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Join anthropologist F. Bruce Lamb on a journey to the upper reaches of the Amazon River, where he encounters the enigmatic shaman Manuel Cordovarios and learns the secrets of the indigenous people's spiritual practices. With vivid descriptions of the region's ecology and Cordovarios' mesmerizing shamanic rituals, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into a little-known corner of the world. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Through newly unearthed texts virtually unknown in Andean studies, Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City" highlights the Andean intellectual tradition of writing in their long-term struggle for social empowerment and questions the previous understanding of the "lettered city" as a privileged space populated solely by colonial elites. Rarely acknowledged in studies of resistance to colonial rule, these writings challenged colonial hierarchies and ethnic discrimination in attempts to redefine the Andean role in colonial society. Scholars have long assumed that Spanish rule remained largely undisputed in Peru between the 1570s and 1780s, but educated elite Indians and mestizos challenged t...
A story by Nobel Prize-winning writer Jose Saramago, gorgeously illustrated in woodcuts by one of Brazil's most famous artists. When a lizard appears in the neighborhood of Chiado, in Lisbon, it surprises passers-by, and mobilizes firefighters and the army. With a clear and precise style, the fable offers a multitude of senses, reaching audiences of all ages. "The Lizard" is a short story included in A Bagagem do Viajante (1973), a volume that brought together the Saramago chronicles for the newspaper A Capital and the weekly Jornal do Fundão between 1971 and 1972. Translated by Nick Caistor and Lucia Caistor, The Lizard, is an illustrated version of the chronicle by J. Borges.
Essa é a versão original, escrita por Francisco de Andrade Barroso (Valmir) e reeditada por mim Orlando Andrade, como forma de manter viva a chama da família Andrade e a memória de Valmir. Nele encontrarás a história dessa família e sua genealogia, bem como de muitas outras famílias históricas do Ceará (Limas, Bonfins, Correias, Pinheiros, Pereiras, etc.).
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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Hydrometallurgy" that was published in Metals