Time Architecture: Arquitecturas Del Tiempo

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For the first time ever a monograph dedicated to the temporary projects and personal designs created by world-renowned architect Enric Miralles.

A quick perusal of the pages makes it patently clear that for Miralles the word temporary could never be synonymous with minor. From the design of the pergolas in the Olympic Village in Barcelona to the changing sets of an Opera that premiered in his own studio each work is a celebration of space, time and movement. 16 projects are featured.

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on June 24, 1999. The length of the article is 2215 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Adolfo Castañón: Retrato de Alfonso Reyes.(autor; biografía; reseña)(TT: Adolfo Castañón: A Portrait of Afonso Reyes.)(TA: author; biography; review)(Reseña)
Author: Alberto Paredes
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: June 24, 1999
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: 46 Issue: 2401 Page: 66

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Alice de Bath o el poder de la palabra.(William Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; social condition, influence of women through narrative of character Alice de ... Espanola de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

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Ma Beatriz Hernandez Perez
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Title: Alice de Bath o el poder de la palabra.(William Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; social condition, influence of women through narrative of character Alice de Bath)
Author: Ma Beatriz Hernandez Perez
Publication: Atlantis, revista de la Asociación Espanola de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos (Refereed)
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Amistad funesta de Martí: la "mujer hombruna" como amenaza al proyecto nacional.(José Martí)(Ensayo crítico): An article from: Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura

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Amistad funesta de Martí: la "mujer hombruna" como amenaza al proyecto nacional.(José Martí)(Ensayo crítico): An article from: Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura
Emilio Bejel
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Title: Amistad funesta de Martí: la "mujer hombruna" como amenaza al proyecto nacional.(José Martí)(Ensayo crítico)
Author: Emilio Bejel
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Claudia Patricia Acevedo Gaviria
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Title: Análisis de un simulacro cultural en los personajes femeninos de La casa de las dos palmas.(de Manuel Mejía Vallejo)
Author: Claudia Patricia Acevedo Gaviria
Publication: Estudios de Literatura Colombiana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: Universidad de Antioquia
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Bridging sexualities: Cherrie Moraga's Giving Up the Ghost and Alma Lopez's digital art.(author; artist)(portrayal of sexual differences in Chicano literature, ... Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura

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Bridging sexualities: Cherrie Moraga's Giving Up the Ghost and Alma Lopez's digital art.(author; artist)(portrayal of sexual differences in Chicano literature, ... Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura
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Title: Bridging sexualities: Cherrie Moraga's Giving Up the Ghost and Alma Lopez's digital art.(author; artist)(portrayal of sexual differences in Chicano literature, art )
Author: Sarah E. Cooper
Publication: Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura (Magazine/Journal)
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Volume: 18 Issue: 2 Page: 67(16)

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In Reason for Hope, her spiritual autobiography, Jane Goodall writes of how as a girl "the Holocaust dramatically introduced me to the age-old problem of good and evil. This was not an abstract theological problem in 1945; it was a very real question that we had to face as the horror stories mounted."

Years later, she was brought face to face with another dreadful situation: the way chimpanzees are treated by human beings, their closest relatives. Goodall was so shocked by what she learned that she stopped doing field work and now devotes her formidable energy and determination to chimpanzee welfare and conservation.

From the forest world where Goodall had conducted decades of groundbreaking research on chimpanzee behavior, captive chimps enter "a world of steel bars and heavy chains, beatings and painful medical procedures, solitary confinement and taunting, jeering crowds of ignorant people." To educate her fellow humans about these conditions, Goodall knew that a picture would be worth much than a thousand words. She joined forces with nature photographer Mike Nichols, who had worked with George Schaller on Gorilla: Struggle for Survival in the Virungas. Nichols's photos bring the beauty of the chimpanzees' natural environment and their lives in captivity into soul-searing contrast. Together with Goodall's prose, which is forceful without being overblown, they make an unforgettable, motivating document. --Mary Ellen Curtin

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Brutal Kinship explores the relationship between humankind and its closest relative, the chimpanzee, presenting these extraordinary animals in the wild, in captivity, and in sanctuaries created expressly for their protection. In his revealing photographs and commentary drawn from her firsthand experiences, Michael Nichols and Jane Goodall join forces to present the ways in which chimpanzees are physically, emotionally, and intellectually closer to us than we ever imagined, and how, paradoxically, humans have forced them into a more human yet sadly less humane existence.

"Once we accept or even suspect that humans are not the only animals . . . to know mental as well as physical suffering," writes Goodall, "we become less arrogant, a little less sure that we have the inalienable right to make use of other life forms in any way we please."

In Brutal Kinship, one of the most superb animal photographers working today reveals the fine line between probing inquiry and mistreatment of these creatures-or between love and exploitation of them-in practices like circuses, animal testing, the use of chimps as pets, and even the marriage of a man to a chimp.

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A welcome and entertaingly educational contribution.......2005-07-04

Brutal Kinship wonderfully showcases Michael Nichols' artistic and lovely color photos which are perfect accompaniments to wildlife expert Jane Goodall's informed and informative essay backing up the photos as she deftly explains and explores the relationship between humankind and the chimp. The gorgeous, striking, and often memorably stunning photography pack discussions of chimp issues and human treatment. Brutal Kinship is a welcome and entertaingly educational contribution to personal, academic, and community library Animal Photography collections.

Brutal indeed.......2001-01-31

This book's power lies in its pictures, not in the few words Nichols and Goodall provide. While the authors' commentary is accurate and moving, nothing can compare to the shock of realizing that the irregularly shaped blotch above an anesthetized chimp's head is his detached scalp. The reader is confronted with image after image of chimps, both in the wild and in captivity. To the authors' credit, they reveal instances of violence among chimps, from hunting to warfare, suggesting a genetic legacy of aggression among both men and chimps.

Despite the shocking and disturbing material, this book also affirms the beauty of chimps. The final picture of the series is of two orphaned juveniles living in an African sanctuary. They are standing upright, embracing, with expressions reminding me of two schoolyard buddies as they decide to face the bullies together.

This is indeed a difficult book to page through. After I had bought this book, I left it on my desk for several weeks before I had the courage to crack it, but, when I finally did, I was glad I had. The brutality on display here contrasts sharply with the gentle love the authors have for chimps and their cause. Sometimes we need to see the truth before we can accept it, and this book will go a long way to strengthening public support for protecting primates.

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Perfect introduction at the structural problem.......2000-07-19

In this book the structural problems are discussed in a simple and fun mode. It is perfect for the ungraduate student of architecture. I think it could be put again in print.

The Fight Against Gravity (Cartoon Book)

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The Fight Against Gravity (Cartoon Book)
Roland Fiddy
Manufacturer: Helen Exley Giftbooks
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The Critics of Keynesian Economics

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A fundamental book for all students of economics!

None of the contributors to this volume understands Keynes's mathematical model

Critics of Keynesian Economics
Henry Hazlitt
Manufacturer: University Press of America
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ASIN: 0819136670

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This volume, originally published in 1960 by Arlington House, contains the most impressive collection of essays criticizing Lord Keynes's "General Theory" ever assembled in book form. The editor has added a new introduction and preface to this volume. An outstanding anthology which includes a number of important essays otherwise hard or impossible to find in English.

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A fundamental book for all students of economics!.......2007-06-22

This simply cannot be over-stated: this book is fundamental for all students of economics. It debunks Keynes and show just how completely absurd his thinking is, often bordering on mysticism and magic ("Inflation can turn stones into break").

The previous review that claims that the critics of Keynes didn't understand his mathematical model would be funny if it wasn't so sad to imagine anyone would be so much in love with an absurd theory as to look for desperate ways to defend it.

Among the critics, there are some of the best economists of the 20th century, including Nobel Price winner Friedrich von Hayek, hardly people who would find it challenging to understand Keynes' math.

Besides, this just proves another point: if an economic theory cannot be put into clear and concise words, the best math in the world won't save it. Nonsense is still nonsense even when it tries to hide in complex formulas. Of course math cannot contradict logic and Keynes theories were extremely illogical, which is exactly what this book proves beyond any doubt.

None of the contributors to this volume understands Keynes's mathematical model.......2006-04-21

Every scientist has a model which is used to show or demonstrate how the main variables that had previously been defined and discussed in the earlier stage of theory construction interact.The scientist applies the theory through the use of the model.A critic of a theory must demonstrate that the model used by the scientist is inadequate or inferior because he has omitted a relevant variable or factor or because he has misspecified the model to include variables or factors which are not relevant.A critic can also show that errors or mistakes have been made that render the model inappropriate for use until the model has been corrected.Hazlitt,the editor of this volume of collected essays,and the essay contributors have absolutely no idea of what the formal,mathematical model that Keynes constructed in the General Theory(1936)is or where in the GT it can be located.All the criticisms are based only on particular obiter dicta made by Keynes in supplementary literary comments.In May of 1935,Keynes told Dennis Robertson that his model,The Employment Function, was not in the first 17 chapters of the GT.In spite of this,Robertson continued to claim that Keynes's model was contained in pp.24-30(chapter 3 of the GT).Later economists claimed that his model was located in footnote 2 on pp.55-56 of the GT or on p.44.Any reader of the GT can easily locate the chapter in which Keynes's model appears.Chapter 20 of the GT is called "The Employment Function".Keynes analyzes the output and labor markets in this chapter.In chapter 21 he adds the money market.In the appendix to chapter 19,after stating the major result of the GT on pp.261-262 of the GT,that full employment required the macroscopic optimality condition that mpc+mpi=1 if the capital stock is suboptimal or mpc=1 if the capital stock is optimal, in addition to the usual optimality condition that w/p=mpl,where mpc is the marginal propensity to spend on consumption goods,mpi is the marginal propensity to spend on investment goods,mpl is the marginal product of labor derived from an aggregated neoclassical production function,w is the money wage,p is the expected price level, and w/p is the expected real wage,Keynes compares and contrasts his theory with that of Pigou's that was specified in Pigou's 1933 masterpiece,The Theory of Unemployment.None of the authors of any of the essays in this book ever get to chapters 19,20,and 21.Any sound type of scientific criticism is thus impossible.A much,much better book to purchase is the recent 2001 book by Roger Garrison.He has some idea of what Keynes's model was.None of the authors in this book have any idea at all.

Keynes and His Critics: Treasury Responses to the Keynesian Revolution, 1925-1946 (Records of Social and Economic History New Series)

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Keynes and His Critics: Treasury Responses to the Keynesian Revolution, 1925-1946 (Records of Social and Economic History New Series)

Manufacturer: British Academy
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ASIN: 0197263224

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These documents, published here for the first time, present the Treasury's counter-arguments during the period when Keynes was developing the ideas that led to the Keynesian revolution in economic policy. Keynes spent much effort trying to persuade the Treasury to adopt policies designed to raise employment and stabilise prices, and to create an international monetary system that would favour these objectives. His arguments are set out fully in the Royal Economic Society's 30-volume set of The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes. In contrast, the views of his Treasury critics have hitherto been much less accessible. Economists and historians have tended to assume that Keynes was right and the Treasury was wrong; this volume shows that the Treasury anticipated the political problems that would be encountered in putting Keynes's ideas into practice. Much of what Keynes published was deliberately polemical: he believed that words should be 'a little wild', for they were 'the assault of thought on the unthinking'. Treasury officials were by no means as unthinking as Keynes tended to portray them, and they had a coherent and intellectually respectable understanding of public finance. Ministers in the inter-war period and early in the Second World War were sensitive to the use that political opponents might make of Keynes's arguments; officials had to provide counter-arguments, and in doing so they revealed much about their views on economics and public finance. Once Keynes became an adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1940, the debate became internal to the Treasury, but officials continued to subject Keynes's ideas to critical analysis. The documents in this volume show Treasury responses to Keynes on a range of issues crucial to understanding the period and the context of the Keynesian revolution in public policy. The topics covered include: the return to the gold standard; the use of public expenditure to cure unemployment in the inter-war period; how to avoid inflation in the war; planning for the post-war international economy; and the 1944 white paper on employment policy. This edition is an essential tool for the study of a formative period of British history and a great intellectual debate.

The Keynesian Revolution and Its Critics (Keynesian Studies)

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The Keynesian Revolution and Its Critics (Keynesian Studies)
Gordon A. Fletcher
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Keynes and His Critics : Treasury Responses to the Keynesian Revolution, 1925-1946 (Records of Social and Economic History, New Series)
G. C. Peden
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Stephen A. Ross , Randolph W Westerfield , and Jeffrey Jaffe
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Corporate Finance Demystified

ASIN: 0072971231

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Corporate Finance is today’s most authoritative book on— and covers every angle of—corporate finance. Updates to this edition include a more user-friendly approach, new or updated cases that illustrate top companies addressing real world situations, topical articles written by scholars and practitioners, and more.

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Corporate Finance lack luster.......2007-10-22

This book was last updated in 1988. The material is not current and the examples are not clear. It would help to have the formulas in the back of the book on the questions they have provided answers too.

When buying a book for this price, I would expect a more detail.

Corporate Finance.......2007-05-25

This is an excellent value for the price that I paid and the quick delivery in which the book was delivered!! This seller was very courteous and responsive to my questions!! A+++ seller for and A+++ product!!

UoP Must!.......2007-01-03

Addendums are an important reference item. The entire text was thought provoking and challenging. I'm glad that I chose to "bite the bullet" and spend the 'extra' money on the text which is not the case with all UoP courses. This time it paid off.

Corporate Finance-Stephen A. Ross.......2006-11-10

Well organized and adequately comprehensive. Could use more material in certain areas, but that's a personal perspective. Overall, good book.

Neutral.......2006-11-10

Kinda hard to understand and the information provided in the text is not presented very clearly. Maybe it is just me and I did not finish the whole book anyway. I actually haven't read any of it since chapter 2... since now I rely on mostly the professor's notes which I find easier to understand than the textbook.

Corporate Finance 7th Edition + Student CD-ROM + Standard & Poor's card + Ethics in Finance PowerWeb

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Best educational 4 weeks I have spent.

Corporate Finance 7th Edition + Student CD-ROM + Standard & Poor's card + Ethics in Finance PowerWeb

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Best educational 4 weeks I have spent........2006-02-21

This book came with a strong recommendation from my pal Besife Tonwe. If you want an indepth, clear and educational insight into corporate finance then i don't think you could do better than getting this book. Part 3 is tougher going but don't worry too much - once you have read through the book you can go back and do the exercises to firm up your knowledge. Great buy.

Corporate Finance + Student CD-ROM + Standard & Poor's card + Ethics in Finance PowerWeb (Irwin Series in Finance) by Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W Westerfield, and Jeffrey Jaffe

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Corporate Finance + Student CD-ROM + Standard & Poor's card + Ethics in Finance PowerWeb (Irwin Series in Finance) by Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W Westerfield, and Jeffrey Jaffe
Stephen A. Ross , Randolph W Westerfield , and Jeffrey Jaffe
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Printed in black and white pages. Includes CD.

Corporate Finance + Student CD-ROM + Standard & Poor's card + Ethics in Finance PowerWeb (Irwin Series in Finance)

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CORPORATE FINANCE STUDENT CD-ROM + STANDARD & POOR'S CARD + ETHICS POWERWEB

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STEPHEN WESTERFIELD, RANDOLPH JAFFE, JEFFREY ROSS
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Learn how to manage conflict in the workplace and benefit from it!

When individuals come together in teams, their personal differences in values and attitudes can often contribute to the creation of conflict. But, as this book shows, conflict isnt necessarily destructive. When managed properly, it can actually be beneficial.

Pfeiffers Classic Activities for Managing Conflict at Work provides a wide range of different approaches -- activities, exercises, and models -- to help you understand why conflict occurs and how to manage it. A compilation of material carefully chosen from three decades of the Pfeiffer Annuals and Handbooks, this valuable resource is a treasure chest of sound theory and practical tools that can be put to use immediately by those who teach and train in conflict management.

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Cornerstones - A Measure of Trust in Work Relationships: A Download from Pfeiffer's Classic Activities for Managing Conflict at Work (Pfeiffer Electronic Downloads)

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Trust between co-workers has been demonstrated to be a key component of effective management, organizational commitment, and job satisfactions. This trust survey can be use to assess the level of trust between individuals in organizational life and in work relationships. It measures three dimensions of trust: competence (the person’s perceived ability to do the work), credibility (the person’s valuing of the respondent’s needs and concerns), and care (the other person’s valuing of the respondents needs and concerns). Respondents answer fifteen questions regarding their level of trust for an identified colleague. Composite scores are obtained on the three dimensions. Instructions are included for using this instrument as a basis for personal feedback and action planning. Contributed by Amy M. Birtel, Valerie C. Nellen, and Susan B. Wilkes.

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