Download or read book Pursuing a Better Tomorrow written by Blanca De La Rosa and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you give up today for a better tomorrow? Many individuals give up the only world they know in pursuit of a better tomorrow. Spanning more than one hundred years, Pursuing a Better Tomorrow, is not just a memoir that portrays the history of three generations, but rather an inspiring cross-generational journey from Spain to the US. Four interconnected stories focus on one of the main characters in a given era. Their personal stories illustrate the challenges and opportunities of immigration, acculturation, coming of age, and self-discovery through the characters’ psychological and moral growth. The characters portray the strength of character required to achieve a better tomorrow given the twists, turns, and synchronistic events that shaped their lives. The novel transports the reader to a time long forgotten with a readable historical overview of the Taíno, the conquistadors, early settlers, the Spanish Empire, and the Dominican Republic, interspersed within the narrative through the perspective of the character of the era. De La Rosa candidly shares her coming-of-age story of self-discovery as she transitioned from New York City’s projects to corporate America, detailing her personal and professional journey. From humble beginnings—and despite a myriad of challenges—unfolded a life of untold blessings and opportunities. “Pursuing a Better Tomorrow is entertaining as well as inspiring. The author’s tone is motivating.... offers a balanced view of immigration and all that it entails.” —OnlineBookClub.org Blanca De La Rosa was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New York City’s public housing, attended public high school, and graduated from Pace University. She retired from ExxonMobil after thirty-four years of service.
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Download or read book Latinos A Biography of the People written by Earl Shorris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brilliant.... A loving and detailed celebration of a diverse, beautiful and often astounding people."—Laurence Gonzales, Chicago Tribune They are sometimes called the people who died twice, once at the hands of the Spaniards and their brutal process of civilization, then at the hands of Anglos, practicing a subtler exploitation. They are Latinos, the fastest-growing minority in the United States. Earl Shorris's deeply moving narrative—enlivened by biographical sketches of Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, and many others struggling with the burden of a rich and terrible history—illuminates every aspect of the Latino experience in America, from language to education to social and political organization. "[A] powerful, beautifully-written and thoughtful book...likely to remain unequaled in its sweep and profundity for some time to come."—J. Jorge Klor de Alva, The New York Times Book Review "A smart, perceptive and wonderfully readable book.... Should be required reading for anyone who would hope to understand America."—Gerald Volgenau, Boston Globe
Download or read book Queer Exposures written by Ryan Long and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003) stands out among recent Latin American writers because of his unique combination of critical acclaim, popularity, and literary significance. Queer Exposures analyzes two central but understudied topics in Bolaño’s fiction and poetry: sexuality and photography. Moving beyond a consideration of how his texts represent these topics, Ryan F. Long demonstrates that, when considered in tandem, they form the basis for a new innovative and critical approach. Emphasizing the processes of exposure associated with photography and sexuality, especially queer sexuality, provides readers and scholars with a versatile method for comprehending Bolaño’s constellation of texts. With close readings of a broad range of texts, from poetry written just after his arrival in Spain in the late 1970s to his posthumously published novels, Queer Exposures concludes that an emphasis on sexuality and photography is essential for understanding how Bolaño’s texts function in dialogue with one another to elucidate and critique the interrelations of writing, visual representation, and power.
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Download or read book The Death of Manolete written by Barnaby Conrad and published by Phoenix Books. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Thursday, August 28, 1947, in the bull ring at the Spanish town of Linares, a thirty-year-old millionaire called Manolete (Manuel Laureano Rodriguez) and a Miura bull named Islero killed each other. Conrad recounts Manolete’s extraordinary life in The Death of Manolete, for the first time in English. He shows the breeding that made the Spanish boy, the tempering that made the young torero, the sacrifice that made the man, the girl who brought him love, the acclaim that brought him incredible success and finally its price...the undoing that began slowly and ended in one last great afternoon and in an untimely death that put out the brightest flame in Spain. Manolete fired the Latin imagination as no one had done since El Cid. He was a symbol of Latin pride, valor, and chivalry. But the crowds owned him and he did their bidding...and they had bid him to die.
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Download or read book Death in the Afternoon written by Ernest Hemingway and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is an impassioned look at the sport by one of its true aficionados. It reflects Hemingway's conviction that bullfighting was more than mere sport and reveals a rich source of inspiration for his art. The unrivaled drama of bullfighting, with its rigorous combination of athleticism and artistry, and its requisite display of grace under pressure, ignited Hemingway's imagination. Here he describes and explains the technical aspects of this dangerous ritual and “the emotional and spiritual intensity and pure classic beauty that can be produced by a man, an animal, and a piece of scarlet serge draped on a stick.” Seen through his eyes, bullfighting becomes a richly choreographed ballet, with performers who range from awkward amateurs to masters of great elegance and cunning. A fascinating look at the history and grandeur of bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is also a deeper contemplation of the nature of cowardice and bravery, sport and tragedy, and is enlivened throughout by Hemingway's sharp commentary on life and literature.
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Download or read book Hell s Angel written by Peter Brandvold and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2013 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the run from Rurales in Mexico, Lou Prophet, along with help from an old friend, must take on hated scoundrel Mordecai Moon, who has taken over a town and held its water supply hostage.
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Download or read book Qu hay despu s de la vida written by John Burke and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acerca de Una encuesta de Gallup informa que una de cada veinticinco personas ha tenido una experiencia cercana a la muerte. El corazón les dejó de latir, sus ondas cerebrales cesaron, pero afirman que estaban más vivos que nunca. Con la reanimación médica mejorada, cada vez más pruebas --verificables-- indican que la vida no termina con nuestro último aliento, al contrario, solo está comenzando. Al extraer las similitudes encontradas en un estudio de más de mil relatos de experiencias cercanas a la muerte en todo el mundo, John Burke desarrolla una visión convincente y reconfortante de un mundo en el que · estamos libres de dolor · nos sentimos plenamente conocidos y aceptados · somos recibidos por seres queridos · nos encontramos con una belleza indescriptible · descubrimos un Dios que tiene un amor incondicional Si has perdido a un ser querido, recibiste un diagnóstico pavoroso o te preguntaste qué pasa después de la muerte, esta perspectiva concisa de la vida futura te brindará esperanza y sosiego.
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Download or read book The Greatest Works of Ernest Hemingway written by Ernest Hemingway and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-22 with total page 2069 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors of the "Lost Generation," as Gertrude Stein coined it, had seen the ravages of the two World Wars, coming at close heels, as both witnesses and participants. Amongst these authors, Hemingway has a special place in American literature. His works were dipped in his experiences and disillusionment with the Great War and ushered in a new sentiment on the literary scene. Indulge in the simple but powerful prose of Hemingway with these hand-picked selections and relive those momentous decades. Contents: Novels & Novellas: The Torrents of Spring The Sun Also Rises A Farewell to Arms For Whom the Bell Tolls Across the River and into the Trees The Old Man and the Sea Short Stories Collection: Three Stories and Ten Poems In Our Time (1924 edition) In Our Time (1930 edition) Men Without Women Winner Take Nothing Non-Fiction: Death in the Afternoon Green Hills of Africa
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