“…Temas de Historia de la Educación Contemporánea es una colección que recoge una serie de programas radiofónicos emitidos por la UNED desde 1987 y preparados por los profesores Federico Gómez de Castro, Gabriela Ossenbach y Alejandro Tiana. Todos ellos se ocupan de temas de Historia de los Sistemas Educativos en los siglos educativos en los siglos XIX y XX…”

“…Una biografía como uno quisiera verla, que se lee de un tirón, y luego uno la depone para obtener distancia de las emociones propias, duelo, ira, indignación. …”

“…A bustling commercial center and favorite tourist attraction on Boston's historic waterfront, Quincy Market, the popular name for Faneuil Hall Marketplace, draws throngs of visitors to the magnificent granite buildings and cobblestone concourses that house the area's specialty shops, restaurants, boutiques, pushcarts, and food stalls. …”

“…This volume presents their story, showing how practitioners from Tsang have retained crucial links in the teaching of medical knowledge despite the near-annihilation of monastic Buddhism and 'medical houses."…”

“…They focus on realistic issues and challenges throughout, offering exceptional value to both students and practitioners. Authors: Xiaoying Liang, City University of Hong Kong; Lijun Ma, Shenzhen University; Houmin Yan, City University of Hong Kong…”

“…«Pertrechado de una gran trayectoria como impulsor de la Séptima Papeleta, constituyente, ministro, embajador y procurador general de la nación, Fernando Carrillo hace una reflexión corajuda sobre la urgencia de cómo defender la democracia y concluye con una propuesta esperanzadora: potenciar la Constitución de 1991 como único timón capaz de transitar en medio de las tormentas que agitan un mundo político que ha perdido su equilibrio»…”

“…Spring returns and with it the birds. But it also brings throngs of birders who emerge, binoculars in hand, to catch a glimpse of a rare or previously unseen species or to simply lay eyes on a particularly fine specimen of a familiar type. …”

“…Kai Hwang from Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, Prof. Yao Liang from Purdue University School of Science, Indiana University Purdue University, USA and I shared our speeches as keynote speakers. …”

“…Alexandra Szerlip tells the astonishing story of a 9th grade dropout with a Midwestern twang who presided over a seismic shift in American culture--a moment in which entertainment became immersive, people became consumers, and the country came to look the way it does today-- Editor…”

“…. - Albert Cheng Yong Kim Set within a company context and laced with real-day-to-day challenges faced by managers, the book contains many practical ideas for all those involved in managing people to achieve results. Teong Wan provides down-to-earth approaches to put in place a management system to raise motivation and productivity. …”

“…Mancura es una paradisiaca isla de los mares del sur, azotada por los tifones. Desde hace algún tiempo, la isla no ha sido castigada por el huracán. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Lucian -- Education, culture and the second sophistic -- Language and style -- Past and present in Lucian -- Philosophy -- A note on the text -- The dream -- 'You're a literary Prometheus' -- The ignorant book-collector -- Praise of the fly -- Sigma vs tau : the court of the vowels -- Timon -- Dialogues of the sea gods…”
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“…With over 250 full-page close-ups of patterns and photographs of their applications in all their exhilarating details, Patterns presents the most progressive currents in pattern design by 26 of the most sought-after designers and artists such as Catherine Hammerton, Dan Funderburgh, IVANAhelsinki, Julia Rothman and Tsang Kin Wah --…”
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“…Este volumen de crítica viva se ocupa de casi todos los mejores libros y relatos que componen la compleja historia del cuento español de las siete últimas décadas, con obras de Max Aub, Ignacio Aldecoa, Esther Tusquets, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Juan Eduardo Zúñiga, José María Merino, Luis Mateo Díez, Cristina Fernández Cubas, Juan José Millás, Javier Marías, Eloy Tizón o Ángel Zapata, entre otros. Un intento analítico sustentado en el deseo de comprensión y en el entusiasmo que puede suscitar la ficción literaria, imprescindible para aquellos lectores y estudiosos que sientan interés por el género…”

“…Bringing together scholars from performance studies, media theory, sociology and organization studies as well as practitioners of performance, the contributions engage with the implications of digital media and its networked infrastructures for modulations of affect and the body, for performing cities, protest, organization and markets, and for the performativity of critique.With contributions by Marie-Luise Angerer, Timon Beyes, Scott deLahunta and Florian Jenett, Margarete Jahrmann, Susan Kozel, Ann-Christina Lange, Oliver Leistert, Martina Leeker, Jon McKenzie, Sigrid Merx, Melanie Mohren and Bernhard Herbordt, Imanuel Schipper and Jens Schröter…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Frans Larson’s Edenic Mongolia and the Possibilities of Cosmopolitanism -- 2 Language Scenes in Travel Writing about Mongolia: Hybrids and Heroes -- 3 Traveling Women : Beatrix Bulstrode’s A Tour in Mongolia and Strategies of Reflection -- 4 Byambyn Rinchen’s and Tsendiin Damdinsüren’s Socialist Travel Writing : Nationalist, Internationalist, and Cosmopolitan Strategies -- 5 Contemporary Travel Writing about Mongolia : Imaginative Geographies and Cosmopolitan Visions -- 6 Jiang Rong’s Wolf Totem and the Myth of Mongolian Pastoralism -- Conclusion -- References -- Index…”

“…Presentación del editor: "This book is a comparative study of military practice in Sui-Tang China and the Byzantine Empire between approximately 600 and 700 CE. …”

“…Indeed since that time, it has remained a sort of Orientalist "commonplace" where European scholars and missionaries thronged until the first half of the 20th century. …”

“…Editors John Oetzel and Stella Ting-Toomey, as well as expert researchers in the field, emphasize constructive conflict management from a communication perspective which places primacy in the message as the focus of conflict research and practice…”
Sumario

“…Im Fokus stehen Werke u.a. von Einar Schleef, Auguste Rodin, William Henry Fox Talbot, Charles Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Emir Kusturica, Tsai Ming-Liang, Bruce Naumann und Eija-Liisa Ahtila. Mit einer Einleitung von Mieke Bal…”