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It happened with the mp3 and now it has happened with ebooks. The idea – whilst originally scorned at first – has started to really take off.

When mp3s were first unveiled to the general public, there was an outcry of derision. People argued that they would never catch on as you would have nothing physical to show for your collection, just a few 0s and 1s on a screen. Likewise, the audible crackle at the start of a vinyl or cassette record would be no more, as would the whir and stop of the CD.

Then, as people began to realise how they could store thousands of albums on a device they could fit in their pocket, downloading a world of new music as they went, the change began.

Now, this is happening with the ebook.

The public outcry around the ebook was arguably even more vociferous and impassioned than that of the mp3. The feel, smell and experience of a book would not be better or even equalled by a sterile screen, people argued. But then, of course, the idea began to win people over. Stacks of holiday reads were whittled down to just one discreet, narrow device.

On the go you could scroll through a catalogue of thousands of books, downloadable at the touch of a button, whether you’re in your living room, on the beach or at the top of a mountain (signal provided, naturally).

Now, the popularity of the machines has been galvanised by the fact that the Man Booker Prize judges were given ereaders for the first time in 2011, allowing them to access all of their small mountain of books in a neat and orderly fashion.

So whilst the naysayers may have made claims against the ebook, it appears as though it will be a resounding success and is certainly not about to go anywhere quickly.

Today we will talk about one of the most important novels of the Mexican literature. We refer to the Periquillo Sarniento, a work written by Jose Joaquin Fernandez of Lizardi, during the era of independence of the North American country, back in the year 1816.
Periquillo Sarniento is a book of adventure comics, in know the life of main character, Pedro Sarmiento, who by his ingenuity, point of humiliation of his companions during their school life.
Periquillo Sarniento becomes a boy left, which is an example of what can happen in those families who give much freedom and few limits on their children, i.e. move from greed to lawlessness, together with bad friendships. Product of this bad initial education, Periquillo Sarniento will be later involved in some events rather unpleasant, and its destination leads him to be clergyman to get involved in matters corrupt as the swindle. The destination would be playing a bad past and is that despite falling in love comes to know the misery of heartache and up to the death of his partner. Finally Periquillo Sarniento escapes from their daily lives and traveling toward the distant China to where entered his life, going back to the past and analyzing the course of his life, and in this way get a life more quiet. Without doubt a peaceful end to a life so crazy.
If we should define this work, we could say that this is a very advanced for the time with visions of modern education and a severe criticism to the society of that time.

The English language is tongue more widespread at world level and in turn, the official language of many countries like the United States, Britain, Ireland, Canada, among many more. Some quantitative data reveals the importance of this language in different areas:
-More than 75 percent of the scientific literature is written in English.
-More than 50 percent of the web sites are edited in English.
In any place in the world is possible to find people with minimum knowledge of English. While in many countries is not the official language, is regarded as the “language of the economy”, why, has a leading role in the business world and their knowledge, has positioned itself as an essential requirement for more competitive advantages in the labor market or simply to make a field trip.
The Center for Studies CCC, an institution pioneer in Distance Learning in Spain, has a very interesting proposal for the language learning through the innovative method “English with a thousand Words”. The same has gained great popularity since it was made known publicly some success stories on the part of students, businessmen, secretaries and other students belonging to different areas both in Spain and in the United States, among other points of the planet.
This system works because it is easy, short and appealing for a student. Its premise argues that only needed 1000 words to communicate and learn English. Read the rest of this entry »

If we are concerned the literature pickpocket then we cannot fail to read one of their predecessors. We refer to the always force Lazarillo de Tormes, a novel that tells the adventures of the character namesake, Lazarillo de Tormes or Lazaro Gonzales Perez. This Spanish novel of anonymous author, dating from 1554 and is environmental in land Iberians.
Worth mentioning that the Lazarillo de Tormes is written in the first person, as if the main character we had his life, and begins his narration us about a child orphan who must work to keep, and it is because their work be guide to a blind man, who live a series of experiences aluminates, and then go to a work with in religious who is a person of few feelings. We also see passages of his life in a couple, their beliefs of infidelity and, hence marriage based on a relationship of distrust, and hence the arrival of marital failure.
Lazarillo de Tormes has a peculiar form of storytelling, is written as if it were a letter, telling a friend what happens.
It is important to note that if we discover the history of the time, the Lazarillo de Tormes is an excellent way to do so because the reality with the described both characters like situations and environments is really impressive and education. Read the rest of this entry »

On this occasion we will talk about one of the books highlights not only of the Peruvian literature but of literature in Spanish. We refer to the Heralds Blacks, written by the great Cesar Vallejo, one of the best poets in history.
The Heralds Blacks is a poemario which was published in the year 1919, which brings together a series of writings, (69 to be more precise), which were written for 3 years by Cesar Vallejo. Among the poems we can find 6 sections, which are Fixtures agile, Divers, of the earth, imperial Nostalgia, Thunder and Songs of Home. The first division consists of 11 poems, the second by 4, the third by 10, the fourth by 13, and the penultimate by 25 and the last for 5.
The Heralds Black is written with a language modern, very intimate, full of symbolism, of metaphors, anxiety, of existentialism and why not says, of pessimism, of guilt and pain. This is your so famous phrase “There Are blows in life, so strong … I don’t know! Blows as hatred of God; as if before them, the hangover of everything suffered …”
From the time that appeared, The Heralds Blacks got a great criticism from the literati specialized, however, in that time was not a success of sales because only sold few copies. Read the rest of this entry »