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The Man Who Left / El hombre que se fue portrays exquisitely and bilingually (English and Spanish) the immigrants' feeling, his Afro-Caribbean cultural identity and the compromise with his roots. Five human aspects are presented here: The nostalgic immigration experience; love that exalts women's dignity; the bittersweet evocation of social reality from the native land; the tribute to family values; and the spiritual vision of the human being-analyzed with emotional sensitivity and solid literary quality.
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"I didn't know there were Latinos in Wisconsin" is one of the more frequently heard comments when visiting outside of the state. In fact, more than 100,000 Latinos live in Milwaukee, and the continued growth of this community is visible in every segment of the city. Milwaukee's Latino community began humbly as a "Colonia Mexicana" in the 1920s, when Mexicans were recruited to work in the city's tanneries. Subsequent waves of workers came from Texas to work in Wisconsin's agricultural fields. In the early 1950s, Puerto Ricans began arriving to the area, and the population doubled in the 1990s.
Handbook of Nanophysics: Functional Nanomaterials illustrates the importance of tailoring nanomaterials to achieve desired functions in applications. Each peer-reviewed chapter contains a broad-based introduction and enhances understanding of the state-of-the-art scientific content through fundamental equations and illustrations, some in color.This
This 2-volume book on the literature of Spain and Portugal represents an extraction from Bouterwek's most significant critical work entitled Geschichte der Poesie und Beredsamkeit seit dem Ende der dreizehnten Jahrhunderts (History of Poetry and Eloquence from the Close of the Thirteenth Century), in which the author has taken an historical and critical survey of the literature of the principal nations of Europe. The first of the following volumes is devoted to the history of Spanish, and the second to the history of Portuguese Literature. The subdivisions of the work correspond with periods marked out by certain revolutions in taste, produced by the rise of eminent writers, or by other infl...
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Why are we here? What is our responsibility as a species in deciding whether we evolve or perish as so many obsolete species have done before us? Our species hangs on the precipice. This book reveals why so many souls have clamoured to be alive here and now. Something big is about to happen, as predicted by the Mayans and Hopis 1000 years ago, and we'll all be better off the more we are aware of the big shift that's coming. Get wise, get conscious, get hip, read this book! "This book is better than a good night's sleep!" - Rip Van Winkle "Reading this book is like being kissed by a prince!" - Snow White "In 2008, the book 'Waking From Reality' will help the human species towards evolution!" - Edgar Cayce a.k.a. The Sleeping Peophet