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Las vidas de Joseph Conrad

La editorial Lumen publica una biografía que repasa las tres vidas que el mismo Conrad decía haber vivido: "como polaco, como marino y como escritor". A esas tres, John Stape, investigador de la obra de Conrad en el St. Mary's University College de Londres ...

Zaragoza

colonia Caesar Augusta

Cuarto número de la colección Ciudades Romanas de Hispania, que en este caso está dedicado al conocimiento de la Zaragoza romana, su historia y evolución como colonia. Se trata sobre todo de un estudio de cómo se han ido analizando y recuperando a lo largo ...

En torno a Madrid

génesis espacial de una región urbana

INDICE: Presentación. Preámbulo. Introducción. Breve referencia al marco geográfico natural y a la primera presencia humana. Las primeras etapas de la transformación. La obra de la Ilustración. En el siglo del ferrocarril. En el siglo del automovil. Síntesis.

Entre las dos orillas

literatura marroquí en lengua española

Una selección de escritores marroquíes que han optado por la lengua española como instrumento creativo constituye el objeto de este libro que lleva por título #Entre las dos orillas#. El volumen, con edición del profesor de la UGR Carmelo Pérez Beltrán, ha sido editado por ...

Public sector auditing

is it value form money?

Drawing on 20 years of experience as Comptroller and Auditor General, and head of the United Kingdom National Audit Office, "Public Sector Auditing: Is it Value for Money?" is Sir John Bourn's own account of the role and influence value for money auditing has ...

Khrushchev's Cold War

the inside story of an american adversary

"Contains unsettling insights into some of the most dangerous geopolitical crises of the time."--"The Economist" This acclaimed study from the authors of ""One Hell of a Gamble"" brings to life head-to-head confrontations between the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. Drawing ...

Connections

an intorduction to the economics of networks

Networks pervade social and economic life, and they play a prominent role in explaining a huge variety of social and economic phenomena. Standard economic theory did not give much credit to the role of networks until the early 1990s, but since then the study of ...

The economic theory of annuities

Annuities are financial products that guarantee the holder a fixed return so long as the holder remains alive, thereby providing insurance against lifetime uncertainty. The terms of these contracts depend on the information available to insurance firms. Unlike age and gender, information about individual survival ...

Three victories and a defeat

the rise and fall of the first british empire, 1714-1783

In the eighteenth century Britain became the world's first superpower. Through a series of sensational military strikes and with amazing speed, it was transformed from a country without remotely the same power as France, Spain or Austria into a global colossus. This dramatic story ...

Successful strategy execution

how to keep your business goals on target

Strategy-to-performance gaps foster a culture of under-performance. Unrealistic plans create the expectation throughout the organisation that plans simply will not be fulfilled. The book shows how to overcome such failings and implement strategy effectively. Common failings include: companies rarely track their performance against long-term plans ...

Sombras de mayo

mitos y memorias de la Guerra de la Independencia en España (1808-1908)

El siglo XIX elevó la Guerra de la Independencia al rango de mito fundador de la nación española: el Dos de Mayo, el sitio de Zaragoza, la batalla de Bailén suenan todavía hoy como las hazañas de una gesta patriótica sin parangón. Esta interpretación tiene ...

Models for dynamic macroeconomics

Models for Dynamic Macroeconomics provides the advanced student with key methodological tools for the dynamic analysis of a core selection of macroeconomic phenomena, including consumption and investment choices, employment and unemployment outcomes, and economic growth. The technical treatment of these tools will enable the student ...

Keynes and the Cambridge Keynesians

a "Revolution in Economics" to be accomplished

What was the Keynesian revolution in economics? Why did it not succeed to the extent that Keynes and his close pupils had hoped for? Keynes and the Cambridge Keynesians addresses these and other questions by tracing the historical development of Keynesian economics. The book is ...

Victims, crime and society

'Focusing on key issues, themes and concepts within victimology, this edited collection provides an accessable and comprehensive critical analysis of crucial areas within victimisation. The main theories are related to, and integrated with, empirical research in an engaging style.' Dr Anette Ballinger, Keele University 'This ...

La naissance des religions

de la préhistoire aux religions universalistes

"Voici un livre d'un intérêt exceptionnel pour qui s'intéresse à l'histoire comparée des religions. L'ambition de son auteur était immense : essayer d'expliquer l'évolution des religions depuis les peuples chasseurs-cueilleurs jusqu'à l'époque moderne en la mettant en relation ...

Les indiens d'Amerique du Nord

Depuis un demi-millénaire, les Amérindiens constituent une source inépuisable de fascination. Des civilisations précolombiennes ont subi l'intrusion de conquérants des temps modernes qui les ont fait brutalement entrer dans l'Histoire. Au-delà des mythes liés tant au substrat idéologique euro-américain qu'aux représentations spectaculaires ...

Architectures for agreement

addressing global climate change in the Post-Kyoto World

With increasing greenhouse gas emissions, we are embarked on an unprecedented experiment with an uncertain outcome for the future of the planet. The Kyoto Protocol serves as an initial step through 2012 to mitigate the threats posed by global climate change. A second step is ...

The trial on trial. T.3.

Towards a normative theory of the criminal trial

The criminal trial is under attack. Traditional principles have been challenged or eroded; in England and Wales the right to trial by jury has been restricted and rules concerning bad character evidence, double jeopardy and the right to silence have been substantially altered to 'rebalance ...

Penser la crise

lexique critique de la crise dans tous ses états

Le but de cet ABCDaire - exercice collectif original - est de diversifier les approches critiques, afin de rendre la richesse du thème général plus explicite encore pour l'auditeur et le lecteur. Ces interventions ouvrent ainsi des perspectives dialogales stimulantes, leurs auteurs proposant à chaque fois ...

Answering for crime

responsibility and liability in the criminal Law

Antony Duff is one of the leading philosophers working on criminal law issues. His book will be essential reading for criminal law theorists.In this long-awaited book, Antony Duff offers a new perspective on the structures of criminal law and criminal liability. His starting point ...