Search Results: Authors starting with D from Alla

NEW ~ The savage late-nineteenth century military campaigns against an isolated millenarian community, Canudos, in the northeast Brazilian outback by eye-witness journalist Euclides da Cunha. A fascinating episode and a literary classic. Translation and with an Introduction by Samuel Putman. Reprint of the 1944 edition. Includes glossary of specialized regional terms. 532pp. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Brief but highly informative text on the Indigenous Coras of Nayarit state in Mexico. 88pp. Maps, illustrations, bibliography. En espanol. Shelf wear to cover, bump to one corner. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Four numbered volumes plus Oaxaca: Una historia compartida. Covers shelf worn, pencil on front endpapers. An extensive selection of primary sources and secondary texts covering the history of Oaxaca state. Vol.. I: 484 pp.; Vol. II: 509 pp.; Vol. III: 491 pp.; Vol. IV: 441 pp; Oaxaca: Una historia compartida, 351 pp. 4.25 lbs. Weight may incur additional shipping charges.

NEW ~ Monograph in Spanish on the Zapotec women of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, on the southern coast of Mexico, exploring their social and economic conditions and challenging the reductive characterization of them as strong and domineering. Fine. 354 pp. SPANISH / ESPANOL 1000 ejemplares / 1000 printed. 1 lb. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Roberto Da Matta's study of Brazilian popular culture during the dictatorship--a sort of "urban anthropology"--translated to Spanish by Tatiana Sule for this first Spanish-language edition. 352pp. In Spanish / en espanol. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Mexican biologists Daniel Zizumbo Villarreal and Patricia Colunga Garcia-Marin, experienced in ethno-botany, here researched the human ecology of Indigenous Huaves of the Istmo de Tehuantepec and the appropriation of natural resources. 277pp. Maps. Charts. Illustrations. Bibliography. En espanol. Book is unread, but cover, especially edges, are shop worn. Pencil price on front end paper. Priced accordingly. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ "Durante los siglos del virreinato existia en Lima una ciudad dentro de la ciudad. Veinte por ciento de las mujeres de la capital peruana vivian en los claustros de varias ordenes religiosas femeninas que se fueron fundado desde poco despues de la conquista. La fama de la buena comida monarcal es conocida por todos, interesados o no en la gastronomia peruana, pero faltaban revisar los archivos para conocer que comian en los monasterios limenos." Relying on archival sources, the author explores foods and cooking in Lima, Peru, convents during the viceregal period. Glossary. Bibliography. 132 pp. Edition of 1000 / 1000 ejemplares. In Spanish / en espanol.

NEW ~ 644pp. Brief preface by Zacarias Marquez Terrazas, Departamento de Investigacion Historica de la Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, 2010. David Brambila, S.J. colaboracion de Jose Vergara Bianchi, S.F. Preface to first ed. Norogachi, 1953. Eighty chapters with an appendix.

NEW Text in very good condition. Cover rubbed, chipped, small gouges. Binding cracked. 604 pp. 2000 ejemplares. SERIE CIENTIFICA CHIAPAS 5. Translated from English: Annabella Munoa Rincon.

NEW ~ This museum exhibition catalog includes essays in Spanish by artists and writers, such as Federico Garcia Lorca, Salvador Dali, Andre Breton, Octavio Paz, Henry Miller, and others, and is illustrated with photographs and stills from Luis Bunuel's films. In addition to documents related to specific films, it also includes an autobiography, chronology, filmography, and bibliography. 414pp. Illustrated. En espanol / Spanish. Heavy--may need additional shipping charges. In stock. Minor shelf wear. Usually ships in 3 days.

NEW ~ An historical investigation of ecclesiastical divorce in eighteenth-century Mexico that addresses various aspects of family, marriage, and gender, as well as power and church - state relations during the period. En espanol / Spanish. 300pp. Illus. In the publisher's original plastic wrap. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Illustrated. Bibliography. 91 pp. Edition of 2000 / 2000 ejemplares. Some 145 plants used by the Mixteca of the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. In Spanish / en espanol. Minor shelf wear.

NEW ~ Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo 2016. Literatura Ecuatoriana. Juvenalia - Letra viva. 213 pp. Light shelf wear.

NEW ~ Colleccion: Biblioteca Constitucional del Centenario de la Constitucion Politica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (1917 - 2017) - Sonora 2. Los estados en el Congreso Constituyente. Patricia Galeana, presentacion. 124 pp. Bibliography. Covers the participation of the four representatives from Sonora to the Constitutional Congress: Juan de Dios Bojorquez, Flavio A. Borquez, Luis G. Monzon, and Ramon Ross. En espanol / In Spanish. RARE!

NEW ~ 391 pp. Illus. Map & chart. Notes, bibliography, & index. Well-researched history of Mexico City's twentieth-century industrialization and urbanization within the context of PRI's one-party rule. In English. 1.5 lbs.

NEW ~ Prologo de Mariano Cuevas. Biblioteca Porrua, 92. 304pp. Maps. Transcription of original 1584 text first published in 1922; first edition in Biblioteca Porrua 1988. En espanol / Spanish. Book in fine condition, slight shelf wear to dust jacket. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Obregon's sixteenth-century account of Spanish exploration of Mexico, especially northwest Mexico and New Mexico. Translated, edited, and annotated by George P. Hammond and Agapito Rey. 351pp. Pages unmarked. Slight bend to the edge of the folding map. Blue cloth cover. Slight wear to edges. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Pamphlet describing the Bumba-Meu-Boi popular fiesta of Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil -- "...nao se pretende mais do que uma reportagem, completa e apaixonada no entanto: descrevendo o enredo e os personagens, a historia do auto, ouvindo seus produtores, donos de boi ou cantadores, registrando as toadas, captando a ideologia de cada grupo de Bumba Boi." 20pp. Illustrations. 3a edicao. Em portugues / Portuguese. Light shelf wear. Pencil Brazilian price. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Short-story collection by Portuguese master Eca de Queiros (1845-1900), with an introduction and notes by Luiz Fagundes Duarte. Published in the original Portuguese / em portugues. 283pp. "O presente volume de Contos, orgaizado pelo Dr. Luiz Fagundes Duarte, leva-nos a redescobrir algumas das mais belas ficcoes do universo queirosiano, que fizeram a delicia de muitas geracoes de leitores." For additional titles by Queiros, check our Biblio listings. Minor shelf wear: spine yellowing. (See photo.) In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Texto integral. "Eca de Queiroz (1845-1900) foi um dos mais brilhantes escritores portugueses do final do seculo XIX. Mestre de um realismo corrosivo e de uma inovadora arte narrativa, a ironia e a caricatura sao marcas constantes da sua obra literaria. Os maias, considerado por muitos a sua obra-prima...." 710pp. Biblioteca de Bolso Classicos. In the original Portuguese. Em portugues. Alla has served Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English readers in Santa Fe, NM, since 1980. In stock. Usually ships in three days.