Author: Jose María Gutiérrez de la Torre
Publisher: Ediciones de la Torre
ISBN: 8479604662
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Se recogen en este librito "Notas del editor" (publicadas en el boletín de nuestra editorial La necesidad y el Placer) y otros escritos (publicados en otros medios). En ellos se abordan diversas cuestiones del complejo mundo del libro y de algunos de los temas centrales que el libro trata. Con ello el editor pretende manifestar su compromiso con su sociedad y su tiempo y, sobre todo, con sus amigos lectores, celebrando de esta forma el XXXV aniversario de Ediciones de la Torre.
Una loca como un palo de escoba
Author: Jose María Gutiérrez de la Torre
Publisher: Ediciones de la Torre
ISBN: 8479604662
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Se recogen en este librito "Notas del editor" (publicadas en el boletín de nuestra editorial La necesidad y el Placer) y otros escritos (publicados en otros medios). En ellos se abordan diversas cuestiones del complejo mundo del libro y de algunos de los temas centrales que el libro trata. Con ello el editor pretende manifestar su compromiso con su sociedad y su tiempo y, sobre todo, con sus amigos lectores, celebrando de esta forma el XXXV aniversario de Ediciones de la Torre.
Publisher: Ediciones de la Torre
ISBN: 8479604662
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Se recogen en este librito "Notas del editor" (publicadas en el boletín de nuestra editorial La necesidad y el Placer) y otros escritos (publicados en otros medios). En ellos se abordan diversas cuestiones del complejo mundo del libro y de algunos de los temas centrales que el libro trata. Con ello el editor pretende manifestar su compromiso con su sociedad y su tiempo y, sobre todo, con sus amigos lectores, celebrando de esta forma el XXXV aniversario de Ediciones de la Torre.
Bwa Yo
Author: Joel Timyan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tree crops
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tree crops
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Wide Sargasso Sea
Author: Jean Rhys
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393308808
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"A considerable tour de force by any standard." ?New York Times Book Review"
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393308808
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"A considerable tour de force by any standard." ?New York Times Book Review"
Proverbial Comparisons and Related Expressions in Spanish
Author: Shirley Lease Arora
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520095526
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : es
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520095526
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : es
Pages : 534
Book Description
University of California Publications
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Music, Race, and Nation
Author: Peter Wade
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226868455
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Long a favorite on dance floors in Latin America, the porro, cumbia, and vallenato styles that make up Colombia's música tropical are now enjoying international success. How did this music—which has its roots in a black, marginal region of the country—manage, from the 1940s onward, to become so popular in a nation that had prided itself on its white heritage? Peter Wade explores the history of música tropical, analyzing its rise in the context of the development of the broadcast media, rapid urbanization, and regional struggles for power. Using archival sources and oral histories, Wade shows how big band renditions of cumbia and porro in the 1940s and 1950s suggested both old traditions and new liberties, especially for women, speaking to a deeply rooted image of black music as sensuous. Recently, nostalgic, "whitened" versions of música tropical have gained popularity as part of government-sponsored multiculturalism. Wade's fresh look at the way music transforms and is transformed by ideologies of race, nation, sexuality, tradition, and modernity is the first book-length study of Colombian popular music.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226868455
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Long a favorite on dance floors in Latin America, the porro, cumbia, and vallenato styles that make up Colombia's música tropical are now enjoying international success. How did this music—which has its roots in a black, marginal region of the country—manage, from the 1940s onward, to become so popular in a nation that had prided itself on its white heritage? Peter Wade explores the history of música tropical, analyzing its rise in the context of the development of the broadcast media, rapid urbanization, and regional struggles for power. Using archival sources and oral histories, Wade shows how big band renditions of cumbia and porro in the 1940s and 1950s suggested both old traditions and new liberties, especially for women, speaking to a deeply rooted image of black music as sensuous. Recently, nostalgic, "whitened" versions of música tropical have gained popularity as part of government-sponsored multiculturalism. Wade's fresh look at the way music transforms and is transformed by ideologies of race, nation, sexuality, tradition, and modernity is the first book-length study of Colombian popular music.
The Red-Hot Book of Spanish Slang : 5,000 Expressions to Spice Up Your Spainsh
Author: Mary McVey Gill
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071433015
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Don't sound like una momia--add a little sizzle to your Spanish! If someone called you tragaldabas would you be insulted or flattered? If you shouted ¡Mota! in the street, would you expected to get a cab or get arrested? Thanks to The Red-Hot Book of Spanish Slang and Idioms, you'll always know your tejemaneje (scheme) from your merequetengue (mess) no matter where you find yourself in the Spanish-speaking world. Five thousand words and phrases--plus helpful hints as to what's cordial and what's vulgar--keep you in sync with Spanish slang. Spanish to English niños popis (upper-class kids) Spoiled brats Contigo ni a China me voy. (I'm not even going to China with you) You're impossible La cruda (rawness) Hangover English to Spanish Ugly as sin ser un espantapájaro (to be a scarecrow) To be lucky tener leche (to have milk) Why are you staring at me? ¿Tengo monos en la cara? (Do I have monkeys on my face?)
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071433015
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Don't sound like una momia--add a little sizzle to your Spanish! If someone called you tragaldabas would you be insulted or flattered? If you shouted ¡Mota! in the street, would you expected to get a cab or get arrested? Thanks to The Red-Hot Book of Spanish Slang and Idioms, you'll always know your tejemaneje (scheme) from your merequetengue (mess) no matter where you find yourself in the Spanish-speaking world. Five thousand words and phrases--plus helpful hints as to what's cordial and what's vulgar--keep you in sync with Spanish slang. Spanish to English niños popis (upper-class kids) Spoiled brats Contigo ni a China me voy. (I'm not even going to China with you) You're impossible La cruda (rawness) Hangover English to Spanish Ugly as sin ser un espantapájaro (to be a scarecrow) To be lucky tener leche (to have milk) Why are you staring at me? ¿Tengo monos en la cara? (Do I have monkeys on my face?)
Guide to Afro-Cuban Herbalism
Author: Dalia Quiros-Moran
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438980973
Category : Botany, Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Guide to Afro-Cuban Herbalism is aimed to serve as a reference tool for practitioners of the various african based traditions such as Afro-Cuban Orisha/Ifa Worship, Vodou, Camdomble, et al. This book provides extensive information on the medicinal, religious and magical uses of 700 plants.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438980973
Category : Botany, Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Guide to Afro-Cuban Herbalism is aimed to serve as a reference tool for practitioners of the various african based traditions such as Afro-Cuban Orisha/Ifa Worship, Vodou, Camdomble, et al. This book provides extensive information on the medicinal, religious and magical uses of 700 plants.
Vegetation of the Canary Islands
Author: Marcelino J. del Arco Aguilar
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319772554
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
The volcanic and oceanic nature of the Canary Islands, its rich plant biodiversity and high rate of endemism, as well as the relict character of some of its plant communities make it a territory of great biological interest. The main geographic, climatic, bioclimatic, biogeographic and floristic features of the Islands are shown and related to the distributional pattern of potential communities along an altitudinal gradient. Current vegetation units and their ecology are described and illustrated with numerous pictures. Potential vegetation units are summarized and comprehensive maps of the potential natural vegetation for each island are given. Human impact on the natural landscape, the occurrence of invasive plants, and the probable impact of climate change on the flora and vegetation are discussed. The conservation status of flora and vegetation are assessed. Four appendixes include a syntaxonomical scheme, a brief history of botanical studies and explorations in the Islands, ethnobotanical notes, and a list of selected literature.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319772554
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
The volcanic and oceanic nature of the Canary Islands, its rich plant biodiversity and high rate of endemism, as well as the relict character of some of its plant communities make it a territory of great biological interest. The main geographic, climatic, bioclimatic, biogeographic and floristic features of the Islands are shown and related to the distributional pattern of potential communities along an altitudinal gradient. Current vegetation units and their ecology are described and illustrated with numerous pictures. Potential vegetation units are summarized and comprehensive maps of the potential natural vegetation for each island are given. Human impact on the natural landscape, the occurrence of invasive plants, and the probable impact of climate change on the flora and vegetation are discussed. The conservation status of flora and vegetation are assessed. Four appendixes include a syntaxonomical scheme, a brief history of botanical studies and explorations in the Islands, ethnobotanical notes, and a list of selected literature.
The Hartley Brothers: The Knights of Saint John
Author: A. L. O. E.
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465563512
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
There is the last grasp of the hand—the last wistful gaze on familiar faces—and the bridge is raised, the connecting link with the shore broken. The little crowd assembled on the platform give a faint cheer, and handkerchiefs are waved, as the vessel, starting on her long voyage to India, slowly moves forward through the mass of craft of various kinds that half block up the River Thames. The brown water curdles into cream-like foam under the paddle-wheels, and the smoke from the funnel streams backwards. Each one on board is taking a last look of old London with her dingy Tower, and the friends lining the shore, who may never be seen again. Now faces can be distinguished no more; the "Alligator" increases her speed as her course is more clear; some of the passengers dive down below into their respective cabins, for a drizzling rain is falling, and soon Loudon herself can no more be viewed behind the forest of masts, swathed in her dun mantle of smoky mist. Two young men keep their place on the deck, leaning against the bulwarks, unconscious of dripping rain. The taller and finer looking of the two, wrapt in a cloak, might at first sight be recognised as a clergyman, though Harold Hartley took orders but a few months ago. The younger is little more than a lad, numbering, perhaps, sixteen or seventeen summers, with broad shoulders, a form made more for activity than grace, a sunburnt face, and a rough head of hair under his wide-awake; his locks are brown in colour with a little dash of auburn red, which also tints the thick eyebrows which overhang bright intelligent eyes. "So, Robin, we are fairly started for India!" said Harold, laying his hand on his brother's arm. "We have the meeting with our father to look forward to now; all the partings are over." "The one bitter parting was over six months ago," observed Robin with feeling, "when we stood by her deathbed, and received her last blessing. Our strongest tie to old England is the grave of our more than mother; though," added the youth, "I never think of her as in the grave." Robin raised his eyes for a moment towards a bit of clear blue in the cloudy sky, which looked to him like a smile from above. "You and I must not give way to sad thoughts," observed Harold Hartley. "They are not sad thoughts now," said Robin, "I consider such memories to be like a treasure in a golden casket, to be carried about with us wherever we go; or rather—they are pictures in an album, and when we are far-away in the East, how often shall we open the clasp, and turn over the leaves! There is dear old William Lodge, where we spent such jolly days; the little arbour in the shrubbery—the cote where I kept my pigeons, the parlour where we met for our evening readings, the chair where she—" Robin paused abruptly, and pressed his lips together to keep in a sigh. "It is a great satisfaction to me," observed Harold, "that she who adopted us, and loved us as her own sons, so fully approved of our giving ourselves to mission work in India." "The thought of it made Mother so happy!" said Robin, with animation. "Perhaps our going makes her all the happier now, for Mother may be watching us still. I do not like to think how much trouble I gave her, little unmanageable cub that I was!" "You never gave her a tithe of the trouble that I did," remarked Harold regretfully; "but Mother had the patience of a saint. If I ever do anything for my Master in the mission field, I owe it—under grace—to her."
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465563512
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
There is the last grasp of the hand—the last wistful gaze on familiar faces—and the bridge is raised, the connecting link with the shore broken. The little crowd assembled on the platform give a faint cheer, and handkerchiefs are waved, as the vessel, starting on her long voyage to India, slowly moves forward through the mass of craft of various kinds that half block up the River Thames. The brown water curdles into cream-like foam under the paddle-wheels, and the smoke from the funnel streams backwards. Each one on board is taking a last look of old London with her dingy Tower, and the friends lining the shore, who may never be seen again. Now faces can be distinguished no more; the "Alligator" increases her speed as her course is more clear; some of the passengers dive down below into their respective cabins, for a drizzling rain is falling, and soon Loudon herself can no more be viewed behind the forest of masts, swathed in her dun mantle of smoky mist. Two young men keep their place on the deck, leaning against the bulwarks, unconscious of dripping rain. The taller and finer looking of the two, wrapt in a cloak, might at first sight be recognised as a clergyman, though Harold Hartley took orders but a few months ago. The younger is little more than a lad, numbering, perhaps, sixteen or seventeen summers, with broad shoulders, a form made more for activity than grace, a sunburnt face, and a rough head of hair under his wide-awake; his locks are brown in colour with a little dash of auburn red, which also tints the thick eyebrows which overhang bright intelligent eyes. "So, Robin, we are fairly started for India!" said Harold, laying his hand on his brother's arm. "We have the meeting with our father to look forward to now; all the partings are over." "The one bitter parting was over six months ago," observed Robin with feeling, "when we stood by her deathbed, and received her last blessing. Our strongest tie to old England is the grave of our more than mother; though," added the youth, "I never think of her as in the grave." Robin raised his eyes for a moment towards a bit of clear blue in the cloudy sky, which looked to him like a smile from above. "You and I must not give way to sad thoughts," observed Harold Hartley. "They are not sad thoughts now," said Robin, "I consider such memories to be like a treasure in a golden casket, to be carried about with us wherever we go; or rather—they are pictures in an album, and when we are far-away in the East, how often shall we open the clasp, and turn over the leaves! There is dear old William Lodge, where we spent such jolly days; the little arbour in the shrubbery—the cote where I kept my pigeons, the parlour where we met for our evening readings, the chair where she—" Robin paused abruptly, and pressed his lips together to keep in a sigh. "It is a great satisfaction to me," observed Harold, "that she who adopted us, and loved us as her own sons, so fully approved of our giving ourselves to mission work in India." "The thought of it made Mother so happy!" said Robin, with animation. "Perhaps our going makes her all the happier now, for Mother may be watching us still. I do not like to think how much trouble I gave her, little unmanageable cub that I was!" "You never gave her a tithe of the trouble that I did," remarked Harold regretfully; "but Mother had the patience of a saint. If I ever do anything for my Master in the mission field, I owe it—under grace—to her."