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The rapidly expanding field of galaxy formation lies at the interface between astronomy, particle physics, and cosmology. Covering diverse topics from these disciplines, all of which are needed to understand how galaxies form and evolve, this book is ideal for researchers entering the field. Individual chapters explore the evolution of the Universe as a whole and its particle and radiation content; linear and nonlinear growth of cosmic structure; processes affecting the gaseous and dark matter components of galaxies and their stellar populations; the formation of spiral and elliptical galaxies; central supermassive black holes and the activity associated with them; galaxy interactions; and the intergalactic medium. Emphasizing both observational and theoretical aspects, this book provides a coherent introduction for astronomers, cosmologists, and astroparticle physicists to the broad range of science underlying the formation and evolution of galaxies.

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Harry Bosch y el Abogado del Lincoln unen fuerzas para demostrar la inocencia de una mujer condenada por matar a su maridoHarry Bosch, un detective retirado del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles, colabora con su hermanastro, el abogado defensor Mickey Haller, para resolver un crimen imposible. Como es costumbre, Haller ha asumido un caso de los más difíciles, en los que las posibilidades de ganar son de una entre un millón. Acepta representar a una mujer que está en prisión por matar a su marido, un agente del sheriff. A pesar de haber sido condenada cuatro años atrás, ella sigue manteniendo su inocencia. Es entonces cuando pide ayuda a Bosch, y el detective, al revisar el caso, descubre algo que no encaja y percibe el afán del departamento del sheriff por resolver cuanto antes el asesinato de uno de los suyos.El camino hacia la justicia tanto para el abogado como para el investigador está plagado de peligros. Quienes no quieren que se reabra el caso no se detendrán a

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Harry Bosch se ha retirado del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles, pero su hermanastro, el abogado defensor Mickey Haller, necesita su ayuda. Una mujer ha sido brutalmente asesinada en su cama y todos los indicios apuntan al cliente de Haller, un antiguo pandillero convertido en padre de familia. Aunque la acusación de asesinato parece irrefutable, Haller está convencido de que es una trampa.Bosch no quiere saber nada de cruzar al otro lado y trabajar para la defensa. Siente que eso destruiría todo el bien que ha hecho en sus treinta años de policía de homicidios. Sin embargo, Mickey promete dejar que las cosas caigan por su peso. Si Harry demuestra que su cliente es culpable, según las leyes de revelación de pruebas, estarán obligados a compartir sus hallazgos con la fiscalía.Aunque va contra todos sus principios, Bosch acepta el caso a regañadientes. El expediente de la acusación tiene demasiadas lagunas y él tiene que llegar al fondo por sí mismo: si el cliente de Haller

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Armando Romero's paintings often juxtapose his re-painting of historical works by Old Masters like Velazquez, Bosch, and Veronese with images from popular culture; consequently, the adjective most commonly used to describe his work is 'irreverent.' This practice is typified in series like Las Nuevas Tentaciones De San Antonio (2000) in which he re-paints and re-presents Bosch's triptych The Temptations of St. Anthony (1501) but in addition to the fantastic imagery typical of Bosch already in the original, Romero adds Tweety, Pokemon, various Looney Tunes and Disney characters - Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, and Goofy - superheroes including Superman, Spiderman, and the Fantastic Four, the Jetsons, Topcat, Penelope Pitstop, the Flintstones, Smurfs, the gang from Scooby-Doo and Jerry from Tom and Jerry. At first glance, irreverent certainly seems like an appropriate description of such work but further consideration of his historical source here - particularly because Romero frequently returns to Bosch - suggests that we consider not only quite how irreverent describe the work of an artist as irreverent in the 21st century.

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Winner at the 2017 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards - Compassion Pablo Pineda is the first European with Down Syndrome to obtain a university degree. A teacher, a writer, and an actor, he radiates charisma and the will to learn. This is his endearing story, which reminds us that the only disability is not understanding that all of us have different abilities. Guided Reading Level: P, Lexile Level: 950L

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Der Band aus der Reihe „Module Innere Medizin“ ermöglicht Lernenden den Blick aufs Ganze. Systematisch stellen die Autoren das gesamte Organsystem Lunge und Atemwege dar: von der Anatomie über die Physiologie bis zur Diagnostik und Therapie von Erkrankungen. Wegen seiner Praxisnähe eignet sich der Band nicht nur für Studierende, sondern auch für Ärzte in der pneumologischen Aus- und Weiterbildung.

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Human beings have always been affected by their surroundings. There are various health benefits linked to being able to access to nature; including increased physical activity, stress recovery, and the stimulation of child cognitive development. The Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health provides a broad and inclusive picture of the relationship between our own health and the natural environment. All aspects of this unique relationship are covered, ranging from disease prevention through physical activity in green spaces to innovative ecosystem services, such as climate change adaptation by urban trees. Potential hazardous consequences are also discussed including natural disasters, vector-borne pathogens, and allergies. This book analyses the complexity of our human interaction with nature and includes sections for example epigenetics, stress physiology, and impact assessments. These topics are all interconnected and fundamental for reaching a full understanding of the role of nature in public health and wellbeing. Much of the recent literature on environmental health has primarily described potential threats from our natural surroundings. The Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health instead focuses on how nature can positively impact our health and wellbeing, and how much we risk losing by destroying it. The all-inclusive approach provides a comprehensive and complete coverage of the role of nature in public health, making this textbook invaluable reading for health professionals, students, and researchers within public health, environmental health, and complementary medicine.

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32 de marzo es una novela sobre la batalla entre el horror y la belleza.Xavier Bosch nos descubre que las sombras de ayer son los riesgos de hoy.La propaganda como arma de seducción masiva.La música como instrumento de salvación.El poder formidable del amor.

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An execution on the overlook above the Mulholland Dam entangles Bosch with FBI Agent Rachel Walling and Homeland Security. The brilliant thirteenth Harry Bosch novel from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author. When a physicist is murdered in LA, it seems the killer has no fear of publicity, leaving the body on the Mulholland overlook, a site with a stunning view over the city. And when it's discovered that the victim turned over a quantity of a lethal chemical to his killer before he died, Harry knows he has more than just a single death to worry about. Alongside the forces of Homeland Security, Harry realises he must solve the murder or face unimaginable consequences.

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The Welfare State and Life Transitions uses the lens of key life stages to highlight changes in these transitions and in available resources for citizen support within nine European welfare states.This timely book reveals that new life courses are found to require more, and not less welfare support, but only Sweden has developed an active life course approach and only three more could be considered supportive, in at least some life stages. For the remainder, policies were at best limited or, in Italy?s case, passive. The contributors reveal that the neglect of changing needs is leading to greater reliance on the family and the labour market, just as these support structures are becoming more unpredictable and more unequal. They argue that alongside these new class inequalities, new forms of inter-generational inequality are also emerging, particularly in pension provision.This topical book will strongly appeal to academics and students interested in social policy, gender equality policy, pensions, industrial relations, labour economics, political science, and comparative welfare systems.

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The Welfare State and Life Transitions uses the lens of key life stages to highlight changes in these transitions and in available resources for citizen support within nine European welfare states.This timely book reveals that new life courses are found to require more, and not less welfare support, but only Sweden has developed an active life course approach and only three more could be considered supportive, in at least some life stages. For the remainder, policies were at best limited or, in Italy?s case, passive. The contributors reveal that the neglect of changing needs is leading to greater reliance on the family and the labour market, just as these support structures are becoming more unpredictable and more unequal. They argue that alongside these new class inequalities, new forms of inter-generational inequality are also emerging, particularly in pension provision.This topical book will strongly appeal to academics and students interested in social policy, gender equality policy, pensions, industrial relations, labour economics, political science, and comparative welfare systems.

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Poisonous plants of South Africa is a guide to the most commonly occurring poisonous plants in South Africa. The title includes: Detailed species descriptions of 135 poisonous plants. Each entry includes the following information: a description of the plant, the type of toxin, the potential toxicity of the plant and its importance in human or livestock poisoning, the poisonous ingredients and their pharmacological effects. Distribution maps for poisonous plants that occur naturally in the wild. More than 450 full-colour photographs that will assist in the identification of poisonous plants and plant parts. Introductory chapters on human and animal poisoning in South Africa, first aid treatment, methods of testing for toxicity, extraction and isolation of toxins and poisonous principles and their effects. Plant lists according to class of toxin and type of livestock poisoning as well as a useful checklist of poisonous plants and a glossary of medical terms.

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After three years as a PI, Harry Bosch returns to the LAPD. The superb page-turning eleventh Bosch novel from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author. Harry is back, assigned to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. These detectives are the Closers. They are thrown into a politically sensitive and dangerous case when a white supremacist is connected to the 1988 murder of a mixed race girl. The police department has changed, but one thing hasn't - Harry's nemesis, Irving. The former Deputy Chief has been pushed from power and given a virtually meaningless new role. Full of vengeance, Irving calls Harry a 'retread'. He watches from the sidelines like an injured bear, hoping Harry will make a mistake . . .

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Harry Bosch is back at the LAPD in Homicide after disciplinary leave. But his first case proves to be one of the most difficult. In the wooded hills overlooking the Hollywood Bowl, he opens the trunk of a white Rolls-Royce and finds a corpse. It looks like a simple case of Trunk Music - the execution style of the Mafia where the victim is shot in his own vehicle - but the victim is LA movie producer Tony Aliso, and the mob weren't the only ones after him. Bosch finds himself up against the FBI - and back in the arms of a beautiful ex-felon. It's starting to look like Harry's first case back in Homicide is in danger of being his last . . .

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When a body is found in a hotel room, reporters are soon all over the case: it appears to be a missing LAPD narcotics detective, apparently gone to the bad. The rumours were that he had been selling a new drug called Black Ice that had been infiltrating Los Angeles from the Mexican cartel. The LAPD are quick to declare the death a suicide, but Harry Bosch is not so sure. There are odd mysteries and unexplained details from the crime scene which just don't add up. Fighting an attraction to the detective's widow, Bosch starts his own maverick investigation, which soon leads him over the borders and into a dangerous world of shifting identities, police politics and deadly corruption . . .

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Is it the end of the line for Harry Bosch? When evidence links a brutal murder in 1989 to a convicted rapist named Clayton Pell, the case should be watertight. Pell's DNA was found on the victim - but he was only eight years old at the time. This is not the only mystery Harry Bosch has to solve. A man jumped - or was pushed - from a window. The victim's father is Councilman Irving, who's been intent on destroying Harry's career for years. Now Irving wants Harry to head up the investigation. Harry uncovers traces of two of the city's deepest secrets: a killer operating for as many as three decades without being detected, and a conspiracy that goes back into the dark history of the police department . . .

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Struggles over what a region receives, or should receive, from the budget of the central government are common to many countries. Discussions often focus on the measures of ?net fiscal flows? or ?fiscal balances? provided by the government or other actors. This unique book shows just how these flows are computed then interpreted and clarifies the often misunderstood economic and political motives that explain why some regions receive more monies than others.The Political Economy of Inter-Regional Fiscal Flows provides an overview of the main methods currently being used to measure ?fiscal flows?, highlighting the advantages of the different approaches and interpreting their results. The book reviews the political economy literature that analyses the determinants of inter-regional ?fiscal flows?. Particular attention is devoted to the relationship between ?fiscal flows? and country stability, with methodological contributions and country studies both focusing on this issue. The contributing economists and political scientists provide a state-of-the-art study that will prove to be of great use to academics and practitioners in public sector economics and finance.

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Following Masterpiece: Hieronymus Bosch, Masterpiece: Peter Paul Rubens shows the paintings of this Flemish master as never seen before. With amazing details and full-page images this is an attractively priced pocket-size guide. There is a commentary on the images by Till-Holger Borchert, the director of Musea Brugge. Text in English and Dutch. Also available: Masterpiece: Jan Van Eyck ISBN 9789401441629

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Andreu Mas-Colell revolutionized our understanding of competitive markets, price formation, and the behavior of market participants. General Equilibrium and Game Theory offers readers a compendium of his most important scholarly contributions, gathering in a single volume the groundbreaking papers that have solidified his standing as one of the preeminent economic theorists of our time.Built upon the foundations of neoclassical economics, Mas-Colell’s work is distinguished by a mathematical and analytical elegance that brings theory closer to real-world situations. He overturns the standard assumption of general equilibrium theory—that markets are perfectly competitive and their participants are perfectly rational—and concludes that neither the law of supply and demand nor the existence of equilibrium prices depends on the rationality of agents. Similarly, Mas-Colell (working with Sergiu Hart) challenges classical game theory’s reliance on rational behavior, demonstrating that adaptation and learning shape the dynamics of repeated games.Addressing central questions of finance, trade, industrial organization, and welfare economics, Mas-Colell shows the surprising power and versatility of differentiability and linear-space mathematical techniques, and he emphasizes the fruitfulness of cooperative game-theory approaches, such as Shapley value theory and the Bargaining Set, for understanding competition and distribution. General Equilibrium and Game Theory is a signal contribution to economic theory and an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to study the craft of a master of economic modeling.

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Renée Ballard y Harry Bosch trabajan juntos para dar caza a la ballena blanca del detective, el asesino de una familia enteraHa pasado un año desde que la detective Renée Ballard abandonó el cuerpo de policía cansada de la misoginia, la desmoralización y una burocracia interminable. Sin embargo, después de que el jefe de policía en persona le diga que puede elegir su propio destino en el departamento, Ballard recupera su placa y deja la sesión nocturna para reconstruir la Unidad de Casos Abiertos en la codiciada División de Robos y Homicidios.Harry Bosch lleva años trabajando en un caso que le atormenta, pero que no ha conseguido resolver: el asesinato de toda una familia a manos de un psicópata que sigue en libertad. Ballard le hace una oferta: si viene a trabajar con ella como investigador voluntario en la nueva Unidad de Casos Abiertos, podrá perseguir su ballena blanca con el respaldo de los recursos del departamento de policía.Ambos deberán dejar de lado viejos res

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Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch together take on a seemingly unwinnable case in blistering legal thriller from Number One bestseller Michael Connelly.When defence lawyer Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey's one of the best American legal brains in the business, and to switch sides likes this would be akin to asking a fox to guard the hen-house. But the high-profile case of Jason Jessup, a convicted child killer who spent almost 25 years on death row before DNA evidence freed him, is an intriguing one . . .Eager for the publicity and drawn to the challenge, Mickey takes the case, with LAPD Detective Harry Bosch on board as his lead investigator. But as a new trial date is set, it starts to look like he's been set up. Mickey and Harry are going to have to dig deep into the past and find the truth about what really happened to the victim all those years ago in this nail-biting courtroom drama.

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Després dels èxits d?Algú com tu, Nosaltres dos i Paraules que tu entendràs, Xavier Bosch ens captiva amb una combinació perfecte d?emocions i intriga.CADA FAMÍLIA TÉ ELS SEUS SILENCIS. CADA PAÍS, TAMBÉ.El Joel, el Raimon i la Victòria són els germans Estrada. Malgrat que cadascun viu en una punta de món, es mantenen molt units. Una investigació periodística, però, ho posa tot en risc. El Joel, director de documentals, aviat s?adonarà que hi ha descobertes que fan trontollar els sentiments, sacsegen la vida i obliguen a reescriure el passat.Xavier Bosch, en la seva maduresa com a escriptor, combina els seus dos mons. El constructor d?intimitats recupera el periodisme amb una trama que pot posar tota una família en perill. És el preu de traspassar les línies vermelles de la veritat.

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Este libro, con ilustraciones y texto de Amaya Bozal, cuenta la historia de uno de los cuadros más famosos de todos los tiempos, "El jardín de las delicias", pintado por Jeronymus Bosch, El Bosco, y que hoy se encuentra en el Museo del Prado. Tanto niños como adultos podrán contemplar e intentar descifrar todos los enigmas y acertijos que esta caja de las maravillas nos presenta

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A superb novel featuring both Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer and The Gods of Guilt. Defence lawyer Mickey Haller has had some problems, but now he's put all that behind him and is ready to resume his career. Then another lawyer, Vincent, dies, and Haller gets an unexpected windfall: he inherits all Vincent's clients, putting his stalled career back on track at a stroke. Not only that, but Vincent had taken on a high-profile and potentially lucrative murder case. It'll be a trial that promises big fees and an even bigger place in the media spotlight - and if Mickey can win against the odds, he'll really be back in the big leagues. The only problem is the detective handling the case - a certain Harry Bosch - is convinced the killer must be one of Vincent's clients. Suddenly Mickey is faced with the biggest challenge of his career: how to defend a client successfully who might just be planning to murder him.

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This handbook is the first collection of comprehensive teaching materials for teachers and students of Central Asian Studies (CAS) with a strong pedagogic dimension. It presents 22 chapters, clustered around five themes, with contributions from more than 19 scholars, all leading experts in the field of CAS and Eurasian Studies. This collection is not only a reference work for scholars branching out to different disciplines of CAS but also for scholars from other disciplines broadening their scope to CAS. It addresses post-colonial frameworks and also untangles topics from their 'Soviet' reference frame. It aims to de-exoticize the region and draws parallels to European or to historically European-occupied territories. In each chapter, the handbook provides a concise but nuanced overview of the topics covered, in which way these have been approached by the mainstream literature, and points out pitfalls, myths, and new insights, providing background knowledge about Central Asia to readers and intertwine this with an advanced level of insight to leave the readers equipped with a strong foundation to approach more specialized sources either in classroom settings or by self-study. In addition, the book offers a comprehensive glossary, list of used abbreviations, overview of intended learning outcomes, and a smart index (distinguishing between names, locations, concepts, and events). A list of recorded lectures to be found on YouTube will accompany the handbook either as instruction materials for teachers or visual aids for students. Since the authors themselves recorded the lectures related to their own chapters, this provides the opportunity to engage in a more personalized way with the authors. This project is being developed in the framework of the EISCAS project (www.eiscas.eu), co-funded by the Erasmus + Program of the European Union.

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THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND NETFLIX'S THE LINCOLN LAWYER THE PATH TO JUSTICE CAN BE PAVED WITH LIES Defense attorney Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - rides the wave of freeing a wrongfully convicted man from prison.Inundated with pleas from incarcerated people claiming innocence, Haller enlists the help of ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch to find the next case which could result in a resurrection walk.When Bosch finds a needle in the haystack - a woman imprisoned for murdering her husband, a sheriff's deputy - they discover evidence that doesn't add up, and a department pushed for quick closure in the killing of one of its own.But is this rushed justice - or something more sinister?As they face a David versus Goliath court battle, the secrets which could lead to an innocent woman walking free could also mark the end of the Haller-Bosch dream team. . .****PRAISE FOR RESURRECTION WALK:'Another Connelly classic'EXPRESS'Superb'THE TIMES'Connelly at his glittering best: it grips like a hungry python'DAILY MAIL****CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'IAN RANKIN'The best mystery writer in the world'GQ'A superb natural storyteller'LEE CHILD'A master'STEPHEN KING'America's greatest living crime writer'DAILY EXPRESS'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND NETFLIX'S THE LINCOLN LAWYER THE PATH TO JUSTICE CAN BE PAVED WITH LIES Defense attorney Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - rides the wave of freeing a wrongfully convicted man from prison.Inundated with pleas from incarcerated people claiming innocence, Haller enlists the help of ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch to find the next case which could result in a resurrection walk.When Bosch finds a needle in the haystack - a woman imprisoned for murdering her husband, a sheriff's deputy - they discover evidence that doesn't add up, and a department pushed for quick closure in the killing of one of its own.But is this rushed justice - or something more sinister?As they face a David versus Goliath court battle, the secrets which could lead to an innocent woman walking free could also mark the end of the Haller-Bosch dream team. . .****PRAISE FOR RESURRECTION WALK:'Another Connelly classic'EXPRESS'Superb'THE TIMES'Connelly at his glittering best: it grips like a hungry python'DAILY MAIL****CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'IAN RANKIN'The best mystery writer in the world'GQ'A superb natural storyteller'LEE CHILD'A master'STEPHEN KING'America's greatest living crime writer'DAILY EXPRESS'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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In this unprecedented collaboration, twenty-three of the world''s favourite crime writers bring you original, co-written short stories featuring their much-loved series characters. FACE OFF includes the first meeting of Ian Rankin''s Rebus and Peter James'' Roy Grace; a case for Dennis Lehane''s Patrick Kenzie and Michael Connelly''s Harry Bosch, as well as a page-turning mystery starring Lee Child''s Jack Reacher and Joseph Finder''s Nick Heller. Edited by international bestseller David Baldacci, this exclusive page-turning collection is one of a kind. Read on to discover the full list of author and character pairings:Lee Child''s Jack Reacher + Joseph Finder''s Nick HellerIan Rankin''s John Rebus + Peter James'' Roy GraceMichael Connelly''s Hieronymus Harry Bosch + Dennis Lehane''s Patrick KenzieJeffery Deaver''s Lincoln Rhyme + John Sanford''s Lucas DavenportLinwood Barclay''s G

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L?alegria que passa (1898) planteja l?enfrontament de l?artista i la societat, un contrast entre el món ideal del poeta i el món material del burgès. El jardí abandonat (1900) és un quadre poemàtic on el jardí simbolitza la lluita entre l?individu i la realitat i esdevé el món que crea l?artista al marge d?una societat materialista i poc sensible a l?art. Ambdues obres es troben entre les més emblemàtiques de Santiago Rusiñol i del modernisme català.Aquesta edició inclou una introducció i propostes de treball a cura de Ramona Bosch i Bosch (Lleida, 1968). Professora de Llengua i Literatura Catalanes, actualment treballa com a assessora en llengua, interculturalitat i cohesió social en el Servei Educatiu del Segrià. Completa el volum un estudi de Francesc Cortès sobre les peces musicals que Enric Morera va compondre per a la presentació de L?alegriaque passa, les partitures de les quals també trobareu aquí.

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___________________________________________________________________________________"Brilliantly wrought... Wonderful... Catling's expertise, imagination and linguistic flair are well matched by his wit and enthusiasm. Hollow is never less than tremendous fun... Catling is a great and wild talent... a raucous novel that thrills and unsettles in equal measure." - TLS"Prose that's sprinkled with neologisms and archaisms, and as crunchy and bitter-cold as snow... it's a nigh unclassifiable work, and all the better for that." - Financial Times"As with all the best fiction, there is a terrifying inevitability about Hollow ... Let it devour you."Iain Sinclair, author of Ghost Milk"Unsettling and delightful... very clever fun...a sheer, shuddering delight... both frightening and hilarious. Catling is a rare kind of writer.'"Scotland on Sunday____________________________________________________________________________From the author of the Vorrh Trilogy comes an epic odyssey following a group of mercenaries hired to deliver a church's ultimate power-a sacred oracle-as the decadence of carnival gives way to the gravity of lent and the mystic landscape grows ravenous - all set within a Bosch painting.The history of art contains no more imaginative or mysterious paintings that the landscapes of Hieronymus Bosch. Art historians ask where the weird creatures depicted there came from, and so too do the central characters of Hollow as they fight their way across these landscapes and encounter these creatures. Author B Catling is the first novelist to engage fully with Bosch's vision and climb imaginatively into it.In this novel it emerges that Bosch gave colour and form to monsters, 'letting them in' to the real world, and that they were still infesting the landscape when it was painted by Bosch's follower Pieter Bruegel. Now a wild bunch of mercenaries with a mission to deliver an oracle made of cloth, bones and a loud voice take a dangerous journey to the monastery at the base of the Tower of Babel, where the most terrifying secret in the world is kept. As they travel through a country painted first by Bosch and then by Bruegel, they are confronted and seduced by monsters and see scenes painted by them. These include the devil playing dice, a lewd mock wedding with a dirty bride, an unholy being living inside a hollow tree and riding a giant rat, and creatures indulging in inter-species sexual play as depicted in The Garden of Earthly Delights. A local marauding woman called Mad Meg with a small army of looting women from Breugel's Dull Gret is one of this novel's stranger characters. Perhaps it is because B. Catling is himself an artist that he has been able to create a modern narrative masterpiece which brings the painterly genius of Bosch and Breugel alive on the page.

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Using a range of 'case studies' from Critical Theory to Candy Crush, 'Gangnam Style' to Game of Thrones and Football Manager to Hieronymus Bosch, this book argues that we need to rethink our enjoyment. Inspired by psychoanalysis, the book offers a new way of thinking about how we talk about what we enjoy and how we enjoy what we talk about.

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Business Accounting and Finance, sixth edition, offers an accessible, concise introduction to management and financial accounting for first-year year business students and those taking non-business degrees. With a wide variety of real-life examples of well-known brands such as Amazon, Samsung and Bosch, the author introduces relevant issues for accounting such as ethics and corporate governance . Packed with practical guidance including business scenarios and exercises, this resource will help students develop the skills they need in today's workplace.

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This reference book provides a comprehensive insight into todays diesel injection systems and electronic control. It focusses on minimizing emissions and exhaust-gas treatment. Innovations by Bosch in the field of diesel-injection technology have made a significant contribution to the diesel boom. Calls for lower fuel consumption, reduced exhaust-gas emissions and quiet engines are making greater demands on the engine and fuel-injection systems.

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Harry Bosch es el último investigador privado de California. No se anuncia, no tiene oficina y es quisquilloso con la gente para la que trabaja, pero no importa. Su talento de treinta años en el Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles habla por sí solo. Pronto, uno de los mayores magnates del sur de California acude a buscarlo. El huraño multimillonario se acerca al final de su vida y se siente atormentado por un remordimiento. En su juventud tuvo una relación con una joven mexicana, su gran amor. Poco después de quedar embarazada, ella desapareció. Tuvo el bebé? Y en ese caso qué ocurrió con él? Desesperado por saber si tiene un heredero, el multimillonario moribundo contrata a Bosch, la única persona en la que puede confiar. Con una fortuna tan enorme en juego, Harry se da cuenta de que su misión podría ser arriesgada no sólo para él, sino también para la persona a la que está buscando. Sin embargo, cuando empieza a descubrir la obsesionante historia, y a hallar sorprendentes vínculos

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Un enfrentamiento entre Harry Bosch y Mickey Haller que termina en una alianzaLa novela en la que se basa la serie de Netflix El Abogado del LincolnDespués de dos años de contratiempos, la situación empieza a mejorar para el abogado defensor Mickey Haller. Por fin está listo para regresar a los tribunales. Es entonces cuando recibe una doble noticia: su colega Jerry Vincent ha sido asesinado y él va a hacerse cargo de la defensa de Walter Elliott, un destacado magnate del cine acusado de asesinar a su esposa y al amante de esta. Sin embargo, mientras se prepara para un caso que podría potenciar su carrera, Haller se entera de que el asesino de Vincent puede ir también a por él.Entretanto, el detective de la policía de Los Ángeles Harry Bosch está decidido a encontrar al asesino de Vincent y no se opone a utilizar a Haller como cebo. A medida que aumenta el peligro, esos dos solitarios se dan cuenta de que su única opción es trabajar juntos.

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No es posible entender la historia del mundo contemporáneo sin tomar en cuenta el lugar que ocupan los Estados Unidos de América, ni se puede comprender la marcha actual de la política norteamericana sin conocer sus antecedentes históricos. Aurora Bosch nos ofrece una visión global de la evolución y los éxitos y fracasos de la democracia norteamericana, desde 1776 hasta 1945, pensada específicamente para los lectores españoles.

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Harry Bosch que se enfrenta a su caso más complicado: el asesinato de su propia madreLa vida de Harry está patas arriba. Ha perdido su casa, a su novia, está bebiendo en exceso y está suspendido indefinidamente a la espera de una evaluación psiquiátrica tras agredir a su oficial al mando. Al principio, Bosch se resiste a la psiquiatra de la policía de Los Ángeles, pero termina por reconocer que hay algo que le inquieta, una fuerza que puede haber moldeado toda su vida. En 1961, cuando Harry tenía once años, su madre fue brutalmente asesinada. Nunca se acusó a nadie del crimen.Harry abre el expediente del viejo caso y se ve arrastrado a un pasado que siempre ha esquivado. Su madre era prostituta, e incluso treinta años después, se percibe que la investigación no se llevó a cabo como debería. Alguien poderoso consiguió alejar a los investigadores de los sospechosos clave. Harry sigue implacablemente el hilo las viejas pruebas, buscando justicia, mientras se enfrenta a sus pr

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Pieter Bruegel (ca. 1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described in 1604 by his earliest biographer as a supremely comic artist, few of whose works failed to elicit laughter. Today, however, we approach Bruegel's art as anything but a laughing matter. His paintings and drawings are thought to conceal profound allegories best illuminated with scholarly erudition. In this delightfully engaging book, Walter S. Gibson takes a new look at Bruegel, arguing that the artist was no erudite philosopher, but a man very much in the world, and that a significant part of his art is best appreciated in the context of humor. In his illuminating examination of the witty and amusing elements in Bruegel's paintings, prints, and drawings in relation to the sixteenth century European culture of laughter, Gibson reminds us exactly why Bruegel was one of the most original artists of his time. In a series of engrossing chapters, Gibson explores the function and production of laughter in the sixteenth century, examines the ways in which Bruegel exploited the comic potential of Hieronymus Bosch, and traces how the artist developed his remarkable gift for physiognomy in his work, culminating in three paintings of festive peasants he produced during the 1560s: the Wedding Dance, the Kermis, and the Wedding Banquet. Gibson also takes a detailed look at the Dulle Griet, Bruegel's most complex evocation of Bosch.

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The artist’s highly-detailed narratives are in the lineage of both Tom of Finland and Hieronymus Bosch. His canvases confront viewers with the joy, fear, catharsis, pleasure, and eccentricities imbued in fetish. In Salandra’s images, themes of repression, liberation, masculinity, worship, identity, and desire are combined with personal history, pop culture, and the life-long psychological impact of the Catholic Church’s perverse power dynamics. Each of the intricate 14 pieces depicted in this book is a testament to the artist’s liberation from the “Iron Halo,” a metaphor he uses to describe society’s many powerful forces of sexual control.

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Well yes and no. It's sexy, but pedestrian. Hieronymus Bosch in Smethwick. Hetty and I found a little alcove with our Sauvignon.Four couples gather in a suburban London home for a night of wine, cheese, and more intimate pleasures. Some are curious newcomers, some are old hands, but one guest takes them all by surprise. Thus an evening full of promise is poised to go beyond anyone's expectations. Terry Johnson's The Sex Party premiered at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London, in November 2022.

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Following Masterpiece: Hieronymus Bosch, Masterpiece: Jan Van Eyck shows the paintings of this Flemish master as never seen before. We can follow the restoration of the famous Adoration of the Mystic Lamb over the last five years. This book gives you access to it instantly. With amazing details and full-page images this is an attractively priced pocket-size guide. There is a commentary on the images by Till-Holger Borchert, the director of Musea Brugge. Text in English and Dutch.

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