“…Embracing a diverse collection of principles and practices aimed at making technologies, tools, environments, businesses, and social institutions more responsive to human needs, the International Handbook of Participatory Design is a state-of-the-art reference handbook for the subject. The Handbook brings together a multidisciplinary and international group of highly recognized and experienced experts to present an authoritative overview of the field and its history and discuss contributions and challenges of the pivotal issues in Participatory Design, including heritage, ethics, ethnography, methods, tools and techniques and community involvement. …”

“…This volume includes contributions from thirty-four expert commentators on Berkeley's philosophy, some of whom provide a state-of-the-art account of his philosophical achievements, and some of whom place his philosophy in historical context by comparing and contrasting it with the views of his contemporaries (including Mandeville, Collier, and Edwards), as well as with philosophers who preceded him (such as Descartes, Locke, Malebranche, and Leibniz) and others who succeeded him (such as Hume, Reid, Kant, and Shepherd)"--Oxford University Press…”

“…Each chapter includes state-of-the-art research conducted and reviewed by international experts in the area. …”

“…By presenting metaphysics as an art, not a science, Metaphysics and Grammar familiarizes students with the fundamental and recurring philosophical questions…”

“…Le texte suit à la trace les occurrences du terme non-contemporanéité et tente d’en cerner l’évolution dans des domaines tels que la philosophie de l’histoire, la philosophie de l’art, la philosophie de la religion, l’ontologie ou la théorie politique de Bloch -- Contracubierta…”

“…Out of this new arrangement, which encouraged greater creative freedom, emerged a nascent form of independent art cinema that sowed the seeds of the Hollywood Renaissance that followed…”

“…It is also relevant to those who are interested in conceptual issues underlying skill and expertise in fields such as sport, the performing arts, and medicine." -- Contracubierta…”

“…Este libro -con todo cariño- pone sabiamente en solfa a los autores pelmazos, a los libros infumables, a los clásicos soporíferos, a al preceptiva académica, a los estudiantes pedantes, a las investigaciones absurdas y a otros varios aspectos de ese negocio del que comen los libreros y al que muchos se empeñan tontamente en definir como arte literario…”

“…., el humor en la oratoria y la comedia romanas, la codificación escolástica de la risa y la "invención" de la sonrisa, el carnaval medieval, la "beffa" en la Italia renacentista, el uso del humor en la Contrarreforma flamenca, el ingenio en el arte de la conversación del siglo XVII, la pintura de género holandesa, la risa como recurso en los debates de la Asamblea constituyente francesa (1789-1791), la caricatura en la Prusia decimonónica, etc. …”

“…The result is a convincing work that rescues the study of the passions from science and returns it to the humanities and the art of rhetoric…”
Sumario

“…Written for students and scholars of architectural history, theory, art, design, and philosophy, Behind Architectural Filters: Phenomena of Interference offers an unprecedented perspective on the production of spatial atmospheres, bridging past and present while connecting thought and practice in a highly visual study -- Contracubierta…”

“…Over the next two centuries, Taylor tracks the evolution of idealized white identity through the history of art, language, geography, biology, labor, law, literature, masculinity, optics, philosophy, and religion. …”
Sumario

“…In a substantial introduction he addresses general issues, including the nature and formation of the Epic Cycle, the status of the summaries of the Troy epics preserved under the name of Proclus, the validity of the attested ascriptions to particular poets, the reflexes of the Cycle in early art and literature, and its fortunes in and after the Hellenistic period…”

“…Creative Screenwriting 'Offers fresh insights into screenwriting structure, enabling writers to hone their craft and elevate their art.' Prof Richard Walter, UCLA Screenwriting Chairman 'This is a book you can read with each script you write, as both guide and inspiration.' …”

“…The Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts on the media's interaction with children and adolescents. …”
Sumario

“…"El recorrido por la vida de Alma Mahler supone también el repaso de la historia y del arte de los últimos tiempos. Este libro nos lleva desde la Viena del siglo xix hasta el Nueva York del siglo xx, y con él sorteamos las dos guerras mundiales, el surgimiento de nuevas formas artísticas (como la Bauhaus) y la historia de la música del siglo xx. …”

“…"The studies included in this volume describe the process embedded in learning to write in Language Arts, as well as in teaching it and assessing it, focusing on the metalinguistic activity triggered in this process. …”

“…In The Case for Contextualism Keith DeRose offers a sustained state-of-the-art exposition and defense of the contextualist position, presenting and advancing the most powerful arguments in favor of the view and against its "invariantist" rivals, and responding to the most pressing objections facing contextualism…”

“…Cette approche stylistique prend appui sur deux études de Leo Spitzer, l'une relative à l' "effet de sourdine" chez Racine, l'autre traduite par Foucault lui-même en 1962 : "Art du langage et linguistique" . Le goût foucaldien pour un trois stylistique, aussi discret qu'insistant, serait-il le ressort de l'énoncé négatif qui vient clore Les Mots et les Choses sur l'incommensurabilité de l' "être de l'homme" et de l' "être du langage"?"…”

“…El cómico más popular del cine y uno de los artistas más geniales e importantes de toda la historia del séptimo arte, creador de un personaje mítico, Charlot, en el que confluyen multitud de sentimientos establecidos y derivados en su mirada crítica y poética de la sociedad que le rodeaba. …”