This is a classic work in the fields of Women's Studies and Sociology. On its 10th Anniversary, it is still a vital and moving study of the lives of immigrant domestic workers, and is constantly cited in the research. Romero's new introduction will offer a fresh look at the material, including more recent events, proving that the issues discussed in the book are still very relevant to today's world.

Cover artwork by Diane Gamboa. Credit-Click here

Latinos have become the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. While the presence of Latinos and Latinas in mainstream news and in popular culture in the United States buttresses the much-heralded Latin Explosion, the images themselves are often contradictory.

In Latino/a Popular Culture, Habell-Pallán and Romero have brought together scholars from the humanities and social sciences to analyze representations of Latinidad in a diversity of genres - media, culture, music, film, theatre, art, and sports - that are emerging across the nation in relation to Chicanas, Chicanos, mestizos, Puerto Ricans, Caribbeans, Central Americans and South Americans, and Latinos in Canada.

Contributors include Adrian Burgos, Jr., Luz Calvo, Arlene Dávila, Melissa A. Fitch, Michelle Habell-Pallán, Tanya Katerí Hernández, Josh Kun, Frances Negron-Muntaner, William A. Nericcio, Raquel Z. Rivera, Ana Patricia Rodr'guez, Gregory Rodriguez, Mary Romero, Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez, Christopher A. Shinn, Deborah R. Vargas, and Juan Velasco.

Cover artwork 'Layering the Decades' by Diane Gamboa, 2002, mixed media on paper, 11 X 8.5'. Copyright 2001, Diane Gamboa. Printed with permission.

For the first time, a comprehensive Selected Poems in a bilingual edition, by Mexico's greatest living poet. Eyes to See Otherwise is the first extensive selection of poems by leading Mexican poet Homero Aridjis to appear in English. The scope and quality of the translations, by some of America's finest poets, mark the centrality of his work on the map of modern poetry. Aridjis's sources range from Nahuatl chants and Huichol initiation songs to San Juan de la Cruz and the 16th-century Spanish poet Luis de Gangora y Argote. He is, in the words of translator George McWhirter, 'a troubadour of love for lost environments, a voice in the wilderness of Mexico City and Mexico.' Included in this selection are poems by Aridjis evoking his own life, present and past, his memories always sticking close to his birthplace Contepec, where, on Altamirano Hill, the Monarch butterflies arrive each year. This long awaited Selected Poems enables the reader to witness, from his 1960 collection The Eyes of a Double Vision to new unpublished poemsin a bilingual editionthe poetic and personal evolution of this 'visionary poet of lyrical bliss, crystalline concentrations and infinite spaces' (Kenneth Rexroth). Translated by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Martha Black Jordan, Philip Lamantia, W.S. Merwin, John Frederick Nims, Kenneth Rexroth, Jerome Rothenberg, Brian Swann, Barbara Szerlip, Nathaniel Tarn, Eliot Weinberger, and the editors.

Human dependence on marine and coastal resources is increasing. Today, small-scale fisheries employ fifty of the world's fifty one million fishers, practically all of whom are from developing countries. And together, they produce more than half of the world's annual marine fish catch of ninety eight million tonnes, supplying most of the fish consumed in the developing world. At the same time, increased fishery overexploitation and habitat degradation are threatening the Earth's coastal and marine resources.

Most small-scale fisheries have not been well managed, if they have been managed at all. Existing approaches have failed to constrain fishing capacity or to manage conflict. They have not kept pace with technology or with the driving forces of economics, population growth, demand for food, and poverty. Worldwide, the management and governance of small-scale fisheries is in urgent need of reform.

Managing Small-scale Fisheries looks beyond the scope of conventional fishery management to alternative concepts, tools, methods, and conservation strategies.There is, for example, broader emphasis on ecosystem management and participatory decision-making. Interested readers will include fishery managers, both governmental and nongovernmental; instructors and students in
fishery management; development organizations and practitioners working on small-scale fisheries; and fishers and fishing communities that wish to take responsibility for managing their
own resources.

Secolo di stermini e di progressi, di convulse trasformazioni sociali ed economiche, di terribili conflitti di ideologie: sono solo alcuni modi di guardare alla storia del Novecento. Il libro di Federico Romero ricostruisce i maggiori passaggi della politica internazionale del Novecento e illustra gli orizzonti mentali, i concetti e le conseguenti strategie degli attori principali.

Il dizionario comprende 20.000 lemmi e 40.000 traduzioni, la lingua cubana contemporanea, la fraseologica esauriente e articolata, note grammaticali, 100 pagine di conversazione.

Primi capolavori della letteratura occidentale, i poemi omerici scritti intorno all'VIII secolo a.C. sono la base della cultura in epoca classica, ellenistica e romana. L'Iliade nei suoi 24 libri narra alcuni giorni della guerra di Troia con gli scontri fra gli eroi alla ricerca di gloria e onore. Orgoglio, amicizia, coraggio, audacia, collera sono i sentimenti che scaturiscono da questo poema. L'Odissea, anch'essa suddivisa in 24 libri, narra le peripezie a cui va incontro Ulisse nel suo viaggio di ritorno in patria, a Itaca, dove mette in atto la sua vendentta contro i pretendenti di Penelope.

Un uomo che non sa più ricevere regali, una bambina che la madre nasconde al padre e che non sa più ritrovare. Affetti che si pervertono in una girandola di assurdità, solitudine che non consola la presenza di un gatto, di una collezione di orologi, di una persona da amare. L'amore stesso vissuto con distacco, con amara ironia. Ovunque, il senso di uno sbriciolarsi, di una solitudine estrema che lascia l'individuo a tu per tu con l'ossessivo ripetersi delle situazioni, alle quali ci si piega come a un ineluttabile destino.

I viaggi di Ulisse dopo la guerra di Troia e il suo ritorno a Itaca diventano fiabe in questa versione per bambini del poema di Omero che porta i lettori nel favoloso mondo dei Ciclopi, dei Lotofagi e delle Sirene con tutta la leggerezza del racconto e il fascino del mito. Età di lettura: da 6 anni.

Blue loves going to school! She loves painting time, reading time, and lunchtime. But sometimes Blue has to face some tough situations at school. Preschoolers get to help their favorite puppy figure out solutions to some of her problems in this interactive story.

From the earliest stages of sounding out words to the excitement of reading a whole book without help, Ready-to-Read books open up a world of possibilities to children at four different levels:

• PRE-LEVEL 1: RECOGNIZING WORDS

• LEVEL 1: STARTING TO READ

• LEVEL 2: READING TOGETHER

• LEVEL 3: READING ALONE

Blue is the color of so many things! Preschoolers will delight in this romping story as they discover all the reasons Blue loves being blue!

Look for Magenta and Me, another Preschool Ready-to-Read, and other Blue's Clues books at your favorite bookstore!

Riassunto e personaggi dell'Odissea di Omero con panoramica sull'opera in generale, sull'autore e un parallelismo tra quest'opera e l'Iliade.

A Lift-the-Flap Board Book With Blue's Clues!

Join Steve and Blue and all their friends on a tour of Blue's world! Lift the flaps and play a round of Blue's Clues to discover where Blue wants to go today -- as well as a few other surprises!

Fifty-three flaps will help to teach young children about shapes, simple objects, numbers, letters, colors, matching, opposites, and more!

In this delightful sequel to Carlos y la Planta de Calabaza, Carlos is told by his father that you reap what you sow. After some humorous experiences, Carlos comes to understand the rewards of hard work and learns a valuable lesson in listening. Full color.