Автор: Valdes Valerie Название: Chilling Effect ISBN: 0062877232 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062877239 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 11830.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The answer may surprise you!Celebrated author Anika Aldamuy Denise and beloved illustrator Lucy Ruth Cummins deliver this heartwarming tale about a wonderful mix-up that reminds us of the joys of friendship. Makes for a perfect Valentine`s Day gift, or for any time you want to tell someone in your life how much you love them!
Автор: Valdes Valerie Название: Chilling Effect ISBN: 0356514420 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780356514420 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 10110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A debut space opera that features an irresistible foul-mouthed captain and her misfit crew . . .
Автор: Valdes Valerie Название: Prime Deceptions ISBN: 0062877259 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062877253 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 11830.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
The lovably flawed crew of La Sirena Negra and their psychic cats return in this fast-paced and outrageously fun science-fiction novel, in which they confront past failures and face new threats in the far reaches of space from the author of the critically acclaimed Chilling Effect.
Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra find themselves once again on the fringe of populated space--and at the center of a raging covert war. When Eva's sister asks for help locating a missing scientist, promises of a big paycheck and a noble cause convince Eva to take the job despite lingering trust issues.
With reluctant assistance from her estranged mother, Eva and her crew follow the missing scientist's trail across the universe, from the costume-filled halls of a never-ending convention to a dangerous bot-fighting arena. They ultimately find themselves at the last place Eva wants to see again--Garilia--where she experienced her most shameful and haunting failure.
To complete her mission and get paid, Eva must navigate a paradise embroiled in a rebellion, where massive forests and pristine beaches hide psychic creatures and pervasive surveillance technology. Can she find her quarry while avoiding the oppressive local regime, or will she be doomed to repeat past mistakes when her dark deeds come to light?
--Curtis C. Chen, author of the Locus Award finalist Waypoint Kangaroo
Автор: Rivera-Valdes, Sonia Название: Historias Prohibidas / Marta ISBN: 1583220534 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781583220535 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 9170.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: The Forbidden Stories is the author's inspired response to a statement made by a Cuban politician regarding the conflicted attitude towards homosexuality in Cuba. Rivera-Vald s creates the character of Marta Veneranda, a graduate student working on a thesis which aims to graph clinically the discrepancy between an individual's sense of shame and society's attitude toward the incidents that inspire self-censorship in a person. But the orderly study becomes unruly as the subjects interviewed reveal their hidden stories. In "Little Poisons,", the nameless narrator is heavily influenced by pop psychologist Patricia Evans. Through her copious reading, she manages to gain some distance from her co-dependent relationship with her husband. Sharing with Marta the minutiae of her liberation, she recounts: "As the days and months went by, I began feeling proud of myself, strong, free from his subjugation and my neurosis, even when his romance with the young woman began and he told me about it. In the fifteen years of marriage he would tell me everything, even about his sexual escapades-- if he couldn't share them with me, who would he share them with? Besides, that way no one could come running to me spreading rumors. In the end, he couldn't live without me: his wife, friend, lover, and mother. Can you believe that I listened to these stories and even felt proud of the trust he had in me?" Beneath the humor and the deceptively simple surface of The Forbidden Stories is a deadly-serious look at the co-mingling of Anglo and Latino cultures, and an expos of the comforts and discomforts of that cohabitation.
Автор: Rivera-Valdes, Sonia Название: Forbidden Stories Of Marta ISBN: 158322047X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781583220474 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 13460.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Valdes Zoe Название: I Gave You All I Had ISBN: 161145932X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781611459326 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13750.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A bestseller in Europe, this exuberant novel from one of Cuba s most important contemporary writers is as outrageously funny as it is erotically...
Автор: Domingue Fermin Valdes Название: Diary of a Soldier: Cuba: 1895-1897 ISBN: 1977214894 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781977214898 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 25450.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Dr. Ferm n Vald s Dominguez was living in Tampa, Florida in 1895 when he received his orders to report to General Seraf n S nchez in Key West. After a failed attempt to launch a filibuster from Fernandina Beach, Florida in January 1895, the Cuban migr community in Key West organized another military expedition that would leave Big Pine Key to bring much needed munitions and medical supplies to the insurgents in Cuba. Once the expedition landed in Cuba, the new recruits joined the insurrection army and fought bravely to free Cuba from Spain.
Ferm n Vald s' diary gives readers a first hand account of the war as we share his optimism when he first steps foot on Cuban soil where he was promoted to Colonel and served as Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolutionary Army, M ximo G mez. Ferm n Vald s' optimism turns to disillusionment as he witnesses the daily brutality of the war and the power struggle between the Commander-in-Chief, M ximo G mez and the President of the Republic of Cuba, Salvador Cisneros Betancourt. Later, Ferm n Vald s served under Lt. General Jos Maceo, who shared the same vision of Ferm n Vald s'childhood friend, Jos Mart that Cuba would be a country where blacks and whites would peacefully coexist. This shared vision is shattered as Ferm n Vald s' documents the resentment of certain governmental officials towards Jos Maceo, a black officer, whom they want to replace with a white officer. Vald s' diary describes the plight of the civilians who are forced by the Spanish general Valeriano Wyler to relocate to towns controlled by the Spanish and consequently, thousands of Cubans died of starvation and disease.
Ferm n Vald s' original diary, Diario de Soldado, consists of four volumens that were published in 1908 in Cuba and reprinted by the University of Havana in 1974. This edition of Diary of a Soldier is the first English translation, which contains the important events of the war and provides readers with valuable insights into the characters of its military leaders and details the struggles of the third attempt of Cubans to free themselves from Spain. What sets Ferm n Vald s diary apart is that he chronicles not only the historical details of the campaign, but provides us with an emotional description of the bitter campaign being waged by both sides and his disappointment in both the civilian and military leadership. His passionate criticism of the immoral conduct of his fellow officers and the ambitious plots of the government officials are revealed in detail. At times, grief overcomes him as he expresses sorrow for the loss of his friends including his close childhood friend, Jos Mart .
Ferm n Vald s felt the pain of the people who struggled to gain their ultimate goal, the independence of Cuba, a Cuba Libre where both blacks and whites had the same opportunities to work and provide for their families.
Автор: Valdes, G. Название: Lake garda ISBN: 1861187602 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781861187604 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22170.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The Lake of Garda has absolute supremacy amongst the tourist attractions of the sub-alpine regions. Travel the region and enjoy: Salo with its magnificent Cathedral, Gardoni Riviera, Desenzano Sulgarda, with its antiquarium, Sirmione with its fortress, splendid churches and the Grottos of Catullo.
Автор: Javier Mariategui Valdes Название: Gardens for the Senses: The Spanish Gardens of Javier Mariategui ISBN: 3936681988 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783936681987 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 61350.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: It was not by chance nor by a trick of fate that Javier Mariategui dedicated himself to gardening. He grew up among gardens. Both his grandmothers were gardening enthusiasts, one of them, the Marchioness of Casa Valdes, wrote the book Spanish Gardens, which describes the history of Spanish gardening from Roman times to the present day. This book continues to be a reference for all lovers of this particular field of history and art. This enthusiasm was passed on to him by his parents. From his earliest years he was making his own gardens, by reusing those plants discarded by his father. Mariategui studied landscape gardening and design at the Escuela de Paisajismo y Jardineria Castillo de Batres in Madrid. Subsequently he worked in England as a gardener. Back in Spain, he established the Jardines de Espana nursery, which looks after and employs handicapped children, with whom he first started making gardens. For the past thirty years, he has created numerous gardens across Spain and in several other European countries. He has also published many articles on landscape-gardening topics in specialized magazines and a book on one of his gardens: El Jardin de los Tapices / The Tapestry Garden. Among the present garden architects of Spain Mariategui plays an outstanding role. Even the Spanish TV has dedicated a monographic program to him and his gardens. It would be difficult to summarize in a few words the essence of Mariateguis gardens, given the wide variety of styles, their versatility and numerous differences that perhaps becomes his "signature". His style is not dogmatic, he loves order and disorder, straight lines and curved, the wild chaos of nature as well as strict geometrical patterns, varied and single species of plants, colour and absence of colour. Moreover he enjoys bringing elements that clash together until they harmonize. Perhaps as a result of an intimate knowledge of the magic of water in Andalusian Moorish gardens, Mariategui uses water as an essential element in many of his gardens. He makes it work in all its forms; in pumps,in cascades, in constant gentle movement, or rocking in waves, in disperse drops or in silence like a mirror that adds the magic of its reflection.
