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Mitos Y Leyendas De California Y El Suroeste De Edad
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Book Synopsis Mitos y Leyendas de California y El Suroeste de Edad by : Judson
Download or read book Mitos y Leyendas de California y El Suroeste de Edad written by Judson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-24 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: .
Book Synopsis Mitolog?a nativa americana by : Matt Clayton
Download or read book Mitolog?a nativa americana written by Matt Clayton and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Si busca una fascinante colecci?n de mitos de los nativos americanos, siga leyendo... Parte de la historia de las culturas ind?genas es, por supuesto, sus tradiciones de contar historias. Los mitos, leyendas y cuentos populares juegan un papel importante en la explicaci?n de c?mo el mundo lleg? a ser como es, as? como entretener a los oyentes con historias de humor o de miedo, o darles modelos a seguir con los cuentos de h?roes. El autor de este libro se ha esforzado por proporcionar al menos un mito de cada grupo cultural importante de Am?rica del Norte: ?rtico, Sub?rtico, Meseta, Costa Noroeste, Gran Cuenca, Grandes Llanuras, California, Suroeste, Sureste y Bosque del Noreste. De los muchos g?neros diferentes de historias disponibles, se han elegido cuatro para este volumen. El primero tiene que ver con los or?genes de las cosas, ya sea del mundo en su totalidad o de alg?n aspecto del mismo que fue significativo para la gente que cre? la historia. El otro lado de la creaci?n es la muerte, por lo que la segunda secci?n se refiere a las historias de fantasmas y monstruos, algunas aterradoras, otras amigables, algunas v?ctimas de bromas de personas vivas. Sin embargo, de los actos de destrucci?n llevados a cabo por seres sobrenaturales, a menudo hay algo nuevo creado o un cambio que funciona y que es necesario para que el mundo funcione correctamente. Embaucadores y h?roes ocupan la tercera y cuarta secci?n del libro, respectivamente. El coyote es, por supuesto, el personaje favorito de los embaucadores para la mayor?a de los grupos ind?genas de Am?rica del Norte, mientras que el cuervo es importante para los pueblos del noroeste del Pac?fico y las regiones ?rticas. El castor es un embaucador para los nez perc?s de la meseta del r?o Columbia, y para los pomo de California, la peque?a rata de madera tambi?n vive de su ingenio. Estos embaucadores son a su vez inteligentes, cr?dulos, vencedores y v?ctimas, pero siempre hay una lecci?n moral que aprender de las historias de sus aventuras. La ?ltima secci?n del libro presenta historias de h?roes ind?genas. Muchos de estos h?roes son compartidos por m?ltiples culturas, generalmente dentro de la misma ?rea cultural o en ?reas culturales adyacentes. Mitolog?a nativa americana: Mitos fascinantes de los pueblos ind?genas de Am?rica del Nortele invita a realizar un viaje sorprendente y descubrir los siguientes mitos: Or?genes Fantasmas y monstruos Cuentos de artima?as Cuentos de h?roes ¡Y mucho, mucho m?s! ¡Adquiera este libro ahora para aprender m?s sobre la mitolog?a de los nativos americanos!
Book Synopsis I the Supreme by : Augusto Roa Bastos
Download or read book I the Supreme written by Augusto Roa Bastos and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I the Supreme imagines a dialogue between the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator known as Dr. Francia and Policarpo Patiño, his secretary and only companion. The opening pages present a sign that they had found nailed to the wall of a cathedral, purportedly written by Dr. Francia himself and ordering the execution of all of his servants upon his death. This sign is quickly revealed to be a forgery, which takes leader and secretary into a larger discussion about the nature of truth: “In the light of what Your Eminence says, even the truth appears to be a lie.” Their conversation broadens into an epic journey of the mind, stretching across the colonial history of their nation, filled with surrealist imagery, labyrinthine turns, and footnotes supplied by a mysterious “compiler.” A towering achievement from a foundational author of modern Latin American literature, I the Supreme is a darkly comic, deeply moving meditation on power and its abuse—and on the role of language in making and unmaking whole worlds.
Download or read book The Code Book written by Simon Singh and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2000-08-29 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, The Code Book tells the story of the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy. Throughout the text are clear technical and mathematical explanations, and portraits of the remarkable personalities who wrote and broke the world's most difficult codes. Accessible, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this book will forever alter your view of history and what drives it. It will also make you wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is.
Book Synopsis A Socialist Empire by : Louis Baudin
Download or read book A Socialist Empire written by Louis Baudin and published by . This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2011 Reprint of 1961 Edition. Many social scientists have attempted to lump the unique Inca society into modern political and economic categories. Louis Baudin argued that Incan society was socialistic. He claimed that the ayllu system is what classified the Inca as a system of state socialism. Baudin defines state socialism as being based on the idea of the regulative action of a central power in social relations. According to Baudin, the idea of private property in Europe had been in existence for centuries, but no such idea existed at the times of the Incas. He claims, that society in Peru rested on a foundation of collective ownership which, to a certain extent, facilitated its establishment, because the effacement of the individual within a group prepared him to allow himself to be absorbed. Baudin argued that the higher ranking Incas tried, and succeeded to an extent, to force a degree of uniformity on the common Inca. The Inca were forced to dress similarly, eat the same food, practice the same religion, and speak the same language, Quechua.
Book Synopsis Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands by : Elbert Luther Little
Download or read book Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands written by Elbert Luther Little and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Children, Spaces and Identity by : Margarita Sánchez Romero
Download or read book Children, Spaces and Identity written by Margarita Sánchez Romero and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2015-10-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do children construct, negotiate and organize space? The study of social space in any human group is fraught with limitations, and to these we must add the further limits involved in the study of childhood. Here specialists from archaeology, history, literature, architecture, didactics, museology and anthropology build a body of theoretical and methodological approaches about how space is articulated and organized around children and how this disposition affects the creation and maintenance of social identities. Children are considered as the main actors in historic dynamics of social change, from prehistory to the present day. Notions on space, childhood and the construction of both the individual and the group identity of children are considered as a prelude to papers that focus on analyzing and identifying the spaces which contribute to the construction of children’s identity during their lives: the places they live, learn, socialize and play. A final section deals with these same aspects, but focuses on funerary contexts, in which children may lose their capacity to influence events, as it is adults who establish burial strategies and practices. In each case authors ask questions such as: how do adults construct spaces for children? How do children manage their own spaces? How do people (adults and children) build (invisible and/or physical) boundaries and spaces?
Book Synopsis Algic Researches by : Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Download or read book Algic Researches written by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493 by :
Download or read book The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493 written by and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive edition of Columbus's account of the voyage presents the most accurate printed version of his journal available to date. Unfortunately both Columbus's original manuscript, presented to Ferdinand and Isabella along with other evidence of his discoveries, and a single complete copy have been lost for centuries. The primary surviving record of the voyage-part quotation, part summary of the complete copy-is a transcription made by Bartolome de las Casas in the 1530s. This new edition of the Las Casas manuscript presents its entire contents-including notes, insertions, and canceled text-more accurately, completely, and graphically than any other Spanish text published so far. In addition, the new translation, which strives for readability and accuracy, appears on pages facing the Spanish, encouraging on-the- spot comparisons of the translation with the original. Study of the work is further facilitated by extensive notes, documenting differences between the editors' transcription and translation and those of other transcribers and translators and summarizing current research and debates on unanswered current research and debates on unanswered questions concerning the voyage. In addition to being the only edition in which Spanish and English are presented side by side, this edition includes the only concordance ever prepared for the Diario. Awaited by scholars, this new edition will help reduce the guesswork that has long plagued the study of Columbus's voyage. It may shed light on a number of issues related to Columbus's navigational methods and the identity of his landing places, issues whose resolution depend, at least in part, on an accurate transcription of the Diario. Containing day-by-day accounts of the voyage and the first sighting of land, of the first encounters with the native populations and the first appraisals of his islands explored, and of a suspenseful return voyage to Spain, the Diario provides a fascinating and useful account to historians, geographers, anthropologists, sailors, students, and anyone else interested in the discovery-or in a very good sea story. Oliver Dunn received the PH.D. degree from Cornell University. He is Professor Emeritus in Purdue University and a longtime student of Spanish and early history of Spanish America. James E. Kelley, Jr., received the M.A. degree from American University. A mathematician and computer and management consultant by vocation, for the past twenty years he has studied the history of European cartography and navigation in late-medieval times. Both are members of the Society for the History of Discoveries and have written extensively on the history of navigation and on Columbus's first voyage, Although they remain unconvinced of its conclusions, both were consultants to the National geographic Society's 1986 effort to establish Samana Cay as the site of Columbus's first landing.
Book Synopsis The Forbidden Religion by : Jose M. Herrou Aragon
Download or read book The Forbidden Religion written by Jose M. Herrou Aragon and published by José M. Herrou Aragón. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gnosis means knowledge. But we are not referring to just any knowledge. Gnosis is knowledge which produces a great transformation in those who receive it. Knowledge capable of nothing less than waking up man and helping him to escape from the prison in which he finds himself. That is why Gnosis has been so persecuted throughout the course of history, because it is knowledge considered dangerous for the religious and political authorities who govern mankind from the shadows. Every time this religion, absolutely different from the rest, appears before man, the other religions unite to try to destroy or hide it again. Primordial Gnosis is the original Gnosis, true Gnosis, eternal Gnosis, Gnostic knowledge in its pure form. Due to multiple persecutions, Primordial Gnosis has been fragmented, distorted and hidden.
Download or read book The Information written by James Gleick and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of the acclaimed Chaos and Genius comes a thoughtful and provocative exploration of the big ideas of the modern era: Information, communication, and information theory. Acclaimed science writer James Gleick presents an eye-opening vision of how our relationship to information has transformed the very nature of human consciousness. A fascinating intellectual journey through the history of communication and information, from the language of Africa’s talking drums to the invention of written alphabets; from the electronic transmission of code to the origins of information theory, into the new information age and the current deluge of news, tweets, images, and blogs. Along the way, Gleick profiles key innovators, including Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, Samuel Morse, and Claude Shannon, and reveals how our understanding of information is transforming not only how we look at the world, but how we live. A New York Times Notable Book A Los Angeles Times and Cleveland Plain Dealer Best Book of the Year Winner of the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
Book Synopsis 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by : Scott O. Lilienfeld
Download or read book 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology written by Scott O. Lilienfeld and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience. Uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology Explores topics that readers will relate to, but often misunderstand, such as 'opposites attract', 'people use only 10% of their brains', and 'handwriting reveals your personality' Provides a 'mythbusting kit' for evaluating folk psychology claims in everyday life Teaches essential critical thinking skills through detailed discussions of each myth Includes over 200 additional psychological myths for readers to explore Contains an Appendix of useful Web Sites for examining psychological myths Features a postscript of remarkable psychological findings that sound like myths but that are true Engaging and accessible writing style that appeals to students and lay readers alike
Book Synopsis Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps by : Chet Van Duzer
Download or read book Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps written by Chet Van Duzer and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gamboling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they have never been carefully studied. The subject is important not only in the history of cartography, art, and zoological illustration, but also in the history of the geography of the "marvelous" and of western conceptions of the ocean. Moreover, the sea monsters depicted on maps can supply important insights into the sources, influences, and methods of the cartographers who drew or painted them. In this highly-illustrated book the author analyzes the most important examples of sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps produced in Europe, beginning with the earliest mappaemundi on which they appear in the 10th century and continuing to the end of the 16th century.
Book Synopsis José Rangel Cantú by : Carlos Montalvo Larralde
Download or read book José Rangel Cantú written by Carlos Montalvo Larralde and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis International Marketing by : Pervez N. Ghauri
Download or read book International Marketing written by Pervez N. Ghauri and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of International Marketing provides a complete introduction to international marketing in the twenty-first century. With up-to-date coverage of all core topics, an accessible writing style and distinct emphasis on culture, this new edition facilitates a deeper understanding of the subject. One of the only books to take a truly international approach, it's an ideal text for students studying international marketing.
Book Synopsis The Life, Music, and Times of Carlos Gardel by : Simon Collier
Download or read book The Life, Music, and Times of Carlos Gardel written by Simon Collier and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1986-12-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first biography in English of the great Argentinian tango singer Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Collier traces his rise from very modest beginnings to become the first genuine "superstar" of twentieth-century Latin America. In his late teens, Gardel won local fame in the barrios of Buenos Aires singing in cafes and political clubs. By the 1920s, after he switched to tango singing, the songs he wrote and sang enjoyed instant popularity and have become classics of the genre. He began making movies in the 1930s, quickly establishing himself as the most popular star of the Spanish-language cinema, and at the time of his death Paramount was planning to launch his Hollywood career.Collier's biography focuses on Gardel's artistic career and achievements but also sets his life story within the context of the tango tradition, of early twentieth-century Argentina, and of the history of popular entertainment.
Book Synopsis Fighters across frontiers by : Robert Gildea
Download or read book Fighters across frontiers written by Robert Gildea and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark book, the product of years of research by a team of two dozen historians, reveals that resistance to occupation by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during the Second World War was not narrowly delineated by country but startlingly international. Tens of thousands of fighters across Europe resisted ‘transnationally’, travelling to join networks far from their homes. These ‘foreigners’ were often communists and Jews who were already being persecuted and on the move. Others were expatriate business people, escaped POWs, forced labourers or deserters. Their experiences would prove personally transformative and greatly affected the course of the conflict. From the International Brigades in Spain to the onset of the Cold War and the foundation of the state of Israel, they played a significant part in a period of upheaval and change during the long Second World War.
