“…If students complain that assignments are too difficult, then one way to manage this challenge is to make the assignments simpler. …”

“… • Con información adicional sobre los aspectos más curiosos y polémicos que recogen las últimas investigaciones en torno a esta cultura." …”

“…He explains why containment is the best alternative to a misguided agenda that naively assumes democratic regime change is possible from the barrel of an American gun…”

“…As the dysfunction of the family escalated, Jeannette and her brother and sisters had to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they weathered their parents' betrayals and, finally, found the resources and will to leave home. What is so astonishing about Jeannette Walls is not just that she had the guts and tenacity and intelligence to get out, but that she describes her parents with such deep affection and generosity. …”
Acceso a las primeras páginas

“…Esta obra, El cortesano de Baltasar Castiglione y el Galateo de Giovanni della Casa conforman los tres manuales sobre comportamiento más en boga en la sociedad europea renacentista, un cauce para introducir las costumbres y las belle maniere italianas, así como para moldear dicha sociedad." (Iberoamericana - Vervuert)…”

“…Interrogating the architect’s social responsibility, the contributors deliberate about how much we should ask of architecture and suggest that in the coming century, architecture must be at once flexible and robust, responsive and self-directed…”

“…Ainsi se conçoit une possible libération à l’égard des multiples assignations à tel statut civil ou social ; autrement dit, un refus des identifications aliénantes autant qu’imaginaires."…”

“…La capacità della cartografia di attrarre utenti eterogenei è valorizzata assecondando molteplici interessi: quelli degli studiosi, a cui sono rivolte le proposte metodologiche del capitolo introduttivo e l'esaustiva bibliografia ragionata; quelli degli studenti di corsi geografici, invitati a pensare congiuntamente l'agire territoriale e la sua rappresentazione in modo scientificamente rigoroso ma agevolato da un linguaggio accessibile e da 187 figure a colori commentate; quelli degli amatori e dei collezionisti, che nella ricca appendice in cui sono classificate oltre 1.200 opere e nei dettagliati indici di autori ed editori potranno trovare numerosi spunti per alimentare la loro passione."…”
Sumario

“…'God's Secret Agents' tells the story of Elizabeth's 'other' England, a country at war with an unseen enemy, a country peopled - according to popular pamphlets and Government proclamations - with potential traitors, fifth-columnists, and assassins. And, it tells this story from the perspective of that unseen 'enemy', England's Catholics, a beleaguered, alienated minority, struggling to uphold its faith. …”

“…Rome was certainly a militarized and aggressive state, but it was successful not because it was exceptional in its ruthlessness, Eckstein convincingly argues; rather, it was successful because of its exceptional ability to manage a large network of foreign allies, and to assimilate numerous foreigners within the polity itself. …”
Sumario

“…En el presente libro se aborda las alternativas jurídicas al tratamiento penal de la delincuencia habitual, analizando las actuales respuestas ofrecidas por el ordenamiento jurídico frente al problema de la delincuencia habitual: Las medidas de seguridad postdelictuales, centrando el estudio en la libertad vigilada y la necesidad de desarrollo legal en mejoras técnicas para su efectiva aplicación, así como las respuestas ofrecidas por el derecho comparado y por último la posible implantación en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico de la figura de la prisión permanente revisable, acorde a los principios constitucionales es decir, imponer la pena de prisión per manente para su cumplimiento efectivo e íntegro, aunque revisable, cada cierto tiempo atendiendo a la situación del recluso y su peligrosidad, y en caso de ofrecer un pronóstico favorable de reinserción, concretar la pena a una duración determinada, sin perjuicio de la aplicación de los beneficios penitenciarios de los que sea merecedor durante el tiempo de duración de la condena. …”

“…Sont présents le français Marcel Bucard (Parti franciste), le belge Paul Hoornaert (Légion nationale), le roumain Ion Motza (Garde de fer), le norvégien Vidkun Quisling (Nasjonal Samling), l’espagnol Gimenez Caballero (Phalange), l’irlandais Eoin O’Duffy (Army Comrades Association), le néerlandais Wouter Loutkie (Front noir), le danois Frits Clausen (Parti national-socialiste danois), le suisse Arthur Fonjallaz, le portugais António Eça de Queirós (Nacional-Sindicalismo Português) et un représentant de l’Heimwehr autrichienne. …”

“…These volumes show that the American Enlightenment was more far reaching than even that story assumes. This remarkable work shows that the American Enlightenment constitutes the central framework for understanding the development of American history between c. 1740 and c. 1820.…”

“…In contrast to the traditional view of emotion as a form of agitation associated with belief, neuroscience reveals it to be generated by brain systems that operate largely outside of awareness. …”

“…Avec l'ouvrage de Ricardo Tejada, le lecteur se familiarisera tant avec le genre de l'essai en général, littéraire et philosophique, qu'avec un aspect méconnu de l'histoire culturelle de l'Espagne " --…”

“…Cuando un moderno movimiento político de masas como el nazismo se hizo con el control del Estado alemán, en un país sacudido por la Guerra Mundial, la revolución y la inestabilidad, la tradición racista había asentado las condiciones para la ejecución de la Solución Final." -- Contracubierta…”

“…As a result, these rights are systematically associated with better practices. By contrast, rights that are practiced on an individual basis, such as free speech or the prohibition of torture, often lack natural constituencies to enforce them, which makes it easier for governments to violate these rights. …”

“…Del resto ciò vale con riguardo a tutti i diritti fondamentali, dei quali si è detto che non esprimono mai una "polarità isolata" dell'individuo, il quale non può astrarsi dalla concretezza del radicamento sociale…”

“…The author goes on to look at how Aristotle distinguishes the concrete from the abstract paronym, how induction is a type of abstraction which typically moves from the perceived individuals to universals and how Aristotle¡s metaphysical vocabulary is "relational" Beyond those features, this work also looks at how of universals, accidents, forms, causes and potentialities have being only as abstract aspects of individual substances. An individual substance is identical to its essence; the essence has universal features but is the singularity making the individual substance what it is. …”

“…Liberada Jersey de los nazis, Vicente Gasulla decidió quedarse a vivir en la isla, un territorio conocido actualmente por su condición de paraíso fiscal, pero con un indudable interés histórico, político y también lingüístico. De todos estos aspectos, entrelazados a partir de las vicisitudes vitales de un joven y anónimo republicano durante dos largas y sangrientas guerras, se habla en el reportaje…”