GeneralUniversityPublicationsCatalogue6GeneralMONOGRAPHS0. GeneralFòrum Universitari de la Mediterrània.The Image of Europe in the MediterraneanBlocs de ciènciaScience BlocksVarious authorsTarragona: Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2006Mar de diàleg, 3209 pages; 15 x 15 cm; softbackISBN 9788484240785CDU: 0Price: 15 ¤In Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italianand ArabicIn the beginning of June 2005, the University Forum of theMediterranean was held in Tarragona. The Forum brought deans andprofessors together to debate on different issues of the Euro-Mediterranean region and the role that universities have to play there.During the Forum, a first version of the Declaration of Tarragona wasdiscussed and improved. The final version was signed by 32 universitiesfrom 17 different countries. In this book, the Declaration ofTarragona is presented in the official languages of the UniversityForum of the Mediterranean.Daniel Closa AutetTarragona: Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2007Llavors d’Idees, 3144 pages; 17 x 24 cm; softbackISBN 9788484240945CDU: 0Price: 13 ¤In Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italianand ArabicWhy do we like chocolate so much? What do vampires have to do withcancer? How is it that some people see colors when they hear certainkinds of music? What is there in space that attracts our galaxy? Whyare frogs disappearing around the world? If the Spanish influenzadoes not come from Spain, why is it called that? Rosemary has awonderful aroma, but what is the reason for this? In this book, wefind curious, surprising and fun scientific interpretations of many phenomenathat surround us but which we do not always notice.Los diccionarios del español en su perspectivahistóricaSpanish Dictionaries in Historical PerspectiveDolores Azorín FernándezAlicante: Universitat d’Alacant, 2001320 pages; 17 x 24 cm; softbackISBN 9788479086015CDU: 030Price: 18 ¤In SpanishCómo elaborar un proyecto de investigaciónHow to Conduct a Research ProjectJ.L. García RoldánAlicante: Universitat d’Alacant, 2003176 pages; 17 x 24 cm; softbackISBN 9788479087678CDU: 001Price: 11 ¤In SpanishFounded on the basic principles of contemporary linguistic historiography,this monograph constitutes an approach to the principle eras thatconstitute the discourse of Spanish lexicography since its earliest manifestationsin the infancy of Humanism to the current edition of theDiccionario de la Real Academia Española (Dictionary of the RoyalSpanish Academy). This is an all-encompassing study that, in additionto highlighting the culminating points in our lexicographic tradition,undertakes the description of numerous works heretofore untouched byspecialized research and opens new perspectives into the understandingof the history, procedures and methods of lexicographic work in theSpanish language.Aïnes noves. Volum 1. Enquestessociolingüístiques a Catalunya-NordNew Tools. Volume 1. Socio-linguisticQuestionnaires in Northern CataloniaDominique Bernardo; Martine Bethelot;Gentil Puig i MorenoPerpignan: Presses Universitairesde Perpignan, 2007SetelCAT124 pages; 21 x 21 cm; softbackISBN 9782354120023CDU: 0Price: 10 ¤In CatalanThe use of the Catalan language in northern Catalonia (department ofthe Eastern Pyrenees): general considerations on socio-linguisticquestionnaires and unpublished data (Oral Questionnaires onCompetency in Catalan, 2004).www.neu-e.com
GeneralUniversityPublicationsCatalogue7PhilosophyDel franquismo a la posmodernidad:la novela española (1975-1999)From Francoism to Postmodernity:The Spanish Novel (1975-1999)M. M. Langa PizarroAlicante: Universitat d’Alacant, 2000307 pages; 17 x 24 cm; softbackISBN 9788479087135CDU: 030Price: 15 ¤In SpanishThe Spanish novel in the democratic era manifests the changes thatour society has experienced. Like our society, the novel is more free,more individualistic, and more open to the world. However, theabsence of schools complicates the overall vision, and the abundanceof new narrators restricts the individualized knowledge of their works.This volume strives to assuage both these difficulties. It offers anoverview of the situations and trends of the modern Spanish noveland a dictionary of over four hundred novelists that have publishedworks in the last twenty-five years.Instruccions per a l’ensenyança de minyonsInstructions on the Education of ChildrenBaldiri ReixacVic: Eumo Editorial, Francesc Feliu Torrent;Sadurn Martí Castellà, 1992Pedagogical texts648 pages; 12.5 x 19.5 cm; softbackISBN 9788476022702CDU: 081Price: 21.95 ¤In CatalanThese two tomes offer an excellent treatment of education as well asone of the first grade school encyclopedias. The development of children’spersonalities is the main objective of education according tothe author of these Instruccions, first published in 1749.1. PhilosophyMicromegasVoltaireValencia: Universitat de València, 2007Breviaris, 1274 pages; 10 x 18 cm; softbackISBN 9788437067292CDU: 1PVP: 8 ¤In CatalanL’art en pantallaArt on the ScreenJoan Campàs Montaner2 volumesPalma: Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2006898 pages; 16 x 24 cm; softbackISBN 9788476329658CDU: 1Price: 60 ¤In CatalanCD-ROM includedOriginally published in 1752, this brief writing of Voltaire is a philosophicalstory in which the art of irony is displayed at the service ofillustrated ideas. It is a hybrid between the tradition of the imaginaryjourney and the peripatetic procedures of Socratic dialogues. The Earthreceives a young visitor from Sirius, and there is no end to the surprisesthis young man encounters.La violència de gènereGender ViolenceEva Patricia Gil Rodríguez; Imma LloretAyterBarcelona: Universitat Obertade Catalunya, 2007Vullsaber, 48104 pages; 12.5 x 17 cm; softbackISBN 9788497885645CDU: 1Price: 5 ¤In CatalanUnfortunately, gender violence is appearing with increasing frequencyin the media. Homicides of women by their spouses are only the tip ofthe iceberg of this problem. The way in which our society is structuredand the relationships we establish among people may be breedingground of conflict. This book describes why domestic violence hasbecome a daily phenomenon.This work presents the theoretical framework of digital art, its continuitywith vanguardists, the research of new functions, the constitutionof a dialogue model, and the development of a unique language. All ofthis is presented through simulation and hybridization to highlight thecentral concepts of a new cultural model. The work offers a descriptionof computer graphics’ line of development between 1945 and2003, including the process of convergence between art, literatureand computers. It also covers the Net.art concept and virtual artistcommunities, analyzing the latest ideas concerning the digital realm,the web-based entity and the concepts of planet Earth, artivism, thehacker’s world and his ethics…La Praxis de la psicología y sus nivelesepistemológicos según Santo Tomás de AquinoThe Praxis of Psychology and its EpistemologicalLevels According to Saint Thomas AquinusMartín F. EchavarríaBarcelona: Universitat Abat Oliba CEU;Documenta Universitaria, 2005Thesis (Documenta Universitaria), 2858 pages; 14 x 21 cm; softbackISBN 9788493434922CDU: 159.9Price: 50 ¤In Catalanwww.neu-e.com