Ever since she was a little girl in Mexico, Juana Ines de la Cruz showed great interest in books and learning. And that was back when women were not usually allowed to study Juana decided to become a nun to be able to read and learn all that she wanted. But that wasn't the only thing she achieved: [...]

This volume surveys the work of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1651-1695), the most significant literary figure of the colonial period in Spanish America. Focussing on her three religious plays, it analyses the role of early scientific ideas in her literary works.[...]

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1651-1695) was a feminist and a woman ahead of her time. She was very much a public intellectual and her contemporaries called her "the Tenth Muse" and "the Phoenix of Mexico", names that continue to resonate. This self-taught intellectual rose to the height of fame as a w[...]

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Fans of Judy Moody and Clarice Bean will love Juana, the spunky young Colombian girl who stars in this playful, abundantly illustrated new series.
Juana loves many things -- drawing, eating Brussels sprouts, living in Bogota, Colombia, and especial[...]

Called the "Quintessence of the Baroque" and "Bridge to the Enlightenment," Mexican writer and nun Sor Juana In's de la Cruz has also been celebrated as the "First Feminist of the New World." Feminist Perspectives on Sor Juana In's de la Cruz fills a gap in the scholarship on Sor Juana by exploring [...]

Queen Juana of Spain was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabel, and sister of Catherine of Aragon. She was instrumental in creating the powerful Hapsburg houses of Spain and Austria which would endure for centuries. Throughout her life Juana was callously denied power and status by three men: her hus[...]

There is no shortage of books on project management, yet most of those guides are weighed down with tiresome project management-speak and heavy process. This easy-to-use, step-by-step, plain English guide to project management shows readers how to hit ground running and nail the completion of projec[...]

In January 1994, the Zapatistas seized towns in Chiapas, Mexico, calling for broad democratic changes. The writings of Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, who emerged as the group's eloquent spokesman, are collected here. This edition features new pieces and new commentary by the editor.[...]

In a fantastical future, humans are no longer the dominant species and dragons have evolved to become rulers of the world we once knew. Dragonewt is an archaeologist who is fascinated with his studies of the past. When he finds a young human girl he names Juana, he adopts her, and together the two e[...]

In a fantastical future ruled by dragonewts, human dominance is a thing of the past. Despite humanity's extinction, Nid, a young dragonewt with a passion for ancient history, makes a startling discovery: a young human girl who calls herself Juana. Together, the unlikely pair sets out to explore the [...]