Manuel: 1971 books
by Manuel Braschi
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
Introduction
There’s probably nothing more crushing than failing after you’ve given your all, your everything, to a project, a business, a relationship, or to life, in general. Just the thought of being rejected, of being declined, of failing, is a depressing thought.
All the hours...
by José Batres Montúfar, Golden Deer Classics, Luis de Góngora
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 5, 2018
José Batres Montúfar - Yo Pienso En Ti Guillermo Blest Gana - Si A Veces Silencioso José Martí - Árbol De Mi Alma (Fragmento) Rubén Darío - Mía Rubén Darío - A Una Novia Rubén Darío - Sonatina Rubén Darío - Bouquet Rubén Darío - Rimas XV José Asunción Silva - Poeta, Di Paso (Fragmento)...
by Manuel Braschi
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Michael Jackson is the most commercially successful recording artist of all time. He has sold more than 500 million records and has won more awards than any other artist. But as we all know he was much more than just a singer. He was a dancer, choreographer, songwriter, producer, visionary, filmmaker...
by Manuel F. Medrano
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Américo Paredes (1915-1999) was a folklorist scholar and professor at the University of Texas at Austin who is widely acknowledged as one of the founding scholars of Chicano Studies. With the publication of With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and Its Hero in 1958 Paredes soon emerged as a challenger...
Sound Unbound
Sampling Digital Music and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2008
The role of sound and digital media in an information-based society: artists—from Steve Reich and Pierre Boulez to Chuck D and Moby—describe their work.
If Rhythm Science was about the flow of things, Sound Unbound is about the remix—how music, art, and literature have blurred the lines...
Foundations of Korean Martial Arts
Masters, Manuals & Combative Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2017
Most of what are referred to as Korean martial art styles are actually derived from Japanese/Okinawan karate systems or find their roots in Chinese boxing. The Korean peninsula has existed as a fragile territory between China and Japan and thus shared many cultural elements...
Buried Alive
The True Story of the Chilean Mining Disaster and the Extraordinary Rescue at Camp Hope
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
On August 5, 2010, a tunnel in the gold and copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile collapsed, with all of its miners trapped underground. For days, the families waited breathlessly as percussion drills searched out signs of life. Finally, a note came back from below--the miners were alive and...
by Manuel de Zequeira y Arango
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Ésta antología de Poemas de Manuel de Zequeira comprende lo mejor de su obra.
by Juan Manuel de Prada
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Alguien dijo que los ángeles a menudo no saben si se mueven entre los vivos o los muertos. Y cuando se mueven entre los vivos a veces ocultan su rostro, huyen de nuestras caricias, se escabullen y desaparecen, dejándonos con la sensación de que, quizá, nunca estuvieron a nuestro lado.
Alejandro...
A descoberta da Índia contada por um marinheiro
Romance Histórico
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Bastião Fernandes, um velho marinheiro da carreira da Índia, descreve ao jovem Gaspar Correia (o futuro compilador das "Lendas da Índia") como participou nos preparativos e na viagem de descobrimento do caminho marítimo para a Índia. Relata também...
by Robert Louis Stevenson, Manuel Caballero
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2011
As opposed to memorizing Spanish phrases or forcing yourself to get through another dry Spanish grammar or verb manual, this Dual Language Reader (DLR) will keep you excited to get to the next page! This compilation (500+ pages) features Robert Louis Stevensons classic masterpiece: Treasure Island coupled...
A New Hope For Mexico
Saying No to Corruption, Violence, and Trump's Wall
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
“THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WE CAN’T ADDRESS . . . WHOEVER MAY OCCUPY THE WHITE HOUSE.”
“I’m not going to limit myself to condemning corruption and calling for its eradication; I also want to set out . . . a new politics, a different economic model, and the strengthening of cultural, moral,...
Pio Pico
The Last Governor of Mexican California
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
Two-time governor of Alta, California and prominent businessman after the U.S. annexation, Pío de Jesus Pico was a politically savvy Californio who thrived in both the Mexican and the American periods. This is the first biography of Pico, whose life vibrantly illustrates the opportunities and risks...
Seeds of Insurrection
Domination and Resistance on Western Cuban Plantations, 1808-1848
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
On a late September day in 1837, shortly after sunset, a group of six slaves marched into the small Cuban village of Güira de Melena, beating African drums and singing loudly. Alarmed, villagers rushed into the streets with machetes, sabers, and spears, ready to take action against the disobedient...