“…Impulsor de la Feria del Libro de Madrid desde 1933, de los camiones-librería de la Agrupación de Editores Españoles, del proyecto editorial de más envergadura de la España republicana en guerra, y del mayor complejo librero del continente americano con las Librerías de Cristal. …”

“…Part V deals with internal market law and the pro- found alterations it is being subjected to in a context of massive pandemic-induced restrictions to free move- ment, mostly (but not only) concerning the free move- ment of persons. Part VI explores the role performed by, and the cha- llenges posed to, EU competition and State aid law during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”

“…She visits a lava field in Iceland, where engineers are turning carbon emissions to stone; an aquarium in Australia, where researchers are trying to develop "super coral" that can survive on a hotter globe; and a lab at Harvard, where physicists are contemplating shooting tiny diamonds into the stratosphere in order to reflect sunlight back to space and cool the earth. …”

“…Encerrada en un inmenso palacio, rodeada de personas que la halagaban, pero que no sentían por ella cariño, paso una infancia que, sin muchos reparos, podríamos calificar de triste. …”

“…L’Evangeli té, per ell mateix, una força que sedueix moltes persones. Però com que aquest Evangeli s’ha d’encarnar, s’ha de viure, inevitablement queda enfortit o descolorit segons quin sigui el comportament dels cristians (...).El cristià convençut és aquell que no es conforma amb la «fe del carboner» o bé amb creure per costum o per tradició, sinó que sap que ha d’anar més enllà fins a arribar a la fe personal, a l’adhesió conscient i lliure a Jesucrist i al seu Evangeli…”

“…Un curioso recorrido que conforma un espejo en el que se reflejan desde las trampas morales de un patrioterismo fanfarrón hecho de simbologías de cartón piedra, hasta el escaparate de corrupciones menos inocentes…”

“…Con el entusiasmo de llevar la cultura de los pueblos más apartados, tres jóvenes maestros, un hombre y dos mujeres, se inscriben en las Misiones Pedagógicas. Salen en un camión cargado de libros dispuestos a montar en una aldea de la sierra de la Culebra una bibliteca escolar, proyectar cine, hacer títeres... …”

“…Y de esa manera tan sencilla me vi en un camión y con un fusil en la mano". El autor ahonda en aspectos poco estudiados como el de la lealtad geográfica y las familias divididas entre los dos bandos, la frecuente comunicación a través de las trincheras, la importancia de las canciones, en ocasiones, cantadas juntos. …”

“…"Hemingway, Orwell, Malraux, Koestler, Spender, Kol’cov, Saint Exupéry, Dos Passos, Klaus Mann, Max Aub, Federico García Lorca, Antonio Machado e tanti altri scrittori e artisti parteciparono, da combattenti, da inviati o da accorati testimoni, alla guerra di Spagna che dal 1936 al 1939 oppose la legittima repubblica popolare all’esercito golpista di Franco e ai suoi alleati nazifascisti, e ne scrissero in romanzi, liriche, memoriali. C’erano anche donne straordinarie come Simone Weil, Maria Zambrano, Mercè Rodoreda e meno note come Mika Etchebéhère o Constancia de la Mora, a vivere e scrivere di quegli eventi. …”

“…¿Cómo Isabel II recuperó el cariño del Reino Unido tras la muerte de Lady Di? …”

“…En segundo lugar, se somete en el crédito del trabajador a las diferentes operaciones jurídico-patrimoniales propias de un crédito y las específicas del salarial(novación, suspensión, cesión, extinción, protección, etc.); de ello extremos las especialidades jurídicas del crédito salarial a la hora de someterlo a las operaciones civiles de V.GR., sucesión contractual, garantías ante la extinción del crédito salarial en supuestos distintos al pago, etc. …”

“…En este sentido, son de gran interés los habituales pactos de renuncia a la acción social incluidos en los contratos de cesión de participaciones de control, de los que se examina su validez y eficacia, proponiéndose un diseño contractual adecuado…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Editorial -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Facts and figures of the Western Balkans -- Executive summary -- Amid a COVID-19 pandemic, learning from and with each other in order to tackle challenges and find innovative and timely solutions is more necessary than ever -- Nine shared strategic priorities for the region -- Education and competences -- Social cohesion -- Green recovery energy and air pollution -- Digitalisation -- Migration, brain drain and diaspora engagement -- Creating opportunities for women -- Land management and property rights -- Local governments -- In the end, progress comes down to implementation and reliability -- Part I Assessing opportunities and constraints in the Western Balkans: Regional overview -- Assessing opportunities and constraints in the Western Balkans: Regional overview -- 1 Overview: Identifying strategic opportunities for the Western Balkans -- Vision and opportunities -- Key trends shaping development of the Western Balkans -- Rapid population ageing -- Climate change -- Democratisation process -- Digital transformation -- Assessing well-being performance and constraints to sustainable development in the Western Balkans -- Well-being -- Major constraints to sustainable development -- People -- Prosperity -- Partnerships and financing -- Peace and institutions -- Planet -- COVID-19 in the Western Balkans -- Shared strategic opportunities and challenges as avenues for peer learning -- References -- Note -- 2 Multi-dimensional analysis of development in the Western Balkans -- People -- Social cohesion is limited, and many people are left behind -- Employment opportunities are inadequate, especially for women and the young -- Attending education in the Western Balkans does not yield the skills needed to succeed -- Health systems are ineffective and understaffed, resulting in poor health outcomes -- Social protection needs a more sustainable financing model and does not always reach those most in need -- Prosperity -- GDP growth is weaker but more balanced -- Domestic enterprises, particularly SMEs, face a challenging institutional and business environment -- The lack of a skilled workforce impedes the growth of investment, job creation, innovation and technology adoption -- Infrastructure gaps impede trade and global value chain integration, and unreliable access to electricity and other utilities deter investment -- Partnerships and financing -- Western Balkan economies rely heavily on external financing for growth -- Fiscal performance varies, but the fiscal space in most Western Balkan economies is limited or has narrowed considerably in the post-crisis period -- Weak public-sector revenue performance limits the scope for improvement of public services -- High and rising current expenditures crowd out public investment -- SMEs face considerable difficulties accessing financing -- Peace and institutions -- Western Balkan economies have not yet struck the right balance of power between levels of government -- Imperfectly defined land rights undermine the functioning of land markets -- The judiciary in the Western Balkans is often biased and inefficient -- SOE governance is a source of large inefficiencies -- The EU integration process and the role of informal institutions -- Planet -- Air pollution: high levels of pollution pose a threat to biodiversity, human health and the economy across the Western Balkans -- Levels of air pollution are high across regional economies -- Poor waste management and inadequate wastewater treatment are major sources of ambient and water pollution across Western Balkan economies -- Biodiversity: the region's rich biodiversity and abundant forest coverage is threatened by pollution and not sufficiently protected -- Energy sector: energy efficiency levels are low across Western Balkan economies, and most economies rely heavily on coal for electricity generation -- Governance inefficiencies: tariffs set below operational costs threaten the financial sustainability of public utilities -- Water: water management, access to drinking water and water scarcity are challenges in some Western Balkan economies -- Natural hazards: most Western Balkan economies are vulnerable to natural hazards -- References -- Part II Assessing opportunities and constraints in Albania -- Assessing opportunities and constraints in Albania -- 3 Overview: Identifying strategic opportunities for Albania -- Towards a vision for Albania in 2030: an attractive society with high quality of life and strong human capital, built on reliable, resilient and efficient institutions, a dynamic economy and integration into Europe and the region -- Assessing Albania's development performance -- Sustainable development: summary of Albania's performance and major constraints -- Suggestions for strategic priorities for Albania -- References -- Note -- 4 Impact of COVID-19 in Albania -- Evolution of the pandemic -- Policy responses and economic impact -- Dimensions of vulnerability to further socio-economic impact from COVID-19 -- Material well-being and social protection -- Health and non-material well-being -- References -- 5 Multi-dimensional analysis of development in Albania -- People towards better lives for all -- Improving well-being for all, everywhere -- Strengthening the productive potential and equal participation of all citizens -- Many women and youth are excluded from the labour market and wider society -- Labour market institutions do not address job quality and demand-supply imbalances -- Boosting education quality to increase well-being and quality employment -- Improving health and social protection coverage -- Health outcomes are comparatively good, but the healthcare sector places a high cost burden on patients and suffers from lack of access and resources -- Social protection benefits are too modest and need to be integrated with care services -- Prosperity boosting productivity -- Albania's growth model requires new drivers to accelerate structural transformation and boost productivity -- Albania's tradable sector needs more investment, diversification and upgrading -- The contribution of exports to GDP has improved but leaves room for progress -- Albania has attracted significant amounts of FDI, mostly for energy, extractives and non-tradeable services and less for manufacturing and ICT -- The skills gaps and skills mismatches affect productivity and growth -- The institutional and administrative constraints limit domestic and foreign investment -- Corruption increases the cost of doing business in Albania -- Contract enforcement is lengthy and political, and regulatory instability is relatively high -- Obtaining construction permits is lengthy and expensive -- The large infrastructure gap limits investment, particularly manufacturing FDI -- Partnerships and financing financing sustainable development -- Remittances are an important source of finance in Albania -- The fiscal space is limited -- Revenue performance is lagging behind, and expenditures need to increase in key areas -- Improved tax collection and a broader tax base are needed to improve revenue performance -- Access to financing is constrained by weak property rights and informality -- Peace and institutions strengthening governance -- The fragmented structure of the public administration can stand in the way of implementation -- Albania has numerous and sometimes overlapping strategic documents -- The fragmentation of agencies poses a challenge to implementation capacity -- The courts are short of capacity and still exposed to unlawful external influence -- Property rights are still insecure, affecting land productivity and sustainability -- Land rights in Albania remain insecure -- Path-dependent and incomplete legislative frameworks leave land-related issues unresolved -- Corruption remains a challenge -- Albania has taken steps to fight corruption, but more coherence and co-ordination is required -- Vote buying, obscure party financing and patronage in the public administration are other forms of corruption -- The limited local fiscal and administrative capacity and the unclear regional development framework may exacerbate regional inequalities -- The decentralisation process is ongoing, but local fiscal and administrative capacities remain limited -- The regional development framework has been separated from the decentralisation process -- The…”

“…L’obtention d’un accord sur un futur mécanisme de REDD constituerait un progrès majeur et sans précédent vers la création d’un dispositif international visant à internaliser les services écosystémiques forestiers liés au carbone, et pourrait sensiblement contribuer à relever le défi du changement climatique global. …”

“…En estas páginas, Ferran Herranz desentraña a través de las adaptaciones cinematográficas más divulgadas la difícil relación entre la literatura y el cine, que, a estas alturas, no ha logrado realizar una adaptación del "Quijote" que haya suscitado una re­cepción unánimemente favorable. El presente estudio abarca desde las primeras traslaciones de la novela realizadas por los pioneros del séptimo arte hasta las recientes adaptaciones por parte del cine y la televisión en nuestros días, incluyendo el profuso bloque de obras basadas en el "Quijote" que se llevaron a cabo con posterioridad al Cuarto Centenario de la publicación de la novela…”

“…Además, como logopeda, debo darle a la comunicación la importancia que tiene, y es que a través de ella nosotros, como profesionales, durante nuestro trabajo y sus familiares, en cada una de las actividades de la vida diaria, podemos acercarnos al paciente, conectar con él y trasmitirle nuestra consciencia sobre la situación por la que está pasando, ayudándole a comprender y a superar de una manera flexible, y desde el cariño, las dificultades que la enfermedad le plantea a diario…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Rehaciendo el trayecto un año después; El infierno en el subsuelo; El reloj se paró a las 13:02:01; El accidente vistodesde el centro de emergencias; No perder los nervios; Las primeras investigaciones; La lectura, a toda prisa, de las cajas negras; Urgencia y velocidad; La versión oficial:« Imprevisible e inevitable; El envejecimiento de los trenes y la falta de inversiones; Las víctimas se organizan; El Gobierno se enroca…”

“…En el diseño se estudiaron diferentes hornos artesanales que trabajan con carbón, los cuales no poseen ningún tipo de control de temperatura y son de una sola carga. …”

“…En retour, le champignon reçoit de la plante hôte du carbone qu’il est incapable de fabriquer. La symbiose apporte une indéniable valeur ajoutée aux deux associés. …”

“…Cet ouvrage, issu d’un colloque tenu à Cerisy-la-Salle en juin 2013, rassemble les contributions de politistes, géographes, sociologues, historiens, français et étrangers, dressant à la fois un portrait inédit de l’héritage de Siegfried et de son modèle explicatif, une mise en perspective historique et géographique de l’évolution des lieux siegfriediens emblématiques (canton de Talmont, vallée du Layon...), pour aboutir in fine à une discussion renouvelée sur les modèles explicatifs des opinions politiques spatialisées…”