Libros de

Flores en las grietas

autobiografía y literatura

Este libro reúne por primera vez los textos memorialísticos y ensayísticos de Richard Ford, en los que reflexiona sobre la literatura y la vida, sobre la vida como germen de la literatura y sobre la literatura como indagación en los misterios de la vida. Hay ...

La moza de cántaro

(dos comedias)

Se reúne en este volumen de la colección "Textos UEx" dos versiones de la comedia La moza de cántaro, la original de Lope y la refundida por C. M. Trigueros. La moza de cántaro es una entretenida comedia de enredo en la que el Fénix ...

Cristóbal Colón y Martín Alonso Pinzón

codescubridores del Nuevo Mundo

La traducción especializada

teoría y práctica profesional

El libro sitúa la actividad de la traducción técnica en el entorno de la tecnología de la información. Las alternativas automáticas a la traducción humana afectan la profesión, su producto y la relación entre los traductores y sus clientes de manera decisiva. Esta obra presenta ...

Ciudad, espacio urbano y arqueología

La "fábrica urbana" plantea un marco conceptual y un utillaje teórico para comprender por qué una ciudad es como es en su estado final, en su resultado observable. A partir del producto final de la ciudad, del espacio, como la percibimos hoy, y de la ...

El barrio de la Laguna de Sevilla

diseño urbano, razón y burguesía en el Siglo de las Luces

Durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII se construye en Sevilla el nuevo barrio de la Laguna, creación con la que se urbaniza un histórico solar intramuros de la ciudad, antiguo lupanar y sector marginal en pleno centro de la urbe. Este nuevo espacio urbano ...

Ordenar el territorio

la experiencia de Barcelona y Cataluña

Nuestro territorio se encuentre sometido a un acelerado proceso de cambio. De sus transformaciones se desprenden importantes ventajas: nuestra posibilidad de desplazarnos se ha incrementado extraordinariamente, los servicios resultan más accesibles, disponemos en términos generales de viviendas más bien equipadas. Sin embargo, la transformación de ...

España ante la República

El amanecer de una nueva era, 1931

ÍNDICE: Nota editorial Conferencia inaugural. El 14 de abril Gabriele Ranzato PONENCIAS Partidos, elecciones y nueva clase política Octavio Ruiz Manjón La República frente a la cuestión religiosa: una solución laica y un nuevo problema Julio de la Cueva Merino Rogelio Luque Díaz: en el ...

Getting started in currency trading

winning in today's market

The definitive introduction to FOREX trading Getting Started in Currency Trading, Fourth Edition is both an introduction and a reference manual for beginning and intermediate traders. Starting with a description of the Foreign Exchange (FOREX) market and a brief history, the book includes an invaluable ...

Intellectual Property, antitrust and cumulative innovation in the EU and the US

For decades, the debate about the tension between intellectual property (IP) and antitrust law has revolved around the question to what extent antitrust should accept that IP laws may bar competition in order to stimulate innovation. The rise of IP rights in recent years has ...

Relaciones internacionales y mercenariado griego

del final de la Guerra del Peloponeso a la Paz del Rey (404-386 a.C.)

ÍNDICE: Prólogo Presentación 1. Introducción Historia de la investigación.- Fuentes primarias para el estudio del mercenariado griego.- El mundo del mercenario: la guerra en la Antigüedad Clásica. 2. Mercenarios y formas de mercenariado en Grecia El mercenariado, en teoría.- Reclutamiento y motivaciones en tiempos de ...

Good works!

marketing and corporate initiatives that build a better world... and the bottom line

Businesses can do well by doing good - Kotler, Hessekiel, and Lee show you how! Marketing guru Philip Kotler, cause marketing authority David Hessekiel, and social marketing expert Nancy Lee have teamed up to create a guide rich with actionable advice on integrating marketing and corporate ...

American diplomacy

Fiftieth-anniversary Expanded Edition

For more than fifty years, George F. Kennan's "American Diplomacy" has been a standard work on American foreign policy. Drawing on his considerable diplomatic experience and expertise, Kennan offers an overview and critique of the foreign policy of an emerging great power whose claims ...

Patents as protection of traditional medical knowledge?

a Law and economics analysis

The protection of the knowledge and practises of local and indigenous groups has been discussed in various forums in recent times. International agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity address the importance of protecting traditional knowledge and practises, recognizing that this knowledge bears immense ...

Debacle

Obama's war on jobs and growth and what we can do now to Reagan our future

A provocative critique of the Obama administration's economic policies and an examination of America's difficult economic future During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised "a net spending cut" to make government smaller in order to reduce the deficit. But this huge increase ...

Linked contracts

Modern society is full of linked contracts. Linked contracts, in the broadest sense of the word, can be defined as a plurality of separately concluded contracts that are somehow interrelated. However, contract law is still primarily centred on traditional contractual relations between (just) two parties ...

EU counter-terrorism Law

pre-emption and the rule of Law

EU Counter-Terrorism Law: Pre-emption and the Rule of Law is a detailed study of EU action to combat terrorism since 11 September 2001 and the implications that action has had for the EU legal order. It critically examines EU counter-terrorism measures to ascertain how rule ...

Confronting the frontiers of family and succession Law

Liber amicorum Walter Pintens

On the occasion of his admission to emeritate status, Professor Dr. Walter Pintens’ many friends and colleagues in Belgium and from around the globe are presenting him with a Liber Amicorum entitled Confronting the Frontiers of Family and Succession Law. It reflects the broad academic ...

Fifty years in family Law

essays for Stephen Cretney

As prolific as he is profound, Stephen Cretney has long been regarded as the leading English scholar in the field of family law. From textbooks that provided guidance to generations of students to the crowning achievement of Family Law in the Twentieth Century: A History ...

Legal recognition of same-sex relationships in Europe

national, cross-border and european perspectives

In the last twenty years the legal recognition of same-sex relationships in Europe has undergone significant changes, both on a national and European level. By now, more than half of the Member States of the European Union have introduced legislation on the formalisation of same-sex ...