Download or read book Banned Book Club written by Hyun Sook Kim and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping true story of a South Korean woman's student days under an authoritarian regime in the early 1980s, and how she defied state censorship through the rebellion of reading.
Download or read book La Madriguera de Tommy written by Nan Conta and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "La Madriguera de Tommy" es una pequeñita aldea en el bosque, llena de animalitos amables y cariñosos, que están ocupados en vivir la vida y en aprender a llevarse bien entre ellos. Creado por Nan Conta y su nieto, Max Steencken, "La Madriguera de Tommy" es la versión en español del libro que publicaron en inglés en 2021, titulado “The NestleBurrow Chronicles: Welcome to the Burrow”. Únete a Tommy, un mapache amigable y escritor, y a sus amigos y amigas de la aldea, y comparte con ellos sus vivencias, en este librito que narra diferentes aspectos de lo que es vivir entre personas que conoces y amas. En la aldea saben hacer amigos y mantener amistades. Son amables casi siempre, y se ayudan a hacer planes y a llevar a cabo los grandes proyectos que idean. Saben apoyarse entre sí, porque eso es lo que hacen los buenos amigos. Y si uno de ellos se encuentra en un problema, allí están todos para darle solución. Hay vecinos de todos lados, pájaros incluidos, que han venido de diferentes países, a hacer sus nidos y nichos en esta aldea. Nos han dicho que encontraron algo muy especial en La Madriguera, y creemos que tú, querido lector, entenderás por qué piensan así.
Download or read book Cuba and the New Origenismo written by James Buckwalter-Arias and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1990s' Cuban literature, caught between a beleaguered socialism and an encroaching global capitalism.
Download or read book 69 More Short Spanish Stories for Intermediate Learners written by Adrian Gee and published by Adrian Gee. This book was released on 2024-09-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a Deeper Connection with "69 More Short Spanish Stories for Intermediate Learners"! Elevate your journey in mastering the Spanish language with our meticulously curated collection, tailor-made for B1/B2 level learners. This sequel to our beginner's series delves into the heart of Spain, offering a rich tapestry of stories that bridge the gap between language learning and cultural immersion. Why Choose "69 More Short Spanish Stories for Intermediate Learners" for Your Language Progression? 1. Intermediate Focused: Each story is intricately crafted to challenge and engage intermediate learners, pushing the boundaries of your comprehension and expression in Spanish. 2. Cultural Immersion: Beyond language, these stories serve as your portal into the depths of Spanish culture, history, and the soul-stirring landscapes that define this ancient nation. 3. Vocabulary Expansion: Enhance your vocabulary with essential, high-frequency words and phrases, seamlessly integrated into captivating narratives for effective learning and retention. 4. Advanced Grammar in Context: Experience advanced grammatical structures woven naturally into each story, facilitating an intuitive understanding and mastery of complex language patterns. 5. Interactive Learning: Solidify your knowledge with exercises designed to complement each story, testing comprehension and offering immediate feedback to aid in your progression. Standout Features of "69 More Short Spanish Stories for Intermediate Learners": • Targeted Intermediate Content: Specifically designed for B1/B2 learners, this collection raises the bar, offering new challenges and opportunities for growth in your Spanish language journey. • Deep Dive into Spanish Culture: Each story is a carefully painted scene of Spain's traditions, daily life, and the hidden gems waiting to be discovered by the curious learner. • Engaging and Effective: Say goodbye to monotonous language drills. Our stories make learning Spanish an adventure, captivating your interest while broadening your linguistic and cultural horizons. Unlock the Richness of Spanish Language and Culture: "69 More Short Spanish Stories for Intermediate Learners" is not just a book; it's a gateway to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Spanish language. Ideal for anyone looking to enhance their fluency, travelers desiring to enrich their visit to a Spanish-speaking country, or those wishing to connect more profoundly with their Spanish heritage. Continue your Spanish language adventure with confidence. Secure your copy of "69 More Short Spanish Stories for Intermediate Learners" today and take a significant leap toward fluency and cultural comprehension!
Download or read book Caribbean Interfaces written by Lieven d' Hulst and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2007 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary research on Caribbean literature displays a rich variety of themes, literary and cultural categories, forms, genres, languages. Still, the concept of a unified Caribbean literary space remains questionable, depending upon whether one strictly limits it to the islands, enlarges it to adopt a Latin-American perspective, or even grants it inter-American dimensions. This book is an ambitious tentative to bring together specialists from various disciplines: neither just French, Spanish, English, or Comparative studies specialists, nor strictly "Caribbean literature" specialists, but also theoreticians, cultural studies scholars, historians of cultural translation and of intercultural transfers. The contributions tackle two major questions: what is the best possible division of labor between comparative literature, cultural anthropology and models of national or regional literary histories? how should one make use of "transversal" concepts such as: memory, space, linguistic awareness, intercultural translation, orature or hybridization? Case studies and concrete projects for integrated research alternate with theoretical and historiographical contributions. This volume is of utmost interest to students of Caribbean studies in general, but also to anyone interested in Caribbean literatures in Spanish, English and French, as well as to students in comparative literature, cultural studies and transfer research.
Download or read book Lost in NYC written by Nadja Spiegelman and published by Graphic Novels. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After getting separated from his teacher, his classmates, and his trip partner during an outing to the Empire State Building, Pablo, the new kid in school, learns to navigate the New York City subway system as well as his own feelings towards making new friends and living in a big city"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Watching Nostalgia written by Stefanie Armbruster and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is nostalgia in television? How far does a nostalgic text trigger nostalgic emotions? And how are nostalgic series received by different audience groups? Stefanie Armbruster uses an interdisciplinary approach as analytical and theoretical basis. Her detailed analyses identify nostalgia in reruns, remakes and period dramas such as "Knight Rider" or "Mad Men". Focus group discussions with German and Spanish viewers give new insights into its reception. The in-depth study helps to understand the interrelation of nostalgic texts and nostalgic reception better and explores a decisive part of a phenomenon that is omnipresent in our current TV landscape.
Download or read book Y el Viento Volvi written by Topiltzin II and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puede darse la felicidad sin dolor? El hombre se empena en ser feliz evitando a toda costa el sufrimiento, sin entender que el dolor -de parto- es el preludio de la felicidad.
Download or read book The Book Thieves written by Anders Rydell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A chilling reminder of Hitler’s twisted power." —BBC For readers of The Monuments Men and The Hare with Amber Eyes, the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of Europe's libraries, and the small team of heroic librarians now working to return the stolen books to their rightful owners. While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves—Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe’s libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day. Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin’s public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.
Download or read book Library Service to Spanish Speaking Patrons written by Sharon Moller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-01-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If your library serves a Latino population, you'll want this book. It will help you better serve the needs of Spanish-speaking patrons of all ages. The author gives background information on various Hispanic groups, explaining some of the cultural differences that can lead to misunderstanding. She then offers a variety of program and collection building ideas. A list of distributors of Spanish-language materials-books, periodicals, AV materials, computer and other educational resources-is provided, as well as Web site addresses of Spanish-language sites. Vocabulary lists for library and computer-related words and phrases and guidelines for correctly writing Spanish words are also included.
Download or read book The Book of Lost Friends written by Lisa Wingate and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic historical novel of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post–Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students’ lives. “An absorbing historical . . . enthralling.”—Library Journal Bestselling author Lisa Wingate brings to life startling stories from actual “Lost Friends” advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as newly freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones who had been sold away. Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous era of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions on a perilous quest: Hannie, a freed slave; Lavinia, the pampered heir to a now destitute plantation; and Juneau Jane, Lavinia’s Creole half sister. Each carries private wounds and powerful secrets as they head for Texas, following roads rife with vigilantes and soldiers still fighting a war lost a decade before. For Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the journey is one of stolen inheritance and financial desperation, but for Hannie, torn from her mother and siblings before slavery’s end, the pilgrimage west reignites an agonizing question: Could her long-lost family still be out there? Beyond the swamps lie the limitless frontiers of Texas and, improbably, hope. Louisiana, 1987: For first-year teacher Benedetta Silva, a subsidized job at a poor rural school seems like the ticket to canceling her hefty student debt—until she lands in a tiny, out-of-step Mississippi River town. Augustine, Louisiana, is suspicious of new ideas and new people, and Benny can scarcely comprehend the lives of her poverty-stricken students. But amid the gnarled live oaks and run-down plantation homes lie the century-old history of three young women, a long-ago journey, and a hidden book that could change everything.
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 Lost and Found written by Oliver Jeffers and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-12-29 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day The Crayons Quit comes a humorously warm tale of friendship. Now also an animated TV special! What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in the boy’s rowboat. There are storms to brave and deep, dark nights.To pass the time, the boy tells the penguin stories. Finally, they arrive. Yet instead of being happy, both are sad. That’s when the boy realizes: The penguin hadn’t been lost, it had merely been lonely. A poignant, funny, and child-friendly story about friendship lost . . . and then found again.
Download or read book Laws of the Territory of New Mexico Passed by the Legislative Assembly Session of 1860 61 written by New Mexico and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Book Fiesta written by Pat Mora and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-10 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a ride in a long submarine or fly away in a hot air balloon. Whatever you do, just be sure to bring your favorite book! Rafael López's colorful illustrations perfectly complement Pat Mora's lilting text in this delightful celebration of El día de los niños/El día de los libros; Children's Day/Book Day. Toon! Toon! Includes a letter from the author and suggestions for celebrating El día de los niños/El día de los libros; Children's Day/Book Day. Pasea por el mar en un largo submarino o viaja lejos en un globo aerostático. No importa lo que hagas, ¡no olvides traer tu libro preferido! Las coloridas ilustraciones de Rafael López complementan perfectamente el texto rítmico de Pat Mora en esta encantadora celebración de El día de los niños/El día de los libros. ¡Tun! ¡Tun! Incluye una carta de la autora y sugerencias para celebrar El día de los niños/El día de los libros. The author will donate a portion of the proceeds from this book to literacy initiatives related to Children's Day/Book Day. La autora donará una porción de las ganancias de este libro a programas para fomentar la alfabetización relacionados con El día de los niños/El día de los libros.
Download or read book Cooking Up the Nation written by Lara Anderson and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2013 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is the first to analyse the textual construction of a national Spanish cuisine in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. This book looks at the textual attempts to construct a national cuisine made in Spain at the turn of the last century. At the same time that attempts to unify the country were being made in law and narrated in fiction, Mariano Pardo de Figueroa (1828-1918) and José Castro y Serrano (1829-96), Angel Muro Goiri (1839 - 1897), Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921) and Dionisio Pérez (1872-1935) all tried to find ways of bringing Spaniards together through a common language about food. In line with this nationalist goal, all of the texts examined in this book contain strategies and rhetoric typical of nineteenth-century nation-building projects. The nationalist agenda of these culinary textscomes as little surprise when we consider the importance of nation building to Spanish cultural and political life at the time of their publication. At this time Spaniards were forced to confront many questions relating to their national identity, such as the state's lackluster nationalizing policies, the loss of empire, national degeneration and regeneration and their country's cultural dependence on France. In their discussions about how to nationalize Spanish food, all of the authors under consideration here tap into these wider political and cultural issues about what it meant to be Spanish at this time. Lara Anderson is Lecturer in Spanish Studies at the Universityof Melbourne.
