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The Sky Over Lima

Author : Juan Gómez Bárcena
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0544630068
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book The Sky Over Lima written by Juan Gómez Bárcena and published by HMH. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a historic literary hoax, this “charming” novel is “a love letter to the creative process” from one of Spain’s most original authors (Kirkus Reviews). José Gálvez and Carlos Rodríguez are poets. Or, at least, they’d like to be. Sons of Lima’s elite in the early twentieth century, they scribble poorly constructed verses and read the greats: Rilke, Rimbaud, and, above all others, Juan Ramón Jímenez, the Spanish Maestro. Desperate for Jímenez’s latest work, unavailable in Lima, they decide to ask him for a copy. Certain Jímenez would never send his book to a couple of dilettantes, they concoct a plan à la Cyrano de Bergerac. They write to him posing as the lovely, imaginary Georgina Hübner. Incredibly, the poet takes the bait and responds with a book and letter. So begins the epistolary romance. As the maestro falls in love with Georgina, he writes his finest poetry. But when the mail delivery is stalled during the dockworkers’ strike, the scheme begins to unravel and reveal the vulgar truth. “This sweepingly beautiful translation will enchant readers. Gómez Bárcena’s style is both fresh and classic, delightful and mysterious, and his characters—who feel like living, breathing creatures—are sure to captivate even as they break your heart.” —Library Journal, starred review “Anyone who has ever wept over a poem or burned to write more and better and despaired because their talent let them down will read this novel and come away feeling understood.” —National Book Review “Gómez Bárcena tackles the most serious topics while masterfully showing how to write a story that’s simultaneously a comedy, a tragedy, and a portrait of another culture. The style is magnificent, the narration told with originality, pulse, and rhythm. There’s little more to say: read Gómez Bárcena.” —El Cultural

The Sky Over Lima

Author : Juan Gómez Bárcena
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book The Sky Over Lima written by Juan Gómez Bárcena and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

When I Fell From the Sky

Author : Juliane Koepcke
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1857889452
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book When I Fell From the Sky written by Juliane Koepcke and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Christmas Eve 1971, the packed LANSA flight 508 from Lima to Pucallpa was struck by lightning and went down in dense jungle hundreds of miles from civilization. Of its 93 passengers, only one survived. Juliane Koepcke, the seventeen-year-old child of famous German zoologists. She'd been thrown from the plane two miles above the forest canopy, but had sustained only a broken collarbone and a cut on her leg. With incredible courage, instinct and ingenuity, she survived three weeks in the "green hell" of the Amazon - using the skills she'd learned in assisting her parents on their research trips into the jungle - before coming across a loggers hut, and, with it, safety. Now she tells her fascinating story for the first time, and in doing so tells us about her 'Gerald Durrell' childhood - with a menagerie of wild, exotic and sometimes dangerous pets - about how she learned to survive at her parents ecological station deep in the rainforest and about her present-day commitment to this wildlife as a biologist and dedicated environmentalist.

The Andes

Author : Axel Borsdorf
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319035304
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Andes written by Axel Borsdorf and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Andes are attracting global interest again: they hold valuable mineral resources, tourists appreciate their great natural beauty and the diversity of indigenous cultures, climbers scale rock and ice faces, while many others are intrigued by regional political developments, such as the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela or the almost unfettered hegemony of the neoliberal economic model in Chile. This volume is the first attempt for decades to present a complete overview of the longest mountain chain on the planet – a region of remarkable climatic, floristic and geologic diversity, where advanced civilization developed well before the arrival of the Spanish. Today the Andes continue to be characterized by their ethnic, demographic, cultural and economic diversity, as well as by the disparity of local socioeconomic groups. The Andean countries pursue a wide range of approaches to tackle the challenges of making the best use of their natural and cultural potential without damaging their ecological basis, as well as to overcome economic disparity and foster social cohesion. This book provides insights into this unique region and its most pressing issues, complemented by a wealth of pictures and comprehensive diagrams, which, in sum, help to better understand these fascinating mountains.

The Lima Reader

Author : Carlos Aguirre
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822373181
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book The Lima Reader written by Carlos Aguirre and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-18 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering more than 500 years of history, culture, and politics, The Lima Reader seeks to capture the many worlds and many peoples of Peru’s capital city, featuring a selection of primary sources that consider the social tensions and cultural heritages of the “City of Kings.”

Things that Fall from the Sky

Author : Selja Ahava
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1786075423
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Things that Fall from the Sky written by Selja Ahava and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One quirk of fate can send life spiralling in the most unexpected direction... A young girl loses her mother when a block of ice falls from the sky. A woman wins the jackpot twice. A man is struck by lightning four times. Coincidence? Or something more? Things That Fall from the Sky is the tale of three lives that are changed forever by random events. But it is also a meditation on the endurance of love, the passage of time and the pain of loss. Selja Ahava, one of Finland's best-loved novelists, weaves these stories together in an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind fable about the twists and turns that can define a lifetime.

The Rarified Air of the Modern

Author : Willie Hiatt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190248912
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Rarified Air of the Modern written by Willie Hiatt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment news reached Peru in 1910 that Jorge Chávez Dartnell, a pilot of Peruvian parentage, had become the first man to fly across the Alps, aviation fired the imagination of the masses in his home country. His and other Peruvian pilots' achievements generated great optimism that this technology could lift Peru out of its self-perceived backwardness and transform it into a modern nation. Though poor infrastructure, economic woes, a dearth of technical expertise, and frequent pilot deaths slowed Peru's domestic aviation project, diverse groups saw in airplanes their own visions for Peruvian renewal. In this book, Willie Hiatt shows how politicians, businessmen, and military officials promoted the project as critical to the nation. At the same time, indigenous communities and provincial residents willingly gave up land for airfields, raised money to purchase aircraft for the military, named airplanes after sponsoring civic groups, towns, and regions, and breached police cordons at flying exhibitions to get close-up looks at planes and pilots. By 1928, three commercial lines were transporting passengers and goods from far-flung regions of the Amazon, highlands, and coast to Lima and beyond. Tracing the development of Peruvian aviation from heroic individual feats to essential infrastructure, The Rarified Air of the Modern shows how Peruvians mobilized airplanes to reflect their technological progress, their modern identity, and their nation's intertwining with the history of the West.

Amongst the Clouds

Author : Robbie Cryer
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326073966
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Amongst the Clouds written by Robbie Cryer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a young man's adventure through South America which culminated in a year spent living and working in the mountains in northern Peru. An insight into the culture, history and geography of the continent as seen through the eyes of a lone gringo, travelling for experience.

Lineage

Author : Will McClinton
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469190338
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book Lineage written by Will McClinton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-13 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruggedly handsome Marc du Bois hails from old money with family that can be traced back 500 years. Albeit blithely unaware of the family legacy he is to inherit. He meets up with his brother and best friend Camel Khalid, a true player. Until their youthful innocence allows them to become seduced by someone with abilities and powers only remembered by Sumerians. Written in cuneiform on clay tablets left to crumble. Occult and ancient powers to old money and religions. You will never view world incidents the same way again.

The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto

Author : Mario Vargas Llosa
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429900644
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto written by Mario Vargas Llosa and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Lima, the novel tells of a love story whose participants may be the fictional characters of Don Rigoberto. With his usual sly assurance, Vargas Llosa keeps the reader guessing which episodes are real and which issue from the Don's imagination; the resulting novel, an aggregate of reality and fantasy, is sexy, funny, disquieting, and unfailingly compelling.

The Time of the Hero

Author : Mario Vargas Llosa
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429922524
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Time of the Hero written by Mario Vargas Llosa and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The action of The Time of the Hero, Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa's first novel, takes place at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, Peru. There, four angry cadets who have formed an inner circle in an attempt to ward off the boredom and stifling confinement of the military academy set off a chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder and suicide. The Time of the Hero presents, with great accuracy and power, the cadets' nightmare life: brutal initiation rights, poker in the latrines, drinking contests; and, above all else, the strange military code which, whether broken or followed, can only destroy. When The Time of the Hero was first published in Peru in 1962, it was considered so scandalous that a thousand copies were burned in an official ceremony at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy. That same year, the book received the Biblioteca Breve Prize, an award given to the best work of fiction in the Spanish language. "...[A]s with other fine writers, Vargas functions on more than a single level of meaning." - The New York Times

The Ark of Adams

Author : Jack Kane
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557256534
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book The Ark of Adams written by Jack Kane and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-01-11 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Timothy Adamsâ€™ invention was supposed to save mankind. Arcadia was to be his crowning achievement. Through life extension technologies and Virtual Reality fueled immersion, a land of plenty has been born; a shelter from a dawning New Ice Age and refuge from collapsing global economic markets. But, the shadowy government agency that so generously funded his efforts has other plans. Meet Nikki Allen, Arcadia Citizen 472. When a stranger claims knowledge of the believed mythical Genesis Code Exploit, she is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse, her identity stolen, a fugitive amidst the hacker underground. But, when tragedy strikes Limmerick, an uneasy peace will threaten to boil over and a fight will be waged for ultimate control of an imperfect world that will never be the same.

Empire of Gold

Author : Andy McDermott
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 055359365X
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Empire of Gold written by Andy McDermott and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A RUMOR OF RICHES. A MAZE OF MURDER. AND THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS, SOUGHT-AFTER PRIZE. Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase possess extraordinary pieces of an ancient puzzle that leads them from Singapore to the jungles of South America. Inside a storm of political and drug warfare, Nina is getting close to one of history’s greatest secrets: the mythical golden city of El Dorado. As one discovery unveils another, Nina realizes that a legendary Incan leader made a deal with his Spanish captors—and hid forever the real El Dorado. Now, Nina and Eddie face a maze of death traps and betrayals, including one that reaches into Eddie’s past in Afghanistan, even into his own family in England. Behind a waterfall in Peru is an unfound wonder of the world. And to get there, Nina and Eddie may have to sacrifice everything: their friends, their love for one another, even their lives.

The Natural World in Latin American Literatures

Author : Adrian Taylor Kane
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786457600
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Natural World in Latin American Literatures written by Adrian Taylor Kane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Popol Vuh to postmodernism, imagery of the natural world has played an important role in Latin American literature. In contrast to the rise of ecocritical scholarship in Anglophone literary studies, Latin American literary ecocriticism has been slower to take root. This volume of eleven essays seeks to advance the ecocritical conversation among Latin Americanists, furthering insight into the relationship between humans and their environments. The essays address regions as diverse as Patagonia and the Chihuahua Desert.

City of Jasmine

Author : Olga Grjasnowa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1786074885
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book City of Jasmine written by Olga Grjasnowa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syria - a country at war Amal, Hammoudi and Youssef are young and ambitious, the face of modern Syria. But when civil war tears through their homeland, they are left with a horrifying choice: risk death by staying in the country they love, or flee in search of a new life elsewhere? From one of Germany's most talented literary voices comes this intricately woven story of brutality, loss, and how hope can shine through when darkness feels overwhelming.

In the Shadow of Wolves

Author : Alvydas Šlepikas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1786074699
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book In the Shadow of Wolves written by Alvydas Šlepikas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Times Book of the Year, 2019 THE SECOND WORLD WAR IS OVER. BUT THE WORLD IS FAR FROM SAFE. As victorious Russian troops sweep across East Prussia, a group of desperate children face a new battle. Confronted by critical food shortages and the onset of a bitterly cold winter, these 'wolf children' secretly cross the border into Lithuania in search of work or food to take back to their starving families. In a world still reeling from the devastation of war, the children must risk everything to survive. In the Shadow of Wolves is a story of resilience, devastation and, ultimately, hope. Based on meticulous research, Alvydas Šlepikas's stunningly powerful debut novel has won over readers and critics across the world.

The Gold Machine

Author : Iain Sinclair
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861540719
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book The Gold Machine written by Iain Sinclair and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Statesman Book of the Year, 2021 ‘Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.’ Barry Miles ‘The Gold Machine is a trip, a psychoactive expedition in compelling company.’ TLS From the award-winning author of The Last London and Lights Out for the Territory, a journey in the footsteps of our ancestors. In The Gold Machine, Iain Sinclair and his daughter travel through Peru, guided by – and in reaction to – an ill-fated colonial expedition led by his great-grandfather, Arthur Sinclair. The incursions of Catholic bounty hunters and Adventist missionaries are contrasted with today’s ecotourists and short-cut vision seekers. The family history of a displaced Scottish highlander fades into the brutal reality of a major land grab. The historic thirst for gold and the establishment of sprawling coffee plantations leave terrible wounds on virgin territory. What might once have been portrayed as an intrepid adventure is transformed into a shocking tale of the violated rights of indigenous people, secret dealings between London finance and Peruvian government, and the collusion of the church in colonial expansion. In Sinclair’s haunting prose, no place escapes its past, and nor can we.