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Bratislava es una bella e histórica ciudad que despertó del socialismo y, casi sin tiempo a reaccionar, se vio convertida en capital de un joven país, Eslovaquia. Dinámica y emprendedora, la ciudad vive un momento crucial que hace que se construya y se reconstruya constantemente. Aún así, conserva un centro histórico pleno de encanto, pequeño y recogido, con calles de adoquines y viejas casonas que testimonian un pasado de esplendor. En la colina de su suntuoso castillo (el Hrad), Bratislava comenzó a escribir su historia y hoy desde allí se obtienen las mejores vistas de la ciudad...

"Pocket version synthesis of other books by the author on the same subject. In four chapters (precolumbian, colonial, republican, and 20th century), author gives a capsulated summary of what Ecuadorian art has been, from the past to the present, in a simple style intentionally suitable for high school students, hence its interest. Complemented with a short bibliography and a glossary of terms for those unfamiliar with the artistic and architectural field"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Veinticinco estudiosos de las tradiciones populares, nacionales e internacionales, escriben sobre los géneros que estudian en el ámbito de las tradiciones hispánicas: danzas teatralizadas de la Conquista y de la Colonia; romances y corridos; lírica tradicional y popular; décimas y glosas. Entretejiendo este mosaico de lenguajes y tradiciones de Hispanoamérica y España, surgen los rituales festivos que movilizan la tradición; la música que pone en acto la palabra; la mutua fertilización de lo "culto" y de lo "popular"; la interrelación de lo oral y lo escrito; la tensión creativa...

This important work of history tells the story of the aviation pioneers who devoted their lives, and often their fortunes, to the evolution of the aeroplane as it exists today. As early as November 1809 Sir George Cayley published a masterly essay practically inventing the aeroplane. It lay forgotten for 62 years, until found by Alphonse Pénaud. In August 1871 Pénaud flew his Planophore, the first model to resemble a modern aeroplane. He had discovered the secret of inherent longitudinal stability. The first flying machine built by Clément Ader, in 1889, was the Eole. Powered by a steam...

The proceedings assemble some 240 papers covering eight sections: 1. phonetics and phonology, 2. morphology, 3. syntax, 4. lexical semantics, 5. editing and textual criticism, 6, rhetoric, poetics and literary theory, 7. applied linguistics, 8. history of linguistics. In addition, they include four plenary lectures and two round table discussions. The papers provide a panorama view of old and new concerns in Romance studies illustrated from various theoretical perspectives and providing an example of what this sector has to contribute to the development of linguistics and literary studies in...