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El vaso griego en el arte europeo de los siglo XVIII y XIX

'El vaso griego y sus destinos', una muestra constituida por 184 piezas de las que 120, muchas inéditas, corresponden al patrimonio español y principalmente al MAN (que tiene en su haber la colección más importante de Europa y América) y que ofrece "con una mirada ...

Cuestiones de morfología española

El verdadero propósito de este libro es llenar, siquiera parcialmente, la ausencia casi total de manuales que incluyan prácticas de morfología. El alumno dispone de 66 ejercicios prácticos que, además de informarlo de contenidos de la teoría morfológica, le enseñarán mecanismos y estrategias de exposición ...

The necessary revolution

how individuals and organizations are working together to create a sustainable world

This is a timely and groundbreaking book from the bestselling author of "The Fifth Discipline" series and "Presence". "The Necessary Revolution" reveals how corporations and organizations are, in the face of looming environmental crises and pressure from social issues, finding solutions that ensure both long- ...

The plot to save the planet

how visionary entrepreneurs and corporate titans are creating real solutions to global warming

American entrepreneurs, corporate tycoons, and financiers are plotting what they do best#creating new industries that change the world and making billions in the process#a plot that will ultimately save the planet. The Plot to Save the Planet is an illuminating and inspiring look ...

Rome antique retrouvée

L´Vrbs, Ostie, Villa Hadriana, Palestrina, Villa de Tibère

Aquarelles de Jean-Claude Golvin; Photographies de Frédéric Lontcho. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cette promenade, du Forum au Palatin, de la Villa d'Hadrien à celle de Tibère, du temple de la Fortune au port d'Ostie, permet d'admirer ce que furent les monuments de la Rome antique et ...

Idea de una nueva historia general de la América septentrional

Lorenzo Boturini Benaduci (Como, Italia, 1702-Madrid, España, 1751), caballero del Supremo Consejo de Indias, se trasladó siendo aún muy joven al Virreinato de Nueva España, donde reuniría una magnífica colección de documentos, la mayoría de origen indígena. Basando su estudio en los numerosísimos manuscritos, impresos ...

Global Jihadism

theory and practice

Global Jihadism exposes the core doctrine and strategy of today's global Jihadist movement. The first half of the book explores the ideas upon which groups such as Al Qaeda are built, including the concepts of Jihad, al-Wala wal-Bara, Takfir and Tawhid. Jarret Brachman exposes ...

Speaking of the moor

from Alcazar to Othello

"Speak of me as I am," Othello, the Moor of Venice, bids in the play that bears his name. Yet many have found it impossible to speak of his ethnicity with any certainty. What did it mean to be a Moor in the early modern ...

Understanding christian-muslim relations

past and present

Technoculture

the key concepts

We live in a world where science and technology shape the global economy and everyday culture, where new biotechnologies are changing what we eat and how we can reproduce, and where email, mobiles and the internet have revolutionised the ways we communicate with each other ...

A narrow bridge to life

jewish forced labor and survival in the gross-rosen camp sustem, 1940- 1945

By 1944 a large part of Eastern Europe had already been liberated by the Red Army, and the Allied Forces were continuing to move in from the west after success at Normandy. Yet, in Lower Silesia, Germany more than sixty new forced labor camps were ...

Thinking spatially using GIS

"Thinking Spatially Using GIS" is a four-module book that provides grade 3-6 instructors with activities and information that will help students improve their understanding of geography and geographic information systems (GIS). The lessons foster an understanding of GIS regardless of the ability to access computers ...

The rigth to life, security, privacy and ownership in Islam

Exploring the ideas of human rights according to the laws of Islam, this discussion examines the sanctity of life, murder, unintentional killing, the death penalty, abortion, suicide, and euthanasia. The arguments are introduced by Qur'anic quotations and prophetic anecdotes and include practical examples of ...

The innovation handbook

how to develop, manage and protect your most profitable ideas

Unique features, distinctive capabilities and exclusive know-how are the surest way to stay ahead of the market for any length of time. But the way in which these points of difference are created and commercialised is changing. The difficulty for most organisations is not in ...

Teaching and learning at business schools

transforming business education

Business schools are facing ever increasing internationalization: students are far less homogenous than before, faculty members come from different countries, and teaching is carried out in second (or even third) languages. As a result business schools and their teachers wrestle with new challenges as these ...

Trading the US markets

a comprehensive guide to US markets for international traders and investors

Trading The US Markets is your guide to the complex and fascinating world of US exchanges and products. As the biggest capital market in the world, and with the largest number of financial products and listed companies, it offers unparalleled trading opportunities to the keen ...

Las competencias de la Dirección General de los Registros y del Notariado y la eventual dependencia jerárquica del registrador

especial análisis de su incidencia sobre el pretendido carácter vinculante de las resoluciones singulares del centro directivo

El Sistema Monetario Europeo

lecciones de una experiencia novedosa

Incluye CD ROM con gráficos. Transcurrida una década desde la creación del euro, esta experiencia histórica monetaria ha supuesto que la mayor parte de las economías comunitarias compartan en la actualidad, con cierto éxito relativo, una misma moneda, a pesar de seguir manteniendo importantes diferencias ...

Las clases de acciones como instrumentos financieros en los derechos de sociedades británico y estadounidense

La presente monografía se ocupa de un argumento de indudable interés jurídico y económico en el funcionamiento de las sociedades con capital dividido en acciones, la clase de acciones, en los Derechos de sociedades británico y estadounidense. Estos dos ordenamientos, tradicionalmente muy ligados entre sí ...

La Unión Europea en perspectiva constitucional

Los relevantes avances cualitativos experimentados por la Unión Europea a lo largo de su existencia proyectan un impacto indudable sobre los textos constitucionales de los Estados miembros. Tanto es así que puede afirmarse que la dinámica que acompaña al proceso de integración europea obliga a ...