“…Sobre su variedad temática dentro del amplio repertorio de la narrativa fantástica y de terror nos hablan los asuntos escogidos para algunos de sus relatos: “Cuervo”, un western inquietante y cruel, “El depósito de agua”, una historia angustiosa y kafkiana magistralmente ejecutada, “Música muerta”, un relato clásico de fantasmas narrado en primera persona y ambientado en un monasterio de Florencia, digno de los maestros de la ghost story, “El experimento de Armando Lombarte” –un relato de terror psicológico en la línea de “El extraño caso del señor Valdemar” o “El entierro prematuro”–, o “Resurgam” y “El sacerdote suicida”, dos historias de un tema tan querido al género como es el vampirismo, que se nutren de la tradición de clásicos como Bram Stoker o Sheridan Le Fanu…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…THE VALUE OF INSCRIPTIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE ROMAN WORLD -- INSCRIPTIONS AND ROMAN PUBLIC LIFE -- The Roman Republic / Olli Salomies -- The Roman emperor and the imperial family / Frédéric Hurlet -- Senators and equites : prosopography / Christer Bruun -- Local elites in Italy and the western provinces / Henrik Mouritsen -- Local elites in the Greek east / Christof Schuler -- Government and administration / Christer Bruun -- Laws, lawmaking, and legal documents / Greg Rowe -- The Roman army / Michael A. …”

“…Italian opera set in California during the Gold Rush. It features such Western characters as a sheriff, a Wells Fargo agent, miners, and a bandit…”
Resumen
Libreto

“…In She-Wolf: The Story of a Roman Icon, Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history, art, and literature, from antiquity to contemporary times. …”

“…History of Political Theory: An Introduction is an engaging introduction to the main figures in the history of Western Political Theory and their most important works. …”

“…At its core was the exploitation of wild rubber, then in increasing demand in Western markets. The population of the region was subjected to what was in effect slave labour - a regime of unbridled savagery which included imprisonment, whipping, bodily mutilations and killing. …”
Sumario

“…He was a simple carpenter, yet His words transformed the course of Western Civilization. This is the inspiring account of the greatest story ever told, the life of Jesus of Galilee. …”

“…In essays that show how her groundbreaking work in queer theory has developed into a deep interest in affect, Sedgwick offers what she calls "tools and techniques for nondualistic thought", in the process touching and transforming such theoretical discourses as psychoanalysis, speech-act theory, Western Buddhism, and the Foucauldian "hermeneutics of suspicion." …”

“…Categorized as "strange" or "romantically exotic," Eastern Orthodoxy is often misunderstood in the minds of Westerners. In truth, Orthodoxy is indeed an ancient theological tradition. …”

“…This collection of essays, illustrated with manuscripts, archival material, postcards and family photographs, not only sets Kafka in the context of his life and times but also shows how his own experiences nourished his imagination. Literal travel in Western Europe enabled him, as his notebooks reveal, to practise descriptive writing. …”

“…The fruit of lifelong reflection and study in the wake of liturgical reform in the early ninth century, Amalar's commentary inaugurated the Western medieval tradition of allegorical liturgical exegesis and has bequeathed a wealth of information about the contents and conduct of the early medieval mass and office. …”

“…Until the late 1980s, the question of Palestine was approached through Western social theories that had appeared after World War 2. …”

“…Since the publication of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice, contract theory has once again become central to the Western political tradition. But gender justice is neglected and racial justice almost completely ignored. …”

“…Taking economic, military and cultural vantage points into account, The Fear of Chinese Power explains why a powerful China has been a mainstay of the western imagination since the 19th century, and reveals a history which has shaped international perceptions of China to the present day" -- Editor…”

“…Ahora, solo quiere un trago para acallar las aterradoras sombras que acompañan a su indeseada sobriedad.A medio camino entre un cuento de piratas y un western, la primera novela que escribió Ottessa Moshfegh huele a vómito, sangre, pólvora, whisky, sal, sudor y madera vieja, y demuestra que desde el principio supo ser nihilista y superlativa --…”

“…Exploring these values of different types and the way they are constructed in Eastern and Western contexts, the contributors delve into the diversity of religious, moral, social education to promote greater understanding across cultures. …”

“…The emergence of religious toleration was one of the most important features of the development of Western society after the Reformation. While previous research has concentrated largely on ideas of toleration, this study of the Lutheran Imperial City of Hamburg is the first major analysis of the way in which those ideas were received and gradually implemented. …”
Acceso a las primeras páginas

“…This book offers a powerful narrative account which will be of particular interest to philosophers, literary theorists, intellectual historians, and scholars of religious studies as well as any non-specialist looking for an authoritative guide to the life and work of one of the most original and fascinating figures in Western philosophy."…”
Sumario

“…Case studies look at how women in different personal and professional settings construct, enact, and navigate their personas against a backdrop of shifting discourses on gender relations, continued patriarchal dominance, and western neoliberal capitalism. Chapters also delve into how women’s personas are constructed online through activism and community building. …”