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Poésie
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Susan Aizenberg uses a range of techniques in her newest collection of poetry to explore contemporary daily life in a…
difficult world. She critiques gender, grief, culture, and the myriad experiences that define us. But even when grappling with old wounds, a strain of romance runs throughout the book, reminding readers that it&’s between the love and the grief that we&’ll find the moments worth being shared and savored.
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Littérature (biographies), Guerre et militaire (biographies), Guerre
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The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World examines how the…
most unlikely of war correspondents, Malcolm W. Browne, became the only Western reporter to capture Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc's horrific self-immolation on June 11, 1963. Quang Duc made his ultimate sacrifice to protest the perceived anti-Buddhist policies of the Catholic-dominated administration of South Vietnam's president Ngo Dinh Diem.Biographer Ray E. Boomhower's The Ultimate Protest explores the background of the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam in the spring of 1963 that led to Quang Duc's self-sacrifice as well as the worldwide reaction to Browne's photograph, how it affected American policy toward Diem's government, and the role the image played in the violent coup on November 1, 1963, that deposed Diem and led to his assassination. The book also delves into the dynamics involved in covering the Vietnam War in the early days of the American presence and the pressures placed on the journalists to stop raising doubts about how the war was going. Browne and his colleague David Halberstam shared the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for their work in Vietnam.
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Histoire, Essais et documents généraux
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The essays in this book demonstrate the importance of transatlantic and intra-American slave trafficking in the development of colonial Spanish…
America, highlighting the Spanish colonies&’ previously underestimated significance within the broader history of the slave trade. Spanish America received African captives not only directly via the transatlantic slave trade but also from slave markets in the Portuguese, English, Dutch, French, and Danish Americas, ultimately absorbing more enslaved Africans than any other imperial jurisdiction in the Americas except Brazil. The contributors focus on the histories of slave trafficking to, within, and across highly diverse regions of Spanish America throughout the entire colonial period, with themes ranging from the earliest known transatlantic slaving voyages during the sixteenth century to the evolution of antislavery efforts within the Spanish empire. Students and scholars will find the comprehensive study and analysis in From the Galleons to the Highlands invaluable in examining the study of the slave trade to colonial Spanish America.Understanding Latin America demands dialogue, deep exploration, and frank discussion of key topics. Founded by Lyman L. Johnson in 1992 and edited since 2013 by Kris Lane, the Diálogos Series focuses on innovative scholarship in Latin American history and related fields. The series, the most successful of its type, includes specialist works accessible to a wide readership and a variety of thematic titles, all ideally suited for classroom adoption by university and college teachers.
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Nouvelles
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Loners, families, fathers, wives—anyone who lives on the border between Mexico and the United States also lives on a border…
of violence and complexity. Here a master of Chicano noir explores that world in lean and haunting stories that you will never forget.
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Histoire
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For more than one hundred years, the Conquest of the Desert (1878–1885) has marked Argentina&’s historical passage between eras, standing…
at the gateway to the nation&’s &“Golden Age&” of progress, modernity, and—most contentiously—national whiteness and the &“invisibilization&” of Indigenous peoples. This traditional narrative has deeply influenced the ways in which many Argentines understand their nation&’s history, its laws and policies, and its cultural heritage. As such, the Conquest has shaped debates about the role of Indigenous peoples within Argentina in the past and present. The Conquest of the Desert brings together scholars from across disciplines to offer an interdisciplinary examination of the Conquest and its legacies. This collection explores issues of settler colonialism, Indigenous-state relations, genocide, borderlands, and Indigenous cultures and land rights through essays that reexamine one of Argentina&’s most important historical periods.
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Informatique et Internet , Essais et documents généraux, Sciences et technologies
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This book presents a new methodology to develop system-level brain models using ordinary differential equations (ODE), which are to be…
solved and analyzed through simple Python scripts. Computer simulations of this kind of models allow the study of healthy and damaged brain functions, the discovery of new neural pathways that may be crucial for the emergence of pathologies, and to simulate the effects of possible new therapies acting on brain actors which are difficult to investigate in traditional research.The methodology consists of four steps: (i) design the model architecture which represents the interactions between different brain areas; (ii) write the ODE system which are implied by the model; (iii) build a Python script that correctly solves the equations; (iv) optimize the free model parameters using genetic algorithms or other techniques to obtain one or more model instances that reproduce the target investigated behavior.This book is for all people who want to learn how to use Python and ODE to simulate brain functions regardless of their backgrounds. While rigorous mathematical proofs of many aspects of the arguments discussed are out of the scope of this work and are therefore omitted, the most important concepts necessary for the critical judgment and self-assessment of the practitioner’s work are exposed in a simplified, readily applicable form, with extensive references for the adventurous reader to explore. The book is a self-consistent textbook containing all pieces necessary to learn from scratch: from the essential mathematical and computing tools to the knowledge necessary to design, simulate, visualize, and interpret brain models. These skills are acquired through several hands-on examples explained step-by-step. One important and distinctive aspect of the book is that, beside the theory, it provides the necessary contexts and practical examples which are key to the correct application of the proposed methodology.
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Informatique et Internet
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Die Entwicklung des Internets, insbesondere des WWW, stößt aktuell an ihre Grenzen – sowohl technisch als auch sozio-kulturell und ökonomisch.…
Als Lösung wird ein neues Internet versprochen, das die Grenzen der realen und der virtuellen Welt überwinden und Realität und Digitalität verschmelzen soll – das Metaversum. Technische, semantische und organisatorische Details greifen hierzu eng ineinander. Was aber bedeutet dies bei genauerer Betrachtung? Welche technisch-technologischen Herausforderungen müssen bewältigt werden, um ein solches Verschmelzen zu erreichen? Welche ökonomischen Möglichkeiten eröffnen sich– und welche verbieten sich möglicherweise? Wie kann erreicht werden, dass ein offenes und für jeden benutzbares Metaversum entsteht? Und wie kann vermieden werden, dass auch in diesem neuen Metaversum wenige große Anbieter ihre proprietären Ideen durchsetzen? Für diese Fragen soll dieses Buch Antworten aufzeigen. In der vorliegenden Auflage wurden zudem aktuelle Trends sowie der Beitrag der künstlichen Intelligenz zum Metaversum ergänzt.
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Affaires et économie
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This proceedings volume is the 32nd issue of the Springer’s series Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, which is the…
official book series of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES, www.ebesweb.org). The volume includes selected papers presented at the 45th EBES Conference, which took place in Budapest from October 11th to 13th, 2023 and was hosted by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest (Hungary). In the conference, 187 papers by 381 colleagues from 58 countries were presented. The conference was held both in hybrid with both in-person and online paper presentation format.
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Essais et documents généraux
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This volume expands the definitions of language and work in researching their mutual influences. It considers language as a working…
tool, a vector of occupational identity, and so on, and work as the needed daily interrelation tasks, communication constraints and so on. The volume covers various national contexts: India, France, Argentina, Morocco, Portugal, Palestine, Brazil, Singapore, and Canada. The diversity of countries and linguistic spaces presented here enriches the perspectives in terms of transferring the insights from one situation to another. The specific cases discuss, among others, how an occupation may be structured by language use; how language embeds occupations within certain social contexts; challenges of teaching in multilingual classrooms; and how language affects therapeutic discourse and communication between patients and doctors. The chapters provide detailed contexts and backgrounds so that readers can enjoy entering into each context and seeing similarities and differences with their own research field to incorporate the findings into their own research. This volume is intended for sociologists interested in professionalisation, industrial and occupational sociology, sociology of work, public health, and management research.
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Informatique et Internet , Sciences et technologies
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Dies ist der zweite von zwei Bänden, die zusammen einen Überblick über die neuesten Fortschritte bei der Erzeugung und Anwendung…
digitaler Zwillinge in der Bioprozessentwicklung und -optimierung geben. Bioprozesse haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten stark entwickelt, von datengetriebenen Ansätzen hin zur Digitalisierung der Bioprozessindustrie im 21. Jahrhundert. Darüber hinaus erfordert die hohe Nachfrage nach biotechnologischen Produkten effiziente Methoden, sowohl in der Forschung und Entwicklung als auch im Technologietransfer und in der Routineproduktion. Ein vielversprechendes Werkzeug ist in diesem Zusammenhang der Einsatz von digitalen Zwillingen als virtuelle Darstellung des Bioprozesses. Sie spiegeln die Mechanik des biologischen Systems, die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Prozessparametern, Kennzahlen und Produktqualitätsmerkmalen in Form eines mathematischen Prozessmodells wider. Darüber hinaus ermöglichen digitale Zwillinge den Einsatz computergestützter Methoden, um ein besseres Prozessverständnis zu erlangen, neuartige Bioprozesse zu testen und zu planen sowie diese effizient zu überwachen. Dieses Buch konzentriert sich auf die Anwendung digitaler Zwillinge in verschiedenen Kontexten, z.B. computergestützte Versuchsplanung, Seed-Train-Vorhersage und Lifeline-Analyse. Die beiden Bände behandeln sowohl die Grundlagen als auch die Anwendungen und bieten damit eine ideale Einführung in das Thema für Forscher und Entwickler in Wissenschaft und Industrie.
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Médecine
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The aim of this manual is to offer a comprehensive framework for both present and future military surgeons, enabling them…
to effectively navigate and build a successful career within the military, while also providing them with transferable skills upon completion of their military service. The military healthcare system operates within a unique framework with distinct challenges and opportunities. By acquiring knowledge and insights into the intricacies of military career paths, surgeons can make informed decisions about assignments, promotions and professional development. Navigating an Army, Air Force, Navy or Reserve career requires an understanding of the organizational structures, consultant roles and specific requirements of each service branch. Additionally, being aware of opportunities for advanced education, leadership development and operational assignments enables surgeons to develop a career trajectory aligned with their goals and aspirations. Presently there is not a sole source document, either in the military or civilian sectors, that allows easy access and references to the multiple opportunities afforded to military surgeons or an understanding of life as a surgeon on active duty. Furthermore, this text provides context to civilian organizations, administrative personnel, recruiting departments and family members that interact with or assist in making important decisions for military surgeons. This manual features insight and guidance from senior leaders of our Armed Forces, both past and present, who have excelled in academic, operational and clinical surgical careers. By providing a reference for successfully navigating a military career, this will not only enhance the professional growth of a surgeon, but also ensure the delivery of high-quality healthcare to our service members and beneficiaries both domestic and abroad.
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Affaires et économie, Essais et documents généraux
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In today’s manufacturing environment, managing inventories is one of the basic concerns of enterprises dealing with materials according to their…
activities. This book introduces and examines important production strategies such as scrap strategy and rework strategy under stochastic conditions that contribute to the reduction of unexpected costs. In a step-by-step manner, it presents stochastic imperfect inventory models, inventory models involving rework processes or breakdowns, as well as their maintenance. Also, different aspects of uncertainty are provided in multiple chapters of this book.One of the primary questions answered in this book is: What is the optimal production quantity when there is a failure in the production line? To answer the question, the problem is first modelled mathematically, then the concavity or convexity of the objective function is proved and finally the optimal production quantity of the production system is determined using suitable solution methods. The book is valuable for researchers in operations research and inventory management and professionals working with supply chains.
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Informatique et Internet
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Want to build cities that truly work for everyone? Usability for the World: Sustainable Cities and Communities reveals how human-centered…
design is key to thriving, equitable urban spaces. This isn't just another urban planning book; it's a practical guide to transforming cities, offering concrete strategies and real-world examples you can use today. What if our cities could be both efficient and human-friendly? This book tackles the core challenge of modern urban development: balancing functionality with the well-being of residents. It explores the crucial connection between usability and sustainability, demonstrating how design principles, from Universal to life-centered, create truly livable cities. Interested in sustainable urban development? Usability for the World offers a global perspective, showcasing diverse approaches to creating equitable and resilient cities. Through compelling case studies, discover how user-centered design addresses pressing urban challenges. See how these principles connect directly to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. This book offers more than theory. It provides practical insights and actionable strategies for: Designing user-centered cities: Apply usability principles to urban planning. Improving urban spaces: Discover how tech and innovation create human-friendly environments. Building sustainable communities: Explore the link between human-centered design and the SDGs. Creating equitable cities: Understand how design promotes inclusivity and accessibility. Whether you're an urban planner, designer, policymaker, or simply someone who cares about our cities' future, Usability for the World provides the tools and inspiration you need. Join the movement to build better cities, one human-centered design at a time. What will your contribution be to the future of urban living?
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Informatique et Internet , Médecine, Sciences et technologies
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"Advanced Image Fusion Techniques for Medical Imaging: Trends, Applications, and Future Directions" is a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge image fusion…
methodologies in the realm of medical imaging. This timely work addresses the growing need for advanced techniques to integrate and analyze multi-modal medical images, offering healthcare professionals and researchers a valuable resource for improving diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes. The book provides a thorough examination of both conventional and deep learning-based fusion strategies, covering a wide spectrum of applications in medical image processing. From noise reduction and image enhancement to segmentation and classification, the authors present a detailed analysis of how image fusion can be leveraged to overcome the limitations of individual imaging modalities. Real-world case studies and practical examples throughout the text demonstrate the tangible benefits of these techniques in clinical settings. Looking beyond current applications, this forward-thinking volume also explores emerging trends and future directions in medical image fusion. By addressing challenges and potential impacts on healthcare practices, the authors offer readers a glimpse into the future of medical imaging. This book serves as an essential guide for researchers in biomedical engineering, medical professionals specializing in radiology and medical imaging, and graduate students in computer science, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering. This diverse audience reflects the book's comprehensive approach to advanced image fusion techniques in medical imaging, covering both theoretical foundations and practical applications.
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Sciences et technologies
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This book explores the processing, properties, and applications of Posidonia oceanica, an abundant marine plant found in the Mediterranean Sea,…
for the production of cellulose and nanocellulose. It demonstrates the treatment of Posidonia oceanica waste through chemical and mechanical modifications to produce a renewable, biodegradable nanomaterial known as nanocellulose. The unique properties of this nanocellulose enable its applications as an adsorbent material for dye removal, as nanofibers in composites, and in macromolecular materials. This book is an essential resource for university departments in chemistry, materials science, and physics, as well as research institutions and industries interested in the valorization of Posidonia oceanica residues. It provides insights into using this marine biomass to produce cellulose derivatives and/or lignocellulosic fibers for fiber-reinforced composites and papermaking applications. Furthermore, the book consolidates valuable knowledge about Posidonia oceanica and its multi-scale valorization for the development of innovative materials.
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Fantômes et horreur (récits)
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From rising star of horror Craig DiLouie comes a twisted tale of love, heartbreak, and the apocalypse. We all have…
bad exes. Lily Lawlor's just happens to be the Antichrist. "DiLouie brings his sharp mix of heart and horror to the end of the world with this clever story about rock and roll, relationships, and destiny." ― Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author1998: Lily Lawlor and Drake Morgan form a punk band. Drake inspires faith in some. Fear in others. Lily is a believer. 2010: At the height of her stardom, Lily walks into a police station and confesses to a murder. Now: The band has refused to talk to the press about their riotous past, Lily&’s confession, or anything else. It's been over a decade, but Lily has finally agreed to an interview. And the band is following her lead. What follows is a story of prophecy, death, and apocalypse. A story about love found and love lost. A story about the antichrist. Maybe it&’s all true. Maybe none if it is.Either way, this is their story. And they&’re sticking to it. "One hell of a performance! DiLouie once again proves he is a master of the epistolary genre." ― Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker award-winning author "Reading My Ex, the Antichrist is like letting Behind the Music take you to hell and back." ― Andy Marino, author of The Swarm
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Europe (histoire), Seconde Guerre mondiale, Histoire
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From the author of national bestsellers The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter comes "a rousing tale of little-known heroes"…
(Booklist).The Few tells the dramatic and unforgettable story of eight young Americans who joined Britain's Royal Air Force, defying their country's neutrality laws and risking their U.S. citizenship to fight side-by-side with England's finest pilots in the summer of 1940-over a year before America entered the war. Flying the lethal and elegant Spitfire, they became "knights of the air" and with minimal training but plenty of guts, they dueled the skilled and fearsome pilots of Germany's Luftwaffe. By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation. Winston Churchill once said of all those who fought in the Battle of Britain, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." These daring Americans were the few among the "few." Now, with the narrative drive and human drama that made The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter national bestsellers, Alex Kershaw tells their story for the first time.
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Essais et documents généraux, Philosophie, Judaïsme
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Rabbinic tradition asserts that every letter of every word of the Torah is a word in itself. Author Stan Tenen…
demonstrates that each letter is also a hand gesture, and it is at this level that Hebrew forms a natural universal language. All people, including children before they speak and people without sight, make natural use of these gestures. In The Alphabet That Changed the World, Tenen examines the Hebrew text of Genesis and its relationship to the alphabet. He shows how each letter is both concept and gesture, with the form of the gesture matching the function of the concept. There is thus an implicit relationship between the physical world of function and the conscious world of concept. Using over 200 color illustrations, Tenen demonstrates geometric metaphor as the best framework for understanding the deepest meaning of the text. Such geometry models embryonic growth and self-organization and the core of many healing and meditative practices. Many subjects in contemporary science were derived from the methods and means available to the ancients; The Alphabet That Changed the World makes this authoritative recovery of the &“science of consciousness&” in Genesis accessible for the first time to the contemporary reading public.
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Histoire
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During the summer of 1792, a man wearing the rough garb of a vaquero stepped out of the night shadows…
of Mérida, Yucatan, and murdered the province&’s top royal official, don Lucas de Gálvez. This book recounts the mystery of the Gálvez murder and its resolution, an event that captured contemporaries&’ imaginations throughout the Hispanic world and caused consternation on the part of authorities in both Mexico and Madrid.In this work Lentz further provides a readable introduction to the Bourbon Reforms as well as new insights on late colonial Yucatecan society through the vast depictions of the cross-section of Yucatecan people questioned during the decade it took to uncover the assassin&’s identity. These suspects and witnesses, from all walks of life, reveal the interconnected layers found in colonial Yucatecan society and the social networks of Mérida&’s urban underclass as well as their unexpected ties to the creole elites and rural Mayas that have previously been unexplored.
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Histoire
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Malintzin was the indigenous woman who translated for Hernando Cortés in his dealings with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma in the…
days of 1519 to 1521. Malintzin, at least, was what the Indians called her. The Spanish called her doña Marina, and she has become known to posterity as La Malinche. As Malinche, she has long been regarded as a traitor to her people, a dangerously sexy, scheming woman who gave Cortés whatever he wanted out of her own self-interest.The life of the real woman, however, was much more complicated. She was sold into slavery as a child, and eventually given away to the Spanish as a concubine and cook. If she managed to make something more out of her life--and she did--it is difficult to say at what point she did wrong. In getting to know the trials and intricacies with which Malintzin's life was laced, we gain new respect for her steely courage, as well as for the bravery and quick thinking demonstrated by many other Native Americans in the earliest period of contact with Europeans.In this study of Malintzin's life, Camilla Townsend rejects all the previous myths and tries to restore dignity to the profoundly human men and women who lived and died in those days. Drawing on Spanish and Aztec language sources, she breathes new life into an old tale, and offers insights into the major issues of conquest and colonization, including technology and violence, resistance and accommodation, gender and power.Beautifully written, deeply researched, and with an innovative focus, Malintzin's Choices will become a classic. Townsend deftly walks the fine line between historical documentation and informed speculation to rewrite the history of the conquest of Mexico. Weaving indigenous and Spanish sources the author not only provides contextual depth to understanding Malintzin's critical role as translator and cultural interpreter for Cortes, but in the process she illuminates the broader panorama of choices experienced by both indigenous and Spanish participants. This work not only provides revisionst grist for experts, but will become a required and a popular reading for undergraduates, whether in colonial surveys or in specialty courses.--Ann Twinam, professor of history, University of Texas, AustinIn this beautifully written and engrossing story of a controversial figure in Mexican history, Camilla Townsend does a wonderful job unraveling the multiple myths about Malintzin (Marina, Malinche), and placing her within her culture, her choices, and the tumultuous times in which she lived. The result is a portrayal of Malintzin as a complex human being forced by circumstances to confront change and adaptation in order to survive.--Susan M. Socolow, Emory UniversityCamilla Townsend's text reads beautifully. She has a capacity to express complex ideas in simple, elegant language. This book consists of an interweaving of many strands of analysis. Malinche appears as symbol, as a historical conundrum, and as an actor in one of history's most fascinating dramas. The reader follows Malinche but all the while learns about the Nahuas' world. It is a book that will be extremely valuable for classrooms but also makes an important contribution to the academic literature.--Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, professor of history, Carleton University