Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy?, Cary Diana Serra
Автор: Serra Silvana Название: Emotion and Cognition in the Films of Bernardo Bertolucci ISBN: 1780885091 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780885094 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4128.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the first book to analyse the aesthetics and narrative structures of Bertolucci`s films by using affective and cognitive theory in order to determine the ways in which they engageviewers emotionally and intellectually.
Автор: Huizenga Jessica Serra Название: Crazy Beautiful ISBN: 0997231904 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780997231908 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1895.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Kinsley Moore and Lucas Graham make great friends. They make even better friends with benefits... Kinsley Moore doesn't believe in love. As an independent, self-determined entrepreneur, she has other things to worry about. Besides, she knows guys are incapable of commitment, so there's no use getting close. But when she meets Lucas Graham, her new landlord's flirty, sexy son, she's more than up for some casual fun. Lucas is in no way looking for a relationship either, so when he's offered a no-strings, strictly friends-with-benefits hookup with a beautiful girl, the opportunity is too good to pass up. He's not able to give his heart away, so it's perfect Kinsley prefers to keep emotions out of their arrangement. Except when Lucas and Kinsley start to feel something more, their complicated pasts threaten to overshadow any chance they might have at a future together. Can Lucas prove he's capable of love? Can Kinsley believe she is enough? **This book is for readers over the age of 18 due to strong language and explicit sexual content**
Описание: The Drowning of the Moon is a vast panoramic novel whose major characters are drawn from the aristocracy of 18th-century Mexico, an upper class made up almost exclusively of immigrant Spaniards and native-born criollos, the latter direct descendants of the first conquistadores, who legitimately lay claim to pure European blood. While the novel is a work of fiction and all the characters, (excepting historical personages) are entirely fictional as well, it should be understood, at the outset, that everything is solidly grounded in fact. All historical personages and events are treated with scrupulous regard to accuracy -- physical appearance, temperament, political stance and chronology. No one is found where he or she could not have been at that time. As for the differing viewpoints of events, they are based on a sympathetic study of letters, diaries and histories of all the nations involved - The United States, Mexico, Spain, Great Britain and France. Those already familiar with the histories of 18th-Century United States and New Spain will recognize several figures, who play important roles. Among them are Father Miguel Hidalgo, the visionary priest whose daring changed the course of his country's history and Baron Von Humboldt, explorer extraordinaire, who toured the great silver mines of Guanajuato in the autumn of 1804. Antonio de Ria o, Spanish-born Intendent of Guanajuato, who fought on the side of Yankee rebels against the British in Louisiana in 1777 and later took as his wife the renowned New Orleans' beauty and aristocrat, Victoria St. Maxent. And, General James Wilkinson, First Commander in Chief of the American Army, who appears as the hidden hand behind much early American diplomacy. The story of the main protagonist is set against colonial Mexico's little-known, but incomparably rich silver-mining industry, and the lavish life-style of its "silver lords." A family saga, The Drowning of the Moon is written to be equally fascinating to readers already familiar with Mexico's Spanish past and those coming upon it for the first time. Their drama sweeps from Guanajuato's inexhaustible mines to Mexico City and Upper California, from Acapulco and Manila to Santa Fe and south to an immense plantation above New Orleans. It traces the rise of this titled silver nobility to the brutal destruction of its gracious society -- a Gone with the Wind of Mexico. True historical figures mingle with fictional characters as both are involved in the daily tasks of such diverse professions as silver mining, silk raising, Church and convent, the Bourbon Army, Viceregal politics, the arts and the now almost unknown, but incredibly lucrative China Trade. Annually millions in Oriental luxuries and silver coin were carried from Manila to Acapulco and back, aboard the largest armed galleons afloat. By investing in the China Trade many mine owners financed the high cost of sinking their deepest shafts. But endangering this prospering and peaceful realm hang the dark threats of Napoleonic deceit, a land-greedy, expansionist government in Washington, and the venal prime minister of a cuckold Spanish king. The Drowning of the Moon re-creates Mexico's dazzling silver elite, giving readers a wealth of romance and dramatic conflict, that grows directly out of the period in which its story is set to present a true and even-handed view of their vanished world.
Автор: Serra, Richard Название: Writings/Interviews ISBN: 0226748804 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226748801 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 9426.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From essays like "Extended Notes from Sight Point Road" to Serra`s extended commentary on the "Tilted Arc" fiasco, the pieces in this volume comprise a document of one artist`s engagement with the practical, philosophical and political problems of art.
Описание: As one of America's most important missionaries, Jun pero Serra is widely recognized as the founding father of California's missions. It was for that work that he was canonized in 2015 by Pope Francis. Less well known, however, is the degree to which Jun pero Serra embodied the social, religious and artistic currents that shaped Spain and Mexico across the 18th century. Further, Serra's reception in American culture in the 19th and 20th centuries has often been obscured by the controversies surrounding his treatment of California's Indians. This volume situates Serra in the larger Spanish and Mexican contexts within which he lived, learned, and came of age. Offering a rare glimpse into Serra's life, these essays capture the full complexity of cultural trends and developments that paved the way for this powerful missionary to become not only California's most polarizing historical figure but also North America's first Spanish colonial saint.
Автор: Gravano Alan L., Serra Ilaria Название: Southern Exposures: Locations and Relocations of Italian Culture ISBN: 0934675635 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780934675635 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3586.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Hackel Steven W. Название: Junipero Serra: California`s Founding Father ISBN: 0809062399 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780809062393 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Цена: 1563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A portrait of the priest and colonialist who is one of the most important figures in California's history In the 1770s, just as Britain's American subjects were freeing themselves from the burdens of colonial rule, Spaniards moved up the California coast to build frontier outposts of empire and church. At the head of this effort was Junipero Serra, an ambitious Franciscan who hoped to convert California Indians to Catholicism and turn them into European-style farmers. For his efforts, he has been beatified by the Catholic Church and widely celebrated as the man who laid the foundation for modern California. But his legacy is divisive. The missions Serra founded would devastate California's Native American population, and much more than his counterparts in colonial America, he remains a contentious and contested figure to this day. Steven W. Hackel's groundbreaking biography, "Junipero Serra: California's Founding Father," is the first to remove Serra from the realm of polemic and place him within the currents of history. Born into a poor family on the Spanish island of Mallorca, Serra joined the Franciscan order and rose to prominence as a priest and professor through his feats of devotion and powers of intellect. But he could imagine no greater service to God than converting Indians, and in 1749 he set off for the new world. In Mexico, Serra first worked as a missionary to Indians and as an uncompromising agent of the Inquisition. He then became an itinerant preacher, gaining a reputation as a mesmerizing orator who could inspire, enthrall, and terrify his audiences at will. With a potent blend of Franciscan piety and worldly cunning, he outmaneuvered Spanish royal officials, rival religious orders, and avaricious settlers to establish himself as a peerless frontier administrator. In the culminating years of his life, he extended Spanish dominion north, founding and promoting missions in present-day San Diego, Los Angeles, Monterey, and San Francisco. But even Serra could not overcome the forces massing against him. California's military leaders rarely shared his zeal, Indians often opposed his efforts, and ultimately the missions proved to be cauldrons of disease and discontent. Serra, in his hope to save souls, unwittingly helped bring about the massive decline of California's indigenous population. On the three-hundredth anniversary of Junipero Serra's birth, Hackel's complex, authoritative biography tells the full story of a man whose life and legacies continue to be both celebrated and denounced. Based on exhaustive research and a vivid narrative, this is an essential portrait of America's least understood founder.
Автор: Serra Peter F. Название: Spiritual Weaving ISBN: 1490784055 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781490784052 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5071.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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