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The complexity of a country in which violence and internal armed-conflict coexist with enormous cultural, natural, and human riches is captured in this illuminating essay by Colombian poet William Ospina. The accompanying photographs—all previously unpublished—are taken by some of Colombia's best photographers, and each in its own way sheds light on the possibility of a future in which the nation may become reconciled with itself. Esta colección de textos del célebre escritor colombiano William Ospina es un retrato de matices, buenos y malos, escrito de manera crítica pero certera...

Examines the inner operations of the administration of George W. Bush through the experiences and assessments of former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill.

Este libro es una lectura de siete novelas argentinas, publicadas entre 1884 y 1919, tradicionalmente consideradas como pertenecientes al genero naturalista. Partiendo de las definicion clasica del naturalismo, este estudio demuestra que las estrategias narrativas, los personajes, y la relacion entre narrador y mundo narrado propios del codigo estetico contribuyeron a difundir una manera particular de imaginar la realidad que asimilo los discursos antropologicos, cientificos y sociales de la epoca. Los autores argentinos apropiaron estos discursos para expresar la sensacion de peligro e...

Title: La Florida; su conquista y colonización por P. Menéndez de Avilés. [Illustrated.] Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY ...