Jorge Pinto Books

Pinhole and the Expedition to the Jungle is a story that has it all; plate tectonics, jungle survival and jokes. The so-small-as-to-be-almost- invisible Pinhole and four ill matched explorers take on...

Born in Amsterdam in 1634, Benedict Spinoza continues to be one of the most admired thinkers. His work, including the Ethics, the Tractatus Theologico Politicus and the Political Treatise that we...

This is the first book of a subseries included in Bibliotreatment. Reading is therapeutic, and many of the issues that may be worrying you have been broached by great writers whose insight sometimes...

In 2006, artist Pablo Helguera drove with a portable schoolhouse from Anchorage, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, exploring the historical ideals of Pan-Americanism. Five years after that...

Esta selecci?n de textos incluye a los m?s conocidos autores de obras sobre pol?tica. dos mil quinientos a?os de tradici?n y de preocupaci?n por un tema central en las relaciones humanas. estos...

In the summer of 2006, artist Pablo Helguera drove from Alaska to Chile as part of an art project entitled The School of Panamerican Unrest. The four-month journey included a wide variety of...

What will Happen in the Future of Human Society? In the age of discontinuity, non-linearity and acceleration, Can we predict the future? The answer is No. We cannot "predict" the future. But we can...

On June 12, 2009, the contemporary art center Grand Arts in Kansas City inaugurated a retrospective of the artist Juvenal Merst. A day after the opening, a public panel discussion was held with the...

Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) is recognized as one of the most influential intellectual figures of his time. His advocacy for individual and religious freedom in a challenging era is often overlooked...

"An exercise in highly provocative, original thinking, Pablo Helguera's The Parable Conference asks loads of inconvenient questions about art, only to answer them through a series of entertaining...

The Secret World. John Le Carre'S Books & Films - 9781736421529Author: Jorge Pinto MazalPublisher: Jorge Pinto BooksPublication Date: July 22, 2021Number of Pages: 108 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Cinema Tropical is the premier purveyor of Latin American cinema in the United States. Founded in 2001 with the mission of distributing, programming and promoting what was to become the biggest boom...

THE WITCHES OF TEPOZTL?N (AND OTHER UNPUBLISHED OPERAS) describes the cases of four different and rather obscure operas written by equally obscure composers whose existence, whether fictitious or...

"Helguera knows the lecture form inside out, in all its frailties and anachronisms, and he cares for it. But expect the Professor-Doctor of its terminal condition to be doing stand-up at the funeral...

This lyric, engrossing contemporary Chinese novel spans three generations' intertwined life experiences and their distinctive ideologies: Kazan, a girl born and raised in Tibet and her loyal, valiant...

In 1660, a mysterious sect of Dutch mystics arrived to an island in the New World with the objective to create a new society. Their governing principle revolved around the uninterrupted performance...

In 1957, Gloria Contreras arrived in New York City, where she began studies at the School of American Ballet and became a disciple of George Balanchine. During the next several years, she created her...

"Indiana Jones and Night at the Museum hardly hold a candle to the true stories in Pablo Helguera's museum 'biography.' Helguera is a natural storyteller. He shares the same propensity for insight,...

We tend to believe that we know all about money. Some people come into money, some earn it, and others have the ability to multiply it. There are hoarders, squanderers, and good administrators. In...