Download or read book Cuba written by Andrea O'Reilly Herrera and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2008-06-05 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally renowned scholars address the Cuban diaspora from multiple perspectives and locations.

Download or read book The Mexican Corrido written by María Herrera-Sobek and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... well-written and well-documented landmark study... " --Choice This book raises important ideological and esthetic questions about the interpretation of artistic and cultural manifestations in a given society."--Hispanic American Historical Review The present volume is provocative in direction and a refreshing addition to the extant literature on the Mexican corrido genre." --American Ethnologist [Herrera-Sobek's] refreshing approach to analyzing masculine attitudes toward the feminine as expressed in the Mexican corrido is not only insightful but courageous." --Inez Cardozo-Freeman, Southern Folklore ... well-researched, insightful, clearly written, and well-illustrated study of a genre familiar in Hispanic culture." --Journal of the American Studies Association ... provides tantalizing insights into the inner workings and meanings of Mexico's favorite folk ballads..." --Journal of Third World Studies Challenging the stereotypical view of the passive Mexican/Chicana woman of the archetype, the author examines the portrayal of female figures in over three thousand corridos or Mexican ballads and shows that in spite of long-dominant patriarchal ideology, the corridos reveal the presence of self-confident women throughout Mexican history. Included are a discography, a detailed bibliography of corrido collections, and several photographs of soldaderas from the internationally famous Augustin Casasola collection.

Download or read book The Reficul Parallax written by David Heaukulani and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05-03 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 2003. George Bush has just appeared aboard a Navy carrier flashing a Mission Accomplished banner. In England, a Wicca coven warns British Intelligence of a prophecy to assassinate a future US president. It is to be carried out by Ramses, the son of the Anti-Christ. British MI-5 notifies the CIA. The CIA enlists the Hawaii Attorney General because Ramses was last known to be in Hawaii. Hawaii authorities discover that there is more to the prophecy besides a potential assassination. If the assassination is carried out, it will lead to the start of Armageddon. To prevent the fulfillment of the prophecy, Ramses must be reunited with the Anti-Christ in ancient Babylon, now modern-day Iraq. The Bible believing Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii sees this as another piece of evidence of the approaching End-Times. He recruits Honolulu narcotics detective Jake Cohen-Garcia, a former Navy SEAL. Jake is the ideal Anti-Christ bounty hunter because of his born again Christian reputation and his unique Jewish-Hispanic DNA. Jakes DNA heritage matches up perfectly with links connected to the Wicca prophecy. Jake is teamed up with two investigators and a certified exorcist priest. They form a unique investigative unit: The God Squad. The squads mission is to locate Ramses and short-circuit the prophecy of Armageddon. The mission takes the squad into the bizarre world of the occult and quantum mechanics that challenges their faith, their strength, and their sanitythe battles with the paranormal compound, Cohen-Garcias struggle with his personal demons and split personality. It threatens to destroy his faith, along with his family, as it propels him toward his own destruction. In the end, Jakes salvation comes from an up-close and personal confrontation with Ramses, a holy man from another world. The salvation of the world hangs in the balance.

Download or read book Un Momento en la Vida de Mi Pueblo written by Luis Mulford and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro habla de los varios aspectos de la vida de un pueblo de antaño. Su folklore, sus costumbres, su picardía, su sanidad, sus valores, su moralidad, y sobre todo habla del pensamiento de algunos de sus hombres. Un pueblo en donde todos se conocían y se trataban como familia, en donde no había ni secretos ni intimidades que se pudieran ocultar. Los personajes de Zambrano en estas crónicas son y fueron reales. He cambiado algunos de sus nombres por respeto y deferencia a sus memorias. Los sucesos que a ellos se atribuyen por lo general fueron ciertos, salvo que talvez algunos han podido ser un poco exagerados o embellecidos por las Fuentes que los proveyeron. Parte del lenguaje usado aquí podría ser crudo y tal vez ofensivo para algunas personas.

Download or read book KILHAVEN FARMS written by HUMBERTO G. GARCIA and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1960, a time in America when it was illegal for whites to marry nonwhites, Gloria Kilhaven, the 20 year daughter of a white farmer in Texas, and Nico Modesto, the 20 year old son of a Mexican American migrant farm worker family, fell in love only to incur the wrath of a racist world bent on preventing them from realizing their love. When Gloria witnesses a brazen act of discrimination committed against Nico's little sister, she tries to correct it but in her effort to confront the perpetrator, she causes Nico to be charged with attempted murder. Now she must fight her racist father and an unsympathetic justice system to liberate her soulmate.

Download or read book The Valley Beyond written by T. Nichols and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucia is an active child whose curiosity and behavior tend to get her into trouble. At the age of thirteen, she inherits the Condado of Segoia from the presumed death of her father, Don Fernando, who perished while on a crusade to the Holy Land. In addition, she inherits several titles and a vast amount of wealth from her mother, Lady Margaret, who dies while giving birth to Lucia. Her wealth is coveted by Don Raimundo Ortega Diaz, the Conde of Donato. He needs Lucia’s wealth to raise an army to take the throne of Castile in order to plunder the vast riches that lie to the south in al-Andalus, the home of the Moors. He plots her demise to obtain her wealth. Set against the backdrop of the ongoing war against the Moors in late twelfth-century Spain, Lucia is challenged by her lack of maturity, assassination attempts, her love for her dearest friend Isabella, befriending a Moor, a love interest with a French knight, and the ongoing questions concerning her deceased mother. These questions lead her to Pomeroi, her duchy in France, only if she can survive her travels beyond the Pyrenees.

Download or read book The Republic of Biafra Once Upon a Time in Nigeria written by Dr. Onyema G. Nkwocha and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not quite four months after the Western Region's election of October 10, 1965, did the localized mayhem in that Region find its way furiously into the center of the nation on January 15, 1966! It was like a whirl-wind of nothing but anarchy and lawlessness. The serious aftermath of the marred and rigged election was that it acted as the last straw that broke the Carmel's back, providing immediate reason for the army to overthrow the government of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. Anarchy ensued; a counter coup led to the death of Major-General Ironsi. Callous barbarous massacre of thousands of easterners in the North followed. With their lives in jeopardy, easterners fled for safety to eastern region; refugee crisis followed. To guarantee their safety, easterners seceded from Nigeria and on May 30th 1967, formed an independent and sovereign nation of the Republic of Biafra. Determined to bring Easterners back, on July 6, 1967 Nigeria invaded Biafra; waged a gruesome thirty-month-civil war against Biafra. Nigeria blockaded Biafra on land, sea and air, to prevent food from entering Biafra. A malnutrition disease, Kwashiorkor that caused the deaths of thousands of Biafrans, followed. Nigeria bombed Biafran civilians, killing thousands. On January 12, 1970 the war ended leaving more than three million people dead in a war that was totally avoidable!

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Download or read book A Dream Come True written by Michael T. Owens and published by . This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Intriguing, sexy characters who lure you from your world and make you a part of theirs..."Maryann Reid, bestselling author of Sex and the Single Sister and Marry Your Baby Daddy When Morris "Mookie" Lovett wins a rap talent contest, he heads straight for glitzy Los Angeles, CA. With hot lyrical skills, charisma, and good looks, he feels he'll quickly become a star. His girlfriend Pam Rivera, and best friend Fatimus Brown tag along hoping to chase dreams of their own. Pam dreams of becoming a Hollywood fitness consultant and eventually opening a celebrity salon and spa. Fatimus simply wants a life outside of Sci-fi movies, online chess, and stamp collecting. As Mookie's career blossoms, he gradually pushes his loved ones aside. Living a fast life of sex, lies, music, and drama puts him, Pam, and Fatimus to the ultimate test. Soon their dreams turn into nightmares. By the time they realize the city of angels might be the city of devils it could be too late. Using the entertainment industry as a backdrop, A Dream Come True is a fast-paced thriller with lessons for all.

Download or read book Drowning written by Edith Bleue and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-06-19 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyday were bombarded with news.. With problems.. With life.. Its hard to escape it, but we find a way to do so anyways.. We try and escape our lives.. And we drown ourselves in the world around us.. We drown ourselves in the news.. In celebrity gossip.. In movies.. Books.. Television.. And music.. We often find ourselves relating to the words of a song.. How the lyrics fit our life story.. How that song was written just for us.. And we drown ourselves in that fantasy world.. We drown in other peoples problems and also our own.. But never think of how to fix them, and finally escape So for those who never had a father.. Or for those who never had a parent.. For those who got their hearts broken.. For those that sacrificed a great love.. For those who fell hard for the wrong person.. For those trying to deal with and get over a tragic heartbreak.. For those trying to figure themselves out.. For just everyday problems and worries.. Drown like I did in having to deal with them and cope with them.. But at the end of the day learn how to move on from them.. And never look back again.. So for now, drown yourself in your thoughts and mine.. Relate your life to mine.. Your problems and mine.. Worry about them.. Deal with them.. Figure those feelings out.. Figure out how to make things better for yourself.. Let all that anger out.. Let that hate and sadness fall out.. Let those hidden feelings come out.. Drown yourself in all of that for now.. But in the end, get that strength to find your own way to save yourself.. And no longer drown.. And to finally move on, and finally get out

Download or read book The Great Cure written by Regis Rodriguez and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the first half of the twenty-first century, George Fillmore, a Texas-born, New York–based medical researcher, and Adam El Del Rio, a Dominican medical researcher, are experimenting on an advanced treatment for a rare form of cancer. The experiment would transform into multiple, natural cures in one. It soon becomes a historic mission in eliminating the majority of common and deadly diseases, including diabetes, Alzheimer's, and HIV/AIDS worldwide in a matter of months, thus, calling the invention and campaign The Great Cure. In opposition of this medical breakthrough are pharmaceutical companies and many of its workers, who fear not only losing their jobs but are also uncertain this potential medical breakthrough will save millions of lives. The Great Cure is a multicity, sci-fi tale that takes place worldwide, notably in cities like New York, where George and his girlfriend, Amanda Dawes, an entertainment reporter, lives; in Los Angeles, where an African-born medical school couple, Kefla Abu and Ama're Ofiaja, reside; and in Rome, where Benita D'Agastino, a researcher, works for the World Health Organization, lives with her preteen daughter Marina, who suffers from autism. Washington, DC, Santo Domingo, and London are also primary cities set in The Great Cure.

Download or read book Box Camera Chronicles written by Pearl Atkins Schwartz and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-12-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The characters in Box Camera Chronicles reflect the noble dreams of people who confront the conflicts between the old and the new worlds. The stories take place in the 20th century. Several are about immigrants who arrived in New York City around the turn of the century; others are set in such diverse places as Mexico and Egypt and capture the allure of different cultures. "These are in large measure gritty, evocative, insightful stories, capturing with some powerful effect a time and culture with the grainy honesty of black-and-white photography." -Shelley Lowenkopf, author and lecturer University of Southern California "There is a marvelous sensitivity to the understated drama of real life, conveyed here in finely-crafted scenes, arresting characters, and vivid description evocative of a past world." -Leonard Tourney, lecturer in the Writing Program at UC Santa Barbara. "Pearl Atkins Schwartz has an exquisite eye for detail. In the story, Brooklyn Days, the plot twists ironically, and we watch Jewish immigrants emerge from their struggle and despair and attain tragic splendor. Brooklyn Days, is one of the best stories I have read anywhere-ever. But select your own favorite in Box Camera Chronicles. These are amazing stories. You will never forget them." -Mary H. Webb, The God Hustlers

Download or read book Fusion written by Pat Conway and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the border area between the United States and Mexico, life is like a tossed salad. This "salad" is like avocados, salsa, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots and whatever else the cook thinks might go well - maybe some squash or some grated cheese. Though people from everywhere call this home, the three predominant ethnic groups are anglos, Hispanics, and Native Americans. It is a place of fusion where people mix everything - food, language, marriage, religion, politics, and family life. It's a place where you can get an American hamburger and a Mexican Tecate beer one time and green chile enchiladas and a Coke the next. Out here you can go to a festival of La Virgin de Guadalupe one weekend and a wine tasting with jazz musicians the next, and nobody thinks that's strange. Most of our ancestors came from Europe, bringing with them the languages and customs of Ireland, Spain, and England. Some of them are Spanish Catholics, some with a strain of Judaism hidden somewhere back there from the expulsions of the Inquisition. And the descendents of those Tigua Indians here who rebelled against the Spaniards up in New Mexico keep their ancient culture alive while going about the business of being Americans.

Download or read book Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest written by John Donald Robb and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1980 and now available only from the University of New Mexico Press, this classic compilation of New Mexico folk music is based on thirty-five years of field research by a giant of modern music. Composer John Donald Robb, a passionate aficionado of the traditions of his adopted state, traveled New Mexico recording and transcribing music from the time he arrived in the Southwest in 1941.

Download or read book Timely Conquest written by Jerry P. Martinez and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luciano de Herrera was born 1832, fourteen years before the U.S. Army marched into the territory and claimed it for the U.S. under the Manifest Destiny belief. Luciano realized that changes were coming, he felt that the laws of the frontier no longer applied. Americano law would now govern the territory. When Luciano caught his wife of two years in bed with another man, he faced a difficult decision. With a gun drawn ready to kill the intruder, his friend Chato stopped him. He spared the man's life and spared himself life in an Americano jail. This action set off a series of events that would bring great misfortune to Luciano and his family. For the rest of his life he struggled to maintain hsi sense of honor. In Timely Conquest Jerry tells the story of his great-grandfathers, Luciano and Jesus as they adapt to life under U.S. control. They fight in the Civil War here in New Mexico's Glorieta Pass, they experience love and loss in a fascinating snapshot of a time in the American West.

Download or read book Compromised written by Terry Reed and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of Bill Clinton's political sell-out to the CIA.

Download or read book The Scorpion Trail written by Larry D. Sweazy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second in the Josiah Wolfe series from a Spur award-winning author Starting your life over in a big city like Austin, Texas, is no easy task, especially for a man raised in the country like Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe. Now, after uprooting his son to the state's capital, Josiah must leave Austin to meet up with the rest of the Texas Ranger Frontier Battalion. But before he can get to work, Josiah has to make a quick stop to check on his old friend Juan Carlos, who's no stranger to trouble.