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The courtier's oracle, or, The art of prudence, 1694 translation. The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Spanish: Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia) is a book written in 1647 by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, better known as Baltasar Gracian. [1] It is a collection of 300 maxims, each with a commentary, on various topics giving advice and guidance on how ...
Sophos Ltd. is a British security software and hardware company. It develops and markets managed security services and cybersecurity software and hardware, such as managed detection and response, incident response and endpoint security software. [4][5] Sophos was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Thoma Bravo in ...
El Señor Presidente. El Señor Presidente (Mister President) is a 1946 novel written in Spanish by Nobel Prize -winning Guatemalan writer and diplomat Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974). A landmark text in Latin American literature, El Señor Presidente explores the nature of political dictatorship and its effects on society.
José Milla y Vidaurre. José Milla y Vidaurre (August 4, 1822 in Guatemala City, First Mexican Empire — Guatemala City, Guatemala September 30, 1882) was a notable Guatemalan writer of the 19th century. He was also known by the name Pepe Milla and the pseudonym Salomé Jil. Son of a governor of the state of Honduras in the Federal Republic ...
Designed by Mort Rabinowitz, it took 20 days to build. Another $70,000 was spent on constructing the interior set of the house which proved even more difficult for designer Rabinowitz, [1] who also designed the building of Straker's antique shop and the small village in Guatemala where the beginning and end of the miniseries is set. [1]
Antigua, Guatemala. Coordinates. 14°33′27″N 90°44′01″W / . 14.557440°N 90.733720°W. / 14.557440; -90.733720. Type. Printing press museum. The Museum of the Ancient Book ( Spanish: Museo del Libro Antiguo) is a museum in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez. The museum is dedicated to show the different types of printing used in ...
National Archaeological Park Tak’alik Ab’aj. Retalhuleu Department. 14°38′45″N 91°44′10″W / 14.645833°N 91.736111°W / 14.645833; -91.736111 (National Archaeological Park Tak’alik Ab’aj) Cultural (ii) (iii) 2023. Tak’alik Ab’aj is an archaeological site located on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala.
Rigoberta Menchú was born to a poor Indigenous family of K'iche' Maya descent in Laj Chimel, a rural area in the north-central Guatemalan province of El Quiché. [5] Her family was one of many Indigenous families who could not sustain themselves on the small pieces of land they were left with after the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. [6]