Download or read book El apasionante origen de las palabras written by Daniel Balmaceda and published by SUDAMERICANA. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En este nuevo libro Daniel Balmaceda aumenta su colección sobre el origen de las palabras. Con términos novedosos y que hacen al contexto en el que vivimos (como deadline, free-lance o target), hasta el origen de la palabra "cuarentena" que tanto utilizamos en este año. Sin embargo, no deja de lado ciertas frases que utilizamos en la Argentina, como "Quedar en Pampa y la vía", o los maravillosos epónimos, un género en sí mismos. Daniel Balmaceda vuelve a fascinarnos con la historia de las palabras, desde las que empezaron a formar parte de nuestro vocabulario en los últimos tiempos (como deadline, free-lance, target) hasta frases que usamos sin saber muy bien qué significan ("Quedar en Pampa y la vía"). En el recorrido, nos descubre secretos de la historia universal y de sus curiosos personajes. El apasionante origen de las palabras actualiza las más divertidas anécdotas de Historia de las palabras e Historias de letras, palabras y frases con novedosas definiciones. Como dice el autor, la palabra es una herramienta poderosa y admirable. Indagar en su historia es sumergirnos en nuestra propia historia. Y nadie mejor que Daniel Balmaceda para guiarnos en esta travesía.

Download or read book Historia de las palabras written by Daniel Balmaceda and published by SUDAMERICANA. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cada palabra tiene su origen en una anécdota que sorprende por simple y desopilante. Daniel Balmaceda ha unido en este libro sus dos pasiones: la historia y la palabra. ¿De dónde surgieron términos como "abatatarse" o "boicotear"? ¿Por qué le decimos cubiertos a los utensilios que usamos para comer? ¿Por qué conocemos como jacuzzis a las bañeras con hidromasaje? La historia de las palabras es la historia de nuestra propia vida. Por eso, las palabras son muy valiosas. Si queremos sacar provecho de ellas, debemos conocerlas mejor. En esta oportunidad, Balmaceda no recorre la atormentada vida de Manuel Belgrano, los actos heroicos en nuestras batallas, el romance oculto de Victoria Ocampo o las aventuras inigualables de algunos granaderos. Aquí las protagonistas son las palabras que usamos todos los días. Detrás de cada una hay tragedia, romance y comedia. Nada mejor, entonces, que sumergirnos en las emocionantes aventuras de nuestras compañeras de siempre.

Download or read book Palabralog a written by Virgilio Ortega Pérez and published by Grupo Planeta Spain. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Palabralogía es una forma amena de descubrir cómo ha evolucionado el lenguaje desde Egipto, Grecia y Roma, pasando por la Edad Media, hasta nuestros días al mismo tiempo que se nos retrata las formas de vida de estas civilizaciones. Un apasionante recorrido por la historia de las palabras, su formación y sus cambios de signifi cado que nos ayudará a entender por qué unas palabras han sobrevivido a a lo largo de los siglos mientras que otras cayeron en desuso. Un libro fundamental para entender cómo se ha formado el castellano y cómo la historia está también escrita en nuestras palabras.

Download or read book La maravillosa historia de las palabras written by Dr. Luis Felipe El-Sahili and published by Ediciones La Rana. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las palabras encierran un tesoro oculto. Este libro abre el cofre que lo contiene. Baste un par de ejemplos para apreciarlo: la raíz latina vis produjo dos vocablos opuestos: “virtud” y “violencia”; lo que supone la misma energía encauzada de forma diferente. Por su parte, “camaleón” proviene del griego “león que se arrastra” e indica que la fuerza no radica en la furia, sino en la astucia para pasar desapercibido. Dichos análisis, y otros, se presentan en esta fascinante y aleccionadora obra.

Download or read book El libro del origen de las palabras written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Palabralog a written by Virgilio Ortega and published by Grupo Planeta (GBS). This book was released on 2014 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Palabralogía es una forma amena de descubrir cómo ha evolucionado el lenguaje desde Egipto, Grecia y Roma, pasando por la Edad Media, hasta nuestros días al mismo tiempo que se nos retrata las formas de vida de estas civilizaciones. Un apasionante recorrido por la historia de las palabras, su formación y sus cambios de significado que nos ayudará a entender por qué unas palabras han sobrevivido a a lo largo de los siglos mientras que otras cayeron en desuso. Un libro fundamental para entender cómo se ha formado el castellano y cómo la historia está también escrita en nuestras palabras.

Download or read book Diccionario del origen de las palabras el origen desconocido y curioso de las palabras written by Alberto Buitrago and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Origen de Las Palabras y Su Significado written by Mario Soto Centeno and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Etimologia de varias palabras, algunas de uso común, explicando el origen y el significado de manera amena e interesante. Descubrirás maravillas de tu lenguaje.

Download or read book El origen de las palabras written by Ricardo Soca and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A New Day written by Jon Secada and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the first successful Latin crossover artists, Jon Secada dominated the pop music charts in the early 90s, releasing hits such as Just Another Day and Angel and winning multiple Grammy Awards. As a Cuban refuge, Jon understands that life is about starting anew and embracing opportunities, something he never lost sight of while achieving his dream of being a performer and while building new dreams when life took unexpected turns. In his debut book, Jon shares the lessons he learned that made him the resilient person he is today. His moving message reaffirms that wisdom and strength comes from constantly reinventing yourself and finding what you’re made of through doubt and hardships, growing from adversity, and having faith in A New Day.

Download or read book Cantoras written by Carolina De Robertis and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In defiance of the brutal military government that took power in Uruguay in the 1970s, and under which homosexuality is a dangerous transgression, five women miraculously find one another—and, together, an isolated cape that they claim as their own. Over the next thirty-five years, they travel back and forth from this secret sanctuary, sometimes together, sometimes in pairs, with lovers in tow or alone. Throughout it all, they will be tested repeatedly—by their families, lovers, society, and one another—as they fight to live authentic lives. A groundbreaking, genre-defining work, Cantoras is a breathtaking portrait of queer love, community, forgotten history, and the strength of the human spirit.

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Download or read book Myth and Subversion in the Contemporary Novel written by José Manuel Losada Goya and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bilingual work identifies and explains the subversive rewriting of ancient, medieval and modern myths in contemporary novels. The book opens with two theoretical essays on the subject of subversive tendencies and myth reinvention in the contemporary novel. From there, it moves on to the analysis of essential texts. Firstly, classical myths in works by authors such as André Gide, Thomas Pynchon, Julio Cortázar, Italo Calvino or Christa Wolf (for instance, Theseus, Oedipus or Medea) are discussed. Then, myths of biblical origin – such as the Flood or the Golem – are revisited in the work of Giorgio Bassani, Julian Barnes and Cynthia Ozick. A further section is concerned with the place of modern myths (Faust, the ghost, Ophelia…) in the fiction of Günter Grass, Paul Auster, or Clara Janés. The contributors have also delved into the relationship between myth and art – especially in the discourse of contemporary advertising, painting and cinema – and myth’s intercultural dimensions: hybridity in the Latin American novels of Augusto Roa Bastos and Carlos Fuentes, and in the Hindu-themed novels of Bharati Mukherjee. This volume emerges from the careful selection of 37 essays out of over 200 which were put forward by outstanding scholars from 25 different countries for the Madrid International Conference on Myth and Subversion (March 2011). Este volumen bilingüe identifica y explica la práctica subversiva aplicada a los mitos antiguos, medievales y modernos en la novela contemporánea. Abren el libro dos estudios teóricos sobre la tendencia subversiva y la reinvención de mitos en la actualidad. Prosigue el análisis de diversos textos de primera importancia. En primer lugar se revisan los mitos clásicos en autores como André Gide, Thomas Pynchon, Julio Cortázar, Italo Calvino o Christa Wolf (p. ej., Teseo, Edipo, Medea). En segundo lugar, la reescritura de los mitos bíblicos según Giorgio Bassani, Julian Barnes o Cynthia Ozick (p. ej., el diluvio o el Golem). En tercer lugar, mitos modernos en la ficción de Günter Grass, Paul Auster o Clara Janés (p. ej., Fausto, el fantasma, Ofelia). El volumen presta igualmente atención a las relaciones entre mito y arte (su recurrencia en la publicidad, la pintura y el cine contemporáneos) y a la vertiente intercultural de los mitos: el mestizaje en la novela latinoamericana de Augusto Roa Bastos y Carlos Fuentes, o en la de temática hindú de Bharati Mukherjee. La compilación resulta de una exquisita selección de 37 textos entre los más de 200 propuestos para el Congreso Internacional Mito y Subversión (Madrid, marzo de 2011) por investigadores de prestigio procedentes de 25 países.

Download or read book Conexiones Vitales written by Luis Gabriel Cesar Isunza and published by Hokmah. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conexiones Vitales tiene el propósito de guiar al lector en el mejoramiento de sus relaciones interpersonales. Tiene que ver con las líneas de vida a desarrollar a lo largo de nuestra existencia. Así como hay “líneas de vida” para los trabajadores que laboran en las alturas sobre andamios endebles; o enfermos en hospitales que están “conectados” para seguir viviendo, lo mismo, tú y yo requerimos de conexiones firmes y saludables que nos permitan vivir plena y saludablemente.

Download or read book Papyrus written by Irene Vallejo and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich exploration of the importance of books and libraries in the ancient world that highlights how humanity’s obsession with the printed word has echoed throughout the ages • “Accessible and entertaining.” —The Wall Street Journal Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand copied on reeds pulled from the Nile were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and Pharaohs were so determined to possess them that they dispatched emissaries to the edges of earth to bring them back. When Mark Antony wanted to impress Cleopatra, he knew that gold and priceless jewels would mean nothing to her. So, what did her give her? Books for her library—two hundred thousand, in fact. The long and eventful history of the written word shows that books have always been and will always be a precious—and precarious—vehicle for civilization. Papyrus is the story of the book’s journey from oral tradition to scrolls to codices, and how that transition laid the very foundation of Western culture. Award-winning author Irene Vallejo evokes the great mosaic of literature in the ancient world from Greece’s itinerant bards to Rome’s multimillionaire philosophers, from opportunistic forgers to cruel teachers, erudite librarians to defiant women, all the while illuminating how ancient ideas about education, censorship, authority, and identity still resonate today. Crucially, Vallejo also draws connections to our own time, from the library in war-torn Sarajevo to Oxford’s underground labyrinth, underscoring how words have persisted as our most valuable creations. Through nimble interpretations of the classics, playful and moving anecdotes about her own encounters with the written word, and fascinating stories from history, Vallejo weaves a marvelous tapestry of Western culture’s foundations and identifies the humanist values that helped make us who we are today. At its heart a spirited love letter to language itself, Papyrus takes readers on a journey across the centuries to discover how a simple reed grown along the banks of the Nile would give birth to a rich and cherished culture.

Download or read book The Book of Daniel written by E.L. Doctorow and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central figure of this novel is a young man whose parents were executed for conspiring to steal atomic secrets for Russia. His name is Daniel Isaacson, and as the story opens, his parents have been dead for many years. He has had a long time to adjust to their deaths. He has not adjusted. Out of the shambles of his childhood, he has constructed a new life—marriage to an adoring girl who gives him a son of his own, and a career in scholarship. It is a life that enrages him. In the silence of the library at Columbia University, where he is supposedly writing a Ph.D. dissertation, Daniel composes something quite different. It is a confession of his most intimate relationships—with his wife, his foster parents, and his kid sister Susan, whose own radicalism so reproaches him. It is a book of memories: riding a bus with his parents to the ill-fated Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill; watching the FBI take his father away; appearing with Susan at rallies protesting their parents’ innocence; visiting his mother and father in the Death House. It is a book of investigation: transcribing Daniel’s interviews with people who knew his parents, or who knew about them; and logging his strange researches and discoveries in the library stacks. It is a book of judgments of everyone involved in the case—lawyers, police, informers, friends, and the Isaacson family itself. It is a book rich in characters, from elderly grand- mothers of immigrant culture, to covert radicals of the McCarthy era, to hippie marchers on the Pen-tagon. It is a book that spans the quarter-century of American life since World War II. It is a book about the nature of Left politics in this country—its sacrificial rites, its peculiar cruelties, its humility, its bitterness. It is a book about some of the beautiful and terrible feelings of childhood. It is about the nature of guilt and innocence, and about the relations of people to nations. It is The Book of Daniel.

Download or read book Bred to Kill written by Franck Thilliez and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the shocking sequel to runaway international bestseller Syndrome E, Lucie Henebelle and Inspector Sharko have reunited to take on the case of the brutal murder of Eva Louts, a promising graduate student who was killed while working at a primate research centre outside Paris. But what first appears to be a vicious animal attack soon proves to be something more sinister. What was Eva secretly researching? Could she be on the track of three fanatical scientists who control a 30-thousand-year-old virus with plans to unleash it into the world?