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The Island that Dared
Take a three-generation family holiday in Cuba as they trek into the hills and coasts as a family, camping out on empty beaches beneath the stars and relishing in Cuban hospitality.
De la casa-máquina a la casa-organismo
"La vida siempre tiene la razón, el arquitecto es quien se equivoca", fue la sentencia que pronunció Le Corbusier, el arquitecto más revolucionario del siglo xx, cuando las viviendas que diseñó para Pessac fueron modificadas por sus habitantes. Fue su reconocimiento de que la casa preconcebida, asumida como un mecanismo para vivir, cedería el paso a la aparición de la vida misma en la vivienda. Este libro aborda esta mutación en la concepción de la vivienda, entendida, en principio, como objeto previsible y terminado para transformarse recientemente en verbo variable e inacabado. Se estructura a partir de investigaciones sobre vivienda social industrializada en el mundo, de las que el autor abstrae conceptos para ser aplicados en su ejercicio profesional (I + D) y en su práctica docente (U + E + E), para finalmente mostrar un ejemplo de aplicación en la ciudad (mat-housing). Al reflexionar acerca de lo que hoy en día significa la vivienda y asumirla como un medio de vida más que un fin predeterminado, esta puede ser entendida como una especie de organismo adaptativo, casi vivo, que alberga y enaltece la existencia humana.
Latin American Architecture, 1929-1960
This volume documents the golden period of Latin American architecture that was inaugurated in September 1929, when Le Corbusier was invited to lecture in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. These countries were eager to apply -- and transform -- a European-born modernism, and within a few decades, they captured international attention with an array of extraordinary buildings, exemplified by the Ministry of Education and Health in Rio de Janeiro and the Brazilian pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The contributors to this insightful collection of essays (which grew out of a 2002 conference organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the New School University) offer contemporar...
My Child Won't Eat
Parents everywhere worry about what their babies and toddlers will and won't eat, and whether they are getting the nutrients they need. In My Child Won't Eat Dr Carlos Gonzalez, a renowned paediatrician and father of three, tackles these fears, exploring why some children refuse food, the pitfalls of growth charts, and how growth and activity affect a child's appetite and nutritional needs. He explains how eating problems start and how they can be avoided, and reassures parents that their only job is to provide healthy food choices: trying to force a child to eat more is a recipe for disaster and can lead to tears and tantrums and even health problems in later life. With real-life case studies, and a calm and practical tone, My Child Won't Eat will answer many questions parents have about feeding their young children, from breastfeeding and introducing solid foods, to encouraging older children to eat vegetables.
Social Sciences
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year b...
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Autobiographical Writings on Mexico
This is the definitive bibliography of autobiographical writings on Mexico. The book incorporates works by Mexicans and foreigners, with authors ranging from disinherited peasants, women, servants and revolutionaries to more famous painters, writers, singers, journalists and politicians. Primary sources of historic and artistic value, the writings listed provide multiple perspectives on Mexico's past and give clues to a national Mexican identity. This work presents 1,850 entries, including autobiographies, memoirs, collections of letters, diaries, oral autobiographies, interviews, and autobiographical novels and essays. Over 1,500 entries list works from native-born Mexicans written between 1691 and 2003. Entries include basic bibliographical data, genre, author's life dates, narrative dates, available translations into English, and annotation. The bibliography is indexed by author, title and subject, and appendices provide a chronological listing of works and a list of selected outstanding autobiographies.
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