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This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the potato's lead and become important contributors to the world's food supply. Some of these overlooked foods offer special advantages for developing nations, such as high nutritional quality and excellent yields. Many are adaptable to areas of the United States. Lost Crops of the Incas includes vivid color photographs of many of the crops and describes the authors' experiences in growing, tasting, and preparing them in different ways. This book is for the gourmet and gourmand alike, as well as gardeners, botanists, farmers, and agricultural specialists in developing countries.
"En los últimos quince años se produjo en América Latina un gran número de películas que abordaron con desencanto la vida de los personajes marginales de la gran urbe. Los filmes configuran una tendencia en el cine regional que ha empezado a denominarse “realismo sucio”. Este libro plantea un análisis de las implicaciones sociales, culturales y cinematográficas del fenómeno a partir del concepto de “cine de la marginalidad”. Filmes como Rodrigo D. no futuro (1990), Pizza, birra y faso (1997), La vendedora de rosas (1998), Ratas, ratones y rateros (1999), Amores perros (2002) y Un oso rojo (2002) son examinados con minuciosidad para descubrir el horizonte discursivo que los ex...