Author : John Grier Varner
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 37,40 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806117935
An unusual book that explains how dogs were used by the Spaniards to help their conquest of Latin America.
Author : James Reston, Jr.
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 2006-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1400031915
From the acclaimed author of Warriors of God comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward international conquest changed the world forever.James Reston, Jr., brings to life the epic story of Spain’s effort to consolidate its own burgeoning power by throwing off the yoke of the Vatican. By waging war on the remaining Moors in Granada and unleashing the Inquisitor Torquemada on Spain’s Jewish and converso population, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella attained enough power and wealth to fund Columbus’ expedition to America and to chart a Spanish destiny separate from that of Italy. With rich characterizations of the central players, this engrossing narrative captures all the political and religious ferment of this crucial moment on the eve of the discovery of the New World.
Author : Helena Maria Viramontes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 28,50 MB
Release : 2007-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1416554068
Helena Maria Viramontes brings 1960s Los Angeles to life with “terse, energetic, and vivid” (Publishers Weekly) prose in this story of a group of young Latinx women fighting to survive and thrive in a tumultuous world. Award-winning author of Under the Feet of Jesus, Helena María Viramontes offers a profoundly gritty portrait of everyday life in L.A. in this lyrically muscular, artfully crafted novel. In the barrio of East Los Angeles, a group of unbreakable young women struggle to find their way through the turbulent urban landscape of the 1960s. Androgynous Turtle is a homeless gang member. Ana devotes herself to a mentally ill brother. Ermila is a teenager poised between childhood and political consciousness. And Tranquilina, the daughter of missionaries, finds hope in faith. In prose that is potent and street tough, Viramontes has choreographed a tragic dance of death and rebirth. Julia Alvarez has called Viramontes "one of the important multicultural voices of American literature." Their Dogs Came with Them further proves the depth and talent of this essential author.
Author : Laura Hobgood-Oster
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,40 MB
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Dog owners
ISBN : 9781481300209
The power and history of "man's best friend."
Author : Werner Herzog
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,55 MB
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0062016466
“Hypnotic….It is ever tempting to try to fathom his restless spirit and his determination to challenge fate.” —Janet Maslin, New York Times Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man) is one of the most revered and enigmatic filmmakers of our time, and Fitzcarraldo is one of his most honored and admired films. More than just Herzog’s journal of the making of the monumental, problematical motion picture, which involved, among other things, major cast changes and reshoots, and the hauling (without the use of special effects) of a 360-ton steamship over a mountain , Conquest of the Useless is a work of art unto itself, an Amazonian fever dream that emerged from the delirium of the jungle. With fascinating observations about crew and players—including Herzog’s lead, the somewhat demented internationally renowned star Klaus Kinski—and breathtaking insights into the filmmaking process that are uniquely Werner Herzog, Conquest of the Useless is an eye-opening look into the mind of a cinematic master.
Author : S. M. Stirling
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,17 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : 9780671720094
The long-standing cold war between the ruthless Draka, occupiers of Europe and Asia, and the American-led Alliance turns fiery when the Draka manipulate life's genetic code to create the ultimate secret weapon.
Author : Vijay Prashad
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 15,4 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781842772614
A manual for the great global rip-off
Author : Mark Derr
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,15 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0865476314
In this remarkable history of the interaction between humans and dogs, Derr looks at the many ways in which people have employed canines as he tracks changes in American culture and society.
Author : John Connolly
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,14 MB
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1472209613
The start of the epic new Chronicles of the Invaders series from bestselling author John Connolly, and Jennifer Ridyard. For fans of THE 5TH WAVE and I AM NUMBER FOUR. She is the first of her kind to be born on Earth. He is one of the Resistance, fighting to rid the world of an alien invasion. They were never meant to meet. And when they do, it will change everything . . .
Author : Ralph Bauer
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 25,48 MB
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0813942551
The Age of the Discovery of the Americas was concurrent with the Age of Discovery in science. In The Alchemy of Conquest, Ralph Bauer explores the historical relationship between the two, focusing on the connections between religion and science in the Spanish, English, and French literatures about the Americas during the early modern period. As sailors, conquerors, travelers, and missionaries were exploring "new worlds," and claiming ownership of them, early modern men of science redefined what it means to "discover" something. Bauer explores the role that the verbal, conceptual, and visual language of alchemy played in the literature of the discovery of the Americas and in the rise of an early modern paradigm of discovery in both science and international law. The book traces the intellectual and spiritual legacies of late medieval alchemists such as Roger Bacon, Arnald of Villanova, and Ramon Llull in the early modern literature of the conquest of America in texts written by authors such as Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, José de Acosta, Nicolás Monardes, Walter Raleigh, Thomas Harriot, Francis Bacon, and Alexander von Humboldt.
