Flores: 371 books

Bootstrap is one of the most complete frameworks out there. It uses the latest web technologies to provide powerful built-in features like fluid grid layout, responsive design, typography, custom forms elements and javascript iteration all within a tiny footprint. Bootstrap comes equipped with...

For the most part, democracy is simply presumed to exist in the United States. It is viewed as a completed project rather than as a goal to be achieved. Fifteen leading scholars challenge that stasis in Materializing Democracy. They aim to reinvigorate the idea of democracy by placing it in the midst...

You’re already establishing a track record with your kid by how you listen, by what you say when you’re angry, and by how you treat your spouse. We like to surprise parents who ask us, “When do I start talking about sex?” The answer is, you’ve already started.As difficult as talking with...

"Remember the Alamo!" reverberates through Texas history and culture, but what exactly are we remembering? Over nearly two centuries, the Mexican victory over an outnumbered band of Alamo defenders has been transformed into an American victory for the love of liberty. Why did the historical battle of...

La idea de que el desarrollo del conocimiento científico implica un proceso de cambio o transformación más o menos radical ha imperado desde el último tercio del siglo pasado surgiendo de manera interrelacionada desde tres grandes campos de análisis del conocimiento: el psicológico, el epistemológico...

Border Rhetorics is a collection of essays that undertakes a wide-ranging examination of the US-Mexico border as it functions in the rhetorical production of civic unity in the United States. A “border” is a powerful and versatile concept, variously invoked as the delineation of geographical...

These wise words came from my vet, but, over the years I came to realize that they apply even more to humans than they do to pets. Although happiness means different things to different people, we all want it. But, happiness is not our birthright.We have to search for happiness, think of ways...

We first met Annie in The Devil and my Bicycle the first novella in The Devil’s Bike series. She was the object of a young man’s obsession and he had to cross many hurdles to get to her. He rode a bicycle two hundred miles across Texas to reach her. Along the way he would be chased by monsters,...

In the short novella The Devil and My Bicycle there was a brief appearance of Todd the serial killer. By the time he ran across the bike rider he had perfected his trade and quite enjoyed it. The origins of such a killer are often speculated about and written about in hypothesis. Todd’s childhood...

"Many of us live life disregarding the lessons we can learn in life. The episodes shared by F. Mateen Flores in his book, PASS DA EL are insights into the life of a troubled urban youth who was sentenced to a life sentence and committed to the New York State Department of Correctional Services....

Una obra que arroja inesperadas luces sobre uno de los periodos más impetuosos de la historia de México: la Independencia. Momento singular que, como resultado de recientes investigaciones, presenta nuevas vetas de estudio y discusión, las cuales rebasan, sin duda, los alcances acostumbrados en...

Quando a força da Paixão e das Letras derrota o maior assassino de todos os tempos: Diogo Alves. Segredos de Amor e Sangue é um regresso do autor à época em que Diogo Alves, o célebre galego que matava no Aqueduto das Águas Livres, era o grande protagonista do crime em Lisboa.Em 1997 escreveu...

What is philosophy? Why does it matter? How have philosophy and its relation to religion and science changed from the ancient to the medieval and modern periods and beyond? What are the central philosophical ideas, from Socrates to Nietzsche? Reexamining Love of Wisdom addresses these questions. It...

Entre los muchos quehaceres de los astrónomos mesoamericanos, existía una actividad de gran importancia para las colectividades humanas: la determinación de intervalos de tiempo a corto y largo plazo. Ello se lograba mediante la observación de fenómenos solares proyectados en edificios que fungían...