“…Combining theories on fictional persons from Japanese and Euro-American practices, this book discusses video game characters embedded in our popular media culture in which they are constantly produced and re-imagined. …”

“…The OECD review of Gender Equality in Colombia: Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work is the third in a collection of reports focusing on Latin American and the Caribbean countries, and part of the series Gender Equality at Work. …”

“…Utilizing archival materials and interviews with Rudolph himself and his collaborators, Flinn argues for this career-defining film's relevance to American independent cinema and the decade of the 1980s. …”

“…Her first two chapbooks--Paul Rand: American Modernist and Six (+2) Essays on Design and New Media--became instant classics. …”
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“…The Federalist represents one side of one of the most momentous political debates ever conducted: whether to ratify, or to reject, the newly-drafted American constitution. To understand the debate properly requires attention to opposing Antifederalist arguments against the Constitution, and this new and authoritative student-friendly edition presents in full all eighty-five Federalist papers written by the pseudonymous 'Publius' (Hamilton, Madison, and Jay), along with the sixteen letters of 'Brutus', the prominent but still unknown New York Antifederalist who was Publius's most formidable foe. …”

“…"El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica es un texto que implica una vida. Recoge la Tradición viva de la fe cristiana en un tiempo en que muchos no la conocen bien o no la viven del todo. …”

“…“La actividad lúdica de descubrir significados a las cosas, más que el ejercicio fácil de una filología del pasado, implica una invención (no redescubrimiento) de nuevos códigos” Umberto Eco…”

“…El presente manual se propone acercar la climatización a los diferentes profesionales vinculados a la custodia de los bienes de interés cultural y, al mismo tiempo, ser una guía de fácil consulta en el trabajo que implica la planificación del control climático…”

“…Asi, Detienne habla de "construir objetos comparables" en el estudio de las culturas, en sus construcciones recíprocas, lo que implica un aprendizaje de la vida abierto al mundo…”

“…However, recent historical research has shown that her role was much more complex; she was the mediator between two cultures, Hispanic and Native American, and two languages, Spanish and Náhuatl. …”
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“…The Letters of Robert Lowell shows us, in many cases for the first time, the private thoughts and passions of a figure unrivaled for his influence on American letters…”

“…Counter Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions. …”

“…"When the Spanish empire lost the greater part of its American territories in the early nineteenth century, the Spanish government was forced to reformulate the colonial policies applied in the Philippines, updating and adjusting them constantly throughout the remainder of the century, until they arrived at the process of reform and modernization of the last third of the nineteenth century, with its lights and shadows. …”

“…Esta «pertenencia» admite grados y múltiples posibilidades, a la vez que implica una reestructuración radical de la ontología. …”

“…In this they not only reflected, but drove, the way corporations--especially American corporations--grew and changed globally over a century. …”

“…Quine was one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century American analytic philosophy. Although he wrote predominantly in English, in Brazil in 1942 he gave a series of lectures on logic and its philosophy in Portuguese, subsequently published as the book O Sentido da Nova Lógica. …”

“…Presentación del editor: "In the 1960s and 70s the American press forged a new set of values. Threatened with obsolescence by the proliferation of new competitors, pressured to rectify their treatment of minorities and women, denounced as biased by both the left and the right, the country's leading news organizations made fundamental changes. …”

“…Alice McDermott’s powerful novel is a vivid portrait of an American family in the middle decades of the twentieth century. …”
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“…His seamless transformation from developer of the deadly V2 ballistic missile for Hitler to an American celebrity as the supposed genius behind the golden years of the U.S. space program in the 1950s and 1960s raises haunting questions about the culture of the Cold War, the shared values of technology in totalitarian and democratic societies, and the imperatives of material progress…”

“…As we approach its fiftieth anniversary, Guy Laron refutes the widely accepted belief that the war was merely the result of regional friction, revealing the crucial roles played by American and Soviet policies in the face of an encroaching global economic crisis, and restoring Syria's often overlooked centrality to events leading up to the hostilities.The Six Day War effectively sowed the seeds for the downfall of Arab nationalism, the growth of Islamic extremism, and the animosity between Jews and Palestinians. …”