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Social Science Careers Beyond the Academy

Finding a Path in Consulting and Government Settings

By: Stacey S. Merola,John Hitchcock,Mercedes Rubio

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Social Science Careers Beyond the Academy

Finding a Path in Consulting and Government Settings

By: Stacey S. Merola,John Hitchcock,Mercedes Rubio

Social Science Careers Beyond the Academy provides a “road-map” to a career outside of academia for students of the social sciences who want to transition to a corporate or government environment after they complete their studies. It isn’t always easy to see how the skills you develop in academia will apply to corporate consultancy or research positions, or even to see clearly where these various career paths might lead and whether they might suit you. Are you a start-up person or do you think that a big, established organization will provide you with desirable opportunities? Would you prefer to work for a public or private firm, or perhaps for a government agency? Are you better at research or project management? How do you go about adapting your writing to the nonspecialist audience of colleagues in an organization? This book is written by a team of authors who straddle the line that separates academia from consultancy work and have mentored countless students to make a successful transition to the working world, whether in academia or not. The authors identify and categorize various popular paths that are available to you; describe the types of organization, roles, and what they involve; and show how to map your own skills, personality, and preferences to the jobs you might aspire to obtain. This book is the ultimate guide to building your path to success after you conclude your studies. Using an informal style, this book is ideal for social science students looking to make their next steps after academia by seeking positions in consulting and research firms, or with a government entity.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000834948

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Wishes Are Free

By: Diana Mercedes Howell

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Wishes Are Free

By: Diana Mercedes Howell

Ten-year-old Rose O'Reilly feels abandoned when her best friend moves two thousand miles away. Determined to find a new best friend, she turns to Grandpa, whose wife - his own best friend - has recently died. They hold Sunday chat cafes in the kitchen and with Grandpa’s help, Rose discovers friends can be found in unexpected places, from a lost dog to a boy with cerebral palsy. Still, she wishes for a new friend to fill the hole in her heart her best friend left behind. If you enjoy heartwarming coming-of-age stories you'll love this intergenerational story of love and friendship that takes place in 1959. From Amazon Reviews: "...a wonderful read, full of positive thoughts and the warmth of friendship," and "Uplifting storyline and lovable characters all infused with a delightful sense of humor.

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Diana Howell

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The Inquisition Trial of Jerónimo de Rojas, A Morisco of Toledo (1601-1603)

By: Mercedes García-Arenal,Rafael Benitez Sanchez-Blanco

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The Inquisition Trial of Jerónimo de Rojas, A Morisco of Toledo (1601-1603)

By: Mercedes García-Arenal,Rafael Benitez Sanchez-Blanco

This book contains the whole text of an Inquisition trial of a Morisco (converted Muslim) of Toledo, Spain, condemned to burn at the stake. It is preceded by an introduction which studies the trial and shows the multifaceted aspects of the text and its protagonists.

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BRILL

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9004501606

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9789004501607

The Power of Entrepreneurs

Politics and Economy in Contemporary Spain

By: Mercedes Cabrera,Fernando del Rey Reguillo

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The Power of Entrepreneurs

Politics and Economy in Contemporary Spain

By: Mercedes Cabrera,Fernando del Rey Reguillo

Although Spain is an important member of the EU, relatively little is known about its economy and its interrelationship with political forces. This book, the first of its kind, offers a long-term view and analyzes this ever-changing relationship throughout the 20th century with its various upheavals such as the crisis of the democratic republic and the civil war in the 1930s, the long General Franco dictatorship from the 1940s until the 1970s and the subsequent transition to democracy. From the detailed studies of individual cases, specific companies as well as entrepreneurial organizations, a very diverse picture emerges, contradicting widespread simplistic interpretations of politico-economic linkages, which demonstrates both the pluralism of the economic interests as well as the complexity of their relationship to the political class.

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Berghahn Books

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1845451856

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9781845451851

The Orient in Spain

Converted Muslims, the Forged Lead Books of Granada, and the Rise of Orientalism

By: Mercedes Garcia-Arenal Rodriquez,Fernando Rodríguez Mediano

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The Orient in Spain

Converted Muslims, the Forged Lead Books of Granada, and the Rise of Orientalism

By: Mercedes Garcia-Arenal Rodriquez,Fernando Rodríguez Mediano

Taking as its main subject a series of notorious forgeries by Muslim converts in sixteenth-century Granada (including an apocryphal gospel in Arabic), this book studies the emotional, cultural and religious world view of the Morisco minority and the complexity of its identity, caught between the wish to respect Arabic cultural traditions, and the pressures of evangelization and efforts at integration into “Old Christian” society. Orientalist scholarship in Early Modern Spain, in which an interest in Oriental languages, mainly Arabic, was linked to important historiographical questions, such as the uses and value of Arabic sources and the problem of the integration of al-Andalus within a providentialist history of Spain, is also addressed. The authors consider these issues not only from a local point of view, but from a wider perspective, in an attempt to understand how these matters related to more general European intellectual and religious developments.

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BRILL

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9004250298

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9789004250291

Subject Stages

Marriage, Theatre and the Law in Early Modern Spain

By: María Mercedes Carrión

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Subject Stages

Marriage, Theatre and the Law in Early Modern Spain

By: María Mercedes Carrión

Subject Stages argues that the discourses and practices of marital legislation, litigation, and theatrics informed each other in early modern Spain in ways that still have a critical bearing on contemporary events in Spain, such as the legalization of divorce in 1978 and of same-sex marriage in 2005.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442641088

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Collecting from the Margins

Material Culture in a Latin American Context

By: María Mercedes Andrade

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Collecting from the Margins

Material Culture in a Latin American Context

By: María Mercedes Andrade

From the cabinets of wonderof the Renaissance to the souvenir collections of today, selecting, accumulating, and organizing objects are practices that are central to our notions of who we are and what we value. Collecting, both private and institutional, has been instrumental in the consolidation of modern notions of the individual and of the nation, and numerous studies have discussed its complex political, social, economic, anthropological, and psychological implications. However, studies of collecting as practiced in colonized cultures are few, since the role of these cultures has usually been understood as that of purveyors of objects for the metropolitan collector. Collecting from the Margins: Material Culture in a Latin American Context seeks to counter the historical understanding of collecting that posits the metropolis as collecting subject and the colonial or postcolonial society as supplier of collectible objects by asking instead how collecting has been practiced and understood in Latin America. Has collecting been viewed or portrayed differently in a Latin American context? Does the act of collecting, when viewed from a Latin American perspective, unsettle the way we have become accustomed to think about it? What differences, if any, arise in the activity of collecting in colonized or previously colonial societies? Spanning the period after the independence wars until the 1980s, this collection of ten essays addresses a broad range of examples of collecting practices in Latin America. Collecting during the nineteenth century is addressed in discussions of the creation of the first national museums of Argentina and Colombia in the post-independence period, as well as in analyses of the private collections of modernistas such as Enrique Gómez Carrillo, Rubén Darío, José Asunción Silva, and Delmira Agustini at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. The practice of collecting in the twentieth century is discussed in analyses of the self-described revolutionary practices of Oswald de Andrade, Augusto de Campos and the films of Ruy Guerra, as well as the polemical collections of Pablo Neruda, and the unsettling collections portrayed in Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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161148734X

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9781611487343

Secretos y cenizas

Una historia de amor ante el peligro de una guerra que pudo cambiar el destino de América.

By: Mercedes Santos

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Secretos y cenizas

Una historia de amor ante el peligro de una guerra que pudo cambiar el destino de América.

By: Mercedes Santos

1738, Carina de Ulloa recibe la carta que cambiará su vida. Su padre, un marino de la Armada Real destinado al Virreinato de Nueva Granada, le pide que se reúna con él en Cartagena de Indias. La esperan una fortuna en cacaotales y un aristócrata venido a menos con quien casarse. Pero al desembarcar le informan que su padre fue asesinado y su prometido se casó con otra. Pronto Carina descubrirá los turbios negocios de su padre, el contrabando generalizado, el clima de guerra que se vive en todo el Caribe entre España e Inglaterra, la existencia de una hermanastra mulata perseguida por la Inquisición y los pasquines difamatorios que la han puesto en ridículo antes de llegar a la ciudad. Su camino se cruzará con el de Diego de Veranz, un malcriado aristócrata desterrado de la ciudad acusado de un crimen, que tras su fachada de bonvivant trabaja en secreto para la Corona. Oculto tras el disfraz de letrado, ayudará a la mujer a la que él mismo convirtió en el hazmerreír de toda Cartagena. Ambos buscan venganza, pero serán arrollados por un elemento imprevisto: la pasión.Las plantaciones de cacao, las misas negras en las ciénagas, el poder de la Inquisición y el lujo de la corte virreinal, el pirateo en Jamaica y Tortuga, el asalto inglés a Portobello y el ataque inglés a Cartagena -el mayor en la historia naval hasta el de Normandía doscientos años después-, son el escenario de esta heroica novela de amor.

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Cute Ediciones SRL

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9871903103

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9789871903108

The Question of Class in Contemporary Latin American Cinema

By: María Mercedes Vázquez Vázquez

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The Question of Class in Contemporary Latin American Cinema

By: María Mercedes Vázquez Vázquez

The Question of Class in Contemporary Latin American Cinema responds to the renewed interest in class within and outside academia by examining the aesthetics and politics of class in a representative selection of films from the contemporary cinemas of Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. It explores the relationship of cinematic practices to conflicting socio-political transformations taking place in these five countries such as the intensification of neoliberalism, the Turn-to-the-Left, and the growth of the middle classes in the period from 2003 to 2015. Utilizing a critical comparative method , it sheds a critical light on the presumed depoliticization (or new, aestheticized politicization) of contemporary Latin American cinema. The combined textual and industrial analyses of films from strikingly different cinemas and directors through the lenses of class allows for a contextualization of this trend and the observation of its limitations. Furthermore, this book distinguishes cinematic figurations that correspond to new conceptualizations of class introduced in social studies from figurations of class that have yet to be conceptualized.

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Lexington Books

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1498553036

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9781498553032

Service Robotics within the Digital Home

Applications and Future Prospects

By: Ignacio González Alonso,Mercedes Fernández,José M. Maestre,María del Pilar Almudena García Fuente

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Service Robotics within the Digital Home

Applications and Future Prospects

By: Ignacio González Alonso,Mercedes Fernández,José M. Maestre,María del Pilar Almudena García Fuente

This book provides the reader with a clear and precise description of robotics and other systems for home automation currently on the market, and discusses their interoperability and perspectives for the near future. It shows the different standards and the development platforms used by the main service robots in an international environment. This volume provides a scientific basis for the user who is looking for the best option to suit his or her needs from the available alternatives to integrate modern technology in the digital home.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400714912

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9789400714915

Las relaciones comerciales marítimas entre Andalucía occidental y el Mediterráneo central en el II milenio a.C.

By: Mercedes de Caso Bernal

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Las relaciones comerciales marítimas entre Andalucía occidental y el Mediterráneo central en el II milenio a.C.

By: Mercedes de Caso Bernal

This volume reflects on the unique status of the Western Mediterranean in the Bronze Age, considering the independence of its development and the existence of an indigenous maritime trade.

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140

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Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

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1789695120

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Sin fronteras

Inclusive Spanish Grammar Guidebook

By: Liana Stepanyan,María Mercedes Fages Agudo,Carolina Castillo Larrea,Goretti Prieto Botana

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Sin fronteras

Inclusive Spanish Grammar Guidebook

By: Liana Stepanyan,María Mercedes Fages Agudo,Carolina Castillo Larrea,Goretti Prieto Botana

Sin fronteras: Inclusive Spanish Grammar Guidebook is the first ever Spanish language text to teach non-binary and gender-neutral language. It is an invaluable resource for intermediate and advanced learners that offers concise explanations and exercises for the major clausal structures, tenses, and moods. Along with including non-binary and gender-neutral language, the volume also incorporates the voseo, or the use of vos as a second-person singular pronoun that is common in many Latin American countries. This book expands the scope of traditional grammar instruction by including tasks such as reading, writing, discussions, and independent research in order to support the development of the competencies necessary to thrive in the increasingly interconnected and diverse world. Sin fronteras is suitable for independent study or for supplemental use in conversation classes, classes for heritage speakers, classes with focus on the professions (e.g., medical Spanish, Spanish for business), and literature classes.

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Amherst College Press

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1943208727

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El Secreto Que Hizo Realidad Un Sue O

By: Mercedes Contreras

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El Secreto Que Hizo Realidad Un Sue O

By: Mercedes Contreras

Este libro fue escrito en homenaje a todos aquellos niños de alrededor del mundo que afectados por la pobreza, intolerancia e incomprensión se ven obligados a hacerse cargo de sus propias vidas y quienes creen que difícilmente los sueños se hacen realidad. Es la historia de un niño, que nació y creció en medio de una familia disfuncional. Su abuelo, un hombre de carácter débil pero el único que le demostraba cariño, le confesó, que había un secreto en su vida, ¿pero cual? El niño abandonó su casa a muy corta edad y se fue a vivir a las frías calles Bogotanas donde hizo amistad con otros dos niños quienes se convirtieron en su familia y con los que vivió muchas aventuras. Al pasar algunos años, regresó a casa con la intención de ver a su hermanita. Al llegar encontró muchos cambios. El menor de sus hermanos vivía con personas extrañas. ¿Qué había pasado con su abuela y su tía? ¿Dónde estaban su mamá y sus hermanos? ¿Qué pasó con su hermanita? A raíz de esto se comienza a descubrir el misterio. La historia tiene un final sorprendente e inesperado.

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Palibrio

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1463337094

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Goya’s Graphic Imagination

By: Mark McDonald,Mercedes Cerón-Peña,Francisco J. R. Chaparro,Jesusa Vega

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Goya’s Graphic Imagination

By: Mark McDonald,Mercedes Cerón-Peña,Francisco J. R. Chaparro,Jesusa Vega

This book presents the first focused investigation of Francisco Goya's (1746–1828) graphic output. Spanning six decades, Goya’s works on paper reflect the transformation and turmoil of the Enlightenment, the Inquisition, and Spain's years of constitutional government. Two essays, a detailed chronology, and more than 100 featured artworks illuminate the remarkable breadth and power of Goya's drawings and prints, situating the artist within his historical moment. The selected pieces document the various phases and qualities of Goya's graphic work—from his early etchings after Velázquez through print series such as the Caprichos and The Disasters of War to his late lithographs, The Bulls of Bordeaux, and including albums of drawings that reveal the artist’s nightmares, dreams, and visions.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588397149

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Aquinas and Maimonides on the Possibility of the Knowledge of God

An Examination of The Quaestio de attributis

By: Mercedes Rubio

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Aquinas and Maimonides on the Possibility of the Knowledge of God

An Examination of The Quaestio de attributis

By: Mercedes Rubio

This in-depth study of Thomas Aquinas’ Quaestio de Attributis binds together the findings of previous research on the unique history of this text by reconstructing the historical circumstances surrounding its composition, shows that the Quaestio contains Aquinas’ final answer to the dispute on the divine attributes, and thoroughly examines his interpretation of Maimonides’ position on the issue of the knowledge of God by analysing this and other texts related to it chronologically and doctrinally.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402047479

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Towards the Integration of ICT in Language Learning and Teaching

Reflection and Experience

By: Ulrike Oster,María Noelia Ruiz Madrid,Mercedes Sanz Gil

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Towards the Integration of ICT in Language Learning and Teaching

Reflection and Experience

By: Ulrike Oster,María Noelia Ruiz Madrid,Mercedes Sanz Gil

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a thriving area of study in applied linguistics both with regard to research and to practical application. The aim of this electronic book is to give examples of how to bridge the gap between the pedagogical reflections arising in response to the vertiginous development of ICT and its application in such a heterogeneous context as the teaching and learning of languages

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Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I

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8480215488

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Social Science Careers Beyond the Academy

Finding a Path in Consulting and Government Settings

By: Stacey S. Merola,John Hitchcock,Mercedes Rubio

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Finding a Path in Consulting and Government Settings

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Aquinas and Maimonides on the Possibility of the Knowledge of God

An Examination of The Quaestio de attributis

By: Mercedes Rubio

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An Examination of The Quaestio de attributis

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Outside the Academy: Discover Social Science Careers in Consulting and Government Settings

Your Guide to Choosing the Career Path That Will Make the Best Use of Your Skills

By: Stacey S. Merola,John H. Hitchcock (Educational psychologist),Mercedes Rubio

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Outside the Academy: Discover Social Science Careers in Consulting and Government Settings

Your Guide to Choosing the Career Path That Will Make the Best Use of Your Skills

By: Stacey S. Merola,John H. Hitchcock (Educational psychologist),Mercedes Rubio

This book provides a "road-map" to a career outside of academia for those PhDs of the social sciences that want to transition to a corporate or government environment after they complete their studies. It isn't always easy to see how the skills you develop in academia will apply to corporate consultancy or research positions, or even to see clearly where these various career paths might lead and whether they might suit you. Are you a startup person or would a big, established organization provide you with more opportunities? Public or private firm? Are you better at research or project management? How do you go about adapting your writing to the non-specialist audience of colleagues in an organization? This book is written by a team of authors that straddle the line that separates academia with consultancy work, and have mentored countless PhD candidates to make a successful transition to the working world. They identify and categorize various popular paths that are available to you; describe the types of organization, roles and what they involve; and how to map your own skills, personality and preferences to the jobs you might aspire to. This book is the ultimate guide to building your path to success after you conclude your studies"--

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0367815974

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Mercedes Legacy

By: Mercedes Flores-Whalen

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Mercedes Legacy

By: Mercedes Flores-Whalen

The circumstances surrounding Mercedes' birth were mysterious and the subject was always avoided. An unexpected package prompted her to revisit the past, retracing her journey littered with a roller coaster of challenges. Mercedes was not the typical girl, growing up poor in a third world country. She was determined to live a better life beyond the shores of her little fishing village. She was resourceful and highly intelligent. She would walk for miles, crossing mountains and rivers to attend the closest schools to her village. When World War II erupted, it marred her childhood, witnessing unspeakable atrocities but she remained steadfast to her goals. Two men from the most affluent families in the country would fall in love with her. She would experience discrimination, corruption and deceit. Driven to survive, she relied on her strongest assets: her tenacity and intelligence. With one decision, she changed the course of her life.

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