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Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
At the completion of these eight lessons you will comfortably understand and speak Spanish at a beginner level. Learn at your own pace, comfortably and conveniently. No books to study. No memorization drills. You learned English by listening. With Pimsleur, you listen to learn another language. This Language Program was developed by renowned memory expert, Dr. Paul Pimsleur. His research led him to the realization that the most important use of
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Publisher
Tyrus Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
During World War II, while most of the Detroit police department is fighting overseas, the "Four Horsemen" -- Lieutenant Max Zagreb, Sergeant Starvo Canal, and Detectives McReary and Burke -- struggle to keep the city safe from draft-dodging troublemakers, gangsters, racial tension and enemy saboteurs.
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Series
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In a letter to his mother in 1954, a young Ernesto Guevara wrote, "The Americas will be the theater of my adventures in a way that is much more significant than I would have believed." In The Awakening of Latin America we have the story of those adventures, charting Che's evolution from an impressionable young medical student to the "heroic guerrilla," assassinated in cold blood in Bolivia. Spanning seventeen years, this anthology draws on from his...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"These letters, poetry, and journalism document young Ernesto Guevara's second Latin American journey following his graduation from medical school in 1953. Together, these writings reveal how the young Argentine is transformed into a militant revolutionary. After traveling through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Central America, Ernesto witnesses the 1954 U.S.-inspired coup in Guatemala, which has a profound effect on his political awareness. He flees...
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Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Born in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria Anzaldua was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. As the author of Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Anzaldua played a major role in shaping contemporary Chicano/a and lesbian/queer theories and identities. As an editor of three anthologies, including the groundbreaking This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, she...
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Latin American artists have gained increasing international prominence as the art world awakens to the area's extraordinary art scenes and histories. In an accessible A-Z format, this volume introduces key artworks by 308 artists who together demonstrate the variety and vitality of artwork being made. Focusing on those born, or who have lived, in the 20 Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions of Latin America, and featuring historic and living artists...
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press & Editorial Buenas Letras
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains the origins of Día de los Muertos, or All Souls' Day, when people celebrate the memory of family members who have died, especially in Mexico, and describes the decorations, foods, and activities of the holiday.
Author
Series
Calico volume ninth
Publisher
Two Lines Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A collection of Latin American horror short stories in translation"--
96) J Balvin
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Multiple
Description
"¡J Balv̕n es una de las estrellas del pop latino m̀s importantes del mundo! El premiado m︢sico colombiano act︢a principalmente en espąol para promover la cultura latina y ha estado trabajando en el negocio de la m︢sica desde que era un adolescente. ¿Cùndo empez̤ a cantar?"-- provided by publisher.
"J Balv̕n is one of the top Latin pop stars in the world! The award-winning Colombian musician performs primarily in Spanish to advance...
Publisher
The San Diego Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This catalogue will accompany the exhibition that will take place at the San Diego Museum of the Arts, celebrating the multifaceted history of Latin American modernism with an exhibition given by one of the most important private collections in the world. "Modern Masters from Latin America: The Pérez Simón Collection" traces the trajectory from the late 1800s to the first decade of our century, expressing the work of seminal figures from countries...
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Traveler of the Wind is set in the aftermath of the Shining Path years in Peru, bringing into perspective how violent histories can continue to haunt a person and a country, and the lengths to which individuals will go to seek redemption. The Spanish edition of the novel, La viajera del viento, was published by Planeta Peru in 2016. It is the last installment in Alonso Cueto's Redención trilogy covering the time after Peru's civil war. Specifically,...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials. It is a warning of what happens when the United States...
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