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This book uncovers the history of The Volunteers, a Spanish loyalist militia who were committed to upholding Spanish imperial interests and influence in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santa Domingo and The Philippines as the age of empire came to a close. Unpicking the relationship between local and imperial administrations and highlighting the contribution of voluntary units to colonial warfare, Padilla Angulo shows how Spanish loyalism persevered in the colonies even as the last bastions of empire were dismantled. Revealing the complexity and diversity of The Volunteers themselves in various colonies, Volunteers of the Empire shows how thousands of young men of Spanish, African and Asian descent were united in the defence of Spanish sovereignty in times of anti-colonial struggle that were civil wars in all but name. It uncovers a fascinating history of a militia that became an essential element of Spanish imperialism and the armed wing of Spanish loyalism during the second half of the 19th century. Through their fluctuating relationship with the authorities in Spain, The Volunteers provide a fresh perspective into the global and local complexities of nation building, nationalism and citizenship.

Clara es un fantasma que vive en el ahora museo que una vez fue su hogar. Pero ser un fantasma es solitario y Clara anhela la conexión que alguna vez disfrutó. La música es su único consuelo y practicar cuando cree que nadie lo está". alrededor la hace sentir más viva. Poco sabe ella, alguien está escuchando. El guardia de seguridad del museo, Rodríguez, que está tan solo como ella. Esta es una historia sobre el poder del aplauso y la capacidad de sanación cuando tienes a un buen amigo a tu lado.

"Clara is a ghost living in the now-museum that was once her home. But being a ghost is lonely and Clara craves the connection she once enjoyed. Music is her only comfort, and practicing when she thinks no one is around makes her feel most alive. Little does she know, someone is listening. The museum's security guard, Rodriguez, who is as lonely as she. This is a story about the power of applause and the capcity for healing when you have a good friend by your side"--Amazon.

A Brazilian boy in need of a soccer ball comes up with a creative solution.

Despite the range and abundance of autobiographical writing from the Anglophone Caribbean, this book is the first to explore this literature fully. It covers works from the colonial era up to present-day AIDS memoirs and assesses the links between more familiar works by George Lamming, C. L. R. James, Derek Walcott, V. S. Naipaul, and Jamaica Kincaid and less frequently cited works by the Hart sisters, Mary Prince, Mary Seacole, Claude McKay, Yseult Bridges, Jean Rhys, Anna Mahase, and Kamau Brathwaite. Sandra Pouchet Paquet charts the intersection of multiple, contradictory viewpoints of the colonial and postcolonial Caribbean, differing concepts of community and levels of social integration, and a persistent pattern of both resistance and accommodation within island states that were largely shaped by British colonial practice from the mid-seventeenth through the mid-twentieth century. The texts examined here reflect the entire range of autobiographical practice, including the slave narrative and testimonial, written and oral narratives, spiritual autobiographies, fiction, serial autobiography, verse, diaries and journals, elegy, and parody.

The Monarchs of the Main; Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers (Volume 1), a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

The Monarchs of the Main; Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers (Volume 2), a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

The Monarchs of the Main; Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers (Volume 3), a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Estudios sobre la situación de Cuba en los primeros 50 años de revolución.Sobre la personalidad de Fidel Castro, la economía, industria,energía eléctrica, saqueo del patrimonio, sistema laboral, igualdad yprivilegios, la administración de justicia, medicina, educación, religión,arquitectura y urbanismos, Girón y la consolidación de la dictadura,fomento de guerrillas en Latinoamérica y otros. Ensayos de 16especialistas: Efrén Córdova, José Manuel Hernández, Jorge A. Sanguinetty,Jorge F. Pérez López, Pablo Carreño, Manuel Cereijo, AlbertoSánchez de Bustamante, Juan Clark, Virgilio Beato, Rogelio de laTorre, Marcos Antonio Ramos, Nicolás Quintana, Diego Trinidad,Enrique Ros, Rafael Rojas y Carlos Alberto Montaner.Studies on the situation of Cuba in the first 50 years of the revolution.On the personality of Fidel Castro, the economy, industry, electricity,looting of heritage, the labor system, equality and privileges, theadministration of justice, medicine, education, religion, architecture and urban planning, Girón and the consolidation of the dictatorship,promotion of guerrillas in Latin America and others. Articles of 16specialists: Efrén Córdova, José Manuel Hernández, Jorge A. Sanguinetty,Jorge F. Pérez López, Pablo Carreño, Manuel Cereijo, AlbertoSánchez de Bustamante, Juan Clark, Virgilio Beato, Rogelio de laTorre, Marcos Antonio Ramos, Nicolás Quintana, Diego Trinidad,Enrique Ros, Rafael Rojas y Carlos Alberto Montaner.

El autor, Calixto C. Masó y Vázquez (Cuba, 1901 - USA, 1974)dedicó su vida a la investigación y a la enseñanza de la Historia. Fueprofesor en el Instituto de la Víbora, en la Universidad de La Habanay finalmente, exiliado, en Northeastern Illinois University. Para él lahistoria no es una mera crónica de lo hecho por héroes, santos, sabioso estadistas, sino un recuento del quehacer de todos los componentesde una sociedad humana. Recuento que debe presentarse no e n formadescriptiva sino analítica e interpretativa según el nivel docente de quese trate.Una de las obras más completas, informativa y objetiva de lashistorias de Cuba publicadas. El libro contiene 28 capítulos que vandesde los primitivos habitantes del archipiélago cubano, la colonia, las guerras de independencia y la República. Para esta edición colaboraronlos académicos Carlos M. Raggi Ageo y Leonel Antonio de laCuesta quien hizo la revisión final y la completó con una cronologíaque abarca de 1822 a 1992). Con bibliografía e índice onomástico eilustraciones en blanco y negro.=========The author, Calixto C. Maso y Vzquez (Cuba, 1901 - USA, 1974)dedicated his life to research and teaching history. He was a professorat the Instituto de la Víbora, at the University of Havana and, in exile,at Northeastern Illinois University. For him, history was not a merechronicle of what had been done by heroes, saints, sages or statesmen,but an account of the work of all the components of a human society.A story that must be presented not in a descriptive way but in ananalytical and interpretive way according to the teaching level inquestion.This book contains 28 chapters that cover in order, from the indegenousinhabitants of the Cuban archipelago, the colonial period, thewars of independence and the years as a Republic. The academicsCarlos M. Raggi Ageo and Leonel Antonio de la Cuesta collaboratedon this edition, made the final revision and completed it with a chronologythat covers from 1822 to 1992. With bibliography and onosmaticindex as well as illustrations in black and white.

El insigne pensador cubano José de la Luz y Caballero decía que elpadre Varela fue quien enseñó a pensar a los cubanos. A pensar conindependencia y libertad. En este libro el Dr. Abislaimán, además de una biografía de P. Varela, hace una selección de sus mejores frases eideas, que constituyen un tesoro para los que quieran aprender losorígenes de la nacionalidad cubana y emprender el camino del servicioa Cuba y la construcción de un futuro mejor para los cubanos.=========The distinguished Cuban thinker Jose de la Luz y Caballero said thatFather Varela was the one who taught Cubans how to think. To thinkindependently and freely. In this book Dr. Abislaimán, in addition toa biography of Father Varela, makes a selection of his best phrases andideas, which constitute a treasure for those who want to learn theorigins of the Cuban nationality and embark on the path of service toCuba and the construction of a better future for Cubans.

Eduardo Fonseca pone el pasado por delante, y el presente entrelíneas. Sus poemas son destellos que arrojan un puño de luz ante tanta incertidumbre. En su guerra muda encontramos una voz sedienta por revelar una verdad. Una verdad que sólo la poesía puede nombrar e invocar de un modo universal; pues hablamos de un poeta al que no le interesa escribir a la moda, como bien lo sugiere en uno de sus textos.Fonseca escribe y reescribe la historia de los otros; es decir, la historia de nosotros. Una historia teñida de violencia, exilio, abandono y ausencias. Una historia abandonada de sí misma que encuentra un lugar en la memoria.>MARIO MARTZGuadalajara, México, 11 de febrero de 2023

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