Rome and her enemies

an Empire created and destroyed by war

Spanning over a thousand years and an immense geographical area, the Roman Empire was the greatest in world history. Rome's power was won on the battlefield, and the greatness of the Empire is reflected in the reputations of the warrior nations it subdued. The ...

El viaje interior entre Oriente y Occidente

la actualidad del pensamiento de Ibn 'Arabi

El pensamiento y la poesía de Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi de Murcia (1165-1240 d.C.), llamado en la tradición sufí "Maestro Máximo", suscitan creciente interés en todo el mundo. Este volumen, reúne las contribuciones de ocho reconocidos especialistas internacionales que, desde diversas perspectivas, abordan con rigor ...

Historia de la conferencia española de religiosos (CONFER)

naciona, regional, diocesana (1953-2003). La vida religiosa en España

La Historia de la Confer (1953-2003) pretende la búsqueda de la verdad histórica, o lo que se impone como verdadero a la inteligencia, con rigor crítico y método de análisis y exposición. Las reflexiones y valoraciones, inherentes a cualquier obra histórica, no están formuladas con ...

Eradicationg the Devil's minions

anabaptists and witches in reformation Europe

As a religious sect, the Anabaptists were seen to practice unusual rituals and follow an eccentric set of beliefs. One story, for instance, purports that an Anabaptist prophet, claiming to have visited heaven, persuaded his followers to run naked through the streets of Amsterdam. "Eradicating ...

Anaxagoras of Clazomenae

fragments and Testimonia

Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (circa. 500 B.C. - 428 B.C.) was reportedly the first Presocratic philosopher to settle in Athens. He was a friend of Pericles and his ideas are reflected in the works of Sophocles and Aristophanes. Anaxagoras asserted that Mind is the ordering ...

Poyln

my life within jewish life in Poland: sketches and images

Originally published between 1946 and 1953, "Poyln" (Poland) is one of the treasures of Yiddish literature. Despite its reputation, the book has not been fully translated into English until now. Written by Yehiel Yeshaia Trunk, a prominent Polish Jewish writer, "Poyln" is a colorful epic ...

David Hume's political theory

Law, commerce, and the constitution of government

David Hume (1711-1776) is perhaps best known for his treatises on problems of epistemology, skepticism, and causation. A less familiar side of his intellectual output is his work on legal and political theory. David Hume's "Political Theory" brings together Hume's diverse writings on ...

Figuring the feminine

the rhetoric of female embodiment in medical hispanic literature

"Figuring the Feminine" examines the female body as a means of articulating questions of literary authority and practice within the cultural spheres of the Iberian Peninsula (both Romance and Semitic) as well as in the larger Latinate literary culture. It demonstrates the centrality in medieval ...

The emotions of the Ancient Greeks

studies in Aristotle and classical literature

It is generally assumed that whatever else has changed about the human condition since the dawn of civilization, basic human emotions - love, fear, anger, envy, shame - have remained constant. David Konstan, however, argues that the emotions of the ancient Greeks were in some significant respects ...

The Cambridge Companion to Classical islamic theology

This series of critical reflections on the evolution and major themes of pre-modern Muslim theology begins with the revelation of the Koran, and extends to the beginnings of modernity in the eighteenth century. The significance of Islamic theology reflects the immense importance of Islam in ...

The Cambridge Companion to the greek and roman novel

The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international cast of experts in the field ...

Documento marco de cooperación internacional de Cáritas Española

INDICE: La cooperación internacional en la misión de la Confederación. El modelo de acción en cooperación internacional de Cáritas española. La cooperación fraterna o solidaria y el acompañamiento: una visión desde nuestra experiencia. Organización de la cooperación internacional en la confederación. Relación de acciones posibles ...

Marketing y niños

Este libro proporciona argumentos para poder trazar con realismo el perfil del niño consumidor: quién es, cómo es, qué consume, dónde consume y para qué. Las autoras, tras años de investigación, cuestionan ciertas asunciones que siempre han estado latentes en la práctica profesional del Marketing ...

La inmigración sale a la calle

comunicación y discursos políticos sobre el fenómeno migratorio

La insistencia noticiera sobre la inmigración que a lo largo de estos últimos años ha sacudido la sociedad española, unida al constante dramatismo que aportan las imágenes de personas llegando a nuestras costas en pateras o cayucos, ha terminado calando en la sociedad de tal ...

Todo lo que sé de negocios lo aprendí de mis hijos

¿Cómo puede aplicarse la educación de los hijos a los retos de la dirección de empresas? En este peculiar acercamiento al mundo laboral, Ian Durston, un directivo de éxito y padre de tres niños, hace uso de su experiencia en la educación de los hijos ...

Battlers over free trade

After the recent collapse of the Doha Development Round of the World Trade Organization talks, agricultural subsidies and market liberalization are high on the political agenda. This exciting four-volume reset edition charts the evolution of free trade from the publication of Adam Smith's "The ...

Small tech

the culture of digital tools

The essays in Small Tech investigate the cultural impact of digital tools and provide fresh perspectives on mobile technologies such as iPods, digital cameras, and PDAs and software functions like cut, copy, and paste and WYSIWYG. Together they advance new thinking about digital environments.

Ajuste de cuentas

¿Estás cansado de que se te acabe el dinero antes que el mes? ¿Te gustaría estabilizar tus finanzas, que tu dinero fuese a alguna parte y sentir que prosperas? Ha llegado la hora de asumir responsabilidades y afrontar la economía familiar con profesionalidad, primer paso ...

Managing difficult projects

"Managing Difficult Projects" pulls together the principles and practice of project management and presents useful diagnostic approaches, tools and structures in a clear and practical way. The book focuses on the diagnosis and resolution of difficult problems whether in large or small complex projects. The ...

Key account management

tools and techniques for achieving profitable key supplier status

"Key Account Management" is a highly practical book with a unique yet simple planning methodology for identifying, obtaining, retaining and developing key customers - the lifeblood of any organization. Fully re- written to reflect the most recent trends and challenges, this new edition will reinforce its ...