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Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...

Con el fin de festejar el centenario de la muerte de José Martí (1853-1895) se ofrece un libro cuyo objeto es esclarecer los nexos entre las estrategias de narrar y el proyecto de representar la nación; demostrar las distintas manifestaciones de este doble proceso que ocupa un lugar central en los textos martianos, y señalar cómo la textualización de la nación y el universo subjetivo del narrador constituyen un doble y articulado mecanismo discursivo.En la obra vasta y fragmentaria de José Martí la escritura de la identidad nacional se construye con la incorporación de códigos de...

In Gronjor, a world that's half light and half shadow, a group of hunters traverse the untamed dark side. They're headed towards the labyrinth, the most savage zone on the planet, populated by wild animals that work to throw center-seekers off their path. Gronjor's delicate equilibrium depends on this cruel process of selection controlled by the sorcerer Milosh. There's little cause for hope, except for a prophecy that speaks of an imminent change...

Una fascinante novela sobre los males de la sociedad después de un evento apocalíptico. Will H. Corral, World Literature Toda