A majestic wild deer comes close enough to lick salt from a little girl's hands in this magical, whisper-soft story. "Rand's illustrations for the brief story invest this incident with all the wonder of a lady meeting a unicorn. . . . (A) beautiful book".--School Library Journal. Full color throughout. American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. ...
The Wind Shifts gathers, for the first time, works by emerging Latino and Latina poets in the twenty-first century. Here readers will discover 25 new and vital voices including Naomi Ayala, Richard Blanco, David Dominguez, Gina Franco, Sheryl Luna, and UrayoAn Noel. All of the writers included in this volume have published poetry in well-regarded ...
This autobiography of Horace Axtell, the descendant of a slain Nez Perce warrior, describes the windy Idaho prairie where Christianity and the Indian religion and culture existed side by side in a careful relationship.
The two novellas collected in this volume ("Memoirs of a Young Don Juan" and "The Eleven Thousand Rods") are irreverent, scatological, satirical, and frequently blend an erudite tone with revolting subject matter. This is erotica written by an author who is not only synonymous with the origins of Surrealism, but who also spent considerable time ...
In this chapter book based on Warner Home Video's first Trollz DVD, the five newly empowered Trollz tweens use their magic to accidentally unleash an evil prehistoric force.
Cuckoo is a beautiful but lazy bird. However, when a fire threatens the season's seed crop, only Cuckoo can save the day. Will she risk her beautiful feathers to rescue the seeds? Collage illustrations accompany this retelling of a Mexican folktale which is presented in both English and Spanish.
Antennas and propagation are of fundamental importance to the coverage, capacity and quality of all wireless communication systems. This book provides a solid grounding in antennas and propagation, covering terrestrial and satellite radio systems in both mobile and fixed contexts. Building on the highly successful first edition, this fully updated ...
Published in 1922 and modeled on Fenelon's seventeenth-century epic of the same name, Aragon's work parodies its heroic models, didacticism, psychological stability, and descriptive and narrative balance.
Finally! Help for those who are heading toward foreclosure! This book is written especially for those property owners who are facing foreclosure. Additionally, this book is a goldmine of information to those who work with and/or know others in pre-foreclosure. You will find many helpful online resources referenced throughout this book. To get the ...
A personal guide for the fashionista in everyone, this novelty book is full of quizzes, tips, and quips from the five super-stylin' Trollz. Includes a shock of neon pink hair on the front cover!
First published in 1926, "Paris Peasant" is critically regarded as the greatest achievement of Aragon's early career, before he joined the French Communist Party. Although some of the Surrealists criticized it as too novelistic and too much a product of the creative will, it stands as the most likely model for Breton's own novels "Nadja" and "Mad ...
Francisco Aragsn extends the map of Latino poetry in this bilingual collection. Taking its title from the central plaza in Madrid, it chronicles an overseas journey both public and private. Life in the capital -- taking in jazz at a cafi after dark, navigating the underground landscapes of the Metro to and from work -- is interwoven with the more ...
"This is a thoughtful translation of Aragon's "Traite du Style", which originally appeared in 1928 at the confluence of Aragon's surrealist and Communist beliefs...His diatribe involves wordplay and juxtapositions that are more surrealist than political, as subjective and opinionated as possible, and a great pleasure to read." - Library Journal ...
This issue presents practical models, alternative approaches and new strategies for creating effective cross-cultural courses that foster higher retention and learning success for minority students. Arguing that minority students represent various cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds, the authors discuss a wide range of issues for educators in ...
In the historical novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop," Willa Cather depicts Padre Antonio Jose Martinez as an unscrupulous, backward, rogue priest, and Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy as a civilizing, heroic, and monumental figure. Countering Cather's portrayal, de Aragon attempts to set the historical record straight.
Religious and ethnic violence between Indonesia's Muslim majority and Christian minorities escalated dramatically after Suharto resigned in 1998. In this ethnographic study of Christianization in Indonesia, Lorraine Aragon delineates some of the background to this conflict. The work departs from many studies of comparative religion by positing ...
When robots start to disappear in Bubble Town, the Botties think Dr. K. is responsible. When Dondon narrowly escapes being eaten by Disposix, he knows otherwise. But when his voice module is broken, he can't warn the other Botties about what's really going on. Illustrations.
The first Spanish-language edition of the illustrated expose of U.S. military policy, "Addicted to War." "Political comics at its best. Bitterly amusing, lively and richly informative. For people of all ages who want to understand the link between U.S. militarism, foreign policy and corporate greed at home and abroad." -- Michael Parenti. ...
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