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Simulacrum

en torno al Descendimiento de Gregorio Fernández

Ensayos jurídicos

Por primera vez reunidos en tres tomos, todos los trabajos que el Maestro Luis Díez Picazo ha ido publicando en diferentes revistas y que hasta ahora no se habían reunido en un libro.

The Oxford history of historical writing

Volume 1: Beginnings to AD 600

Volume I of The Oxford History of Historical Writing offers essays by leading scholars on the development and history of the major traditions of historical writing, including the ancient Near East, Classical Greece and Rome, and East and South Asia from their origins until ca ...

Todo lo que muere

Una noche, Charlie «Bird» Parker, inspector del Departamento de Policía de Nueva York, discute por enésima vez con su mujer y sale a tomar unas copas; cuando vuelve a casa, se encuentra a su mujer y a su hija de tres años salvajemente asesinadas. Entre ...

Guía para hablar en público

método completo y práctico para las más diversas situaciones

En una época en que la comunicación se ha erigido como primordial instrumento de poder, los individuos que tienen la capacidad de manifestar eficazmente sus opiniones y conocimientos son los que acaban imponiéndose no sólo en los estratos más generales de la sociedad, sino también ...

The Marx dictionary

This is a concise and accessible dictionary of the key terms and concepts in Marx's writings, his major works and influences, from a philosophical perspective. "The Marx Dictionary" is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of Karl Marx. Meticulously researched and extensively ...

Una historia patriótica de España

una visión completamente diferente de nuestro pasado

Este ensayo recorre la historia de España desde los fenicios hasta hoy sin obviar nada y recuperando la fi gura del español cívico. Marco entiende que el ciudadano es alguien respetuoso con sus contradicciones y con las de sus compatriotas, alguien que ama y aspira ...

Lenguas, genes y culturas en la prehistoria de Europa y Asia suroccidental

La sinergia de dos ciencias ajenas a la Lingüística, como son la Arqueología y la Genética de Poblaciones, ha permitido en la última década grandes avances en el conocimiento de los sucesos poblacionales del continente europeo desde su primera colonización por el Homo Sapiens Sapiens ...

Diccionario avanzado italiano

italiano-spagnolo/español-italiano

Contiene 90.000 entradas, más de 125.000 subentradas y más de 25.000 locuciones Términos técnicos, ejemplos de uso frecuente y americanismos Nombres propios de persona, geográficos y de astronomía Personajes históricos, mitológicos y literarios Transcripción fonética e indicación de la sílaba tónica Recuadros ...

La lengua de Cervantes

diccionario (crítico-etimológico) de la lengua castellana de El Ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha

Esta nueva edición, corregida, aumentada y ampliada, del Diccionario crítico-etimológico de la lengua castellana de El Ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, La lengua de Cervantes, supone una herramienta esencial, al alcance ahora de estudiosos de la obra cumbre de la literatura española. Todas ...

Leibniz

INDICE: Escritos metodológicos y epistemológicos. Escritos filosóficos. Escritos lógico-matemáticos. Escritos sobre máquinas y ciencias físico-naturales. Escritos jurídicos, políticos y sociales. Escritos teológicos y religiosos. Apéndice: esbozo autobiográfico.

A new environmental ethics

the next millennium for life of Earth

No one looking ahead at the middle of the last century could have foreseen the extent and the importance of the ensuing environmental crises. Now, more than a decade into the next century, no one can ignore it. A New Environmental Ethics: the Next Millennium ...

The fifth hammer

Pythagoras and the disharmony of the world

An ancient tradition holds that Pythagoras discovered the secrets of harmony within a forge when he came across five men hammering with five hammers, producing a wondrous sound. Four of the five hammers stood in a marvelous set of proportions, harmonizing; but there was also ...

Outcast Europe

refugees and relief workers in an Era of Total War 1936-48

The period of the 'long' Second World War (1936-1948) was marked by mass movements of diverse populations: 60 million people either fled or were forced from their homes. This book considers the Spanish Republicans fleeing Franco's Spain in 1939, the French civilians trying to ...

The anthropology of Islam reader

The Anthropology of Islam Reader brings together a rich variety of ethnographic work, offering an insight into various forms of Islam as practiced in different geographic, social, and cultural contexts. Topics explored include Ramadan and the Hajj, the Feast of Sacrifice, and the representation of ...

Cultures of migration

the global nature of contemporary mobility

Around the globe, people leave their homes to better themselves, to satisfy needs, and to care for their families. They also migrate to escape undesirable conditions, ranging from a lack of economic opportunities to violent conflicts at home or in the community. Most studies of ...

Princeton readings in religion and violence

This groundbreaking anthology provides the most comprehensive overview for understanding the fascinating relationship between religion and violence - historically, culturally, and in the contemporary world. Bringing together writings from scholarly and religious traditions, it is the first volume to unite primary sources - justifications for violence from ...

Lost colony

the untold story of China's first great victory over the West

During the seventeenth century, Holland created the world's most dynamic colonial empire, outcompeting the British and capturing Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Yet, in the Sino-Dutch War - Europe's first war with China - the Dutch met their match in a colorful Chinese warlord named Koxinga ...

A history of violence

Violence is so much in the news today that we may find it hard to believe that it is less prevalent than it was in the past. But this is exactly what the distinguished historian Robert Muchembled argues in this major new work on the ...

Religion and politics in international relations

the modern myth

This is a critical analysis of the modern myth of 'religion' and its distinction from 'secular politics' as it appears in recent International Relations literature. Scholars in International Relations concerned with religion and its relations to world politics are rhetorically constructing a powerful modern myth ...