Carlos: 2314 books

Joao Carlos Espada's provocative survey of a group of key Anglo-American and European political thinkers argues that there is a distinctive, Anglo-American tradition of liberty that is one of the core pillars of the Free World. Giving a broad overview of the tradition through summaries of the careers...

A tale of violence, suffering, and redemption, Heading Home follows the life of Carlos Rivera from his time as a young man in El Salvador to his new beginning in Canada. As a member of a guerrilla cell in the El Salvador insurgent movement, Rivera witnesses the chaos and oppression of the ruling...

George I. Sánchez was a reformer, activist, and intellectual, and one of the most influential members of the "Mexican American Generation" (1930–1960). A professor of education at the University of Texas from the beginning of World War II until the early 1970s, Sánchez was an outspoken proponent...

Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Santos Dumont, Torres Quevedo,… Desde las aplicaciones bélicas como "arma definitiva" y las primeras líneas aéreas de pasajeros hasta los grandes zepelines del III Reich y su renacimiento tras el famoso desastre del Hindenburg. Conozca la evolución histórica...

Carlos María de Bustamante fue uno de los más destacados intelectuales del siglo XIX, que luchó al lado de Morelos y se opuso al autoritarismo de Santa-Anna. El título de estas páginas alude a la defensa de nuestra soberanía ante la invasión estadunidense, que él consideraba la segunda conquista de México.

The illustrious beverage, Wine. What can be said about this alcohol that hasn't been said before? There are numerous books on the subject. Too many to count... What does this book offer that others don’t? A little bit of everything! We describe the legal standards of wine in Europe and the United...

In The Other Henry James, John Carlos Rowe offers a new vision of Henry James as a social critic whose later works can now be read as rich with homoerotic suggestiveness. Drawing from recent work in queer and feminist theory, Rowe argues that the most fruitful approach to James today is one that ignores...

Eating disorders refer to a range of problems characterized by abnormal eating behaviours and beliefs about eating, weight, and shape. Eating disorders, which are classified as psychiatric problems, and obesity, which is classified as a general medical condition, reflect a diverse and perplexing array...

The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds is the first major historical study of the creation and development of the prison system in Peru. Carlos Aguirre examines the evolution of prisons for male criminals in Lima from the conception—in the early 1850s—of the initial plans to build penitentiaries...

From the protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square to the Tea Party in the United States to the campaign to elect indigenous leader Evo Morales in Bolivia, modern populist movements command international attention and compel political and social change. When citizens demand "power to the people,"...

Charles Bukowski, poet, novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and cult figure of the dissident and rebellious was born in Germany in 1920 and died in the USA in 1994. During his life he was hailed as "laureate of American lowlife" by Time magazine literary critic Adam Kirsch of The...

The writing of Carlos De Oliviera is usually considered neorealist, but this selection of poems also shows the influence of symbolism, surrealism, and cubism. These poems reflect on the nature of writing in the actual process of its production, which lends this work great density and acuity. {Guernica Editions}

Andreu Martín, Ernesto Mallo, Empar Fernández, Toni Hill, Rosa Ribas, Milo Krmpotic, Teresa Solana, Carlos Zanón, Lilian Neuman y Carles Quílez. Esta antología reúne a algunos de los autores más destacados de la novela negra en castellano, en un recorrido criminal por los barrios emblemáticos...

The world was at peace when they gathered in Hamburg to plot jihad. Some had had flight training; the rest were muscle. If only one knew the endgame, they all knew they were going to die. They were dedicated, but they were amateurs. They made careless mistakes, and CIA got wind of them early...