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Although the traditions of philia and amicitia proclaim friendship as a universal concept, it has been an androcentric model until the emergence of the female friend in the Age of Enlightenment. This book analyzes the di...

Acclaimed by many as one of the most gifted essayists and stylists in American letters these last few decades, Richard Rodriguez has left an indelible imprint on the tradition of autobiographical writing of the nation. R...

How is knowledge measured? How long does it take us to reflect on something and how long to express our thoughts? Such is the dilemma that the human, social and economic sciences go through, since they face the challenge...

In this book, we address landscape architecture, from composition and construction, from the visual and the tectonic, from form and matter. With this, it is intended to configure a basic manual for the student who delves...

Mizmor Le-David: Studies in Jewish Languages brings together twenty-six essays by leading scholars in Jewish and Hispanic studies from the most prestigious universities and research centers of Israel, Europe and the Unit...

The author addresses, in an original way and with a recognized methodological rigor, the study of the constructive conditions of urban housing that was promoted in the city of Manizales (central western Colombia) in a ti...

"On Prayer and the Contemplative Life" is a profound theological work attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas, one of the most influential theologians and philosophers in Christian history. In this enlightening treatise, Sain...

Esta publicación se presenta con el objetivo de compartir las experiencias y prácticas relacionadas con la promoción de la salud en diferentes entornos del Arco Mediterráneo. Los textos de la presente edición son fr...

La antropología del siglo XX se centró en el honor mediterráneo". Pocas ideas han condicionado tanto el comportamiento humano en distintas épocas y culturas. Prestando especial atención a las interacciones entre las...

La littérature depuis ses commencements jusquà nos jours sest mise fréquemment à regarder létranger, dont les représentations comptent, sans doute, parmi les plus anciennes de lHumanité, car les nombreuses bataill...

An interdisciplinary tour de force that examines past and present to consider how new forms of knowledge production, epistemic plurality, and intellectual and political movements are bringing sweeping change today.

Haciendo honor al tratamiento holístico de todas las políticas relacionadas con el mar que persigue la Política Marítima Integrada de la UE, esta obra recoge la reflexión conjunta de especialistas en Derecho del tra...

"The Wind in the Willows" invites you to step into a timeless world where the charm of the English countryside whispers through every page. Imagine a place where the rustling leaves the glistening rivers and the gentl...

The frequent news reports of suicides among minors as a result of the bullying they have been subjected to are devastating. These fatal outcomes are a reality that shows there is still much to be done regarding the preve...

This book offers a study of Virginia Woolf’s essays from the perspective of rhetorical argumentation. It characterises her style as a modernist writer and essayist, showing how her prose, structured, elegant, and rich ...

This book shows the current system of pronouns and forms of address in European Portuguese, thanks to fieldwork carried out throughout continental Portugal and its archipelagos. By means of an innovative method to prompt...

Un gato es un haiku reúne 144 poemas bilingües donde la brevedad se convierte en asombro y el mundo felino en revelación. Con la precisión del haiku japonés y la sensibilidad de la tradición hispanoamericana, Elvia...

In recent history the metropolitan meetings of multilateral economic institutions and supra-national governing bodies have been accompanied by massive demonstrations. In Europe the actions of militant demonstrators have ...

l presente estudio se concentró en la problemática de los colaboradores de secundaria relacionada con las dificultades en su pensar crítico y en la percepción de su aprendizaje. Objetivo: la investigación tuvo como ...

Maori and other indigenous people have always respected the sanctity and reciprocity of life. Patenting has no respect for life or the dignity for all life forms. There is no negotiation. In fact, there is a global choru...

Inclusive Democracy is the project for direct political democracy, economic democracy (beyond the confines of the market economy and state planning), as well as democracy in the social realm and ecological democracy. In ...

Starting point is that the world, at the beginning of the new millennium, faces a multi-dimensional crisis (economic, ecological, social, cultural and political) which is caused by the concentration of power in the hands...

This paper will focus on the Argentinean Piquetero movements of the unemployed and will address, by looking at their struggle, the transformations that have been set in motion in the Argentinean society as a result of th...

Title: "Institutional Autonomy of Educational Centers: Premises, Organization, Strategies" (Translation). "The proceedings of a conference dedicated to exploring institutional autonomy as it concerns Spanish educational ...