Entre el cielo y la tierra

historias curiosas sobre el purgatorio

El purgatorio es un lugar infinitamente desconocido; es prácticamente imposible encontrarse por la vida un santo como los muchos que presenta la autora en esta obra. El objetivo que se marca María Vallejo-Nágera con este libro no es despertar curiosidades insanas y mucho menos convencer ...

Antología del teatro español

El propósito de esta antología es dar a conocer la enorme riqueza de los textos teatrales españoles, cuya lectura puede descubrirnos, además de un mundo de ficción, un auténtico espectáculo. Se han elegido los fragmentos más representativos de la historia del teatro en lengua española ...

Los perros de Dios

Colón, la Inquisición y la caída de Granada

Una magnífica reconstrucción de los primeros años de la Inquisición española, con los grandes hechos de 1492 como telón de fondo. El libro recrea, con una prosa vibrante y efectiva, los orígenes y primeras actividades de la Inquisición española, así como los principales acontecimientos ocurridos ...

Rafael Montesinos

la memoria irreparable

Para muchos, Rafael Montesinos (Sevilla, 1920- Madrid, 2005), es el poeta sevillano de más intensidad lírica desde Luis Cernuda. La memoria irreparable, primera biografía que se le dedica, pretende dar noticias sobre su vida, como gran animador de los círculos literarios madrileños y amigo de ...

En resumen

antología poética (1946-2005)

De Leopoldo de Luis dijo un crítico que era la voz poética más grave de la posguerra. Sin duda fue una buena descripción, sobre todo para un largo período de la obra que, iniciada en la década de los cuarenta dentro un tono neorromántico, se ...

Termópilas

la batalla que cambió el mundo

#Viajero, ve a Esparta y cuenta que aquí hemos muerto en obediencia a sus leyes# dicen las célebres palabras del poeta Simónides que glorifican el heroísmo de los 300 guerreros espartanos que, liderados por Leónidas, dieron sus vidas en el paso de las Termópilas, conteniendo ...

Public private partnerships

the worldwide revolution in infrastructure provision and project finance

This path-breaking book considers the recent trend for governments to look increasingly to private sector finance, provided by private enterprises constructing and managing public infrastructure facilities in partnership with government bodies. One outstanding feature of the book is that it brings together an academic assessment ...

Theories of financial disturbance

an examination of critical theories of finance from Adam Smith to the present day

Theories of Financial Disturbance, now available in paperback, examines how the operations of market-driven finance may initiate and transmit disturbances to the economy at large, by looking in detail at how various economists envisaged such disturbances occurring. This book is more than just a study ...

Monetary regimes and inflation

history, economic and political relationships

This book explores the characteristics of inflations, comparing historical cases from Roman times up to the modern day. High and moderate inflations caused by the inflationary bias of political systems and economic relationships - and the importance of different monetary regimes in containing them - are analysed ...

Liberalization of the postal and delivery sector

Worldwide, postal and delivery economics has attracted considerable interest as the delivery sector undergoes rapid change and the debate on liberalization rages. This compendium of original essays has been selected from papers presented at the Rutgers University CRRI 14th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics ...

The myth of japanese efficiency

the world car industry in a globalizating age

Combining case studies with accessible but rigorous production models and historical background, this provocative book challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The book argues that the 'lean and flexible' production model popularly associated with Toyota MC is a myth ...

Tax policy design and behavioural microsimulation modeling

Tax policy questions may relate to specific problems, concerning perhaps the revenue implications of a particular tax or they may involve an extensive analysis of the cost and redistributive effects of many taxes and transfer payments. This book is concerned with the ways in which ...

The economics of international integration

The splintering of the multilateral trading system into a number of trading blocs and arrangements has been one of the most important issues in international economics, particularly after the establishment of the World Trade Organisation in 1995 and especially after the launch of the Doha ...

China and the global energy crisis

development and prospect for China's oil and natural gas

China's rapid economic development is having profound implications for energy resources. China has always been exceptionally reliant on its abundant coal, but consumption of oil and gas have grown rapidly since reform began in the 1980s. In spite of vigorous domestic development - most recently ...

Next now

trends for the future

From the world-renowned trendspotting duo who has predicted everything from metrosexuality to the growth of global brands comes a new, enlightening look at the future. Based on intensive research and interviews as well as the authors' real-world and business experience in locations across the globe ...

The new golden age

the coming revolution against political corruption and economic chaos

In "The New Golden Age", bestselling author and economist Ravi Batra identifies the roadblocks to economic prosperity - and what we need to do to overcome them. Bringing the same insight and expertise that made books like "The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism" international bestsellers, Batra ...

Milton Friedman

a biography

Milton Friedman is one of the world's most important - and certainly one of the most famous - economists of the second half of the twentieth century, a key figure during the resurgence of American conservatism. He was an adviser to the Reagan administration, and he ...

Advances in monetary policy and macroeconomics

There have been important advances in monetary economics and macroeconomics recently. In macroeconomics there has been the paramount development of the New Consensus Macroeconomics along with significant policy implications, thereby giving rise to the notion of New Monetary Policy. This book deals with the key ...

Advancing development

core themes in global economies

Leading scholars and policymakers reflect on current thinking in development economics and on what may happen during the next two decades. Covering the major themes in development in an accessible way, this original and authoritative contribution highlights new and emerging issues, and shows how research ...

The economics of public procurement

This volume explores all aspects of contemporary public procurement theory, examining managing risk in procurement, collusion in procurement, efficiency in procurement, transparency in procurement, and auction design.