The Navajos in 1705

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

Accompanied by photography and political art, this powerful compilation of testimonies from longtime organizers, artists, housewives, journalists, students, teachers, and others who participated in the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca provides a raw, honest look at the 2006 Oaxaca protests to the political situation in the Mexican state?protests that would become one of the most important social uprisings of the 21st century. Acompañada de fotografías y arte político, esta compilación poderosa de testimonios de organizadores, artistas, amas de casa, periodistas, estudiantes,...

This book captures the most stunning studies, the difficulties, the dangers, and the experiences during a 10-year period of travel and expeditions. Author Juan Jesus Vallejo journeys across five continents, giving us a glimpse into the pyramids in Peru that are older than the Egyptian pyramids; the first human temples with more than 10,000 years of history, discovered in the dusty fields of Kurdistan; and the largest and most puzzling painted rocks on the planet, in nearly unexplored areas of the Sahara. An endless stream of riddles, anecdotes, and facts, this book demonstrates that the world ...

¿Por qué los francmasones franceses entregaron a Estados Unidos la famosa Estatua de la Libertad para que la colocaran en el puerto de Nueva York? ¿Por qué Mitterrand encargó una pirámide de cristal con la forma de la Gran Pirámide de Gizeh para conmemorar el bicentenario de la Revolución francesa? ¿Por qué Harry Truman, francmasón del Grado 33, contribuyó con tanto ahínco a la creación del nuevo Estado de Israel? ¿Por qué George W. Bush hizo el juramento presidencial sobre la Biblia masónica de la Gran Logia de Nueva York? ¿Por qué las Torres Gemelas fueron objetivo de Bin ...