“…This is essential, gripping history with major relevance for those who wish to understand that tortured region today.' -- Nicholas Burns, Professor, Harvard University and former Under Secretary of State 'Many of the events in this book will be familiar, but instead of presenting them from the more usual perspectives of the Cold war confrontation between the US and Russia, or Imperial withdrawal, James Barr considers them instead from the angle of US-British rivalry. …”

“…Together these texts present a rich panorama of the different literary genres, styles and themes that flourished at the time, and include authors such as Erasmus, Buchanan, Leibniz and Newton, along with less well-known writers. …”

“…Based on narrative, iconographical, and liturgical sources, this is the first systematic study to trace the story of the ritual of royal self-coronations from Ancient Persia to the present. Exposing as myth the idea that Napoleon's act of self-coronation in 1804 was the first extraordinary event to break the secular tradition of kings being crowned by bishops, Jaume Aurell vividly demonstrates that self-coronations were not as transgressive or unconventional as has been imagined. …”

“…S'agissant des hypocrisies dans l'Eglise, notons avec le philosophe Seren Kierkegaard : "Je vais recueillir toutes les vaines larmes que vous avez répandues dans l'Eglise pour me présenter en accusateur devant Dieu le jour du jugement." …”

“…This book provides a wide ranging history of Africa from earliest prehistory to the present day. Much African historiography has been about writing Africa for Europe without writing Africa for itself, as itself, from its own perspectives. …”
Sumario

“…¿Qué esconden la celebración de la belleza del paisaje y la pureza de la naturaleza presentes en la promoción de nuevos proyectos urbanísticos, tanto oficiales como privados? …”

“…Dès les années 1980, Lyotard et Deleuze ont en effet divergé sur le sens à accorder à la psychanalyse, à l’œuvre de Wittgenstein ou encore à l’obligation morale. Le propos du présent volume est de mettre à profit quarante années de recul pour confronter à nouveaux frais ces deux représentants de la philosophie française, en restituant l’héritage, l’évolution et le prolongement de leurs pensées respectives. …”

“…Le mappe particolareggiate, fino al livello comunale, del voto degli italiani presentate in questo volume offrono una panoramica di quanto permane e di quanto invece è mutato. …”

“…En la obra se han tenido presentes tanto los aspectos sustantivos del régimen jurídico de la liquidación como los procedimentales, en cuanto que se prevé un concurso de acreedores para resolver situaciones de insolvencia de las empresas, a la vez que se avanzan posibles opciones en la transformación de la empresa como salida a la crisis. …”

“…An intriguing yet underexplored segment of Jesuit school theatre is that which stages non-classical, non-Western subjects such as Japan, and this volume is the first to present Latin texts of two of these plays alongside full English translations, commentaries and an extensive introduction. …”

“…The Glossa Ordinaria and Rashi's commentary were standard texts for Bible study in the High Middle Ages, and Rashi's influence continues to the present day. Although Rashi's commentary and the Glossa developed at the same time with no known contact between them, they shared a way of reading text that shaped their interpretations of the central religious narrative of the Binding of Isaac. …”

“…L’histoire et la mémoire relèvent de logiques différentes qui toutes deux sont présentes dans les finalités de l’institution scolaire. …”

“…The contributions were all presented during multiple seminars held at the Maison des sciences de l'Homme between 2004 and 2008. …”

“…Ce dictionnaire fournit un outil unique et précieux pour cartographier ce champ de recherche en plein essor, dessiner ses grandes problématiques, présenter ses principaux théoriciens et rassembler sa bibliographie. …”

“…Les voyageurs artistes, intellectuels et militants politiques présentent un intérêt spécifique car ils prolongent souvent leur expérience par un acte de création artistique, littéraire ou testimonial. …”

“…Buena parte de los libros son obra de viajeros europeos y japoneses que han encontrado múltiples perspectivas (humanas, culturales, sociales, económicas…) en la ciudad icónica de Nueva York.Entre los fotógrafos presentes, se encuentran Berenice Abbott, Nobuyoshi Araki, Cecil Beaton, Mario Bucovich, Roy DeCarava, Bruce Davidson, Raymond Depardon, Juan Fresán, Bruce Gilden, György Lörinczy, Lewis Hine, Evelyn Hofer, Karol Kállay, André Kertész, William Klein, Helen Levitt, Danny Lyon, Daido Moriyama, Ugo Mulas, Robert Rauschenberg, Kees Scherer, Aaron Siskind, Wegee, Kojima Yasutaka, Ruiko Yoshida, entre otros. …”

“…With balanced analysis, Angelova presents a fresh argument about the symbolic logic of Roman rule and uncovers forgotten legacies that profoundly shaped the Christian era…”

“…Methodologically, while in full agreement with the view of many social scientists and economists that self-reports are the bedrock of happiness research, the volume presents a body of evidence highlighting the problem of translation and showing how local concepts of "happiness" and "pain" can be understood without an Anglo bias. …”