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Cuentos y Encuentros es una portentosa colección de relatos muy breves, habitantes todos ellos de ese espacio mínimo que separa lo imaginario (Cuentos) de lo real (Encuentros).

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Following on from Juan Ortiz's fabulous Original Series movie-poster collection, this latest treat for art-loving Trek fans features 178 posters that capture the essence of The Next Generation. Inspired by indie-film and black-light posters, comics and rock/punk culture and showcasing Ortiz's unique creative vision, this new instalment of original Trek art is sure to delight fans worldwide."

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The odyssey of Exether Mega, a young military pilot caught up in an interplanetary conflict between humans — under the banner of the Planetary United States — and the Krommiums. After narrowly escaping an attack by an enemy patrol, Mega begins a perilous journey across enemy lines. Through a series of encounters —with both friends and foes — Mega discovers she's at the center of a complex, secret experiment to create the ultimate weapon of war. As further clues to her role, identity, and destiny are revealed to her, the powers that be ramp up their efforts to capture her. A spectacular and riveting space opera by the creator of Leo Roa and the illustrator of The Metabarons saga.

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Finalist for the 2015 William E. Colby AwardFor more than a decade, America has been waging a new kind of war against the financial networks of rogue regimes, proliferators, terrorist groups, and criminal syndicates. Juan Zarate, a chief architect of modern financial warfare and a former senior Treasury and White House official, pulls back the curtain on this shadowy world. In this gripping story, he explains in unprecedented detail how a small, dedicated group of officials redefined the Treasury's role and used its unique powers, relationships, and reputation to apply financial pressure against America's enemies.This group unleashed a new brand of financial power,one that leveraged the private sector and banks directly to isolate rogues from the international financial system. By harnessing the forces of globalization and the centrality of the American market and dollar, Treasury developed a new way of undermining America's foes. Treasury and its tools soon became, and remain, critical in the most vital geopolitical challenges facing the United States, including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and the regimes in Iran, North Korea, and Syria.This book is the definitive account, by an unparalleled expert, of how financial warfare has taken pride of place in American foreign policy and how America's competitors and enemies are now learning to use this type of power themselves. This is the unique story of the United States' financial war campaigns and the contours and uses of financial power, and of the warfare to come.

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Each chapter in this book is written by a group of leading experts in one particular type of microprobe technique. They emphasize the ability of that technique to provide information about small structures (i.e. quantum dots, quantum lines), microscopic defects, strain, layer composition, and its usefulness as diagnostic technique for device degradation. Different types of probes are considered (electrons, photons and tips) and different microscopies (optical, electron microscopy and tunneling). It is an ideal reference for post-graduate and experienced researchers, as well as for crystal growers and optoelectronic device makers.

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A controversial figure in his own day (1474-1566), Las Casas might well be the New World's first political activist. Championing the cause of the Indians in "Overseas Spain," Las Casas threw his heart, soul, and fortune into a highly volatile movement. He became the "Protector of the Indians" and devoted fifty years to the destruction of Indian slavery. Friede and Keen's collection of essays increases the understanding of the man and his work by presenting English translations of the findings of leading modern European and Latin American specialists on Las Casas.

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The end of the Qing dynasty in China saw an unprecedented explosion of print journalism. By the turn of the twentieth century, not only had Chinese-owned newspapers become more influential than anyone could have anticipated, but it was the supposedly frivolous xiaobao, the “little” or “minor” papers, that captivated and empowered the public.Merry Laughter and Angry Curses reveals how the late-Qing-era tabloid press became the voice of the people. As periodical publishing reached a fever pitch, tabloids had free rein to criticize officials, mock the elite, and scandalize readers. Tabloid writers produced a massive amount of anti-establishment literature, whose distinctive humour and satirical style were both potent and popular. This book shows the tabloid community to be both a producer of meanings and a participant in the social and cultural dialogue that would shake the foundations of imperial China and lead to the 1911 Republican Revolution.

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Mozambique has been hailed as a success story by the international community, which has watched it evolve through a series of violent political upheavals: from colonialism, through socialism, to its current democracy. As Juan Obarrio shows, however, this view neglects a crucial element in Mozambique's transition to the rule of law: the reestablishment of traditional chief-tanship and customs entangled within a history of colonial violence and civil war. Drawing on extensive historical records and ethnographic fieldwork, he examines the role of customary law in Mozambique to ask a larger question: what is the place of law in the neoliberal era, in which the juridical and the economic are deeply intertwined in an ongoing state of structural adjustment? Having made the transition from a people's republic to democratic rule in the 1990s, Mozambique offers a fascinating case of postwar reconstruction, economic opening, and transitional justice, one in which the customary has played a central role. Obarrio shows how its sovereignty has met countless ambiguities within the entanglements of local community, nation-state, and international structures. Ultimately, he looks toward local rituals and relations as producing an emergent kind of citizenship in Africa, which he dubs "customary citizenship," forming not a vestige of the past but a yet ill-defined political future.

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William Potter has written and edited a wide range of well-known comics and magazines, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic the Comic, Marvel Fact Files, Marvel Chess Specials and DC Chess Collection. Juan Calle is an illustrator, concept artist, and comic book artist based in Colombia. He has worked as a concept artist for Disney and as an illustrator and character artist for a variety of publishers.

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In architecture, a facade is the skin of a building. Eco-Friendly Building Facade demonstrates just how important this 'skin' is by illustrating its impact on energy efficiency. Sunlight, ventilation, low energy, noise minimisation, rainwater harvest, prefabricated components, flexibility, etc., all the environmental elements are taken into consideration in the design process and are illustrated here with sufficiently detailed images, drawings and articles.

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Juan Acevedo embarks on a semantic journey to track the origin and adventures of the Greek term stoicheion, which for at least eighteen centuries, from Pythagoras to Fibonacci, simultaneously meant "element", "letter", and "numeral". Focusing on this triple meaning and on how it was translated and interpreted in Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic - especially in key texts of the Abrahamic faiths- a metaphysical study takes shape. With touches of alchemy and theology, it reveals how a shared fundamental alphanumeric cosmology underlay many basic paradigms of science and faith around the Mediterranean until the advent of the Indo-Arabic numerals broke the "marriage" of letter and numeral. Careful readings of Plato, Philolaos, Nicomachus and Philo, of Genesis and the Sefer Yetsira, of the Qur'ān, the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā', and Ibn 'Arabī are all woven together into a synthesis full of implications for many disciplines.

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Audio now available for download. Do you want to learn German or get back to it? In following us carefully -- and regularly you will learn the vocabulary of the language in a few months current as well as the basic rules of grammar. Very quickly, this beautiful language will sound familiar, thanks to the hundred dialogues taken from the daily life that we present to you, in this gift box, for download. The recordings include all of the texts in German lessons and exercises in book translation. They are interpreted, at a progressive rate, by professional native speakers: Living dialogues. A very studied progression. Pronunciation through audio.

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How Bill de Blasio's mayoral victory triggered a seismic shift in the nation's urban political landscapeand what it portends for our cities in the futureIn November 2013, a little-known progressive stunned the elite of New York City by capturing the mayoralty by a landslide. Bill de Blasio''s promise to end the Tale of Two Cities had struck a chord among ordinary residents still struggling to recover from the Great Recession. De Blasio''s election heralded the advent of the most progressive New York City government in generations. Not since the legendary Fiorello La Guardia in the 1930s had so many populist candidates captured government office at the same time. Gotham, in other words, had been suddenly reclaimed in the name of its people. How did this happen? De Blasio''s victory, journalist legend Juan González argues, was not just a routine change of government but a popular rebellion against corporate-friendly policies that had dominated New Yor

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This new edition of our bestseller from the collection 'Sans Peine' with 100% new content. The dialogues of this new method are alive, current, rich in useful vocabulary and perfectly illustrate the realities and evolutions of the colorful Spanish oral language and idiomatic expressions. The grammatical notes accompanying each dialogue will enable the reader to understand all the pitfalls and difficulties of the language without difficulty, and the many notes of civilization will present him with a very endearing culture. Spanish is spoken by more than 500 million people on all continents and especially the American continent in its almost complete since after Mexico, the United States is now the second country with the most Spanish speakers in the world. It ranks 2nd in the world in number of native speakers. The study of Spanish is rewarding: spelling is simple, phonetic peculiarities are quickly made, and the learner soon has the pleasure of understanding and speaking. The recording

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Contrary to the distorted and in many places all-too prevalent view of Islam as somehow inherently or uniquely violent, there is a dazzling array of Muslim organizations and individuals that have worked for harmony and conciliation through history. The Qur’an itself, the Muslim scripture, is full of peace verses urging returning good for evil and wishing peace upon harassers, alongside the verses on just, defensive war that have so often been misinterpreted. This groundbreaking volume fills a gaping hole in the literature on global peace movements, bringing to the fore the many peace movements and peacemakers of the Muslim world. From Senegalese Sufi orders to Bosnian women’s organizations to Indian Muslim freedom fighters who were allies of Mahatma Gandhi against British colonialism, it shows that history is replete with colorful personalities from the Muslim world who made a stand for peaceful methods.

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Si en algún momento de tu infancia viste a Sabrina salírsele un pezón en la televisión pública, tu adolescencia quedó atravesada por el crimen de Alcàsser, creaste tu primer alias para abrir una cuenta en el Messenger y recuerdas que Shakira una vez fue morena, necesitas leer este libro.Aunque también deberías leerlo si no recuerdas nada de todo eso. Porque en él, y a partir de algunos de los hitos de la cultura pop de las últimas décadas en España ?de Ally McBeal a Operación Triunfo, pasando por la historia de Ricky Martin, el perro y la mermelada?, Juan Sanguino disecciona el aterrizaje forzoso en el primer mundo de un país que hace treinta años aún no había perdido del todo la inocencia.Kim Kardashian y su revolucionaria concepción de la fama como fin en sí misma, el auge de lo friki que representan éxitos como Harry Potter o la irrupción en la vida pública de la clase media ?con fenómenos como Gran Hermano, Belén Esteban o incluso Letizia Ortiz? son algunos de l

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Contiene los textos de los cuentos:1.- Talpa2.- Díles que no maten!3.- Luvina

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Qué relación existe entre la astrología y el mundo de los negocios?Juan Estadella, experimentado astrólogo español, nos muestra en esta obra pionera y revolucionaria cómo aplicar este arte-ciencia al mundo de la empresa, las fi nanzas y la bolsa.Además de introducirnos en un campo fascinante y útil a la vez, este manual de astrología empresarial nos enseña a vislumbrar qué nos reserva el futuro: las próximas crisis económicas y las líneas maestras del destino colectivo en el plano socioeconómico.Descubra porqué los grandes hombres de negocios confiaron siempre en los astros, dejándose guiar por criterios puramente astrológicos a la hora de tomar las decisiones más transcendentales para el futuro de sus empresas.Un libro que muestra cómo aplicar la astrología al mundo de la empresa, las finanzas y la bolsa, con predicciones sobre el futuro socioeconómico del mundo.

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Esta Correspondencia no es una edición total y crítica de las cartas de Juan Valera, pero sí es la más completa y más cuidada de todas las editadas hasta el momento. Esta edición ha seguido varios criterios fundamentales: Se reproduce la versión manuscrita de cada texto siempre que ha sido posible (si no, la de su último editor); la ordenación de los textos es cronológica y cada carta va precedida por el nombre del destinatario, el lugar y la fecha de data (año, mes y día), y se evita un abrumador aparato de anotaciones explicativas, para facilitar la lectura de los no especialistas. Un índice de nombres propios (de personas y lugares), títulos de libros y de las publicaciones periódicas citados ayudará a situar el riquísimo contenido referencial de esta obra.Desde el inicio del proyecto el aspecto que mayhor modificación ha experimentado ha sido la aparición de nuevas cartas en archivos de manuscritos o en publicaciones monográficas de diversos especialistas. La recuperación de tex

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La animación y recreación comprende todas las actividades lúdicas, deportivas, culturales, sociales y formativas, cuya práctica crea las condiciones para introducir una cultura de aprovechamiento del tiempo de ocio.En el libro "Animación y recreación. Turística, escolar y extraescolar" se plantean los fundamentos de la animación educativa, recreativa y turística. A su vez, se exponen los principios para una adecuada aplicación teniendo en cuenta los objetivos y técnicas más innovadoras, de manera que cada individuo logre desarrollar valores, hábitos y actitudes que permitan una mejor calidad de vida individual y colectiva.Se proponen variadas técnicas vanguardistas de activación aplicables a los diferentes ámbitos de la animación, incorporando originales técnicas para cohesionar los equipos humanos y favorecer el crecimiento personal.Se destaca la figura del animador, que debe actuar de acuerdo con un programa de estrategias determinadas a través de la palabra y del lenguaj

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Este tercer y último volumen está dedicado a los siglos xviii-xx, donde la nueva sensibilidad surgida a partir de 1700, que aporta una mirada panorámica del jardín (desde ahora guiado no por la geometría sino por el placer de la sorpresa y el contraste), dará paso primero a los jardines de la era industrial y después a los del siglo xx, donde cabe hablar de una nueva posición del hombre ante la naturaleza. Este volumen incluye un completo índice de parques y jardines y personas de los tres volúmenes.

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Qué celebra el Jubileo? En qué consiste el carácter sagrado de esta fiesta de la libertad? El presente libro ofrece la traducción y el comentario puntual y minucioso de los primeros doce versículos del capítulo 25 del tercer libro de la Escrituras, Vaikrà/Levítico, donde, según Erri de Luca, se proclama la urgencia de la liberación de los hombres y de la tierra de cualquier yugo.

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La capilla de Notre-Dame-du-Haut, un verdadero manifiesto dentro de la obra de Le Corbusier, no estuvo libre de polémicas en el momento de su construcción. Hoy es sin duda su edificio más visitado, hasta el punto de haberse convertido en una etapa obligada de peregrinaje arquitectónico a la altura de las más relevantes muestras del patrimonio mundial. Esta guía propone un recorrido por el edificio y una exploración del proceso creativo del arquitecto con ayuda de sus declaraciones y escritos.

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Juan Llamas, ayudado por Manuel Carvajal, Pepe Fuentes, Mercedes González Cort y con Antonio Quintas dirigiendo los distintos movimiento de Doma Vaquera que fotografió Rafael Lemos, ha hecho posible este único y necesario libro sobre nuestra Doma más auténtica. 10

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Imaginemos un tablero de ajedrez en un parque cualquiera. Imaginemos que este tablero es, al mismo tiempo, otro situado muy lejos de allí, en Reikiavik. Y que los dos hombres que juegan en ese parque y en ese tablero, Waterloo y Bailén, en realidad juegan a ser otros: el indómito y genial Bobby Fischer contra Boris Spasski, tan elegante y sensible como discreto. Todo esto está sucediendo ahora, sí, pero al mismo tiempo en el verano de 1972, durante el campeonato del mundo de ajedrez más famoso de la historia. De pronto, un adolescente se detiene ante ese tablero, mueve una pieza. La partida ha comenzado, y algo nos dice que la vida de ese muchacho está a punto de cambiar para siempre.

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