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Book Milagros

    Book Details:
  • Author : Helen Thompson
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2011-05-03
  • ISBN : 0062018582
  • Pages : 106 pages

Download or read book Milagros written by Helen Thompson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let the ancient power of milagros work miracles for you! Based on traditional Latin American talismans, these tiny silver charms are reminders that a miracle can fit in the palm of your hand. Throughout Latin America and the American Southwest, milagros are offered at shrines and sacred sites by believers as requests for divine assistance, or as thanks for blessings received. Modern day milagros may be carried in a pocket to protect from illness or harm, kept in the office to insure success, or placed in the car to avoid accidents--whenever you need a little magic in your life. Milagros: A Book of Miracles is a wonderful introduction to this ancient tradition. Filled with beautiful milagro-inspired imagery, thoughtful meditations and reflections to enhance your daily life, and inspiring true stories of real people who have been touched by the magic of these ancient charms, this book proves that miracle do happen! IF YOU BELIEVE ... A young newlywed pins a milagro to a statue of St. Francis after her husband suffers a near-fatal accident. After his miraculous full recovery, she returns every year to give thanks. A heartbroken man carries a heart-shaped milagro in his pocket after losing the love of his life-shortly after, they are reunited. A surgery patient fastens a milagro above his heart and is restored to better health than his doctors ever anticipated. Milagros--Spanish for miracles--come in an endless variety of shapes and sizes. Since before recorded history, these offerings to the gods have been an essential part of Latin American culture. More than just symbolic gifts, milagros are thought to be magical: if you believe and make your desire known with good faith, the milagro may work its wondrous power. This book is an inspiring introduction to the beauty anddivine blessings of these ancient talismans.

Book Super Sparkly Everything

Download or read book Super Sparkly Everything written by Maria Milagros Vazquez and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-26 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Super Sparkly Everything is a saying that captures what life is supposed to be about- a supernatural connection with God, sparkly blessings and promises, and everything means, well, everything. I share some stories from my past, some learning moments and some techniques and reminders that help keep me sane. My connection to God and personal responsibility took my life from a place of abuse, depression and struggle to a life of freedom, gratitude and love. There are seven principles, that when put into practice, can also help you live a fun, fulfilled life full of freedom and love.

Book After Hours on Milagro Street

Download or read book After Hours on Milagro Street written by Angelina M. Lopez and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A sexy, emotional, and pitch-perfect romance." —NPR on Lush Money Opposites attract in this rivals-to-lovers romance from Lush Money author Angelina M. Lopez Guapo pobrecito her grandmother calls him. The “poor handsome man.” Professor Jeremiah Post, the poor handsome man, is in fact standing in the way of Alejandra “Alex” Torres turning Loretta’s, her grandmother’s bar, into a viable business. The hot brainiac who sleeps in one of the upstairs tenant rooms already has all of her Mexican American family’s admiration; she won’t let him have the bar and building she needs to resurrect her career, too. Alex blowing into town has rocked Jeremiah to his mild-mannered core, but the large, boisterous Torres clan is everything he never had. He doesn’t believe Alex has the best interest of her family, their community, or the bar’s legacy in mind. To protect all three, he’ll stand up to the tough and tattooed bartender with whom he now shares a bedroom wall—and resist the insta-lust they both feel. But when an old enemy threatens Loretta’s and the surrounding neighborhood, Alex and Jeremiah must combine forces. It will take her might and his mind to save the home they both desperately need. "Sparks fly and tempers flare in this passionate, un-put-downable rivals-to-lovers romance that launches a sizzling new series...Lopez seamlessly blends high-heat romance with discussions of Alex’s heritage and the fascinating history of 19th-century Mexican immigrants to the Kansas plains. This is a treasure." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Book Lulu and Milagro s Search for Clarity

Download or read book Lulu and Milagro s Search for Clarity written by Angela Velez and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booksmart meets Never Have I Ever in this Latinx road trip adventure—a big-hearted, voice-driven YA about two sisters who couldn’t be more different, but become begrudging partners on their school’s cross-country college trip—from debut author Angela Velez. Perfect for fans of Lilliam Rivera, Jenny Han, and Sandhya Menon. Overachiever Luz “Lulu” Zavala has straight As, perfect attendance, and a solid ten-year plan. First up: nail her interview for a dream internship at Stanford, the last stop on her school’s cross-country college road trip. The only flaw in her plan is Clara, her oldest sister, who went off to college and sparked a massive fight with their overprotective Peruvian mom, who is now convinced that out-of-state-college will destroy their family. If Lulu can’t fix whatever went wrong between them, the whole trip—and her future—will be a waste. Middle sister Milagro wants nothing to do with college or a nerdy class field trip. Then a spot opens up on the trip just as her own spring break plans (Operation Don’t Die a Virgin) are thwarted, and she hops on the bus with her glittery lipsticks, more concerned about getting back at her ex than she is about schools or any family drama. But the trip opens her eyes about possibilities she’d never imagined for herself. Maybe she is more than the boy-crazy girl everyone seems to think she is. On a journey from Baltimore all the way to San Francisco, Lulu and Milagro will become begrudging partners as they unpack weighty family expectations, uncover Clara’s secrets, and maybe even discover the true meaning of sisterhood.

Book Libro dela vida y milagros de Nuestro Se  or Jesu Christo en dos lenguas  Aymara y Romance  traducido de el que recopilo el Licenciado Alonso de Villegas  quitadas  y a  adidas algunas cosas y acomodado ala capacidad delos Indios  Por el padre Ludouico Bertonio  etc

Download or read book Libro dela vida y milagros de Nuestro Se or Jesu Christo en dos lenguas Aymara y Romance traducido de el que recopilo el Licenciado Alonso de Villegas quitadas y a adidas algunas cosas y acomodado ala capacidad delos Indios Por el padre Ludouico Bertonio etc written by Alfonso de Villegas and published by . This book was released on 1612 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Milagro

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  • Author : Penelope Alegria
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-09
  • ISBN : 9781642595222
  • Pages : 42 pages

Download or read book Milagro written by Penelope Alegria and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penelope Alegria's Milagro is a retracing of parental lineage, a recount of the stories that course through the veins of family. The collection examines the effects of immigration from the perspective of both the immigrant and the immigrant's child, investigating how the act of leaving reverbrates through generations. These poems echoe with fondness and longing, with love and sacrifice that reflects the first-generation American's struggle to belong. Alegria writes about uncles, Peruvian cuisine and first boyfriends to show how what immigrants choose to leave behind is often what their children carry with them.

Book 12 Secretos Para Una Fe Que Obra Milagros

Download or read book 12 Secretos Para Una Fe Que Obra Milagros written by Victor N. Alvarez and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victor N. Alvarez tenía 15 años de edad cuando su familia se trasladó desde Lima, Peru a San Antonio, Texas, EE.UU. (1962). Comprendía muy poco Inglés cuando llegó a los EE.UU., Victor aprendió a leer, hablar y escribir en Inglés por su cuenta. El trabajo duro y la fe positiva llevaron a Victor a ganar licenciaturas en Psicología y Español, de Thomas A. Edison College, Newark, New Jersey, EE.UU. (1972). Hijo de un pastor de iglesia, y una vez profesor de HOMILÉTICA en el Colegio Bíblico Menonita en San Antonio, Texas (1987-1989), el propio Victor ha sido un Evangelista y Pastor por 40 años. Durante ese tiempo, él ha enseñado y predicado sobre la espiritualidad adecuada en muchos países diferentes y en diferentes contextos sociales: carpas, cárceles, auditorios, radio y televisión incluidos. "FE" es un tema favorito de Victor para dar una conferencia. Y su libro 12 SECRETOS PARA UNA FE QUE OBRA MILAGROS se escribió con el fin de ayudar a cualquier persona que quiera mejorar su habilidad para recibir milagros!

Book The Milagro Beanfield War

Download or read book The Milagro Beanfield War written by John Nichols and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Milagro Beanfield War is the first book in John Nichols's New Mexico trilogy (“Gentle, funny, transcendent.” —The New York Times Book Review), later adapted to film by Robert Redford. Joe Mondragon, a feisty hustler with a talent for trouble, slammed his battered pickup to a stop, tugged on his gumboots, and marched into the arid patch of ground. Carefully (and also illegally), he tapped into the main irrigation channel. And so began-though few knew it at the time-the Milagro beanfield war. But like everything else in the dirt-poor town of Milagro, it would be a patchwork war, fought more by tactical retreats than by battlefield victories. Gradually, the small farmers and sheepmen begin to rally to Joe's beanfield as the symbol of their lost rights and their lost lands. And downstate in the capital, the Anglo water barons and power brokers huddle in urgent conference, intent on destroying that symbol before it destroys their multimillion-dollar land-development schemes. The tale of Milagro's rising is wildly comic and lovingly tender, a vivid portrayal of a town that, half-stumbling and partly prodded, gropes its way toward its own stubborn salvation.

Book El Milagro and Other Stories

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  • Author : Patricia Preciado Martin
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 1996-02
  • ISBN : 9780816515486
  • Pages : 116 pages

Download or read book El Milagro and Other Stories written by Patricia Preciado Martin and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1996-02 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories on the people of the Southwest. Silviana strides to her chicken coop, triggering a "feathered pandemonium" as chickens smell death in the air, Mamacita embroiders, "wondering what in the world it feels like to be kissed," and people who buy tortillas at the market "might as well move to Los Angeles, for they have already lost their souls."

Book Cracking the Healer s Code  A Prescription for Healing Racism and Finding Wholeness

Download or read book Cracking the Healer s Code A Prescription for Healing Racism and Finding Wholeness written by Milagros Phillips and published by New Degree Press. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racism is a condition that affects the whole human race - the entire human family. More than fifty years have passed since the Civil Rights Movement, yet here stands America, still struggling with the issue of race. But that can change if we have the courage to move toward our collective transformation. Cracking the Healer's Code is the guidebook to help us do just that. Within the pages of this book you'll find: the historical context behind the last five hundred years of our internalized racial conditioning the roadmap for breaking through the layers of misinformation, preconceived assumptions, and stereotypes the healing process, broken down into stages, which will empower us to claim our right to wholeness the resources to help us connect the dots at the end of the process Moving through the violence and trauma of our human history will not be an easy task, nor should it be. Cracking the Healer's Code invites us to walk through the healing process and be transformed.

Book Answered Prayers

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  • Author : Eileen Oktavec
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 2022-03-29
  • ISBN : 0816547750
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book Answered Prayers written by Eileen Oktavec and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Catholics in the Southwest ask God or a saint for help, many of them do not merely pray. They also promise or present a gift—a tiny metal object known as a milagro. A milagro, which means "miracle" in Spanish, depicts the object for which a miracle is sought, such as a crippled leg or a new house. Milagros are offered for everything people pray for, and so they can represent almost anything imaginable—arms, lungs, hearts, and eyes; men, women, and children; animals, cars, boats—even lost handbags and imprisoned men. In Answered Prayers, the Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Tohono O'odham, and Yaquis who practice this tradition share their stories of unwavering faith and divine intervention. Anthropologist and photographer Eileen Oktavec has spent more than two decades documenting this fascinating tradition in the Arizona-Mexico borderlands. Quoting extensive interviews, she explains the beliefs of the people who perform this ancient folk ritual and the many rules guiding this practice. She also describes the many places where milagros are offered—from the elaborate Mexican baroque Mission San Xavier near Tucson, Arizona, to tiny household shrines and hospitals on both sides of the border. Oktavec also explains how milagros are made, where they are bought, and how they are used in jewelry, sculpture, and art.

Book The Ghost of Milagro Creek

Download or read book The Ghost of Milagro Creek written by Melanie Sumner and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Devastating . . . [Ghost of Milagro Creek] simmers with metaphysical tension."—Time Out Chicago The story of Ignacia Vigil Romero, a full Jacarilla Apache, and the two boys, Mister and Tomás, she raised to adulthood unfolds in a barrio of Taos, New Mexico—a mixed community of Native Americans, Hispanics, and whites. Now deceased, Ignacia, a curandera—a medicine woman, though some say a witch—begins this tale of star-crossed lovers. Mister and Tomás, best friends until their late teens, both fall for Rocky, a gringa of some mystery, a girl Tomás takes for himself. But in a moment of despair, a pledge between the young men leads to murder. When Ignacia falls silent, police reports, witness statements, and caseworker interviews draw an electrifying portrait of a troubled community and of the vulnerable players in this mounting tragedy. Set in a terrain that becomes a character in its own right, The Ghost of Milagro Creek brilliantly illuminates this hidden corner of American society.

Book Latina Activists Across Borders

Download or read book Latina Activists Across Borders written by Milagros Pea and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVCompares women's organizing efforts in Mexico and in the borderlands to assess the way Latina mobilization and activism is influenced by the socio-political context in which the groups of women find themselves./div

Book Valley of the Moon

Download or read book Valley of the Moon written by Sherry Garland and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in 1846, this tale tells the story of a mestizo servant who worked under the harsh supervision of Se±or Medina in his Spanish home during the period when Alta California is lost to the Americans.

Book Answered Prayers

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  • Author : Eileen Oktavec
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 1995-10
  • ISBN : 9780816515813
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book Answered Prayers written by Eileen Oktavec and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1995-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the tradition of offering a milagro depicting the object desired to saints as practiced by Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Tohono O'odham Indians, and Yaqui Indians.

Book The Queen of the Cicadas

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  • Author : V. Castro
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2021-06-22
  • ISBN : 1787586049
  • Pages : 117 pages

Download or read book The Queen of the Cicadas written by V. Castro and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOMINATED FOR A BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL 2018 - Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas. In 1950s south Texas a farmworker- Milagros from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacíhuatl. The goddess hears the dying cries of Milagros and creates a plan for both to be physically reborn by feeding on vengeance and worship. Belinda and the new owner of the farmhouse - Hector, find themselves immersed in the legend and realize it is part of their fate as well. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

Book Juliet Takes a Breath  The Graphic Novel

Download or read book Juliet Takes a Breath The Graphic Novel written by Gabby Rivera and published by Boom! Studios. This book was released on 2020-12-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Bloom and Spinning, critically-acclaimed writer Gabby Rivera (Marvel’s America) adapts her bestselling novel alongside artist Celia Moscote in an unforgettable queer coming-of-age story exploring race, identity and what it means to be true to your amazing self. Even when the rest of the world doesn’t understand. Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn’t sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But Juliet has a plan to figure out what it means to be Puerto Rican, lesbian and out. And that starts with the perfect mentor—Harlowe Brisbane, a feminist author who will surely help Juliet find her best self. There’s just one problem - Harlowe’s white, not from the Bronx and doesn’t have the answers. Okay, maybe that’s more than one problem, but Juliet never said it was a perfect plan.