Benavides: 25 books

Soap opera speaks a universal language, presenting characters and plots that resonate far beyond the culture that creates them. Latin American soap operas—telenovelas—have found enthusiastic audiences throughout the Americas and Europe, as well as in Egypt, Russia, and China, while Mexican narco-dramas...

"Quizá, nuestro amor era así: nosotros abrazados en un barquito que remontaba fatigoso el vértice del Cuerno de Oro, ese legendario punto en que Asia se encuentra en una orilla y Europa en la otra". Las historias de Albert Cremades, del escritor Jorge Benavides y de la enigmática Dinorah...

Between 1890 and 1930, the port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, experienced a liberal revolution and a worker's movement—key elements in shaping the Ecuadorian national identity. In this book, O. Hugo Benavides examines these and other pivotal features in shaping Guayaquilean identity and immigrant identity...

In Ecuador, as in all countries, archaeology and history play fundamental roles in defining national identity. Connecting with the prehistoric and historic pasts gives the modern state legitimacy and power. But the state is not the only actor that lays claim to the country's archaeological patrimony,...

Through prayer, very young children can learn to talk with God and to build their faith and trust in him in the greatest and hardest of times. In Introducing Children to Prayer, author Luis M. Benavides, explores this belief. By walking catechists and families through the process, he helps them to...

Through prayer, very young children can learn to talk with God and to build their faith and trust in him in the greatest and hardest of times. In Introducing Children to Prayer, author Luis M. Benavides, explores this belief. By walking catechists and families through the process, he helps them to get...

Découvrez « Le voyage de retour », « La nuit de Morgana », « L’Ulysses de Joyce » et « Éloignés »Les quatre nouvelles proposées dans ce recueil partagent des personnages de anti-héros confrontés au désenchantement, à la solitude, à une forme d’abandon, à l’ironie du monde et à...

«Amo la noche con pasión. La amo como uno ama a su país o a su amante, con un amor instintivo, profundo, invencible...» Así comienza Maupassant su agitado paseo nocturno por los bulevares de París, que Toño Benavides iluminará para seguir al protagonista sin nombre de este fantástico relato....

"Estamos ante un estudio riguroso y creativo de una obra mayor del siglo XX. No sólo se adentra en los entresijos de la escritura del novelista colombiano Gabriel García Márquez, sino que extrae de ella penetrantes iluminaciones para el presente. Su autora señala el hecho de que Cien años...

Canonized in April 2014, Pope John Paul II became St. John Paul II. This little treasury of prayers recognizes this dearly loved pope and requests his intercession. In it, you’ll find a novena written in his honor, other intercessory prayers, and heartfelt prayers he penned. Each day of the novena...

Cada año el Departamento de Derecho Administrativo de la Universidad Externado de Colombia lleva a cabo sus Jornadas de Derecho Administrativo, en las cuales los profesores tienen la oportunidad de presentar los resultados de sus investigaciones. Como fruto de esa tradición, en los últimos años,...

Media competes with public schools in terms of student engagement and time. However, the two needn't be mutually exclusive. The Pedagogy of Pop: Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success discusses a variety of strategies and approaches for using social and mass media as tools through which...

Why should public administrators care about city planning? Is city planning not a field ruled by architects and public works personnel? Much of city planning in fact requires expertise in areas other than buildings and infrastructure, and with city planning expertise, urban administrators are empowered...

This book, written by experienced geneticists, covers topics ranging from the natural history of the mouse species, its handling and reproduction in the laboratory, and its classical genetics and cytogenetics, to modern issues including the analysis of the transcriptome, the parental imprinting and...