Peter Paul Rubens

A movie can transport us back to a lost moment in time or can remind us of a loved one. Movies have the power to give people strength during difficult times, and they can serve as do-it-yourself manuals to carry people through life. In this fun book, the authors suggest answers to everyday challenges taken from movies throughout history. For example, a fear of commitment might lead one to watch "Breakfast at Tiffany s," or if one is experiencing a mid-life crisis, "American Beauty" might be the movie to turn to."

This study focuses on the polyfunctionality of discourse markers derived from verbs of motion in Spanish. Based on an extensive corpus of spoken language it provides a detailed analysis of the association between their functional behavior and their concrete and formal expression (position, prosody, combinations). In line with the cognitive approach, the investigation also explores the link between the pragmatic uses of the markers and the conceptualization of their lexical bases (the verb forms). The findings stress the importance of an integrated approach to the description of markers.

El mundo entero se escandalizó en 2003 con las fotografías y los videos que mostraban a los vigilantes estadounidenses de la cárcel de Abú Graíb, cerca de Bagdad, torturando a prisioneros iraquíes. En señal de protesta el artista colombiano Fernando Botero realizó una serie de cuadros y dibujos que constituyen una condena implacable de salvajismo del hombre.

Entre los miles de libros que se publican anualmente y nos convocan desde las mesas de las librerías, Flavia Pittella ha seleccionado cuarenta –y alguno más–, escritos por autores que han marcado tendencia y han sido premiados, que han capturado a lectores y a críticos: Atwood, Baricco, Calvino, Coetzee, Irving, Kawabata, Le Guin, Lemebel, Newman, Puenzo, Saramago, Schweblin, Yourcenar, entre muchos otros. Por supuesto, es imposible que estén todos aquellos sobre los que la autora hubiera querido escribir, pero hay muchos ‒todos fundamentales‒ y todos provienen de diferentes...