solamente de nosotros nuestro futuro, si queremos vivir felices o en soledad...

CIEN ANOS de SOLEDAD (edicion Especial)

When young, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall in love passionately, but Fermina eventually decides to marry a rich doctor with a very good family. Florentino is speechless, but he is a romantic. His career in business flourishes, and although he holds 622 small romances, his heart still belongs to Fermina. When at last her husband dies, Florentino goes to the funeral with all intention. At fifty years, nine months and four days of having professed love to Fermina, he will do it once more...

Love the Time of Cholera

J. M. Barrie

Peter Pan es un niño volador que, acompañado del hada Campanilla, invita a la niña Wendy y a sus dos hermanos a visitar volando la isla de Nunca Jamás y conocer a los Niños Perdidos que viven con él, con la intención de que Wendy sea la mamá de todos ellos. En la isla también viven los piratas liderados por el Capitán Garfio, a quien Peter cortó la mano y se la dio a comer a un cocodrilo que lo persigue desde entonces. Al llegar, los niños construyen encantados una casa para Wendy, que ejerce su papel de madre amorosa, contando cuentos, dando medicinas y poniendo normas. Tras varias aventuras en la isla, Garfio captura a los niños justo cuando Wendy los había convencido, con el enfado de Peter, para volver y ser adoptados por su familia. Al enterarse del rapto, Peter acude a rescatarlos y vence a Garfio en la lucha final, entregándoselo al cocodrilo. Después vuelven todos a casa, donde son adoptados, excepto Peter, que no quiere crecer y decide regresar a la isla, prometiendo volver para llevarse a Wendy cada primavera. Peter Pan quedó encantado de las habilidades de Wendy y le pidió que viajara con él y Campanilla al país de Nunca Jamás, donde podría vivir aventuras y ser la mamá de los Niños Perdidos. Y así, enseñó a volar a los tres niños con la ayuda del polvo de hadas de Campanilla, y todos viajaron a Nunca Jamás. Durante el vuelo, Peter les habló de su enemigo Garfio, el malvado y cruel capitán pirata, a quien Peter había cortado una mano. Luego se la había dado a comer a un cocodrilo, y desde entonces este perseguía a Garfio por todas partes, ansioso por volver a probar su carne. Garfio había conseguido evitarlo hasta entonces porque también se había tragado un reloj, y su continuo "tic,tac" lo avisaba de su presencia. Casi habían llegado cuando los piratas de Garfio los a cañonazos, Y, aunque no llegaron a darles, el grupo volador se separó.

Peter Pam

One Couple's Surprising Adventures Building an Unrivaled Collection of American Prints

Small Victories

Settlers crossing the tallgrass prairie in the early 1800s were greeted by a seemingly endless landscape of wildflowers and grasses, one of the most diverse ecosystems on our planet. Today, although the tallgrass prairie has been reduced to a tiny percentage of its former expanse, people are working to restore and reconstruct prairie communities. This lavishly illustrated guide to seeds and seedlings, crafted by Tallgrass Prairie Center botanist Dave Williams and illustrator Brent Butler, will insure that everyone from urban gardeners to grassland managers can properly identify and germinate seventy-two species of tallgrass wildflowers and grasses in eastern North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northwestern Indiana, Iowa, eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, northwestern Missouri, and eastern Oklahoma. Williams has created a brilliant, nearly foolproof system of identification and verification. Two primary keys lead to eleven secondary keys that link to characteristic groups of tallgrass plants: seven groups for wildflowers and four groups for grasses. To identify a seedling, use the primary key to discover its place in the secondary key, then turn to that characteristic group to find your seedling. Circles on each full seedling photograph correspond to close-up photographs; triangles on these close-ups illustrate information in the text to further pinpoint identification. Drawings of leaves illuminate exact identification, and enlarged photographs of each seed provide yet another way to confirm identification. Thousands of seeds were sprouted in the Tallgrass Prairie Center’s greenhouse to provide seedlings close in size and development to those grown in the field near the end of their first season; research and photography took place over four years. Williams’s text for each species includes a thorough description, a comparison of similar species, and guidance for germination and growth. A complete glossary supports the text, which is concise but detailed enough to be accessible to beginning prairie enthusiasts. Anyone in the Upper Midwest who wishes to preserve the native vegetation of prairie remnants or reconstruct a tallgrass prairie of whatever size—from home gardens to schoolyards to roadsides to large acreages—will benefit from the hundreds of photographs and drawings and the precise text in this meticulously prepared guide.

The Tallgrass Prairie Center Guide to Seed and Seedling Identification in the Upper Midwest

Despite the wide differences in manifest content, all the portrayals of the Chinese sprang from the Euroamerican need to maintain a race-based separation from the Chinese."--BOOK JACKET.

Images of the Chinese in Euroamerican Drama to 1925

Misreading the Chinese Character

An inspirational, uplifting, and life-affirming memoir about passion, resilience and living life to the fullest, from Dr. Dave Williams, one of Canada’s most accomplished astronauts. I had dreamt about becoming an astronaut from the time I watched Alan Shepard launch on the first American sub-orbital flight on May 5, 1961. Eleven days before my seventh birthday, I committed to a new goal: one day, I would fly in outer space. Dr. Dave has led the sort of life that most people only dream of. He has set records for spacewalking. He has lived undersea for weeks at a time. He has saved lives as an emergency doctor, launched into the stratosphere twice, and performed surgery in zero gravity. But if you ask him how he became so accomplished, he’ll say: “I’m just a curious kid from Saskatchewan.” Curious indeed. Dr. Dave never lost his desire to explore nor his fascination with the world. Whether he was exploring the woods behind his childhood home or floating in space at the end of the Canadarm, Dave tried to see every moment of his life as filled with beauty and meaning. He learned to scuba dive at only twelve years old, became a doctor despite academic struggles as an undergraduate, and overcame stiff odds and fierce competition to join the ranks of the astronauts he had idolized as a child. There were setbacks and challenges along the way—the loss of friends in the Columbia disaster, a cancer diagnosis that nearly prevented him from returning to space—but through it all, Dave never lost sight of his goal. And when he finally had the chance to fly among the stars, he came to realize that although the destination can be spectacular, it’s the journey that truly matters. In Defying Limits, Dave shares the events that have defined his life, showing us that whether we’re gravity-defying astronauts or earth-bound terrestrials, we can all live an infinite, fulfilled life by relishing the value and importance of each moment. The greatest fear that we all face is not the fear of dying, but the fear of never having lived. Each of us is greater than we believe. And, together, we can exceed our limits to soar farther and higher than we ever imagined.

Lessons from the Edge of the Universe

Defying Limits

Love in the times of cholera is a love story based on the timeless classic of Gabriel García Márquez. Covering more than half a century in the complex, sensual and magical world of the city of Cartagena, Colombia, this epic and romantic film guides us through the story of a man who waits more than fifty years for his one true love...

Love in the Time of Cholera

Discover the amazing benefits of fasting and prayer, including break through answers and healing.

Discover the Amazing Benefits in Your Spirit, Soul, and Body

The Miracle Results of Fasting

Understand how ancient biblical prophecies are coming to pass in our day, how coming prophetic events will impact you, and how there is hope for all followers of Christ. Today there is a tremendous interest in Bible prophecy, particularly because end-time events prophesied long ago are coming to pass in an extraordinary manner. Hope in the Last Days reveals, based on prophecy fulfilled and yet to be fulfilled, that very shortly the world will reel into its deepest hour of torment and agony. Dave Williams encourages you with the truth of how coming events will affect you and your loved ones and what God has planned as a way of escape for followers of Jesus Christ.

Hope in the Last Days

El 28 de febrero de 1955 cuando la noticia de que una tormenta en el mar Caribe ha hecho naufragar al destructor Caldas, de la marina de guerra de Colombia. La búsqueda de los náufragos se inicia de inmediato, pero al cabo de pocos días de esfuerzos inútiles los marineros perdidos son declarados oficialmente muertos.Sin embargo, una semana después aparece uno de ellos. Es Luis Alejandro Velasco, que ha permanecido diez días, sin comer ni beber, en una balsa a la deriva. El renombre inmediato rodea al náufrago, un muchacho robusto, de veinte años, "con más cara de trompetista que de héroe de la patria".El sobreviviente acude un día a la sala de redacción de El Espectador de Colombia. Propone a un joven periodista narrar la verdadera historia del naufragio, sin las deformaciones del oficialismo ni los manoseos de la propaganda.El joven periodista se llama Gabriel García Márquez. "En veinte sesiones de seis horas diarias -dice el futuro autor de Cien años de soledad- logramos reconstruir el relato compacto y verídico de sus diez días de mar. Era tan minucioso y apasionante que mi único problema literario sería conseguir que el lector lo creyera." La historia se publica en catorce días consecutivos. El éxito es fulminante. A lo largo del diálogo salen a la luz muchas verdades, y el relato de aventuras se convierte en denuncia política que agita al país, cuesta la gloria y la carrera al náufrago y condena al exilio al entonces joven periodista...

Relato de un Naufrago

My book title, My Best for Him, provides a statement about my life in Christ. I have not always been the best of Christians and have committed my share of sins and behavior unbecoming to a person of faith. Rather, my early life was a series of "falling away," putting myself ahead of Jesus, but coming back to His grace and mercy. God has always had a way of nudging me back on his path, and I am eternally grateful that he has. I have had many "hims" and "hers" in my life, including my parents, my wife Sherry, teachers, coaches, and mentors. This is a story about always trying to do my best for them, but ultimately doing my best for God.

My Memoir

My Best for HIM

The Little Book of Self Leadership speaks directly to the everyday experience of having 'Parts' within us and provides simple steps, practical examples and clear diagrams on how people can develop their Self Leadership to be even more calm, clear, confident, compassionate and creative in handling the challenges in our lives at work and at home.

Daily Self Leadership Made Simple

The Little Book of Self Leadership

In "The Prairie in Seed," Dave Williams shows us how to identify wildflowers when they are out of bloom and, in particular, how to harvest their seeds. Without the flower color and shape as guides, it can be difficult to identify prairie plants. Imagine trying to distinguish between a simple prairie sunflower and an ox-eye sunflower with no flowers to look at! In this richly illustrated guide, Williams offers dormant plant identification information, seed descriptions, and advice on seed harvesting and cleaning for seventy-three of the most common wildflowers found in the tallgrass prairie. He includes photographs and descriptions of the plants in bloom and in seed to assist in finding them when you are ready to harvest. Each species description explains where the seeds are located on the plant, when seed ripening begins, and how many seeds each species produces, along with a photograph and approximate measurements of the actual seed. Finally, this guide provides assistance on how and when to hand-harvest seeds for each species, as well as some simple tips on seed cleaning. "

Dave Williams

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