MITOS MEXICANOS : NUEVO SIGLO.
México, D.F. Ediciones Santillana, 1995. First edition. Paperback. 414p., wrps. Anthology of Mexican national, societal, and personality myth. More about MITOS MEXICANOS : NUEVO SIGLO
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VIOLETA PARRA. POESÍA.
Valparaíso: Fundación Violeta Parra, Editorial UV de la Universidad de Valparaíso (Colección Poesía), 2016. First edition. Paperback. 458p., color plates, photos, facsimiles, graphics, wrps. "Violeta Parra. Poesía" is an anthology of poetry and lyrics by Violeta Parra, a prominent 20th century Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist..... More about VIOLETA PARRA. POESÍA
UN MAR DE PIEDRAS.
Santiago de Chile: FCE (Colección: Tierra Firme), 2018. First edition. Paperback. 450p., photos, wrps. "Un mar de piedras" contains fragments of conversations Raúl Zurita had with Héctor Hernández Montecinos, forming a type of autobiographical reflection in which the Chilean writer reflects upon his childhood, family, dreams, poetry, politics, and the..... More about UN MAR DE PIEDRAS
PENA DE EXTRAÑAMIENTO.
Santiago de Chile: Santiago Ediciones, Universidad Diego Portales, 2017. First edition. Paperback. 68p., wrps. "Pena de extrañamiento" is a book of poems by Enrique Lihn, first published in 1986. This work reflectively explores the experience of travelling, uprooting, and late modernity. More about PENA DE EXTRAÑAMIENTO
KRAMP.
Santiago de Chile: Editorial Planeta Chilena (Colección Cruz del Sur), 2017. First edition. Paperback. 127p., wrps. "Kramp" is a novel centering around a family, specifically a father and his daughter, and how they are united and separated by his work as a traveling salesman. In this narrative, author María José..... More about KRAMP
EMPRESAS Y EMPRESARIOS EN LA HISTORIA DE CHILE : 1930-2015.
Santiago de Chile: Editorial Universitaria, (Imagen de Chile), 2017. First edition. Paperback. 284p., illus., tables, graphics, wrps. "Empresas y empresarios" is an analysis on the role of entrepreneurs and companies in the development of Chile from 1810 to 1930. The work seeks to fill a vaccum of studies on business... More about EMPRESAS Y EMPRESARIOS EN LA HISTORIA DE CHILE : 1930-2015
INCONTABLES.
Santiago de Chile: Editorial Planeta Chilena, Seix Barral (Biblioteca Breve), 2018. First edition. Paperback. 95p., illus., wrps. "Incontables" brings together Pedro Lemebel's first stories, published in 1986. These initial narrative works were endowed with a great lyricism and a subtle, but at the same time fierce, eagerness to denounce. His... More about INCONTABLES
ESCRITORAS CHILENAS DEL SIGLO XIX. SU INCORPORACIÓN PIONERA EN LA ESFERA PÚBLICA Y EL CAMPO CULTURAL.
Santiago de Chile: RIL Editores, 2017. First edition. Paperback. 207p., photos, facsimiles, bibl., wrps. "Escritores Chilenas del siglo XIX" is a volume of essays in which researchers provide critical analyses and exhume female writers largely ignored by literary history and the Chilean cultural canon, including Mercedes Marín, Carmen Arriagada, Rosario..... More about ESCRITORAS CHILENAS DEL SIGLO XIX. SU INCORPORACIÓN PIONERA EN LA ESFERA PÚBLICA Y EL CAMPO...
LA POESÍA DE GONZALO ROJAS.
Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Economica (Colección Lengua y Estudios Literarios), 2016. First edition. Paperback. 414p., bibl., wrps. "La poesía de Gonzalo Rojas" is a critical analysis of works by Chilean poet and Cervantes Prize-winner Gonzalo Rojas. This work is divided into two main parts: "Años de aprendizaje y...... More about LA POESÍA DE GONZALO ROJAS
FUERA DE LUGAR.
Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales (Colección Huellas), 2016. First edition. Paperback. 210p., wrps. "Fuera de lugar" is a collection of journalistic work by Óscar Contardo in which he delves into a wide range of topics, from ironic portraits on pop culture figures to his childhood to desolate buildings..... More about FUERA DE LUGAR
MEDUSARIO : MUESTRA DE POESÍA LATINOAMERICANA.
Santiago de Chile: Aerea, RIL Editores, Carménére, 2016. First edition. Paperback. 425p., wrps. "Medusario" is an amalgam of two previously-published poetry collections: “Caribe transplatino” (1991) and “Transplatinos” (1990). The collection features work by Latin American poets such as Rodolfo Hinostroza (Peru, 1941-), Tamara Kamenszain (Argentina, 1947-), David Huerta (Mexico, 1949-)..... More about MEDUSARIO : MUESTRA DE POESÍA LATINOAMERICANA
MEDICINA, MITO Y MAGIA EN HISPANO AMÉRICA : EL ENCUENTRO DE DOS MUNDOS. ANTAGONISMO Y CONTRIBUCIÓN.
Córdoba: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Encuentro Grupo Editor, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 218p., bibl., wrps. A critical and historical essay which analyzes the clash between Western and pre-Columbian peoples in the field of medicine. Features chapters on the ritual conception of magical medical thought, traditional medicines, surgeries and much more..... More about MEDICINA, MITO Y MAGIA EN HISPANO AMÉRICA : EL ENCUENTRO DE DOS MUNDOS. ANTAGONISMO Y CONTRIBUCIÓN
CIENCIAS Y PSEUDOCIENCIAS.; Ovnis, extraterrestres, profecias, apocalipsis, fin del mundo, seres fantasticos y demas creencias
Salta: Mundo Editorial, 2012. 2nd ed. Paperback. 212 p., wrps. A collection of essays on the intersection between science, fiction and pseudoscience. The author explores various topics such as aliens, extraterrestials and natural disasters, Carl Sagan, scientific spiritualism and more. Second, augmented edition. More about CIENCIAS Y PSEUDOCIENCIAS.; Ovnis, extraterrestres, profecias, apocalipsis, fin del mundo, seres...
CIUDAD BERRACA.
Santiago de Chile: Alfaguara, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 146p., wrps. "Ciudad berraca" begins to the north of Chile. An important mining city has received a massive wave of immigrants. Conflict explodes, and populations perched on the hills of Antofagasta burn. The narrative centers around Jean, a young Colombian who arrives... More about CIUDAD BERRACA
NORMITA SUÁREZ Y JESÚS ALVARINO: TRAYECTORIA Y LEGADO. PRECURSORES DE LA RADIO Y LA TELEVISIÓN EN CUBA Y LATINOAMÉRICA.
Miami: Ediciones Universal, (Col. Félix Varela, 56), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 206p., photos, facsimiles, wrps. "Normita Suárez y Jesús Alvarino" is a biographical work on Normita Suarez and Jesus Alvariño, two popular radio and television artists both in Cuba and during their exile. This work contains photos that showcase their..... More about NORMITA SUÁREZ Y JESÚS ALVARINO: TRAYECTORIA Y LEGADO. PRECURSORES DE LA RADIO Y LA TELEVISIÓN...
MAESTRA VIDA (NOVELA VERDAD).
Lima: Derrama Magisterial, 2013. First edition. Paperback. 499p., wrps. "Maestra vida: (Novela verdad)" is a novel based on the formation and consolidation of the Sindicato Único de Trabajadores de la Educación del Perú (SUTEP). More about MAESTRA VIDA (NOVELA VERDAD
EL LEGADO RITUAL LÚKÚMÍ. LENGUA Y LITURGIA AFROCUBANAS.
Ciudad de Panamá: Aurelia Ediciones (Colección Iroko), 2017. First edition. Paperback. 178p., bibl., wrps. "EL LEGADO RITUAL LÚKÚMÍ. LENGUA Y LITURGIA AFROCUBANAS" examines the legacy of African culture in Cuba, tracing its roots back to slavery, the practice of the Yoruba religion and the language Lúkúmi's oral traditions. Contents include..... More about EL LEGADO RITUAL LÚKÚMÍ. LENGUA Y LITURGIA AFROCUBANAS
LA COMIDA AFROCUBANA : MITOS Y LEYENDAS.
La Habana, Cuba: Editorial José Martí, 2015. First edition. Paperback. 244p., illus., bibl., wrps. Covers the Afro-Cuban gastronomic legacy from colonial times to the present. Includes ritual meals. More about LA COMIDA AFROCUBANA : MITOS Y LEYENDAS
CUENTOS COMPLETOS. TOMO I: LOS HÉROES. TOMO II: LOS MONSTRUOS.
Santiago de Chile: Catalonia, 2016/2017. First edition. Paperback. (279p.) 274p., wrps. "Cuentos completos. Tomo I, Tomo II" is a comprehensive, two-volume collection of short stories by award-winning Chilean author Jaime Collyer. Collyer is also the author of "El infiltrado", "Cien pájaros volando", "El habitante del cielo", "La fidelidad presunta de..... More about CUENTOS COMPLETOS. TOMO I: LOS HÉROES. TOMO II: LOS MONSTRUOS
¡HÁGANME CALLAR!
Santiago de Chile: Ceibo Ediciones, (Colección Memorias y Crónicas ; 21), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 196p., bibl., wrps. "¡Háganme callar!" is the chronicle and memoir of Mónica Echeverría Yáñez, which addresses women's issues in Chile with the keen perspective Echeverría Yáñez is known for. Her other publications include the theatrical..... More about ¡HÁGANME CALLAR!
LA MUERTE TIENE OLOR A PACHULÍ.
Santiago de Chile: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Alfaguara, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 155p., wrps. "La muerte tiene olor a pachulí" is the second novel in a trilogy of crime novels, proceeded by "La muerte es una vieja historia" (2015) and written by award winning Chilean writer Rivera Letelier. Other... More about LA MUERTE TIENE OLOR A PACHULÍ
GHIGGIA : BIOGRAFÍA OFICIAL.
Montevideo: Editorial Planeta, 2015. First edition. Paperback. 365p., photos, color plates, wrps. A biography of Alcides Ghiggia, an Italian-Uruguayan football player, who played as a right winger and achieved lasting fame for his decisive role in the final match of the 1950 World Cup. The biography is the result of... More about GHIGGIA : BIOGRAFÍA OFICIAL
ANTOLOGÍA DE CUENTOS HISPANOAMERICANOS.
Santiago, Chile: Editorial universitaria, 2016. 5th printing. Paperback. 466p., wrps. "ANTOLOGÍA DE CUENTOS HISPANOAMERICANOS" is an anthology of Hispanic-American stories that illustrate the diverse panorama that comprises the Latin American identity and culture. Features stories by renowned writers such as Rubén Darío, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar..... More about ANTOLOGÍA DE CUENTOS HISPANOAMERICANOS
LA REVOLUCIÓN VITIVINÍCOLA EN MENDOZA, 1885-1910 : LAS TRANSFORMACIONES EN EL TERRITORIO, EL PAISAJE Y LA ARQUITECTURA.
Mendoza: Fondo de la Cultura de Mendoza, Idearium, 2014. First edition. Paperback. 246p., photos, facsimiles, plans, tables, bibl., wrps. Examina el patrimonio histórico cultural de la industria de la vid y el vino en el Centenario (1910). Trata el rescate cultural de un paisaje vitivinícola correspondiente al ciclo en el..... More about LA REVOLUCIÓN VITIVINÍCOLA EN MENDOZA, 1885-1910 : LAS TRANSFORMACIONES EN EL TERRITORIO, EL...
PROSA PLEBEYA.; Selección y prólogo de Christian Ferrer y Osvaldo Baigorria
Buenos Aires: Excursiones, 2013. 1st ed. Paperback. 261 p., wrps. 30 essays by Argentine poet, sociologist and critic Nestor Perlongher (1949-1992) on. among other themes, desire and politics, homosexuality, the anthropology of ecstasy, the Malvinas, Eva Peron, and miscellaneous subjects. Includes two color postcards printed of glossy coated stock. More about PROSA PLEBEYA.; Selección y prólogo de Christian Ferrer y Osvaldo Baigorria