Fugitive Sites

"Hablar en público está lejos de ser una tarea desagradable. Todo lo contrario, permite lograr una victoria tras otra con sólo pararse y hablar, eso genera sensaciones inigualables. Se aprende a tomar la palabra del mismo modo que se aprende a conducir. Al comienzo la inseguridad es normal, pero, una vez que comprendes para qué sirve cada herramienta y adquieres algunas destrezas elementales todo se vuelve agradable y divertido. Con el libro Cómo hablar en público tendrás en tus manos información privilegiada, clara y amena para convertirte rápidamente en un genio de la palabra...

A poor woodcutter's two children, lost in the woods, come upon a house made out of sweets inhabited by a wicked witch.

"Commemorative edition celebrating the reopening in 2005 of the patrimonial building that houses the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago, Chile. The book examines the history of the museum and of the building, the architectonic restoration, while also is an historic document of the museum's reopening ceremony celebrated December 16, 2005. Includes brief reviews on MAC's personages, collection and historical exhibitions"--Provided by vendor.

The combination of portrait statue, monumental support, and public lettering was considered emblematic of Roman public space even in antiquity. This book examines ancient Roman statues and their bases, tombs, dedicatory altars, and panels commemorating gifts of civic beneficence made by the Augustales, civic groups composed primarily of wealthy ex-slaves. Margaret L. Laird examines how these monuments functioned as protagonists in their built and social environments by focusing on archaeologically attested commissions made by the Augustales in Roman Italian towns. Integrating methodologies...