by John E. Johnston (1994)
The 32-bit power of OS/2 is quickly becoming the operating system of choice for companies looking for improved PC network connectivity options. This text shows systems programmers and LAN administrators how to overcome problems associated with implementing OS/2 across the network using Communications Manager/2. Readers will find step-by-step configurations for connecting SNA, Novell and DEC equipment. The book also covers Token-Ring and Ethernet connectivity and offers approaches for Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN).
Josep Pla
*El quadern gris* és un llibre de l'escriptor Josep Pla en forma de dietari, amb un alt caràcter autobiogràfic. És considerat l'obra mestra de l'autor, i una de les obres autobiogràfiques més importants de la literatura catalana.
Caroline Alexander
The author's travel account of her exploration in equatorial Africa, retracing the journey made in 1895 by Mary Kingsley.
Aurelio Miró Quesada Sosa
Sexto volumen dedicado a la vida y obra del ilustre poeta arequipeño Mariano Melgar. Con una visión animada, el autor recrea el mundo arequipeño de la época en que nace el poeta, así como su vida familiar, escolar, adolescente, su obra poética, sus yaravíes, etc. Se incluye un índice onomástico.
Hooman Majd
A revealing look at Iran by an American journalist with an insider's access behind Persian wallsThe grandson of an eminent ayatollah and the son of an Iranian diplomat, now an American citizen, Hooman Majd is, in a way, both 100 percent Iranian and 100 percent American, combining an insider's knowledge of how Iran works with a remarkable ability to explain its history and its quirks to Western readers. In The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, he paints a portrait of a country that is fiercely proud of its Persian heritage, mystified by its outsider status, and scornful of the idea that the United States can dictate how it should interact with the community of nations.With wit, style, and an unusual ability to get past the typical sound bite on Iran, Majd reveals the paradoxes inherent in the Iranian character which have baffled Americans for more than thirty years. Meeting with sartorially challenged government officials in the presidential palace; smoking opium with an addicted cleric, his family, and friends; drinking fine whiskey at parties in fashionable North Tehran; and gingerly self-flagellating in a celebration of Ashura, Majd takes readers on a rare tour of Iran and shares insights shaped by his complex heritage. He considers Iran as a Muslim country, as a Shiite country, and, perhaps above all, as a Persian one. Majd shows that as Shiites marked by an inferiority complex, and Persians marked by a superiority complex, Iranians are fiercely devoted to protecting their rights, a factor that has contributed to their intransigence over their nuclear programs. He points to the importance of the Persian view of privacy, arguing that the stability of the current regime owes much to the freedom Iranians have to behave as they wish behind "Persian walls." And with wry affection, Majd describes the Persian concept of ta'arouf, an exaggerated form of polite self-deprecation that may explain some of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's more bizarre public moments. With unforgettable portraits of Iranians, from government figures to women cab drivers to reform-minded Ayatollahs, Majd brings to life a country that is deeply religious yet highly cosmopolitan, authoritarian yet with democratic and reformist traditions--an Iran that is a more nuanced nemesis to the United States than it is typically portrayed to be.