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Este pequeño libro, que el doctor Arsenio Rey Tejerina, Profesor de la Universidad de Alaska Anchorage, acaba de publicar sobre la herencia cultural hispánica de nuestro estado, se lee con mucho gusto y en poco tiempo. El libro recuenta cómo llegaron a estas latitudes los primeros hispanos procedentes de México. Hace poco más de doscientos años un puñado de valerosos y esforzados navegantes al mando del capitán Juan Pérez, amigo y paisano del célebre Fray Junípero Serra, el gran apóstol de California, arribó a las costas sureñas de nuestro estado. Los hombres que le acompañaban provenían en su mayoría de los ranchos de Jalisco alrededor de Guadalajara. Eran hombres de tierra caliente, como los llamó Michael Thurman, un historiador norteamericano, que trató de este viaje hace ya 30 años. Después de varias frustrantes exploraciones que les llevaron hasta la actual Bahía de Bristol, el reino del salmón más codiciado del globo, en busca de posibles establecimientos rusos, el explorador José Martínez Sierra convenció a las autoridades virreinales sobre la construcción de una fortaleza en la isla de Nutka (Nootka), sita en la costa norte-occidental de la Isla de Vancouver sobre el paralelo 45. La fortaleza de San Miguel, erizada de potentes cañones, defendió por varios años desde 1789 los derechos hispánicos en el Noroeste del Pacífico.
Dentro de Alaska la actual Forrester Island fue nombrada Isla de Santa Cristina, mi santa patrona, y el cabo marítimo, que hoy día lleva el nombre de Muzón trastocado de Muñoz por el navegante inglés George Vancouver años después, fue llamado Punta de Santa Margarita.
Los indígenas se acercaron temerosos a la costa para observar la pequeña nave que a ellos les pareció un ave gigantesca que se venía sobre el litoral. Al principio estaban asustados pues creían que las personas que vieron dentro eran las almas de sus muertos que venían a reconvenirles por haberse olvidado de ellos, pero luego al acercarse más y más vieron que eran unos hombres desconocidos y hablando una lengua extraña. Esa lengua extraña es la que ahorita estamos escuchando por estas ondas. Así que el español es la primera lengua que se escuchó aquí en Alaska después de la de los indígenas. Antes que la de los rusos, a quienes, aunque habían llegado 33 años antes a la isla Kayak, nadie pudo escuchar pues no había ninguna gente en aquel inhóspito lugar.
Los hispanos se hicieron muy pronto amigos de los nativos pues les dejaron subir a su barco y les hicieron regalos de lo que traían, dándoles pan que por cierto no les gustó nada. Los indios les regalaron pescado fresco y salmón curado que gustó mucho a los hombres de México. Tan amigos se hicieron unos de otros que algunos jóvenes indígenas se fueron con los exploradores a Jalisco. Iban con la idea de aprender español para, al volver, servir de intérpretes. La historia no cuenta qué pasó con estos jovencitos, tal vez se quedaron en Jalisco por haberles gustado el ambiente y el clima, mucho más cálido y menos lluvioso que el de sus costas de Ketchican. El libro puede obtenerse por un precio módico llamando a la oficina de Lenguas en la Universidad de Alaska y si alguno está interesado en hojearlo simplemente puede verlo en la biblioteca pública de Loussac que lo ha recibido como regalo. Alaska-Nutka: Colofón del imperio español, que es el título del libro, relata brevemente la historia del primer viaje y se extiende en presentar con detalle la controversia de Nutka iniciada por los ingleses. Esta desgraciada controversia tuvo por conclusión detener el avance de los hispanos en el Noroeste Pacífico. San Lorenzo de Nutka, situado en la costa occidental de la isla de Vancouver, era el bastión de avanzadilla elevado por el virrey Conde de Revillagigedo para controlar y vigilar estos inmensos territorios hispánicos al norte de las Californias. Los gobiernos de Madrid y Londres firmaron un tratado por el que se decidía el desmantelamiento del fuerte de San Miguel, situado en Nutka. A mediados de 1795 se arriaron las banderas española y británica y se destruyó la fortaleza llevándose sus cañones al castillo de San Blas en el estado de Nayarit. Este acto dio luz verde a los rusos que poco a poco fueron extendiéndose desde la isla de Kodiak a Prince William Sound, Yakutat y Sitka, llegando hasta las mismas puertas de San Francisco donde establecieron su Fort Ross, (Fuerte Ruso).

Resumen de una corta charla

presentada en la Estación KRUA-FM

de la Universidad de Alaska Anchorage.

Cristina Calloni.

Este pequeño libro, que el doctor Arsenio Rey Tejerina, Profesor de la Universidad de Alaska Anchorage, acaba de publicar sobre la herencia cultural hispánica de nuestro estado, se lee con mucho gusto y en poco tiempo. El libro recuenta cómo llegaron a estas latitudes los primeros hispanos procedentes de México. Hace poco más de doscientos años un puñado de valerosos y esforzados navegantes al mando del capitán Juan Pérez, amigo y paisano del célebre Fray Junípero Serra, el gran apóstol de California, arribó a las costas sureñas de nuestro estado. Los hombres que le acompañaban provenían en su mayoría de los ranchos de Jalisco alrededor de Guadalajara. Eran hombres de tierra caliente, como los llamó Michael Thurman, un historiador norteamericano, que trató de este viaje hace ya 30 años. Después de varias frustrantes exploraciones que les llevaron hasta la actual Bahía de Bristol, el reino del salmón más codiciado del globo, en busca de posibles establecimientos rusos, el explorador José Martínez Sierra convenció a las autoridades virreinales sobre la construcción de una fortaleza en la isla de Nutka (Nootka), sita en la costa norte-occidental de la Isla de Vancouver sobre el paralelo 45. La fortaleza de San Miguel, erizada de potentes cañones, defendió por varios años desde 1789 los derechos hispánicos en el Noroeste del Pacífico.
Dentro de Alaska la actual Forrester Island fue nombrada Isla de Santa Cristina, mi santa patrona, y el cabo marítimo, que hoy día lleva el nombre de Muzón trastocado de Muñoz por el navegante inglés George Vancouver años después, fue llamado Punta de Santa Margarita.
Los indígenas se acercaron temerosos a la costa para observar la pequeña nave que a ellos les pareció un ave gigantesca que se venía sobre el litoral. Al principio estaban asustados pues creían que las personas que vieron dentro eran las almas de sus muertos que venían a reconvenirles por haberse olvidado de ellos, pero luego al acercarse más y más vieron que eran unos hombres desconocidos y hablando una lengua extraña. Esa lengua extraña es la que ahorita estamos escuchando por estas ondas. Así que el español es la primera lengua que se escuchó aquí en Alaska después de la de los indígenas. Antes que la de los rusos, a quienes, aunque habían llegado 33 años antes a la isla Kayak, nadie pudo escuchar pues no había ninguna gente en aquel inhóspito lugar.
Los hispanos se hicieron muy pronto amigos de los nativos pues les dejaron subir a su barco y les hicieron regalos de lo que traían, dándoles pan que por cierto no les gustó nada. Los indios les regalaron pescado fresco y salmón curado que gustó mucho a los hombres de México. Tan amigos se hicieron unos de otros que algunos jóvenes indígenas se fueron con los exploradores a Jalisco. Iban con la idea de aprender español para, al volver, servir de intérpretes. La historia no cuenta qué pasó con estos jovencitos, tal vez se quedaron en Jalisco por haberles gustado el ambiente y el clima, mucho más cálido y menos lluvioso que el de sus costas de Ketchican. El libro puede obtenerse por un precio módico llamando a la oficina de Lenguas en la Universidad de Alaska y si alguno está interesado en hojearlo simplemente puede verlo en la biblioteca pública de Loussac que lo ha recibido como regalo. Alaska-Nutka: Colofón del imperio español, que es el título del libro, relata brevemente la historia del primer viaje y se extiende en presentar con detalle la controversia de Nutka iniciada por los ingleses. Esta desgraciada controversia tuvo por conclusión detener el avance de los hispanos en el Noroeste Pacífico. San Lorenzo de Nutka, situado en la costa occidental de la isla de Vancouver, era el bastión de avanzadilla elevado por el virrey Conde de Revillagigedo para controlar y vigilar estos inmensos territorios hispánicos al norte de las Californias. Los gobiernos de Madrid y Londres firmaron un tratado por el que se decidía el desmantelamiento del fuerte de San Miguel, situado en Nutka. A mediados de 1795 se arriaron las banderas española y británica y se destruyó la fortaleza llevándose sus cañones al castillo de San Blas en el estado de Nayarit. Este acto dio luz verde a los rusos que poco a poco fueron extendiéndose desde la isla de Kodiak a Prince William Sound, Yakutat y Sitka, llegando hasta las mismas puertas de San Francisco donde establecieron su Fort Ross, (Fuerte Ruso).

Resumen de una corta charla

presentada en la Estación KRUA-FM

de la Universidad de Alaska Anchorage.

Cristina Calloni.

"All Heart" is not only the title of this book, but also an apt description of Michael Clemons. The book is written by Michael himself and he handles himself in this book with the same grace and dignity with which he plays football and lives his life. Clemons is a player who always speaks well of others and those who know him only from media interviews might expect this to be a sugar-coated book. Not so. Michael speaks honestly about the people and issues he has encountered in football. How can this man be so happy all the time? Read the book and you'll know his secret!

All Heart, the new book from Michael Clemons, gives us an insight into one of the finest athletes and human beings on the Canadian sporting scene. Pinball shows us again what a wonderful guy he really is. The antithesis of the modern pro athlete, he combines talent, humanity, humour, and class. All Heart is a journey through the professional and personal growth of an all-time Argonaut. You''ll see why this man is always smiling !!

Young Hélène St. Onge and her older sister Catherine are orphans. When King Louis XVI orders all men in New France to marry, Catherine becomes a fille du roi, one of the many young women sent to the new world as brides. Hélène will accompany her on the long sea voyage and live with her sister’s new family. But Catherine dies during the gruelling journey, and Hélène finds herself alone in strange new country. New France is a far harsher place than she imagined, with bitter winters and the threat of attack from the Iroquois. Will the new friendships she has made on her long voyage enable her to survive?

This book is one of the Dear Canada series, which are historical novels, written in diary format, about fictional girls during different periods of Canadian history.

After their father dies of smallpox in the winter of 1666, thirteen-year-old Helene St. Onge and her older sister, sixteen-year-old Catherine, are left all alone in the world, their mother having died when Helene was a baby. Catherine decides they will leave France to make a new life in the New World. New France is mostly populated by men, and women are needed for their wives. Catherine will marry a settler, and Helene will help in her household until she is old enough to marry. But things do not go as planned. Catherine dies during the long sea voyage, and Helene finds herself arriving in New France, all alone in a strange new land. Can Helene build a new life for herself in this new world?

I really enjoyed this book in the Dear Canada series. I love reading about colonial times, so I really enjoyed the setting of Montreal in 1666. Helene was an appealing narrator and I loved reading her "diary" of all that happened to her. I would definitely recommend this book to readers who enjoyed other books in this series, or who like other historical diary fiction series, such as Dear America and the Royal Diaries.

While being a history, the book is even more vividly an account of what current and recent past concertmasters have to say about playing as, and also auditioning to be, concertmaster. The interview with David Kim gives a bow-by-bow account of his own preparation for the Chicago Symphony audition. (He is concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, but his Chicago experience led him to it.)

Other valuable aspects are the many descriptions by the concertmasters of lesser known but worthwhile solo violin repertoire and new composers to watch; accounts of which conductors led which orchestras and what it is like to play under them; and of course who was concertmaster when. The astute notetaker can compile a valuable annotated repertory list and a great list for choosing CDs based on comparing the sounds different conductors get from essentially the same orchestra, how orchestras differ with the same conductor, and comparing concertmasters.

I enthusiastically recommend this book!

While this is a much needed look at American concertmasters over the years, it also serves as a fascinating and highly readable history of virtually every major orchestra in North America. Along the way we're treated to extensive profiles of Boston's Joseph Silverstein, Cleveland's Rafael Druian and William Preucil, Detroit's Emmanuelle Boisvert, New York's Glenn Dicterow and many others.

Deserves a place in every music lover's library.

Starting wth a series of prescendent setting satanic sexual abuse trials Kendrick takes readers through a mindbending journey into the psyche of western consciousness at the end of the decade. He writes in an engaging, humane way about a subject which is frequently illuminated but rarely revealed in its wider dimensions. A must read..

Starting wth a series of prescendent setting satanic sexual abuse trials Kendrick takes readers through a mindbending journey into the psyche of western consciousness at the end of the decade. He writes in an engaging, humane way about a subject which is frequently illuminated but rarely revealed in its wider dimensions. A must read..

This book is an absolute gem. My family's favourite recipes include the salsa meatloaf, blueberry oat bran muffins, porcini mushroom bisque and the double chocolate cookies. Anne Lindsay knows what she's talking about when it comes to nutrition and healthy lifestyle, and she fills her cookbooks with practical tidbits of advice and information. This cookbook is definitely one of my favourites.

My copy of this cookbook is so well used, I may need to replace it. But I hate to do that, because each page is marked, with notes from the times I tried the recipe, and those little marks that get on the pages of your most-loved cookbook.

In the last two weeks, I've made the mango salsa, black bean dip with veggie topping, black bean and corn salad, chicken penne salad with Thai dressing, porcini bisque, and chicken breasts with mango chutney sauce. And that is not an unusual two weeks! I own about 20 cookbooks; I use this one at least twice each week.

If you're looking for relatively simple recipes with "wow" power for guests, this is the cookbook for you. That the recipes are healthy, and the Canadian Medical Association recommends it, are merely bonuses.

"Anne of the Island" is the third of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables novels, and completes what we can see as being a trilogy simply becomes Anne finally realizes what everybody in Avonlea has known from early in the first book, which is that Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe were made for each other. Having spent time as the teacher at the Avonlea Schools in "Anne of Avonlea," the Anne girl leaves Prince Edward Island for four years of college (hence, she is now "Anne of the Island"). The theme of this story is Anne dealing with "How horrible it is that people have to grow up," as she confronts how her whole world is changing.

Ironically, what makes "Anne of the Island" so romantic is the way it challenges romanticism. Even as a young woman Anne creates a romantic fantasy around the world in which she lives, just like she did at Green Gables where there was the old Snow Queen at the window, the Dryad's Bubble, the Haunted Wood, Lover's Lane and all those "dear spots where memories of the old years bided." Now Anne and Priscilla, her school chum from Redmond, are renting rooms in Patty's Place, and making the home of Miss Patty and Miss Maria into their own. Meanwhile, after a thousand romantic drams and enduring both Diana Barry's wedding and the rejection of Gilbert Blythe's proposal (her second actually), Anne finally meets her Prince Charming, Royal Gardner.

He is handsome and rich, in short, everything that Anne ever dreamed that she wanted in a husband. Then comes the fateful moment when Roy proposes and Anne opens her lips to say her faithful yes. But this is but a false dawn in Anne's life and there is a fateful Book of Revelation that Anne has to endure before love takes up the glass of time. There is romanticism and then there is that which is romantic and Montgomery shows the difference. There is a reason that this character and these books are enduring classics of (supposedly) juvenille literature.

As usual this book is also filled with interesting and colorful characters, such as young Paul and the Rock People, John Douglas who finally speaks at last, and Anne's friend Phillippa Gordon, who also has her eyes opened to the what true love really means. For those who are familiar with the delightful Kevin Sullivan "Anne of Avonlea" sequel there is also the whole episode of "Averil's Atonement" as well as the entire end game with Gilbert. That is the most important part because at long last the final line of Montgomery's original "Anne of Green Gables" novel rings true for our Anne girl.

In this part of Anne's life she is off to college. She has an amazing four years, with a couple of new friends. She also has a lot of decisions to make about the rest of her life. This is definitely my favorite of all the Anne books! It also keeps up with the tradition of beautiful descriptions of the scenery, which isn't in Avonlea this time. I really urge anyone who liked Anne of Green Gables to read this book.

This book deals with many things such as humanity and class but the main thing it deals with is the struuggle for women and how they gain and lose power by their sexuality. Offred has power over the Commander and his wife because she is fertile but her fate lies in their hands so they also have power over her. I really enjoyed this book it was mind boogleing to think that these situations can and do occur in society

This book deals with many things such as humanity and class but the main thing it deals with is the struuggle for women and how they gain and lose power by their sexuality. Offred has power over the Commander and his wife because she is fertile but her fate lies in their hands so they also have power over her. I really enjoyed this book it was mind boogleing to think that these situations can and do occur in society

This book of essays is one of the most entertaining musings on family life (with several great side trips -- such as a hilarious piece on quitting smoking) that I've ever read. Several of the essays were so funny, that I was crying while laughing. I had to read several of them aloud to my husband because he felt so left out of the jokes.

High marks to this absolutely hysterical collection of tales from the domestic frontier!

Patricia Pearson's outlook on life and daily events are expressed in this series of essays written on such topics as fast food, therapists, haircuts, social dos and don'ts and much much more. Take a look at the lighter, funnier sometimes sad side of life through the eyes and thoughts of Pearson, a columnist and writer for publications across the nation. This satirical look will leave you wanting the next installment from this brilliant author. You will never look at life the same, which may not be a good thing, if you aren't ready for change. A Must Read!!!! ****

A Mountie from his deathbed confesses to a crime in order to protect the actual killer -- then recovers & must face the possibility he may hang. The resulting struggle for life & honor provides one of the great classic adventures of the Royal Mounted Police in the Canadian Northwest & the far-frozen North

Excellent book for those who love the stories of the north spiced with thrilling romance that brings tears to once eyes. I read this book about 25 years ago in college in Europe (in my native language). Since I've immigrated to U.S 20 years ago I tried to find this book without any results (even major bookstors didn't know who James Oliver Curwood was). Thanks to Amazon search train i was able to find it. I received this book 2 weeks ago and read it over Christmas and then my wife. I was glad I forgot most of it from the college days and could enjoy it again. My wife was overwhelmed and finished the book with tears in Her eyes.