Ramblings in Old Mexico (Classic Reprint) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ramblings in Old Mexico (Classic Reprint) write by Amos Earle Voorhies. This book was released on 2018-09-22. Ramblings in Old Mexico (Classic Reprint) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Excerpt from Ramblings in Old Mexico Guadalajara, with its many churches, splendid and historic, its beautiful homes, i-t-s enterprising press club, chamber of commerce and American club i-ts pottery fac tories and great market, offered much of charming hospitality and great interest. It was like a visit to one of the ancient cities Oif' ol-d Spain. Mexico City, a place of delight for all tourists, with its historic strue tures, its museum, i-ts contrasts of wealth and poverty, i-ts trips to the floating gardens, the great pyramids, Cuernavaca and Puebla, its evidence of a spirit of progress in the good reads ixt has builded and is building, and in the schools it is providing for its youth, was1 'of great interest to the newspaper peoble. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Battles in the Desert (40th Anniversary Edition)
Battles in the Desert (40th Anniversary Edition) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Battles in the Desert (40th Anniversary Edition) write by Jose Emilio Pacheco. This book was released on 2021-06-01. Battles in the Desert (40th Anniversary Edition) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This heart-breaking novella is a key work of 20th-century dystopian Mexican literature and sadly all too apropos today This landmark novella—one of the central texts of Mexican literature, is eerily relevant to our current dark times—offers a child’s-eye view of a society beset by dictators, disease, and natural disasters, set in “the year of polio, foot-and-mouth disease, floods.” A middle-class boy grows up in a world of children aping adults (mock wars at recess pit Arabs against Jews), where a child’s left to ponder “how many evils and catastrophes we have yet to witness.” When Carlos laments the cruelty and corruption, the evils of a vicious class system, his older brother answers: “So what, we are living up to our ears in shit anyway under Miguel Alemán’s regime,” with “the face of El Senor Presidente everywhere: incessant, private abuse.” Sound familiar? Woven into this coming-of-age saga is the terribly intense love Carlos cherishes for his friend’s young mother, which has the effect of driving the general cruelties further under the reader’s skin. The acclaimed translator Katherine Silver has greatly revised her original translation, enlivening afresh this remarkable work.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The House on Mango Street write by Sandra Cisneros. This book was released on 2013-04-30. The House on Mango Street available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago • Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. “Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage...and seduces with precise, spare prose, creat[ing] unforgettable characters we want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one.” —The New York Times Book Review The House on Mango Street is one of the most cherished novels of the last fifty years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting." Told in a series of vignettes—sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyous—Cisneros’s masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery and one of the greatest neighborhood novels of all time. Like Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street or Toni Morrison’s Sula, it makes a world through people and their voices, and it does so in language that is poetic and direct. This gorgeous coming-of-age novel is a celebration of the power of telling one’s story and of being proud of where you're from.
Western Classics, Historical Novels & Tales of the Old West by B. M. Bower (Illustrated)
Western Classics, Historical Novels & Tales of the Old West by B. M. Bower (Illustrated) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Western Classics, Historical Novels & Tales of the Old West by B. M. Bower (Illustrated) write by B. M. Bower. This book was released on 2024-01-16. Western Classics, Historical Novels & Tales of the Old West by B. M. Bower (Illustrated) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the collection of Western Classics, Historical Novels & Tales of the Old West by B. M. Bower (Illustrated), readers are transported into the rugged and unpredictable world of the American frontier. Bower masterfully captures the essence of the Old West through her compelling storytelling and vivid descriptions of the landscape, characters, and daily struggles of the time. The collection is a valuable literary contribution that offers insight into the historical and cultural context of the West, making it a must-read for fans of Western literature. Bower's attention to detail and authentic portrayal of the era immerse readers in a bygone age, showcasing the harsh realities and heartfelt moments that defined the Western experience.
Extreme Rambling
Extreme Rambling - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Extreme Rambling write by Mark Thomas. This book was released on 2011-04-14. Extreme Rambling available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Good fences make good neighbours, but what about bad ones?' The Israeli separation barrier is probably the most iconic divider of land since the Berlin Wall. It has been declared illegal under international law and its impact on life in the West Bank has been enormous. Mark Thomas - as only he could - decided the only way to really get to grips with this huge divide was to use the barrier as a route map, to 'walk the wall', covering the entire distance with little more in his armoury than Kendal Mint Cake and a box of blister plasters. In the course of his ramble he was tear-gassed, stoned, sunburned, rained on and hailed on and even lost the wall a couple of times. But thankfully he was also welcomed and looked after by Israelis and Palestinians - from farmers and soldiers to smugglers and zookeepers - and finally earned a unique insight of the real Middle East in all its entrenched and yet life-affirming glory. And all without hardly ever getting arrested!
