Miguel: 1889 books

The definition of all space systems starts with the establishment of its fundamental parameters: requirements to be fulfilled, overall system and satellite design, analysis and design of the critical elements, developmental approach, cost, and schedule. There are only a few texts covering early design...

«Hay en Mary Barton, sí, muchas muertes y desgracias; pero, tras esa desolación, subyace la esperanza de una vida mejor, fundada en el poderoso aliento de los lazos familiares y en la sencilla máxima que proclama uno de los personajes: «Los fuertes tienen el deber de ayudar a los débiles».»...

After 1974, the South African involvement in the war in Angola begins with the triggering of Operation Savannah, a large-scale military land offensive that began in October 1975. But the military offensive land forces of the South African Defence Forces were faced with the Widespread Popular Resistance...

This book provides an historical, critical analysis of the doctrine of 'civilising mission' in Portuguese colonialism in the crucial period from 1870 to 1930. Exploring international contexts and transnational connections, this 'civilising mission' is analysed and assessed by examining the employment and distribution of African manpower.

Winner of the 2017 Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies from the Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS) From Caitlyn Jenner to Laverne Cox, transgender people have rapidly gained public visibility, contesting many basic assumptions about what gender and embodiment mean. The vibrant discipline...

Carrión cuenta la maduración existencial de una mujer que, desde su intimidad más inconfesable, narra desesperadamente su educación sentimental y las posibilidades que la sociedad hipócrita le permite escoger, que son bien pocas, para realizarse como mujer. La obra supone un conocimiento profundo...

Cervantes'in ünlü romanı Don Quijote, tam adıyla La Mancha'lı Yaratıcı Asilzade Don Quijote. Kitabın sunuş yazısını yazan Prof. Jale Parla'nın sözleriyle: "Birinci kısmının basıldığı 1605 yılından beri en çok okunan, en çok sevilen, en çok yorumlanan ve yeniden en çok yazılan...

Focusing on piracy in the seventeenth century, filibustering in the nineteenth century, intracolonial migrations in the 1930s, metropolitan racializations in the 1950s and 1960s, and feminist redefinitions of creolization and sexile from the 1940s to the 1990s, this book redefines the Caribbean beyond the postcolonial debate.

Those who work at sad professions have children who don't know how to answer the uncomfortable question that's always asked: What does your father do? They also know the certainty that for the same pay they would quickly change their job They become great wisemen and never blame anyone for not wanting what they've had

Web localization is a cognitive, textual, communicative and technological process by which interactive web texts are modified to be used by audiences in different sociolinguistic contexts. Translation and Web Localization provides an in-depth and comprehensive overview into this emerging field...

La Habana nocturna de los primeros años del siglo XX, son el marco histórico-social de esta fascinante obra que nos cuenta la azarosa vida de una vedete. La voz de su protagonista, Rachel, nos acompañará en un recorrido través de los escenarios de su memoria, así transitaremos desde los cochambrosos...

Barnet se inserta legítimamente dentro de la intelectualidad cubana que ha hecho resaltar la necesidad de un permanente trabajo por la descolonización de la conciencia insular y ha entregado sus energías a ello… Gallego complementa el gran mural histórico diseñado por las dos obras anteriores...

This is a compilation of essays about international relations written for a Master program