During the '50s and into the '60s, Gulfport's booming downtown was unmatched in the state, while its vibrant waterfront nightlife kept the coast rocking long after other small towns were fast asleep. Those who lived in Gulfport during that golden age have warm memories of high school bonfires on the beach, submarine races at the Rock Pile and parties at the Fiesta. After a day splashing in the Gulf, there were Wheel Burgers at Spiders, ice cream cones at Stone's, cold beers at Elsie's and ...

The second largest city in the state, Gulfport is the business center of south Mississippi. Many of the city's cherished landmarks and businesses have been lost to Hurricanes Camille and Katrina, the development of shopping malls and Interstate 10. Gulfport's answer to the quintessential '50s malt shop, Stone's Ice Cream, became a favorite hangout for students, families and businessmen throughout its long history. The Paramount Theatre was famous for its annual Christmas raffle during the ...

It has been seventeen years since Michael DeSanto was last in Los Angeles, California. Against his will, his agency has requested him to return for an assignment that suits his abilities. In return, he received gifts that were promised to him, a new home and a fancy boarding school for his niece, but nothing great comes without a price. Lurking in the shadows, waiting for him, his one past mistake he avoids has come to give him a not-so-friendly greeting.Can Michael make up for his...

Cat Island, just off the Mississippi Gulf Coast shoreline, has been home to some of the most dramatic events and remarkable stories in the nation's history. While some of these stories are fact, others are colorful fables passed down through the ages with such conviction they have become true in the hearts and minds of many. Between fact and fiction is the undeniable reality: Cat Island is one of the most historically significant landmarks on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.Featuring ov...

The countryside between Mobile and New Orleans teems with memorials, but few historic spots occasion pause for reflection like the Old Biloxi Cemetery. Burials go back to the eighteenth-century French settlement, when Biloxi was the planned capital of the Louisiana territory. Secrets abound in the old cemetery--not exactly buried, since many prominent inhabitants sealed unsolved mysteries with their final remains in the aboveground tombs developed here. Author John Cuevas explores the fasc...

¿Por qué esta presencia ambigua de la filosofía en el psicoanálisis? Este libro surge en medio de esta pregunta. Una provocación para tratar de entender la "tirantez" que existe en esta relación entre el psicoanálisis y la filosofía, entre Lacan y Foucault. En esta empresa nos vimos abocados a la ambigüedad de ponerlos uno en frente del otro a partir de un "con(tra)", queriendo así mostrar las divergencias de apreciación en cual o tal momento o acerca de cual o tal tema. Se trata de un esf...

LAS RESPUESTAS A LAS DIEZ GRANDES PREGUNTAS SOBRE PODEMOSLa noche del 25 de mayo de 2014 Podemos dio la gran sorpresa. Obtuvo 1.245.948 votos y cinco eurodiputados, convirtiéndose en la tercera fuerza política en Madrid y descuartizando electoralmente al Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE), de donde salieron casi un tercio de los votos del nuevo partido.Pero ¿quiénes son? ¿Cuál es su historia? ¿Quién les votó? ¿Cuál es su ideología? ¿Qué proponen? ¿Sus ...

Este libro plantea un innovador modelo de atención a una población que requiere una rehabilitación física debido a lesiones osteo-musculares y considera una atención descentralizada por medio del uso de nuevas tecnologías de la comunicación, que van de la mano con aplicaciones de telemedicina tales como consulta, diagnostico, gestión de la información, consulta de historias clínicas y tele-operación. Asimismo, la arquitectura del sistema aquí planteada considera una estructura con orientac...

Eye Rhymes is a collection of 47 humorous verses based on words that look as if they should rhyme but don’t (bomb, comb, tomb), illustrated with colorful, cartoon-like drawings. A sound track is available of two well-known actors, Alec Baldwin and Blythe Danner, reciting the verses. For children of all ages from 9 to 99.

The most up-to-date and comprehensive description of the Spanish language's phonetic and phonological systemThough there has been considerable research in Spanish phonetics and phonology, until now, no in-depth and complete descriptive reference work has existed. Fonética y fonología descriptivas de la lengua española Volumes 1 and 2 is a comprehensive reference, written in Spanish, describing the phonetics and phonology of Spanish. Edited by Juana Gil Fer...

The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated approach was tested in both the US and in Mexico. Two overview chapters cover related information on Cuba and on coastal zone management in Mexico. The comprehensive data on management pol...

Volume 1 of the most up-to-date and comprehensive description of the Spanish language’s phonetic and phonological systemThough there has been considerable research on Spanish phonetics and phonology, until now, there has been no in-depth and complete descriptive reference work. Fonética y fonología descriptivas de la lengua española, volumes 1 and 2, is a comprehensive reference, written in Spanish, describing the phonetics and phonology of Spanish. Edited...