A Literary Adventure
By: Ricardo-Antonio López-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones.
Contributors: Rodrigo-Alonso López-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Esto Sol Est Testis – LPyLJ Editions
Published: 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 151
Subjects: Short Story; Geography; Anatomy; Lake Chapala; Jalisco - Mexico; Lancasterian System of Education; Mexico; Education; Lancaster, Joseph, — 1778-1838.
Genres: Fiction; Essay
First sentence: In the early 17th Century, Don Bernardo de Balbuena (1562-1627), the first poet of the New World, describes in his epic poem "El Bernardo o Victoria de Roncesvalles" (Madrid 1624), how the hero, Knight Don Bernardo del Carpio, goes off Spanish shores on board a ship that will take him to a marvelous adventures, from the mythical Olympus to the New World... Through the stars to the Moon. Today, at the beginning of the 21st Century, this ancient ships take us to a literary adventure.
Description: The author finished his pre-university studies with the Best Student's Diploma of Economic and Business Management Generation. The book is about a compilation of six awarded literary essays that he wrote on different subjects such as Literature (four short stories), Geography (about Lake Chapala in Jalisco, Mexico), Anatomy (about the five senses). In the docummentary appendix there's a short essay about the Lancasterian Education in Mexico.
Notes: English and Spanish.

[prologue by Rodrigo-Alonso López-Portillo y Lancaste-Jones].

In the "Documentary Appendix" section, among other documents, it also goes an article by the book's author: "Lancasterian Education in Mexico", which was published in the magazine "Update Mexico" (Vol. 4, Issue 8, September 1998), by the Mexican Embasy in the U.K.

This book has been catalogued in Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico with the Number: G M864.44 LOPP.l. (system number 000432655).
Table of contents: title: Prologue / Rodrigo-Alonso López-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones; title: I Juan de Padilla's Memoirs.; title: II The Madonna of the Sun.; title: III Today is Yesterday.; title: IV Geography: A Point of View (on Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico).; title: V Anatomy: A Trip Through the Senses.; title: VI The Riders of the Sun.; title: Maps.; title: Prólogo / Rodrigo-Alonso López-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones; title: Memorias de Juan de Padilla.; title: La Madona del Sol.; title: Hoy es Ayer.; title: Geografía: Un Punto de Vista (el Lago de Chapala, Jalisco, México).; title: Anatomía: Viaje a través de los Sentidos.; title: Los Jinetes del Sol.; title: Documentary Appendix.; title: "Lancasterian Education in Mexico" / Ricardo-Antonio López-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones