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Resumen: In this book Hemingway retums to Italy, the scene of his earlier c1assic, "A Farewell to Arms, This time the war is just over and in Venice, a city elaborately and affectionately described, an American colonel falls passionately, totally in love with an Italian countess. He is embittered, war-scarred, old enough to be her father but is bowled over by the selflessness and freshness of the love she is offering... But this is no fairy tale. The fighting may be finished but the wounds of war have not yet healed-and for some the longed- for peace has come too late.

Resumen: Keywords is a unique exploration of the actual language of cultural transformation. Neither a defining dictionary nor a specialist glossary, it is the record of an inquiry into a vocabulary: a shared body of words and meanings concerned with the practices and institutions described as "culture" and "society" . This edition includes the essays on an extra twenty-one words which Raymond Williams added to his original text when revising it to take account of fresh research and changes in nuance.

Resumen: He is commemorated throughout the world in museums and statuary, on street signs and in gift shops; even more prominently, Winston Churchill's monumental presence persists in shelves upon shelves of biographies and histories, dozens of which were written by Churchill himself and have been international bestsellers. While political figures are routinely the objects of intense posthumous scrutiny, few have achieved such pervasive and ongoing influence, and fewer still have so adeptly orchestrated their own place in history. Man of the Century is the often surprising story of how Winston Churchill, in the last years of his life, carefully crafted his reputation for posterity, and it reveals him as the twentieth century's pioneering, and perhaps most gifted, "spin doctor." It is also a far-ranging account not only of Churchill's continuing impact on British, American, and European politics, but also of the powerful legacy of his vision of a common destiny and heritage for English-speaking peoples around the world. In the first book to examine the full scope of Churchill's postwar influence, John Ramsden draws on fresh material and extensive research from three continents to argue that the statesman's force of personality and romantic, imperial notion of Britain have contributed directly to many political events of the last several decades―including American involvement in Vietnam and the role of the Anglo-American alliance in promoting and protecting a certain vision of world order. Man of the Century captures the complexities of Churchill's story and political legacy as well as the spirit and irreverent power of the statesman who became a modern legend.

Resumen: This new and completely up-to-date reference contains everything writers and editors need to know about putting words into print. Covering every aspect of writing and publishing The New York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage gives flexible yet authoritative guidelines for writing and producing publications of all kinds, from books and articles to newsletters and technical reports.

Resumen: Elsa Braumann es una joven traductora de libros alemanes que subsiste en el Madrid de 1940 al cuidado de su hermana. Una noche, en la Capitanía de Madrid se requiere a Elsa para una misión de carácter secreto y que está relacionada con el encuentro entre Franco y Hitler. A lo largo de los siguientes días, Elsa comienza a intimar con el capitán Bernal, jefe de seguridad de la operación, hombre cultivado y amante del cine, como ella. Pero alguien amenaza a Elsa para involucrarla en una operación de contraespionaje: dispondrá de tres minutos para robar ciertos documentos a Franco en el tren que les llevará hasta Hendaya. El devenir de la Segunda Guerra Mundial está ahora en las frágiles manos de Elsa Braumann, esas que están a punto de traicionar al hombre de quien se está enamorando.