Why Blue / Por qué azul

Why Blue / Por qué azul
Author: Josh Tuininga
Publisher: Xist Publishing
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2016-02-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1681958635

When a little girl wonders that age old question, “Why is the sky blue?” her imagination takes her on a beautiful journey of color, science and friendship. This gorgeously illustrated picture book works equally well in the classroom or at bedtime. This English-Spanish bilingual version is an excellent resource of a beautiful book.

The Lady in Blue

The Lady in Blue
Author: Javier Sierra
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2007-06-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416558373

An elaborately woven novel of intrigue about one of America's most curious and enduring legends -- the enigma of the Lady in Blue In Los Angeles, Jennifer Narody has been having a series of disturbing dreams involving eerie images of a lady dressed in blue. What she doesn't know is that this same spirit appeared to leaders of the Jumano Native American tribe in New Mexico 362 years earlier, and was linked to a Spanish nun capable of powers of "bilocation," or the ability to be in two places simultaneously. Meanwhile, young journalist Carlos Albert is driven by a blinding snowstorm to the little Spanish town of Ágreda, where he stumbles upon a nearly forgotten seventeenth-century convent founded by this same legendary woman. Intrigued by her rumored powers, he delves into finding out more. These threads, linked by an apparent suicide, eventually lead Carlos to Cardinal Baldi, to an American spy, and ultimately to Los Angeles, where Jennifer Narody unwittingly holds the key to the mystery that the Catholic Church, the U.S. Defense Department, and the journalist are each determined to decipher -- the Lady in Blue.

Xeretando a linguagem em Inglês

Xeretando a linguagem em Inglês
Author: Claudia Maria Ceneviva Nigro
Publisher: Disal Editora - Bantim, Canato e Guazzelli Editora Ltda
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 8578441214

Para aqueles que não se intimidam em confessar que gostam de "xeretar" e se divertir, até mesmo com palavras, e consequentemente, com línguas. Dividido em seis capítulos sendo que cada um deles corresponde a um fenômeno linguístico. Assim temos: expressões idiomáticas; provérbios ou ditos populares; falsos cognatos; como o português e o inglês se utilizam de nomes de cores em suas expressões linguísticas; a linguagem peculiar dos jovens; a linguagem vulgar ou obscena.

Renaissance Futurities

Renaissance Futurities
Author: Charlene Villaseñor Black
Publisher: University of California Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0520296982

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Renaissance Futurities considers the intersections between artistic rebirth, the new science, and European imperialism in the global early modern world. Charlene Villaseñor Black and Mari-Tere Álvarez take as inspiration the work of Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), prolific artist and inventor, and other polymaths such as philosopher Giulio “Delminio” Camillo (1480–1544), physician and naturalist Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1514–1587), and writer Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616). This concern with futurity is inspired by the Renaissance itself, a period defined by visions of the future, as well as by recent theorizing of temporality in Renaissance and Queer Studies. This transdisciplinary volume is at the cutting edge of the humanities, medical humanities, scientific discovery, and avant-garde artistic expression.

European Port Cities in Transition

European Port Cities in Transition
Author: Angela Carpenter
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2020-01-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 303036464X

Seaports, as part of urban centers, play a major role in the cultural, social and economic life of the cities in which they are located, and through the links they provide to the outside world. Port-cities in Europe have faced significant change, first with the loss of heavy industry, emergence of Eastern European democracies, and the widening of the European Community (now European Union) during the second half of the twentieth century, and more recently through drivers to change including the global Sustainable Development Agenda and the European Union Circular Economy Agenda. This book examines the role of modern seaports in Europe and consider how port-cities are responding to these major drivers for change. It discusses the broad issues facing European Sea Ports, including port life cycles, spatial planning, and societal integration. May 2019 saw the 200th anniversary of the first steam ship to cross the Atlantic between the US and England, and it is just over 60 years since the invention of the modern intermodal shipping container – both drivers of change in the maritime and ports industry. Increasing movements of people, e.g. through low cost cruises to port cities, can play a major role in changing the nature of such a city and impact on the lives of the people living there. This book brings together original research by both long-standing and younger scholars from multiple disciplines and builds upon the wider discourse about sea ports, port cities, and sustainability.

Gran Diccionario Oxford

Gran Diccionario Oxford
Author: Beatriz Galimberti Jarman
Publisher: Oxford University
Total Pages: 2356
Release: 2003
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780198604754

The Oxford Spanish Dictionary comes with the ultimate pronunciation guide: a FREE, state-of-the-art CD-ROM (UK and Europe only) that enables you to type in a word or phrase, or paste in text from the web, and hear it spoken back to you in perfect Spanish.Now in colour, with an ultra-clear layout for maximum accessibility, this major new edition provides the richest coverage of Spanish from around the world, covering over 300,000 words and phrases, and more than 500,000 translations. Oxford's expert teams of lexicographers have used the latest technology to search millions of words of web-based text and identify all the most recent additions to both Spanish and English. Over 20,000 new entries have been added to the dictionary from all aspects of life today - business, IT,science, the media, the environment, the internet, and social life. Hundreds of special entries now give information on life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world, and in-text notes give extra help with grammar and usage. The dictionary also includes an extended guide to effectivecommunication, including a wealth of example letters, offering help with a wide range of topics, from writing a job application or a CV to booking a hotel room. With a new, easy-access colour design to make consultation even quicker, this is the most complete and up-to-date reference tool foranyone studying Spanish in senior school or at university, or for translators and other language professionals. This title replaces ISBN 0-19-860367-3. It is also available on CD-ROM with full text search and innovative Spanish pronunciation functionality.