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Ofelia and Amoke appear to be complete opposites. The only things they have in common are an elderly, eccentric author named Virginia Wonnacott, the Hiraeth Association, and the feeling that something is missing from their lives. When Virginia offers Ofelia a job as her personal assistant, the lives of the two girls merge. Through conversations, used books, letters, and early morning Whatsapp messages, the girls discover a future they did not think existed as well as their feelings toward one another.

An introductory yoga book that presents it in a very close and understanding way. It begins with the question "Can you do many things at once?" in order to lead the reader to the realization that doing just one thing can be much harder than doing many things simultaneously. The simplest and natural thing to do is simply breathe. This book includes a reading guide as an important practical component for those who want to begin the practice of yoga through easy postures. Un libro introductorio al yoga que lo presenta de una manera muy pr�xima y entendedora. � Parte de la pregunta...

En esta obra, finalista del Premio Casa de las Américas (Ensayo 1993), se exploran aspectos de la escritura de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda que los críticos decimonónicos y aún los de nuestro siglo han pasado por alto, principalmente las estrategias apropiadoras y transformadoras que utilizaba la autora para re-inscribir las voces silenciadas o dislocadas, haciendo de la marginalización una fuente insuperable de energía creativa. La escritora cubana/española intenta deconstruir el binarismo occidental del discurso hegemónico sobre la mujer y en el proceso contesta la pregunta que...

How Far is America From Here? approaches American nations and cultures from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. It is very much at the heart of this comparative agenda that “America” be considered as a hemispheric and global matter. It discusses American identities relationally, whether the relations under discussion operate within the borders of the United States, throughout the Americas, and/or worldwide. The various articles here gathered interrogate the very notion of “America”: which, whose America, when, why now, how? What is meant by “far”—distance,...