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Elipses

Ensayos 1990-2016

Después de la excelente acogida del libro "Teatro 1989-2014", presentamos "Elipses", que reúne por primera vez ensayos, conferencias y artículos que Juan Mayorga ha escrito entre 1990 y 2016, paralelamente a sus piezas para la escena. Se trata de textos que revelan el pensamiento del ...

The art of freedom

on the dialectics of democratic exitence

The concept of democratic freedom refers to more than the kind of freedom embodied by political institutions and procedures. Democratic freedom can only be properly understood if it is grasped as the expression of a culture of freedom that encompasses an entire form of life ...

The new Rusia

After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has ever been in the past 25 years. Putin's motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail Gorbachev ...

Pushing the boundaries

recollections of a Mckinsey Consultant

This is the autobiography of one of the most influential management consultants of recent times. Herbert Henzler grew up in the German village of Neckarhausen during the Second World War. Starting his career as a sales apprentice with Shell, he went on to study at ...

Enduring uncertainy

deportation, punishment and everyday life

Focusing on the lived experience of immigration policy and processes, this volume provides fascinating insights into the deportation process as it is felt and understood by those subjected to it. The author presents a rich and innovative ethnography of deportation and deportability experienced by migrants ...

The Buffett essays symposium

20th anniversary annotated transcript

Among the landmark occasions in the legendary history of Berkshire Hathaway and its iconic co-leaders, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, was a 1996 symposium held in New York at Cardozo Law School. The focus of the symposium was Warren's letters to Berkshire shareholders. The ...

Merger arbitrage

how to profit from global event-driven arbitrage

Mitigate risk and increase returns with an alternative hedge fund strategy Merger Arbitrage: How to Profit from Event-Driven Arbitrage, Second Edition is the definitive guide to the ins and outs of the burgeoning merger arbitrage hedge fund strategy, with real-world examples that illustrate how mergers ...

China's next strategic advantage

from imitation to innovation

The history-making development of the Chinese economy has entered a new phase. China is moving aggressively from a strategy of imitation to one of innovation. Driven both by domestic needs and by global ambition, China is establishing itself at the forefront of technological innovation. Western ...

The alien and sedition acts of 1798

testing the Constitution

In May 1798, after Congress released the XYZ Affair dispatches to the public, a raucous crowd took to the streets of Philadelphia. Some gathered to pledge their support for the government of President John Adams, others to express their disdain for his policies. Violence, both ...

The fate of the revolution

virginians debate the Constitution

In May 1788, the roads into Richmond overflowed with horses and stagecoaches. From every county, specially elected representatives made their way to the capital city for the Virginia Ratification Convention. Together, these delegates-zealous advocates selected by Virginia's deadlocked citizens-would decide to accept or reject ...

Culture and paradigplomatic identity

instruments in sustaining EU policies

The beginning of the millennium has been influenced by a visible acceleration of the globalisation process. A complex and dynamic phenomenon, it has generated a series of consequences at the political, strategic and military levels, as well as the cultural level. The increase of interdependence ...

Hitler's soldiers

the German Army in the Third Reich

For decades after 1945, it was generally believed that the German army, professional and morally decent, had largely stood apart from the SS, Gestapo, and other corps of the Nazi machine. Ben Shepherd draws on a wealth of primary sources and recent scholarship to convey ...

A guide to understanding the Law of contract

the easyway

Contract law is a very complex area, one that affects us all, in one way or another. Quite often we find ourselves in need of clear advice which isn't available. However, this latest edition of The Easyway Guide to Contract Law provides clear and ...

The Oxford Handbook of the Cold War

The Oxford Handbook of the Cold War offers a broad reassessment of the period based on new conceptual frameworks developed in the field of international history. Nearing the 25th anniversary of its end, the cold war now emerges as a distinct period in twentieth-century history ...

The anarchist expropriators

Buenaventura Durruti and Argentina's working-class Robin Hoods

The Anarchist Expropriators details a series of Robin Hood-like tales of daring heists and high-minded ideals that at the same time uncovers aspects of anarchist and Argentine history. It includes the story of Spanish revolutionary Durruti's time in Argentina before his return home to ...

Pedro I de Castilla

El rey Pedro I gobernó la Corona de Castilla desde que heredó el trono con quince años, cuando su padre murió de peste en 1350, hasta que fue asesinado en 1369 por su medio hermano Enrique de Trastámara. Aunque es muy poco lo que se ...

Las mujeres y las emociones en Europa y América

siglos XVII-XIX

Esta obra es fruto de un esfuerzo colectivo centrado en el estudio de las emociones en la Edad Moderna, con un claro protagonista: las mujeres, bien como sujetos activos, o como objetos del afán y las pasiones procedentes de hombres, grupos o profesiones. La importancia ...

Cómo se hizo la guerra de los zombies

Josh Levin es un aprendiz de guionista treintañero que se gana la vida dando clases de inglés para extranjeros mientras sueña con vender una de sus historias a una gran productora de Hollywood. Su portátil está lleno de ideas para guiones, pero la única que ...

Cruzando fronteras

nuevas perspectivas sobre migración, trabajo y bienestar

Desde la caída del muro de Berlín el mundo se encuentra en un proceso todavía incierto hacia un nuevo orden global. En este devenir sin rumbo aparente algunas regiones han experimentado profundas crisis, e incluso guerras, mientras que otras han vivido intensos auges económicos. Vinculadas ...

What is modern Israel?

Few countries provoke as much passion and controversy as Israel. What is Modern Israel? convincingly demonstrates that its founding ideology - Zionism - is anything but a simple reaction to antisemitism. Dispelling the notion that every Jew is a Zionist and therefore a natural advocate for the ...