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Julio Pretel, concertista sevillano, tiene un extraño encuentro con una misteriosa mujer en el bellísimo Alcázar de Sevilla. Después, la joven desaparece ante sus ojos, como si se desintegrase en el aire. Alucinación? Experiencia paranormal? Salto en el tiempo? Ansioso por saber lo que de veras sucedió, Julio halla coincidencias entre la mujer que él vio (o creyó ver) y ... una princesa sevillana que vivió en ese mismo Alcázar novecientos años atrás! El músico inicia así una búsqueda obsesiva en la que intentará borrar las fronteras del tiempo. Poco a poco irá conociendo la personalidad de una extraordinaria mujer, Buthayna, poetisa, princesa de Sevilla y esclava de los almorávides. Una mujer atrapada como él en una historia en la que lo verosímil y lo imposible no parecen ser sino una misma cosa. Mientras, una antigua amante vuelve a cruzarse en su camino, reiniciándose así una historia de amor que ambos creían ya acabada mucho tiempo atrás. "La risa de las mujeres muertas" plantea lo

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Maestros del pensamiento sociológico es una investigación original que profundiza en el contexto social, político y moral de los grandes protagonistas de la historia de la teoría sociológica. Cómo eran mis clásicos, a los que regreso una y otra vez?, se pregunta Emilio Lamo de Espinosa en la presentación de la obra. Cómo se desarrolló su vida, con quién la compartieron, cómo la financiaron; eran alegres o aburridos, formales o transgresores, por qué escribieron lo que escribieron? Con quién se relacionaban el misógino Spencer, el profesoral y aburrido mandarín Durkheim, el aristocrático Pareto, el ascético y trabajador Weber, el mujeriego y creativo Veblen, el urbanita y judío Simmel, el emigrante Thomas?. Cada capítulo es un ensayo original de sociología del conocimiento, en el que Coser aplica sistemáticamente al estudio de cada autor lo que los mismos autores analizados le han enseñado. Constituye así, según Lamo, el primer libro de historia de la teoría sociológica escrito por un s

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This book provides an introductory survey of various bioethical issues facing society from beginning of life issues to end of life issues, and several issues in between.

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Discover the 35 best places in the world to take time out. In this glorious, coffee-table book and practical guide, you can find the perfect retreat to suit your needs. Do you need a real break but don''t know where to go, maybe you''re dreaming of a complete change of scenery to combine with your spa break, perhaps the answer is a holistic centre that''s off the beaten track - this is the guide for you.Discover our finest selection of the 35 best wellness destinations in the world, to suit all styles and budgets. Choose from: a yoga retreat on a private island in Greece an ayurvedic week in Normandy a breathwork course in Costa Rica a detox holiday in the sun in Italy or Arizona a panchakarma cure in Sri Lanka an island spa in the Maldives All the destinations will leave you feeling healthier, stronger and more in touch with yourself. Enjoy your (inner) journey.

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A profound and practical guide to uncovering your own wise mind and kind heart.We all want to find happiness. But how do we go about it? In this easygoing and clear-sighted guide, celebrated Buddhist meditation and philosophy master Khangser Rinpoche provides us with down-to-earth advice on how to train our minds and find our own innate wisdom and kindness along the way. He helps us see the profound insight that is open to us all, and how it can awaken us to the truth of the way things are. This insight into the truth, and the practices that help you cultivate this awareness, transform suffering into wisdom and compassion—and ultimately joy. A Monk''s Guide to Finding Joy brings the ancient Tibetan mind training tradition into our twenty-first century lives. Through stories, real-life examples, reflections, and meditation practices—all told with warmth and humor—Khangser Rinpoche shows us how we can transform the suffering of our life in

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Today’s many popular aesthetic pleasures have a very long history. Paul Duncum considers the historical critical discourses, and socio-political issues raised by aesthetic pleasures in fifteen thematic chapters. Using illustrative examples from the past, present, and across cultures, he challenges the idea of any decline of cultural standards and argues that no grounds exist for cultural pessimism. Refusing to condemn popular culture on the basis of taste, he reserves critique for the socio-political ideologies aesthetics invariably serve. Art history, film, cultural studies, and philosophical aesthetics are each employed to show that the sensory/emotional lures of today’s popular culture are mostly identical to those of premodern fine art. They include the violent, the horrific, the sentimental, the exotic, the erotic, and the humorous. Some of these pleasures derive from our evolutionary biology; they are all an important part of what it means to be human, and central to understanding contemporary society. Examples are wide-ranging, including British seaside postcards, Disney films, Nazi propaganda, burlesque, modern advertising, as well as many exemplars of fine art. The book reveals fresh insights for all those studying visual culture, art history, aesthetics, media studies, and media and art education.

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In the last six decades, one of the most striking developments in international law is the emergence of a massive body of legal norms and procedures aimed at protecting human rights. In many countries, though, there is little relationship between international law and the actual protection of human rights on the ground. Making Human Rights a Reality takes a fresh look at why it's been so hard for international law to have much impact in parts of the world where human rights are most at risk. Emilie Hafner-Burton argues that more progress is possible if human rights promoters work strategically with the group of states that have dedicated resources to human rights protection. These human rights "stewards" can focus their resources on places where the tangible benefits to human rights are greatest. Success will require setting priorities as well as engaging local stakeholders such as nongovernmental organizations and national human rights institutions. To date, promoters of international human rights law have relied too heavily on setting universal goals and procedures and not enough on assessing what actually works and setting priorities. Hafner-Burton illustrates how, with a different strategy, human rights stewards can make international law more effective and also safeguard human rights for more of the world population.

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In this second volume of the History of France series, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie provides a masterful account of the early modern period combining a compelling narrative with broad analysis of events and wider comparisons with European history.

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Drawing on a rich legacy of pictorial evidence, Images of Childhood examines historical constructions of childhood and how they reinforce or challenge the prevailing view of childhood as a state of innocence. Each chapter explores how visual elements such as framing, points-of view, and lighting, as well as clothes, accessories, and body language, help to construct our many different conceptions of children: from members of the family unit and assumed gender roles; to schooling and aesthetic objects; through to their economic value and use in political propaganda. Skillfully navigating a multitude of perspectives on this topic, Paul Duncum considers both how our ideas, beliefs and values have changed throughout history and how some have remained unchanged. He also explores the cultural notion of “the child within” and how this has contributed to the way adults perceive children. The result is a text far broader in scope than any other in its field, as art history is interweaved with contemporary popular culture to explore how we visually represent childhood. In doing so, the book highlights the real-life implications that these representations have on children’s rights.

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En los ambientes digitales, como en todos los contextos educativos de los nidos y las escuelas de la infancia municipales de Reggio Emilia, los niños actúan como autores y constructores del propio saber y los propios imaginarios individuales y colectivos, dejando de lado una idea de tecnología anestésica y centralizadora y haciendo visible otra, amplificadora y generadora. La tecnología entra en la cotidianidad de los contextos educativos, no domina, no sustituye sino que se mezcla con otros lenguajes. Entra como ambiente, no puramente instrumental y funcionalista, sino conector de saberes y exploraciones multidisciplinarias, dando apoyo a los modos de conocer de los niños, inaugurando nuevos ambientes de socialización y participación. Tiene la potencialidad de transformar los contextos de enseñanza-aprendizaje ofreciendo nuevas modalidades de representación para los pensamientos y las teorías de los niños, proponiendo una dimensión cultural capaz de conjugar abstracción y artesanía. E

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A Cultural History of Memory presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of memory throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Memory in the Eighteenth Century, explores memory in the 1700s. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Memory set, this volume presents essays on memory and: power and politics; time and space; media and technology; science and education; philosophy, religion and history, high culture and popular culture; rituals, faith, practices and the everyday; and remembering and forgetting. A Cultural History of Memory in the Eighteenth Century is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on memory in this era.

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A Cultural History of Memory presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of memory throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Memory in the Eighteenth Century, explores memory in the 1700s. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Memory set, this volume presents essays on memory and: power and politics; time and space; media and technology; science and education; philosophy, religion and history, high culture and popular culture; rituals, faith, practices and the everyday; and remembering and forgetting. A Cultural History of Memory in the Eighteenth Century is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on memory in this era.

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'The Duchess does indeed seem a remarkable woman . . . this is an engaging book' Lynn Barber, Daily TelegraphWhen Emma Watkins, the pony-mad daughter of a Welsh farmer, imagined her future, she imagined following in her mother's footsteps to marry a farmer of her own. But then she fell in love with David Manners, having no idea that he was heir to one of the most senior hereditary titles in the land. When David succeeded his father, Emma found herself becoming the chatelaine of Belvoir Castle, ancestral home of the Dukes of Rutland.She had to cope with five boisterous children while faced with a vast estate in desperate need of modernisation and staff who wanted nothing to change - it was a daunting responsibility. Yet with sound advice from the doyenne of duchesses, Duchess ‘Debo’ of Devonshire, she met each challenge with optimism and gusto, including scaling the castle roof in a storm to unclog a flooding gutter; being caught in her nightdress by mesmerised Texan tourists and disguising herself as a cleaner to watch filming of The Crown. She even took on the castle ghosts . . .At times the problems she faced seemed insoluble yet, with her unstoppable energy and talent for thinking on the hoof, she won through, inspired by the vision and passion of those Rutland duchesses in whose footsteps she trod, and indeed the redoubtable and resourceful women who forged her way, whose homes were not castles but remote farmhouses in the Radnorshire Hills.Vividly written and bursting with insights, The Accidental Duchess will appeal to everyone who has visited a stately home and wondered what it would be like to one day find yourself not only living there, but in charge of its future.

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This exciting book offers a comprehensive overview of the food and culinary traditions of Japan and Korea. The introduction explores the tastes and cooking styles of each country including a list of the key ingredients from ginseng and tofu to seaweed and fish pastes. 250 authentic recipes from every region are then brought to life, from Hand-rolled Sushi and Pak Choi Kimchi to Gochujang Chicken Stew and Fiery Octopus. Sweet treats include Kabocha Squash Cake and Green Tea Ice Cream. Illustrated throughout, this book offers an irresistible opportunity to discover new ingredients and techniques, and create deliciously varied meals for all to enjoy.

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Throughout his career, American artist Brice Marden (born 1938) has explored various modes of painterly abstraction, producing monochrome canvases in nuanced, muted hues as well as calligraphic compositions on a grand scale. This book marks the long-term exhibition of Moss Sutra with the Seasons (2010–15) at Glenstone Museum, a monumental five-panel painting commissioned by Glenstone and inspired by the artist's fascination with moss, the changing seasons and traditional Chinese calligraphy, among other subjects. The catalog includes two original essays by art historian Suzanne Hudson, an interview with the artist about this commission and a photo-essay by the artist's daughter, Mirabelle Marden, who documented the process of creating the work. Also included are reproductions of all additional works by the artist in Glenstone's collection, a group which spans each decade of the artist's career and an introduction by Emily Wei Rales, Founder and Director of Glenstone Museum.

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In his sculptural practice, American artist Charles Ray (born 1953) has long been fascinated by the concept of representation, the depiction of the human form and questions of scale. Known for his keen sense of—and respect for—the uncanny, Ray has carved a widely admired path that crisscrosses the arenas of minimalism and conceptual art, while continually pushing the boundaries of visual perception. This book marks the long-term exhibition of works at Glenstone Museum selected by the artist, including Baled Truck (2013), a sculpture made of solid machined stainless steel, emblematic of the artist’s meticulous fabrication process. It also includes a conversation with—and text by—the artist and installation photography.

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'The Duchess does indeed seem a remarkable woman . . . this is an engaging book' – Lynn Barber, Daily TelegraphWhen Emma Watkins, the pony-mad daughter of a Welsh farmer, imagined her future, she imagined following in her mother's footsteps to marry a farmer of her own. But then she fell in love with David Manners, having no idea that he was heir to one of the most senior hereditary titles in the land. When David succeeded his father, Emma found herself the chatelaine of Belvoir Castle, ancestral home of the Dukes of Rutland.She had to cope with five boisterous children while faced with a vast estate in desperate need of modernization and staff who wanted nothing to change – it was a daunting responsibility.Yet with sound advice from the doyenne of duchesses, Duchess ‘Debo’ of Devonshire, she met each challenge with optimism and gusto, including scaling the castle roof in a storm to unclog a flooding gutter, being caught in her nightdress by mesmerized Texan tourists and disguising herself as a cleaner to watch filming of The Crown. She even took on the castle ghosts . . .At times the problems she faced seemed insoluble yet, with her unstoppable energy and talent for thinking on the hoof, she won through, inspired by the vision and passion of those Rutland duchesses in whose footsteps she trod, and indeed the redoubtable and resourceful women who forged her, whose homes were not castles but remote farmhouses in the Radnorshire Hills.Vividly written and bursting with insights, The Accidental Duchess will appeal to everyone who has visited a stately home and wondered what it would be like to one day find yourself not only living there, but in charge of its future.

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Industry specialists and scholars here assess the principal issues associated with the privatization and deregulation of the energy sector. Topics explored include oil production and refining, gas and electricity production, and their transmission and distribution. The book assesses the arguments for and against deregulation of the energy sector and highlights the political, legal, institutional and resource requirements for successful implementation of a privatization programme.

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Was einmal als Wettlauf um die Moderne tituliert worden ist die Rivalitäten der beiden Aufsteigernationen an der vorigen Jahrhundertwende, Amerika und Deutschland , gehört zu den spannendsten Gründungsgeschichten unserer Zeit. Schriften zu Amerikanismus und Fordismus sind inzwischen Legion. Die Technik selbst ist dabei zu kurz gekommen. Amerikanische Historiker haben die Geschichte des Landes im Spiegel seiner technischen Allmacht erzählt; deutsche Technikhistoriker haben die hiesigen Entwicklungen fachkundig behandelt. Dazwischen sind jedoch die vielen kulturellen Konfrontationen und Verflechtungen der beiden Länder auf diesem Gebiet im Schatten geblieben, als ob die technische Moderne in den USA erst mit Ford und Taylor begonnen habe und Deutsche den Amerikanismus erst in der Weimarer Republik entdeckt hätten.Dank der Evolution der Technikgeschichte in den letzten Jahrzehnten, mit welcher Technik als dynamischer Kulturfaktor und nicht bloß als Abfolge von Erfindungen und deren Anwen

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Radiant and energetic abstractions of the human figure in the latest works from acclaimed painter Loie Hollowell New York-based painter Loie Hollowell (born 1983) has evolved a dynamic vocabulary of dimensionality, color and geometric shape. Abstracting the human figure, Hollowell’s paintings explore the dualities of light, and volume and scale, blurring the lines between the illusory and the real. In particular, her latest body of work explores her relationship to different stages of her pregnancy from conception to birth to motherhood. Nonetheless, subject matter in Hollowell’s work often emerges through phenomenological encounter rather than narrative content, tapping the depth of the artist’s embodied experience. This catalog for Hollowell's exhibition Plumb Line, an inaugural show at Pace Gallery's new headquarters in New York, features nine large-scale paintings, as well as installation shots, and deploys die-cut colored pages as a compositional element. An essay by Emma Enderby and a conversation between the artist and Elissa Auther contextualize the work, and are complemented by poetry by Iris Cushing.

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From South Park to Kathy Acker, from Lars Von Trier to Sex and the City, women’s sexual organs are demonized. In The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History, Emma L.E. Rees investigates the evolution of this demonization: she considers how writers, artists and filmmakers contend with the dilemma of he vagina's puzzling 'covert visibility' and how the ‘c-word’ is an obscenity that both legitimates and perpetuates the fractured identities of women globally. In our postmodern, porn-obsessed culture, vaginas appear to be everywhere, literally or symbolically but, crucially, they are as silenced as they are objectified. Even common slang terms for the vagina can be seen as an attempt to divert attention away from the reality of women’s lived sexual experiences: slang offers a convenient distraction from something taboo. The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History is an important contribution to the ongoing debate in understanding the feminine identity.

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Casi un siglo después de su muerte, se empieza a despejar la incógnita sobre el juicio que la posteridad ha reservado a la prolífica obra de la condesa de Pardo Bazán. La crítica suele estar de acuerdo en afirmar que lo mejor de su producción se encuentra en sus cuentos, valientes, modernos, de impecable factura. Leer ahora estas piezas, y en un país donde el cuento no ha sido el género más afortunado, supone una grata e inesperada sorpresa. Lejos de haber envejecido, estos relatos parecen cobrar nueva vida, un vigor insospechado, una renovada luz. La variedad de registros, la atención al detalle, el dominio de la técnica y la capacidad de desenmascarar la condición humana son algunos de los elementos que les han proporcionado la intemporalidad. Eva Acosta, biógrafa de la condesa y una de las grandes especialistas en la obra de la escritora, ha llevado a cabo una rigurosa selección de sus mejores cuentos. Fantásticos, policíacos, realistas, humorísticos, de misterio, históricos o intim

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Asís Taboada, joven atractiva y prematuramente viuda, se despierta una mañana con una fuerte resaca, provocada por los excesos que ha cometido el día anterior en la feria madrileña de San Isidro en compañía de un galán seductor y calavera, el gaditano Diego Pacheco. Aunque la moral de la época lanza constantes alertas para que se olvide de ese pretendiente, ella no lo tiene tan claro y desoye los consejos de la buena moral. Cien años después de la muerte de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Insolación sigue siendo una obra divertida, profundamente castiza y muy adelantada en su concepción, claramente feminista, a la época en la que fue escrita.

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Las tensiones sociales y políticas que se producen en España a raíz de la revolución de 1868 adquieren un tratamiento nuevo y original en "La Tribuna" (1882). El título de la novela hace referencia a la protagonista, Amparo, obrera de una fábrica de tabacos de La Coruña y defensora de la república federal, quien se convierte en líder de las cigarreras. Sin embargo, un oficial del ejército, que la seduce y abandona, frustra sus ambiciones. Fiel a los postulados del naturalismo, Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921) muestra la presión del medio sobre los personajes, refleja los aspectos más sórdidos de la realidad y lleva a cabo una denuncia de la mentalidad conservadora de las clases acomodadas, de la precaria situación de la mujer y de la fe ingenua del pueblo en las reformas políticas.Introducción y notas de Marisa Sotelo Vázquez

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Con motivo de la conmemoración del primer centenario de la muerte de la escritora Emilia Pardo Bazán, publicamos una edición ilustrada a todo color de una de sus novelas más importantes: "Insolación", publicada en 1889, cuando ya había sido reconocida por la crítica como gran novelista tras el éxito de "Los Pazos de Ulloa" y La madre naturaleza"."Insolación" narra la historia de amor, apasionado e irresistible, entre Diego Pacheco, un don Juan díscolo pero de buen corazón, y la marquesa de Andrade, viuda, ingenua pero no tanto, bella y sensual, que casi por casualidad descubre que para recuperar la vida primero ha de atreverse a resucitar su cuerpo, sepultado bajo capas de decoro y exigencias sociales.En la novela vemos desfilar al Madrid de la época en todo su esplendor, desde los chulapos a los maleantes, las clases populares y los aristócratas, los reformadores y los que de ninguna manera quieren ser reformados, todos mezclados cuando de lo que se trata es de participar de l

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Las descripciones detallistas y precisas que en estas narraciones nos ofrece la Condesa de Pardo Bazán retratan una sociedad con diferencias extremas, colocando el desamparo junto con la riqueza más ostentosa. Los protagonistas encarnan la caridad, la reconciliación, la devoción mística, en ocasiones de una forma que puede parecer insólita. Insólita en cualquier otro momento de sus vidas, en cualquier otro día que no fuera Navidad.

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Aunque su faceta más conocida es la de novelista, Emilia Pardo Bazán fue, entre otras cosas, una fecunda autora de cuentos, de los que publicó alrededor de seiscientos cincuenta. Uno de los temas con mayor presencia en su obra cuentística es el de la violencia ejercida por los hombres contra las mujeres, asunto este que también aparece en algunas de sus novelas y en varios de sus artículos. Esta antología, editada y prologada por Cristina Patiño Eirín, profesora de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, reúne treinta y cinco de los cuentos de Pardo Bazán que giran en torno a este tema.Variados en cuanto al punto de vista, al tono, a la ambientación, a la clase social de sus personajes, a la relación que existe entre la mujer y el hombre (en la mayoría de los casos es su prometida, su esposa o su hija, pero en algunos no hay ningún vínculo entre ellos) y al tipo de violencia (la física, la psicológica, la sexual, la patrimonial, la social, la simbólica), estos relatos, obra de un

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