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La cristalina superficie del silencio
Este volumen es una muestra de la vitalidad cultural y poética de Zapotlán el Grande a través de la organización y premiación del certamen de los juegos florales, la jovial justa provenzal que los zapotlenses —entre ellos Juan José Arreola, de quien celebramos el centenario— comenzaron a convocar desde 1942 y que, con algunas pausas, ha continuado hasta la fecha: la flor de 2018 fue para Balam Rodrigo, uno de los poetas mexicanos de mayores merecimientos. Concebido por Ricardo Sigala, el libro está compuesto por cinco partes. En la primera se presentan los poemas ganadores en el transcurso del presente siglo; la segunda incluye a los ganadores desde 1942; en la tercera se hace un ...
Confabulario and Other Inventions
This biting commentary on the follies of humankind by a noted Mexican author cuts deeply yet leaves readers laughing—at themselves as well as at others. With his surgical intelligence, Juan José Arreola exposes the shams and hypocrisies, the false values and vices, the hidden diseases of society. Confabulario total, 1941–1961, of which this book is a translation, combines three earlier books—Varia invención (1949), Confabulario (1952), Punta de plata (1958)—and numerous later pieces. Although some of the pieces have a noticeably Mexican orientation, most of them transcend strictly regional themes to interpret the social scene in aspects common to all civilized cultures. Arreola’s view is not limited; much of his sophistication comes from his broad, deep, and varied knowledge of present and past, and from his almost casual use both of this knowledge and of his insight into its meaning for humanity. His familiarity with many little-known arts and sciences, numerous literatures, history, anthropology, and psychology, and his telling allusions to this rich lode of fact, increase the reader’s delight in his learned but witty, scalding but poetic, satire.
El lector científico
Científico en toda la acepción de la palabra: sacerdote, profesor, fotógrafo, lingüista, vulcanólogo, polemista involuntario y predictor de sismos, la figura de José María Arreola es tan esquiva como su silueta, que rodaba veloz por las calles de Zapotlán el Grande y de Guadalajara sobre una bicicleta de su propia confección. Desafortunadamente, a pesar de que su historia es tan increíble y amplia, poca justicia se ha hecho a su memoria. El rescate que el autor hace de las múltiples vidas de este jalisciense admirable es doblemente loable: nos relata de forma amena la curiosidad que tuvo Arreola por todas las materias, lo que lo llevó a ser uno de los fundadores de la ciencia popular en México, y nos lo muestra también como el humanista y el bibliófilo destacado que fue, poseedor de una de las bibliotecas privadas más interesantes en el continente americano durante su tiempo. Quien revise estas páginas encontrará que Arreola fue un ejemplo de entusiasmo por el conocimiento sin la sombra gris de la solemnidad que envuelve a tantos otros eruditos.
Index Medicus
Vols. for 1963- include as pt. 2 of the Jan. issue: Medical subject headings.
Zapotlán el Grande
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Mexico's Disappeared
"This 176-page report documents nearly 250 "disappearances" during the administration of former President Felipe Calderón, from December 2006 to December 2012. In 149 of those cases, Human Rights Watch found compelling evidence of enforced disappearances, involving the participation of state agents."--Publisher's website.
Aztec Medicine, Health, and Nutrition
Why were a handful of Spaniards able to overthrow the Aztec Empire? The dramatic destruction of the Aztecs has prompted historians, anthropologists, demographers, and epidemiologists to look closely at the health and nutrition of the Valley of Mexico. If the Aztecs were overcrowded, living at the edge of starvation, and incapable of treating disease effectivefly, then their decimation by the Europeans becomes much easier to undestand. Bernard Ortiz de Montellano argues that such hypotheses do not hold up. Rather, at the time of the Conquest, the Aztecs were a thriving, well-nourished, healthy people. The swift, brutal success of the conquistadors cannot be explained by the prior ill-health or medical incompetence of their victims. To support his case, Ortiz de Montellano uses an astonishing array of evidence gained from many disciplines. Ortiz de Montellano presents the most comprehensivve and detailed explanation of Aztec medical beliefs available in English. -- From publisher's description.
Clinical Epidemiology of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
This book describes different perspectives of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The approach includes aspects of molecular epidemiology, particularly molecular features that influence the genesis and prognosis of the disease. Some aspects of the prognosis of lymphoblastic leukemias are very detailed, highlighting the use of molecular biology in the early identification of complications that may occur in diseased patients. The authors of the present book conform a Mexican group who identifies the causes of leukemia, and they summarize their experience in research, results and proposals for future studies. A causal model is included in which the authors hypothesized the origin of acute lymphoblastic leukemias, particularly in children. This hypothesis can be useful to better understand other cancers during childhood. This book will help the reader to identify different molecular aspects involved in leukemia, and its relation to the development and evolution of the disease.
La mirada de Arriaga, ¿Quién es el autor de una película? (Magis 420)
Ante la violenta realidad mexicana, nos interesa provocar reflexiones que nos lleven a comprender mejor lo que está sucediendo y actuar en consecuencia. En México es generalizado que no hay castigo a los culpables y que se encarcela a los inocentes. Esa falta de ley en la realidad lleva a la impunidad, al salvajismo. ¿Qué hacer frente a ella? Hemos elegido abordar el problema desde sus paradojas: por un lado, casi 99 por ciento de los delitos cometidos en el país quedan impunes; por otro, las cárceles están llenas de personas inocentes o que son responsables de delitos que podrían recibir otras penas, mucho menos costosas económica y socialmente. La impunidad se aborda desde tres pe...
Cephalopod Culture
Cephalopod Culture is the first compilation of research on the culture of cephalopods. It describes experiences of culturing different groups of cephalopods: nautiluses, sepioids (Sepia officinalis, Sepia pharaonis, Sepiella inermis, Sepiella japonica Euprymna hyllebergi, Euprymna tasmanica), squids (Loligo vulgaris, Doryteuthis opalescens, Sepioteuthis lessoniana) and octopods (Amphioctopus aegina, Enteroctopus megalocyathus, Octopus maya, Octopus mimus, Octopus minor, Octopus vulgaris, Robsonella fontaniana). It also includes the main conclusions which have been drawn from the research and the future challenges in this field. This makes this book not only an ideal introduction to cephalopod culture, but also a valuable resource for those already involved in this topic.
