Guillermo: 360 books

Book cover of Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies

by Guillermo O’Donnell, Philippe C. Schmitter, Laurence Whitehead
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013

Political science scholars consider the four-volume work Transitions from Authoritarian Rule to be a foundational text for studying the process of democratization, specifically in those cases where an authoritarian regime is giving way to some form of democratic government. The most important of the...
Book cover of Divine Encounter with the Holy Spirit
by Guillermo Maldonado
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017

When was the last time you had a supernatural encounter with the Holy Spirit? All believers can have powerful divine encounters with the Spirit—not as isolated events but as a lifestyle in which… The supernatural realm is your greatest reality. Jesus becomes real in you. You are commissioned...
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Chicano Satire

A Study in Literary Culture

by Guillermo Hernandez
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014

Geographically close to Mexico, but surrounded by Anglo-American culture in the United States, Chicanos experience many cultural tensions and contradictions. Their lifeways are no longer identical with Mexican norms, nor are they fully assimilated to Anglo-American patterns. Coping with these tensions—knowing...
Book cover of Borges and Mathematics
by Guillermo Martínez
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012

Borges and Mathematics is a short book of essays that explores the scientific thinking of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). Around half of the book consists of two "lectures" focused on mathematics. The rest of the book reflects on the relationship between literature, artistic...
Book cover of Los crímenes de Oxford
by Guillermo Martínez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 5, 2019

Un estudiante de matemáticas argentino viaja a Oxford con fines académicos. Pero poco después de su llegada se encuentra con el cadáver de la anciana que lo alojaba, junto con un desafío matemático del asesino. Inicia así, paralelamente a la policía, su propia investigación, guiado...
Book cover of Lecciones a un periodista novel
by Guillermo Prieto
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 30, 2014

Las crónicas, ensayos y reminiscencias reunidos en este volumen tocan dos de las más grandes pasiones de Guillermo Prieto (1818-1897): la literatura y la causa del Partido Liberal. Una y otra explican muchos de los derroteros de nuestra historia a lo largo del accidentado siglo XIX; sólo que de...
Book cover of México Profundo

México Profundo

Reclaiming a Civilization

by Guillermo Bonfil Batalla
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010

This translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life. For Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, the remaining Indian communities, the "de-Indianized" rural mestizo communities, and vast sectors of...
Book cover of Las mudanzas del cante en tiempo de silverio
by Guillermo Castro Buendía
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 17, 2014

La figura artística de Silverio Franconetti fue determinante en la configuración de los primeros estilos de cante flamenco y en su posterior desarrollo. Sabemos de su viaje a América, de sus primeros recitales, de su famoso café cantante y de los profesionales que le conocieron y que fueron sus discípulos,...
Book cover of Cardiología
by Guillermo Saturno Chiu
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2019

Esta obra titulada Cardiología contiene los fundamentos esenciales de la asignatura. Expresa de una manera clara, sencilla y actual los conceptos básicos del corazón y los grandes vasos, asi como la electrocardiografía normal y patológica, todo ello con base en figuras muy demostrativas que introducen...
Book cover of We the Cubans
by Guillermo Rodríguez Rivera
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016

"We the Cubans" by Guillermo Rodríguez Rivera is a catchy and accurate portrait of the essence of Cuban identity. The significance of being an Island; the inescapable relationship between history, society, and politics; the mix of races, religions, and cultures are analyzed here—not from an academic or traditional perspective, but from a more personal approach.
Book cover of When Mirrors Are Windows

When Mirrors Are Windows

A View of A.K. Ramanujan’s Poetics

by Guillermo Rodríguez
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016

In an ocean where myriads of rivers converge, can one sole river lend the ocean its distinct flavour? For someone who is at home with several languages, literary traditions and disciplines, is it possible for one form to criss-cross the landscape of another? In a poet’s world of mirrors, where stream...
Book cover of La muerte lenta de Luciana B.
by Guillermo Martínez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 4, 2011

Diez años después, nada queda en Luciana de la muchacha alegre y seductora a la que el famoso escritor Kloster dictaba sus novelas. Tras las trágicas muertes primero de su novio y después, uno a uno, de sus seres más queridos, Luciana vive aterrorizada, vigilando cada sombra, cada persona que...
Book cover of La mujer del maestro
by Guillermo Martínez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 1, 2016

Un joven escritor que acaba de publicar su primera novela, y otro, Jordán, que desconfía de los hombres y de las palabras y, al final del camino, se recluye en la intimidad de su casa, obsesionado por terminar la obra que podrá justificarlo. Entre esa casa y el mundo, entre Jordán y el aprendiz,...
Book cover of Just Between Us

Just Between Us

An Ethnography of Male Identity and Intimacy in Rural Communities of Northern Mexico

by Guillermo Núñez Noriega
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2014

A photograph of two men, cowboy-hatted and -booted and discreetly holding hands, is the departure point in a groundbreaking study on masculinity and homosexuality in Mexico. Just Between Us, an ethnography of intimacy and affection between men, explores the concept of masculine identity and homoeroticism,...
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