My Journey Off the Beaten Path: The Quest for My Roots, from Spain to the Philippines, Rivas Soto Bernadette
Автор: Steig William Название: Doctor de Soto ISBN: 0312611897 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780312611897 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 1011.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A Newbery Honor Book from the creator of Shrek.
"Doctor De Soto, the dentist, did very good work." With the aid of his able assistant, Mrs. De Soto, he copes with the toothaches of animals large and small. His expertise is so great that his fortunate patients never feel any pain.
Since he's a mouse, Doctor De Soto refuses to treat "dangerous" animals--that is, animals who have a taste for mice. But one day a fox shows up and begs for relief from the tooth that's killing him. How can the kindhearted De Sotos turn him away? But how can they make sure that the fox doesn't give in to his baser instincts once his tooth is fixed? Those clever De Sotos will find a way.
Автор: Rivas Santiago Название: British Combat Aircraft in Latin America ISBN: 1902109570 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781902109572 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 7120.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This book covers the story of all the British military aircraft that served in Latin America since 1940. Though the presence of British combat types is now almost gone from the skies over Latin America, its legacy will last for a long time.
After World War II, Britain was happy to sell the most modern equipment to the region giving it an advantage over the United States, hitherto the main provider of planes to Latin American air forces. This was one of the main reasons why many air forces chose to buy British combat aircraft up to the 1970s.
In many countries Gloster Meteors or de Havilland Vampires were the first jet combat aircraft, while the Argentina's Avro Lancasters and Lincolns was once the most potent bomber force in Latin America. BAC Canberras had five South American operators, were the only jet bombers in use in the region and saw action several times. Combat activity by British types include Argentine planes used during the 1955 revolution and ironically Argentine Canberras in action during the Malvinas/Falklands War against British forces, Cuban Sea Furies over the Bay of Pigs, Peruvian Canberras in the conflicts with Ecuador, Chilean Hunters during the 1973 coup d'etat, Dominican Vampires, Mosquitoes and Beaufighters in internal struggles.
Автор: Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, B. V. Olguin Название: Latina/os and World War II: Mobility, Agency, and Ideology ISBN: 1477307621 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781477307625 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4460.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The first book-length study of Latina/o experiences in World War II over a wide spectrum of identities and ancestries—from Cuban American, Spanish American, and Mexican American segments to the under-studied Afro-Latino experience—Latina/os and World War II probes the controversial aspects of Latina/o soldiering and citizenship in the war, the repercussions of which defined the West during the twentieth century. The editors also offer a revised, more accurate tabulation of the number of Latina/os who served in the war.
Spanning imaginative productions, such as vaudeville and the masculinity of the soldado razo theatrical performances; military segregation and the postwar lives of veterans; Tejanas on the homefront; journalism and youth activism; and other underreported aspects of the wartime experience, the essays collected in this volume showcase rarely seen recollections. Whether living in Florida in a transformed community or deployed far from home (including Mexican Americans who were forced to endure the Bataan Death March), the men and women depicted in this collection yield a multidisciplinary, metacritical inquiry. The result is a study that challenges celebratory accounts and deepens the level of scholarly inquiry into the realm of ideological mobility for a unique cultural crossroads. Taking this complex history beyond the realm of war narratives, Latina/os and World War II situates these chapters within the broader themes of identity and social change that continue to reverberate in postcolonial lives.
Автор: Rivas Jose Luis Название: A Primer on Corporate Governance: Mexico ISBN: 1631575813 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781631575815 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3385.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Mexico is a land inhabited by several indigenous civilizations and was conquered by Spain in 1521. The country is mostly a racial mix between the Spanish and native cultures. It is a traditionalist society where family, religion, and culture play a key role. The role of the marketplace is constrained by the government and local interest groups such as unions, political parties, commerce chambers, and private firms. The market for corporate control is scarce. Corporate governance codes are voluntary.
Corporate ownership is concentrated with few institutional investors. Shareholder activism is uncommon. Corporate boards are single tier in nature. CEO duality is common practice. Boards are made mostly of insiders and shareholder representatives. Independent board members hold minority stakes.
This book starts by describing the macro context in which Mexico is embedded. We then focus on its corporate governance system: laws, regulatory bodies, code of good governance, stock market and the peculiarities of local business groups. The central part of the book summarizes key characteristics of board structure and networks in the country. The book ends with interviews of two well-known directors and suggestions to move the governance field forward in Mexico.
Описание: This Book Will Be on the Test helps students make the most of their college investment by solving their academic, motivational, and career concerns with study skills, teaches students how to earn better grades in less time and shows parents what they can expect from their kids` college experiences.
Описание: From the earliest days of the colonies, people have been expanding westward in search of more land. Families usually had numerous children, and the home farm eventually wore out and wouldn't support them all. The only solution was to move on. In 1836, Texas became an independent country, and more and more Americans flocked there. The Daughertys were no execeptions. Numerous members of the Alabama family ended up in the Lone Star State. "They went to Texas." The story of the James and Mary Stanford Daugherty Family continues with this book. James and Mary had eight children. The first two, Sarah and James, are covered in Books I-III. This fourth book starts with the third child, Hugh, continues with Margaret, Virginia Janet, Noble, John, and ends with Eudocia, the eighth child.
This volume includes eleven papers pertaining to different areas of linguistics and organised into three sections. Part I contains diachronic studies which cover data from Middle English to Present-Day English and which explore phenomena such as the status of extender tags, the distribution of free adjuncts, post-auxiliary ellipsis, and the use of ‘ephemeral’ concessive adverbial subordinators. Part II comprises studies on grammar and language processing dealing with topics such as the interaction between syntactic and structural complexity and verbal agreement with collective subjects, the influence of distributivity and concreteness on verbal agreement, the interaction of complexity and efficiency in pronoun omission in Indian English and Singapore English, and the methods and approaches used for grammar teaching in modern EFL/ESL textbooks. Finally, Part III revolves around lexis, discourse and pragmatics, with papers that discuss the development of the discoursal representation of social actors in Argentinian newspapers after the military dictatorship, the construction of women’s gender identity through positive and negative emotions in women’s magazines, and spelling-to-sound correspondence on Twitter.
Описание: La gavilla de articulos reunidos en este volumen forma un conjunto coherente de ensayos en torno a un tema comun, la vida en la Andalucia rural en sus multiples aspectos culturales, contada por viajeros extranjeros a lo largo de los dos siglos pasados. Con mayor o menor enfasis recalan en temas como la variedad y belleza del paisaje, en las costumbres culinarias, en las posadas y tabernas, en las diversiones, en fin, y las costumbres populares y folcloricas. Al tiempo, inciden en curiosas y sabrosas anecdotas que viven en persona de primera mano. Ello hace de esta singular antologia una lectura jugosa y entretenida tanto para estudiantes como academicos interesados por los lazos entre culturas. En ella se brindan frecuentes encrucijadas de caminos y encuentros multiculturales sobre los que los curiosos viajeros escriben, asombrados unas veces y perplejos otras, al enfrentar costumbres y tradiciones tan alejadas de su propio acervo cultural. Esos rasgos distintivos, que tan acusados se perfilan en el agro andaluz, con el tiempo se han ido nivelando merced a la modernizacion de los medios de transporte y la transformacion del espacio rural de antano. Los viajeros aqui destacados, en su mayoria mujeres y hombres britanicos y franceses, fueron sin duda testigos fieles y excepcionales del transcurrir de la vida cotidiana en esta peculiar y atractiva region de Espana. Los autores aqui reunidos han escrito todos ellos tesis, libros o articulos que iluminan de forma amena distintas facetas del poliedrico tema.
Автор: Rivas Althea-Maria Название: Experiences in Researching Conflict and Violence ISBN: 1447337697 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781447337690 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 11128.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This collection explores the roles of emotion, violence, uncertainty, identity and positionality in doing research in and on conflict zones, as well as the complexity of methodological choices. It presents a nuanced view of conflict research that addresses the uncomfortable spaces of conflict research and the need for reflection on these issues.
Автор: Rivas Barbara L. Gingerich Название: Our Gingerich Memories: A Family Photo Album ISBN: 198365471X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781983654718 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 6897.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Growing up, one of the joys of any child was to sit down with an elder and look through the family photo albums. Little stories would be told and a child would laugh at the "funny clothes." With the advent of the digital world, photo albums are becoming a thing of the past. A small child can't sit down and "browse" through photographs on a computer. It's just not the same. The photographs within this album were not even in an album, but had been scattered among various boxes of family papers, and some were in the hands of other family members. (And those family members are to be thanked for sharing their treasures.) Some of the photos were in bad shape. Some were not identified. Every effort has been made to restore the photos and correctly identify each person. However, errors may have occurred. Here, in this book, are the remains of our Gingerich family albums. Sit down and page through this "album" and share with your family. Again, a hearty "thank-you" to those who were so kind as to share their treasured memories.
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