Carlos Vera's Books

Open Economy Macroeconomics in Developing Countries

By: Carlos A. Vegh

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Open Economy Macroeconomics in Developing Countries

By: Carlos A. Vegh

A comprehensive and rigorous text that shows how a basic open economy model can be extended to answer important macroeconomic questions that arise in emerging markets. This rigorous and comprehensive textbook develops a basic small open economy model and shows how it can be extended to answer many important macroeconomic questions that arise in emerging markets and developing economies, particularly those regarding monetary, fiscal, and exchange rate issues. Eschewing the complex calibrated models on which the field of international finance increasingly relies, the book teaches the reader how to think in terms of simple models and grasp the fundamentals of open economy macroeconomics. After analyzing the standard intertemporal small open economy model, the book introduces frictions such as imperfect capital markets, intertemporal distortions, and nontradable goods, into the basic model in order to shed light on the economy's response to different shocks. The book then introduces money into the model to analyze the real effects of monetary and exchange rate policy. It then applies these theoretical tools to a variety of important macroeconomic issues relevant to developing countries (and, in a world of continuing financial crisis, to industrial countries as well), including the use of a nominal interest rate as a main policy instrument, the relative merits of flexible and predetermined exchange rate regimes, and the targeting of “real anchors.” Finally, the book analyzes in detail specific topics such as inflation stabilization, “dollarization,” balance of payments crises, and, inspired by recent events, financial crises. Each chapter includes boxes with relevant empirical evidence and ends with exercises. The book is suitable for use in graduate courses in development economics, international finance, and macroeconomics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

911

Publisher

MIT Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0262316900

ISBN 13

9780262316903

The Adventures of a Cello

Revised Edition, with a New Epilogue

By: Carlos Prieto

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Adventures of a Cello

Revised Edition, with a New Epilogue

By: Carlos Prieto

A delightful biography of a celebrated Stradivarius cello and an inviting overview of cello music and its preeminent composers and performers by world-famous concert cellist Carlos Prieto.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

385

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1477317864

ISBN 13

9781477317860

Is There Anybody Out The Wall?

By: Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Is There Anybody Out The Wall?

By: Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo

IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THE WALL? is an analysis of the movie “Pink Floyd The Wall”. For this study, it is considered the film as revolving around two basic questions: “Is there anybody out there?” and “Is there anybody in there?” With the first starts this process of interpretation. And with the second ends this assay. It is considered, in addition, that the film is a mental machine to travel back in time. It consists of four levers: the real, memories, imagination, and desire. The first allows travelling in present time. The second allows travelling in past time. The third allows travelling in possible time, potential. And the fourth allows travelling in future time. Thanks Pink Floyd by make my life more bearable. In moments of disappointment toward the world, toward life, always I have returned to his songs. His high notes immediately have connected my nervous system with the cosmos, with the universe. Thanks for the spatial connection. For me, the screams of the vocal cords, to extend the duration of guitar notes beyond the usual, are the portal to cross the wall.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

136

Publisher

Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo

Published Date

ISBN 10

1523629746

ISBN 13

9781523629749

Wonderful Light

By: Carlos Reinjak

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Wonderful Light

By: Carlos Reinjak

The book talks about my testimony what I was and what I am. A kind of autobiography talks about my story, a young man who became gang leader, drug dealer, and kill members of the rival gangs only to have a power. Met the worst places and the worst people, no respect to the police officers and we lived in confrontation. One day through a terrible accident, I had a meeting with Jesus and my life has been transformed.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

269

Publisher

Author House

Published Date

ISBN 10

1496976452

ISBN 13

9781496976451

Country of the Bad Wolfes

By: James Carlos Blake

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Country of the Bad Wolfes

By: James Carlos Blake

A page-turning epic about the making of a borderland crime family, Country of the Bad Wolfes will appeal both to aficionados of family sagas and to fans of hard-knuckled crime novels by the likes of Donald Pollack, Elmore Leonard, James Lee Burke and James Ellroy. Basing the novel partly on his own ancestors, Blake presents the story of the Wolfe family - spanning three generations, centring on two sets of identical twins and the women they love, and ranging from New England to the heart of Mexico before arriving at its powerful climax at the Rio Grande. Begat by an Irish-English pirate in New Hampshire in 1828, the Wolfe family follows its manifest destiny into war-torn Mexico. There, through the connection of a mysterious American named Edward Little, their fortunes intertwine with those of Porfirio Díaz, who will rule the country for more than thirty years before his overthrow by the Revolution of 1910. In the course of those tumultuous chapters in American and Mexican history, as Díaz grows in power, the Wolfes grow rich and forge a violent history of their own, spawning a fearsome legacy that will pursue them to a climactic reckoning at the Río Grande.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

559

Publisher

Bedford Square Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1843445565

ISBN 13

9781843445562

L.A.Love

By: Carlos Duval

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

L.A.Love

By: Carlos Duval

Our central character, Liam Parry, encounters who he believes is the first love of his life, whilst still in the 6th form at a Liverpool Secondary School. The object of his affections, Angela Hughes, is a visiting Student Teacher. She is not much older than Liam, but such a union is not possible under the circumstances and Angela is unaware of Liam's crush. Each goes their separate ways after the initial encounter. Angela leaves teaching and becomes a Freelance Journalist. Liam works in Mental Health Care for much of the story before his life changes, dramatically, career-wise. Liam takes you through a ?Roller Coaster? ride through life's ups and downs, before meeting Angela again, by chance. Perhaps fate had a hand in it. This second meeting kindles true romance. The book is laced with romance, humour and tragedy. Enjoy the ride.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

287

Publisher

Author House

Published Date

ISBN 10

1496979788

ISBN 13

9781496979780

The Unedited Diaries of Carolina Maria de Jesus

By: Carolina Maria de Jesus,Robert M. Levine,José Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Unedited Diaries of Carolina Maria de Jesus

By: Carolina Maria de Jesus,Robert M. Levine,José Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy

Carolina Maria de Jesus' book, Quarto de Despejo (The Trash Room), depicted the harsh life of the slums, but it also spoke of the author's pride in her blackness, her high moral standards, and her patriotism. More than a million copies of her diary are believed to have been sold worldwide. Yet many Brazilians refused to believe that someone like de Jesus could have written such a diary, with its complicated words (some of them misused) and often lyrical phrasing as she discussed world events. Doubters prefer to believe the book was either written by Audáulio Dantas, the enterprising newspaper reporter who discovered her, or that Dantas rewrote it so substantially that her book is a fraud. With the cooperation of de Jesus' daughter, recent research shows that although Dantas deleted considerable portions of the diary (as well as a second one), every word was de Jesus'. But Dantas did "create" a different Carolina from the woman who coped with her harsh life by putting things down on paper. This book sets the record straight by providing detailed translations of de Jesus' unedited diaries and explains why Brazilian elites were motivated to obscure her true personality and present her as something she was not. It is not only about the writer but about Brazil as recorded by her sarcastic pen. The diary entries in this book span from 1958 to 1966, five years beyond text previously known to exist. They show de Jesus as she was, preserving her Joycean stream-of-consciousness language and her pithy characterizations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

256

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813525705

ISBN 13

9780813525709

Kane's Ladder

By: Carlos Alba

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Kane's Ladder

By: Carlos Alba

It's 1975 and Britain is a country in political flux. In Glasgow the dirty old Victorian slums have been razed to the ground, replaced with brand new slums twenty storeys high. Chips are a health food and the very mention of filet mignon would spark a riot on the Govan Road. As its citizens struggle to adapt to their changing world, they wonder what will replace the steel mills and the shipyards, whether they look stupid in flares and what the lyrics of the Bay City Rollers' 'Shang-A-Lang' actually mean? Ten-year-old Steve Duff longs to be poor and neglected like his friend Wally, whose parents are incapable drunks. Frustratingly for Steve, he's saddled with a conventional, stable and middle-class family. Then, over the course of a year, his father has a fling with a barmaid and leaves home, his mother's response is to start a psychology degree, his sister is arrested for demanding money with menaces and his brother gets a girl pregnant.As if the normal indignities of growing up weren't bad enough...This is a funny touching and heart-warming debut novel that will strike a chord with anyone who has been an awkward kid at least once in their life.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

268

Publisher

Birlinn

Published Date

ISBN 10

0857901117

ISBN 13

9780857901118

Heat Pumps in Chemical Process Industry

By: Anton A. Kiss,Carlos A. Infante Ferreira

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Heat Pumps in Chemical Process Industry

By: Anton A. Kiss,Carlos A. Infante Ferreira

As the chemical process industry is among the most energy demanding sectors, chemical engineers are endeavoring to contribute towards sustainable future. Due to the limitation of fossil fuels, the need for energy independence, as well as the environmental problem of the greenhouse gas effect, there is a large increasing interest in the research and development of chemical processes that require less capital investment and reduced operating costs and lead to high eco-efficiency. The use of heat pumps is a hot topic due to many advantages, such as low energy requirements as well as an increasing number of industrial applications. Therefore, in the current book, authors are focusing on use of heat pumps in the chemical industry, providing an overview of heat pump technology as applied in the chemical process industry, covering both theoretical and practical aspects: working principle, applied thermodynamics, theoretical background, numerical examples and case studies, as well as practical applications. The worked-out examples have been included to instruct students, engineers and process designers about how to design various heat pumps used in the industry. Reader friendly resources namely relevant equations, diagrams, figures and references that reflect the current and upcoming heat pump technologies, will be of great help to all readers from the chemical and petrochemical industry, biorefineries and other related areas.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

525

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1498719031

ISBN 13

9781498719032

Passer-by

By: Carlos Parral

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Passer-by

By: Carlos Parral

Passer-by is an inspirational, fantastic and controversial work that offers a straightforward means of discovering truth, by broadening the mind of the reader to a new level of understanding. The book narrates a man's moment of clarity regarding the basic concepts of life as he explores memories, thoughts, and revelations received during a one-to-one interaction with an all knowing tree. This experience enables him to discover that everything has a simple explanation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

104

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

145004641X

ISBN 13

9781450046411

Radiation Oncology

Management Decisions

By: Carlos A. Perez,Luther W. Brady

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Radiation Oncology

Management Decisions

By: Carlos A. Perez,Luther W. Brady

Ideal for on-the-spot consultation, this pocket manual, Radiation Oncology: Management Decisions, provides easily accessible information for residents and practitioners in radiation oncology. It presents the most essential information that is immediately required in the clinical setting. The first eight chapters of the book focus on key basic concepts; the remaining 46 chapters describe treatment regimens for all cancer sites and tumor types. Includes coverage of pain and palliation, and covers all latest therapeutic techniques. This edition includes expanded information on image-guided therapy, 3D techniques, and 4D protocols. The updated cancer staging guidelines have been used throughout the manual. In addition, there is a brand-new chapter devoted to QUANTEC dosage recommendations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

880

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

160547911X

ISBN 13

9781605479118

Ecuador’s “Good Living”

Crises, Discourse and Law

By: Carlos E. Gallegos-Anda

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ecuador’s “Good Living”

Crises, Discourse and Law

By: Carlos E. Gallegos-Anda

Ecuador’s “Good Living”: Crises, Discourse, and Law by Gallegos-Anda, presents a critical approach towards the concept of Buen Vivir that was included in Ecuador’s 2008 Constitution, presenting new inductive theories that analyse the context and power relations that forged it.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

318

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

900443951X

ISBN 13

9789004439511

Exclusion and Forced Migration in Central America

No More Walls

By: Carlos Sandoval-García

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Exclusion and Forced Migration in Central America

No More Walls

By: Carlos Sandoval-García

This book marks a critical contribution to the intercultural dialogue about immigration. Each year, thousands of Central Americans leave their countries and walk across Mexico, seeking to reach the United States. The author explores the dispossession process that drives these migrants from their homes and argues that they are caught in a kind of trap: forced to emigrate, but impeded to immigrate. This trap is discussed empirically through the analysis of immigration policies implemented by the United States government and ethnographic fieldwork carried out in some of “albergues” (shelters).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

128

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319519239

ISBN 13

9783319519234

The Life and Death of Carolina Maria de Jesus

By: Robert M. Levine,José Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Life and Death of Carolina Maria de Jesus

By: Robert M. Levine,José Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy

Robert Levine tells the story of Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), Brazilian, Black, illegitimate, extremely poor, and Brazil's best-selling author upon the publication of her journals.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

180

Publisher

UNM Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0826316484

ISBN 13

9780826316486

Perez & Brady's Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology

By: Edward C. Halperin,David E. Wazer,Carlos A. Perez,Luther W. Brady

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Perez & Brady's Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology

By: Edward C. Halperin,David E. Wazer,Carlos A. Perez,Luther W. Brady

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. For more than 30 years, Perez and Brady's Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology has been the must-have standard reference for radiation oncologists and radiation oncology residents who need a comprehensive text covering both the biological and physical science aspects of this complex field as well as disease site-specific information on the integrated, multidisciplinary management of patients with cancer. The book has established itself as the discipline’s "text-of-record," belonging on the shelf of all of those working in the field. The Seventh Edition continues this tradition of excellence with extensive updates throughout, many new chapters, and more than 1,400 full-color illustrations that highlight key concepts in tumor pathogenesis, diagnosis, and targeted radiation therapy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

7666

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

1496386817

ISBN 13

9781496386816

From the Jungles to the Cathedrals

The Captivating Story of Juan Carlos Ortiz

By: Juan Carlos Ortiz

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

From the Jungles to the Cathedrals

The Captivating Story of Juan Carlos Ortiz

By: Juan Carlos Ortiz

Dr. Juan Carlos Ortiz narrates the story of how he went from the jungles to the cathedrals. Through the pages of this book, he leads the reader on his journey from his humble beginnings with an alcoholic father, to when Jesus, in the form of two missionaries, transformed his life. In spite of his mother’s resistance to waste any time on “nonsense”, their persistence to share the good news of the gospel paid off. They spoke the words her broken heart longed to hear. Jesus became their provider, their comforter, their joy. Although his mother couldn’t meet all their needs through her work, supernaturally they always had enough. The impossibility of him and his siblings to attend school was suddenly a possibility. As a young man, Dr. Ortiz feels the need to serve the One who changed their lives. He enters into the seminary beginning his journey into the ministry. Along the way he is influenced by great international leaders like Tommy Hicks, who leave a lasting impression on his life. Soon after, he becomes pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in California, one of the most important churches in the United States.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

255

Publisher

Vida

Published Date

ISBN 10

0829758259

ISBN 13

9780829758252

Reserve Requirements in the Brave New Macroprudential World

By: Tito Cordella,Pablo Federico,Carlos Vegh,Guillermo Vuletin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Reserve Requirements in the Brave New Macroprudential World

By: Tito Cordella,Pablo Federico,Carlos Vegh,Guillermo Vuletin

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, it is hard to find any macroeconomic policy report that does not include some reference to financial stability or systemic risk and the resulting need for “macroprudential policies.” While there is a large and growing literature on macroprudential policies and financial stability, less attention has been paid to how macroprudential policies may facilitate macroeconomic stabilization in the presence of large capital flows. To fill such a gap, this report looks at the use of reserve requirements (RR) as a macroprudential tool. Its findings should be of particular interest to emerging market economists and policymakers that are faced with difficult questions regarding how to cope effectively with volatile capital flows. The analysis builds upon a new dataset on quarterly RR covering a large number of industrial and developing countries for the period 1970-2011. It finds that while no industrial country has resorted to active RR policy since 2004, almost half of developing countries have. Indeed, together with interest rates adjustments and forex interventions, RR seem to be an important component of a trio of policy instruments that developing countries have relied upon to navigate through the boom-bust cycles driven by capital flows. The ultimate reason for resorting to RR lies essentially on the procyclical behavior of the exchange rate over the business cycle in developing countries (with the currency depreciating in bad times and appreciating in good times) that complicates enormously the use of interest rates as a countercyclical instrument. Under such circumstances, RR are an effective instrument that can be used countercyclically when concerns about the effects of interest rates on the exchange rate become paramount. Finally, the report suggests that while, from a macroprudential point of view, the most common macroprudential instruments are equivalent, from a microprudential one they are not. Conflicts may thus arise between the micro- and macro-prudential policy stances. In addition, the overall design of macroprudential policies should follow a careful analysis of the role that different financial frictions play in various environments since similar symptoms can reflect very different underlying forces.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

World Bank Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

1464802130

ISBN 13

9781464802133

The Structure of Complementation

By: Antonio Carlos Quicoli

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Structure of Complementation

By: Antonio Carlos Quicoli

The study of complementation has received considerable attention in generative studies. Following Rosenbaum's (1967) pioneering study of the English complement system, there are extensive studies by Lakoff (1965), Ross (1967), Perlmutter (1971) and a large number of publications. More recent detailed studies are Emonds (1970) and Bresnan (1972) . These studies have increased enormously the body of factual knowledge about the complement system of English, and about the phenomenon of complementation in general. As a consequence there are a number of empirical hypotheses about the structure of human languages which must now be tested against facts of different languages. Of these hypotheses, perhaps the most interesting is that the grammars of all languages make use of the principle of the transformational cycle. Testing this hypothesis constitutes one of the main concerns of the present book. Furthermore, these studies have also raised numerous interesting empirical issues of great importance for linguistic theory, most of which are still awaiting fresh evidence from different languages in order to be settled. This study is directed towards resolving some of these issues by adducing relevent data, primarily from Portuguese.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

186

Publisher

John Benjamins Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

9027271267

ISBN 13

9789027271266

Institutional Design In New Democracies

Eastern Europe And Latin America

By: Arend Lijphart,Carlos Waisman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Institutional Design In New Democracies

Eastern Europe And Latin America

By: Arend Lijphart,Carlos Waisman

This volume focuses on the relationship between the tasks of institutional design and the outcomes of the process of economic and political liberalization in Latin America and in Central and Eastern Europe. The contributors emphasize the design of institutions to serve a market economy, the design of electoral laws, and the design of executive-legislative relations. Within this framework each chapter discusses the legacy of the pre-existing authoritarian regime; the range of preferences among various strategic actors with regard to the pace and mix of reforms; and the consequences of final choices for the institutionalization of effective economies and the process of democratization. Countries throughout Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe are moving from semi-closed to open economies and from authoritarian to democratic political systems. Despite important differences between the regions, these transitions involve similar tasks: the establishment of governmental institutions and electoral systems conducive to legitimation of the new and fragile democracies and expansion of the institutional infrastructure of a market economy. This volume looks at both regions, focusing on the relationship between the tasks of institutional design and the outcomes of the process of economic and political liberalization. In particular, the contributors emphasize the design of institutions to serve a market economy, the design of electoral laws, and the design of executive-legislative relations. Each chapter discusses the legacy of the pre-existing authoritarian regime; the range of preferences among various strategic actors (the government, state bureaucracies, opposition parties, and interest groups) with regard to the pace and mix of reforms; and the consequences of final choices for the institutionalization of effective economies and the process of democratization.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

284

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429968337

ISBN 13

9780429968334

The Burden of Modernity

The Rhetoric of Cultural Discourse in Spanish America

By: Carlos J. Alonso

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Burden of Modernity

The Rhetoric of Cultural Discourse in Spanish America

By: Carlos J. Alonso

This book offers a provocative interpretation of cultural discourse in Spanish America. Alonso argues that Spanish American cultural production constituted itself through commitment to what he calls the "narrative of futurity," that is, the uncompromising adoption of modernity. This commitment fueled a rhetorical crisis that followed the embracing of discourses regarded as "modern" in historical and economic circumstance that are themselves the negation of modernity. Through fresh readings of texts by Sarmiento, Mansilla, Quiroga, Vargos Llosa, Garcia Marquez, and others, Alonso tracks this textual dynamic in works from the nineteenth century to the present.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

240

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195118634

ISBN 13

9780195118636

The Prado. Art Guide

96 essential masterpieces

By: Carlos Javier Taranilla de la Varga

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Prado. Art Guide

96 essential masterpieces

By: Carlos Javier Taranilla de la Varga

The most wonderful and clear art guide to explore and learn all the fundamentals of the greatest works, artists, schools of art and styles in the Prado Museum. Discover the Prado, one of the premier art galleries in the world. Explore and appreciate the greatest masterpieces and the artists who created them: El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Botticelli, Raphael, the Venetians, Rubens, Rembrandt, Lorraine, Poussin, 19th century Spanish painting plus the best sculptural and decorative works it treasures in its collections. Learn its history and transformation from picture gallery to global treasured museum, which houses one of the very best collections of European art in the world including the most complete collection of Spanish paintings.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

296

Publisher

ArgoNowta

Published Date

ISBN 10

8418943416

ISBN 13

9788418943416

Diana, the Goddess who Hunts Alone

By: Carlos Fuentes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Diana, the Goddess who Hunts Alone

By: Carlos Fuentes

An exploration of love, lust and betrayal.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

224

Publisher

A&C Black

Published Date

ISBN 10

0747525412

ISBN 13

9780747525417

Hegemonies of Language and Their Discontents

The Southwest North American Region Since 1540

By: Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hegemonies of Language and Their Discontents

The Southwest North American Region Since 1540

By: Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez

The book provides a unique and broad look at the history, power, duality, and promise of Spanish and English in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands--Provided by publisher.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

352

Publisher

University of Arizona Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0816537119

ISBN 13

9780816537112

Embracing the Past, Designing the Future

Authoritarianism and Economic Development in Brazil Under Getúlio Vargas

By: Luciano Aronne de Abreu,Luis Carlos dos Passos Martins,Geandra Denardi Munareto

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Embracing the Past, Designing the Future

Authoritarianism and Economic Development in Brazil Under Getúlio Vargas

By: Luciano Aronne de Abreu,Luis Carlos dos Passos Martins,Geandra Denardi Munareto

Embracing the Past, Designing the Future provides an historical overview of Brazilian authoritarianism and social/economic development during the political era (1930-45) of Getulio Vargas as viewed and understood by Oliveira Viana and Azevedo Amaral, two of the principal intellectuals and ideologues of the regime at the time. Oliveira Vianna was one of the main authors of the corporatist labour legislation and Azevedo Amaral remained an important publicist who was associated with the regimes propaganda apparatus. the heart of the discussion is the legitimacy of authoritarian modernisation. Brazil's contemporary uncertainty has deep parallels with the earlier period: unruly and un-democratic political debate coupled with economic stagnation. It was during the Vargas era that the power bases and fundamental principals of the construction of modern Brazil were defined in terms of its political administration and its economy and industry. These features may still be perceived in the country today, albeit claimed or rejected by political leaders such as Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Linkage between authoritarianism and the economic development of Brazil is strong, whether viewed through the lenses of history, sociology or political science. Both periods of exceptional national economic and social growth were associated exactly to its two governmental authoritarian periods in the twentieth century the Vargas era and the military dictatorship (196485). This volume addresses a complex of ideological difficulties that go to the heart of what the Brazilian nation stands for: its racial construction; its colonial heritage; the fractured nature of the relationship between society and state; the role of corporatism, and its sometime political rejection; and the dangers of political personalisation, to the detriment of the nation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

228

Publisher

Liverpool University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1782846727

ISBN 13

9781782846727

The Tango in the United States

A History

By: Carlos G. Groppa

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Tango in the United States

A History

By: Carlos G. Groppa

In the earliest years of the 20th century, North American ballroom dancers favored the waltz or the polka. But then a new dance, the tango, broke onto the scene when Vernon and Irene Castle performed it in a Broadway musical. Rudolph Valentino, Arthur Murray, and Xavier Cugat popularized it in the 1920s and 1930s, and thousands of people crowded onto dance floors around the country to hear the music and dance the tango. This work chronicles the history of the tango in the United States, from its antecedents in Argentina, Paris and London to the present day. It covers the dancers, musicians, and composers, and the tango's influence on American music.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

240

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

0786446811

ISBN 13

9780786446810

The Years with Laura Diaz

By: Carlos Fuentes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Years with Laura Diaz

By: Carlos Fuentes

_____________________ 'An admirable novel'- The Times 'In this portrait of men and women swept along by great events, and determined to be on the side of the angels, Fuentes has invested the often colourless world of politics with romantic ardour' - Sunday Telegraph _____________________ An epic and heartbreaking love story that will leave no one untouched. Like Fuentes's masterpiece The Death of Artemio Cruz, the action in this novel begins in the state of Veracruz and moves to Mexico City. From 1905 to 1978, Fuentes traces the extraordinary Laura Díaz; a life filled with a multitude of witty, heartbreaking scenes and the sounds, colours, tastes and scents of Mexico. Laura grows into a politically committed artist who is also a wife and mother, a lover of great men, and a complicated and alluring heroine whose bravery prevails despite her losing a brother, son, and grandson to the darkest forces of Mexico's turbulent, often corrupt politics. Hers is a life which has helped to affect the course of history, and it is the story of a woman who has loved and understood with unflinching honesty. _____________________ 'Fuentes's affair with the fickle forces of creativity reaches a rare and poignant intensity ... a landmark book' - Scotsman

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

528

Publisher

A&C Black

Published Date

ISBN 10

1408837617

ISBN 13

9781408837610

Strategic Supply Chain Management

By: Carlos Cordón,Kim Sundtoft Hald,Ralf W. Seifert

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Strategic Supply Chain Management

By: Carlos Cordón,Kim Sundtoft Hald,Ralf W. Seifert

The supply chain is at the heart of every successful business organization's decision-making process. This textbook explains how to create a winning supply chain management strategy by spotlighting how senior executives in European and US companies have turned their supply chains into strategic weapons designed to convert threats, risks and outside pressures into competitive advantages. Strategic Supply Chain Management contains twenty real-world cases, all of which have been field researched by a top author team and tested out in the classroom. Each case adopts an executive leadership perspective to illuminate the real dilemmas faced by managers. The authors draw on their extensive classroom and industry experience to ensure that the writing style is geared towards an executive education readership. This elite case package will provide a complete teaching resource and authentic learning experience for MBA and executive education classes in Supply Chain Management throughout the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

316

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136345574

ISBN 13

9781136345579

Hispanic Scholarship Guide

State Specific

By: Michael C. Magaletta & Carlos Magalett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hispanic Scholarship Guide

State Specific

By: Michael C. Magaletta & Carlos Magalett

This guide facilitates the search for scholarships available to Hispanic young men and women looking to enter or while in college. This volume is a compilation of all National Scholarships, and it’s divided into two sections to help you find the right scholarship for you; those that require the prospective recipient to have legal status in this country, and those scholarships for which legal status is not required.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

664

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1456836048

ISBN 13

9781456836047

Radiation Oncology Management Decisions

By: K. S. Clifford Chao,Carlos A. Perez,Tony J. Wang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Radiation Oncology Management Decisions

By: K. S. Clifford Chao,Carlos A. Perez,Tony J. Wang

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Updated with details on the newest therapies and sporting a new full-color design, this latest edition of Radiation Oncology: Management Decisions continues to offer comprehensive guidance for residents as well as radiation oncologists already in professional practice. You’ll discover the latest treatment plans for numerous cancer sites and tumor types, including the mouth and sinus, gastrointestinal areas, lungs, bones, and blood. Concise, easy-to-read material you can use in a clinical setting immediately with patients!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1324

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

1975117271

ISBN 13

9781975117276

Book's by Carlos Vera

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email