La Huida una novela de Acción continua que atrapa. Manuel el protagonista, un joven acusado injustamente purga una larga condena, pero logra huir del penal de alta seguridad. Aprovechando un motín de presos que se forma al estar colectando piedras a las orillas del río cercano al penal necesarias para aumentar la altura de bardas. Corre desesperadamente en compañía de José otro reo, peligroso, un verdadero asesino, convirtiéndose en incómodo compañero, que mata por solo el placer de hacerlo. Después que logran evadirse de los custodios que los persiguen encuentran al paso a tres alpinistas en una cabaña a quienes sorprenden y José asesina a sangre fría. Más tarde llegan a un poblado llamado Pueblo Seco, en donde José pretende violar a una pueblerina y desconoce a Manuel por oponerse a sus deseos e intenta matarlo; pero con la ayuda del abuelo de la muchacha logra vencer a José. Resultando esta una de muchas aventuras que corre Manuel, Finalmente cae enamorado, aunque también encuentra obstáculos para conseguir a su mujer.

This book is written in simple Spanish. Short chapters and simple grammar ensure a fast success while reading. The best way to learn a language on your own is to read a book. Besides the reader gets exciting views of the current situation at the border between the USA and Mexico. Mexico is the most important transit country for migrants (mainly from Central and South America) who want to reach the United States. Many children and young people are currently trying to reach the United States in order to escape the hopelessness of their home country. This book tells the story of a courageous and intelligent boy from Guatemala who dreams of crossing the border to Mexico and reaching the United States. Once there, he realizes that life in this country is not so pleasant for him as an illegal immigrant. México es el principal país de tránsito para los migrantes (principalmente de Centroamárica y Sudamérica) que buscan llegar a Estados Unidos y aunque ésto no es un fenómeno nuevo, recientemente ha recibido una notable atención por parte del gobierno, la sociedad civil y la academia. En la actualidad niños y adolescentes de México y otros paises fundamentalmente centroamericanos tratan de emigrar hacia los Estados Unidos a través de la frontera con México el cual por su naturaleza se caracteriza, por ser un país de origen, tránsito y destino de migrantes. Este libro titulado La Huida narra la historia de un niño guatemalteco adudaz e inteligente, que sueña con cruzar las fronteras de Guatemala y México y llegar a Estados Unidos y una vez allá, se da cuenta que la vida en ese país no le resultó tan placentera y de paso es repatriado de nuevo a su país.

The sixteenth century was an exciting period in the history of European theatre. In the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France, Germany and England, writers and actors experimented with new dramatic techniques and found new publics. They prepared the way for the better-known dramatists of the next century but produced much work which is valuable in its own right, in Latin and in their own vernaculars. The popular theatre of the Middle Ages gave endless material for reinvention by playwrights, and the legacy of the ancient world became a spur to creativity, in tragedy and comedy. As soon as readers and audiences had taken in the new plays, they were changed again, taking new forms as the first experiments were themselves modified and reinvented. Writers constantly adapted the texts of plays to meet new requirements. These and other issues are explored by a group of international experts from a comparative perspective, giving particular emphasis to one of the great European comic dramatists, the Portuguese Gil Vicente. Tom Earle is King John II Professor of Portuguese at Oxford. Catarina Fouto is a Lecturer in Portuguese at King's College London.

The history and culture of Madrid, the cluster of historical cities at an easy distance (Segovia, Avila and Toledo) and the heartlands of Castile - the core of Spanish civilisation. This book performs with great thoroughness all the usual functions of a guidebook. But it is much more than a mere inventory of buildings, paintings, sculpture, routes and views, supplemented by appendices packed with practical information. The authors - from their long experience and deep knowledge of the country - are exceptionally well-equipped to draw together into a coherent whole all the threads of history, art, culture and recent developments. Theysteer you in most rewarding directions, enlivening the hallowed hush of museum or sacristy with an original interpretation of some great painter - El Greco, Goya, Picasso - or an observation which suddenly illuminates the seemingly unexceptional. Madrid, rather than just a political capital at the geographical centre of the country, is revealed as a true metropolis, genuinely representative of all the aspects and regional variations of Spanish life. Its art collections are justly renowned as superb. Add in the cluster of historical cities at an easy distance (including Segovia, Avila and Toledo), to say nothing of the lesser-known treasures and delights secreted in the heartlands of Castile, and you have, within a manageable compass, the core of Spanish civilisation.

This book is an extraordinarily rich account of the social, political, cultural, and religious relationships between parish priests and their parishioners in colonial Mexico. It thus explores a wide range of issues, from competing interpretations of religious dogma and beliefs, to questions of practical ethics and daily behavior, to the texture of social and authority relations in rural communities, to how all these things changed over time and over place, and in relation to reforms instigated by the state.

El Diccionario de la Democracia contiene la teoría y la ideología de los regímenes democráticos: sus antecedentes; orígenes; principios; modalidades de deliberación y leyes; sus instituciones clave y variedades, acorde con la clase social que los dirija y el arreglo institucional correlativo. Asimismo compara sus principios, leyes e instituciones con otros regímenes, particularmente con sus opuestos, las oligarquías o gobiernos de pocos, pero también con la república, la tiranía y la realeza; las razones de Estado que permiten su conquista, conservación y estabilidad; las fuentes internas y externas que los amenazan; las maneras de corromperse y las revoluciones que los afectan. Trata también de los usos, costumbres y caracteres democráticos; inventaría los rasgos éticos de la vida democrática, por sí mismos y comprobados con los de los ricos, las clases medias y los tiranos, hasta detallar las relaciones que sostienen entre sí dirigentes y dirigidos, hombres y mujeres, viejos, jóvenes, maestros y alumnos, ciudadanos y animales..., por el impacto que la libertad e igualdad popular tienen en la vida pública y privada de sus pueblos. Parte medular del mismo es la exposición de las doctrinas, dogmas, leyes e instituciones del modelo liberal moderno de la democracia; un credo que se analiza en calidad de justificación del nouveau régime por parte de sus ideólogos modernos más destacados y lúcidos, quienes desvían el significado de las palabras ] democracia ] y ] liberal ] atribuidas sin más a los Estados modernos.

An urgent call for awareness of the dangers of Christian nationalism, including the origins and implications. In 2022, Bishop Curry charged the House of Bishops Theology Committee to study Christian nationalism, an issue that has increasingly come to the forefront of conversations surrounding Christianity, democracy and white supremacy. The committee’s methodology in an Anglican framework of scripture, tradition, reason, and liturgy sheds light on the foundation of the movement and a path forward. They argue that it is sinful and violates the first and second of the Ten Commandments. Through careful examination of Christian Nationalism, the Theology Committee warns members of the church not to fall into its trap, but instead to be a light to the world.