Novedades del último mes en eBooks de Biblioteconomía

Durante siglos, volar fue un sueño irrealizable, conservado en la mente de los hombres durante milenios. La Humanidad pobló en primer lugar los cielos con dioses y figuras místicas capaces de volar, las personas habian colonizado las tierras y se aventuraban en los mares con cada vez mejores resultados, pero el cielo, sobre sus cabezas, parecia ser inalcanzable. Entonces algunos soñadores comenzaron a atreverse, inspirados en la leyenda de Icaro, improvisando alas que pretendian imitar el vuelo de los pajaros. Desde el comienzo, la exploracion de esa nueva frontera causo sus victimas, como el ingles Oliver que salto desde una elevada torre usando un par de alas, o el italiano Damiani algunos siglos mas tarde. Leonardo Da Vinci desarrollo una serie de estudios del vuelo de los pajaros, proyectando algunas maquinas interesantes, como el ornitoptero y el primer paracaidas. La revolucion Industrial coloco a disposicion del hombre la tecnologia necesaria para construir finalmente una maquina capaz de levantar vuelo, ya en el siglo XX. No es mi intencion participar de la eterna discusion sobre quien fue el primero en volar, en mi humilde opinion, el avion fue consecuencia de una larga lista de fracasos y correcciones, hasta alcanzar el objetivo. Cada uno de los locos soñadores contribuyo en mayor o menor grado, muchas veces sacrificando la propia vida, y adjudicar el resultado final a una unica persona seria una gran injusticia a la memoria de todos ellos.

A EPÍSTOLA AOS HEBREUS permanece como um dos textos mais profundos e teologicamente ricos do Novo Testamento, conclamando o povo de Deus a perseverar na fé diante das provações e a compreender a supr

The Sailors Word-Book is an encyclopedic lexicon of the seas technical and vernacular speech, arranged alphabetically and ranging from seamanship, navigation, gunnery, rigging, shipbuilding, to messroom slang and ceremonial usages. Smyths definitions are concise yet richly allusive, with cross-references and etymological notes drawn from Admiralty practice, voyages, and classical sources. Situated between Falconers Universal Dictionary of the Marine and late-Victorian handbooks, it captures a navy in transition from sail to steam, preserving the idiom of canvas, cordage, and wooden walls. Admiral William Henry Smyth (Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer, and Fellow of the Royal Society) compiled the work after decades surveying Mediterranean coasts and studying instruments and languages. His Mediterranean service and philological curiosity infuse the entries with Italian, Spanish, and Arabic resonances and practical precision. Issued posthumously in 1867, with assistance from Sir Edward Belcher, the book reflects Smyths lifelong urge to systematize maritime knowledge at a moment when new technologies threatened to eclipse traditional seamanship. Students of maritime history, lexicographers, naval professionals, and historical novelists alike will find this a reliable chart to a lost world of practice and phrase. Read it as reference, quarry of etymology, or companion to sea literature; it rewards all courses.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

A Classical Dictionary distills the mythography, biography, geography, and institutions of Greece and Rome into an alphabetized treasury of proper names. Lempriere offers concise entriessupported by citations of ancient poets and historianswhile retaining the eighteenthcentury encyclopedic manner: lucid, occasionally moralizing, eager to reconcile variant traditions. The scope runs from Olympian genealogies and heroic itineraries to civic rituals, coins, and cults, with crossreferences that turn a list of names into a map of classical culture. Bridging schoolroom and gentlemans library, it shaped Romantic reading and long remained a standard companion to Latin and Greek authors. Born in the Channel Islands and educated at Winchester and Oxford, John Lempriere combined the careers of Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster; the Dictionary was famously conceived to aid his pupils reading of the classics. His pedagogical purpose explains the books clarity and its careful indexing of variant myths and place-names, while successive editions expanded the citations and corrected inconsistencies. Drawing eclectically on ancient sources as well as earlier compendia, he produced a work at once practical and aspirational, inviting students to pass from gloss to text. Essential for classicists and historians of reception, this landmark work rewards reference reading and reflective browsing.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

A coletânea Narrativas em Foco: Estudos Interdisciplinares em Humanidades – Volume 6 reúne reflexões que dialogam entre educação, direito, psicologia, história e arte, explorando os desafios contempo