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"Les Diables Noirs" est une pièce de théâtre écrite par le dramaturge français Victorien Sardou. Cette pièce a été créée pour la première fois en 1874 au Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin à Paris. Victorien Sardou est connu pour ses ¿uvres théâtrales populaires et divertissantes.L'intrigue de "Les Diables Noirs" se déroule dans un contexte historique, en l'occurrence pendant les guerres de religion en France, aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles. La pièce met en scène des affrontements entre les "Diables Noirs," un groupe de mercenaires, et d'autres factions. L'histoire est marquée par des éléments de conspiration, d'amour, de trahison et d'action, ce qui en fait une pièce riche en rebondissements.Comme de nombreuses pièces de Victorien Sardou, "Les Diables Noirs" combine des éléments de drame historique, de comédie et d'aventure, visant à divertir le public. La pièce est également connue pour sa mise en scène spectaculaire, notamment des scènes de bataille et des costumes somptueux.Si vous êtes amateur de théâtre historique avec des éléments d'action et de suspense, "Les Diables Noirs" de Victorien Sardou pourrait vous offrir une expérience théâtrale divertissante. C'est une pièce qui a été bien accueillie par le public lors de sa création et qui a continué à être appréciée pour son intrigue captivante et ses personnages mémorables.

"Les Deux Consciences" est un roman de l'écrivain belge Camille Lemonnier, publié en 1892. Camille Lemonnier est connu pour sa prose naturaliste et pour ses ¿uvres qui explorent les aspects sombres de la condition humaine.Le roman "Les Deux Consciences" traite de la dualité de l'âme humaine et des luttes intérieures qui en résultent. Il met en scène le personnage de Vincent Wouters, un peintre talentueux mais torturé, qui se débat avec ses propres démons et ses conflits intérieurs. L'histoire explore sa lutte entre sa conscience et son désir de réussir dans le monde de l'art.Le roman aborde des thèmes tels que l'art, la passion, la folie, et la quête de soi. Il offre un regard introspectif sur la psychologie des personnages et sur les conflits moraux et émotionnels auxquels ils sont confrontés.Si vous êtes intéressé par la littérature naturaliste, la psychologie des personnages et les explorations de la dualité de l'âme humaine, "Les Deux Consciences" vous offrir une lecture stimulante. C'est une ¿uvre qui plonge dans les profondeurs de l'âme humaine et explore les tourments intérieurs de ses protagonistes.

Little Dolores Huerta. La pequeña Dolores Huerta. An English / Spanish bilingual Early Reader Story book is an illustrated, bilingual biography of the labor leader and social rights activist. It depicts Dolores Huerta's life from the time that she was a>Award-Winning Author, Denis O'Leary was an elementary school teacher to migrant students for three decades. He wrote Little Dolores Huerta for his students.

An English / Spanish bilingual Early Reader Story book, Little César Chávez is an illustrated, bilingual biography of the labor leader and social rights activist. It depicts César Chávez's life from the time that he worked in the fields as a young boy, went to school, and founded the United Farm Workers' Union.

Literary critical study of the early Modernist poetry of Jorge Luis Borges.

"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Costa Rica. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

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"1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten--certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by privileged students who futures are already paved out for them, Raquel feels like an outsider. But when she becomes romantically involved with a well-connected older art student, she finds herself rising up the social ranks. As she attempts to straddle both worlds, she stumbles upon Anita's story, raising questions about the dynamics of her own relationship, which eerily mirrors that of the forgotten artist"--

"One month short of her wedding day-and her thirtieth birthday-Nadia Palacio finds herself standing up to her infuriating, cheating fiancâe for the first time in . . . well, ever. But that same courage doesn't translate to breaking the news to her Argentinian family. She's hyperventilating before facing them when she glimpses a magazine piece about a Latina woman celebrating herself-with a second quinceaänera, aka Sweet 15! And that gives Nadia a brilliant idea . . . With a wedding venue already paid for, and family from all over the world with plane tickets, Nadia is determined to create her own happily-ever-after. Since the math adds up perfectly, she'll celebrate her treintaänera, her double quinces. As the first professional in her family, raising a glass to her achievements is the best plan she's had in years. Until she discovers that the man in charge of the venue is none other than her college fling that became far more than a fling. And he looks even more delicious than a three-tiered cake . . . Full of exuberant heart, Twice a Quinceaänera is a pure delight for every woman who needs to be her own biggest fan-and who dreams of a second chance at first love"--

"They refer to themselves as 'las Madres,' a close-knit group of women who, with their daughters, have created a family based on friendship and blood ties. Their story begins in Puerto Rico in 1975 when fifteen-year-old Luz, the tallest girl in her dance academy and the only Black one in a sea of petite, light-skinned, delicate swans, is seriously injured in a car accident. Tragically, her brilliant, multilingual scientist parents are both killed in the crash. Now orphaned, Luz navigates the pressures of adolescence and copes with the aftershock of a brain injury, when two new friends enter her life, Ada and Shirley. Luz's days are consumed with aches and pains, and her memory of the accident is wiped clean, but she suffers spells that send her mind to times and places she can't share with others. In 2017, in the Bronx, Luz's adult daughter, Marysol, wishes she better understood her. But how can she when her mother barely remembers her own life? To help, Ada and Shirley's daughter, Graciela, suggests a vacation in Puerto Rico for the extended group, as an opportunity for Luz to unearth long-buried memories and for Marysol to learn more about her mother's early life. But despite all their careful planning, two hurricanes, back-to-back, disrupt their homecoming, and a secret is revealed that blows their lives wide open. In a voice that sings with warmth, humor, friendship, and pride, celebrated author Esmeralda Santiago unspools a story of women's sexuality, shame, disability, and love within a community rocked by disaster"

Concise yet thorough, this engaging book provides an overview of the unique history of an increasingly important Central American nation.The History of Costa Rica provides a thorough, straightforward narrative of a Central American country that has become increasingly more visible since the end of the 20th century. Written for students and the general reader, this book covers the nation from its pre-Colombian origins to the present day.This chronologically organized volume documents the area's earliest inhabitants, then moves on through the colonial period, the process of nation-state formation in the 19th century, the volatile period of liberal reform, and the era of civil war and its aftermath. More recent times are also explored, including the role of Costa Rica in the Cold War, the peace process of the 1980s, and the development of the strong tourism industry that flourishes today. Among the prominent themes running through the book are the unique historical development of the country, the importance of its democratic tradition, and Costa Rica's role in a global context.

"Examines resistance literatures from Guyana - a British exploitation colony - and Palestine - a settler-colony - at a specific historical moment, by contesting the provinciality and Eurocentric focus of comparative literature, delivering the discipline's universal objectives, and expanding the discipline's practice by comparing two literatures and histories from the Global South. The author argues that the emergence of resistance poetry in both countries at this historical juncture forms part of the resistance to Empire during decolonization, linking the formerly colonized and the presently colonized people in the Global South"--

This is a photographic study of javelinas that have made frequent visits to my property. In addition to the photographs, I made observations about their actions. They are interesting creatures and they behave like no other.

A clever, hopeful, young graduate, Tito López, is poised at the entry to adulthood as well as a whole new millennium. Living in a provincial Mexican city at the turn of the 21st century he wants what most of us want ... a career, love, happiness. But will he find any of them on Cerro del Calvario?What's up with his nunnish clever sister Angelita? Will the deer's eye work - the amulet given by the wrinkled family workhorse, María? Who's the mysterious blond god, Salvador?The Unused Life of Tito López portrays the Lopez family in a way that will seem familiar to those from middle-class suburban amilies almost anywhere else in the world. Meanwhile, readers from outside Mexico will be intrigued by the sense of other, parallel, exotic, existences in our contemporary world.

Uses Catholic ritual to examine race and identity formation of both free and enslaved people of African descent and Indigenous groups in northern New Spain.

An award-winning novel-in-verse about an epic migration into the oceanic deserts of Patagonia, now released in the US as a bilingual edition.

"The Fidel Castro Reader begins with Fidel's famous courtroom defense ("History will Absolve Me"), includes his speech on learning of Che Guevara's death in Bolivia, his analysis of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and his response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Fidel Castro demonstrates here his intellectual genius and his lifelong commitment to the Cuban revolution as well as his observations about events elsewhere in the world"--

La traduccion entendida como un fenomeno de negociacion asimetrica de lenguas e identidades constituye un aspecto central en los debates que pretenden explicar la "invisibilizacion" de la pluralidad cultural latinoamericana. Este libro se propone reflexionar sobre "escenas de traduccion" en una apuesta que busca leer a contrapelo el discurso de la Historia, contra lo que ese discurso ha encubierto, para evidenciar las posiciones enunciativas de poder desde las cuales la alteridad ha sido y sigue siendo reducida, silenciada o expropiada. La escena de traduccion, ese lugar imaginario donde se dirime la existencia de los "otros", permite poner en relacion acontecimientos en el arco temporal amplio que va desde la conquista americana al presente. Desde los estudios literarios, estos ensayos contribuyen al conocimiento de las continuidades y rupturas en el devenir americano de la traduccion, en un trabajo critico orientado a evaluar formas instituidas de traduccion e imaginar nuevas alternativas.

Rendered in gorgeously carved wood blocks and buffeted with historical supplemental material, John Vasquez Mejias's The Puerto Rican War tells the story of the the 1950 insurrection on the island that resulted in 38 deaths and a failed assassination attempt against President Harry S. Truman. Told as a fable, in which the leaders of the movement are visited by the ghosts of Michael Collins and Gandhi, this book showcases an important and often overlooked moment in American history and a historical touchstone for the Puerto Rican independence movement.

In the wake of colonial and racial exploitation, political leaders, technocrats, activists, and workers across the Third World turned to socialism to offer a new vision of post-colonial development. Against a backdrop of decolonization, white supremacy, and the Cold War, they fostered anti-colonial solidarity and created cooperative frameworks for self-reliance. In following these actors, the contributions to this volume show that "development" was not merely exported from North to South: people across the Global South collaborated with each other while engaging with a diversity of socialist ideas, from European Fabianism and Marxism to tailored African, Asian, and Latin American models. They led debates on race and inequality from the 1920s and 1930s and spearheaded local, regional, and internationalist efforts to re-envision modernity by the 1950s and 1960s. By examining the limitations and legacies of socialist development initiatives in and across the Third World, Socialism, Internationalism, and Development in the Third World offers new perspectives on the intertwined histories of socialism, development, and international cooperation, with lessons for both past and present.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI and Rice University, USA.