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When twelve-year-old Zed Walker discovers he has extraordinary powers, he's thrust into a thrilling world of high-stakes competition and danger. Recruited to join the prestigious Savilles Institute to become an Emgi and compete in a sport known as Fortak, Zed travels to the mysterious land of Thalas, where he must master the manipulation of energy, matter, meditations to access past lives, visit artificial dimensions, and various incredible instruments to win the ultimate glory: The Clash of Suns. But as Zed battles rival teams and navigates the dangerous politics of Thalas, a world where several powerful factions have their own agendas, he uncovers a deeper mystery: a hidden relationship be...
The states of Northern Mexico—Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, Sinaloa, and Baja California Norte and Sur—have architecture, urbanism, and landscape design that offer numerous lessons in how to build well, but this constructed environment is largely undervalued or unknown. To make this architecture better known to a wide professional, academic, and public audience, this book presents the first comprehensive overview in either English or Spanish of the architecture, urban landscapes, and cities of Northern Mexico from the country’s emergence as a modern nation in 1821 to the present day. Profusely illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, maps...
"Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies."
More than 700 accurate and complete biographies of significant persons, living and dead, who have been prominent in the political system since 1935. Includes comments - favorable and unfavorable - from published and unpublished sources. Detailed bibliographic essay on sources cited and other valuable Mexican works.
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A sus doce años, Zed Walker, un niño privilegiado de Los Ángeles, despierta un extraño poder que lo lleva a ser invitado a estudiar en el prestigioso Instituto Savilles de Manejo de Energía, para participar en el Duelo de los Soles, la más importante contienda de un apasionante deporte llamado fortak. Pero Savilles no se encuentra en este mundo, y Zed tendrá que viajar a las enigmáticas tierras de Thalas, motivado por la misteriosa muerte de su madre y la relación con el Duelo de los Soles. Para ganar, deberá aplicar todo lo aprendido en sus clases y más. El manejo de energía, de la materia y de diferentes instrumentos como los cristales, además de meditaciones para ir a vidas pasadas y visitar otras dimensiones artificiales, le otorgarán asombrosas habilidades para desafiar a los experimentados equipos rivales. Sin embargo, Zed enfrentará obstáculos más allá de la vida escolar; descubrirá que este nuevo mundo tienes sus propios problemas, y caerá en la mira de poderosos seres que amenazan su existencia. ¡QUE EL MEJOR VIBRE EN VICTORIA!
My Father’s Shoes is, at its core, an anthology of short stories. The book is allegoric and the shoes are metaphoric. Unlike most anthologies, however, these stories are an amalgam of themselves. They integrate and coalesce. There is a rhythm and a cadence both in substance and in form. This book was initially written as a gift to my father. I wanted to share certain memories with him that were meaningful and lasting. I wanted him to know, from my perspective, just how important he was in my life. He never really understood the profound impact that he had on the lives of other people –especially his family. Because of that humility, or perhaps in honor of it, I wanted to him know that he...
Autores que han dejado aquí plasmadas sus letras con el único fin de provocar una sonrisa, dejar un donativo a través de aquello que nos apasiona hacer, escribir.La causa de nuestro libro son las enfermedades raras, aunque como habrán comprobado no todos los textos hablen sobre ellas.La Fundación ALIBER nos tendió la mano, confió en nosotros para llevar a cabo este proyecto.Nos movía una causa en la que los niños estuvieran presentes, y vimos que aquí son ambos, adultos y niños, pues su andadura la mayoría de las veces comienza en ese momento, incluso a veces al nacer.Una Fundación con más de 500 asociaciones que velan por conseguir mejoras para todos.