Memorias de un gran eclipse

Novela ambientada en Melilla durante el servicio militar del protagonista en 1980, y en los tiempos del golpe de Estado de Tejero de febrero de 1981

Examen del impacto que la invención de la imprenta tuvo sobre la comunicación de saberes y conocimientos desde mediados del siglo XV. Dirige especial atención a las trasformaciones que la progresiva implantación de la tipografía tuvo sobre la formación y difusión de las ideas del Renacimiento, la Reforma y la Revolución científica y técnica.

This thoroughly updated second edition provides a clear and comprehensive overview of sociolinguistics and the pragmatics of oral communication in Spanish. While maintaining the same structure as the first edition, it includes revised “Ejercicios de reflexión” and new comprehension checks at the end of each chapter, along with numerous bibliographic references throughout, enhancing its use as a classroom text. Among the significant revisions are new sections on corpus linguistics and on statistical modeling programs for studying linguistic variables, an expanded chapter on the study of...

Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project he quickly won acclaim, and after the Second World War became the biggest art celebrity in America. For De Kooning, Pollock was the “icebreaker”. For Max Ernst and Masson, Pollock was a fellow member of the European Surrealist movement. And for Motherwell, Pollock was a legitimate candidate...