This widely-studied play is one of the best sellers of the Shakespeare canon. This production is the seventh Shakespeare play in the series undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press.

Born between 1885 and 1891, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel all participated in the First World War and, like millions of others, were so affected by their wartime experiences that it became a fundamental influence on their lives. Yet none of the men were dissuaded by the carnage from seeking military careers when the guns finally fell silent. Each became wholly dedicated to the profession of arms and, being exceptional officers and leaders, they prospered.Despit...

Con un prólogo del nobel de literatura José Saramago, en este libro encontramos una serie de crónicas sobre la historia del Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo. 'Gotas que agrietan la roca' es una invitación a conocer esas "salas de urgencia" de la convulsa historia reciente colombiana en las que operan la voluntad y el coraje de hombres y mujeres incapaces de admitir que la injusticia pronuncie siempre la última palabra. La Corporación Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo, un...

From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War IIBorn in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel became among the most recognized and successful military leaders of the 20th century. However, as acclaimed military historian Lloyd Clark reveals in his penetrating and insightful braided chronicle of their lives, they charted very diff...

“Deep time” is a term which attempts to capture temporal scales far beyond human comprehension. These are stretches of time epitomised by geological and cosmic scale processes, vast enough to make the entirety of human existence appear as little more than a footnote. The past few years have seen a boom in texts dedicated to the study of deep time, extending across a broad range of disciplines which fall markedly outside of its geological roots. These studies are unified by two ideas in par...

This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 1, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very latest research on ageing. Together they report the outcomes of the most concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the influence shaping the changing nature of ageing and its consequences for individuals and society.This book concentrates on four major themes: autonomy and independence in later life, biology and ageing, food and nutrition and re...

Poeta fundamental do cânone europeu, Charles Baudelaire também foi um prolífico autor de textos em prosa, como se observa nesta seleção de Júlio Castañon Guimarães. A tradução, também assinada por Guimarães, revela um trabalho cuidadoso e atento às nuances do texto original, capturando o estilo melancólico de Baudelaire.* Livro vencedor do Prêmio Biblioteca Nacional 2024 na categoria "Tradução".Este volume expõe a diversidade de interesses do autor francês,...

Sie lieben Nervenkitzel und Spannung? Das schön-schaurige Gefühl, das Ihnen den Rücken hinabläuft, wenn Sie von Verschwörungen, Psychoterror oder spannenden Mordfällen lesen? Dann ist dieser Leseproben-Mix genau das Richtige für Sie!Was treibt einen unauffälligen Familienvater dazu, an einem normalen Sonntagmorgen in einer Bäckerei um sich zu schießen? Sein Anwalt steht vor einem Rätsel. Starten Sie mit »Die siebte Zeugin« in eine neue Justiz-Krimi-Reihe - mit Insi...