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  • EL MISTERIO DE NOTTING HILL
    EL MISTERIO DE NOTTING HILL
    ADAMS, CHARLES WARREN
    Hasta hace muy poco El caso Lerouge (1863) de Émile Gaboriau y La Piedra Lunar (1868) de Wilkie Collins se disputaban el honor de ser la primera novela de detectives. Hoy, sin embargo, especialistas en el género como Julian Symons y Paul Collins conceden ese privilegiado puesto a una novela publicada por entregas en 1862 (luego, en forma de libro, en 1865), El misterio de Notti...
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  • FOR GOOD AND EVIL: THE IMPACT OF TAXES ON THE COURSE OF CIVILIZATION ( IMPACT OF
    FOR GOOD AND EVIL: THE IMPACT OF TAXES ON THE COURSE OF CIVILIZATION ( IMPACT OF
    ADAMS, CHARLES
    The first edition of Adams' study of the history of taxation had heads turning across the nation, with excited reviews appearing in dozens of national newspapers and magazines in addition to local papers in almost every state. Adams makes a convincing case for taxes being the cause of many of the landmark events in civilization's history. Starting in ancient Egypt, Adams survey...
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  • HARD TIMES
    HARD TIMES
    ADAMS, CHARLES
    "Facts alone are wanted in life." The children at Mr. Gradgrind's school are sternly ordered to stifle their imaginations and pay attention only to cold, hard reality. The effects of Gradgrind's teaching on his own children, Tom and Louisa, are particularly profound and leave them ill-equipped to deal with the unpredictable desires of the human heart. Luckily for them, they hav...
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