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"Annotated catalogue of the collection of antique pieces of Mesopotamian, Egyptian,Greek, Etruscan and Roman art from the private collection of Dr. Joaquín GumáHerrera, Count of Lagunillas (b. Cuba 1909-1980), some donations of the Cuban ScienceAcademy and Dr. Antonio Nieto and at present part of the holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts.The catalogue includes scientific research contributions from three prestigious specialists: AymeChcuri for the section devoted to Egypt; doctor Maria Castro Miranda for the Greek classicobjects and philologist Ana Vilma Castellanos Bisset with texts on the...

A new take on an eclectic and controversial director James Morrison's critical study offers a comprehensive and critically engaged treatment on Roman Polanski's immense body of work. Tracing the filmmaker's remarkably diverse career from its beginnings to 2007, the book provides commentary on all of Polanski's major films in their historical, cultural, social, and artistic contexts. Morrison locates Polanski's work within the genres of comedy and melodrama, arguing that he is not merely obsessed with the theme of repression, but that his true interest is in the concrete—what is out in the...

Dice Aristóteles en la Retórica que todos nos hemos visto en la situación de tener que examinar, apoyar, defender o atacar una afirmación y que, en general, lo hacemos de forma espontánea. Hoy, como entonces, constantemente tenemos que persuadir a los otros de la validez de nuestras opiniones o juzgar si nos convence lo que nos dicen. Y lo hacemos de forma espontánea, a falta de lo que Aristóteles denominaba «práctica». La gramática de la argumentación se ocupa de este problema atendiendo a las teorías contemporáneas así como a las de los clásicos. Vincenzo Lo Cascio propone...

Spanish Grammar in Context, Second Edition, presents an exciting and unique approach to learning grammar. This new edition has been updated with new exercises and a variety of fascinating texts from around the Spanish-speaking world.