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An Excerpt from The Girl in Tails
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Translated from the Swedish
By Margareta Horiba
Winner of the American-Scandinavian Foundation's 2005 Leif and Inger Sjöberg Translation Prize
THE SWEDISH WRITER HJALMAR BERGMAN HAS MERGED the two Bergslagen towns, Orebro where he was born in 1883, and Västerås where he went to school, into his celebrated fictional Wadkoping, home to many of his colorful and tragicomical characters. They in turn were patterned on people he observed at a young age in the middle-class homes of his parents and relatives. Part and parcel of the Swedish literary heritage and popular subjects of stage ...
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Enslow Publishers.(Francisco Pizarro: Explorerer Of South America)(La Salle: Explorer Of The Mississippi)(Grace Hopper: Computer Whiz)(Robert Boyle: Pioneer Of Experimental Chemistry)(Stephen Hawking: Breaking The Boundaries Of Time And Space)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch
; ...biographical sketches of major figures. New to the 'Explorers!' series for grades 3-4 is Sandra Kachurek's Francisco Pizarro: Explorerer Of South America (0766021785) and Arlene Bourgeois Molzahn's La Salle: Explorer Of The Mississippi...
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Benchmark/Marshall Cavendish.(Samuel De Champlain)(Vasco Nunez De Balboa)(Juan Ponce De Leon)(Zebulon Pike)(Vasco De Gama)(Francisco Pizarro)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch
; ...tells of an act of audacity and a South Seas explorer who took many risks, and Milton Meltzer's Francisco Pizarro (076-1416072) tells of Pizarro's conquest of Peru and his encounter with Ican wars. Each book holds over 70 pages of information...
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Crabtree Publishing.(Christopher Columbus: Sailing to a New World)(Lewis and Clark: Opening the American West)(Henry Hudson: Seeking the Northwest Passage)(Francisco Pizarro: Journeys Through Peru and South America)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch
; ...mutiny, and his struggle to survive the Arctic chill, and John Zronik's Francisco Pizarro: Journeys Through Peru And South America (0778724115) charts Pizarro's voyages, his effects on the Inca peoples, and the Spanish conquest of...
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Barclays Capital significantly boosts its presence in the Middle East with the appointment of 11 new hires.(Harry Martin, Arnaud Hatte, Francisco Pizarro)
News Wire article from: Middle East
; ...Harry Martin, Director & Co-Head of Middle East & North Africa- Arnaud Hatte, Associate Director- Francisco Pizarro, Associate Director- Lana Matta, Associate Director- Daniel Faddoul, Executive- Kamal Benkabbou, Executive...
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Pizarro volvería con Iberia.(servicios de aerolínea española a Perú)(TT: Pizarro would return via Iberia.)(TA: services of Spanish airline to Peru)
Magazine article from: Tribuna de Actualidad
; Se imaginan a Francisco Pizarro en estos das? Se imaginan que quisiera...el 14 de noviembre de 1524 sala Pizarro en barco rumbo a una terra desconocida...un paso de gigante e imaginen a Francisco Pizarro en estos das. Es un importante...
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Pizarro: Conqueror of the Inca.(book )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Geographical
; Pizarro: Conqueror of the Inca by Stuart Stirling...in the ransacking of the Inca world, Francisco Pizarro is a tough subject for a biography...conquistadores and historical Inca testaments. Pizarro's greatest infamy stems from his execution...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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PERU TAKING REVENGE ON PIZARRO'S STATUE.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...centuries after Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro subdued and conquered the Incas...truths of the past without taking down Pizarro's statue. I think it is an infantile...Cruchaga. CAPTION(S): Photo Francisco Pizarro.
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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The name game: Pizarro.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...the Pacific coast along Peru. Francisco Pizarro (1478-1541) discovered, and...troyed the Incan capital Cuzco, Pizarro founded Lima, which he called...there in 1541. Eddie Hales bought Pizarro at Goffs and trained him to win...
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 "San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)")
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San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Sal Pizarro column: A fictional twist on '33 kidnapping.(Column)
Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
; Byline: Sal Pizarro Sep. 25--I'll...are worried that San Francisco FBI agents will grab...at a screening in San Francisco on Monday. "It had...using locations in San Francisco, Oakland and San Leandro...Milagro Foundation. Sal Pizarro writes about Silicon...
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San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Sal Pizarro column: Taking the initiative to make a difference.(Column)
Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
; Byline: Sal Pizarro May 14--You could say the Women...South Bay facility to the agency's San Francisco and Oakland offices is a no-brainer...abrazosandbooks.com. Contact Sal Pizarro at spizarro@mercurynews.com or...
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