This book explores instances of language contact between two major Ibero-Romance languages (Spanish and Portuguese) and the two major Jewish languages (Hebrew and Yiddish).It examines the emergence of dialects of Judeo-Ibero-Romance in the Sephardic diaspora, as well as the creation of a variety of Hebrew-influenced Spanish in Argentina (Spanbrew) and the acquisition, loss, and re-acquisition of Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew in Israel and the United State...

Transnational Communism During the Cold War offers a bold and innovative reassessment of the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) as an important actor in Cold War-era transnational communist networks. Moving beyond conventional national narratives, this volume situates the PCE within a complex web of ideological, political, and economic relationships with key communist regimes – including the USSR, East Germany, Poland, and Yugoslavia – and Western European communist parties, revealing ...

Acclaimed Argentine thriller writer Gustavo Eduardo Abrevaya (The Sanctuary) returns with a harrowing tale of society in decay. After a five-year-old girl disappears under mysterious circumstances, Federico " El Pampa" Bazá n, a sub-inspector with the Federal Police, is tasked with tracking her down. Pampa is a lone wolf who' s used to getting his hands dirty, but nothing has prepared him for this descent into a hellish underworld of corrupt officials, bloodthirsty security forces, and mar...

The life of celebrated Mexican archaeologist Moctezuma tells of a man rising to the challenges of life and a man who has eloquently spoken to the the importance of understanding the roots of civilization.This biography of Mexico's award-winning archaeologist, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, is based on a series of interviews conducted by Davíd Carrasco and Leonardo López Luján, respected Mesoamericanists in their own right. Born in 1940 Mexico City, Matos Moctezuma's fath...

ENGINEER YOUR DREAMS: Stop Wishing and Make It HappenDo you have big goals, but feel stuck because you don’t know where to start?This isn’t just another motivational audiobook. Engineer Your Dreams is a proven, 7-step guide designed to turn your vague wishes into real, visible results.After surviving a near-death car accident that shattered his reality, Eduardo Cabrera—an international project management ex...

ENGINEER YOUR DREAMS: Stop Wishing and Make It HappenDo you have big goals, but feel stuck because you don’t know where to start?This isn’t just another motivational audiobook. Engineer Your Dreams is a proven, 7-step guide designed to turn your vague wishes into real, visible results.After surviving a near-death car accident that shattered his reality, Eduardo Cabrera—an international project management ex...

ENGINEER YOUR DREAMS: Stop Wishing and Make It HappenDo you have big goals, but feel stuck because you don’t know where to start?This isn’t just another motivational audiobook. Engineer Your Dreams is a proven, 7-step guide designed to turn your vague wishes into real, visible results.After surviving a near-death car accident that shattered his reality, Eduardo Cabrera—an international project management ex...

This book examines the phenomenon of kidnap-for-ransom, a crime that has been described as a ‘modern scourge.’ It draws on a large body of data from across the world and utilizes a range of theories and concepts from the social sciences and business disciplines to analyse and explain its widespread use by criminals and pirates. Case studies are extensively utilized to illustrate general observations on kidnap-for-ransom. The book provides comprehensive coverage, including the latest manife...

As a corrupt cop, he thought he knew evil.After a botched raid, narcotics detective Rick Mercy is being hunted by fellow cops, the drug dealers, and the torture cult he and his partner stumbled upon.His partner did not survive the encounter. Rick did, but with a gash across his chest from a ceremonial weapon, a human bone.And now, since getting slashed, a dark, intoxicating hunger is creeping into his mind. Mercy has to evade capture long enough to...

Eine äußerst nützliche Auseinandersetzung mit der Problematik Suchtkranker, den Behandlungsmethoden und der aktiven Rolle des familiären Umfelds. Entdecken Sie, wie das Verhältnis von Zeit und Drogen in einer Epoche funktioniert, in der alles beschleunigt und unmittelbar ist. Die Perspektive des renommierten Dr. Eduardo Kalina, Psychiater und Suchtexperte, ist grundlegend, um über eines der komplexesten Themen nachzudenken, mit denen alle Länder der Welt konfrontiert sind.

Few works of ancient history bring us closer to catastrophe than The Jewish War.Flavius Josephus knew the conflict from both sides. He entered the revolt as a Jewish commander in Galilee; after his capture, he witnessed the Roman campaign that ended with the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. Across seven books, his story reaches back through Pompey, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Mark Antony and Herod the Great, then follows Nero, Vespasian and Titus through the revolt, the siege of Je...

Eduardo Alemán provides a definitive institutional account of how Chile’s party system was remade—and ultimately undone—after authoritarian rule.In Political Institutions and Party System Change in Chile, Eduardo Alemán offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of Chile’s party system, tracing its evolution from the 1930s through the early 2020s. He begins with an analysis of how parties interacted before 1973, establishing a historical baseline both ...