El sabor de la luz

This sociophonetic study investigates the language of Andalusian politicians in the Spanish government between 1923 and 2011. Thanks to a quantitative analysis that reveals processes of convergence and divergence between Andalusian and central-peninsular Spanish throughout the century, it formulates unprecedented conclusions on the behavior of the Andalusian variety outside of its borders in educated speakers and formal communication contexts.

Relato conmovedor de los campos de concentraci n de la Segunda Guerra Mundial escrito por la sobrina del general de Gaulle, reportada a Ravensbr ck, a m s de cincuenta a os despu s de su liberaci n. Es el relato de los meses pasados en secreto, en el campo, excluida entre los excluidos. Testimonio que consiste en la simplicidad del relato y en la insospechada frescura de una memoria indeleble. Experiencia interior donde nadie puede salir indemne.

Acercarse a la figura de Iris Murdoch requiere dejar atrás estereotipos y lugares comunes y hacer un esfuerzo por comprender a una autora que se aleja de cualquier categorización sencilla tanto en lo personal como en lo intelectual. Murdoch vivió en Londres desde que tenía apenas unos meses, pero se definió siempre como irlandesa o anglo-irlandesa. Militó de joven en el Partido Comunista y acabó declarándose admiradora de las políticas de Margaret Thatcher. Tuvo una agitada vida sentimental y sexual y disfrutó de un matrimonio largo y sólido. Estudió en pleno auge de la filosofía ...

Eva Peron (1919-1952) was the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. Often referred to as "Evita," she was never an officially elected political figure, but by her husband's second term as President, she had become the most powerful woman in the history of her nation. By the 1960s, Evita was an international pop-culture icon; in the 1970s, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote the blockbuster musical Evita about her; and in the mid-90s, the musical was adapted to a movie starring Madonna. This small, chunky paperback features all manner of vintage graphic treatments from...