Roger Henn, a native of Ouray, Colo., has been described as a storyteller extraordinaire, and indeed he is! In "Lies, Legends & Lore," his second book, Henn has compiled 43 stories he has collected over a lifetime of events that occurred? in the San Juans. No, the question mark is not a mistake. You see, with Henn one is never quite sure what to make of his stories. The following quote from the preface will give you an idea of what you can expect. "Unfortunately too many of today's historians are engaged in debunking the lore involved with the history and the personalities of the West...Give me the story that is told so well you are not sure when the truth stops and the great lie begins." I have read a considerable amount of history of the San Juan area but Henn's book introduced me to a virtual gold mine of little known facts and stories of everyday folks who settled the mountain towns that comprise the San Juans. The story of Billy Nagle, the murderer, will touch your heaart and leave you forever wondering if perhaps there is room for compassion in the administration of justice. The story of Rose's Cabin will bring back many memories tp those who have traveled the Alpine Loop Back Country Byway, or would like to. The story of Snow Snakes and Snow Mosquitoes, along with the one about a pet fly and murder, or justifiable homicide, will provide you with ample evidence that Henn surely deserves the title of storyteller extraordinaire. If you are looking for a well written, easy to read, delightful and informative book about the history and lore of the San Juan Mountain area, this book is a must read. Henn is one of those rare writers that can tell a story in print that leaves you feeling he is talking directly to you from in front of the livery stable in Ouray. And that's a fact!

Sarmiento analizes in this book the oppressive political regime that Juan Manuel de Rosas impossed over the Province of Buenos Aires during the first years of the independent-from-Spanish-rule Argentine Republic (then Confederation). He writes this book in his Chilean exile and publishes it by means of short articles in a prestigous Chilean newspaper during the 1830s and 1840s.

In this book, a classic of early Latin American History and Literature, Sarmiento *deconstructs*, to abuse of modern terminology, the life and works of Facundo Quiroga, a tyrant of the inland provinces of Argentina, so that we can better understand the true extent, the true abomination being carried out by the other despot, Rosas, in a Buenos Aires proud of its European heritage.

Sarmiento describes the way of life -highly influenced by late Spanish colonial tradition- and the almost unreal landscape of the Argentine Pampas (plains). In that landscape and traditions is born Quiroga, the wild gaucho who is to terrify its own people when he becomes an adult. Sarmiento analizes the society's pathologies that make possible for Quiroga to become the head of a tyrannical regime.

His method to approach Rosas via Quiroga is, I believe, very effective. Now it is easier to understand how Rosas regime can become a reality on New World soil just a decade after Independence. Rosas, born in a rich family of *hacendados* with strong Spanish tradition and with landholdings close to Buenos Aires of the 1820s, shares with Quiroga an explosive combination of hate for anything that reminds him of his incivility with an appeal that the isolated people of the Pampas can not resist, the appeal of a man who is the best horse-rider, the best knife-fighter and the best friend of the gaucho. Nothing reminds Rosas more of his rudeness than nearby booming Buenos Aires.

The rest of the book lists the atrocities, offensive to any civilized person, commited by Rosas once he gains by mean of terrorist practice the *sum of power* over the city; Sarmiento also discusses what freedom means for a society and for the individuals.

Summarizing, this book, which paved the way to a more democratic Argentina, is an example of the power of words to fight oppression, and a *manual* to detect before-it-is-too-late the dangers that keep assaulting democratic life in any society at any time.

This book by Juan Diego López takes a fresh look at Costa Rica's civil war of 1948. Having been born after the war was over, López is able to see this important period of Costa Rican history with the advantage and objectivity of a historian who is not mired by the deep emotions of those who took an active part in this short but bloody war which established the longest running democracy in Latin America.

"Los 40 días de 1948" takes a serious look at the civil war based on scientific principles where Lopez makes and analysis of it based on the interaction of the political and the military aspects of the conflict as it develops day by day. The structure of this essay, packed with historiographical data, for the first time allows the reader to make sense of the anecdotal information that had until now been the only information available to the reader.

This book is a must read for all those interested in understanding Costa Rica and how it came to be.

I grew up reading the juan bobo books and i loved them. now i am passing it down to my 11 year old daughter. this books are excellent, exciting with a lot of humor in it. needles to say again i love them.

Estos dos tomos editados por Corregidor, reúnen los libros que el General Perón escribió durante las distintas etapas de su exilio forzado por el golpe oligarquico de 1955. Es una obra imprescindible para conocer el pensamiento revolucionario del líder del pueblo argentino, además de una pieza fundamental para interpretar la historia argentina de la segunda mitad del siglo XX.

Can I see some pages of this book plase?

It is not easy to read Gramsci texts, because the main points are not clear. Insteado of that, I truly recommend to read about Gramsci, and one of the best books about him is this book "Los usos de Gramsci". It ilustrates very well Gramsci's thinking.

"Herrera's new book is an agonized, hallucinatory chronicle of a couple's infatuation set during the L.A. riots... Movie-like treatment of images-jumpcuts, montages, and dissolves-drives this cinematographic tour de force and compels rapt reading at one sitting." --Harvard Review

"A stunning work presenting poems of barrio experiences." --The Bookwatch

"Rome and the Roman Empire are evoked as the lovers' passion burn through time and space, suggesting the intensity and difficulty of love in a decaying empire." --The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education

I bought this book as a present for a friend from New Mexico and ended up wanting to keep it.The pictures and stories are rather amazing and anyone with a thing for cars should check out this book.

First published in 1980, Makbara demonstrates a radical use of linguistic and structural experimentation. Now that Goytisolo has loosened his ties to his mother country (since completing the Mendiola trilogy), his search for his "authentic self" is challenged by the indomitable formalizations of the spoken language. The pleasure of reading Makbara comes from a reading which does not depend on such linguistic verbal formalities, and deciding whether other forms of communication are possible. This novel is intricate and challenging on all levels in accord with Goytisolo's intent that his writing is not for everyone to read.