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El rumor de la frontera

viaje por el borde entre Estados Unidos y México

Este es un viaje por una de las lindes más porosas, peligrosas y cambiantes del mundo, la que separa Estados Unidos de México y que muchos tratan de salvar cada día para ingresar «en el engranaje productivo de la mayor potencia de la Tierra». De ...

Common stocks and common sense

the strategies, analyses, decisions, and emotions of a particularly successful value investor

Deep insight and candid discussion from one of Wall Street's best investors Common Stocks and Common Sense provides detailed insight into common stock investing, using a case-study approach based on real-world investments. Author Edgar Wachenheim is the 28-year CEO of Greenhaven Associates, boasting an ...

Too little, too late

the quest to resolve soverign debt crises

The current approach to resolving sovereign debt crises does not work: sovereign debt restructurings come too late and address too little. Though unresolved debt crises impose enormous costs on societies, many recent restructurings have not been deep enough to provide the conditions for economic recovery ...

Welcome to the poisoned chalice

the destruction of Greece and the future of Europe

The economic crisis in Greece is a potential international disaster and one of the most extraordinary monetary and political dramas of our time. The financial woes of this relatively small European nation threaten the long-term viability of the Euro while exposing the flaws in the ...

Winning the reputation game

creating stakeholder value and competitive advantage

What does a company have to do to be admired and respected? Why does Apple have a better reputation than, say, Samsung? In Winning the Reputation Game, Grahame Dowling explains. Companies' reputations do not derive from consultant-recommended campaigns to showcase efforts at corporate transparency, environmental ...

Nation-States

consciousness and competition

In his latest collection of essays, Neil Davidson brings his formidable analytical powers to bear on the concept of the capitalist nation-state. Through probing inquiry, Davidson draws out how nationalist ideology and consciousness is used to bind the subordinate classes to “the nation,” while simultaneously ...

The promise of Human Rights

constitutional government, democratic legitimacy, and international Law

International human rights law is often criticized as an infringement of constitutional democracy. In The Promise of Human Rights, Jamie Mayerfeld argues to the contrary that international human rights law provides a necessary extension of checks and balances and therefore completes the domestic constitutional order ...

Crimes of business in international Law

concepts of individual and corporate responsibility for the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Preventing contributions to serious human rights violations in the course of business activity is a matter of prime importance to the international community. With a view to business actors providing infrastructure, funding or other means for the commission of crimes, this study presents concepts for ...

La nueva odisea

la historia de la crisis europea de refugiados

A lo largo de 2015, año en que la crisis migratoria alcanzó unas proporciones sin precedentes, Patrick Kingsley viajó a diecisiete países de tres continentes y se reunió con cientos de refugiados que habían iniciado éxodos a través de desiertos, mares y montañas para alcanzar ...

El orden público y el arbitraje

El orden público designa el conjunto de principios (escritos o no) que se consideran en un orden jurídico como fundamentales y cuyo respeto es a ese título imperativo. Él aparece entonces como una garantía (u obstáculo, depende) a la solución de litigios comerciales internacionales por ...

The extermination of the european jews

This major reinterpretation of the Holocaust surveys the destruction of the European Jews within the broader context of Nazi violence against other victim groups. Christian Gerlach offers a unique social history of mass violence which reveals why particular groups were persecuted and what it was ...

1177 a.C

el año en que la civilización se derrumbó

En el año 1177 antes de Cristo unos merodeadores de origen desconocido, los llamados "pueblos del mar", llegaron a Egipto, tras causar destrucción y muerte por donde pasaban. Esto sucedía en el inicio de una época de colapso en que desaparecieron las grandes civilizaciones de ...

An american genocide

the United States and the California Indian catastrophe, 1846-1873

Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous ...

Studying Late Medieval History

a thematic approach

Studying Late Medieval History is an accessible introduction for undergraduate history students wishing to understand the major topics of late medieval history. Examining the period from 1300-1550, this introductory guide offers an overview of 250 years of transformation, which saw technology, borders and ruling dynasties ...

The king's two bodies

a study in medieval political theology

Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the post mortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, "The king is ...

Thirst for power

energy, water, and human survival

Although it is widely understood that energy and water are the world's two most critical resources, their vital interconnections and vulnerabilities are less often recognized. This farsighted book offers a new, holistic way of thinking about energy and water-a big picture approach that reveals ...

El libro prohibido

Sejet, la atractiva compañera de Setna, el escriba y mago, hijo de Ramsés II, en su aventura tras la misteriosa desaparición del jarrón sellado de Osiris, ha desaparecido. El joven escriba seguirá su pista por todo Egipto, a la vez que intentará descubrir el misterioso ...

A mí, señoras mías, me parece

treinta y un relatos del palacio de Fontainebleau

En las treinta y una prosas que componen este libro Delay reconstruye la historia del palacio de Fontainebleau desde Francisco I a Enrique IV de Francia, y da vida y voz a todas las damas imaginarias—las diosas, dianas cazadoras y otras ninfas desnudas—y ...

Trilogía de Argel

Morituri; Doble blanco; El otoño de las quimeras

Se reúnen en este volumen las tres novelas que dieron a conocer e hicieron saltar a la fama a Yasmina Khadra: “Morituri”, “Doble blanco” y “El otoño de las quimeras”. Con ellas, y bajo el pseudónimo femenino que ahora es famoso, se fueron presentando los ...

Talleyrand

le maître de Napoléon

Talleyrand le séducteur : l'homme de tous les gouvernements, de toutes les compromissions, un grand pragmatique qui voulut par-dessus tout la stabilité de l'Europe. Un homme qui avait l'incertitude en horreur et privilégia toujours l'inertie à la précipitation. C'est bien une ...