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Julia de Burgos

Child of Water

By: Carmen Rivera

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JULIA DE BURGOS is one of Puerto Rico's most illustrious poets whose work has earned a place among the best Latin American and Caribbean literature of the 20th century. In JULIA DE BURGOS: CHILD OF WATER, Carmen Rivera takes us on a journey through de Burgos' life capturing her passions and inner turmoil to come to terms with herself and her times. De Burgos died tragically in New York City in 1953 when she was just 39 years old. De Burgos challenged the major historical problems of her times: colonialism, racism, and sexism. She was a feminist and activist with the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party at a time when it was dangerous to be either.

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0988475049

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Diego

Bigger Than Life

By: Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

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Diego

Bigger Than Life

By: Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

Poems that capture the life and work of artist Diego Rivera.

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Marshall Cavendish

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0761453830

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9780761453833

After She Falls

By: Carmen Schober

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After She Falls

By: Carmen Schober

Schober delivers a knockout debut. After She Falls is refreshingly unique and well-written. While the journey of faith and healing is set against the backdrop of the MMA, Schober's story world and characterization are vivid and evocative."--RACHEL HAUCK, New York Times bestselling author She's always had that fire in her. She just needs to find it again. Strong-willed Adri Rivera nearly achieved her goal of being a professional mixed martial artist, but then she fell in love with a man who knocked all the fight out of her. When their abusive, tumultuous relationship finally comes to a head, Adri flees with their young daughter to her small hometown in the mountains of Pennsylvania. There, she must face the people she left behind and put her broken life back together again. A hardened Max Lyons can't believe Adri is back in town after abruptly cutting him and everyone else off years ago. Despite the distance that grew between them, he feels compelled to help her regain her independence and offers her a job at his gym. But regaining each other's trust is another matter, made even more complicated by the lingering spark between them. As Adri dares to pursue her dream again, she trains for a big tournament with Max's help, but they'll both have to confront their own doubts in order to rise victorious. "Anyone who has watched a sports movie knows that the underdog will prevail, romance readers know that love wins, and Christian fiction readers know that God is bigger than any problem; Schober's debut novel is unique for being blend of the three."--LIBRARY JOURNAL

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Baker Books

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1493433695

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9781493433698

A Vengeful Affair

By: Carmen Falcone

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A Vengeful Affair

By: Carmen Falcone

A Vengeful Affair by Carmen Falcone Rich people get away with murder every day, but Vivian Foster intends to make billionaire Javier Rivera pay for what he did to her best friend—and how better to destroy a money-grubbing bastard than to sabotage the merger that means everything to him. Javier Rivera would never hurt a woman much less kill one. But when he catches a gorgeous corporate spy in his office, he knows he can't let her go—not when even a hint of scandal could ruin his career. Until the merger is signed, he'll keep her close, even if he has to shackle her to his wrist. Literally. But the closer Javier gets to Vivian, the more he wants her, and the more time she spends with him, the less she believes he could ever be a killer. Now Vivian and Javier have to discover the truth...and Vivian has to win the trust of her worst enemy.

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Entangled: Indulgence

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1622669568

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9781622669561

Avanzando

Gramtica espaolay lectura

By: Sara L. de la Vega,Carmen Salazar

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Avanzando

Gramtica espaolay lectura

By: Sara L. de la Vega,Carmen Salazar

Tackling the complexities of the Spanish language just got easier with the new sixth edition of Avanzando. This traditional intermediate-level book covers both spoken and written Spanish grammar to improve one's comprehension of the language. It incorporates updated vocabulary and topics covering new technology. The grammar scope and sequence has also been updated to provide more balance in length and difficulty.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471699748

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9780471699743

Inverted Utopias

Avant-garde Art in Latin America

By: Héctor Olea Galaviz,Mari Carmen Ramírez,Mari Carmen Ramirez,Héctor Olea,Hector Olea Hernandez

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Inverted Utopias

Avant-garde Art in Latin America

By: Héctor Olea Galaviz,Mari Carmen Ramírez,Mari Carmen Ramirez,Héctor Olea,Hector Olea Hernandez

In the twentieth century, avant-garde artists from Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean created extraordinary and highly innovative paintings, sculptures, assemblages, mixed-media works, and installations. This innovative book presents more than 250 works by some seventy of these artists (including Gego, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Xul Solar, and Jose Clemente Orozco) and artists' groups, along with interpretive essays by leading authorities and newly translated manifestoes and other theoretical documents written by the artists. Together the images and texts showcase the astonishing artistic achievements of the Latin American avant-garde. The book focuses on two decisive periods: the return from Europe in the 1920s of Latin American avant-garde pioneers; and the expansion of avant-garde activities throughout Latin America after World War II as artists expressed their independence from developments in Europe and the United States. As the authors explain, during these periods Latin American art was fueled by the belief that artistic creations could present a form of utopia - an inversion of the original premise that drove the European avant-garde - and serve as a model for

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Yale University Press

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0300102690

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9780300102697

The Latino Continuum and the Nineteenth-Century Americas

Literature, Translation, and Historiography

By: Carmen Lamas

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The Latino Continuum and the Nineteenth-Century Americas

Literature, Translation, and Historiography

By: Carmen Lamas

This work demonstrates how Latina/os have been integral to US and Latin American literature and history since the nineteenth century.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198871481

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The Book Of Women's Love

By: Carmen Caballero-Navas

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The Book Of Women's Love

By: Carmen Caballero-Navas

First published in 2005. The first part of this book is an historical study of the Hebrew written production on women's healthcare and of Jewish women's lives and experiences regarding the care of their bodies during the late Middle Ages in the Mediterranean West. The aim is to restore value to feminine knowledge and practices that were significant then and remain so today. The second part presents an edition translated into English with commentary of the Hebrew compilation Sefer Ahavat Nashim, the Book of Women's Love. This was compiled in the late Middle Ages and is preserved in a single manuscript from Catalonia-Provence. Its contents are concerned with magic, sexuality, cosmetics, and gynecology - areas of knowledge essentially, though not exclusively, related to women. The author focuses on the relation between women and health care and examines both women's knowledge and knowledge about women. This pioneering work makes a valuable contribution to the history of Jewish culture and Jewish women during the Middle Ages, and also makes a substantial contribution to the history of medicine.

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Routledge

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1317847466

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9781317847465

Resisting Categories: Latin American and/or Latino?

By: Mari Carmen Ramirez,Tomas Ybarra-Frausto,Hector Olea

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Resisting Categories: Latin American and/or Latino?

By: Mari Carmen Ramirez,Tomas Ybarra-Frausto,Hector Olea

DIV This first volume of the Critical Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art series published by the International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents 168 crucial texts written by influential artists, critics, curators, journalists, and intellectuals whose writings shed light on questions relating to what it means to be "Latin American" and/or "Latino." Reinforced within a critical framework, the documents address converging issues, including: the construct of "Latin-ness" itself; the persistent longing for a continental identity; notions of Pan–Latin Americanism; the emergence of collections and exhibitions devoted specifically to "Latin American” or "Latino" art; and multicultural critiques of Latin American and Latino essentialism. The selected documents, many of which have never before been published in English, span from the late fifteenth century to the present day. They encompass key protagonists of this comprehensive history as well as unfamiliar figures, revealing previously unknown facets of the questions and issues at play. The book series complements the thousands of seminal documents now available through the ICAA Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art digital archive, http://icaadocs.mfah.org. Together they establish a much-needed intellectual foundation for the exhibition, collection, and interpretation of art produced in Latin America and among Latino populations in the United States. /div

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Yale University Press

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0300187157

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9780300187151

Latino History and Culture

An Encyclopedia

By: David J. Leonard,Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo

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Latino History and Culture

An Encyclopedia

By: David J. Leonard,Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo

Latinos are the fastest growing population in America today. This two-volume encyclopedia traces the history of Latinos in the United States from colonial times to the present, focusing on their impact on the nation in its historical development and current culture. "Latino History and Culture" covers the myriad ethnic groups that make up the Latino population. It explores issues such as labor, legal and illegal immigration, traditional and immigrant culture, health, education, political activism, art, literature, and family, as well as historical events and developments. A-Z entries cover eras, individuals, organizations and institutions, critical events in U.S. history and the impact of the Latino population, communities and ethnic groups, and key cities and regions. Each entry includes cross references and bibliographic citations, and a comprehensive index and illustrations augment the text.

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1317466454

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9781317466451

Barcelona and Modernity

Picasso, Gaudí, Miró, Dalí

By: William H. Robinson,Jordi Falgàs,Carmen Belen Lord,Josefina Alix,Cleveland Museum of Art,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Barcelona and Modernity

Picasso, Gaudí, Miró, Dalí

By: William H. Robinson,Jordi Falgàs,Carmen Belen Lord,Josefina Alix,Cleveland Museum of Art,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Catalogus van een tentoonstelling van werk van Catalaanse kunstenaars.

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Yale University Press

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0300121067

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9780300121063

Puerto Rican Diaspora

Historical Perspectives

By: Carmen Whalen

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Puerto Rican Diaspora

Historical Perspectives

By: Carmen Whalen

Histories of the Puerto Rican experience.

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Temple University Press

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1592134149

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La Gringa

English Version

By: Carmen Rivera

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La Gringa

English Version

By: Carmen Rivera

La Gringa is about a young woman’s search for her identity. Maria Elena Garcia goes to visit her family in Puerto Rico during the Christmas holidays and arrives with plans to connect with her homeland. Although this is her first trip to Puerto Rico, she has had an intense love for the island, and even majored in Puerto Rican Studies in college. Once Maria is in Puerto Rico, she realizes that Puerto Rico does not welcome her with open arms. The majority of the Puerto Ricans on the island consider her an American – a gringa – and Maria considers this a betrayal. If she’s a Puerto Rican in the United States and an American in Puerto Rico, Maria concludes that she is nobody everywhere. Her uncle, Manolo, spiritually teaches her that identity isn’t based on superficial and external definitions, but rather is an essence that she has had all along in her heart. This play is published in a bilingual edition; if you are applying for licensing rights, please state which version you wish to produce.

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Concord Theatricals

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0573663351

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9780573663352

Courtship Customs in Postwar Spain

By: Carmen Martín Gaite

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Courtship Customs in Postwar Spain

By: Carmen Martín Gaite

She calls attention to the hypocrisy of the system, to the image versus the reality, and to how certain watchwords like "rationing" and "restriction" went beyond their economic applications to touch on personal behavior and attitudes." "Themes she touches on in the nine chapters (and epilogue) include proper dress and behavior for women; a young woman's limited future; the influence of the Falange (Fascist) party on society and on individual behaviour; the "rebel" girl; family life; sex; cinema and the Spaniard; and courtship and the stages of relationship.

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Bucknell University Press

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0838755747

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9780838755747

Beyond Facts

Understanding Quality of Life

By: Carmen Pagés,Carlos Scartascini,Rita Funaro,Lucía Madrigal,Suzanne Duryea,Juan Camilo Chaparro,María Victoria Rodríguez-Pombo,Eduardo Lora,Pablo Sanguinetti,William D. Savedoff,Juan Carlos Navarro,Aimee Verdisco,Mariana Alfonso,Andrew Powell

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Beyond Facts

Understanding Quality of Life

Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin Americans. Using an enhanced version of the recently created Gallup World Poll that incorporates Latin America-specific questions, the Inter-American Development Bank surveyed people from throughout the region and found that perceptions of quality of life are often very different from the reality. These surprising findings have enormous significance for the political economy of the region and provide a wealth of information for policymakers and development practitioners to feast upon.

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Inter-American Development Bank

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1597820849

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9781597820844

Fields of Revolution

Agrarian Reform and Rural State Formation in Bolivia, 1935-1964

By: Carmen Soliz

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Fields of Revolution

Agrarian Reform and Rural State Formation in Bolivia, 1935-1964

By: Carmen Soliz

Fields of Revolution examines the second largest case of peasant land redistribution in Latin America and agrarian reform—arguably the most important policy to arise out of Bolivia’s 1952 revolution. Competing understandings of agrarian reform shaped ideas of property, productivity, welfare, and justice. Peasants embraced the nationalist slogan of “land for those who work it” and rehabilitated national union structures. Indigenous communities proclaimed instead “land to its original owners” and sought to link the ruling party discourse on nationalism with their own long-standing demands for restitution. Landowners, for their part, embraced the principle of “land for those who improve it” to protect at least portions of their former properties from expropriation. Carmen Soliz combines analysis of governmental policies and national discourse with everyday local actors’ struggles and interactions with the state to draw out the deep connections between land and people as a material reality and as the object of political contention in the period surrounding the revolution.

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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0822988100

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9780822988106

Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Ontario Context

An Introduction

By: Kimberly Maich,Carmen Hall

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Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Ontario Context

An Introduction

By: Kimberly Maich,Carmen Hall

Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Ontario Context is the first book to offer a thorough introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Ontario. Highlighting examples, research, and interventions specific to Ontario, this manual provides an abundance of information in one central location, making it an indispensable tool for any Ontario professional working with individuals with ASD. This comprehensive text begins with a brief history of ASD and an overview of its contemporary understandings, including current diagnostic criteria. Covering a range of evidence-based interventions that have been shown to be effective for individuals with ASD—and supplemented with graphics, checklists, and hands-on strategies for application—this book provides essential information to inform practitioners. The concluding section on ASD across the lifespan explores how these interventions are delivered within agencies throughout Ontario, from preschool through to adulthood, and addresses relevant issues and topics for each age group. Featuring chapter summaries, definitions of key terms, lists of further resources, and reflective questions, this highly accessible and pedagogically rich text is vital reading not only for current and future practitioners, but also for parents of children with ASD.

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Canadian Scholars’ Press

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1551309122

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9781551309125

Kidnapping the Brazilian Tycoon

By: Carmen Falcone

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Kidnapping the Brazilian Tycoon

By: Carmen Falcone

Passion was never in the bargain Addison Reed lost her fiancé, but she'll do whatever it takes to protect his legacy. When the gorgeous and arrogant landowner, Brazilian billionaire Bruno Duarte, who is thwarting her at every turn, refuses to meet with her, she puts her plan into action. He will listen to her. Bruno's plan was simple: return to Brazil and marry to fulfill his father's dying wish. But when his engagement crumbles, and he's then stranded with an idealistic woman hell-bent on saving a tribe of people on his land, he sees the perfect solution. If his feisty and passionate abductor agrees to a bogus marriage, he'll relocate the tribe. With the Brazilian heat rivaling the growing heat of their desire, will Bruno and Addison abandon their respective plans and give in to each other, or will their differences tear them apart?

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Entangled: Indulgence

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1622663233

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9781622663231

A Study of the Secondary School History Curriculum in Chile from Colonial Times to the Present

By: Carmen Gloria Zúñiga,Tom O'Donoghue,Simon Clarke

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A Study of the Secondary School History Curriculum in Chile from Colonial Times to the Present

By: Carmen Gloria Zúñiga,Tom O'Donoghue,Simon Clarke

The focus of this book is on the secondary school history curriculum in Chile from colonial times to the present. By way of background, attention is paid to the development of the history curriculum in the three countries which have most influenced educational developments in Chile, namely, England, the United States of America and Spain. The academic literature on the history curriculum throughout the English-speaking and Latin-speaking world, especially on the purposes attached to history as a school subject and the variety of pedagogical approaches prescribed is also considered. The results of a project that addressed the following interrelated research questions are then outlined: • What is the historical background to the current secondary school history curriculum in Chile? • What are the current developments of the secondary school history curriculum in Chile? • What are the issues of concern for secondary school history teachers in Chile? At various times the teaching of the subject ranged from being in the ‘great tradition’ approach, emphasizing teacher-centred activities and repetition of content knowledge, to being in the ‘new history’ tradition, emphasizing the promotion of active learning, student-centred activities and the encouragement of the historical method of enquiry. The analysis also details current issues of concern for teachers regarding the implementation of the current curriculum framework for secondary school history. The book concludes with a consideration of implications for practice in areas pertaining to curriculum development, teaching and learning, management and administration, teacher preparation, and professional development practices in Chile.

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Springer

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946209926X

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9789462099265

The Writer's Reference Guide to Spanish

By: David William Foster,Daniel Altamiranda,Carmen de Urioste

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The Writer's Reference Guide to Spanish

By: David William Foster,Daniel Altamiranda,Carmen de Urioste

Writers and editors of Spanish have long needed an authoritative guide to written language usage, similar to The MLA Style Manual and The Chicago Manual of Style. And here it is! This reference guide provides comprehensive information on how the Spanish language is copyedited for publication. The book covers these major areas: Language basics: capitalization, word division, spelling, and punctuation. Language conventions: abbreviations, professional and personal titles, names of organizations, and nationalities. Bibliographic format, particularly how Spanish differs from English. Spanish language forms of classical authors' names. Literary and grammatical terminology. Linguistic terminology. Biblical names and allusions. A dictionary of grammatical doubts, including usage, grammatical constructions of particular words and phrases, verbal irregularities, and gender variations.

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University of Texas Press

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0292789173

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9780292789173

Nada

A Novel

By: Carmen Laforet

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Nada

A Novel

By: Carmen Laforet

Renowned as Spain’s The Catcher in the Rye, this passionate coming-of-age novel follows a rebellious college-age girl as she uncovers her family’s secrets in chaotic, polarized, post-Civil War Barcelona. Andrea, an eighteen-year-old orphan, moves in with her volatile Barcelona relatives to attend the local University. Living in genteel squalor in a mysterious house on Calle de Aribau, Andrea relies on her wealthy, beautiful, bohemian friend Ena to prove that normal life exists beyond the gothic dwelling she calls home. In one year, as her innocence melts away, Andrea learns the truth about her overbearing and religious Aunt Angustias, her cruelly sensual, musically gifted uncle Román and his violent brother Juan, and her lovely Aunt Gloria, who provides the family's bread with furtive gambling expeditions. She also learns the truth about Ena—and why her friendship goes hand in hand with her interest in Andrea’s family. Peppered with dark humor, energy, and hope, Carmen Laforet's stunning classic is the story of a young woman who endures the harsh realities of post-Civil War Barcelona, emerging wiser and stronger, and with a bright future ahead of her.

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Modern Library

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1984854402

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9781984854407

Laws, Policies, Attitudes and Processes That Shape the Lives of Puppies in America

Assessing Society's Needs, Desires, Values and Morals

By: Carmen M. Cusack

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Laws, Policies, Attitudes and Processes That Shape the Lives of Puppies in America

Assessing Society's Needs, Desires, Values and Morals

By: Carmen M. Cusack

Puppies -- nubile, tender, and pure -- have become endeared to U.S. society, and to some extent, the world. Puppies are the holy grail of animal companions to Americans. They are glorified above other animals and protected by numerous laws, yet they are systematically, lawfully, and illegally abused, tortured, and killed. A vast array of opinions, policies, protocols, rules, regulations, and laws govern treatment or mistreatment of puppies demonstrating that appreciation for puppies is neither ubiquitous, nor superseding. Puppies may be subjected to painful product testing in the U.S., but not in Europe, despite their glorified status above other animals. This book details the myriad of laws, policies, attitudes, misfortunes, and processes shaping puppies' lives in America. Specialized topics such as Bestiality, Child Grooming, Pornography, Film, Mythology, and Art are addressed to build an argument that overall, treatment of puppies in the U.S. reflects priorities, needs, values, and morals which are contextually based on human desires, capabilities, survival mechanisms, altruism, American family life, and the economy. The randomized yet selective treatment of puppies typifies American culture, and to some extent other cultures, at least in the American purview. The author analyzes physiological comparisons between humans and dogs to discover why Americans may be so interested in puppies. The foundations of this research are law, social and behavioral science, policies, history, politics, animal studies, animal welfare, criminal justice, sociology, anthropology, and current events.

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Liverpool University Press

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1782842896

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The Saints of Progress

A History of Coffee, Migration, and Costa Rican National Identity

By: Carmen Kordick

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The Saints of Progress

A History of Coffee, Migration, and Costa Rican National Identity

By: Carmen Kordick

A reshaping of traditional understandings of Costa Rica and its national identity The Saints of Progress: A History of Coffee, Migration, and Costa Rican National Identity chronicles the development of the Tarrazú Valley, a historically remote—although internationally celebrated—coffee-growing region. Carmen Kordick’s work traces the development of this region from the early nineteenth century to the first decades of the twenty-first century to consider the nation-building process from the margins, while also questioning traditional scholarly works that have reproduced, rather than deconstructed, Costa Rica’s exceptionalist national mythology, which hail Costa Rica as Central America’s “white,” democratic, nonviolent, and egalitarian republic. In this compelling political, economic, and lived history, Kordick suggests that Costa Rica’s exceptionalist and egalitarian mythology emerged during the Cold War, as revolution, civil war, military dictatorship, and state violence plagued much of Central America. From the vantage point of Costa Rica’s premier coffee-producing region, she examines local, national, and transnational processes. This deeply textured narrative details the inauguration of coffee capitalism, which heightened existing class divisions; a successful armed revolt against the national government, which forged the current political regime; and the onset of massive out-migration to the United States. Kordick’s research incorporates more than one hundred oral histories and thousands of archival sources gathered in both Costa Rica and the United States to produce a human history of Costa Rica’s past. Her work on the recent past profiles the experiences of migrants in the United States, mostly in New Jersey, where many undocumented Costa Ricans find low-paid work in the restaurant and landscaping sectors. The result is a fine-grained examination of Tarrazú’s development from the 1820s to the present that reshapes traditional understandings of Costa Rica and its national past.

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University Alabama Press

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0817320024

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9780817320027

Bolstering Vocabulary with Teacher Talk in the Classroom

Strategic Modeling to Elevate Students’ Language

By: Kristen Haase,Carmen Shahadi Rowe

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Bolstering Vocabulary with Teacher Talk in the Classroom

Strategic Modeling to Elevate Students’ Language

By: Kristen Haase,Carmen Shahadi Rowe

This practical guide introduces "Teacher Talk," an easy-to-use tool for teachers to help improve elementary students’ vocabulary. When students are exposed to extensive vocabularies, they are better prepared to build their receptive and productive language and succeed academically. Through many inviting examples and real-world guidance, Rowe and Haase explain how to be reflective and intentional about the language you use and how to use elevated or substitutionary language to model different registers of speech for elementary students. The various "Teacher Talk" strategies in this book cover key topics, including disciplinary vocabulary, modelling academic discourse, addressing state and national standards, and meeting individual student needs across grades K–6. With many charts, activities, and tools that are ready for use, this book equips teachers with many methods for bolstering students’ academic language in the classroom and beyond.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000825000

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9781000825008

Migration of Rich Immigrants

Gender, Ethnicity and Class

By: Alex Vailati,Carmen Rial

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Migration of Rich Immigrants

Gender, Ethnicity and Class

By: Alex Vailati,Carmen Rial

Migration of Rich Immigrants addresses flows of emigrants who establish themselves in other countries temporarily or permanently, in favorable economic conditions. Vailati and Rial explore these migratory paths and analyze how gender, class, age, sexual orientation and ethnicity influence these processes.

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Springer

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1137510773

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The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans

By: Carmen Tafolla

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The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans

By: Carmen Tafolla

A collection of short stories set in the Southwest.

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Wings Press

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1609400364

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9781609400361

The curse of intelligence

How to make giftedness an advantage instead of a problem

By: Carmen Sanz Chacón

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The curse of intelligence

How to make giftedness an advantage instead of a problem

By: Carmen Sanz Chacón

This is the first book to address the problems faced by this cohort written in simple language and containing completely new ideas. The author, a clinical psychologist specialising in the extremely gifted, explains in this book why being intelligent is a curse for many children and adults. Being extremely intelligent can lead to rejection by those around you, affecting self-esteem, motivation and social development, with possible life-long traumas creating depression or aggression. Using simple, direct language, this book will help parents, teachers, counsellors, psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists and highly-gifted individuals themselves to fully understand their needs and improve the attention they currently recieve.

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Plataforma

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8416820988

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9788416820986

Empowering Women

Land And Property Rights In Latin America

By: Carmen Diana Deere

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Empowering Women

Land And Property Rights In Latin America

By: Carmen Diana Deere

The expansion of married women's property rights was a main achievement of the first wave of feminism in Latin America. As Carmen Diana Deeere and Magdalena Leon reveal, however, the disjuncture between rights and actual ownership remains vast. This is particularly true in rural areas, where the distribution of land between men and women is highly unequal. In their pioneering, twelve-country comparative study, the authors argue that property ownership is directly related to womenÆs bargaining power within the household and community, point out changes resulting from recent gender-progressive legislation, and identify additional areas for future reform, including inheritance rights of wives.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822972328

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9780822972327

To Catch the Lightning and The Downfall of Rafael Trujillo

By: Carmen Rivera

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To Catch the Lightning and The Downfall of Rafael Trujillo

By: Carmen Rivera

TO CATCH THE LIGHTNING and THE DOWNFALL OF RAFAEL TRUJILLO - two plays by award-winning playwright Carmen Rivera - that chronicle with roaring energy, power and theatricality the lives of Dominican dictator Trujillo, and a family torn apart by forces beyond their control. With an introduction by scholar Jason Ramirez.

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Lulu.com

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1329235789

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9781329235786

Navigating Teacher Education in Complex and Uncertain Times

Connecting Communities of Practice in a Borderless World

By: Carmen I. Mercado

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Navigating Teacher Education in Complex and Uncertain Times

Connecting Communities of Practice in a Borderless World

By: Carmen I. Mercado

Carmen I. Mercado draws on four decades of seminal research and theory on how American children, who come from homes where languages other than English are spoken, learn to read and to write in school to reveal aspects of locally-responsive planning and adaptations that should be central to any teacher education program that hopes to serve its unique, local population base responsibly. Mercado uses a range of theoretical lenses particularly those surrounding critical theory, the approach designed to deconstruct power relationships in society, to capture and explain the complexities of the teaching-learning process making visible institutional, social and political influences clear. She explores an extensive collection of tools and resources for teaching to explore how educators can inform their thinking and shape their own practices to broaden access to people and resources, and to influence classroom instruction as school populations becomes increasingly diverse on a global scale through immigration. Mercado also shows how self-study has been a key aspect of her program's evolution, suggesting that teacher education should be informed by teacher educators' own investigations into their own programs and processes; that each teacher educator ought to be an active reinventor of her own program, based on reflection on current data. Mercado sensitively draws together the technical and emotional dimensions of learning to teach, acknowledging that critical theory can bring up deep, often uncomfortable feelings of anger, guilt, resentment, and other responses to unfair conditions. However, since schools are designed as places of opportunity, facing these responses is essential at a time with the feelings of antagonism that characterize the present-day world and its conflictual social groups. Mercado offers the opportunity to address these facets of educational process in compelling, informed ways.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350069086

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9781350069084

From Bulk to Nano

The Many Sides of Magnetism

By: Carmen-Gabriela Stefanita

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From Bulk to Nano

The Many Sides of Magnetism

By: Carmen-Gabriela Stefanita

The inspiration for this book can be traced back many years to two major works that in?uenced the author’s outlook on applied physics: FerromagnetismusbyR. Becker,W. D ̈ oring (Springer, Berlin 1939), and Ferromagnetism by R. M. Bozorth (IEEE Press, New York 1951). The former work is a collection of lectures held in the 1930s for ‘technicians’ attending a technical college. The German language in which the work was originally written was extremely convenient for the author of this present book, as it was for a long time the only comfortable technical language in an English speaking environment. Later on, upon encountering the work by Bozorth, it was a relief to see the clarity and eloquence of the subjects presented in English, despite the impressive thickness of the book. Bozorth’s work still constitutes a practical review for anyone in a multidisciplinary industry who comes across the various manifestations of magnetism. The popularity of both works is so enduring that they are regarded as highly academic, and yet extremely readable, a reference in their own right, still attracting many readers these days in industry and academia. The ?eld of magnetism progressed immensely in the twentieth century, and shows no signs of slowing down in the present one. It has become so vast that it is quite often viewed only in its parts, rather than as a whole. In today’smyriadofapplications,especiallyonananoscale,andtheirchangeable implications mostly on a macroscale, it often seems that di?erent aspects of reported work on magnetism are scattered and unrelated.

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188

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540705481

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9783540705482

Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995 (Clothbound)

By: Carmen Edna Enciso,Tracy North

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Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995 (Clothbound)

By: Carmen Edna Enciso,Tracy North

H. Doc. 103-299. Prepared by Library of Congress (U.S.), Hispanic Division. Provides a brief biography of every Hipanic American who served in Congress, along with their picture. Includes bibliographies.

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Government Printing Office

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0160632609

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9780160632600

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