Throughout the 1920s, a remarkable number of young writers and artists lived and worked in Madrid, creating an atmosphere of effervescence and an upsurge in creativity that has rarely been equalled. These young people, acquainting themselves with one another within the span of only a few years, came together to form a tightly woven network of both personal and artistic relationships. In Configurations of a Cultural Scene Andrew Anderson explores this growing community of artists and writers with a focus on how sites of face-to-face interaction in Madrid fostered creative work and forged young identities. Organizing locations into places of sociability, learning, and residence, Anderson offers five case studies that exemplify the significance of these three points of intersection: Rafael Barradas and his tertulia at the Café de Oriente; an artists’ studio located on the Pasaje de la Alhambra; women art students at the Academia de San Fernando who lodged at the Residencia de Señoritas; the artist and writer Gabriel García Maroto; and the close relationship between artist Maruja Mallo and poet Rafael Alberti. Departing from conventional approaches that foreground the trajectories of individual careers, Anderson privileges the lived experience of artists and writers in his analysis of a rich cultural scene held together by cooperation, exchange, and interpersonal connections.

El camino del Sufi presenta una incomparable variedad de materiales ensenantes y escritos clasicos provenientes de las principales Ordenes Sufis, los cuales conforman un curso basico de estudio Sufi.El autor comienza con los aspectos externos de la ensenanza que probablemente resulten desconcertantes para el estudiante que recien se adentra en el tema.Entre otras cuestiones, Idries Shah considera las diversas actitudes historicas y del presente para con las ideas Sufis y las evidencias que muestran su absorcion tanto por parte del cristianismo del medioevo como tambien del hinduismo y el misticismo judio; las modernas ensenanzas filosoficas tampoco estan exentas de dicha influencia. Esencialmente, el libro esta destinado a iluminar e ilustrar diversos aspectos de las actividades y practicas Sufis que son relevantes al mundo contemporaneo.

Now in its second edition, this textbook is designed to lead adult beginners to a comprehensive knowledge of Spanish. It has been extensively updated and is accompanied by a web companion that hosts expansion exercises, activities, solutions and useful links for each unit, as well transcripts and brand new recordings of all audio examples.

Cada persona es como una piedra, en un rió que fluye de forma infinita, y al paso del agua, que es la fuerza de El Systema, es como nos tallamos entre nosotros y nos vamos puliendo hasta quedar con una superficie lisa y suave en nuestras capas exteriores. Cuando aprendo a fluir con la corriente del rio, actuó sin sentirme lastimado, y sin lastimar a los demás con mis actos y mis palabras, me deslizo por el rio de la vida disfrutando del viaje. Art He Sys nos enseña de forma sencilla, a mirarnos como parte de un todo, para aprender como interactuar mejor entre nosotros, de que manera nuestras acciones cuentan y a percibir las causas de los acontecimientos que nos suceden.