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The Madness of Mamà Carlota

Author : Graciela LimÑn
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 1558857427
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (588 download)

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Download or read book The Madness of Mamà Carlota written by Graciela LimÑn and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1852 in Cholula, Mexico, and three sisters, indigenous girls of the Chontal people, seek work at the Hacienda La Perla. They rapidly make their way from dish washers to the cook's assistants before entering the house as servants to the wealthy Acuña family. But when the youngest sister is viciously raped by a family member, they flee the estate, after taking their revenge, only to be caught up in the historic Battle of Puebla, where native Mexicans defeat invading French troops. Fearful that the Acuña family will not rest until the sisters are found and punished, they keep moving, ultimately finding work as servants at the National Palace in Mexico City, where the French have recently taken control. There, the sisters' fortunes become intertwined with that of the Empress Carlota. Both beautiful and extremely intelligent, she dedicates herself to the empire, chastising Napoleon when he reneges on his promise to send troops and antagonizing the Church by proposing that the empire secularize at least part of its holdings. But her love for Mexico's people is not reciprocated, and soon the sisters have to decide whether to stay behind without the empress' protection or to accompany her to Europe. Weaving the story of Mexico's indigenous peoples with that of the tragic Belgian princess who became the wife of the Austrian Archduke Maximillian von Hapsburg, acclaimed author Graciela Limón once again explores issues of race, class and women's rights. She skillfully crafts a gripping novel about a smart, wealthy woman who is not afraid to challenge powerful men, and re-imagines the story behind Empress Carlota's descent into madness and eventual imprisonment in a remote European castle.

Feminist Collections

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Feminist Collections written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mama's Madness

Author : Billy Ray Chitwood
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781468123814
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Mama's Madness written by Billy Ray Chitwood and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a California newspaper account, this novel reveals a dark and ugly truth, like the black closet used for punishment by a malevolent mother whose heart and mind can only know evil. From the black closet to fiery murder in the high Sierras, this shocking tale illustrates how cruelty and debasement can exist in one family.

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Scholastic Gold)

Author : Avi
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 054592247X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Scholastic Gold) written by Avi and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avi's treasured Newbery Honor Book now in expanded After Words edition!Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is excited to return home from her school in England to her family in Rhode Island in the summer of 1832. But when the two families she was supposed to travel with mysteriously cancel their trips, Charlotte finds herself the lone passenger on a long sea voyage with a cruel captain and a mutinous crew. Worse yet, soon after stepping aboard the ship, she becomes enmeshed in a conflict between them! What begins as an eagerly anticipated ocean crossing turns into a harrowing journey, where Charlotte gains a villainous enemy . . . and is put on trial for murder!After Words material includes author Q & A, journal writing tips, and other activities that bring Charlotte's world to life!

Theatre of the Sphere

Author : Luis Valdez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000398676
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Theatre of the Sphere written by Luis Valdez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre of the Sphere is Luis Valdez’s exploration of the principles that underlie his innovations as a playwright, teacher, and theatrical innovator. He discusses the unique aesthetic, more than five decades in the making, that defines the work of his group El Teatro Campesino—from shows staged on the backs of flatbed trucks by the participants in the Delano Grape Strike of the 1960s to international megahits like Zoot Suit. Opening with a history of El Teatro Campesino, rich with Valdez’s insights and remembrances, the book’s first part provides context for the development of the Theatre of the Sphere acting method. The second part delivers the conceptual framework for Valdez’s acting theory and practice, situating it in Mayan mathematics and metaphysics. The third part of the book applies this methodology to describe the "viente pasos," the 20-element exercise sequence that comprises the core practice of El Teatro Campesino—strengthening the body, balance, precision, and flexibility but also leadership, collaboration, observation, vulnerability, trust, and expression of passion; of consciousness of time, place, self, community, language, and belief; of honour, faith, morality, and commitment. The book concludes with the full text of Valdez’s poem, "El Buen Actor/El Mal Actor," and a comprehensive bibliography for further study. This is a vital and indispensable text for today’s actor, as well as scholars and students of contemporary theatre, American and Chicano performance, and the process of theatre-making, actor training, and community performance.

Maximilian and Carlota

Author : M. M. McAllen
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595341854
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Maximilian and Carlota written by M. M. McAllen and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-08 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new telling of Mexico’s Second Empire and Louis Napoléon’s installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic, interesting, and tragic time of this six-year-siege to life. From 1861 to 1866, the French incorporated the armies of Austria, Belgium—including forces from Crimea to Egypt—to fight and subdue the regime of Mexico’s Benito Juárez during the time of the U.S. Civil War. France viewed this as a chance to seize Mexican territory in a moment they were convinced the Confederacy would prevail and take over Mexico. With both sides distracted in the U.S., this was their opportunity to seize territory in North America. In 1867, with aid from the United States, this movement came to a disastrous end both for the royals and for France while ushering in a new era for Mexico. In a bid to oust Juárez, Mexican conservatives appealed to European leaders to select a monarch to run their country. Maximilian and Carlota’s reign, from 1864 to 1867, was marked from the start by extravagance and ambition and ended with the execution of Maximilian by firing squad, with Carlota on the brink of madness. This epoch moment in the arc of French colonial rule, which spans North American and European history at a critical juncture on both continents, shows how Napoleon III’s failure to save Maximilian disgusted Europeans and sealed his own fate. Maximilian and Carlota offers a vivid portrait of the unusual marriage of Maximilian and Carlota and of international high society and politics at this critical nineteenth-century juncture. This largely unknown era in the history of the Americas comes to life through this colorful telling of the couple’s tragic reign.

The Time Out Film Guide

Author : John Pym
Publisher : Time Out Guides
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Time Out Film Guide written by John Pym and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fifth edition, the popular Time Out Film Guide, updated annually, covers more than 11,000 films from every area of world cinema. Better international coverage and honest, lively criticism make this one of the most comprehensive film guides anywhere. New for this edition are awards listings for the Berlin, Venice, and Cannes film festivals, as well as Oscar winners since 1927. Line drawings.

Diplomatic Days

Author : Edith O'Shaughnessy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Diplomatic Days written by Edith O'Shaughnessy and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author was the wife of the secretary of the American Embassy in Mexico City. Through letters written from May 1911 to October 1912, she described her introduction to Mexico and the beginnings of the Mexican Revolution.

Bug Boys

Author : Laura Knetzger
Publisher : Random House Graphic
ISBN 13 : 1984896768
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Bug Boys written by Laura Knetzger and published by Random House Graphic. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join two bug friends as they learn about the science of the world around them and the meaning of friendship in this early graphic novel series perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly! Rhino-B is a brash, but sweet guy. Stag-B is a calm and scholarly adventurer. Together these two young beetles make up the Bug Boys, best friends who spend their time exploring the world of Bug Village and beyond, as well as their own -- sometimes confusing and complicated -- thoughts and feelings. In their first adventure, the Bug Boys travel through spooky caves, work with a spider to found a library, save their town's popular honey supply from extinction, and even make friends with ferocious termites! Join these two best bug buddies as they go above and beyond for each other and the friends they meet in their adventures. “Bug Boys has a wonderful blend of silliness, introspection, adventure and the right amount of weirdness. I loved how Rhino-B and Stag-B deal with the pressure of being true to each other and to the new friends they make on their journeys.” – Drew Brockington, author of CatStronauts

Max Meow Book 1: Cat Crusader

Author : John Gallagher
Publisher : Random House Graphic
ISBN 13 : 0593121074
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Max Meow Book 1: Cat Crusader written by John Gallagher and published by Random House Graphic. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet a secret superhero with CAT-ITUDE--Max Meow, Cat Crusader--in this purr-fectly awesome, hiss-sterically funny graphic novel series just right for fans of Dog Man and InvestiGators! Max is just a regular cat in Kittyopolis, trying to make it big as a podcaster UNTIL he accidentally takes a bite of an RADIOACTIVE SPACE MEATBALL at his best friend Mindy's SECRET LAB. Then before you can say MEOWZA, Max becomes...The CAT CRUSADER! Being a super hero is fun--but not if you get so cocky, you forget your best friend! Will Max and Mindy make up? And together, can they save Kittyopolis from the evil Agent M and BIG BOSS?! Find out in this furr-ociously funny series! BONUS: Includes how to draw Max Meow! And look for the next books—Max Meow: Donuts and Danger, Max Meow Meow: Pugs from Planet X, and Max Meow: Taco Time Machine! "Funny, furry and fantastic!" --Judd Winick, New York Times Bestselling Creator of the Hilo series "Max Meow's super heroics will have kids meow-ling with laughter!" --John Patrick Green, creator of the InvestiGators series

Time Out Film Guide

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1638 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Time Out Film Guide

Author : John Pym
Publisher : Time Out Guides
ISBN 13 : 9780140294149
Total Pages : 1640 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book Time Out Film Guide written by John Pym and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2002 with total page 1640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an aphabetical critical guide to films, based on Time-Out reviews since the mid-1980s. It covers every area of world cinema, including: classic silents and 1930s comedies, documentaries and the avant garde, French or Japanese, the Hollywood mainstream and B-movie horrors. Features include cast lists and other key creative personnel, more than 110 obituary notes from 2001/2002 and indexes covering film by country, genre, subject, director and actor. This new edition includes a new Time Out readers' top 100 film poll, plus 2001/2002 Oscar and BAFTA awards, as well as prizes from the Berlin, Venice and Cannes festivals.

Disabled Village Children

Author : David Werner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disabled Village Children written by David Werner and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... A book of information and ideas for all who are concerned about the well-being of disabled children. It is especially for those who live in rural areas where resources are limited ... Written by [the author] with the help of disabled persons and pioneers in rehabilitation in many countries, this book ... gives a wealth of clear, simple, but detailed information concerning most common disabilities of children: many different physical disabilities, blindness, deafness, fits, behavior problems, and developmental delay. It gives suggestions for simplified rehabilitation, low-cost aids, and ways to help disabled children find a role and be accepted in the community. Above all, the book helps us to realize that most of the answers for meeting these children's needs can be found within the community, the family, and in the children themselves. It discusses ways of starting small community rehabilitation centers and workshops run by disabled persons or the families of disabled children.-Back cover.

Women, Culture, and Politics in Latin America

Author : Seminar on Feminism & Culture in Latin America
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520909070
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Women, Culture, and Politics in Latin America written by Seminar on Feminism & Culture in Latin America and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result of a collaboration among eight women scholars, this collection examines the history of women’s participation in literary, journalistic, educational, and political activity in Latin American history, with special attention to the first half of this century.

Twilight of the Habsburgs

Author : Alan Palmer
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 9780871136657
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Twilight of the Habsburgs written by Alan Palmer and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 1997-02-12 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biography of the emperor of Austria as well as a history of Europe during his reign.

Secrets of the Royals

Author : Gordon Winter
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780860517061
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Royals written by Gordon Winter and published by Robson Books Limited. This book was released on 1990 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hispanics and United States Film

Author : Gary D. Keller
Publisher : Bilingual Review Press (AZ)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hispanics and United States Film written by Gary D. Keller and published by Bilingual Review Press (AZ). This book was released on 1994 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its role as handbook, Hispanics and United States Film provides the best single source of information on Hispanic personalities in American film and on American films with a Hispanic focus produced from 1896 to the present time. Hundreds of films, actors, and other figures of the film industry are referenced. This informational component of the book, which provides titles, dates, and other filmographic information, is supplemented by a bibliography on the subject.