This provocative analysis and critique of American representations of Oceania and Oceanians from the nineteenth century to the present, argues that imperial fantasies have glossed over a complex, violent history.
En esta serie de ensayos, Óscar Quezada Macchiavello construye una mirada que interpela el sentido de fenómenos socioculturales y textos artísticos desde la semiótica y la filosofía.
'Sparkling, sharply observing, insights delivered with a light touch that puts us in a good mood, however dark the comedy' SpectatorHere are nineteen glittery new tales about the way we live now, as lovers, partners, children, parents.
From the 11th-century, when one commentator claimed the capital was being overrun with Moors, to the garage MCs and street poets of today - this book tells the story of life in London for black and Asian people from the 17th-century until today.
Un vicio, una fiebre, una neurosis que se inicia en la infancia y prospera: así se presenta en este libro la lectura, como una experiencia radical, intensa.
Ocho articulos academicos de Claudio Maiz, Maria Paula Pino Villar, Alejandro Paredes, Emiliano Matias Campoy, Pablo Ponza, Ramiro Esteban Zo y Gabriel Motali, sobre las redes intelectuales que se crearon en Latinoamerica durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX en torno de las revistas culturales Crisis, Forja y Terra.
In this dynamic and utterly novel presentation, David Loy explores the fascinating proposition that the stories we tell--about what is and is not possible, about ourselves, about right and wrong, life and death, about the world and everything in it--become the very building blocks of our experience and of reality itself.
Agave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - 1830 als Freiin von Dubsky auf Schloß Zdislavic bei Kremsier in Mähren geboren, genießt Marie eine klassische geistige Bildung, bereits mit siebzehn unternimmt sie erste literarische Versuche.
From the bestselling author of 'Elizabeth and Mary', the remarkable love story of Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, set against the turbulence and romance of 17th-century England.
If the mere mention of Shakespeare fills you with dread, evoking memories of arduous afternoons spent in stuffy classrooms with eccentric English teachers, it is time to reconsider that far from being three-hour marathons of unintelligible boring rubbish, Shakespeare's plays are in fact exciting, tragic, funny and often downright rude - full of memorable plots, great insults, filthy jokes and eccentric characters.
A haunting and emotionally satisfying novel from a much-loved and critically acclaimed author, which weaves fairy tale and gritty realism together to dazzlingly effect.
Viele Menschen werden sich die Frage gestellt haben, warum es gerade die Europäer waren, die es fertig brachten, die Kenntnis der Naturgesetze auf einen Stand zu führen, die es ermöglichte, durch ihre Nutzung die Menschheit in ein technisches Zeitalter zu führen.
Los proyectos editoriales de Germán Arciniegas y de Arturo Zapata contribuyeron a la modernización de la industria editorial colombiana, al proponer nuevos autores y temas, así como nuevas formas de acercamiento a los ya conocidos, legitimando la figura del editor al mismo tiempo como hombre de letras y de negocios.
En el barrio de la infancia, los amores y los libros son intensos, la lectura no es un oficio módico sino la llave que abre puertas a otros mundos: las grandes librerías del centro, la vida literaria, la amistad o la enemistad con escritores y artistas.
Entdecken Sie die verborgene Welt des Widerstands: "Kunst & Literatur in der DDR – Widerstand zwischen den Zeilen"Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende und bewegende Geschichte der DDR, wie sie Ihnen noch nie erzählt wurde.
"It is easier to deceive a person than to prove to him that he has been deceived," said Mark Twain, the world famous American writer, journalist and public figure.
