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Compendium and Description of the West Indies (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Compendium and Description of the West Indies This last is our present work, and so little known to the compiler of this sketch that he cites it with a Latin title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




The Epistolary Novel


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The epistolary novel is a form which has been neglected in most accounts of the development of the novel. This book argues that the way that the eighteenth-century epistolary novel represented consciousness had a significant influence on the later novel. Critics have drawn a distinction between the self at the time of writing and the self at the time at which events or emotions were experienced. This book demonstrates that the tensions within consciousness are the result of a continual interaction between the two selves of the letter-writer and charts the oscillation between these two selves in the epistolary novels of, amongst others, Aphra Behn, Eliza Haywood, Samuel Richardson, Fanny Burney and Charlotte Smith.







Today is Your Best Day


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Can terminal cancer, divorce, abuse, miscarriage, bankruptcy and other traumatic events keep you from having your best day? Best-selling author and co-founder of DaySpring, Roy Lessin helps you focus your thoughts on what really matters – your relationship with God through Christ Jesus. Today IS your best day Because Christ is in you Because of God’s presence Because of Jesus’ name Because of the Cross And 56 more compelling reasons Start your day with these encouraging truths. Walk in the assurance of what your heart knows, not the uncertainty of what your eyes see. Terminal cancer patient, Lawrence Knorr decided to make every day for the rest of his life the best of his life. He and his wife Linda read Today is Your Best Day each day six times through. They were so encouraged by the book they shared it with over 400 families before Jim left this world for heaven. In the foreword of this printing, Linda asks that we honor Jim by sharing this book and letting God use each of us to enrich the lives of others. Click here to read her foreword, view the table of contents and read the first chapter.




Santiago de Guatemala, 1541-1773


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Santiago de Guatemala was the colonial capital and most important urban center of Spanish Central America from its establishment in 1541 until the earthquakes of 1773. Christopher H. Lutz traces the demographic and social history of the city during this period, focusing on the rise of groups of mixed descent. During these two centuries the city evolved from a segmented society of Indians, Spaniards, and African slaves to an increasingly mixed population as the formerly all-Indian barrios became home to a large intermediate group of ladinos. The history of the evolution of a multiethnic society in Santiago also sheds light on the present-day struggle of Guatemalan ladinos and Indians and the problems that continue to divide the country today.




Cómo criar niños felices


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Los secretos del país más feliz del mundo. Desde 1973 Dinamarca ha sido reconocido como uno de los países más felices del mundo. En este libro, pionero en su género, la psicoterapeuta danesa Iben D. Sandahl, y la columnista estadounidense Jessica J. Alexander nos revelan el secreto de la felicidad de este país: su estilo de crianza. Así es, los padres daneses crían hijos felices que crecen para ser adultos felices que repiten este ciclo. Esto se logra gracias a que desde pequeños, los niños están en contacto con sus sentimientos, tienen seguridad en sí mismos y la capacidad para ver el lado positivo de las cosas. A lo largo de este libro, las autoras nos sugieren cómo modificar nuestros viejos hábitos para intentar la "manera danesa" de ver la vida y formar adultos plenos, tolerantes al fracaso y con una autoestima alta. ¿Podemos mejorar nuestro bienestar y criar a los niños más felices del mundo en nuestra propia casa? ¡La respuesta es sí!




Practising Feminist Political Ecologies


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Destined to transform its field, this volume features some of the most exciting feminist scholars and activists working within feminist political ecology, including Giovanna Di Chiro, Dianne Rocheleau, Catherine Walsh and Christa Wichterich. Offering a collective critique of the ‘green economy’, it features the latest analyses of the post-Rio+20 debates alongside a nuanced reading of the impact of the current ecological and economic crises on women as well as their communities and ecologies. This new, politically timely and engaging text puts feminist political ecology back on the map.