Clasificación Decimal Universal (CDU)

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...

Grade 5 9 After Reynie Muldoon responds to an advertisement recruiting gifted children looking for special opportunities, he finds himself in a world of mystery and adventure. The 11-year-old orphan is one of four children to complete a series of challenging and creative tasks, and he, Kate, Constance, and Sticky become the Mysterious Benedict Society. After being trained by Mr. Benedict and his assistants, the four travel to an isolated school where children are being trained by a criminal mastermind to participate in his schemes to take over the world. The young investigators need to use...

Eugenio Barba is recognized as one of the most important theatre practitioners working today. Along with the company he founded over fifty years ago, the world-acclaimed Odin Teatret, he continues to produce extraordinary theatre performances that tour the world, and his International School of Theatre Anthropology has greatly developed research into the craft of the actor. Now revised and updated, this volume reveals the background to and work of a major influence on twentieth- and twenty-first century performance. Eugenio Barba is the first book to combine: an overview of Barba’s work and ...

CUADERNO DE UN VIAJE. Exploraciones del espacio 1945-2008, es una reflexión sobre la nueva mirada al espacio y a la vida que surgió como secuela de la bomba atómica, intentando hacer visible el proceso mental común a científicos y artistas. El mapa que nos brinda la autora para este paseo por el arte y la ciencia de los últimos sesenta años usa el método tradicional en cartografía: la triangulación, perfeccionada hace dos siglos por Gauss, cuya estrategia –colocarse directamente sobre la superficie de las cosas– caracteriza, segun Corrales, el hacer de los artistas y...