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Manuel Alvarez Bravo

By: Manuel Alvarez Bravo

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Over 370 tritone photographs, arranged in broadly chronological order, mark Alvarez Bravo's remarkable eighty-year career. Strikingly poetic and richly resonant, the collection includes iconic images as well as over thirty previously unpublished masterpieces. Urban and rural scenes, still lifes, nudes, religious and vernacular subjects, portraits of luminaries including Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Octavio Paz: all illustrate the peerless acuity of the photographer's eye. Above all, Alvarez Bravo's work celebrates his beloved Mexico, with its indigenous rituals and age-old customs."--Jacket.

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0811865320

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

By: J. Paul Getty Museum,Manuel Alvarez Bravo,Manuel Álvarez Bravo

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

By: J. Paul Getty Museum,Manuel Alvarez Bravo,Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Manuel Alvarez Bravo created works of art displaying an array of styles and themes. This volume contains 50 images with extended commentaries on each. There is also a transcript of a symposium on Manuel Alvarez Bravo.

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Getty Publications

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0892366257

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Masters of Photography

By: Manuel Alvarez Bravo,A. D. Coleman

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Masters of Photography

By: Manuel Alvarez Bravo,A. D. Coleman

Gathers still lifes, landscapes, nudes, street scenes, portraits, and abstracts by the Mexican photographer and offers a brief appreciation of his work

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0893813036

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Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail, 1700â1860

Design, Construction, Careers and Fates

By: Rif Winfield,John Tredrea,Enrique GarcÃa-Torralba PÃ©rez,Manuel Blasco Felip

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Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail, 1700â1860

Design, Construction, Careers and Fates

By: Rif Winfield,John Tredrea,Enrique GarcÃa-Torralba PÃ©rez,Manuel Blasco Felip

This book is the latest contribution to a unique series in a common format documenting in great detail the warships of the major naval powers during the age of sail. To date, four volumes have covered the British Navy, two have been devoted to the French Navy and one each to the Dutch and Russian Navies. This volume on the Spanish Navy, for much of its history the third largest in the world, fills the final gap in the ranks of the major maritime powers. This book is the first comprehensive listing of these ships in English and covers the development of all the naval vessels owned or deployed by Spain during the period of the Bourbon monarchy from 1700 to 1860 (including the period of French control during the Napoleonic Wars), but it also sets the scene for that period by summarizing the origins of Spanish naval development under the preceding Habsburg regime. As with previous volumes in the series, the main chapters list all the naval vessels from 1700 onwards (including those 16th century ships which survived into the new regime in 1700) by type, with the first chapters listing the ships of the line (navÃos in Spanish terminology) and frigates in descending order of firepower, and subsequent chapters covering minor and ancillary vessels. Where available, a brief service history of each individual ship is given. A comprehensive introductory section includes a group of background essays designed to provide the reader with a deep understanding of how Spanish naval forces operated, and the context within which they were organized. Certain to become the standard English-language reference work, its publication is of the utmost importance to every naval historian and general reader interested in the navies of the sailing era.

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Seaforth Publishing

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1526790815

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9781526790811

Folklore and Literature

Studies in the Portuguese, Brazilian, Sephardic, and Hispanic Oral Traditions

By: Manuel da Costa Fontes

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Folklore and Literature

Studies in the Portuguese, Brazilian, Sephardic, and Hispanic Oral Traditions

By: Manuel da Costa Fontes

Folklore and Literature shows how modern folklore supplements an understanding of the early oral tradition and enhances the knowledge of the early literature. Besides documenting how writers incorporated folklore into their works, this book allows us to understand crucial passages whose learned authors took for granted a familiarity with the oral tradition, thus enabling us to restore those passages to their intended meaning. Studying the vicissitudes of oral transmission in great detail, this is the first book exclusively dedicated to the relationship between folklore and literature in a Luso-Brazilian context, taking into account the pan-Hispanic and other traditions as well. Some of the folkloric passages included are: Puputiriru; Celestina; El idolatra de Maria; Remando Vao Remadores; Barca Bela; Flerida; and Don Duarodos.

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State University of New York Press

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0791493008

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9780791493007

The Buenos Aires Quintet

By: Manuel Vazquez Montalban

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The Buenos Aires Quintet

By: Manuel Vazquez Montalban

Assignment: Finding one of Argentina's 30,000 "Disappeared" ... likely outcome: Becoming one yourself. The Argentine army's "Dirty War" disappeared 30,000 people, and the last thing Pepe Carvalho wants is to investigate one of the vanished, even if that missing person is his cousin. But blood proves thicker than a fine Mendoza Cabernet Sauvignon, even for a jaded gourmand like Pepe, and so at his family's request he leaves Barcelona for Buenos Aires. What follows is perhaps Manuel Vázquez Montalbán's masterpiece: a combination white-knuckle investigation and moving psychological travelogue. Pepe quickly learns that "Buenos Aires is a beautiful city hell-bent on self-destruction," and finds himself on a trail involving boxers and scholars, military torturers and seductive semioticians, Borges fans and cold-blooded murderers. And despite the wonders of the Tango and the country's divine cuisine, he also knows one thing: He'll have to confront the traumas of Argentina's past head on if he wants not only to find his cousin, but simply stay alive.

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Melville House

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1612190359

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9781612190358

Identification and Characterization of Neural Progenitor Cells in the Adult Mammalian Brain

By: Sara Gil-Perotín,Arturo Alvarez-Buylla,Jose Manuel Garcia-Verdugo

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Identification and Characterization of Neural Progenitor Cells in the Adult Mammalian Brain

By: Sara Gil-Perotín,Arturo Alvarez-Buylla,Jose Manuel Garcia-Verdugo

Adult neurogenesis has been questioned for many years. In the early 1900s, a dogma was established that denied new neuron formation in the adult brain. In the last century however, new discoveries have demonstrated the real existence of proliferation in the adult brain, and in the last decade, these studies led to the identification of neural stem cells in mammals. Adult neural stem cells are undifferentiated cells that are present in the adult brain and are capable of dividing and differentiating into glia and new neurons. Newly formed neurons terminally differentiate into mature neurons in the olfactory bulb and the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. Since then, a number of new research lines have emerged whose common objective is the phenotypical and molecular characterization of brain stem cells. As a result, new therapies are successfully being applied to animal models for certain neurodegenerative diseases or stroke. At present, and in years to come, this finding extends to the adult human brain, and gives reason and hope to all the previous studies.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540887199

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Living "Illegal"

The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration

By: Marie Marquardt,Timothy Steigenga,Philip Williams,Manuel Vasquez

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Living "Illegal"

The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration

By: Marie Marquardt,Timothy Steigenga,Philip Williams,Manuel Vasquez

In June 2012, President Obama’s executive order enforcing parts of the Dream Act and the Supreme Court’s decision to block components of Arizona’s draconian immigration law propelled the immigration debate back into the headlines once again. Based on oral histories, individual testimonies, and years of research into the lives of ordinary migrants, Living “Illegal” offers richly textured “stories that often get lost in the rhetoric” (Gainesville Sun)—of real people working, building families, and enriching their communities even as the political climate has grown increasingly hostile. Moving far beyond stock images and conventional explanations, Living “Illegal” challenges our assumptions about why immigrants come to the United States, where they settle, and how they have adapted to the often confusing patchwork of local immigration ordinances. This revealing narrative takes us into Southern churches, onto the streets of major American cities, into the fields of Florida, and back and forth across different national boundaries—from Brazil to Mexico and Guatemala. A new preface by the authors frames these stories in light of recent policy developments, as well as the 2012 elections and possible shifts ahead. An unmistakably relevant, deeply humane book, Living “Illegal” will continue to stand as an authoritative guide as we address one of the most pressing issues of our time.

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New Press, The

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1595588817

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Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant

By: Manuel Antônio de Almeida

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Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant

By: Manuel Antônio de Almeida

Recognized as a turning point in Brazilian literature, this entertaining novel of urban manners follows the neer-do-well Leonardo through his various romantic liaisons and frequent scrapes with the law. First printed in weekly installments in 1852, and later published in two volumes in 1854-55, Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant comprises a series of humorous vignettes held together by the adventures and misfortunes of this young rogue--who matures from a handful of a toddler into a ruffian of a boy and an idler of a young man--and his father, also named Leonardo. Manuel Antonio De Almeida tells a story in everyday language that is rich in detail of life on the streets and the modest circumstances of the free poor of Rio de Janeiro. Through satirical accounts of the escapades of characters who always seem close to the brink of some personal crisis or social misstep, yet who manage to pull through by hook or by crook, Almeida makes a subtle and incisive comment on Brazilian urban society and culture of the nineteenth century. Now available in a new and lively translation, Memoirs of a Military Sergeant occupies an important position in the satirical literature of Brazil and the world.

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Oxford University Press

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0199761671

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El cacao Guayaquil en nueva España, 1774-1812 (política imperial, mercado y consumo)

By: Manuel Miño Grijalva

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El cacao Guayaquil en nueva España, 1774-1812 (política imperial, mercado y consumo)

By: Manuel Miño Grijalva

Esta obra analiza la presencia del cacao originado en las costas del Guayas (Ecuador) conocido en el mercado mundial como cacao guayaquil. El estudio se centra en el intercambio comercial con Nueva España y los vericuetos de la prohibición comercial entre colonias. Muestra, por una parte, el carácter imperialista de la corona que gobernó sus posesiones del Nuevo Mundo como colonias más que como reinos en el aspecto económico, aunque una de las primeras cosas que el tráfico del cacao puso en evidencia es que la prohibición de la Corona del siglo XVII no detuvo la exportación de cacao, aunque sí frenó el crecimiento de Guayaquil. Por otra parte, la investigación establece el tráfico naviero, los montos de las cargas de cacao que arribaron a Acapulco y las manifestaciones de los precios en el mercado de la ciudad de México y trata de demostrar que la oferta creciente de cacao guayaquil, ayudó a mantener los precios estables en un contexto general de crecimiento de los precios en la segunda parte del siglo XVIII.

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El Colegio de Mexico AC

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6074625948

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Kickstarting Italian Opera in the Andes

The 1840s and the First Opera Companies

By: José Manuel Izquierdo König

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Kickstarting Italian Opera in the Andes

The 1840s and the First Opera Companies

By: José Manuel Izquierdo König

During the 19th century, Italian opera became truly transatlantic and its rapid expansion is one of the most exciting new areas of study in music and the performing arts. Beyond the Atlantic coasts, opera searched for new spaces to expand its reach. This Element discusses about the Italian opera in Andean countries like Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia during the 1840s and focuses on opera as a product that both challenged and was challenged in the Andes by other forms of performing arts, behaviours, technologies, material realities, and business models.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009223011

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9781009223010

Forjando Patria

By: Manuel Gamio,Fernando Armstrong-Fumero

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Forjando Patria

By: Manuel Gamio,Fernando Armstrong-Fumero

Often considered the father of anthropological studies in Mexico, Manuel Gamio originally published Forjando Patria in 1916. This groundbreaking manifesto for a national anthropology of Mexico summarizes the key issues in the development of anthropology as an academic discipline and the establishment of an active field of cultural politics in Mexico. Written during the upheaval of the Mexican Revolution, the book has now been translated into English for the first time. Armstrong-Fumero's translation allows readers to develop a more nuanced understanding of this foundational work, which is often misrepresented in contemporary critical analyses. As much about national identity as anthropology, this text gives Anglophone readers access to a particular set of topics that have been mentioned extensively in secondary literature but are rarely discussed with a sense of their original context. Forjando Patria also reveals the many textual ambiguities that can lend themselves to different interpretations. The book highlights the history and development of Mexican anthropology and archaeology at a time when scholars in the United States are increasingly recognizing the importance of cross-cultural collaboration with their Mexican colleagues. It will be of interest to anthropologists and archaeologists studying the region, as well as those involved in the history of the discipline.

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University Press of Colorado

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1457109611

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How I Toppled Western Civilization

By: MR A C Hanstedt,A. Hanstedt,MR Manuel Asencio

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How I Toppled Western Civilization

By: MR A C Hanstedt,A. Hanstedt,MR Manuel Asencio

Van Bueren is a man's man. He likes scotch, long legs and Die Hard. His world is direct with no room for spoilsports. He paints, he philanders and he loves bacon. When he goes to an LA party and has his lights punched out, he wakes up in Paris and has to walk a fine line between disbelief and acceptance. The Pantheon has been working on project Paragon for a long time, and they need new talent, like Van. Apparently, the math and science folks have got it all wrong. Armed with that knowledge, people are now trying to kill him! With the help of his mysterious bombshell assistant, Evette, and his totally boss Mustang GT, Katie, he's got to stay one step ahead of his enemies, and two steps ahead of the trail of emotional wreckage he leaves in his wake. Tossed between two feuding secret societies, will he survive to once again swing his libido like a medieval weapon? Will he save the day, the girl and, more importantly, his car?

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MAP

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1468040081

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Texas by Terán

The Diary Kept by General Manuel de Mier Y Terán on His 1828 Inspection of Texas

By: Manuel de Mier y Terán,Jack Jackson,Scooter Cheatham,Lynn Marshall

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Texas by Terán

The Diary Kept by General Manuel de Mier Y Terán on His 1828 Inspection of Texas

By: Manuel de Mier y Terán,Jack Jackson,Scooter Cheatham,Lynn Marshall

This book contains the full text of Teran's diary - which has never before been published - edited and annotated by Jack Jackson and translated into English by John Wheat. Also included are letters Teran wrote during his inspection, observations by other members of the expedition, and brief accounts by several foreign travelers who visited Texas at this time. The editor's introduction and epilogue place the diary in historical context, revealing the significant role that Teran played in setting Mexican policy for Texas between 1828 and 1832"--Jacket.

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University of Texas Press

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0292752350

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9780292752351

Mexicanos

A History of Mexicans in the United States

By: Manuel G. Gonzales

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Mexicanos

A History of Mexicans in the United States

By: Manuel G. Gonzales

Newly revised and updated, Mexicanos tells the rich and vibrant story of Mexicans in the United States. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what became the southwestern United States. Shaped by their Indian and Spanish ancestors, deeply influenced by Catholicism, and tempered by an often difficult existence, Mexicans continue to play an important role in U.S. society, even as the dominant Anglo culture strives to assimilate them. Thorough and balanced, Mexicanos makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of the Mexican population of the United States—a growing minority who are a vital presence in 21st-century America.

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Indiana University Press

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0253221250

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9780253221254

International Arbitration and the Permanent Court of Arbitration

By: Manuel Indlekofer

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International Arbitration and the Permanent Court of Arbitration

By: Manuel Indlekofer

The modern tendency to restrict international arbitration to matters of commerce and investment is succumbing to a renewed recognition of the original impetus for dispute resolution by arbitration – i.e., matters of public international law, most importantly the settlement of disputes that pose a threat of international conflict. Recent developments suggest a renaissance of public international arbitration, most clearly manifested in the present flourishing of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the oldest existing dispute settlement institution in international law. As the calls for the development of new and more appropriate methods for dispute settlement in international law increased during the 1990s, the PCA undertook a structural reform and is today a vital forum for dispute settlement, with scores of arbitrations currently pending under its auspices. This book – the most comprehensive study of the institution to date, covering its history, its present status, and its future prospects – proves the PCA’s contemporary relevance within the international dispute settlement framework. Among aspects of the PCA’s work covered are the following: how public international arbitration functions in comparison to other means available for dispute settlement in international law; the PCA’s historical contributions to the current dispute settlement framework; arbitrations between a state and a non-state actor that are in whole or in part governed by public international law; the fields in which public international arbitration plays a revived role; the PCA’s present-day institutional framework and its current activities; the prospects for public international arbitration and the PCA in the dispute settlement framework of the twenty-first century; and proposals to increase the PCA’s activities in future and to sustain and enhance the institution’s ongoing revitalization. A very useful Practitioner’s Guide provides an overview of the PCA’s various services and the best means of accessing them, along with a summary of the key provisions of the new PCA Arbitration Rules 2012. For lawyers who are involved in dispute resolution proceedings, there can be little doubt about the PCA’s relevance. This book is at once an academic work, indispensable for scholars of the institution, and a practical guide that will be a required addition to the libraries of counsel, arbitrators, and others involved in dispute resolution proceedings conducted at the PCA.

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9041147748

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9789041147745

Mexicanos, Third Edition

A History of Mexicans in the United States

By: Manuel G. Gonzales

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Mexicanos, Third Edition

A History of Mexicans in the United States

By: Manuel G. Gonzales

Responding to shifts in the political and economic experiences of Mexicans in America, this newly revised and expanded edition of Mexicanos provides a relevant and contemporary consideration of this vibrant community. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what became the southwestern United States. Shaped by their Indian and Spanish ancestors, deeply influenced by Catholicism, and often struggling to respond to political and economic precarity, Mexicans play an important role in US society even as the dominant Anglo culture strives to assimilate them. With new maps, updated appendicxes, and a new chapter providing an up-to-date consideration of the immigration debate centered on Mexican communities in the US, this new edition of Mexicanos provides a thorough and balanced contribution to understanding Mexicans' history and their vital importance to 21st-century America.

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Indiana University Press

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0253041759

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9780253041753

Onde o sol castiga mais

By: António Gonçalves Manuel Castro

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Onde o sol castiga mais

By: António Gonçalves Manuel Castro

“Enquanto mirava aqueles corpos pálidos, franzinos e seminus, sentia no ar uma desagradável atmosfera de Dachau e Auschwitz; estavam todos condenados. Tentava perceber como é que tantos pais, por temor e respeito a um ‘Deus omnipotente’, chamado Pátria, entregavam, quase sem ripostar, os seus próprios filhos a um destino que se adivinhava sórdido e cruel. No palco da guerra, a morte não se comprazia com carne doente e estafada. Exigia, sobretudo, corpos tenros e saudáveis para as suas orgias de sangue, e o homem apressava-se a fornecer-lha, como se de um tributo se tratasse. Era um processo que Daniel assimilava com muito custo. – É uma verdadeira perda de tempo. – Insistia o Rebelo pessimista. – Vamos todos ser chamados... – ... e lixados com ‘F’ grande! – Rematou Daniel.”

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Europa Edizioni

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9791220136136

Our Land

By: Manuel Januário

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Our Land

By: Manuel Januário

Andre is a rich landowner, while Mário is an immigrant college student. Although from different backgrounds, they both come to America to learn how to overcome economic underdevelopment in their own countries. Sadly, they discover that the American economic system perpetuates conditions of poverty for many while others become unreasonably rich, leaving behind a trail of environmental degradation. It is Mário and Andre’s solid friendship that shows them the way forward. Through many twists and turns in several countries, their shared experiences teach them that underdevelopment can be overcome through a new economics of frugality (as opposed to the current economics of over consumption), that respects the economic rights of all our fellow earth citizens and the planet’s own sustainability. Unfortunately, putting into practice their cooperative capitalism principles challenges installed interests and brings mortal danger into their sincerely committed lives.

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Archway Publishing

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1480891266

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9781480891265

Nibiru

By: Manuel Tristante,Carlos Gran

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Nibiru

By: Manuel Tristante,Carlos Gran

Removing the entrails of the past was never so dangerous. The truth has been revealed, and when that happens, you must be prepared to face its consequences. A celestial body approaches the Earth, orbiting it every hundreds of eons. Its name is Nibiru and Mara, a young girl amateur of astronomy, will discover that it is not just any planet. But she is not the only one who has her eyes on it and what this means. After the death of the prestigious archaeologist and professor Gregorio Martinez, Alex, his apprentice, will embark on a thrilling career full of adventures, mysteries and revelations that will take him from the arid lands of ancient Sumeria to an unexpected encounter with Mara. Gods, slaves and primitives; Past, present and future; All will play their cards in a titanic struggle to uncover the true origin of life. Meanwhile, slowly, Nibiru approaches.

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Babelcube Inc.

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1547547480

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9781547547487

Climate Change and Human Security

The Challenge to Local Governance Under Rapid Coastal Urbanization

By: Michael R. Redclift,David Manuel Navarrete,Mark Pelling

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Climate Change and Human Security

The Challenge to Local Governance Under Rapid Coastal Urbanization

By: Michael R. Redclift,David Manuel Navarrete,Mark Pelling

The challenge presented by climate change is, by its nature, global. The populations of the Mexican Caribbean, the focus of this book, are faced by everyday decisions not unlike those in the urban North. The difference is that for the people of the Mexican Caribbean evidence of the effects of climate change, including hurricanes, is very familiar to them. This important study documents the choices and risks of people who are powerless to change the economic development model which is itself forcing climate change. The book examines the Mexican Caribbean coast and explores the wider issues of managing climate change in vulnerable areas of the tropics. It also points to the inability to integrate development thinking into climate change adaptation. The authors suggest that failures in local governance - the transparency of state actions and the local populations lack of effective power - represents a greater threat to adaptation than the absence of technical capacity in vulnerable areas. Using local case studies of communities, fishing villages and tourist destinations, this well-researched book will appeal to international students and academics working on climate change and professionals in development, conservation and tourism industries.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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0857933094

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9780857933096

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