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Pedro Arrupe: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series)
Pedro Arrupe, Kevin F. Burke

Orbis Books, 2004

The Trouble With Black Boys: And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education

1 review
Pedro A. Noguera

Jossey-Bass, 2008

The Trouble With Black Boys and Other Reflections on...
Once again Noguera is at his best in giving the readers something powerful to think about. I recommend this book to everyone who is serious about making a difference in the lives of Black males. Dr. Ahmes Askia Atlanta, GA

Loving Pedro Infante

10 reviews
Denise Chavez

Washington Square Press, 2002

Loving Pedro Infante: Amor sin pelos en la lengua
In love with Lucio, a married man who can't or won't love her back, Teresina "La Tere" Ávila, a thirty-something teacher's aide and secretary of the Pedro Infante Fan Club #256 in dusty Cabritoville, NM, escapes into the world of Infante. So she tells it in Denise Chavez's Loving Pedro Infante, a witty and insightful look at the difference between fantasy and reality. As she unravels her ...

Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools

1 review

Jossey-Bass, 2008

Unique in its own diversity
An excellent book, unique in its own diversity. The "Book Description" and "Inside Flap" above give a good description of how this book is about the science of the research and organizing of the Berkeley High School Diversity Project, I just wanted to add a little about how the telling of the book itself expresses an understanding of diversity. To me, the book is about the importance of ...

Pedro's Journal (spanish) (Mariposa, Scholastic En Espanol)

6 reviews
Pam Conrad

Scholastic en Espanol, 1994

Pedro's Journal for 5th grade Class
Pedro's Journal was read by my 5th grade classes to learn more about Christopher Columbus and his journey. It was perfect for a class of mixed ability readers, it's history was well researched, and it engaged the students. We used it for a Literary Circle book. I highly recommend it for Social Studies, Language Arts, or an example of journal writing.

Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique (Clarendon Paperbacks)

8 reviews
Pedro de Alcantara

Oxford University Press, USA, 1997

Musicians Read This!
Indirect Procedures stands by itself in the world of Alexander Technique books. Written by a cellist and Alexander teacher, it is the only book I know of exclusively devoted to musicians' issues. At the same time, it is a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of Alexander Technique with some photo illustrations. One caveat - Indirect Procedures is not light reading and ...

Pedro Paramo Y El Llano En Llamas (Novela (Booket Numbered))

1 review
Juan Rulfo

Booket, 2006

rulfo
I love this author, I think he is one of the most powerful descriptive writers.

Pedro Y El Capitan/ Pedro and the Captain (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura))

3 reviews
Mario Benedetti

Santillana USA Publishing Company, 2007

Excelente obra
es un excelente libro, en el cual se refleja la situacion de argentina en el año de 1979, donde un preso se le tortura para que de informacion sobre 4 personas, pero gracias a sus altos principios, valores, y por el amor a su hijo se mantiene firme en no dar esa información hasta el final, *derrotando* al capitan. Simplemente esta excelente, facil de leer, además de rapida

Pedro Paramo (COLECCION LETRAS HISPANICAS) (Letras Hispanicas/ Hispanic Writings)

54 reviews
Juan Rulfo

Catedra, 2006

Best novel I've read ever... or should I say poetry?
I had the pleasure of reading this book the first time in Spanish. That has advantages, obviously. Much of the poetry shines even brighter. However, an English version will also shock and grasp you in a good way. A story that unwinds with twists and turns, from present to past, and in the end develops into a poetic vision of a town haunted by both beauty and brutality at the same time. All of ...

Pedro and Me

36 reviews
Judd Winick

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2000

funny-sad-moving
i have been a fan of the real world show ever sense the first one but it wasn't until the real world:san francisco show that i became a true fan. when i first saw pedro i thought there is a interesting person, it wasn't until i saw the show that i saw just how interesting he was. i heard of hiv/aids and i read about it but i never understood what it was until pedro came along. i use to believe ...

The Insatiable Spiderman
Pedro Gutierrez

Carroll & Graf, 2005

Pedro Juan Gutierrez exploded onto the literary landscape three years ago with his bestselling novel, Dirty Havana Trilogy. Hugely acclaimed for its honest depiction of a Cuban capital characterized by sleaze, sex, poverty and hedonism, in The Insatiable Spiderman we see the return of its anti-hero, who is again prowling the streets of Havana. Pedro Juan's relationship with his wife, Julia, is in terminal decline, and the trappings of domestic ...

Tropical Animal: A Novel
Pedro Gutierrez

Carroll & Graf, 2006

Pursued by Gloria, a proud and sophisticated prostitute bent on curbing his wandering instincts, Pedro Juan is holed up in his crumbling Havana apartment—painting, beset by a growing sense of melancholy as he observes the lives of the hustlers, hipsters, and hookers in the city below. An invitation to Sweden—cold, unwelcoming, the antithesis of Pedro Juan's Cuba—gives him an official way out. However, once in Europe he finds ...

Animal tropical

1 review
Pedro Juan Gutierrez

Editorial Anagrama, 2002

A good read again- more of Pedro Juan G's revelations.
If you are familiar with this author's writing style and his themes, you will easily identify with this book as it is an extension or better yet a part of a series of four books that depict Cuba from his own personal experiences (the other three are Trilogia sucia de la Habana, El Rey de la Habana and El Insaciable hombre araña). This one is more focused on two periods in his life and his ...

Corazon mestizo/ Mestizo Heart: El Delirio De Cuba

1 review
Pedro Juan Gutierrez

Planeta, 2008

a tropical bukowski
excellent book it shows the cuban bittersweet reallity.it is somekind of bukowski in a tropical style,combining magic and reallity,fiction and facts and expresed with crude words it makes you not stop reading until reaching the last page.

PEDRO ALMODOVAR (Contemporary Film Directors)

1 review
Marvin D'Lugo

University of Illinois Press, 2006

Excellent introduction to Almodovar
This short book is one of the best things available in English on Almodovar. It's part of a good series. I also recommend Pedro Almodovar: Interviews; Peter William Evans, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown; and "Almodovar's Girls (All About my Mother)" in Leo Bersani and Ulysse Dutoit, Forms of Being: Cinema, Aesthetics, Subjectivity. There is better literature in French (Notably ...

El nido de la serpiente (Narrativas Hispanicas)

1 review
Pedro Juan Gutierrez

Editorial Anagrama, 2006

At the start of the revolution...
This should have been the first book by PJG in his series of novels about Cuba. In this one Pedro Juan is 15-21 yrs old and the reader gets a sense of how it all began. Coming from a poor family, at the start of the revolution, his parents were forced to sell much of what they had to survive. Pedro Juan himself fished sea crab daily to earn a few pesos. No surprises here for those of you who read ...

Pedro the Brave

1 review
Leo Broadley

Tiger Tales, 2002

wonderful rhimes
This is a book that has turned my 3 years old son interesst for written words. He truelly ejoyed the funny story and was in love with the main caracter - Pedro. We laughed outloud on misfortunes of a big bad woolf and rejoyced on Pedros victories. This is a book that brings families together.

Pedro's Journal: A Voyage With Christopher Columbus

1 review
Pam Conrad

Topeka Bindery, 1999

Good book for moderate readers.
A wonderful book for moderate readers. Great for all ages. It explains how early sailors believed the Atlantic Ocean was cursed.A very exciting book!

Pedro Páramo y el Llano en Llamas

6 reviews
Juan Rulfo

Booket, 2003

Ya es un clasico mexicano
Decidi leer esta novela al enterarme de que es la favorita de por lo menos siete de los escritores hispanoamericanos mas reconocidos del siglo que recien termino. Lo que lei me gusto muchisimo. La genialidad de Juan Rulfo al describir la relacion del pueblo mexicano con el tema de la muerte es indescriptible. Indispensable leer este libro para tener una vision completa de la literatura ...

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