Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton

Las voces disidentes se han dejado sentir en cada fase de la historia norteamericana, generando siempre instancias de resistencia al poder y poniendo en cuestión definiciones interesadas y hegemónicas de la identidad nacional. Este volumen pretende explorar el pasado, presente y futuro de la disidencia ?fundamentalmente a partir de sus representaciones culturales? a fin de entender lo que el pasado puede decirnos acerca de la realidad estadounidense del siglo xxi y, a su vez, cómo esa realidad nos ayuda a desvelar las raíces de su historia nacional.

A group of thirty chronicles that Fabrizio Meja Madrid spun along thirteen years while strolling up and down the national territory, from the forest to the desert, from the mountains to the highlands, to end, like so many other Mexicans every year, crossing the northern frontier. New drugs, saints with beatified roosters, murderers of one night and of one life, communards with "machetes" and teachers surrounding the foreigner murdered in Oaxaca, a town of kidnappers and three missing towns, the television that presents circus phenomena, the fantasies of the national porn, the corpses of too...

Once upon a time, there was a mouse who lived in Europe who longed to go to America, the land of liberty, and be reunited with his friends who had fled. He decides the best way to get there would be to fly. He makes many attempts until he finally designs the perfect plane. His successful voyage inspires an entire nation, including a young boy named Charles Lindbergh. Children will love the detailed illustrations and the mouse's determination in spite of some failed attempts in this very original picture book. A brief history of aviation is included at the end of the book.

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...