Santo Domingo: Colección del Banco Central de la República Dominicana, (Vol. 234), Serie Arte y Literatura, No. 82, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. iii, 152p., bibl., wrps. In many of the fiction-essays there is evidence of a desire to seek the authenticity of the human being and the purity of ones'..... More about ACANTILADOS DISTANTES
Toluca, México: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, 2014. First Edition. Paperback. 586p., photos, illus., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. Aporta contribuciones para caracterizar algunas enfermedades inducidas por el calentamiento global, los impactos ambientales, la deforestación, la ingeniería genética, y los mutantes de agentes infecciosos, que repercuten en la producción agrícola..... More about ZOONOSIS, CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO Y SOCIEDAD
Monterrey: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 258p., photos, bibl., wrps. Essays on photojournalism by Mexican journalist Pedro Valtierra, focusing on his works between 1977 and 1986. More about LA MIRADA CRÍTICA DEL FOTOPERIODISMO PEDRO VALTIERRA
Nuevo Leon: Ediciones Atrasalante, 19, 2019. 1st Edition. Hardcover. v, 58p., wrps. Julio Mejía III, coordinates the literary workshop and the editorial collection "Palabras que cuentan" of the Department of Cultural Diffusion of the University of Monterrey. He compiled with Míkel Deltoya, "La antología Espasmo, Muestra de poetas de Monterrey..... More about Balón de oro
México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. vi, 375p., maps, photos, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. More about LA METRÓPOLI VICIOSA. ALCOHOL, CRIMEN Y BAJOS FONDOS
México, D.F: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2018. 1st Edition. Paperback. iii, 83p., bibl., wrps. This complete anatomy of "La feria" dissects and displays in an orderly and "visually" attractive way the numerous parts that make up the Arreola novel. It reincorporates important tissues and organs by studying how they..... More about Anatomía de la feria
México, D.F: Ediciones Era, 2019. 1st Edition. Paperback. vi, 134p., wrps. Considers the valiance of a few inhabitants of the north of the country who, despite the adversities, have known how to maintain their dignity. Osornos' chronicles have clearly shown the realities hidden behind the "official truth," after the silence..... More about El valiente ve la muerte sólo una vez
México, D.F. Oceano, 2019. First edition. Paperback. 212p., illus., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. This work investigates Mexican national policies as well as international policies related tot he consumption and trafficking of cannabis, proposing decriminalization policies which can improve the various issues associated with the controversial drug. More about Derecho al cannabis : la marihuana en debate en México
San José: EUNED, 2019. First edition. Paperback. 72p., photos, illus., bibl., wrps. Compendium of amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica's Santa Rosa and Palo Verde national parks. Includes venomous species. More about Guía de campo de los reptiles y anfibios de los parques nacionales Santa Rosa y Palo Verde,...
México, D.F: Ediciones Cal y Arena, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 173p., wrps. A collection of chronicles which address pop-culture and counter-culture music such as The Ramones, Iggy Pop, and The Foo Fighters. Authored by Mexican writer Carlos Velázquez, who has previously published titles such as "La biblia Vaquera" (2008) and..... More about APRENDE AMAR EL PLÁSTICO
México, D.F: Penguin Random House, 2019. 1st Edition. Paperback. v, 209p., wrps. In fourteen chronicles, which are also essays about literature and art from or about Mexico, Ojos herejes examines the intellectual processes of creation and questions the momentary faith that art demands of us. Contents include: "Las oquedades del..... More about Ojos Herejes Crónicas sobre la belleza para lectores rebeldes
Puebla: Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, 2019. 1st Edition. Paperback. iv, 201p., bibl., wrps. Divided into four sections, this work present criticisms of modernity, the role of intellectuals, the review of official stories and their relationship with identity, and, finally, words as transformers of the world. Contents include: "Decir, diferir, contradecir. Metamorfosis..... More about Poder y resistencia en la literatura latinoamericana
México, D.F: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez, Colegio de San Luis, 2019. 1st Edition. Paperback. iii, 269p., bibl., wrps. Exhibits chicano narratives from within México, as well as transnational narratives from within the United States. Issues of cultural, economic, political and historical aspects that comprise the border are addressed in..... More about Cruxi-Ficciones: Siete escrituras transfronterizas (Méndez, Villaseñor, Galarza, Chavez,...
Leiden: Almenara, 2018. 1st Edition. Paperback. iii, 328p., bibl., wrps. Surveys the notion of corporality as intimately linked to the notion of space that connects, intersects and merges an inside and an outside, ultimately redefining political territories. Explores the body as a limit, driven to its limit, and its limitations..... More about Cuerpos ilegales: sujeto, poder y escritura en América Latina
Leiden: Almenara, 2019. 1st Edition. Paperback. iv, 215p., bibl., wrps. Examines the works of Julán del Casal and explores the sexual undertones of his writing. The erotic element in Casal's work is veiled, disguised, erased rhetorically and yet is violently insistent in his prose. Includes chapters: "La crítica como amistad..... More about Erotismo y representación en Julián del Casal
Leiden: Almenara, 2017. 1st Edition. Paperback. iv, 333p., bibl., wrps. Examines the dichtomy on the understanding of intellectual legitimacy; privileging the intellectual's critical commitment, and the other, aesthetic autonomy. This work deals with the friction between these models. Includes chapters: "Las revistas y sus instituciones", "La polémica Casa/Mundo Nuevo", "El..... More about Política y polémica en América Latina: Las revistas Casa de las América y mundo nuevo
Leiden: Almenara, 2018. 1st Edition. Paperback. ii, 193p., bibl., wrps. Explores the tensions of intellectual fields experienced in Latin American nations between cosmopolitan and nationalist currents; the translation of ideas in creating imaginary networks of a public sphere. Includes essays: "La Avellaneda y el republicanismo", "José Martí y el liberalismo..... More about Viajes del saber: ensayos sobre lectura y traducción en Cuba
Santo Domingo: Academia Dominicanade la Lengua, 2014. Reprint. Paperback. xxviii, 744p., bibl., wrps. Words and meanings, in addition to their definition and grammatical information, offer information about their social, stylistic or connotation assessment for the speaker. Its pages describe more than 11,000 words, with more than 14,000 meanings, 4,250 phrases..... More about DICCIONARIO DEL ESPAÑOL DOMINICANO
Spain: Circulo Rojo, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. v, 153p., wrps. This work emerged inspired by Pornotopia, as its title shows; in fact, it is a dirty mutation amd pseudo-intellectual derivative of that work. The stories materialized withinn the walls of a sauna, like a catharsis resulting from what was experienced..... More about SAUNATOPÍA
Villalba: Fundación Walter Mckjones Inc., 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 208p., maps, photos, illus., facsimiles, bibl., wrps. A biography on Puerto Rican businessman, philanthropist, mayor, and delegate of the Puerto Rican Liberal Party Walter MckJones which celebrates his historical impact. More about REDESCUBRIENDO A WALTER MCK JONES (EL JÍBARO AMERICANO
Dominican Republic: Editora Corripio, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. iv, 430p., photos, bibl., wrps. This work highlights the leading role played by ADOMA against coup plotters, after a Law Assembly elected a new directive headed by Dr. Manuel Ramón Morel Cerda, who along with numerous popular and professional organizations, put himself..... More about TESTIMONIOS DESCLASIFICADOS: RETAZOS NARRATIVOS DE HECHOS VERÍDICOS
México, D.F: CIESAS, 2019. 1st Edition. Paperback. ii, 461p., illus., graphics, tables, bibl., wrps. This book focuses its analysis on the group formed by the conquerors of Yucatán and their descendants, and the decisive role that this group played in the establishment of colonial rule, taking as its axis its..... More about Los beneméritos y la Corona: servicios y recompensasen la conformaciónde la sociedad colonial...
Santo Domingo: Indefolk, Colección Dagoberto Tijeda, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. iii, 386p., illus., bibl., wrps. The Dominican sociologist Dagoberto Tejeda Ortíz, makes a historical compilation of the development of the contest song, the protest song, the new song in its various musical genres in the Dominican Republic, highlighting singers, authors..... More about MúSICA POPULAR E IDENTIDAD NACIONAL EN DOMINICANA
México: Penguin Random House, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. v, 223p., photos, bibl., wrps. The president of Guatemala Carlos Castillo Armas was assassinated on July 26, 1957, by a conspiracy directed by the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo Molina, the Generalissimo. Written at distressing intervals, replacing the sound space of the characters..... More about LA RAPSODIA DEL CRIMEN: TRUJILLO VS. CASTILLO ARMAS
Santo Domingo: Academia Dominicana de la Lengua, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. xiv, 533p., bibl., wrps. Among the dozens of words that this dictionary addresses are the terms alluding to the mystical inclination of spiritual consciousness whose meanings are related lexicologically and semantically with the primordial concept of the sacred phenomenon..... More about DICCIONARIO DE MíSTICA