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  • Borges and Kafka, Bolaño and Bloom

    Latin American Authors and the Western Canon

    by Juan E. De Castro ...
    At a time in which many in the United States see Spanish America as a distinct and, for some, threatening culture clearly differentiated from that of Europe and the US, it may be of use to look at the works of some of the most representative and celebrated writers from the region to see how they imagined their relationship to Western culture and literature. In fact, while authors across stylistic ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Mario Vargas Llosa

    Public Intellectual in Neoliberal Latin America

    by Juan E. De Castro ...
    It would have been an ardent debate: Hugo Chávez, outspoken emblem of Latin American socialism, on one side and Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist, polemical champion of the free market, and eventual winner of a Nobel Prize for literature, on the other. Unfortunately, it was not to be. For author Juan E. De Castro, what was most remarkable about the proposed debate was not only that it was ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • Writing Revolution in Latin America

    From Martí to García Márquez to Bolaño

    by Juan E. De Castro ...
    PROSE Awards Literature Subject Category Winner, 2020In the politically volatile period from the 1960s through the end of the twentieth century, Latin American authors were in direct dialogue with the violent realities of their time and place. Writing Revolution in Latin America is a chronological study of the way revolution and revolutionary thinking is depicted in the fiction composed from the ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Home Apothecary Guide

    by Juan Castro ...
    You don’t need a lab coat… a pharmacy degree… or a cabinet full of mystery chemicals to take control of your health. What you do need is a simple, time-tested system—and that’s exactly what Home Apothecary Guide delivers. This isn’t some fluffy “natural living” book packed with vague advice and Pinterest-level remedies. This is your straight-talking, no-nonsense manual for building a powerful, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Navigating the Online Networks of Young Creators

    An Investigation of Digital Visual Learning

    Edited by Juan Carlos Castro, Joanna Black ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume examines how young creators learn, create, and share their visual art online. Drawing from a robust set of case studies gathered locally, nationally, and internationally over three years with young adults 16-24, this work comes together as a crucial resource for understanding the evolving landscape of online art creation and dissemination by young people. The influence of social media ... Read more

    $218.99 CAD

  • The Double Life of Fidel Castro

    My 17 Years as Personal Bodyguard to El Líder Máximo

    by Juan Reinaldo Sánchez, Axel Gyldén ...
    "Remarkable revelations! Fidel Castro's worst hypocrisies, regal indulgences, and narcissistic excess are bared by his former chief bodyguard." —Brian Latell, author of After FidelIn The Double Life of Fidel Castro, one of Castro's soldiers of seventeen years breaks his silence and shares his memoir of years of service, and eventual imprisonment and torture for displeasing the notorious dictator, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Educational, Psychological, and Behavioral Considerations in Niche Online Communities

    Edited by Vivek Venkatesh, Jason Wallin, Juan Carlos Castro, Jason Edward Lewis ...
    Online communities continue to evolve as more people take on a virtual presence. This shift in online communities and the diversity of individuals populating the web has allowed for the emergence of virtual communities centered on niche topics of interests ranging from heavy metal music to indigenous and native culture. Educational, Psychological, and Behavioral Considerations in Niche Online ... Read more

    $239.99 CAD

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  • From Fossil Fuels to Low Carbon Energy Transition

    New Regulatory Trends in Latin America

    Edited by Geoffrey Wood, Juan Felipe Neira-Castro ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    Focusing on five key themes - hydrocarbons, electricity, mining, social license to operate, and arbitration/dispute resolution- via in-depth country and regional case studies, this book seeks to capture the contrasting and sometimes conflicting trends in energy governance in Latin America as it wrestles with a dependence on fossil fuels whilst shifting toward a low carbon future.Energy transition ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Latin American Novel

    Edited by Juan E. De Castro, Ignacio Lòpez-Calvo ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks of Literature
    The Latin American novel burst onto the international literary scene with the Boom era--led by Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, and Mario Vargas Llosa--and has influenced writers throughout the world ever since. García Márquez and Vargas Llosa each received the Nobel Prize in literature, and many of the best-known contemporary novelists are inspired by the region's fiction. ... Read more

    $230.99 CAD

  • The Contemporary Spanish-American Novel

    Bolano and After

    Edited by Professor Will H. Corral, Professor Juan E. De Castro, Professor Nicholas Birns ...
    The Contemporary Spanish-American Novel provides an accessible introduction to an important World literature. While many of the authors covered-Aira, Bolaño, Castellanos Moya, Vásquez-are gaining an increasing readership in English and are frequently taught, there is sparse criticism in English beyond book reviews. This book provides the guidance necessary for a more sophisticated and ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Visuospatial Processing for Education in Health and Natural Sciences

    Edited by Juan C. Castro-Alonso ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Visuospatial processing is key to learn and perform professionally in the domains of health and natural sciences. As such, there is accumulating research showing the importance of visuospatial processing for education in diverse health sciences (e.g., medicine, anatomy, surgery) and in many natural sciences (e.g., biology, chemistry, physics, geology). In general, visuospatial processing is ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Higher Education in Latin American

    Edited by Lewis Tyler, Maria Helenda De Magalhaes Castro, Hernan Courard Bull, Rollin Kent, Daniel C. Levy, Marcela Mollis, Juan Carlos Navarro, Philip G. Altbach ...
    Series series Contemporary Higher Education
    The purpose of this series is to bring together the main currents in today's higher education and examine such crucial issues as the changing nature of education in the U.S., the considerable adjustment demanded of institutions, administrators, the faculty; the role of Catholic education; the remarkable growth of higher education in Latin America, contemporary educational concerns in Europe, and ... Read more

    $375.99 CAD