“…Unfolding Cornell's work with depth and breadth, "Joseph Cornell and Astronomy" offers a convincing and original appreciation of this intriguing American artist…”

“…Se aborda específicamente la ansiedad, el miedo a hablar, las dificultades sociales que implica, así como los sentimientos de preocupación y baja confianza que tiene el niño para comunicarse. …”

“…Desmontar el neoliberalismo implica ensayar otra democracia y otra economía. Y a eso nos invita la lectura afanosa de este enorme texto: la necesidad de estudiar las bases y crear una máquina de herramientas para dar cuenta de ese desmonte." -- Contracubierta…”

“…Integrating guidance from the DSM-5 by the American Psychiatric Association and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) by the World Health Organization, this book synthesizes and builds on existing interdisciplinary research to establish a broad case for effective psycho-educational theory, research, and practice that addresses learners with special needs. …”

“…Este estudio realiza un diagnóstico sobre la violencia protagonizada entre iguales y sus nuevas formas de comisión, por ser una preocupante realidad presente en la vida de niños, niñas y adolescentes. Su manifestación implica exclusión social, intimidación y maltrato infantil. …”

“…Duany explores the Puerto Rican sense of nationhood by looking at cultural representations produced by Puerto Ricans and considering how others--American anthropologists, photographers, and museum curators, for example--have represented the nation. …”

“…Además, el adjetivo calificativo que sigue a ese “mundo” hace referencia a una transformación, a un cambio, es decir, se considera la perspectiva de una dinámica de las cosas que implica una variación temporal, pues es sabido que el movimiento es el que genera el tiempo. …”

“…Instead of these two disciplines learning from and mutually informing each other, both philosophers and theologians are increasingly disconnected from, and thus unable to hear, what the other is saying, especially in Anglo-American scholarship. Some Christian philosophers are now found claiming methodological authority over doctrine, while some Christian theologians even deny that philosophy has its own integrity as a separate discipline. …”

“…Taking in nineteenth century literature, Alcoholics Anonymous, the American counterculture, reality TV, hackers, Airbnb, Facebook and more, The Age of Sharing offers a rich account of a complex contemporary keyword. …”

“…Ranging widely across some of the defining conflicts of modern times-the Irish Troubles and the Easter Uprising of 1916, the white settlement of Australia, the American Civil War, the Balkan wars, the Holocaust, and 9/11-Rieff presents a pellucid examination of the uses and abuses of historical memory. …”

“…Americans say that reading, watching, or listening to the news is a leading cause of stress. …”

“…From a perspective sympathetic to popular culture, this study analyzes a large number of primarily American and French films by a variety of distinguished directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Claude Chabrol, John Frankenheimer, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Costa-Gavras. …”

“…Los autores que participan en este estudio coral plantean sus investigaciones desde tres grandes temáticas: la lucha y resistencia de las mujeres frente a los totalitarismos, la defensa de las libertades de género frente a sociedades excluyentes y amnésicas y, por último, pero no menos importante, la importancia de la memoria como herra-mienta de concienciación ante el futuro de la lucha feminista. …”

“…-Tijuana border, ethnic restaurants in New York City, the history of Indian indenture in Trinidad, Native Americans at the Superbowl, and much more. The borders this book crosses again and again are those where critical theory meets popular journalism, and where political poetry encounters the work of documentary photography. …”

“…No solo es un tema de rabiosa actualidad sino que además es una obra con un predominante carácter práctico: se explica el proceso civil en materia de reclamaciones de daños y perjuicios tras la aprobación de la Directiva 104/2014 con todo lo que implica aunar la vía administrativa y la judicial. …”

“…Finally, Hirsch examines the effects of postmodernism on posttraumatic cinema, looking at Schindler's List and a work about a different form of historical trauma, History and Memory, a videotape dealing with the internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War. Sweeping in its scope, "Afterimage" presents a new way of thinking about film and history, trauma and its representation. …”

“…It is no secret that American graduate education is in disarray. Graduate students take too long to complete their studies and face a dismal academic job market if they succeed. …”

“…Following a line of criticism offered by key social theorists and cultural commentators who themselves were unhappy with the professionalization of social science, Wilkinson and Kleinman provide a critical commentary on how studies of society have moved from an original concern with social suffering and its amelioration to dispassionate inquiries. The authors demonstrate how social action through caring for others is revitalizing and remaking the discipline of social science, and they examine the potential for achieving greater understanding though a moral commitment to the practice of care for others. …”

“…`State of Terror' delves into the `ghoulish pornography' of pro-jihadi videos, the seductive appeal of `jihadi chic' and the startling effectiveness of the Islamic State's use of social media as a means of luring and recruiting citizens from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, and France-using recent examples such as Douglas McCain, the American citizen from Minnesota who joined ISIS and died in combat fighting on the side of the Islamic State.Although the picture Stern and Berger paint is bleak, `State of Terror' also offers well-informed thoughts on potential government responses to ISIS - most importantly, emphasizing that we must alter our present conceptions of terrorism and react to the rapidly changing jihadi landscape, both online and off, as quickly as the terrorists do. …”

“…Estructurado cronológicamente, este fotolibro incluye selecciones de cada etapa de la obra de Frank hasta 1972, desde las primeras fotografías realizadas en Suiza en 1945-46, pasando por imágenes de sus viajes a Perú, París, Valencia, Londres y Gales, hasta las hojas de contacto de su viaje por Estados Unidos en 1955-56, que dio lugar al álbum The Americans y le hizo famoso. También se incluyen fotografías de la familia de Frank, foto-collages e incluso imágenes de películas como “Daisy” (1959) y “About Me: A Musical” (1971). …”