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A Nation in Search of Its Nationhood

Panama, 1912-1941

By: Juan Manuel Pérez

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A Nation in Search of Its Nationhood

Panama, 1912-1941

By: Juan Manuel Pérez

When the Liberal Party reached power in Panama in 1912 it started a period that lasted until 1941. A period in which Panamanians, due to the special circumstances under which the country became independent, the presence of the United States, and of thousands of foreign workers in its territory, began to doubt and asked themselves if they were truly independent. The American presence impacted politics and a sense of inferiority developed because people believed that nothing could be accomplished without the blessings of the United States. In the middle of chaotic political scene and self-doubt, the country retreated to its Hispanic past and began an effort to Hispanize in the face of so much foreign presence and influence, and tried to show the world that Panama was an independent country with history and traditions, and not an appendage of the United States. Belisario Porras, who became president in 1912, emphasized the Hispanic past and built statues to Balboa and Cervantes. Acción Comunal, founded in 1923, promoted nationalism and criticized the corrupt nature of politics. It led a successful campaign against the 1926 Treaty and a coup in 1931. This new generation repudiated the generation that made the 1903 Treaty. “Panama for Panamanians” became one of the catch phrases for the Panamanian youth of the 1920’s and 1930’s, which found in the brothers Harmodio and Arnulfo Arias the leading exponents.

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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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In the Heights

Finding Home

By: Lin-Manuel Miranda,Quiara Alegría Hudes,Jeremy McCarter

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In the Heights

Finding Home

By: Lin-Manuel Miranda,Quiara Alegría Hudes,Jeremy McCarter

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The eagerly awaited follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new book gives readers an extraordinary inside look at In the Heights, his breakout Broadway debut, written with Quiara Alegría Hudes, now a Hollywood blockbuster. “[An] exuberant, unique, and invaluable record of dynamic, brilliant, and soulful creativity.”—Booklist (starred review) In 2008, In the Heights, a new musical from up-and-coming young artists, electrified Broadway. The show’s vibrant mix of Latin music and hip-hop captured life in Washington Heights, the Latino neighborhood in upper Manhattan. It won four Tony Awards and became an international hit, delighting audiences around the world. For the film version, director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) brought the story home, filming its spectacular dance numbers on location in Washington Heights. That’s where Usnavi, Nina, and their neighbors chase their dreams and ask a universal question: Where do I belong? In the Heights: Finding Home reunites Miranda with Jeremy McCarter, co-author of Hamilton: The Revolution, and Quiara Alegría Hudes, the Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist of the Broadway musical and screenwriter of the film. They do more than trace the making of an unlikely Broadway smash and a major motion picture: They give readers an intimate look at the decades-long creative life of In the Heights. Like Hamilton: The Revolution, the book offers untold stories, perceptive essays, and the lyrics to Miranda’s songs—complete with his funny, heartfelt annotations. It also features newly commissioned portraits and never-before-seen photos from backstage, the movie set, and productions around the world. This is the story of characters who search for a home—and the artists who created one.

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Random House

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0593229592

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The Spanish Second Republic Revisited

From Democratic Hopes to Civil War (1931-1936)

By: Manuel Álvarez Tardío,Fernando Reguillo

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The Spanish Second Republic Revisited

From Democratic Hopes to Civil War (1931-1936)

By: Manuel Álvarez Tardío,Fernando Reguillo

The Spanish Civil War is one of the most studied events in modern European history. This book analyses the main obstacles to the consolidation of democracy in Spain and debates the principal stereotypes of the traditional historiography of both left and right.

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Liverpool University Press

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1836242271

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The Last Days of Terranova

By: Manuel Rivas

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The Last Days of Terranova

By: Manuel Rivas

A far-reaching story of an outcast and his bookstore: a home to forbidden books, political dissidents, and cultural smugglers all brought to vivid poetic life “Rivas is a master… His pages bloom like flowers, swerving in unpredictable arcs toward a light-source that is constantly moving.” —Bookforum The Last Days of Terranova tells of Vicenzo Fontana, the elderly owner of the long-standing Terranova Bookstore, on the day it's set to close due to the greed of real-estate speculators. On this final day, Vincenzo spends the night in his beloved store filled with more than seventy years of fugitive histories. Jumping from the present to various points in the past, the novel ferries us back to Vicenzo's childhood, when his father opened the store in 1935, to the years that the store was run by his Uncle Eliseo, and to the years in the lead-up to the democratic transition, which Vicenzo spent as far away from the bookstore as possible, in Madrid. Like the bookstore itself, The Last Days of Terranova is a space crammed with stories, histories, and literary references, and as many nooks, crannies, and complexities, brought to life in Rivas’s vital prose.

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Archipelago

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1953861334

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Eco-friendly Functional Polymers

An Approach from Application-Targeted Green Chemistry

By: Manuel Palencia,Tulio A. Lerma,Viviana Garcés,Mayra A. Mora,Jina M. Martínez,Sixta L. Palencia

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Eco-friendly Functional Polymers

An Approach from Application-Targeted Green Chemistry

By: Manuel Palencia,Tulio A. Lerma,Viviana Garcés,Mayra A. Mora,Jina M. Martínez,Sixta L. Palencia

There is a growing demand for strategies to address the impact of polymers and plastics in ecosystems. The principles of green chemistry offer a good source of such strategies. Ecofriendly Functional Polymers: An Approach from Application-Targeted Green Chemistry provides a holistic overview of polymer chemistry, development, and applications in the context of these sustainability-driven principles. It encourages researchers to consider the principles of green chemistry, environmental impacts, and end-user needs as integral aspects for consideration at the earliest stages of any design process, and draws together key aspects of polymer chemistry, organic synthesis, experimental design, and applications in a single volume. Beginning with an authoritative guide to fundamental polymer chemistry and its impact in the current environmental context, the book then discusses a range of key theoretical and experimental aspects of designing eco-friendly functional polymers. Applications of ecofriendly functional polymers across an entire range of fields are discussed, and a selection of case studies highlights the implementation of theoretical and experimental information to address a broad selection of issues. - Highlights the physicochemical principles of green chemistry and the development of biodegradable and recyclable polymers in this context - Compiles key information connecting structural features with properties, experimental strategies, and appropriate applications into a single volume - Discusses requirements and applications across a broad range of fields, supported by practical examples

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0128218541

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Sed de Independencia

By: V. Ctor Manuel L. Pez Ortega,Víctor Manuel López Ortega

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Sed de Independencia

By: V. Ctor Manuel L. Pez Ortega,Víctor Manuel López Ortega

Hombre de ideas revolucionarias, hereje, sacrílego, traidor, hipócrita, libertino, astuto y calculador... pero él ha actuado en nombre de la felicidad de la humanidad. En este libro, Francisco J. Rul narra sus peripecias durante la guerra de independencia de México, una época en la que imperaba el caos, la miseria, el hambre, la destrucción y la violencia, el pensamiento liberal comenzaba a permear en una población enfadada de casi trescientos años de dominación española y el virrey intentaba mantener el régimen establecido. En el transcurso de la historia, el protagonista se irá relacionando con las altas cúpulas del poder real y el insurgente, para luego descubrir que los intereses, conflictos, mentiras e intrigas que se gestan en ambos bandos le arrastran hacia un abismo del cual será difícil sobrevivir.

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Palibrio

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1463318596

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Lectura y Escritura Avanzadas Teacher's Book

By: Manuel Frutos-Pérez,Kathryn Aldridge-Morris

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Lectura y Escritura Avanzadas Teacher's Book

By: Manuel Frutos-Pérez,Kathryn Aldridge-Morris

Suitable for use in the IB Diploma Spanish B programme, this series covers 15 units which train students in working with various Text Types

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0955926572

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RECUERDOS DE UN CONDENADO A MUERTE

By: Manuel López Lacárcel

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RECUERDOS DE UN CONDENADO A MUERTE

By: Manuel López Lacárcel

...con este libro no pretendo otra cosa que dejar constancia de unas vivencias y unos hechos que a mí me parecen interesantes dentro del contexto de la guerra civil española, sobre la que tanto se ha escrito, a pesar de lo cual, aún quedan por decir infinidad de cosas que se derivan de lo referido a esos episodios que, sin duda alguna, constituyen uno de los capítulos más nefastos de la historia de España. Manuel López Lacárcel

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Lulu.com

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129187741X

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Blood, Land and Power

The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Nobility and Lineages in the Early Modern Period

By: Manuel Perez-Garcia

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Blood, Land and Power

The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Nobility and Lineages in the Early Modern Period

By: Manuel Perez-Garcia

The historical data and vast information in the historical sources is arranged in this book using software to make clusters of data and quantification. This serves as illustrative example for future research on how to apply such methods to historical research. The analysis of formation of new elites and powerful families, and the social networks they belonged to, serves to understand in the long run how groups and families in localities of southern Europe have consolidated their power and how political institutions (then and now) have served to the perpetuation of such families in the exercise of power. Disputes and rivalry between factions, elites and groups of power to control land (as main economic source of power) and political institutions have not ceased since the early modern period until today. Southern and Mediterranean Europe localities are a good example in which fierce struggles between elite groups have lasted across space and time.

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University of Wales Press

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1786837129

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The Great African Slave Revolt of 1825

Cuba and the Fight for Freedom in Matanzas

By: Manuel Barcia

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The Great African Slave Revolt of 1825

Cuba and the Fight for Freedom in Matanzas

By: Manuel Barcia

In June 1825 the Cuban countryside witnessed a large African-led slave rebellion -- a revolt that began a cycle of slave uprisings lasting until the mid-1840s. The Great African Slave Revolt of 1825 examines this movement and its participants for the first time, highlighting the significance of African warriors in New World plantation society. Unlike previous slave revolts -- led by alliances between free people of color and slaves, blacks and mulattoes, Africans and Creoles, and rural and urban populations -- only African-born men organized the uprising of 1825. From this year onwards, Barcia argues, slave uprisings in Cuba underwent a phase of Africanization that concluded only in the mid-1840s with the conspiracy of La Escalera, a large movement organized by free colored men with ample participation of the slave population. The Great African Slave Revolt of 1825 offers a detailed examination of the sociopolitical and economic background of the Matanzas rebellion, both locally and colonially. Based on extensive primary sources, particularly court records, the study provides a microhistorical analysis of the days that preceded this event, the uprising itself, and the days and months that followed. Barcia gives the Great African Revolt of 1825 its rightful place in the history of slavery in Cuba, the Caribbean, and the Americas.

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LSU Press

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0807143340

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Una Vida Plena...y M S

By: Jos Manuel Infante Guevara "Bulganin"

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Una Vida Plena...y M S

By: Jos Manuel Infante Guevara "Bulganin"

Este libro trata de una vida, una vida como pocas, pero al igual que muchas, llena de recuerdos; recuerdos amargos y recuerdos dulces; lágrimas y lamentos, alegrías y tristezas, dolor y regocijo, amor y pasión, ambición, esperanzas y anhelos. Y en fin, todo lo que se tiene que experimentar para forjarse un alma, y conocer la fe. Una vida como pocas, llena de lo anterior, y más aún. Aunque en la realidad, y visto a fondo, ninguna vida es igual a otras, pero el fin de todas, es el mismo... la felicidad. Si un hombre se pasa la vida obsesionado en busca de esta, no es muy seguro que la encuentre, porque normalmente, ella es la que llega a encontrarnos, y todo el mundo sabe que no es exclusiva de los que logran el poder y la riqueza Si no del espíritu que la merezca; Y no dudo que se le entregue al más jodido de los hombres, O al más rico, pero en la proporción, Que a cada quien le corresponde. Igual que con la autorrealización, Que no consiste en tener mucho, tener poco, o tener nada, Porque esta es personal, Y viene siendo la suma de todas las felicidades A lo largo de la vida. Como aquel que vive de la caza y de la pesca, Que la vive constante; O el obrero que de vez en cuando; O del empresario, que la siente a veces; O la del rico, que la tiene tal vez de vez en cuando; O el muy poderoso y millonario, Que siempre se la pasa tratando de encontrarla.

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1463337736

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No está todo reído

By: José Manuel Puebla

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No está todo reído

By: José Manuel Puebla

Risa, reflexión e ingenio. El gran humorista gráfico José Manuel Puebla vuelve a la carga con su estilo particular, irónico y transgresor. Después de Si no fuera por estos raticos se atreve con No está todo reído, un compendio de 150 ilustraciones a color que nacen con la idea de hacernos pensar en todo lo que hay que cambiar a través de la poderosa herramienta de la risa. «No hay mejor antídoto para acabar con todo aquello que nos hace mal a la sociedad que a través del humor», dice el autor. El libro, además de las viñetas que ilustran situaciones de todo tipo (políticas, sociales, familiares...), está prologado y epilogado por los periodistas Bieito Rubido, director del diario ABC, y Alfredo Menéndez, presentador de «Las mañanas de Radio Nacional de España». También se suma la presentación de la siempre irónica y genial Rosa Palo, columnista del diario murciano La Verdad.

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Editorial Almuzara

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8417277331

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9788417277338

Las Mocedades del Duque de Osuna

By: Manuel B. Barroca

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Las Mocedades del Duque de Osuna

By: Manuel B. Barroca

The Duke of Osuna escapes from prison and goes in pursuit of a famous swordsman, Afanador, to see how good a fighter he really is. Plays various pranks on his way, always rewarding his victims with double or three times the value of the damaged goods, meets a former lover and gathers some followers who join him on his trip to Flanders. The play ends with the duke and his friends being imprisoned at first and then pardoned and praised by the King of France who had witnessed a tumultuous clash between Spaniards and Frenchmen at a play performance, provoked by an insult to the dignity of the the King of Spain by one of the French actors. The French King admired the duke's nobility, his patriotism, courage , valor and extreme dedication and respect shown to his king. Trabajo en todos aspectos meritorio, esta magnífica obra del Profesor Manuel Barroca tiene la virtud de ofrecer al lector un lúcido análisis a una curiosa faceta de la obra de Don Cristobal Monroy, fecundo pero injustamente poco divulgado autor. -Eduardo Mayone Dias Professoe Emeritus Department of Spanish and Portuguese University of California at Los Angeles

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1469112329

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Pensacola Bay

A Military History

By: Dale Manuel

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Pensacola Bay

A Military History

By: Dale Manuel

Shortly after Ponce de Leon discovered La Florida in 1513, early Spanish settlers found a large and sheltered bay on the Gulf of Mexico. The bay became known as Pensacola after the Penzacola Indians who lived along the shore. In 1698, the first permanent colony was established by pioneers who recognized the strategic importance of a fine harbor with protective barrier islands and a high bluff, or barranca, on the mainland across from a defensible mouth. For centuries the bay was fortified and refortified. Battles raged in four wars, and five nations raised their flags along the harbor. Pensacola Bay: A Military History traces the rich military history of the bay from Spanish times to the present-day Naval Air Station Pensacola, home of the Navy's Blue Angels. The book presents over 200 black-and-white images that highlight the acquisition of Florida by the United States in 1821, the construction of fortifications and naval installations, the Civil War, both World Wars, the Old Navy Yard, the Naval Air Station, and present-day military activity.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738516031

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A Portrait of Death

By: Claudio Hernández and Manuel DelPrieto

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A Portrait of Death

By: Claudio Hernández and Manuel DelPrieto

An artist whose canvas signifies death. A Deputy Inspector desperate for a child who’s caught in the middle. An Inspector who prefers to work alone. These are the essential elements of ‘A Portrait of Death’. Deputy Inspector Lola Gúzman and her husband are on holiday innocently wandering around Barcelona, enjoying the sights and experiencing the culture, when all hell breaks loose as blood and death seem to occur all around her. However, the killing spree isn’t just confined to the Catalonian capital, but spreads to other cities all around Spain growing ever more gruesome. The massacres do have one thing in common; they come accompanied by works of art. Art created by the brush of a master. Deputy Inspector Lola Gúzman teams up with Inspector Andrés López of the UCO, Spain’s elite organized crime department. They are confronted by no ordinary criminal, but a madman who will stop at nothing to produce the most grotesque paintings possible; paintings that will live long in the memory. However, the paintings don’t just include random members of the general public, as the two police officers find that the lives of the ones they hold dearest have also stepped into the killer’s cross hairs.

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154758436X

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The Archaeology of the Iberians

By: Arturo Ruiz,Manuel Molinos

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The Archaeology of the Iberians

By: Arturo Ruiz,Manuel Molinos

The Iberians inhabited southern and eastern Spain between the Greek and Phoenician colonisation, beginning in the eighth century BC, and the Roman conquest. This was a period of significant changes in native Spanish societies, and the emergence of urbanism and the adoption of ideological symbols and technological innovations from the colonists created an important and unique Iron Age culture. In this 1998 book, Arturo Ruiz and Manuel Molinos offer the first synthesis of the period for more than thirty years, and cover a number of topics: ways in which material culture can help to explain cultural change, ethnicity, and ethnic conflict, and the decline of the Iberian world following the Punic Wars and Roman colonization. The result is a sophisticated, theoretically informed case study of cultural change within a specific complex society.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521564026

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9780521564021

The Power of Identity

By: Manuel Castells

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The Power of Identity

By: Manuel Castells

In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy. Extensive new preface examines how dramatic recent events have transformed the socio-political landscape of our world Applies Castells’ hypotheses to contemporary issues such as Al Qaeda and global terrorist networks, American unilateralism and the crisis of political legitimacy throughout the world A brilliant account of social, cultural, and political conflict and struggle all over the world Analyzes the importance of cultural, religious, and national identity as sources of meaning for people, and its implications for social movement Throws new light on the dynamics of global and local change

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444356291

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Ordesa

A Novel

By: Manuel Vilas

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Ordesa

A Novel

By: Manuel Vilas

”A meditation on yearning, solitude, and self; a soul storm, a mirage of phantom figures . . . a book of deep reckoning.” —The New York Times Book Review The #1 international bestselling phenomenon—a profound and riveting story of love, loss, and memory. A man at a crossroads in the middle of his life considers the place where he’s from, and where his parents have recently died. In the face of enormous personal tumult, he sits down to write. What follows is an audacious chronicle of his childhood and an unsparing account of his life’s trials, failures, and triumphs that becomes a moving look at what family gives and takes away. With the intimacy of a diarist, he reckons with the ghosts of his parents and the current specters of his divorce, his children, his career, and his addictions. In unswervingly honest prose, Vilas explores his identity after great loss—what is a person without a marriage or without parents? What is a person when faced with memories alone? Already an acclaimed poet and novelist in Spain, Vilas takes his work to a whole new level with this autobiographical novel; critics have called it “a work of art able to cauterize pain.” Elegiac and searching, Ordesa is a meditation on loss and a powerful exploration of a person who is both extraordinary and utterly ordinary—at once singular and representing us all—who transforms a time of crisis into something beautiful and redemptive.

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0593084055

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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

Murder in the Central Committee

By: Manuel Vazquez Montalban

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Murder in the Central Committee

By: Manuel Vazquez Montalban

At a meeting of the central committee of Spain's Communist Party, in a room both locked and guarded, general secretary Fernando Garrido is stabbed to death. But the Party refuses to believe it was an inside job. They turn to former member Pepe Carvalho. But he’s soon out of his depth in unfamiliar Madrid, where he spends nearly as much time investigating the chorizo, lamb-kidneys, and tripe, and the uninspiring selection of wine on offer, as he does murder. With time out for his signature book burning (Engels’s The Housing Question), cooking (shellfish risotto), and an ill-advised bajativo (cognac, crème de menthe) inspired romp with Gladys, Pepe Carvalho leads a wry and cynical tour through the labyrinth of post-Fascist Spanish politics amid violent jostling for power.

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Melville House

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1612190375

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Horror Town, Bloody Night

By: Manuel Ávila Cazorla

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Horror Town, Bloody Night

By: Manuel Ávila Cazorla

Juan José Berrón, a retired UDEV policeman, tells us in the first person how his happy life took a terrible turn towards Terror in the middle of a rural festival. The doubts about the causes of so much evil will surround him until the end of the story, where he will struggle to flee and survive in a town surrounded by death and destruction.

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