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Alianza Editorial Cuentos valencianos
Conocido sobre todo por su abundante producción novelística, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928) cultivó asimismo el género del cuento, a través del cual perfeccionaba recursos narrativos y se adentraba en el tratamiento de las pasiones humanas. Publicados inicialmente en el diario ?El Pueblo? y reunidos posteriormente en un volumen, los doce relatos que integran ?Cuentos valencianos? van desde la recreación de tradiciones populares, como En la puerta del cielo o El dragón del Patriarca, hasta estampas de gran vigor expresivo donde se exploran el amor (Dimòni), los celos (Cosas de hombres!), la venganza (Guapeza valenciana), la frustración (Noche de bodas) o los primeros desengaños de la adolescencia (El femater).
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Editorial Almuzara Cuánto vale la x
La presente obra brinda al lector inquieto un fascinante recorrido por el universo del álgebra, en el que transitaremos en particular el mundo de las ecuaciones, cuya historia contiene no pocas curiosidades y anécdotas, apenas conocidas hasta hoy. En el siglo XVI, un desafío público para resolver ecuaciones de tercer grado fue ganado por Nicolás Tartaglia, experto algebrista. Su enemigo acérrimo, Gerónimo Cardano, descubrió la importancia de los números imaginarios para resolver las ecuaciones de segundo, tercer y cuarto grado. El gran René Descartes popularizó la notación algebraica moderna, en la cual las constantes están representadas por las primeras letras del alfabeto -a, b, c.- y las variables o incógnitas por las últimas -x, y, z-. Más tarde, durante el siglo XVIII, matemáticos como Leonhard Euler publican resultados sobre ecuaciones diferenciales ordinarias y ecuaciones en derivadas parciales, que supondrán un punto de inflexión en la materia. En este apasionante viaje nos aco
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El monasterio cuántico
El Monasterio Cuántico es una novela budista nacida a raíz de una estancia del autor en el reino himalayo de Bután. De la estrecha relación que mantuvo con maestros de meditación, sus monasterios y sus costumbres milenarias, así como diversas conversaciones sobre el cáncer y la física relativista y cuántica, nació esta narración que entremezcla ciencia con espiritualidad y filosofía en un contexto de aventuras y entretenimiento.
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WENTWORTH PR The Torrent Entre Naranjos
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Duke University Press Motherless Tongues: The Insurgency of Language amid Wars of Translation
In Motherless Tongues, Vicente L. Rafael examines the vexed relationship between language and history gleaned from the workings of translation in the Philippines, the United States, and beyond. Moving across a range of colonial and postcolonial settings, he demonstrates translation's agency in the making and understanding of events. These include nationalist efforts to vernacularize politics, U.S. projects to weaponize languages in wartime, and autobiographical attempts by area studies scholars to translate the otherness of their lives amid the Cold War. In all cases, translation is at war with itself, generating divergent effects. It deploys as well as distorts American English in counterinsurgency and colonial education, for example, just as it re-articulates European notions of sovereignty among Filipino revolutionaries in the nineteenth century and spurs the circulation of text messages in a civilian-driven coup in the twenty-first. Along the way, Rafael delineates the untranslatable that inheres in every act of translation, asking about the politics and ethics of uneven linguistic and semiotic exchanges. Mapping those moments where translation and historical imagination give rise to one another, Motherless Tongues shows how translation, in unleashing the insurgency of language, simultaneously sustains and subverts regimes of knowledge and relations of power.
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Duke University Press The Promise of the Foreign: Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines
In The Promise of the Foreign, Vicente L. Rafael argues that translation was key to the emergence of Filipino nationalism in the nineteenth century. Acts of translation entailed technics from which issued the promise of nationhood. Such a promise consisted of revising the heterogeneous and violent origins of the nation by mediating one’s encounter with things foreign while preserving their strangeness. Rafael examines the workings of the foreign in the Filipinos’ fascination with Castilian, the language of the Spanish colonizers. In Castilian, Filipino nationalists saw the possibility of arriving at a lingua franca with which to overcome linguistic, regional, and class differences. Yet they were also keenly aware of the social limits and political hazards of this linguistic fantasy.Through close readings of nationalist newspapers and novels, the vernacular theater, and accounts of the 1896 anticolonial revolution, Rafael traces the deep ambivalence with which elite nationalists and lower-class Filipinos alike regarded Castilian. The widespread belief in the potency of Castilian meant that colonial subjects came in contact with a recurring foreignness within their own language and society. Rafael shows how they sought to tap into this uncanny power, seeing in it both the promise of nationhood and a menace to its realization. Tracing the genesis of this promise and the ramifications of its betrayal, Rafael sheds light on the paradox of nationhood arising from the possibilities and risks of translation. By repeatedly opening borders to the arrival of something other and new, translation compels the nation to host foreign presences to which it invariably finds itself held hostage. While this condition is perhaps common to other nations, Rafael shows how its unfolding in the Philippine colony would come to be claimed by Filipinos, as would the names of the dead and their ghostly emanations.
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Olelibros.com 32 poemas del amor breve
Selección poética del conocido pintor Vicente Bayarri de la Paz. El libro contiene ilustraciones a color del propio autor.
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Editorial Ariel Historia de España de la Edad Media
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Introduccion a la sagrada escritura manuales iscr
Lo relevante de la fe cristina es, sin duda, la persona de Jesucristo. De la persona de Jesucristo, lo realmente esencial no es que sea Dios, sino que sea verdaderamente Dios y verdaderamente?perfectamente? hombre. Lo mismo ocurre con la Sagrada Escritura. Lo importante no es que sea palabra de Dios, sino ser palabra de Dios y palabra humana, sin que el hecho de ser palabra de Dios disuelva la palabra humana, y sin que el hecho de ser palabra humana mundanice la palabra de Dios hasta dejar de ser divina. Este manual intenta proponer esa explicación, al menos en sus líneas fundamentales.
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Japn y el agua Estudios de patrimonio y humanidades Coleccin Federico Torralba de Estudios de Asia Oriental Spanish Edition
Japón y el agua es un conjunto de recientes investigaciones interdisciplinares sobre el protagonismo del agua en la cultura, las artes y las letras de Japón. Una primera parte del libro se dedica al ámbito literario y la traducción y presenta estudios que se centran en destacadas escritoras japonesas como Ichiy? Higuchi, Fumiko Enchi y Yoko Tawada, que se complementan con el comentario de algunas obras de escritores occidentales inspirados en Japón, como Enrique Gomez Carrillo y Julia Kristeva, asi como también del músico Hans Werner Henze. En el ámbito del arte, el libro contiene estudios sobre temáticas tan variadas como el grabado, la cerámica, la fotografía, la pintura o el cine de animación, con artistas que han destacado por su potente tratamiento simbólico y visual del agua, como Katsushika Hokusai, Ikeya Tomohide, Fujiko Nakaya, Shinichi Maruyama, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tomoko Sauvage, Chiharu Shiota y Hayao Miyazaki
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Sans Soleil Ediciones Cien vistas del monte Fuji
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Ediciones Pirámide Programa de Intervención Multidimensional para la Ansiedad Social IMAS libro del terapeuta
El libro que el lector tiene en sus manos representa un enfoque novedoso hacia el tratamiento de la ansiedad social. Hay diversas características que lo convierten en una intervención diferente a lo que se ha utilizado hasta ahora. La primera es que se centra en las dimensiones de la ansiedad social como resultado de la aplicación de un cuestionario de ansiedad social para adultos (CASO), que se compone de cinco dimensiones, cada una de las cuales se puntúa de forma separada y que ofrece una idea más clara que los cuestionarios existentes sobre la naturaleza del temor de las personas que tienen dificultades en las situaciones sociales. De esta manera podemos decir que es una evaluación multidimensional de la ansiedad social y el nombre del programa de intervención que se presenta en esta obra CASO-T refleja esa multidimensionalidad en el tratamiento. Una segunda característica novedosa es que se han juntado en un mismo programa algunas de las técnicas empíricamente validadas utilizadas
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EUNSA. Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, S.A. Comprender los Evangelios
Los siglos pasados han sido testigos de un análisis exhaustivo de los Evangelios. Muchas veces este estudio ha estado presidido por el prejuicio de la sospecha. Los Evangelios, decían los autores de la crítica liberal, no muestran al verdadero Jesús, sino a un Jesús idealizado y mitificado por sus discípulos. La exégesis cristiana ha conseguido mostrar que los Evangelios, aunque reflejan ciertamente la predicación de los apóstoles sobre Jesús, son testimonios históricos fiables de la vida y obra de nuestro Señor. En los diversos capítulos de este libro se ofrecen abundantes claves para la lectura de los Evangelios tal como se comprenden hoy en la Iglesia. Vicente Balaguer, doctor en Teología y en Filología, es profesor de Sagrada Escritura en la Facultad de Teología de la Universidad de Navarra. Imparte cursos sobre los Evangelios y sobre la interpretación de la Biblia. Ha escrito numerosos artículos de investigación y algunos libros.
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Editorial Juventud, S.A. Diccionario de autores obras y personajes de la literatura griega
El profesor López Soto, en este útil y vasto diccionario, ha resumido y ordenado todo el saber de la antigüedad griega. La obra, dividida en tres apartados, ?autores, obras y personajes?, nos habla de filósofos, oradores, poetas, historiadores, matemáticos, de personajes y mitos que posteriormente y en toda época han servido para numerosas piezas literarias, y también nos da acceso a un importante caudal de obras, muchas de ellas poco conocidas.El diccionario de López Soto contiene la información esencial sobre una de las grandes corrientes que contribuyeron a la creación de cultura europea. Éste es un libro de consulta no solo para estudiantes sino también para todo admirador de la cultura griega, cuyos imperecederos valores perduran a través de los siglos.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Trading in Genes: Development Perspectives on Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainability
Few scientific developments have given rise to as much controversy as biotechnology. Numerous groups are united in their opposition, expressing concern over environmental and health risks, impacts on rural livelihoods, the economic dominance of multinational companies and the ethical implications of crossing species boundaries. Among the supporters of the technology are those that believe in its potential to enhance food security, further economic development, increase productivity and reduce environmental pressures. As a result, countries - and sectors within countries - find themselves at odds with each other while potential opportunities for development offered by the use of biotechnology are seized or missed, and related risks go unmanaged. This book, a unique interdisciplinary collection of perspectives from the developing world, examines the ongoing debate. Writing for the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, leading experts address issues such as diffusion of technology, intellectual property rights, the Cartagena Protocol, impacts of international trade, capacity building and biotechnology research and regulation. With the most recent and relevant examples from around the world, Trading in Genes offers the reader a single-volume overview of the connections between biotechnology, trade and sustainability that is both wide-ranging and thorough
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D.C.Thomson & Co Ltd Commando Presents: Commandos vs. Zombies
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Peninsula Press Ltd Centroeuropa
'Our lives do not start entirely with our births.' Prussia, the early 19th century. As he attempts to bury his recently deceased wife, Redo Hauptshammer uncovers the frozen body of a uniformed soldier. As he continues to dig, the bodies start to pile up - all of them fallen cavalrymen bearing the secrets of an earlier era. For readers of W. G. Sebald and Agustin Fernandez Mallo, this archaeological novel digs into Europe's soil, uncovering a long history of violence and expropriation. Mora's writing is audacious, melancholy, and formally experimental. Each chapter is longer than the one that precedes it – as the bodies proliferate, the story keeps getting more complicated. In a bold yet lyrical translation by Rahul Bery, Centroeuropa introduces English-speaking readers to one of Europe's pre-eminent experimental prose writers currently at work.
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Editorial Kairos A Mitad de Camino: La Falacia de la Iluminación Prematura
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Saco de prato el
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Steidl Publishers Robert Frank: Valencia 1952
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Statistical Mechanics & Random Walks: Principles, Processes & Applications
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1040 preguntas cortas en cuquifichas LPAC
La presente obra es un híbrido. Parece un libro clásico, pero incorpora fichas y muy importante, te señala el método propiedad de Vicente Valera para sacarle el máximo rendimiento. En ella, Vicente Valera te propone afrontar la Ley 39/2015, de 1 de octubre, del Procedimiento Administrativo Común de manera organizada, al objeto de que puedas dominarla en un máximo de 55 días dedicándole 1H al día.Vicente Valera te propone clasificar las preguntas (que están organizadas en modo ficha) en función de su dificultad y, a partir de ahí, comenzar un camino que te llevará hasta que seas capaz de inscribirlas, con su fecha, en la hoja de control que incorpora el libro. Muchas de las preguntas incorporan iconos para ayudarte a su memorización, pero puedes inventarte los tuyos. Es una obra que te recomendamos que personalices al máximo.Puedes usarla trabajándola individualmente o con alguien que te ayude, porque, qué mejor forma de verificar que dominas el contenido que " jugar " y que alg
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Practical Food Safety: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions
The past few years have witnessed an upsurge in incidences relating to food safety issues, which are all attributed to different factors. Today, with the increase in knowledge and available databases on food safety issues, the world is witnessing tremendous efforts towards the development of new, economical and environmentally-friendly techniques for maintaining the quality of perishable foods and agro-based commodities. The intensification of food safety concerns reflects a major global awareness of foods in world trade. Several recommendations have been put forward by various world governing bodies and committees to solve food safety issues, which are all mainly targeted at benefiting consumers. In addition, economic losses and instability to a particular nation or region caused by food safety issues can be huge. Various ‘non-dependent’ risk factors can be involved with regard to food safety in a wide range of food commodities such as fresh fruits, vegetables, seafood, poultry, meat and meat products. Additionally, food safety issues involves a wide array of issues including processed foods, packaging, post-harvest preservation, microbial growth and spoilage, food poisoning, handling at the manufacturing units, food additives, presence of banned chemicals and drugs, and more. Rapid change in climatic conditions is also playing a pivotal role with regard to food safety issues, and increasing the anxiety about our ability to feed the world safely. Practical Food Safety: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions takes a multi-faceted approach to the subject of food safety, covering various aspects ranging from microbiological to chemical issues, and from basic knowledge to future perspectives. This is a book exclusively designed to simultaneously encourage consideration of the present knowledge and future possibilities of food safety. This book also covers the classic topics required for all books on food safety, and encompasses the most recent updates in the field. Leading researchers have addressed new issues and have put forth novel research findings that will affect the world in the future, and suggesting how these should be faced. This book will be useful for researchers engaged in the field of food science and food safety, food industry personnel engaged in safety aspects, and governmental and non-governmental agencies involved in establishing guidelines towards establishing safety measures for food and agricultural commodities.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Electromagnetic Technologies in Food Science
A comprehensive source of in-depth information provided on existing and emerging food technologies based on the electromagnetic spectrum Electromagnetic Technologies in Food Science examines various methods employed in food applications that are based on the entire electromagnetic (EM) spectrum. Focusing on recent advances and challenges in food science and technology, this is an up-to-date volume that features vital contributions coming from an international panel of experts who have shared both fundamental and advanced knowledge of information on the dosimetry methods, and on potential applications of gamma irradiation, electron beams, X-rays, radio and microwaves, ultraviolet, visible, pulsed light, and more. Organized into four parts, the text begins with an accessible overview of the physics of the electromagnetic spectrum, followed by discussion on the application of the EM spectrum to non-thermal food processing. The physics of infrared radiation, microwaves, and other advanced heating methods are then deliberated in detail—supported by case studies and examples that illustrate a range of both current and potential applications of EM-based methods. The concluding section of the book describes analytical techniques adopted for quality control, such as hyperspectral imaging, infrared and Raman spectroscopy. This authoritative book resource: Covers advanced theoretical knowledge and practical applications on the use of EM spectrum as novel methods in food processing technology Discusses the latest progress in developing quality control methods, thus enabling the control of continuous fast-speed processes Explores future challenges and benefits of employing electromagnetic spectrum in food technology applications Addresses emerging processing technologies related to improving safety, preservation, and overall quality of various food commodities Electromagnetic Technologies in Food Science is an essential reading material for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, academics, and agri-food professionals working in the area of food preservation, novel food processing techniques and sustainable food production.
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LGS versin Martina
En esta genial edición de la Ley General de Sanidad versión Martina, con anillas y a color, Vicente Valera, junto a la diseñadora gráfica Cinthia Moure, ofrecen una versión fácil estudio sobre dicha norma de carácter básico, versión que favorece el empleo de la memoria visual, algo tradicionalmente poco empleado en el mundo jurídico. Como bien es sabido esta norma tiene un papel destacadísimo en la totalidad de programas oficiales /oposiciones de ámbito Sanitario y, en consecuencia, sin su dominio absoluto se hace prácticamente imposible superar los mismos.
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Titan Books Ltd Alien: The Coloring Book
The only official coloring book based on the Alien saga! Forget relaxing mandalas and sharpen your red pencils for the official Alien Coloring Book! From facehuggers to xenomorphs and from Ripley to Jonesy, all your favorite creatures and characters and their most memorable scenes can be found right here. As for the color scheme? Well, that's in your hands now...
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Editorial Kairos Sherpa: Ensayo Sobre La Inmortalidad
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Juventud La Eneida
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Almuzara Como Escribir Y Dibujar Un Cuento
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd State-Initiated Restraints of Competition
The issue of competition law's role in relation to state-owned enterprises is at the center of many discussions of competition law today, especially in regard to China, but in numerous other countries as well. Often the issue is oversimplified as one of mere opposition between state-owned enterprises and the objectives of competition law. That opposition exists, but the issues are often far more complex, and they involve fundamental current developments in the relationship between government and the economy. This book is masterful in identifying the range of issues involved and in analyzing the experiences and tensions in this relationship. It has a broad range, and several of the contributions are exceptionally insightful. All are very useful.'- David Gerber, Illinois Institue of Technology, US'This book is an important and most welcome contribution to the study of state-initiated restraints on competition. It gathers together leading academics in order to recognize and suggest tools to ensure that such restraints do not restrict competition in a way which reduces welfare. Accordingly, the book provides important insights on how to identify such restraints in different settings, some of which are intentional and well recognized and some of which are not. It then suggests principled approaches to reduce such restraints, based, inter alia, on case studies from around the world, including Australia, India, the EU, the US and Brazil. It is highly recommended for anyone interested in the role states play in creating restraints on competition.'- Michal S. Gal, University of Haifa, IsraelThis new book addresses important current problems and challenges arising from a large variety of state-initiated restraints. Beyond state-owned enterprises, rules on government procurement and the control of state subsidies, the contributions also analyze forms of regulation that either distort competition or manage to introduce competition in the market.The contributions of leading competition law scholars cover state-initiated restraints of competition in many jurisdictions, including the US, the EU, Australia, and Asian and Latin American countries.Competition and trade law scholars will find this book both relevant and insightful. Regulators and competition agencies, representatives of international organizations and competition law practitioners will also find this to be an invaluable resource of information from which they can take new inspiration.Contributors: A. Barrionuevo, G. Bercovici, L. Bettencourt Nunes, S. Chakravarthy, T.K. Cheng, C. Curiel Leidenz, J. Drexl, P. Dutra, D. Healey, T. Jaeger, M.M. Leitão Marques, G. Oliveira, R.J.R. Peritz, S. Vezzoso, T. Zuñiga Fernández
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Rowman & Littlefield Shakespeare and the Mediterranean: The Selected Proceedings of the International Shakespeare Association World Congress, Valencia, 2001
Shakespeare's career-long fascination with the Mediterranean made the association a natural one for this first World Shakespeare Congress of the Third Millennium. The plenary lectures and selected papers in this volume represent some of the best contemporary thought and writing on Shakespeare, in the ranging plenary lectures Jonathan Bate on Shakespeare's islands and the Muslim connection, Michael Coveney's on the late Sir John Gielgud, Robert Ellrodt's on Shakespeare's sonnets and Montaigne's essays, Stephen Orgel's on Shakespeare's own Shylock, and Marina Warner's on Shakespeare's fairy-tale uses of magic. Also included in the volume's several sections are original papers selected from special sessions and seminars by other distinguished writers, including Jean E. Howard, Gary Taylor, and Richard Wilson.
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David Zwirner Juan Muñoz: Seven Rooms
“Walking between these figures feels like an interruption; being a spectator is itself a performance. They seem to know more than we do, about the status of being an artwork and the place of the viewer. The joke, if there is one, is on us.” — The Guardian Muñoz's revolutionary oeuvre creates emotional and evocative narratives through sculpture, installation, drawing, writing, and sound. Situating viewers between his work and amongst each other, he creates an intimacy between works of art and viewers. Muñoz thought deeply about art history and in particular the tradition of Spanish painting. Before his untimely death at the age of forty-eight, he produced an extensive, powerfully evocative body of work that uniquely explores the narrative and philosophical possibilities of art. Published on the occasion of the two-floor exhibition at David Zwirner in New York in 2022, this catalogue provides an expansive overview of Muñoz’s career from the 1980s onwards. In an accompanying text, art historian and curator Guillaume Kientz contextualizes Muñoz’s influences within the art-historical canon. Acclaimed writer Siri Hustvedt writes a thoughtful response to the artist’s iconic Conversation Piece. In an imagined interview between Muñoz and himself, Maurizio Cattelan further propels the artist’s artistic momentum and potential in the time before his death. Also featured is a never-before-published interview between Muñoz and the art historian Michael Brenson that took place in 2000, less than one year prior to his untimely death.
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Marsilio Maurizio Cattelan: Index
A colossal anthology of artist conversations conducted by Maurizio Cattelan This massive volume, published in conjunction with the artist's exhibition at Pirelli HangarBicocca, collects for the first time all of the conversations that Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960) has been conducting for 20 years, as interviewer. The dialogues, of which there are more than 130, were published between 2001 and 2021 in numerous magazines, including Flash Art Italia, International, Purple Magazine, Vogue and Il Manifesto, as well as in monographs and exhibition catalogs. Maurizio Cattelan: Index presents these conversations in facsimile form, maintaining the text and original layout of each publication, resulting in a lively kaleidoscope of voices and images. Appraising the list of people interviewed and reading the texts, an astonishing chorus takes shape, comprising young and upcoming artists, established figures and those who are now deceased and part of history, as well as creatives from other disciplines such as architects, designers, chefs, thinkers, entertainers and performers. Among the interviewees are luminaries such as Alighiero Boetti, Phil Collins, Ferran Adrià, Alex Da Corte, Seth Price, Urs Fischer, Dash Snow, Martine Syms, Paul Chan, Carol Rama, Takashi Murakami, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, George Condo, Jerry Saltz, Virgil Abloh, Chloë Sevigny, Dana Schutz and more.
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Marsilio Maurizio Cattelan: Breath Ghosts Blind
New and selected works from the master prankster and art saboteur Accompanying Maurizio Cattelan’s (born 1960) solo exhibition of the same name at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Breath Ghosts Blind follows the artist’s first show in Italy for many years. The exhibition intermixes the artist’s classic pieces with a new body of work, paralleling the show’s thematic core: the cycle of life and the relationship between individual and collective memory. The fully illustrated hardcover monograph delves into these themes, featuring analysis from an array of critics, philosophers and theologians, including Francesco Bonami, Nancy Spector, Arnon Grunberg, Andrea Pinotti and Monsignor Timothy Verdon. It also features an in-depth conversation between the exhibition’s curators and Cattelan himself.
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Editorial Anagrama El Invitado Amargo
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Ediciones Catedra, S.A. Altazor Temblor De Cielo
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Trading in Genes: Development Perspectives on Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainability
Few scientific developments have given rise to as much controversy as biotechnology. Numerous groups are united in their opposition, expressing concern over environmental and health risks, impacts on rural livelihoods, the economic dominance of multinational companies and the ethical implications of crossing species boundaries. Among the supporters of the technology are those that believe in its potential to enhance food security, further economic development, increase productivity and reduce environmental pressures. As a result, countries - and sectors within countries - find themselves at odds with each other while potential opportunities for development offered by the use of biotechnology are seized or missed, and related risks go unmanaged. This book, a unique interdisciplinary collection of perspectives from the developing world, examines the ongoing debate. Writing for the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, leading experts address issues such as diffusion of technology, intellectual property rights, the Cartagena Protocol, impacts of international trade, capacity building and biotechnology research and regulation. With the most recent and relevant examples from around the world, Trading in Genes offers the reader a single-volume overview of the connections between biotechnology, trade and sustainability that is both wide-ranging and thorough
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Springer International Publishing AG The 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Reconstruction and Restoration: Insights and Assessment after 5 Years
This book covers the restoration and reconstruction process and activities undertaken in Japan in the first five years since the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami – a period widely considered to be the most intensive reconstruction phase within the 10-year restoration plan drawn up by the Japanese Government. The respective chapters explore technical, scientific, social and non-scientific (policy-related) aspects, including: reconstruction and restoration policies, infrastructure and designs for tsunami coastal defence, resilient urban areas and affected communities, housing and relocation schemes, disaster mitigation and evacuation measures, reactivation of the economy, revitalization of fisheries and coastal agriculture, and industry and tourism. The book also illustrates some of the achievements and failures in a broad range of projects and initiatives intended to address the above-mentioned issues, making it particularly relevant for experts, decision makers, students and other interested scholars.
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Springer International Publishing AG Ambient Intelligence—Software and Applications—13th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence
This book presents the latest research on Ambient Intelligence including software and applications. Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is a paradigm emerging from Artificial Intelligence, where computers are used as proactive tools assisting people with their day-to-day activities, making everyone’s life more comfortable. The inclusion of computational power and communication technologies in everyday objects is growing, and their embedding into our environments should be as invisible as possible. In order for AmI to be successful, human interaction with computing power and embedded systems in the surroundings should be smooth and happen without people actually noticing it. The only awareness people should have arises from AmI: more safety, comfort and wellbeing, emerging in a natural and inherent way. ISAmI is the International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence, aiming to bring together researchers from various disciplines that constitute the scientific field of AmI to present and discuss the latest results, new ideas, projects and lessons learned.
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Editorial Kairos El Shivaísmo: Y la tradición primordial
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McMullen Museum of Art Rafael Soriano: The Artist as Mystic/El artista como mstico
Cuban painter Rafael Soriano (1920–2015) was an acclaimed master of geometric abstraction and a global figure in the twentieth-century art world—his work resonated with such international artists of Latin American origin as Roberto Matta, Rufino Tamayo, and Wifredo Lam. As a result of the revolution in Cuba in 1959, Soriano left the country in 1962 for the United States. The effect of the Cuban revolution on his art as well as his aesthetics in general are the focus of this book, an unprecedented examination of his entire oeuvre. Featuring more than ninety paintings, pastels, and drawings, this bilingual English-Spanish catalog for an accompanying exhibition at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; the Long Beach Museum of Art; and the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University begins with a contextual analysis of Soriano’s relationship to the Cuban avant-garde and his position within the emerging mid-century modernists. Essays then trace his evolving styles, examining his work through the lens of surrealism and European and Latin American transnational aesthetics. The idea of exile and struggle is a leitmotif and is framed within questions of transcendence and spirituality. Taken together, the contributions suggest both Soriano’s rootedness in Latin America and his striving for universality. The most comprehensive exploration of Soriano’s work to date, Rafael Soriano: The Artist as Mystic deftly takes the idea of exile and struggle so prominent in the artist’s work and frames it within important questions of transcendence and spirituality. This book will be essential reading for anyone intrigued by Latin American and modern art.
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University of Washington Press The Crown and the Capitalists: The Ethnic Chinese and the Founding of the Thai Nation
Despite competing with much larger imperialist neighbors in Southeast Asia, the Kingdom of Thailand—or Siam, as it was formerly known—has succeeded in transforming itself into a rival modern nation-state over the last two centuries. Recent historiography has placed progress—or lack thereof—toward Western-style liberal democracy at the center of Thailand’s narrative, but that view underestimates the importance of the colonial context. In particular, a long-standing relationship with China and the existence of a large and important Chinese diaspora within Thailand have shaped development at every stage. As the emerging nation struggled against colonial forces in Southeast Asia, ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs were neither a colonial force against whom Thainess was identified, nor had they been able to fully assimilate into Thai society. Wasana Wongsurawat demonstrates that the Kingdom of Thailand’s transformation into a modern nation-state required the creation of a national identity that justified not only the hegemonic rule of monarchy but also the involvement of the ethnic Chinese entrepreneurial class upon whom it depended. Her revisionist view traces the evolution of this codependent relationship through the twentieth century, as Thailand struggled against colonial forces in Southeast Asia, found itself an ally of Japan in World War II, and reconsidered its relationship with China in the postwar era.
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