In this comprehensive survey of Estonian history, Toivo Raun places recent events into historical perspective with up-to-date information on the era of... glasnost and perestroika (1985-1991), analyzing the striking process of rebirth, renewal, and de-Sovietization. He stresses the role of Estonia's strategic geopolitical location and the small number of ethnic Estonians as crucial factors that have shaped the history of the area and its inhabitants. Since prehistoric times Estonia has been a crossroads of northeastern Europe where the major powers of the region have struggled for influence. Estonia and the Estonians offers a balanced topical survey covering political history, the economy, social and demographic developments, and cultural life. Attention is also paid to historiography and to differing interpretations of major issues; throughout the book the history of Estonia is viewed in the larger context of northern and eastern Europe.

Es la calle el centro del mundo un sabadito en la noche. Una linea recta de cantinas, farmacias, hoteles, congales y restaurantes. Allí, un hombre sin... nombre, abolido y estoico, que ha perdido todo y ya solo se dedica a reparar carrocerias, esta en una de las esquinas de la Sexta "nomas mirando pasar a las beibis", siempre ávidas de huir de esa ciudad. Ya cansado entra al bar mientras piensa en Laurita la delgadita y en como conquistarla al fin. Son las calles nocturnas de Tijuana en las Ken y sus amigos rubios quieren celebrar un trepidante cumpleaños entre las bailarinas de un burlesque, ya que no hay otro lugar a donde ir. Son las calles del Barrio, donde el Saico fue leyenda por su aplomo y hombría. No se sabe si mato al Johnny, hijo de un político influyente, por violar a la Criestina, pero ya nada es igual desde su ausencia, capturado por la policía que no supo distinguir a culpables de inocentes. Ya solo queda la calle, esta visión de los vencidos en la intensidad de un presente en movimiento. --- from book's back cover

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El delirante y perturbador misterio de un impostor El narrador vio por primera vez a aquel hombre en 1971 o 1972, cuando Allende era aún Presidente de... Chile. Escribía poemas distantes y cautelosos, seducía a las mujeres y despertaba en los hombres una indefinible desconfianza. Volvió a verlo después del golpe, pero en ese momento ignoraba que aquel aviador, que escribía versículos de la Biblia con el humo de un avión de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el poeta, eran uno, y el mismo. Y así nos es contada la historia de un impostor, de un hombre de muchos nombres, sin otra moral que la estética, dandy del horror, asesino y fotógrafo del miedo, artista bárbaro que llevaba sus creaciones hasta sus últimas y letales consecuencias. Novela clave en la obra de Roberto Bolaño, Estrella Distante es, además de un apasionante thriller intelectual, una escalofriante investigación sobre la mentalidad fascista y sus efectos en la sensibilidad literaria.

For as long as Estrella Alvarez can remember, her mother has been planning to throw her an elaborate quinceañera for her fifteenth birthday --... complete with a mariachi band, cheesy decorations, and a hideous dress. Just thinking about her quince makes Estrella cringe. But her mother insists that it's tradition. Estrella has other things on her mind, anyway -- like dating Speedy. Does it matter that her new friends -- and her parents -- would never approve of a guy from el barrio? Estrella's almost fifteen and wants to start making her own decisions. But is she ready to find out who she is -- and who she really wants to be?

Immerse yourself more deeply in the Spanish learning experience with this superb collection of cortometrajes (short films). ESTRENOS DE CINE is composed... of eight short films and a booklet of activities to structure your experience with each film.

Estructura de los sonidos del español provides Spanish learners with the explanations, materials, and exercises they need to develop a native-like... pronunciation, and guides them through the discovery of the principles that underlie the Spanish sound system. Following a bottom-up approach, Estructuras builds progressively from simple to more intricate sound structures while emphasizing the connections that exist among different sound levels. Clear explanations and effective exercises are the hallmark features of all chapters.    Estructura is most appropriate for Intro to Spanish Phonology courses.   Additionally, it can be used in Spanish pronunciation for 3rd-year college students and for the Spanish phonology section of Intro to Spanish Linguistics courses. 

Estuaries are the point of convergence for an array of coastal and ocean environmental issues. Management of these rapidly changing environments... requires a whole-system perspective that includes integration of all available knowledge of the ecology, chemistry and physics of estuaries. This work synthesizes the research and writing on marine and coastal environments. Each of the book's five sections introduces a major area of estuarine synthesis; highlights key problems; reports case histories; and recommends types of data to collect, processes to study and models to build for a predictive understanding.

The U.S. death penalty is a peculiar institution, and a uniquely American one. Despite its comprehensive abolition elsewhere in the Western world,... capital punishment continues in dozens of American states– a fact that is frequently discussed but rarely understood. The same puzzlement surrounds the peculiar form that American capital punishment now takes, with its uneven application, its seemingly endless delays, and the uncertainty of its ever being carried out in individual cases, none of which seem conducive to effective crime control or criminal justice. In a brilliantly provocative study, David Garland explains this tenacity and shows how death penalty practice has come to bear the distinctive hallmarks of America’s political institutions and cultural conflicts. America’s radical federalism and local democracy, as well as its legacy of violence and racism, account for our divergence from the rest of the West. Whereas the elites of other nations were able to impose nationwide abolition from above despite public objections, American elites are unable– and unwilling– to end a punishment that has the support of local majorities and a storied place in popular culture. In the course of hundreds of decisions, federal courts sought to rationalize and civilize an institution that too often resembled a lynching, producing layers of legal process but also delays and reversals. Yet the Supreme Court insists that the issue is to be decided by local political actors and public opinion. So the death penalty continues to respond to popular will, enhancing the power of criminal justice professionals, providing drama for the media, and bringing pleasure to a public audience who consumes its chilling tales. Garland brings a new clarity to our understanding of this peculiar institution– and a new challenge to supporters and opponents alike. (20101223)

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