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Author: Mark Weiss Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520944534 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 622
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Cuba's cultural influence throughout the Western Hemisphere, and especially in the United States, has been disproportionally large for so small a country. This landmark volume is the first comprehensive overview of poetry written over the past sixty years. Presented in a beautiful Spanish-English en face edition, The Whole Island makes available the astonishing achievement of a wide range of Cuban poets, including such well-known figures as Nicolás Guillén, José Lezama Lima, and Nancy Morejón, but also poets widely read in Spanish who remain almost unknown to the English-speaking world—among them Fina García Marruz, José Kozer, Raúl Hernández Novás, and Ángel Escobar—and poets born since the Revolution, like Rogelio Saunders, Omar Pérez, Alessandra Molina, and Javier Marimón. The translations, almost all of them new, convey the intensity and beauty of the accompanying Spanish originals. With their work deeply rooted in Cuban culture, many of these poets—both on and off the island—have been at the center of the political and social changes of this tempestuous period. The poems offered here constitute an essential source for understanding the literature and culture of Cuba, its diaspora, and the Caribbean at large, and provide an unparalleled perspective on what it means to be Cuban.
Author: Mark Weiss Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520944534 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 622
Book Description
Cuba's cultural influence throughout the Western Hemisphere, and especially in the United States, has been disproportionally large for so small a country. This landmark volume is the first comprehensive overview of poetry written over the past sixty years. Presented in a beautiful Spanish-English en face edition, The Whole Island makes available the astonishing achievement of a wide range of Cuban poets, including such well-known figures as Nicolás Guillén, José Lezama Lima, and Nancy Morejón, but also poets widely read in Spanish who remain almost unknown to the English-speaking world—among them Fina García Marruz, José Kozer, Raúl Hernández Novás, and Ángel Escobar—and poets born since the Revolution, like Rogelio Saunders, Omar Pérez, Alessandra Molina, and Javier Marimón. The translations, almost all of them new, convey the intensity and beauty of the accompanying Spanish originals. With their work deeply rooted in Cuban culture, many of these poets—both on and off the island—have been at the center of the political and social changes of this tempestuous period. The poems offered here constitute an essential source for understanding the literature and culture of Cuba, its diaspora, and the Caribbean at large, and provide an unparalleled perspective on what it means to be Cuban.
Author: George Soros Publisher: ISBN: 9786071108869 Category : Capitalism Languages : es Pages : 0
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Soros ha obtenido un �xito sistem�tico en el mundo de las finanzas, pero su aportaci�n al mundo de la filosof�a y los derechos humanos, a trav�s de su Open Society Institute, una red internacional de fundaciones, es tambi�n indiscutible. En esta obra logra condensar sus conclusiones tras una intensa vida de reflexi�n pr�ctica y filos�fica. Mediante un ameno relato en primera persona, Soros ofrece el marco conceptual que lo ha guiado en sus negocios, incluso en medio de la confusi�n de los mercados y, de manera m�s general, en la vida. Tras exponer el concepto de sociedad abierta que ha orientado su obra filantr�pica global, nos advierte del potencial conflicto entre esta sociedad abierta y el capitalismo. Finalmente, se centra en el camino que tenemos por delante, analizando con detenimiento el papel cada vez m�s importante que China desempe�ar� en el futuro. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONSoros ha obtenido un �xito sistem�tico en el mundo de las finanzas, pero su aportaci�n al mundo de la filosof�a y los derechos humanos, a trav�s de su Open Society Institute, una red internacional de fundaciones, es tambi�n indiscutible. En esta obra logra condensar sus conclusiones tras una intensa vida de reflexi�n pr�ctica y filos�fica. Mediante un ameno relato en primera persona, Soros ofrece el marco conceptual que lo ha guiado en sus negocios, incluso en medio de la confusi�n de los mercados y, de manera m�s general, en la vida. Tras exponer el concepto de sociedad abierta que ha orientado su obra filantr�pica global, nos advierte del potencial conflicto entre esta sociedad abierta y el capitalismo. Finalmente, se centra en el camino que tenemos por delante, analizando con detenimiento el papel cada vez m�s importante que China desempe�ar� en el futuro.
Author: Nicole Leónides Ferran Publisher: Palibrio ISBN: 1463373805 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 365
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"Puerto" es una novela que cautiva por la sencillez en el lenguaje, la selección de momentos cotidianos narrados con tanto sentimiento, que no puede el lector dejar de identifi carse. Un libro que te lleva de la soledad, decepción e indiferencia, al deseo de encontrarse a sí mismo, volver a las raíces e invita a aventurarse y navegar por un mar de experiencias nuevas. Donde se puede experimentar encuentros desafi antes que envuelven en un suspenso muy bien manejado, a fi n de llegar a buen "Puerto", ese lugar en donde nos sentimos por fi n... nosotros mismos. Nicole, autora cubana, radicada en California, Estados Unidos, comenta que cuando llegó a Mazatlán, respiró nostalgia, raíces, sabores y colores los cuales le inspiraron a dar vida a los personajes mostrando el carácter divertido, ocurrente y temperamental de los "patasaladas" mazatlecos; características que igual nos unen a todos los latinos. La forma en que nos narra y describe la cultura y belleza de Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México; con toques de glamour y algarabía, esa que envuelve al protagonista Leonardo en una sublime historia de amor con una hermosa mujer lugareña; nos invita no solamente a amar, sino a conocer esta hermosa ciudad y sus rincones. Nicole Leónides Ferrán, autora también del libro de auto ayuda "Somos Amor" el cual ya se hace presente en Estados Unidos, México, Sudamérica y Europa. Nos deleita con este su segundo libro "Puerto" compuesto de 400 páginas que no te puedes perder, ya que posee generosos argumentos adaptables perfectamente a guión cinematográfi co, dignos de un bestseller mundial. Lic. Sylvia Treviño de Felton Presidenta DIF Mazatlán Ayuntamiento 2014-2016
Author: Publisher: Esperanza Regueras ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 88
Author: Zsófia Judit Baranyai Publisher: Editorial Circulo Rojo ISBN: 8413852730 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 252
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Ryder Shadow, 22 years old, soon to be Alpha of the Full Moon pack, is very different from the other Alphas. He is trying to go against rules while his father is still in power. He loves music and travelling and has no intention to find his Mate yet. But his father has other plans with him, and tries to arrange a marriage for his son with one of their neighbor packs, to build their own more powerful with this alliance. The plan is working. Ryder, despite that his wolf doesn’t want to accept, falls in love with Scarlet, the Blue Forest Pack chief’s daughter. Suddenly everything changes when Scarlet rejects Ryder and he falls in deep sad-ness. His father sends him to find his mate and he hopes that with love, Ryder will finally grow up. Although Ryder has other ideas. He escapes with his friends, Matthew and soon to be Beta Eric, to Europe to forget Scarlet and just to live his life for a bit without any responsibility. They arrive in Hungary as their first destination and suddenly Ryder feels something he only just heard about before. Ariel Cenke is a 19 years old Hungarian orphan, girl who works in a bar in the capital city, Budapest. She is really into everything that is not ordinary. She loves paranormal stories and has a weird obsession with mermaids even if she knows that none of these things exists. Until a mysterious man appears at her job and changes her world completely.
Author: Rodrigo Sierra ÁVila Publisher: Palibrio ISBN: 146333687X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 142
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Todos recorremos los caminos que hemos elegido consciente o inconscientemente. Las experiencias, aprendizajes y logros, pueden ser situaciones comunes, pero el cómo las vivamos, determinará nuestra trascendencia. Algunos "viven" su vida sin trascender en ningún ámbito de la misma. Pero cada uno de nosotros podemos "trazar las rutas" por los cuales deseamos "transitar", para ver realizadas nuestras metas. Cuando somos conscientes de que la historia de nuestra vida es: producida, dirigida, editada y escrita por nosotros, podemos adjudicarnos los créditos de nuestra opera prima. El compendio de experiencias, anécdotas y puntos de vista, incluidos en este libro, esperan aportar su granito de arena, a quienes tengan la oportunidad de leerlo.
Author: Jesus (Jesse) L. Dominguez Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1524546984 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 469
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This book is about the amazing story of a US citizen who had to go to Mexico at age four (in the spring of 1958) due to family deportation from the USA and had to tough out extreme poverty; imagine being a partially blind child and having to attend grammar school in Mexico with no special help. He describes how he worked as a child selling vegetables; then, at age thirteen, his father dies, and he had to drop out of school to help the family survive. Together with his two younger brothers, he went to sell chocolate candy and gum in the streets of downtown Mexicali (a border town in the hot desert of Northwest Mexico (Baja California) until he had a chance to go to work in the USA, where he returned as a teenager in 1968, and went to work in farm labor to help his family in Mexico survive. He had to circumvent US child labor laws. Consequently, he had to face culture shock straight on. The Vietnam War was at its worst for US troops. The reappearance of racial conflicts in the USA was bad; black power, chicano power, and white power were common terms; the hippie movement was booming, and Martin L. Kings and Robert Kennedys assassination had just happened. The drug culture in the USA was thriving; antiwar demonstrations and riots were a common occurrence; Richard Nixon was coming into power; and the Apollo moon project was making headlines. In this narrative, he shares coping techniques for dealing with stress, hopelessness, and adversity. He suggests that, by connecting with people, he achieved personal success and shares his experiences in seeking mentors, joining events, meeting change agents (community workers, social workers, teachers, and counselors)and joining social movements. Jesse joined student organizations and the independent living movement and learned how to create opportunities that helped him rise from extreme poverty in a Northwest city of Mexico (Mexicali) to being a middle-class citizen in the USA (California) simply by following his mentors leads, by accepting peoples help, and by facing adversity straight on. This is a US citizen who brought back Mexican cultural values and applied them in his work as a vocational rehabilitation counselor in the USA. A very effective counselor, his mission in life is to help others in similar circumstances to succeed, to help family persevere, to say no to drugs or other bad influences, and to encourage others to carry on until the end of the fast train trip. Thats his philosophy of life. Here he shares a few examples of his counseling work, in hopes that these experiences and advice will help more people in similar circumstances to become achievers, not social welfaredependent individuals.
Author: Manolo Sabino Publisher: Trafford Publishing ISBN: 1466956488 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 407
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¡Padre se ha perdido el recibimiento más grande de la historia! El que se le dio a la hija del campanero ─dijo Ramoncito, a Ramón el sepulturero: su padre, en el momento de llegar al Cementerio, al regresar del Puerto. En él hubo fuertes explosiones de risas, llantos, y de alegrías. Pero, el momento más emocionante, fue cuando los asistentes nos dimos cuenta que Aylana De Samos y Elenita, la hija del campanero; eran la misma persona. Ello hizo que el termómetro del nacionalismo subiera a su máximo nivel: los aristolándicos comprendimos que la artista más completa que ha dado la humanidad, era una aristolándica. Ello quiere decir que, amén de tener los mejores Reyes, y la más milagrosa santa de nuestra Galaxia, nosotros tenemos a la más completa artista de nuestro Planeta. Como me hubiera gustado que hubiese estado en el Puerto Marítimo en el momento que el público se dio cuenta que ambas eran la hija del campanero. Fue como si nuestro apagado volcán hubiese explotado; lanzando al espacio toneladas de ardientes lavas... atiborradas de emociones.
Author: Luis R. Pastrana Silva Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1493145193 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 284
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"Mi Vida...en uniforme" in English means "My Life ...in uniform" and is a sequel to my first book titled "Mi Calle, Mi Barrio,Mi Pueblo" which again translated to English means "My Street, My Neighborhood, My Town". Each one of those books narrates a distinct phase of my life with all the anecdotes, persons, and situations that formed me as a person. Mi Vida starts where Mi Calle ends and walks the reader while having a conversation, as good friends do, through my life as a college student and then as a United States Army Officer for twenty one years which included a war, Viet Nam, and a series of very challenging and most of them rewarding tours of duty around the world. Those years were not easy but they gave me a profound insight into life and those instances,some very happy and some very sad, are the ones that I wish to share with the reader. Take this walk with me and please feel free to join in the conversation. Un abrazo, Luis.
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