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Series
Espai/temps volume 67
Publisher
Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
7) Zorro
Author
Publisher
Rayo/HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
Español
Description
Nacido en 1795 en la California hispana, Diego de la Vega esta atrapado entre dos mundos. Su padre es militar convertido en prospero hacendado, su madre es guerrera indigena y su abuela materna es la sabia chaman de su tribu. Del primero, Diego aprende las virtudes de un hidalgo, mientras su madre y su abuela lo inician en las tradiciones indigenas. Desde la ni~nez se da cuenta de las injusticias que soportan los indios a mano de los colonos europeos....
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"John L. Esposito, editor of the four-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, has gathered together sixteen leading scholars, both Muslim and non-Muslim, to examine the origins and historical development of Islam - its faith, community, institutions, sciences, and arts." "Written for the general reader but also appealing to specialists, The Oxford History of Islam offers the best of that recent scholarship, presented in a readable...
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Por primera vez un volumen reúne la historia de España escrita por Arturo Pérez-Reverte durante más de cuatro años en su columna Patente de corso del XL Semanal. Un reelato ameno, personal, a ratos irónico, pero siempre único, de nuestra accidentada historia a través de los siglos. Una obra concebida por el autor para, en palabras suyas, divertirme, releer y disfrutar; un pretexto para mirar atrás desde los tiempos remotos hasta...
Author
Publisher
Common Courage Press
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
"Personal histories of participants in 1980s-90s guerrilla movements against Guatemala's military regime, collected by a US citizen who lost Guatemalan husband in struggle, and prefaced by scathing history of Guatemala since 1930s by Noam Chomsky. Simplistic and not on par with similar published remembrances from El Salvador and Nicaragua"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"What role did indigeneous peoples play in the Spanish conquest of Mexico? Ross Hassig explores this question in Mexico and the Spanish Conquest by incorporating primary accounts from the Indians of Mexico and revisiting the events of the conquest against the backdrop of the Aztec empire, the culture and politics of Mesoamerica, and the military dynamics of both sides. He analyzes the weapons, tactics, and strategies employed by both the Indians and...
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central Primary Source/Editorial Buenas Letras
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Profiles John Paul Jones, who served during the Revolutionary War and is credited with founding the United States Navy. Presented in English and Spanish.
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 137
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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