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This book is a collection of most of my songs, recast as poems. They were written over a fifty-year period, and, over that time, my experiences have grown and my sensibilities have shifted in various ways. But it seems to me that we are all on a very similar journey. And my hope is that there is something in here for you—that the songs on the wind that have come to me, moved me, carried me, will help sing you homeward as well.

Introduces new approaches, theoretical trends, and understudied topics in Latinx Studies This groundbreaking work offers a multidisciplinary, social-science oriented perspective on Latinx studies, including the social histories and contemporary lives of a diverse range of Latina and Latino populations. Editors Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas and Mérida M. Rúa have crafted an anthology that is unique in both form and content. The book combines previously published canonical pieces with original, cutting-edge works created for this volume. The sections of the text are arranged thematically as critical dialogues, each with a brief preface that provides context and a conceptual direction for the scholarly conversation that ensues. The editors frame the volume around the “humanistic social sciences,” using the term to highlight the historical and social contexts under which expressive cultural forms and archival records are created. Critical Dialogues in Latinx Studies masterfully sheds light on the diversity and complexity of the everyday lives of Latinx populations, the political economic structures that shape enduring racialization and cultural stereotyping, and the continuing efforts to carve out new lives as diasporic, transnational, global, and colonial subjects.

Daniel Ramirez's history of twentieth-century Pentecostalism in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands begins in Los Angeles in 1906 with the eruption of the Azusa Street Revival. The Pentecostal phenomenon--characterized by ecstatic spiritual practices that included speaking in tongues, perceptions of miracles, interracial mingling, and new popular musical worship traditions from both sides of the border--was criticized by Christian theologians, secular media, and even governmental authorities for behaviors considered to be unorthodox and outrageous. Today, many scholars view the revival as having catalyzed the spread of Pentecostalism and consider the U.S.-Mexico borderlands as one of the most important fountainheads of a religious movement that has thrived not only in North America but worldwide. Ramirez argues that, because of the distance separating the transnational migratory circuits from domineering arbiters of religious and aesthetic orthodoxy in both the United States and Mexico, the region was fertile ground for the religious innovation by which working-class Pentecostals expanded and changed traditional options for practicing the faith. Giving special attention to individuals' and families' firsthand accounts and tracing how a vibrant religious music culture tied transnational communities together, Ramirez illuminates the interplay of migration, mobility, and musicality in Pentecostalism's global boom.

Natividad has a problem. Her house is empty, the kids have flown the coop and she is feeling down. To cheer her up, her husband indulges her on a ‘trip of a lifetime’. Join her as she travels on a ‘Railway To Heaven’, in the comfort and luxury of the El Transcantábrico Gran Lujo. Come aboard and partake in her adventure filled with the romance and opulence comparable to the ‘golden age of rail’. Experience the Spanish culture as she journeys across Northern Spain, from Santiago de Compostela to San Sebastian. Come get your ticket for the Railway To Heaven! All aboard!

Die Toilette ist die Visitenkarte eines jeden Hauses. Wussten Sie, dass der Mensch im Laufe seines Lebens im Durchschnitt drei Jahre auf dem "stillen Örtchen" verbringt? Pro Tag sind dies mehr als 20 Minuten. Zu viel kostbare Zeit, um diese an schlechte Toiletten zu verschwenden. Noch dazu im Urlaub auf Mallorca. Doch keine Sorge. In diesem Buch lernen Sie die besten Örtlichkeiten der Insel kennen, an denen sich das Unvermeidliche perfekt mit dem Schönen verbinden lässt. Versprochen. In diesem Sinne: Kommen Sie mit auf Entdeckungsreise! Noch mehr Mallorca-Insidertipps unter www.vivamallorca-blog.de The toilet is the calling card for any establishment. Did you know that the average person spends three years of their life on the toilet? That's more than 20 minutes per day. Entirely too much precious time to be wasting it on terrible toilets. Even more so when on holiday in Mallorca. But never fear. For in this book, you will learn about the best lavatories the island has to offer, where the inevitable and the beautiful go hand in hand. Cross my heart. Come on, join me for a voyage of discovery! Visit www.vivamallorca-blog.de for more insider tips on travelling in Mallorca

Theatre of the Borderlands: Conflict, Violence, and Healing is an enlightening and encompassing study that focuses on how dramatists from the Northern Mexico border territories write about theater. The plays analyzed in this study are representative of the most important Northern Border playwrights whose plays’ themes present the US-Mexico Borderlands in a socio-historical and political context. The most important themes observed include topics that engage in discussions of: the indigenous, Border crossings, heroes and folk saints, the city of Tijuana, and violence in the Borderlands, to name a few. These themes have led to the birth of the Teatro del Norte movement, a group of determined playwrights insistent on presenting dramaturgical themes that show the bond between their particular geographies, histories, socio-political and economic situations, thereby giving birth to an original voice and new aesthetic of representation. Dealing with the topics already mentioned, and pairing them with more timely ones like immigration reform, namely, this study can serve as an invaluable resource to many interdisciplinary academic settings, and can grant an eye-opening insight to Border relations through several critical readings.

First published in 1999 in this study the author uses the annual Latino Festival as a framework for focusing the action and integrating many important informal and formal aspects of the Washington D.C. Latino Community. She demonstrates how the festival became a stage where relationships were defined, networks established, and identity enacted, and provided my window into the history and development of the community. For this study, she was interested in an interpretative framework appropriate to festival which would reflect the multiple voices and points of view found within the community. Seeking the voices of leaders and community members in interviews and in Spanish- and English-language newspapers.

This dictionary contains around 60,000 Spanish terms with their English translations, making it one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. It offers a wide vocabulary from all areas as well as numerous idioms. The terms are translated from Spanish to English. If you need translations from English to Spanish, then the companion volume The Great Dictionary English - Spanish is recommended.