Garcia: 1017 books

This book has family stories that date back from 1875 to the present. Stories that took place at the rancheras (rural settlements) in the region of los Altos de Jalisco, Mexico, during and after the Cristero revolution. It recounts the ways of living, celebrations, and disciplines passed on from one...

The word "chocolate" is said to be derived from the Mayan word "xocoatl." In fact, the Mayans, who occupied the YucatanPeninsula in Mexico starting is the 3rd century, were the first people to unlock the secrets of cacao seeds to make chocolate paste. In this ebook, you'll find...

Picture yourself relaxing on a sandy beach while your kids run and jump in the waves. Maybe you'll decide to scoot over to Mexico for lunch, visit with the Panda bears, or spend the afternoon riding a scenic trolley. Can't decide which of these vacation activities sound most appealing? Experience...

Cuando reinar es un deber, narra la minoría de edad de Alfonso XIII, rey desde antes de su nacimiento, y la regencia de su madre, María Cristina de Austria y de Habsburgo – Lorena.  Es, por tanto, una doble biografía histórica: la de reina regente y la del Rey -niño....

La vida de  Isabel II, su reinado, y sobre todo, la problemática de su matrimonio, son hechos tratados magistralmente en esta biografía histórica. La biografía necesita del dato histórico fidedigno, y ésta necesita de la agilidad periodística....

Los autores del libro LOS REYES QUE NUNCA REINARON nos introducen con estilo ameno, claro y conciso en una larga página de la historia española, muy poco estudiada y, por tanto, desconocida.  La historia del carlismo contiene elementos de epopeya: batallas, traiciones, heroicidades,...

Everything you always wanted to know about Olympic rituals and ceremonies but were too afraid to ask. Untold stories of Olympic intrigue and chicanery woven with secrets and behind-the-scene buzz of how these multimillion-dollar spectacles are put together. It's a privileged, sneak peek into the...

This slim travel companion and at-home reference features 1,001 common words, each accompanied by a brief definition, a sentence demonstrating proper usage, and a translation. Up-to-date entries cover modern technology and consumer electronics, and a categorized section offers a convenient quick reference...

O livro faz uma abordagem indispensável na História da educação grega e seu legado para o estudo da unidade política e poética de uma nação. Também aborda a história dos jogos olímpicos apresentando a estrutura e organização dos jogos. Em síntese apresenta um legado deixado pelos gregos...

This new and comprehensive guide covers all bird species found in the Canary Islands, a group of beautiful islands that are home for endemics such as the Blue Chaffinch, and are one of the best places in the world to see a number of rare species. · Covers every species recorded in the Canary...

Actuaries analyze the financial costs of risk and uncertainty. They use mathematics, statistics, and financial theory to assess the risk that an event will occur and help businesses and clients develop policies that minimize the cost of that risk. Actuaries' work is essential to the insurance industry....

Qlik Sense Desktop, the personal and free version of Qlik Sense, is a powerful tool for business analysts to analyze data and create useful data applications. Rattle, developed in R, is a GUI used for data mining and complements Qlik Sense Desktop very well. By combining Rattle and Qlik Sense Desktop,...

The Data Dissemination Initiative was launched in the mid-1990s as part of a broader internationally-agreed-upon initiative to strengthen transparency and promote good governance practices by establishing standards and codes. Ten years later, the initiative is viewed as an integral part of the international...

Credit derivatives have been instrumental in the recent increase in securitization activity. The complex nature and the size of the market have given rise to very complex counterparty credit risks. The Lehman failure has shown that these issues can paralyse the financial markets, and the need for...