Como agua para chocolate

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Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit. The classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama Elena, chops onions at the kitchen table in her final days of pregnancy. While still in her mother's womb, her daughter to be weeps so violently she causes an early labor, and little Tita slips out amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon becomes a way of life, and Tita grows up to be a master chef. She shares special points of her favorite preparations with listeners throughout the story.

The Spanish language edition of the best-selling Like Water For Chocolate is a remarkable success in its own right. Now, in this mass market edition, thousands of new readers will be able to partake in the sumptuous, romantic, and hilarious tale of Tita, the terrific cook with an extra special something in her sauce.

From the Paperback edition.

Customer Reviews:

The best story I've ever read!.......2006-08-01

I bought this book for my goddaughter who is a senior in high school and taking Spanish 4. But I have a copy myself and it is the best story I have ever read. The story has influenced my life, which is unusual for a novel. It is heart-warming, romantic, and inspiring for a decent gourmet chef like me. You'll love this story.

Como agua para chocolate.......2005-07-27

A look at the inner workings of a Mexican family through recipes, magic and sex. A charming read. Highly recommended.

a feast of the 5 senses, come to life.......2004-06-13

besides the excellent recipes wholly printed in the book version, here is my review of the movie, which is not as detailed nor able to be prolonged but is true to the book (unlike other movie versions of books in which some stuff is changed):

after you watch this movie, you will either want to eat, cook (preferably one of the mentioned recipes), make love or all three! i saw the version dubbed in spanish, and also read 3 selected chapters from the book, for spanish class. it's a work of art and genius, and it must be watched all the way through without stopping. the characters are excellently portrayed, and it combines love, feminism, drama, sensuality, lust, hope, passion, and humour, topped with cultural tradition and folklore. i don't know which one is better, the book or the movie. all of the 5 senses are provoked on a deep and perhaps even primal level, especially taste and smell, feverishly yearning for a sum greater than their overall parts (gestalt) - which brings up the sixth sense, intuition.

Excelente...No puede ser mejor de ahi!.......2004-04-06

Esta obra es preciosa... Tiene una historia tan tierna, y romantica a la vez, que te cautiva desde el primer momento que empiezas a leerlo. Es facil de leer, interesante, y entretenido. Se lo recomiendo a todo aquel que quiera disfrutar de una historia de amor, llena de sorpresas y pasion...

A Mexican Cinderella Story.......2003-04-30

Imaginatively told, romantic and sensual - this is a Latin-style fairy tale for adults only. Tita, our heroine, has a life of work & misery, caused by her mother who is cruel beyond reason to her and has brainwashed her since birth into believing that the youngest daughter must remain a spinster and take care of her mother for ever. Fortunately Tita is blessed with magical cooking skills that allow her to attract lovers and cast many types of spells over the people that consume her dishes, amazing events occur all around her. Tita is not the only talented member of the family either, her sisters are notable personalities as well.

Customer Reviews:

taps many scenses.......2004-11-03

the first time I saw one of Laura's books we were in Phoenix
exhibiting my husbands sculpture show. The weather was hot the sun almost always lite the intense blue sky. Bruce first read the book and highly recommended it to me because of the similarities of ethnic origins.
To read Like Water for Chocolate is like taking a emotional course on life. Laura's story telling made it's way through my eyes and landed in my heart. Her descriptions of her emotions and the linking to food and it's preparation was superb. You will find that you prepare and enloy food in a way you never did before. If you want to be in someone else's shoes and heart for the length of this book then I highly recommend it. I savored every page of the last chapter, knowing that the end
was near, I could not bear to finish it. I have tried to explain my feeling through my sculpture, I can only hope that I can
achieve as well as Laura Esquirel does.
I always have one of her books on the go. Instead of reading from start to finish I now read a chapter here and there as an emothional treat. It's not where you end up, it's how you get there. thankyou Laura Esquirel for that.

Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister

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Well researched and thorough
bittersweet tinge

Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister
Chris Nichols
Manufacturer: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Perfect Paperback

General | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 1586856995

Book Description

The Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister Chris Nichols
The commercial architecture created by Wayne McAllister (1907-2000) is responsible for much of the character of Southern California. His Fred-and-Ginger nightclubs and glinting-steel-and-blazing-neon circular drive-ins brought Hollywood to life. His Sands Hotel in Las Vegas became the home of the Rat Pack; the mythology of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. owes a great deal to the swank glamour of the Copa Room and the Sands Hotel, one of McAllister's finest.
Projects include Hotels and Nightspots:
1934 Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
El Rancho Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas
1952 Sands Hotel, Las Vegas
Fremont Hotel, Las Vegas
Drive-Ins:
1935-42 Simon's Drive-in's, Los Angeles
Herbert's Drive-Ins, 7800 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles
McDonnell's Drive-Ins, Los Angeles
1955 Bob's Big Boy, Van Nuys
Dinner Houses:
1945 Richlor's, Beverly Hills
1947 Stear's for Steaks, Beverly Hills
Lawry's the Prime Rib, Beverly Hills
1955 Smoke House restaurant, Burbank
Melody Lane
The Leisure Architecture of
Wayne McAllister
Chris Nichols
The commercial architecture created by Wayne McAllister (1907-2000) is responsible for much of the character of Southern California. His Fred-and-Ginger nightclubs and glinting-steel-and-blazing-neon circular drive-ins brought Hollywood to life. His Sands Hotel in Las Vegas became the home of the Rat Pack; the mythology of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. owes a great deal to the swank glamour of the Copa Room and the Sands Hotel, one of McAllister's finest.
Projects include Hotels and Nightspots:
1934 Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
Hotel Mayfair, Los Angeles
El Rancho Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas
1952 Sands Hotel, Las Vegas
Fremont Hotel, Las Vegas
Drive-Ins:
1935-42 Simon's Drive-in's, Los Angeles
Herbert's Drive-Ins, 7800 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles
McDonnell's Drive-Ins, Los Angeles
1955 Bob's Big Boy, Van Nuys
Dinner Houses:
1945 Richlor's, Beverly Hills
1947 Stear's for Steaks, Beverly Hills
Lawry's the Prime Rib, Beverly Hills
1955 Smoke House restaurant, Burbank
Melody Lane

Customer Reviews:

Well researched and thorough.......2007-08-30

Nichols presents an interesting look at many of the historic landmarks of Los Angeles and Las Vegas, painting the picture of times since forgotten. Being in my 20s, many of the landmarks I knew in name only, although I have seen and been to some, but in both cases, Nichols' book manages to evoke feelings of nostalgia and longing. The book is obviously painstakingly researched, and the sheer number of rare and hard-to-find photographs are enough to make any architecture or food history buff go ga-ga.

bittersweet tinge.......2007-05-15

Nichols gives a nostalgic retrospective on the long live and prodigious output of Wayne McAllister. In no small part, the book walks the reader back through the last 60 years of urban commercial architecture in the southern California region. McAllister lived a very long time, and he was responsible for designing iconic landmarks that at least in the hazy afterglow of memory, epitomise a classic time.

The book is replete with many photos and illustrations, the cover being an example of the latter. The most common image, if not exactly the most enduring, is Bob's Big Boy. I remember in the early 80s, when I arrived in Los Angeles, how these fast food restaurants and their mascots were everywhere. Even getting a cameo role in Terminator. Alas, as the years wore on, the Bob's Big Boys got steadily deprecated. Not many left.

Another type of McAllister's work has also fallen into the tar pits of history. He designed many of the drive-ins that dotted Los Angeles. And which were an indelible part of many teenagers' experiences. Sadly, most are long gone, brought down by the VCR and its successors. At least in the book, you can see several as they once were, at the peak of their glory. Actually, no matter how pretty the architecture, the sound was often bad, the food dreadful, the movies second rate and the nearby cars often had loudmouths.

Great book. But for some readers old enough, there is a certain bittersweet tinge to all this.

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Ni agua, ni luna: Charlas sobre zen
Osho
Manufacturer: Editorial Kairos
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 8472454703

Book Description

Offering an insight into the beauty and mystery of Zen, this collection of conversations includes many beautiful stories that highlight important points with absorbing clarity. Full of absurdities and humor, this book deals with sudden enlightenment—that supreme moment when people cease struggling to understand with their minds and jump wholeheartedly into the abyss—learning to love themselves as the first step toward loving the universe as a whole.

Ofrece una perspectiva profunda del Zen, incluyendo historias que personifican los puntos más importantes de manera interesante. Lleno de humor absurdo, este libro se trata de la ilustración repentina—ese momento supremo donde dejamos de luchar con nuestras propias mentes y nos adentramos enteramente a lo desconocido, aprendiendo a amarnos a nosotros mismos.

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Controla la situacion con facilidad

No Te Ahogues En Un Vaso De Agua
Richard Carlson
Manufacturer: Grijalbo
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0307273644
Release Date: 2005-05-03

Book Description

No te ahogues en un vaso de agua es la mejor guía para sobrepasar las pasadas lamentaciones de la vida.

Customer Reviews:

Controla la situacion con facilidad.......2000-12-21

Los libros de Richard Carlson se caracterizan porque nos hacen ver y entender cada situacion de una manera que la podemos manejar, sin dejar de perder el control. Muchas veces pensamos que los problemas o ciertas situaciones son gigantes, abominables, y que no podemos resolverlos. En este libro aprendemos a conocer las herramientas que se encuentran dentro de nosotros mismos para hacer cierta situación más llevadera, para analizar objetivamente cada aspecto del problema y planificar como resolver cada uno de esos aspectos. Aprendemos también a no sentirnos afectados por comentarios de terceras personas. Aprendemos a resolver conflictos con confianza, optimismo y facilidad.

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Luz De Agua
David Doubilet
Manufacturer: Phaidon Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Nature & Wildlife | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

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Los santos de Agua Mansa, California: Una novela

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Los santos de Agua Mansa, California: Una novela
Alex Espinoza
Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Still Water Saints: A Novel

ASIN: 0812977343
Release Date: 2007-01-30

Book Description

Agua Mansa, un pueblo en gran parte hispano más allá de la periferia de Los Ángeles, es el hogar de Perla Portillo y su Botánica Oshún, adonde acude la gente en busca de amuletos, hierbas y velas. Más que nada, buscan los consejos de Perla, quien ha estado al servicio de la comunidad durante años, armando a sus clientes con las herramientas que necesitan para sobrellevar todo tipo de crisis, tanto grandes como pequeñas. Tenemos a Juan, un hombre que intenta aceptar la muerte de su padre; Nancy, una maestra de escuela recién casada; Shawn, un adicto que busca la paz dentro de su caótica vida; y Rosa, una adolescente que intenta bajar de peso y encontrarse a sí misma. Pero cuando llega un cliente con un pasado turbulento y misterioso, Perla lucha por ayudarlo y debe hacer frente tanto a sus ilusiones frustradas como a sus dudas acerca del lugar que le corresponde en un mundo que cambia con mucha rapidez.

Imaginativa, alentadora, lírica, hermosamente escrita, Los santos de Agua Mansa, California, es una novela que evoca lo imprevisible de la vida y la persistencia del espíritu a través de las vidas de los habitantes de Agua Mansa y, en especial, de la mujer que se encuentra al centro de todo. Sus
historias son aquéllas de la fe y la traición, el amor y la pérdida, los lazos de la familia y la comunidad, y la constancia del cambio.

“Tan perfecta como las cuentas de un rosario . . . capaz de renovar la fe que tiene uno en la nueva narrativa”.
–Sandra Cisneros, autora de La casa en Mango Street

“Original, mágica, hermosa y evocadora . . . ofrece una ventana a un mundo que la mayoría nunca vemos”.
–Lisa See, autora de Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“Alex Espinoza está en camino de convertirse en el Faulkner de su propio paisaje encantado, aquel de la comunidad de Agua Mansa, tierra adentro en el sur de California. Este lugar cobrará vida ante los lectores de todo el país a través de una prosa delicada, exquisita e infundida de espíritu”.
–Susan Straight, autora de Highwire Moon

El Poder Curativo Del Agua/ The Healing Power of Water

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Bought for an older person who loved it

El Poder Curativo Del Agua/ The Healing Power of Water
Masaru Emoto , and Jurgen Fliege
Manufacturer: Obelisco
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 8497772997

Customer Reviews:

Bought for an older person who loved it.......2007-08-29

I bought the hard cover and the pictures are full page and gorgeous. Interesting the author's last name is a take from the word "emotion".

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Review on Pat Mora's Agua Santa/ Holy Water
A Student's Perspective on Agua Santa: Holy Water

Agua Santa: Holy Water
Pat Mora
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Poetry | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

Book Description

Like Sonia Sanchez and Sandra Cisneros, Pat Mora draws on oral and lyrical traditions; she reclaims the history and culture of her Mexican roots, especially real and imagined Mexican women of the past, from a tribute to Frida Kahlo to an interview with an Aztec goddess.

Customer Reviews:

Review on Pat Mora's Agua Santa/ Holy Water.......2002-12-11

The very title of this collection of poems suggests hybridity; Mora employs her Chicana consciousness in her exploration of woman. Female familial relationships are inspected as well as Mora's relationship with herself. Serving as a seamless backdrop to this analysis is Mora's ethnicity. Never once is it used in violent opposition against her readers, rather, Mora presents themes in fluid terms. Wetness is a prevalent phenomenon in Mora's poetry; the book itself along with individual sections and poems are named for and dedicated to water. This lends itself to illuminate Mora's respect for and incorporation of history and its related cyclical tendencies.
A hypothetical mission statement for Agua Santa/ Holy Water would treat of cultural hybridity. Mora occupies otherwise nonexistent spaces and accordingly produces revolutionary poetry. Of the small yet powerful group of Latino poets Mora is the most successful in her delivery of any sort of Latino poetics. She is staunch in her insistence to write about her culture, yet is gentle in her staunchness. Her language vividly serves images of women consoling children ("Braided"), excelling as artists while failing as humans ("Dear Frida"), feeling displaced ("January in Cincinnati"), living and dying ("Metamorfosis") and yet ever-remaining part of the river of women. The result is a delightful feminist embarking into cultural excavation.

A Student's Perspective on Agua Santa: Holy Water.......2002-12-11

Pat Mora's book of poetry, Agua Santa: Holy Water, beautifies the experience of the Mexican-American woman. Each poem has its own distinct image and story, while maintaining a greater theme that brings the book together. Agua Santa is a perfect read for someone looking to learn about the Mexican culture, as long as they are willing to put in some extra research in order to receive the full benefit of Mora's poetry. For unless the reader is already quite familiar with Mexican mythology, and comfortable with religious references, he may not understand what Mora is saying through her work.

One underlying theme in Agua Santa is feminism. Many of her poems depict women in various roles; mothers, daughters, goddesses, etc., and challenge the reader to question exactly how he views them. The most powerful example of this, and the highlight of the book, is the "Cuarteto Mexicano," a quartet of poems from the perspectives of four well-known Mexican female figures. The full title of the section is "Talk Show Interviews with Coatlicue the Aztec Goddess, Malinche the Maligned, The Virgin of Guadelupe, and La Llorona: The Wailer." Readers should not be mislead by this title; poems are a far cry from any talk show interview they may have seen on daytime television.

Book Description

The well being of a family is vital for all its members and for that reason, the way in which a family identifies and surpasses internal conflicts and creates bows of love and understanding is also vital. Psychologist Richard Carlson offers a series of reflections and advice that help understand and solve family problems. In this book you will find advice and simple, yet deep, strategies to find tranquility and family harmony.

Description in Spanish: La familia es, sin duda, un tesoro que debemos aquilatar. Sin embargo, la red de las relaciones que creamos entre hijos, padres, hermanos, la pareja y hasta algún pariente lejano, resulta compleja y delicada, lo que invariablemente causa cierto grado de conflicto y tensión. Además, nadie mejor que los familiares saben cómo hacernos perder la cabeza.

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