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Winner of the 2010 Isabel de Polanco Award. At the end of the 15th century, Castilian Spanish disembarked in America to begin the long journey that would transform it into Spanish. From those days to our time, the language has been in a constant state of transformation, transforming its speakers in the process. This work is much more than a lesson in history; it is fundamental reading for all those interested in a vital area of our everyday lives: the language that unites us.

Que pensaba Roberto Rossellini sobre el cine, el arte al que dedico practicamente toda su vida? Cuales eran sus opiniones sobre sus propias peliculas y sobre el futuro de un lenguaje que el contribuyo enormemente a renovar? La mayor parte de los textos que componen este libro corresponden al dialogo casi ininterrumpido que Rossellini mantuvo con los redactores de Cahiers du cinema en los anos cincuenta y sesenta. Jacques Rivette, FranC'ois Truffaut o Eric Rohmer, entre otros, lo habian convertido en uno de sus "maestros," y lo habian hecho basandose no en su condicion de "padre del...

"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...

Estas guias estan pensadas para el que empieza a pintar. Incluyen los conceptos elementales, los materiales basicos y las respuestas a los problemas mas usuales de los principiantes, presentados en practicos libros, de facil consulta y exposicion clara.