My brother John and I performed in the second version of House of Trials, directed by the translator and performed at the International "Siglo de Oro" theatre festival in El Paso, Tx. Not only is the poetry beautiful and elegant, but it manages also to be clever and engaging. The translation is near perfection; it captures the rhythm of the words and transposes them seamlessly into English. A great piece to use for any study of Spanish Golden Age Drama!

When I was a freshman in high school, I was asked to recite a poem in front of my class. I hadn't ever read poetry before and wandered the rows of poetry in my school's library aimlessly. I came upon a tiny book titled I Became Alone and picked it up. Its title immediately caught my attention. I saw it was a collection of 5 women poets I hadn't ever heard of. I chose it, following my instincts. That evening, I sat down and read the entire book. It was so good and full of excellent poems. Now, five years later, I have finally found it again here at amazon.com. I cannot wait to read it again; hopefully, they can find it for me. I highly recommend purchasing this book. You will never own a more satisfying work of poetry.

In less than three hundred pages, the authors are able to introduce Moral Hazard, Adverse Selection and Signalling in an outstanding accessible way, without no lack of formality. Given the importance of contract theory in modern Economics, undoubtedely this is the first book to be read.

Each chapter is full of examples and graphs that help to understand the mathematics underneath.

The reader is supposed to know Kuhn-Tucker theorem, so any advanced undergraduate student in economics should be able to read it.

The base model, presented in chapter 2, is used as a benchmark to compare the results obtained from the Moral Hazard model (brilliantly presented in chapter 3), Adverse Selection (chapter 4) and Signalling (chapter 5).

Each chapter has very well posed exercises, whose answers are in the end of the book. Furthermore, advanced themes are also discussed in the end of each chapter, giving to the reader a complete overview about theory of information.

So, since this theme has been increasingly important in modern economics, and given that this book is very easily readable, I strongly recommend it to any person who wishes to understand theory of contracts and incetives.

This is the first published study on Sor Juana's Loas, a theatrical form neclected by sor Juana's critics. Courtly theater that shows the best playwriting on Mexican colonial times. A fine study obliged to read to sor Juana followers.

This (Spanish) version includes the original English text as well, so if only one parent speaks Spanish (or English, for that matter), the other can still read it aloud with ease. The Spanish translation is excellent. My 18-month old daughter has been begging to hear this book daily for months!

Inês Ferro, the former director of the Queluz palace, writes in an interesting way about this former royal palace in Queluz - a sort of "all you want to know about the Queluz palace". Very good. It is worth reading it!

The translation is marvelous: I read them all before in Spanish. And the Selection? Amazingly good ! Congratulations to the translator! It`s not an easy feat to translate Garcìa Lorca or Sor Juana Inès de la Cruz...eoither The Master: Quevedo...or Machado ( the name is ANTONIO, NOT ANTONIA ) The person who selected the poems is really knowing... If you want to read and enjoy the very best of Spanish written sonets...This Book is a Poetic "Bible " Don`t miss it !

Octavio Paz, Nobel laureate, poet and one of the best writers of essays in the Spanish language, can give people seriously interested in learning about Sor Juana invaluable information in this beautifully researched book. Everything that is really known about her biography (not anachronistic twentieth-century storytelling and fantasy) is here; and, very importantly, authoritative background information on Colonial Mexican history and culture, social organization, religious practices and norms, and reading materials and habits. Sor Juana is a complex woman, a great reader and thinker that has to be understood in context. This book provides this, and also a sensitive and informed reading of her work. It is also a very good read. Modern-day fictional accounts are deceptive and will short-change you. Don't fall for them. This book is the real thing.

This book by the Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz is a great account of the life of one of the best writers of Hispanic literature. Sor Juana created astonishing poems about life, love, and people. It is a pity that only little is known about the facts of her life. As with Shakespeare, must of what we know about her comes from her literary legacy. Octavio Paz is able to solve some of the mystery that surrounds Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.