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First concepts in Mexican folk art volume 2
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Introduces opposites using painted wooden folk art animal sculptures made by artisans from Oaxaca, Mexico.
En este libro ilustrado para niños se usan animalitos tallados de madera y pintados para mostrar una variedad de palabras contrarias. Estas esculturas son creadas por los artesanos de Oaxaca.
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A colorful celebration of Mexican cuisine from LA's landmark Oaxacan restaurant-with recipes for moles, salsa, cocktails, family meals and more.
Oaxaca is the culinary heart of Mexico, and since opening its doors in 1994, Guelaguetza has been the center of life for the Oaxacan community in Los Angeles. Founded by the Lopez family, Guelaguetza has been offering traditional Oaxacan food for twenty-five years.
In this delightful introduction to Oaxacan...
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First concepts in Mexican folk art volume 1
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Este libro ilustrado para niños presenta el alfabeto usando esculturas de animales talladas de madera y pintadas por la familia Jiménez, descendientes de Manuel Jiménez de Oaxaca, un fundador de ese tipo de arte folklórico.
This illustrated book for children introduces the alphabet, using painted wooden sculptures of animals made by the Jiménez family, descendents of Manuel Jiménez from Oaxaca, one of the founders of this type of folk art.
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First concepts in Mexican folk art volume 3
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Learn the names of the colors with Mexican folk art.
Aprende los nombres de los colores con arte folklórico mexicano.
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"In The Food of Oaxaca, chef Alejandro Ruiz introduces home cooks to the vibrant foods of his home state--"the culinary capital of Mexico" (CNN)--with more than 50 recipes both ancestral and original. Divided into three parts, the book covers the traditional dishes of the region, where Ruiz grew up; the cuisine of the Oaxacan coast, where he spent many years; and the food he serves today at his acclaimed restaurant, Casa Oaxaca. Here are rustic recipes...
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"Animals living in one country don't always talk the same language as animals from somewhere else. Take a rooster, for instance. In English-speaking countries, he says cock-a-doodle-doo when he has a notion to announce himself or to greet the dawn. But in Spanish-speaking countries, he says ki-kiri-ki. Emerging readers will delight in identifying the animals depicted on each new page. The bilingual text invites parent and child into an interactive...
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"Diario de Oaxaca is artist Peter Kuper's chronicle of two years living in Oaxaca, Mexico, encountering its modern conflicts against the backdrop of the country's ageless beauty and enduring rhythms. From a town held hostage by soldiers to the miracle of the Monarchs' sanctuary, Kuper renders his experiences in vivid detail, capturing both the light and shadows that define life in Mexico."--Jacket.
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"La Negrada" is the first Mexican feature film about the Afro-Mexican community, filmed entirely with people from different towns around the Costa Chica in Oaxaca. In Mexico, the afro communities represents only 1% of the total population. They have never been acknowledged as an ethnic group, nation or culture, suffering discrimination as an outcast group. "La Negrada" is the first Mexican fiction movie filmed entirely in one of those black communities,...
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Vicente Carrizo es un reportero de nota roja que trabaja en un periódico semanal llamado La Noche, en el que se relatan las historias más escabrosas de Oaxaca. El reportero es llamado a cubrir la muerte de un reconocido historiador y, al sacar fotografías del cadáver, se percata de que tiene en la mano una nota que lo involucrará en el robo de arte sacro más grande del estado. Ahora que su vida corre peligro lo que busca es obtener el reportaje...
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Sonidos de animales en español e inglés.
Did you know that animals that live in one country don't always talk the same language as animals from somewhere else? Take a rooster, for instance. In English-speaking countries, he says cock-a-doodle-doo when he has a notion to announce himself or to greet the dawn. But in Spanish-speaking countries, he says ki-kiri-ki. Bilingual text invites parent and child into an interactive and playful reading experience...
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Accompanied by photography and political art, this powerful compilation of testimonies from longtime organizers, artists, housewives, journalists, students, teachers, and others who participated in the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca provides a raw, honest look at the 2006 Oaxaca protests to the political situation in the Mexican state--protests that would become one of the most important social uprisings of the 21st century.
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"Oaxaca es uno de los estados de mayor tradición en México. Fascinada por sus colores, sus sabores, sus tradiciones y su gente, Guadalupe Loaeza, con su pluma ágil, amena y fresca, nos revela este mágico estado y nos sumerge en un mole de cultura y tradición para conocer el corazón de Juana, los últimos días de Don Porfirio y un Juárez gigantesco. Desde la Mc Indignación hasta la caída de Ulises, Guadalupe entrega breves relatos de Oaxaca,...
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"Una tarde de otoño en la Ciudad de México, Luisa, de diecisiete años, no regresa a casa. En su lugar, aborda un camión a la costa del Pacífico con Tomás, un muchacho al que apenas conoce. Él parece representar todo lo que le falta a su vida: temeridad, impulso e independencia. Y Tomás también puede ayudarla a satisfacer una extraña obsesión: encontrar a la compañía de enanos ucranianos. Según los reportes del periódico, los enanos...
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