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The first comparative history of African American and Black British artists, artworks, and art movements, Stick to the Skin traces the lives and works of over fifty painters, photographers, sculptors, and mixed-media, assemblage, installation, video, and performance artists working in the United States and Britain from 1965 to 2015. The artists featured in this book cut to the heart of hidden histories, untold narratives, and missing memories to tell stories that "stick to the skin" and arrive at a new "Black lexicon of liberation." Informed by extensive research and invaluable oral testimonies, Celeste-Marie Bernier’s remarkable text forcibly asserts the originality and importance of Black artists’ work and emphasizes the need to understand Black art as a distinctive category of cultural production. She launches an important intervention into European histories of modern and contemporary art and visual culture as well as into debates within African American studies, African diasporic studies, and Black British studies.Artists featured: Larry Achiampong Hurvin Anderson Benny Andrews Rasheed Araeen Jean-Michel Basquiat Zarina Bhimji Sutapa Biswas Frank Bowling Sonia Boyce Vanley Burke Chila Kumari Burman Eddie Chambers Thornton Dial Godfried Donkor Kimathi Donkor Sokari Douglas Camp Melvin Edwards Mary Evans Nicola Frimpong Joy Gregory Bessiey Harvey Mona Hatoum Lubaina Himid Lonnie Holley Gavin Jantjes Claudette Johnson Tam Joseph Roshini Kempadoo Juginder Lamba Hew Locke Steve McQueen Chris Ofili Keith Piper Ingrid Pollard Thomas J. Price Noah Purifoy Faith Ringgold Donald Rodney Betye Saar Joyce J. Scott Yinka Shonibare Gurminder Sikand Marlene Smith Maud Sulter Barbara Walker Kara Walker Carrie Mae Weems Deborah Willis Hank Willis Thomas Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

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The idea that women are dangerous - individually or collectively - runs throughout history and across cultures. Behind this label lies a significant set of questions about the dynamics, conflicts, identities and power relations with which women live today. The Art of Being Dangerous offers many different images of women, some humorous, some challenging, some well-known, some forgotten, but all unique. In a dazzling variety of creative forms, artists and writers of diverse identities explore what it means to be a dangerous woman. With almost 100 evocative images, this collection showcases an array of contemporary art that highlights the staggering breadth of talent among today's female artists. It offers an unparalleled gallery of feminist creativity, ranging from emerging visual artists from the UK to multi-award-winning writers and translators from the Global South. Contributors: Margie Orford, Meredith Bergmann, K.E. Carver, Sasha de Buyl-Pisco, Mary Paulson-Ellis, Melissa Alvaro Mutolo, Kerri Turner, Heshani Sothiraj Eddleston, Joanie Conwell, Dilys Rose Alison Jones, Sim Bajwa, Hilaire, Tara Pixley, Leonie Mhari, Kate Feld, Millie Earle-Wright, Helen Boden, Elif Sezen, Rebecca Vedavathy, Irene Hossack, SE Craythorne, Roisin Kelly, Nkateko Masinga, Elaine Gallagher, Ildiko Nova, Rachel Roberts, susan c. dessel, Savanna Scott Leslie, Heather Pearson, Eva Moreda Rodriguez, Tanya Krzywinska, Siris Gallinat, Clare Archibald, Maya Mackrandilal, Zuhal Feraidon, Anna Brazier, Shirley Day, Treasa Nealon, Satdeep Grewal, Lucy Walters, Priyanthini Guns, Kate Schneider, Alana Tyson, Jayde Kirchert, Boris Eldagsen, Brenda Rosete, Victoria Duckett, Patricia Allmer, JL Williams, Carly Brown, Sotiria Grek, Sepideh Jodeyri, Brooke Bolander, Maria Stoian, Maria Fusco, Claire Askew and Marianne Boruch. This book emerges from the Dangerous Women Project. For more information, visit dangerouswomenproject.org

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Textbook of Hemophilia, 3rd edition Edited by Christine A. Lee, MA, MD, DSc, FRCP, FRCPath, FRCOG Emeritus Professor of Haemophilia, University of London, London, UK Erik E. Berntorp, MD, PhD Professor of Coagulation Medicine, Lund University Malmö Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden W. Keith Hoots, MD Director, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA Without doubt, Textbook of Hemophilia, 3rd edition is the definitive reference source on all aspects of haemophilia including diagnosis, management and treatment. Edited by three, world-renowned experts on haemophilia, this completely revised resource features chapters written by over 60 international contributors with international expertise in caring for haemophilia patients. Textbook of Hemophilia, 3rd edition Features eight new chapters, covering individualised dosing, vCJD and haemophilia, new drugs in the pipeline, and surgery in inhibitor patients Presents new developments, such as gene therapy Highlights controversial issues and provides advice for everyday clinical questions Represents essential reading for all healthcare professionals involved in the care of those with haemophilia Titles of related interest Hemophilia and Hemostasis: A Case-Based Approach to Management, 2nd Edition Ma, ISBN: 9780470659762 Current and Future Issues in Hemophilia Care Rodriguez-Merchan, ISBN: 9780470670576 www.wiley.com/go/hematology

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¡La serie de libros para niños más exitosa de la editorial DK disponible ahora en formato bilingüe!Un entrañable libro ideal para las primeras lecturas de los más pequeños de la casa. Se trata de un libro para ayudar a nuestros hijos a expandir su vocabulario en español e inglés. Fomenta su aprendizaje mientras leen y se divierten con sus libros repletos de entrañables imágenes. Este magnífico libro para bebés en español e inglés es ideal para leerlo junto a los más pequeños de la casa. Todas las palabras que encontrarán en este libro les resultará totalmente familiar ya que es vocabulario muy básico de la vida cotidiana tal como la casa, el jardín, los animales, la granja y mucho más.Para que los más "peques" descubran el mundo que les rodea en inglés y españolEste cuento para bebés es ideal para que aprendan y amplíen nuevo vocabulario mientras se divierten y descubren el mundo que les rodea. Repite con ellos las diferentes palabras mostradas en este libro en español e inglés para que poco a poco se vayan familiarizando con ambos lenguajes.Este cuento para bebés en español e inglés, My First Bilingual Words, enseña a los niños a aprender las dos lenguas de forma simultánea a través de imágenes y palabras sobre los siguientes temas como los juguetes, la comida, la casa, la cocina, el dormitorio, el baño, el jardín, la playa, la granja, la naturaleza, los transportes y muchos más.My first bilingual Words, pertenece a la serie My First (primeras lecturas) de libros infantiles de 0 a 9 años, la colección de libros ideal para niños en edad preescolar. Incluye fotografías, ilustraciones encantadoras, rótulos fáciles de entender, y una amplia variedad de temas. Estos primeros libros de aprendizaje animan a los niños a desarrollar el vocabulario y las habilidades lingüísticas que forman la base de la educación temprana. Además, ahora están disponibles en la edición bilingüe, en inglés y español. Ideal para el aprendizaje simultáneo de dos lenguas.English descriptionTeach your preschool child numbers and encourage learning while reading and having fun together with your My First: Words board book, designed to be a toddler favorite and withstand wear and tear from a preschooler. My First: Words includes objects illustrating common first words that will be familiar to toddlers and preschool age children, building on familiarity to encourage further learning. Topics in My First: Words range from Around the House, Food, In the Bathroom, In the Kitchen, In the Garden, In the Garage, All about Me and My Body, Animals, Shopping, Things that Go, On the Farm, Seashore, Toys, Shapes, and Feelings.About the series: DK's most successful board book series for babies includes fresh photography, contemporary design, and an insightful approach to engaging preschoolers. With charming, bold design, clear labels, and a wide variety of topics, these first learning books encourage children to build the vocabulary and language skills that form the foundation of early education, and are now available in bilingual editions.

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A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to its demise “A deeply informed account of how the Soviet Union fell apart.”—Rodric Braithwaite, Financial Times “[A] masterly analysis.”—Joshua Rubenstein, Wall Street Journal In 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four million strong with five thousand nuclear-tipped missiles and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world. But soon afterward the union sank into an economic crisis and was torn apart by nationalist separatism. Its collapse was one of the seismic shifts of the twentieth century. Thirty years on, Vladislav Zubok offers a major reinterpretation of the final years of the USSR, refuting the notion that the breakup of the Soviet order was inevitable. Instead, Zubok reveals how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms, intended to modernize and democratize the Soviet Union, deprived the government of resources and empowered separatism. Collapse sheds new light on Russian democratic populism, the Baltic struggle for independence, the crisis of Soviet finances—and the fragility of authoritarian state power.

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Capital markets are a continuous stream of activity and innovation. Constantly evolving and inherently dynamic, they give rise to complex regulatory and policy issues and offer rich material for analysis. Additionally, globalization has incentivized cross-border listings and international flows of capital. Global Capital Markets takes stock of recent trends and events by exploring their legal and regulatory implications across several jurisdictions from around the world. This book provides a critical analysis of current issues including investor activism, the challenges of cross-border regulatory enforcement and recent initiatives to empower shareholders to improve corporate governance. It also surveys longer-term trends such as the development of the nascent capital markets law in China over the last two decades and discusses the emerging issues from the increased use of dual class voting shares. Case studies draw on examples from nations such as the US, Canada, Europe, China, India and New Zealand. Timely and incisive, this book will appeal to students and academics in international corporate and securities law.Contributors incude: A. Anand, Q. Bu, H. Donegan, T. Keeper, Y.-H. Lin, A.B Majumdar, C. Malberti, T. Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell, U. Varottil

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Praise for Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy Causes and Consequences of the Transfer of Wealth "This book does a wonderful job of guiding the reader through the increasingly changing world of philanthropy. These changes must drive dramatic change in the not-for-profit sector if it is to respond efficiently and effectively. Only then will we be able to maintain the quality of our society." --Thomas J. Moran, Chairman, President, and CEO of Mutual of America "The Great Wealth Transfer has been a mantra for years for fundraisers and donors alike. What does it really mean? Susan Raymond and Mary Beth Martin bring rigorous analysis and profound insights to the phenomenon in this book, which provides the definitive map for navigating a brave new world of philanthropy." --Fiona K. Hodgson, Vice President for Leadership Giving, Save the Children The anticipated transfer of wealth between generations--and its practical implications for philanthropy--is the subject of much interest in the nonprofit community. Edited by noted nonprofit experts Susan Raymond and Mary Beth Martin, Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy offers candid, insightful essays that offer an insider's look at every angle of wealth transfer, with contributions by leaders in the field of philanthropy, including: * Marc H. Morial * Preston H. Koster * Steven DiSalvo * Nora Campbell Wood * Rodney W. Nichols With hard-to-find data, graphs, and charts, as well as other practical tools, Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy is your seminal guide to prepare for the coming intergenerational transfer of wealth that will affect your nonprofit and?philanthropy in general. Get practical insights and strategies from the most experienced wealth transfer leaders and practitioners in America.

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'El libro de S.I. Strong, Katia Fach Gómez y Laura Carballo Piñeiro sigue la estructura de algunos textos clásicos de Derecho Comparado, como los de Rudolf Schelsinger y John Henry Merryman, cotejando los elementos generales de los dos grandes sistemas jurídicos del Derecho Civil y el Common Law, analizando las semejanzas y diferencias de ambos sistemas con un fin eminentemente práctico: atender a las necesidades de aquellos que trabajan cruzando las fronteras lingüísticas para analizar un análisis comparado.'- Rodrigo Polanco Lazo, Universidad de Chile and Universidad de Berna, Suiza Comparative Law for Spanish-English Lawyers (Derecho Comparado para Abogados Anglo- e Hispanoparlantes) provides lawyers and law students who are conversationally fluent in both Spanish and English with the information and skills needed to undertake comparative legal research in their second language and facilitate communication with colleagues and clients in that language.Key features include: fully Spanish-English bilingual enables lawyers to develop the broad practical skills critical to success in today's increasingly international legal market covers a variety of substantive and procedural areas of law and includes information on legal and business practices in a number of English- and Spanish-speaking jurisdictions contextualizes information about foreign legal systems and develops readers' linguistic and legal skills through both immersion and instruction. Suitable for use by both individuals and groups, helping practitioners, academics and law students at any stage of their professional development, this book is perfect for anyone who wishes to move from conversational fluency in a second language to legal fluency.Comparative Law for Spanish English Lawyers / Derecho comparado para abogados anglo- e hispanoparlantes, escrita en inglés y español, persigue potenciar las habilidades lingüísticas y los conocimientos de derecho comparado de sus lectores. Con este propósito, términos y conceptos jurídicos esenciales son explicados al hilo del análisis riguroso y transversal de selectas jurisdicciones hispano- y angloparlantes. El libro pretende con ello que abogados, estudiantes de derecho y traductores puedan trabajar en una segunda lengua con solvencia y consciencia de las diferencias jurídicas y culturales que afectan a las relaciones con abogados y clientes extranjeros. La obra se complementa con ejercicios individuales y en grupo que permiten a los lectores reflexionar sobre estas divergencias.

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During his twenty-seven-year tenure with the Chargers, beloved equipment manager Sid Brooks kept more than 5,000 football players from appearing naked before their cheering fans. The first African American to hold the job of equipment manager in the NFL, Brooks was tasked with seeing that each player left the locker room in uniform. But the means to that end was far more complicated—and outrageous—than one would believe.In Tales from the Chargers Sideline, Sid recounts stories unique to a life spent working behind the scenes in the Chargers locker room. He features stories about Chargers greats like Dan Fouts, Charlie Joiner, Kellen Winslow, Louie Kelcher, John Jefferson, Rodney Harrison, and Junior Seau. With an eye for detail, he recounts tales of spies sent out to capture the opposing team’s playbooks; the night the lights went out on Don Shula; wild cab rides; the zany pregame rituals and idiosyncrasies; rivalries born not on the playing field, but at the dominoes table; and plenty of pranks and good-natured ribbing. Brimming with hilarity, insight, and fascinating behind-the-scenes stories, Tales from the Chargers Sideline is a must-read for every Chargers devotee.

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Vinculat a una família, de l?Hospitalet de Llobregat, significada en la lluita armada contra el franquisme, Manuel Sabaté (1925-1950) actuà al costat dels mites de la guerrilla anarquista. Després de portar una vida de rodamón i de saltar-se el servei militar, la seva experiència de lluitador llibertari fou poc brillant i molt breu. Als 24 anys, va ser sotmès a un judici sumaríssim, acusat de bandidatge i terrorisme. L?executaren, al Camp de la Bóta, pel fet de dir-se Sabaté.

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¿Qué es el éxito personal y cómo se logra?¿El equilibrio entre el trabajo y la vida personal? ¿Estar rodeado de amigos? ¿Lograr metas profesionales? ¿Ser rico? El éxito significa diferentes cosas para diferentes personas. Cómo alcanzar el éxito personal explica las diferentes facetas del éxito y te da las herramientas para entender lo que significa para ti. Controlar el estrés, crear hábitos positivos y conocerse a ti mismo son algunos de los recursos que ganarás.La combinación de texto basado en estudios psicológicos, estrategias testadas, gráficos y ejercicios prácticos hace de este libro una herramienta de motivación indispensable para toda persona que desee ganar confianza y superarse a si mismo, sea cual sea su edad y profesión.

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The Language of Song: Intermediate (Low Voice) is part of the successful series by Heidi Pegler and Nicola-Jane Kemp. The ability to sing in foreign languages is a much-needed skill for singers, but few vocal training resources tackle this aspect comprehensively in one book. With this in mind, ABRSM examiners and professional singers Heidi and Nicola-Jane have written a graded series of songbooks that provide classic song repertoire, carefully selected to develop the vital skills required to sing in a foreign language. An invaluable resource for all singing students and teachers, each song gives both a literal and poetic translation of each text, a detailed pronunciation guide using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) guide and background information on the songs as well as technical and musical teaching points. The downloadable audio includes the text for each song spoken by a native speaker - expert language consultants who specialise in coaching singers - as well as a recording of each song accompanied by international pianist John Lenehan. Not just ideal for those taking graded singing exams, these are invaluable for singers of any age exploring international song repertoire up to university and college level. Learn to sing this wonderful foreign language repertoire confidently and effectively and celebrate the Language of Song! This collection focuses on songs in Italian, German and French, with some Spanish. The Language of Song series was voted 'Best Educational Publication' at the 2007 Music Industries Association Awards. **ABRSM selected pieces (Singing from 2009): Vergebliches Ständchen (Brahms) Mariä Wiegenlied (The Virgin’s Slumber Song/Mary’s Cradle Song) (Reger) En Jerez de la Frontera (The Miller’s Wife) (Rodrigo) Tu lo sai (You know well) (Torelli) Le charme (Chausson) Aurore (Faure) Ständchen: No. 4 from Schwanengesang (Schubert) Amarilli, mia bella (Amaryllis, my lovely) (Caccini) Se tu m’ami (If you love me) (attrib. Parisotti/Pergolesi) Toglietemi la vita ancor: from Il Pompeo (Scarlatti) Vaga luna, che inargenti (Bellini) Clair de lune (Faure) Le secret (Faure) Die Forelle (Schubert) Die Lotosblume (Schumann) El majo discreto: from Tonadillas en un estilo antiguo (Granados) Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito (Montsalvatge)

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Following books by Malcolm Gladwell and Dan Ariely, noted economics professor William L. Silber explores the Hail Mary effect, from its origins in sports to its applications to history, nature, politics, and business.A quarterback like Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers gambles with a Hail Mary pass at the end of a football game when he has nothing to lose -- the risky throw might turn defeat into victory, or end in a meaningless interception. Rodgers may not realize it, but he has much in common with figures such as George Washington, Rosa Parks, Woodrow Wilson, and Adolph Hitler, all of whom changed the modern world with their risk-loving decisions.In The Power of Nothing to Lose, award-winning economist William Silber explores the phenomenon in politics, war, and business, where situations with a big upside and limited downside trigger gambling behavior like with a Hail Mary. Silber describes in colorful detail how the American Revolution turned on such a gamble. The famous scene of Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas night to attack the enemy may not look like a Hail Mary, but it was. Washington said days before his risky decision, “If this fails I think the game will be pretty well up.” Rosa Parks remained seated in the white section of an Alabama bus, defying local segregation laws, an act that sparked the modern civil rights movement in America. It was a life-threatening decision for her, but she said, “I was not frightened. I just made up my mind that as long as we accepted that kind of treatment it would continue, so I had nothing to lose.” The risky exploits of George Washington and Rosa Parks made the world a better place, but demagogues have inflicted great damage with Hail Marys. Towards the end of World War II, Adolph Hitler ordered a desperate counterattack, the Battle of the Bulge, to stem the Allied advance into Germany. He said, “The outcome of the battle would spell either life or death for the German nation.” Hitler failed to change the war’s outcome, but his desperate gamble inflicted great collateral damage, including the worst wartime atrocity on American troops in Europe.Silber shares these illuminating insights on these figures and more, from Woodrow Wilson to Donald Trump, asylum seekers to terrorists and rogue traders. Collectively they illustrate that downside protection fosters risky undertakings, that it changes the world in ways we least expect.

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“Twenty-one years [since the TRC] that have led to this Pretoria courtroom, and to the appearance of this giant man who, 46 years ago, claimed to have been the only eye witness to Uncle Ahmed’s suicide. Joao Rodrigues was the state’s star witness at the 1972 inquest. He would have been deemed pretty perfect for the job of covering the murder of Uncle Ahmed. A white South African of Portuguese descent, he worked as an administrative clerk at security police headquarters in Pretoria. After more than 10 years of service he had ascended just one step up the police hierarchy, to the rank of sergeant – proof, if nothing else, of his loyalty to the cause for his role in covering up the murder of Uncle Ahmed.” Follow Ahmed Timol’s nephew, Imtiaz Cajee, on his 20-year journey to find his uncle’s killer and bring him to justice. In 1971, a state inquiry found that Ahmed Timol, held by the security branch of the tenth floor of John Vorster Square, committed suicide by jumping to his death. Forty-six years later, a new inquiry found that Ahmed Timol was murdered. Only one man remained alive who could tell the truth, a lowly clerk from the police, who was in the room when Timol was pushed. Joao Rodrigues has now been charged with murder and defeating and or obstructing the administration of justice. The book is a wonderful evocation of a time and places; Johannesburg, London, Mecca, Moscow. The last years of Timol’s life, the woman he loved, and his commitment to a non-racial and free South Africa. His last days are detailed here; the roadblock that was set up to catch him and his treatment by the security police. Not content with finding his uncle’s murderer, Cajee has been on a quest for justice for other murdered victims of apartheid, whose killers never applied to the TRC and who were never charged, despite the information being available. Cajee investigates the possible deal that was done between the National Party and the ANC during the early 90s, and asks how it is possible that so many murderers and torturers were not prosecuted. He is clear that now is the time to find these people and prosecute them. The book is unputdownable, and one that will leave you deeply touched.

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Se cumplen 40 años de la publicación de la primera edición de Sepulcro en Tarquinia de Antonio Colinas. Este libro es un homenaje al poeta leonés y a la repercusión de esa obra grande de la poesía escrita en castellano en el siglo XX en las generaciones posteriores. Colaboran con texto inéditos en este libro, entre otros, Francisco Brines, Antonio Carvajal, Juan Cobos Wilkins, Luis Alberto de Cuenca, Antonio Gamoneda, Pablo García Baena, Amalia Iglesias, Clara Janés, Raquel Lanseros, Antonio Lucas, Aurora Luque, Julio Llamazares, Chantal Maillard, Josep M. Rodríguez, Jaime Siles, Álvaro Valverde, Luis Antonio de Villena.

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Rick Browne has traveled across America and tasted everything it has to offer. In The Ultimate Guide to Grilling, you will find recipes for plenty of bold barbecue concoctions, including Coca Cola Chicken, Aw Shucks Grilled Corn, BBQ’d Apple Pie, Rodney’s Tequila Porterhouse, and so much more. Browne also goes beyond the call of duty with chapters on side dishes, sauces, marinades, and rubs—he even includes an excellent chapter of delicious vegetarian recipes. The Ultimate Guide to Grilling is indispensable for all barbecue fanatics.

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The Reformed tradition in the twenty-first century is increasingly diverse, dynamic, and deeply engaged in a wide variety of global and public issues, from the arts and business to immigration and race to poetry and politics. This book brings together the insights of a diverse group of leading Reformed thinkers--including Nicholas Wolterstorff, Makoto Fujimura, Bruce Ashford, John Witvliet, Ruben Rosario Rodriguez, and James K. A. Smith--to offer a contemporary vision of the depth and diversity of the Reformed faith and its global public impact.

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A principios del siglo VIII se encendió una llama en la Peninsula Ibérica que iluminó occidente, en distinta medida, hasta finales del siglo XV, y esta luz se llamó al-Ándalus.Los antecedentes que provocaron esta situación se iniciaron en el 711, tal vez de manera casual, cuando el reino visigodo de Don Rodrigo sucumbió ante el creciente y vital avance musulmán, y estos acontecimientos inciertos se prolongaron como una incertidumbre hasta que en el año 756, el único Omeya superviviente de la matanza Abassi, en Damasco, Abd al-Rahman I fundó el emirato independiente de al-Ándalus.

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BUENA parte de la mejor poesía en español, escrita y publicada en los últimos veinte años, tiene en Rubén Darío (Matapa, Nicaragua, 1867-León, Nicaragua, 1916) un antecedente, no forzado sino natural. Puede mencionarse el Canto a la Argentina como un borrador del Canto general. Pero hay otros anuncios. Casi todos los estudios sobre Darío comienzan afirmando que el modernismo está muerto, y de esa afirmación deducen urgentemente que la poesía de Darío está igualmente muerta. Por eso me parece oportuno señalar que en la producción de Darío hay muchos poemas (y no siempre escritos en los últimos años) que se evaden hasta de las más amplias definiciones del modernismo. Singularmente, son esas fugas las que me parecen de una más palmaria actualidad.Rodó lo llamó artista poéticamente calculador; Unamuno, peregrino de una felicidad imposible; Antonio Machado, corazón asombrado de la música astral; Octavio Paz, ser raro, ídolo precolombino, hipogrifo. Antes, mucho antes, allá por 1893, Jos

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No habíamos alcanzado ni la mitad del recorrido cuando nos vimos arrolladas por una frenética Eva que pasó a nuestro lado como una exhalación. Descendía saltando los escalones de dos en dos como si la persiguiera el diablo, aunque pensé que realmente iba a su encuentro. A pesar de que tan solo pude verla durante una décima de segundo, reconocí de inmediato las letras blancas en el frontal de la camiseta que llevaba colocada de forma desmañada: NO VOY A DISCULPARME. Inevitablemente, un estremecimiento me recorrió el cuerpo al intuir que esa vez no iba a ser tan fácil deshacernos de él.Esta escena nos puede dar una ligera idea del ambiente oscuro y frenético que rodea a los participantes en la tercera entrega de la saga.Un suceso repentino, y las consecuencias incomprensibles e inquietantes que se derivan del mismo, sumerge en una locura colectiva a todos los personajes que nos acompañan desde No voy a disculparme y Tras la pared. Quizás solo uno de ellos permanezca incólume.

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Una historia fascinante que narra la apasionada lucha por la libertad de dos mujeres negras en épocas distintas: la Cuba esclavista colonial y la España del siglo XXI. Cuba, mediados del siglo XIXA la isla caribeña arriba un barco portador de una siniestra carga. Más de setecientas mujeres y niñas secuestradas de su África natal llegan para trabajar, hasta la extenuación, en los campos de caña de azúcar y parir hijos que serán también esclavos. Kaweka es una de ellas, una muchacha que vivirá en primera persona el horror de la esclavitud en la hacienda del cruel marqués de Santadoma, pero que pronto demostrará a quienes la rodean que posee la facultad de comulgar con Yemayá. Esta es una diosa voluble que, en ocasiones, le concede el don de la curación y le proporciona la fuerza para liderar a sus hermanos de raza en la lucha por la libertad contra unos opresores que han logrado esclavizar sus cuerpos, pero no sus almas.Madrid, época actualLita, una joven

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Sabies que les males maneres de James Dean eren llegendàries? Que als estudis de la Warner es dedicava a escopir a les fotos de les estrelles? O que el seu sentit de l'humor consistia a fer-se fotos dins d'un taüt? O que ni Cousteau, ni Charlie Rivel, ni Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente eren tan angelicals com semblen?Després de l'èxit aconseguit amb Illustres execrables, Malcolm Otero i Santi Giménez tornen a la càrrega amb trenta personatges més, sempre amb la intenció de descobrir la seva cara b.Un volum mordaç, irònic i amb cops d'enginy i d'humor brillants, que arrossegarà els incondicionals del programa Via Lliure de RAC1, a més d'un públic àvid d'entreteniment.No apte per a avorrits o primmirats, aquest llibre ens fa petar-nos de riure, però a vegades també ens glaça el somriure, perquè els illustres que hi apareixen han fet més d'una malifeta. (Per als de l'ESO: una malifeta és una trapelleria... Ai no, que tampoc s'entén, què és una trapelleria. En fi

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Cuando Kit Gordy ve Blackwood Hall despuntar sobre las puertas negras de hierro, no puede evitar pensar: "Este lugar es maligno". La imponente mansión le provoca un desasosiego que en los siguientes días no hace más que intensificarse. En especial cuando oye los rumores sobre el incendio que calcinó hace años esas mismas paredes.Entonces sus compañeras de clase empiezan a mostrar talentos singulares y a tener sueños perturbadores. Las voces desconocidas que susurran por los pasillos, los dormitorios con cerradura sólo por fuera, los espejos que a veces devuelven reflejos imposibles... Blackwood parece engullir y transformar todo lo que se aventura en su interior.Cuando Kit entienda que lo que siempre ha considerado normal no es lo que parece, puede que ya sea demasiado tarde.Blackwood es la novela superventas en la que se basa la película homónima de Rodrigo Cortés, una historia inquietante donde la frontera de los sueños y las pesadillas es tan difusa como la de lo real.

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Various thinkers in the arts and humanities, who have dialogued with Luis Felipe Ortega and written about his work over the course of his career, have contributed to the creation of this book. It is conceived as a continuum; there is no table of contents at the beginning and the chronological listing of the images and texts it contains are at the end of the volume, where they function as index. Alexis Salas and Sergio González Rodríguez have prepared texts specifically for this work, in addition to the ammassed contributions from other renowned voices in the art and cultural field. Salas reviews Luis Felipe Ortega's career, in dialogue with the content of this book, while González focuses on one piece: "Truth Lives at the End if the Tunnel". Salas' overview works in conjunction with González's detailed analysis, forming a template for how to approach this intriguing artist. Text in English and Spanish.

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Entrar en [las prosas narrativas de Menchu Gutiérrez] es como cruzar una puerta que se abre a una habitación en la que no hay ruido y en la que prima la expresión desnuda y precisa de un mundo interior tan rico y sutil como intransferible.Manuel Rodríguez Rivero, Babelia, El PaísAraña, cisne, caballo, y zorro, elefante, escorpión, erizo, cuervo, cocodrilo, hombre, mujer, hermano, hermana, cachorro, padre, madre, hijo, perro, cabra, huevo, lobo, cebra, abeja, ciervo...Animales y hombres intercambian establos, jaulas, madrigueras, rascacielos, y también pelo, escamas, plumas y púas. En la pista del circo se ha vertido el contenido de un gran reloj de arena y el tiempo se detiene para que podamos observar las huellas que pies y pezuñas imprimen en su superficie.Los animales que braman, barritan, graznan o balan lo hacen a través de una sola boca y forman parte de un animal mucho más grande. Este libro muestra la nebulosa en que vivimos como una inmensa telaraña.He caminado

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Frenética. Implacable. Brutal.Carmen Mola: el fenómeno literario que ya cuenta con más de 1.000.000 de lectores.Premio Planeta 2021.Corre el año 1834 y Madrid, una pequeña ciudad que trata de abrirse paso más allá de las murallas que la rodean, sufre una terrible epidemia de cólera. Pero la peste no es lo único que aterroriza a sus habitantes: en los arrabales aparecen cadáveres desmembrados de niñas que nadie reclama. Todos los rumores apuntan a la Bestia, un ser a quien nadie ha visto pero al que todos temen. Cuando la pequeña Clara desaparece, su hermana Lucía, junto con Donoso, un policía tuerto, y Diego, un periodista buscavidas, inician una frenética cuenta atrás para encontrar a la niña con vida. En su camino tropiezan con fray Braulio, un monje guerrillero, y con un misterioso anillo de oro con dos mazas cruzadas que todo el mundo codicia y por el que algunos están dispuestos a matar.De manera magistral, Carmen Mola teje, con los hilos del mejor

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The action adventure 300: Rise of an Empire is the highly anticipated follow-up to the 2007 international blockbuster 300.Based on Frank Miller''s latest graphic novel Xerxes, 300: Rise of an Empire is produced by Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Bernie Goldmann, and directed by Noam Murro from a screenplay by Zack Snyder & Kurt Johnstad. Told in the breathtaking visual style of 300 this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield--on the sea--as Greek general Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. 300: Rise of an Empire pits Themistokles against the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), and Artemisia (Eva Green), vengeful commander of the Persian navy.300: Rise of an Empire also stars Lena Headey, Hans Matheson, and David Wenham, and will be released

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The ruthless reign of Henry IV and the clerical tyranny of Archbishop Arundel keep Brother Chandler and his friends under constant threat in this gripping medieval mystery featuring friar-sleuth Rodric Chandler.Clark''s use of period detail is unparalleled, and the plot remains taut and brisk til the end Publishers Weekly Starred ReviewChester, 1400. Riding for his life, with a copy of Chaucer''s heretical Canterbury Tales in his possession, friar-sleuth Brother Chandler is ambushed on the road and wakes up in a stranger''s house.Is his ''rescuer'', wool merchant John Willoughby, friend . . . or foe? Willoughby declares that he, like Chandler, has renounced the self-crowned King Henry IV and will help Chandler get his dangerous belongings to safety. He seems trustworthy, but Chandler knows that if he''s caught by the King''s merciless censors together with the Tales, he''ll be burned at the stake.But then Willoughby'

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In the first book, Winter in the Country, Azarov imagines the enormous presence of the great poet, Pushkin, and his influence on the development of the modern Russian psyche. In On “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” he imagines himself exchanging personalities with Tolstoy’s great character, Ivan Ilyich, who suffered and died from a terminal illness. In doing so, he enlarges his own personal experience by giving the death of a close friend a mythic dimension. In the third book, An Atomic Cake, he explores a Moscow world of wild contradictions, surreal social hysteria, and periods of massive malaise, all occurring under the cloud of atomic bomb testing. This is when he met a passionate computer specialist whose father had witnessed the American atomic testing at Bikini Atoll. Together, trying to make sense of such a world, they talked, imagining into existence the spirit of Rita Hayworth as she rode on the side of the bomb in her negligée.

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Exotic lair, freezing garret or convivial rendezvous, artists’ studios reflect their personalities, the way they work, their dreams and obsessions. Some are battlegrounds where hopes are dashed and original concepts fail dismally in their execution. A few artists became celebrities and flaunted their success by furnishing huge studios with exotic objects, while others lived in a haze of opium in squalid tenements in Montmartre. Spanning 500 years of Western art history from 1400 to 1900, and accompanied by glorious images, Caroline Chapman describes the skilful techniques employed in a Renaissance workshop; Michelangelo’s agony and ecstasy while painting the Sistine Chapel; the murky world of the artist’s model; the looting by Napoleon of Veronese’s masterpiece; Van Gogh’s wretched first studio; how Géricault painted his Raft of the Medusa; the way Rodin worked in his plaster-spattered environment and the ateliers of the Impressionists in Paris.

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Leptospira is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes leptospirosis, one of the most important re-emerging zoonotic diseases. The disease is worldwide diffused, and animals are involved in its spreading. Among animals, wildlife play an important role in the epidemiology of leptospirosis, as reservoir of specific Leptospira serovar. Several species are known as Leptospira maintenance host, but other are less investigated and could represent a "new" host involved in its epidemiology. The book "Leptospira Infection in Wild Animals" contains descriptions of leptospirosis epidemiology in several wild animal species, highlighting the infection in different part of world, the most detected Leptospira serovar and the risks of infection for both humans and domestic animals. Data on marine mammals, wild boar, rodent, lagomorph, wild ruminants, amphibian and reptiles, bats and non-human primates Leptospira infection were deeply analysed and discussed in order to better understand their role in the leptospirosis epidemiology.

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You''ve seen him become a Liverpool legend, watched as he and Jude Bellingham lead England through the world cup - now get to know the real Jordan Henderson, both on off the pitch . . .''A brilliantly told story with a uniquely vivid sense of what it is like on the pitch in matches of extreme importance . . . The perfect book for all football fans'' DAILY MAIL ''SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR''__________Captain. Father. Leader. Fearless ambassador. World-class midfielder.Jordan Henderson is all of these things, and it is why he is one of the most widely respected players of his generation.In this tell-all autobiography, Jordan reveals how his early love for the game as a kid became an all-consuming passion that led him to follow his dream - to play for his home club of Sunderland. Transferred to Liverpool in June 2011, Jordan''s early years at the club saw him struggle to settle under Sir Kenny Dalglish then Brendan Rodgers b

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'A heady mix of thrills and heartbreak . . . I enjoyed it so so much' GRAHAM NORTON'What [Macmanus has] managed to do with London, and what London means to different generations of Irish people, is terrific, and deeply moving' RODDY DOYLEI'm a Londoner now. I'm a voice in the noise. I'm ready. It's the turn of the millennium and, landing in London with nothing but her CD collection and demo tape, Orla Quinn moves into a squalid Kilburn house with her best mate and a band called Shiva.   Orla wants to make music, but juggling two jobs and partying every night isn't helping. Back in Ireland her parents' marriage has crumbled, she's not speaking to her father, and her mother and sister are drinking too much.   While Orla's own dreams seem to be going nowhere, Shiva are on the brink of something big. But as the hype around the band intensifies, s

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*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY NAYEF AL-RODHAN PRIZE 2020*The riveting story of the pioneers who redefined conceptions of 'normality' in the early twentieth century.Under the guiding eye of cultural anthropologist Franz Boas, these scientist-explorers - most of them women - made intrepid journeys into far-flung communities all over the world, where they documented radically different social approaches that overturned Western assumptions about human diversity andchallenged the era's scientific consensus.Here, the boundary-breaking lives and achievements of Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Ella Deloria and Zora Neale Hurston are brought fully into light for the first time, showing how their trailblazing discoveries helped shape the moral universe we inhabit today.*WINNER OF THE FRANCIS PARKMAN PRIZE 2020**FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2019*

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Hazel had been scared of horses all her life, and an earlier attempt to overcome her fear had ended in failure. She was still overcoming fear in other areas, travelling around the world with her job, reporting on areas recovering from war, famine, disease and catastrophe. And eventually she took up riding again - only to face bigger fears, when illness struck her. Even worse, her father's dementia grew so bad that her mother had a heart attack and Hazel had to put her father into a home. As poor health threatened to derail her career, and family tragedy looked likely to break her heart, she was loaned a big old horse called Duke. He stood far taller than her at every point, and she was afraid. Yet somehow, as she rode him through the Hampshire countryside, she found solace and healing. Gradually her fears began to subside.

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'A really entertaining thriller [that] like Michael Crichton . . . keeps ratcheting up the suspense' Booklist____________________________Two sisters have always stood together. Now, they're the only ones left.In the shadow of Mount Hood in the US Pacific Northwest, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie.The girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams.From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the noise only gets worse . . .________________________________Praise for James Patterson'The master storyteller of our times' Hillary Rodham Clinton'Nobody does it better' Jeffery Deaver'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' Patricia Cornwell'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting' Mark Lawson, Guardian'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' Ian Rankin

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'Her cheeks were pale, and her eyes had the wild and stolid glare which Rodolph had observed when she awakened from the slumber of the grave; she quitted the castle, and after gazing around her, as if uncertain which way to go, she proceeded towards the village.' In the mid 1800s, the inexpensive publications known as penny bloods were all the rage in Britain. Spinning tales of high Gothic drama, violence and monstrosity, this literary phenomenon was significant for its depictions of dangerous and transgressive women. These popular figures established archetypes like the beguiling vampiress and inspired such milestone Gothic works as Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla. Collecting seven tales from classic penny publications including the story of Mrs. Lovett, the piemaking counterpart to Sweeney Todd, this volume features newly edited text and insights from Dr. Dittmer’s research to revive a wild company of witches, femme fatales, and deadly criminals for a new generation of readers.

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Playful kittens and ruthless predators, beloved pets and witches' familiars - cats of all kinds come alive in these stories. Maeve Brennan and Alice Adams movingly explore what cats can mean to their humans, while writers as varied as Patricia Highsmith and Fritz Leiber imagine the intriguingly alien feline point of view. Cats flaunt their undeniable superiority in Angela Carter's bawdy retelling of 'Puss-in-Boots' and Stephen Vincent Benét's uncanny 'The King of the Cats', while humour abounds in tales by comic masters P. G. Wodehouse and Saki. The essential unknowableness of cats inspires the most exotic flights of fancy: Calvino's secret city of cats in 'The Garden of Stubborn Cats', the disappearing animal in Ursula K. LeGuin's brain-teasing 'Schrödinger's Cat', the cartoon rodent and his cartoon nemesis in Steven Millhauser's 'Cat 'n' Mouse'. In these and other stories, this delightful anthology offers cat lovers a many-faceted tribute to the beguilingly mysterious objects of their affection.

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Un enfoque nuevo, divertido y espontáneo para descubrir el yoga.Acompañado de unas viñetas de la propia autora, a un tiempo didácticas y llenas de humor y ternura, este libro es una invitación a la práctica del yoga abierta a todo el mundo, para dejar de lado los mitos y habladurías que muchas veces le rodean y disponerse a recibir sus múltiples efectos beneficiosos.Julia Arteaga es la autora y responsible también de la web yoguineando.com, pionera en el tratamiento natural y desprejuiciado de la disciplina

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A fascinating account of one of America’s most important industries and its dangers.Throughout the early twentieth century, railroad safety steadily improved across the United States. But by the 1960s, American railroads had fallen apart, the result of a regulatory straightjacket that eroded profitability and undermined safety. Collisions, derailments, worker fatalities, and grade crossing mishaps skyrocketed, while hazmat disasters exploded into newspaper headlines. In Back on Track, his sequel to Death Rode the Rails, Mark Aldrich traces the history of railroad accidents beginning in 1965, when Congress responded to bankrupt and scandal-ridden carriers by enacting a new safety regime. Aldrich details the federalization of rail safety and the implementation of a massive grade crossing program. He touches on post-1976 economic deregulation, which provided critical financing that underwrote better public safety. He also explores how the National Transportation Safety Board acted as a public scold to shine bright lights on private failings, while Federal Railroad Administration regulations reinforced market incentives for better safety. Ultimately, Aldrich concludes, the past 50 years have seen great strides in restoring railroad safety while enhancing industry profitability. Arguing that it was not inadequate safety regulation but rather stifling economic regulation that initially caused an uptick in train accidents, Back on Track is both a paen to the return of more competitive railroading and the only comprehensive history of the safety of modern American railroads. Praise for Death Rode the Rails"A masterful study of the complex evolution of railroad safety."—American Historical Review"Students of rail safety, and today's Class I railroad managers, need to read this volume."—Trains"Aldrich has created a masterpiece. His research is extensive, drawing on a rich variety of obscure yet relevant sources."—Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"One of the first large-scale scholarly studies of railroad safety in America."—Railroad History"A thought-provoking and well-grounded contribution to the history of American economic development."—Journal of American History"Pioneering . . . A central message of Aldrich's book is that 'little accidents' played a crucial though until now largely hidden role in the gradual evolution of a risk society."—Technology and Culture"A work of merit . . . essential reading for historians of transport safety, business, and technology."—Journal of Transport History"Impressive and thoroughly researched . . . Demonstrates how railroad safety evolved from the intersection of market pressures, technology, and public sentiment."—Journal of Southern History

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Una introducción perfecta a la historia de la filosofía.Este libro completamente ilustrado explica las ideas clave de los científicos más grandes de la historia y explora todas las ramas del pensamiento filosófico de una manera visual única. Explora cómo el ser humano se ha cuestionado el mundo que le rodea a lo largo de las civilizaciones y encuentra las respuestas de los filósofos a las "grandes preguntas" de la vida.Cómo funciona la filosofía, una guía clara y accesible de la filosofía, combina infografías detalladas y un texto claro para explicar los conceptos fundamentales de la filosofía. Cubriendo todo, desde la ética hasta la epistemología y la fenomenología, este libro presenta las ideas y teorías filosóficas así como a filósofos clave, desde Platón y Sócrates hasta Nietzsche, Wittgenstein y Kant, de una manera novedosa y fácil de entender.Conoce las respuestas a las "grandes preguntas" de la vidaDesarrolla tu pensamiento crítico reflexionando con preguntas como ¿cómo debemos vivir?, ¿qué es el bien?, ¿qué es el mal?, ¿cómo deberíamos organizar la sociedad? Estas son cuestiones fundamentales que no son solo los cimientos de la filosofía, sino que también son temas de conversación en nuestra vida diaria.En este libro de filosofía encontrarás numerosas teorías e ideas que han proporcionado los filósofos como Friedrich Nietzsche e Immanuel Kant, para contestar a esas preguntas, así como las justificaciones de los puntos de vista. Algunas te serán familiares o estarán en armonía con tus propias ideas, lo cual quizá te dará materia para reflexionar todavía más.Este libro es el complemento ideal a El libro de la filosofía de las serie de Big Ideas (Spanish Edition)Con un lenguaje claro y fácil de comprender este libro de filosofía explica en detalle todo lo que necesitas saber para tener una base sólida en la materia a través de los siguientes capítulos:Fundamentos.Filosofía analítica.Filosofía continental.Filosofía de la mente.Bien y mal.Filosofía política.Lógica.Cómo funciona la filosofía, pertenece a la colección de libros juveniles en español de Conocimiento de la editorial DK, un rincón de nuestro catálogo destinado a mentes jóvenes curiosas que estén interesadas en conocer más sobre el mundo que les rodea, con disciplinas tales como la filosofía, economía y psicología. Los títulos incluidos en esta colección responden a infinidad de preguntas con un lenguaje sencillo y cercano y se apoyan en formidables ilustraciones y esquemas para ayudar a entender complejos asuntos y teorías que capten el interés del público juvenil, mientras desarrollan sus habilidades lectoras y sus conocimientos generales.

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The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today.Stroud’s Five Valleys in the Great War offers an intimate portrayal of the region and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. This highly accessible volume explores themes of local reaction to the outbreak of war; the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry and related unrest; the work of the hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front and how people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of the Stroud Valleys – including Stroud, Brimscombe, Chalford, Bussage, Woodchester, Stonehouse, Minchinhampton and Rodborough – is recalled by those who were there and is vividly illustrated with photographs, postcards, documents and other First World War ephemera.

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Este libro surge a raíz de la necesidad de crear un compendio de prácticas para iniciar a alumnos de formación profesional de grado medio, grado superior y bachillerato a la robótica y a la domótica mediante la plataforma de Arduino.La estructura del libro permite diferenciar tres partes o bloques: el primero dedicado a exponer unos pocos conceptos sobre Arduino y las disciplinas que lo rodean; el segundo dedicado a la explicación del lenguaje de programación de Arduino; y el tercer bloque se dedica al aprendizaje de Arduino a través de una serie de prácticas, donde se expone un componente electrónico o sensor.Cada práctica posee el código totalmente explicado, comentado y analizado.Este libro propone una serie de 28 prácticas detalladas y comentadas a docentes que deseen incorporar Arduino en alguna de sus asignaturas, y de guía de referencia y aprendizaje para aquellos lectores que puedan considerarse noveles en Arduino.Por tanto, el lector va aprendiendo mediante prácti

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FECHA DE PUBLICACIÓNlunes, 13 de abril de 2009CONTENIDOEl hombre, desde que nace, debe afrontar la difícil tarea de comunicarse con el mundo que lo rodea, lo que implica un proceso progresivo, que el niño realiza a través de estrategias que él mismo va creando. El desconocimiento, por parte de padres y educadores, de este proceso y el desfasaje que se produce entre la realidad psicológica del niño y la óptica del adulto (padre y/o docente) constituyen el origen de la mayoría de los problemas de aprendizaje que se presentan hoy en nuestras escuelas.Este trabajo sustentado en los aportes de Piaget y Chomsky, en las propias investigaciones de la profesora Prato y en sus largos años de experiencia con niños y docentes- tiene como objetivo señalar un camino de encuentro entre los niños y la lengua escrita, a partir de la libre expresión y la adquisición creativa y teniendo en cuenta el grado de madurez que cada niño logre.

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Esta Historia crítica del fotoperiodismo occidental se estructura en función de los momentos que han sido determinantes para la evolución del fotoperiodismo, y que el autor llama ?de revoluciones?. La obra, en palabras de su autor, muestra cómo la Fotografía de Prensa fue recorriendo a lo largo de la historia un camino de encuentros y desencuentros, interrelacionándose con el ecosistema que la rodeaba en cada momento y ampliando el campo de visión de los seres humanos. Será ese camino el que intentaré describir en este libro, de forma cronológicamente ordenada, pues esa sistematización facilita la disposición y comprensión de los datos y, consecuentemente, las tareas del autor y del lector. Este libro proporciona la necesaria visión histórica que permite comprender el desarrollo y la evolución de una de las más bellas actividades periodísticas, del oficio de fotorreportero y de la propia Fotografía de Prensa en cuanto que objeto social, cultural, ideológico y tecnológico.

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Único poema que ha llegado hasta nosotros de la producción épica correspondiente al período que abarca del siglo VIII a.C. al siglo II d.C., ?El viaje de los Argonautas?, compuesto hacia mediados del siglo III a.C. por Apolonio de Rodas, es, tanto por su cronología como por su valor literario, el tercer poema épico del ámbito griego después de la ?Ilíada? y la ?Odisea?. Dividida en cuatro cantos, la obra ofrece una versión fundamentalmente completa de la antigua saga de los Argonautas que van en busca del Vellocino de Oro, aunque omita el trágico final de los amores de Jasón y Medea, bien conocidos por la tragedia de Eurípides. Efectivamente, como se señala en el prólogo al presente volumen, Apolonio logró recoger la mayoría de los datos míticos transmitidos por una lejana tradición, conferirles verosimilitud y animarlos dramática y plásticamente.Traducción e introducción de Carlos García Gual

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Con una amplia trayectoria profesional en management, el autor nos propone un conjunto de Principios Activos, destilados de su propia experiencia y de los cientos (o miles) de casos que ha conocido directa e indirectamente, con los que abordar el reto más relevante al que se enfrenta todo directivo a lo largo de su carrera: cómo conseguir que las personas que le rodean aporten lo mejor de sí mismasa la organización y, al mismo tiempo, se sientan a gusto, implicadas y reconocidas. Aspectos prácticos tan habituales como la gestión del poder, la comunicación, la confianza, el liderazgo, el conflicto, los recursos, entre muchos otros, se analizan y comentan desde una óptica práctica pero amplia y con toda la objetividad que permite una inevitable visión propia, fruto de un dilatado recorrido personal y profesional al frente de numerosos equipos humanos, en ámbitos muy distintos, de culturas diferentes y con objetivos dispares. Y para que no quepa duda de que lo humano es fundamental pa

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La obra más íntima e intimista de Mathias Malzieu: una fábula contemporánea, inteligente y deliciosa en la que nos cuenta su propia historia de superación personal.Salvar la vida ha sido la aventura más extraordinaria que jamás haya vivido.Tras varios años dando rienda suelta al artista compulsivo y polifacético que lleva dentro, tras haberse convertido en un icono de la modernidad indie francesa, la racha se le rompe a Mathias Malzieu. Le diagnostican una enfermedad sanguínea que lo pone a las puertas de la muerte. Pero no claudica ante la amenaza, se agarra a la vida y a quienes dulcemente le rodean tan fuerte como un niño lo hace a sus sueños. Además, Mathias cuenta con una baza secreta, un don tremendamente maravilloso: la capacidad de sublimar su experiencia a través de la escritura, gracias a una tremenda visión poética de la vida.Esta es una novela, en forma de diario personal, que explora los temas de la enfermedad, la muerte y el afán de supera

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