An excellent monograph on the city of Colima, including history, geography, demography, infrastructure, economy, culture and government. Approximately two-thirds of the volume is devoted to anexos of articles on the history of Colima.
Austeridad : Historia De Una Idea Peligrosa Politicians today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means…
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook, 2004 Detailed annual data for Fund member governments are supplied on revenue income by source (tax, Detailed annual data for Fund member governments are supplied on revenue income by source (tax, lending, bonds, etc.), and expenditure by sector (defense, education, health, etc.) for all levels of government (national, state, local). Topics…
Adiós, Shanghai In the midst of World War II, the open city of Shanghai was one of the few places in the world where Jews trying to escape Nazi Germany could find refuge. Elisabeth and Theodore Weissberg, world-famous musicians, Hilde Braun, a promising actress, rabbi Leo Levin and his wife Esther, pickpocket…
Cross-cultural Approach To Advanced Spanish Puntos de encuentro: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Advanced Spanish is an innovative task- and content-based textbook that rethinks advanced Spanish instruction. Based on research on second language acquisition in the classroom, it combines language-as-discourse instruction with content-based learning. This text emphasizes the analysis of spoken and written texts drawn from…
Patagonia Gwlad Estron Patagonia: one mans fascinating vision of the present, which is ever mindful of the past. Weaving harsh yet beautiful landscapes with faces that are hard to forget around a central presence of Welsh communities and culture on a far continent, this is a living memoir of life in Patagonia at…
Hamburguesas With its roots buried deep in northern Europe, and its iconic status assured for over a century as America s staple convenience food, the burger makes the perfect meal nutritious, filling and portable, it combines a host of sweet, salty and sour flavors which, together, tantalise the taste buds. In…
