[PDF] Lost On The Orinoco eBook

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 24,21 MB
Release : 2005-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0819567809

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Written in 1898, and part of Jules Verne's famous series "Voyages Extraordinaires, " this fantastic tale a young man's search for his father along Venezuela's then-uncharted Orinoco River contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure storyQas well as a unique feminist twist.

Author : Edward Stratemeyer
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2023-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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"Lost on the Orinoco; or, American boys in Venezuela" by Edward Stratemeyer. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Edward Stratemeyer
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
Release : 2023-10-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :

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Edward Stratemeyer's book, 'Dave Porter and His Classmates; Or, For the Honor of Oak Hall,' is a classic tale of teenage adventure and camaraderie set in the halls of a prestigious boarding school. The book is written in a straightforward and engaging style, typical of the author's popular series for young readers. Stratemeyer expertly weaves themes of friendship, loyalty, and honor throughout the story, making it both entertaining and educational for its audience. The novel is a reflection of the early 20th-century fascination with stories of young heroes navigating the challenges of school life. With its well-developed characters and exciting plot, 'Dave Porter and His Classmates' offers readers a nostalgic and timeless reading experience. Edward Stratemeyer, a prolific author best known for his influential contributions to children's literature, drew inspiration from his own experiences as a young man to create relatable and inspiring characters like Dave Porter. Recommended for readers of all ages who enjoy classic adventure stories with a touch of moral lessons intertwined with the narrative.

Author : John A. Crow
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 996 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 1992-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520077232

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Uniquely comprehensive and comparative, praised for its devotion to social and cultural developments as well as politics and economics, this book has been revised and brought up to date, with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s.

Author : Juan Luis Rodriguez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 25,46 MB
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1350115762

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Exploring the ways in which the development of linguistic practices helped expand national politics in remote, rural areas of Venezuela, Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta situates language as a mediating force in the creation of the 'magical state'. Focusing on the Waraos speakers of the Orinoco Delta, this book explores center–periphery dynamics in Venezuela through an innovative linguistic anthropological lens. Using a semiotic framework informed by concepts of 'transduction' and 'translation', this book combines ethnographic and historical evidence to analyze the ideological mediation and linguistic practices involved in managing a multi-ethnic citizenry in Venezuela. Juan Luis Rodriguez shows how indigenous populations participate in the formation and contestation of state power through daily practices and the use of different speech genres, emphasising the performative and semiotic work required to produce revolutionary subjects. Establishing the centrality of language and semiosis in the constitution of authority and political power, this book moves away from seeing revolution in solely economic or ideological terms. Through the collision between Warao and Spanish, it highlights how language ideologies can exclude or integrate indigenous populations in the public sphere and how they were transformed by Hugo Chavez' revolutionary government to promote loyalty to the regime.

Author : David William Foster
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Ethnicity in literature
ISBN : 9780815326779

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Meets the needs of today's teachers and students Gathered to meet the upsurge of interest in Latin America, this collection features major critical articles dealing with the authors and texts customarily taught in colleges and universities in the United States. The articles are in English and Spanish, with a predominance of the former. Surveys a dynamic and exciting area of research Four Latin American writers have won the Nobel Prize for Literature: Guatemalan Miquel Angel Asturias, Chilean Gabriela Mistral, Colombian Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Chilean Pablo Neruda. Also internationally recognized are the Argentine Jorge Luis Borges, the Mexican Carlos Fuentes, and the Chilean Isabel Allende, to name only a few. Moreover, the sociopolitical circumstances of the past four decades of Latin American history, and the growing importance of the region have resulted in the creation of Latin American studies programs in numerous American universities. All of this literary activity hasinspired innumerable dissertations, theses, books, and journal articles. Explores contemporary Latin Americanissues and concerns In the face of such an enormous proliferation of commentary, students of Latin America and its literature need a body of basic texts that will provide them an orientation in the various research areas and new schools of thought that have emerged in the field. Particularly important are the essays and articles that have appeared in periodicals and other sources that Anglo American readers often find difficult to obtain. Individual volumes available: Vol. 1 Theoretical Debates in Spanish American Literature 448 pages, 0-8153-2676-9 Vol. 2 Writers of the Spanish Colonial Period 456 pages, 0-8153-2678-5 Vol. 3 From Romanticism to Modernismo in Latin American Literture 352 pages, 0-8153-2680-7 Vol. 5 Twentieth-Century Spanish American Literature Since 1960 416 pages, 0-8153-2681-5

Author : Edward Stratemeyer
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 41,35 MB
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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The Young Volcano EXPLORERS” is a complete story in itself, but forms the second volume of a line issued under the general title of the “Pan-American Series.” When I began this series of tales I had in mind to acquaint my young readers with some of the sights to be seen in the three Americas,—especially such portions as lie outside of the United States. In the first volume, called “Lost on the Orinoco,” I told of the sight-seeing and adventures of five American lads, who, in company with their academy professor, who is also a great traveler and hunter, journey to Venezuela, our sister Republic on the north-east coast of South America. The boys visit several principal cities, inspect cocoa and coffee plantations as well as gold and silver mines, and then explore the mighty river already named. In the present volume the scene is shifted from Venezuela to the West Indies, that group of islands of which Porto Rico has already become the property of the United States. Because of the recent Spanish-American War, and the still more recent volcanic disturbances in Martinique and St. Vincent, these islands are of unusual interest to us. In this book the boys and their instructor sail from Venezuela to Jamaica, stopping at Kingston, and then go to Havana, Cuba. In Cuba several places of importance are visited, and then the trip is continued to Hayti and to Porto Rico, where the party travel overland from San Juan to Ponce. At the latter city word is received that the fathers of two of the boys have gone to St. Pierre, Martinique, and the party start for that point, only to encounter the effects of the volcanic eruption when still far at sea. But Martinique is visited, nevertheless, and later on St. Vincent also, and in spite of the many dangers, all ends happily. In penning this tale I have, as usual, tried to be as accurate as possible when giving historical or geographical details. The latest and best American and Spanish authorities have been consulted, and, in the case of the disasters at Martinique and St. Vincent, I have read with care the reports of all who suffered and escaped, and of those who have since visited these spots of interest. Once again I wish to thank the many thousands who have perused my former works. May the present volume fulfil their every expectation....FROM THE BOOKS.

Author : John A. Crow
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 20,87 MB
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520037762

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Uniquely comprehensive and comparative, praised for its devotion to social and cultural developments as well as politics and economics, this book has been revised and brought up to date, with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s.