Since the early 1700s, women of Spanish/Mexican origin or descent have played a central, if often unacknowledged, role in Texas history. Tejanas have been community builders, political and religious leaders, founders of organizations, committed trade unionists, innovative educators, astute businesswomen, experienced professionals, and highly ...
Aristocrat, elegant and possessor of an innate charm, Michael Anstruther-Wetherby is a prominent member of Parliament. His relationship with the rich and influential Cynster (his sister is married to Devil Cynster, the Duke of St.. Ives) suggests that the future is assured. But it lacks a wife. Michael is released to the search for the ideal bride ...
A genteel party in England in 1835 becomes the setting for romance and a dash of violence as prolific romance author Laurens (On a Wicked Dawn) makes her hardcover debut, the 10th entry in a series about the arrogant Cynster males. Portia Ashford has one goal in mind as she accompanies her eccentric mentor, Lady Osbaldestone, to Glossup Hall in ...
Si un dios, semidios o una civilizacion extraterrestre creo la raza humana tuvo que articular una serie de mecanismos exterminadores para el autocontrol poblacional. Esto constituiria un grave delito. Nuestros fabricantes, en su empeno por crear vida autonoma en nuestro planeta pudieron incurrir en acciones que a dia de hoy podrian ser calificadas ...
This edited volume brings together fourteen original contributions to the on-going debate about what is possible in contact-induced language change. The authors present a number of new vistas on language contact which represent new developments in the field.In the first part of the volume, the focus is on methodology and theory. The second part of ...
Documenting a rare political occurrence, this text examines the evolution of the two major elite groups in Guatemala - the organized private sector and the military - during the country's transition from authoritarianism to democracy. It shows how the two groups settled their former disunity.
Literally hundreds of languages world-wide have experienced direct or indirect Hispanisation during the heyday of the Spanish colonial empire. The number of languages which continue to borrow from Spanish on a daily basis is considerable especially in Latin America.This volume is meant to give the reader a better idea of the range of contact ...
A style that takes from the sources of the musical industry's golden age, when artists provoked seizures, music wasn't ephemeral and records were enjoyed by the eyes as well as the ears. An astounding visual jewel, charged with color, elegance and savoir faire, by one of this country's most talented and promising illustrators.
Sharon Hurst, a woman who was very good in her field was abducted in the middle of the night. She was presumed dead by the people who loved and knew her. She was found by a couple who were to play a major role in her 'transformation' and was given a new life. She lived under several identities and vowed to seek revenge against her perpetrators. ...
En esta breve exposicion se ofrece un panorama claro de lo que es la amibiasis producida por la Entamoeba histolytica y del estudio que a lo largo de 30 anos ha realizado un nutrido grupo de medicos clinicos, epidemiologos, patologos, inmunologos y biologos mexicanos para abatir esta amenaza endemica.
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