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A portrait of Luisa Abrego, a freed slave who became the first woman of mixed race to marry a white man in 16th century Spain. She is tried by the Inquisition for bigamy. Luisa has been voiceless in history, so her story is told through the memories of Europeans who encountered her.

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It is a dreadful thing to be possessed, to be invaded by a spirit woman who commands your body and soul and looks out at the world through your eyes. It happened to me. Pray it will never happen to you.Adele's diary tells the story of her domination by the incubus Lynne, a serving girl in a London alehouse who died a violent death and commandeered Adele's body for eight years. Can Adele be held responsible for Lynne's crimes? Will the evil spi...

So you think you know about Evita? No, you don't. Ask Mona, her confidant, or Pierre, her bodyguard. They have the inside track. Argentina fell in love with Eva Peron during her lifetime. The world followed suit later with the help of a Broadway musical about her Life, Evita. But there is much we don't know about the first lady of Argentina. For example, where are her jewels? They seem to have disappeared. Mona can tell you where they are - in...

Prison Elite depicts the life of a VIP prisoner in the Nazi concentration camp system, providing a first-hand account of his mental life and coping strategies.

Prison Elite depicts the life of a VIP prisoner in the Nazi concentration camp system, providing a first-hand account of his mental life and coping strategies.

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The volume will aid historians of the Reformation by elucidating as yet imperfectly understood aspects of Capito's thought.

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As well as discussing the contents and aims of the Annotations, Erika Rummel investigates Erasmus' development from philologist to theologian and traces the prepublication history of the New Testament

The path of true love never runs straight.Alonso and Luisa love each other. However there are a few obstacles to their happiness: the husband she was forced to marry, her uncle, the Regent of Spain, and Alonso's heritage as a Jew. Mix in the meddlesome Natale, whose loyalty is always to the highest bidder, and you have a story of a courageous couple determined to be happy together, despite the cards being stacked against them.Using the tumultu...

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A Nobel Affair is the first translation into English of the complete correspondence between Alfred Nobel and Sofie Hess.

Although the texts in this collection are by a single author, they offer a kaleidoscope of views current in the Renaissance. Erasmus' comments on women range from ad hoc remarks in his letters to lengthy treatises on marriage and widowhood, from lively dialogues with a mixed cast of virgins and mothers, housewives and harlots, to a funeral oration for a matriarch. Because Erasmus appropriates a variety of voices, the texts offer a mixture of t...

A Latino bar in Toronto, 1978. The men can't take their eyes off Lisa, but there is something about her that scares them off. Don, a realtor with a murky South American past, is unfazed. He listens patiently when Lisa tells him she is looking for her father, a wealthy man living in Argentina. Determined to find her roots, Lisa goes to Argentina. It's a journey born of longing for love and the desperate need for something solid to hold on to. D...

The fourth volume of the Amsterdam edition of the apologias contains the critical edition of the Latin text of the apologia against the English scholar Edward Lee.