Travesía Panameña

This book is a Spanish translation of the proceedings of a conference held in 1986. Archaeologists and conservators from around the world met in Mexico City to examine the unique problems associated with in situ archaeological conservation. The papers presented focus on a wide variety of materials (including adobe, wood, ceramics, textiles, painting, skin, and bone) and sites as diverse as Algeria and the Arctic. Of special note are case studies of three spectacular sites in Mexico: Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan, and Cacaxtla.

Who has not heard of Cuba? Its beaches, music, food, the beautiful women... and even Fidel Castro? But how many of you know about the misery and repression in which the people of Cuba live? How far does the violation of the civil rights of the people of Cuba go? It's hard to put so many bad things together in a small book. I'll show you some of the most relevant and the simplest things you never think about because you always had it when you need it and when you want it.

Tribe by Sebastian Junger | Summary & Analysis Preview: Tribe by Sebastian Junger is a scientific and journalistic consideration of the correlation between societies with egalitarian tribal structures and low rates of mental illness, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers returning home. The sense of tribal belonging was documented in the eighteenth century among settlers in North America, who often joined Native American tribes even after those tribes held them as prisoners or waged war against the settlers. Those tribes were particularly egalitarian in nature, and...

Este volumen reúne por primera vez los seis relatos escritos hasta la fecha por Donato Ndongo, figura mayor de las letras guineoecuatorianas. “Como el conjunto de la obra de este autor, sus textos no buscan solo la distracción, el solaz […] Su principal propósito no puede ser otro que facilitar una vía, la literatura, a través de la cual hacer que el lector se impregne de los males que han acompañado y acompañan a los africanos, con la intención no de provocar el llanto estéril, sino la acción”. Inmaculada Díaz Narbona (de la Presentación) “Los cuentos de Ndongo ponen de...