Download or read book Cr nicas del Madrid secreto written by Pedro Ortega and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cr nicas del Madrid secreto written by Pedro Ortega and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cr nicas del Madrid secreto written by Pedro Ortega and published by EDICIONES B. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Un recorrido único y fascinante por las calles y los secretos mejor guardados de la Villa y Corte. ¿Por qué Cibeles, una diosa pagana de origen tracio, acabó convirtiéndose en una figura emblemática de Madrid? ¿Cuál es la conexión entre el gran Leonardo da Vinci y esta ciudad? ¿Qué importancia tuvo la capital española en la llegada del hombre a la Luna? Pedro Ortega, uno de los más lúcidos observadores contemporáneos de la ciudad de Madrid, ha desempolvado archivos secretos, rescatadomanuscritos perdidos y descifrado claves ocultas para componer una apasionante y novedosa crónica de la capital de España, cuya lectura sorprenderá incluso a quienes creían saberlo todo sobre la historia de la ciudad. De este modo, el autor halla y recompone las piezas que faltaban en ese formidable y laberíntico puzle que es Madrid, al tiempo que nos presenta una excepcional guía práctica para recorrer la capital. Otros autores han dicho... «En estas páginas los misterios de Madrid abandonan los libros de leyendas y cobran vida. Paseas por sus calles y allá donde mires los encuentras.» Nacho Ares
Download or read book Call Me Brooklyn written by Eduardo Lago and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an ingenious structure that jumps from narrator to narrator and spans decades, Call Me Brooklyn follows the life of Gal Ackerman, a Spanish orphan adopted during the Spanish Civil War and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Moving from the secret tunnels that shelter the forgotten residents of Manhattan to the studio where Mark Rothko put an end to his life, from the jazz clubs frequented by Thomas Pynchon to the bar in Madrid where we learn the truth about Ackerman's past, Call Me Brooklyn draws upon a rich tradition that includes Nabokov's Pale Fire, Bellow's Humbolt's Gift, and the novels of Felipe Alfau—a hymn to mystery and to the power of fiction.
Download or read book Goal written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feast of soccer facts, plus everything you need to know about action on the field and behind the scenes at the stadium. This book is a visual guide to the world's most popular game, From the rules of the game to the top tournaments - the information leaps right off the page! Learn about historic ball games and the birth of soccer. Study up on the laws of the game and the new technology that referees use to make vital decisions. See what it takes to run a club and keep the players in tip-top shape. There's a chapter, too, on all the international trophies and tournaments, including the FIFA Women's World Cup, Copa América, and the Olympic Games. This new edition includes updates to soccer's roll of honor to include the latest tournament winners. Packed with vital tips and tricks, as well as astounding facts and mind-boggling stats, GOAL! is a winner!
Download or read book Spain and Spanish America in the Libraries of the University of California written by Alice Irene Lyser and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twentieth century Spanish Fiction Writers written by Martha Eulalia Altisent and published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp. This book was released on 2006 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on a variety of Spanish authors who shaped the development of Spanish fiction in the twentieth century. Entries focus on the interconnections between life and writing and trace the writers' personal response to the cultural, intellectual and political concerns of the day, as well as to the traditions and literary styles that shaped their imagination. Provides a condensed assessment of the authors' aesthetic and personal preferences as shown through their writings.
Download or read book Romances of Chivalry in the Spanish Golden Age written by Daniel Eisenberg and published by Juan de La Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs. This book was released on 1982 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eisenberg's book dealing with the Spanish Romances of chivalry, the most popular fiction of the Spanish Renaissance, and the preferred reading of Don Quijote, is finally back in print. Originally published in 1982, this important work has been out of print for a number of years. "Dan Eisenberg's work is our best source of knowledge about the Spanish romances of chivalry." -Sydney P. Cravens Texas Tech University "Daniel Eisenberg tiene un profundo conocimiento de los secretos de los libros de caballermas." -Martmn de Riquer Real Academia Espaqola
Download or read book Museum of Thieves written by Lian Tanner and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the tyrannical city of Jewel, where impatience is a sin and boldness is a crime. Goldie Roth has lived in Jewel all her life. Like every child in the city, she wears a silver guardchain and is forced to obey the dreaded Blessed Guardians. She has never done anything by herself and won’t be allowed out on the streets unchained until Separation Day. When Separation Day is canceled, Goldie, who has always been both impatient and bold, runs away, risking not only her own life but also the lives of those she has left behind. In the chaos that follows, she is lured to the mysterious Museum of Dunt, where she meets the boy Toadspit and discovers terrible secrets. Only the cunning mind of a thief can understand the museum’s strange, shifting rooms. Fortunately, Goldie has a talent for thieving. Which is just as well, because the leader of the Blessed Guardians has his own plans for the museum—plans that threaten the lives of everyone Goldie loves. And it will take a daring thief to stop him. . . . Museum of Thieves is a thrilling tale of destiny and danger, and of a courageous girl who has never been allowed to grow up—until now.
Download or read book Sabor al amor prohibido Cr nicas del Siglo de Oro written by Marina Armenteiro and published by Litres. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro es una historia de amor, que relata como dos corazones enamorados luchan por el derecho de estar juntos y por su felicidad, pasando por muchas pruebas y superando todas las dificultades que aparecen en su camino.Los eventos que cuenta este libro, se desarrollan en la España de los tiempos del Siglo de Oro y en América.En el libro han sido reflejados hechos históricos, la vida cotidiana de los españoles en la metrópolis y sus colonias, costumbres y tradiciones de los indios.
Download or read book Spanish Erotic Cinema written by Santiago Fouz-Hernandez and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive scholarly study of Spanish erotic cinema, from the 1920s until the present dayThis book covers a significant part of the history of Spanish film, from the 1920s until the present day. Starting with a study of the kiss in silent films, the volume explores homoerotic narratives in the crusade films of the 1940s, the commodification of bodies in the late Franco period, and the so-called destape (literally aundressing) period that followed the abolition of censorship during the democratic transition.Reclaiming the importance of Spanish erotic cinema as a genre in itself, a range of international scholars demonstrate how the explicit depiction of sex can be a useful tool to illuminate current and historic social issues including ageism, colonialism, domestic violence, immigration, nationalisms, or women and LGBT rights. Covering a wide range of cinematic genres, including comedy, horror and melodrama, this book provides an innovative and provocative overview of Spanish cinema history and society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.ContributorsBrad Epps, Cambridge UniversitySally Faulkner, University of ExeterSantiago Fouz-HernA!ndez, Durham UniversityAntonio LA!zaro-Reboll, University of KentAnnabel MartA-n, Dartmouth CollegeAlejandro Melero Salvador, Universidad Carlos III in MadridJorge PA(c)rez, University of Texas, AustinCarolina Sanabria, University of Costa Rica Rob Stone, University of BirminghamTom Whittaker, University of LiverpoolEva Woods PeirA Vassar CollegeSarah Wright, Royal Holloway, University of LondonBarbara Zecchi, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Download or read book Christopher Columbus s Naming in the diarios of the Four Voyages 1492 1504 written by Evelina Guzauskyte and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating book, Evelina Gužauskytė uses the names Columbus gave to places in the Caribbean Basin as a way to examine the complex encounter between Europeans and the native inhabitants. Gužauskytė challenges the common notion that Columbus’s acts of naming were merely an imperial attempt to impose his will on the terrain. Instead, she argues that they were the result of the collisions between several distinct worlds, including the real and mythical geography of the Old World, Portuguese and Catalan naming traditions, and the knowledge and mapping practices of the Taino inhabitants of the Caribbean. Rather than reflecting the Spanish desire for an orderly empire, Columbus’s collection of place names was fractured and fragmented – the product of the explorer’s dynamic relationship with the inhabitants, nature, and geography of the Caribbean Basin. To complement Gužauskytė’s argument, the book also features the first comprehensive list of the more than two hundred Columbian place names that are documented in his diarios and other contemporary sources.
Download or read book The general and departmental libraries written by University of California, Berkeley. Library and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reading Columbus written by Margarita Zamora and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Columbus authored over a hundred documents, many of them letters giving testimony on the Discovery to Isabela and Ferdinand. In this first book in English to focus specifically on these writings, Margarita Zamora offers an original analysis of their textual problems and ideological implications. Her comprehensive study takes into account the newly discovered "Libro Copiador," which includes previously unknown letters from Columbus to the Crown. Zamora examines those aspects of the texts that have caused the most anxiety and disagreement among scholars—questions concerning Columbus's destination, the authenticity and authority of the texts attributed to him, Las Casas's editorial role, and Columbus's views on the Indians. In doing so she opens up the vast cultural context of the Discovery. Exploring the ways in which the first images of America as seen through European eyes both represented and helped shape the Discovery, she maps the inception and growth of a discourse that was to dominate the colonizing of the New World. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993. Christopher Columbus authored over a hundred documents, many of them letters giving testimony on the Discovery to Isabela and Ferdinand. In this first book in English to focus specifically on these writings, Margarita Zamora offers an original analysis of
Download or read book De Sobremesa Cr nicas Primera Parte De 5 de Jacinto Benavente written by Jacinto Benavente and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-08-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explora el fascinante mundo de “De Sobremesa; crónicas, Primera Parte (de 5)” de Jacinto Benavente, una colección que captura la esencia de la vida cotidiana con una mirada aguda y reflexiva. En “De Sobremesa; crónicas, Primera Parte (de 5)”, Jacinto Benavente nos ofrece una serie de crónicas que revelan las sutilezas y complejidades de la existencia humana. Con su estilo distintivo, Benavente combina observaciones agudas y un toque de humor para pintar un retrato vívido de la sociedad de su tiempo. La narrativa nos lleva a través de una serie de relatos que exploran temas universales como el amor, la amistad, y la condición humana, todo mientras se sienta a la mesa, en la intimidad de las sobremesas. Benavente utiliza un lenguaje elegante y preciso para sumergir al lector en cada historia, creando una conexión profunda y duradera. Con su habilidad para capturar los matices de la vida cotidiana, “De Sobremesa; crónicas, Primera Parte (de 5)” establece un tono contemplativo que invita a los lectores a reflexionar sobre sus propias experiencias y relaciones. Las descripciones detalladas y los personajes bien desarrollados hacen de cada crónica una joya literaria. Desde su publicación, “De Sobremesa; crónicas, Primera Parte (de 5)” ha sido aclamada por su sensibilidad y su capacidad para capturar la esencia de la vida. Esta colección sigue siendo relevante y apreciada por su profundidad emocional y su estilo literario impecable. En conclusión, “De Sobremesa; crónicas, Primera Parte (de 5)” es más que una colección de crónicas: es una exploración íntima y profunda de la naturaleza humana que continúa resonando con los lectores. Ya seas un seguidor de Benavente o estés descubriendo su obra por primera vez, prepárate para ser cautivado por su maestría narrativa. No pierdas la oportunidad de sumergirte en las crónicas de Jacinto Benavente. Deja que “De Sobremesa; crónicas, Primera Parte (de 5)” te lleve a un viaje de introspección y descubrimiento. Consigue tu copia ahora y únete a los lectores que han encontrado en estas páginas una fuente de inspiración y reflexión.
Download or read book The Early Modern Hispanic World written by Kimberly Lynn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages with new ways of thinking about boundaries of the early modern Hispanic past, looking at current scholarly techniques.
Download or read book The Diario of Christopher Columbus s First Voyage to America 1492 1493 written by and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive edition of Columbus's account of the voyage presents the most accurate printed version of his journal available to date. Unfortunately both Columbus's original manuscript, presented to Ferdinand and Isabella along with other evidence of his discoveries, and a single complete copy have been lost for centuries. The primary surviving record of the voyage-part quotation, part summary of the complete copy-is a transcription made by Bartolome de las Casas in the 1530s. This new edition of the Las Casas manuscript presents its entire contents-including notes, insertions, and canceled text-more accurately, completely, and graphically than any other Spanish text published so far. In addition, the new translation, which strives for readability and accuracy, appears on pages facing the Spanish, encouraging on-the- spot comparisons of the translation with the original. Study of the work is further facilitated by extensive notes, documenting differences between the editors' transcription and translation and those of other transcribers and translators and summarizing current research and debates on unanswered current research and debates on unanswered questions concerning the voyage. In addition to being the only edition in which Spanish and English are presented side by side, this edition includes the only concordance ever prepared for the Diario. Awaited by scholars, this new edition will help reduce the guesswork that has long plagued the study of Columbus's voyage. It may shed light on a number of issues related to Columbus's navigational methods and the identity of his landing places, issues whose resolution depend, at least in part, on an accurate transcription of the Diario. Containing day-by-day accounts of the voyage and the first sighting of land, of the first encounters with the native populations and the first appraisals of his islands explored, and of a suspenseful return voyage to Spain, the Diario provides a fascinating and useful account to historians, geographers, anthropologists, sailors, students, and anyone else interested in the discovery-or in a very good sea story. Oliver Dunn received the PH.D. degree from Cornell University. He is Professor Emeritus in Purdue University and a longtime student of Spanish and early history of Spanish America. James E. Kelley, Jr., received the M.A. degree from American University. A mathematician and computer and management consultant by vocation, for the past twenty years he has studied the history of European cartography and navigation in late-medieval times. Both are members of the Society for the History of Discoveries and have written extensively on the history of navigation and on Columbus's first voyage, Although they remain unconvinced of its conclusions, both were consultants to the National geographic Society's 1986 effort to establish Samana Cay as the site of Columbus's first landing.
