Madrid ayer y hoy

In fall 2012, the hardcover edition of this book was released to critical acclaim and received several awards, including the 2013 American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award for its innovative collaborative approach and design. Now available in a smaller, more afford - able paperback edition, Petrochemical America features Richard Misrachs haunting photo-graphic record of Louisianas Chemical Corridor, accompanied by landscape architect Kate Orff s Ecological Atlasa series of speculative drawings developed through research and mapping of data from the region. Their joint effort...

En las memorias de su infancia José Revueltas recordó alguna vez que "[...] de chico siempre me desvivía porque me compraran proyectores con lámpara de alcohol, iba al Volador a comprar cintas viejas, por metro [...]". Recordaba también las proyecciones públicas, en su infancia en Durango: "Era gratis, ponían una sábana en la plaza y proyectaban películas, a mi me parecía algo mágico, verdaderamente extraordinario [...]". Entre aquel transcurrir de la infancia a la adolescencia y la juventud, viendo el cine mudo italiano, o el cine de Chaplin, José Revueltas se convirtió en un...

South of the border, a spectacular range of ancient volcanoes rises from the desert floor just a few miles from the Sea of Cortez. Virtually untraveled, the Sierra Pinacate in northwestern Mexico beckons adventurers and scientists. Here, in words and pictures, is a remarkable introduction to this place of almost surreal beauty. Sometimes veiled in clouds or dust storms, the Pinacate have long been shrouded in mystery as well. From prehistoric times until today, people of Sonora have told tales of giants, men and animals, bottomless pits, endless tunnels, hostile Indians, smoking caverns, and...