Juan Carlos

Author : Dave Zirin,John Carlos
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781608461332

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The John Carlos Story by Dave Zirin,John Carlos Pdf

“A powerful and poignant memoir” of an African American athlete who defied the establishment—decades before Colin Kaepernick (Cornel West, New York Times–bestselling author of Race Matters). An NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work—Biography/Autobiography John Carlos was a bronze medalist in the two hundred-meter race at the 1968 Olympics, but he is remembered for more than his athletic accomplishments. His and his fellow medalist’s Tommie Smith’s Black Power salutes on the podium sparked controversy and career fallout—yet their show of defiance, seen around the world, remains one of the most iconic images of both Olympic history and African American history. This is the remarkable story of John Carlos’s experience as a young man in Harlem, a track and field athlete, and lifelong activist. “This book is fascinating for more than just the sports history, as the text talks about Carlos’ connection to Dr. King, basketball player Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Olympic runner Ralph Boston, baseball legend Jackie Robinson and boxer George Foreman. Carlos even comments on topics in today’s news including First Lady Michelle Obama, the value of Twitter, the antics of athletes like Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens, and his views on an award he received at ESPN’s 2008 ESPYs.” —Chicago Tribune “John Carlos is an American hero . . . I couldn’t put this book down.” —Michael Moore, filmmaker and New York Times–bestselling author of Here Comes Trouble

Author : David Brafman
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606066980

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LA Graffiti Black Book by David Brafman Pdf

This collection of unique works by 150 Los Angeles graffiti and tattoo artists represents an unprecedented collaboration across the city’s diverse artistic landscape. Many graffiti artists carry sketchbooks, called black books, and they ask crew members and others whose work they admire to inscribe their books with lettering or drawings. A few years ago, the Getty Research Institute invited artists, including Angst, Axis, Big Sleeps, Chaz, Cre8, Defer, EyeOne, Fishe, Heaven, Hyde, Look, ManOne, and Prime, to consider the idea of a citywide graffiti black book. During visits to the Getty Center, the artists viewed rare books related to calligraphy and letterforms, including works by Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci. The artists instantly recognized the connections to their own practices and were particularly drawn to a liber amicorum (book of friends), a form of autograph book popular in the seventeenth century. Passed from hand to hand, it was filled with signatures, poetry, and coats of arms, like a black book from another era. Inspired by this meeting of minds across centuries, these artists became both creators and curators, crafting their own pages and inviting others to contribute. Eventually 150 Los Angeles artists decorated 143 individual pages. These were bound together into an exquisite artists’ book that became known as the Getty Graffiti Black Book. This publication reproduces each page from the original artists’ book and recounts the story of an unprecedented collaboration across the diverse artistic landscape of Los Angeles.

Author : Juan Carlos Onetti
Publisher : Archipelago
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781939810472

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A Dream Come True by Juan Carlos Onetti Pdf

A Dream Come True collects the complete stories of Juan Carlos Onetti, presenting his existentialist, complex, and ironic style over the course of his writing career. Onetti was praised by Latin America's greatest authors, and regarded as an inventor of a new form and school of writing. Juan Carlos Onetti's A Dream Come True depicts a sharp, coherent, literary voice, encompassing Onetti's early stages of writing and his later texts. They span from a few pages in "Avenida de Mayo - Diagonal - Avenida de Mayo" to short novellas, like the celebrated detective story "The Face of Disgrace" and "Death and the Girl," an existential masterpiece that explores the complexity of violence and murder in the mythical town of Santa María. His stories create a world of writing which is both universal and highly local, mediating between philosophical characters and the quotidian melodrama of Uruguayan villages.

Author : Charles Powell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349244232

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Juan Carlos of Spain by Charles Powell Pdf

Widely acknowledged as a key figure in Spain's remarkable transition to democracy following General Franco's death in 1975, King Juan Carlos consolidated his reputation as a champion of democracy by aborting the attempted military coup of 23 February 1981. This political biography of the Spanish monarch sheds new light on his childhood, the process whereby he became Franco's successor in 1969, his subsequent contribution to his nation's democratization, and his role as constitutional monarch since 1978, both at home and abroad.

Author : Paul Preston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119426521

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Juan Carlos by Paul Preston Pdf

A powerful biography of Spain's great king, Juan Carlos. How did a playful, moody young prince, educated to sustain Franco's dicatorship, mature into the skilful, calm and brave king who defended Spain's infant democracy from siege and then nurtured it into health? It's a fascinating story, given definitively here in this gripping portrait. There are two central mysteries in the life of Juan Carlos, one personal, the other political. How to explain the apparent serenity with which he accepted that his father had surrendered him, to all intents and purposes, into the safekeeping of the Franco regime? In any normal family, this would have been considered a kind of cruelty or, at the very least, baleful negligence. But a royal family can never be normal, and the decision to send the young Juan Carlos away from Spain was governed by a certain 'superior' dynastic logic. The second mystery lies in how a prince raised in a family with the strictest authoritarian tradtiions, obliged to conform to the Francoist norms during his youth and early manhood, and educated to be a cornerstone of the plans for the reinforcement of the dictatorship, sided, when he had to, so emphatically and courageo

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:909898890

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Juan Carlos I by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul Preston
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007380817

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Juan Carlos: Steering Spain from Dictatorship to Democracy (Text Only) by Paul Preston Pdf

A powerful biography of Spain’s great king, Juan Carlos, by the pre-eminent writer on 20th-century Spanish history.

Author : Juan Carlos Alonso,Gregory S. Paul
Publisher : Walter Foster Jr.
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781633220331

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Ancient Earth Journal: The Early Cretaceous by Juan Carlos Alonso,Gregory S. Paul Pdf

Written and illustrated in the style of a naturalist's notebook, The Early Cretaceous brings readers closer to prehistoric life than ever before.

Author : Juan C. Ortiz
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884194132

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Disciple by Juan C. Ortiz Pdf

In this classic book written by best-selling author Juan Carlos Ortiz, you'll discover what it really means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. An ideal book for new believers, Disciple is also an inspirational and practical guide for Christians who want to grow closer in their walk with the Lord.

Author : José Luis de Vilallonga
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Spain
ISBN : 0297813587

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The King by José Luis de Vilallonga Pdf

Author : Juan Carlos Onetti
Publisher : Serpent's Tail Five Star
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Allegories
ISBN : 1852424818

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The Shipyard by Juan Carlos Onetti Pdf

The great Latin American writer: an inspiration to Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:746943908

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Juan Carlos I. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carlos Castaneda
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520290761

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The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda Pdf

In 1968 University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda.ÊThe Teachings of Don Juan enthralled a generation of seekers dissatisfied with the limitations of the Western worldview. Castaneda's now classic book remains controversial for the alternative way of seeing that it presents and the revolution in cognition it demands. Whether read as ethnographic fact or creative fiction, it is the story of a remarkable journey that has left an indelible impression on the life of more than a million readers around the world.

Author : John Van der Kiste
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752470832

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A Divided Kingdom by John Van der Kiste Pdf

There is little available on the dramatic and colourful history of the Spanish monarchy. Experienced author and historian John Van der Kiste provides a readable and anecdotal look at one of the key European dynasties from the nineteenth century to the present. He begins with the wayward, ill-educated Isabella II, who was forced to marry her nephew. During much of her reign power was in the hands of her generals and her exile and abdication saw the crown of Spain hawked round Europe for two years. It was briefly accepted then refused by Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - thus starting the Franco-Prussian War - and, after a short, unsuccessful stint as a republic, the monarchy was restored when Isabella's son Alfonso XIII was chosen as King. John Van der Kiste leads us through his popular reign, the reign of his son - who married one of Queen Victoria's granddaughters - and the socialist movement in Spain after the Great War which led to the dictatorship of Primo de Rovera. Finishing with the Spanish Civil War, the 'reign' of General Franco and the return of the monarchy with the present King, Juan Carlos, this is a fascinating look at the Spanish Bourbons.

Author : Juan Carlos Flores
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9058675378

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Henry of Ghent by Juan Carlos Flores Pdf

The book elucidates Henry of Ghent''s philosophical and theological system with special reference to his trinitarian writings. It demonstrates the fundamental role of the Trinity in Henry''s philosophy and theology. It also shows how Henry (d. 1293), the most influential theologian of his day at Paris, developed the Augustinian tradition in seminal ways in response to the Aristotelian tradition, especially Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274).