El circo invisible

Many of us have long been captivated by images of knights in shining armor evoking the age of chivalry and the ideals of Camelot. In this richly illustrated volume, the beauty and complexity of the actual armor worn by European knights and soldiers comes brilliantly to the fore. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana} How to Read European Armor presents a compelling overview of armor in Europe from the Middle Ages through the seventeenth century, the period when armor as an art form achieved its highest levels of stylistic beauty and functional perfection. During that...

The Fairy Godmother has asked Valeria Varita and her friends to prove whether or not they are ready to enter the School of Nine Wishes, but Valeria fears that her dream of becoming a qualified fairy will never come true.

This fourth volume (Proceedings 4) presents the results of an international conference held at the Museo de los Origenes (Casa de San Isidro) in December 2008. The work is divided into three parts: Four studies on general aspects of the 'rock world' in the Iberian Peninsula, the chronology of the caves artificially created, the 'troglodyte' in the Greco-Roman tradition, and the chronology of rock-cut tombs. The second part looks at eleven studies of various regions and 'rock complexes' in the Iberian Peninsula ('San Vitor', in San Lorenzo da Barxacova, Parada del Sil, Ourense; 'El Bierzo';...

La obra del cineasta Roman Polanski, a pesar de estar formada por solo una veintena de películas (además de varios cortometrajes) a lo largo de más de medio siglo, es una de las más importantes y sugestivas del cine contemporáneo. Director de poderosa personalidad, su concepto cinematográfico siempre se ha colocado muy por encima de modas o tendencias, exhibiendo un prisma que tiene en las estructuras circulares, los universos cerrados, las distorsiones psicológicas, la incomunicación o la íntima fusión entre el sexo y la muerte los elementos más importantes de su estilo. Su...