Tuesday, December 31, 1985

The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico

The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico

The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico

El laberinto de la soledad es una de las piezas claves de la literatura moderna, ensayo el mismo moderno y reflexión critica sobre la modernidad. En la historia de la literatura hispanoamericana se trata de la prosa ensayística más importante de este siglo, la que ha influido mas en el pensamiento y en la literatura de lengua española y la que mas ha resonado en los de otras lenguas. En el contexto intelectual hispánico, pertenece a la tradición del ensayo de identidad nacional. En palabras de Octavio Paz: "Es un libro dentro de la tradición francesa del moralismo. Es una descripción de ciertas actitudes por una parte, y por otra, un ensayo de interpretación historica." Es una voluntad de interpretar criticamente la realidad historica de México. Esta edición de El laberinto de la soledad se ha hecho en estrecha colaboración con el propio Octavio Paz, que no solo ha revisado, especialmente para este publicación, sus propios textos, sino que ademas ha leido y revisado las aportaciones de Enrico Mario Santí. Se incluye también un texto inedito de Octavio Paz, El tres y el cuatro, y tres nuevas versiones, de otros tantos textos, realizadas por el autor para esta edición.

ISBN: 0140080767
Author: Octavio Paz
Publisher: Penguin Books
Rating: 4.10

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Thursday, December 12, 1985

Labyrinth

Labyrinth

Labyrinth

"The Committee" has masterminded a fiendish, far-reaching plot rooted in the highest corridors of power. Code name: Tantalus. Tantalus -- all the more daring because it is so obvious -- strikes at the very lifeline of humanity. Its aim is enormous, horrible, and unknown even to the superpowers. Only one man, Christopher Locke, an unsuccessful college professor, can expose the trail that begins with the brutal execution of every person in an obscure South American town. But even as Locke navigates the labyrinth leading to The Committee and Tantalus, The Committee is hunting him down, using even his most trusted friends against him.

ISBN: 0449129543
Author: Jon Land
Publisher: Fawcett
Rating: 3.92

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Saturday, March 2, 1985

With the Old Breed

With the Old Breed

With the Old Breed

ISBN: 0517479737
Author: Eugene B. Sledge
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Rating: 4.38

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Wednesday, June 1, 1983

Indian New England Before the Mayflower

Indian New England Before the Mayflower

Indian New England Before the Mayflower

In offering here a highly readable yet comprehensive description of New England's Indians as they lived when European settlers first met them, the author provides a well-rounded picture of the natives as neither savages nor heroes, but fellow human beings existing at a particular time and in a particular environment. He dispels once and for all the common notion of native New England as peopled by a handful of savages wandering in a trackless wilderness.
In sketching the picture the author has had help from such early explorers as Verrazano, Champlain, John Smith, and a score of literate sailors; Pilgrims and Puritans; settlers, travelers, military men, and missionaries. A surprising number of these took time and trouble to write about the new land and the characteristics and way of life of its native people. A second major background source has been the patient investigations of modern archaeologists and scientists, whose several enthusiastic organizations sponsor physical excavations and publications that continually add to our perception of prehistoric men and women, their habits, and their environment.
This account of the earlier New Englanders, of their land and how they lived in it and treated it; their customs, food, life, means of livelihood, and philosophy of life will be of interest to all general audiences concerned with the history of Native Americans and of New England.

ISBN: 0874512557
Author: Howard S. Russell
Publisher: University Press of New England
Rating: 4.04

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Friday, December 1, 1978

King of the Gypsies

King of the Gypsies

King of the Gypsies

The incredible but true story of the mysterious, intrigue-filled world of the gypsy.

ISBN: 0553125842
Author: Peter Maas
Publisher: Bantam Books
Rating: 3.35

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Thursday, July 5, 1973

Big Book of Mazes and Labyrinths

Big Book of Mazes and Labyrinths

Big Book of Mazes and Labyrinths

The path least traveled makes all the difference in this volume, especially when you find yourself crossing bridges, escaping from caves, lighting firecrackers, spelling out passwords, and untangling snakes. These 50 challenges include classic, solid, and ripple mazes, along with short-path and avoidance labyrinths and other intriguing problems. Solutions.

ISBN: 0486229513
Author: Walter Shepherd
Publisher: Dover Publications
Rating: 0.00

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Wednesday, December 31, 1969

Company Aytch (Company H) (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)

Company Aytch (Company H) (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)

Company Aytch (Company H) (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)

ISBN: 1599128578
Author: Samuel Rush Watkins
Publisher: Audiofy/Jimcin
Rating: 4.12

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Company Aytch Or, Side Show Of The Big Show Classic Memoir Of The Civil War

Company Aytch   Or, Side Show Of The Big Show   Classic Memoir Of The Civil War

Company Aytch Or, Side Show Of The Big Show Classic Memoir Of The Civil War

A Classic Memoir of the Civil war

ISBN: 0739406523
Author: Samuel Rush Watkins
Publisher:
Rating: 4.12

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The Portable Greek Historians: The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius

The Portable Greek Historians: The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius

The Portable Greek Historians: The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius

Essential passages from the works of four "fathers of history"—Herodotus's History, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Xenophon's Anabasis, and Polybius's Histories.

ISBN: 014015065X
Author: Moses I. Finley
Publisher: Penguin Books
Rating: 3.64

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One Death Too Many

One Death Too Many

One Death Too Many

ISBN: 1563153041
Author: Glenn Ickler
Publisher:
Rating: 2.33

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