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Legumes have high potential for improving the nutritional quality of foods, but limited data on their bioactive compounds exists. Results of clinical and epidemiological studies suggest that natural antioxidants can protect us against oxidative stress that is closely associated with cancer and cardiovascular disease. Legumes are a valuable source of bioactive compounds such as phenolic compounds, peptides and non-nutritional factors. They are rich in several important micronutrients, including potassium, magnesium, folate, iron, and zinc, and are an important source of protein in vegetarian diets. They are among the only plant foods that provide significant amounts of the amino acid, lysine....
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An early 20th century American journalist's articles on Mexico before the Revolution.
Using new inquisitorial sources, this study examines the complexities revolving around transgenderism and the construction of gender identity in the early modern Iberian World and the self-perception of individuals whose behaviour, whether consciously or unconsciously, flouted social and sexual conventions.
In Bright Stars, Kate Bryan examines the short lives and long legacies of artists who died before their time. In this personal, persuasive and evocative book, Kate introduces some of the most inspiring people in art and examines the myriad ways that death can affect the course of art history.
La protagonista de "Los años que vivimos" es una historia real, de Carmen Pérez Silva, natural de Écija, nacida en el siglo XIX, en 1898 y contada por la escritora y nieta de la principal protagonista. La historia de Carmen, se desarrolló en la calle Paloma n°13 de Écija, donde tuvo a sus hijos y nacieron todos sus 28 nietos Basada en la vida de su abuela, una mujer adelantada a su tiempo. Vivió a caballo entre dos Guerras Mundiales y durante la Guerra Civil Española. Casada con su cuñado, un hombre al que no amaba y con el que vivió una vida infeliz. Logró divorciarse durante la II República, época en que la mujer logró el derecho al voto y al divorcio. Una luchadora toda su vida que logró en tiempos tan difíciles, alcanzar sus objetivos. Falleció en el año 1987.
Magicians, necromancers and astrologers are assiduous characters in the European golden age theatre. This book deals with dramatic characters who act as physiognomists or palm readers in the fictional world and analyses the fictionalisation of physiognomic lore as a practice of divination in early modern Romance theatre from Pietro Aretino and Giordano Bruno to Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca and Thomas Corneille.