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Este libro cuenta con magnificas ilustraciones de las pinturas. La información sobre el artista es muy detallada y el libro es de buena calidad en cuanto a material y estructura.

WOW! What a collection in this book!

For any Renoir lover, student, artist, teacher or simply someone who wants to see a fantastic collection by one artist in one book.

Unsurpassed as a coffee-table conversation piece.

"A Dream of Harmony"!

I'm in love with The Impressionists in general and with Auguste Renoir in particular.
His palette is full of light; soft pink, greens and blues are a joy to watch time and again. As most Impressionists Renoir paint wonderful every day scenes, mainly outside as his magnificent: "The Luncheon of the Boating Party" (1881), "The Swing" (1876) and "Le Moulin de la Galette" (1876), whose careful reproductions are shown here.
He was an artist that loved life and wanted to reflect it as he perceived: full of little moments of simple joy and relax.
He was also a masterful portrayer as you may see from his "On the Terrace" (1881) in the cover of this book or "Two Girls in Black" (1881).
Another subject that attracted his fancy was the dancing couple, which he depicts with tenderness and accuracy. It doesn't matter if the dancers are from the high class as in "City Dance" or commoners as in "Dance at Bougival" both from 1883.
At the end of his life his paintings evolve and produce for our delight: "Seated Bather" (1914) and "The Nymphs" (1918).
His life and works are described and commented by the author with keen penetration and endearment.
Reproductions are awesome and do justice to the Artist.
Do not miss this book!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.

Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) represented by far, one the lofty painters of the second half of the XIX Century. His enslaving talent allowed to make a true sweep through the most diverse tendencies. His visible influences received from Courbet, Van Gogh and Delacroix, did not leave on him, a perennial trace. The presence of Cézanne and Monet irrupted strongly in the necessity of rejecting the conservative patterns and raid in new stylistic proposals. He was not only a notable Realist artist but also crossed the Impressionist threshold, in an untiring process of self renovation and fervent conveyance.

"Nowadays there is a tendency to explain everything. But if I could explain painting, it would not an artwork. Must I tell you what qualities constitute to my judge, the true art? It must be indescribable and inimitable...The artwork must captive the watcher, bundle him, drag him. Through it, the artist communicates his passion; it is the current that emits and through includes the watcher in itself:" Renoir.

Admirable and compelling biography that it will catch you from the first page.

he book wasn't quite what I was looking for, but the idea behind the game it talks about is pretty good.

Powered by the Savage Worlds RPG system, Pirates of the Spanish Main is a stand-alone book and is all you need to kick off your very own high-seas swashbuckling adventure! All the Savage Worlds rules are in here, tailored to the Pirates genre, so there is no need for a separate rulebook. This game takes place in the pseudo-historical world represented in WizKid's Pirates of the Spanish Main collectible ship combat game, and many of the characters and ships in that game are present as NPC's in the RPG. That game, in turn, was spawned from various pirate stories and movies such as Treasure Island and Pirates of the Caribbean, and the fantastic atmosphere from those sources carries over into the RPG. If you've ever wished to strap a rapier around your waist, board your ship, and set sail for adventure, this is the game for you.

I have been running rpg campaigns for years. Everything from rifts to cyberpunk. D&D to AD&D. Blue Planet to Serenity. I love the gaming world and this rpg has to be one of my favorites. Its simple structure and rules make for quick and easy game play. The GM is released from the frustration of keeping track of so much stuff and is allowed to spend more time on beautiful plots and wild adventures. This is a great game for beginning gamers and experienced ones. Check it out and you will not be disappointed.

Can't say enough good stuff about this book. Visually it is fantastic! The art and layout look great. As if that weren't enough, the content is even better.

The award winning Savage Worlds RPG game system has been modified and streamlined to fit the pirate genre and it suits it perfectly. They've left the pirate appropriate rules from the core system and added some new stuff to add more life to the setting. Ship combat rules, fencing schools, and a great mission generator are included. This game should be the perfect RPG compliment to the ship collecting game that it is based on (but not needed to play).

BTW, this is a stand alone product. You do not need any other books to play... just this one. Hehe, as if you'd need any more :)

En menos de 72 horas en abril de 1961, Cuba repulsó una invasión de 1,500 mercenarios organizados por el imperio estadounidense. El pueblo cubano hicieron el ejemplo para los trabajadores, campesinos y jóvenes de todo el mundo por su consciencia política, solidaridad de clase, valor y liderazgo revolucionario en defensa de la reforma agraia y la alfabetización. Nos demostraron que sí se puede enfrentar el gigante y vencerle.

This is a timely book published just before the 40th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs. It's a great way to learn about what really
happened from the first-hand accounts of the Cuban revolutionaries who defeated the US-backed invasion. If you've never read a speech by Fidel Castro, there are a couple of very good ones in this book. You'll not only learn about what happened at the Bay of Pigs, but you'll also learn why the Cuban people smashed this invasion so swiftly and decisively. Another great part of the book is the testimony of Jose Ramon Fernandez who commanded troops in the thick of the fighting. There are maps, charts, all the details
of the battle. But it's not a dry or boring account. He tells what happened from a very human and personal point of view, revealing his own mistakes and weaknesses, and recounting some humorous episodes as well. Finally, the foreword of the book tells a fascinating story of how a group of young people at Carleton College organized support for
the Cuban revolution and against the US invasion and what they learned about politics. I think you'll be surprised as you read the
book about how relevant this forty-year-old event is today.

first read this book the first day of beach season. Instead of
spending time in the water, I just sat there and read this book until it was too dark to read. This account is an activist account ofthe fight from Cuban and US fighters who see and saw the US invasion and resistance in Cuba and the United States not as history to be deciphered but part of an ongoing struggle against imperialism, against war, and for the power of working people. I never stopped caring; I never stopped seeing what was hidden from me in 1961, I never stopped seeing lessons for the future. A good read. -

Aqui se ve la gente que hicieron la revolucio`n cubana , y defendieron y defenden hasta hoy di`a. Obreros, campesinos, vendedores de la calle, estudiantes, y trabajdores intelectuales - todos ellos combatieron y murieron en defensa de SUYA revolucio`n, nuevamente declarada socialista. Niguno otro libro publicado aqui` tiene la historia de los combatientes revolucionarios de Giro`n desde los comandantes hasta los soldaldos de infantri`a. Tambie`n se cuenta la historia de las actividades - contado de unos participantes - de unos revolucionarios jovenes EU aqui` en defensa de la revolucio`n cubano antes, durante, y despues de la batalla de Giro`n. Finalmente aqui` se puede ver el papel de la revolucio`n cubana en la politica obrera norteamericana de hoy y del futuro en el contexto del crisis actual mundial del capitalismo.Los autores y editores, Jack Brnes y Mary-Alice Waters, partcipantes mencionados, dirigentes socialistas EU, plantean que sin estudiar el ejemplo de la experiencia revolucio`naria cubana, no podimos constriur el liderazgo obrero necesitamos por las luchas de man~na y por la lucha tomar el poder aqui en el estomago de La Bestia Imperial.Incluye tambie`n discursos de Fidel Castro y Che Guevara en el tiempo de la batalla y un informe horario del comandante tactical de los tropas cubanas en Giro`n, Jose` Ramon Fernandez.

Fernando Pessoa is surely the most important 20th century Portuguese poet. The critic Harold Bloom considers Fernando Pessoa (along with Pablo Neruda) the "most representative" poet of the 20th century. This is a considerable feat if one considers other 20th century poets like: T.S. Eliot, Rilke, Valery, Yeats, Lorca etc.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez considers Neruda the "best poet of the 20th century, in any language." I highly admire Neruda, but Pessoa has done more for me, has influenced me much more than has Neruda. Pessoa's invention of several "selves" is a feat of originality without precedent.

Perhaps what most characterizes Pessoa is his strangeness. His strangeness is partly explained by his own life: Pessoa has been called "the man who never was." This is accurate: he is one of the most solitary literary geniuses of modern times. This sense of estrangement is all-pervasive in most of his poems.

The Noble Laureate Gao Xinjiang recently called Pessoa "the most profound poet of the 20th century." I concur with him. ---

Concerning this selection: I suggest the reader buy both the Zenith and Hong translations. It would be best ofcourse if one read his poetry in the original Portuguese. P.S: (Pessoa's complete poems can be found online, in both English, Spanish & Portuguese...)

Do yourselves a favour and read the unforgettable poems of the century's least acknowledged, but greatest, poet.

Accessable modern poetry; depressing, surreal, with alot of sach-religious overtones.

It's telling of the miserable state and status of the Portuguese -- "a brilliance lacking luster" -- that only an enlightened few are privileged to know (posthumously) that Pessoa ranks among the greatest writers of recent centuries. (Yes.) Become one of the privileged few to enter Pessoa's universe, and make sure it's initially through the translations of Honig and Brown.

Lorca had a pessimistic and dark impression of the New York during the Great Depression years. Lorca describes a city populated by ghosts and nightmares. This is one of the most shocking poetic works of the XX century.
I recommend the CD 'Omega'. It is an experimental 'flamenco' work by the `cantaor' Enrique Morente, based on the poems of `Poet in New York'. This music album will help you to go deeper into the book.

Federico García Lorca is among the most celebrated Spanish poets of all time. The beauty of his writing has given him a place in the gallery of the best Spanish writers. This book he wrote when he was a student at Columbia University relies on the influence he got from the surrealistic movements that were running on Europe at the time. Thus, it gets far from the poetic language used in his other books, most notably in Romancero Gitano: verses leave the regularity of the romance to explore new and rich arrangements; the metaphors grow more complex and ellaborate, making a delicious challenge to the reader; one can read a poem time and again for days and will still be unsure of its real meaning. Besides this some of the poems reach a new height on Lorca's poetry. To anybody just seeking to discover Lorca and his world, Romancero Gitano seems to be a best approach in my oppinion, but if you know it and like it, I can't help recommending Poet in New York as a new horizon to discover. If your approach to this book is open-minded, you won't be disappointed.

After reading "Poeta en Nueva York" I found out that it was really worth learning spanish. I am not exaggerating but some of Lorca's verses make me cry. They have so much emotion and fantasy in them, and they talk about experiences that take place deep inside me. The poems are surrealist but that is also what makes them amazing. The best poem is probably "Fabula y Rueda de Los Tres Amigos" where Lorca beautifully conveys his feelings towards his relationships with others and the struggle he sees within them. Strangely enough at the end of the poem he describes a lot of events concerning his death which actually coincided with his murder a few years later. Lorca's relation with the moon reflected through his simple yet overwhelming words is also charming and inspiring. I discovered through them that there was a lot more in that celestial body orbiting the earth than what I used to see before. You will feel that poetry is just flowing out of Federico. He didn't to exert a lot of effort to sound that marvellous and that right.

After reading "A Poet in New York," I can say this much:
"I don't think I am planning a trip to New York very soon." Lorca's account of the city was so visceral, raw and cruel, I could feel the hauntingly dead interactions between people, and those people's relationships to the material world around them. The accounts of violence in the streets are equally as cold and boldly unapologetic as his observations of the early morning hours when the city is first waking up.

Gabriel Garcia Lorca truly shows that when it comes to the movements as a city with ties to industry, capitalistic gain and material wealth, there is no division between the life of the human being and the life of the machine. There is almost an automated, "conveyor belt" feeling to the mechanical movement of life in the city. As soon as energy is poured into an endeavor, it is also poured out just as easily. People are as disposable as sheet metal. Their blood, their organs and their instruments of movement could be ripped away and demolished as quickly and non-emotionally as one would destroy the framework of a building and it would be of no concern to anyone else.

I believe that Lorca's observations and journal entries are a reflection of not only the mindset of one of the most well known cities in the world, applicable to the 1930s, but is also quite accurately a reflection of the state of the world today.

Dennis Rockhill, a highly regarded northeast Wisconsin Artist & Author, is amazing. His ability to tell this magical story through images alone is testimony to his artistic brilliance. The quality of his artwork is second to none.

This book will delight both children and adults. It is charming and intensely creative. A perfect gift for anyone. I have purchased 4 copies already and will buy more as Christmas presents for my godchildren.

I am eagerly awaiting Mr. Rockhills future publications.

A very unique book, "Polar Slumber" has no words in the main part of the book. Instead it tells a story simply by following the illustrations. What story does it tell? That is where it gets interesting. I had several people look at it and tell me what they thought was happening and all, young and old alike, had some very different and insightful differences. This is a book for stretching the imagination of children and adults and was a lot of fun. Beautifully illustrated, the "story" seems to draw you in. "Polar Slumber" is a highly recommended book for anyone who wants something to "read" that is sure to spark conversations, opinions, and imaginations.

With not one word, Dennis Rockhill fills your mind with awesome, gentle images of a little girl's dreams after a day building Polar Bears out of deep Winter snow in her backyard with her family.

Rebeccasreads highly recommends POLAR SLUMBERS is a gift that brings a thousands words and dreams.

Outstanding!

Dennis Rockhill's Polar Slumber/Seuno polar is virtually unique as a completely wordless picturebook that tells the wonderfully entertaining story of a sleepy little girl, a backyard snow bear, and a dreaming fantasy of a journey together through frozen landscapes and exotic creatures. All of which fade away with the coming of morning. The artwork is of museum quality and the imaginative and magical story is utterly charming. Polar Slumber/Seuno polar is very highly recommended, especially for children preschool through first grade!

¡¡¡Es un libro muy práctico y sobre todo muy útil!!! Te ayuda a entender como dejar atrás las pesadumbres y cargas que nos quitan la felicidad y que finalmente somos nosotros mismos que nos las cargamos. Es tan bueno que mientras lo leía, una de mis tías lo tomó y solo con leer las primeras páginas, terminó prendada con él. Finalmente, le regalé un ejemplar a ella para lo conservara ¡¡¡siempre!!! ¡¡¡Lo recomiendo 100%!!!!

Todos necesitamos leer este libro, unos mucho m?s que otros, a?n los que ya son felices. Yo era feliz pero conforme avanz? mi vida me fui haciendo m?s y m?s "racional" o "realista". Al hacer mis planes tomaba m?s y m?s en cuenta las posibilidades de fallar y hac?as planes alternativos. Creo que esto nos es una pr?ctica com?n entre nosotros los latinos, as? que les har? gracia saber que mis planes sal?an cada vez peor (aunque mejor no los aburro con historias largas) Muchas otras personas no son tan anal?ticas pero cometen otros errores:

-Hacer m?s caso a sus emociones (sobre todo negativas como el miedo y la ira) que a su intuici?n, ya no se diga razonar.
-temer y desconfiar todo el tiempo.
-Desconocer la responsabilidad propia con la excusa de que siempre hay otros que controlan nuestras vidas: el gobierno, nuestros jefes, la forma en fuimos criados, la econom?a, etc.

Es necesario pensar en probabilidades cuando hacemos trabajos de ciencia o ingenier?a pero cuando se trata de nuestras vidas no deber?amos hacerlo mucho, ni tampoco seguir ninguno de lops patrones listado arriba que es uno de los pilares de este libro "Por favor, sea feliz"

Algo que ser? dif?cil para muchas gentes es que este libro no sigue la l?gica o ciencia convencional. Al autor Andrew Matthews (AM) hace, entre otras, estas afirmaciones:

-Eres tratado como te tratas a ti mismo y consigues de la vida lo que realmente esperas de ella.
-Tus pensamientos se vuelven realidad y atraen personas, cosas o eventos. T? eres lo que piensas.
-Es cuando te comprometes verdaderamente cunado el universo te abre las puertas para que logres tus objetivos.

Todo lo que puedo decirles es que yo he visto en mi propia vida y la de otros evidencia de lo que dice AM. ?L hace bien en criticar las ideas populares de que ser pesimista es sin?nimo de realista o racional, est?n mal.

?Entonces que est? mal con la ciencia? AM da su propia versi?n con la que yo desacuerdo (estudi? qu?mica, B.S. y M.S.), aunque basta decir con que la ciencia todav?a est? muy limitada, todav?a no es una panacea. Lo que realmente importa es que hagamos lo que funciona como dice AM. ?l usa muchos ejemplos de nuestras actividades cotidianas que hacemos inconscientemente o sin pesar en lo absoluto. Sin embargo no necesitamos entender nada para lograr muchas actividades que damos por sentadas en nuestras vidas, como caminar.

As? que si, este libro le es ?til a casi todo mundo y hay que releerlo de vez en cuando.

Este libro a sido una inspiration para mi. Todo lo que explica el autor es muy simple de entender y facil de recordar.

Un libro especialmente importante para modificar el pensamiento, y re-programar el sub-consiente. Entender la importancia del pensamiento positivo y como influye en su felicidad o metas. Con un lenguage muy sencillo.

As an "international development studies" major, I have leared a lot about the issue at my university but have consistently felt that something was missing or maybe wrong. After field experience in rural Bolivia and increasing doubts about the development paradigm, my advisor pointed me to this book (along with Wolfgang Sachs's "Development Dictionary"). At that moment reading these two books, which share much in common, felt like an intellectual revelation. The insights of great authors such as Escobar, Rahnema, Illich, and Shiva felt like a fresh breeze compared to my past studies. The deep insights of the writers have spurred only more questions which have occupied my time and imagination since. Given the stale manner in which development is taught and discussed in the academia and the media, I feel that this book is mandatory for any development student or practitioner regarless of experience or age. It is bound to make you think.

Like its subject, this book is incredibly diverse and many-sided. With so many illustrious contributors, it's hard not to be enlightened.

This is an excellent collection of papers by the best known scholars in the tradition of Post-development perspective. It examines critically most of the key conceptual categories of mainstream developmentalism. Various papers also demonstrate how the radical elements of 'alternative development' are coopted by mainstream developmentalism and therefore end up rejecting altogether the idea of development. A clear statement of the perspective of Post-development also helps its critics who, while critical of many aspects of mainstream developmentalism, refuse to 'throw the baby out with the bathwater'. Thus The Post-Development Reader is an extremely useful contribution to the literature on development at a time when there is tremendous confusion in development discourses which use the same terms to state very different ideas.

This book is a must have for anyone critical of the development discourse. Heavy texts from around forty different progressive scholars are accompanied by boxes with excerpts from even more, such radical thinkers and activists. Refreshing and almost invaluable!

This topical Bible reference book(in English)has been invaluable to me for many years since I have been in the ministry. My wife teaches a Spanish Sunday School class and asked me if it were also available in Spanish. I was very pleased to discover that it was. In addition to being a great source of comfort, I have also found it to be a great tool for counseling. Rather than relying on much of the politically correct PSYCHO-
BABBLE generally accepted, I consider it much better to see what God has to say!!!

El libro está dividido por los temas que todos los cristianos oramos diariamente. Es un libro muy ''util para utilizarlo como parte de los materiales de oración y es muy práctico por su tamaño y contenido.

This small book is helpful on a personal devotional level, yet, also useful for finding topical scripture as a jumping off point in sermon prep. I would prefer it in something other than RVR, but, understand the publishing world is hesitant to go to a newer translation. Prefiero la NVI pero no podemos tenerlo todo.

Este libro expresa muchas de las promesas que DIOS tiene para nosotros en las diferentes circunstancias de la vida: en la vida diaria, en la enfermedad, en las finanzas, en el dolor, etc. La Biblia es el mejor manual de referencia y este libro ha reunido los versículos bíblicos que responden a nuestras necesidades de paz, consuelo y esperanza de una manera práctica y concisa.

El libro nos muestra UNA VALIENTE SITUACION, así como la dureza con que sufren las personas del campo¡ Tal como es!

QUE LLORAS DE TRISTEZA, TE RIES, TE INDIGNAS...LO QUE SEA MENOS DEJAR DE LEERLA !

NO te la pierdas... esta fuera de serie !
AQUI SE HAN VENDIDO 25,000 EJEMPLARES EN DOS MESES !

REVELADOR DE LA TRAGEDIA DE FONDO...
ES NOVELA, CRONICA, CUENTO DE HORROR, COSQUILLEO Y LAGRIMAS...
UN LIBRO fuera de serie !

de carcajadas abiertas y una SÀTIRA AGUDA DEL SISTEMA POLITICO EN UN PAIS TERCERMUNDISTA...

Los personajes parecen caminar, reir y correr entre las pàginas y no puede uno menos que pensar que, MIENTRAS LOS PAÌSES DESARROLLADOS BUSCAN SU QUESO...NOSOTROS NO ENCONTRAMOS NI LOS FRIJOLES !

Esta bellamente escrita, con diàlogos vivos y personajes MUY FUERTES !