Les proponemos un libro que va más allá del proceso de la maternidad, ilusionante pero también generador de dudas y temores: nos sumerge en el apasionante mundo perinatal, desde antes del embarazo hasta el vínculo con el bebé y sus repercusiones en el presente y el futuro. No existe un libro en español que nos lo plantee con el conocimiento de causa de tres autores que se han decidido a divulgar sus vastos conocimientos, en el escenario de ejemplos...

If there is one genre of art that seems to have played a greater role than any other, it is the nude. For at least 30,000 years, humans have represented the naked form in a variety of ways. From the ideal to the real, the romantic to the surrealist, there have been almost no end of works devoted to the unclothed human body. This series - presented by writer and broadcaster Tim Marlow - will examine those artworks, the societies that produced them...

This book explores two millennia of south Indian Tamil civilization, with a special emphasis on the way Tamil speakers and literati understood the unique features of their language and the major cultural themes articulated in Tamil over this long time span. Tamil is one of the great world languages, with its 80 million speakers, its ancient, classical past, and the profound richness of its cultural traditions, which spread throughout South Asia and...

"Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating story. By examining the role of the cheesemaker throughout world history and by understanding a few basic principles of cheese science and technology, we can see how different cheeses have been shaped by and tailored to their surrounding environment, as well as defined by their social and cultural context. Cheese and Culture endeavors to advance our appreciation of cheese origins by viewing...