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Editorial Edaf, S.L. lvaro de Bazn capitn general del mar ocano
Es excepcional en la Historia Naval del mundo que un granmarino destaque igualmente al mando de buques tandistintos como galeones y galeras, en escenarios tan disímilescomo el Mediterráneo y el Atlántico y contra enemigos tanvariados como temibles. No lo es menos que brille igualmentecomo gran táctico y como gran estratega, como vencedor enbatallas puramente navales y en operaciones anfibias, tan eficazcomo subordinado y como jefe supremo, aparte de que fueraexcelente diplomático y se preocupara del último de sussubordinados, hasta merecer el título de ?padre de los soldados?que le dedicó Cervantes. Álvaro de Bazán reunió todas estasvirtudes, por eso consideramos que su figura no tieneparalelos en la Historia.El ascenso del Imperio español le debió mucho a Bazán:desde el freno a los corsarios franceses a la salvación deMalta; desde la decisiva victoria en Lepanto a la anexión dePortugal, que convirtió a España en el mayor
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EUNSA. Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, S.A. Principio y causalidad según Tomás de Aquino
Encuadernación: RústicaColección: Colección de pensamiento medieval y renacentistaDescripción: 576 p. 24x17 cmEsta obra de Cornelio Fabro, dedicada al concepto de participación del ser en las criaturas, ha sido un hito importante en los estudios orientados a la metafísica del Doctor Angélico. Desde su primera edición en 1939 ha figurado entre las bibliografías esenciales de tesis doctorales e investigaciones monográficas de diverso signo. El esclarecimiento que hace del ser como acto es una exégesis precisa, profunda y documentada, que valora la repercusión de la actualidad del ser en los diversos ámbitos de la filosofía: ontología, psicología, gnoseología, moral, etc. La presente edición, primera en castellano, corresponde a la edición francesa de 1960. Cornelio Fabro (1911-1995). Filósofo y teólogo, fue profesor en las universidades Católica de Milán, Perugia, Lateranense, y la Urbaniana de Roma. Sus investigaciones sobre metafísica, psicología y ética se desarrollan sobre
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Editorial Tecnos El gobierno de los jueces y la lucha contra la legislacin social en los Estados Unidos La experiencia americana del control judicial de la Clsicos del Pensamiento Spanish Edition
En pleno debate acerca de la conveniencia de completar el entramado institucional de la III República Francesa con la introducción de un órgano que ejerciera la jurisdicción constitucional, Edouard Lambert publica El gobierno de los jueces (1921), obra en la que lleva a cabo un análisis crítico de la justicia constitucional en los Estados Unidos. Haciéndose eco de las principales aportaciones de la literatura jurídica estadounidense del momento, Lambert pone de manifiesto los inconvenientes que conlleva la atribución a un órgano judicial de la facultad de revisar la obra del legislador. En particular, subraya sus efectos retardatarios para una necesaria evolución del Derecho norteamericano que supiera dar respuesta a las demandas crecientes de protección expresadas por los sectores sociales desfavorecidos, y su propensión a amparar los intereses de los grandes conglomerados industriales y financieros. El transcurso del tiempo no ha mermado el interés que reviste la lectura de la obra d
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Peeters Publishers Nouveaux acquis sur la formation des noms en grec ancien: Actes du Colloque international, Université de Rouen, ERIAC, 17-18 octobre 2013
Quatre-vingts ans après la parution de l'ouvrage toujours fondamental de Pierre Chantraine intitulé La Formation des noms en grec ancien (1933), le colloque international de Rouen (17-18 octobre 2013) s'est donné pour objectif de présenter quelques-uns des progrès effectués dans l'étude des suffixes qui servent à former les substantifs, les adjectifs et les adverbes en grec ancien, et d'observer ceux-ci sur la longue période qui va du grec mycénien jusqu'à la koiné. Les contributions réunies dans ce volume traitent de plusieurs séries suffixales importantes et sont précédées par des réflexions générales sur l'accentuation et sur le fonctionnement de la dérivation. L'étymologie n'est pas négligée puisqu'elle permet d'insérer des termes synchroniquement obscurs dans des séries dérivationnelles connues. La formation des noms en grec ancien n'est donc pas un sujet clos. Il importait de montrer que des progrès se font chaque jour et qu'il y a bien de nouveaux acquis. Les contributions réunies sont dues à des hellénistes de grand nom et à de jeunes espoirs talentueux, Francesco Dedè (Milan), Éric Dieu (Toulouse), José Luis García Ramón (Cologne), Nicole Guilleux (Caen), Daniel Kölligan (Cologne), Claire Le Feuvre (Paris), Audrey Mathys (Paris), Michael Meier-Brügger (Berlin), Georges-Jean Pinault (Paris), Christina Skelton (Los Angeles), Brent Vine (Los Angeles), Rémy Viredaz (Genève), ainsi qu'aux deux éditeurs du volume, Alain Blanc, professeur de linguistique des langues anciennes à l'Université de Rouen, et Daniel Petit, professeur de linguistique indo-européenne à l'École Normale Supérieure de Paris et directeur d'études à l'École Pratique des Hautes Études.
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Toccata Press Martinu and the Symphony
The first systematic assessment of the symphonic style of the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu [1890-1959], tracing the evolution of his musical language and including detailed analyses of all six symphonies. Over the past few decades the music of the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) has enjoyed a slow but steady rise in popularity, and his six symphonies, written between 1942 and 1953, have now been recorded many times; concert performances are on the increase, too. But Martinu and the Symphony is not only the first book in English intended to help the music-lover to a deeper understanding of these glorious works - it is by far the most comprehensive work on the subject in any language. Each Symphony is examined in turn, the analyses revealing what makes each creation so individual yet also so clearly part of a close-knit family of works and identifying the elements of his melodic, harmonic and instrumental style which produce Martinu's very personal vibrant and organic symphonic manner. Martinu and the Symphony is illustrated with almost 200 musical examples, taken not only fromthe Symphonies but also from his other works for large orchestra. His path to symphonic mastery is examined in unprecedented detail: attention is at last paid to the early orchestral works which, although largely unperformed andunpublished even now, afford fascinating glimpses of the composer to come. A study of the late triptychs The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca and The Parables rounds out this appraisal of Martinus enthralling symphonic and orchestral legacy.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Multispace: Architecture at the Dawn of the Metaverse
Guest-edited by Owen Hopkins Multispace exists at the intersection of the physical and digital, and in the blurring of their previously clear dividing lines. Multispace is not a single space, but a hybrid space where, in effect, we occupy multiple spaces simultaneously. We enter it on a Zoom call, when we are in our office and in a meeting with 20 people; when we are cycling down a country lane whilst racing against thousands of others who also use the Strava app; when we are watching a TV show while live tweeting; or, perhaps most literally, when wandering around the local park looking for creatures that only appear on a smartphone screen. A fundamental question of this AD is why the phenomena that multispace describes are of concern to architects. The answer is that multispace points to a situation that is at root an architectural one. Offering both a collective and highly personalised experience, static and dynamically customisable, and above all at the same time public and private, multispace lies at the centre of a set of tensions, concerns and preoccupations at the core of our conception of architecture as theory and practice. It is the messy space between, with rough and uneven edges that are constantly shifting. Contributors: Aleksandra Belitskaja, Alice Bucknell, Jesse Damiani, Wendy Fok, Andrew Kovacs, Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg, Micaela Mantegna, Holly Nielsen, Giacomo Pala, Paula Strunden, Lucia Tahan, and Francesca Torello and Joshua Bard. Featured architects and artists: iheartblob, Ibiye Campis, Office Kovacs, Space Popular and Liam Young.
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Headline Publishing Group The Earthspinner
'A writer of great subtlety and intelligence, who understands that emotional power comes from the steady accretion of detail' Kamila Shamsie, Guardian'She writes elegantly and intelligently whatever the subject matter' Francesca Angelini, The Times'A compulsively readable novel' Manil Suri, New York Times'A horse was in flames. It roamed beneath the ocean breathing fire . . . 'When he wakes up, Elango knows his life has changed. His dream will consume him until he gives it shape. The potter must create a terracotta horse whose beauty will be reason enough for its existence. Yet he cannot pin down from where it has galloped into his mind – the Mahabharata, or Trojan legend, or his anonymous potter-ancestors. Nor can he say where it belongs – in a temple compound, within a hotel lobby, or with Zohra, whom he despairs of ever marrying.The astral, indefinable force driving Elango towards forbidden love and creation has unleashed other currents. A neighbourhood girl begins her bewildering journey into adulthood, developing a complicated relationship with him. A lost dog adopts him, taking over his heart. Meanwhile, his community is driven by inflammatory passions of a different kind. Here, people, animals, and even the gods live on a knife's edge and the consequences of daring to dream against the tide are cataclysmic.Moving between India and England, The Earthspinner reflects the many ways in which the East encounters the West. It breathes new life into ancient myths, giving allegorical shape to the war of fanaticism against reason and the imagination.An intricate, wrenching novel about the changed ways of loving and living in the modern world.
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Headline Publishing Group The Earthspinner
'A writer of great subtlety and intelligence, who understands that emotional power comes from the steady accretion of detail' Kamila Shamsie, Guardian'She writes elegantly and intelligently whatever the subject matter' Francesca Angelini, The Times'A compulsively readable novel' Manil Suri, New York Times'A horse was in flames. It roamed beneath the ocean breathing fire . . . 'When he wakes up, Elango knows his life has changed. His dream will consume him until he gives it shape. The potter must create a terracotta horse whose beauty will be reason enough for its existence. Yet he cannot pin down from where it has galloped into his mind – the Mahabharata, or Trojan legend, or his anonymous potter-ancestors. Nor can he say where it belongs – in a temple compound, within a hotel lobby, or with Zohra, whom he despairs of ever marrying.The astral, indefinable force driving Elango towards forbidden love and creation has unleashed other currents. A neighbourhood girl begins her bewildering journey into adulthood, developing a complicated relationship with him. A lost dog adopts him, taking over his heart. Meanwhile, his community is driven by inflammatory passions of a different kind. Here, people, animals, and even the gods live on a knife's edge and the consequences of daring to dream against the tide are cataclysmic.Moving between India and England, The Earthspinner reflects the many ways in which the East encounters the West. It breathes new life into ancient myths, giving allegorical shape to the war of fanaticism against reason and the imagination. It is an intricate, wrenching novel about the changed ways of loving and living in the modern world.
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Editorial Pòrtic Com han estat i com som els catalans
Rodolf Llorens i Jordana va ser un pensador a contracorrent. Arrauxat, contundent i àcid quan convenia, va escriure pensant sempre en positiu, per a un país i una cultura normals, malgrat les circumstàncies de la Guerra Civil i de l'exili. La frescor i audàcia del seu estil punyent l'apropen a Francesc Pujols i l'allunyen del Noucentisme i d'Eugeni d'Ors, a qui va combatre amb llibres com aquest que presentem, rèplica implacable a Les formes de la vida catalana de Josep Ferrater Mora. El lector hi trobarà una relectura de la Història de Catalunya de Ferran Soldevila, coratjosa, rampelluda a voltes, que té ben poc a veure amb la mesura i el seny tantes vegades esmentat. Prenent com a punt de partida els encerts i errors d'altres autors que han provat de definir la idiosincràsia catalana (Jaume Vicens Vives, Josep Trueta, Valentí Almirall o Carles Pi-Sunyer), Llorens desenvolupa la seva pròpia teoria sense embuts. El mateix autor ja ens adverteix, d'entrada, que el llibre l'ha fet a cops
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Alianza Editorial El invierno del descontento
Si eras joven en 1979 y creciste escuchando a David Bowie, Pink Floyd o Sex Pistols, leerás tu historia en esta novela.Si eres joven ahora y sientes que te han robado el futuro, aquí descubrirás cuándo, dónde y cómo empezó todo.PREMIO INTERALLIÉ 2018 DE LA PRENSA FRANCESALondres, 1979: Candice, estudiante de artes escénicas de veinte años, atraviesa a diario la ciudad en bicicleta. Para pagarse sus clases de teatro, trabaja repartiendo paquetes para City Wheelz, una empresa de mensajería que aprovecha la parálisis de la capital por meses de huelga para hacer negocio. Esta época es la que el periódico The Sun calificó como 'el invierno del descontento': comienzan el desmantelamiento del estado de bienestar, la destrucción de los sindicatos, la precariedad juvenil... Estamos, en definitiva, ante el fin de los años dorados y la consiguiente instauración del liberalismo salvaje thatcheriano.Será precisamente con una desconocida Margaret Thatcher con quien se encuentre Candice
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Historia del independentismo poltico cataln
Estat Català fue el primer partido independentista catalán, creado por Francesc Macià en 1922. Desde entonces hasta el referéndum del 1 de octubre de 2017, el movimiento independentista catalán ha experimentado infinidad de cambios y ha ido mutando, adaptándose, unas veces, a coyunturas represivas, o empujado, otras, por vientos más favorables. La obra presente nos ofrece, por vez primera en castellano, una visión de conjunto de su historia. Un trabajo fundamentalmente de síntesis, pero también de reflexión y de interpretación de su trayectoria histórica global, sus diversas etapas y sus características generales. Así, Fermí Rubiralta nos propone un viaje desde el separatismo primigenio hasta el actual soberanismo, analizando todas las claves y las semejanzas y diferencias con otros movimientos hermanos, como son el vasco o el gallego, que nos permitan comprender mejor las alforjas del actual estallido independentista y la posible hoja de ruta que podría dibujar en un futuro próximo.
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El cdigo Da Vinci
Robert Langdon recibe una llamada en mitad de la noche: el conservador del museo del Louvre ha sido asesinado en extrañas circunstancias y junto a su cadáver ha aparecido un desconcertante mensaje cifrado. Al profundizar en la investigación, Langdon, experto en simbología, descubre que las pistas conducen a las obras de Leonardo Da Vinci? y que están a la vista de todos, ocultas por el ingenio del pintor.Langdon une esfuerzos con la criptóloga francesa Sophie Neveu y descubre que el conservador del museo pertenecía al priorato de Sión, una sociedad que a lo largo de los siglos ha contado con miembros tan destacados como sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo o el propio Da Vinci, y que ha velado por mantener en secreto una sorprendente verdad histórica.Una mezcla trepidante de aventuras, intrigas vaticanas, simbología y enigmas cifrados que provocó una extraordinaria polémica al poner en duda algunos de los dogmas sobre los que se asienta la Iglesia católica. Una de las novela
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Anaya Multimedia Los vikingos no tenan cuernos y otros cotilleos ancdotas y despropsitos de los mejores momentos de la historia
A que ni te imaginabas que la mozzarella la creó en Italia Lucrecia Borgia? Conoces la teoría que dice que Napoleón perdió la batalla de Waterloo por culpa de un ataque de hemorroides? Sabías que los dientes de los soldados caídos en Waterloo acabaron en las dentaduras postizas de los europeos más ricos? Te han contado alguna vez los magnicidios que acabaron con 5 presidentes del gobierno español como si fuera un partido de fútbol? A que no sospechabas que Isabel la Católica tenía fobia al ajo? Y que los vikingos conquistaron Sevilla y los acabaron echando a gorrazos? Te imaginas un día normal en la vida del verdugo que cortó más de 2000 cabezas en la Revolución francesa? Sabías que los guiris eran los liberales que luchaban en las guerras carlistas? Habías pensado que llegaría a tus manos la entrevista, en exclusiva, a la pierna amputada, al ojo perdido y al antebrazo machacado de don Blas de Lezo? Qué relación tiene la muerte de Leslie Howard, el actor de Lo que el viento se llevó, c
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JUANA DE ARCO
La increíble historia de una de las figuras más enigmáticas del medievo.1412. Francia se encuentra inmersa en una larga y sangrienta guerra con Inglaterra por el trono del país, que, además, está dividido en dos facciones: los borgoñones y los armagnacs, enfrentados por hacerse con el gobierno del reino durante la regencia del enajenado Carlos VI. Mientras tanto, en la pequeña aldea de Domrémy, llega al mundo una niña llamada a cambiar el destino de Europa: Juana de Arco.Todo empezó con unas voces, las de san Miguel, santa Catalina y santa Margarita, que le encomendaron una misión divina: ayudar al delfín, el hijo de Carlos el Loco, a hacerse con la corona francesa, devolver al enemigo inglés al mar y derrotar a los traidores borgoñones. Así, Juana, una adolescente normal y corriente, se transformó en una guerrera y lideró al ejército armagnac a la victoria en una época en la que el lugar de las mujeres estaba en el hogar.A partir del testimonio de testigos contemporáneos, ene
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Spad Fighters: The Spad A.2 to XVI in World War I
This book presents the evolution of one of the most famous French-made fighter aircraft of WWI—the fast, rugged Spad. From humble beginnings this airplane became the mount for such famous WWI aces as Frenchmen Georges Guynemer and René Fonck, American Eddie Rickenbacker, Italian Francesco Baracca, and many others. Illustrated with rare WWI-era photographs, this book examines how the Spad was conceived, built, and flown. Examples of surviving Spad aircraft are highlighted, as well as where they may be seen today all over the world. The book also profiles several still-existing aerodromes in the US where visitors can see a Spad being built, such as the Golden Age Air Museum in Pennsylvania. Or pay a visit to the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York and see the only flying Spad VII replica in the world! Part of the Legends of Warfare series.
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American Academy in Rome Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Volume 63/64
The Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, an annual publication of the American Academy in Rome, gathers articles on topics including Roman archaeology and topography, ancient and modern Italian history, Latin literature, and Italian art and architectural history. Volume 63/64 is the first volume edited by Sinclair W. Bell, Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University. This volume includes the following essays and articles:" Incised and Stamped Ceramics from Morgantina: Taking the Long View" by Emma Buckingham and Carla M. Antonaccio; "Early Iron Age and Orientalizing Mediterranean Networks from Funerary Contexts in Latium vetus: Identifying Gender and Special Patterns of Interaction" by Francesca Fulminante; "Herakles on the Move: A Greek Hydria's Journey from Athens to Vulci" by Sheramy D. Bundrick; "A Hemicycle with a View" by Barbara Burrell; "Coinage Programs and Panegyric in the Reign of Trajan: Imagery, Audience, and Gency" by Nathan T. Elkins; "Matidia Minor and the Rebuilding of Suessa Aurunca" by Margaret Woodhull; "Sesostris' Chariot in a Roman Circus? A New Interpretation of a Scene Depicted on an Imperial Oil Lamp" by Sylvain Forichon; "The Sylloge Einsidlensis, Poggio Bracciolini's De Varietate Fortunae, the Turris de Arcu, and the Disappearance of the Arch of Titus in the Circus Maximus" by Tommaso Leoni; "Three Drawings of the Domus Aurea and the Colosseum at the Uffizi: Disiecta membra froma Drawing-book after the Antique?" by Marco Burnetti; and reports from the American Academy in Rome covering 2017-2019.
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New York University Press Liberty, Equality, Democracy
This volumes explores the whole range of Alexis Tocqueville's ideas, from his political, literary and sociological theories to his concept of history, his religious beliefs, and his philosophical doctrines. Among the topics considered are: Tocqueville's beliefs about foreign policy as applied to American democracy; Tocqueville and Machiavelli on the art of being free; Tocqueville and the historical sociology of state; virtue and politics in Tocqueville; Tocqueville's debt to Rousseau and Pascal; Tocqueville's analysis of the role of religion in preserving American democracy; Tocqueville and American literary critics; and Tocqueville and the postmodern refusal of history. The different approaches to Tocqueville's classical work represented in this book, combined with the frequent use of unpublished sources, present a fresh and renewed vision of his classic Democracy in America, reinforcing after a century and a half its reputation as the most modern, provocative, and profound attempt to explain the nature of democracy. Contributing to the volume are: Pierre Birnbaum (University of Sorbonne), Herbert Dittgen (University of Goettingen), Joseph Alulis (Lake Forest College), Dalmacio Negro (Universidad Complutense, Madrid), Peter A. Lawler (Berry College), Catherine Zuckert (Carleton College), Francesco de Sanctis (Naples University), Hugh Brogan (University of Essex), Cushing Strout (Cornell University), Gisela Schlueter (Universitaet Hannover), Roger Boesche (Occidental College), Edward T. Gargan (University of Wisconsin), and James T. Schleifer (College of New Rochelle).
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Little, Brown Book Group Shadow Rider: Paranormal meets mafia romance in this sexy series
The No. 1 New York Times bestselling 'queen of paranormal romance'* is back with a sexy new series starring a Chicago crime family that hides a dark, mystical secret . . . Whether it's fast cars or fast women, Stefano Ferraro gets what he wants. When he's not fodder for the paparazzi, he commands Ferraro family businesses - both legitimate and illegitimate. While their criminal activity is simply a rumour yet to be proven, no one knows the real truth. The Ferraros are a family of shadow riders capable of manipulating light and dark, an ability Stefano thought ran in his family alone - until now . . . With little left to her name, Francesca Cappello has come to Chicago in hopes of a new life. She wasn't expecting to attract the attention of a man with primal hunger in his eyes, driven to claim her as his to protect and to please. And if he discovers her secret, it could ruin her . . .Find out why readers are OBSESSED with the Shadow Series'Dark, gritty, edgy, magical . . . will hold you spellbound' Fresh Fiction'Exciting, nerve-wracking, suspenseful . . . a true page-turner' Long and Short'Dark and sensual . . . tore my heart apart and pieced it back together again' Harlequin Book Junkie'The family that Feehan introduces to us is freakin' AWESOME! I loved each and every sibling' Addicted to Romance'An exciting, action-packed romantic ride' Goodreads reviewer*J. R. Ward
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Ullmann Publishing Couples in Art: Iconic Lovers Portrayed by Artists
This book tells the story of romantic companionship in one hundred works of art. Chronologically arranged and emotionally driven, this study of couples runs through many cultures, civilizations, and epochs. With examples from across the globe, it portrays iconic and lesser-known (yet fascinating) couples immortalized in the history of art. Whether affectionately embracing, engaged in flirtatious exchanges, seducing one another, or simply enjoying each other's company, readers are invited into their complex world of passion, lust, and love. This celebration of these romantic relationships is expressed through sculptures, paintings, photographs, tapestries, stained glass, and illustrations.Gathered together are representations of couples from ancient cultures (Amenophis IV and Nefertiti), the Middle Ages (Tristan and Isolde), and the Renaissance (Paolo and Francesca). The book also covers contemporary pairs such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono or Gilbert and George, and artists such as Manet, Gainsborough, Renoir, Metsys, Rembrandt, Rubens, Blake, Moore, and Munch, to name but a few. The artists offer us an extensive selection of couples: from history, folklore, and legend, to pairs of a purely fictional nature. This variety of artistic means and vision results in a charming and irresistible collection.Art historian Agata Toromanoff has written several books on design. After running a contemporary art gallery and participating in the launch of a fashion brand, she founded a book packaging agency, Fancy Books. She also curates photography shows across Europe.
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Little, Brown Book Group Sister to Sister: the perfect page-turning holiday read for 2021
'Rich people behaving badly' BooklistThe battle lines are drawn . . .Following the scandalous revelations about his love life, disgraced media mogul Harry Rose is searching for redemption. His daughters - bright, winsome Eliza and dark, difficult Maria - have taken over his beloved company and are making some major changes. Guided by Harry, Eliza navigates life as Rose Corp's new queen. But Maria is standing in her way. And then there's the distraction of Eliza's childhood playmate, the twinkly-eyed Rob Studley, and the unresolved death of her mother . . . After a stellar start, things take a turn for the worse and ultimately Eliza will have to make a choice: career, or love?Loosely based on the turbulent reigns of Tudor queens Mary and Elizabeth, this is a scandalous tale of love, power and betrayal . . .Praise for Olivia Hayfield 'Ingenious and addictive' Francesca Hornak 'A delicious read' Renee Rosen'Racy & pacy!' Nicky Pellegrino'The perfect escape' The Listener'An amusing, smart and oddly thought-provoking read with glamour and great heart' Kete: New Books from Aotearoa'A must-read for history buffs' Woman's Day'An addictively readable novel . . . there is lots to love in this racy romp about the lives of the rich and fabulous' New Zealand Woman's Weekly'A fun and entertaining read . . . non-stop Tudor intrigue!' An Historian About Town
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Boom! Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Book Three Deluxe Edition
The third crossover collection of Ranger teams, converging into the monumental Mighty Morphin Powers #100!As the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers struggle with the emotional aftermath of a recent tragedy, they are forced to face their most dangerous foe yet… Death itself. How did the Gold Omega Ranger become the terrifying being known as The Death Ranger? What does Dark Specter intend to do with his very own Ranger, and does the past hold the key that will save the Power Rangers in the present? The combined power of writers Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom, and Paul Allor, artists Marco Renna, Moisés Hidalgo, Kath Lobo, Anna Kekovsky Chandra, Francesco Mortarino, Dan Mora, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Eleonora Carlini, Miguel Mercado, and Hendry Prasetya bring fans into the boldest new era in Power Rangers history! Also includes an ALL NEW 10 page short story written and illustrated by cartoonist Shawn Daley! Collects Mighty Morphin #17-22, Power Rangers #17-22, Mighty Morphin Pow
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Editorial Berenice De la influencia de las pasiones en la felicidad de los individuos y las naciones reflexiones sobre el suicidio
Madame Staël (París, 1766-1817). Conoció, siendo niña, en las tertulias de su madre, a escritores ilustrados como Diderot y DAlembert. Participó en la Revolución francesa, se enfrentó a Napoleón y, expulsada de Francia, tomó contacto con figuras alemanas como Goethe y Schiller, siendo uno de los grandes representantes del Romanticismo. Es reconocida hoy día como una gran escritora de ficción, introductora de la literatura alemana en Francia y pionera de los estudios literarios comparatistas. Unió razón hacia los temas ilustrados: la libertad individual, la prosperidad del Gobierno, la formación del espíritu..., añadiendo una intensa reivindicación del papel de la mujer como individuo autónomo. Escribió novelas, ensayos y trabajos históricos y críticos. Algunas de sus obras son Acerca de la literatura considerada en sus relaciones con las instituciones sociales, Alemania o Corinne.
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Harvard University Press Everyday Renaissances: The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice
The world of wealth and patronage that we associate with sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy can make the Renaissance seem the exclusive domain of artists and aristocrats. Revealing a Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici, Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday men and women who were inspired to pursue literature and learning.Ross draws on a trove of original unpublished sources—wills, diaries, household inventories, account books, and other miscellany—to reconstruct the lives of over one hundred artisans, merchants, and others on the middle rung of Venetian society who embraced the ennobling virtues of a humanistic education. These men and women sought out the latest knowledge, amassed personal libraries, and passed both their books and their hard-earned wisdom on to their families and heirs.Physicians were often the most avid—and the most anxious—of professionals seeking cultural legitimacy. Ross examines the lives of three doctors: Nicolò Massa (1485–1569), Francesco Longo (1506–1576), and Alberto Rini (d. 1599). Though they had received university training, these self-made men of letters were not patricians but members of a social group that still yearned for credibility. Unlike priests or lawyers, physicians had not yet rid themselves of the taint of artisanal labor, and they were thus indicative of a middle class that sought to earn the respect of their peers and betters, protect and advance their families, and secure honorable remembrance after death.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Federico Fellini
A groundbreaking academic treatment of Fellini, provides new, expansive, and diverse perspectives on his films and influence The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Federico Fellini presents new methodologies and fresh insights for encountering, appreciating, and contextualizing the director’s films in the 21st century. A milestone in Fellini scholarship, this volume provides contributions by leading scholars, intellectuals, and filmmakers, as well as insights from collaborators and associates of the Italian director. Scholarly yet readable essays explore the fundamental aspects of Fellini’s works while addressing their contemporary relevance in contexts ranging from politics and the environment to gender, race, and sexual orientation. As the centennial of Federico Fellini’s birth in approaches in 2020, this timely work provides new readings of Fellini’s films and illustrates Fellini’s importance as a filmmaker, artist,and major cultural figure. The text explores topics such as Fellini’s early cinematic experience, recurring themes and patterns in his films, his collaborations and influences, and his unique forms of cinematic expression. In a series of “Short Takes” sections, contributors look at specific films that have particular significance or personal relevance. Destined to become the standard research tool for Fellini studies, this volume: Offers new theoretical frameworks, encounters, critiques, and interpretations of Fellini’s work Discusses Fellini’s creativity outside of filmmaking, such as his graphic art and his Book of Dreams published after his death. Examines Fellini’s influence on artists not only in the English-speaking world but in places such as Turkey, Japan, South Asia, Russia, Cuba, North Africa. Demonstrates the interrelationship between Fellini’s work and visual art, literature, fashion, marketing, and many other dimensions of both popular and high culture. Features personal testimonies from family, friends and associates of Fellini such as Francesca Fabbri Fellini, Gianfranco Angelucci, Valeria Ciangottini, and Lina Wertmüller Includes an extensive appendix of freely accessible archival resources on Fellini’s work The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Federico Fellini is an indispensable resource for students, instructors, and scholars of Fellini, Italian cinema, cinema and art history, and all areas of film and media studies.
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Editorial Tecnos Un embajador florentino en la Espaa de los Reyes Catlicos
El volumen contiene una rigurosa introducción que da paso a cinco escritos de Francesco Guicciardini. Son obras que hacen referencia a la España de Fernando el Católico: Diario del Viaje a España, Discurso de Logroño; Informe sobre España y otros dos escritos más breves, referentes al Gran Capitán. Discurso Quinto: Si el Gran Capitán debe aceptar la empresa de Italia, Discurso Sexto: Razones por las que el Gran Capitán debe desistir y no aceptar la empresa. El Discurso de Logroño constituye, sin embargo, una excepción, puesto que no se refiere a asuntos relacionados con España, sino que parte de la compleja y azarosa vida florentina y la constante preocupación que muestra Guiciardini por salvar a su ciudad de los ejércitos extranjeros que habían establecido en Italia sus campos de batalla, unido al problema de la falta del vivere civile que había corrompido la vida política de la ciudad. Guicciardini enviado como embajador ante el rey Católico, antes de haber cumplido la edad reglament
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Jardín y rizoma el giardino renacentista como cartografía nómada de Ficino a Deleuze
Los jardines renacentistas ?aquellos vergeles de las villas florentinas de los Medicis, que personajes como Cosme el Viejo o Lorenzo el Magnífico mandaron construir en lugares de ensueño como Fiesole, Careggi, Poggio, Castello o Boboli?, son los protagonistas de este original ensayo de María del Carmen Molina Barea. Entre sus avenidas y parterres, los filósofos humanistas neoplatónicos, liderados por Marsilio Ficino y Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, encuentran el lugar privilegiado para que el alma pulule, se expanda y deleite, y el individuo, al recorrerlos, como si se internase en un laberinto, se pierda a sí mismo, se extravíe como sujeto y se metamorfosee. El modelo de jardín del humanismo florentino logra su máxima expresión plástica, literaria y filosófica en el libro El sueño de Polifilo ?narrado como un relato en clave, editado en Venecia por Aldo Manuzio, atribuido a Francesco Colonna, y considerado por los bibliófilos como el más hermoso libro impreso de todos los tiempos?, do
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labutxaca Un secret de lEmpord
Agost de 1935. Carretera d?Albons a Viladamat. Un Rolls-Royce avança a tota velocitat i s?estavella. Al seu interior hi viatgen el príncep Mdivani i la seva amant, la baronessa Thyssen.Juliol de 1992. Dos homes que s?acaben de conèixer rememoren l?accident i el secret que s?hi amaga. La conversa desplega la història dels ocupants del cotxe i les seves relacions amb personatges del moment, com Sert o Dalí, i també les dues guerres mundials, la Guerra Civil espanyola, l?auge del nazisme, les vils accions de la Gestapo, la vida desenfrenada dels aristòcrates decadents i la misèria dels refugiats catalans als camps francesos. I, enmig del caos, la dignitat d?un poblet que, desafiant l?enemic, preserva el seu gran secret. L?espiral de la novella, com la tramuntana que sovint bufa a Albons, s?emporta el lector a recórrer, en un relat vertiginós que el deixarà sense alè, els moments cabdals de l?Europa d?entreguerres.Només puc pensar en tu. Només vull pensar en tu. Sí,
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Pitch Publishing Ltd El Más Grande: The Story of River Plate, Argentina's Biggest Club
El Más Grande is the story of Argentina's biggest and most successful football club, River Plate. From their humble origins in the southern districts of Buenos Aires, River grew into one of the largest clubs in South America, earning the nickname 'The Millionaires' as they established themselves at the iconic Monumental Stadium. Over the years, River have propelled some of the greatest talents on the continent to fame, whilst enchanting generations of fans with their stylish play. The book journeys back to the 'máquina' team of the 1940s, arguably the most attractive club side of the pre-television era, with its fabled frontline of Moreno, Loustau, Pedernera, Labruna and Muñoz. It takes us through the great sides of the 1950s, 70s and 90s right up to the all-conquering reign of present coach Marcelo Gallardo. Along the way, we discover the great players who have worn the distinctive white shirt with the red sash - from Bernabé Ferreyra, Alfredo Di Stéfano and Enzo Francescoli to Manchester City's new signing Julián Álvarez.
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Archaeopress Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 41 2011
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 41 2011, Papers from the forty-fourth meeting, held at the British Museum, London, 22–24 July 2010. Contents: 1) Some observations on women in Omani sources (Olga Andriyanova); 2) Archaeological landscape characterization in Qatar through satellite and aerial photographic analysis, 2009 to 2010 (Paul Breeze, Richard Cuttler & Paul Collins); 3) Fishing kit implements from KHB-1: net sinkers and lures (poster) (Fabio Cavulli & Simona Scaruffi); 4) The distribution of storage and diversion dams in the western mountains of South Arabia during the Himyarite period (Julien Charbonnier); 5) Assessing the value of palaeoenvironmental data and geomorphological processes for understanding Late Quaternary population dynamics in Qatar (Richard Cuttler, Emma Tetlow & Faisal al-Naimi); 6) Les fortifications de Khor Rorī – ‘Sumhuram’ (poster) (Christian Darles); 7) Places of contact, spheres of interaction. The Ubaid phenomenon in the central Gulf area as seen from a first season of reinvestigations at Dosariyah (Dawsāriyyah), Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia (Philipp Drechsler0; 8) khushub musannadah (Qurān 63. 4) and Epigraphic South Arabian ms3nd (Orhan Elmaz); 9) Walled structures and settlement patterns in the south-western part of Dhofar, Oman (poster) (Roman Garba & Peter Farrington);10) The wall and talus at Barāqish, ancient Yathill (al-Jawf, Yemen): a Minaean stratigraphy (Francesco G. Fedele); 11) Through evangelizing eyes: American missionaries to Oman (Hilal al-Hajri); 12) Quantified analysis of long-term settlement trends in the northern Oman peninsula (Nasser Said al-Jahwari); 13) Yeha and Hawelti: cultural contacts between Saba and DMT – New research by the German Archaeological Institute in Ethiopia (Sarah Japp, Iris Gerlach, Holger Hitgen & Mike Schnelle); 14) The Kadhima Project: investigating an Early Islamic settlement and landscape on Kuwait Bay (poster) (Derek Kennet, Andrew Blair, Brian Ulrich & Sultan M. al-Duwīsh); 15) Typology of incense-burners of the Islamic period (Sterenn Le Maguer); 16) A geomorphological and hydrological underpinning for archaeological research in northern Qatar (Phillip G. Macumber); 17) Recent investigations at the prehistoric site RH-5 (Ras al-Hamrā, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman) (Lapo Gianni Marcucci, Francesco Genchi, Émilie Badel & Maurizio Tosi); 18) Geoarchaeological investigations at the site of Julfār (al-Nudūd and al-Matāf), Ras al-Khaymah, UAE: preliminary results from the auger-hole survey (poster) (Mike Morley, Robert Carter & Christian Velde); 19) Conserving and contextualizing national cultural heritage: the 3-D digitization of the fort at al-Zubārah and petroglyphs at Jabal al-Jusāsiyyah, Qatar (poster) (Helen Moulden, Richard Cuttler & Shane Kelleher); 20) Reassessing Wādī Debayan (Wādī al-Dabayān): an important Early Holocene Neolithic multi-occupational site in western Qatar (poster) (Faisal al-Naimi, Kathryn M. Price, Richard Cuttler & Hatem Arrock); 21) Research on an Islamic period settlement at Ras Ushayriq in northern Qatar and some observations on the occurrence of date presses (Andrew Petersen); 22) Relations between southern Arabia and the northern Horn of Africa during the last millennium BC (David W. Phillipson); 23) Bayt Bin Ātī in the Qattārah oasis: a prehistoric industrial site and the formation of the oasis landscape of al-Ain, UAE (Timothy Power & Peter Sheehan); 24) The Sabaic inscription A–20–216: a new Sabaean-Seleucid synchronism (Alessia Prioletta); 25) Al-Suwaydirah (old al-Taraf) and its Early Islamic inscriptions (Saad bin Abdulaziz al-Rashid); 26) Investigations in al-Zubārah hinterland at Murayr and al-Furayhah, north-west Qatar (poster) (Gareth Rees, Tobias Richter & Alan Walmsley); 27) Pearl fishers, townsfolk, Bedouin, and shaykhs: economic and social relations in Islamic al-Zubārah (Tobias Richter, Paul Wordsworth & Alan Walmsley); 28) Contemporary tribal versions of local history in Hadramawt (Mikhail Rodionov); 29) A view of the defence strategy of Muharraq, a tribal town in the Gulf (poster); 30) Solaiman Abd al-Rahmān al-Theeb, New Nabataean inscriptions from the site of al-Sīj in the region of al-Ulā, Saudi Arabia (Abdulla Al-Sulaiti); 31) Al-Zubārah Archaeological Park as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site – a master plan for its site management, preservation, and presentation (poster) (Ingolf Thuesen & Moritz Kinzel); 32) Oman and Bahrain in Late Antiquity: the Sasanians’ Arabian periphery (Brian Ulrich); 33) From the port of Mocha to the eighteenth-century tomb of Imām al-Mahdī MuΉammad in al-Mawāhib: locating architectural icons and migratory craftsmen (Nancy Um); 34) Drummers of the Najd: musical practices from Wādī al-Dawāsir, Saudi Arabia (Lisa Urkevich); 35) The Jewel of Muscat Project: reconstructing an early ninth-century CE Shipwreck (Tom Vosmer, Luca Belfioretti, Eric Staples & Alessandro Ghidoni); 36) Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri (Janet C.E. Watson & Munira Al-Azraqi).
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Orion Publishing Co For When I'm Gone: The most heartbreaking and uplifting debut to curl up with this year!
'For fans of Maggie O'Farrell and Jojo Moyes, this is a sweeping book of love, motherhood, death and hope' STYLIST'Wonderfully assured' THE TIMES'Pass the tissues...' EVENING STANDARD'Lovely novel. Highly recommend' JENNI MURRAY'Beautifully written' THE SUN'Prepare for heartbreak' WOMAN & HOME'A beautiful story' LAURA PEARSON'Brilliant' BELLABecause there's never enough time to say goodbye... Sylvia knows that she's running out of time. Very soon, she will exist only in the memories of those who loved her most and the pieces of her life she's left behind. So she begins to write her husband a handbook for when she's gone, somewhere to capture the small moments of ordinary, precious happiness in their married lives. From raising their wild, loving son, to what to give their gentle daughter on her eighteenth birthday - it's everything she should have told him before it was too late. But Sylvia also has a secret, one that she's saved until the very last pages. And it's a moment in her past that could change everything...Praise for For When I'm Gone:'Beautifully written, with powerful messages of hope' KATHERINE WEBB'A moving portrait of a modern family in crisis' FRANCESCA HORNAK'Ley took my breath away. Exquisitely written and deeply effective' KATE WEINBERG'Heart-breaking. Beautifully written. Reminded me of Maggie O'Farrell' REBECCA THORNTON'A beautiful, sharply observed tale of motherhood, complicated women and family dynamics' CHARLOTTE PHILBY'Heartbreaking and yet uplifting... Rebecca Ley has written a wonderful debu't JENNY QUINTANA'Rebecca Ley explores the need for love, forgiveness and remembrance that's within us all' WOMAN'S WEEKLY
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OR Books The 2024 Other Almanac
A sparkling new take on an age-old publication: The Other Almanac brings together a stellar group of young writers, artists and activists to pick up themes of environmentalism, gardening, recipes, folklore, seasonal savvy, and off- the-beaten-track amusement, all presented in brilliant color and eye-popping design. Out with the Old, in with the Other!The original Almanac is the oldest continuously printed publication in the US . It comprises a popular mix of ancient wisdom, garden advice, poems, jokes, how-to's, recipes, and calendars. It is, however, still tailored to its traditional audience: largely rural, white and conservative. It eschews stances on anything overtly progressive, be it political, ecological, or social. The Other Almanac puts right these omissions. Whilst retaining the quirkiness and liveliness of the original, it aims to bridge the urban/rural divide in America, delving into issues of politics and culture that unite us all. Its pages are filled with buoyant contributions from climate organizers, indigenous activists, migrant farmworkers, historians, scientists, medicine makers, incarcerated painters, astrologers, lawyers, borderland midwives and more. Original, full color art surrounds their writing, creating an inviting, accessible yearbook that will entertain and educate a wide new readership for an age-old chronicle. Contributors: 10th Floor Studio, adrienne maree brown, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Alfredo Jaar, Amaryllis R. Flowers, Andrea Aliseda, Bill McKibben, Bread and Puppet Press, Carla J. Simmons, Chloë Boxer, Chris Lloyd, Dyani White Hawk, Dylan Smith, Daniel Barreto, Esther Elia, Food With Fam, Francesca DiMattio, Hangama Amiri, Hannah Beerman, Jennifer Givhan, Jessie Kindig, Jumana Manna, Kirk Gordon, Keegan Dakkar Lomanto, Lily Consuelo Saporta Tagiuri, Philip Poon, Sophia Giovannitti, Tania Willard, Tyrrell Tapaha, Veladya Chapman, Who Tattoo, Yaku Perez Guartambel.
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Modernists & Mavericks: Bacon, Freud, Hockney and the London Painters
Sunday Times Art Book of the Year 2018'If you are interested in modern British art, the book is unputdownable. If you are not, read it.' - Grey Gowrie, Financial Times 'All the good stories, and more, are here … this is a genuinely encyclopaedic work, unlike anything else I have come across on the topic, informed by a deep love and understanding of modern painting. Everybody interested in the subject should read it.' - Andrew Marr, Sunday Times A masterfully narrated account of painting in London from the Second World War to the 1970s, illustrated throughout with documentary photographs and works of art The development of painting in London from the Second World War to the 1970s is the story of interlinking friendships, shared experiences and artistic concerns among a number of acclaimed artists, including Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach, David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Gillian Ayres, Frank Bowling and Howard Hodgkin. Drawing on extensive first-hand interviews, many previously unpublished, with important witnesses and participants, the art critic Martin Gayford teases out the thread connecting these individual lives, and demonstrates how painting thrived in London against the backdrop of Soho bohemia in the 1940s and 1950s and ‘Swinging London’ in the 1960s. He shows how, influenced by such different teachers as David Bomberg and William Coldstream, and aware of the work of contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock as well as the traditions of Western art from Piero della Francesca to Picasso and Matisse, the postwar painters were allied in their confidence that this ancient medium, in opposition to photography and other media, could do fresh and marvellous things. They asked the question ‘what can painting do?’ and explored in their diverse ways, but with equal passion, the possibilities of paint.
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The Catholic University of America Press Dogma and Ecumenism: Vatican II and Karl Barth's 'Ad Limina Apostolorum'
The conversation of this book is structured around five major documents from the Second Vatican Council, each of which Barth commented upon in his short but penetrating response to the Council, published as Ad Limina Apostolorum. In the two opening essays, Thomas Joseph White reflects upon the contribution that this book seeks to make to contemporary ecumenism rooted in awareness of the value of dogmatic theology; and Matthew Levering explores the way in which Barth’s Ad Limina Apostolorum flows from his preconciliar dialogues with Catholic representatives of the nouvelle théologie and remain relevant to the issues facing Catholic theology today. The next two essays turn to Dei Verbum, the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation; here Katherine Sonderegger (Protestant) reflects on scripture and Lewis Ayres (Catholic) reflects on tradition. The next two essays address the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, which touches upon central differences of Catholic and Protestant self-understanding. Christoph Schwöbel (Protestant) analyzes visible ecclesial identity as conceived in a Protestant context, while Thomas Joseph White (Catholic) engages Barth’s Reformed criticisms of the Catholic notion of the Church. The next two essays take up Nostra Aetate: Bruce McCormack (Protestant) asks whether it is true to say that Muslims worship the same God as Christians, and Bruce D. Marshall (Catholic) explores the implications of the Council’s reflections on the Jewish people. The next two essays take up the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes: John Bowlin (Protestant) makes use of the thought of Aquinas to consider the promise and perils of the document, while Francesca Aran Murphy (Catholic) engages critically with George Lindbeck’s analysis of the document. The next two essays explore Unitatis Redintegratio: Hans Boersma (Protestant) asks whether the ecumenical intention of the document is impaired by its insistence that the unity of the Church is already present in the Catholic Church, and Reinhard Hütter (Catholic) systematically addresses Barth’s questions regarding the document. The noted ecumenist and Catholic theologian Richard Schenk brings the volume to a close by reflecting on “true and false ecumenism” in the post-conciliar period.
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Advook Editorial S.L. Merchandising y retail comunicacin en el punto de venta
Merchandising y retail es una guía definitiva para la correcta gestión del punto de venta. En él se analiza desde la exposición del producto hasta su iluminación, pasando por el escaparatismo o el marketing mix. Todo ello con el objeto de obtener el máximo rendimiento para las empresas.Pero este manual va más allá de ser una guía. En sus páginas también se encontrarán definiciones y numerosos ejemplos de los diversos conceptos que configuran este arte. Es por ello que se estudia el retail, micromerchandising, macromerchandising, cross o marketing visual. Todo ello ejemplificado mediante casos tales como las españolas Zara o Mercadona, la sueca H&M, las británicas Harrods o Tesco, la irlandesa Primark o la francesa Fnac.El punto de venta ya no es solo un lugar donde se venden productos, sino un espacio donde el cliente experimenta sensaciones y disfruta, al mismo tiempo que las empresas hacen negocio.Su autora, Gloria Jiménez Marín, es Doctora de la Universidad de Sevilla. Univ
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Johns Hopkins University Press Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture
Addressing the diverse ways in which eighteenth-century contemporaries of different nations and cultures created visual, verbal, and material representations in various media.Focused on conventions of technology, labor, and tolerance on the one hand, and on artistic intentionality on the other hand, these essays also address the implications of this past in our own research today. The first section, “Representing Humans and Technology,” opens with the late Srinivas Aravamudan’s presidential address, “From Enlightenment to Anthropocene.” This is followed by a panel of essays on labor and industry, which includes Valentina Tikoff on the overlap between welfare and the technical training of Spanish orphans for warfare; Susan Egenolf on mythological representations of industry; Susan Libby on the Encyclopédie’s mechanical representations of sugar production on the plantations; and Jon Klancher on technological manuals. The second section, “Inside the Artist’s Studio,” opens with Shearer West’s ASECS/BSECS lecture on “selfiehood” and eighteenth-century celebrity. This is followed by papers on self-promoting self-representations—by painters in Wendy Wassyng Roworth’s essay on Angelica Kauffman’s studio in Rome and Francesca Bove’s essay on George Morland’s studio; and by a self-promoting French society lady in Heather McPherson’s essay on Madame Récamier’s portraits. This section concludes with Leith Davis’s essay on representations in the contemporary press of Ireland and the Glorious Revolution. The final section addresses emerging issues in two forums. The first reconsiders issues of intentionality: participants include Stephanie Insley Hershinow, Sarah Ellenzweig, Edmund J. Goehring, Thomas Salem Manganaro, and Kathleen Lubey. The second section reconsiders issues of tolerance—and the association of Enlightenment tolerance with Voltaire during the recent Charlie Hebdo rallies in Paris. Participants include Jeffrey M. Leichman, Reginald McGinnis, Jack Iverson, Fayçal Falaky, Ourida Mostefai, and Elena Russo.
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Titan Books Ltd A Portrait In Shadow
Enter a sumptuous world of art and magic in 17th-century Florence as Artemisia Gentileschi is determined to make her mark as a painter, and exact her revenge - perfect for fans of Alix E. Harrow, Elena Ferrante and Susanna Clarke. When Artemisia Gentileschi arrives in Florence seeking a haven for her art, she faces instant opposition from the powerful Accademia, self-proclaimed gatekeepers of Florence’s magical art world. As artists create their masterpieces, they add layer upon layer of magics drawn from their own life essence, giving each work the power to heal – or to curse. The all-male Accademia jealously guards its power and has no place for an ambitious young woman arriving from Rome under a cloud of scandal. Haunted by the shadow of her harrowing past and fighting for every commission, Artemisia begins winning allies among luminaries such as Galileo Galilei, the influential Cristina de’ Medici and the charming, wealthy Francesco Maria Maringhi. But not everyone in Florence wants to see Artemisia succeed, and when an incendiary preacher turns his ire from Galileo to the art world, Artemisia must choose between revenge and her dream of creating a legacy that will span the generations.
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Alfaguara Charlotte
Una experiencia de lectura única Ganadora del Premio Renaudot y del Goncourt des Lycéens Favorita de los libreros y los lectores 1. en las listas francesas de más vendidosGracias por esta joya. La he leído en una noche. Si vemos la literatura como una forma de culto, hay libros como ermitas, otros como iglesias. Este sería una extraordinaria catedral. Conchi Beltrán, Librería Goya (Bilbao)Charlotte Salomon, pintora alemana de origen judío, abandona Berlín tras una relación amorosa que dejará en ella una huella definitiva. Huyendo de los nazis, se refugia en el sur de Francia junto a sus abuelos, quienes custodian un secreto que Charlotte no debe conocer. Allí compone su fascinante autobiografía, una obra única que, ya acechada por el peligro, decide poner a buen recaudo en una maleta que entrega a su médico, a quien confiesa: "Es toda mi vida".El autor que cautivó a más de un millón de lectores con La delicadeza asombra y conmueve con una novela que, como la obra de Charlotte
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Eolas Ediciones POTICA DEL DESAMPARO TERCER GESTO Spanish Edition
Siendo lo más universal en la vida del mundo el dolor y el infortunio, atender a ello parecería la tarea urgente del nuevo libro de Juan Carlos Pajares, pues así lo anuncia el mismo título: desamparo. Pero no es sólo eso, es también una poética, la poética del desamparo. No es la estética o la poesía de tal estado. Es poética porque es, de nuevo, política, es moral, y sigue siendo oblicuidad entre lo nombrado, lo atraído sin un centro fijo, en la movilidad del hallazgo o del azar. Lo escrito y algo más. Ahora se ha abolido el calendario gregoriano, aflora el de la revolución francesa; qué acierto, salirse del santoral para llamar a los meses y los días con otros nombres tan hermosos: el día carbón, el 2 del mes nevoso; el día violeta, el 8 del mes ventoso, aquel almanaque secreto es ahora republicano. Trabajos y días, mirar, leer las noticias, volver a mirar, vivir. Como si al que sólo mira le envolviese lo mirado y se le despertase una conciencia, una conciencia que busca y quisiera o
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La campaña de Trafalgar tres naciones en pugna por el dominio del mar 1805
Seguramente el mejor conocedor de nuestra historia naval en la Edad Moderna. Luis Ribot, El Cultural Detallado y preciso. Carlos García Gual, El País Un estudio riguroso y muy documentado, redactado en estilo periodístico, vivo y ágil. Antonio Atienza, La Aventura de la Historia El 21 de octubre de 1805 la flota franco-española se enfrentó a la británica a la altura del cabo Trafalgar, en Cádiz. Estaba en juego el dominio en Europa y la primacía militar y comercial en los mares de todo el mundo. Este combate transcurrió en unas condiciones aciagas para la coalición hispano-francesa. Bajo la deplorable dirección del almirante Villeneuve y en contra de la opinión de los altos mandos españoles ?Gravina, Alcalá Galiano y Churruca?, tuvieron que hacer frente a la escuadra mandada por el almirante Nelson, uno de los más brillantes estrategas que ha dado la marina de guerra. Todos ellos, nombres ya legendarios, perecieron con honor como consecuencia de aquella aciaga jornada junto a más de 7.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Human Rights in Graphic Life Narrative: Reading and Witnessing Violations of the 'Other' in Anglophone Works
Surveying print and digital graphic life narratives about people who become ‘othered’ within Western contexts, this book investigates how comics and graphic novels witness human rights transgressions in contemporary Anglophone culture and how they can promote social justice. With thought given to how the graphic form can offer a powerful counterpoint to the legal, humanitarian and media discourses that dehumanise the most violated and dispossessed, but also how these works may unconsciously reproduce Western neo-colonial presentations of the ‘other,’ Olga Michael focuses on gender, death, space, and border violence within graphic life narratives depicting suffering across different geo- and biopolitical locations. Combining the familiar with the lesser-known, this book covers works by artists such as Joe Sacco, Thi Bui, Mia Kirshner, Phoebe Gloeckner, Kamel Khélif, Francesca Sanna, Gabi Froden, Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock, as well as Safdar Ahmed and Ali Dorani/Eaten Fish. Interdisciplinary in its consideration of life writing, comics and human rights studies, and comparative in approach, this book explores such topics as the aesthetics of visualised suffering; spatial articulations of human rights violations; the occurrence of violations whilst crossing borders; the gendered dimensions of visually captured violence; and how human rights discourses intersect with graphic depictions of the dead. In so doing, Michael establishes how to read human rights and social justice comics in relation to an escalating global crisis and deftly complicates negotiations of ‘otherness.’ A vitally important work to the humanities sector, this book underscores the significance of postcolonial decolonized reading acts as forms of secondary witness.
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Duke University Press States of Memory: Continuities, Conflicts, and Transformations in National Retrospection
States of Memory illuminates the construction of national memory from a comparative perspective. The essays collected here emphasize that memory itself has a history: not only do particular meanings change, but the very faculty of memory—its place in social relations and the forms it takes—varies over time. Integrating theories of memory and nationalism with case studies, these essays stake a vital middle ground between particular and universal approaches to social memory studies.The contributors—including historians and social scientists—describe societies’ struggles to produce and then use ideas of what a “normal” past should look like. They examine claims about the genuineness of revolution (in fascist Italy and communist Russia), of inclusiveness (in the United States and Australia), of innocence (in Germany), and of inevitability (in Israel). Essayists explore the reputation of Confucius among Maoist leaders during China’s Cultural Revolution; commemorations of Martin Luther King Jr. in the United States Congress; the “end” of the postwar era in Japan; and how national calendars—in signifying what to remember, celebrate, and mourn—structure national identification. Above all, these essays reveal that memory is never unitary, no matter how hard various powers strive to make it so.States of Memory will appeal to those scholars-in sociology, history, political science, cultural studies, anthropology, and art history-who are interested in collective memory, commemoration, nationalism, and state formation.Contributors. Paloma Aguilar, Frederick C. Corney, Carol Gluck, Matt K. Matsuda, Jeffrey K. Olick, Francesca Polletta, Uri Ram, Barry Schwartz, Lyn Spillman, Charles Tilly, Simonetta Falasca Zamponi, Eviatar Zerubavel, Tong Zhang
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Turner Publicaciones, S.L. Collection MER
Marcos Martín Blanco and Elena Rueda began to acquire artworks in 1979. Over the years, the MER Foundation has gathered more than 800 works and includes important pieces from the best contemporary artists. The collection specialises in European and American figuration since 1980. This attention to figuration as distinct from painting and photography, has led Marcos and Elena to seek the masterpieces of artists such as Eric Fischl, Francesco Clemente, David Salle, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Ruff, Marlen Dumas, Lisa Yuscavage, Merilyn Minter, Luis Gordillo and Cecily Brown. The collection includes more than 180 artists: Miquel Barceló, José María Sicilia, Antoni Tàpies, Mompó, Palazuelo, Gordillo, Zóbel or Soledad Sevilla, among the Spanish artists, and Warhol, LeWitt, Oelen, Basquiat, David Sala or Julian Schnabel, among the international ones. In 2004 it was awarded the Collecting Prize by the ARCO art fair. This catalogue includes two introductory texts by Patricio Pron and Dan Cameron, one a more literary and personal appraisal of the founder and the collection, and the other one a technical and critical view.
£40.15
University of Toronto Press Raffaello Borghini's Il Riposo
Raffaello Borghini's Il Riposo (1584) is the most widely known Florentine document on the subject of the Counter-Reformation content of religious paintings. Despite its reputation as an art-historical text, this is the first English-language translation of Il Riposo to be published. A distillation of the art gossip that was a feature of the Medici Grand Ducal court, Borghini's treatise puts forth simple criteria for judging the quality of a work of art. Published sixteen years after the second edition of Giorgio Vasari's Vite, the text that set the standard for art-historical writing during the period, Il Riposo focuses on important issues that Vasari avoided, ignored, or was oblivious to. Picking up where Vasari left off, Borghini deals with artists who came after Michaelangelo and provides more comprehensive descriptions of artists who Vasari only touched upon such as Tintoretto, Veronese, Barocci, and the artists of Francesco I's Studiolo. This text is also invaluable as a description of the mid-sixteenth century reaction against the style of the 'maniera,' which stressed the representation of self-consciously convoluted figures in complicated works of art.The first art treatise specifically directed toward non-practitioners, Il Riposo gives unique insight into the early stages of art history as a discipline, late Renaissance art and theory, and the Counter-Reformation in Italy.
£32.00
Alfaguara Toda pasin apagada
La mejor novela de Vita Sackville-West, admirada por Virginia Woolf y convertida en un clásico.Toda la elegancia, toda la ironía y, bajo una tersa superficie, una buena dosis de veneno. Una lectura muy sabrosa.Rosa MonteroSe preguntó qué heridas eran más profundas: las desgarradas heridas de la realidad, o las hondas e invisibles magulladuras de la imaginación.Lord Slane, baluarte del Imperio y gran estadista, ha muerto. Le sobreviven su viuda y seis hijos dispuestos a ocuparse de ella. Pero Lady Slane tiene otros planes: la sumisa esposa y complaciente madre quiere al fin vivir su propia vida. En una pequeña casa, en Hampstead, rememorará sus sueños de una juventud y pasará dulcemente el tiempo que el destino le conceda junto a aquellos que ha escogido: una doncella francesa, el carpintero y hasta un excéntrico millonario, enamorado de ella en la India cincuenta años atrás.Toda pasión apagada es una de las obras maestras de Vita Sackville-We
£18.17
Duke University Press Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai'i
Many people first encounter Hawai‘i through the imagination—a postcard picture of hula girls, lu‘aus, and plenty of sun, surf, and sea. While Hawai‘i is indeed beautiful, Native Hawaiians struggle with the problems brought about by colonialism, military occupation, tourism, food insecurity, high costs of living, and climate change. In this brilliant reinvention of the travel guide, artists, activists, and scholars redirect readers from the fantasy of Hawai‘i as a tropical paradise and tourist destination toward a multilayered and holistic engagement with Hawai‘i's culture and complex history. The essays, stories, artworks, maps, and tour itineraries in Detours create decolonial narratives in ways that will forever change how readers think about and move throughout Hawai‘i. Contributors. Hōkūlani K. Aikau, Malia Akutagawa, Adele Balderston, Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Ellen-Rae Cachola, Emily Cadiz, Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar, David A. Chang, Lianne Marie Leda Charlie, Greg Chun, Joy Lehuanani Enomoto, S. Joe Estores, Nicholas Kawelakai Farrant, Jessica Ka‘ui Fu, Candace Fujikane, Linda H. L. Furuto, Sonny Ganaden, Cheryl Geslani, Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua, Tina Grandinetti, Craig Howes, Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, Noelle M. K. Y. Kahanu, Haley Kailiehu, Kyle Kajihiro, Halena Kapuni-Reynolds, Terrilee N. Kekoolani-Raymond, Kekuewa Kikiloi, William Kinney, Francesca Koethe, Karen K. Kosasa, N. Trisha Lagaso Goldberg, Kapulani Landgraf, Laura E. Lyons, David Uahikeaikalei‘ohu Maile, Brandy Nālani McDougall, Davianna Pōmaika‘i McGregor, Laurel Mei-Singh, P. Kalawai‘a Moore, Summer Kaimalia Mullins-Ibrahim, Jordan Muratsuchi, Hanohano Naehu, Malia Nobrega-Olivera, Katrina-Ann R. Kapā‘anaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira, Jamaica Heolimelekalani Osorio, No‘eau Peralto, No‘u Revilla, Kalaniua Ritte, Maya L. Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery, Dean Itsuji Saranillio, Noenoe K. Silva, Ty P. Kāwika Tengan, Stephanie Nohelani Teves, Stan Tomita, Mehana Blaich Vaughan, Wendy Mapuana Waipā, Julie Warech
£23.99
Duke University Press Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai'i
Many people first encounter Hawai‘i through the imagination—a postcard picture of hula girls, lu‘aus, and plenty of sun, surf, and sea. While Hawai‘i is indeed beautiful, Native Hawaiians struggle with the problems brought about by colonialism, military occupation, tourism, food insecurity, high costs of living, and climate change. In this brilliant reinvention of the travel guide, artists, activists, and scholars redirect readers from the fantasy of Hawai‘i as a tropical paradise and tourist destination toward a multilayered and holistic engagement with Hawai‘i's culture and complex history. The essays, stories, artworks, maps, and tour itineraries in Detours create decolonial narratives in ways that will forever change how readers think about and move throughout Hawai‘i. Contributors. Hōkūlani K. Aikau, Malia Akutagawa, Adele Balderston, Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Ellen-Rae Cachola, Emily Cadiz, Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar, David A. Chang, Lianne Marie Leda Charlie, Greg Chun, Joy Lehuanani Enomoto, S. Joe Estores, Nicholas Kawelakai Farrant, Jessica Ka‘ui Fu, Candace Fujikane, Linda H. L. Furuto, Sonny Ganaden, Cheryl Geslani, Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua, Tina Grandinetti, Craig Howes, Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, Noelle M. K. Y. Kahanu, Haley Kailiehu, Kyle Kajihiro, Halena Kapuni-Reynolds, Terrilee N. Kekoolani-Raymond, Kekuewa Kikiloi, William Kinney, Francesca Koethe, Karen K. Kosasa, N. Trisha Lagaso Goldberg, Kapulani Landgraf, Laura E. Lyons, David Uahikeaikalei‘ohu Maile, Brandy Nālani McDougall, Davianna Pōmaika‘i McGregor, Laurel Mei-Singh, P. Kalawai‘a Moore, Summer Kaimalia Mullins-Ibrahim, Jordan Muratsuchi, Hanohano Naehu, Malia Nobrega-Olivera, Katrina-Ann R. Kapā‘anaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira, Jamaica Heolimelekalani Osorio, No‘eau Peralto, No‘u Revilla, Kalaniua Ritte, Maya L. Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery, Dean Itsuji Saranillio, Noenoe K. Silva, Ty P. Kāwika Tengan, Stephanie Nohelani Teves, Stan Tomita, Mehana Blaich Vaughan, Wendy Mapuana Waipā, Julie Warech
£85.50
Duke University Press Becoming: The Photographs of Clementina, Viscountess Hawarden
Clementina, Viscountess Hawarden (1822–1865) produced over eight hundred photographs during her all-too-brief life. Most of these were portraits of her adolescent daughters. By whisking away the furniture and bric-a-brac common in scenes of upper-class homes of the Victorian period, Lady Hawarden transformed the sitting room of her London residence into a photographic studio—a private space for taking surprising photos of her daughters in fancy dress. In Carol Mavor’s hands, these pictures become windows into Victorian culture, eroticism, mother-daughter relationships, and intimacy.With drama, wit, and verve, Lady Hawarden’s girls, becoming women, entwine each other, their mirrored reflections and select feminine objects (an Indian traveling cabinet, a Gothic-style desk, a shell-covered box) as homoerotic partners. The resulting mise-en-scène is secretive, private, delicious, and arguably queer—a girltopia ripe with maternality and adolescent flirtation, as touching as it is erotic. Luxuriating in the photographs’ interpretive possibilities, Mavor makes illuminating connections between Hawarden and other artists and writers, including Vermeer, Christina Rossetti, George Eliot, Lewis Carroll, and twentieth-century photographers Sally Mann and Francesca Woodman. Weaving psychoanalytic theory and other photographic analyses into her work, Mavor contemplates the experience of the photograph and considers the relationship of Hawarden’s works to the concept of the female fetish, to voyeurism, mirrors and lenses, and twins and doubling. Under the spell of Roland Barthes, Mavor’s voice unveils the peculiarities of the erotic in Lady Hawarden’s images through a writerly approach that remembers and rewrites adolescence as sustained desire. In turn autobiographical, theoretical, historical, and analytical, Mavor’s study caresses these mysteriously ripped and scissored images into fables of sapphic love and the real magic of photography.
£21.99
Oxford University Press Mona Lisa: The People and the Painting
Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again. For the world's greatest cultural icon still has secrets to reveal - not the silly secrets that the 'Leonardo loonies' continue to advance, but previously unknown facts about the lives of Leonardo, his father, Lisa Gherardini, the subject of the portrait, and her husband Francesco del Giocondo. From this factual beginning we see how the painting metamorphosed into a 'universal picture' that became the prime vehicle for Leonardo's prodigious knowledge of the human and natural worlds. We learn about the new money of the ambitious merchant who married into the old gentry of Lisa's family. We discover Lisa's life as a wife and mother, her association with sexual scandals, and her later life in a convent. We meet, for the first time, previously undiscovered members of Leonardo's immediate family and discover new information about his early life. The tiny hill town of Vinci is placed before us, with its widespread poverty. We find out about the career and possessions of his father, a notable lawyer in Florence. The meaning of the portrait that resulted from these human circumstances is vividly illuminated though Renaissance love poetry and verses specifically dedicated to Leonardo. We come to understand how Leonardo's sciences of optics, psychology, anatomy and geology are embraced in his poetic science of art. Recent scientific examinations of the painting disclose how it evolved to assume its present appearance in Leonardo's experimental hands. Above all, we cut through the suppositions and the myths to show that the portrait is a product of real people in a real place at a real time. This is the book that brings back a sense of reality into the creation of the portrait of Lisa del Giocondo. And the actual Mona Lisa, it turns out, is even more astonishing and transcendent than the Mona Lisa of legend.
£26.09
