Author: Isabel M. HickeyPublisher: Editorial Kier
ISBN: 9789501705201
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Author: Raymond A. Serway
Author: Haydn PaulStranger to the Moon
Author: Evelio RoseroPublisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811228630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
A fantastical novel about power and subservience by the great Evelio Rosero, winner of Colombia’s National Literature Prize The renowned Colombian writer Evelio Rosero has never been one to shy away from the darker aspects of his nation’s history and society. His magnificent novel Stranger to the Moon portrays a world that seems to exist outside time and place but taps into the dark myths and collective subconscious of his country, with its harrowing inequality and violence. A parable of pointed social criticism, with naked humans imprisoned in a house in order to serve the needs of “the vicious clothed ones,” the novel describes what ensues when a single “naked one” privately rebels, risking his own death and that of his fellow prisoners. Each subsequent section of the book adds further layers to the ritualistic and bizarre social order inhabited by its characters. Insects and reptiles are trained as agents and spies against the naked ones, and only the most fortunate humans manage to reach old age by taking up strategic spots near the kitchens and grabbing for the fiercely contested food. Stranger to the Moon is a brave, powerful, and distinctive novel by a writer who arguably holds the strongest claim to the title of Colombia’s greatest living author.
The Hades Moon
Author: Judy HallPublisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 9781578630394
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Using mythology, archetypal symbolism, and a wealth of case histories, this study provides new material and insight into the many facets of this major, transformative contact between the Moon and Pluto. Hall explains why Pluto-Moon aspects are so important, and gives a description of the Hades Moon through the signs and houses. She shows us the symptoms and offers practical information about flower essences and techniques that can help people handle Hades Moon energy.
Cancer as a Wake-Up Call
Author: M. Laura Nasi, M.D.Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1623172977
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
An oncologist’s integrative path to treating and living better with or beyond cancer Dr. M. Laura Nasi presents a new way of looking at how we view and treat cancer. With current advances in medicine, we’re learning more about the ways different aspects of our lives and health impact and interact with one another—why does one long-term smoker get diagnosed with stage-4 lung cancer while another remains cancer-free? Why does someone exposed to a known carcinogen get sick while someone else is apparently immune? What seemingly unrelated factors end up playing key roles in disease etiology, progression, and prognosis? In this well-researched, inspiring, and easy-to-read guide, Dr. Nasi offers an integrative, whole-person approach to cancer, and explains how it is a systemic disease manifesting a global condition locally. Conventional medicine focuses on attacking malignant cells. Integrative medicine encourages chemo and radiation when necessary, while also focusing on a patient’s internal balance to help halt the disease. Nasi draws on the latest research on the PNIE (psycho-neuro-immuno-endocrine) network to help our systems recognize, repair, or eliminate the cancer cells, focusing on nutrition, stress management, exercise, adequate sleep, healthy relationships, and other body/mind/spirit modalities. Dr. Nasi encourages patients to become empowered agents of their own care.
Pluto and the Universe Plut N y El Universo
Author: Fabiola JohnsonPublisher: Palibrio
ISBN: 1463302878
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
ABOUT THE BOOK Pluto and the Universe is a book that contains a play in English and Spanish and that could be read and/or staged by a minimum of ten and a maximum of seventeen, children, teens and adults alike. Intended for young audiences who not only will see and hear the characters who share outer space with Pluto, but will also reflect upon their place in the world and the importance of belonging, or not, to a particular group. With astronomical data and a story about an element who is expelled from the "system", spectators and readers are witnesses to an anecdote that is not so distant or different from one a human being can have here on Earth. The play takes place in 2006 (year on earth) in and around the solar system. The Sun has called for an alignment in order to inform the nine planets of the three recent requirements for classifying as a planet of the solar system. Firstly, they must orbit the Sun, secondly, have a spheroid shape and also clear their orbital environment. The audience will learn how all of the planets meet these requirements, except for Pluto who is not willing to go. He must meet Charon, Halley's Comet, an asteroid, a star and the Oort Cloud in order to comprehend the importance of being unique and a necessary part of this wonderful place called, the Universe. Plutón y el Universo es un libro que contiene una obra de teatro en inglés y en español ideal para un mínimo de diez actores y un máximo de diecisiete. Podrá ser leída y/o puesta en escena por niños, jóvenes y adultos. Dirigida a un público de niños y jóvenes que no sólo verán y escucharán a los personajes que comparten el espacio exterior con Plutón, también reflexionarán sobre su lugar en el mundo y la importancia de pertenecer o no, a un grupo en particular. Con datos astronómicos y una historia de un integrante que es expulsado de su lugar, podrán ser testigos de una anécdota que no es tan lejana o distinta a la de un humano en la Tierra. La obra se desarrolla en el año 2006 (de los terrícolas) en el sistema solar y sus alrededores. El Sol ha citado a los nueve planetas a una alineación ya que debe informarles acerca de los tres nuevos requerimientos para poder ser un planeta del sistema solar. Deberán orbitar al Sol, ser esféricos y despejar las inmediaciones de su órbita. El público se entera de cómo y porque todos cumplen, menos Plutón, que tendrá que dejar de llamarse el noveno planeta del sistema solar. Este no acepta y deberá de conocer a Caronte, al Cometa Halley, a un asteroide, a una estrella y a la gran Nube de Oort para comprender la importancia de ser único y necesario en este grandioso espacio llamado, Universo.
The Armies
Author: Evelio Rosero DiagoPublisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811218643
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
"The Armies by Evelio Rosero, a story of love, violence, and war, is a modern classic." "Ismail, the profesor, is a retired teacher in the small, fictional Colombian town of San Jose. He passes the days pretending to pick oranges while spying on his neighbor Geraldina as she lies naked in the shade of a ceiba tree. The garden burns with sunlight; the macaws laugh sweetly. Otilia, Ismail's wife, is ashamed of him and suggests that he pay a visit to Father Albornoz, who was once his student. Instead the profesor wanders the town visiting old friends, plagued by a tangle of secret memories: Where have I existed these years? I answer myself: up on the wall, peering over." "When guerrillas and paramilitaries suddenly invade the town, Ismail's reveries gradually give way to a living hell. His wife disappears and he must find her. We learn that not only gentle, grassy hillsides surround San Jose, but also land mines and coca. The profesor's voyeuristic ramblings are engulfed by the hallucinatory violence of Rosero's narrative, which is suffused not only with a deep sadness but also with an extraordinary tenderness." --Book Jacket.
The Geology of Chile
Author: Teresa Moreno (Ph. D.)Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862392205
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive account in English of the geology of Chile, providing a key reference work that brings together many years of research, and written mostly by Chilean authors from various universities and other centres of research excellence. The 13 chapters begin with a general overview, followed by detailed accounts of Andean tectonostratigraphy and magmatism, the amazingly active volcanism, the world class ore deposits that have proven to be so critical to the welfare of the country, and Chilean water resources. The subject then turns to geophysics with an examination of neotectonics and earthquakes, the hazardous frequency of which is a daily fact of life for the Chilean population. There are chapters on the offshore geology and oceanography of the SE Pacific Ocean, subjects that continue to attract much research not least from those seeking to understand world climatic variations, and on late Quaternary land environments, concluding with an account examining human colonization of southernmost America. The geological evolution of Chile is the c. 550 million year history of a continental margin over 4000 km long. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, an extended visit to Chile (1834-35) had a profound impact on Charles Darwin, especially on his understanding of volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis.
Author: Kay Melchisedech Olson