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Con el descubrimiento en 1905, en la mina premier "Premier" localizada en Pretoria Sud África, del diamante más grande del mundo, que en su piedra matriz pesaba", tres mil ciento seis quilates, se logro pulir "El Cullínan". Joshua Smith, -Jefe de cuadrillas de la mina- entregó a la gerencia solamente una parte de la piedra, el otro fragmente de semejantes proporciones, fue sustraído de manera ilegal, despertando la codicia de distintos grupos. La sorpresiva huida del Jefe de cuadrillas y otros mineros, provoca una mortal persecución por tierra y mar, la que comienza en Pretoria y continúa por Durban, Canal de Mozambique, Cuerno de África, Golfo de Adén, Nabq, Elat, Desierto de Négu...
An art book, a memoir and a critical appraisal, of its subject, artist Torres Martino (b. Puerto Rico). Includes selected bibliographies of works by and about the author and indexes of names and illustrations. "Ponce native humanist, Jos Antonio Torres Martino is a personage of many hats, a wizard that has handled many herbs with intelligence, talent and social commitment. He is presented to us as a contemporary renaissance man: painter, serigraphist, engraver, columnist, union leader, talk-radio host, television anchorman, professor of the university, journalist and art intellectual"- Mario E. Roche Morales.
Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.
Roving vigilantes, fear-mongering politicians, hysterical pundits, and the looming shadow of a seven hundred-mile-long fence: the US–Mexican border is one of the most complex and dynamic areas on the planet today. Hyperborder provides the most nuanced portrait yet of this dynamic region. Author Fernando Romero presents a multidisciplinary perspective informed by interviews with numerous academics, researchers, and organizations. Provocatively designed in the style of other kinetic large-scale studies like Rem Koolhaas's Content and Bruce Mau’s Massive Change, Hyperborder is an exhaustively researched report from the front lines of the border debate.
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Supplements 1-14 have Authors sections only; supplements 15- include an additional section: Parasite-subject catalogue.