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Mindfulness

This brand new translation of Martin Heidegger's "Mindfulness" (Besinnung) makes available in English for the first time Heidegger's second major being-historical treatise. Composed in 1938/39, right after the completion of "Contributions to Philosophy", this work has a significant thematic proximity to that ...

Quine

a guide for the perplexed

Continuum's "Guides for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes ...

Gadamer

a guide for the perplexed

Continuum's "Guides for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes ...

Merkeau-Ponty

A guide for the perplexed

Maurice Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important figures in the existential and phenomenological traditions in twentieth-century Continental philosophy. Merleau-Ponty: A Guide for the Perplexed is the ideal text for students encountering Merleau-Ponty's philosophy for the first time. The book assumes no prior knowledge ...

Husserl

a guide for the perplexed

"Continuum's Guides" for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes ...

Market research made easy

Market research is vital if you want to stay in touch with your customers and your industry. Whether you are starting a new business, launching a product, setting a marketable price point, or simply trying to increase your market share, market research can tell you ...

Joshua to kings

history, story, theology

"The Old Testament" tells the story of a particular nation, ancient Israel, from its origins to its collapse in the face of foreign invaders. But what sort of story is this? How does it fit in with the findings of archaeological explorations of ancient Syro-Palestine ...

Hebrews

a guide

Hebrews: A Guide sheds light on an important, but often overlooked, New Testament book. In this highly accessible introductory guide, Lincoln aims to provide a broad appreciation of the setting, background, argument, and overall thought of Hebrews. Lincoln argues that the controversy surrounding Hebrews, and ...

La caída de Cristobal Colón

el juicio de Bobadilla

De Cristóbal Colón se conocen muchos documentos, todos ellos favorables a su persona y obra, pues fueron escritos por él mismo o por sus amigos y allegados. Ahora, por primera vez, suena una voz diferente: se trata de la pesquisa que en 1500 le hizo ...

Turkish dynamics

bridge across troubled lands

Turkey is a pivotal state whose domestic political, economic, and social developments have important implications for both the United States and Europe. Here, a leading Turkish political scientist enhances understanding of the interactions of liberal democracy with longstanding cultural cleavages along secular-religious lines, ethnicity, and ...

Monumento de amor

sonetos de Shakespeare

Esta traducción de los Sonetos de Shakespeare, igual que ocurría en la edición anterior (Servicio de Publicaciones de la UEX, 1987), se ha realizado siguiendo tanto criterios rítmicos como poéticos, pero siempre recalcando los recursos estilísticos y filológicos que han hecho de cada uno de ...

Gabriel García Márquez

crónica y novela

Este libro aborda la producción periodística de Gabriel García Márquez desde los postulados de la Teoría y la Crítica Literarias, y relaciona las miles de páginas que ha escrito el premio Nobel colombiano en los periódicos con su propia producción novelística. La autora ha escogido ...

Sarajevo

a biography

Indelibly marked as the site of the assassination of Habsburg Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, Sarajevo hosted the Winter Olympics in 1984, but by 1992 was a city at war, its residents subjected to what became the longest urban siege of the modern era. Sarajevans ...

The politics of apocalypse

the history and influence of christian zionism

Pervading culture and politics alike, Christian Zionism is the fastest growing religious movement in Christianity today, with current believers thought to exceed five million in the US alone. Proposing a literal reading of the bible, it states that a Jewish return to the Holy Land ...

Migration, immigration and social policy

This thought-provoking and authoritative collection of papers tackles a subject of urgent international concern - migration, immigration and social policy. The volume's thirteen authors are drawn from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, in social work, social policy, sociology, psychology, government and international relations, and bring ...

A companion to the worlds of the Renaissance

The idea of the Renaissance as a period of European cultural triumph in which great men flourished has been largely demolished in the last fifty years. This provocative volume brings together some of the most exciting scholars who led this attack, to suggest different ways ...

Violencia doméstica y juicio de faltas

La presente obra recoge las últimas reformas legislativas en materia de violencia doméstica, familiar y de género con particular atención al tratamiento que estos temas reciben en el juicio de faltas. El caracter fragmentario de las recientes reformas en estas materias y la producción legislativa ...

A companion to rhetoric and rhetorical criticism

"A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism" offers the first major survey in two decades of the field of rhetorical studies and of the practice of rhetorical theory and criticism across a range of disciplines. The contributions are written by leading scholars from a variety ...

Deberes y responsabilidad de los administradores de sociedades de capital

Desde la publicación por la American Law Institute de los Principios de gobierno corporativo han sido constantes los informes, códigos de conducta y reformas legislativas en torno a esta materia. Escándalos financieros como los de Enron, WoldCom, Tyco, Adecco, Parmalat o Banesto, han puesto de ...

La literatura popular impresa en España y en la América colonial

formas y temas, géneros, funciones, difusión, historia y teoría