The Mysterious Sofia: One Woman`s Mission to Save Catholicism in Twentieth-Century Mexico, Stephen J. C. Andes
Автор: Parrado, Nando Название: Miracle in the Andes ISBN: 140009769X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781400097692 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 10420.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, just a black and perfect silence.
Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as their family members and supporters, to an exhibition game in Chile had crashed somewhere deep in the Andes. He soon learned that many were dead or dying—among them his own mother and sister. Those who remained were stranded on a lifeless glacier at nearly 12,000 feet above sea level, with no supplies and no means of summoning help.
They struggled to endure freezing temperatures, deadly avalanches, and then the devastating news that the search for them had been called off.
As time passed and Nando’s thoughts turned increasingly to his father, who he knew must be consumed with grief, Nando resolved that he must get home or die trying. He would challenge the Andes, even though he was certain the effort would kill him, telling himself that even if he failed he would die that much closer to his father.
It was a desperate decision, but it was also his only chance. So Nando, an ordinary young man with no disposition for leadership or heroism, led an expedition up the treacherous slopes of a snow-capped mountain and across forty-five miles of frozen wilderness in an attempt to find help.
Thirty years after the disaster Nando tells his story with remarkable candor and depth of feeling.
Miracle in the Andes—a first person account of the crash and its aftermath—is more than a riveting tale of true-life adventure: it is a revealing look at life at the edge of death and a meditation on the limitless redemptive power of love.
Автор: Barks Carl Название: Walt Disney`s Donald Duck: "Lost in the Andes " ISBN: 1606994743 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781606994740 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 26660.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Barks alternated between longish, sprawling 20- or 30-page adventure yarns filled with the romance of danger, courage, and derring-do, whose exotic locales spanned the globe, and shorter stories that usually revolved around crazily ingenious domestic squabbles between Donald and various members of the Duckburg cast. Barks's duck stories, famously enjoyed equally by both children and adults, are both evanescent celebrations of courage and perseverance and depictions of less commendable traits -- greed, resentment, and one-upmanship Our initial volume begins when Barks had reached his peak -- 1948-1950. Highlights include - The title story, "Lost in the Andes" (Barks's own favorite). Donald and the nephews embark on an expedition to Peru to find where square eggs come from only to meet danger in a mysterious valley whose inhabitants all speak with a southern drawl, and where Huey, Dewey, and Louie save Unca' Donald's life by learning how to blow square bubbles - Two stories co-starring the unbearably lucky Gladstone, including the epic "Race to the South Seas," as Donald and Gladstone try to win Uncle Scrooge's favor by being the first to rescue him from a desert island - Two Christmas stories, including "The Golden Christmas Tree," one of Barks's most fantastic stories that pits him and the nephews against a witch who wants to destroy all the Christmas trees in the world - In other stories, Donald plays a TV quiz show contestant and ends up encased in a giant barrel of "Shaky-Jell," a truant officer who matches wits with his nephews, and a ranch hand who outwits cattle rustlers These new editions feature meticulously restored and re-colored pages in a beautifully designed, affordable format geared to the mainstream book buyer. Discover the genius of Carl Barks
Автор: Babel, Anna, Название: Between the Andes and the Amazon : ISBN: 0816537267 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780816537266 Издательство: Turpin Рейтинг: Цена: 72630.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Why can’t a Quechua speaker wear pants? Anna M. Babel uses this question to open an analysis of language and social structure at the border of eastern and western, highland and lowland Bolivia. Through an exploration of categories such as political affiliation, ethnic identity, styles of dress, and histories of migration, she describes the ways that people understand themselves and others as Quechua speakers, Spanish speakers, or something in between. Between the Andes and the Amazon is ethnography in storytelling form, a rigorous yet sensitive exploration of how people understand themselves and others as members of social groups through the words and languages they use. Drawing on fifteen years of ethnographic research, Babel offers a close examination of how people produce oppositions, even as they might position themselves “in between” those categories. These oppositions form the raw material of the social system that people accept as “normal” or “the way things are.” Meaning-making happens through language use and language play, Babel explains, and the practice of using Spanish versus Quechua is a claim to an identity or a social position. Babel gives personal perspectives on what it is like to live in this community, focusing on her own experiences and those of her key consultants. Between the Andes and the Amazon opens new ways of thinking about what it means to be a speaker of an Indigenous or colonial language—or a mix of both.
Автор: Stephen J. C. Andes Название: The Mysterious Sofia: One Woman`s Mission to Save Catholicism in Twentieth-Century Mexico ISBN: 1496217608 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781496217608 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 29260.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Who was the “Mysterious Sofía,” whose letter in November 1934 was sent from Washington DC to Mexico City and intercepted by the Mexican Secret Service? In The Mysterious Sofía Stephen J. C. Andes uses the remarkable story of Sofía del Valle to tell the history of Catholicism’s global shift from north to south and the importance of women to Catholic survival and change over the course of the twentieth century. As a devout Catholic single woman, neither nun nor mother, del Valle resisted religious persecution in an era of Mexican revolutionary upheaval, became a labor activist in a time of class conflict, founded an educational movement, toured the United States as a public lecturer, and raised money for Catholic ministries—all in an age dominated by economic depression, gender prejudice, and racial discrimination. The rise of the Global South marked a new power dynamic within the Church as Latin America moved from the margins of activism to the vanguard.
Del Valle’s life and the stories of those she met along the way illustrate the shared pious practices, gender norms, and organizational networks that linked activists across national borders. Told through the eyes of a little-known laywoman from Mexico, Andes shows how women journeyed from the pews into the heart of the modern world.
Автор: Brusic Beatrice Название: Beyond the Snows of the Andes ISBN: 1461161282 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781461161288 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 22980.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Williams J. E. Название: Light of the Andes: In Search of Shamanic Wisdom in Peru ISBN: 1617203742 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781617203749 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 23280.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Anonymous Название: From the Andes to Vancouver: A Stand for Justice ISBN: 1643074342 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643074344 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 11910.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: In Bolivia in the year 1940, citizen voting rights were restricted, along with the acknowledgment of rights in general toward the native First Nations. After a painful experience at age 7, Constantino, a native indio, makes the decision to stand up for his people. His journey begins in his tiny village up in the mountains and leads him through activism in the streets, jail, torture, and an outcome that would have never happened if it wasn't for his courage.
Автор: Biggar, John Название: Andes ISBN: 095360876X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780953608768 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 38890.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This is the 5th English edition of the only complete guidebook to the peaks of the Andes. It includes route information for all 100 of the major 6000m mountains, plus over 300 other peaks. With over 200 diagrams, 270 photos and 80 maps it also gives the best ski-mountaineering peaks in over 10 areas across 5 countries.
Автор: Chionetti Alex Название: Mysteries of the Tayos Caves: The Lost Civilizations Where the Andes Meet the Amazon ISBN: 1591433568 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591433569 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 19430.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A detailed examination of the controversial expeditions to the Tayos Cave complex in Ecuador and the treasures glimpsed in its depths
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