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Book 365 Dias Alrededor Del Mundo

Download or read book 365 Dias Alrededor Del Mundo written by Ezaravel and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En 365 Días alrededor del Mundo. Es una ventisca de lugares del planeta, Desde el Faro de Alejandría, Jardines colgantes de Babilonia, La leyenda del Dorado, La Gran Muralla China, Pattadakal, Estambul, Venecia, El Amazonas, Everglades, La Grande Barrera Coralina, Los llanos Orientales, El Himalaya, El templo del cielo, El Kilimanjaro, La Patagonia, El Delta del Mekong, Moscú, Sydney, El tren de las nubes, La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Machu Picchu, La Kaaba, Las Cataratas de Iguazú, La Atlántida, Laponia, Kyoto, Lumbini, Tipasa, en fi n hasta recorrer lugares encantadores de nuestro hermoso planeta Tierra.

Book Dogs of God

    Book Details:
  • Author : Pinckney Benedict
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • Release : 2011-06-29
  • ISBN : 0307796744
  • Pages : 475 pages

Download or read book Dogs of God written by Pinckney Benedict and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An expansive story told in lush, extravagant prose, Dogs of God is a big book in every sense of the word." —Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn

Book The Miraculous Lie

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  • Author : Bart L. Lewis
  • Publisher : Lexington Books
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780739107874
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book The Miraculous Lie written by Bart L. Lewis and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The golden specter of El Dorado and its promises of unlimited wealth have haunted Western iconography for centuries. The Miraculous Lie: Lope de Aguirre and the Search for El Dorado in the Latin American Historical Novel is a fascinating study of five twentieth-century Latin American novels that focus on one particular search for El Dorado: the infamous 1559 expedition, headed by Pedro Ursua and the first legendary colonial rebel against the crown, Lope de Aguirre. Author Bart Lewis approaches five works--Arturo Uslar Pietri's El Camino de El Dorado, Abel Posses's Daim-n, Miguel Otero Silva's Lope de Aquirre, Pr'ncipe de la Libertad, Jorge Ernesto Funes's Una Lanza por Lope de Aguirre, and FZlix _lvarez SOenz's Cr-nica de Blasfemos--as representations of Latin American literature during the mid to late twentieth-century and as re-examinations of the notorious figure of Lope de Aguirre. Lewis is therefore able to provide not only a successful chronology of the stylistic development of the Latin American novel, but also a thoughtful analysis of how these novels appropriate Aguirre and give a revisionist and authentic voice to the Latin American cultural founder. Wonderfully engaging and beautifully written, The Miraculous Lie examines the search for El Dorado in modern Latin American literature as the search for self-determination.

Book Pasaporte Al Mundo Hispano  Segunda Edici  n

Download or read book Pasaporte Al Mundo Hispano Segunda Edici n written by Cristina Quintana Blanco and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-07-09 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ideal linguistic and cultural preparation for anyone planning to study Spanish abroad, covering culture, society, education, young people, work and health.

Book Spanish  Book One

Download or read book Spanish Book One written by Rose Lovenhart Friedman and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Poetic Images Out of Peru

Download or read book Poetic Images Out of Peru written by Dennis L. Siluk and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siluk's 2005 reviews: Radio Programas del Peru, concerning publications: Spell of the Andes, and Peruvian Poems by Milagros Valverde (Milagros read poems from both of Mr. Siluk's books.) By JP Magazine, Jose Luis Pantoja Ventocilla. By Mayor Jesus Vargas Párraga of San Jeronimo, Peru, All mayors should recognize Dennis' work and publicize it . (Paraphrased.) Radio 91.7 Super Latina by Joseito Arrieta: the Municipality and the Cultural House from Huancayo should give an acknowledgement for the work [Dennis] did on The Mantaro Valley. Channel #5 Panamericana Good Morning Huancayo interviewed by: Vladimir Bendezu, on Mr. Siluk's books, and biography. Cesar Hildebrandt, International Journalist, Commentator; Channel #2, Lima, Peru, introduced Mr. Siluk's book, Peruvian Poems, to the world, saying: Peruvian Poems, is a most interesting book, and important Over 240,000-visitors came to Mr. Siluk's website in 2005. Siluk received a personally signed picture with compliments from the Dalai Lama, after sending him his book, The Last Trumpet on eschatology. Ezine Magazine: 12-million annual readerships: Siluk has over 10,000-readers per month; recognized as one of their most valued writers. Named columnist of the year by the UK, International Magazine. Siluk's books were recommended by the Cultural Agency, Peru, and the University of Minnesota.

Book El Altar Dorado

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  • Author : Michael Merry
  • Publisher : Palibrio
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 146331924X
  • Pages : 261 pages

Download or read book El Altar Dorado written by Michael Merry and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En enero de 1671 el pirata Henry Morgan capturó y saqueó la Ciudad de Panamá. En un sorprendente hecho de armas cruzó el Istmo de Panamá y atacó la ciudad desde el este, algo que los estrategas militares en la actualidad consideran imposible. Morgan tomó un botín importante de Panamá pero le faltó el fabuloso Altar Dorado, un artefacto invalorable que los curas habían pintado con creosota para evitar que lo descubrieran. Esta obra cuenta en detalle la invasión de Morgan y su ira al descubrir lo que él y su banda de bucaneros habían dejado escapar. Prosigue relatando cómo un descendiente, el Mayor Henry Morgan, un oficial de la Armada Británica que había pasado por Panamá en su regreso de las guerra de las islas Faulklands, vuelve en 1985 para robarse el altar. Los sorprendentes detalles de sus preparativos para el robo, la fundición del oro y su posterior venta se explican minuciosamente en este libro. Las descripciones del ataque de Morgan en 1671 y de la Ciudad de Panamá en 1985 son precisas. Sin embargo, el inmaculado altar dorado permanece hoy en la iglesia de San José en la parte antigua de la ciudad. No está lejos del lugar donde se erigía el infame cuartel general de las Fuerzas de Defensa del General Manuel Antonio Noriega hasta 1989, fecha en que la invasión estadounidense destruyó el complejo y cambió la vida de Panamá para siempre.

Book The History of Linguistics in Spain

Download or read book The History of Linguistics in Spain written by Antonio Quilis Morales and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of papers is concerned with the history of linguistics in Spain, dealing with the evolution of linguistic ideas from the Middle Ages and the European context of the linguistic debates in Spain to the 20th century, concluding with Malkiel's appraisal of Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869–1968). The volume includes papers on Antonio Nebrija and Sanctius, probably the best-known grammarians of the Iberian peninsula, but – as the other papers suggest – there is much more to be known about the Spanish linguistic traditions.The papers in this volume were previously published in Historiographia Linguistica XI:1/2 (1984).

Book World Without End

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hugh Thomas
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2015-08-11
  • ISBN : 081299812X
  • Pages : 528 pages

Download or read book World Without End written by Hugh Thomas and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following Rivers of Gold and The Golden Empire and building on five centuries of scholarship, World Without End is the epic conclusion of an unprecedented three-volume history of the Spanish Empire from “one of the most productive and wide-ranging historians of modern times” (The New York Times Book Review). The legacy of imperial Spain was shaped by many hands. But the dramatic human story of the extraordinary projection of Spanish might in the second half of the sixteenth century has never been fully told—until now. In World Without End, Hugh Thomas chronicles the lives, loves, conflicts, and conquests of the complex men and women who carved up the Americas for the glory of Spain. Chief among them is the towering figure of King Philip II, the cultivated Spanish monarch whom a contemporary once called “the arbiter of the world.” Cheerful and pious, he inherited vast authority from his father, Emperor Charles V, but nevertheless felt himself unworthy to wield it. His forty-two-year reign changed the face of the globe forever. Alongside Philip we find the entitled descendants of New Spain’s original explorers—men who, like their king, came into possession of land they never conquered and wielded supremacy they never sought. Here too are the Roman Catholic religious leaders of the Americas, whose internecine struggles created possibilities that the emerging Jesuit order was well-positioned to fill. With the sublime stories of arms and armadas, kings and conquistadors come tales of the ridiculous: the opulent parties of New Spain’s wealthy hedonists and the unexpected movement to encourage Philip II to conquer China. Finally, Hugh Thomas unearths the first indictments of imperial Spain’s labor rights abuses in the Americas—and the early attempts by its more enlightened rulers and planters to address them. Written in the brisk, flowing narrative style that has come to define Hugh Thomas’s work, the final volume of this acclaimed trilogy stands alone as a history of an empire making the transition from conquest to inheritance—a history that Thomas reveals through the fascinating lives of the people who made it. Praise for World Without End “Readers will not find a more reliable guide to the maturing Spanish Empire. . . . World Without End reminds us that the far-flung Spanish Empire was the work of many minds and hands, and by the end their myriad stories carry a cumulative charge.”—The New York Times Book Review “A sweeping, encyclopedic history of the arrogance, ambition, and ideology that fueled the quest for empire.”—Kirkus Reviews “Literary power is a vital part of a great historian’s armoury. As in his earlier books, Thomas demonstrates here that he has this in abundance.”—Financial Times “A vivid climax to Hugh Thomas’s three-volume history of imperial Spain.”—The Telegraph “Thomas clearly excels in the Spanish history of religion, politics, and culture, [and] successfully shows that Spain’s global ambition knew no bounds.”—Publishers Weekly

Book Exploraciones en Am  rica del Sur 2006 2011

Download or read book Exploraciones en Am rica del Sur 2006 2011 written by Yuri Leveratto and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Latin American Dramatists since 1945

Download or read book Latin American Dramatists since 1945 written by Tony A. Harvell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-09-30 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource compiles and locates biographical and bibliographical information of over 700 prominent Latin American dramatists of the late 20th century and their plays in 20 different countries, and it lists over 7,000 plays arranged by country and by author. Author biographies consist of year and place of birth, education, careers, other literary genres, and awards and prizes. The bibliographic listings include various editions of plays, followed by references to the plays in anthologies, collections, or periodicals. Latin American theater is rooted in the rich historical traditions of both the indigenous cultures of the region and those of Spain. In the second half of the 20th century, immigration to Latin America from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia also proved influential, and theater became a means of social protest. The military and political dictatorships of the late 20th century often censored plays and persecuted playwrights. This resource compiles and locates biographical and bibliographical information about over 700 prominent Latin American dramatists and their plays in 20 different countries, and it lists over 7,000 plays arranged by country and by author. Author biographies consist of year and place of birth, education, careers, other literary genres, and awards and prizes. The bibliographic listings include various editions of plays, followed by references to the plays in anthologies, collections, or periodicals.

Book The Search for El Dorado

Download or read book The Search for El Dorado written by John Hemming and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1979 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles early expeditions to uncover the treasures of El Dorado and looks at the culture, sophisticated skills, and traditions of the Colombian Indians.

Book The Classical Tradition and the Americas  European images of the Americas and the classical tradition  2 pts

Download or read book The Classical Tradition and the Americas European images of the Americas and the classical tradition 2 pts written by Wolfgang Haase and published by Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter. This book was released on 1994 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "European Images of the Americas and the Classical Tradition".

Book Indigeneity in Latin American Cinema

Download or read book Indigeneity in Latin American Cinema written by Milton Fernando Gonzalez Rodriguez and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-07-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigeneity in Latin American Cinema explores how contemporary films (2000-2020) participate in the evolution and circulation of images and sounds that in many ways define how indigenous communities are imagined, at a local, regional and global scale. The volume reviews the diversity of portrayals from a chronological, geopolitical, linguistic, epistemic-ontological, transnational and intersectional, paradigm-changing and self-representational perspective, allocating one chapter to each theme. The corpus of this study consists of 68 fictional features directed by non-indigenous filmmakers, 31 cinematic works produced by indigenous directors/communities, and 22 Cine Regional (Regional Cinema) films. The book also draws upon a significant number of engravings, drawings, paintings, photographs and films, produced between 1493 and 2000, as primary sources for the historical review of the visual representations of indigeneity. Through content and close (textual) analysis, interviews with audiences, surveys and social media posts analysis, the author looks at the contexts in which Latin American films circulate in international festivals and the paradigm shifts introduced by self-representational cinema and Roma (Mexico, 2018). Conclusively, the author provides the foundations of histrionic indigeneity, a theory that explains how overtly histrionic proclivities play a significant role in depictions of an imagined indigenous Other in recent films.

Book En tu medio

    Book Details:
  • Author : Leah Fonder-Solano
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2017-11-06
  • ISBN : 1118126998
  • Pages : 402 pages

Download or read book En tu medio written by Leah Fonder-Solano and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En tu medio is a new program for intermediate Spanish that includes interactive and multimedia content, online tools and resources, and authentic short films to provide a contemporary and appealing learning experience. The course is designed to complement any course format, whether it be face-to-face, a hybrid/blended learning environment, or an online class. The course uses a task-based, student-friendly approach to build from the introductory level toward a higher-level proficiency. Each of 10 sequential course sections offers meaningful activities designed to motivate students and positively reinforce successful communication through pair and group interaction, negotiation of meaning, and the completion of real-world tasks within an engaging thematic and cultural context.

Book The Global Brand

Download or read book The Global Brand written by Nigel Hollis and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A top executive at one of the world's leading marketing firms analyzes the familiarity and strength of brands and establishes five steps towards increasing brand strength in a globalized world Rapid advances in modern technology present companies with quickly expanding marketing opportunities, but they also create an over-saturated business landscape that both helps and hurts brands. The Global Brand is a thorough investigation of brand strength in the accelerated modern business world. Nigel Hollis draws on his experience at Millward Brown to present a simple formula for determining brand strength based on two axes, Presence (or familiarity) and Voltage (or marketing appeal), to illustrate the market value and performance of brands. He analyzes the five steps of customer commitment to a strong brand--Presence, Relevance, Performance, Advantage, and Bonding. Finally, Hollis emphasizes human nature as a set of constant core values that all brands should appeal to, and analyzes the future of brand-building as a profitable investment. “In The Global Brand, Nigel Hollis not only corrects some of the misconceptions of the past but offers a glimpse of the future that is both perceptive and grounded in good business sense. Those who take the time to properly digest this book will save their companies a lot of money.” —Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive Officer, WPP

Book Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults

Download or read book Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults written by Isabel Schon and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to books in Spanish published since 1982.