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Esperando al rey

Valladolid, 1155: Alfonso VII, el emperador, reúne a su corte para comunicar una decisión trascendental. A su muerte, el reino quedará dividido: Sancho, su primogénito, reflexivo y débil, heredará Castilla, mientras que Fernando, su impulsivo hijo menor, ceñirá la corona de León. Con este punto ...

Human Rights

between idealism and realism

This third edition of Human Rights: Between Idealism and Realism presents human rights in action, focusing on their effectiveness as legal tools designed to benefit human beings. By combining conceptual analysis with an emphasis on procedures and mechanisms of implementation, this volume provides a multidimensional ...

Asset management

a systematic approach to factor investing

Stocks and bonds? Real estate? Hedge funds? Private equity? If you think those are the things to focus on in building an investment portfolio, Andrew Ang has accumulated a body of research that will prove otherwise. In his new book Asset Management: A Systematic Approach ...

Publishing for profit

successful bottom-line management for book publishers

Publishing in the 21st century is a rapidly changing business, and this highly readable and comprehensive reference covers it all: editorial acquisition and process, the importance of metadata, operations procedures, financial benchmarks and methods, and personnel management as well as product development, production, and sales ...

Consumer credit and the american economy

Consumer Credit and the American Economy examines the economics, behavioral science, sociology, history, institutions, law, and regulation of consumer credit in the United States. After discussing the origins and various kinds of consumer credit available in today's marketplace, this book reviews at some length ...

Derecha e izquierda

razones y significados de una distinción política

¿Existen aún la izquierda y la derecha? Norberto Bobbio, uno de los mayores pensadores políticos contemporáneos, respondió positivamente a esta pregunta, adentrándose en su núcleo teórico para reestablecer, de manera clara, brillante y eficaz, el sentido de ambos términos. Con motivo de su sesenta aniversario ...

Historia y crítica de las exposiciones nacionales de bellas artes

(1901-1915)

Las exposiciones nacionales de Bellas Artes se celebraron en España con pocas interrupciones entre 1856 y 1968, convirtiéndose en uno de los principales canales institucionales de fomento de las Bellas Artes en nuestro país, creadas por Real Decreto de 28 de diciembre de 1853, el ...

How Adam Smith can change your life

"How the insights of an 18th century economist can help us live better in the 21st century Adam Smith became famous for The Wealth of Nations, but the Scottish economist also cared deeply about our moral choices and behavior--the subjects of his otherbrilliant book, The ...

Mixed methods social networks research

design and applicantions

This edited volume demonstrates the potential of mixed-methods designs for the research of social networks and the utilization of social networks for other research. Mixing methods applies to the combination and integration of qualitative and quantitative methods. In social network research, mixing methods also applies ...

1001 libros que hay que leer antes de morir

relatos e historias de todos los tiempos

La gente ha contado siempre cosas, unas veces para enseñar llecciones morales, otras a modo de gráficos recuerdos de su historia, otras para servir de entretenimiento y también como apuntes de acontecimientos sobrevenidos en unas vidas que a veces fueron notables y otras no tanto ...

The summit

Bretton Woods, 1944. J.M. Keynes and the reshaping of the global economy

A brilliant narrative history of the most colorful and important economic summit in history—held during the height of World War II. The idea of world leaders gathering in the midst of economic crisis has become all too familiar. But the meeting at Bretton Woods ...

Historia judicial eclesiástica de la Nueva España

materia, método y razones

En este libro se exponen las materias de estudio de la historia judicial eclesiástica, como son el Derecho canónico y los foros de justicia de la Iglesia. A su vez, se exploran cuatro de las más importantes razones que dieron sentido a su existencia como ...

Casa de Moneda de Madrid

cantidades acuñadas y ensayadores 1614-1868

Diseñado para ser una guía práctica de consulta fácil tanto para los más expertos como para los no iniciados en la numismática. Contiene la hasta ahora inédita estadística del número de piezas acuñadas en la Casa de la Moneda de Madrid para cada metal, valor ...

Por una vuelta al socialismo

o cómo el capitalismo nos hace menos libres

Con gran soltura, lucidez crítica y sentido del humor, el reconocido filósofo Gerald A. Cohen defiende en este libro la necesidad de superar el carácter depredador de las sociedades de mercado. Los textos de Por una vuelta al socialismo son un ataque al capitalismo: demuestran ...

Co-Operatives in post-growth era

creating co-operative economics

For the past three decades, neoclassical doctrine has dominated economic theory and policy. The balance of power has shifted to protect private interests, resulting in unprecedented damage to the environment and society, with no solution in sight as more austerity and less government continues to ...

La universidad española, de Ramón Salas a la Guerra Civil

Ilustración, liberalismo y financiación (1770-1936)

ÍNDICE: Prólogo. Introducción. Cap.1.- Sociología de la Escuela Moderna de Salamanca Cap.2.- Disputa del método docente: el manual de Goudin "que es conciso y tiene buen latín". Cap.3.- El partido filosófico más fuerte que jamás se haya formado en España. Cap.4 ...

Valuing life

humanizing the regulatory State

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is the nation's regulatory overseer. In Valuing Life, Cass R. Sunstein draws on his firsthand experience as the Administrator of OIRA from 2009 to 2012, to argue that we can humanize regulation - and save lives in ...

The global republic

America's inadvertent rise to world power

For decades the United States has been the most dominant player on the world's stage. The country's economic authority, its globally forceful foreign policy, and its dominant position in international institutions tend to be seen as the result of a long-standing, deliberate drive ...

Stalin's citizens

everyday politics in the wake of Total War

The first study of the everydayness of political life under Stalin, this book examines Soviet citizenship through common practices of expressing Soviet identity in the public space. The Stalinist state understood citizenship as practice, with participation in a set of political rituals and public display ...

100+ management models

how to understand and apply the world's most powerful business tools

Fashions in business thinking change constantly. The way we think about leadership, for instance, has shifted radically from the instinctive entrepreneurial genius of greats such as Rockefeller, Carnegie and Ford, through leadership as a science, leadership that releases human potential, the leader as a strategist ...