Search Results: Titles starting with F from Alla

NEW ~ Premio Carmen Lyra 1977. 9 anos y mas. Literatura infantil costarricense. 218 pp. Stories for young readers by the accomplished Costa Rican author Alfonso Chase. En espanol / Spanish. Minor shelf wear.

NEW ~ 2 vols. Translated to Portuguese by Milton Amado and Eugenio Amado. Illustrations by Gustave Dore. Collection: Franges obras da cultura universal, v. 11. Slight shelf wear; dust jacket of Vol. 2 has a tear and both are scuffed. PORTUGUESE / PORTUGUES 3.25 lbs. Weight may result in additional postage charges.

NEW ~ An anthology of nearly 400 fables in Spanish primarily from Mexico and Spain, with representation from other parts of the world as well. "Sepan Cuantos..." num. 16. 293 pp. Cover slightly faded. In stock. Usually ships in 3 days.

Sao Paulo, Brazil--today a global industrial hub--was once a sparsely-populated Portuguese outpost where Indigenous slavery and strategic marriage alliances were central to the success of the colonial enterprise. Landmark English-language study on Brazilian family and rural community based on careful archival documentation by Rice University professor Alida Metcalf. 280pp. Illustrations. Maps. Charts. Bibliography. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Hardcover. Carmen Lomas Garza's story of growing up in an extended family in an Hispanic community in Texas. As told to Harriet Rohmer. Spanish version Rosalma Zubizarreta. BILINGUAL: English / Spanish. Library binding.

NEW ~ Eight short stories by well-known Chilean author Jorge Edwards. Chileno Jorge Edwards vuelve al relato breve ~ transcurren en Chillan Viejo, Santiago actual, Montparnasse en los 70s, Espana, etc. 213pp. En espanol / Spanish. Light shelf wear to cover (see photo), erasure on front end paper. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Edicion de letra grande. Farabeuf o la cronica de un instante (1965), novela de Salvador Elizondo (Mexico, D.F., 1932 - 2006): Poeta, narrador, ensayista. Considerado el escritor mas original de su generacion. Miembro El Colegion Nacional desde 1981. Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes 1990. SEP Lecturas Mexicanas, Segunda Serie 14. 179pp. Larger type. En espanol / Spanish. Minor shelf wear to covers. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Zoological dictionary of Amazonian fauna by journalist and long-time researcher of natural history in the Brazilian North, Roberto M. Rodrigues. 217pp. Bibliography. Em portugues / Portuguese. Paperback with paper dust jacket. Light shelf wear to dust jacket, pencil erasure on front end paper. Imported by Alla, Santa Fe, NM in the 1990s. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

The fauna of Venezuela (vertebrados) organized by zoological Class: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish; then Sub-category, Family, etc. Descriptions of each with line drawings and a center section of color photographs; included two indices. 269pp. Illus. En espanol / Spanish text. Hardcover with sewn binding. The book has suffered some shelf wear over the years, but the interior pages are unmarked and in great shape. Back cover loose. Imported for shop inventory. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Novel by successful journalist and novelist Ines Pedrosa (1962) whose fiction has won numerous prizes. "Contado em duas vozes--uma delas a de alguem que acaba de morrer--Fazes-me Falta entrecruza o olhar de duas geracoes, e traca a historia de uma amizade profunda e sem ponto final, com todas as suas reminiscencias, remorsos, e tesouros." 229pp. In the original Portuguese. Em portugues. Brand new book. In stock at Alla. We usually ship within three days.

NEW ~ Hardcover edition. Traduccion: Elicura Chichuailaf N. Edicion bilingue: espanol - mapudungun. 28 pp. Edition of 1000 / edicion de 1000 ejemplares. A Mapuche legend published in Mapudungun and Spanish.

NEW ~ A collection of eight essays about Felipe Angeles ~ a significant (but little studied prior to this volume) figure in the Mexican Revolution ~ by Friedrich Katz, Adolfo Gilly, Felipe Avila Espinosa, Javier Garciadiego, Pedro Salmeron, Odile Guilpain, Ruben Osorio, and Gen. Luis Garfias. En espanol. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ A slim biography of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, famous Revolutionary Governor in Yucatan, Mexico, (covers 1870-1820s) assasinated in 1924. First edition in Coleccion Voces de Yucatan. 82 pp. Edition of 2,000. Bibliography.

NEW ~ Hardcover. Coleccion El Hada y el Duende 1. Protagonists: A pair of frogs. 43 pp.

NEW ~ Children's hardcover book with songs and cultural information for all ages. Learn Christmas carols in Spanish! The text contains all the lyrics and a CD is tucked in a plastic pocket inside the front cover. The book also explains traditions like Dia de los Reyes, and the legend of the Pointsetta, with bilingual Spanish/English texts. Try traditional food recipes and use the helpful bilingual vocabulary list. Colorful production. Reinforced library binding. Bilingual. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW~ Cover scuffed, spine scuffed and faded. Alla stamp on front endpaper. 237pp. Series: SomoSur 7. SPANISH (with English summaries). Excellent source for Fernando Castillo's architectural projects in Chile, illustrations include floor plans, elevations, and photographs.

NEW ~ Two-volume history of the construction and subsequent economic, social, and cultural consequences of the famous train that passes through the Copper Canyon on its way from Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico to Topolobampo on the Pacific coast. Appendix includes twenty-two primary source documents. Vol. I: 364 pp; Vol. II: 279 pp. SPANISH / ESPANOL"En esta obra resulta esencial para la cultura y la historia de Chihuahua, no solo de los ferrocarriles sino ademas de su entorno, porque registra memoria y documenta suenos y afanes de individuos que se empenaron en abrir una via de comunicacion entre sociedades comerciales de un vasto terrritorio, que va de Nueva York a Topolobampo." 2 vols.

NEW ~ Jesuit sermons celebrating the canonization of San Francisco de Borja. Serie la Nueva Espana, 7. 488 pp. Edition of 300 / 300 ejemplares. In Spanish / en espanol.

NEW ~ Near Fine. 109 pp. Illus. SPANISH / ESPANOL The fiestas of gremios, trade unions or guilds, in Mexico, both past and present. 10 oz.

NEW ~ A history of the Aztecs (Mexica) from the thirteenth to seventeenth centuries by Camilla Townsend, Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University. 320pp. Glossary. Notes. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. In stock. Usually ships in three days.