Karen y El Dragón

Karen y El Dragón PDF Author: Hugo Enrique Martinez Reyes
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105549828
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 186

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Karen y El Dragón

Karen y El Dragón PDF Author: Hugo Enrique Martinez Reyes
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105549828
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 186

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Karen & El Dragón

Karen & El Dragón PDF Author: Hugo Enrique Martinez Reyes
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300222034
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Languages : es
Pages : 186

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El último dragón negro y las puertas secretas

El último dragón negro y las puertas secretas PDF Author: Mirta Echeverría
Publisher: Caligrama
ISBN: 8417717897
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Ellos visitan nuestro mundo, pero no podemos reconocerlos. Dos jóvenes humanos deberán atravesar las puertas que nos comunican con un mundo secreto. Allí encontrarán seres que hasta el momento creían inexistentes, y vivirán experiencias inolvidables conociendo su forma de vida y aprendiendo a aceptar las diferencias. Descubrirán que duendes, brujos, elfos y vampiros no son como los imaginaban, surgiendo entre ellos vínculos afectivos que perdurarán en el tiempo. Un libro para sonreír, emocionarse y, sobre todo, para reflexionar acerca de nuestra propia existencia y el futuro de la humanidad.

Birds and Beasts of Ancient Mesoamerica

Birds and Beasts of Ancient Mesoamerica PDF Author: Susan Milbrath
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1646424611
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 441

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Birds and Beasts of Ancient Mesoamerica links Precolumbian animal imagery with scientific data related to animal morphology and behavior, providing in-depth studies of the symbolic importance of animals and birds in Postclassic period Mesoamerica. Representations of animal deities in Mesoamerica can be traced back at least to Middle Preclassic Olmec murals, stone carvings, and portable art such as lapidary work and ceramics. Throughout the history of Mesoamerica real animals were merged with fantastical creatures, creating zoological oddities not unlike medieval European bestiaries. According to Spanish chroniclers, the Aztec emperor was known to keep exotic animals in royal aviaries and zoos. The Postclassic period was characterized by an iconography that was shared from central Mexico to the Yucatan peninsula and south to Belize. In addition to highlighting the symbolic importance of nonhuman creatures in general, the volume focuses on the importance of the calendrical and astronomical symbolism associated with animals and birds. Inspired by and dedicated to the work of Mesoamerican scholar Cecelia Klein and featuring imagery from painted books, monumental sculpture, portable arts, and archaeological evidence from the field of zooarchaeology, Birds and Beasts of Ancient Mesoamerica highlights the significance of the animal world in Postclassic and early colonial Mesoamerica. It will be important to students and scholars studying Mesoamerican art history, archaeology, ethnohistory, and zoology.

Sharon & El Héroe

Sharon & El Héroe PDF Author: Hugo Enrique Martinez Reyes
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 130018907X
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 116

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Jamón and Halal

Jamón and Halal PDF Author: Christina Civantos
Publisher: Amherst College Press
ISBN: 1943208360
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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Contemporary Spain reflects broader patterns of globalization and has been the site of tensions between nationalists and immigrants. This case study examines a rural town in Spain's Andalucía in order to shed light on the workings of coexistence. The town of Órgiva's diverse population includes hippies from across Europe, European converts to Sufi Islam, and immigrants from North Africa. Christina Civantos combines the analysis of written and visual cultural texts with oral narratives from residents. In this book, we see that although written and especially televisual narratives about the town highlight tolerance and multiculturalism, they mask tensions and power differentials. Toleration is an ongoing negotiation, and this book shows us how we can identify the points of contact that create robust, respect-based tolerance. "This is a book that is both a personal account and a rigorous academic study. It is a model for the kind of engaged humanistic work we are now beginning to see as a hallmark of the post-theory moment, and one that remembers the hard lessons of ethnographic fieldwork as well as the challenging foundational work from philosophically-tinged theory." --Debra A. Castillo, Cornell University "Filled with rich descriptions and interwoven personal anecdotes of both Civantos and her interlocuters that complement scholarly analysis." --Jessica R. Boll, Carroll University

Dragon Fusion

Dragon Fusion PDF Author: Karen Carnahan
Publisher: Klc
ISBN: 9781393526759
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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El was an average fifteen-year-old kid, who set out for a quiet walk in her small-town park to relax before having to conquer an English report. However, El never expected to see sparks fly out from her fingertips... Totally blindsided, El learned the truth of her identity, realizing her whole life had been a lie, and she wasn't sure she was ready for the upcoming changes. El's newfound powers frightened as well as excited her. Finding help from an unlikely ally, a dragon, El must decide if she should embrace her destiny or walk away from a world in peril. A spark begins to ignite within her. Will the fire that brews inside sway El in her decision to embrace her destiny? Scroll up to pick up your copy of Karen Carnahan's latest YA Fantasy, Dragon Fusion

Faking the Ancient Andes

Faking the Ancient Andes PDF Author: Karen O Bruhns
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315428555
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233

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Nasca pots, Quimbaya figurines, Moche porn figures, stone shamans. Fakes and forgeries run rampant in the Andean art collections of international museums and private individuals. Authors Karen Bruhns and Nancy Kelker examine the phenomenon in this eye-opening volume. They discuss the most commonly forged classes and styles of artifacts, many of which were being duplicated as early as the 19th century. More important, they describe the system whereby these objects get made, purchased, authenticated, and placed in major museums as well as the complicity of forgers, dealers, curators, and collectors in this system. Unique to this volume are biographies of several of the forgers, who describe their craft and how they are able to effectively fool connoisseurs and specialists. This is an important accessible introduction to pre-Columbian art fraud for archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals alike. A parallel volume by the same authors discusses fakes in Mesoamerican archaeology.

My Havana

My Havana PDF Author: Maria Caridad Cumaná
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442615788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana. My Havana is a lyrical exploration of Varela's life and work, and of the vibrant musical, literary, and cinematic culture of his generation.

Handbook of South American Archaeology

Handbook of South American Archaeology PDF Author: Helaine Silverman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780387752280
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1228

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Perhaps the contributions of South American archaeology to the larger field of world archaeology have been inadequately recognized. If so, this is probably because there have been relatively few archaeologists working in South America outside of Peru and recent advances in knowledge in other parts of the continent are only beginning to enter larger archaeological discourse. Many ideas of and about South American archaeology held by scholars from outside the area are going to change irrevocably with the appearance of the present volume. Not only does the Handbook of South American Archaeology (HSAA) provide immense and broad information about ancient South America, the volume also showcases the contributions made by South Americans to social theory. Moreover, one of the merits of this volume is that about half the authors (30) are South Americans, and the bibliographies in their chapters will be especially useful guides to Spanish and Portuguese literature as well as to the latest research. It is inevitable that the HSAA will be compared with the multi-volume Handbook of South American Indians (HSAI), with its detailed descriptions of indigenous peoples of South America, that was organized and edited by Julian Steward. Although there are heroic archaeological essays in the HSAI, by the likes of Junius Bird, Gordon Willey, John Rowe, and John Murra, Steward states frankly in his introduction to Volume Two that “arch- ology is included by way of background” to the ethnographic chapters.