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The aim of this anthology is to present a selection of plays that are representative of a fresh spirit and of societal pressures and changes in Spanish American culture. The plays shun the earlier realistic, sentimental, and melodramatic conventions of Spanish American theater. Instead, they reflect the tenor of the dramatic imagination of the mid-to-late twentieth century—an imagination that sought new forms and ways of expressing a new awareness of the Spanish American dilemma. In selecting these plays, William I. Oliver looked for more than mere illustrations of these changes. As a practicing director and playwright, he sought works that are effective on the stage as well as on the page. As an editor and translator, he sought works “that could be translated culturally as well as linguistically.” The six plays in this varied and vigorous anthology are the measure of his success. The plays included are The Day They Let the Lions Loose, by Emilio Carballido (Mexico); The Camp, by Griselda Gambaro (Argentina); The Library, by Carlos Maggi (Uruguay); In the Right Hand of God the Father, by Enrique Buenaventura (Colombia); The Mulatto’s Orgy, by Luisa Josefina Hernández...

Este libro relata historias verdaderas de jóvenes que habían tratado de escapar del dolor solo para quedar atrapados en celdas obscuras e indiferentes a sus tragedias. Jóvenes cuyas alas rotas antes de empezar el vuelo terminaron por destruirlos. Se exponen momentos cruciales en la vida de estos jóvenes y se ahonda en el proceso psicológico por el que pasan y la dinámica interna que los encarcela. Se narran circunstancias en las que la estabilidad emocional se vuelve vulnerable y se entablan las luchas internas por mantener el equilibrio. La angustia de estos jóvenes se plasma en los diálogos que desgarran la realidad dolorosa de jóvenes que no pudieron escapar de las heridas lacerantes del pasado. This book is the product of over 5 years of experience working with juvenile delinquents. It is about real life stories of children and adolescents whose broken wings landed them in institutions indifferent to their tragedy which ended up destroying them. For many of them their wings will never again undertake the flight. They had tried to escape the pain only to end up trapped in dark cells with people unresponsive to their feelings and needs. Crucial moments in the lives of...

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Vera se queda a vivir con su padre tras el divorcio de la pareja. La vida transcurre con relativa tranquilidad para ambos, hasta que aparece Larissa Laruss, una extraña mujer cuya conducta y aspecto despiertan sospechas aterradoras en Vera. Con la ayuda de su amigo Fredy, la chica trama un plan que resulta muy peligroso, pero solo así podrá hacer frente a Larissa...

La Edad de Oro de la ilustración de las aves * Las aves llevan siglos despertándonos la creatividad, la curiosidad y la imaginación. Esta fascinación ha dejado huella en las obras de arte más antiguas, y su presencia cultural en la vida cotidiana se sigue percibiendo incluso en la actualidad * Este libro es una exploración del fascinante mundo de la ilustración ornitológica de los siglos xviii y xix, un período de descubrimiento científico, artístico y geográfico, cuando se comenzó a apreciar plenamente la inmensa variedad de formas y colores del mundo natural. * Una celebración de la belleza de la naturaleza a través de las espléndidas ilustraciones que se produjeron en ese momento. Cada capítulo se centra en una categoría de aves, desde las marinas, pasando por las costeras y las acuáticas, hasta las rapaces. Incluye secciones destacadas sobre artistas clave como John James Audubon, Elizabeth Gould y Edward Lear, quienes demostraron cómo la tecnología, los viajes y la ambición dieron forma a estas increíbles imágenes, y cómo su trabajo transformó nuestra comprensión del maravilloso mundo de las aves.

This important work of history tells the story of the aviation pioneers who devoted their lives, and often their fortunes, to the evolution of the aeroplane as it exists today. As early as November 1809 Sir George Cayley published a masterly essay practically inventing the aeroplane. It lay forgotten for 62 years, until found by Alphonse Pénaud. In August 1871 Pénaud flew his Planophore, the first model to resemble a modern aeroplane. He had discovered the secret of inherent longitudinal stability. The first flying machine built by Clément Ader, in 1889, was the Eole. Powered by a steam engine, he claimed to have flown in it, but there were no official witnesses. The first recorded, powered and manned flight in history, by Orville Wright in the USA on 17th December 1903, was achieved with a flying machine that required masterly skills to pilot it. The Wrights believed in the technical predominance of their design and tried to turn it into a monopoly, generating much controversy. Santos Dumont achieved the first world record for speed, distance and duration, taking to the air by means of the first powered take-off in the now standard manner in France on 23rd October 1906. This...