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This book's attractive combination of excellent color photographs and detailed illustrations will captivate young readers and hold their attention as they learn all about the animal kingdom. The child-friendly text highlights details that children are especially interested in to provide a thorough introduction to the major animal and insect groups. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

A review and documentation of the collections of the museum of contemporary art located in Santiago, Chile. The museum collection is considered the most important in engravings with 1000 prints along with 600 paintings, 130 drawings, sketches and watercolors and 80 sculptures from the late 19th century to current art. The book includes a brief history and architecture of the museum, the members of the "Friends of the Museum" association, the conservation and documentation policies and detailed data on the national and international exhibitions and cultural activities for the 8 year period. An ...

Aunque el debate es la forma de interacción más extendida y más típicamente humana, se suele afrontar confiando simplemente en el instinto y la experiencia. Pero, como es bien sabido, no siempre se impone la mejor tesis, sino la mejor argumentada. En esta original guía Adelino Cattani analiza las estrategias encaminadas a defender la opinión personal y a convencer a la otra parte. Con abundantes citas de la tradición retórica clásica y de la literatura, y numerosos ejemplos de la vida cotidiana, presenta un repertorio de técnicas y recursos -cómo blindar una tesis, manipular la...

This volume sheds light upon one of the most emblematic constructions in Ibero-Romance: adverbial infinitives with specified subjects (e.g. al entrar Juan (Sp), para eles verem o resultado (Ptg)). The study attempts to fill an empirical gap and offers a cognitive-functional and comparative account on these constructions. The first part provides an overview of the notions of infinitive, subject and adverbial clauses. The second part consists of two empirical case studies. First, the use of the Portuguese inflected infinitive is shown to be sensitive to factors as the mental accessibility of...

As Miguel begins to enter adulthood, he discovers books of adventure and the sea. These stories open his eyes to histories and legends as well as emotions he never experienced before.