A Common Law: The Law of Nations and Western Civilization, Alvarado Ruben
Автор: Alvarado, Ruben Название: Follow the money ISBN: 9076660263 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789076660264 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 6068.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Alvarado Denise, Dean Carolina, Pustanio Alyne Название: Hoodoo Almanac 2014 & 2015 ISBN: 1499261020 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781499261028 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3440.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
A shocking firsthand account of a young mom's fight for justice while being wrongly imprisoned, and the incredible stories of the women she meets inside.
Anait Alvarado was at home caring for her children when she noticed Guatemalan police on her street. She sent her children to school just minutes before the police burst into her home, handcuffed her, and dropped her in a dirty Guatemalan prison.
In this page turning and unforgettable memoir, we are with Anait day by day as she is forced from a comfortable life as part of Guatemala's higher social class into a woman fighting for survival, edible food, decent living conditions, and justice. Anait 's husband had been accused of a spectrum of financial crimes, and while she had no part in his wrongdoings, her opposers and a corrupt judicial system kept her imprisoned--without evidence.
In prison, we meet face-to-face the women in the shadows who the Guatemalan government attempts to forget. We hear firsthand accounts of crimes and atrocities, by free will or by force, but we also see how even in the most deplorable of conditions, friendship, kindness, and humanity persevere. We see how women can become violent criminals, murderers even, and yet still have empathy and compassion. We also see how women, like Anait , are left to linger in jail for crimes they didn't commit.
This remarkable volume is Lisa and Laura Ling's Somewhere Inside meets Piper Kerman's Orange is the New Black. The story was a media sensation in Guatemala, but despite Anait 's American citizenship was largely ignored by the American government. In Still Standing, it is told in full detail for the very first time, and it raises the question of if a terrible unexpected event happened to us, could we too persevere?
In Abject Performances Leticia Alvarado draws out the irreverent, disruptive aesthetic strategies used by Latino artists and cultural producers who shun standards of respectability that are typically used to conjure concrete minority identities. In place of works imbued with pride, redemption, or celebration, artists such as Ana Mendieta, Nao Bustamante, and the Chicano art collective known as Asco employ negative affects—shame, disgust, and unbelonging—to capture experiences that lie at the edge of the mainstream, inspirational Latino-centered social justice struggles. Drawing from a diverse expressive archive that ranges from performance art to performative testimonies of personal faith-based subjection, Alvarado illuminates modes of community formation and social critique defined by a refusal of identitarian coherence that nonetheless coalesce into Latino affiliation and possibility.
Автор: Alvarado Denise M. Название: Denise M. Alvarado`s Anthology of Conjure ISBN: 1541365631 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781541365636 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4302.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Alvarado Ruben Название: The Debate That Changed the West: Grotius Versus Althusius ISBN: 9076660514 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789076660516 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3711.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
At the dawn of the modern age a debate took place that would determine the further course of Western and thus world civilization. This debate did not take place in any assembly or debating chamber. It took place in the hearts and minds of the trend-setting intelligentsia of the day.
Two figures engaged in this debate, acting as signposts at the crossroads which materialized in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, when a decision loomed and a path had not yet irrevocably been embarked upon. They functioned at the time and place destined to be the stage upon which this decision would become apparent: in and around the Dutch Republic in its struggle for freedom from the Spanish monarchy. They shared the same inheritance, constraints, and influences; the one fashioned it in a way that proved a resounding success which would be received as orthodoxy, the framework of right-thinking people for centuries to come; the other in a way that, although offering a coherent and constructive alternative, languished in obscurity, only in our day receiving renewed interest from the scattered flock of academics and churchmen (and women) who either make the knowledge of such things their business, or share a wistfulness for and inkling of this world we have lost.
The one is Hugo Grotius, world renowned, the so-called "Father of International Law." Although the appropriateness of such an appellation has been drawn into well-deserved doubt in our time, what should not be in doubt is the paradigmatic role his work played in the course of our civilization. Grotius fashioned the synthesis of the socio-political-legal-constitutional materials, the harvest of centuries of scholarship, into the familiar modern shape, which this book will explore in extenso. It is his path that was chosen, his seed that has now reached harvest time.
The other is Johannes Althusius, forgotten by the Enlightenment but restored to honor in the 19th century by the German "revivalist" of associationalism Otto von Gierke. Althusius drew on the same source materials as Grotius to fashion his own synthesis of political, legal, and constitutional thought, a synthesis which then fell into abeyance as its competitor synthesis triumphed, but which in our day has enjoyed a renaissance that promises a theoretical renewal of our understanding of constitutionalism and the rule of law.
These two men encapsulate the conflict of Western civilization. The path of the one was taken, the path of the other eschewed. For at the crossroads of Western civilization the eventful, fateful choice was made to go down the path of rationalist individualism instead of the path of communitarian associationalism, the path of Grotius instead of the path of Althusius. It is their achievements which are elucidated in this book.
Автор: Alvarado Ruben Название: Common Law & Natural Rights ISBN: 9076660085 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789076660080 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5148.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Alvarado Ruben Название: Follow the Money: The Money Trail Through History ISBN: 9076660255 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789076660257 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4044.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Science meets fantasy in this behind-the-scenes look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe--now you can experience the magic of the movies, and learn how to replicate it in real-life. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is filled with extraordinary humans and abilities. There are teenaged geniuses swinging through the streets of New York, billionaires creating impenetrable armor in hidden caves, and aliens flying through wormholes to Earth. All of these characters seem to lie firmly in the realm of fantasy--but the technology behind them might not be as farfetched as you think... The Science of Marvel pulls back the curtain and reveals the secrets behind Marvel movie magic, and shows us how to recreate these comic book wonders in our everyday life. Using quantum physics, a little bit of mechanical engineering, and some out-of-the-box thinking, you'll be amazed to discover that it's possible to create a real-life Captain America, Incredible Hulk, or Black Panther. The perfect gift or collectible for Marvel fans everywhere, The Science of Marvel brings beloved movies and characters to life like never before.
Автор: Alvarado Denise, Dean Carolina, Pustanio Alyne Название: Hoodoo Almanac 2013 Gazette ISBN: 1490417419 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781490417417 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3440.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Hoodoo Almanac 2013, For the use of rootworkers, hoodoos, voodoos, spiritualists and all conjurers in the world of visibles and invisibles. Being the first year after the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, and Leap Year. CONTAINING: New Orleans Voudou, Southern Spirits, Signs, Omens, Portents, Auguries, Magic Lamps, Curious Conjure Receipts, Bottle Spells, Broom Magic, Moon Lore, Tarot Scopes, Moon Phases, Recipes, Folk Magic, Divination Systems, Herbal Lore, Ancestor Work, Indian Conjure, Granny Magic, Earth Medicine, Astrology, Conjure Formulas, Rootwork, Plantation Medicine, Folk Remedies, Folk Saints, Catholic Conjure, Witchcraft, Folklore and a variety of information useful, intriguing and entertaining.
Автор: Alvarado Denise, Angelique Madrina Название: Workin` in Da Boneyard ISBN: 1480003271 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781480003279 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2242.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
