Cast Away: or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk

Cast Away: or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander SelkirkAuthor: de Tores, Francesca ISBN: 9781526661449 Publisher: Bloomsbury Year first published: 28 Apr 2026 Pages: 336 Format: Paperback softback 'A revelatory meditation on humanity' GUARDIAN 'De Tores builds Selkirk's world with detail and patience it's an impressive imaginative feat' THE TIMES 'Beautiful, fascinating, heartbreaking, philosophically engaging and often very funny' JO HARKIN How big must a man's folly be, that it can cost him the whole of

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Although Maimonides did not write a running commentary on any book of the Bible

detailed readings of the lyrics of the Beatles and of Dylan given

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during a harrowing journey of discovery

teaching the arts of fishing and pearl diving to ensure the youths know how to take full advantage of a hostile environment

kinship care

women's history and gender studies

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Echoing the popular realist novels of French contemporary Emile Zola

even the slacking youngsters feel the pressure to preserve their youth

So often we think of the Christian faith as an obligation or as a set of beliefs that we must hold