Ariel (Nuestramerica, #22) (Texas Pan American)
by Frederic Jesup Stimson and Jose Enrique Rodo
Ariel is a long essay by the Uruguayan critic Jose Enrique Rodo (1871-1917). It is an attempt to formulate a characteristic Latin American spirit; it emphasizes spiritual values as against exclusively materialist progress. When it was first published in 1900 it provoked a wide response from the youth of Latin America to whom it was addressed, and brought immediate fame to its author. It remains his best and most important work. This edition contains the Spanish text of Ariel, with a long introdu...
Medien und Islamismus. Eine Studie uber Islam-Whitewashing nach dem Charlie Hebdo Terroranschlag
by Torsten Heinrich
In The Great Reset: Joe Biden and the Rise of Twenty-First-Century Fascism, New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio host Glenn Beck argues that the American way of life will not survive the Great Reset and warns us to stop it before it's too late to reverse course. An international conspiracy between powerful bankers, business leaders, and government officials; closed-door meetings in the Swiss Alps; and calls for a radical transformation of every society on earth-th...
An essential collection of essays from an eminent critic. Simon Leys' cultural and political commentary has spanned four decades, with no corner of the arts escaping his sharp eye and acerbic wit. The Hall of Uselessness forms the most complete collection yet of Leys' fascinating essays, from Quixotism to China, from the sea to literature. Leys feuds with Christopher Hitchens, ponders the popularity of Victor Hugo and analyses the posthumous publication of Nabokov's unfinished novel. He offers v...
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER'An absolute blockbuster of clear thinking and new angles...the most clear, alliance building, shame removing look at race. Emma is once-in-a generation clever' Caitlin MoranWe need to talk about racial injustice in a different way: one that builds on the revolutionary ideas of the past and forges new connections. In this incisive, radical and practical essay, Emma Dabiri - acclaimed author of Don't Touch My Hair - draws on years of research and persona...
"...boldness of enterprise is the foremost cause of (America's) progress, its strength, and its greatness." With that succinct statement a young French aristocrat, Alexis de Tocqueville, expressed his perceptive analysis of the United States, following a nine-month tour of the young republic beginning in May of 1831. His remarkable two-volume study, Democracy in America, presented an insight that has withstood the test of time to the extent of being described by many scholars as the finest treat...
The Best Australian Political Writing 2009 brings together the most incisive and entertaining analysis of the past year in politics. Edited by Crikey Publisher Eric Beecher, this collection includes razor-sharp commentary on Labor's first year in power, the rise and rise of Malcolm Turnbull, the ""Apology"", the controversy over the Henson case, climate change and the economic crisis, among others. Here, some of our leading commentators dissect the names, the events and the ideas that shaped an...
El poder de los datos en las guerras de quinta generacion
by Juan Francisco Calvillo Taracena
Anglo-American Awareness: Arpeggios in Aesthetics, 11 (Hallenser Studien Zur Anglistik Und Amerikanistik, #11)
