"Los cuentos —piensa Beatriz Espejo— son unos taimados y no sólo divierten sino dicen más de lo que dicen; abarcan poco y aprietan mucho, imponen leyes difíciles de cumplir, desechan sin el menor remordimiento todo lo inservible a sus propósitos y se ufanan de que las cosas complicadas parezcan fáciles.
This comprehensive volume explores the role that nutraceuticals can play in addressing obesity, shedding light on their potential as tools to promote sustainable weight management strategies as well as addressing associated health risks.
Published three times per year by Indiana University Press for the Hutchins Center at Harvard University, Transition is a unique forum for the freshest, most compelling ideas from and about the black world.
One of Latin Americans most important poets of the twentieth century, Juan Gelman (19302014) spent much of his life in exile from his native Argentina during the Dirty War.
All This Thinking explores the deep friendship and the critical and creative thinking between Bernadette Mayer and Clark Coolidge, focusing on an intense three-year period in their three decades of correspondence.
Fifty Spanish Poems introduces English-language readers to the lyrical intensity of Nobel laureate Juan Ramon Jimenez, the poet at the center of Spain's modernist revival.
Fifty Spanish Poems introduces English-language readers to the lyrical intensity of Nobel laureate Juan Ramon Jimenez, the poet at the center of Spain's modernist revival.
"En esta antología hay mujeres voladoras, mujeres lobas, mujeres serpientes, brujas, vírgenes, mártires, víctimas y victimarias, extranjeras en su propia ciudad, prisioneras, videntes, asesinas".
The Lemon Fruit: Its Composition, Physiology, and Products is a comprehensive exploration of the unique properties and applications of the lemon, a fruit prized not for its direct edibility but for its extraordinary versatility across culinary, industrial, medicinal, and beverage uses.
The Lemon Fruit: Its Composition, Physiology, and Products is a comprehensive exploration of the unique properties and applications of the lemon, a fruit prized not for its direct edibility but for its extraordinary versatility across culinary, industrial, medicinal, and beverage uses.
As a writer and forward-thinking social critic, Lillian Smith (1897-1966) was an astute chronicler of the twentieth-century American South and an early proponent of the civil rights movement.
The seventeen stories in this anthology have been carefully chosen to provide a wide, representative range of recent and contemporary Brazilian themes and styles.
Candace Slater's Stories on a String: The Brazilian Literatura de Cordel introduces readers to one of the most vibrant yet understudied traditions of popular literature in the modern world.
Candace Slater's Stories on a String: The Brazilian Literatura de Cordel introduces readers to one of the most vibrant yet understudied traditions of popular literature in the modern world.
Best Literary Translations redefines the canon of global literatures in English translation, showcasing the brave and brilliant work of contemporary translators and editors.
