Historia y lingüística guaraní

Aborda la mitologa̕ griega con pasin̤ y sin renunciar al rigor, y nos cuenta los avatares de sus personajes como en la ms̀ trepidante de las novelas. Y as,̕ asistiremos boquiabiertos a la aparicin̤ del Caos primigenio y al nacimiento de Atenea, que emerge de la cabeza de Zeus; nos sobrecogeremos al ser testigos de cm̤o Cronos castra y destrona a su padre; temblaremos al cruzarnos con Pandora dispuesta a destapar la temible jarra; contendremos el aliento al descubrir que Persf̌one osa probar la fruta del Inframundo; nos emocionaremos con los amoro̕s de Eros y Psique; iremos de caza con ...

At the juncture of an Excan Tlahltoloyan invasion to Cholula, Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca engage in a violent war when disputing the love of goddess Victoria on the gladiatorial stone, who is manifested as the emissary and harbinger of the fifth sun destruction. Amid rituals and sacrifices, flowery warfare, and tzompantli, love blossoms and dies. The story is complemented by a chilling account of the Battle of Zacatecas and the Jerez fair, where Mexican traditions are illustrated and glorified.

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

As a young man, Ramon Perez aka Tianguis interrupted his studies and elisted in a burgeoning guerrilla movement to reclaim his people to ancestral communal lands in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. From the grassroots organizing conducted by the peasants to the power of regional and national politicians to enforce their social order with pistoleros -- through Tianguis' unwavering account we experience the struggle and its consequences. The pursuit of Guiero Medrano -- and of Tianguis and his friends -- is unremitting; there is no escape as they flee through the forests, small towns, and...