The "first lady of Argentine letters," Victoria Ocampo is best known as the architect of cultural bridges between the American and European continents and as the founder and director of Sur, an influential South American literary review and publishing house. In this first biographical study in English of "la superbe Argentine," originally published in 1979, Doris Meyer considers Victoria Ocampo's role in introducing European and North American writers and artists to the South American public—through the pages of her review, through translations of their work, and through lecture tours and recitations. She examines Ocampo's personal relationships with some of the most illustrious writers and thinkers of this century—including José Ortega y Gasset, Rabindranath Tagore, Count Hermann Keyserling, Virginia Woolf, Adrienne Monnier, Vita Sackville-West, Gabriela Mistral, and many others. And she portrays an extraordinary woman who rebelled against the strictures of family and social class to become a leading personality in the fight for women's rights in Argentina and, later, a steadfast opponent of the Perón regime, for which she was sent to jail in 1953. Fifteen of Victoria Ocampo's essays, selected from her more than ten volumes of prose and translated by Doris Meyer, complement the biographical study.
Regulation, risk awareness and technological advances are more and more drawing identity search requirements into business, security and data management processes. Following years of struggling with computational techniques, the new linguistic identity matching approach finally offers an appropriate way for such processes to balance the risk of missing a personal match with the costs of overmatching. The new paradigm for identity searches focuses on understanding the influences that languages, writing systems and cultural conventions have on person names. A must-read for anyone involved in the purchase, design or study of identity matching systems, this book describes how linguistic and onomastic knowledge can be used to create a more reliable and precise identity search.
2005 — Best Book Translation Prize – New England Council of Latin American Studies Gabriela Mistral and Victoria Ocampo were the two most influential and respected women writers of twentieth-century Latin America. Mistral, a plain, self-educated Chilean woman of the mountains who was a poet, journalist, and educator, became Latin America's first Nobel Laureate in 1945. Ocampo, a stunning Argentine woman of wealth, wrote hundreds of essays and founded the first-rate literary journal Sur. Though of very different backgrounds, their deep commitment to what they felt was "their" America forged a unique intellectual and emotional bond between them. This collection of the previously unpublished correspondence between Mistral and Ocampo reveals the private side of two very public women. In these letters (as well as in essays that are included in an appendix), we see what Mistral and Ocampo thought about each other and about the intellectual and political atmosphere of their time (including the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the dictatorships of Latin America) and particularly how they negotiated the complex issues of identity, nationality, and gender within their wide-ranging cultural connections to both the Americas and Europe.
Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: WHAT HAPPENS AT THE RANCH… ( A Twin Kings Ranch novel) by Christy Jeffries All Secret Service agent Grayson Wyatt has to do is protect Tessa King, the VP's daughter, and stay low profile. But Tessa is guarding her own secret. And her attraction to the undercover cowboy breaks every protocol. With the media hot on a story, their taboo relationship could put everything Tessa and Grayson have fought for at risk… THE MARINE MAKES AMENDS (A The Camdens of Montana novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Victoria Pade Micah Camden ruined Lexie Parker’s life years ago, but now that she’s back in Merritt to care for her grandmother—who was hurt due to Micah’s negligence—she has no plans to forgive him. But Micah knows that he made mistakes back then and hopes to make amends with Lexie, if only so they can both move on from the past. Everyone says Micah’s changed since joining the marines, but it’s going to take more than someone’s word to convince her… THE MARRIAGE MOMENT (A Paradise Animal Clinic novel) by Katie Meyer Deputy Jessica Santiago will let nothing—not even a surprise pregnancy—get in the way of her job. Determined to solve several problems at once—getting her hands on her inheritance and creating a family—Jessica convinces colleague Ryan Sullivan to partake in a marriage of convenience. But what’s a deputy to do when love blooms? For more relatable stories of love and family, look for Harlequin Special Edition January 2021 – Box Set 1 of 2
Sam has been having these weird dreams lately. The Witchman is chasing him through the town of Constellation. In Sams dreams, the Witchman is a giant. The giant chases Sam all over town. Sam runs through town, knocking on doors, screaming for help. No one hears his screams. When Sam tried to tell Rachael about the dreams and the Witchman, Sam watches as the words tumble out of his mouth, hitting the ground like puzzle pieces. But Rachael has a secret of her own. She wonders if Sam will believe her. When she tries to tell him about her dreams, something happens. Rachel watches as the words tumble out of her mouth like puzzle pieces, hitting the ground and disappearing in a puff of smoke. They stare wide-eyed at each other
The Marine Makes Amends - Vicroria Pade Micah Camden ruined Lexie Parker's life. That might have been years ago, but now that she's back in Merritt to care for her grandmother - who was hurt due to Micah's oversight - she has no plans to forgive him. But the former Marine knows that he made mistakes back then and hopes to make amends with Lexie, if only so they can both move on from the past. Everyone says Micah's changed but it's going to take more than someone's word to convince her... The Marriage Moment - Katie Meyer To gain her inheritance...she'll have to temporarily say 'I do.' Deputy Jessica Santiago will let nothing - not even her attraction to her colleague, Ryan Sullivan - get in her way of her job. No time for a relationship leads to a passionate fling - and a surprise pregnancy! Determined to solve several problems at once - getting her hands on her inheritance and creating a family - Jessica engages Ryan in a marriage of convenience. But what's a deputy to do when love blooms?
Mills & Boon Heart — Stories of love, compassion and happiness. The Marine Makes Amends — Victoria Pade Micah Camden ruined Lexie Parker’s life. That might have been years ago, but now that she’s back in Merritt to care for her grandmother — who was hurt due to Micah’s oversight — she has no plans to forgive him. But the former Marine knows that he made mistakes back then and hopes to make amends with Lexie, if only so they can both move on from the past. Everyone says Micah’s changed but it’s going to take more than someone’s word to convince her... The Marriage Moment — Katie Meyer Deputy Jessica Santiago will let nothing — not even her attraction to her colleague, Ryan Sullivan — get in her way of her job. No time for a relationship leads to a passionate fling — and a surprise pregnancy! Determined to solve several problems at once — getting her hands on her inheritance and creating a family — Jessica engages Ryan in a marriage of convenience. But what’s a deputy to do when love blooms? The Child Who Changed Them — Tara Taylor Quinn Burned by infertility and divorce, Dr Greg Adams knows he’ll never have the family he always wanted. So he refuses to settle down — even if he once felt something deeper with his colleague, widow Dr Elaina Alexander. But when Elaina announces she’s pregnant with his miracle child, Greg finds his life turned upside down. But can the good doctor convince widow Elaina that their happinesses lie within reach — and with each other? Snowbound with the Sheriff — Laurel Greer Humiliated after being outed as a whistleblower at work, Stella Reid returns home to Sutter Creek. She’s been gone long enough and is determined to mend fences...and immediately comes face to face with the man who broke her heart: Sheriff Ryan Rafferty. Reluctant to trust again, Stella learns that Ryan’s no longer a careless bad boy. when a blizzard raps them together. But as she opens herself up bit by bit, can Stella find the happily-ever-after she was denied years ago — in his arms? Montana Wedding — Cari Lynn Webb Triplet Georgie Harrison will do anything to keep her family — including her new-found Blackwell relatives — from worrying about her. Which is exactly why she’s enlisted way-too-charming rodeo cowboy Zach Evans to be her fake boyfriend for her sister’s Montana ranch wedding. The problem is that Georgie’s not just tempted to fall for her own ruse…she’s also falling hard for the roguish cowboy she can never have. The Sheriff’s Second Chance — Tanya Agler Officer and single dad Mike Harrison doesn’t believe in second chances. Ever. That is, until he learns that his former best friend — gorgeous, green-eyed car mechanic Georgie Bennett — is back in town. Unfortunately, she’s also a suspect in a recent break-in! But it’ll take an old classic car to show Mike and Georgie that almost anything can be restored with a little patience...and a whole lot of love.
Taking an in-depth look at the most current research on memory of traumatic events, this book contains state-of-the-art data in the controversial area of repressed memory. Contributors, major figures in the field, integrate multidisciplinary findings into proposals for coherent treatment, and legal and social policy and practices.
To explain the millennial shift away from the traditionally dark Protestant post-Enlightenment Gothic, Nelson studies the complex arena of contemporary Gothic subgenres that take the form of novels, films, and graphic novels. She considers the work of Dan Brown and Stephenie Meyer, graphic novelists Mike Mignola and Garth Ennis, Christian writer William P. Young (author of The Shack), and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. She considers twentieth-century Gothic masters H.P. Lovecraft, Anne Rice, and Stephen King in light of both their immediate ancestors in the eighteenth century and the original Gothic--the late medieval period from which Horace Walpole and his successors drew their inspiration. Fictions such as the Twilight and Left Behind series do more than follow the conventions of the classic Gothic novel. They are radically reviving and reinventing the transcendental worldview that informed the West's premodern era. As Jesus becomes mortal in The Da Vinci Code and the child Ofelia becomes a goddess in Pan's Labyrinth, Nelson argues that this unprecedented mainstreaming of a spiritually driven supernaturalism is a harbinger of what a post-Christian religion in America might look like.
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