Friday, October 26, 2007

Mariano Azuela


Mariano Azuela was born 1873 in México; He starts to make the Revolution Mexican Novel. He was born in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, and January 1 of 1873. In college starts to study Medicine in Guadalajara City. Starts to write when began the Porfirio Díaz Dictation: María Luisa (1907) that one was his first novel, (1907),After a couples of years, in 1915 writes Los de Abajo, this novel makes him famous and starts to make copies all the world. It is considered that the of down has greater significance as historic documents due to that the expressive resources utilized there are based on real experiences lived during the time in which Mariano Adze its writer fought with the troops of Pancho Villages. Between the revolution in 1910. Azuela took the principal elements for creation of the most important novels as a Los de Abajo, Maria Luisa, and Mexican revolution, to was public in 1916

Rich dad poor dad


Robert Toru Kiyosaki was born in April 8, 1947. He is an investor, businessman, author and motivational speaker. Kiyosaki is best known for his Rich Dad, Poor Dad series of motivational books and other material. He has written 18 books which combined have sold over 26 million copies. Although, beginning as a self-publisher, he was subsequently published by Warner Books, a division of Hachette Book Group USA, currently his new books appear under the Rich Dad Press imprint. Three of his books, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Rich Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant, and Rich Dad's Guide to Investing, have been on the top 10 best-seller lists simultaneously on The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the New York Times. The book Rich Kid Smart Kid was published in 2001, with the intent to help parents teach their children financial concepts. He has created three "Cashflow" board and software games for adults and children and has a series of "Rich Dad" audio cassettes and disks. He also publishes a monthly newsletter.

This book has an extraordinary example of how peolple know about stududies and stuff but they do not know how to invert money in their lives.. It is a great book that help you understanding the meaning of money investment

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Isabel Allende



Isabel Allende was born in Lima, Peru in 1942, her father was a diplomatic from Chile, and she was niece of Salvador allende who was president of this country years ago. when she was twenty years old she got married to Miguel frias with who she had two kids, Paula and Nicolas after some years later she get divorce, and after this she left Chile when the chilenos expulse Salvador allende from the presidence, Isabel had a pretty hard life when her daughter had a disease that put her in a comma from several years and some years later she die.

Isabel don’t have to use much of her imagination in her books, because her family provided her almost all the material she needs, some of her family member are reflected in her books characters like in her book “la casa de los espiritus” her grandfathers where “Esteban Trueba and Clara del Valle” and also in her book “Paula” she wrote a lot about her family members.

She likes to write about her livings or about stories that she grow up believe in. she love to write about her own experiences and about the things that actually happened in her live with her family and what she had to go threw some years where she had to fight for her children, she lived in Europe a couple of years because her stepfather was a diplomatic and they were allways travelling and living in different countries.

In 1975 she move with her husband and her children to Caracas, Venezuela for 13 years which were the most important years for her point of view that increase her desire for writing and she star to write” la casa de los espiritus” this book makes that Isabel enter the writers world.

When her daughter got sick she move to California where she lives at the moment, she had travel a lot in her live but always taking her family with her, the experience that Isabel had to live where difficult her daughter death was one of the hardest years that this author had to live, Paula was one of her best sellers and one of the first comments that Isabel did to a magazine was that the only thing she regret about this book, was that her daughter couldn’t read it.

The hard live that Isabel had to live and she reflect this pain in some of her books is what makes her books unique. Her life what’s pretty hard and she likes to write about her stories and what she had live in her life.

JUVENTUD EN EXTASIS



Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez was born on April 15, 1964 in Mexico City. He studied industrial engineering at the Technological Institute of Tlalnepantla. Specialized in Upper Management by the same Institute. Author of the book "Juventud en éxtasis", "Un grito desesperado", etc... His first title, un grito desesperado(novel exceedance for parents and children), and subsequent are a kind of family Bible to correct the errors and horrors of education. Owners and director of the Educational Corporation Pretium, founder and leader of the Institute for Integral Leadership. Cauhtémoc collaborated in various forums on radio and television as a specialist in human formation. He has been honored as the "Writer of the Year" and winner of the "Golden Sun" and named "Toastmaster International Award of Excellence in Oral Expression", "National Award of the Creative Minds" and "National Award for Youth in Literature. "
He write this novel "Juventud en éxtasis" one of the most well-known novel in the world because he try to prevent and to guide the young people to live a security sexuality in their lifes, because he was young and he lived the distortion of sexuality with the passage of years, and logically he thought that the book might be extreme helpful for their future generations , as It might have served him when he was young and he wrote this book as accurate advice healthy learning.

El poder de la Intencion


My favorite book is called "El Poder de la Intencion" and the writter`s name in Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. Who spent much of his adolescence in an orphanage.Then he received his Doctor of Education in counseling from Wayne State University. He was a counselor in Detroit at the high school level and a professor of counselor education at another university in New York.
He got married and divorced two times, having seven of his eight children by his second wife, Marcelene. His job is to help and motivate people in each on of his books to try to make them feel better with themselves, and have a better life.
I think Dr. Wayne was a person who suffered a lot while growing up in the orphanage, having to deal with all that stress and crying, since an adolescent; and even more when he got married and divorced twice. I`m sure these most be the reasons that made him want to help people and he thought the best solution was to write books to get to all of those who are suffering just as much or even more than him.
This is why I've chosen him, because I really admire his work and I love the fact that hi cares about people.

Pablo Neruda Biography

Pablo Neruda is a famous writer in latinoameria, he was born y Parral-Chile on July 12,1904. His mother die a few days after he was born, the person who discouraged Neruda's affinity for poetry since the age of 10.

In the university he won his first literary prize with "La cancion de fiesta", in 1924 with his poem "Vente poema de amor y una cancion desesperada", as a personal opinion I love this poem, this poem was converted in a sold exit (supere one million of copies), it makes that he could be situated in one of the more destacated poets.

Neruda was married three times, also in Chile didn`t recognize his second married. His published poetry was widely respected at the age of twenty. He follow his career to Asia, then in Europe in 1930's he became involved in political actions as well as much of his poetry.

Between his numerous poems I would like to emphasize more of his poems like "Canto General", "Residencia en la tierra", "El habitante y su esperanza". In 1970 he was candidated for president in Chile.

Pablo Neruda return to Chile in 1952, in 1972 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, he died of cancer on September 23, 1973 at the age on 69. Actually he was recognized as a national hero and a greatesd poet of the twentieth century.

Jules Verne


Enormously popular French author, the founding father of science fiction with H.G.Wells. Verne's stories, written for adolescents as well as adults, caught the enterprising spirit of the 19th century, its uncritical fascination about scientific progress and inventions. Many of Verne's ideas have been hailed as prophetic. Among his best-known books is the classic adventure story Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).
This is a novel about the adventures of Phileas Fogg and his servant Passerpartout. One day while Phileas Fogg is with some friends, he reads in a newspaper that it is possible to travel around the world in eighty days. No one believes this is true, except Phileas.
Jules Verne talks about travels in his books for example "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "From to the Center of the Earth". Maybe this writter traveled a lot of in his life for this reason He likes to write books with protagonistes to do travels.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

System of a Down

System Of A Down, a Los Angeles-based "nu-metal" band, was formed by three Armenian-Americans (Serj Tankian on vocals, Daron Malakian on guitar, Shavo Odadjian on bass). System Of A Down (American, 1998) introduced a violent approach to social commentary, reminiscent of the hysteria of the old punk-rock school but enhanced with metal riffs and assorted sonic detours. War? and Suite-Pee bear the stigmata of the Dead Kennedys, plus panzer riffs and demented screams. The best of the political rants, P.L.U.C.K., is a volcano that erupts sweet refrains, death groans, psychotic riffs and even ska beats. However, the band's originality is best displayed in the songs that straddle the border between genres, both in the ethnic realm, notably the syncopated middle-eastern metal fusion of Know, but also the foreign musical accents of Soil, in the pop realm, such as the bombastic power-ballad Spiders, and in the grotesque realm, with Sugar, and Suggestions, two music-hall skits gone terribly awry, and the emphatic and sarcastic Peephole, that simply takes those two sick ditties to an even more evil dimension. The six-minute Mind is the vocalist's tour de force, running the gamut from whisper to roar and dragging the music into an emotional black hole.
Comment: Personal I like fthis band because they try to give a message to the young people, that war only bring violence, poor and death, and this is a interesting point of view, almost for a nu-metal band.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

ALFONSINA STORNI




Alfonsina Storni was born in Sala Capriasca, Switzerland and moved to Argentina at the age of four. She worked in a factory before becoming an actress, then a teacher, and finally an office worker and writer. She published her first book of poetry, La inquietud del rosal, in 1916. She subsequently published El dulce daño (1918), Irremediablemente (1919), Languidez (1920), Ocre (1925), Mundo de siete pozos (1934), and Mascarilla y trébol (1938). A single mother and an intelligent woman, Storni often felt held back by a society where intellectual pursuits were considered the realm of men. She famously described herself as superior al término medio de los hombres que me rodean; "superior to most of the men who surround me". In many of her poems and in articles she wrote during the 20s, she is highly critical of society's treatment of women. She also struggled with a depression that often comes through in her poetry, and in 1938, having been diagnosed with cancer, she took her life in the seaside city of Mar del Plata by walking out into the ocean.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

HILARY DUFF


My favorite singer is Hilary Duff, she is american. Besides she is actress. My favorite movie that she has done is "Cenicienta". She is a younger artist and she is very famous around of the world. Besides Hilary Duff has a lot of movies and tv shows and she is propietor his own mark of clothes and accessories. Hilary Duff is very beatifull but she doesn´t have boyfriend for the moment.Hilary Duff has a famous tv show called "Lizzie Maguier". In this program she is an inocent teenager who is trying to discover how hard it is to be popular in highschool, but she will do everything to do it. This program also teach the youngest generation of teenagers the real friendship how to be nice.

Bono "Paul Hewson"

Bono He´s real name is Paul Hewson, Paul was originally nicknamed "Bono Vox" by his friend, he was born May 10, 1960, and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Now is the lead singer and principal lyricist of the Irish rock band U2. Since that time he has been referred to as Bono, his stage and nickname, by his family and fellow band members. Part of this getting on with things was his marriage to Ali Stewart on August 21st 1982, and hew has has four children.
Bono has taken part in several other endeavors outside of U2 and has collaborated and recorded with numerous artists. He has also participated in different business ventures. He has organized and played in several benefit concerts and has met with several, influential politicians.
Bono Is one of my favorites singers cause he is one of the most popular singers between 70' to now, also he always helps poor people around the world. Makes and organized a benefit concerts and make alot o money to help does people


Paulo Coelho









Paulo Coelho was born on 1947 in Rio de Janerio, Brasil. He's family was of a intermidate level social with a strong catolic influence. He studied in a jesuit college that impose a strong discipline so, he turned a rebel. At the age of seventeen Paulo was intern in a psychiatrist clinic. Around 1960, Paulo belong to a hippie group, he leave his studies and started to travel around Perú, Bolivia, Chile and México, as Europa and the north of África. Two years later he returned to Brasil and started to compose some sing letters. In 1974, Paulo was bold for a short time in a militar torture center for conspire to the brasilian goverment. In 1987, he crossed the Road to Santiagon, between France and Spain. This experience inspire him to write his first hit book "El Peregrino de Compostela". Paulo sold 65 millions of books around the world, with translations in more than 60 languages. In 1988, he published "El Alquimista" one of the most sold books around the world.


Santiago's Road





Paulo Cohelo described the Road to Santiago in his book"El Peregrino de Compostela". This road has an interesting route around of 800 Km that you can cross in one month. In 1986 the writer went on a pilgrimage for 90 days.



"El Peregrino de Compostela" is an exciting story that tell the events of the pilgrimage of Paulo Coelho around the Road to Santiago. He had the company of a spiritual guide, Petrus a mysterious and enigmatic man. Paulo had to confront a lot of proofs and excercises, he knew some figures that set him in hardship about his determination and his faith. The Road to Santiago inspire to Paulo to write his firts novel that show us a magnificent metaphor about the needed to find our road in the life....


Beyonce


The reasons why my favorite artist is Beyonce would be because, first of all I love her style, she allways looks so beautiful and pretty in every one of her presentations or interviews, her hair is really nice and she has an absolutely gorgeous body, also her clothing is cool, she dresses too nice.


Second, she`s not like most of actual artists that only care about themselves and most of the time do really dumb things, like drugs or alcohol; she`s a very oriented person, she likes to go to church and she even makes cristian songs, that`s even better, and this at least to me means that she cares about important things, like helping others.


The third reason is obviously her spectacular voice, she sings like a godes. She really has a voice like no other, and her songs are allways hits, the bits and the rithim she puts in them are very unique.


Another reason I like her is because she`s a humble person, that, I can tell every time I watch her on tv on her interiews she never acts like she`s the best or the hottest girl around.


Well I think those are the most important things I like about her!

Metallica



Metallica was formed in Los Angeles, California in Octuber of 1981 by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. After that came some others members like Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton. This band has been inspired by some bands such as Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Rush, Diamond Head, Motorhead, etc. The first demo that Metallica produced was recorded in January of 1982 it was a one track demo of Hit the Lights Lloyd Grant overdubbed the guitar solo.
In 1983, Metallica made an impact. They move to San Francisco where they played at the Stone a now legendary venue for MetallicaIn spring 1983, the band traveled to Rochester, New York to record their first album “Metal up your ass." However, due to conflict with the record label regarding the title, the album was later renamed Kill 'Em All. The famous album titled “The Black album by fans” were created on 14 August 1991, which included songs such as "Enter Sandman", "Nothing Else Matters", "Sad But True," "The Unforgiven," "Holier Than Thou," and "Wherever I May Roam.
Metallica`s music will never die, because everybody has heard at least one song.

Isabel Allende


Isabel Allende

My favorite writer is Isabel Allende cause I think that the story of her own life is very interesting and she write what she knows I mean that she likes to write about her life she put the characters of her books based in her family, and that’s what makes her books different than other ones, I have read so many books from her, but for my opinion the best one was Paula, this is a book based in the life of her daughter who die of a disease were she was in comma for several years that made that Isabel to live a terrible time but she keep writing about her daughter story, so when she wake up she could read it but she never could, so this is a really sad story that is really personal for the author and most of her books are based in stories like this based in her personal experience and her tragedies that she had live since she was just a little child to now, Isabel Allende i think that she is really strong to have the force to wirte about her own tragedies and her own live.

My Favorite Artist


My Favorite actress is Charlize theron, a young girl who was born in Benoni, (South Africa) in 1975. Who now is considerate one of the most beautiful girls and components of the big screen


As the age of six years old she studied ballet but, when she turned thirteen, his mother sends Charlize to another school, the reason was because her parents do not have a good relation.

In the year of 1991, in June, when Charlize came back home, she was witness of a tragic scene, when her mother shot her father during a bid discussion.

After all that problems she decided to work as a model in the same country, but in the year of 1993 she decided to fight to the United States to work as a professional dancer.

Now she’s working as a professional actress and she already made some movies like Italian Job for example, or Head in the clouds.

The reason because she’s my favourite actress is because she shows us that don’t matter the circumstances of our lives, if we have a dream we can do it.

FAVORITE ARTIST






JOSÈ SARAMAGO WHO WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 16, 1922 IS MY FAVORITE ARTIST. HE IS ORIGANLLY FROM AZINHAGA, WHICH IS CENTRAL DISTRICT OF PORTUGAL. HE CAME FROM A POOR FAMILY. HE HAD TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE HIS PARENTS COULD NO LONGER PAY FOR HIS EDUCATION.

HE STARTED TO WRITE HIS FIRST NOVEL RIGHT AFTER HE GOT MARRIED, BUT IT HAD NO SUCCESS. IN 1980 HE PUBLISHES HIS FIRST GREAT NOVEL “LEVANTADO DE CHAO”. HIS MOST RECENT PUBLISHED NOVEL “LA CEGUERA” WAS A TOTAL SUCCES. HE NOW LIVES IN LISBOA.
JOSE SARAMAGO WRITES BASED ON HISTORY AND OF HIS COUNTRY. HIS BOOKS ARE NOT BASED ON HIM, OR HIS PAST. HIS WANTS TO SHOW US THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN OPINON AND HELPS US QUESTION WHAT WE DO AND HOW THE THINGS ARE NOW A DAYS. HIS BOOKS ARE NOT CONNECTED TO ANYONE JUST TO HISTORY AND HIS COUNTRY.


JOSÈ SARAMGO IS MY FAVORITE ARTIST BECAUSE HE IS NOT SCARED TO WRITE WHAT HE WANTS. I LOVE THE BOOK "LA CEGUERA". THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS. I LEARNED ABOUT HIM IN MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY MADE US READ THIS BOOK. I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS BOOKS AND THE WAY HE EXPRESSES HIMSELF. THAT IS WHY JOSÈ SARAMGO IS MY FAVORITE ARTIST.