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El Arte de la Guerra

El arte de la guerra es un tratado sobre el conflicto, la competición y el poder a todos los niveles, del interpersonal al internacional. Con su estilo conciso y la agudeza de sus observaciones, Sun Tzu resume la sabiduría de los grandes guerreros: «Vencer sin ...

Historia de España y Asturias

Esta obra contiene un ejercicio de reflexión maduro y sereno sobre la Historia de España y su docencia. Los autores no pertenecen a una misma "escuela" ni por bagaje profesional, cincelado en ámbitos tan distintos como la enseñanza media y la universidad, ni por identidad ...

The aryan Jesus

christian theologians and the Bible in Nazi germany

Was Jesus a Nazi? During the Third Reich, German Protestant theologians, motivated by racism and tapping into traditional Christian anti-Semitism, redefined Jesus as an Aryan and Christianity as a religion at war with Judaism. In 1939, these theologians established the Institute for the Study and ...

Imaginar la República

la cultura política del republicanismo español, 1876-1908

El presente libro estudia el desarrollo del republicanismo durante la Restauración canovista, período en el que constituyó el referente central de las aspiraciones de amplios núcleos de la sociedad española. En concreto, examina los diversos ingredientes que conformaron la cultura política del movimiento: la oposición ...

Raíces intelectuales de Amartya Sen

Aristóteles, Adam Smith y Karl Marx

El objetivo fundamental de este libro es triple: en primer lugar, rastrear de qué modo tres autores como Aristóteles, Adam Smith y Karl Marx, ejercen una influencia constitutiva sobre el pensamiento de Amartya Sen -tal y como él mismo ha destacado-; en segundo lugar, aportar ...

The real price of everything

rediscovering the six classics of economics

In his "New York Times" bestsellers "Liar's Poker", and "Moneyball", Michael Lewis gave us an unprecedented look at what goes on behind the scenes on Wall Street. Now he takes us back across the centuries to explore the four classics that created and defined ...

Armies of the Muslim conquest

Illustrated by Angus McBride. The dramatic eruption of the Arab peoples from Arabia after their adoption of the Muslim faith in the 7th century remains one of the most extraordinary events in world history. By the end of that century they ruled a state that ...

Development of economic analysis

Now in its seventh edition, Ingrid Rima's classic textbook charts the development of the discipline from the classical age of Plato and Aristotle, through the middle ages to the first flowering of economics as a distinct discipline - the age of Petty, Quesnay and Smith ...

Cien años de fotografía en color

del autocromo al digital

Gran formatocon ilustraciones Un fascinante paseo por la historia de la fotografía en color, sus maestros y sus mejores obras.Desde que los hermanos Lumière lanzaron el primer proceso comercial en color, el autocromo, en 1907, la técnica del color en fotografía y su perfección ...

Renaissance Faces

Van Eyck to Titian

Four hundred years after the Renaissance we still make portraits, for many of the same reasons as our ancestors - to mark important moments in our lives, to celebrate friendships, and to remember those who are no longer with us. This stunning film traces the development ...

Melancholy order

Asian migration and the globalization of borders

As Adam M. McKeown demonstrates, the push for increased border control and identity documentation is the continuation of more than 150 years of globalization. Not only are modern passports and national borders inseparable from the rise of global mobility, but they are also tied to ...

The making of an economist, redux

Economists seem to be everywhere in the media these days. But what exactly do today's economists do? What and how are they taught? Updating David Colander and Arjo Klamer's classic "The Making of an Economist", this book shows what is happening in elite ...

The one page business plan

the fastest, easiest way to write a business plan

Business planning has finally been simplified to One Page! Bankers require them. Business educators advocate them. Consultants make their living writing them. And venture capitalists won't give you the time of day without one...but most entrepreneurs or small business owners can't or ...

Roman portraits in context

The highest honour a Roman citizen could hope for was a portrait statue in the forum of his city. While the emperor and high senatorial officials were routinely awarded statues, strong competition existed among local benefactors to obtain this honour, which proclaimed and perpetuated the ...

New issues in islamic finance and economics

progress and challenges

"New Issues in Islamic Finance & Economics: Progress and Challenges" provides a review of the main issues and challenges facing Islamic finance. The application of Islamic finance is currently limited to banking. This book starts with an overview of the factors and motives behind the development ...

Market rebels

how activist make or break radical innovations

Great individuals are assumed to cause the success of radical innovations--thus Henry Ford is depicted as the one who established the automobile industry in America. Hayagreeva Rao tells a different story, one that will change the way you think about markets forever. He explains how ...

Pío XI entre la República y Franco

angustia del Papa anta la tragedia española

Esta obra, fruto de una rigurosa investigación histórica, basada en documentos del Archivo Secreto Vaticano, analiza la actitud de Pío XI ante la Segunda República, que reconoció inmediatamente en 1931; la Guerra Civil, que trató de impedir y mitigar, y los comienzos del Régimen de ...

Feeding the world

an economic history of agriculture, 1800-2000

In the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected, success story. It has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a growing number of workers to the rest of the ...

The long and short of hedge funds

a complete guide to hedge fund evaluation and investing

This is an innovative A to Z guide to the world of hedge funds. "The Long and Short of Hedge Funds" presents readers with a unique look at these investment vehicles, the people who run them, and those who provide services to them. This book ...

Derecho administrativo para el ECTS

materiales docentes adaptados al proceso de Bolonia

Coord. Eduardo Gamero Casado. El llamado proceso de Bolonia exige una profunda transformación de las metodologías docentes. En esta obra, 75 profesores de 24 Universidades españolas han elaborado más de 200 actividades docentes aptas para su impartición conforme al #crédito europeo# o ECTS. Para ello ...