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Con esta lectura Rosa Barocio nos invita a revisar nuestra mochila. Todos caminamos por la vida cargando una, desde pequeños la hemos ido llenando de todo tipo de creencias, actitudes, valores, emociones reprimidas. Algunas de ellas son ligeras y nos alientan y animan para seguir adelante, mientras otras nos pesan y nos impiden avanzar.

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Enemy Number One tells the story of the Soviet cultural and propaganda apparatus and its efforts to control information about the United States in the postwar landscape. Beginning with the 1945 meeting of American and Soviet troops on the Elbe, this period saw cultural relations develop in close connection to oppression as the Soviet authorities attempted to contain and appropriate images of the United States. Rósa Magnúsdóttir analyzes two official narratives about the USSR's "enemy number one" --Stalin's anti-American campaign and Khrushchev's policy of peaceful coexistence--and shows how each relied on the legacy of the wartime alliance in their approach. Stalin used the wartime experience to spread fear of a renewed war, while Khrushchev used the wartime alliance as proof that the two superpowers could work together. Drawing from extensive archival resources, Magnúsdóttir brings to life the propaganda warriors and ideological chiefs of the early Cold War period in the Soviet Union, revealing their confusion and insecurities as they attempted to navigate the uncertain world of late Stalin and early Khrushchev cultural bureaucracy. She also demonstrates how concerned Soviet authorities were by their people's presumed interest in the United States, resorting to monitoring and even repression-behavior indicative of the inferiority complex of the Soviet project as it related to the outside world.

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This volume is the first to contain all of Rosa Luxemburg’s eloquent writings on the 1917 Russian and 1918-19 German revolutions. Also contained here are articles, essays, and manuscripts on the European socialist movement prior to World War I and on her efforts to rebuild the socialist movement on revolutionary foundations in its aftermath. Much of this material appears in English for the first time.Luxemburg’s contributions on revolutionary strategy and the transition to socialism reveal a profound commitment to radical democracy, which becomes evident as she elaborates on her lived experience with razor-sharp conceptualizations of the mass strike. Her democratic commitment is also highlighted in her deepening conflict with the bureaucratic conservatism afflicting the German Social Democratic Party. She is horrified yet, at the same time, grimly analytical while surveying the unfolding violence and brutality of World War I. Deeply inspired by Russia’s 1917 u

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A feel-good tale of unlikely friendship, community and learning to live life in the slow lane, perfect for fans of Clare Pooley and Hazel Prior Daniel isn’t used to living life in the slow lane. So when he finds himself unexpectedly jobless and back in his old Cornish hometown, he can’t sit still. Hazel used to be adventurous too. But now widowed and in her eighties, she barely leaves the house. When she sees an advert for Daniel’s new walking club, she grabs at the chance of some excitement. Daniel’s heart sinks when he sees that the only person who’s turned up for his walking club is the crazy old lady from two doors down. But what he doesn’t expect is to discover that Hazel is one of the most fascinating people he’s ever met . . .A gorgeous, warm and uplifting story about friendship, community, adventure and the joy of walking.

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This casebook provides an overview of the main international and regional legal standards related to the human rights of women and explores their development and practical application in light of contemporary times, challenges, and advances. It navigates the nuances of the ongoing problems of discrimination and gender-based violence, and analyzes them in the context of modern challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the MeToo movement and its aftermath, the growth of non-state actors, environment and climate change, sexual orientation and gender identity, and the digital world, among others.Incorporating lessons learned from her experiences as a practitioner and a law professor, the author navigates and provides snapshots of priority issues and themes in the field of the human rights of women. In each chapter, students are encouraged to reflect and answer questions alluding to the intricacies, challenges, and advances in the protection and exercise of women’s rights in modern times. The chapters also include many case judgments, decisions, views, and general recommendations adopted by universal and regional bodies and courts advancing the development of women human rights issues. This analysis is complemented by key scholarship, reports, and statements produced in the area of the human rights of women and its different features.Students of issues concerning human rights, women, gender equality, and international law will attain a thorough understanding of the field through this contemporary casebook.

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'Trip', if you happened to be a Swindonian and one that worked 'inside' the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works, was the event of the year. When, in 1848, a party of some 500 made up of men from the Mechanics Institution and their families took the company's gratis train to Oxford, they set a tradition that lasted for over 120 years. Trip enabled the 'trippers' to travel initially all over the GWR system, then up and down the country and, in later times, even across the Channel to Europe. It was a masterpiece of management and in its heyday numbers up to 26,000 would leave Swindon in a matter of hours. Over the years Trip became part of the fabric of life for Swindon Works' railway families and they invested it with their individual rituals and traditions. It was talked about with hushed breath and hopeful longing for many months before the event and is now remembered long years after with great fondness. This book provides an evocative record of Trip for those who remember the excursions and for anyone interested in the history of Swindon and the administrative prowess of the GWR. Archive photographs and postcards offer a fascinating glimpse of Swindon Works and the families on holiday at an array of Trip destinations.

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St Neots, together with Eynesbury, Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford, has long lacked a comprehensive and fully illustrated history. The deficiency is made good in splendid style by this well‑researched book. From the first appearance of local tracks and river crossings, the author describes how the earliest Neolithic settlements developed through succeeding ages until there were well-established communities by the time the Romans came. In a very readable and highly illustrated narrative the author explores the lives and work of the ordinary townspeople through the centuries, as well as describing the more dramatic episodes such as a Civil War battle in 1648, three gruesome murders and a daring bank robbery. Among notable personalities in the story are the man who assassinated a Prime Minister, one who achieved fame by growing to be eight feet six inches tall and the first British quadruplets to survive. This is a significant contribution to the published history of East Anglia that will be warmly welcomed throughout the area.

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From the author of MyOTHER TONGUE comes a new collection of prose poetry exploring the intergenerational inheritance of gendered violence.Rosa Alcalá choreographs language to understand the body as it “gathers itself over time to become whole,” recovering the speaker’s intuition while unraveling memory to pinpoint the aches, anxieties, and lessons of a woman''s survival. Ruminating on daughterhood, mothering, and the body''s cumulative wisdom, YOU traces a jagged line through fears and joys both past and present.

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This gorgeous celebration of the color blue and the indigo plant, by a Korean American debut artist and storyteller, powerfully connects art and the natural world. With lavish mixed-media art including watercolor painting and hand-dyed textiles, debut author-illustrator Rosa Chang pays tribute to the science and art of growing the indigo plant and making indigo dye. Woven throughout is a poetic tribute to the color blue, Chang's favorite since her girlhood in Korea, and an appreciation of the indigo plant as a valued source of blue dye in cultures around the world. Informative back matter tells more about the science behind indigo dye production, with an "indigo map" of the shades of blue produced by indigo around the world, and simple instructions for growing your own indigo plants and making homemade blue dye.

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La obra se centra en el fracaso escolar y el abandono educativo temprano, temática estudiada en el marco del proyecto de excelencia P12- SEJ-2664, concedido por la Junta de Andalucía, y desarrollado a nivel andaluz. El análisis de estos fenómenos se realiza desde una mirada focalizada en las historias de adolescentes y jóvenes que, desde sus narraciones (voces), dan cuenta del proceso de desenganche escolar en el que han estado inmersos, marcado por el fracaso, y que ha desembocado en el abandono del sistema educativo. La trama polifónica que define el conjunto de capítulos pone de manifiesto la interseccionalidad; rasgo que determina, de facto, la compleja configuración de los fenómenos encarnados en los sujetos, al visibilizar la multidimensionalidad, la interacción y la interdependencia de contextos ?portadores de factores de índole diversa? que inciden en la concurrencia de los fenómenos. También permite constatar las diversas formas de dominación y desigualdad que experimenta el e

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From the leading independent travel and style magazine Cereal comes Cereal City Guide: London: a portrait of the English capital offering a finely curated edit on what to see and do for discerning travelers and locals alike. Rich Stapleton and Rosa Park, Cereal’s founders, travel extensively for the magazine and were inspired to create a series of city guides that highlighted their favorite places to visit. Now, after building a loyal readership that counts on their unique, considered advice, they are relaunching the books with a fresh design and new content. Rather than a comprehensive directory of all there is to see and do, these Cereal City Guides offer instead an edit of points of interest and venues that reflect Cereal’s values, in both quality and aesthetic sensibility. Rich and Rosa have personally visited hundreds of venues in London, distilling their preferred locales down to their firm favorites. From the intimate local shops to the eclectic galleries that evoke London’s dual sense of history and modernity, these are the finds that that will offer a more personal take on the city. Meticulously researched and illustrated with original photography, each guide includes: photo essays of striking images of the city an illustrated neighborhood map interviews and essays from celebrated locals such as architectural designer John Pawson, fashion designer Margaret Howell, and more lists of essential architectural points of interest, museums, galleries, day trips outside the city, and unique goods to buy an itinerary for an ideal day in London Cereal City Guide: London is a design-focused portrait of an iconic city, offering a distinctive look at the best museums, galleries, hotels, restaurants, and shops. Also, check out Cereal City Guide: Paris and Cereal City Guide: New York.

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From the leading independent travel and style magazine Cereal comes Cereal City Guide: New York: a portrait of the Empire City offering a finely curated edit on what to see and do for discerning travelers and locals alike. Rich Stapleton and Rosa Park, Cereal’s founders, travel extensively for the magazine and were inspired to create a series of city guides that highlighted their favorite places to visit. Now, after building a loyal readership that counts on their unique, considered advice, they are relaunching the books with a fresh design and new content. Rather than a comprehensive directory of all there is to see and do, these Cereal City Guides offer instead an edit of points of interest and venues that reflect Cereal’s values in both quality and aesthetic sensibility. Rich and Rosa have personally visited hundreds of venues in New York, distilling their preferred locales down to their firm favorites. From the inspired boutiques which reflect that distinctive New Yorker eclecticism to the local restaurants that feed them, these are the finds that that will offer a more personal take on the city. Meticulously researched and illustrated with original photography, each guide includes: photo essays of striking images of the city an illustrated neighborhood map interviews and essays from celebrated locals, such as chef Camille Becerra, shop owner Kai Avent-deLeon, and more lists of essential architectural points of interest, museums, galleries, day trips outside the city, and unique goods to buy an itinerary for an ideal day in New York Cereal City Guide: New York is a design-focused portrait of an iconic city, offering a distinctive look at the best museums, galleries, restaurants, and shops. Also, check out Cereal City Guide: London and Cereal City Guide: Paris.

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Every Catholic saint, local and liturgical, is honoured on a particular day of the year. Here, the author has chosen up to three saints for every day of the year, along with representations of those saints ranging from world-famous works of art to more modern depictions. The author also gives a short explanation of each saint.

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Siente el corazón que late bajo la piel de hierro.Un insólito y original viaje a la edad media.En un turbulento siglo XII, Leola, campesina adolescente, desnuda a un guerrero muerto en un campo de batalla y se viste con sus ropas de hierro, para protegerse bajo un disfraz viril. Así comienza el vertiginoso y emocionante relato de su vida, una peripecia existencial que no es sólo la de Leola sino también la nuestra, porque esta novela de aventuras con ingredientes fantásticos nos está hablando en realidad del mundo actual y de lo que todos somos.Historia del Rey Transparente es un insólito viaje a una Edad Media desconocida que se huele y se siente sobre la piel, es una fábula que conmueve por su grandeza épica, es uno de esos libros que no se leen, sino que se viven. Original y poderosa, la novela de Rosa Montero tiene esa fuerza desbordante de los libros llamados a convertirse en clásicos.<

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Primer volumen que contiene las dos primeras partes de la trilogía."El manuscrito de O es, en todos los sentidos, un libro mágico." Lars MuhlLlega por fin a nuestro país El manuscrito de O, una trilogía de culto en Escandinavia que se ha abierto paso hasta las listas de libros más vendidos de Estados Unidos y Europa.Este primer volumen, que recoge los dos primeros libros (El vidente y La magdalena) narra el encuentro del autor con un vidente español en la montaña sagrada de Montsegur, en el Pirineo francés, y su hallazgo de un manuscrito que le permitirá el acceso a un mundo superior donde todo está interconectado.Un clásico de la literatura esotérica, lo bastante ameno como para despertar el interés de los lectores de Dan Brown pero también lo suficientemente profundo como para apasionar a las personas que buscan una iniciación en los misterios gnósticos.

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Después de cada derrota puede haber un nuevo comienzo. Porque la suerte sólo es buena si decidimos que lo seaFINALISTA DEL PREMIO BIENAL DE NOVELA MARIO VARGAS LLOSA 2021DE LO MEJOR DE 2020 SEGÚN EL CULTURALAbsolutamente imprescindible. Misteriosa, profunda, magistralmente escrita. No hay mejor escritora en castellano que Rosa Montero.Juan Gómez-JuradoLa alegría es un hábito.Qué impulsa a un hombre a bajarse anticipadamente de un tren y ocultarse en un pueblo de mala muerte? Quiere recomenzar su vida o pretende acabar con ella? Tal vez esté huyendo de alguien, o de algo, o incluso de sí mismo, y el destino le ha traído a Pozonegro, un antiguo centro hullero que ahora agoniza. Por delante de su casa pasan trenes que pueden ser salvación o condena, mientras los perseguidores estrechan el cerco. La perdición parece estar más próxima cada día.Pero este hombre, Pablo, también conoce gente en aquel lugar maldito, como la

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Una tarde, Rosa Montero intentó recordar el dibujo de las baldosas de la casa de su niñez. Aquéllas habían sido los abismos secretos de sus juegos de niña. Pero el dibujo se había perdido para siempre, como su infancia. Abrumada por el olvido se preguntó: Qué pasaría si hubiera un mundo que sólo existiera si alguien lo pensase?, y de esta idea nació Temblor.

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Una divertida novela sobre dos hermanas cariocas, Eurídice y Guida, quienes, en los años cincuenta, tomaron caminos muy diferentes. Mientras Guida se escapa de casa para vivir su amor con un prestigioso doctor que acabará abandonándola y dejándola sola a cargo de una criatura, Eurídice, en cambio, se comporta de manera ejemplar y sigue lo que se espera de ella: su mejor perspectiva de vida es ser una buena esposa, ama de casa y madre. Pero en realidad ninguna de las dos es feliz con su elección, y deberá pasar mucho tiempo hasta que se den cuenta de que la felicidad que anhelan está escondida en los lugares más inesperados.

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Azul es la historia de una pasión amorosa entre Andrea-una mujer casada, periodista y con una complicada vida social- y un muchacho más joven, Martín Ures, que llega del interior de la Península para descubrir un variado mundo de gentes y trabajos, y sobre todo, esa capacidad alquímica del amor que lo convierte en algo definitivamente peligroso.

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