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While hard at work on her chores, an ant hears the wonderful clickety click chirrup of music coming from the distance. Although she knows she should focus on the task at hand, she can't help but explore the joyful noise! Award-winning team Rebecca and Ed Emberley bring an entertaining new twist to the classic children's. The bright, bold graphics seem to dance and leap, as a bunch of boogying bugs start a celebration of their own.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME • Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face—who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Read the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement, a major motion picture, and the critically acclaimed graphic novel White Bird. And don't miss R.J. Palacio's highly anticipated new novel, Pony, available now! I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Beginning from Auggie’s point of view and expanding to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others, the perspectives converge to form a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out.

Sixteen-year-old Nick and his brother, Alan, are always ready to run. Their father is dead, and their mother is crazy—she screams if Nick gets near her. She’s no help in protecting any of them from the deadly magicians who use demons to work their magic. The magicians want a charm that Nick’s mother stole—and they want it badly enough to kill. Alan is Nick’s partner in demon slaying and the only person he trusts in the world. So things get very scary and very complicated when Nick begins to suspect that everything Alan has told him about their father, their mother, their past, and what they are doing is a complete lie. . . .

A Guide To Starting A Profitable Worm Farming Business The demand for worm compost is rapidly increasing as part of driving environmental sustainability and as fertilizers for the plants and soil. In light of this among many other reasons, venturing into a business like worm farming is the ideal thing to do. This book is for you if: - You are completely new to worm farming and want to know everything about it. - You already have an idea of what worm farming is about and want to increase your knowledge of the business. - You are looking for a new profitable agricultural business to venture into. - You are looking for productive ways to recycle your kitchen waste materials and food scraps. - You want to know how worm farming is profitable and more ways to make money as a worm farmer. In this book, I carefully explain worm farming and the business aspect in the simplest terms possible with the necessary tips and secrets to help your worm farm to thrive as a worm farmer. The Worm Farming Business Handbook gives a detailed and informative guide on: • The importance of worm farming • Types of worms for worm farming, their attributes, and which is most widely used • Planning your worm farm vis-à-vis getting your worm, setting up your worm bin, feeding your worms, troubleshooting worm bin issues, maintaining your worm bin, etc. • Methods of harvesting worm compost • Worm farming FAQs • Transforming your worm farming hobby into a profit-making venture And so much more! So, what more are you waiting for? Ready to get started? Get a copy of this book RIGHT NOW

Miles Murphy is not happy to be moving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that’s famous for one thing and one thing only: cows. In his old school, everyone knew him as the town’s best prankster, but Miles quickly discovers that Yawnee Valley already has a prankster, and a great one. If Miles is going to take the title from this mystery kid, he is going to have to raise his game. It’s prankster against prankster in an epic war of trickery, until the two finally decide to join forces and pull off the biggest prank ever seen: a prank so huge that it would make the members of the International Order of Disorder proud. In The Terrible Two, bestselling authors and friends Mac Barnett and Jory John have created a series that has its roots in classic middle-grade literature yet feels fresh and new at the same time. Advance Praise for The Terrible Two “A double helping of fun and mischief!” —Jeff kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series “The pranks, the brotherhood, the art, the heart! What’s not to love about the Terrible Two?” —Sara Pennypacker, author of the Clementine series “You don’t have to be a cow, like cows, or even know a cow to love the Terrible Two.” —Dave Eggers “This book is terrible! Terribly funny, terribly full of pranks, and terribly wonderful.” —Jon Scieszka, author of The Stinky Cheese Man and the Frank Einstein series “The Terrible Two are my kind of kids. And what’s more, they’re kids’ kind of kids.” —Annie Barrows, author of the Ivy & Bean series “Hilarious.” —Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants series

Už deset let přežívá sedmnáctiletá ranhojička Kiva ve věznici Zalindov. Když přivezou těžce nemocnou královnu rebelů, dostane za úkol udržet ji naživu, aby mohla podstoupit trýznivou zkoušku čtyřmi elementy. Pak obdrží Kiva vzkaz od své rodiny: „Nenech ji zemřít. Už jdeme.“ Dívka si uvědomuje, že zkouška by královnu zabila, a tak se nabídne, že trest podstoupí místo ní. Má ale vůbec nějakou šanci? A jak se k její volbě postaví záhadný nový vězeň Jaren?

Florent est maintenant ado et l’écoanxiété qui a marqué ses jeunes années s’est muée en un brûlant désir d’action. Il y a un monde à sauver, après tout. Mais porté par sa passion et par son intransigeance devant le laisser-aller de sa société à l’égard de l’urgence climatique, ne court-il pas le risque de moins bien prendre soin de sa petite sœur adorée, de ses mamans qui s’inquiètent, de lui-même ?

As Seen on CBC WINNER of the Junior Juries Award and Judges Special Award – KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards 2024 SHORTLISTED for The Oscar's Book Prize 2024 SHORTLISTED for the UKLA Book Awards 2024 The Hare-Shaped Hole is a beautiful, touching and poignant picture book that gently explores themes of grief and loss. Hertle and Bertle were always a pair, though one was a turtle and one was a hare. They were utterly buddies, and best friends forever, and whenever you looked, you would find them together... until quite unexpectedly... the end came. When Hertle disappears for good, Bertle can only see a Hertle-shaped hole where his friend should be. He pleads with it, get angry with it, but the hole still won't bring his Hertle back. It seems like hope is lost... until Gerda the kindly bear finds him. She explains that he must fill the hole with his memories of Hertle. And slowly... Bertle begins to feel a little bit better. Powerful and moving text from children's author and poet John Dougherty is paired perfectly with warm illustrations from the wonderfully talented Thomas Docherty, in a thoughtful and sensitive approach to this difficult topic. This moving picture book will be loved and treasured by children and adults alike. With kids, it can be used to start a gentle conversation about death and grief. And as a gift for a grieving friend, it’s the ideal gesture. Anyone who has lost a pet or loved one will be comforted by Bertle’s journey to acceptance and reassured by the fact that, eventually, things do get better.

A saga de Jean Valjean se passa na França, no agitado início do século XIX. A política é apenas o pano de fundo para os tormentos de um homem injustiçado. Apesar das angústias e contradições, Valjean torna-se exemplo de ética e honestidade. Um romance com personagens marcantes, histórias de amor e armadilhas do destino.

Fashion buying and merchandising has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. Aspects such as the advent of new technologies and the changing nature of the industry into one that is faster paced than ever before, as well as the shift towards more ethical and sustainable practices have resulted in a dramatic change of the roles. As a result, contemporary fast fashion retailers do not follow the traditional buying cycle processes step by step, critical paths are wildly different, and there has been a huge increase in ‘in-season buying’ as a response to heightened consumer demand. This textbook is a comprehensive guide to 21st-century fashion buying and merchandising, considering fast fashion, sustainability, ethical issues, omnichannel retailing, and computer-aided design. It presents an up-to-date buying cycle that reflects key aspects of fashion buying and merchandising, as well as in-depth explanations of fashion product development, trend translation, and sourcing. It applies theoretical and strategic business models to buying and merchandising that have traditionally been used in marketing and management. This book is ideal for all fashion buying and merchandising students, specifically second- and final-year undergraduate as well as MA/MSc fashion students. It will also be useful to academics and practitioners who wish to gain a greater understanding of the industry today.

What is your secret?Minty's neighborhood is full of mysteries. There's the Witch House, a spooky old farmhouse on the other side of the woods from where Minty and her best friend, Paz, live. There's the Man Bat, a seven-foot-tall half man, half bat who is rumored to fly through the woods. And there are the Mean Boys, David and Troy, who torment Minty for no reason, and her boy-crazy older sister, Thea, who acts weirder and weirder.One day Minty spots a flash in the woods, and when she chases after it, she discovers a new mystery -- a Secret Tree, with a hollow trunk that holds the secrets of everyone in the neighborhood. Secrets like:I put a curse on my enemy. And it's working.I'm betraying my best friend in a terrible way.No one loves me except my goldfish.

The #1 New York Times bestseller that Today show co-anchor Hoda Kotb calls “a beautiful, beautiful book.” The bestselling author of I Wish You More, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and her daughter Paris Rosenthal collaborate to bring you the heartwarming and inspiring Dear Girl, Dear Girl, is a love letter written for the special girl in your life; a gentle reminder that she’s powerful, strong, and holds a valuable place in the world. Through Amy and Paris’s charming text and Holly Hatam’s stunning illustrations, any girl reading this book will feel that she's great just the way she is—whether she enjoys jumping in a muddy puddle, has a face full of freckles, or dances on table tops. Dear Girl, encourages girls to always be themselves and to love who they are—inside and out. Dear Girl, This book is for you. Wonderful, smart, beautiful you. If you ever need a reminder, just turn to any page in this book and know that you are special and you are loved. —Amy and Paris Celebrate graduations, birthdays, and other special moments with the dear girls in your life with the lasting gift of this remarkable book.

L'ABC ou ASSOCIATION des BELLES CHIPIES, compte deux membres: Ariane et Claudie, qui sont les meilleures amies du monde... jusqu'à ce qu'Ariane perde son collier BFF! Quand le collier se retrouve entre les mains de Benoît et Gabriel, membres de la DEF, ou Division des Ennemis Finfinauds, les Chipies S'UNISSENT pour le récupérer. Une lutte s'engage alors entre les deux groupes. Puis HIJ, ou Hervé l'Invisible Joueur, vient brouiller les cartes, semant zizanie, horreur et... amour entre les Chipies et les Finfinauds, qu'on croyait IRRÉCONCILIABLES. Et le collier? Ouvre ce livre et tu DÉCOUVRIRAS tout, de A à Z!

Remedios Vena vive y trabaja como costurera en La Rumba, una plaza cercana al centro de la Ciudad de México. Hija del herrero Cosme Vena, hombre agresivo que la mitad del tiempo anda borracho y la maltrata, ella sueña con abandonar ese lugar y ser como las “rotas”, para vestirse bien y disfrutar la buena vida. Por eso, entre el cortejo de don Mauricio, tendero, y las promesas de Cornichón, empleado de un cajón de ropa, Remedios se decidirá por el segundo, sólo para aprender que los castillos en el aire muchas veces se derrumban. Un clásico de la literatura realista mexicana y una aguda crítica social que retrata la miseria del México urbano en el siglo XIX.

Přemek chodí do páté třídy, má spoustu plánů do budoucna, chtěl by se stát slavným karatistou. Po jednom náročném sportovním soustředění se mu udělá špatně. Odvezou ho do nemocnice a tam se dozví diagnózu – cukrovka. Nemoc, s kterou se už napořád musí potýkat. Bude moct žít jako dřív? A dál trénovat? Přemek i jeho rodiče a sestry už ví, že stojí na začátku dlouhé cesty. Ale Přemek taky ví, že v tom zdaleka není sám. Zvládne to? Řada Má to háček vzniká ve spolupráci s nakladatelstvím Pasparta. Jedná se o příběhy, které pomáhají dětem zvládnout složité životní situace.

From Ross Mathews (The Drew Barrymore Show and RuPaul’s Drag Race) and his husband, Dr. Wellinthon García-Mathews, comes a heartwarming and humorous tale of love and family as two young boys travel to Mexico to be ring bearers in their uncles’ wedding. From Emmy-winning TV host and producer Ross Mathews (The Drew Barrymore Show and RuPaul’s Drag Race) and Dr. Wellinthon García-Mathews comes a heartwarming and humorous tale of family, friendship, and love inspired by their real-life wedding. Evan and Andy are excited to visit Mexico for their uncles’ wedding—and their parents are excited that the boys will have a chance to experience the culture, practice their Spanish, and learn responsibility as ring bearers in the ceremony. Once they arrive, Evan and Andy just want to play soccer, swim, and eat all the great food. However, once the festivities are in full swing and the boys witness the love and happiness between their two tíos, they quickly embrace their role in their uncles’ very special day. This debut picture book written by Ross Mathews and Dr. Wellinthon García-Mathews, and illustrated by Tommy Doyle, reminds us about the importance of love, family, and embracing one’s cultural identity.

In this heartfelt middle-grade novel that “brims with charm and compassion” (Vashti Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of Little Leaders), eleven-year-old G-baby must bring her family together when her little sister faces a dangerous illness "Love ain't like that." "How is it then?" Peaches asked, turning on her stomach to face me. "It's like sky. If you keep driving and driving, gas will run out, right?" "That's why we gotta go to the gas station." "Yep. But have you ever seen the sky run out? No matter how far we go?" "No, when we look up, there it is." "Well that's the kind of love Daddy and Mama got for us, Peaches -- love like sky." "It never ends?" "Never." G-baby and her younger sister, Peaches, are still getting used to their "blended-up" family. They live with Mama and Frank out in the suburbs, and they haven't seen their real daddy much since he married Millicent. G-baby misses her best friend back in Atlanta, and is crushed that her glamorous new stepsister, Tangie, wants nothing to do with her. G-baby is so preoccupied with earning Tangie's approval that she isn't there for her own little sister when she needs her most. Peaches gets sick-really sick. Suddenly, Mama and Daddy are arguing like they did before the divorce, and even the doctors at the hospital don't know how to help Peaches get better. It's up to G-baby to put things right. She knows Peaches can be strong again if she can only see that their family's love for her really is like sky.

Le héros, qui n'est jamais nommé, est un petit garçon de 8 ans passionné par les patins à roulettes qu'il a reçus pour son anniversaire : dès qu'il le peut, il part patiner sur La Plaine, une place animée pleine d'enfants qui jouent et d'adultes qui se promènent, à Marseille. Là il rêve, s'évade, vit dans son monde imaginaire. Mais la vraie vie n'est jamais loin, et chaque petit événement se transforme en grande aventure : l'achat d'une chemise dans un grand magasin, la découverte des rayons d'une librairie, un après-midi de tempête passé seul à la maison... Jusqu'à ce qu'un beau jour de mai 1968, tout bascule : le petit garçon, qui était parti patiner seul, se retrouve pris dans une manifestation qui l'éblouit. Il en oublie de rentrer chez lui et est finalement retrouvé par sa mère, folle d'inquiétude. Désormais, il n'aura plus le droit d'aller patiner seul... Une partie de son enfance s'achève, mais sans regret.

Jonathan debe salvar el alma de su madrastra y para ello, antes de que transcurran doce horas, necesita encontrar el reloj Devereaux; este se encuentra en algún lugar de la Ciudad Antigua. Con ayuda de Emma, una joven extraña, se adentra en los misterios de la ciudad que se transforma a medida que avanza la noche. ¿Qué peligros y amenazas acechan a los dos amigos? Hermosa historia de aventuras y acción que nos transmite valores como la amistad y la superación de dificultades.

A shooting star crashes to earth and changes Elliot's life forever. The star is Virgo - a young Zodiac goddess on a mission. When the pair accidentally unleash the wicked death daemon Thanatos, they turn to the old Olympian gods for help. But after centuries of cushy retirement on earth, are Zeus and his crew up to the task?

The Catcher in the Rye," written by J.D. Salinger and published in 1951, is a classic American novel that explores the themes of adolescence, alienation, and identity through the eyes of its protagonist, Holden Caulfield. The novel is set in the 1950s and follows Holden, a 16-year-old who has just been expelled from his prep school, Pencey Prep. Disillusioned with the world around him, Holden decides to leave Pencey early and spend a few days alone in New York City before returning home. Over the course of these days, Holden interacts with various people, including old friends, a former teacher, and strangers, all the while grappling with his feelings of loneliness and dissatisfaction. Holden is deeply troubled by the "phoniness" of the adult world and is haunted by the death of his younger brother, Allie, which has left a lasting impact on him. He fantasizes about being "the catcher in the rye," a guardian who saves children from losing their innocence by catching them before they fall off a cliff into adulthooda. The novel ends with Holden in a mental institution, where he is being treated for a nervous breakdown. He expresses some hope for the future, indicating a possible path to recovery..

Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestselling and award-winning authors—Aisha Saeed, Huda Al-Marashi, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, and S. K. Ali. A Walter Award Honor Book When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he’d rather be writing a poem that’s good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport—and also on avoiding a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying. Sami is struggling with his anxiety and worried that he’ll miss the karate tournament that he’s trained so hard for. And Nora has to deal with the pressure of being the daughter of a prominent congresswoman, when all she really wants to do is make fun NokNok videos. These kids don’t seem to have much in common—yet. Told in alternating points of view, Grounded tells the story of one unexpected night that will change these kids forever.

Now a Netflix Original Series! The highly-anticipated sixth book in the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling series, with over 7 million copies in print! "Terrifyingly fun! Delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs."—Jeff Kinney, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jack Sullivan, Quint Baker, June Del Toro, and Dirk Savage are about to have their biggest adventure yet. That's right—it's ROAD TRIP TIME! Now wielding the Midnight Blade, Jack Sullivan and the gang are furiously searching for the villainous Thrull and his skeleton army. The clock is ticking: the enemy has begun constructing the Tower--a portal with the power to bring Rezzoch the Ancient, Destructor of Worlds, to our dimension. Equipped with a crucial clue discovered by June on her Wild Flight, the group does the once-unthinkable: they leave Wakefield behind and embark on an . . . EPIC ROAD TRIP! That means music blasting, kitschy roadside attractions, snacks snacks snacks, dangerous detours, and a slew of skeletons and monsters at every turn. But this is no ordinary post-apocalyptic joyride. Because soon, they are pursued by a new threat: the return of a monster they thought long dead, who has taken on a terrifying new form. Jack, June, Quint, and Dirk will be lucky to make it far enough to find the answers they seek. But when the future of the world depends on it, these heroes don't pump the brakes—they go full throttle. Told in a mixture of text and black-and-white illustration, this is the perfect series for any kid who's ever dreamed of starring in their own comic book or video game.

Dobrodružný příběh ve foglarovské tradici o přátelství, napětí, dobrých skutcích i poučení. Ilustrátor Petr Morkes získal za svou tvorbu mnohá ocenění. Dvanáctiletí kluci Jindra a Vojta se znají teprve chvíli. Zatímco Vojta se v Klárově narodil, Jindra se přistěhoval poměrně nedávno. Když si Jindru podávala banda deváťáků, Vojta nezaváhal ani vteřinu a přispěchal slabšímu kamarádovi na pomoc. A tak se zrodilo velké přátelství. Jednoho dne Jindra objeví v knize z knihovny vzkaz adresovaný neznámému Kájovi, že v pilíři mostu Rudoarmějců je schovaný sešit s popisem cesty do jeskyně pokladů. Vojta s Jindrou se rozhodnou onen sešit najít. Jenže kde hledat most, který už dávno změnil jméno? Klukům poradí starý pan Pávek a dobrodružná výprava k řece může začít. V pátrání je neodradí ani anonym, který chlapcům vyhrožuje, že se jim stane něco strašného. Že autorem dopisu je tajemný Kája, dnes starý pan Krejčíř, kluci netuší. Získají sešit a společně s panem Krejčířem hledají poklad v jeskyni. K jejich skupině se přidá i Vojtova sestřenice Tereza. Děti si představují, co všechno si za poklad, který jistojistě najdou, koupí. Jenže pokladem nejsou šperky a drahé kameny, ale pravěké jeskynní malby. Ve chvíli, kdy si členové výpravy uvědomí hodnotu objevu, ozve se siréna. Odstřel skály zničí celou jeskyni a průzkumníci jsou rádi, že vyvázli živí a zdraví. Tajemství jeskyně pokladů je napínavý příběh, který děti učí, že nejcennější poklady nelze přepočítat na peníze.

Webnovel & Chereads provide official version of The Demon's Bride with latest chapter *Slow Burn Historical Fantasy Novel* Elise had about to change into the dress that was lying on the corner of her bed when she heard a knock lightly calling from her door. Curious, she turned the door knob only to have a tall man towering in front of her. “Master Ian!” She called. Ian smiled with the usual mischievous smirk that he always used. His crimson eyes trailing a little over her room and spotted the black dress over her bed and shifted his eyes over to the woman in front of him. He stepped forward and spoke. “Where did you acquire that dress?” “Mr. Harland gave it to me.” Elise replied and strained her neck to see Ian’s brows knitted in its elegance. “Do you know why a man would love to give a woman a dress?” He gave the riddle that she always had to think twice before replying. But this time, she found no answer and instead shook her head. “I don’t know.” His grin grew bewitching as though something had stirred deep inside the scarlet eyes that he had. He slowly slid his hand over the collar of her dress, sending a cold shiver that startled her for a moment due to its freezing temperature. After unbuttoning the first two buttons on her collar, he tilted his head down, whispering to her ears. “Because they want to be the one to undress the cloth.” He paused and kissed her neck, turning the pale skin to red before retracting his move to fix his eyes on her and leisurely replied. “Unfortunately, you can’t wear the dress over there with this.” He chuckled and passed a box over to her hand. “And the fortunate news is I prepared a dress for you.” Elise was a cursed little girl who could see ghosts. Her family hated her and threw her from one adoptive family to another. However, misfortune didn't act alone. When she was brought up by her aunt, she was sold as a slave. When she had thought she would become nothing but a sacrifice to the sorcerer, she was saved by a man whose identity was far different than a normal mythical being. *** This book is ORIGINAL and it is not Translation Join Author's discord: https://discord.gg/YPKueb4

A never-before published tale by the author of the best-selling Hittite Warrior, carries the reader back to Ancient Egypt and biblical Jerusalem. It is 701 B.C-rule of the Kushite dynasty in ancient Egypt. Young Prince Taharka, a very minor royal son, succeeds unexpectedly to the throne of Kush and Egypt-a divine rulership. It's not long, however, before a treacherous plot pushes him into sudden exile and into the hands of Amos, an emissary of King Hezekiah seeking help against the Assyrians. Posing as a medical assistant, Taharka journeys with Amos to Judea where he encounters two kings in conflict. His true identity suddenly uncovered, he must choose with whom he will fight-the mighty Assyrian, Sennacherib, promising alliance or Hezekiah, the Jew who trusts in Yahweh. A novel inspired by research on the historical King Taharka and his period.

Andre Makuza is excited for another championship season with his middle school summer soccer team. But a new coach is taking over, and his unusual training methods have the team feeling frustrated. Will the coach's oddball ways ever lead to victory, or is the soccer switch too much for Andre and his teammates to handle? Combining high-stakes sports stories, dynamic full-color comics, and a variety of back matter support materials designed to encourage critical thinking and comprehension, this Jake Maddox Graphic Novel is sure to be a win for young athletes, sports enthusiasts, and reluctant and struggling readers alike.

The Spiderwick Chronicles leave the old-fashioned charm of New England far behind and head south for some fiendish faerie fun in the hot Florida sun. Eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas only thinks his life has been turned upside down after his developer father remarries and moves his new wife and daughter into the soon-to-be completed Mangrove Hollow. But an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem - the huge, lumbering, fire-breathing variety - and it's up to Nick; his stepsister, Laurie; and his big brother, Julian (plus a familiar face from the original Spiderwick Chronicles) to figure out the best way to stop a host of rampaging giants before all of Florida goes up in smoke.

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory is about Charlie Bucket, a nice boy who loves Willy Wonka's chocolate, but usually can't afford to buy any. Willy Wonka announces a contest in which five gold tickets have been hidden in chocolate bars and sent throughout the world. The children who find the tickets will be taken on a tour of Wonka's chocolate factory, led by none other than Willy Wonka himself. Charlie miraculously finds a ticket, along with four other children. The tour of the factory holds more than a few surprises for the bunch, as one child after another shows their wickedness and is removed from the tour. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, chapter questions, crossword, word search, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

”Minun nimeni oli Mikael. Sanon oli, koska nythän minua ei ole enää olemassa. Minä kuolin muutama sekunti sitten.” Rakas Mikael on Marja-Leena Tiaisen rakastetuimpia nuortenromaaneja.Teos on myös käännetty useille kielille, ja se on saanut arvostetun Topelius-palkinnon vuoden 1999 parhaasta nuortenkirjasta. Koskettavan rosoisen tarinan kertoo 16-vuotias Mikael, joka menehtyy päihtyneenä pyöräonnettomuudessa. Särmikästä poikaa jäävät kaipaamaan isoveli, vanhemmat ja bändikaverit. Ja ennen kaikkea suhteellisen tuore tyttöystävä Roosa, joka pian tajuaa odottavansa Mikaelin lasta - 15-vuotiaana! Pojan perhe saa asian selville, ja seuraa tahtojen taistelu siitä, kenen elämästä ja lapsesta oikein onkaan kysymys. Roosan omasta perheestä ei ole apua eikä tukea, mutta sotkeutuuko Mikaelin vauras perhe liikaakin tilanteeseen? Rakas Mikael on pysynyt kulttikirjana sukupolvesta toiseen, ja netissä se herättää edelleen keskustelua. Olen lukenut -blogista: "Tarina on kipeä ja surullinen. Samalla se on toiveikas kasvutarina. Se tuntuu todelta. Asioita ei kaunistella, nuorista tai vanhemmista ei tehdä muuta kuin mitä he ovat, hyvine ja huonoine puolineen."

A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive new author treatment.In this fast-paced, courageous, and inspiring story, readers adventure with Charlotte Parkhurst as she first finds work as a stable hand, becomes a famous stage-coach driver (performing brave feats and outwitting bandits), finds love as a woman but later resumes her identity as a man after the loss of a baby and the tragic death of her husband, and ultimately settles out west on the farm she'd dreamed of having since childhood. It wasn't until after her death that anyone discovered she was a woman.

Percy Jackson je v maturitním ročníku a potřebuje tři doporučující dopisy od řeckých bohů, aby se mohl dostat na univerzitu v Novém Římě. První z nich si zajistil, když získal Ganymedův pohár. Nyní mu bohyně Hekaté nabídla další příležitost – stačí, když bude během halloweenského týdne hlídat její pekelnou fenu Hekabé a tchořici Gale, zatímco ona bude pryč. To zní snadně, ne? Hekatin dům však skrývá nečekané nástrahy a Percy s Annabeth a Groverem budou mít co dělat, aby děsivé mazlíčky zvládli.

Der vierte Band der Tarzan-Reihe: Tarzans Sohn. Nach dem Trauma der Entführungen hat Jane sich geweigert, nach Afrika zurückzukehren oder ihrem Sohn Jack zu erlauben, etwas über die Vergangenheit seines Vaters Tarzan zu erfahren. Als in einer Wanderaustellung Tarzans alter Freund, der Affe Akut, gezeigt wird, befreit Jack Akut und bringt ihn zurück in den Dschungel. Wie Tarzan vor ihm lernt nun Jack das Überleben in der Wildnis.

Mujercitas Esta obra es una de las más recordadas por sus carismáticos personajes: Meg, Jo, Beth y Amy; cuatro niñas-adolescentes, cuyo padre las ha dejado, a ellas y a su madre, para ir a combatir en la guerra civil norteamericana. A partir de este suceso, las cuatro chiquillas deberán aprender valiosísimas lecciones de vida, que compartirán al lado de personajes como Marmee (la madre), Laurie (amigo de la familia), Hannah (la empleada doméstica) y otros con los que compartirán alegrías y tristezas. Su autora, Luisa May Alcott, retoma pasajes de su propia infancia para narrar esta historia en la que los personajes encarnan valores morales con los que luchan contra sí mismos: Meg, vanidad; Jo, ira; Beth, timidez; y Amy, egoísmo.

A remarkable and thought-provoking new novel set on Israel’s West Bank, by the author of The Breadwinner. On Israel’s West Bank, a cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house that has just been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she’s just a cat. Or is she? It turns out that this particular cat is not used to thinking about anyone but herself. She was once a regular North American girl who only had to deal with normal middle-school problems — staying under the teachers’ radar, bullying her sister and the uncool kids at school, outsmarting her clueless parents. But that was before she died and came back to life as a cat, in a place with a whole different set of rules for survival. When the little boy is discovered, the soldiers don’t know what to do with him. Where are the child’s parents? Why has he been left alone in the house? It is not long before his teacher and classmates come looking for him, and the house is suddenly surrounded by Palestinian villagers throwing rocks, and the sound of Israeli tanks approaching. Not my business, thinks the cat. And then she sees a photograph, and suddenly she understands what happened to the boy’s parents, and why they have not returned. And as the soldiers begin to panic, and disaster seems certain, she knows that it is up to her to diffuse the situation. But what can a cat do? What can any one creature do? Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

À 42 ans, Klonk décide qu’il est temps de se marier. Il envoie donc des invitations à tous ses amis. Mais s’il sait où et quand il veut se marier, il ne sait pas encore avec qui!

Meet Abriana Yeo, 13, awkward and friendless. Meet Octavia Wu, a graceful teenage alien with superpowers. Forced to flee her home planet Viridis after an invasion by "The Others", another alien species, Octavia and her parents crash-land in the Singapore heartland. Pretending to be a foreign student, Octavia enters secondary one and befriends Abriana, who then helps her in her quest to find the Anteris, a missing element the alien family needs if they want to return to Viridis to help in the war effort. All the while, the two girls also need to navigate the intricate web of teenage drama at Bukit Timah Secondary Girls’ School (BTSGS), where mean girls thwart their search efforts every step of the way. Behind the adventure, mystery and sci-fi, this middle-grade novel also explores the pertinent issues that teenagers typically deal with in a local school setting—friendship, loyalty, CCAs, homework and bullies. There is also no shortage of excitement and intrigue in this sci-fi and adventure. This is the first in a four-book series, for children aged 10 and above.

Setiap negara, tentu mempunyai sistem pemerintahan tersendiri. Namun, tak jarang ada kemiripan antara satu dengan yang lain. Hal ini dapat dipengaruhi oleh sejarah terbentuknya suatu negara. Afrika Selatan misalnya. Negara itu menganut sistem pemerintahan parlementer karena wilayahnya pernah dikuasai Inggris yang menganut sistem pemerintahan tersebut. Lalu, bagaimana dengan negara lainnya? Nah, buku di hadapan Anda ini menjelaskan mengenai pengertian dan macam-macam sistem pemerintahan, bentuk-bentuk pemerintahan, serta pelaksanaan pemerintahan dalam suatu negara. Setidaknya, lebih dari 20 negara yang dibahas secara tuntas di sini. Negara mana sajakah? Tunggu apa lagi, segera miliki buku ini dan dapatkan jawabannya!

Life was very ordinary for ten-year-old Robyn Silver. The often-ignored middle child in a big family, the most excitement she had was the dash to the dinner table to reach the last slice of pizza. Until... she begins to see creepy creatures around her town - creatures that are invisible to everyone else. And when her school is forced to decamp to mysterious Grimdean House and she meets its equally mysterious owner, Mr Cryptorum, Robyn finds herself catapulted headfirst into an extraordinary adventure - with more excitement than she could possibly have imagined. Be careful what you wish for...

"Dwellers in the Mirage" Leif Langdon is an American explorer who discovers a warm valley in Alaska. Two races inhabit the valley, the Little People and a branch of an ancient Mongolian race; they worship the evil Kraken named Khalk'ru which they summon from another dimension to offer human sacrifice. The inhabitants recognize Langdon as the reincarnation of their long dead hero, Dwayanu. Dwayanu's spirit possesses Langdon and he starts a war with the Little People. "The Moon Pool" deals with an advanced race which has developed within the Earth's core. Eventually their most intelligent members create an offspring. This created entity encompasses both great good and great evil, but it slowly turns away from its creators and towards evil. The entity is called either the Dweller or the Shining One.

This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers' advisor Joyce Saricks offers groundbreaking reconsideration of the connections among genres.

Vaughn Harding es mi nuevo jefe. Tiene negocios familiares en Vancouver, pero también es el propietario de este rancho, en el que cada vez pasa más tiempo. Disfruto de nuestros combates verbales, pero hace tiempo me autoimpuse alejarme de este tipo de hombres. Estar cerca de Vaughn puede ser un suicidio en mi trayectoria profesional como entrenadora de caballos de carreras. Soy la nueva responsable del rancho y de un caballo con problemas que he prometido convertir en todo un ganador. Tengo muchos planes, y no voy a permitir que un hombre me distraiga. Por mucha electricidad que haya cuando nos miramos o por mucho que mi cuerpo entre en combustión cuando nos rozamos. Vaughn es un vívido recuerdo de cada tío que he tenido alrededor mientras crecía: guapo, rico y privilegiado. Pero hay cierta tristeza en él a la que me es imposible dar la espalda. Un lado sensible bajo ese cuerpo perfecto. Burlarme de él a ratos es una cosa, ¿pero entregarle mi corazón? Debería haberlo pensado antes... Mantener una relación profesional con mis empleados nunca ha sido un problema. Hasta que Billie Black se presenta en mi propiedad. Billie tiene talento, no sabe mantenerse callada, y es jodidamente tentadora. No podemos dejar de retarnos desde el momento en que nos conocemos. Y aquí es difícil mantener las distancias. Y todavía es más difícil evitar que esa fricción se convierta en fuego. Billie lo tiene todo, es una mujer inteligente con un cuerpo con el que fantaseo a todas horas, y posiblemente la única mujer que puede salvar mi negocio..., y a mí. Me vuelve loco en todos los sentidos de la palabra. Deseo sus labios, su confianza, su alma... Lo quiero todo. Pero ¿cuál será el precio que tenga que pagar por ello? Porque, de repente, no solo quiero que mis caballos ganen carreras, también quiero conquistar a esa chica.

“When we’re dating, you are mine. Even if it’s fake.” I thought my luck was about to change when my best friend found me an apartment to sublet in the heart of Nashville, TN. As an aspiring singer, this is where I need to be in order to finally get discovered. I’m ready to start my new life until I discover my new neighbor is none other than Stone Walker. Super Bowl winning, NFL receiver. Stone cold fox. My high school crush. And my brother’s ex-best friend—emphasis on the ex. I know I should probably tuck tail and run, but I don’t. If Stone can handle this new living arrangement then so can I. Besides, neighbors don’t have to talk to each other. Until my best friend comes up with a plan. I should fake date Stone. After all, I have the talent, the drive, and the music. All I need is the visibility. And Stone has that in spades. I thought he would reject the plan, but he’s surprisingly on board. Now he’s showing up at my gigs with flowers and kisses me until my head spins and my knees go weak. And when he scores a touchdown and dances just for me? I want this relationship to be real. But falling in love wasn’t part of the agreement. Stone walked way from our family once and I don’t think I’m strong enough for him to do it again.

Blurb Diamku bukan berarti aku tak mampu membalasmu, Mas. Tapi aku sedang menunggu waktu. Kapan darah haidku bekerja secara maksimal ditubuhmu! Tolong jangan ditiru, ya! Ini hanya sebagai peringatan kepada para suami, agar berhenti menyakiti hati istri. Pelajaran buat para mertua dan ipar-ipar, agar menghargai sesama perempuan. Sebab setan pasti akan mengambil eksistensi, pada hati yang tersakiti. Dan kepada para istri, jangan mudah tergoda dengan bujuk rayu setan. Ingat, semua perbuatan pasti ada konsekwensinya. Ada malaikat yang ditugaskan oleh Allah untuk mencatat semua perbuatan. Tak usah menunggu di akhirat kelak, masih hidup di duniapun kita akan memetik balasan-Nya. Ikuti ceritanya ya, semoga pembaca suka dengan cerita ini. Terima kasih banyak.

The scorching sequel to Beautiful Bastard! Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon’s moved to New York City and is looking for excitement and passion without a lot of strings attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should have meant nothing more than a night’s fun. But the manner—and speed—with which he melts her inhibitions turns him from a one-time hookup and into her Beautiful Stranger. The whole city knows that Max Stella loves women, not that he’s ever found one he particularly wants to keep around. Despite pulling in plenty with his Wall Street bad boy charm, it’s not until Sara—and the wild photos she lets him take of her—that he starts wondering if there’s someone for him outside of the bedroom. Hooking up in places where anybody could catch them, the only thing scarier for Sara than getting caught in public is having Max get too close in private.

Už deset let přežívá sedmnáctiletá ranhojička Kiva ve věznici Zalindov. Když přivezou těžce nemocnou královnu rebelů, dostane za úkol udržet ji naživu, aby mohla podstoupit trýznivou zkoušku čtyřmi elementy. Pak obdrží Kiva vzkaz od své rodiny: „Nenech ji zemřít. Už jdeme.“ Dívka si uvědomuje, že zkouška by královnu zabila, a tak se nabídne, že trest podstoupí místo ní. Má ale vůbec nějakou šanci? A jak se k její volbě postaví záhadný nový vězeň Jaren?

« En décembre 2013, j'ai couvert la guerre en Centrafrique aux premiers jours de l'intervention française, l'opération Sangaris. J'étais accompagné d'une jeune photographe, Camille Lepage. Un samedi matin, nous avons assisté à un lynchage. Ce n'étaient pas des soldats russes ou syriens. Ce n'étaient ni des miliciens ni des djihadistes, pas plus que des Nazis ni des tortionnaires français de la guerre d'Algérie. C'étaient des femmes et des hommes de la rue, des gens comme vous et moi. Avec Camille, nous avons été entraînés par ce courant ultra-violent de gens ordinaires. Elle en est morte. » Comment faire l'expérience de la violence extrême sans en être soi-même changé ? Reporter de guerre, Laurent Larcher livre un récit haletant, au coeur des ténèbres, pour comprendre la mort d'une jeune photojournaliste. Du théâtre grec à René Girard, de Michel Foucault au grand roman américain, l'auteur confronte les textes à son expérience des violences de masse, cherchant à cerner cette soif de sang qui bat dans l'histoire de l'humanité.

Hace cien años, hubo dos infantas que despertaban la curiosidad del público y la prensa, tal y como hoy lo hacen la princesa Leonor y su hermana Sofía. Se trataba de Beatriz y María Cristina de Borbón y Battenberg, las hijas de Alfonso XIII y Victoria Eugenia. Baby y Crista, como las llamaban, nacieron rodeadas de los privilegios y ritos de una monarquía decadente, pero con el estigma de la hemofilia, una terrible enfermedad heredada de su madre y de su bisabuela inglesa, la reina Victoria. Su infancia y juventud quedaron marcadas por tiempos turbulentos y episodios que moldearon la historia reciente de España. También sufrieron grandes tragedias familiares: la muerte inesperada de dos de sus hermanos, la separación de sus padres, las peleas dinásticas... Sin embargo, siempre aseguraron que su huida de España, la mañana del 15 de abril de 1931, y el largo y forzado exilio fueron sus mayores desgracias. Con apenas veinte años, sin reino y con un futuro incierto, comenzaron una nueva vida en Italia. Las dos se casaron con nobles —el príncipe Alessandro Torlonia y el conde Enrico Marone-Cinzano—, se codearon con algunos de los protagonistas del siglo xx, formaron sus propias familias y, en sus últimos años, llegaron a ver la proclamación de su sobrino, Juan Carlos de Borbón, como rey de España. Esta es su vida de novela.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (December 2017) A stunning new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts—Year One is an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magick, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives... It began on New Year’s Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed—and more than half of the world’s population was decimated. Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magick rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river—or in the ones you know and love the most. As word spreads that neither the immune nor the gifted are safe from the authorities who patrol the ravaged streets, and with nothing left to count on but each other, Lana and Max make their way out of a wrecked New York City. At the same time, other travelers are heading west too, into a new frontier. Chuck, a tech genius trying to hack his way through a world gone offline. Arlys, a journalist who has lost her audience but uses pen and paper to record the truth. Fred, her young colleague, possessed of burgeoning abilities and an optimism that seems out of place in this bleak landscape. And Rachel and Jonah, a resourceful doctor and a paramedic who fend off despair with their determination to keep a young mother and three infants in their care alive. In a world of survivors where every stranger encountered could be either a savage or a savior, none of them knows exactly where they are heading, or why. But a purpose awaits them that will shape their lives and the lives of all those who remain. The end has come. The beginning comes next.

TJ wakes with no memory of her past to find that she is apart of a supernatural world. A world where her mate had already been chosen for her long ago and a community where no one will tell her the truth about who she really is or what she really is.

The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic. The Bell Jar shocking, realistic, and intensely emotional novel about a woman falling into the grip of insanity. Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. In her acclaimed and enduring masterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther’s breakdown with such intensity that her insanity becomes palpably real, even rational—as accessible an experience as going to the movies. A deep penetration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche, The Bell Jar is an extraordinary accomplishment and a haunting American classic.

Cloé Beauchamp est une jeune femme à qui tout semble réussir; belle, brillante, sur le point d'être nommée à la tête d'une prestigieuse agence de publicité... Et amoureuse, depuis peu, d'un homme charmant. Elle cache à la perfection ses failles et les horreurs qui ont jalonné son passé. Mais lentement, sa vie va se transformer en cauchemar. On la suit dans la rue, on pénètre chez elle quand elle n'y est pas et même quand elle dort, on l'observe sans relâche, jusque dans son intimité. La peur devient alors son unique compagne. Elle en parle à ses amis, puis à la police. Mais personne ne la prend au sérieux, personne ne l'écoute. Sa vie en apparence si parfaite s'effrite et part en lambeaux. Seul Alexandre, un flic à la dérive et sur la touche, va décider de lui venir en aide. Mais sera-t-il de taille à affronter l'Ombre qui terrorise la jeune femme? Qui, dans l'entourage de Cloé, pourrait vouloir la détruire? Vouloir la rendre folle? Vouloir son suicide? Le temps qu'Alexandre comprenne, il sera peut-être trop tard...

"I, Andrew Walter, soon to be the Alpha of Crest Fall Pack, hereby reject you Celeste Sampson as my mate and future Luna,” “Such a fat and disgusting psycho.” Celeste Sampson is a 21-year-old college undergraduate who was rejected by her mate, the future Alpha Andrew of Crest Fall Pack. Who would think that, after she attended the ball held by King Elijah Black, the 28-year-old ruler of the whole Lycan species, she found herself thrown into a different world and found out that there is more to see and know behind the enchanted wall that hides them from the human eyes. Would she be loved? Would she be betrayed? Would she be used? Or would she stay when she finds out that King has too many dark secrets hidden behind the red door? Follow the journey of Celeste and Elijah in this story!

The Catcher in the Rye," written by J.D. Salinger and published in 1951, is a classic American novel that explores the themes of adolescence, alienation, and identity through the eyes of its protagonist, Holden Caulfield. The novel is set in the 1950s and follows Holden, a 16-year-old who has just been expelled from his prep school, Pencey Prep. Disillusioned with the world around him, Holden decides to leave Pencey early and spend a few days alone in New York City before returning home. Over the course of these days, Holden interacts with various people, including old friends, a former teacher, and strangers, all the while grappling with his feelings of loneliness and dissatisfaction. Holden is deeply troubled by the "phoniness" of the adult world and is haunted by the death of his younger brother, Allie, which has left a lasting impact on him. He fantasizes about being "the catcher in the rye," a guardian who saves children from losing their innocence by catching them before they fall off a cliff into adulthooda. The novel ends with Holden in a mental institution, where he is being treated for a nervous breakdown. He expresses some hope for the future, indicating a possible path to recovery..

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most memorable short stories. The protagonist, Benjamin Button, is born an old man and ages in reverse until he becomes a baby and then finally vanishes from the earth. In a short introduction to the story, Fitzgerald wrote: "This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his idea a fair trial. Several weeks after completing it, I discovered an almost identical plot in Samuel Butler's 'Note-books.' "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was the inspiration for the major motion picture of the same name and remains one of Fitzgerald's most haunting and beautiful tales. This collection also includes three other Jazz Age tales by Fitzgerald.

Mia thought the best way to get revenge against her terrible ex was to get sexual pleasure from someone else. Preferably, a stranger! So she stalked the sexiest man she could find at the party. Once he cornered her, She made him a deal. Mia had no idea that the man she made a deal with was a possessive Billionaire who could make or break her. He wanted more after their passionate night together and decided she was going to be Entangled with him for life.

Un uomo anziano viene trovato a terra semincosciente da un Metronotte. Farnetica frasi senza senso, parla di un delitto e di un colpevole innocente. Nino, questo il nome dell’anziano, diventa “un caso” per la guardia giurata, ex poliziotto, che l’ha salvato e che inizia a indagare sul suo passato. Parallelamente anche Olga, una studentessa di medicina che assiste Nino come volontaria, comincia a fare delle ricerche colpita da alcune foto ritrovate a casa dell’anziano amico. E così le due indagini scorrono parallele svelando al lettore un caso intricato e avvincente, iniziato molti decenni prima ma che ancora deve essere risolto. Santino Mirabella è giudice per le indagini preliminari presso il Tribunale di Catania. Da molti anni affianca alla sua professione quello che da semplice passione è divenuto quasi un secondo mestiere, lo scrittore. E così ha dato sfogo alla sua fantasia e coltivato le sue passioni, regalando ad esse molti libri di narrativa, teatro, musica, sport, poesia etc. Questo non è il primo romanzo, ma è il primo romanzo-giallo. Mirabella è anche presidente della Associazione Efesto, attraverso la quale organizza dal 2012 l’omonimo premio letterario.

Il est son repère dans les ténèbres. L’étincelle qui peut raviver sa flamme... Anastasia a perdu l’envie de sourire. Sa sœur jumelle, Ellie, vient de décéder des suites d’une maladie, et rien ne pourrait consoler le chagrin immense qui étreint son cœur. Elle en est persuadée, aucune lumière ne l’attend au bout du tunnel. Mais Ana a fait une promesse qu’elle se doit de tenir coûte que coûte : elle accomplira chacune des missions que sa sœur a inscrites sur sa Bucket List, dans l’espoir qu’elle retrouve le goût de vivre. Et la première, « danser dans un bar », lui a déjà donné du fil à retordre. Alors qu’elle s’abandonnait à la musique, les mains d’un inconnu posées sur ses hanches l’ont bercée de douceur... Depuis cet instant, ce dernier remet en question toutes ses certitudes. Alex est un sportif apprécié de tous, entouré d’une bande d’amis soudés. Il n’a aucune idée des tourments qui hantent Ana. Alors pourquoi se sent-elle aussi vivante sous son regard incandescent ? Et surtout, est-elle prête à le laisser réécrire la fin de son histoire ? À propos de l’autrice Inès Leia a plusieurs casquettes : celles de lectrice, de blogueuse et d’autrice... En 2022, lorsqu’elle se lance dans l’écriture de son premier roman sur Wattpad, la jeune femme de dix-neuf ans rencontre un succès fulgurant. Depuis, près de 2 millions de lecteurs attendent impatiemment ses chapitres, et des milliers de passionnés de littérature suivent ses avis et conseils lecture sur ses réseaux sociaux.

The classic postapocalyptic thriller with “all the reality of a vividly realized nightmare” (The Times, London). Triffids are odd, interesting little plants that grow in everyone’s garden. Triffids are no more than mere curiosities—until an event occurs that alters human life forever. What seems to be a spectacular meteor shower turns into a bizarre, green inferno that blinds everyone and renders humankind helpless. What follows is even stranger: spores from the inferno cause the triffids to suddenly take on a life of their own. They become large, crawling vegetation, with the ability to uproot and roam about the country, attacking humans and inflicting pain and agony. William Masen somehow managed to escape being blinded in the inferno, and now after leaving the hospital, he is one of the few survivors who can see. And he may be the only one who can save his species from chaos and eventual extinction . . . With more than a million copies sold, The Day of the Triffids is a landmark of speculative fiction, and “an outstanding and entertaining novel” (Library Journal). “A thoroughly English apocalypse, it rivals H. G. Wells in conveying how the everyday invaded by the alien would feel. No wonder Stephen King admires Wyndham so much.” —Ramsey Campbell, author of The Overnight “One of my all-time favorite novels. It’s absolutely convincing, full of little telling details, and that sweet, warm sensation of horror and mystery.” —Joe R. Lansdale, author of Edge of Dark Water

गीता प्रेस से प्रकाशित 'कल्याण' के 'बालक-अंक' में प्रकाशित 19 वीर बालकों के चरित्र इस पुस्तक में प्रस्तुत कर रहे हैं। ये चरित्र अपूर्व आत्मत्याग तथा बलिदान के सजीव चित्र हैं। आशा है इन्हें पढ़कर बच्चों एवं बड़ों में बलिदान और त्याग की भावना जाग्रत होगी। -हनुमान प्रसाद पोद्दार

Emma Wilson Rota. Una muñeca triste y rota. Quizá pienses que lo que estoy contándote no tiene sentido, pero cuando rozas la línea de olvidarte de ti mismo, tu vida cambia. Llega un momento en el que nada tiene sentido, en el que tú no tienes sentido. Ahí es cuando te das cuenta de que si no te quieres a ti mismo, jamás podrás querer a nadie con el corazón en la mano. Esa soy yo, una mujer que se consideraba risueña y loca, a la que le llegaron nuevas oportunidades sin buscarlas y, con ellas, muchos problemas de los que no conseguí escapar. Lo principal es que estoy hundida en un pozo por la persona a la que más amo. Se llama Edgar Warren, y tiene el poder de destruirme o salvarme. ¿Quieres conocerlo? Permíteme que te cuente la historia de una mujer a la que un solo hombre destruyó.

Quand Anna Évrard sort du coma, après une chute dans les falaises de Plouézec, sur le littoral des Côtes-d’Armor, tout le monde pense qu’elle a été victime d’un accident. À quoi elle oppose un démenti formel : quelqu’un l’a poussée dans le vide. Nul ne semble la croire jusqu’au jour où elle est retrouvée noyée, dans la drague d’un marin-pêcheur, en baie de Saint-Brieuc. Chargé de l’enquête, l’inspecteur Le Goff conclut à un suicide et demande une ordonnance de non-lieu. Si cette décision semble faire l’unanimité, le doute persiste dans l’esprit de certains. La vérité serait-elle ailleurs ? Le lecteur la découvrira dans toute sa noirceur, au terme d’une énigme aussi fascinante que cruelle. À PROPOS DE L’AUTRICE D’origine suisse, enseignante de formation, Prix des Poètes Suisses de langue française, Michèle Corfdir vit et écrit en Côtes-d’Armor. Elle signe ici son vingt et unième roman.

Playing bodyguard to country music's brightest star? Been there, done that. And I thought I had left it all behind. Until Sadie Mae calls me in the middle of the night and begs for my help, I know I can't just hang up the phone and pretend she didn't call. Finding her battered and bruised has me thirsty for vengeance and eager to protect her at all costs. And the longer we're together, hiding from her abusive husband, the harder it is for me to keep my hands to myself. Once the threat is eliminated and she's a free woman again, can I convince her that what we have is so much more than a covert affair?

Vad som skulle bli en vanlig reseguide blev en av världens roligaste romaner. Jerome K. Jeromes Tre män i en båt utspelar sig under två veckor längs med floden Themsen, från Kingston upon Thames i London, till Oxford och tillbaka. Berättelserna om de viktiga historiska platserna förlöses i en hejdlös komik, när J. och hans vänner, George och Carl, och J:s (påhittade) hund, Montmorency, ger sig ut på båtsemester. Tre män i en båt är en av världslitteraturens mest klassiska komiska romaner, här i svensk översättning av Birgitta Hammar. JEROME K. JEROME [1859-1927] var en engelsk romanförfattare och essäist som skrev in sig i litteraturhistorien med Tre män i en båt [Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889], romanen om en dråplig båtsemester längs med Themsen.

"I, Grayson Dawson, Alpha of the Moonlit Pack, reject you, Lola Ashton, as my mate and Luna of this pack," I heard Grayson's voice reach my ear and a single tear ran down my left cheek as it felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest. "I, Lola Ashton, accept..." I did not finish my sentence before he held me up by my throat and snarled in my face. His eyes had already changed colors so I knew his wolf was in charge. "You will not reject me, slut. I am your owner and I tell you what to do and when," he slapped me across the face and threw me on the ground. *** After being rejected by her mate in the Moonlit pack, Lola escaped on a full moon only to enter the territory of the next Alpha King who also happened to be her second chance mate. Adrian is the next Alpha King but he hasn't been able to assume his role because he needed a Luna by his side. A rogue that trespassed on his territory, whom he ordered be killed turned out to be his mate leaving him in a dilemma. Will Adrian reject Lola because she came into his territory as a rogue? Will he overcome what happened to him in the past and give Lola a chance or reject her and go ahead with Fay as his chosen Luna? What will happen when everyone finds out just how much power Lola wields and how she's supposed to protect her kind in an oncoming war? Find out in Lola- The Moon Wolf!

यह उपन्यास सबसे पहले 1949 में लखनऊ में लिखा गया। तब इसका स्वरूप एवं प्रारूप बिल्कुल भिन्न थे। यदि उसी रूप में छपता तो मेरा विश्वास है कि यह कहीं अधिक सशक्त एवं व्यवस्थित होता। लेकिन दुर्भाग्य न केवल व्यक्तियों का ही होता है बल्कि कुछ कृतियों का भी होता है। सन ’49 से लेकर ’53 तक लोगों के परामर्श के फलस्वरूप अनेक परिवर्तन इसमें किये गये, फलतः रंजना, एक असंभाव्य चरित्र बन गयी। सच माने रंजना की यह असंभाव्यता मेरे कारण नहीं हुई। कैसे और क्यों हुई, यह स्वयं मनोरंजन है पर उसकी चर्चा वांछनीय न होगी। अस्तु

Lépj a sárkánylovasok képzésére szolgáló katonai iskola falai közé, és ismerd meg ezt az elit és brutális világot a bestseller szerző Rebecca Yarros regényéből! A húszéves Violet Sorrengail egész eddigi életében azt hitte, a történelem tanulmányozása lesz a feladata az Írnok Kvadránsban az imádott könyvek között. Azonban az iskola vezénylő tábornoka - aki egyszemélyben a lány kőkemény anyja - megparancsolja, hogy Violetnek be kell lépnie a többszáz jelölt közé, akik Navarre elitjéhez, a sárkánylovasokhoz akarnak tartozni. Ha mindenkinél kisebb és törékenyebb vagy, akkor csak egy hajszál választ el a haláltól... mondjuk azért, mert a sárkányok nem választanak ki ,,törékeny"" embereket, hanem felperzselik őket. Ráadásul, amikor kevesebb a kapcsolódni hajlandó sárkány, mint kadét, nem meglepő, hogy a többség szívesen végezne Violettel, hogy ezzel is növelje a saját esélyeit a sikerre. A többiek pedig azért ölnék meg, mert az anyja lánya; köztük van Xaden Riorson is, a Lovasok Kvadránsának leghatalmasabb és legkönyörtelenebb szárnyvezére is. Violetnek minden ravaszságára szüksége lesz, hogy minden újabb napfelkelte életben találja. Közben az iskola falain túl dúló háború egyre gyilkosabb, a királyság védelmét szolgáló erődítmények sorban elesnek, és egyre többen halnak meg. A helyzeten tovább ront, hogy Violet gyanakodni kezd, hogy a vezetés rettenetes titkot rejteget. Barátok, ellenségek, szeretők. A Basgiath Hadi Iskolában mindenkinek határozott tervei vannak, mert ha valaki egyszer bekerül, onnan csak két kiút van: lediplomázni vagy meghalni. ,, A Fourth Wing első lapjától az utolsóig megdobogtatja majd a szíved...Ez egy olyan fantasy, amilyet még biztosan nem olvastál!"" - Jennifer L. Armentrout, #1 New York Times bestseller szerző ,,A legbrutálisabb, legaddiktívabb fantasy, amit az elmúlt évtizedben olvastam"" - Tracy Wolff, #1 New York Times bestseller szerző ,,Brutális, pörgős, letehetetlen és romantikus feszültségtől vibráló... mindent, és még annál is többet nyújt, amit egy könyvtől elvárok. Fenomenális!"" - Samantha Young, nemzetközi bestseller szerző ,,Sárkányok és háború, szenvedély és hatalom...egyszerűen lehengerlő!"" - Nalini Singh, nemzetközi bestseller szerző

A romantic room, gourmet meals, free booze, massages…that’s what Maggie is promised when she’s sent away on a pet-friendly romantic getaway. Crazy fellow guests, a missing couple, a human skull, and someone trying to kill her is what she ends up getting. With the help of the core members of her menagerie and a new furry friend, Maggie tries to figure out what’s going on while staying alive and how to salvage her romantic weekend. But a killer has other plans…

After her mother died when Serena Staverley was just nine, her father, Sir Giles, indulged his deep passion for gambling, leaving his only child in charge of an impoverished household.Now a stunningly beautiful young woman, Serena is mortified to hear that her father has been killed in a duel. Worse still, it seems that he went willingly, even deliberately to his death. But why?The appalling answer is presented by her much-loved cousin Nicholas who suddenly proposes marriage - to save Serena from a terrible fate -Sir Giles has not only lost the Staverley estate on the turn of a card, but he has also gambled away the hand in marriage of his lovely daughter, along with her eighty thousand pounds inheritance all in a last desperate bet to try and best his arch-rival at the tables, Lord Vulcan.Serena has little alternative but to marry a man whose wicked ways have contributed to her family's downfall.And Lord Vulcan takes her away from her beloved Staverley to his majestic ancestral home, Mandrake, which is close to the sea and where Serena finds its welcome to be strange and sinister.Abducted by a lecherous guest at Mandrake, threatened by a smuggler Marchioness, rescued by a gentleman highwayman and, resisting the marriage of convenience, Serena slowly realises that she has lost her heart to a man she thought she despised.

There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In the third of the Bridgerton Prequel series, we go back to where it all began. . . from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn She was in the wrong place... Fiercely independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify. While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised to discover a smugglers’ hideaway tucked inside a cave. But her delight turns to dismay when two pirates kidnap her and take her aboard a ship, leaving her bound and gagged on the captain’s bed… He found her at the wrong time... Known to society as a rascal and reckless privateer, Captain Andrew James Rokesby actually transports essential goods and documents for the British government. Setting sail on a time-sensitive voyage to Portugal, he’s stunned to find a woman waiting for him in his cabin. Surely, his imagination is getting the better of him. But no, she is very real—and his duty to the Crown means he's stuck with her. Can two wrongs make the most perfect right? When Andrew learns that she is a Bridgerton, he knows he will likely have to wed her to avert a scandal—though Poppy has no idea that he is the son of an earl and neighbor to her aristocratic cousins in Kent. On the high seas, their war of words soon gives way to an intoxicating passion. But when Andrew’s secret is revealed, will his declaration of love be enough to capture her heart…?

Will the masked outlaw who stole LuciaÕs locket also claim her heart? When Miss Lucia Foxe is robbed by a band of shadowy highwaymen, she does not realize this frightening event will change her life forever. Her brave quest to retrieve her stolen locket brings her into close contact with the thieves and their dashing and fearless masked leader, Len Hawkins. But there is more to Len than meets the eye. Beneath the robberÕs mask lies a woman who, in her heart, is not really so very different from Lucia. As their unlikely love grows against the backdrop of the poverty and violent protest of Regency England, Lucia learns how much more there is to the world than her upbringing has taught her. Len flirts with death every day, and eventually, an attempt at exacting revenge on her cruel father threatens to snatch her from LuciaÕs arms. Will Len survive her encounter with death and avoid the retribution of the agents of justice? And can respectable gentlewoman Lucia love Len enough to sacrifice everything she knows?

Following on from the bestselling The Seven Sisters and The Storm Sister, The Shadow Sister is the third book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the Seven Sisters constellation. Star D'Aplièse, in her late twenties, is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father – the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world. He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage, but Star – the most enigmatic of the sisters – is hesitant to step out of the safety of the close relationship she shares with her sister CeCe. In desperation, she decides to follow the first clue she has been left, which leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a whole new world . . . A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy and secure in her home in the Lake District, living close to her idol, Beatrix Potter. But, when machinations outside of her control lead her to the London home of one of Edwardian society's most notorious players, Flora is pulled between passionate love and duty to her family. But she finds herself a pawn in a game – the rules of which are only known to others – until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman unveils the answers that Flora has been searching for her whole life . . . As Star learns more of Flora's incredible journey, she too goes on a voyage of discovery, finally stepping out of the shadow of her sister and opening herself up to the possibility of love. The epic, multi-million selling series continues with The Pearl Sister. 'Absolutely impossible to put down! The Seven Sisters books just keep getting better and better' - Tracy Rees, author of Amy Snow Praise for the Seven Sisters: 'A masterclass in beautiful writing' – The Sun 'Heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling' – Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party 'A breathtaking adventure' – Lancashire Evening Post Five-Star Reader Reviews: 'Absolutely incredible' 'Totally addictive' 'Ideal for when you need to escape'

The Paradox Paradox is a dark sci-fi comedy set hundreds of years in the future. It's also set a fair few years in the past. Osheen Shupple has been working his entire life to resolve the paradox of a desperate audio message from years ago, one which holds a horrifying secret that will change the course of history. His plan: build a time machine and return to the source of the message. But he can’t do it alone. Fortunately, the universe has supplied a perfect team: an archaeologist serving twenty-eight life sentences, a veterinarian with an identity crisis and no original body parts, a cheating university student, and a famous but very, very dead starship captain. Together, they will be propelled across the past, and to worlds beyond their timelines, on a temporal treasure-hunt to trace the tragic truth behind whoever Austin Lang turns out to be. But time is not to be trifled with, and every misstep unmasks another layer of chronological chaos. The past can’t be changed – but will there be a future worth saving...? The Paradox Paradox is a darkly hilarious and compelling ride into the future, the past and various alternate dimensions that arise when powerful masterminds wrestle to control the universe.

“A heartbreakingly resonant debut, The Turtle House is a tender, big-hearted story about women, family, and the complicated history of Texas. These characters, and their tentative, flawed stumblings toward grace, will stay with me.”—Elizabeth Wetmore, author of Valentine “Sweeping yet intimate, Amanda Churchill’s Turtle House spans cultures and continents. Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire you. Together, they find a way through in this gripping debut.”—Vanessa Hua, author of Forbidden City Moving between late 1990s small-town Texas to pre-World War II Japan and occupied Tokyo, an emotionally engaging literary debut about a grandmother and granddaughter who connect over a beloved lost place and the secrets they both carry. It’s spring 1999, and 25-year-old Lia Cope and her prickly 73-year-old grandmother, Mineko, are sharing a bedroom in Curtain, Texas, the ranching town where Lia grew up and Mineko began her life as a Japanese war bride. Both women are at a turning point: Mineko, long widowed, moved in with her son and daughter-in-law after a suspicious fire destroyed the Cope family ranch house, while Lia, an architect with a promising career in Austin, has unexpectedly returned under circumstances she refuses to explain. Though Lia never felt especially close to her grandmother, the two grow close sharing late-night conversations. Mineko tells stories of her early life in Japan, of the war that changed everything, and of her two great loves: a man named Akio Sato and an abandoned Japanese country estate they called the Turtle House, where their relationship took root. As Mineko reveals more of her early life—tales of innocent swimming lessons that blossom into something more, a friendship nurtured across oceans, totems saved and hidden, the heartbreak of love lost too soon—Lia comes to understand the depth of her grandmother’s pain and sacrifice and sees her Texas family in a new light. She also recognizes that it’s she who needs to come clean—about the budding career she abandoned and the mysterious man who keeps calling. When Mineko’s adult children decide, against her wishes, to move her into an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life, one that they hope will offer the safety and sense of belonging they both need, no matter the cost. A story of intergenerational friendship, family, coming of age, identity, and love, The Turtle House illuminates the hidden lives we lead, the secrets we hold close, and what it truly means to find home again when it feels lost forever.

Z každého (ne)obyčejného okamžiku se během vteřiny může rozvinout humorný příběh, při jehož vyprávění se lidé budou usmívat a souhlasně přikyvovat. Nejlepším autorem je totiž sám život. Jeho typická nevyzpytatelnost a hravost připravuje úsměvné situace jako mávnutím proutku. Není proto divu, že vám některé povídky budou připadat povědomé... Michal Vaněček

1966இல் முதல் பதிப்பு வெளிவந்த காலத்திலிருந்து தீவிர வாசகர்களின் கவனத்தில் இருந்துவரும் ‘ஒரு புளிய மரத்தின் கதை’ ஒரு நவீன செவ்வியல் புனைவாக நிலைபெற்றுவிட்டது. மலையாளத்திலும் இந்தியிலும் மொழிபெயர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ள இந் நாவலின் ஆங்கில மொழிபெயர்ப்பை பெங்குயின் வெளியிட்டது. 2000த்தில் தமிழிலிருந்து நேரடியாக ஹீப்ருவில் மொழிபெயர்க்கப்பட்ட ‘ஒரு புளியமரத்தின் கதை’ குறுகிய காலத்தில் இரண்டு பதிப்புகள் கண்டதுடன் அம்மொழிக்குச் சென்றுள்ள முதல் இந்திய மொழி நூல் என்ற பெருமையையும் பெறுகிறது. ஒப்பீட்டிலக்கிய விமர்சகர் கே. எம். ஜார்ஜ் இந்நாவலை நோபல் பரிசுபெறத் தகுதியான தமிழ் நாவலாகக் குறிப்பிடுகிறார். With a narrative breadth never before seen in Tamil fiction, Sundara Ramaswamy's Tamarind History inaugurated a new era in Tamil letters. Its meditations on the loss of beloved places; the shared experience of the past; and the meaning of togetherness amid struggle, ambition and enmity, all flow from the life of an aged tamarind tree that stands at the centre of a bustling town. This town's wild places - their mythic pasts still treasured by an old wanderer and the youth who listen to his tales-are stripped away as politicians commit to modernization in the name of progress. Yet the town remains filled with life and beauty, even as it is irrevocably damaged. Tamarind History first published in 1966 has sold more than a 125,000 copies in Tamil in this millennium and is probably the highest selling literary fiction even today. Critic K.M.George cited this novel while listing Indian language writers deserving the Nobel Prize.

Istriku marah besar saat tahu aku tengah makan siang berdua dengan matan kekasihku. Dia langsung minta pisah, tapi aku tak mau karena merasa semua tuduhannya tidak benar. Namun, yang terjadi malah .…

Die folgenden Texte sind „Tagesaufzeichnungen“ über meine letzten sechs Tage des 2. Weltkrieges - vom 28. April 1945 bis zum 3. Mai 1945 – 75 ff Jahre nach den damaligen Vorgängen. Sie sind formuliert aus der Erinnerung, die mir bis in Einzelheiten hinein geblieben ist, und in das Denken und Empfinden eines damals Achtjährigen hineinversetzt. Die geschilderten Tage mit den Ereignissen, den Personen, den Orten darin sind authentisch, vielleicht mit kleinen unvermeidlichen Irrtümern, die Gespräche sind so oder ganz ähnlich geführt worden. Göttingen, im Oktober 2022 Hartwig Hohnsbein, Pastor i. R.

Zwei Studenten finden beim Geocaching inmitten des Waldes am Fuße des Schauinslandes eine grausam entstellte Leiche. Kriminalhauptkommissar Thomas Bierman und seine Kollegin Sarah Hansen werden mit den Nachforschungen beauftragt. Schnell wird dem Ermittlerduo und den hinzugezogenen Kollegen klar, dass sie es mit einem ganz außergewöhnlichen Verbrechen zu tun haben. Der Täter hat alles daran gesetzt, eine Identifizierung des Opfers zu erschweren, und so ist es denn auch nur einem Zufall und der tatkräftigen Unterstützung des Rechtsmediziners Dr. Schwarz zu verdanken, dass einige vage Anhaltspunkte gefunden werden. Bei mühsamen Recherchen und mit zum Teil mutigen Spekulationen verfolgen die Ermittler Spuren die nach Japan, Großbritannien und in den Nahen Osten führen. Dabei kommen Sie den Tätern immer näher und geraten tiefer in den Sog der Ereignisse. Derweil verfolgen Thomas' und Sarahs Gegenspieler weiter einen teuflischen Plan, und als die beiden Polizisten beginnen zu erahnen, welche dunklen Machenschaften sich in ihrer beschaulichen Heimatstadt Freiburg abspielen, ist es fast schon zu spät, um einen terroristischen Anschlag gigantischen Ausmaßes zu verhindern.

Judul : KEPERAWATAN GERONTIK Pengetahuan Praktis Bagi Perawat dan Mahasiswa Keperawatan Penulis : Dr. Indra Ruswadi, S. Kep., Ns., M.PH Evi Supriatun, S.Kep., Ns., M.Kep. Ukuran : 15,5 x 23 cm Tebal : 201 Halaman No ISBN : 978-623-497-037-1 Tahun Terbit : Oktober 2022 Sinopsi Buku Perawat sebagai profesi yang berada di garis depan garda pelayanan kesehatan dituntut memiliki pengetahuan dan keterampilan professional dalam memberikan asuhan keperawatan termasuk asuhan keperawatan gerontik dimana ini menjadi salah satu bidang garap keperawatan. Bidang garap keperawatan gerontik adalah tidak terpenuhinya kebutuhan dasar manusia (KDM) lanjut usia sebagai akibat proses penuaan. Penuaan didalam masyarakat kita merupakan fenomena yang dominan pada saat ini. Menua bukanlah suatu penyakit tetapi merupakan proses berkurangnya daya tahan tubuh dalam menghadapi rangsangan dari dalam maupun luar tubuh. Walaupun demikian, memang harus diakui bahwa ada berbagai penyakit yang sering menghinggapi kaum usia lanjut, sehingga disinilah peran perawat gerontik bisa maksimal terutama dalam memberikan bantuan dan fasilitasi pada klien lanjut usia. Buku ini disusun dalam 14 Bab, dimana 13 Bab berkaitan dengan materi keperawatan gerontik, sedangkan bab terakhir Penutup. Untuk lebih jelasnya, Bab 1. Konsep Keperawatan Gerontik, Bab 2. Konsep Lansia, Bab 3. Konsep Menua, Bab 4. Model Konseptual Keperawatan Gerontik, Bab 5. Masalah Kesehatan Pada Lansia, Bab 6. Konsep Etik dan Hukum pada Keperawatan Gerontik, Bab 7. Perubahan pada lansia, Bab 8. Kebutuhan Dasar Fisik dan Psikososial Lansia, Bab 9. Pendekatan pendidikan kesehatan pada lansia, Bab 10. Terapi Modalitas Keperawatan pada Lansia, Bab 11. Posyandu Lansia, Bab 12. Konsep Pengelolaan Kesejahteraan lansia, Bab 13. Asuhan Keperawatan Gerontik, dan Bab 14 Penutup. Kelebihan Buku Keperawatan Gerontik, Pengetahuan Praktis Bagi Perawat dan Mahasiswa Keperawatan ini memberikan gambaran secara lengkap, mendetail dan komprehensip tentang keperawatan gerontik dengan menggunakan bahasa yang mudah dan sederhana, dimana didalamnya ada latihan dan test yang dapat mengasah kemampuan mahasiswa juga perawat dalam memahami keperawatan gerontik dan untuk mempermudah menjawabnya ditampilkan juga petunjuk dan kunci jawaban. sehingga tidak menutup kemungkinan profesi di luar keperawatanpun membaca buku ini. sehingga buku ini diharapkan mampu bersaing dengan buku sejenis di pasaran.

Targeting boredom as an emotion that drives ADHD behaviours, this book presents a range of practical suggestions for treating boredom alongside ADHD for patients and clients ranging from young children to older adults. These can then be incorporated into schoolwork, jobs, relationships and everyday life to improve overall concentration and mood.

El trabajo en la escuela mediante rincones es un hecho cada día más habitual. Organizar la clase en rincones de actividad no significa tan sólo cambiar la distribución del espacio, implica además una concepción diferente del niño y de la niña, del maestro o maestra y de la metodología de trabajo. Este libro no sólo nos ofrece unos apuntes sobre el juego y los fundamentos psicopedagógicos esenciales para comprender esta propuesta metodológica, sino que nos sugiere modelos de organización espacial y temporal, propuestas concretas de rincones, materiales necesarios, actividades que pueden llevarse a cabo, así como pautas de observación o ejemplos de control junto a algunas reflexiones sobre la evaluación.

El libro Enseñanza superior en tiempos de pandemia presenta las experiencias de acción y cambio en los procesos de formación en la educación superior y de posgrado durante la pandemia producto del contagio por el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. La obra registra el testimonio del compromiso de la comunidad académica y estudiantil, que no detuvo su labor de enseñanza e investigación en los tiempos más aciagos de la crisis sanitaria. Los trece capítulos y el seminario académico titulado "Transformación de los procesos de educación superior y de posgrado Innovación en tiempos de pandemia" dan cuenta de los efectos provocados por la COVID-19 en el modelo de Educación Superior en México, el cual se vio obligado a transformarse desde lo más profundo de las comunidades originarias hasta las masificadas universidades en México. Los autores presentan, analizan y ofrecen su opinión acerca de los retos enfrentados para transformar la estructura y organización educativa y de investigación con el fin de reaccionar ante la contingencia sanitaria y las políticas de confinamiento social en donde se improvisaron, fortalecieron e innovaron procesos de educación y comunicación basados en el uso de Internet para continuar las clases, cursos y seminarios.

★ Starred selection for CCBC's Best Books Ideal for Teachers 2023! Now a National Best Seller! How can Indigenous knowledge systems inform our teaching practices and enhance education? How do we create an education system that embodies an anti-racist approach and equity for all learners? This powerful and engaging resource is for non-Indigenous educators who want to learn more, are new to these conversations, or want to deepen their learning. Some educators may come to this work with some trepidation. You may feel that you are not equipped to engage in Indigenous education, reconciliation, or anti-racism work. You may be anxious about perpetuating misconceptions or stereotypes, making mistakes, or giving offence. In these chapters, I invite you to take a walk and have a conversation with a good mind and a good heart. With over two decades in Indigenous education, author Jo Chrona encourages readers to acknowledge and challenge assumptions, reflect on their own experiences, and envision a more equitable education system for all. Each chapter includes reflection questions to help process the ideas in each chapter suggestions for taking action in both personal and professional spheres of influence recommended resources to read, watch, or listen to for further learning personal reflections and anecdotes from the author on her own learning journey voices of non-Indigenous educators who share their learning and model how to move into, and sit, in places of unknowing and discomfort, so we can examine our own biases and engage in this work in a good way Grounded in the First Peoples Principles of Learning, this comprehensive guide builds on Chrona’s own experiences in British Columbia’s education system to explore how to shape anti-racist and equitable education systems for all. Perfect for reading on your own or with your professional learning community!

Mengingat betapa urgensinya persoalan psikologi dalam kehidupan manusia khususnya dalam dunia pendidikan, maka faktor ini mendorong psikologi terus dikaji dan dipelajari banyak orang. Psikologi ini merupakan sebuah ilmu yang mempelajari tentang jiwa. Dimana ilmu inisangat penting untuk kita pelajari sebagai mahasiswa dan mahasiswi yang akan diaplikasikan nanti saat masuk dunia mengajar maupun terjun dimasyarakat. Perhatian pada psikologi yang terutama tertuju pada masalah bagaimana tiap-tiap individu dipengaruhi dan dibimbing oleh maksud-maksud pribadi yang mereka hubungkan kepada pengalaman mereka sendiri. Pengamatan biasanya dilakukan oleh orang yang cerdas. Terjadi terhadap suatu proses dengan maksud merasakan dan memahami pengetahuan dari sebuah fenomena berdasarkan pengetahuan.

Se desarrollan experiencias de instalaciones artísticas con fuerte implicancia de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación aplicadas al Nivel Inicial. Sugiere proyectos para diferentes momentos del año escolar, comenzando por el período de inicio y terminando con el cierre de sala de 5 años. Refleja en las instalaciones la trayectoria escolar de las niñas y los niños. En muchos de los recorridos se incorpora a la multitarea como dispositivo pedagógico privilegiado para organizar la enseñanza en el Jardín.

Educational Accountability: International perspectives on challenges and possibilities for school leadership provides an opportunity to assess, reflect on, and discuss current issues surrounding accountability policies in education from around the globe and the implications they hold for school leadership. It addresses the global trend of accountability policies expanding in scope to include the education profession as well as the increasing incidence of international policy borrowing, brought on chiefly by globalisation. Specific case studies offer a contextual examination of the theory, policy and practice of accountability and an inspection of their influence on school leadership. Cases are intentionally juxtaposed to provide a broad perspective of regional and cultural similarities and departures, and are arranged to reflect the diasporic Chinese, Anglo, European, and Hispanic societies. Bringing together a number of highly regarded experts within the field, the book cultivates a global perspective on the challenges and possibilities for school leaders to foster school effectiveness and improvement. Educational Accountability should be key reading for researchers, policy makers, and current and future school leaders.

Arti Supervisi menurut asal usul atau etimologinya merupakan bentuk perkataan atau morfologi maupun isi yang terkandung dalam perkataan itu atau semantik. Secara morfologis bahwa supervisi berasal dari dua kata bahasa Inggris, yaitu super dan vision. Super berarti di atas dan vision berarti melihat dan masih serumpun dengan inspeksi, pemeriksaan, pengawasan, dan penilikan. Tujuan umum supervisi adalah memberikan bantuan teknis dan bimbingan kepada guru dan staf agar personil tersebut mampu meningkatkan kualitas kinerjanya dalam melaksanakan tugas dan melaksanakan proses belajar mengajar. Secara operasional dapat dikemukakan beberapa tujuan konkrit dari supervisi pendidikan yaitu Meningkatkan mutu kinerja guru, Meningkatkan keefektifan kurikulum sehingga berdaya guna dan terlaksana dengan baik, Meningkatkan keefektifan dan keefesiensian sarana dan prasarana, Meningkatkan kualitas pengelolaan sekolah, Meningkatkan kualitas situasi umum sekolah. Fungsi supervisi ini penting diketahui pengawas dan kepala sekolah. Fungsi-fungsi tersebut merupakan suatu kesatuan yang tidak dapat dipisahkan, jika oleh para supervisor dapat memenuhi fungsi-fungsi tersebut dalam melaksanakan tugas profesionalnya, diperkirakan para guru akan memperoleh bantuan dalam memecahkan berbagai kesulitannya dalam melaksanakan tugas pembelajaran. Pendekatan sistem pendidikan dipergunakan untuk menunjuk pengertian skema atau metode pengaturan organisasi atau susunan sesuatu atau metode. Dapat juga dalam arti suatu bentuk atau pola pengaturan, pelaksanaan atau pemrosesan dan juga dalam pengertian metode pengelompokan, pengkodifikasian, dan sebagainya. Pendidikan merupakan sarana penting untuk meningkatkan kualitas Sumber Daya Manusia dalam menjamin kelangsungan pembangunan suatu bangsa. Peningkatan kualitas Sumber Daya Manusia jauh lebih mendesak untuk segera direalisasikan terutama dalam menghadapi era persaingan global.

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In this guide, educators and authors David Upegui and David E. Fastovsky offer a pedagogical prescription for how you can integrate the study of racial justice with evolutionary biology in your existing high-school biology curriculum. Designed as a practical manual for teaching, the chapters focus on teaching concepts of equity through evolutionary biology modules, a cornerstone for building students’ scientific understanding of biotic diversity. The book provides pedagogical components alongside historical and scientific components, with contextual chapters that give teachers the background knowledge to understand the historical relationship between science and racism for topics such as natural selection, social justice, and American slavery and colonization. Ready-to-use lesson plans are situated in a historical and theoretical context of science as it relates to racial oppression, and demonstrate how rigorous science education can lead to your students’ liberation and personal empowerment despite the historically problematic history of some applications of science. These lesson plans and classroom exercises are presented in a way that introduces the timely extra dimension of anti-racism into the existing biology curricula without significantly increasing teaching loads. The contextual material provided allows the lessons to be implemented across a variety of classrooms regardless of initial familiarity with DEI. Ideal for secondary biology teachers and their students, particularly in grades 10-12, this book synthesizes timely ideas for high-school educators, harnessing the power of rigorous science to combat marginalization. Lessons and activities have been classroom-tested and are aligned with three different standards: Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS); College board (AP Biology); Vision and Change; and use the 5E format.

The book covers the broad spectrum of 'Comparative Education' as an emerging discipline within the framework of education in India and UK; USA; and China. This thoroughly revised edition of the book introduces the systems, patterns and problems of education while highlighting the similarities and differences in various educational systems, the way these have been conceived including the solution worked out by each country to the problems in the field. The book has been organized, keeping in view the syllabi of different universities for B.Ed., M.Ed., M.A. (Education) and M.Phil. It has already been approved by a number of universities as a text and reference book. It will also prove useful for teachers and educational administrators in dealing with the problems of education in their day-to-day work.

Budaya tidak bisa dilepas dari pembelajaran. Saat ini, pendidikan sudah masuk pada Revolusi Industri 4.0, namun budaya sebagai sebuah konsep, pemikiran, histori, dan peradaban, tidak bisa dipisahkan dari dunia pendidikan. Budaya terintegrasi baik dalam konteks maupun konten sebuah pembelajaran sesuai dengan amanah dalam Sistem Pendidikan Nasional dan Kurikulum 2013. Dalam buku ini, terdapat enam topik yang diangkat. Topik tersebut adalah sumber-sumber belajar berbasis budaya lokal, integrasi permainan berunsur budaya dalam pembelajaran di sekolah dasar, pendidikan karakter melalui media pembelajaran wayang berbasis budaya lokal, manajemen pembelajaran berbasis budaya lokal Ngada dalam pengembangan karakter anak usia dini, koneksi matematis dalam perspektif budaya lokal Ngada, dan konservasi budaya lokal dalam pembelajaran bahasa Inggris.

Buku "Teknik Penulisan Karya Ilmiah" adalah panduan yang komprehensif cara membuat Karya Ilmiah yang baik dan benar untuk peneliti, mahasiswa, dan siapa pun yang ingin menguasai keterampilan menulis karya ilmiah yang efektif. Buku ini mengulas langkah-langkah penting dalam proses penulisan karya ilmiah, mulai dari memilih topik penelitian hingga penyuntingan dan format penulisan. Pembaca akan dipandu dalam menyusun rencana penelitian yang terstruktur, mengumpulkan bahan dengan baik, dan menyusun pendahuluan serta tinjauan pustaka yang kuat. Metodologi penelitian, analisis data, hasil penelitian, dan diskusi juga dibahas dengan detail. Buku ini juga memberikan pedoman teknik penyusunan daftar pustaka yang tepat. Selain itu, penulis juga menyoroti pentingnya tata bahasa dan ejaan, dan penyuntingan format yang baik dalam penulisan karya ilmiah. Dengan buku ini, pembaca akan memiliki sumber daya yang berharga untuk menghasilkan karya ilmiah yang berkualitas tinggi.

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Los contenidos de este libro han sido desarrollados según lo establecido en el RD 1105/2014, de 26 de diciembre, (BOE 3 de enero 2015) por el que se establece el currículo básico de la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y del Bachillerato. Si la Ciencia busca el qué, el cómo y el porqué de los hechos, sean naturales o artificiales, la Tecnología está llamada al saber cómo hacemos las cosas, por qué las hacemos y cuál será su utilidad en favor del bienestar de las gentes, de su progreso social y económico y de la convivencia entre los pueblos. La Tecnología, pues, abraza en una sola finalidad tres objetivos fundamentales: saber hacer, saber por qué se hace y saber para que se hace. La propia esencia conceptual de esta materia le concede una posición privilegiada para formar ciudadanos autónomos en un mundo global con la capacidad, disponiendo de los actuales medios informáticos de comunicación, para resolver problemas con la máxima inmediatez y amplísimos componentes de innovación. Teniendo muy en cuenta estas finalidades, el presente libro ha sido diseñado con los siguientes criterios formativos: • Proporcionar un aprendizaje contextualizado que relacione la evolución conceptual de la Ciencia con los avances tecnológicos actuales. • Establecer relaciones entre Ciencia y Tecnología como medios de progreso social y económico. • Potenciar la capacidad de comunicación entre las gentes y entre los pueblos como factor de convivencia internacional. • Fomentar un espíritu crítico positivo, exigiendo rigor y precisión en el enfoque y resolución de problemas que, en su dinamismo, plantean continuamente la sociedad y la técnica. Atendiendo a tales finalidades sociales y formativas, se han seguido estos procesos de enfoque: • Uso de un lenguaje serio y científico, árido en ocasiones, lo suficientemente asequible a un alumnado ya a las puertas de la Universidad y de las Escuelas Técnicas. • Presentación de ejemplos “de vida diaria” con toda su carga de aplicabilidad a situaciones técnicas concretas. • Exposición razonada de teorías, leyes y modelos aplicables en cada caso a situaciones de investigación tecnológica y de aplicabilidad técnica. • Propuesta de cuestiones, ejercicios y problemas, explicados y resueltos, que ayuden al alumnado a una mejor comprensión practica de lo explicado. • Propuesta de ejercicios, cuestiones y problemas sin resolver, pero con solución indicada, para que el alumnado evalúe personalmente su aprendizaje. • Fomentar hábitos de respeto hacia el medio ambiente, de ahorro energético y de intercomunicación mediante procesos informáticos. Tal como se apunta en las disposiciones oficiales respecto a la programación de esta asignatura, su fin último es “proporcionar una visión razonada desde el punto de vista científico-tecnológico sobre la necesidad de construir una sociedad sostenible en la que la racionalización y el uso de las energías, las clásicas y las nuevas, contribuyan a crear sociedades más justas e igualitarias, formadas por ciudadanos con pensamiento crítico propio de lo que acontece a su alrededor”.

Par ici privilégie l’approche communicative alliée à l’approche de type actionnel et propose un apprentissage progressif principalement axé sur la réalité nord-américaine. Au cours des 8 épisodes scénarisés, les étudiants se familiarisent avec différents personnages en s’imprégnant des particularités de la langue orale québécoise. Cette méthode a été conçue par des professeurs du Québec. Elle vise essentiellement à l’acquisition des niveaux 7 et 8 des quatre compétences – production orale, compréhension orale, production écrite, compréhension écrite – décrites dans le Programme-cadre et qui correspondent au niveau B2 du CECR (Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues). Une méthode pour : favoriser la compréhension orale des formes syntaxiques les plus courantes; outiller les apprenants et les encourager à utiliser leurs nouvelles compétences linguistiques dans des situations authentiques de la vie quotidienne. Une méthode d’environ 150 heures d’enseignement en classe qui propose : 8 épisodes scénarisés basés sur la vie courante; 39 objectifs de communication; 4 bilans pour évaluer ses progrès; plus de 400 exercices; des capsules grammaticales; 2 CD audio — pistes audio aussi disponibles sur notre site internet au : www.methode-parici.com

Konseling online menjadi salah satu layanan bimbingan dan konseling maupun layanan kesehatan mental yang secara kajian empirik dapat berfungsi secara efektif dan efisien dengan memanfaatkan kecanggihan teknologi sehingga pemberian layanan tersebut dapat merambah tanpa batas ruang dan waktu. Dalam buku ini penulis menyediakan pembahasan konseptual mengenai konseling online yang meliputi sejarah perkembangan konseling online, komponen dan strategi konseling online baik menggunakan mode sinkron maupun asinkron, lalu penerapan layanan bimbingan klas (classroom guidance), dan psikoedukasi secara online, sampai pada kajian-kajian riset mengenai pengembangan konseling online. Keseluruhan bahasan ini akan secara komprehensif diuraikan sehingga pembaca memahami keseluruhan konsep dan strategi penerapan konseling online. Dengan membaca buku ini, para mahasiswa, akademisi, praktisi bidang bimbingan dan konseling maupun layanan kesehatan mental akan memahami konsep dengan baik dan mengaplikasikan layanan konseling online secara profesional. Buku persembahan penerbit PrenadaMediaGroup #Kencana

Profesi keguruan merupakan suatu kegiatan yang menunjukkan dan menjunjung tinggi prinsip dan asas-asas keprofesionalitasan dalam melaksanakan tugas dan kewajibannya dalam mendidik dan mengajar peserta didik. Guru yang profesional merupakan produk dan hasil dari suatu pendidikan profesi guru dengan mengandalkan kualitas keilmuan yang tinggi, moralitas yang agung, serta ditunjang berbagai kapabilitas yang tidak diragukan lagi efektivitas dan efisiensinya dalam melaksanakan pendidikan dan pengajaran. Begitu pula sebutan guru profesional berlaku dalam seluruh aktivitas kehidupannya baik di sekolah maupun di luar sekolah seperti lingkungan dan masyarakat. Namun untuk menjadi guru yang profesional tidaklah mudah karena memerlukan pendidikan khusus yaitu pendidikan profesi guru dan proses yang berkelanjutan. Hadirnya buku ini merupakan dalam rangka membantu merealisasikan guru profesional di negeri ini. Isi buku ini seluruhnya berkaitan dan sesuai dengan kebutuhan guru profesional dan pemerhati pendidikan. Dimulai dari pembahasan tentang pemahaman arti profesi dan guru secara mendalam, kompetensi guru, hard skill dan soft skill guru, perencanaan pembelajaran, kode etik profesi guru, supervisi pendidikan, dan program sertifikasi profesi guru yang kesemuannya itu telah disesuaikan dengan Kurikulum 2013 dan Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan. Juga ditambahkan berbagai konsep pendidikan Islam sehingga buku ini mencoba untuk menggabungkan pendidikan secara umum dengan pendidikan Islam. Ini karena guru profesional adalah guru yang memiliki intelektualitas yang bermutu, bermoral religius, dan memiliki kapabilitas (multi talented) dalam proses pendidikan. Buku ini merupakan buku rujukan utama mata kuliah Profesi Keguruan bagi mahasiswa, namun buku ini juga sangat sesuai dan berguna bagi para pendidik atau guru, pemerhati dan praktisi pendidikan, semua civitas akademika, dan bagi siapa pun yang peduli pada peningkatan kualitas pendidikan.

Cuốn sách giúp bạn thấu hiểu bản thân mình và tâm lý những người xung quanh! Được chấp bút bởi bậc thầy tâm lý hàng đầu Trung Quốc Khương Nguy. Tâm lý học theo chủ nghĩa hành vi phát triển đến đỉnh cao vào những năm 1920 của thế kỷ XX tại Mỹ, giữ vị trí chủ đạo trong lĩnh vực tâm lý học trong suốt ba mươi năm sau đó tại đất nước này. Không chỉ là một bộ môn khoa học trong phòng thực nghiệm, mà quan trọng hơn, những lý luận của tâm lý học hành vi giúp con người tự nhìn nhận bản thân, tự điều chỉnh tâm lý, đồng thời thông qua hành vi để nắm bắt và thấu hiểu tâm lý, đồng thời thông qua hành vi để nắm bắt và thấu hiểu tâm lý của những người xung quanh. Hành vi chính là tấm gương phản chiếu tâm lý của con người, qua đó, chúng ta tự soi chiếu bản thân, học cách chung sống hòa thuận với chính mình, bên cạnh đó cũng có thể hiểu rõ người khác và thiết lập mối quan hệ tốt đẹp trong xã hội. Khi mỗi người trong chúng ta đều học được cách trực tiếp đối diện với bản chất thật sự trong tâm hồn, vậy việc trở thành người thầy cho chính mình cũng không còn là mơ ước xa vời nữa. *** Tâm lý học hành vi của Watson có thể coi là một đòn chí mạng, lật đổ những quan điểm tâm lý học truyền thống thời bấy giờ. Mặc dù đời sống cá nhân của ông gây ra nhiều tranh cãi, nhưng không thể phủ nhận sự thật rằng ông đã đạt được những thành tựu mang tính khai phá, góp phần thúc đẩy tâm lý học phát triển lên một tầm cao mới. Nếu trường phái tâm lý học theo chủ nghĩa chức năng lấy ý thức làm đối tượng nghiên cứu, thì tâm lý học hành vi lại hướng mục tiêu nghiên cứu vào hành vi của con người, từ đó bù đắp những điểm chưa thỏa đáng trong lý luận của các trường phái tâm lý học đi trước, điển hình là việc chỉ đơn thuần chú trọng vào ý thức bên trong mà thiếu tính thực tiễn để áp dụng vào đời sống. Tâm lý học hành vi đã đưa tâm lý học từ thế giới chủ quan sang thế giới khách quan, nhấn mạnh sức ảnh hưởng lớn của hoàn cảnh bên ngoài đối với con người, và khẳng định những kết quả chúng ta gặt hái được trong tương lai đều bắt nguồn từ rất nhiều thói quen của ngày hôm nay. Những lý luận về tâm lý học hành vi của Watson góp phần thúc đẩy ngành tâm lý học trở thành một ngành khoa học tự nhiên chính thống, đồng thời có tầm ảnh hưởng lan tỏa suốt hơn nửa thế kỷ. Đó chính xác là những lý luận đi đầu trong ngành tâm lý học đương thời. Tâm lý học hành vi có nhiều phát hiện mang tính đột phá, bao gồm cả một số quan điểm mở rộng trên phương diện giáo dục trẻ nhỏ. Tuy vẫn tồn tại một số hạn chế không tránh khỏi và lý luận về mối liên hệ “kích thích - phản ứng” còn mang tính phiến diện, nhưng xét trên một mức độ nào đó, tâm lý học hành vi vẫn khiến trường phái tâm lý học nghiên cứu về ý thức gặp phải trở ngại nhất định. Đương nhiên, cùng với việc xã hội ngày càng văn minh tân tiến, tâm lý học hành vi rồi cũng phải đối mặt với vấn đề về sự chuyển giao giữa cũ và mới. Nhưng kể cả vậy, chúng ta vẫn không thể phủ nhận những cống hiến của nó cho sự phát triển ngành tâm lý học nói chung, và dù thế nào thì ở nó vẫn luôn có những điều mà chúng ta có thể soi chiếu và học tập. Cuốn sách này tổng hợp những lý luận về tâm lý học hành vi của Watson, cố gắng gửi đến độc giả hệ thống tư tưởng một cách hoàn chỉnh nhất, nêu lên những điểm then chốt trong luận thuyết của ông, đồng thời liên hệ với cuộc sống thực tiễn để nghiệm chứng tính hợp lý trong đó. Sau mỗi phần, chúng tôi đều tổng hợp lại những phương thức có tính ứng dụng thực tiễn để bạn đọc hiểu rõ tâm lý thông qua hành vi của con người. Để độc giả không cảm thấy khó hiểu và nhàm chán bởi những thuật ngữ mang tính học thuật khô khan, chúng tôi cố gắng sử dụng cách nói gần gũi và dễ hiểu nhất có thể, hy vọng cùng với việc lan tỏa kiến thức mang tính hàn lâm thì ngôn từ mang tính phổ thông sẽ giúp các bạn thưởng thức cuốn sách một cách thoải mái nhất. Nếu qua đây độc giả tìm thấy sự chỉ dẫn và trợ giúp có ích trong đời sống, vậy cuốn sách này cũng coi như hoàn thành trọn vẹn nhiệm vụ của nó rồi. Cuốn sách này không tránh khỏi nhiều thiếu sót, kính mong quý độc giả thông cảm và góp ý. *** Mời các bạn đón đọc Tâm Lý Học Hành Vi của tác giả Khương Nguy & Phi Tường (dịch).

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El presente texto desarrolla los contenidos de los dos módulos profesionales de Gestión y Logística del Mantenimiento de Vehículos y de Técnicas de Comunicación y de Relaciones, del Ciclo Formativo de grado superior en Automoción, de la familia profesional de Transporte y Mantenimiento de Vehículos, establecido por el Real Decreto 1796/2008, de 3 de noviembre, de enseñanzas mínimas para dicho título. Los contenidos se desarrollan a partir de los fundamentos del trabajo en un taller, necesarios para entender posteriormente su funcionamiento, los componentes que los integran y las operaciones de mantenimiento y reparación más habituales. En esta segunda edición se han actualizado tanto la normativa como los textos, así como el material gráfico y las actividades para adecuarlos aún más, si cabe, a la actual dinámica del sector, cuya evolución es continua. Las unidades ofrecen casos prácticos y actividades propuestas, así como cuadros de información adicional o importante, entre otros. También incluyen un resumen final de la teoría que se complementa con útiles enlaces web y variadas actividades finales para evaluar y afianzar lo aprendido. Asimismo, se incorpora un gran número de fotografías, imágenes y esquemas para facilitar la comprensión del texto. Cada unidad está estructurada de manera que el aprendizaje sea progresivo, por lo que aquellas iniciales son básicas y, a medida que se avanza, su nivel va aumentando para alcanzar los conocimientos necesarios del módulo. Estas características hacen que este libro sea un documento imprescindible tanto para estudiantes de grado superior o universitario como para profesores, profesionales y aficionados del sector de la automoción.

Program Merdeka Belajar menjadi penunjang kemajuan pendidikan jika dapat dijalankan dengan baik. Dengan kata lain, program ini dapat menjadi salah satu jalan dalam meningkatkan mutu pendidikan Indonesia di satu sisi dan mutu manusia Indonesia secara luas di sisi yang lain. Dengan buku ini menjadi jalan dalam memahami dan menerapkan cara pandang pendidikan melalui kebijakan “merdeka belajar” yang telah dicanangkan, agar pendidikan di Indonesia mempunyai arah dan tujuan yang jelas. Dalam buku ini terdiri dari 13 Bab, yang terdiri dari, Kurikulum Merdeka Belajar, Program Semester, Program Tahunan, Modul Ajar, Capaian Pembelajaran, Tujuan Pembelajaran, Model-model Pembelajaran, Pengembangan Bahan Ajar, Proyek Pengembangan Profil Pelajar Pancasila, Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran, Kegiatan Pembelajaran, Asesmen Pembelajaran, dan Struktur Kurikulum Merdeka Belajar.

This book outlines the creative responses academics are using to subvert powerful market forces that restrict university work to a neoliberal, economic focus. The second volume in a diptych of critical academic work on the changing landscape of neoliberal universities, the editors and contributors examine how academics ‘prise open the cracks’ in neoliberal logic to find space for resistance, collegiality, democracy and hope. Adopting a distinctly postcolonial positioning, the volume interrogates the link between neoliberalism and the ongoing privileging of Euro-American theorising in universities. The contributors move from accounts of unmitigated managerialism and toxic workplaces, to the need to decolonise the academy to, finally, illustrating the various creative and counter-hegemonic practices academics use to resist, subvert and reinscribe dominant neoliberal discourses. This hopeful volume will appeal to students and scholars interested in the role of universities in advancing cultural democracy, as well as university staff, academics and students.

Este libro se propone presentar una idea con dos partes o dimensiones. La primera sostiene que la puesta en práctica de la filosofía con pretensiones educativas –esto es, el encuentro, bajo el nombre de “filosofía”, entre dos pensamientos (el de quien ocupa la posición de enseñante y el que habita el espacio del aprendiz)– es un encuentro necesariamente paradójico, imposible. La segunda sostiene que esa condición, lejos de ser un impedimento o una falta de estímulo para su práctica, se constituye en una potencia y una fuente de inspiración permanente para pensar el sentido de la filosofía en la educación. Uno de los propósitos principales de este trabajo es estimular el pensamiento del lector –presumiblemente profesor o estudiante de filosofía, o más ampliamente, profesor o estudiante interesado en la dimensión filosófica de la enseñanza– sobre esa necesidad imposible y lo que puede generarse a partir de ella. Walter Kohan es profesor titular de la Universidad del Estado de Río de Janeiro (Brasil). Ha publicado libros, capítulos de libros y numerosos artículos en Argentina y el exterior sobre temas de enseñanza de la filosofía y filosofía de la educación. Realizó estudios de posdoctorado en la Universidad de París VIII y es actualmente investigador del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones (CNPq) y de la Fundación de Apoyo a la Investigación de Río de Janeiro (PRÓ-CIÊNCIA/FAPERJ), en Brasil.

يتناول هذا الكتاب إستراتيجيات التعلم والتعليم : نظريات، مبادئ، مفاهيم عددا من الموضوعات تدور حول: (مقدمة في إستراتيجيات التعليم والتعلم، إستراتيجية التدريس والتدريس الفعال، إستراتيجية العمليات العقلية، إستراتيجية التكوين العقلي، إستراتيجية تعديل السلوك، إستراتيجية الفروق الفردية، إستراتيجية البرمجة اللغوية والعصف الذهني والتعلم بالإتقان والاكتشاف، إستراتيجية التغذية الراجعة، الإستراتيجية النظرية البنائية للتعلم، إستراتيجية التعلم المستند على الدماغ، إستراتيجية المهارات الحركية)، وذلك في سبعة عشر فصلا. Descriptor(s): LEARNING STRATEGIES | TEACHING METHODS | TEACHING SKILLS | SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

The book Test, Measurement and Evaluation is based on revised and updated syllabus of M.P.Ed of NCTE. The purpose of the book is to provide text for students of M. P. Ed. The book is practical and user friendly and bridges the gap between theory and practical. The language of the book is simple and easy to understand. Content: UNIT I – Introduction Meaning and Definition of Test, Measurement and Evaluation. Need and Importance of Measurement and Evaluation. Criteria for Test Selection – Scientific Authenticity. Meaning, definition and establishing Validity, Reliability, Objectivity. Norms – Administrative Considerations. UNIT II – Motor Fitness Tests Meaning and Definition of Motor Fitness. Test for Motor Fitness; Indiana Motor Fitness Test (for elementary and high school boys, girls and College Men) Oregon Motor Fitness Test (Separately for boys and girls) - JCR test. Motor Ability; Barrow Motor Ability Test – Newton Motor Ability Test – Muscular Fitness – Kraus Weber Minimum Muscular Fitness Test. UNIT III – Physical Fitness Tests Physical Fitness Test: AAHPERD Health Related Fitness Battery (revised in 1984), ACSM Health Related Physical Fitness Test, Roger’s physical fitness Index. Cardio vascular test; Harvard step test, 12 minutes run / walk test, Multi-stage fitness test (Beep test) UNIT IV – Anthropometric and Aerobic-Anaerobic Tests Physiological Testing: Aerobic Capacity: The Bruce Treadmill Test Protocol, 1.5 Mile Run test for college age males and females. Anaerobic Capacity: Margaria- Kalamen test, Wingate Anaerobic Test, Anthropometric Measurements: Method of Measuring He ight: Standing Height, Sitting Height. Method of measuring Circumference: Arm, Waist, Hip, Thigh. Method of Measuring Skin folds: Triceps, Sub scapular, Suprailiac. UNIT V – Skill Tests Specific Spots Skill Test: Badminton: Miller Wall Volley Test. Basketball: Johnson Basketball Test, Harrison Basketball Ability Test. Cricket: Sutcliff Cricket test. Hockey: Friendel Field Hockey Test, Harban’s Hockey Test, Volleyball, Russel Lange Volleyball Test, Brady Volleyball Test. Football: Mor-Christian General Soccer Ability Skill Test Battery, Johnson Soccer Test, Mc-Donald Volley Soccer Test. Tennis: Dyer Tennis Test.

Evaluasi program mempunyai tujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat keberhasilan suatu program Keberhasilan tersebut meliputi efektivitas program, seperti waktu, kelancaran, dana, tenaga, hingga kualitas hasil yang dicapai Dengan kata lain, evaluasi program berfungsi sebagai pemonitor dan pengontrol pelaksanaan suatu program agar dapat diketahui tindak lanjut dari pelaksanaan program tersebut Manfaat melakukan evaluasi program di dunia pendidikan dapat memberdayakan pendidik maupun tenaga kependidikan, misalnya dalam mengalokasikan dana yang dimiliki oleh lembaga pendidikan baik pada tingkat sekolah maupun tingkat perguruan tinggi; menentukan dan memutuskan kualitas dari kurikulum sekolah dalam bidang-bidang materi tertentu; mengakreditasi sekolah ataupun perguruan tinggi yang memenuhi kriteria ataupun standar yang ditetapkan oleh lembaga akreditasi yang diakui pemerintah; hingga menetapkan manfaat dari suatu program yang dikembangkan oleh lembaga pendidikan Secara umum, buku ini membahas tentang konsep dasar evaluasi program dan pengimplementasiannya Dalam pembahasan terkait konsep dasar evaluasi, beberapa topik yang dibahas mulai dari definisi evaluasi, definisi evaluasi program, jenis-jenis model evaluasi, hingga keunggulan dan kelemahan model evaluasi Dalam pembahasan terkait pengimplementasian evaluasi program, beberapa topik yang dibahas mulai dari metodologi penelitian dalam evaluasi program, instrumen- instrumen dalam evaluasi program, hingga langkah-langkah pengambilan keputusan dalam evaluasi program Buku ini dapat dibaca oleh para mahasiswa-mahasiswi khususnya dari bidang pendidikan atau keguruan Buku ini dapat dibaca pula oleh para akademisi atau tenaga pengajar dari pelbagai perguruan tinggi, baik negeri maupun swasta yang mengampu mata kuliah yang berhubungan dengan evaluasi pendidikan Buku ini dapat dibaca juga oleh para praktisi di bidang pendidikan, peneliti, evaluator, dan para pembaca yang ingin mempelajari dan mendalami tentang evaluasi program pendidikan.

Help students succeed now and in the future in any aspect of the hospitality field!Hospitality Management Education focuses on the academic aspect of hospitality--the mechanisms of hospitality education programs, their missions, their constituents, and the outcomes of their efforts. This book examines why people study hospitality management, the vast opportunities the field offers, and ways to best prepare students for a career in the industry or in academia. Within Hospitality Management Education, you'll find exhibits, figures, tables, and insight into innovative practice methods that will strengthen your skills as an educator and contributor to the growing success of this discipline.Containing research and first-hand accounts, Hospitality Management Education offers you insight into qualities and strategies that make educators or employees effective and successful in the industry. You'll find useful information to help you better prepare students and enhance your teaching skills, such as: understanding the history and advances of hospitality management education during the past 75 years stressing the difference between the hospitality industry and other industries to help prospective hospitality students understand the unique rigors of hospitality examining degree programs in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States to identify common global teaching trends, differences, and program outcomes enhancing student learning and education programs by linking academic hospitality programs to industry through internships, involvement with industry associations, and advisory councils assuring quality in academic programs through accreditation, certification, outside peer reviews, outside reviews by the industry, and administrative reviews of the faculty preparing for a professional academic career through strategic career planning, networking, and targeting hospitality programs Hospitality Management Education discusses educational trends as a whole over the past decade to give you insight into future directions of hospitality such as increased specialization, growing numbers of faculty, more funding, and increased academic focus on research and scholarship. In this valuable volume, you'll find methods and suggestions that will make you a more knowledgeable and effective educator!

We have entered a new era where business, technologies, communities, and even pandemic deceases cross borders with unprecedented speed and intensity. 2030 Agenda and 17 SDGs reflect the global community's high expectations of finally reversing the destruction of our natural and social habits, and achieving a more balanced and equitable pathways toward well-being of all. However, despite the initial efforts, the world is not on track to achieving the most of the 169 targets that comprise the goals. It is evident that we have a system problem, so we need a system solution. Authors presented a hierarchical system consisting of two-level management systems: first level—unsustainability reduction systems and second level—control system for transformations toward sustainability. The book clearly shows that implementation of systems for unsustainability reduction and for transformations toward sustainability is possible, and that sufficient knowledge is available to get started. It is designed for researchers, practitioners, and politicians.

The primary aim of this text is to provide educators with specific strategies for engaging in equity and inclusion work on college campuses. We include the perspectives of faculty and staff with a range of experiences and expertise to address current topics evolving at various levels and functional areas in the academy. Rather than replicate findings and recommendations established in extant literature, we provide faculty, staff, and graduate students with the insight and tools they will require to transform established recommendations into actionable solutions and promising practices. This book offers theoretical and practical approaches to evolving diversity, equity, and inclusion concerns in higher education. The core themes of this volume center on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in higher education. While some educators use these terms interchangeably, we define diversity as a concept that envelopes several modes of social identity, including race, ethnicity, gender, ability, sexual orientation, faith/non-faith affiliation, size, veteran’s status, etc. The practice of fortifying representation amongst minoritized populations without making considerations for structure and support has been the primary model for diversifying the academy for the past 40 years. Within the context of higher education and diversity, our conversation shifts beyond ensuring marginalized communities are represented. Within each chapter, the contributing authors address a wide range of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging topics that are unique to their positionality as educators in the postsecondary sector. As editors, we intentionally identify authors with diverse professional backgrounds who offer a range in their approaches to addressing emergent trends in their respective areas in higher education. In addition to submitting manuscripts that engage critical examinations of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the postsecondary sector, authors were encouraged to design supplemental material for their chapters, such as training modules, study guides, case studies, guides for utilizing critical research approaches and design, and interactive activities that can be replicated in various settings on campus (e.g., the classroom, residence halls, student organization trainings, etc.).

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El presente libro es fruto de un extenso trabajo que plasma la concepción de una idea innovadora: la prevención integral de los desórdenes alimentarios desde una perspectiva pedagógica, basándose en la educación en valores y la coeducación. En el escrito se aúnan los conocimientos científicos más actuales en torno a los citados trastornos, y se plantea una acción preventiva en algunos de los ámbitos educativos más importantes, como son la escuela y la familia. Este libro constituye en sí un auténtico programa de educación en valores, ya que ofrece tanto contenidos procedimentales como conceptuales -imprescindibles para entender la multicausalidad que se da en los trastornos del comportamiento alimentario-, y orientaciones actitudinales para ayudar a prevenir los desórdenes alimentarios. Contiene aclaraciones conceptuales sobre estas enfermedades; actividades para trabajar en el aula, tanto en Educación Infantil, como en Primaria, Secundaria y Post-Obligatoria; orientaciones para las familias sobre cómo prevenir estos trastornos y qué hacer cuando se sospecha que una persona cercana pueda sufrir alguna de estas enfermedades que constituyen una auténtica pandemia en nuestra sociedad actual.

Fuel student-driven success and enhance learning with better assessment What if there was a better way to collect and interpret assessment data that could strengthen the link between teaching and learning? Student Assessment: Better Evidence, Better Decisions, Better Learning is the innovative guide to show you how it′s done and done right. This unique book offers a new assessment model focused on decision-driven data collection and provides an arsenal of tools for collecting better evidence to increase student learning. You will learn: the importance of assessment in the teaching and learning process what a decision-driven data collection assessment model looks like and how it differs from a more traditional data-driven decision-making model how to effectively establish learning intentions and success criteria within assessments to actively engage students in their own learning how to implement an array of assessment tools that yield better evidence and improve decision-making how to address the challenge of ensuring authenticity in students′ responses when AI-generated content is becoming more common With this guide in hand, you′ll be ready for a better approach to assessment—armed with practical tools and strategies to ensure students can analyze, synthesize, adapt, critique, and most importantly, take charge of their own learning.

En un registro directo, la autora reflexiona sobre la buena enseñanza y la reflexión sobre el oficio. Construye un texto polifónico que crece a partir de relatos de experiencias, la apelación al arte, la ciencia, la técnica y la literatura. Una década después de su publicación original, Tilde editora recupera El oficio de enseñar, el último libro de Edith Litwin, en el que la autora plasma su enorme saber y experiencia para pensar el oficio, alertando sobre su complejidad y sus desafíos. En un registro directo, apela al cuidado de las infancias y a la buena enseñanza, la que inicia siempre con la pregunta sobre lo relevante y lo que no lo es. El teatro, el cine, las exposiciones de arte, la música, son todas oportunidades para enriquecer el saber práctico, rico en conceptualizaciones pedagógicas y didácticas. Litwin expone en este trabajo una manera de pensar la enseñanza. Tal vez allí resida su vigencia.

La educación ciudadana en escuelas católicas debe dar cuenta de la prescripción curricular estatal, además de subrayar los principios de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia (persona, bien común, subsidiariedad y solidaridad). Adicionalmente, haciendo propia la opción preferencial por los pobres, la educación ciudadana en la enseñanza católica debe estar sustantivamente comprometida con la justicia social, los Derechos Humanos, la convivencia pacífica, el fin de las estructuras de pecado, la ecología integral y la liberación de hombres y mujeres de toda forma de opresión; lo que supone un compromiso con la transformación de la sociedad. Al mismo tiempo que el volumen da sustento a esta visión normativa, matiza dicha propuesta con la praxis de la educación ciudadana católica, que en muchos casos está lejos de su vocación; sosteniendo o reproduciendo en lo social un status quo espurio. Pero, las experiencias de las escuelas católicas en la materia son ricas y variadas, lo que sugiere que en otros tantos casos se encuentra en la senda correcta para promover un desarrollo democrático y humano integral. Este libro presenta un conjunto de investigaciones presentadas como capítulos sobre el tema de la Educación Católica y la Formación Ciudadana, procurando entender en qué consiste el aporte y los desafíos específicos que las escuelas y universidades católicas tienen respecto de la educación ciudadana, vis-à-vis las escuelas y universidades laicas. El volumen propone que la escuela católica –y toda escuela e institución de educación superior- debiera profundizar el sentido ético de la ciudadanía y de la política en línea con el principio de la fraternidad. Si la escuela en general debe promover la convivencia democrática como un valor, la escuela católica está llamada a dar un paso más, promoviendo una cultura del diálogo y el encuentro, sobre la base de su propia vida comunitaria. El público objetivo de este libro corresponde a directivos y profesorado de escuelas católicas. Directivos de universidad católicas -y especialmente sus facultades de educación- se verán también beneficiados para formular o ajustar sus propias políticas y prácticas en educación ciudadana. Expertos académicos en educación ciudadana y autoridades sectoriales de educación, así como expertos en organizaciones no gubernamentales, iglesias, y organizaciones internacionales podrán interesarse de la lectura y estudio de sus diversos capítulos.

Buku ajar ini memiliki beberapa perbedaan dibanding buku ajar statistika lainnya yang berbahasa Indonesia. Pertama, buku ini memiliki ruang lingkup dari konsep statistika hingga macam-macam data dan probabilitas yang terbagi menjadi dua belas bab. Bab tersebut dimulai dari statistika deskriptif, konsep dan macam-macam data, dan probabilitas. Kedua, penyajian dalam buku ini ringkas dan jelas. Dibandingkan dengan lingkup materinya, buku ini tergolong tipis, jelas dan lugas. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari hal-hal penting yang ada di dalam buku ini, seperti teori dasar statistika dan penggunaannya. Teori tersebut diharapkan cukup membekali pembaca khususnya pemula untuk memahami dan menyelesaikan persoalan-persoalan statistika dalam kehidupan sehari-hari dengan benar. Ketiga, dalam bab terakhir dalam buku ini adalah hal yang paling membedakan dari semua buku ajar statistika yang berbahasa Indonesia, yaitu adalah materi tentang Statistika Al-Qur’an. Materi buku ini merupakan pengembangan naskah kuliah statistika pendidikan yang penulis sampaikan di Institut Agama Islam Negeri Madura. Pada umumnya, materi ini dapat diikuti dan diselesaikan dalam satu semester sebagai bekal pengetahuan mengenai konsep data dan peluang atau probabilitas. Dalam aplikasinya juga terdapat perhitungan dasar atau kalkulus statistika. Diharapkan hal ini tidak merepotkan dan menjadi mudah dalam penerapannya, karena para pembaca tidak lupa untuk memanfaatkan kalkulasi.

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Este libro desarrolla los contenidos de los módulos profesionales de Operaciones Básicas en Restaurante y de Servicios en Restaurante y Eventos Especiales del Ciclo Formativo de grado medio de Servicios en Restauración, así como del módulo profesional de Procesos de Servicios en Restaurante del Ciclo Formativo de grado superior de Dirección de Servicios de Restauración, pertenecientes a la familia profesional de Hostelería y Turismo. Operaciones básicas y servicios en restaurante y eventos especiales ofrece información útil y contenidos secuenciados de manera lógica para favorecer el aprendizaje que abarcan los siguientes temas: la restauración; seguridad y prevención en el área de servicio de alimentos y bebidas (APPCC); preparación de material, equipos y mobiliario, y realización del montaje de mesas; atención al cliente; ejecución de operaciones en el servicio de alimentos y bebidas en sala; servicio de elaboraciones culinarias y eventos especiales; elaboración de platos a la vista del cliente y realización de trinchados, racionados y desespinados. En esta nueva edición se han actualizado y ampliado los contenidos de la obra, que se presentan de forma clara, sencilla y atractiva, con apoyo de gráficos, esquemas, tablas e imágenes que facilitan su comprensión. También se ofrecen mapas conceptuales al final de cada unidad y una amplia batería de Cuestiones y Actividades finales que ayudan a los alumnos a repasar, fijar y ampliar los conocimientosadquiridos. Al mismo tiempo, esta obra puede servir como manual de consulta tanto para profesionales del sector como para nuevos emprendedores que comienzan su actividad en el mundo de la restauración con la apertura de nuevos establecimientos, ya que les ofrece una valiosa información sobre dotaciones de materiales y equipamiento, procesos organizativos y de desarrollo, etc., para prestar el mejor servicio a sus clientes. Por todo ello, se trata de una herramienta utilísima e imprescindible tanto para alumnos y profesores como para cualquier profesional interesado en profundizar en los temas que se desarrollan.

Most of modern enterprises, institutions, and organizations rely on knowledge-based management systems. In these systems, knowledge is gained from data analysis. Today, knowledge-based management systems include data warehouses as their core components. Data integrated in a data warehouse are analyzed by the so-called On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) applications designed to discover trends, patterns of behavior, and anomalies as well as finding dependencies between data. Massive amounts of integrated data and the complexity of integrated data coming from many different sources make data integration and processing challenging. New Trends in Data Warehousing and Data Analysis brings together the most recent research and practical achievements in the DW and OLAP technologies. It provides an up-to-date bibliography of published works and the resource of research achievements. Finally, the book assists in the dissemination of knowledge in the field of advanced DW and OLAP.

It is hardly possible to ?nd a single rheological law for all the soils. However theyhavemechanicalproperties(elasticity,plasticity,creep,damageetc. )that are met in some special sciences, and basic equations of these disciplines can be applied to earth structures. This way is taken in this book. It represents the results that can be used as a base for computations in many ?elds of the Geomechanics in its wide sense. Deformation and fracture of many objects include a row of important e?ects that must be taken into account. Some of them can be considered in the rheological law that, however, must be simple enough to solve the problems for real objects. On the base of experiments and some theoretical investigations the c- stitutive equations that take into account large strains, a non-linear unsteady creep, an in?uence of a stress state type, an initial anisotropy and a damage are introduced. The test results show that they can be used ?rst of all to ?nding ultimate state of structures – for a wide variety of monotonous lo- ings when e?ective strain does not diminish, and include some interrupted, step-wise and even cycling changes of stresses. When the in?uence of time is negligible the basic expressions become the constitutive equations of the pl- ticity theory generalized here. At limit values of the exponent of a hardening law the last ones give the Hooke’s and the Prandtl’s diagrams.

Java is now well-established as one of the world’s major programming languages, used in everything from desktop applications to web-hosted applications, enterprise systems and mobile devices. Java applications cover cloud-based services, the Internet of Things, self-driving cars, animation, game development, big data analysis and many more domains. The second edition of Foundational Java: Key Elements and Practical Programming presents a detailed guide to the core features of Java – and some more recent innovations – enabling the reader to build their skills and confidence though tried-and-trusted stages, supported by exercises that reinforce the key learning points. All the most useful and commonly applied Java syntax and libraries are introduced, along with many example programs that can provide the basis for more substantial applications. Use of the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and the JUnit testing framework is integral to the book, ensuring maximum productivity and code quality when learning Java, although to ensure that skills are not confined to one environment the fundamentals of the Java compiler and run time are also explained. Additionally, coverage of the Ant tool will equip the reader with the skills to automatically build, test and deploy applications independent of an IDE. Topics and features: • Presents the most up-to-date information on Java, including Java 14 • Examines the key theme of unit testing, introducing the JUnit 5 testing framework to emphasize the importance of unit testing in modern software development • Describes the Eclipse IDE, the most popular open source Java IDE and explains how Java can be run from the command line • Includes coverage of the Ant build tool • Contains numerous code examples and exercises throughout • Provides downloadable source code, self-test questions, PowerPoint slides and other supplementary material at the website http://www.foundjava.com This hands-on, classroom-tested textbook/reference is ideal for undergraduate students on introductory and intermediate courses on programming with Java. Professional software developers will also find this an excellent self-study guide/refresher on the topic. Dr. David Parsons is National Postgraduate Director at The Mind Lab, Auckland, New Zealand. He has been teaching programming in both academia and industry since the 1980s and writing about it since the 1990s.

Dovoluji si představit vám druhé vydání originální učebnice jazyka Java. Za pomoc s odbornou korekturou děkuji tímto Katedře teoretické informatiky z FIT ČVUT. Kniha ve formátu PDF má 154 stran velikosti A5 a obsahuje přes 110 barevných ukázek kódu, ilustrací, grafů a screenshotů. Výklad je určen primárně studentům středních škol, ale inspiraci tam najdou nepochybně i mnozí zkušenější čtenáři. Čím se tahle učebnice liší od ostatních? Stručnou odpověď bych shrnul do několika slov: kniha je výjimečná ukázkovými příklady. Výukový kód je totiž stavěn na Java servletech projektu, který lze snadno spustit v Jetty kontejneru s grafickým výstupem do běžného internetového prohlížeče. Protože však cílem výuky není osvěta ohledně nějakého šablonovacího systému, je i struktura webových stránek budována pomocí objektového modelu, který za správné sestavení webové stránky odpovídá sám. Nepochybuji o tom, že při výuce objektového jazyka je vhodné naučit se pracovat s objektovým modelem a sestavování HTML modelu se mi zdá být k tomu dobrá příležitost. Dokonce i ukázky konceptu AJAX jsou stavěny na kódu jazyka Java tak, aby čtenář nebyl rozptylován zbytečně studiem nějakého skriptovacího jazyka. První část knihy se věnuje spíše základům informatiky, datovým typům, konceptu objektového programování, webovým technologiím, ale i některým třídám objektů ze standardní knihovny Java. Druhá část provází čtenáře výkladem programovacího jazyka na pozadí přiloženého projektu. Výklad nových témat přichází vždy s novým kódem dalších servletů, jejichž programové prostředky se postupně rozrůstají. To je snad ke knize vše podstatné. Pokud tedy někdo hledá učebnici pro rychlý vhled začátečníka do prostředí jazyka Java a souvisejících webových technologií, tahle kniha zřejmě nemá (na českém trhu) konkurenci. Pokud však někdo očekává detailní popis jazyka Java s příklady závislými na grafické knihovně Swing, doporučil bych mu hledat učebnici spíše jinou. Domovská stránka knihy: https://jbook.ponec.net/cs2

All researchers need to write or speak about their work, and to have research that is worth presenting. Based on the author's decades of experience as a researcher and advisor, this third edition provides detailed guidance on writing and presentations and a comprehensive introduction to research methods, the how-to of being a successful scientist. Topics include: · Development of ideas into research questions; · How to find, read, evaluate and referee other research; · Design and evaluation of experiments and appropriate use of statistics; · Ethics, the principles of science and examples of science gone wrong. Much of the book is a step-by-step guide to effective communication, with advice on: · Writing style and editing; · Figures, graphs and tables; · Mathematics and algorithms; · Literature reviews and referees’ reports; · Structuring of arguments and results into papers and theses; · Writing of other professional documents; · Presentation of talks and posters. Written in an accessible style and including handy checklists and exercises, Writing for Computer Science is not only an introduction to the doing and describing of research, but is a valuable reference for working scientists in the computing and mathematical sciences.

A definitive guide to contemporary video game studies, this second edition has been fully revised and updated to address the ongoing theoretical and methodological development of game studies. Expertly compiled by well-known video game scholars Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, the Companion includes comprehensive and interdisciplinary models and approaches for analyzing video games, new perspectives on video games both as an art form and cultural phenomenon, explorations of the technical and creative dimensions of video games, and accounts of the political, social, and cultural dynamics of video games. Brand new to this second edition are chapters examining topics such as preservation; augmented, mixed, and virtual reality; eSports; disability; diversity; and identity, as well as a new section that specifically examines the industrial aspects of video games including digital distribution, game labor, triple-A games, indie games, and globalization. Each essay provides a lively and succinct summary of its target area, quickly bringing the reader up-to-date on the pertinent issues surrounding each aspect of the field, including references for further reading. A comprehensive overview of the present state of video game studies that will undoubtedly prove invaluable to students, scholars, and game designers alike.

The aim of the book is to be a reference book in automotive technology, as far as automotive chassis (i.e. everything that is inside a vehicle except the engine and the body) is concerned. The book is a result of a decade of work heavily sponsored by the FIAT group (who supplied material, together with other automotive companies, and sponsored the work). The first volume deals with the design of automotive components and the second volume treats the various aspects of the design of a vehicle as a system.

From videogame to novel: the descent into hell of a policeman who has nothing more to lose. After losing his wife and daughter from some thugs addicted to a new and powerful drug, Valkyrie, Max Payne is left to lead his personal crusade by infiltrating the criminal organization of the Puncinello family.

• Covers both engineering graphics and AutoCAD 2025 • Each book includes videos, audio lectures, interactive quizzes and more • Numerous exercises are used throughout the book to reinforce key concepts • Includes hand sketching exercises • Features extensive video instruction where the author guides you through every AutoCAD lesson in the book Engineering Graphics Essentials with AutoCAD 2025 Instruction gives students a basic understanding of how to create and read engineering drawings by presenting principles in a logical and easy to understand manner. It covers the main topics of engineering graphics, including tolerancing and fasteners, while also teaching students the fundamentals of AutoCAD 2025. This book features independent learning material containing supplemental content to further reinforce these principles. Through its many different exercises this text is designed to encourage students to interact with the instructor during lectures, and it will give students a superior understanding of engineering graphics and AutoCAD. The independent learning material allows students to go through the topics of the book independently. The main content of the material contains pages that summarize the topics covered in the book. Each page has voice over content that simulates a lecture environment. There are also interactive examples that allow students to go through the instructor led and in-class student exercises found in the book on their own. Video tutorials of every AutoCAD lesson in the book, as well as selected problems from the book, are included to supplement the learning process. Multimedia Content • AutoCAD video tutorials of every lesson in the book (includes closed captioning) • Videos demonstrating how to solve selected problems (includes closed captioning) • Summary pages with audio lectures (includes closed captioning) • Interactive exercises and puzzles • Supplemental problems and solutions • Tutorial starter files

Boost your Big Data IQ! Gain insight into how to govern and consume IBM’s unique in-motion and at-rest Big Data analytic capabilities Big Data represents a new era of computing—an inflection point of opportunity where data in any format may be explored and utilized for breakthrough insights—whether that data is in-place, in-motion, or at-rest. IBM is uniquely positioned to help clients navigate this transformation. This book reveals how IBM is infusing open source Big Data technologies with IBM innovation that manifest in a platform capable of "changing the game." The four defining characteristics of Big Data—volume, variety, velocity, and veracity—are discussed. You’ll understand how IBM is fully committed to Hadoop and integrating it into the enterprise. Hear about how organizations are taking inventories of their existing Big Data assets, with search capabilities that help organizations discover what they could already know, and extend their reach into new data territories for unprecedented model accuracy and discovery. In this book you will also learn not just about the technologies that make up the IBM Big Data platform, but when to leverage its purpose-built engines for analytics on data in-motion and data at-rest. And you’ll gain an understanding of how and when to govern Big Data, and how IBM’s industry-leading InfoSphere integration and governance portfolio helps you understand, govern, and effectively utilize Big Data. Industry use cases are also included in this practical guide.

Uncover the power of artificial neural networks by implementing them through R code. About This Book Develop a strong background in neural networks with R, to implement them in your applications Build smart systems using the power of deep learning Real-world case studies to illustrate the power of neural network models Who This Book Is For This book is intended for anyone who has a statistical background with knowledge in R and wants to work with neural networks to get better results from complex data. If you are interested in artificial intelligence and deep learning and you want to level up, then this book is what you need! What You Will Learn Set up R packages for neural networks and deep learning Understand the core concepts of artificial neural networks Understand neurons, perceptrons, bias, weights, and activation functions Implement supervised and unsupervised machine learning in R for neural networks Predict and classify data automatically using neural networks Evaluate and fine-tune the models you build. In Detail Neural networks are one of the most fascinating machine learning models for solving complex computational problems efficiently. Neural networks are used to solve wide range of problems in different areas of AI and machine learning. This book explains the niche aspects of neural networking and provides you with foundation to get started with advanced topics. The book begins with neural network design using the neural net package, then you'll build a solid foundation knowledge of how a neural network learns from data, and the principles behind it. This book covers various types of neural network including recurrent neural networks and convoluted neural networks. You will not only learn how to train neural networks, but will also explore generalization of these networks. Later we will delve into combining different neural network models and work with the real-world use cases. By the end of this book, you will learn to implement neural network models in your applications with the help of practical examples in the book. Style and approach A step-by-step guide filled with real-world practical examples.

Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK gets you up and running developing Kinect applications for your PC using Microsoft tools and the official SDK. You will have a working Kinect program by the end of the first chapter! The following chapters will open up the secrets of three-dimensional vision, skeleton tracking, audio through the Kinect, and more. Examples illustrate the concepts in the form of simple games that react to your body movements. The result is a fun read that helps you learn one of the hottest technologies out there today. Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK also provides building blocks and ideas for mashing up the Kinect with other technologies to create art, interactive games, 3D models and enhanced office automation. You'll learn the fundamental code basic to almost all Kinect applications. You'll learn to integrate that code with other tools and manipulate data to create amazing Kinect applications. Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK is your gateway into the exciting world of three-dimensional, real-time computer interaction. Helps you create a proper development environment for Kinect applications. Covers the basics of three-dimensional vision, skeleton tracking, gesture recognition, and audio Provides fun examples that keep you engaged and learning

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When it comes to computer crimes, the criminals got a big head start. But the law enforcement and IT security communities are now working diligently to develop the knowledge, skills, and tools to successfully investigate and prosecute Cybercrime cases. When the first edition of "Scene of the Cybercrime" published in 2002, it was one of the first books that educated IT security professionals and law enforcement how to fight Cybercrime. Over the past 5 years a great deal has changed in how computer crimes are perpetrated and subsequently investigated. Also, the IT security and law enforcement communities have dramatically improved their ability to deal with Cybercrime, largely as a result of increased spending and training. According to the 2006 Computer Security Institute's and FBI's joint Cybercrime report: 52% of companies reported unauthorized use of computer systems in the prior 12 months. Each of these incidents is a Cybecrime requiring a certain level of investigation and remediation. And in many cases, an investigation is mandates by federal compliance regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, or the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. Scene of the Cybercrime, Second Edition is a completely revised and updated book which covers all of the technological, legal, and regulatory changes, which have occurred since the first edition. The book is written for dual audience; IT security professionals and members of law enforcement. It gives the technical experts a little peek into the law enforcement world, a highly structured environment where the "letter of the law" is paramount and procedures must be followed closely lest an investigation be contaminated and all the evidence collected rendered useless. It also provides law enforcement officers with an idea of some of the technical aspects of how cyber crimes are committed, and how technology can be used to track down and build a case against the criminals who commit them. Scene of the Cybercrime, Second Editions provides a roadmap that those on both sides of the table can use to navigate the legal and technical landscape to understand, prevent, detect, and successfully prosecute the criminal behavior that is as much a threat to the online community as "traditional" crime is to the neighborhoods in which we live. Also included is an all new chapter on Worldwide Forensics Acts and Laws. - Companion Web site provides custom tools and scripts, which readers can download for conducting digital, forensic investigations - Special chapters outline how Cybercrime investigations must be reported and investigated by corporate IT staff to meet federal mandates from Sarbanes Oxley, and the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard - Details forensic investigative techniques for the most common operating systems (Windows, Linux and UNIX) as well as cutting edge devices including iPods, Blackberries, and cell phones

This unique book explores several well-known machine learning and data analysis algorithms from a mathematical and programming perspective. The authors present machine learning methods, review the underlying mathematics, and provide programming exercises to deepen the reader’s understanding; accompany application areas with exercises that explore the unique characteristics of real-world data sets (e.g., image data for pedestrian detection, biological cell data); and provide new terminology and background information on mathematical concepts, as well as exercises, in “info-boxes” throughout the text. Algorithmic Mathematics in Machine Learning is intended for mathematicians, computer scientists, and practitioners who have a basic mathematical background in analysis and linear algebra but little or no knowledge of machine learning and related algorithms. Researchers in the natural sciences and engineers interested in acquiring the mathematics needed to apply the most popular machine learning algorithms will also find this book useful. This book is appropriate for a practical lab or basic lecture course on machine learning within a mathematics curriculum.

An Introduction to Statistical Learning provides an accessible overview of the field of statistical learning, an essential toolset for making sense of the vast and complex data sets that have emerged in fields ranging from biology to finance to marketing to astrophysics in the past twenty years. This book presents some of the most important modeling and prediction techniques, along with relevant applications. Topics include linear regression, classification, resampling methods, shrinkage approaches, tree-based methods, support vector machines, clustering, and more. Color graphics and real-world examples are used to illustrate the methods presented. Since the goal of this textbook is to facilitate the use of these statistical learning techniques by practitioners in science, industry, and other fields, each chapter contains a tutorial on implementing the analyses and methods presented in R, an extremely popular open source statistical software platform. Two of the authors co-wrote The Elements of Statistical Learning (Hastie, Tibshirani and Friedman, 2nd edition 2009), a popular reference book for statistics and machine learning researchers. An Introduction to Statistical Learning covers many of the same topics, but at a level accessible to a much broader audience. This book is targeted at statisticians and non-statisticians alike who wish to use cutting-edge statistical learning techniques to analyze their data. The text assumes only a previous course in linear regression and no knowledge of matrix algebra.

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Geometry processing, or mesh processing, is a fast-growing area of research that uses concepts from applied mathematics, computer science, and engineering to design efficient algorithms for the acquisition, reconstruction, analysis, manipulation, simulation, and transmission of complex 3D models. Applications of geometry processing algorithms alrea

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Since its original inception back in 1989 the Web has changed into an environment where Web applications range from small-scale information dissemination applications, often developed by non-IT professionals, to large-scale, commercial, enterprise-planning and scheduling applications, developed by multidisciplinary teams of people with diverse skills and backgrounds and using cutting-edge, diverse technologies. As an engineering discipline, Web engineering must provide principles, methodologies and frameworks to help Web professionals and researchers develop applications and manage projects effectively. Mendes and Mosley have selected experts from numerous areas in Web engineering, who contribute chapters where important concepts are presented and then detailed using real industrial case studies. After an introduction into the discipline itself and its intricacies, the contributions range from Web effort estimation, productivity benchmarking and conceptual and model-based application development methodologies, to other important principles such as usability, reliability, testing, process improvement and quality measurement. This is the first book that looks at Web engineering from a measurement perspective. The result is a self-containing, comprehensive overview detailing the role of measurement and metrics within the context of Web engineering. This book is ideal for professionals and researchers who want to know how to use sound principles for the effective management of Web projects, as well as for courses at an advanced undergraduate or graduate level.

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The book is designed to serve as a textbook for courses offered to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Electrical Engineering. The first edition of this book was published in 2014. As there is a demand for the next edition, it is quite natural to take note of the several advances that have occurred in the subject over the past five years. This is the prime motivation for bringing out a revised second edition with a thorough revision of all the chapters. The book presents a clear and comprehensive introduction to signals and systems. For easier comprehension, the course contents of all the chapters are in sequential order. Analysis of continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems are done separately for easy understanding of the subjects. The chapters contain over seven hundred numerical examples to understand various theoretical concepts. This textbook also includes numerical examples that were appeared in recent examinations and presented in a graded manner. The topics such as the representation of signals, convolution, Fourier Series and Fourier Transform, Laplace transform, Z-transform, and state-space analysis are explained with a large number of numerical examples in the book. The detailed coverage and pedagogical tools make this an ideal textbook for students and researchers enrolled in electrical engineering and related courses.

Siemens NX 12.0 for Designers is a comprehensive book that introduces the users to feature based 3D parametric solid modeling using the NX 12.0 software. The book covers all major environments of NX with a thorough explanation of all tools, options, and their applications to create real-world products. In this book, about 39 mechanical engineering industry examples are used as tutorials and an additional 34 as exercises to ensure that the users can relate their knowledge and understand the design techniques used in the industry to design a product. After reading the book, the user will be able to create parts, assemblies, drawing views with bill of materials, and learn the editing techniques that are essential to make a successful design. Also, in this book, the author emphasizes on the solid modeling techniques that improve the productivity and efficiency of the user. Salient Features: Consists of 16 chapters that are organized in a pedagogical sequence. Comprehensive coverage of NX 12.0 concepts and techniques. Tutorial approach to explain the concepts of NX 12.0. Hundreds of illustrations for easy understanding of concepts. More than 39 real-world mechanical engineering designs as tutorials, 34 as exercises, and projects with step-by-step explanation. Additional information throughout the book in the form of notes and tips. Self-Evaluation Tests and Review Questions at the end of each chapter to help the users assess their knowledge. Technical support by contacting 'techsupport@cadcim.com'. Additional learning resources at 'allaboutcadcam.blogspot.com'. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to NX 12.0 Chapter 2: Drawing Sketches for Solid Models Chapter 3: Adding Geometric and Dimensional Constraints to Sketches Chapter 4: Editing, Extruding, and Revolving Sketches Chapter 5: Working with Datum Planes, Coordinates Systems, and Datum Axes Chapter 6: Advanced Modeling Tools-I Chapter 7: Advanced Modeling Tools-II Chapter 8: Assembly Modeling-I Chapter 9: Assembly Modeling-II Chapter 10: Surface Modeling Chapter 11: Advanced Surface Modeling Chapter 12: Generating, Editing, and Dimensioning the Drawing Views Chapter 13: Synchronous Modeling Chapter 14: Sheet Metal Design Chapter 15: Introduction to Injection Mold Design (For Free Download) Chapter 16: Concepts of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (For Free Download) Index

Seit dem Entstehen der modernen Textlinguistik in den 1960er Jahren ist eine Vielzahl z.T. hoch spezialisierter Analyseansätze in diesem Bereich entwickelt worden, die auch in diversen Einführungen schon aufbereitet worden sind. Anliegen dieses Arbeitsheftes ist es, Grundlagen linguistischer Textanalyse vorzustellen, wie sie insbesondere Studierende philologischer Fächer bei der Analyse literarischer und anspruchsvoller Sachtexte benötigen. Textlinguistik wird dabei nicht als eine Sonderdisziplin der Sprachwissenschaft aufgefasst, die sich nur mit der ‚obersten‘ Beschreibungsebene befasst, sondern im Sinne der von Peter Hartmann konzipierten ‚verwendungsorientierten Sprachwissenschaft‘. Besonderer Wert wird darauf gelegt, die ‚neue‘ Textlinguistik auch in die Tradition früherer Bemühungen um den Gegenstand einzuordnen (Rhetorik, Hermeneutik, Literaturwissenschaft, vorstrukturalistische Grammatik). Das Schwergewicht der Darstellung liegt auf der mit vielen Beispielen angereicherten Erläuterung der vier zentralen Beschreibungsdimensionen: situativer Kontext, Funktion, Thema, sprachliche Gestalt. Hier werden nicht nur die den Textzusammenhalt gewährleistenden Kohäsionsmittel besprochen, sondern die Gesamtheit der sprachlichen Mittel, v.a. auf der Ebene von Lexik und Grammatik. Ziel ist es, die Verbindung zwischen Variationslinguistik und Textlinguistik zu verdeutlichen: Zu den Aufgaben der Letzteren gehört es, die Soll- und Ist-Normen von Varietäten und Textsorten zu beschreiben.

This book investigates the causes and consequences of image-based sexual abuse in a digital era. Image-based sexual abuse refers to the taking or sharing of nude or sexual photographs or videos of another person without their consent. It includes a diversity of behaviours beyond that of "revenge porn", such as the secret trading of nude or sexual images online; "upskirting", "downblousing" and other "creepshots"; blackmail or "sextortion" scams; the use of artificial intelligence to construct "deepfake" pornographic videos; threats to distribute photographs and videos without consent; and the taking or sharing of sexual assault imagery. This book investigates the pervasiveness and experiences of these harms, as well as the raft of legal and non-legal measures that have been introduced to better respond to and prevent image-based sexual abuse. The book draws on groundbreaking empirical research, including surveys in three countries with over 6,000 respondents and over 100 victim-survivor and stakeholder interviews. Guided by theoretical frameworks from gender studies, sociology, criminology, law and psychology, the authors argue that image-based sexual abuse is more commonly perpetrated by men than women, and that perpetration is higher among some groups, including younger and sexuality minority men. Although the motivations of perpetrators vary, a dominant theme to emerge was that of power and control. The gendered nature of the abuse means that it is best understood as a "continuum of sexual violence" because victim-survivors often experience it as part of a broader pattern of gendered harassment, violence and abuse. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, law and psychology. Image-based Sexual Abuse is also an essential resource for activists, legal and policy practitioners, technology companies and victim-survivors seeking to understand the deeply complex nature of intimate-image sharing in a digital era.

Microcontroller Exploits is a deep dive into advanced hardware hacking with detailed examples of real-world techniques and a comprehensive survey of vulnerabilities. In this advanced guide to hardware hacking, you'll learn how to read the software out of single chip computers, especially when they are configured not to allow the firmware to be extracted. This book documents a very wide variety of microchip hacking techniques; it's not a beginner's first introduction. You'll start off by exploring detailed techniques for hacking real-world chips, such as how the STM32F0 allows for one word to be dumped after every reset. You'll see how the STM32F1’s exception handling can slowly leak the firmware out over an hour, and how the Texas Instruments MSP430 firmware can be extracted by a camera flash. For each exploit, you'll learn how to reproduce the results, dumping a chip in your own lab. In the second half of the book you'll find an encyclopedic survey of vulnerabilities, indexed and cross referenced for use in practicing hardware security.

Ansible is an Open Source IT automation tool. This book contains all of the obvious and not-so-obvious best practices of Ansible automation. Every successful IT department needs automation nowadays for bare metal servers, virtual machines, could, containers, and edge computing. Automate your IT journey with Ansible automation technology. You are going to start with the installation of Ansible in Enterprise and Community Linux using the most command package manager and archives. Each of the 200+ lessons summarizes a module: from the most important parameter to some Ansible code and real-life usage. Each code is battle proved in the real life. Simplifying mundane activities like creating a text file, extracting and archiving, fetching a repository using HTTPS or SSH connections could be automated with some lines of code and these are only some of the long lists included in the course. There are some Ansible codes usable in all the Linux systems, some specific for RedHat-like, Debian-like, and Suse-like. The 20+ Ansible troubleshooting lesson teaches you how to read the error message, how to reproduce, and the process of troubleshooting and resolution. Are you ready to automate your day with Ansible? Examples in the book are tested with the latest version of Ansible 2.9+ and Ansible Core 2.11+.

Anyone can build a blog. It’s quite easy. The difficult part is keeping it relevant, technically sound, and popular. Bloggers Boot Camp shows you how to blog for success. It teaches you how to find a niche, find your unique voice, and how to hold a conversation with an audience. It provides information on all the right tools for the blog, and it offers best ways to promote your blog and content for maximum success and a profitable life. Though rules in creating compelling content haven’t really changed, ways in which the world blogs has since the last edition. The authors have learned a lot about social media since writing the previous edition’s manuscript. They understand and know how social media can make or break a blog. Microblogging is a new trend brought on by the wide utilization of social media. To that same end, networking with other bloggers and content creators on the web is another form of building one’s blog and one’s reputation as a writer.

Securing the Cloud is the first book that helps you secure your information while taking part in the time and cost savings of cloud computing. As companies turn to burgeoning cloud computing technology to streamline and save money, security is a fundamental concern. The cloud offers flexibility, adaptability, scalability, and in the case of security - resilience. Securing the Cloud explains how to make the move to the cloud, detailing the strengths and weaknesses of securing a company's information with different cloud approaches. It offers a clear and concise framework to secure a business' assets while making the most of this new technology.This book considers alternate approaches for securing a piece of the cloud, such as private vs. public clouds, SaaS vs. IaaS, and loss of control and lack of trust. It discusses the cloud's impact on security roles, highlighting security as a service, data backup, and disaster recovery. It also describes the benefits of moving to the cloud - solving for limited availability of space, power, and storage.This book will appeal to network and security IT staff and management responsible for design, implementation and management of IT structures from admins to CSOs, CTOs, CIOs and CISOs. - Named The 2011 Best Identity Management Book by InfoSec Reviews - Provides a sturdy and stable framework to secure your piece of the cloud, considering alternate approaches such as private vs. public clouds, SaaS vs. IaaS, and loss of control and lack of trust - Discusses the cloud's impact on security roles, highlighting security as a service, data backup, and disaster recovery - Details the benefits of moving to the cloud-solving for limited availability of space, power, and storage

Learn the techniques and math you need to start making sense of your data About This Book Enhance your knowledge of coding with data science theory for practical insight into data science and analysis More than just a math class, learn how to perform real-world data science tasks with R and Python Create actionable insights and transform raw data into tangible value Who This Book Is For You should be fairly well acquainted with basic algebra and should feel comfortable reading snippets of R/Python as well as pseudo code. You should have the urge to learn and apply the techniques put forth in this book on either your own data sets or those provided to you. If you have the basic math skills but want to apply them in data science or you have good programming skills but lack math, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn Get to know the five most important steps of data science Use your data intelligently and learn how to handle it with care Bridge the gap between mathematics and programming Learn about probability, calculus, and how to use statistical models to control and clean your data and drive actionable results Build and evaluate baseline machine learning models Explore the most effective metrics to determine the success of your machine learning models Create data visualizations that communicate actionable insights Read and apply machine learning concepts to your problems and make actual predictions In Detail Need to turn your skills at programming into effective data science skills? Principles of Data Science is created to help you join the dots between mathematics, programming, and business analysis. With this book, you'll feel confident about asking—and answering—complex and sophisticated questions of your data to move from abstract and raw statistics to actionable ideas. With a unique approach that bridges the gap between mathematics and computer science, this books takes you through the entire data science pipeline. Beginning with cleaning and preparing data, and effective data mining strategies and techniques, you'll move on to build a comprehensive picture of how every piece of the data science puzzle fits together. Learn the fundamentals of computational mathematics and statistics, as well as some pseudocode being used today by data scientists and analysts. You'll get to grips with machine learning, discover the statistical models that help you take control and navigate even the densest datasets, and find out how to create powerful visualizations that communicate what your data means. Style and approach This is an easy-to-understand and accessible tutorial. It is a step-by-step guide with use cases, examples, and illustrations to get you well-versed with the concepts of data science. Along with explaining the fundamentals, the book will also introduce you to slightly advanced concepts later on and will help you implement these techniques in the real world.

A comprehensive reference on the latest version of the leading enterprise project management software: Microsoft Project 2010 Microsoft Project allows users to manage business activities effectively by sharing project information, performing modeling and scenario analyses, standardizizing reporting processes, and more. This soup-to-nuts reference covers both the professional and standard versions of the latest iteration of Microsoft Project, as well as Project Server, so that you can efficiently manage your business projects. Veteran author Elaine Marmel begins with an overview of project management basics and then gradually moves on to more advanced topics so that you can learn the scope of what successful project management entails. Popular author Elaine Marmel provides comprehensive coverage of Microsoft Project 2010 and shows you how to successfully manage your business activities Begins with project management basics, such as creating a new project, tracking a project's progress, and working in groups Covers more advanced topics, including customizing Project, using macros, and importing and exporting information Demonstrates how to build tasks, use views, modify the appearance of a project, and resolve scheduling and resource problems With Project 2010 Bible by your side, you’ll learn to confidently and skillfully put Microsoft Project 2010 to work for you.

In the second edition of this very successful book, Tony Sammes and Brian Jenkinson show how information held in computer systems can be recovered and how it may be deliberately hidden or subverted for criminal purposes. "Forensic Computing: A Practitioner's Guide" is illustrated by plenty of case studies and worked examples, and will help practitioners and students gain a clear understanding of: - how to recover information from computer systems in such a way as to ensure that its integrity cannot be challenged and that it will be accepted as admissible evidence in court the principles involved in password protection and data encryption - the evaluation procedures used in circumventing these safeguards - the particular legal issues associated with computer-generated evidence and how to ensure admissibility of such evidence. This edition is fully expanded and updated with treatment of metadata files, NFTS systems, CHS and LBA addressing, and alternate data streams.

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Computer Science Textbook Designed for Joyful Learning KEY FEATURES ? National Education Policy 2020 ? Find on Google: This section asks a quick question from the present world. ? Pure Fact: This presents a 100% pure fact with a numerical data. ? Video Based Question: This is an interactive question to be attempted after watching a small video accessible on the QR Code. ? Coding Zone: This presents a quick insight into coding concepts. ? Career Here: This section indicates the possible career aspects on pursuing similar topics. DESCRIPTION Trackpad, a computer book series for grades I to VIII, is designed to build a strong foundation for students about to enter the fascinating world of computer technology. With Trackpad, the process of discovery is bound to be equally enjoyable and educational, as the series is written in a friendly and engaging style, which will spark the interest of students of all skill sets. Based on Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 2016, this series has all that is required to ensure that the students understand and retain what they have read. The books ensure up-to-date coverage of contemporary computer concepts and most widely used software packages. Though comprehensive in scope, each topic presents practical, day-to-day applications of computer in a friendly manner. The series begin to explore the subject of Artificial Intelligence from grade III itself and each grade has four Periodic Assessments & two Test Sheets for evaluation of students' learning. Grade I and II books have four-line writing space each to inculcate the love for writing and enhance writing skills in children. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN You will learn about: ? Fundamentals of computers ? ICT Tools ? Computational Thinking ? Coding and Artificial Intelligence ? Scratch ? Robotics ? MS Word ? Hardware and Software ? Stepwise Thinking ? Paint 3D WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Grade - 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Hardware and Software 2. Windows 10—An Introduction 3. Word 2016—An Introduction 4. Editing Text in Word 2016 5. Working with Paint 3D 6. Stepwise Thinking 7. Introduction to Scratch Programming 8. Internet—An Introduction 9. Introduction to Robotics 10. Techipedia 11. Project 12. OGO Cyber Sample Questions

Sanal Pilot Uçmayı Öğrenmenin En Keyifli ve En Kolay Yolu • Her zaman bir pilot olmak mı istemiştiniz? • Uçaklar ve uçmak en büyük tutkunuz mu? • İleride pilot olmak istiyor, nasıl hazırlanacağınızı mı merak ediyorsunuz? • Zaten uçuş simülatörleri ile ilgileniyor ama kendinizi geliştirmek mi istiyorsunuz? • Gerçek bir pilotsunuz ve sanal havacılık sayesinde gerçekte imkân bulamadığınız uçuş senaryolarını ve ileri uçuş lisansı konularını uygulamak mı istiyorsunuz? O zaman müjde! Artık siz de gerekli eğitimi alıp bir “Sanal Pilot” olabilirsiniz! Sanal Havacılık, dünyanın her yerinde milyonlarca insanın gerçek uçuş zevkini sanal ortamda birebir yaşamalarını sağlayan bir hobidir. Gerçek pilotaj eğitimi uzun zaman alan zorlu bir eğitimdir. Bilgisayar tabanlı simülasyon yazılımları ile siz de pilot koltuğuna oturup, bu zorlu mesleği öğrenmeye adım atabilirsiniz. İster gerçek pilot olma hayali ile bu zorlu mesleğe uygun musunuz öğrenmek isteyin, ister sadece sanal göklerde süzülmeyi tercih edin; gerçek havacılık okulu kaynaklı müfredat ile düzenlenmiş gerekli bilgileri, özgün görsellerle desteklenmiş olarak bu kitapta bulabilirsiniz. “Eğer uçmaktan ya da uçmayı öğrenmekten zevk alıyorsanız, Cevdet Acarsoy’un yazdığı bu kitap çok işinize yarayacak demektir. ‘Sanal Pilot’, gerçek ve sanal havacılık dünyasına katılmak isteyenler için heyecan verici ve eğitici bir kitap.” Rod Machado (Uçak Sahipleri ve Pilotlar Derneği Amerika Ulusal Sözcüsü)

Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Sixth Edition, explores the key principles of computer networking, using real world examples from network and protocol design. Using the Internet as the primary example, this best-selling classic textbook explains various protocols and networking technologies. The systems-oriented approach encourages students to think about how individual network components fit into a larger, complex system of interactions. This sixth edition contains completely updated content with expanded coverage of the topics of utmost importance to networking professionals and students, as provided by numerous contributors via a unique open source model developed jointly by the authors and publisher. Hallmark features of the book are retained, including chapter problem statements, which introduce issues to be examined; shaded sidebars that elaborate on a topic or introduce a related advanced topic; What's Next? discussions that deal with emerging issues in research, the commercial world, or society; and exercises. This book is intended primarily for graduate or upper-division undergraduate classes in computer networking. It will also be useful for industry professionals retraining for network-related assignments, as well as for network practitioners seeking to understand the workings of network protocols and the big picture of networking. - Features completely updated content with expanded coverage of the topics of utmost importance to students and networking professionals - Includes coverage of WiFi and cellular communication, security and cryptography, multimedia, and other applications - Includes expanded guidelines for instructors who prefer to teach networking using a "top-down" approach - Features chapter problem statements which introduce issues to be examined and shaded sidebars that elaborate on topics and introduce related ones

Business Intelligence (BI) stellt in Unternehmen die Versorgung mit entscheidungsorientierten Informationen sicher. Fachanwender und IT-Spezialisten beklagen allerdings häufig die Qualität der Informationen, die in der Regel auf eine fehlende Gesamtstrategie oder die unzureichende Organisation zurückzuführen ist. Die Autoren erörtern in diesem Buch die verschiedenen Probleme im Einsatz von BI und zeigen praktische Lösungsansätze auf. Sie entwickeln ein Vorgehensmodell, das Inhalte, Architektur und Organisation berücksichtigt. Dabei werden die verschiedenen Varianten eines Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC), deren organisatorische Verankerung sowie Rollen und Aufgaben beschrieben. Behandelt werden im Einzelnen: • Konzeptioneller Rahmen einer BI-Strategie • Entwicklung einer BI-Strategie • Organisation eines BICC: - Funktionen und Personal - Aufbau und Einbettung im Unternehmen • Planung und Einführung eines BICC • Laufende BICC-Prozesse • Werkzeuge für den erfolgreichen Einsatz von BI Die 2. Auflage vertieft neue, wesentliche Aspekte des BICC wie Big Data, Mobile BI, Agile BI und Visual BI. "Das Buch kann somit gleichermaßen BI-Praktikern empfohlen werden, die u.a. die konkreten Checklisten, die klaren Best Practices und konkreten Beispiele schätzen werden, wie auch Lesern aus Forschung und Lehre, die einen Überblick über die relevanten Ansätze im Kontext der BI-Strategie und BI-Organisation suchen." Aus dem Geleitwort von Dr. Henning Baars, Universität Stuttgart In der Edition TDWI erscheinen Titel, die vom dpunkt.verlag gemeinsam mit dem TDWI Germany e.V. ausgewählt und konzipiert werden. Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte dieser Reihe sind Business Intelligence und Data Warehousing.

The expected time of impact, also known as the mean first passage time (MFPT) to reach failure, is a critical metric in the management of natural disasters. The complexity of the dynamics governing natural disasters lead to stochastic behaviour. This book shows that state transitions of many such systems translate into random walks on their respective state spaces, biased and shaped by environmental inhomogeneity. Thus the probabilistic treatment of those random walks gives valuable insights of expected behaviour. A comprehensive case study of predicting cyclone induced flood is followed by a discussion of generic methods that predict MFPT addressing directional bias. This is followed by discussing MFPT prediction methods in systems showing network inhomogeneity. All presented methods are illustrated using real datasets of natural disasters. The book ends with a short discussion of possible future research areas introducing the problem of predicting MFPT for bush-fire propagation.

An example-rich guide for beginners to start their reinforcement and deep reinforcement learning journey with state-of-the-art distinct algorithms Key FeaturesCovers a vast spectrum of basic-to-advanced RL algorithms with mathematical explanations of each algorithmLearn how to implement algorithms with code by following examples with line-by-line explanationsExplore the latest RL methodologies such as DDPG, PPO, and the use of expert demonstrationsBook Description With significant enhancements in the quality and quantity of algorithms in recent years, this second edition of Hands-On Reinforcement Learning with Python has been revamped into an example-rich guide to learning state-of-the-art reinforcement learning (RL) and deep RL algorithms with TensorFlow 2 and the OpenAI Gym toolkit. In addition to exploring RL basics and foundational concepts such as Bellman equation, Markov decision processes, and dynamic programming algorithms, this second edition dives deep into the full spectrum of value-based, policy-based, and actor-critic RL methods. It explores state-of-the-art algorithms such as DQN, TRPO, PPO and ACKTR, DDPG, TD3, and SAC in depth, demystifying the underlying math and demonstrating implementations through simple code examples. The book has several new chapters dedicated to new RL techniques, including distributional RL, imitation learning, inverse RL, and meta RL. You will learn to leverage stable baselines, an improvement of OpenAI’s baseline library, to effortlessly implement popular RL algorithms. The book concludes with an overview of promising approaches such as meta-learning and imagination augmented agents in research. By the end, you will become skilled in effectively employing RL and deep RL in your real-world projects. What you will learnUnderstand core RL concepts including the methodologies, math, and codeTrain an agent to solve Blackjack, FrozenLake, and many other problems using OpenAI GymTrain an agent to play Ms Pac-Man using a Deep Q NetworkLearn policy-based, value-based, and actor-critic methodsMaster the math behind DDPG, TD3, TRPO, PPO, and many othersExplore new avenues such as the distributional RL, meta RL, and inverse RLUse Stable Baselines to train an agent to walk and play Atari gamesWho this book is for If you’re a machine learning developer with little or no experience with neural networks interested in artificial intelligence and want to learn about reinforcement learning from scratch, this book is for you. Basic familiarity with linear algebra, calculus, and the Python programming language is required. Some experience with TensorFlow would be a plus.

Dieses Lehrbuch soll Studierenden den Einstieg in die Gebiete der Forensik und Bioinformatik gleichermaßen erleichtern. Anhand eines fiktiven Falls, der sich durch das gesamte Buch zieht, wird die Bioinformatik und deren Grundlagen in das Gebiet der Forensik übertragen. Der Fall deckt eine Vielzahl an biologischen Spuren, sowie deren klassische Analyse ab und definiert neue Handlungsfelder in der Bioinformatik und Forensik. In diesem Werk werden verschiedenste Bereiche der Forensik bioinformatisch aufbereitet: Genetischer Fingerabdruck: Auswertung auf Sequenz- statt auf Profilebene Fingerspuren: krankheitsbedingte bzw. genetisch bedingte Veränderungen Untersuchungen zum Phänotyp einer Person Grundlegende Erkenntnisse zur Wundheilung sowie zur Blutalterung in- und ex-vivo Dieses Buch zeigt die Notwendigkeit auf, die Forensik um weitere Wissensbereiche zuergänzen und gibt Einblicke in eine Vielzahl moderner Themen der Forensik wie zum Beispiel Populationsgenetik; Wundaltersbestimmung, Daktyloskopie oder Menschen ohne Fingerabdruck.Vor allem Studierende aus den Lebenswissenschaften sowie Dozierende ebendieser Fachrichtung, werden durch dieses Lehrbuch spannende Einblicke in topaktuelle Fragestellungen bekommen.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Ältere Deutsche Literatur, Mediävistik, Universität Münster, Veranstaltung: Seminar im Auswahlmodul: Das Nibelungenlied, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Einleitung S. 1 II. Das Nibelungenlied im Kaiserreich II.1 Nibelungentreue vor und während des I. Weltkrieges S. 2 II.2 „Nibelungentreue“ von Wilhelm Scherer (1916) S. 5 III. Dolchstoßlegende S. 6 IV. Das Nibelungenlied im Nationalsozialismus IV.1 Die Rolle Hagens im Nationalsozialismus S. 7 IV.2 Vereinnahmung „nibelungischer“ Tugenden S. 9 im Nationalsozialismus V. Schluss S. 12 VI. Literaturverzeichnis S. 13 I. Einleitung Das um 1200 von einem unbekannten Dichter zu Pergament gebrachte Nibelungenlied gilt seit seiner Wiederauffindung im Jahre 1755 als das am meisten rezipierte Werk im deutschsprachigen Raum und erfreute sich gerade 50 Jahre nach seiner Wiederentdeckung bis zum Ende des II. Weltkrieges großer Beliebtheit und Bekanntheit. Es wurde vielfach ideologisch vereinnahmt und dabei in für die jeweiligen politischen Interessen erforderliche Weise umgedeutet. Ziel dieser Hausarbeit ist es die Rezeption des Nibelungenliedes in der wechselvollen Zeit der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts zu mit Blick auf die ideologische Vereinnahmung zu beleuchten. Es soll gezeigt werden wie die einzelnen Szenen und Charaktere des Nibelungenliedes umgedeutet und für politische Interessen verwendet wurden. Dabei werden zwei für die Zeit wichtige Rezeptionen des Nibelungenstoffes ausgeklammert: Richard Wagners „Ring der Nibelungen“, sowie Fritz Langs Stummfilm „Die Nibelungen“. Die beiden Werke sind zwar maßgeblich für die Verbreitung des Stoffes der Nibelungensage in ihrer jeweiligen künstlerischen Gestaltung verantwortlich , doch sind sie meines Erachtens nicht mit dem Ziel der Instrumentalisierung des Nibelungenstoffes oder einzelner Charaktere des Nibelungenliedes entstanden und wurden nicht in der Weise ideologisch vereinnahmt oder zu Propagandazwecken herangezogen, dass eine längere Beschäftigung mit den Werken im Rahmen dieser Hausarbeit gerechtfertigt wäre. Ich werde mich mit der im I. Weltkrieg beschworenen „Nibelungentreue“, der „Dolchstoßlegende“ und der Indienstnahme des Nibelungenstoffes durch die Nationalsozialisten befassen.

A completely new guide to writing Latin from scratch, this user-friendly book includes key features such as: broad coverage - all the major grammatical constructions of the Latin language are covered, reinforcing what students have learnt from reading Latin; thorough accessible explanations - no previous experience of writing in Latin assumed; hundreds of examples - clear accurate illustrations of the constructions described, all with full translations; over six hundred practice sentences - graduated exercises leading students through three levels of difficulty from elementary to advanced level; introduction to Latin word order - a brief guide to some of the most important principles; and, longer passages for practising continuous prose composition - more challenging passages to stretch the most able students. It also includes features such as: commentaries on examples of Latin prose style - passages from great Latin prose writers focus attention on imitating real Latin usage; and, complete list of vocabulary - all the words needed for the exercises and a valuable reference for English-Latin work in general.

"There are countless books that can teach you the alphabet, but almost none that focus on the tiny designs that run interference among the letterforms: those easily overlooked punctuation and typographic symbols. These symbols, as Michael Arndt proves in this beautiful and endlessly fascinating book, are absolutely indispensable to communication: punctuation turns words into sentences and language into meaning... From commas to semicolons, from slashes to asterisks, from guillemets to octothorpes (named, perhaps, after athlete Jim Thorpe), you’ll never look at punctuation the same way again."—Michael Bierut, partner, Pentagram In this show-stopping guide with more than 75 uniquely designed two-color spreads—a rollicking linguistic ride for fans of Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Just My Type—award-winning graphic designer Michael Arndt explores the typographic origins, names, and shapes of both common punctuation marks and symbols, as well as the proper and diverse usage of each. From the period to the question mark, the semicolon to the em dash, symbols and marks are an integral part of language. In graphically engaging spreads that utilize typography in an innovative way, Snails & Monkey Tails examines the evolution of these mighty linguistic tools—from the punctum, or point, created by an ancient scribe to the guillemet, used most commonly in lieu of quote marks by the French (and named in honor of a typographer Guillaume Le Bé). With verve and insight, Michael Arndt explains their proper usage and how they came to be universally accepted today. Snails & Monkey Tails—Snails (@); Monkey Tails (&)—is packed with intriguing facts, history, stories, and lore, as well as grammar, explaining it clearly and with examples. What is the purpose of the comma—perhaps the most used symbol in the English language—and what are the proper uses of the asterisk? Do quote marks go inside or outside punctuation? What about a quote within a quote—a quote from someone quoting someone else? How much space goes on either side of an ellipsis? What’s the difference between an en-dash and an em-dash? Complete with a listing of useful terms and clear diagrams for creating typographical marks and symbols correctly on both PC and Apple computers, Snails & Monkey Tails is essential for bibliophiles, writers, grammarians, graphic designers, typography enthusiasts, logophiles, and anyone with a passion for the written word.

Colloquial Persian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed to provide a step-by-step course to Persian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical, and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Persian in a broad range of situations. Each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points across different key topics for communicating in Persian. This fourth edition offers thoroughly updated and expanded cultural notes, refined language points offering greater clarity and understanding of the most difficult points, a clearer introduction to the Persian script, and new audio material. Balanced, comprehensive, and rewarding, Colloquial Persian is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Persian. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Key features include: • A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. • Jargon-free, succinct, and clearly structured explanations of grammar. • An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises. • Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations. • Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Iran. • An overview of the sounds of Persian. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. The audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

The grammar presents a full decription of Pali, the language used in the Theravada Buddhist canon, which is still alive in Ceylon and South-East Asia. The development of its phonological and morphological systems is traced in detail from Old Indic. Comprehensive references to comparable features and phenomena from other Middle Indic languages mean that this grammar can also be used to study the literature of Jainism.

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Omar Khayyam's Secret: Hermeneutics of the Robaiyat in Quantum Sociological Imagination, by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi, is a 12-book series of which this book is the 11th volume, subtitled Khayyami Robaiyat: Re-Sewing the Tentmaker's Tent: 1000 Bittersweet Wine Sips from Omar Khayyam's Tavern of Happiness. Each book, independently readable, can be best understood as a part of the whole series. In Book 11, having shared the three parts of the Robaiyat attributed to Khayyam in the Books 8, 9, and 10 of the series, Tamdgidi offers the entire set of the 1000 quatrains, including the Persian originals and his new English verse translations for each. The poems, comprising Khayyam's songs of doubt, hope, and joy, are organized according to the three-phased method of inquiry he introduced in his philosophical writings, respectively addressing the questions: "Does Happiness Exist?"; "What Is Happiness?"; and "Why Does (or Can) Happiness Exist?" When Khayyam discussed the three-phased method of inquiry in his treatise "Resalat fi al-Kown wa al-Taklif" ("Treatise on the Created World and Worship Duty"), he noted an exception to the rule of asking, when studying any subject, whether it exists, what it is, and, why it exists (or can exist). He distinguished between things objectively existing independent of the human mind, and those created by the human mind. The normal procedure applies to the former, but for products of the human mind, he advised, the procedure must be modified to asking first what something is, then, whether it exists, and, then, why it exists or can exist. This is because, for products of the human mind, such as created works of art, we would not know whether something exists and why it exists unless we first know what it is. To illustrate his point, he used the example of the mythical bird Anqa (Simorgh in Persian or the Phoenix in English). He argued that only when we know what the metaphor stands for would we be able to say whether it exists (say, in a work of art, or even as a person represented by it), and why it exists or can exist. Khayyam's elaboration implies that one has to make a distinction between objective and human objectified realities, which implies that for some objects, such as happiness, we in fact confront a hybrid reality where aspects of it may be externally conditioned, but other aspects being dependent on the human will. Once we realize the significance of Khayyam's point, then, we appreciate that his Robaiyat can also be regarded as a way of poetically portraying and advancing human happiness, its poetic Wine being not just reflective but also generative of the happiness portrayed. By way of his poetry, therefore, Khayyam has offered a severe critique of the then prevalent fatalistic astrological worldviews blaming human plight on objective conditions, in favor of a conceptualist view of reality in which happiness can be achieved despite the odds, depending on the creative human agency, itself being an objective force. Tamdgidi further shows that the triangular geometry of the logic governing Khayyam's Robaiyat-the numerical values of whose three sides are proportional to the Grand Tent governing Khayyam's birth chart-further supports the view (expressed in Khayyam's own quatrains) that for him his Robaiyat poetically represented the tent of which he regarded himself to be a tentmaker, revealing another key explanation for his pen name. The geometric structure of a tent proportional to the Grand Tent of Khayyam's chart, as well as the metaphor of the Robaiyat as Simorgh songs, are hidden in the deeper structure of Khayyam's 1000-piece solved puzzle, the same way he embedded his own triangular golden rule in the design of the North Dome of Isfahan. Khayyam's Robaiyat are his Simorgh's millennial rebirth songs served in his tented tavern as 1000 sips of his bittersweet Wine of happiness.

Idioms are expressions that cannot be understood from their individual words alone, and the English language is full of them—and so is this dictionary: 4,800+ English idioms and phrases with example sentences included for you so as to understand them all. This is the essential idioms dictionary if you want to talk like a native speaker—or just find out more about the colorful phrases you hear and say every day.

Fables reflect traditional culture, virtue and value. I found most of the teaching are the same as my hometown old folk’s story I heard from grandma and neighbors. This course is good for intermediate level students to explore Chinese culture, enrich your knowledge about China and Chinese, and expand your vocabulary through my elaboration using my unique Vocabulary Builder and Sentence Builder. 中华文化在海外广为流传，是各地华侨社会世代相传、延续发展的关键因素；亦为华侨生生不息，认同中华民族、热爱中华的主因。而各地华侨均能秉承文化道统，敬老尊贤，讲信修睦，尊重伦理，重视传统，相率和谐共处，存异求同，尤为中华文化经年累月教化熏陶。 The transmission of Chinese culture from generation to generation is a key factor in the continuation and development worldwide of overseas Chinese communities. It is also an important reason why overseas Chinese communities grow, identify themselves with the Chinese nation, and love the China passionately. The face that all overseas Chinese are willing to carry forward cultural orthoxy, revere the aged and honor the wise, cement peaceful relations by upholding good faith, venerate ethics, value tradition, coexist in harmony, and preserve differences while striving for similarities, is attributable above all to the civilizing educational impact of Chinese culture. “文化是人类历史和文明发展的重心、原动力；文化如同活水，是不断成长、永保青春的必需品。建设及宏扬文化，根本之道在维持传统之美，又能注入现代化的新精神。” “Culture is the driving force behind human history and civilization; it is like running water-a source of nourishment and growth that never stagnates. To propagate and advance culture, it is necessary to carry on tradition in all its original beauty and at the same time to instill it with a modern spirit.

The Secret to Speak Fluent English This book is specially written for advanced students of the English language who wishes to improve his/her English fluency to the next level but seems to have hit a plateau. Regardless of what actions are taken, progression is slow or limited. Here is a checklist to see if this guide is for you. You Are an Advanced English Speaker If.. ✔ You can understand 70% of an English speaking movie. ✔ You can answer simple questions in a conversation, but you have a hard time elaborate your points when trying to explain in more details. ✔ You can have a short conversation, but you stutter sometimes when you speak. ✔ You can write better than you speak. ✔ You stutter when you try to speak fast. ✔ You can speak quite well, but you have a strong accent. If one of those sounds familiar to you, perhaps you have found the right book. This book is essential for you to break through and not only improving your spoken skills but developing them so well that you can speak like a native English speaker. Armed with the proven tips, tricks, and techniques in this book, you’ll discover that you’ll be soaring to an entirely new and exciting level of learning within days. On top of that, these guidelines can be used nearly effortlessly. Proven Technique That Works You’ll discover what “shadowing” is and how it can painlessly take you to a supreme status in your studies. You’ll also learn about a related method of learning to pronounce English fearlessly. It’s called the “scriptorium method.” Once you try it you’ll realize why so many people praise its effectiveness. English is not an easy language to learn. But if you are using proper methods to learn and speak, you’ll find that your next level of learning is just a click away. Learn and adopt these techniques, tips, and many more secrets revealed in this book, and your English fluency will be on a whole different level in 60 days ! Remember: Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Download Now and Start Speaking Fluent English!

Seit dem Entstehen der modernen Textlinguistik in den 1960er Jahren ist eine Vielzahl z.T. hoch spezialisierter Analyseansätze in diesem Bereich entwickelt worden, die auch in diversen Einführungen schon aufbereitet worden sind. Anliegen dieses Arbeitsheftes ist es, Grundlagen linguistischer Textanalyse vorzustellen, wie sie insbesondere Studierende philologischer Fächer bei der Analyse literarischer und anspruchsvoller Sachtexte benötigen. Textlinguistik wird dabei nicht als eine Sonderdisziplin der Sprachwissenschaft aufgefasst, die sich nur mit der ‚obersten‘ Beschreibungsebene befasst, sondern im Sinne der von Peter Hartmann konzipierten ‚verwendungsorientierten Sprachwissenschaft‘. Besonderer Wert wird darauf gelegt, die ‚neue‘ Textlinguistik auch in die Tradition früherer Bemühungen um den Gegenstand einzuordnen (Rhetorik, Hermeneutik, Literaturwissenschaft, vorstrukturalistische Grammatik). Das Schwergewicht der Darstellung liegt auf der mit vielen Beispielen angereicherten Erläuterung der vier zentralen Beschreibungsdimensionen: situativer Kontext, Funktion, Thema, sprachliche Gestalt. Hier werden nicht nur die den Textzusammenhalt gewährleistenden Kohäsionsmittel besprochen, sondern die Gesamtheit der sprachlichen Mittel, v.a. auf der Ebene von Lexik und Grammatik. Ziel ist es, die Verbindung zwischen Variationslinguistik und Textlinguistik zu verdeutlichen: Zu den Aufgaben der Letzteren gehört es, die Soll- und Ist-Normen von Varietäten und Textsorten zu beschreiben.

Sebagai buku panduan bahasa Inggris yang bias digunakan untuk khalayak umum, buku ini menyediakan teori tentang vocabulary yang merupakan basic grammar. Buku ini juga dilengkapi dengan game of vocabulary yang bias membantu para pembaca untuk memudahkan saat mempraktikkan kosakata yang ditemukan dalam keseharian. Buku bahasa Inggris “Belajar Bahasa Inggris Ala Kampung Pare” ini ditulis oleh tim terdiri atas Imo, Irizqia, dan Ratna yang berasal dari beberapa background pendidikan. Tim ini dibentuk khusus dari pengajar bahasa Inggris, dan penulis yang tentunya telah berpengalaman dalam bidangnya.

Par ici privilégie l’approche communicative alliée à l’approche de type actionnel et propose un apprentissage progressif principalement axé sur la réalité nord-américaine. Au cours des 8 épisodes scénarisés, les étudiants se familiarisent avec différents personnages en s’imprégnant des particularités de la langue orale québécoise. Cette méthode a été conçue par des professeurs du Québec. Elle vise essentiellement à l’acquisition des niveaux 7 et 8 des quatre compétences – production orale, compréhension orale, production écrite, compréhension écrite – décrites dans le Programme-cadre et qui correspondent au niveau B2 du CECR (Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues). Une méthode pour : favoriser la compréhension orale des formes syntaxiques les plus courantes; outiller les apprenants et les encourager à utiliser leurs nouvelles compétences linguistiques dans des situations authentiques de la vie quotidienne. Une méthode d’environ 150 heures d’enseignement en classe qui propose : 8 épisodes scénarisés basés sur la vie courante; 39 objectifs de communication; 4 bilans pour évaluer ses progrès; plus de 400 exercices; des capsules grammaticales; 2 CD audio — pistes audio aussi disponibles sur notre site internet au : www.methode-parici.com

About the book रामेश्‍वरम में पैदा हुए एक बालक से लेकर भारत के ग्यारहवें राष्‍ट्रपति बनने तक का डॉ. ए.पी.जे. अब्दुल कलाम का जीवन असाधारण संकल्प शक्‍त‌ि, साहस, लगन और श्रेष्‍ठता की चाह की प्रेरणाप्रद कहानी है। छोटी कहानियों और पार्श्व चित्रों की इस शृंखला में डॉ. कलाम अपने अतीत के छोटे-बड़े महत्त्वपूर्ण पलों को याद करते हैं और पाठकों को बताते हैं कि उन पलों ने उन्हें किस तरह प्रेरित किया। उनके प्रारंभिक जीवन पर गहरी छाप छोड़ने वाले लोगों और तदनंतर संपर्क में आए व्यक्तियों के बारे में वे उत्साह और प्रेम के साथ बताते हैं। वे अपने पिता और ईश्वर के प्रति उनके गहरे प्रेम, माता और उनकी सहृदयता, दयालुता, उनके विचारों और दृष्टिकोणों को आकार देनेवाले अपने गुरुओं समेत सर्वाधिक निकट रहे लोगों के बारे में भी उन्होंने बड़ी आत्मीयता से बताया है। बंगाल की खाड़ी के पास स्थित छोटे से गाँव में बिताए बचपन के बारे में तथा वैज्ञानिक बनने, फिर देश का राष्ट्रपति बनने तक के सफर में आई बाधाओं, संघर्ष, उनपर विजय पाने आदि अनेक तेजस्वी बातें उन्होंने बताई हैं। ‘मेरी जीवन-यात्रा’ अतीत की यादों से भरी, बेहद निजी अनुभवों की ईमानदार कहानी है, जो जितनी असाधारण है, उतनी ही अधिक प्रेरक, आनंददायक और उत्साह से भर देनेवाली है। आभार मेरी जीवन-यात्रा घटनाओं से भरे जीवन का विवरण है। मेरे मित्र हैरी शेरिडॉन करीब बाईस वर्षों से मेरे साथ रहे हैं और अनेक घटनाओं के भागीदार बने हैं। उन्होंने मेरे साथ सुख और दु:ख, दोनों झेले हैं। शेरिडॉन हर तरह के उतार-चढ़ावों में मेरे साथ रहे हैं और जब कभी मुझे जरूरत पड़ी, उन्होंने मेरी पूरी-पूरी सहायता की। ईश्वर उन्हें और उनके परिवार को सदैव सुखी रखे। मैं सुदेषणाशोम घोष को भी धन्यवाद देना चाहूँगा, जो पुस्तक की परिकल्पना से लेकर उसे आकार देने तक मेरे साथ रहीं। पुस्तक प्रकाशित होने तक वे धैर्य के साथ निरंतर मुझसे जुड़ी रहीं। मैं उनके प्रयासों को नमन करता हूँ।. Meri Jeevan Yatra (Hindi) by DR APJ ABDUL KALAM: Embark on a personal journey through the eyes of DR APJ ABDUL KALAM with Meri Jeevan Yatra. This Hindi book offers readers a firsthand account of Kalam's life, experiences, and reflections, providing a deeper understanding of his motivations and achievements. Key Aspects of the Book Meri Jeevan Yatra (Hindi) by DR APJ ABDUL KALAM: Life's Narrative: Explore Kalam's life story, triumphs, challenges, and the pivotal moments that shaped his trajectory. Personal Insights: Gain a closer look at Kalam's thoughts, beliefs, and aspirations that guided him in his roles as a scientist, leader, and visionary. Cultural Connection: Discover Kalam's journey within the cultural and linguistic context of Hindi, providing an authentic portrayal of his life. DR APJ ABDUL KALAM shares his journey in his own words in Meri Jeevan Yatra (Hindi). The book offers readers a personal and introspective glimpse into the life and mind of this iconic scientist and leader.

Colloquial Swedish provides a step-by-step course in Swedish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Swedish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. This thoroughly revised new edition features: progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and an increased focus on functional language structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios useful vocabulary lists throughout the text additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Swedish is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Swedish. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

The book is dedicated to the linguistic, psycholinguistic, and ethnolinguistic dimensions of Italian as a heritage language spoken by minorities in the Americas and Europe. The contributions deepen our understanding of heritage language bilingualism in general, especially by comparing the acquisition of inflectional morphology in Italian with the processes at play in other heritage languages.

Kamus Sejarahnya Kata-Kata I ini berisi sejarah munculnya kata-kata yang berawalan huruf "A" yang dikenal dan terpakai oleh masyarakat Indonesia baik secara lisan maupun tulisan.

Miftah serisi 16 yaş ve üzeri yetişkinler için hazırlanmıştır. Konular ve işleniş biçimi hem lise hem üniversite çağındaki öğrencilere hitap etmektedir. Miftah serisi deneysel bir dil öğretim setidir. Kitap olarak yayınlanmadan önce içeriği derslerde okutulmuş, artı ve eksi yönleri tespit edilmiş ve düzenlemeler bir ekip çalışmasıyla yapılarak hazırlanmıştır. Arkasında tecrübe olan bir öğretim serisi, Miftahu’l-Arabiyye. Seride dilin temel becerileri olan konuşma, dinleme, okuma ve yazma alanları net olarak birbirinden ayrılmış, her becerinin gelişimi için çok sayıda görsel ve işitsel malzemeden yararlanılmıştır. Kitabın dinleme bölümlerini telefonunuza yükleyeceğiniz bir kare kod (QR) uygulamasıyla dinleyebilirsiniz. Arapçayla ilgili hiçbir tecrübesi olmayanlar düşünülerek sıfırdan ileri seviyeye kadar toplam beş seviyeden oluşuyor. Setin her seviyesi Avrupa Dilleri Ortak Çerçeve Programı (CEFR) dikkate alınarak titizlikle hazırlanıyor. . . . Miftahu’l-Arabiyye book series is an Arabic language teaching set that published for over 16 year-olds and adults. The way of treating the subject is for both collage students and high schoolers. This is an experimental language set. Before it was published as a book, its content was tested at Akdemİstanbul Education of Language’s classes, detected its pros and cons and redesigned with the help of teamwork. It is “the” language teaching set. In this set, basic skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing, of a language separated from each other clearly, for the development of each skills, lots of visual and auditory instruments are used. You can listen listening parts of the book by simply installing a QR code reader on your phone. Every level of the set is prepared pursuant to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Each level has two books, one for speaking and listening; the other one is for reading and writing. Thanks to this, you have advantage to choose the book you need according to your language skills. After course books are finished, which are basis books, with the help of subsidiary books, exam papers and web site, the set will be even more effective. Set’s smart board is being prepared at the moment and is planned to present your use in a short time of period.

A curated Persian word frequency list Are you looking for unconventional ways to speed up the process of learning Persian? Then this book is exactly what you are looking for. Following the Pareto principle (80/20 rule), this book is built to streamline the learning process by concentrating on the core words and sentence structures that make up everyday conversations. The result is a unique vocabulary book with 2000 of the most important Persian words and phrases ordered by their frequency of use. Who this Persian learning book is for: This book is for beginners and intermediate learners of Persian who are self-motivated and willing to spend 15 to 20 minutes a day on learning vocabularies. The simple structure of this vocabulary book is the result of taking all unnecessary things out allowing the learning effort to solely be spent on the parts that help you make the biggest progress in the shortest amount of time. If you are willing to put in 20 minutes of learning every day, this book is very likely the single best investment you can make if you are at a beginner or intermediate level. You will be amazed at the speed of progress within a matter of just weeks of daily practice. Who this Persian frequency list is not for: This book is not for you if you are an advanced learner of Persian. In this case, please go to our website or search for our Persian vocabulary book which comes with more vocabularies and is grouped by topic which is ideal for advanced learners who want to improve their language capabilities in certain fields. Furthermore, if you are looking for an all in one Persian learning book that guides you through the various steps of learning Persian, this book is most likely also not what you are looking for. This book contains vocabularies only and we expect buyers to learn things like grammar and pronunciation either from other sources or through language courses. The strength of this book is its focus on quick acquisition of core vocabularies which comes at the expense of information many people might expect in a conventional language learning book. Please be aware of this when making the purchase. How to use this Persian workbook: This book is ideally used on a daily basis, reviewing a set number of pages in each session. The book is split into sections of 50 vocabularies which allows you to step by step progress through the book. Let’s for example say you are currently reviewing vocabularies 101 to 200. Once you know vocabularies 101 to 150 very well, you can start learning vocabularies 201 to 250 and on the next day skip 101-150 and continue reviewing vocabularies 151 to 250. This way, step by step, you will work your way through the book and your language skills will jump with each page you master. Some final thoughts: Like many language hacking methods, this book is quite unconventional in its approach, but for a driven person that uses it correctly it can significantly speed up the learning process. Vocabulary books have been around for centuries and as with so many things that have been around for some time, they are not very fashionable and a bit boring, but they usually work quite well – and that is what counts in the end.

PARA ESTUDAR VOCÊ DEVE ASSISTIR AS VIDEO AULAS EM www.omelhoringles.com Andrew Abrahamson, Ph.D. é um professor americano que lecionou por muitos anos no Brasil. Hoje ele está aposentado, vive nos Estados Unidos como vinicultor e deixou como legado todo seu curso gratuitamente na internet. Esta apostila única, vendida por um valor simbólico, foi criada para divulgar American Eagle Easy English - O Melhor Inglês e incentivar este maravilhoso trabalho, que com apenas 29 aulas em video, uma apostila com 34 lessons e 34 áudios, fará você aprender inglês fluentemente, como em qualquer curso - só que melhor! Você irá se surpreender com a qualidade das lições transmitidas pelo carismático e simpático professor Abrahamson, que auxiliam ainda mais no aprendizado. Este curso deve ser acompanhado das aulas gratuitas em video e áudio. Basta assistir as video aulas e acompanhar esta apostila para iniciar sua trajetória rumo à fluência! O endereço de acesso ao site está na apostila.

The aim of this book is to provide the student of Japanese with a simple method for correlating the writing and the meaning of Japanese characters in such a way as to make them both easy to remember. It is intended not only for the beginner, but also for the more advanced student looking for some relief from the constant frustration of how to write the kanji and some way to systematize what he or she already knows. The author begins with writing because--contrary to first impressions--it is in fact the simpler of the two. He abandons the traditional method of ordering the kanji according to their frequency of use and organizes them according to their component parts or "primitive elements." Assigning each of these parts a distinct meaning with its own distinct image, the student is led to harness the powers of "imaginative memory" to learn the various combinations that result. In addition, each kanji is given its own key word to represent the meaning, or one of the principal meanings, of that character. These key words provide the setting for a particular kanji's "story," whose protagonists are the primitive elements. In this way, students are able to complete in a few short months a task that would otherwise take years. Armed with the same skills as Chinese or Korean students, who know the meaning and writing of the kanji but not their pronunciation in Japanese, they are now in a much better position to learn to read (which is treated in a separate volume). For further information and a sample of the contents, visit http: ///www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/miscPublications/Remembering_the_Kanji_l.htm.

إلى من يبحثون عن الطريق ، واحتاروا أين القبلة إلى من يتوقون لبناء حياة طيبة ، ثم تشعبت بهم السّبُل وكثرت عليهم المناهج إلى ربيع العُمُر وأزاهير الشباب ، المكابدين صِعَابَ هذا الزمان إلى الحَيارى المتسائلين عن مفاتيح للإبصار .. هذه إضاءات على الدرب بما فتح الله به من بصائر في النفس والحياة عسى الله أن يبعث منها للسائرين نورًا ويجعل فيها للمُجِدّين صَيِّبا نافعًا والله تعالى الموفِّق والمُستعان . . بعض المحاور والتساؤلات التي يناقشها الكتاب >>>>>>>>>>>> لماذا نشعر أحيانا بأننا نعيش أكثر من حياة منفصمة؟ أو أن في داخلنا عدة أشخاص؟ لماذا نشعر بالخواء النفسي حتى مع تعدد نشاطاتنا وشحن أوقاتنا بالأشغال؟ ما سر الغموض الذي يكتنف تعاملنا هذا الوجود؟ وما سبب التقلب المتذبذب بين قمة الهمة وحضيض الكسل؟ لماذا الفشل المتكرر في إدارة النفس مهما اتضحت خطوات عملية؟ وما معنى أن نخطط لأوقاتنا وحياتنا؟ ما نفع التخطيط إذا كانت الأقدار مكتوبة والأرزاق مقسومة؟ وكيف نخطط ببساطة لنحيا بعمق؟ كيف يمكنني اتخاذ قرارات في حياتي باستقلالية ودون تذبذب؟ . للاطلاع على فهرس الكتاب واقتباسات منه https://www.goodreads.com/hoda-alnimr

Buku ini memaparkan aspek-aspek biologi dan ekologi dari ekosistem laut dan ekosistem estuaria. Secara garis besar dapat disampaikan bahwa buku ini mengandung teori, konsep, dan informasi yang berkaitan dengan sifat-sifat dan karakter ekosistem laut dan estuaria, serta bagaimana biota laut dan biota estuaria berinteraksi dan beradaptasi dengan kedua ekosistem tersebut. Disamping itu, buku ini juga mengandung aspek-aspek metodologis dalam mengukur dan menghitung berbagai variabel fisik, kimia dan biologis yang ada di dalam ekosistem laut dan ekosistem estuaria. Sistematika materi dalam buku ini disusun mulai dari materi tentang konsepsi tentang laut dan zonasi lingkungan laut, untuk kemudian diikuti oleh materi sifat-sifat kimia dan fisika laut, gelombang, arus dan pasang surut, hubungan laut dan cuaca, plankton, nekton dan benthos lautan, terumbu karang, mangrove dan lamun, dan kemudian ditutup oleh materi tentang ekosistem estuaria. Dalam upaya untuk membuat agar buku ini lebih mudah dipahami dan lebih menarik, maka dalam buku ini juga disajikan sejumlah gambar, bagan, dan table yang dikutip dari berbagai sumber seperti yang tercantum dalam daftar pustaka.

Cuốn sách này chứa đựng danh sách từ vựng gồm 2.000 từ và cụm từ phổ biến nhất được sắp xếp theo tần suất sử dụng trong hội thoại hàng ngày. Cuốn từ vựng này sử dụng quy tắc 80/20, đảm bảo bạn được học các từ và cấu trúc câu trước tiên, nhằm giúp bạn tiến bộ nhanh chóng và duy trì động lực học tập. Ai nên mua cuốn sách này? Cuốn sách này dành cho những người học tiếng Séc ở trình độ mới bắt đầu và trung cấp, tự thúc đẩy bản thân và sẵn sàng dành 15 đến 20 phút mỗi ngày để học từ vựng. Cấu trúc đơn giản của cuốn từ vựng này là kết quả của việc loại bỏ tất cả những điều không cần thiết, nhờ đó bạn chỉ cần tập trung nỗ lực học tập vào những phần giúp bạn đạt được tiến bộ lớn nhất trong khoảng thời gian ngắn nhất. Nếu bạn sẵn sàng dành ra 20 phút học mỗi ngày, cuốn sách này rất có thể sẽ là một khoản đầu tư tốt nhất mà bạn có thể thực hiện nếu đang ở trình độ mới bắt đầu hoặc trung cấp. Bạn sẽ thấy kinh ngạc trước tốc độ tiến bộ chỉ trong vài tuần thực hành hàng ngày. Ai không nên mua cuốn sách này? Nếu bạn là người học tiếng Séc ở trình độ cao cấp, thì cuốn sách này không dành cho bạn. Trong trường hợp này, vui lòng truy cập website của chúng tôi hoặc tìm kiếm cuốn từ vựng tiếng Séc của chúng tôi có chứa nhiều từ vựng hơn và được nhóm theo các chủ đề lý tưởng cho học viên ở trình độ cao cấp muốn nâng cao năng lực ngôn ngữ trong một số lĩnh vực nhất định. Ngoài ra, nếu bạn đang tìm kiếm một sách học tiếng Séc bao gồm tất cả trong một để hướng dẫn bạn các bước học tiếng Séc khác nhau, thì cuốn sách này có lẽ cũng không phải là đối tượng bạn đang tìm kiếm. Cuốn sách này chỉ chứa từ vựng và chúng tôi mong đợi người mua sẽ tìm hiểu các vấn đề như ngữ pháp và phát âm từ các nguồn khác hoặc thông qua các khóa học ngôn ngữ. Điểm mạnh của cuốn sách này là tập trung vào khả năng nhanh chóng tiếp thu các từ vựng cốt lõi và do đó không có những thông tin mà có thể nhiều người mong đợi nhận được từ một sách học ngôn ngữ thông thường. Vui lòng lưu ý điều này khi mua hàng. Cách sử dụng cuốn sách này? Cách lý tưởng để sử dụng cuốn sách này là dùng hàng ngày, ôn tập một số lượng trang nhất định ở mỗi buổi học. Cuốn sách này được chia thành nhiều phần, mỗi phần gồm 50 từ vựng, cho phép bạn từng bước tiến bộ xuyên suốt cuốn sách. Ví dụ, giả sử bạn hiện đang ôn tập từ vựng từ 101 đến 200. Khi bạn đã nắm vững từ vựng từ 101 đến 150, bạn có thể bắt đầu học các từ vựng 201 đến 250, rồi vào ngày tiếp theo có thể bỏ qua từ vựng 101-150 và tiếp tục ôn tập các từ vựng 151 đến 250. Bằng cách này, bạn sẽ từng bước học hết cuốn sách và các kỹ năng ngôn ngữ của bạn sẽ nâng cao nhanh chóng sau mỗi trang bạn nắm vững.

Im ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert wächst das Interesse an der Stimme. Vor allem Erscheinungsweisen an den Rändern und jenseits menschlicher Artikulations- und Wahrnehmungsbedingungen geraten in den Blick. Physiologie, Sprachanthropologie, Medientechnik und Literatur untersuchen in intensivem Austausch die Lautäußerungen von Tieren. Die Studie zeichnet die historischen Voraussetzungen und kulturelle Interferenzen der Bioakustik avant la lettre nach.

The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics is the first comprehensive introduction to Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics. Containing twenty-five chapters, the book offers a balanced, accessible and thoughtfully organized introduction to some of the most important results of research into Chinese linguistics carried out by theoretical linguists during the last thirty years. Presenting critical overviews of a wide range of major topics, it is the first to meet the great demand for an overview volume on core areas of Chinese linguistics. Authoritative contributions describe and assess the major achievements and controversies of research undertaken in each area, and provide bibliographies for further reading. The contributors refer both to their own work in relevant fields, and objectively present a range of competitor theories and analyses, resulting in a volume that is fully comprehensive in its coverage of theoretical research into Chinese linguistics in recent years. This unique Handbook is suitable both as a primary reader for structured, taught courses on Chinese linguistics at university level, and for individual study by graduates and other professional linguists.

This volume is the first comprehensive handbook of Japanese phonetics and phonology describing the basic phonetic and phonological structures of modern Japanese with main focus on standard Tokyo Japanese. Its primary goal is to provide a comprehensive overview and descriptive generalizations of major phonetic and phonological phenomena in modern Japanese by reviewing important studies in the fields over the past century. It also presents a summary of interesting questions that remain unsolved in the literature. The volume consists of eighteen chapters in addition to an introduction to the whole volume. In addition to providing descriptive generalizations of empirical phonetic/phonological facts, this volume also aims to give an overview of major phonological theories including, but not restricted to, traditional generative phonology, lexical phonology, prosodic morphology, intonational phonology, and the more recent Optimality Theory. It also touches on theories of speech perception and production. This book serves as a comprehensive guide to Japanese phonetics and phonology for all interested in linguistics and speech sciences.

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The Dictionary of Louisiana French (DLF) provides the richest inventory of French vocabulary in Louisiana and reflects precisely the speech of the period from 1930 to the present. This dictionary describes the current usage of French-speaking peoples in the five broad regions of South Louisiana: the coastal marshes, the banks of the Mississippi River, the central area, the north, and the western prairie. Data were collected during interviews from at least five persons in each of twenty-four areas in these regions. In addition to the data collected from fieldwork, the dictionary contains material compiled from existing lexical inventories, from texts published after 1930, and from archival recordings. The new authoritative resource, the DLF not only contains the largest number of words and expressions but also provides the most complete information available for each entry. Entries include the word in the conventional French spelling, the pronunciation (including attested variants), the part of speech classification, the English equivalent, and the word's use in common phrases. The DLF features a wealth of illustrative examples derived from fieldwork and textual sources and identification of the parish where the entry was collected or the source from which it was compiled. An English-to-Louisiana French index enables readers to find out how particular notions would be expressed in la Louisiane .

The Dictionary of Louisiana French (DLF) provides the richest inventory of French vocabulary in Louisiana and reflects precisely the speech of the period from 1930 to the present. This dictionary describes the current usage of French-speaking peoples in the five broad regions of South Louisiana: the coastal marshes, the banks of the Mississippi River, the central area, the north, and the western prairie. Data were collected during interviews from at least five persons in each of twenty-four areas in these regions. In addition to the data collected from fieldwork, the dictionary contains material compiled from existing lexical inventories, from texts published after 1930, and from archival recordings. The new authoritative resource, the DLF not only contains the largest number of words and expressions but also provides the most complete information available for each entry. Entries include the word in the conventional French spelling, the pronunciation (including attested variants), the part of speech classification, the English equivalent, and the word's use in common phrases. The DLF features a wealth of illustrative examples derived from fieldwork and textual sources and identification of the parish where the entry was collected or the source from which it was compiled. An English-to-Louisiana French index enables readers to find out how particular notions would be expressed in la Louisiane.

Ramón Sainero, Profesor Emérito Vitalicio de la UNED, Académico por invitación del Athens Institute of Education and Research y Director del Instituto de Estudios Celtas, después de más de 40 años investigando los orígenes de la cultura celta e indoeuropea del Occidente Atlántico Europeo profundiza con los conocimientos y experiencia adquiridos en la posibilidad real de unos orígenes literarios de la cultura celta en España. En las páginas de este libro nos muestra sus conclusiones, basadas eminentemente en las pruebas de investigación que ha ido encontrando. De sus cerca de treinta libros publicados podemos destacar entre otros La Huella celta en España e Irlanda (ed. Akal), The Celts and the Historical Origins of Atlantic Europe (Academica Press, EEUU), La lengua celta de la Península Ibérica (ed. Abada), Los orígenes históricos y culturales de la Unión Europea (ed. Sanz y Torres).

El español en contacto con otras lenguas is the first comprehensive historical, social, and linguistic overview of Spanish in contact with other languages in all of its major contexts—in Spain, the United States, and Latin America. In this significant contribution to the field of Hispanic linguistics, Carol A. Klee and Andrew Lynch explore the historical and social factors that have shaped contact varieties of the Spanish language, synthesizing the principle arguments and theories about language contact, and examining linguistic changes in Spanish phonology, morphology and syntax, and pragmatics. Individual chapters analyze particular contact situations: in Spain, contact with Basque, Catalan, Valencian, and Galician; in Mexico, Central, and South America, contact with Nahuatl, Maya, Quechua, Aimara, and Guarani; in the Southern Cone, contact with other principle European languages such as Portuguese, Italian, English, German, and Danish; in the United States, contact with English. A separate chapter explores issues of creolization in the Philippines and the Americas and highlights the historical influence of African languages on Spanish, primarily in the Caribbean and Equatorial Guinea. Written in Spanish, this detailed synthesis of wide-ranging research will be a valuable resource for scholars of Hispanic linguistics, language contact, and sociolinguistics.

In an age of rapid technological transformation and evolving teaching settings, the ELT community must adapt to the needs of emerging situations and a diverse range of learners. Adaptable English Language Teaching addresses this need by bringing together contributions from renowned scholars around the world with insights on all major areas of English language teaching with an emphasis on adaptability—of teaching method, context, skills, and priorities. Organized around an innovative past-present-future structure, chapters offer methods, strategies, and perspectives that are adaptable to any difficult or under-resourced context. It delves into engaging through online applications, understanding emerging trends in computer-assisted language learning and teaching, and the implementation of virtual classroom and multimodality in ELT. Given its multifaceted focus, this book will provide ELT practitioners, trainers, trainees, and researchers with invaluable insights and research findings to effectively navigate and adapt to emerging circumstances.

The Hasan Âli Yücel Classics is a book series that translates important world literature into Turkish. It was started by the Ministry of National Education and guided by Hasan Âli Yücel. The series includes famous authors like Homer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Tolstoy. The series gives Turkish readers access to important world literature and offers resources on personal growth and education. The Education of the Will (La Education de la Volonté) is a key book in this series. Written by French author Jules Payot, it focuses on developing willpower and self-discipline. This book is a helpful guide, especially for students and intellectual workers. It teaches how to strengthen willpower, create a habit of continuous effort, and fight laziness.

गीता प्रेस से प्रकाशित 'कल्याण' के 'बालक-अंक' में प्रकाशित 19 वीर बालकों के चरित्र इस पुस्तक में प्रस्तुत कर रहे हैं। ये चरित्र अपूर्व आत्मत्याग तथा बलिदान के सजीव चित्र हैं। आशा है इन्हें पढ़कर बच्चों एवं बड़ों में बलिदान और त्याग की भावना जाग्रत होगी। -हनुमान प्रसाद पोद्दार

The essays in this volume are concerned with early printed narrative texts in Western Europe. The aim of this book is to consider to what extent the shift from hand-written to printed books left its mark on narrative literature in a number of vernacular languages. Did the advent of printing bring about changes in the corpus of narrative texts when compared with the corpus extant in manuscript copies? Did narrative texts that already existed in manuscript form undergo significant modifications when they began to be printed? How did this crucial media development affect the nature of these narratives? Which strategies did early printers develop to make their texts commercially attractive? Which social classes were the target audiences for their editions? Around half of the articles focus on developments in the history of early printed narrative texts, others discuss publication strategies. This book provides an impetus for cross-linguistic research. It invites scholars from various disciplines to get involved in an international conversation about fifteenth- and sixteenth-century narrative literature.

Master the words and phrases necessary for handling everyday situations Practice Makes Perfect: German Vocabulary helps you develop your vocabulary by providing practice in word-building and encouraging you to analyze new words for an ever-increasing vocabulary. Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for an increasing vocabulary, you are able to perfect your new words with plenty of exercises and gain the confidence to communicate well in German. Practice Makes Perfect: German Vocabulary offers you: More than 100 exercises Concise grammatical explanations A new chapter on contemporary vocabulary An answer key to gauge your comprehension With help from this book, you can easily speak or write in German about: Different occupations and jobs * German holidays and traditions * Taking the train * Growing your own garden * Where it hurts on your body * Your house * Your family and friends * What you studied in school * Your favorite TV show * Your family's background . . . and much more!

Dil becerilerinizi geliştirin ve yeni başlayanlara yönelik bu kısa öykü koleksiyonunun tadını çıkarın! Tüm Seviyeler için tasarlanmış ilgi çekici hikayelerle dili DAHA HIZLI ve KOLAY öğrenin. Ders kitapları ile okuma keyfi arasındaki KÖPRÜYÜ GEÇİN. Sürükleyici hikayeler aracılığıyla dil yapılarında ve kültürel nüanslarda ustalaşın. Çeşitli temalarla kelime bilginizi ve dil bilginizi geliştirin Eğlenceli ve Etkili: Bu e-kitap serisi, eğlenirken dil öğrenmek için mükemmel bir araçtır.

200 expressions bien françaises pour convaincre à l’écrit et à l’oral ! En classe ou en autonomie, apprenez des expressions bien françaises pour enrichir vos argumentations à l’écrit et à l’oral, du niveau B2 au C2. Le livre explique 200 expressions idiomatiques couramment employées en contexte formel : médias, travail, études, examens de français tels que le DALF, etc. Pour faciliter leur réemploi, ces expressions sont classées en 20 fonctions qui couvrent les opérations essentielles de l’argumentation : structurer un discours, présenter des faits, prendre position et débattre. - 200 expressions expliquées dans un français simple avec des exemples concrets d’emploi - La version audio des exemples pour pratiquer la compréhension et la production orales - Pour s’évaluer, des tests en 2 versions : interactive en ligne plus un cahier PDF imprimable - Un index alphabétique permettant de retrouver facilement une expression

Since its publication in 2008, A Grammar of the Hittite Language has been the definitive Hittite reference and teaching tool. This new edition brings Hoffner and Melchert’s essential work up to date, incorporating the dramatic progress achieved in the field over the past fifteen years. Heavily revised and expanded, the second edition recasts the discussion of topics to better serve the linguistically informed reader. A reorganized presentation of the synchronic facts makes them accessible to both Hittitologists and linguists interested in Hittite for historical or typological purposes. Part 1 provides a thorough overview of Hittite grammar that is grounded in abundant textual examples. Part 2 is a tutorial that guides students through a series of graded lessons with illustrative sentences for translation. The tutorial is keyed to the reference grammar and includes extensive updated notes. Taken together with Part 2: Tutorial, which guides students through a series of graded lessons keyed to this reference grammar, the work remains the most comprehensive and detailed Hittite grammar ever produced.

How to Live as Jesus Lived Dallas Willard, one of today's most brilliant Christian thinkers and author of The Divine Conspiracy (Christianity Today's 1999 Book of the Year), presents a way of living that enables ordinary men and women to enjoy the fruit of the Christian life. He reveals how the key to self-transformation resides in the practice of the spiritual disciplines, and how their practice affirms human life to the fullest. The Spirit of the Disciplines is for everyone who strives to be a disciple of Jesus in thought and action as well as intention.

Die Beiträge behandeln in systematischer und historischer Sicht epistemologisch orientierte Fragen nach dem gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Standort von Theorie zwischen Wissenschaftskultur und Kulturwissenschaft. Sie gehen dem Eindruck nach, demzufolge die Ambivalenz theoretischer 'Passion' entweder eher zu ereignisträchtigen kulturellen Formen oder aber ins Abseits theoretisch-organisatorischer Betriebsamkeit führt. Nicht nur in den Geisteswissenschaften lässt sich beobachten, dass Theoriebildungsprozesse innerhalb einer vielfach unterschätzten Bandbreite von Denkstilen vonstatten gehen - zwischen Intuition und Konstruktion. Diese Vor- und Nachrationalisierungen theoretischen Denkens hat die bisherige Theoriegeschichte weitgehend unbeachtet gelassen; auch für diese Denkstil-Bandbreite steht der Platzhalter 'kulturell'. Es sind mithin sowohl die gesellschaftlich-institutionellen Einbindungsformen als auch die möglichen kulturellen Ressourcen von Theorie, denen die einzelnen Beiträge des Bandes paradigmatisch (u.a. Dilthey, Valéry, Bachtin, Adorno, Luhmann, Feyerabend) nachgehen.

Buku besar ini ditulis dengan mengusung segumpal “semangat dekonstruksi-kritis” yang berjuang memperkaya wacana ideologi dalam sebuah refleksi bahasa. Thompson berupaya mengeksplorasi aspek-aspek lain penggunaan bahasa yang selama ini diabaikan oleh beberapa perspektif linguistik dan filsafat bahasa. Dengan cara membangun interrelasi antara bahasa dan ideologi, Thompson sepenuhnya menolak analisis statis terhadap bentuk-bentuk kalimat dan sistem tanda yang telah mapan, serta lebih memasuki bentuk ekspresi-ekspresi pemberian makna dan tindakan, yang dari situ sejarah diproduksi dan kehidupan sosial dikembangkan. Analisis ideologi semacam ini meniscayakan kemampuan untuk melihat bahasa bukan sekadar sebagai struktur komunikasi dan pertunjukan, tetapi sekaligus sebagai fenomena sejarah sosial yang melibatkan peradaban manusia, yang darinya jugalah konstelasi ideologi berkelindan. Maka, layak saja bila analisis ideologi ini kemudian melibatkan aspek kekuasaan dan bahasa, hermeneutika, struktur percakapan, struktur gramatikal, sistem kepercayaan, proyeksi rasional, analisis wacana, hingga kemelut rasionalisasi kebenaran. Analisis ideologi ini kian dikukuhkan dengan ketajaman komparasi Thompson terhadap beberapa tokoh penting ideologi, seperti Giddens, Ricouer, Gouldner, Seliger, hingga Habermas. Sangat wajar kalau karya ini dijadikan referensi wajib dalam studi ilmu-ilmu sosiologi, antropologi, politik, dan humaniora pada umumnya.

The second, corrected edition of the first and only complete English translation of Kant's highly influential introduction to philosophy, presenting both the terminological and structural basis for his philosophical system, and offering an invaluable key to his main works, particularly the three Critiques. Extensive editiorial apparatus.

In seinem letzten größeren Werk Les deux sources de la morale et de la religion (1932) entwirft Bergson, ausgehend von seinem zentralen Begriff des élan vital, eine Ethik und Religionsphilosophie, die die beiden Kulturphänomene Moral und Religion auf deren interne Veränderungskräfte prüft. Dabei unterscheidet Bergson zwischen einer »geschlossenen Moral«, die wesentlich zur Selbsterhaltung einer Gesellschaft beiträgt und im Großen und Ganzen unser Alltagsverhalten bestimmt, und einer »offenen Moral«, die auf Freiheit, Menschlichkeit und Liebe beruht. Diese »höhere« Moral, die eine offene Seelenhaltung voraussetzt, verhält sich zur »niederen« der geschlossenen Gesellschaft wie Bewegung zur Ruhe, Dynamik zur Statik, Freiheit zum Gesetz und steht für das schöpferische Prinzip, das gesellschaftliche Veränderungen ermöglicht und hervorbringt. Diesen beiden Moralprinzipien entsprechen die beiden Formen der Religion: Der »statischen« Religion, die durch Riten und Zeremonien gesellschaftliche Stabilität erzeugt und die er als eine Art Abwehrmaßnahme gegen natürliche Bedrohungen bezeichnet, stellt Bergson die »dynamische« Religion gegenüber, deren Wesen für ihn in einem welt- und lebenszugewandten Mystizismus liegt, der am élan vital teilhat und ein lebensbejahendes Engagement herausfordert. Unter Rückgriff auf christliche Mystik, buddhistische Kontemplation, aber auch die Alleinheitslehren von Platon und Plotin verweist Bergson 1932, am Vorabend des Faschismus und der europäischen Katastrophe, auf die Möglichkeit einer offenen, den Prinzipien des Universalismus verpflichteten Gesellschaft. Beigegeben ist der Aufsatz, den Ernst Cassirer unmittelbar nach Erscheinen der deutschen Ausgabe 1933 für die jüdische Monatszeitschrift »Der Morgen« verfasste.

This work investigates whether Camus' idea of living without conceptual absolutes is an attainable goal.

This book traces the evolution of organisational activism among Muslim women in India. It deconstructs the 'Muslim woman' as the monolith based on tropes like purdah, polygamy, and tin talaq and compels the reader to revisit the question of Muslim women’s individual and collective agency. The book argues that the political field, along with religion, moulds the nature and scope of Muslim women’s activism in India. It looks at the objectives of four Muslim women’s organisations: the Bazm-e-Niswan, the Awaaz-e-Niswaan, the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan and the India International Women’s Alliance (IIWA), in close interaction with the political landscape of Mumbai. The book explores the emergence of gender-inclusive interpretation of Muslim women’s rights by Muslim women activists and challenges the dominant and reductionist stereotypes on Muslim women, community, and absolutist ideas of Islam. It argues that Muslim women are not passive victims of their culture and religion, rather they can develop a critique of their marginality and subjugation from within the community. Revisiting Muslim Women’s Activism traces the evolution of a community-centric approach in women’s activism and records a fragmented view on women’s rights from within the community and religious leadership. It also delineates the distinctiveness of this activism that considers religion and culture as resources for empowerment and as sites of contestations. Moreover, the book documents the narratives of Muslim women’s struggle and resistance from their location and lived experiences. It will be of interest to students and researchers of women’s studies, gender studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, law, and Islamic studies.

La presente «Contribución a la genealogía del pensamiento posmetafísico» es también «una historia de la filosofía siguiendo el hilo conductor del discurso sobre fe y saber». Desde la atención a la religión como figura actual del espíritu objetivo en la sociedad postsecular, muestra cómo la filosofía occidental ha incorporado a lo largo de su historia, en la forma de procesos de aprendizaje, contenidos religiosos, transformándolos en un saber capaz de justificación racional. Esta consideración apunta a la pregunta de cuál pueda ser hoy todavía una adecuada comprensión de la tarea de la filosofía. Este primer volumen sienta las bases del estudio del camino evolutivo occidental desde la comparación de las imágenes del mundo de la era axial, pasando por la simbiosis de fe y saber en el platonismo cristiano y su progresiva diferenciación en la Europa medieval, hasta la via moderna, que abre los cauces filosóficos hacia la modernidad.

The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"—metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them. In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language.

A causa della rivoluzione digitale, negli ultimi anni il concetto di vulnerabilità ha acquisito rilevanza nel dibattito sia pubblico sia accademico, in particolare con la diffusione delle Tecnologie dell’Informazione e della Comunicazione (TIC) e dell’Intelligenza Artificiale (IA). Siamo infatti inseriti in una rete di relazioni che sfugge al nostro controllo, esponendoci a rischi nuovi per la nostra autonomia e libertà. In quali modi ci scopriamo oggi vulnerabili al cospetto delle nuove tecnologie? Quali aspetti dovrebbe assumere un’etica che tiene conto di queste forme impensate di fragilità e dipendenza? Il saggio si propone di rispondere a queste domande partendo dal presupposto che proprio una rinnovata riflessione sulla vulnerabilità rappresenta la base per un’etica delle TIC e dell’IA. La vulnerabilità quindi non è presa in esame soltanto nella sua funzione descrittiva ma anche come punto di partenza per cambiare il nostro attuale rapporto con le nuove tecnologie. La struttura tripartita del testo riproduce le tre differenti angolazioni da cui Silvia Dadà ha scelto di indagare la questione: storico-filosofica, etico-normativa e bioetica.

Este libro reflexiona sobre el talante decididamente autoritario que asumió parte de la política argentina en la última década, y sobre los riesgos que se vislumbran para la continuidad del sistema democrático en la etapa implosiva en la que está ingresando el capitalismo global. El hilo conductor de los artículos que lo integran —algunos ya publicados, otros hasta ahora inéditos— es el funcionamiento del liberalismo en tanto ideología, las narrativas en las que se plasma, las subjetividades que alimenta. La primera parte analiza diversos aspectos del antiperonismo: su conexión con el antipopulismo, la matriz común de ambos en la tradición liberal, su tendencia a caer en la autodenigración nacional y su papel en el ascenso del macrismo. La segunda intenta relacionar esas discusiones con fenómenos que ocurren a nivel global, en particular con el atractivo que ha ganado la derecha radicalizada en diversos países. Los textos giran aquí en torno de los microfascismos, los puntos de contacto entre liberalismo y conservadurismo y entre ambos y las visiones reaccionarias. El epílogo argumenta que presenciamos el avance de un "individualismo autoritario", término que el autor propone, en debate con otros enfoques disponibles, para denominar la subjetividad emergente, sobre la que este volumen se propone advertir.

A thoughtful and authoritative biography of Confucious—a philosopher whose ongoing relevance is unparalleled and who is just as current in China today as he was one thousand years ago. For more than two thousand years, Confucius has been an inseparable part of China's history. Yet despite this fame,Confucius the man has been elusive. Now, in The Authentic Confucius, Annping Chin has worked through the most reliable Chinese texts in her quest to sort out what is really known about Confucius from the reconstructions and the guesswork that muddled his memory. Chin skillfully illuminates the political and social climate in which Confucius lived. She explains how Confucius made the transition from court advisor to wanderer, and how he reluctantly became a professional teacher as he refined his judgment of human character and composed his vision of a moral political order. The result is an absorbing and original book that shows how Confucius lived and thought: his habits and inclinations, his relation to the people of the time, his work as a teacher and as a counselor, his worries about the world and the generations to come. In this book, Chin brings the historical Confucius within our reach, so that he can lead us into his idea of the moral and to his teachings on family and politics, culture and learning. The Authentic Confucius is a masterful account of the life and intellectual development of a thinker whose presence remains a powerful force today.

A classic historical excursion through the English language. Owen Barfield's original and thought-provoking works over three-quarters of a century made him a legendary cult figure. This popular book provides a brief, brilliant history of those who have spoken the Indo-European tongues. It is illustrated throughout by current English words - whose derivation from other languages, whose history in use and changes of meaning - record and unlock the larger history.

Sacrifices are powerful. Very powerful! The richest man, the strongest man, the most blessed men and women, the wisest, the greatest king, the most powerful prophets were all men and women of sacrifice. They gave all, risked all for their people, humanity and for God to achieve their goals and feats that even eternity will be proud of. You want to know their secrets? Good. If you want to become great, you must first become a man/woman of sacrifice. All things are possible to them that can pay the price. You will find these highly revealing chapters – Power of Sacrifice, Sacrifice Your Only, I Will Pass Through Egypt, I Will Pay The Price, Follow Me! We Came For You, I Will Preserve You, Cook That Last Meal, Power to Save, Praise, Prayer and Fasting. We have not only discussed the great sacrifices of great men and women in the bible and how their actions made them great, but also people like Yonatan ‘Yoni’ Netanyahu of Israel; the young Israeli who led the commando unit to rescued the Jewish hostages who were kept in Entebbe airport after their plane was hijacked and diverted to Uganda in 1976. We also looked at some of our military heroes, especially those of the Special Operations – like the SEALs, Delta Force. These men give their best; constantly risk everything, including their lives to defend their people and humanity. They sacrifice their lives to protect others. Jesus said that the greatest sacrifice is for a man to give his life for others. We salute them! They teach us what sacrifice should be. Jesus said that what sacrifice can be greater than a man laying down his life for his friends? We praise their courage and extreme patriotism. Here, we will learn about sacrifices of faith, kindness, patriotism, prayer, fasting and praise. When you go beyond the ordinary in any of the above, you immediately set off divine, unseen, supernatural forces that will respond, rush towards you. Translator: Gabriel Agbo PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

El presente libro es un curso de actualización de filosofía de la ciencia. Su autor expone algunos de los problemas más candentes de la filosofía de las ciencias formales, naturales y sociales, así como de la ingeniería y la medicina. Obra dirigida especialmente al público hispanoamericano.

Logical fallacy adalah kesalahan dalam menular sesuatu pemikiran secara logis. Saat ini kesalahan berlogika sering terjadi karena berasal dari asumsi yang keliru. Lalu apakah dampak logical fallacy dalam kehidupan sehari-hari? Apakah akan ada yang dirugikan jika seseorang terjebak dalam logical fallacy? Bagaimana sebaiknya menghindarkan diri agar tidak masuk dan terjerumus dalam logical fallacy? Akankah ada trik dan cara khusus untuk dapat menghindari logical fallacy dalam kehidupan sehari-hari? Di dalam buku ini akan dibahas secara lebih detail macam-macam logical fallacy beserta contoh rill yang sering kita temui di kehidupan sehari-hari atau bahkan yang mungkin belum banyak diketahui. Selain itu, buku ini juga membahas tentang hubungan logical fallacy menjadi pemikir kritis. Buku ini menjadi salah satu ikhtiar yang dapat kita laukan untuk menghindarkan generasi masa depan yang lemah akan literasi sehingga harapannya dapat menjadi generasi yang memiliki kecerdasan optimal.

Following Marx’s own itinerary from Paris to London, from politics to the critique of political economy, The Marx of Communism delves into a creatively unfolding international debate on the democracy-communism relation, while supporting a 21st century communism as a social alternative to capitalism. Taking into consideration Marx’s analysis of communism both as a movement and a social formation, this study focuses on the dialectics of transition from capitalism to communism. Dealing with communism as the outcome of a long-term cultural and political process, the author defends Marxian communism as the open-ended constitution of a self-governed demos, whose citizens create their own way of life on the ground of a stateless and classless society. From this point of view, the end of the state does not mean the end, but the revival of politics in terms of a communist bios. Reshaping their collective and personal values and setting limits to the production/technology dynamics of their economy, this book argues, the citizens of a communist polis form a promising antithesis to the private individuals of a capitalist society.

Essential teachings, brilliant musings, and provocative theories from three of history’s greatest thinkers. The Road to Inner Freedom: The seventeenth-century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza views the ability to experience rational love of God as the key to mastering the contradictory and violent human emotions. The Art of Philosophizing: These groundbreaking essays by Bertrand Russell deal with “the art of reckoning” in the fields of mathematics, logic, and philosophy. With great clarity and simple exposition, Russell gets to the core of philosophical inquiry and analysis. Pilgrimage to Humanity: Albert Schweitzer discusses his philosophy of culture, the course of his life, his ministry to human needs in Africa, the idea of reverence for life, the ideal of world peace, the significance of liberal Christianity, and the lives, world-views, and contributions of Johann Goethe, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Jesus of Nazareth.

This book expands the known canon by presenting arguments and concepts from women philosophers, from all periods of the history of philosophy, from antiquity to the present day. The collaborative collection is an undertaking that emerged from intensive discussions on how to expand the philosophical canon, which formed the conclusion of the Libori Summer School 2019. This Libori Summer School, the third in a row, was held to enhance the study of texts written by women philosophers from Antiquity up to now and intended to give opportunity to young scholars to connect and to build networks. Presenting such a collection is even more urgent today because a diversification of the canon has long been called for. Nevertheless, to date there is little explicit material available for this purpose. To make this book suitable for both academics and students, it is structured in such a way that readers can use excerpts and individual chapters from it that suit their needs, be it in moral philosophy, politics, or phenomenology, etc. Containing chapters on women such as Suor Juana, Emilie Du Châtelet, and Nisia Floresta and supplemented by contextualization, namely by some brief biographical information and by the systematic integration of her argument into the debates of the respective periods, this book is an important resource highlighting the achievements and value of women in philosophy and calling for a further diversification of the canon.

Taksonomi dalam bidang biologi dapat diartikan sebagai suatu cabang ilmu biologi yang menelaah penamaan, pencirian, dan pengelompokkan makhluk hidup berdasarkan persamaan dan perbedaan karakter yang dimiliki. Taksonomi dapat dijelaskan dengan berbagai perspektif ilmu untuk tujuan mencari penjelasan lebih terperinci dari berbagai permasalahan dalam taksonomi itu sendiri. Taksonomi dalam perspektif filsafat ilmu juga akan memberikan kontribusi pengembangan pengertian dan penjelasan yang lebih mendalam terhadap bidang ilmu ini. Buku ini akan membahas taksonomi sebagai satu cabang ilmu dalam perspektif filsafat ilmu, dalam konsep dan pendekatan ontologi, epistemologi, dan aksiologi. Hakikat dan pengertian taksonomi, cara mempelajari taksonomi, dan manfaat taksonomi bagi kehidupan manusia dan perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan merupakan kajian dalam buku ini, yang pada akhirnya akan membentuk pola pikir dan sikap keilmuan yang mumpuni bagi mereka yang haus akan ilmu pengetahuan.

Dieses eBook: "Psychologie der Massen (Grundlagenwerk der Sozialpsychologie)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Die Psychologie der Massen setzt sich sowohl mit den Themenkreisen Konformität, Entfremdung und Führung auseinander, als auch mit der Masse im eigentlichen Sinne. Le Bon vertritt die Auffassung, dass der Einzelne, auch der Angehörige einer Hochkultur, in der Masse seine Kritikfähigkeit verliert und sich affektiv, zum Teil primitiv-barbarisch, verhält. In der Massensituation ist der Einzelne leichtgläubiger und unterliegt der psychischen Ansteckung. Somit ist die Masse von Führern leicht zu lenken. Diesen Charakteristiken liegen die allgemeinen und von Freud später aufgegriffenen Doktrinen Le Bons zugrunde, dass menschliche Handlungen von unbewussten Impulsen beherrscht werden, die irrational sind, und dass Ideen die Institutionen formen und nicht umgekehrt. Le Bon stellt vor allem dar, wie politische Meinungen, Ideologien und Glaubenslehren bei den Massen Eingang und Verbreitung finden, wie man Massen beeinflussen kann, wie die dazu notwendigen Führer entstehen, welche Eigenschaften sie haben müssen, wie sie wirken und untergehen und wo die Grenzen dieser Beeinflussbarkeit liegen. Immer wieder betont er den geringen Einfluss von Vernunft, Unterricht und Erziehung sowie die Anfälligkeit der Massen für Schlagworte, große Gesten und geschickte Täuschungen. Am Ende seines Werkes unterzieht Le Bon noch verschiedene spezielle Massen einer sehr skeptischen Prüfung: sowohl Geschworene wie Wählermassen und Parlamente finden dabei vor seinen Augen keine Gnade. Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931) gilt als Begründer der Massenpsychologie. Seine Wirkung auf die Nachwelt, wissenschaftlich auf Sigmund Freud und Max Weber, politisch insbesondere auf den Nationalsozialismus und seine Protagonisten, war groß.

« En décembre 2013, j'ai couvert la guerre en Centrafrique aux premiers jours de l'intervention française, l'opération Sangaris. J'étais accompagné d'une jeune photographe, Camille Lepage. Un samedi matin, nous avons assisté à un lynchage. Ce n'étaient pas des soldats russes ou syriens. Ce n'étaient ni des miliciens ni des djihadistes, pas plus que des Nazis ni des tortionnaires français de la guerre d'Algérie. C'étaient des femmes et des hommes de la rue, des gens comme vous et moi. Avec Camille, nous avons été entraînés par ce courant ultra-violent de gens ordinaires. Elle en est morte. » Comment faire l'expérience de la violence extrême sans en être soi-même changé ? Reporter de guerre, Laurent Larcher livre un récit haletant, au coeur des ténèbres, pour comprendre la mort d'une jeune photojournaliste. Du théâtre grec à René Girard, de Michel Foucault au grand roman américain, l'auteur confronte les textes à son expérience des violences de masse, cherchant à cerner cette soif de sang qui bat dans l'histoire de l'humanité.

The French social philosopher Pierre Bourdieu is now recognised as one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. In a career of over fifty years, Bourdieu studied a wide range of topics: education, culture, art, politics, economics, literature, law, and philosophy. Throughout these studies, Bourdieu developed a highly specialised series of concepts that he referred to as his "thinking tools", which were used to uncover the workings of contemporary society. Pierre Bourdieu: Key Concepts highlights his most important concepts and examines them in detail. Each chapter deals with an individual concept and is written to be of immediate use to the student with little or no previous knowledge of Bourdieu. This new edition of the leading text is entirely revised and updated and includes new essays on Methodology, Politics and Social Space.

Achtzehn zeitlose Weisheiten für inneren Frieden und Erfüllung In den letzten Jahren ist es immer deutlicher geworden, dass Frieden in der mensch­lichen Gesellschaft nur dann möglich ist, wenn wir in uns selbst Frieden finden. In der heutigen Zeit jedoch, die durch Umweltverschmutzung, Kriminalität, Geldknappheit und zerrüttete Familienver­hältnisse gekennzeichnet ist, ist dies nicht immer ein leichtes Unterfangen. Mantra bedeutet „das, was den Geist befreit“, und vor Tausenden von Jahren haben die achtzehn mantras der Sri Isopanisad den Menschen als Pfade zum Frieden gedient. Die Übersetzung von His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada aus dem Original-Sanskrit hat diese Pfade zu innerem Frieden und Erfüllung wieder jedem zugänglich gemacht.

A renowned scholar argues that liberal hegemony—the policy America has pursued since the Cold War ended—is doomed to fail Named a Financial Times Best Book of 2018 “Idealists as well as realists need to read this systematic tour de force.”—Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Return of Marco Polo’s World It is widely believed in the West that the United States should spread liberal democracy across the world, foster an open international economy, and build international institutions. The policy of remaking the world in America’s image is supposed to protect human rights, promote peace, and make the world safe for democracy. But this is not what has happened. Instead, the United States has become a highly militarized state fighting wars that undermine peace, harm human rights, and threaten liberal values at home. In this major statement, the renowned international-relations scholar John Mearsheimer argues that liberal hegemony—the foreign policy pursued by the United States since the Cold War ended—is doomed to fail. It makes far more sense, he maintains, for Washington to adopt a more restrained foreign policy based on a sound understanding of how nationalism and realism constrain great powers abroad. The Great Delusion is a lucid and compelling work of the first importance for scholars, policymakers, and everyone interested in the future of American foreign policy.

First published 10 years ago, Manuel DeLanda's Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy rapidly established itself as a landmark text in contemporary continental thought. DeLanda here draws on the realist philosophy of Gilles Deleuze to the domain of philosophy of science. As well as contemporary philosophical insights, the book also tackles new developments in geometry, complexity theory and chaos theory to bring new insights to our understanding of a scientific knowledge liberated from traditional ideas of essence. Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, this edition includes a new preface by Delanda, revisiting the themes of his book ten years on.

“I’ve gained deeper understanding listening to Rupert Spira than I have from any other exponent of modern spirituality. Reality is sending us a message we desperately need to hear, and at this moment no messenger surpasses Spira and the transformative words in his essays.” —Deepak Chopra, author of You Are the Universe, Spiritual Solutions, and Super Brain Our world culture is founded on the assumption that the Big Bang gave rise to matter, which in time evolved into the world, into which the body was born, inside which a brain appeared, out of which consciousness at some late stage developed. As a result of this “matter model,” most of us believe that consciousness is a property of the body. We feel that it is “I,” this body, that knows or is aware of the world. We believe and feel that the knowing with which we are aware of our experience is located in and shares the limits and destiny of the body. This is the fundamental presumption of mind and matter that underpins almost all our thoughts and feelings and is expressed in our activities and relationships. The Nature of Consciousness suggests that the matter model has outlived its function and is now destroying the very values it once sought to promote. For many people, the debate as to the ultimate reality of the universe is an academic one, far removed from the concerns and demands of everyday life. After all, life happens independently of our models of it. However, The Nature of Consciousness will clearly show that the materialist paradigm is a philosophy of despair and, as such, the root cause of unhappiness in individuals. It is a philosophy of conflict and, as such, the root cause of hostilities between families, communities, and nations. Far from being abstract and philosophical, its implications touch each one of us directly and intimately. An exploration of the nature of consciousness has the power to reveal the peace and happiness that truly lie at the heart of experience. Our experience never ceases to change, but the knowing element in all experience—consciousness, or what we call “I”—itself never changes. The knowing with which all experience is known is always the same knowing. Being the common, unchanging element in all experience, consciousness does not share the qualities of any particular experience: it is not qualified, conditioned, or limited by experience. The knowing with which a feeling of loneliness or sorrow is known is the same knowing with which the thought of a friend, the sight of a sunset, or the taste of ice cream is known. Just as a screen is never disturbed by the action in a movie, so consciousness is never disturbed by experience; thus it is inherently peaceful. The peace that is inherent in us—indeed that is us—is not dependent on the situations or conditions we find ourselves in. In a series of essays that draw you, through your own direct experience, into an exploration of the nature of this knowing element that each of us calls “I,” The Nature of Consciousness posits that consciousness is the fundamental reality of the apparent duality of mind and matter. It shows that the overlooking or ignoring of this reality is the root cause of the existential unhappiness that pervades and motivates most people’s lives, as well as the wider conflicts that exist between communities and nations. Conversely, the book suggests that the recognition of the fundamental reality of consciousness is the first step in the quest for lasting happiness and the foundation for world peace.

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines—the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval—it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed. In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist, and Douglas Abrams, the internationally bestselling co-author of The Book of Joy, explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. In The Book of Hope, Jane focuses on her "Four Reasons for Hope": The Amazing Human Intellect, The Resilience of Nature, The Power of Young People, and The Indomitable Human Spirit. Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we all need to do to help build a better world, The Book of Hope touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope in our children? What is the relationship between hope and action? Filled with moving and inspirational stories and photographs from Jane’s remarkable career, The Book of Hope is a deeply personal conversation with one of the most beloved figures in the world today. While discussing the experiences that shaped her discoveries and beliefs, Jane tells the story of how she became a messenger of hope, from living through World War II to her years in Gombe to realizing she had to leave the forest to travel the world in her role as an advocate for environmental justice. And for the first time, she shares her profound revelations about her next, and perhaps final, adventure. The second book in the Global Icons Series—which launched with the instant classic The Book of Joy with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu—The Book of Hope is a rare and intimate look not only at the nature of hope but also into the heart and mind of a woman who revolutionized how we view the world around us and has spent a lifetime fighting for our future. There is still hope, and this book will help guide us to it.

"Clarividência" é um livro escrito por Charles Webster Leadbeater, publicado originalmente em 1899. Neste texto, Leadbeater explora o fenômeno da clarividência, ou seja, a capacidade de ver além da percepção sensorial comum, alcançando níveis sutis de realidade e acessando o mundo espiritual e energético. O livro é uma tentativa de explicar e categorizar os diferentes tipos de clarividência, descrevendo tanto as suas manifestações quanto os métodos pelos quais uma pessoa pode desenvolver essa habilidade. É uma obra central dentro do campo do ocultismo e da teosofia, oferecendo uma visão detalhada das possibilidades da percepção extrassensorial. O autor divide a clarividência em três tipos principais: a simples (ver eventos ou objetos à distância), a no tempo (visões do passado ou futuro) e a superior (ver planos espirituais e energéticos). Leadbeater descreve métodos para desenvolver essa habilidade, como meditação e prática espiritual, enfatizando a necessidade de preparação ética e emocional. Ele alerta sobre os perigos do uso egoísta dessa capacidade e defende que a clarividência deve ser buscada como parte do crescimento espiritual. O livro combina exemplos práticos e explicações teosóficas, propondo que a clarividência é uma habilidade latente em todos os seres humanos. Embora tenha recebido críticas por falta de comprovação científica, "Clarividência" é uma obra influente entre ocultistas e espiritualistas, oferecendo uma visão acessível sobre o desenvolvimento de habilidades psíquicas. Primorosa tradução de Fernando Pessoa.

The frequency of new editions of this book is indicative of the rapid and trem- dous changes in the fields of computer and information sciences. First published in 1995, the book has rapidly gone through three editions already and now we are in the fourth. Over this period, we have become more dependent on computer and telecommunication technology than ever before and computer technology has become ubiquitous. Since I started writing on social computing, I have been ad- cating a time when we, as individuals and as nations, will become totally dependent on computing technology. That time is almost on us. Evidence of this is embodied in the rapid convergence of telecommunication, broadcasting, and computing devices; the miniaturization of these devices; and the ever increasing storage capacity , speed of computation, and ease of use. These qualities have been a big pulling force sucking in millions of new users every day, sometimes even those unwilling. Other appealing features of these devices are the increasing number of applications, apps, as they are increasingly becoming known, and being wireless and easily portable. Whether small or big, these new gizmos have become the c- terpiece of an individual’s social and economic activities and the main access point for all information. Individuals aside, computing technology has also become the engine that drives the nations’ strategic and security infrastructures that control power grids, gas and oil storage facilities, transportation, and all forms of national communication, including emergency services.

T.D. Kokoszka grew up in Texas with a Jewish mother and a Polish-American father. While he was aware of roots going back to Eastern Europe from both families, he found it hard to learn very much about them. He knew that Polish people would whack one another with palm leaves around Easter, and he knew that his great-grandmother purportedly believed in forest spirits known as borowy. However, it wasn't until he was in his teens that he became vaguely aware of an ancient people known as the Slavs who gave rise to the Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovakian, Slovene, and Czech languages. It quickly became clear to him that this was a family of cultures currently under-represented in popular culture, and even in western scholarship. Not simply a regurgitation of scholarship from the Soviet period - and presenting new analyses by using previously neglected resources - Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods offers one of the most painstaking scholarly reconstructions of Slavic paganism. These new resources include not only an overview of folklore from many different Slavic countries but also comparisons with Ossetian culture and Mordvin culture, as well as a series of Slavic folktales that Kokoszka analyzes in depth, often making the case that the narratives involved are mythological and shockingly ancient. Readers will recognize many European folktale types and possibly learn to look at these folktales differently after reading this book.

En el panorama del conocimiento humano, las fronteras entre ciencia y filosofía son cada vez más permeables, dando lugar a diálogos inesperados entre mundos aparentemente distantes. En este libro pretendemos explorar la fascinante intersección entre las filosofías orientales, con especial atención al budismo, y los modernos descubrimientos de la física cuántica. El objetivo es claro: esbozar cómo los conocimientos milenarios de tradiciones como el budismo pueden arrojar nueva luz sobre las teorías cuánticas, planteando profundas cuestiones sobre la naturaleza de la realidad, la percepción y la propia existencia. Este libro es el primero de una trilogía centrada en el budismo, el hinduismo y el taoísmo. Los temas tratados ponen de relieve las similitudes entre estos sistemas de pensamiento y los principios fundamentales de la física cuántica. Las similitudes son asombrosas. En el budismo, el concepto de impermanencia es fundamental. Todo lo que existe está en constante cambio, nada es estático. Del mismo modo, la física cuántica nos enseña que, a nivel subatómico, las partículas no existen en estados definidos, sino en estados probabilísticos. Por ejemplo, la famosa dualidad onda-partícula sugiere que las partículas también pueden comportarse como ondas, desafiando nuestra comprensión tradicional de la materia física. El principio de interdependencia subraya cómo cada fenómeno está conectado con todos los demás. En física cuántica, el fenómeno del entrelazamiento cuántico ilustra esa red de relaciones entre partículas. Cuando dos partículas están entrelazadas, un cambio en el estado de una afecta instantáneamente a la otra, incluso a grandes distancias, proponiendo un vínculo que trasciende las barreras espacio-temporales. Una parte importante está dedicada a la ilusión del ego (Anatta): El budismo enseña que la sensación de un yo separado es una ilusión. En física cuántica, nuestra percepción de la realidad es igualmente ilusoria. Muchos descubrimientos científicos revelan que nuestra observación altera la realidad observada. La famosa experiencia de la doble rendija, por ejemplo, muestra cómo la mera observación de partículas cuánticas altera su comportamiento. En cuanto a la meditación y la atención plena, se sabe que las prácticas meditativas budistas promueven una visión contemplativa de la realidad, permitiendo a los practicantes seguir caminos que van más allá de la apariencia de las cosas. Científicos contemporáneos, como el físico David Bohm, han sugerido que lo que vemos como "realidad" puede ser sólo una imagen superficial de un orden más profundo similar a los estados de conciencia que se alcanzan mediante la meditación. Para ilustrar estas afinidades, conviene citar el diálogo entre el físico Niels Bohr y el filósofo budista Daisetsu Teitarō Suzuki. Bohr, considerado uno de los padres de la física cuántica, encontró una sorprendente resonancia en los conceptos orientales. En una de sus célebres citas, dijo: "La física no es una descripción de la realidad, sino una construcción de nuestro pensamiento". Esto recuerda a la visión budista de la percepción como reflejo de nuestra mente. Otro testimonio significativo procede del físico Fritjof Capra, cuyo libro "El Tao de la Física" explora las similitudes entre la física moderna y las filosofías orientales, incluidos el budismo y el taoísmo. Capra sugiere que la realidad cuántica invoca una interpretación de la materia no como una colección de objetos sólidos, sino como un campo de energías, en perfecta armonía con el pensamiento budista sobre la impermanencia. En este primer volumen hemos trazado los contornos de una conexión profunda y transformadora entre el budismo y la física cuántica. Explorar estas relaciones no sólo enriquece nuestra comprensión de la ciencia, sino que invita a una reflexión más profunda sobre cómo percibimos la realidad. En un mundo cada vez más complejo, los principios budistas ofrecen una perspectiva vital de una nueva visión de nuestro lugar en el universo: un espacio de interconexión, impermanencia y conciencia. En futuros volúmenes, continuaremos por este camino, sumergiéndonos aún más en la oscuridad y la luz de otras tradiciones filosóficas orientales, descubriendo nuevas dimensiones en este fascinante diálogo entre la sabiduría antigua y los descubrimientos modernos.

Riding a bicycle on a country byway and writing in the quiet chambers of the writer and athlete’s own personal solitude represent forms of meditation. Balancing his life from a fulcrum that pivots from a personal to a societal vantage point requires him to navigate many roads with numerous twists and turns. On this journey sometimes the unseen gravel under his wheel causes him to slip and glide unexpectedly crashing into unconsciousness. Upon waking up, he chooses to question his existence in the wake of the influence of some elements of philosophy, history, art, politics and other cultural topics that shape his opinions and raison d’être as a citizen of the global community. Stream of consciousness serves to blend the spiritual, intellectual and physical needs of the diligent wordsmith to examine metaphysical quandaries, much like Don Quixote, that cause him to fall off of Rocinante in order to rise up and equipoise himself again and again. It is in this space of equilibrium where he decides to find meaning and peace within himself and to dialogue with his fellow readers who are interested in untangling the perplexities of living. Instead of avoiding these difficult and confounding philosophical “thorns,” as many do, he forges forward with his pen/lance to unravel the mysteries that naturally want to blossom from the seed of unexplored truths. By doing this, he has made a conscious decision to live purposefully, as Goethe would suggest, in a world where he is mindful of himself and others.

Crude materialism, reduction of mind to body, extreme individualism. All products of a 17th century scientific inheritance which looks at the parts of our existence at the expense of the whole. Cutting through myths of scientific omnipotence, Mary Midgley explores how this inheritance has so powerfully shaped the way we are, and the problems it has brought with it. She argues that poetry and the arts can help reconcile these problems, and counteract generations of 'one-eyed specialists', unable and unwilling to look beyond their own scientific or literary sphere. Dawkins, Atkins, Bacon and Descartes all come under fire as Midgely sears through contemporary debate, from Gaia to memes, and organic food to greenhouse gases. After years of unquestioned imperialism, science is finally forced to take a step back and acknowledge the arts.

Beyond Liberalism and Communism: Socialist Theory and the Chinese Case presents a new conceptual framework of socialism and applies it to the study of socialist development in China, shedding new light on modern China and signposting novel directions in socialist thought. Based on a Marxian-Polanyian approach, the book develops a new conceptual framework of socialism by taking the liberal and the communist challenges seriously. In doing so, Brie develops a liberal and a communist formula of socialism based upon two owners of socialist property (the individuals and the society), different forms of possession (public, common, associative, and individual) meditating the interests of the two opposite owners, and democracy as an expression of the will of the many and of all together in common. This formula is then applied to socialist development in China, analysing its booming centrally directed economy and the political ways to safeguard democracy as the rule of, for, and by the people under the Chinese Communist Party. With an analysis of the means by which China has pursued a unique form of socialist development, Beyond Liberalism and Communism: Socialist Theory and the Chinese Case will appeal to scholars of modern China, political theory, political sociology, and socialist thought.

Dieses Open-Access-Buch bündelt technische, wirtschaftliche, medizinische und ethische Reflexionen über Pflegeroboter. Pflegeroboter, im Moment noch mehrheitlich Prototypen, unterstützen oder ersetzen menschliche Pflegekräfte bzw. Betreuer. Sie bringen Kranken und Alten die benötigten Medikamente und Nahrungsmittel, helfen beim Hinlegen und Aufrichten oder alarmieren den Notdienst. Vorteile von Pflegerobotern sind durchgehende Verwendbarkeit und gleichbleibende Qualität der Dienstleistung. Nachteile sind Kostenintensität (bei möglicher Amortisation) und Komplexität der Anforderungen. Unter der wissenschaftlichen Leitung von Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel trafen sich im September 2017 Vertreter verschiedener wissenschaftlicher Disziplinen im Rahmen eines Ladenburger Diskurses der Daimler und Benz Stiftung, um über den aktuellen und künftigen Einsatz von Pflegerobotern zu sprechen und Forschungspotenziale zu identifizieren. Die Autoren gehen in ihren Beiträgen auch Fragen aus Wirtschafts-, Medizin- und Informationsethik nach: Wer trägt die Verantwortung bei einer fehlerhaften Betreuung und Versorgung durch die Maschine? Inwieweit kann diese die persönliche und informationelle Autonomie des Patienten unterstützen oder gefährden? Ist der Roboter eine Entlastung oder ein Konkurrent für Pflegekräfte? Antworten müssen von Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft gefunden werden.

Érase una vez un grupo de libertarios que idearon el Proyecto Free Town, un plan para tomar el control de una ciudad estadounidense y eliminar por completo su gobierno. En 2004, Grafton, Nuevo Hampshire, un asentamiento apenas poblado, hizo realidad ese plan. La financiación pública de casi todo se redujo: el cuerpo de bomberos, la biblioteca, la escuela. Las leyes estatales y federales pasaron a ser suaves sugerencias. Los osos, en cambio, eran cada vez más visibles. Los ciudadanos de Grafton, amantes de la libertad, ignoraron las leyes de caza y las normas sobre gestión de los restos de comida. Y con una población local de osos grande y creciente, el conflicto se hizo inevitable.

This book presents an analytical exposition of the ‘Nine Schools’ of Indian philosophy, extrapolating ‘Environmental Ethics’ from the profound metaphysics of these Nine Schools, which serve as the cornerstone of a life lived in wisdom. This book uses the popular contemporary word ‘Environment,’ with the meaning expounded by the Vedic texts. Therefore, it includes the internal, external and cosmic states of all the creatures of the world, and relates them to the universal laws of creation, preservation, and annihilation of every existence following the path of the cosmic order (Ṛta). It argues that realization of the fact that all entities in the world are illuminated by the same Universal Spirit is also necessary. While the book emphasizes the external environmental woes of the world, such as deforestation, animal cruelty, pollution, climate change, and more, it also underscores that these are merely manifestations of humans’ internal perverted environmental states. Thus, humankind should not look at external issues that are limited and temporary, but should focus on the longer-lasting internal transformation.

Idealism is philosophy on a grand scale, combining micro and macroscopic problems into systematic accounts of everything from the nature of the universe to the particulars of human feeling. In consequence, it offers perspectives on everything from the natural to the social sciences, from ecology to critical theory. Heavily criticised by the dominant philosophies of the 20th Century, Idealism is now being reconsidered as a rich and untapped resource for contemporary philosophical arguments and concepts. This volume provides a comprehensive portrait of the major arguments and philosophers in the Idealist tradition. The book demonstrates how Idealist philosophy provides a fruitful way of understanding contemporary issues in metaphysics, the philosophy of science, political philosophy, scientific theory and critical social theory.

Öffentliche Szenen der Bitte um Vergebung, des Geständnisses und der Reue – die Inszenierung der Schuld scheint von der Bühne des Politischen nicht mehr wegzudenken. Gleichzeitig mehren sich die Stimmen, welche das Vergeben zu einer therapeutischen Kraft erklären, die uns in die Lage versetzen soll, uns selbst von der Last des Vergangenen zu befreien. Aus philosophischer Sicht werfen diese Tendenzen eine Reihe von Fragen auf: Muss man gegenüber der Neigung, das Vergeben vorschnell zu einem Können und einer Kompetenz zu erklären, nicht darauf beharren, dass es Unverzeihliches gibt, bestimmte Taten also, von denen man schlechthin nicht sieht, wie sie jemals vergeben werden können? Gerät eine Vergebung, die an eine bestimmte Bedingung oder einen bestimmten Zweck geknüpft wird, nicht zu einem bloßen Tauschgeschäft? Wie steht es um das Verhältnis zwischen Vergebung und Gerechtigkeit? Kann es eine Politik der Vergebung geben? Diese Fragen markieren den Problemhorizont, in dem sich Fabian Bernhardts Buch Zur Vergebung bewegt. Seine Grundlage bildet eine genaue Lektüre und behutsame Weiterführung der Überlegungen, die der französische Philosoph Paul Ricœur (1913–2005) in seinem geschichtsphilosophischen Spätwerk entwickelt hat. Flankiert werden Ricœurs Überlegungen von den Positionen anderer Denker/innen des 20. Jahrhunderts, wie Hannah Arendt, Vladimir Jankélévitch und Jacques Derrida. Geleitet von der Überzeugung, dass eine Reflexion auf die Vergebung nicht umhin kann, sich am Prüfstein des Unverzeihlichen zu messen, sondiert Bernhardt den Abstand zwischen der Tiefe einer unverzeihlichen Schuld und der Höhe einer bedingungslosen Vergebung.

On a winter night in 1743, a local magistrate was stabbed to death in the churchyard of Rye by an angry butcher. Why did this gruesome crime happen? What does it reveal about the political, economic, and cultural patterns that existed in this small English port town? To answer these questions, this fascinating book takes us back to the mid-sixteenth century, when religious and social tensions began to fragment the quiet town of Rye and led to witch hunts, riots, and violent political confrontations. Paul Monod examines events over the course of the next two centuries, tracing the town’s transition as it moved from narrowly focused Reformation norms to the more expansive ideas of the emerging commercial society. In the process, relations among the town’s inhabitants were fundamentally altered. The history of Rye mirrored that of the whole nation, and it gives us an intriguing new perspective on England in the early modern period.

Em discurso proferido poucas semanas depois da vitória dos aliados Oliveira Salazar auto-congratulou-se pela política do governo português face aos refugiados de guerra ao dizer: «Quaisquer outros na nossa situação acolheriam refugiados, […] por dever de solidariedade humana. Pena foi não termos podido fazer mais». Na verdade, para dezenas de milhares de refugiados oriundos da Alemanha Nazi, Portugal foi não só o ponto de partida para uma vida melhor como também o primeiro lugar que lhes inspirava segurança. Ignoravam porém, que desde a tomada de poder de Adolf Hitler em 1933, o governo português observava atentamente o movimento migratório desencadeado pelas medidas anti-semitas, tendo vindo a restringir sucessivamente as condições de entrada de estrangeiros no país. Além do mais, cabia à Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado, precursora da PIDE, a sua vigilância tanto no momento da sua chegada à fronteira como durante a sua estada no país. O presente livro pretende analisar as medidas tomadas pelo governo português contra o afluxo de refugiados, revelando simultaneamente como a sociedade portuguesa reagia à presença de milhares de estrangeiros que, apesar da sua curta estada, marcaram o país para sempre.

This comprehensive bibliography on William Lyon Mackenzie King, the most prominent Canadian politician in the first half of the twentieth century, will be an invaluable reference tool for researchers in archives and libraries, as well as for political scientists, historians, journalists, and book collectors. In this volume Henderson provides comprehensive lists of books, articles, and other material written by King or about him and his era, and includes a series of appendices relating to studies on King and miscellaneous material pertaining to his life and career. In addition, Henderson provides a list of unsigned articles by King that appeared in newspapers and periodicals, and of sound recordings and motion picture footage relating to him. Finally, he identifies all forewords and prefaces written by King, plays written about him, and books and poems dedicated to him.

Victor Hugo est le seul à avoir prononcé autant de condamnations ad hominem contre les magistrats de son siècle. Le XIXe siècle cherche en effet son présent et s'interroge sur son avenir. « L'homme-siècle » participe à tous ces débats et prononce ses condamnations en poète. Il croit à la puissance politique de la poésie. Le juriste et le citoyen pourront constater quels considérables changements a effectué le monde des juges depuis Hugo, mais aussi que si aucun juge ne sanctionna ces magistrats iniques, c'est la poésie qui les condamna à la plus sévère des dégradations, celle de l'Histoire.

A laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth century. Its political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our age. The Weimar Republic Sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of Weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any language. It invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in Germany before Hitler's rise to power. Drawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in English), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social life. Its thirty chapters explore Germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "New Woman," Bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of Jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascism. While devoting much attention to the Republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the Frankfurt School, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographies. This will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, German, and women's studies. A laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth century. Its political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possi

This volume is the product of scholars of various backgrounds, specialties and agendas bringing forth their most treasured findings regarding the Chinese Catholic Church. The chapters in this book covering the church from 1900 to the present trace the development of the Church in China from many historical and disciplinary vantage points.

Part geographical location, part time period, and part state of mind, the American West is a concept often invoked but rarely defined. Though popular culture has carved out a short and specific time and place for the region, author and longtime Californian Stephen Aron tracks "the West" from the building of the Cahokia Mounds around 900 AD to the post-World War II migration to California. His Very Short Introduction stretches the chronology, enlarges the geography, and varies the casting, providing a history of the American West that is longer, larger, and more complicated than popular culture has previously suggested. It is a history of how portions of North America became Wests, how parts of these became American, and how ultimately American Wests became the American West. Aron begins by describing the expansion of Indian North America in the centuries before and during its early encounters with Europeans. He then explores the origins of American westward expansion from the Seven Years' War to the 1830s, focusing on the western frontier at the time: the territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. He traces the narrative - temporally and geographically - through the discovery of gold in California in the mid-nineteenth century and the subsequent rush to the Pacific Slope. He shows how the passage of the Newlands Reclamation Act in 1902 brought an unprecedented level of federal control to the region, linking the West more closely to the rest of the United States, and how World War II brought a new rush of population (particularly to California), further raising the federal government's profile in the region and heightening the connections between the West and the wider world. Authoritative, lucid, and ranging widely over issues of environment, people, and identity, this is the American West stripped of its myths. The complex convergence of peoples, polities, and cultures that has decisively shaped the history of the American West serves as the key interpretive thread through this Very Short Introduction. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

A thought-provoking look at the game-changing congressional Class of 1974. In November 1974, following the historic Watergate scandal, Americans went to the polls determined to cleanse American politics. Instead of producing the Republican majority foreshadowed by Richard Nixon’s 1972 landslide, dozens of GOP legislators were swept out of the House, replaced by 76 reforming Democratic freshmen. In The Class of '74, John A. Lawrence examines how these newly elected representatives bucked the status quo in Washington, helping to effectuate unprecedented reforms. Lawrence’s long-standing work in Congress afforded him unique access to former members, staff, House officers, journalists, and others, enabling him to challenge the time-honored reputation of the Class as idealistic, narcissistic, and naïve “Watergate Babies.” Their observations help reshape our understanding of the Class and of a changing Congress through frank, humorous, and insightful opinions. These reformers provided the votes to disseminate power, elevate suppressed issues, and expand participation by junior legislators in congressional deliberations. But even as such innovations empowered progressive Democrats, the greater openness they created, combined with changing undercurrents in American politics in the mid-1970s, facilitated increasingly bitter battles between liberals and conservatives. These disputes foreshadowed contemporary legislative gridlock and a divided Congress. Today, many observers point to gerrymandering, special-interest money, and a host of other developments to explain the current dysfunction of American politics. In The Class of '74, Lawrence argues that these explanations fail to recognize deep roots of partisanship. To fully understand the highly polarized political environment that now pervades the House and American politics, we must examine the complex politics, including a more open and contentious House, that emerged in the wake of Watergate.

A definitive guide to contemporary video game studies, this second edition has been fully revised and updated to address the ongoing theoretical and methodological development of game studies. Expertly compiled by well-known video game scholars Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, the Companion includes comprehensive and interdisciplinary models and approaches for analyzing video games, new perspectives on video games both as an art form and cultural phenomenon, explorations of the technical and creative dimensions of video games, and accounts of the political, social, and cultural dynamics of video games. Brand new to this second edition are chapters examining topics such as preservation; augmented, mixed, and virtual reality; eSports; disability; diversity; and identity, as well as a new section that specifically examines the industrial aspects of video games including digital distribution, game labor, triple-A games, indie games, and globalization. Each essay provides a lively and succinct summary of its target area, quickly bringing the reader up-to-date on the pertinent issues surrounding each aspect of the field, including references for further reading. A comprehensive overview of the present state of video game studies that will undoubtedly prove invaluable to students, scholars, and game designers alike.

In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries invariably win? The prevailing answer today among both scholars and policymakers is yes. But this is to overlook force employment, or the doctrine and tactics by which materiel is actually used. In a landmark reconception of battle and war, this book provides a systematic account of how force employment interacts with materiel to produce real combat outcomes. Stephen Biddle argues that force employment is central to modern war, becoming increasingly important since 1900 as the key to surviving ever more lethal weaponry. Technological change produces opposite effects depending on how forces are employed; to focus only on materiel is thus to risk major error--with serious consequences for both policy and scholarship. In clear, fluent prose, Biddle provides a systematic account of force employment's role and shows how this account holds up under rigorous, multimethod testing. The results challenge a wide variety of standard views, from current expectations for a revolution in military affairs to mainstream scholarship in international relations and orthodox interpretations of modern military history. Military Power will have a resounding impact on both scholarship in the field and on policy debates over the future of warfare, the size of the military, and the makeup of the defense budget.

Standing at the very foundation of monotheism, and so of Western culture, Moses is a figure not of history, but of memory. As such, he is the quintessential subject for the innovative historiography Jan Assmann both defines and practices in this work, the study of historical memory--a study, in this case, of the ways in which factual and fictional events and characters are stored in religious beliefs and transformed in their philosophical justification, literary reinterpretation, philological restitution (or falsification), and psychoanalytic demystification. To account for the complexities of the foundational event through which monotheism was established, Moses the Egyptian goes back to the short-lived monotheistic revolution of the Egyptian king Akhenaten (1360-1340 B.C.E.). Assmann traces the monotheism of Moses to this source, then shows how his followers denied the Egyptians any part in the origin of their beliefs and condemned them as polytheistic idolaters. Thus began the cycle in which every "counter-religion," by establishing itself as truth, denounced all others as false. Assmann reconstructs this cycle as a pattern of historical abuse, and tracks its permutations from ancient sources, including the Bible, through Renaissance debates over the basis of religion to Sigmund Freud's Moses and Monotheism. One of the great Egyptologists of our time, and an exceptional scholar of history and literature, Assmann is uniquely equipped for this undertaking--an exemplary case study of the vicissitudes of historical memory that is also a compelling lesson in the fluidity of cultural identity and beliefs.

Take an astonishing, amusing, and charmingly unconventional tour through the curious everyday lives of humans past. No need to spend the day at an archaeological dig when you can simply make a cup of tea, clamber into your comfiest chair, and settle in with The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful, a compilation of 92 funny, strange, and strangely funny tales throughout human history. Milo Rossi, the inquisitive mind behind the popular @miniminuteman on TikTok and YouTube, invites you to consider our own place in the long timeline of human development with this collection of anecdotes that shares the foibles, joys, and heartbreaks of being human (and an odd Neanderthal or two). With chapters organized by the different stages and aspects of life—childhood, food and drink, friendship, play and leisure, rites and rituals, love and sexuality, fashion and beauty, education and work, sickness and health, and, of course, death—dive into a treasure trove of intriguing facts and stories, including: The Paleolithic cave art of a five-year-old girl What you would have eaten in ancient Pompeii The surprising and stinky origins of royal Tyrian purple dye Ol’ Rip, the immortal (?) horned lizard from Texas How to win a round of the Royal Game of Ur, a nearly 5,000-year-old board game And much more! Covering various facets of everyday life, The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful is sure to make you laugh, provide some spark to your next conversation, and, maybe, even give you a new perspective on how best to live this thing called life. The Wonderpedia series offers comprehensive, display-worthy illustrated references on a range of intriguing topics, including archeological discoveries, world mythology, pop culture, global superstitions, and the fascinating stories behind signs and symbols. A cross-cultural exploration of what makes humans tick, this series magnifies the connective threads between us across time and geography and demystifies the surprising, confounding sides of life.

«لم يكن واحد من الرجال الذين ملأوا فضاء مرج دابق في تلك الليلة الصيفية الحارَّة يعرف على وجه التحديد كيف ستنتهي الأمور. كل ما كانوا يعرفونه أن الحرب قد أصبحت أمرًا مقررًا، وأنها قد تنشب في أي لحظة، وأن إقامتهم في هذا المرج الواسع لن تطول. أما كيف تتوزع بينهم الحظوظ: مَن منهم سوف يُؤخذ أسيرًا؟ ومن منهم سوف يسقط شهيدًا في المعركة؟ وهل ينتصر الجيش الذي يقوده سلطانهم الملك الأشرف أبو النصر قانصوه الغوري، أم ينتصر جيش عدوهم السلطان المظفر سليم خان بن بايزيد العثماني؟ فذلك كله لم يكن واحد منهم يعرف شيئًا عنه». هكذا يبدأ الكاتب الكبير صلاح عيسى كتابه الممتع عن الفتح العثماني لمصر والشام. وكما عوَّدنا في مؤلفاته التاريخية: «رجال ريا وسكينة»، و«حكايات من دفتر الوطن»، و«هوامش المقريزي: حكايات من مصر»، فالتاريخ هنا ليس تاريخ الحُكام، بل تاريخ الشعوب في تعاملهم مع حياتهم وفي مواجهتهم للأخطار التي تتهددها. عن المؤلف: صلاح عيسى صحفي وأديب ومؤرخ. ولد عام 1939 في قرية بشلا بمحافظة الدقهلية. اعتُقل لأول مرة بسبب آرائه السياسية عام 1966، وتكرر اعتقاله أو القبض عليه أو التحقيق معه أو محاكمته في سنوات 1968 و1972 و1975 و1977 و1979 و1981. أسس وشارك في تأسيس وإدارة تحرير عدد من الصحف والمجلات، منها: الكتاب والثقافة الوطنية والأهالي واليسار والصحفيون، ورأس مجلس إدارة جريدة القاهرة. صدر له 20 كتابًا في التاريخ والفكر السياسي والاجتماعي والأدب، من أبرزها: «رجال ريا وسكينة» و«الثورة العُرابية» و«حكايات من دفتر الوطن» و«هوامش المقريزي: حكايات من مصر»، و«رجال مرج دابق: قصة الفتح العثماني لمصر والشام».

This book was translated and published in more than 100 countries. The contents are highly controversial and uncompromising. It describes a monster that we, in all our ignorance, have created together. The first edition did not claim to be into futurism. However, a retrospective view of the events of the last twenty-five years shows that practically all topics mentioned in the book have come to fruition, often in an awesome manner.Like the first edition, this new updated edition is a very unique publication and reading it will undoubtedly change the way you look at both history and the world today. It completely turns everything on its head. Once you read it, all of a sudden you will see the world around you in infrared. You soon see things which are simply not possible to view with the range of standard vision.The contents of this book is highly controversial and uncompromising. It also serves to give us an idea of what's in store for the near future, so we can better prepare for what's coming our way. We are raised, by tradition, to trust our governments, and are convinced that they care about us. This, however, is a big mistake. Below the surface of official politics lies a complicated social and intellectual process that is taking place. The visible world leaders are mere puppets directed by an invisible elite from behind the scenes. The true aim of this elite group is complete control of Planet Earth. IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND: RELIGIOUS DOGMA OF THE ELITE It might surprise you that the ruling elite of this world consider Lucifer to be their only and true god; that one day he will openly rule this world. As long as our global elite believes that Lucifer's ultimate goal is establishing a dictatorial world power, everybody on earth will experience the daily consequences of this.

The frequency with which particular words are used in a text can tell us something meaningful both about that text and also about its author because their choice of words is seldom random. Focusing on the most frequent lexical items of a number of generated word frequency lists can help us to determine whether all the texts are written by the same author. Alternatively, they might wish to determine whether the most frequent words of a given text (captured by its word frequency list) are suggestive of potentially meaningful patterns that could have been overlooked had the text been read manually. This edited collection brings together cutting-edge research written by leading experts in the field on the construction of word-lists for the analysis of both frequency and keyword usage. Taken together, these papers provide a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the most exciting research being conducted in this subject.

The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave. Under the leadership of Fletcher Christian most of the crew mutinied soon after sailing from Tahiti, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal crewmen adrift in a small open boat. In one of history's great feats of seamanship, Bligh navigated this tiny vessel for 3618 nautical miles to Timor. Fletcher Christian and the mutineers sailed back to Tahiti, where most remained and were later tried for mutiny. But Christian, along with eight fellow mutineers and some Tahitian men and women, sailed off into the unknown, eventually discovering the isolated Pitcairn Island - at the time not even marked on British maps - and settling there. This astonishing story is historical adventure at its very best, encompassing the mutiny, Bligh's monumental achievement in navigating to safety, and Fletcher Christian and the mutineers' own epic journey from the sensual paradise of Tahiti to the outpost of Pitcairn Island. The mutineers' descendants live on Pitcairn to this day, amid swirling stories and rumours of past sexual transgressions and present-day repercussions. Mutiny on the Bounty is a sprawling, dramatic tale of intrigue, bravery and sheer boldness, told with the accuracy of historical detail and total command of story that are Peter FitzSimons' trademarks.

The dramatic story of a founding father, his illegitimate son, and the tragedy of their conflict during the American Revolution—from the acclaimed author of The Lincolns. Ben Franklin is the most lovable of America’s founding fathers. His wit, his charm, his inventiveness—even his grandfatherly appearance—are legendary. But this image obscures the scandals that dogged him throughout his life. In The Loyal Son, award-winning historian Daniel Mark Epstein throws the spotlight on one of the more enigmatic aspects of Franklin’s biography: his complex and confounding relationship with his illegitimate son William. When he was twenty-four, Franklin fathered a child with a woman who was not his wife. He adopted the boy, raised him, and educated him to be his aide. Ben and William became inseparable. After the famous kite-in-a-thunderstorm experiment, it was William who proved that the electrical charge in a lightning bolt travels from the ground up, not from the clouds down. On a diplomatic mission to London, it was William who charmed London society. He was invited to walk in the procession of the coronation of George III; Ben was not. The outbreak of the American Revolution caused a devastating split between father and son. By then, William was royal governor of New Jersey, while Ben was one of the foremost champions of American independence. In 1776, the Continental Congress imprisoned William for treason. George Washington made efforts to win William’s release, while his father, to the world’s astonishment, appeared to have abandoned him to his fate. A fresh take on the combustible politics of the age of independence, The Loyal Son is a gripping account of how the agony of the American Revolution devastated one of America’s most distinguished families. Like Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough, Epstein is a storyteller first and foremost, a historian who weaves together fascinating incidents discovered in long-neglected documents to draw us into the private world of the men and women who made America. “The history of loyalist William Franklin and his famous father has been told before but not as fully or as well as it is by Daniel Mark Epstein in The Loyal Son. Mr. Epstein, a biographer and poet, has done a lot of fresh research and invests his narrative with literary grace and judicious sympathy for both father and son.”—The Wall Street Journal

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War--the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry--and then moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities. Particularly notable are McPherson's new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict: the South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war--slavery--and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing "second American Revolution" we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty.

Originally published in 1939, The Diary of Dudley Ryder 1715–1716, comprises an early diary and a few related notes by Sir Dudley Ryder when he was a student at the Middle Temple. The diary is a fascinating record of the character and life of a moderately well-to-do student of Nonconformist leanings. Its chief interest lies in the wealth of intimate detail concerning the writer, his family and friends, but it has too, considerable importance as a social and historical document. The reading and tastes of a serious young man of the early eighteenth century, his opinions on the chief social, religious and political topics of the time. It gives an interesting, at times exciting, account of the daily life of London during the rebellion; it contains eye-witness accounts of trials, executions, riots, battles; it gives fresh details and stories about many public men; it throws new light on the attitude of Nonconformity and the Church towards each other.

تعد كتب فيلبي أول موسوعة معربة مختصرة لتاريخ المملكة العربية السعودية، حيث غطت حقبة زمنية مهمة، وقد تناول فيها فيلبي تاريخ المملكة وجغرافيتها وأعلامها وآثارها واقتصادها وقبائلها بأسلوبه الرصين. وتحليله العلمي الدقيق، وقد دعم ذلك كله بالكثير من الصور الشمسية التي تعين القارئ على تصور الأشياء وحسن فهمها. وقد جاء عمل فيلبي هذا ثمرة للمدة الطويلة التي أقامها في المملكة واتصاله بالملك عبدالعزيز - يرحمه الله - مما أتاح له فرصة التنقل في مختلف أنحاء الجزيرة العربية، والاطلاع على المواقع الأثرية والنقوش القديمة. وقد تم انتقاء مجموعة من هذه الكتب لنشرها في سلسلة تاريخية، لتكون رافداً ثقافياً لأبناء هذا الجيل. ومكتبة العبيكان يسرها أن تقدم للقارئ الكريم هذه الكتب لأول مرة باللغة العربية إدراكاً منها لأهمية الدور الثقافي الذي تقوم به خدمة لبلادها، وأداءً لواجبها في إبراز الجوانب المضيئة من تاريخها لأبناء هذا الوطن الغالي، راجية النفع للجميع. هذا والله من وراء القصد. الناشر العبيكان للنشر تخفيضات العبيكان اليوم الوطني

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! NPR 2024 "Books We Love" Selection "Shuster crafts an intimate account of the Russian invasion, which vividly captures Zelensky’s transformation from a clean-cut funnyman into a war hero out of central casting." --New York Times Book Review; Editors' Choice Selection “The Showman surpasses all similar efforts to date and is set to be the standard by which all other works on Mr. Zelensky and Ukraine’s wartime politics will be judged." —Wall Street Journal A monumental account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the forging of a leader, The Showman provides an insider’s perspective on the war reshaping our world, based on unprecedented access to Volodymyr Zelensky and the high command in Kyiv. Time correspondent Simon Shuster chronicles the life and leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky from the dressing rooms of his variety shows to the muddy trenches of Ukraine’s war with Russia. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, Shuster tells the intimate and revealing story of the president’s evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience. In their most candid accounts of the war so far, members of Zelensky’s inner circle show how the president’s character changed under the strains of leadership and the horrors he witnessed each day. His wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska, describes her escape from Kyiv with their children, her life on the run, and the tensions that emerged in her marriage as she struggled to return to a meaningful role in the administration. Ukraine’s top military commander, General Valery Zaluzhny, shares the untold story of his fraught relationship with the president and the subsequent consequences. Reflecting on their own regrets and critical decisions, Zelensky and his senior aides open up about the causes of the Russian invasion and how it may have been avoided. They describe with astonishing frankness how their peace talks with Vladimir Putin fell apart and how their faith in the U.S. faltered, both under Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The Showman provides the first inside account of Zelensky’s life amid the invasion, offering a clear-eyed view of his failures to prepare for it and his willingness to silence dissent under martial law. What emerges is a complex picture of a man struggling to break what he sees as a historical cycle of oppression that began generations before he was born. Even as the war drags on, Zelensky lays out his vision for its future course and, through his actions, demonstrates his strategy for countering the Russians and keeping the West on his side. The Showman, as a work of eyewitness journalism, provides an essential perspective on the war defining our age, resulting in a riveting, vivid portrait of the invasion as experienced by its number one target and improbable hero.

Bằng lời kể của những người chứng kiến nạn đói, kết hợp với tư liệu trước đó, sách "Nạn đói 1945 ở Việt Nam - những chứng tích lịch sử" tái hiện chân thực bức tranh nạn đói 1945. Cho tới nay, nhắc tới nạn đói 1945, có lẽ người Việt Nam nào cũng biết hơn 2 triệu người đã chết đói trong thảm họa đó. Những tư liệu viết về nạn đói không quá khó tìm, còn lưu lại rải rác trong các tài liệu đã thành văn như sách, báo. Tuy nhiên, nghiên cứu về sự kiện lịch sử này từ các nhân chứng lịch sử mang một ý nghĩa khác. Qua lời kể, trí nhớ của những người từng chứng kiến và đi qua nạn đói, sự việc được thể hiện mang tính khách quan, chân xác, đáng tin cậy. Hai phiên bản cuốn Nạn đói năm 1945 ở Việt Nam - Những chứng tích lịch sử. Tiểu ban hợp tác Việt - Nhật đã thực hiện một nghiên cứu về nạn đói, trong đó một phần nghiên cứu dựa trên tiếp xúc nhân chứng. Công trình này được xuất bản thành sách Nạn đói 1945 ở Việt Nam - Những chứng tích lịch sử do GS Văn Tạo và GS Furuta Moto chủ biên. Điều tra thực địa Nhóm nghiên cứu đã điều tra thực địa theo phương pháp xã hội học lịch sử. Gọi là điều tra thực địa, bởi các nhà nghiên cứu đã tiến hành điều tra ngay trên chính mảnh đất mà nạn đói xảy ra vào năm 1945. Nạn đói diễn ra trên diện rộng, ở 32 tỉnh, 2 thành phố miền Bắc. Kinh phí, nhân lực có hạn, nên nhóm nghiên cứu đã tìm một số nơi làm điểm, từ đó khải quát ra cả diện. Nơi được chọn làm “điểm” có thể là một thôn, một xã, một huyện… là nơi diễn ra nạn đói rõ nét, tiêu biểu cho nhiều thôn xã ở vùng được chọn. Nơi đó cũng phải còn nhiều người từng sống sót qua nạn đói 1945. Các điểm điều tra cũng phải đảm bảo phải nằm ở cả đồng bằng, trung du, miền núi, có điểm là làng quê, có điểm ven đô thị; đa số các điểm làm nông nghiệp, nhưng cũng có điểm làm nghề thủ công, ngư nghiệp, buôn bán nhỏ… GS Văn Tạo (trái) và GS Furuta Moto - hai đồng chủ biên cuốn sách. Có 3 đợt điều tra tại 23 điểm đã được thực hiện. Đợt một tiến hành ở xã Tây Lương, huyện Tiền Hải, tỉnh Thái Bình vào mùa hè năm 1992. Đợt 2 điều tra ở 7 điểm: Cổ Bi (Gia Lâm), Do Nhân Hạ (Mê Linh), Quần Mục (Đồ Sơn, Hải Phòng), Chi Lai (Kiến An, Hải Phòng), Đồng Côi (Nam Ninh, Nam Định), Tây Yên (Gia Khánh, Ninh Bình), Làng Trung (thành phố Vinh, Nghệ An). Đợt 3 tiến hành ở 15 địa điểm từ Quảng Trị trở ra, gồm: Quảng Trị, Quảng Bình, Hà Tĩnh, Thanh Hóa, Hòa Bình, Hà Nam, Hà Đông, Phú Thọ, Bắc Ninh, Bắc Giang, Hải Dương, Hưng Yên, Quảng Yên, Thái Nguyên, Cao Bằng. Tại mỗi điểm, các nhà nghiên cứu tìm gặp những người già đã sống sót qua nạn đói, hỏi chuyện, ghi âm, chụp hình lời kể của họ. Dựa trên những lời kể đó, cùng với các tư liệu trong sổ sách, nhóm nghiên cứu đã thống kê, phân tích chi tiết thông tin thu thập được. Mỗi điểm nghiên cứu đều được khái quát tình hình chung của địa phương, đời sống của nhân dân trước khi xảy ra nạn đói. Phần thống kê coi trọng không chỉ số người bị chết bởi nạn đói mà còn chú trọng tới hoàn cảnh riêng của từng hộ. Có hộ khá giả cũng chết đói, có hộ nghèo nhưng nhận sự giúp đỡ, hoặc tham gia phá kho thóc Nhật mà được cứu đói… Nhờ đó, thảm cảnh nạn đói được thể hiện chân xác, cụ thể tới từng thôn, xóm, từng hộ gia đình, từng nạn nhân chết đói. Ví dụ, tại điểm điều tra xã Tây Lượng, huyện Tiền Hải, Thái Bình, nhóm nghiên cứu biết được năm 1945 toàn xã có 4 thôn, 3 trại với 6.000 dân, số người chết đói là 2/3 xã. Ở Thôn Lương Phú, có 280 hộ, trong đó số hộ chết hết là: 54, chiếm 19,28%, số người chết đói là 594 người (chiếm 43,07% dân số). Xóm Trại của thôn Thượng là nơi chết đói nhiều nhất trong xã, đã bị xóa sổ. Số hộ ở xóm là 34 hộ, 130 khẩu, thì có tới 103 khẩu chết đói, chỉ còn lại 27 người. Tỉ lệ chết đói ở đây là 79%. Trại này đã bị xóa sổ sau nạn đói 1945. Tại xóm Bối Xuyên, có 51 hộ, thì 40 hộ có người chết đói, trong đó 18 hộ chết sạch cả gia đình. Chỉ có 10 hộ không bị chết. Hai dòng họ Tô và Lại gần như bị xóa sổ. Ngõ xóm Giữa thôn Thượng có 9 gia đình, với 61 nhân khẩu, thì bị chết đói tới 59 người, chỉ còn 2 người thoát chết (tỷ lệ 96,7%). Cái nhìn đa chiều Những thống kê chi tiết tới từng xóm, từng hộ gia đình, từng người là nạn nhân của nạn đói được thể hiện trong sách. Cuốn sách thể hiện khái quát tình hình chung ở điểm điều tra, đưa ra được số liệu thống kê cụ thể về các hộ gia đình, danh sách các chủ hộ và thành viên trong gia đình, số người chết đói, số người sống sót, ghi chú những điểm cần thiết. Điểm giá trị của công trình này là những nhân chứng cung cấp tài liệu bằng câu chuyện họ kể Không chỉ thống kê về số người bị nạn đói cướp đi sinh mạng, những thống kê chi tiết của sách còn cho thấy bức tranh đời sống một số địa phương Việt Nam những năm 1945. Ở mỗi điểm điều tra xã hội học, nhóm lập bảng thống kê chi tiết theo từng hộ gia đình. Trong đó, cho thấy số nhân khẩu trong gia đình, quan hệ trong từng gia đình, nghề nghiệp của từng người... Cuốn sách cũng đưa ra những nghiên cứu từ tư liệu thành văn trước đó, như tư liệu về cơ cấu tổ chức vơ vét thóc gạo của phát xít Nhật, tư liệu diễn biến nạn đói, bao gồm thư tịch, tranh ảnh, bản đồ. Ở phần cuối, sách đưa ra kết luận công trình nghiên cứu, nhằm nói lên sự tàn khốc của nạn đói năm 1945. Sách in kèm phụ lục là những bức ảnh mà nghệ sĩ nhiếp ảnh Võ An Ninh chụp về nạn đói. Cho tới nay, Nạn đói năm 1945 ở Việt Nam - Những chứng tích lịch sử được coi là công trình dầy dặn nhất nghiên cứu về thảm kịch này. Cuốn sách giúp hậu thế có cái nhìn toàn cảnh đa chiều, sâu sắc và chân xác về nạn đói 1945. *** Nạn đói năm 1945 làm khoảng 400 ngàn - 2 triệu người chết. Ngày nay, nhắc đến nạn đói khủng khiếp năm Ất Dậu ấy người ta sẽ chỉ nhớ có thể, hoặc nếu hơn thì sẽ là những hình ảnh bi thảm trong những thước phim của bộ phim Sao Tháng Tám. Nạn Đói Năm 1945 Ở Việt Nam (Những Chứng Tích Lịch Sử) là công trình nghiên cứu được công bố năm 1995 do Giáo sư Văn Tạo và Giáo sư Furuta Motoo chủ biên. Đến khi ấy, công chúng mới ngỡ ngàng và tìm về cái năm bi thảm nhất trong lịch sử Việt Nam hiện đại. Chết vì đói là cái chết đáng sợ nhất của bất cứ sinh vật nào. Cái chết đến từ từ, không ngừng giày xéo, đày đọa con người trong đau đớn, tủi nhục và sợ hãi. Thế nhưng nạn đói năm 1945 còn gây nên những tấn thảm kịch mà không ai có thể tưởng tượng được. Những ngôi hàng trống rỗng, những con đường ngập xác người hôi thối, những hố chôn tập thể dày đặc. Cái đói tiêu diệt mọi giá trị, phá huỷ nhân cách, đập vỡ lương tri - những thảm kịch mà cái đói biến người ta thành quỷ dữ, những em bé bị chó hoang ăn thịt, cha con giết nhau vì một miếng ăn. Tàn khốc, kinh hoàng là tất cả những gì có thể dùng để nhắc về thảm kịch năm ấy. Con số 2 triệu người cứ như thế xoáy sâu dần dần vào lịch sử và sẽ nhắc cho độc giả thấy, 1945 không chỉ là một năm của độc lập huy hoàng, đó còn là năm của tang thương mất mát. Nạn đói năm 1945 ở Việt Nam được xem là nạn đói thảm khốc nhất trong lịch sử nhân loại, cướp đi tính mạng của hơn hai triệu người vô tội và để lại biết bao hậu quả tang thương cho nhiều thế hệ. Nhưng chìm lấp giữa vô số biến động của thời đại, tiếng kêu phẫn uất thấu tận trời xanh của nạn nhân năm Ất Dậu đôi lúc tưởng chừng rơi vào quên lãng. Mãi tới năm 1995, sự ra đời của công trình nghiên cứu vĩ đại Nạn đói năm 1945 ở Việt Nam - Những chứng tích lịch sử do Giáo sư Văn Tạo và Giáo sư Furuta Motoo chủ biên mới giúp hậu thế có được cái nhìn toàn cảnh đa chiều sâu sắc và chân xác về sự kiện đau xót này. Dựa trên khối tư liệu đồ sộ được xử lý nghiêm túc hiếm có, công trình vừa dựng lại thảm trạng chết đói của người Việt, vừa phân tích cặn kẽ tội ác của phát xít Nhật. Với sự hợp tác của đội ngũ tri thức từ cả hai nước, đây là công trình công phu độc nhất có cái nhìn khách quan thấu suốt vào sự thật lịch sử nạn đói năm 1945 ở Việt Nam. Hơn mười lăm năm kể từ ngày công bố, Nạn đói năm 1945 ở Việt Nam - Những chứng tích lịch sử vẫn còn nguyên giá trị. Mời các bạn đón đọc Nạn Đói Năm 1945 Ở Việt Nam - Những Chứng Tích Lịch Sử của tác giả Văn Tạo & Furuta Motoo.

This collection challenges the tendency among scholars of ancient Greece to see magical and religious ritual as mutually exclusive and to ignore "magical" practices in Greek religion. The contributors survey specific bodies of archaeological, epigraphical, and papyrological evidence for magical practices in the Greek world, and, in each case, determine whether the traditional dichotomy between magic and religion helps in any way to conceptualize the objective features of the evidence examined. Contributors include Christopher A. Faraone, J.H.M. Strubbe, H.S. Versnel, Roy Kotansky, John Scarborough, Samuel Eitrem, Fritz Graf, John J. Winkler, Hans Dieter Betz, and C.R. Phillips.

Death is a core topic in ancient history/late antiquity courses Death is of perennial academic and sociological interest Comprehensive analysis from ancient near east to Christian martyrs Fills a gap in the market - nothing written on this topic.

The first detailed treatment of the Chinese homosexual tradition in any Western language, Passions of the Cut Sleeve shatters preconceptions and stereotypes. Gone is the image of the sternly puritanical Confucian as sole representative of Chinese sexual practices—and with it the justification for the modern Chinese insistence that homosexuality is a recent import from the decadent West. Rediscovering the male homosexual tradition in China provides a startling new perspective on Chinese society and adds richly to our understanding of homosexuality. Bret Hinsch's reconstruction of the Chinese homosexual past reveals unexpected scenes. An emperor on his deathbed turns over the seals of the empire to a male beloved; two men marry each other with elaborate wedding rituals; parents sell their son into prostitution. The tradition portrays men from all levels of society—emperors, transvestite actors, rapists, elegant scholars, licentious monks, and even the nameless poor. Drawing from dynastic histories, erotic novels, popular Buddhist tracts, love poetry, legal cases, and joke books, Passions of the Cut Sleeve evokes the complex and fascinating male homosexual tradition in China from the Bronze Age until its decline in recent times.

Uncovering the history and examining the legacy of lynching in the state of Virginia Although not as associated with lynching as other southern states, Virginia has a tragically extensive history with these horrific crimes. This important volume examines the more than one hundred people who were lynched in Virginia between 1866 and 1932. Its diverse set of contributors—including scholars, journalists, activists, and students—recover this wider history of lynching in Virginia, interrogate its legacy, and spotlight contemporary efforts to commemorate the victims of racial terror across the commonwealth. Together, their essays represent a small part of the growing effort to come to terms with the role Virginia played in perpetuating America’s national shame.

“Woman, Watching is an entrancing blend of biography, memoir, history, research, and homage that is unlike anything I’ve ever read. It’s radical, it’s ravishing.” — Kyo Maclear, author of Birds Art Life From award-winning author Merilyn Simonds, a remarkable biography of an extraordinary woman — a Swedish aristocrat who survived the Russian Revolution to become an internationally renowned naturalist, one of the first to track the mid-century decline of songbirds. Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused her Swedish privilege and joined the Canadian Red Cross, visiting her northern Ontario patients by dogsled. When Elzire Dionne gave birth to five babies, Louise became nurse to the Dionne Quintuplets. Repulsed by the media circus, she retreated to her wilderness cabin, where she devoted herself to studying the birds that nested in her forest. Author of six books and scores of magazine stories, de Kiriline Lawrence and her “loghouse nest” became a Mecca for international ornithologists. Lawrence was an old woman when Merilyn Simonds moved into the woods not far away. Their paths crossed, sparking Simonds’s lifelong interest. A dedicated birder, Simonds brings her own songbird experiences from Canadian nesting grounds and Mexican wintering grounds to this deeply researched, engaging portrait of a uniquely fascinating woman.

"Enki and the World Order," a Sumerian myth from the early second millennium BCE, depicts the god Enki's reconstitution of the Sumerian world after an unspecified catastrophe. The myth ends with a face-off between Enki and the goddess of love and war, Inana, who is dissatisfied with Enki's allotment of functions to the other goddesses. This volume presents a critical edition of the 472-line Sumerian text, with introduction, translation and commentary, based on 25 published and unpublished manuscripts, mostly from Nippur in what is now southern Iraq. All the manuscripts, with one exception, have been collated, and there are many new fragments and joins to previously known tablets.

In the history of ancient Macedonia, the last three Antigonid kings--Philip V (r. 221-179), his son Perseus (r. 179-168), and the pretender Andriscus or Philip VI (r. 149-148)--are commonly overlooked in favor of their predecessors Philip II (r. 359-336) and his son Alexander the Great (r. 336-323), who established a Macedonian empire. By the time Philip V became king, Macedonia was no longer an imperial power and Rome was fast spreading its dominance over the Mediterranean. Viewed as postscripts to the kingdom's heyday, the last Macedonian kings are often denounced for self-serving ambitions, flawed policies, and questionable personal qualities by hostile ancient writers. They are condemned for defeats by Rome that saw both the end of the monarchy and the fall of the formidable Macedonian phalanx before the Roman legion. In The Last Kings of Macedonia and the Triumph of Rome, Ian Worthington reassesses these three kings and demonstrates how such denunciations are inaccurate. Producing the first full-scale treatment of Philip V in eighty years and the first in English of Perseus and Andriscus in more than fifty, Worthington argues that this period was far from a postscript to Macedonia's Classical greatness and disagrees that the last Antigonid kings were merely collateral damage in Rome's ascendancy in the east. Despite superior Roman manpower and resources, Philip and Perseus often had the upper hand in their wars against Rome. As Worthington asserts, these kings deserve to be remembered for striving to preserve their kingdom's independence against staggering odds.

For readers of Fantasyland and Cultish, a colorful and enlightening pop history that explains why the eccentric doomsday beliefs of our Puritan founders are still driving American culture today, contextualizes the current rise in far-right extremism as a natural result of our latent indoctrination, and proposes that the United States is the largest cult of all. Since the Mayflower sidled up to Plymouth Rock, cult ideology has been ingrained in the DNA of the United States. In this eye-opening book, journalist Jane Borden argues that Puritan doomsday belief never went away; it went secular and became American culture. From our fascination with cowboys and superheroes to our allegiance to influencers and self-help, susceptibility to advertising, and undying devotion to the self-made man, Americans remain particularly vulnerable to a specific brand of cult-like thinking. With in-depth research and compelling insight, Borden uncovers the American history you didn’t learn in school, including how we are still being brainwashed, making us a nation of easy marks for con artists and strong men. Along the way, she also revisits some of the most fascinating cults in this country—including, the Mankind United and Love Has Won—presenting them as integral parts of our national psyche rather than aberrations.

¿Fue la Revolución Francesa el mito fundacional del mundo contemporáneo? ¿Recogía en su espíritu todo lo bueno y noble que habita en el alma humana? ¿Representaba el bien absoluto y cualquier cosa que se alejara de ella era el mal? Pocos acontecimientos históricos son tan conocidos como la Revolución Francesa, y, al mismo tiempo, tan poco entendidos. La historia se aceleró en Francia durante la última década del siglo XVIII y sus consecuencias no tardaron en afectar a todo el mundo gracias a Napoleón Bonaparte, el más ilustre de los hijos de la revolución. Los dos siglos posteriores son inexplicables sin esta convulsión que encontró infinidad de imitadores en todas las latitudes. Fernando Díaz Villanueva y Alberto Garín diseccionan en este libro la historia de este momento histórico excepcional en todas sus vertientes para desmontar, con precisión y afilada crítica, los mitos e ideas que han perdurado hasta nuestros días.

A military study of the 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan—the first war in history won primarily by unmanned systems. Fought over the course of forty-four days, the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war resulted in a decisive military victory for Azerbaijan. Armenia lost even though they controlled the high ground in a mountainous region that favored traditional defense. In 7 Seconds to Die, military consultant and historian John Antal examines the decisive factors of the war and their implications for the future of armed conflict. The fact that Azerbaijan won the war is not extraordinary, considering the correlation of forces arrayed against Armenia. What is exceptional is that this was the first modern war primarily decided by unmanned weapons. The Turkish-made BAYRAKTAR TB2 Unmanned Air Combat Vehicle (UCAV) and the Israeli-made HAROP Loitering Munition (LM) dominated the fighting and provided Azerbaijan with a war-winning advantage.

Слободянюк М.В. Сухопутні війська України: Історія 38-го армійського корпусу. Львів : Видавництво «Астролябія», 2025. Книга є частиною масштабного авторського проекту висвітлення складного процесу формування Сухопутних військ Збройних Сил України з моменту здобуття державної незалежності. Вперше в українській історіографії детально висвітлено історію та організацію 38-го армійського корпусу, який трансформувався з 38-ї армії (ІІ формування) Прикарпатського військового округу. На основі архівних матеріалів, багатої джерельної бази та власного досвіду детально досліджений процес створення і реформування цього армійського корпусу, який припинив існування у 2003 році. Для наукових працівників у галузі військової історії, викладачів, курсантів та студентів як військових, так і цивільних навчальних закладів, а також для всіх, хто цікавиться історією Збройних Сил України.

Social Media in Iran is the first book to tell the complex story of how and why the Iranian people—including women, homosexuals, dissidents, artists, and even state actors—use social media technology, and in doing so create a contentious environment wherein new identities and realities are constructed. Drawing together emerging and established scholars in communication, culture, and media studies, this volume considers the role of social media in Iranian society, particularly the time during and after the controversial 2009 presidential election, a watershed moment in the postrevolutionary history of Iran. While regional specialists may find studies on specific themes useful, the aim of this volume is to provide broad narratives of actor-based conceptions of media technology, an approach that focuses on the experiential and social networking processes of digital practices in the information era extended beyond cultural specificities. Students and scholars of regional and media studies will find this volume rich with empirical and theoretical insights on the subject of how technologies shape political and everyday life.

Lesotho’s history has long been defined by its enclave status within South Africa, but it is a hard-fought and hard-won status that helps unite Basotho through the shared history of struggle against colonial rule in the region. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, Lesotho’s status as a separate entity has been called into question though the fierce national pride built through centuries of resistance to outside rule has mitigated against any serious discussions of incorporating Lesotho into South Africa. Still, the political instability and lack of a flourishing domestic economy have made life difficult for the majority of Basotho and could call into question the viability and legitimacy of the state in the eyes of its citizens if it cannot enact significant reforms in the coming decades. Historical Dictionary of Lesotho, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Lesotho.

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre C’est un paradoxe qui en dit long sur le tempérament des Corses. Dans presque chaque village de l’île de Beauté, les plus beaux panoramas sont réservés aux défunts. La Corse offre au regard une litanie de somptueux cimetières, tel un ultime écrin dédié à ceux qui façonnèrent son territoire et forgèrent son destin. Il fallait, pour raconter cette île unique, son passé, son lien si compliqué avec la France et les mythes qui l’accompagnent, un auteur capable de dépoussiérer ces légendes et de comprendre les tourments de l’âme insulaire. Un hôte nous invitant à une échappée entre mer et montagne, au fil des routes sinueuses vers lesquelles ses racines familiales l’ont toujours porté. Voici un récit empreint de sincérité, écrit avec la volonté de restituer une Corse authentique, complexe, passionnée par son identité et tourmentée par son sens aigu de l’honneur. Une Corse qui n’est ni repliée sur elle-même, ni crispée sur un nationalisme étroit. Une Corse ouverte, dont ce petit livre raconte l’âme comme une invitation au plus beau des voyages, celui de la découverte amoureuse. Un grand récit suivi d’entretiens avec Edmond Siméoni (En Corse, l'Etat français donnait les ordres, avec le clan comme courroie de transmission), Michel Vergé-Franceschi (La Corse, c'est le laboratoire des Lumières) et Marie Peretti-Ndiaye (Ce n'est pas la référence en soi à la nation corse qui génère du racisme sur l'île). Un voyage historique, culturel et linguistique pour mieux connaître les passions corses. Et donc mieux les comprendre. EXTRAIT L’histoire et ses méandres seront indispensables pour saisir le destin insulaire. Des Grecs aux Français en passant par les Étrusques, les Carthaginois, les Romains, les Vandales, les Byzantins, les Ostrogoths, les Lombards, les Sarrasins, les Génois, les Pisans, les Aragonais, les Britanniques et même le pape – sans oublier le prince allemand Theodor von Neuhoff, élu roi constitutionnel des Corses – cette montagne posée au coeur de la Méditerranée occidentale n’a jamais cessé d’être l’objet de convoitises. Lesquelles ont immanquablement façonné les traditions, les caractères, les résistances. Avec, toujours, ce sens de l’honneur dont ce récit – suivi de trois grands entretiens – s’efforce avec passion d’explorer les vertiges. CE QU'EN PENSE LA CRITIQUE - [...] Belle et utile collection petit format chez Nevicata, dont chaque opuscule est dédié à un pays en particulier. Non pas un guide de voyage classique, mais, comme le dit le père de la collection, un « décodeur » des mentalités profondes et de la culture. Des journalistes, excellents connaisseurs des lieux, ont été sollicités [...]. À chaque fois, un récit personnel et cultivé du pays suivi de trois entretiens avec des experts locaux. - Le Temps - Comment se familiariser avec « historique, les traditions ? » Une démarche d'enquête journalistique au service d'un authentique récit de voyage : le livre-compagnon idéal des guides factuels, le roman-vrai des pays et des villes que l'on s'apprête à découvrir. - Librairie Sciences Po À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Collaborateur dans les institutions européennes, Ghjiseppu Lavezzi a la Corse rivée en lui. Professionnellement établi loin de l’île de Beauté, il conserve en son fief du cap Corse un point d’ancrage et une boussole.

Roughly 200 million today, Indian Muslims are greater than the population of Britain and France or Germany put together. According to the Indian Constitution, Indian Muslims are treated as political equals, which is what India’s secular polity promised after its independence, encouraging more than 35 million Indian Muslims at the time of Partition to choose India as their motherland over Pakistan. However, the supposed relationship of equality between Hindus and Muslims as scripted in the constitution is being increasingly replaced by the domineering tendencies of a Hindu majority in India today. The author describes the current state and position of Indian Muslims (the seeds for which were sown when the BJP came to power in 2014) as the thirdpolitical moment; the second he believes was in 1947 when the community was given equal status in the Indian Constitution; and the first, was in 1857 when Indian Muslims learnt to live under the British colonial state. As he states, there is no denying that political circumstances for Indian Muslims were not completely ideal or full of democratic energy prior to the rise of the Hindu Right since the late 1980s. With numerous layers defined by language, ethnicity, region, etc., Muslims have the most heterogeneous identity, representing India’s quintessential diversity. And yet, Muslims are perceived as the most enduring well-grounded threat to the majoritarian project of the Hindu Rashtra. Indian Muslims are perceived or presented as perpetrators of violence and violators of law, even if they are at the receiving end. They are viewed as an internal enemy, who need to be dealt with for political, social, historical, and ideological reasons. Going forward, the community must formulate the language of democratic rights of Indian Muslims as equal citizens and define the ethics of human dignity in their struggle to reassert their place in India’s political power structures at all levels: from panchayat to Parliament. While the economic future or cultural rights of Indian Muslims have been debated since 1947, it is the political future that demands attention because only as an equal and participatory community in the politics of the nation, can economic and cultural futures be addressed. This book explores the political future of Indian Muslims in this context. From Shaheen Bagh to Hindu-Muslim riots, from the unique position of Muslim women in India to the Sachar Report and the Muslim backwardness debate, Mujibur Rehman analyses, confronts and discusses the urgent concerns of Indian Muslims in a manner that is nuanced and globally relevant.

On the morning of April 19, 1995, Delaney Travis steps into the Social Security office in Oklahoma City to obtain an ID for her new job. Moments later, an explosion shatters the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building into rubble. Her boyfriend Keith and half-sister Edie are left to assume the worst—that Delaney perished in the bombing, despite lack of definitive proof. Twenty years later, now married and bonded by the tragedy, Edie and Keith’s lives are upended when they begin to receive mysterious Facebook messages from someone claiming to be Delaney. Desperate for closure, the couple embarks on separate journeys, each aiming for an artists’ community in New Mexico that may hold answers. Alongside their quest is August, a recovering alcoholic with a haunting connection to the bombing. Raised in the separatist compound of Elohim City, August harbors secrets about Timothy McVeigh, the perpetrator of the attack, and his own possible involvement in the tragedy. When his path crosses with Edie, he must choose whether to tell anyone about his past. As the 20-year anniversary of the bombing approaches, fracking-induced earthquakes shake the ground of Oklahoma City, mirroring the unsettled lives of its residents. In their quest for answers, Edie, Keith, and August seek to understand how the shadows of the past continue to darken the present, as the ground beneath them threatens to give way once again. In Low April Sun, acclaimed author Constance E. Squires has written the first novel to explore the enduring impact of the Oklahoma City bombing. While masterfully weaving a spellbinding mystery, Squires ultimately offers us a moving meditation on grief and forgiveness.

#1 New York Times Bestseller “Medgar Evers deserves a place alongside Malcolm X and Dr. King in our historical memory. Evers, with Myrlie as his partner in activism and in life, was doing civil rights work in the single most hostile and dangerous environment in America.”—from Medgar and Myrlie By MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid, a triumphant work of biography that repositions slain Civil Rights pioneer Medgar Evers at the heart of America's struggle for freedom, and celebrates Myrlie Evers's extraordinary activism after her husband's assassination in the driveway of their Mississippi home. "I love this book. The empathic, brilliant, and wise Joy Reid has brought us the poignant, fascinating inside story of Medgar and Myrlie Evers, transformational leaders who confronted pure evil and risked their lives to ensure that all American children might grow up in a United States that was more just. As Reid shows us, that painful task is now more urgent than ever.” — Michael Beschloss Myrlie Louise Beasley met Medgar Evers on her first day of college. They fell in love at first sight, married just one year later, and Myrlie left school to focus on their growing family. Medgar became the field secretary for the Mississippi branch of the NAACP, charged with beating back the most intractable and violent resistance to black voting rights in the country. Myrlie served as Medgar’s secretary and confidant, working hand in hand with him as they struggled against public accommodations and school segregation, lynching, violence, and sheer despair within their state’s “black belt.” They fought to desegregate the intractable University of Mississippi, organized picket lines and boycotts, despite repeated terroristic threats, including the 1962 firebombing of their home, where they lived with their three young children. On June 12, 1963, Medgar Evers became the highest profile victim of Klan-related assassination of a black civil rights leader at that time; gunned down in the couple’s driveway in Jackson. In the wake of his tragic death, Myrlie carried on their civil rights legacy; writing a book about Medgar’s fight, trying to win a congressional seat, and becoming a leader of the NAACP in her own right. In this groundbreaking and thrilling account of two heroes of the civil rights movement, Joy-Ann Reid uses Medgar and Myrlie’s relationship as a lens through which to explore the on-the-ground work that went into winning basic rights for Black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.

FAR back in the twilight of the pictured history of the past, the cross is found on the borders of the river Nile. A horizontal piece of wood fastened to an upright beam indicated the hight of the water in flood. This formed a cross, the Nileometer. If the stream failed to rise a certain hight in its proper season, no crops and no bread was the result. From famine on the one hand to plenty on the other, the cross came to be worshiped as a symbol of life and regeneration, or feared. as an image. of decay and death. This is one, so called, origin of the Cross. The cross was a symbol of life and regeneration in India long before this usage on the Nile, and for another reason. The most learned antiquarians agree in holding it unquestionable that Egypt was colonized from India, and crosses migrated with the inhabitants. "Proofs in adequate confirmation of this point are found," says the learned Dr. G. L. Ditson, "in waifs brought to light in ancient lore. Waif originally signified goods a thief, when pursued, threw away to avoid detection. Many of the facts to be brought forth in our inquiry were doubtless intentionally scattered and put out of sight to prevent apprehension of the proper subject to which they belong."

En octubre de 1830, Richard Ford llegó a Sevilla con su familia y fijó su residencia allí durante más de tres años. En ese tiempo, recorrió gran parte del país a caballo o en diligencia, tomando nota de todo lo que veía y oía en una serie de cuadernos que llenó con descripciones de los monumentos y obras de arte que más le habían llamado la atención. A partir de estas notas, publicó en 1845 "A Handbook for Travellers in Spain", que despertó de inmediato una sensación en su país. En el 150 aniversario de la muerte de Richard Ford, se recupera para la Biblioteca Turner el texto original, traducido por el escritor Jesús Pardo. El primer volumen se completa con introducción de Ian Robertson, biógrafo de Richard Ford y con una emotiva rememoración del personaje a cargo de su cuadrinieta Lily Ford.

Luxury has been both celebrated and condemned throughout history right up to the present day. This groundbreaking text examines luxury and its relationship with desire, status, consumption and economic value, exploring why luxury remains prominent even in the context of a global recession. Using approaches from cultural studies, semiotic research and aesthetics, Luxury presents a wide range of case studies including urban space and new technologies, travel, interior design, cars, fashion ads and jewellery to explore what luxury represents, and why, in the contemporary world. The book will be essential reading for students and scholars across a range of fashion studies, cultural studies and sociology, and anyone interested in the power and allure of luxury today.

Jimmy is a stereotypical geek who works at the library in Oakland, California, and is trapped in his own torpidity. Sara is his best friend, but she wants to get a life (translation: an apartment in Brooklyn and a publishing internship). When Sara moves to New York City, Jimmy is rattled. Then lonely. Then desperate. He screws up his courage, writes Sara a letter about his true feelings, and asks her to meet him at the top of the Empire State Building (a nod to their ongoing debate about Sleepless in Seattle). Jimmy's cross-country bus trip to Manhattan is as hapless and funny as Jimmy himself. When he arrives in the city he's thought of as "a festering hellhole," he's surprised by how exciting he finds New York, and how heartbreaking—he discovers Sara has a boyfriend! Jason Shiga's bold visual storytelling, sly pokes at popular culture, and subtle text work together seamlessly in Empire State, creating a quirky graphic novel comedy about the vagaries of love and friendship. Praise for Empire State: "He [Shiga] displays a wicked sense of comic timing." -Publishers Weekly "Empire State: A Love Story (Or Not) is funny, sweet, geeky and affecting, and definitely worth a read." -Wired.com "Shiga's illustrations . . . are unique and endearing, and his images of NYC are instantly recognizable." -am New York "If Woody Allen grew up in Oakland rather than Manhattan, he'd most likely see the world, and especially New York City, as Jason Shiga does in Empire State." -Big Think.com

Transnational East Asian Studies demonstrates how transnationalism as a mode of intellectual enquiry has wide-ranging interdisciplinary potential and has immense value when examining the past, just as much as much as when examining the present. Artificially erected borders, which appear on maps and globes, fail to consider the ways people in diverse regions live and practice their everyday lives, existing beyond boundaries. The people of East Asia have always been on the move, they have never been homogeneous, and have evolved together, not apart. In this sense, people around the globe and also in East Asia have always been involved in a process of change and transformation. Hence, transnationalism is a way to overcome methodological nationalism, not only as a concept of identity and spatiality, but also as a concept temporally situated in the modern, because as a methodology, transnationalism does not take the national as a precondition. It allows us to move beyond and across borders, and to examine how ideas have been used and transformed in different contexts. This book thus underscores the complex interactions in the context of East Asia, past and present, while shaping the future of this complicated region.

The first authoritative overview of tourism studies published post-COVID-19 The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism remains a definitive reference in this interdisciplinary field. Edited and authored by leading scholars from around the world, this state-of-the-art volume provides a comprehensive critical overview of tourism studies across the social sciences. In-depth yet accessible chapters combine established theories and cutting-edge developments and analysis, addressing a wide range of current and emerging topics, issues, debates, and themes. The second edition of the Companion reflects the complexity of the changing field, incorporating new developments, diverse theories, core themes, and fresh perspectives throughout. New and revised chapters explore the organization and practice of tourism, pressing health, economic, social, and environmental challenges, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism and the tourist industry, empowerment, placemaking, mindfulness and wellbeing, resident attitudes towards tourism, Chinese outbound tourism, public transport, long-distance walking, and more. Covers the full spectrum of tourism studies, including its connections to geography, sociology, urban studies, sustainability, marketing, management, globalization, and policy Outlines exciting new and emerging approaches, theoretical foundations, and major developments in tourism studies Offers perspectives on major topics including the role of tourism in the Anthropocene, global and local change, resilience, innovation, and consumer and business behavior Sets an agenda for future tourism research and reviews significant issues in theory, method, and practice Features new contributions from an international panel of younger scholars and established researchers With a wealth of up-to-date bibliographic references and extensive coverage of the tourism-related literature, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism, Second Edition, is required reading for undergraduate students, postgraduate researchers, lecturers, and academic scholars in tourism studies, tourism management, tourism geography, tourism theory, sociology, urban studies, and globalization, as well as professionals working in tourism and hospitality management worldwide.

تعد كتب فيلبي أول موسوعة معربة مختصرة لتاريخ المملكة العربية السعودية، حيث غطت حقبة زمنية مهمة، وقد تناول فيها فيلبي تاريخ المملكة وجغرافيتها وأعلامها وآثارها واقتصادها وقبائلها بأسلوبه الرصين. وتحليله العلمي الدقيق، وقد دعم ذلك كله بالكثير من الصور الشمسية التي تعين القارئ على تصور الأشياء وحسن فهمها. وقد جاء عمل فيلبي هذا ثمرة للمدة الطويلة التي أقامها في المملكة واتصاله بالملك عبدالعزيز - يرحمه الله - مما أتاح له فرصة التنقل في مختلف أنحاء الجزيرة العربية، والاطلاع على المواقع الأثرية والنقوش القديمة. وقد تم انتقاء مجموعة من هذه الكتب لنشرها في سلسلة تاريخية، لتكون رافداً ثقافياً لأبناء هذا الجيل. ومكتبة العبيكان يسرها أن تقدم للقارئ الكريم هذه الكتب لأول مرة باللغة العربية إدراكاً منها لأهمية الدور الثقافي الذي تقوم به خدمة لبلادها، وأداءً لواجبها في إبراز الجوانب المضيئة من تاريخها لأبناء هذا الوطن الغالي، راجية النفع للجميع. هذا والله من وراء القصد. الناشر العبيكان للنشر تخفيضات العبيكان اليوم الوطني

Adventure tourism is a new, rapidly growing area at both practical and academic levels. Written at an introductory level, Adventure Tourism provides a basic background and covers commercial adventure tourism products across a range of adventure tourism sectors.

Truth is stranger than legend . . . and your journey into both begins here. World adventurer and international monster hunter Josh Gates has careened through nearly 100 countries, investigating frightening myths, chilling cryptozoological legends, and terrifying paranormal phenomena. Now, he invites fans to get a behind-the-scenes look at these breathtaking expeditions. Follow Gates from the inception of the groundbreaking hit show (at the summit of Kilimanjaro) to his hair-raising encounters with dangerous creatures in the most treacherous locations on earth. Among his many adventures, he unearths the flesh-crawling reality of the Mongolian Death Worm, challenges an ancient curse by spending the night in King Tut’s tomb, descends into a centuries-old mine to search for an alien entity in subterranean darkness, pursues ghosts in the radioactive shadow of Chernobyl, and explores sightings of Bigfoot from the leech-infested rain forests of Malaysia to the dizzying heights of the Himalayas. Part journey into the unexplained, part hilarious travelogue, part fascinating look at the making of a reality-based TV show—and featuring never-before-published photographs— this Destination Truth companion takes readers on the supernatural expedition of a lifetime.

From Dorothy's ruby slippers to a speech that saved Teddy Roosevelt from assassination, this authoritative guide delivers in-depth reportage on the history of remarkable objects from the Smithsonian's collections For American history, pop culture, and museum enthusiasts With charm and exuberance, The Object at Hand presents a behind-the-scenes vantage point of the Smithsonian collections. Veteran Smithsonian magazine editor Beth Py-Lieberman weaves together adaptations of the magazine's extensive and compelling coverage and interviews with scholars, curators, and historians to take readers on an unforgettable journey through the Smithsonian museums. Objects are grouped into the themes audacity, utopia, fierce, haunting, deception, lost, desire, triumph, scale, optimism, playful, rhythm, and revealing to engage with the emotional dimensions of each object, how they relate to each other, and how they fit into the larger American story. A sampling includes: The Star-Spangled Banner Frida Kahlo's love letter to Diego Rivera Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5B Nat Turner's Bible An AIDS quilt panel honoring Roger Gail Lyon A signpost from the Standing Rock protest A glass-plate portrait of Abraham Lincoln Life-sized model of a Megalodon The Hope Diamond Chuck Berry's Cadillac Portrait of Henrietta Lacks Py-Lieberman reflects on the profound connections between even outwardly dissimilar objects, and offers insight and stories from Smithsonian experts. The book explores artworks, scientific specimens, historical artifacts, airplanes, spacecraft, plants, and so much more, contemplating how each item represents different facets of humanity and resonates with cultural meaning in surprising ways. Whimsical, affecting, and insightful, The Object at Hand offers an intimate and exclusive tour of the Smithsonian collections.

Social Marketing is the utilisation of marketing principles and methods to encourage individual and organisational behaviour change for the public good. Traditionally the domain of government it is increasingly also utilised by non-government and non-profit organisations and other institutions of civil society as a non-regulatory means to achieve policy and public good goals. At a time when concerns over tourism's contribution to undesirable environmental, economic and social change is greater than ever, social marketing strategies are important for encouraging more appropriate and desirable behaviours by tourists and the tourism industry. Tourism and Social Marketing is the first book to comprehensively detail the relevance of social marketing principles and practice to tourism, destination management and marketing. By considering this relationship and application of social marketing approaches to key issues facing contemporary tourism development, such as the environment, this book provides significant insights into how the behaviours of visitors and businesses may be changed so as to develop more sustainable forms of tourism and improve the quality of life of destination communities. It further provides a powerful impetus to the development of tourism related forms of sustainable consumption and the promotion of ethical tourism and marketing. This innovative book is comprehensive in scope by considering a variety of relevant fields relevant to tourism and social marketing practice including, health, non - profit organisations, governance, the politics of marketing and consumption, consumer advocacy and environmental and sustainable marketing. It integrates selected international cases studies to help tourism students engage with the broader debates in social marketing, governance and the politics of behaviour change and shows the relationship of theory to practice. Written by a leading authority in the field, topical and integrative, this book will be valuable reading for students, scholars and researchers in tourism.

تعد كتب فيلبي أول موسوعة معربة مختصرة لتاريخ المملكة العربية السعودية، حيث غطت حقبة زمنية مهمة، وقد تناول فيها فيلبي تاريخ المملكة وجغرافيتها وأعلامها وآثارها واقتصادها وقبائلها بأسلوبه الرصين. وتحليله العلمي الدقيق، وقد دعم ذلك كله بالكثير من الصور الشمسية التي تعين القارئ على تصور الأشياء وحسن فهمها. وقد جاء عمل فيلبي هذا ثمرة للمدة الطويلة التي أقامها في المملكة واتصاله بالملك عبدالعزيز - يرحمه الله - مما أتاح له فرصة التنقل في مختلف أنحاء الجزيرة العربية، والاطلاع على المواقع الأثرية والنقوش القديمة. وقد تم انتقاء مجموعة من هذه الكتب لنشرها في سلسلة تاريخية، لتكون رافداً ثقافياً لأبناء هذا الجيل. ومكتبة العبيكان يسرها أن تقدم للقارئ الكريم هذه الكتب لأول مرة باللغة العربية إدراكاً منها لأهمية الدور الثقافي الذي تقوم به خدمة لبلادها، وأداءً لواجبها في إبراز الجوانب المضيئة من تاريخها لأبناء هذا الوطن الغالي، راجية النفع للجميع. هذا والله من وراء القصد. الناشر العبيكان للنشر تخفيضات العبيكان اليوم الوطني

She wanted an adventure. What she found was so much more... Adira Summers has spontaneously quit her high-flying career as a barrister in London. She needs to escape from the rat race and, encouraged by her bohemian gran, has bought a campervan to do so. Taking off for a tour around Britain, disaster strikes early on when her van breaks down outside the quaint village of Lilacwell. But things look up after she meets handsome Jasper, who is visiting to check on his ailing uncle and his crumbling estate, The Laurels. As Adira falls for Lilacwell, she is torn between forgoing her travel plans to stay, or continuing with her adventure. Jasper must also choose between returning to his job in Dubai or moving back for his uncle – and Adira. A gorgeous and summery romance for fans of Mandy Baggot, Holly Martin and Sue Moorcroft. Praise for Escape to Lilacwell ‘What a beautiful summer read, I enjoyed this book from the first to the last page. The characters are so well written. A good book to take on holiday.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘This book fixed my reading slump! I enjoyed it so much that I kept turning the pages. Adira's a very relatable heroine and the romance develops slowly, in a very believable way.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘A perfect summer read, with a grumpy-sunshine romance, a wonderful community spirit, and a wannabe girlfriend who is determined to put a spoke in the wheel of true love.’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘A lovely read... The setting was nice and the story flowed well.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘A beautiful, poignant escapist read and once I had started I couldn’t put it down – I read it in almost one sitting. It was full to the brim of charming characters and gorgeous scenery with a delightful story of romance, friendship and finding happiness.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘What a delight to read! There were some beautiful relationships between characters and the overall story was a lovely summer read.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

ABBA was the biggest selling pop group of the Seventies. Between their first single in 1972, when the group was not yet called ABBA, and their final singles in 1982, ABBA recorded and released 98 unique songs. In addition they recorded versions of some of their biggest hits in Swedish, German, French, and Spanish; performed a number of songs in concert that were never released on record; and recorded a number of songs that didn't see the light of day at the time, but have been released from the archive the decades since the group 'took a break'; at the end of 1982. Everyone remembers ABBA's biggest hits - songs like 'Waterloo', 'Mamma Mia', 'Fernando', 'Dancing Queen', 'Take A Chance On Me', 'Chiquitita', and 'The Winner Takes It All' - but there are many gems to be found on the eight studio albums and 21 singles released during the group's lifetime. 'ABBA: Song by Song'; is a look at every single song by the Swedish supergroup, written by a life-long ABBA fan. Find out what inspired the songs, what went in to recording them, and their impact around the world in the 1970s and 80s and beyond.

Bhutan is a small landlocked country situated in the eastern Himalayas. It is bordered by India to the south, east and west, and China to the north. Bhutan is known for its unique approach towards measuring progress through the Gross National Happiness (GNH) index, rather than the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The index measures happiness and well-being in areas such as community vitality, cultural diversity, environmental conservation, and good governance. Buddhism is the predominant religion in Bhutan, and it is deeply ingrained in the country's culture. The government has also placed emphasis on preserving the country's cultural heritage, and Bhutan is known for its architecture, art, dances, and festivals. Visitors to Bhutan can explore ancient dzongs (fortresses) and monasteries, hike the stunning Himalayan mountains, and experience unique cultural events such as the Paro Tsechu (festival). With its focus on sustainable development and preservation of its cultural heritage, Bhutan offers an unforgettable and enriching travel experience.

Whether you want to explore Lisbon, go on a wine-tasting trip in the Douro Valley, or lounge on the beaches of the Algarve, the local Fodor's travel experts in Portugal are here to help! Fodor's Essential Portugal guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor's “Essential” guides have been named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020! Fodor's Essential Portugal travel guide includes: AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time MORE THAN 30 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and more PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “Best Beaches,” “Best Vineyards in Portugal,” “Best Free Things to Do,” and more TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, geography and more SPECIAL FEATURES on “Portugal's Most Impressive Castles and Fortified Cities” “Spectacular Gothic Churches in Portugal,” and “What to Eat and Drink in Portugal" LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE PRIMER with useful words and essential phrases UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Lisbon, Porto, the Algarve, Estoril, the Douro Valley, Alentejo, Sintra, Óbidos, Serra da Estrela, Coimbra, Monsanto, Braga, Madeira, and the Azores Planning on visiting Spain or spending more time in Lisbon? Check out Fodor's Essential Spain, Fodor's Barcelona, and Fodor's Inside Lisbon *Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition. ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor's has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

Written by expats for...everyone! The Living in Singapore Sixteenth Edition Reference Guide will help newcomers settle in and long-timers get more out of their Singapore experience. The guide offers essential information for a seamless move to the Lion City and is the perfect tool for making sure everybody - newcomers and longtimers alike - get maximum enjoyment out of the Little Red Dot. While this is the perfect guide for international assignees, it truly has something for everyone. Living in Singapore Reference Guide has been published by the American Association of Singapore since 1977! Each chapter is written by an experienced writer who has lived many years in Singapore, giving readers the best possible insight into life here. Chapters include: - The Big Move - Settling In - Education - Food & Dining - Health & Wellness - Shopping - Transportation & Driving - Running the Household - Life with Kids - Life as an Adult - Activities, Sports & Nature - Arts & Culture - Business & Career - Regional Travel

Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago, encompassing nearly eighteen thousand islands. The fourth-most populous nation in the world, it has a larger Muslim population than any other. The Indonesia Reader is a unique introduction to this extraordinary country. Assembled for the traveler, student, and expert alike, the Reader includes more than 150 selections: journalists’ articles, explorers’ chronicles, photographs, poetry, stories, cartoons, drawings, letters, speeches, and more. Many pieces are by Indonesians; some are translated into English for the first time. All have introductions by the volume’s editors. Well-known figures such as Indonesia’s acclaimed novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer and the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz are featured alongside other artists and scholars, as well as politicians, revolutionaries, colonists, scientists, and activists. Organized chronologically, the volume addresses early Indonesian civilizations; contact with traders from India, China, and the Arab Middle East; and the European colonization of Indonesia, which culminated in centuries of Dutch rule. Selections offer insight into Japan’s occupation (1942–45), the establishment of an independent Indonesia, and the post-independence era, from Sukarno’s presidency (1945–67), through Suharto’s dictatorial regime (1967–98), to the present Reformasi period. Themes of resistance and activism recur: in a book excerpt decrying the exploitation of Java’s natural wealth by the Dutch; in the writing of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879–1904), a Javanese princess considered the icon of Indonesian feminism; in a 1978 statement from East Timor objecting to annexation by Indonesia; and in an essay by the founder of Indonesia’s first gay activist group. From fifth-century Sanskrit inscriptions in stone to selections related to the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2004 tsunami, The Indonesia Reader conveys the long history and the cultural, ethnic, and ecological diversity of this far-flung archipelago nation.

This inspiring book tells the story of a photographer's journey to find the mysterious black leopard. There are few creatures as gorgeous and elusive as the black leopard. In Africa, these magnificent cats are so rare as to be the stuff of legend. Will Burrard-Lucas's love for leopards began during his childhood in Tanzania and propelled him into a career as a wildlife photographer. In his quest to create intimate portraits of animals, he developed innovative technology, including a remotely controlled camera buggy and a high quality camera trap system for photographing nocturnal creatures. Then, one day in 2018, he heard about sightings of a young African black leopard in Kenya and with the help of people from the local community, he succeeded in capturing a series of high-quality photographs of the elusive cat. In this compelling and visually stunning book, Burrard-Lucas tells his story of creativity, entrepreneurship, and passion for wild animals, alongside awe-inspiring images of lions, elephants, and the black leopard itself. • STAR WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER: Will Burrard-Lucas's passion for nature and expertise in camera technology have earned him coverage from National Geographic, The New York Times, and the BBC—and over 1 million fans enjoy his breathtaking work online. • NATURE'S HIDDEN WONDERS: Black leopards are individual animals in whom a gene mutation results in excess melanin and an elegant black coat. Most are found in Southeast Asia, where lush vegetation offers them camouflage. In the semiarid shrub lands of Africa, black leopards are extraordinarily rare. Burrard-Lucas's images—showing these beautiful creatures prowling their territory under cover of night—are vivid reminders of nature's hidden wonders. • INCREDIBLE STORY: This is an adventure story that takes place in remote and wild corners of Africa. It reveals Burrard-Lucas's devotion, vision, and innovation that led to him capturing photos that are not only incredibly rare, but also breathtakingly beautiful. Perfect for: • Aspiring and professional photographers • Photography buffs • Nature and animal lovers • Big cat enthusiasts • Conservationists • National Geographic readers • Fans of memoir and adventure stories • Travelers to Eastern and Southern Africa

Un libro che indaga sul presente e sul passato degli Indiani d’America attraverso una importante ricerca sugli archivi, accompagnata da una inchiesta sul campo. Raffaella Milandri ci racconta qui anche la sua emozionante adozione indiana presso il popolo Crow, nella stessa famiglia di cui fa parte Barack Obama. Storia, cultura e problemi dei Nativi Americani sono il fulcro di questo importante testo che nasce da una ricerca su oltre 5000 pagine di archivi statunitensi, portando alla luce la verità sul rapporto tra Nativi Americani e Governo degli Stati Uniti. Sono svelati leggi e programmi sul come è stato gestito il “problema indiano”, fino alla rivelazione di un piano di sterilizzazione forzata che ha cercato di assegnare l’ultimo colpo letale alle comunità di Nativi Americani. Ricco di approfondimenti e di riferimenti bibliografici, contiene un focus sulla tribù Crow e i motivi che la hanno portata ad affiancarsi a Custer nella battaglia del Little Big Horn. La versione ebook è arricchita di 10 pagine di foto a colori. L’Autore: Scrittrice e giornalista, Raffaella Milandri, attivista per i diritti umani dei Popoli Indigeni, è esperta studiosa dei Nativi Americani e laureata in Antropologia. È membro onorario della Four Winds Cherokee Tribe in Louisiana e della tribù Crow in Montana. Ha pubblicato oltre dieci libri, tutti sui Nativi Americani e sui Popoli Indigeni, con particolare attenzione ai diritti umani, in un contesto sia storico che contemporaneo. Si occupa della divulgazione della cultura e letteratura nativa americana in Italia e attualmente si sta dedicando alla cura e traduzione di opere di autori nativi. Tra le sue opere ricordiamo “Nativi Americani. Guida alle Tribù e alle Riserve Indiane degli Stati Uniti” (Mauna Kea, 2021), una opera completa e aggiornata sul mondo delle tribù indiane oggi.

Vines & Vision: The Winemakers of Santa Barbara County is a first-of-its-kind exploration of the people, places, history, trends, and soul of Santa Barbara County wine country. Featuring nearly 1,000 photographs by renowned visual anthropologist Macduff Everton and about 100 chapters written by the region's leading food & wine journalist Matt Kettmann, Vines & Vision is a one-stop shop for learning about the past, present, and future of Santa Barbara wine culture.

Voyage of the Beagle chronicles Charles Darwin's five years as a naturalist on board the H.M.S. Beagle. The notes and observations that he recorded in his diary included Chile, Argentina and Galapagos Islands and encompasses the ecology, geology and anthropology of the places he visits. A fascinating travel memoir the ideas that were later to evolve into Darwin's theory of natural selection find their naissance in Voyage of the Beagle.

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre C’est un paradoxe qui en dit long sur le tempérament des Corses. Dans presque chaque village de l’île de Beauté, les plus beaux panoramas sont réservés aux défunts. La Corse offre au regard une litanie de somptueux cimetières, tel un ultime écrin dédié à ceux qui façonnèrent son territoire et forgèrent son destin. Il fallait, pour raconter cette île unique, son passé, son lien si compliqué avec la France et les mythes qui l’accompagnent, un auteur capable de dépoussiérer ces légendes et de comprendre les tourments de l’âme insulaire. Un hôte nous invitant à une échappée entre mer et montagne, au fil des routes sinueuses vers lesquelles ses racines familiales l’ont toujours porté. Voici un récit empreint de sincérité, écrit avec la volonté de restituer une Corse authentique, complexe, passionnée par son identité et tourmentée par son sens aigu de l’honneur. Une Corse qui n’est ni repliée sur elle-même, ni crispée sur un nationalisme étroit. Une Corse ouverte, dont ce petit livre raconte l’âme comme une invitation au plus beau des voyages, celui de la découverte amoureuse. Un grand récit suivi d’entretiens avec Edmond Siméoni (En Corse, l'Etat français donnait les ordres, avec le clan comme courroie de transmission), Michel Vergé-Franceschi (La Corse, c'est le laboratoire des Lumières) et Marie Peretti-Ndiaye (Ce n'est pas la référence en soi à la nation corse qui génère du racisme sur l'île). Un voyage historique, culturel et linguistique pour mieux connaître les passions corses. Et donc mieux les comprendre. EXTRAIT L’histoire et ses méandres seront indispensables pour saisir le destin insulaire. Des Grecs aux Français en passant par les Étrusques, les Carthaginois, les Romains, les Vandales, les Byzantins, les Ostrogoths, les Lombards, les Sarrasins, les Génois, les Pisans, les Aragonais, les Britanniques et même le pape – sans oublier le prince allemand Theodor von Neuhoff, élu roi constitutionnel des Corses – cette montagne posée au coeur de la Méditerranée occidentale n’a jamais cessé d’être l’objet de convoitises. Lesquelles ont immanquablement façonné les traditions, les caractères, les résistances. Avec, toujours, ce sens de l’honneur dont ce récit – suivi de trois grands entretiens – s’efforce avec passion d’explorer les vertiges. CE QU'EN PENSE LA CRITIQUE - [...] Belle et utile collection petit format chez Nevicata, dont chaque opuscule est dédié à un pays en particulier. Non pas un guide de voyage classique, mais, comme le dit le père de la collection, un « décodeur » des mentalités profondes et de la culture. Des journalistes, excellents connaisseurs des lieux, ont été sollicités [...]. À chaque fois, un récit personnel et cultivé du pays suivi de trois entretiens avec des experts locaux. - Le Temps - Comment se familiariser avec « historique, les traditions ? » Une démarche d'enquête journalistique au service d'un authentique récit de voyage : le livre-compagnon idéal des guides factuels, le roman-vrai des pays et des villes que l'on s'apprête à découvrir. - Librairie Sciences Po À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Collaborateur dans les institutions européennes, Ghjiseppu Lavezzi a la Corse rivée en lui. Professionnellement établi loin de l’île de Beauté, il conserve en son fief du cap Corse un point d’ancrage et une boussole.

Kyoto, the ancient former capital of Japan, breathes history and mystery. Its temples, gardens and palaces are testimony to many centuries of aristocratic and religious grandeur. Under the veneer of modernity, the city remains filled with countless reminders of a proud past. John Dougill explores this most venerable of Japanese cities, revealing the spirit of place and the individuals that have shaped its often dramatic history. Courtiers and courtesans, poets and priests, samurai and geisha people the pages of his account. Covering twelve centuries in all, the book not only provides a historical overview but brings to life the cultural magnificence of the city of "Purple Hills and Crystal Streams". City of Power: The seat of aristocrats and warriors; military might and spiritual authority; unification and the transition to modernity. City of Ritual: Buddhist sects and Shinto festivals; tea ceremony; the role of the geisha; the influence of Zen. City of Arts: Poetry and fiction; architecture and garden design; Heian verse and Noh theatre; art and handicrafts; the Japanese Hollywood.

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher For everyone who loves travel and trying the local delicacies, this beautifully illustrated hardback is the must-have handbook to a year's worth of perfect weekends around the world for food lovers. Featured trails include the an homage to Buenos Aires steak, cozy wintertime French Canadian cuisine, Puglia's distinctive dishes, and Parisian patisserie. Each trail is an itinerary, detailing when and where to indulge in the local specialties. There are 52 trails, each with gorgeous photography, a bespoke map, expert writing and practical details of how to get there and where to stay. This is the second in Lonely Planet's Perfect Weekends series, following the critically acclaimed Wine Trails. The 52 itineraries cover the whole globe. In the Americas we try seafood chowder in Maine; creole and cajun food in the Deep South; barbecue in Texas; and Hawaii's island food among other taste sensations. In Europe we discover the mouthwatering cuisines of Crete, Italy, Denmark, England, Spain, Germany, Iceland, Ireland and other countries. Prepare for spice in Asia as we go to India, Vietnam and Malaysia for street food; Japan for sushi and South Korea for barbecue. In Australia and New Zealand, experiences include the farm-to-table scene in Tasmania, Melbourne's melting pot of cuisines and seafood in Auckland. Wherever you are in the world, there will be trip Each itinerary features about a dozen stops, including food markets, must-visit restaurants and shops or opportunities to meet food makers or providers. Each is reviewed by Lonely Planet's authors who have visited the place. Practical details are provided so readers can make bookings and tailor their own trips. A section at the end of each itinerary suggests places to stay and lists events that take place during the year. Great photography adds visual appeal to every itinerary, each of which has an illustrated map, showing the route hungry travellers should take. For foodies looking for inspiration for their next weekend away, and ideas for new cuisines to taste and share, Food Trails will be the source of many happy faces and full stomachs! About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, gift and lifestyle books and stationery, as well as an award-winning website, magazines, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

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Discover the remarkable transformation of Palm Beach through three expertly curated historical tours that bring 150 years of history to life. Step back in time as you explore Palm Beach's evolution from wilderness to wonderland through this unique guide featuring 150 rare vintage photographs from the Historical Society of Palm Beach County's archives. Whether you're a history buff, architecture enthusiast, or curious traveler, this comprehensive guide offers three distinct ways to experience Palm Beach's rich heritage: A 10-mile driving tour showcasing Palm Beach's evolution from Pioneer Era to present day, including optional walking detours to legendary mansions A scenic 5-mile Lake Trail bike tour following the original Pioneer Era pathway along Lake Worth An intimate walking tour through the historic midtown district, revealing the stories behind iconic Worth Avenue and Royal Park Addition From Henry Flagler's magnificent hotels to Addison Mizner's architectural masterpieces, each tour combines detailed maps, historical context, and vintage photographs—many showing lost landmarks like the famed Royal Poinciana Hotel. Experience Palm Beach's fascinating journey from frontier outpost to America's premier resort destination.

Reisererzählungen einer Rucksacktour von Leipzig durch Osteuropa bis in die Mongolei In diesem Buch zur erfolgreichen MDR TV-Serie "Ostwärts" erzählt die gewitzte Journalistin Julia Finkernagel launig und geistreich von ihrer ganz persönlichen Premiere als "Go East"-Travellerin, den sehr speziellen Reise-Highlights und kleineren und größeren Katastrophen auf der Tour von Leipzig bis tief in die Mongolei. Auch die witzigen Ungeheuerlichkeiten, die es niemals in die TV-Version schafften, werden in den ebenso scharfsinnigen wie humorvollen Travel-Episoden nicht verschwiegen! Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen der TV-Serie "Ostwärts" Entgegen anderer Annahmen reiste Julia Finkernagel nicht mit einem großen Fernseh-Team, sondern allein mit einem Kameramann und einem Träger und bestritt die Reise mit kleinem Budget. Dass dabei viel improvisiert werden musste, sorgt in den kurzweiligen Reiseberichten für die allerbesten Pointen, und vieles von dem, was hinter den Kulissen passierte, findet der Leser im Buch. Eine Rucksackreise durch elf Länder und Regionen In rund 25 kurzen Travel-Episoden geht die Reise ab Leipzig durch Polen, Slowakei, Ungarn, Rumänien, Bulgarien und über Georgien, Südrussland und den Kaukasus, Kirgistan, Tadschikistan und Usbekistan bis in die Mongolei. Julia erklärt, wie man in Usbekistan Suppe mit den Händen isst, ohne sich danach umziehen zu müssen und erzählt von der mongolischen Familie, die dem Drehteam als Zeichen der Freundschaft einen frisch geschlachteten Ziegenkopf in den Fußraum stellt. Sie berichtet, wie sie sich in der Slowakei auf der Burg der Blutgräfin gruselte, in Russland im Gefängnis landete und erklärt, warum in Kirgistan der Tee dreimal zurück in die Kanne gegossen wird. Ausgespart wird auch nicht, dass sie in Rumänien tatsächlich Peter Maffay begegnet ist.

O tom, že Finsko je zemí tisíců jezer, Santa Clause a ne zrovna příznivého klimatu, slyšel snad každý. Ale víte, proč si Finové pletou běžkování a lyžování? Nebo že si můžete přivolat finského peněžního skřítka? Jak probíhá saunový teambuilding? Kolik odrazek je už moc i na Fina? A v čem jsou si tak podobní s Japonci? O tom všem a všeličem jiném se dočtete v knize Michaely Ahonen, Slovenky, která se přestěhovala do temného a studeného Finska, země mlčenlivých lidí, prohibice, mýtů a legend, zateplených šusťáků, lesů bohatých na houby a borůvky – a manželova rodiště. Své zážitky ze života v tomto severském státě autorka vypráví stylem jí vlastním, připojuje mnoho kuriózních a vtipných postřehů, cenných rad, a prozradí i nějaké ty místní vychytávky, které si oblíbíte možná i vy. Dozvíte se tak víc o rodinném životě ve Finsku, o Kalevale, všemocných haalari, finském designu, finštině a samozřejmě o saunování a (ne)chutném finském jídle. A určitě se naučíte i trošku finsky. Tak vzhůru na zasněžený sever!

This book is made up of twenty-three stories, each from a different author from across the globe. All belong to one world, united in their diversity and ethnicity. And together they have one aim: to involve and move the reader. The range of authors takes in such literary greats as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri, and emerging authors such as Elaine Chiew, Petina Gappah, and Henrietta Rose-Innes. The members of the collective are: Elaine Chiew (Malaysia) Molara Wood (Nigeria) Jhumpa Lahiri (United States) Martin A Ramos (Puerto Rico) Lauri Kubutsile (Botswana) Chika Unigwe (Nigeria) Ravi Mangla (United States) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) Skye Brannon (United States) Jude Dibia (Nigeria) Shabnam Nadiya (Bangladesh) Petina Gappah (Zimbabwe) Ivan Gabirel Reborek (Australia) Vanessa Gebbie (Britain) Emmanual Dipita Kwa (Cameroon) Henrietta Rose-Innes (South Africa) Lucinda Nelson Dhavan (India) Adetokunbo Abiola (Nigeria) Wadzanai Mhute (Zimbabwe) Konstantinos Tzikas (Greece) Ken Kamoche (Kenya) Sequoia Nagamatsu (United States) Ovo Adagha (Nigeria) From the Introduction: The concept of One World is often a multi-colored tapestry into which sundry, if not contending patterns can be woven. for those of us who worked on this project, ‘One World’ goes beyond the everyday notion of the globe as a physical geographic entity. Rather, we understand it as a universal idea, one that transcends national boundaries to comment on the most prevailing aspects of the human condition. This attempt to redefine the borders of the world we live in through the short story recognizes the many conflicting issues of race, language, economy, gender and ethnicity, which separate and limit us. We readily acknowledge, however, that regardless of our differences or the disparities in our stories, we are united by our humanity. We invite the reader on a personal journey across continents, countries, cultures and landscapes, to reflect on these beautiful, at times chaotic, renditions on the human experience. We hope the reach of this path will transcend the borders of each story, and perhaps function as an agent of change. Welcome to our world.

The incredible true story of a 100,000-mile motorcycle world record attempt where the only thing that didn't break was their spirit. In the spring of 2022, renowned long distance motorcycle riders Wendy Crockett and Ian McPhee set out to execute their meticulously planned World Record ride attempt. The premise was simple enough: Visit every Australian state in alphabetical order, documenting each visit by photographing the state’s capitol building. The approach would then be replicated in the United States, visiting a grand total of 58 capitols on an epic road trip adventure spanning two continents and three countries. Reality hit hard with the revelation that absolutely nothing about this undertaking was destined to go smoothly. Yet even in the face of unfathomable adversity, including breakdowns, illness, animals strikes, historic weather events, and multiple hospitalizations, this tenacious duo refused to abandon their quest. Fueled by boundless optimism and unrelenting determination, Pushing Miles is a brutally honest and surprisingly humorous look at what it takes to make an uphill ride into endurance motorcycling history.

Toyota tarafından ünlü hale getirilen ve savaş sonrası dönemden bu yana onu en iyi şirketlerden biri haline getiren yöntemi kişisel ve profesyonel yaşamınıza uygulayın. Kaizen, "sürekli iyileştirme" anlamına gelen Japonca bir kelimedir. Sizi ilgilendiren ve sizi çevreleyen şeyleri her zaman geliştirebileceğiniz fikrinden oluşur ve Toyota'nın başarısının merkezinde yer alır. Kaizen, kültür ve zihinde gerçekleşen içsel bir gelişim sürecidir. Amaç, potansiyelinizi gerçekleştirmek, statükoyu kırmak ve bu şekilde sürekli ve daha büyük iyileştirmeler elde etmektir. "Kaizen: Hayatınızı Küçük Adımlarla Değiştirmek için Japon Felsefesi" sayesinde. Bu yöntemin nasıl çalıştığını ve her şeyden önce günlük hayata nasıl uygulanacağını öğreneceksiniz. Hayatınızda neyin iyileştirilmesi gerektiğini nasıl belirleyeceğinizi öğrenecek ve ardından bu iyileştirmeleri yapmak için her gün küçük adımlar atacaksınız. Rehberiniz olarak "Kaizen" ile, tüm hedeflerinize her zamankinden daha hızlı ulaştığınızda her gün daha rahat yaşayabileceksiniz! İşte kişisel ve profesyonel başarınız için bu kılavuzu okuyarak öğrenecekleriniz: - Kaizen'in 5 S'si - Kaizen'in en iyi uygulamaları, problem çözme süreci ve liderlik - Alışkanlıkların önemi, onları değiştirmenin neden zor olduğu ve yenilerinin nasıl inşa edileceği - Beden, zihin ve doğa arasındaki uyum mutluluğumuz için neden bu kadar önemlidir? - Kaizen yöntemine göre kişisel dönüşüm - Kaizen'in BİR numaralı düşmanı - Bu yöntemden en iyi şekilde yararlanmak için ipuçları ve püf noktaları ... ve çok, çok daha fazlası! Kaizen yöntemi sayesinde sürekli iyileştirme sürecinde tüm potansiyelinizi ifade edin! Bu kılavuzu sepetinize ekleyin ve şimdi başlayın!

Dewasa ini wisatawan cenderung memilih hotel yang benar-benar secara konsisten menerapkan praktik ramah lingkungan. Sejalan dengan hal ini, konsep akomodasi yang berkelanjutan harus menerapkan prinsip konservasi lingkungan, ekologi, pemberdayaan masyarakat, dan pemanfaatan produk lokal. Pembangunan pariwisata Indonesia menuju terciptanya keseimbangan Planet (lingkungan), Profit (keuntungan), dan People (masyarakat). Pariwisata ramah lingkungan (green tourism) menjadi salah satu solusi untuk menciptakan hubungan yang harmonis antara manusia dengan Sang Pencipta, manusia dengan lingkungan, dan antar sesama dalam berinteraksi di masyarakat. Keberlanjutan bisnis hospitality yang berorientasi green didukung oleh manajemen sumber daya manusia berorientasi green. Keterampilan manajerial yang dilandasi oleh norma dan etika berorientasi green dalam mengemban tugas dan tanggung jawab pemangku kepentingan dalam industri hospitality disimak dalam buku ini. Sejalan dengan itu, pengetahuan yang diperoleh sangat relevan dengan kualitas pengambilan keputusan seorang supervisor sebagai seorang pemimpin. Pembahasan buku ini meliputi 1) kearifan lokal dalam green hospitality business practices, implementasi praktik bisnis perhotelan berorientasi green, green hotel sebagai produk kompetitif, 2) praktik manajemen rantai pasokan hijau, keunggulan kompetitif, dan kinerja organisasi, 3) membangun citra green hotel melalui perilaku green karyawan, green hotel practices di Bali, dan respons perilaku tamu, dan 4) strategi promosi green hotel di Bali.

This is the ideal guide to the whole route, so rich in history and natural beauty. Designed to be used by walkers on the Path or visitors to any point along it, it introduces a wealth of castles, churches, harbors, monuments and red-roofed houses. Hamish Brown gives practical advice on all aspects of walking the Path, whether you are making a seven-day trip along its whole length or walking a short section on a Sunday afternoon. Revising his earlier guide to the route, he explores every part of the Fife coast, including the famous Forth bridges, the charming East Neuk fishing villages of Pittenweem, Elie and St Monans, as well as Anstruther, Crail and St Andrews. Along the way he provides a mass of fascinating information about people and places that can be read for pleasure and kept as the souvenir of a unique and unforgettable part of Scotland.

**The Drama Behind the Pacific** is a comprehensive and engaging exploration of the Pacific Ocean, its diverse cultures, and its pivotal role in global affairs. Through a series of thought-provoking chapters, the book delves into the region's rich history, vibrant cultural traditions, economic challenges and opportunities, and the unique social and environmental issues facing Pacific Island nations. Readers will embark on a journey to discover the Pacific's enchanting natural beauty, from its volcanic islands and coral reefs to its pristine beaches and endemic species. They will encounter the region's indigenous traditions, Polynesian voyagers, and the influences of Asian and Western cultures that have shaped Pacific society. The book examines the economic currents that flow through the Pacific, from traditional fishing and agriculture to modern tourism and mining. It explores the challenges and opportunities facing Pacific Island nations as they seek to balance economic growth with environmental preservation and sustainable development. **The Drama Behind the Pacific** also delves into the social fabric of the Pacific, examining family and community life, education, healthcare, and the ongoing struggles for gender equality and social justice. It highlights the region's rich arts and cultural traditions, from music and dance to visual arts and literature, and explores the profound connections between Pacific peoples and their natural environment. Finally, the book looks to the future of the Pacific, considering the challenges and opportunities posed by climate change, technological advancements, and the region's role in global affairs. It offers insights into the potential of the Pacific to contribute to a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world. **The Drama Behind the Pacific** is an essential resource for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the Pacific Ocean, its people, and its cultures. It is a book that will inspire a lifelong passion for exploration, understanding, and connection to this vast and vital part of our planet. If you like this book, write a review on google books!

Ao completar 50 anos, Joel Kriger recebeu um convite que mudou sua vida: um trekking até o acampamento-base da montanha mais alta do mundo, o Everest. Era apenas uma caminhada de poucas semanas, mas Joel avaliou, corretamente, que para dar conta do desafio, precisava recuperar um pouco da forma física que tinha quando competia natação na adolescência, esporte que largou ao seguir a engenharia e desenvolver carreira em informática. Conhecer o Everest deu um click na cabeça do engenheiro. Ele imaginou voltar e subir até o cume da montanha. Mais do que isso: entrou para o time de montanhistas que buscam alcançar o ponto mais alto de cada continente, enfrentar os sete cumes. A mudança foi mais profunda do que somente tomar gosto pelo montanhismo. Dotado de muito entusiasmo e perseverança, Joel entrou seriamente no circuito de competições de Natação master e expandiu seus horizontes com travessias marítimas, corridas, triatlos, incluindo o Iron Man. Já conseguiu atravessar o Canal da Mancha em equipe, mas ainda sonha em fazer a travessia sozinho. O livro Suba, nade, corra, pedale e aproveite a paisagem, conta em detalhes as aventuras, as curiosidades e os perrengues que Joel Kriger viveu em cada montanha. Só no Everest, a única que falta pra fechar os sete cumes, foram três tentativas. A leitura deste livro, escrito pelo jornalista Herivelto Oliveira, é inspiradora e leva o leitor a entender que os desafios são do tamanho que damos a eles. E sempre é possível atingi-los. Só é preciso planejamento e preparação física e mental. Os autores abriram mão dos direitos autorais. O valor dos direitos autorais será convertido em doação de cestas básicas.

Julie Whitesel Weston left her hometown of Kellogg, Idaho, but eventually it pulled her back. Only when she returned to this mining community in the Idaho Panhandle did she begin to see the paradoxes of the place where she grew up. Her book combines oral history, journalistic investigation, and personal reminiscence to take a fond but hard look at life in Kellogg during “the good times.” Kellogg in the late 1940s and fifties was a typical American small town complete with high school football and basketball teams, marching band, and anti-Communist clubs; yet its bars, gambling dens, and brothels were entrenched holdovers from a rowdier frontier past. The Bunker Hill Mining Company, the largest employer, paid miners good wages for difficult, dangerous work, while the quest for lead, silver, and zinc denuded the mountainsides and laced the soil and water with contaminants. Weston researched the late-nineteenth-century founding of Kellogg and her family’s five generations in Idaho. She interviewed friends she grew up with, their parents, and her own parents’ friends—miners mostly, but also businesspeople, housewives, and professionals. Much of this memoir of place set during the Cold War and post-McCarthyism is told through their voices. But Weston also considers how certain people made a difference in her life, especially her band director, her ski coach, and an attorney she worked for during a major strike. She also explores her charged relationship with her father, a hardworking doctor revered in the community for his dedication but feared at home for his drinking and rages. The Good Times Are All Gone Now begins the day the smokestacks came down, and it reaches far back into collective and personal memory to understand a way of life now gone. The company town Weston knew is a different place, where “Uncle Bunker” is a Superfund site, and where the townspeople, as in previous hard times, have endured to reinvent Kellogg—not once, but twice.

A guidebook to walking the Camino Portugues (Portuguese Way), 620km from Lisbon in Portugal to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The book gives stage-by-stage directions for the Central Camino, starting from Lisbon, Porto or Tui, the Coastal Camino between Porto and Redondela, and the Spiritual Variant route from Pontevedra to Padrón. It also describes link routes that can be used to swap from one route to another. Detailed route guidance and maps are accompanied by fascinating information about historic and religious sites passed along the way. It is packed with essential information for pilgrims, with advice on getting there, when to go, where to stay and equipment. An indispensable facilities table showing the availability of accommodation, refreshments, supermarkets, ATMs and pharmacies along the route, and a handy glossary, make this the complete guide to the Camino. Since 1211 Santiago de Compostela has been a place of holy pilgrimage and the Camino Portugués is the second most travelled pilgrim route. The largely rural journey takes in four UNESCO World Heritage Areas - the Knights Templar Castle at Tomar, Portugal's oldest University at Coimbra, and the old towns of Porto and Santiago - culminating at the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela.

An epic journey from New Zealand to Spain, celebrating the enduring romance of travel by train. The journey of The Antipodean Express takes in 89 days of travel, on 33 trains, through 19 countries. It begins in New Zealand's North Island, weaves past the volcanoes of Java, through East Asia and on into Europe. From hilarious miscommunications in China to cultural immersion at the Bolshoi Ballet, there are stop-offs with half a world’s worth of impressions, people, history, food, music and culture. Hill also describes most of the great trains of the Eurasian hemisphere, from New Zealand’s Northern Explorer to the Eurostar, and everything in between. The culmination is a day spent in the obscure Spanish village of Alaejos, locating the exact antipode of the author’s living room. The perfect end to a vast adventure.

Ethan Torrini always knew where his life would lead, but doesn’t know if he wants to end up there. Needing an escape from a stagnant year before re-applying to law schools, Ethan follows his lifelong friend Ken to the small town of Chanthaburi, Thailand, to assist with his online gem selling business and find freedom from the inevitable march to forever. An artist at heart, Ethan is drawn to Chanthaburi’s many beauties, from the river that meanders through town to the glimmering gemstones in the nearby market and to a local woman with coconut-scented hair. For the first time, anything feels possible. Yet as a farang in a town of few foreigners, Ethan can’t comprehend the impact of his every action. A drive through town, a friendly drink with a rival seller, a dinner with a visiting English tutor, a simple pencil sketch … all have consequences that reach beyond Ethan and into the cultural, familial, traditional and financial obligations that dictate the lives around him. Even halfway around the world, there is no such thing as escape.

Bizantyjskie tajemnice Stambułu to książka opowiadająca o tuzinie mniej znanych historycznych obiektów zachowanych w Stambule z czasów, gdy miasto to, jako Konstantynopol, było stolicą cesarstwa wschodniorzymskiego. Moim zamiarem nie było opisywanie najsłynniejszych z tych budowli, takich jak wielka Bazylika Hagia Sophia czy Cysterna Bazyliki. Obiekty te są głównymi atrakcjami turystycznymi miasta i jako takie są codziennie odwiedzane przez tysiące turystów. Co więcej, być może opublikowano już zbyt wiele książek na ich temat. Celem tej książki jest zabranie czytelników w podróż w nieznane i odnalezienie zapomnianych skarbów Bizancjum, ukrytych wśród wąskich uliczek miasta. Choć można niniejszą książeczkę traktować jako podręczny przewodnik po opisywanych miejscach, mam nadzieję, że przyniesie Wam ona coś więcej niż suche fakty, jako opowieść o ludziach, którzy niegdyś mieszkali w Konstantynopolu i przyozdobili go pięknymi monumentami.

يدور فحوى الكتاب حول الأحداث الزمنية ما بين عامي 2011-2020 في هذا الكتاب الذي يشبه البستان الكبير؛ الذي يضم في واحاته الأشجار حلوها و حامضها، و الورور بألوانها و عطورها لا بد و أنك ستصادف حكاية تتحدث عنك أو أحد تعرفه لو لمرة واحدة حينها ستتنفس الصعداء هامسًا لنفسك: و كأنه قيل ما في بقلبي. و إن لم يكن ستدهش أنه لم يسبق و أن حدث كمثل هذا الأمر معك من قبل لكن إحذر فلكي تكون مؤهلًا لقراءته يتطلب منك جرئة عالية و دافعًا قوي... فهل أنت مستعد! مرحبًا بك في عالم الجنون و العقلانية في آن واحد...

Aubade Those who lack a talent for love have come to walk the long Pier 7. Here at the end of the imagined world are three low-flying gulls like lies on the surface; the slow red of a pilot’s boat; the groan of a fisherman hacking a small shark— and our speech like the icy water, a poor translation that will not carry us across. What brought us west, anyway? A hunger. But ours is no Donner Party, we who feed only on scenery, the safest form of obfuscation: see how the bay is a gray deepening into gray, the color of heartbreak. Randall Mann’s Breakfast with Thom Gunn is a work both direct and unsettling. Haunted by the afterlife of Thom Gunn (1929–2004), one of the most beloved gay literary icons of the twentieth century, the poems are moored in Florida and California, but the backdrop is “pitiless,” the trees “thin and bloodless,” the words “like the icy water” of the San Francisco Bay. Mann, fiercely intelligent, open yet elusive, draws on the “graceful erosion” of both landscape and the body, on the beauty that lies in unbeauty. With audacity, anxiety, and unbridled desire, this gifted lyric poet grapples with dilemmas of the gay self embroiled in—and aroused by—a glittering, unforgiving subculture. Breakfast with Thom Gunnis at once formal and free, forging a sublime integrity in the fire of wit, intensity, and betrayal. Praise for Complaint in the Garden “We have before us a skillful, witty, passionate young poet. . . . Randall Mann is both attuned to and at odds with the natural world; he articulates the passions and predicaments of a self inside a massive, arousing, but sometimes brutal culture. And he accomplishes these things with buoyant lyric sensibilities and rejuvenating skills.”—Kenyon Review

Nicolás Gómez Dávila aconseja: "Escribir corto, para concluir antes de hastiar", y podría haber agregado, "para tratar de reducir la inevitable cantidad de estupideces que proliferan en los libros actuales". Los dos autores de este libro, Eutanasio Monserga y Luis Alberto Ayala Blanco, decidieron seguir su consejo. En estas páginas podrán encontrar pensamientos ácidos, incisivos, pero plagados de humor, ya que sin humor no hay inteligencia. Es una crítica puntual a la cultura de nuestro tiempo. Eutanasio escribe: "Actualmente la verdad es una mentira gregaria", mientras Luis Alberto, por su parte, dirige sus dardos contra todo tipo de superación personal al afirmar: "Sólo el imbécil cree que no lo es". Almas gemelas que decidieron publicar sus aforismos como un libro único. Sin embargo, el vínculo entre ambos radica en su cariño y admiración a Roberto Calasso. El libro cierra con el relato que Luis Alberto, creador y fundador de la editorial Sexto Piso, escribió para despedir a su querido amigo. "Calasso en México" es un texto indispensable para comprender el origen de Sexto Piso y la poderosa relación que Calasso tuvo con México. Por último, es importante señalar que 99, fue publicado originalmente por la editorial Taller Ditoria en el año 2009, siendo ésta su segunda edición.

“If there is an afterexistence in which the individual human consciousness continues, I imagine Dante Alighieri is thanking the Creator for giving him, at last, a Michael Palma.” —Marilyn Nelson, author of A Wreath for Emmett Till When Michael Palma’s translation of the Inferno appeared in 2002, it defied the conventional wisdom of literary commentators who had long argued that Dante’s intricate terza rima form simply could not be rendered in “rhyme-poor” English. But Palma’s achievement in rhyming tercets was quickly received as a spectacular feat of poetic artistry that was “accurate?.?.?. admirably clear, and readable” (Richard Wilbur) and that, “in capturing the sense, sound, and spirit of the original?.?.?. comes close to perfection” (X. J. Kennedy). Now, more than two decades later, Palma has applied the same virtuosic attention to the form and flow of the Purgatorio and Paradiso, attending to both the tiniest details and the grand design of the entire Commedia and offering a fluid and readable English version that reveals to contemporary readers the sound, sense, and awe-inspiring beauty of Italian literature’s greatest poem.

Part road trip, part nature hike, part journey of self-discovery, this evocative memoir follows the adventures of Subhranil De as he navigates a six-year quest to find a job that combines his passion for physics with his love of teaching. Seeking escape from the drudgery and anxiety of academics, he sets out to explore less-traveled backroads and byways, from New York to North Dakota to Minnesota. Along the way, he finds solace in poetry, music, and introspection, as his professional life advances from researcher to lecturer to a veteran of the interview circuit—and at long last, a fulfilling position at a university nestled in the beautiful rolling landscape of southern Indiana. Subhranil’s narrative seamlessly weaves together luminous descriptions of pure nature, deep reflections on the mysteries and wonders he encounters, and heartwarming anecdotes as well as wry observations about family, friends, colleagues, and the world of academia. The result is a holistic tapestry that is a celebration of a precious romanticism for life and the world.

Können wir der Sprache noch trauen? Ist die Sprache noch fähig, unsere Wirklichkeit abzubilden, uns die Welt zu erschließen und Brücken zwischen uns Menschen zu bauen? Ute Hallaschka sagt: Ja! Und sie beweist dies anhand eines der größten Wunderwerke der deutschen Literatur, Rainer Maria Rilkes Duineser Elegien, die vor 100 Jahren vollendet wurden und deren unvergleichliche Schönheit und Tiefe sie nachvollziehbar und lebendig macht. Dies gelingt umso leichter, als die Elegien hier ebenfalls abgedruckt sind. Dabei ist dieses Buch keine abstrakte, wissenschaftliche Abhandlung über ein Stück Poesie, sondern selbst eines - es ist das Werk einer Frau, welche die Sprache liebt und kennt und die deshalb davon überzeugt ist, dass »es nichts gibt, womit wir uns verständigen können als Wort. Dass Wort alles ist, was wir haben, und mehr als alle Habe.«

Gitanjali (1912) is a collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore. Translated into English by Tagore and published with a groundbreaking introduction by Irish poet W. B. Yeats, Gitanjali is the collection that earned Tagore the 1912 Nobel Prize in Literature. When Yeats discovered Tagore’s work in translation, he felt an intense kinship with a man whose work was similarly grounded in spirituality and opposition to the British Empire. For the Irish poet, Tagore’s poems were at once deeply personal and essentially universal, like a secret kept by all and shared regardless: “I have carried the manuscript of these translations about with me for days, reading it in railway trains, or on the top of omnibuses and in restaurants, and I have often had to close it lest some stranger would see how much it moved me.” Whether or not we admit it, his words never fail to remind us: to be human is to be vulnerable. “Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life. This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.” The essence of Gitanjali is humility. Written following the deaths of his wife and two children, the collection unites poetry and prayer in search of peace. Grounded in Hindu tradition, his poems remain recognizable to readers of all faiths and nations. His subjects are love and loss, life and death, belief and despair. Through them, he approaches truth. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali is a classic of Indian literature reimagined for modern readers.

Italo Calvino declaró que Ariosto era su poeta, algo que la lectura de gran parte de su obra demuestra sin necesidad de más pruebas. Por ello, este libro es el resultado de un encuentro al que el autor ya nos tiene acostumbrados. Calvino no pretende reemplazar a Ariosto, sino contarnos, mediante su prosa, con entusiasmo y sin prisas, las vicisitudes de ninfas, paladines, guerreras y magos que pueblan tanto el poema de Ariosto como, por una milagrosa metamorfosis literaria, novelas como El barón rampante, El caballero inexistente o Las ciudades invisibles. Y cuando la narración de Calvino llega a puerto, como él mismo dice de Ariosto, «el poema sale de sí mismo, se define por medio de sus destinatarios; y a su vez es el poema mismo que sirve como definición o emblema de la sociedad de sus lectores presentes y futuros, de la totalidad de personas que participaron en su juego y que en él se reconocerán».

A real professor and her student forge a friendship through correspondence as they discuss love, art, life, cancer, and death. In 2012, Sarah Ruhl was a distinguished author and playwright, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Max Ritvo, a student in her playwriting class at Yale University, was an exuberant, opinionated, and highly gifted poet. He was also in remission from pediatric cancer. Over the next four years—in which Ritvo’s illness returned and his health declined, even as his productivity bloomed—the two exchanged letters that spark with urgency, humor, and the desire for connection. Reincarnation, books, the afterlife as an Amtrak quiet car, good soup: in Ruhl and Ritvo’s exchanges, all ideas are fair, nourishing game, shared and debated in a spirit of generosity and love. “We’ll always know one another forever, however long ever is,” Ritvo writes. “And that’s all I want—is to know you forever.” Studded with poems and songs, Letters from Max is a deeply moving portrait of a friendship, and a shimmering exploration of love, art, mortality, and the afterlife. Praise for Letters from Max “An unusual, beautiful book about nothing less than the necessity of art in our lives. Two big-hearted, big-brained writers have allowed us to eavesdrop on their friendship: jokes and heartbreaks, admiration, hard work, tender work.” —Elizabeth McCracken, author of Bowlaway “Immediate comparisons will be made to Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Artist . . . this book is a nuanced look at the evolution of an incredible talent facing mortality and the mentor, never condescending, who recognizes his gift. Their infectious letters shine with a love of words and beauty.” —The Observer “Deeply moving, often heartbreaking. . . . A captivating celebration of life and love.” —Kirkus Reviews “Moving and erudite . . . devastating and lyrical . . . Ruhl draws a comparison between their correspondence and that between poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, and indeed, with the depth and intelligence displayed, one feels in the presence of literary titans.” —Publishers Weekly

El Ejemplar Poético de Juan de la Cueva, escrito hacia 1606 y dividido en tres epístolas, es un arte poética manierista en tercetos encadenados. Fragmento de la obra Epístola I Sobre el ingenio y arte disputaron Palas y el fiero hijo de la Muerte a quien del cielo por odioso echaron. La sabia diosa su razón convierte en decir que el ingenio sin el arte es ingenio sin arte cuando acierte. De estas dos causas seguiré la parte por do el ingenio inspira, el arte adiestra sin que de su propósito me aparte. Si admite la deidad sagrada vuestra, Fébeas cultoras de Helicón divino, comunicarse a la bajeza nuestra. Y adiestrándome vos por el camino de la vulgar rudeza desviado, a su brutez profana siempre indino, llegaré al punto en que veréis cantado lo que el Arte al ingenio perfecciona, y de quien es, si ha de acertar, guiado. Sujeto es que repugna y abandona de la mortal graveza la ignorancia, y con puros espíritus razona. Entre ellos hace dulce consonancia, de quien recibe el numeroso acento que lo adorna de afectos, y elegancia. Vos a quien Febo Apolo da su asiento y las Musas celebran en su canto y el vuestro escuchan con discurso atento; en mi temor que dificulta tanto la extraña empresa, y me promete cierto, la caída en el vuelo que levanto: por este perturbado mar incierto naufragando mi nave va a buscaros, pues sois mi norte, a que seáis su puerto. No va cargada —gran Fernando— a daros ricas piedras de Oriente, ni preciosos aromas, con que pueda regalaros. Dones son los que os lleva más gloriosos, de más estima, y de mayor riqueza para la eternidad más poderosos. De esta segura suerte la grandeza se adquiere con los números, que el vuelo cortan al tiempo en su mortal presteza. Estos, son los que igualan con el cielo los nombres, y así deben adornarse con esplendor cual su lustroso velo.

Desde pequeña fue uno de los placeres de Virginia Morales de Navarrete escribir poesía. “Veo la poesía como una forma de música compuesta en los parajes recónditos del alma”, nos recuerda. Y es por eso que tú, lector, tendrás la curiosidad de leer lo que tiene que decirte: una narración, en forma escueta, de episodios de su vida de la manera que más le complace: EN VERSO, esperando que te guste y te acerque a una complicidad admiradora en una comunidad de vivencias y sentimientos. Comienza nuestra autora como una moderna Scherezade, reparando a Las mil y una noches con el sultán. Sólo que en su caso el sultán es Antonio, su marido, porque así es como comenzó este libro, cuando un día él le rogó que le escribiera una epopeya, a lo que ella ripostó que era imposible. Para no desairarlo, en su lugar arrancó a describir retazos de su vida en verso. Unos son alegres y dulces recuerdos de su niñez y juventud en Cuba, otros tienen lugar en el exilio, EE.UU., su segunda patria, país de esperanza y progreso para quien sepa aprovechar las múltiples posibilidades que le brinda al emigrante que no se amedrenta y que, como ella dice, “echa pa alante”. Ha tenido allí Virginia una vida muy interesante que le ha permitido conocer a sus ídolos Segovia y Borges, a quienes le dedica poemas en este libro. De Cuba nos cuenta de sus playas, de sus costumbres, de su gente, de sus ciudades…, del amor inmenso e imborrable que le tiene porque, lector, no hallarás una cubana más cubana que esta poetisa, miembro de una familia con dieciocho generaciones en la isla, una genuina palma cubana.

Arthur Macy's collection of poems offers a glimpse into the beauty and complexity of the human experience. Written in a lyrical and emotive style, Macy's poems explore themes of love, loss, nature, and spirituality. His use of vivid imagery and poignant metaphors elevates the reader's understanding of the world around them, inviting deep reflection and introspection. Macy's work can be classified as part of the Romantic literary tradition, drawing inspiration from nature and the inner workings of the human soul. His poems capture the essence of life in all its rawness and beauty, making them a timeless and universal exploration of the human condition. Arthur Macy, a poet and writer with a profound understanding of the human spirit, brings his unique perspective to this collection of poems. His deep appreciation for the natural world and the intricacies of human emotion shines through in every verse, creating a powerful and moving reading experience. Macy's personal experiences and observations have undoubtedly influenced the creation of this profound work, making it a testament to his poetic talent and insight. I highly recommend Arthur Macy's 'Poems' to any reader seeking a profound and enriching literary experience. This collection is a masterful blend of beauty, emotion, and introspection that will resonate with readers of all backgrounds and interests. Macy's eloquent verses are sure to leave a lasting impact and inspire contemplation long after the final page is turned.

An eleventh century Persian mathematician and astronomer, Omar Khayyam is renowned in his own country for his scientific achievements, though he is chiefly known to English-speaking readers through Edward FitzGerald’s 1859 translation of ‘The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’. A form of verse complete in four lines, employing a rhyme scheme, the ‘quatrain’ is close in style and spirit to the epigram. Each quatrain forms a complete poem in itself, as part of a continuous elegy with intellectual unity and consistency. Although they are extremely free translations, FitzGerald’s ingenious work exerts a compelling verve and succinctness. Having flourished a thousand years ago, Omar Khayyam can be seen as a kindred spirit to other poets that explore existential themes, while celebrating the beauty of the world. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Khayyam’s collected poetical works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Khayyam’s life * Concise introduction to Khayyam’s life and poetry * Excellent formatting of the poems * Easily locate the quatrains you want to read * Multiple translations of the quatrains by four different poets * Includes FitzGerald’s 1st and 5th edition texts * The original Persian 1342 text, edited by Sadegh Hedayat * A special dual Persian-by-English text of the first 50 quatrains * Features a bonus biography — discover Khayyam’s medieval world * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Omar Khayyam Brief Introduction: Omar Khayyam Edward FitzGerald Translation, 1st Edition Text (1859) Edward FitzGerald Translation, 5th Edition Text (1889) E. H. Whinfield Translation (1883) Gelett Burgess Translation (1904) Norton F. W. Hazeldine Translation (1908) The Original Text Contents of the Persian Text The Dual Text Dual Persian and English Text (Quatrains 1-50) The Biography Introduction: Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia (1859) by Edward FitzGerald

Η ÇΑντιό¹ηÈ του Ευρι¹ίδη, ένα έργο ¹ου στέκει ¹λάι στις ÇΒάκχεςÈ ως ίσως η ¹ιο σκληρή και αδυσώ¹ητη τραγωδία του, ε¹ιστρέφει μέσα α¹ό μια δραματουργική ανασύνθεση βασισμένη στα σωζόμενα σ¹αράγματα. Η ιστορία της Αντιό¹ης, μιας γυναίκας σημαδεμένης α¹ό την καταδίωξη, τη βία και την εκδίκηση, ξεδι¹λώνεται σε έναν κόσμο ό¹ου η μοίρα συνθλίβει τους θνητούς και οι θεοί υφαίνουν ένα δίχτυ οδύνης και λύτρωσης. Α¹ό την τα¹είνωση και την εξορία έως τη στιγμή της μεγάλης ανατρο¹ής, η ÇΑντιό¹ηÈ είναι μια τραγωδία ¹ου δοκιμάζει τα όρια της ανθρώ¹ινης αντοχής (των ¹ρωταγωνιστών της), της ανοχής των θεατών, αλλά και τα όρια του ίδιου του τραγικού στοιχείου. Ακολουθώντας τις ¹ιο σύγχρονες μελέτες για την ανακατασκευή του έργου, τα σωζόμενα σ¹αράγματα του Ευρι¹ίδη έχουν ενσωματωθεί σε ένα ¹λήρες θεατρικό κείμενο ¹ου α¹οτυ¹ώνει τη βία, το ¹άθος και την άγρια σύγκρουση των δυνάμεων ¹ου συνθλίβουν την ηρωίδα και τον κόσμο γύρω της. Στην ÇΑντιό¹ηÈ αναδύεται ένας Διόνυσος ¹ρωτογενής, σχεδόν ¹ρωτόγονος. Δεν είναι ο εξευγενισμένος θεός των μεταγενέστερων χρόνων, αλλά μια άγρια, στοιχειακή δύναμη ¹ου συγκρούεται με τον κόσμο της λογικής και της τάξης. Το έργο αντηχεί το χάος της ύ¹αρξης, την α¹όλυτη σύγκρουση ανάμεσα στο ανθρώ¹ινο και το θείο, και τη βία ως θεμελιώδη αρχή της φύσης. Η ÇΑντιό¹ηÈ δεν είναι α¹λώς μια τραγωδία εκδίκησης. Είναι μια καταβύθιση στην αβυσσαλέα φύση της ανθρώ¹ινης ύ¹αρξης, και ένα έργο ¹ου αναμετριέται με την έννοια της δικαιοσύνης, της εξουσίας και της αιματηρής ¹άλης για την ε¹ιβίωση. Πλοκή του έργου: Ο Κάδμος, ένας ¹ρίγκι¹ας α¹ό την ¹όλη της Σιδώνας στη Φοινίκη, έγινε ο θρυλικός ιδρυτής μιας αρχαίας ¹όλης στη Βοιωτία της ¹ρο-ομηρικής Ελλάδας, όταν, καθοδηγούμενος α¹ό χρησμό, ακολούθησε μια αγελάδα και ίδρυσε την ¹όλη στο σημείο ¹ου εκείνη ε¹έλεξε να ανα¹αυθεί. Αυτή η ¹όλη έγινε η ÇΘήβαÈ, γνωστή αργότερα για τα ε¹τά¹υλά της τείχη και την ¹λούσια μυθολογική της ιστορία. Ο γάμος του Κάδμου με την Αρμονία, την κόρη του Άρη και της Αφροδίτης, δημιούργησε μια γενιά α¹ογόνων καταραμένων α¹ό τη θεία οργή, εξαιτίας της ύβρεως του Κάδμου να καυχηθεί ότι ¹αντρεύτηκε την κόρη του Άρη με τελετή ¹ιο μεγαλο¹ρε¹ή α¹ό τα συμ¹όσια των Ολύμ¹ιων θεών. Στην ευρύτερη ¹εριοχή της αρχαίας Βοιωτίας ζούσε η Αντιό¹η, κόρη του Νυκτέα, ενός το¹ικού ήρωα. Η Αντιό¹η ήταν γνωστή για την ομορφιά και τη χάρη της. Ο Νυκτέας και ο αδελφός του, Λύκος, αναγκάστηκαν να καταφύγουν στη Θήβα, όταν κατηγορήθηκαν για φόνο. Ο Νυκτέας διορίστηκε στη βασιλική φρουρά α¹ό τον βασιλιά Πενθέα, εγγονό του Κάδμου. Ο αδελφός του Νυκτέα, Λύκος, έγινε τελικά αντιβασιλέας της Θήβας μετά τον θάνατο του Πενθέα (βλ. ÇΒάκχεςÈ του Ευρι¹ίδη), καθώς οι α¹όγονοι του τελευταίου δεν ήταν σε ηλικία να αναλάβουν τη βασιλεία. Τα βάσανα της Αντιό¹ης αρχίζουν όταν μένει έγκυος α¹ό τον θεό Δία. Λόγω της ντρο¹ής του ¹ατέρα της και της λαϊκής κατακραυγής, αναγκάστηκε να φύγει α¹ό τη Θήβα. Κατέφυγε στην κοντινή ¹όλη Σικυώνα, ό¹ου γνώρισε και ¹αντρεύτηκε τον βασιλιά Ε¹ω¹έα, ¹ου την ερωτεύτηκε. Η εξέλιξη των γεγονότων καθορίστηκε σύντομα α¹ό την οργή του θείου της, Λύκου –ο ο¹οίος ε¹ιθυμούσε την εξουσία και έβλε¹ε στην Αντιό¹η μια α¹ειλή για την κυριαρχία του, ως κόρη του αδελφού του. Ο Λύκος, ¹ου εκείνη την ε¹οχή ήταν ήδη άρχοντας της Θήβας, την καταδίωκε αμείλικτα: ε¹ιτέθηκε τελικά στη Σικυώνα, νίκησε τον Ε¹ω¹έα και αιχμαλώτισε την Αντιό¹η, εκ¹ληρώνοντας την τελευταία ε¹ιθυμία του Νυκτέα –ο ο¹οίος στο μεταξύ είχε ¹εθάνει α¹ό ντρο¹ή. Καθώς η Αντιό¹η μεταφερόταν αιχμάλωτη α¹ό τη Σικυώνα στη Θήβα, ήταν ετοιμόγεννη. Στις ¹λαγιές του όρους Κιθαιρώνα, στη μέση της διαδρομής και υ¹ό δύσκολες συνθήκες, έφερε στον κόσμο δίδυμα αγόρια, τον Αμφίονα και τον Ζήθο. Ο Λύκος άφησε τα νεογέννητα στο έλεος της φύσης, βέβαιος ότι δεν θα ε¹ιβιώσουν. ½στόσο, τα δίδυμα βρέθηκαν και ανατράφηκαν α¹ό έναν καλοσυνάτο βοσκό, ο ο¹οίος δεν γνώριζε την ευγενή καταγωγή τους. Η σύζυγος του Λύκου, η Δίρκη, μια γυναίκα ζηλόφθονη και γεμάτη σκληρότητα, έγινε η δυνάστρια της Αντιό¹ης, όταν η τελευταία έφτασε στη Θήβα. Δεμένη και φυλακισμένη, η Αντιό¹η υ¹έμεινε ατελείωτους εξευτελισμούς και ¹όνο α¹ό τη Δίρκη, ¹ου τη θεωρούσε αντίζηλο και σύμβολο της α¹ιστίας του συζύγου της. Παρά τα ¹ολλά χρόνια της αιχμαλωσίας της, η ψυχή της Αντιό¹ης ¹αρέμεινε άκαμ¹τη. Η τραγωδία ξεκινάει όταν η Αντιό¹η –μετά α¹ό χρόνια αιχμαλωσίας και με τη βοήθεια του θεού Διονύσου– καταφέρνει να δρα¹ετεύσει α¹ό τα δεσμά της Δίρκης. Ελεύθερη ¹λέον, ε¹ιστρέφει στη σ¹ηλιά του Κιθαιρώνα ό¹ου είχε γεννήσει, α¹ελ¹ισμένη να βρει κά¹οιο ίχνος των χαμένων γιων της. Εδώ, η ¹ροσω¹ική της ιστορία συναντά τη μοίρα, ¹ροετοιμάζοντας το έδαφος για την ε¹ικείμενη αναγνώρισή της α¹ό τους γιους της, την εκδίκηση ¹ου θα ¹άρουν οι τελευταίοι α¹ό τη Δίρκη και την α¹οκατάσταση της θέσης τους. Καθώς ξετυλίγεται η τραγωδία, τα βάσανα του ¹αρελθόντος τα διαδέχεται η ελ¹ίδα για θεϊκή δικαιοσύνη, καθώς οι κλωστές της μοίρας υφαίνουν έναν καμβά αγά¹ης, αδίστακτης εκδίκησης και θείας τιμωρίας –όχι όμως με τον τρό¹ο ¹ου θα ¹ερίμεναν οι ¹ρωταγωνιστές του δράματος. Η καταγωγή της Αντιό¹ης τη συνδέει με τον ¹ερί¹λοκο ιστό της θηβαϊκής μυθολογίας, η ο¹οία χαρακτηρίζεται α¹ό τη θεϊκή τιμωρία και εκδικητικότητα. Παρ' όλο ¹ου η Αντιό¹η δεν είναι άμεση α¹όγονος του Κάδμου, η ιστορία της ε¹ηρεάζεται α¹ό την κατάρα η ο¹οία ¹λήττει τον βασιλικό Οίκο του. Αυτή η κατάρα, η ο¹οία ¹ροέρχεται α¹ό την ύβρη του Κάδμου, ρίχνει μια βαριά σκιά ¹άνω α¹ό τη Θήβα και όλους τους άρχοντές της. Η ÇΑντιό¹ηÈ υφαίνει μια αφήγηση ¹ου ε¹ιχειρεί να α¹οτυ¹ώσει την ουσία της Αττικής Τραγωδίας, συμ¹υκνώνοντας θέματα δικαιοσύνης, εκδίκησης, ταυτότητας, καθώς και της μεταμορφωτικής δύναμης της τέχνης. Μέσα α¹ό την ¹λοκή και την ανά¹τυξη των χαρακτήρων, αυτή η τραγωδία στοχεύει να ¹ροσφέρει μια βαθιά εξερεύνηση της ανθρώ¹ινης οδύνης και της αναζήτησης για λύτρωση, με φόντο την ανθρώ¹ινη αδυναμία α¹έναντι στη θεϊκή τιμωρία. Οι ¹ερισσότεροι στίχοι ¹ου έχουν βρεθεί στα σ¹αράγματα της ÇΑντιό¹ηςÈ του Ευρι¹ίδη έχουν χρησιμο¹οιηθεί, σε θέσεις κοντά σε αυτές ¹ου ¹ροτείνοντα σε διάφορες ακαδημαϊκές εργασίες σχετικά με ¹ιθανές ανακατασκευές της δραματουργίας του Ευρι¹ίδη. Αυτοί οι στίχοι έχουν ενσωματωθεί α¹ρόσκο¹τα σ' αυτό το έργο, για να ενισχύσουν την αυθεντικότητά του. ½στόσο, έ¹ρε¹ε να ληφθεί μια σημαντική δραματουργική και ¹οιητική ελευθερία, δεδομένου του μικρού αριθμού των διασωθέντων στίχων του ¹ρωτοτύ¹ου. Προειδο¹οίηση Περιεχομένου: Η ÇΑντιό¹ηÈ του Ευρι¹ίδη, ό¹ως α¹οκαθίσταται σε αυτό το έργο, ¹εριλαμβάνει σκηνές ¹λάγιας ¹εριγραφής βίας (Αγγελιαφόρος), ωμής σύγκρουσης και ¹ρωτόγονης λατρείας του Διονύσου. Με θεματικές ¹ου αγγίζουν την ¹ιο άγρια ¹λευρά της Αττικής Τραγωδίας, δεν ενδείκνυται για ανηλίκους ή ευαίσθητους αναγνώστες. Πρόκειται για μια α¹ό τις ¹ιο σκληρές τραγωδίες του Ευρι¹ίδη, συγκρίσιμη σε ωμότητα μόνο με τις ÇΒάκχεςÈ.

"'¿A quién no le pasan cosas tristes y extraordinarias?', se pregunta el yo lírico de este libro, que alza su voz desde la pérdida. Hace doce años, una tragedia marcó su vida: el accidente de tránsito que se llevó a su familia. Desde esa herida, a veces con la mirada de una niña y otras con la de una mujer, sus palabras surgen con una fuerza que siempre avanza hacia lo vital, hacia la búsqueda incesante de la belleza del mundo. En estas páginas, no solo el dolor sino lo cotidiano se transforman en experiencia poética. Los recuerdos de quienes se alejaron, los lugares que ya no son o que se han transformado, las personas que acompañan y también las que dañan construyen un paisaje donde lo íntimo se vuelve universal. Federica escribe sus versos con extrema sensibilidad pero también con firmeza, ofreciendo una mirada profunda sobre la pérdida, la memoria y el deseo de seguir, siempre en busca de sentido. Un libro que invita a reflexionar sobre la pérdida y sobre cómo lo que vale la pena muchas veces está en las cosas más simples" (Cecilia Muñoz).

Coleccion de Oro de los autores mas grandes de todos los tiempos. Este libro es una seleccion de las mas bellas poesias de amor de todos los tiempos. Una extensa recopilacion de obras de reconocidos autores tanto latinoamericanos como españoles. Incluyendo a Pablo Neruda, Amado Nervo, Rubén Darío, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Gabriela Mistral, Gustavo A. Bécquer, Federico García Lorca, Antonio Machado y Mario Benedetti, entre muchos otros. Esta extraordinaria colección de 200 POEMAS DE AMOR no solo es para los amantes de la poesía, sino también para ser obsequiado por ti a esa persona que amas. Su propósito es que lo dediques y ese romántico gesto enardezca tu relación. Si eso les trae dicha, entonces nuestra obra habrá cumplido su cometido. Pues sin lugar a duda, el amor, respeto y comprensión en pareja es lo más hermoso y valioso del mundo.

WORDS REFINE SEASONS CHIME WE ALL FEEL FINE TOGETHER TO DINE CHATTING ACROSS THE TABLE WITH OUR LIVES APPARENTLY STABLE READING THE BOOKS EXCHANGING SOME LOOKS SHARING AWESOME IDEAS WITH SOME CLEAR AND SOME SHADY EYES POEMS OF ALL KIND IS SURE TO QUESTION YOUR MIND OF WHAT WORTH IS OUR LIFE WHETHER YOU ARE STILL STARED AT BY YOUR WIFE TRUTH OR DARE, SOME POEMS WILL SHARE DECENT IDEAS OF RECENT TIMES ABOUT WHICH ALL WILL CARE THOUGHTS AND POEMS IGNITE THE FIRE FROM BIRTH TILL WE REACH OUR PYRE PRAYERS TO THE ALMIGHTY, PRAYERS TO THE READERS BLESS US ENOUGH TO CREATE NEW THINKERS

Con un lenguaje poético que por momentos parece tensarse hasta su propia disolución, y con una ironía y un humorismo que no alcanzan a ocultar la angustia existencial que vibra detrás de cada uno de sus versos, en este libro desconcertante, sin duda la obra más ambiciosa de cuantas ha escrito, Herbert se angustia, juega con la tipografía, con las palabras, con las tachaduras, con los colores, con las definiciones, con los idiomas. narrador -cuentista y novelista-, ensayista, poeta, cantante, Julián Herbert es un insatisfecho de sí mismo que se encuentra y desencuentra en cada libro y a veces dentro de cada libro. Este libro no es la excepción.

“Putika” adalah nama yang diberikan kepada jenis puisi pendek yang hanya terdiri dari tiga kata. Jenis puisi ini, pada awalnya dimuat dalam sebuah grup puisi di jejaring social facebook, dengan nama “Putika (Puisi Tiga Kata)”. Kemudian mulai berkembang pada grup-grup lain di luar putika, dan bahkan pada blog-blog sastra pribadi. Sebagian yang lain juga menyebar dalam sebuah Antologi Puisi yang dibuat oleh para penyair facebook. Buku ini adalah uraian TEORI dan KOSEP dari Putika. Dengan buku ini, diharapkan PUTIKA bias lebih meluas tidak hanya di dunia maya, tetapi juga di dunia nyata dan sesuai dengan kaidah atau batasan-batasan yang sudah diberikan. Buku ini memperkaya khasanah sastra dan geliat kebudayaan tulis di Nusantara. Indra Intisa, adalah seorang PNS di provinsi Jambi, namun hobinya menulis dan berkesenian tidak pupus semenjak kecil. Di Sela kesibukannya sebagai abdi negara, ia tetap bermusik dan bergaul dengan para penyair di internet, serta turut aktif menulis dalam berbagai antologi. Indra juga sangat tekun menemani para penyair dunia maya serta merumuskan konsep-konsep puisi kontemporer yang berkembang di jejaring social. Penerbit Garudhawaca

ÿK. V. Dominic Essential Readingsÿgathers for the first time the three most important works of poetry from this shining new light of contemporary Indian verse in English:ÿWinged Reason,ÿWrite Son, WriteÿandÿMulticultural Symphony. A fourth collection of 22 previously unpublished poems round out a complete look at the first 12 years of Dominic?s prolific and profound verse. Each poem includes unique Study Guide questions suitable for South Asian studies curricula. Written in free verse, each of his poems makes the reader contemplate on intellectual, philosophical, spiritual, political, and social issues of the present world. Themes range from multiculturalism, environmental issues, social mafia, caste-ism, exploitation of women and children, poverty, and corruption to purely introspective matters. From the observation of neighborhood life to international events, and everyday forgotten tragedies of India, nothing escapes the grasp of Dominic?s keen sense of the fragility of life and morality in the modern world. Praise for the verse of K. V. Dominic "K. V. Dominic is one of the most vibrant Indian English poets whose intense passion for the burning social and national ailments makes him a disciple of Ezekielean School of poetry. His poetic passion for the natural beauty keeps him besides the Romanticists." -- Dr. A. K. Choudhary, English poet, critic and editor, Professor of English, Assam, India "K. V. Dominic?s poems are important additions to the growing global movement to bring about positive change and equality for all individuals. The injustices he confronts in his poems are the arrows and thorns that pierce his heart every day and the gushing blood that runs through his pen to paper." -- Rob Harle, poet and critic, Nimbin, Australia "K. V. Dominic is a poet of the suffering masses and oppressed sections of the society. He tries to dissect corruption at all levels, political or religious, social or academic and presents it in its true colours with all the ugliness and monstrous greed." --Prof. T. V. Reddy, reputed English poet, writer and critic, Emeritus Professor of English from Andhra Pradesh, India Learn more at www.profKVDominic.com From the World Voices Series atÿ Modern History Press LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Indic

The debut collection of poetry by Gboyega Odubanjo. 'On 21 September 2001, the torso of a black boy was discovered in the River Thames, near Tower Bridge in central London, clothed only in an orange pair of girls' shorts. Given the name "Adam" by police officers, the unidentified boy was between four and eight years old. What comes next cannot without a story of water and offering. The sun shines and we gather because the river allows it. Na from clap dem dey enter dance. We enter with, and as, Adam.' - Gboyega Odubanjo Haunted by the discovery of the remains of a young Black boy in the River Thames in London, 2001, Gboyega Odubanjo's Adam builds from the Genesis myth and from Yoruba culture to examine with an unflinching eye the disappearance of a child and its implication for all Black lives, and for the society in which we live.

How pleasant it feels when somebody calls us their lifeline. This all seems very pleasing at one phase but as soon as the relationship grows, the naked reality of the dual nature of our loving partner gets disclosed. Sometimes it is easy to just forget whatever crap that took place in the past, but after getting so close to somebody that you know their aroma, it is quite difficult to erase their memories from the floor of heart. Breakups are not just the end of a relationship but it also shatters the soul, the feeling of getting betrayed and cheated also cannot force the past memories to make their way out from the heart. Instead of cigarettes and shots, sometimes poetry does its best in easing the guilt of broken relationship. The rain shatters the rainbow sometimes, so do relationships—they fade in the colours of life but not memories.

A expressão de pensamentos em palavras, especialmente quando se trata de reflexões, emoções, sentimentos e do sentido da vida que imaginamos, pode ser uma tarefa desafiadora. No entanto, muitas vezes, esses pensamentos fragmentados se transformam em fonte de inspiração. À medida que nossa consciência se manifesta em rimas, versos e criações, esses fragmentos se unem para formar poesia. Um poema se materializa quando construímos uma peça literária com versos, estrofes e rimas. A poesia abrange não apenas os poemas, mas também oferece uma abordagem artística para contextualizá-los, seguindo as mesmas regras aplicadas à composição poética. Ela dá forma e visão às inspirações que nos conduzem. Poemas, quando preenchidos com poesia, representam a sublimação da arte em páginas que antes eram nuas, como as deste livro. Nas páginas deste livro, mergulhe em uma exploração sensível, reflexiva e romântica das nuances da nossa existência no mundo contemporâneo. Cada palavra é imbuída com um sentimento genuíno, nascido de períodos atemporais de introspecção, emoções e um amor fluente.

Geoffrey Chaucer's fourteenth-century masterpiece The Canterbury Tales is such a rollicking good read that you'll forget many critics and scholars also regard it as one of the most important literary works in English. A group of pilgrims are traveling together to visit a holy shrine at the Canterbury Cathedral. Along the way, they decide to hold a storytelling contest to pass the time, with the winner to be awarded a lavish feast on the return trip. The tales offered up in turn by each of the travelers run the full gamut of human emotion, ranging from raucous and ribald jokes to heartrending tales of doomed romance. Even if you don't consider yourself a fan of classic literature, The Canterbury Tales is worth a read.

مقتطفات من كتاب جمع الجواهر في الملح والنوادر للحصري، والذي يندرج في إطار أدب الفكاهة، الذي ازدهر التأليف والجمع فيه إبان العصر العباسي، حتى لا يكاد يخلو كتاب من كتب التراث في الأدب والتاريخ والأخبار من الطرف والملح والنوادر. وقد عمد الحصري في هذا الكتاب إلى جمع نوادر الملح وطرائف الفكاهات، وفصول من مختار الشعر وجيد النثر.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1966.

Sweeping from the eighteenth century to futurist fabulations, Black Bell harmonizes poetry with performance art practices in an investigation of fugitivity. Inspired by the nineteenth century image of an enslaved woman wearing iron horns and bells, Alison C. Rollins’s Black Bell continues an exploration of cataloging individual experience and collective memory. As Rollins sets out to resuscitate and embody the archive, we see a chorus of historical figures like Eliza Harris, Henry “Box” Brown, and Lear Green; readers can listen in as Phillis Wheatley takes a Turing test or venture through Dante’s Inferno remixed with Wu-Tang Clan’s 36 Chambers. Poems travel across time and space, between the eighteenth century and futuristic fabulations, vibrating with fugitive frequencies, sounds of survival, and nerve-wracking notes tuned toward love and liberation. Black Bell navigates what it means to be both invisible and spectacle, hidden and on display, allowing lyric language to become the material for fashioning wearable sculptures akin to Nick Cave’s “soundsuits.” Integrating performance art practices, metalwork, and sonic, Black Bell becomes multimedia meditation on freedom seeking, furthering the possibilities of both the page and the canvas of the poet’s body.

Flies are the most ubiquitous of insects: buzzing, minuscule, and seemingly insignificant, they've been both plagues and minor annoyances for millennia. Rather than ignore these incredibly mundane and seemingly insignificant creatures, poets spanning centuries--from the seventeenth to the twentieth--and continents--from North America to Asia--have found that these ordinary bugs in fact illuminate deep spiritual mysteries. In this revelatory book, Robert Hudson considers seven poets, each of whom wrote a provocative poem about a fly. These poets--all mystics in their own way--ponder the simple fly and come to astounding conclusions. Considering Emily Dickinson, William Blake, and several other poets, The Poet and the Fly brings together the poetry, the flies, and the poets' own lives to explore the imaginative, and often prophetic, insights that come from the startling combination of poetry and flies. Ultimately, the message each poet offers to us through the fly is as relevant today as it was in their own time: the miracle of existence, the gift of mortality, the power of the imagination, the need for compassion, the existence of the soul, the mystery of everything around us, and the sacramental, grace-giving power of story.

El manuscrito es una original obra, escrita con un lenguaje altamente elaborado, que es resultado de una investigación amplia de quien lo escribe. El libro muestra una sólida estructura, que incluye una secuencia epistolar contenida entre poemas, que apuntan a imágenes hermosas de tinte surrealista. El mundo poético desarrollado refleja un gran dominio del tema y mucha destreza al mezclar referencias pictóricas, musicales, poéticas y de personajes históricos. Julieta Dobles, Paola Valverde, Alí Víquez Jurado Premio Eunice Odio 2016

मैं उसे देखु और वो मुस्कुराता रहें ग़लतफहमी ही सही, कुछ तो दरमियां रहें। एक बार एक फूल को छू लिया था मैंने फिर ताउम्र ज़िस्म पर उसके निशां रहें। तुम्हे फक्र है तुम इबादत में हो मैं इश्क़ में हूँ मुझे इसका गुमां रहें। उसने बदल डाला है अब किरदार अपना हम भी कहानी में अब कहाँ रहें। उसकी दुआ से मैं सलामत हूँ यहाँ मेरी भी दुआ है वो खुश रहें, जहाँ रहें।

Halo friends ang norok no o kokborok bijab norok nang kuk mani bijab.

Human civilization has come of age. Today, we enjoy unprecedented comfort and convenience compared to our predecessors a couple of centuries ago. Yet, human relationship, like animals in the wild, has largely remained primordial in nature. Regardless of the narratives and justifications, brutal methods are still in use to dominate weaker people and societies to unscrupulously access their resources and usurp power for territorial control and/or influence to survive and thrive. Those who accumulate more resources, climb higher up the societal dominance hierarchy which further guarantees access to more resources and power. The struggle is endless! This poetry book, The Endless Wars, is a “must read book!”. The author, David Lubari Biar Lominyo, based on his experience living through numerous civil wars in his own country, the Republic of South Sudan, as well as his long international humanitarian experience working in armed conflict situations in Africa and the Middle east, presents powerful, immersive poetic reflection of brutal action of man in armed conflict environment. He poetically and emotionally highlights the struggles, and the cries of vulnerable people. He further reflects on the determination of nations such as Ukraine now, fighting for freedom against external invasion. Lubari notes that where poor people have struggled and installed a democratically elected government in power, the primordial instinct of the leaders, colluding with the unfair world, may still take advantage of the unequal power relationship with their impoverished population. He offers tools for peace building and leadership skills to improve on societal stability and performance.

Buddy Wakefield’s third book, Gentleman Practice, documents the figurative contents of a man’s body attempting to stand firm in the presence of all that is. It’s a poetry book, from the perspective of a journal entry in the National Archives. The National Archives live in a building in Seattle behind barbed wire, directly next door to the Center for Spiritual Living. This is no accident. Gentleman Practice is a disarming de-haunting of accidents. There are no stunt doubles performing the honesty in this book. Head raised and victorious, he has crafted a translation of the human spirit on a small, practical patch, with a very fine tooth indeed. And, while many poetry books read like a thick epic series of sections, Gentleman Practice will no doubt rest in your hands like a well-oiled novel.

يسلط الكتاب على شاعرية الفرزدق والتي تجلت في أغراض ثلاث: في الفن تدعمه زعامة تليدة، وكبرو عنجهية. وقد صال في مفاخره وجال، وكان متنوع الأساليب حسن التصرف بالمعاني، وأما في الهجاء فإن بواعث الفن كانت تمدّه بالقدرة على الهجاء؛ فهو يقرن الثناء على نفسه وقومه، بزراية المهجو، والحط من شأنه، وتحقير نسبه. وأما في المديح، فإن مدائحه توافرت فيها براعة الشاعر الفذ القادر على توليد الصور والمعاني. وبصورة عامة فإن ديوان الفرزدق يعكس صورة هذا الشاعر الذي ترسخت فيه منازع البداوة والجاهلية فلم يقوَ الإسلام على استئصالها، وكأن طبعه البدوي المكين كان يقاوم بواعث الإذعان للرقيق والوجداني اللذين حملتهما تعاليم العقيدة الجديدة.

Some literature students asked me help them or teach them how to write a poem. So I explored and learned from the ocean of writings. I gave some lectures and workshops to those students on poem writing and they did great job in their initial stage of life. Geeta initiated the efforts first then Preeti, Dipaxi also showed the great character. Purvika was slow starter but she nailed it in the end. They wrote these poems in their class 11th. They have assured me; they will keep on writing the poems and will collaborate in next book also. This book includes 2 poems also composed by Ms. Deepa Jain, trainer of super brain activation program of Brai-Knowset Company. This book includes one special poem also composed by my father Dr. Anil Kumar Sharma for my mother Mrs. Lalita Sharma. I dedicate this book to my mother, first guru of my life so I felt only poem of my father will justice the term ‘dedication’. So this book as its tag line also says by the students, for the students and to the students truly indicates the inner feelings of students. In my opinion till are death we always learn something new day by day. We all are students till the end of our life. I think if we will be able to inspire a single adolescence scholar from our writing then it will be a great achievement for us as an educationist and constant learner.

Perhaps no other classical text has proved its versatility so much as Ovid's epic poem. A staple of undergraduate courses in Classical Studies, Latin, English and Comparative Literature, Metamorphoses is arguably one of the most important, canonical Latin texts and certainly among the most widely read and studied. Ovid's 'Metamorphoses': A Reader's Guide is the ideal companion to this epic classical text offering guidance on: • Literary, historical and cultural context • Key themes • Reading the text • Reception and influence • Further reading

“The achievement of ‘Poverty Creek Journal’ is precisely that it does retrace that kind of wandering—and, in so doing, makes something lovely and meaningful of a difficult year. Gardner does not go in for pat analogies; he does not claim, as Camus once did about soccer, that running taught him everything about death. Nor does he go in for pat consolation. His journal does not so much end as stop, as if he has simply not yet risen for the next morning’s run.” — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker “This is one of the most beautifully rendered pieces about running I’ve encountered under fifty pages. On the surface, Poverty Creek Journal is a daily running log in lyric prose, but it soon offers a meditation on the articulable nature of the human experience. After the narrator suddenly loses his brother, we follow his thoughts through nature, his mind wandering to integrate the strength and frailty of the body as he runs. Gardner’s luminous insights on running are often breathtaking. He likens running to ‘half sleep, when you’re awake in a way, but aware of dreams passing in a kind of un-retraceable wandering….the turning colors passing through me… no real way to put any of this into numbers, mile after mile streaming through me.’ We escape with Gardner away, from the finitude of miles and the illusion of stasis through his will to observe and gradually integrate loss into his body.” — Jaclyn Gilbert, LitHub “[E]ach year I turned my attention again to Poverty Creek Journal, listening closely to Gardner’s prose to understand better what I was striving for in my own work. Only recently did I start to realize that what he’d achieved in his writing didn’t mean I was an inadequate writer, but rather that I’d found a partner of sorts, someone whose work I could converse with through my own work.” —Joe Demes, Meter Magazine Thomas Gardner lives and teaches in Blacksburg, Virginia, on the edge of the Jefferson National Forest.

A new volume by acclaimed poet Kim Addonizio, whose work is known for its streetwise, unflinching explorations of love, lust, and mortality. Set in locations from dive bars to Montparnasse Cemetery, from an ancient Greek temple to a tourist shop in Assisi, Exit Opera explores the ever-vexing issues of time, mortality, love, and loss, and considers the roles of art and human connection. Whatever their nominal subject—jazz, zombies, Buddhism, Siberian tigers—these poems make for a compelling mix of humor and pain, difficulty and solace. In a nod to Keats, one of the many fellow travelers in these poems, Addonizio invites us to “[inscribe] a few verses on whatever water / you can find” and assures readers that they are not alone in navigating the challenges and changes of mortal life. As she writes in “My Opera”: The staging is difficult. Exploding stars are involved, high-redshift galaxies, interior chambers, a little country blues, a little jazz guitar, a jam jar containing a tiny ocean & a tinier rowboat rocking gently in the swells that I am steering toward you in the dark.

Rindu melalui segala dimensinya, menjadi sumbu (berbahaya) bagi nyala kalbu. Selain memiliki kekuatan personifikasi yang sakral, rindu menempatkan dirinya sebagai bahasa universal. Ia mampu melampaui batas dari segala waktu. Melalui buku ini, rindu tidak hanya hadir sebagai institusi. Melainkan sebuah rezim yang bahkan menjelma tirani. Menjadi ancaman serius bagi kita yang tidak benar-benar siap menampungnya. Sekeras apa pun kita mencoba untuk membentangkan ruang, anehnya, rindu selalu menemukan jalannya untuk pulang. Ia paham betul di mana kampung halamannya bertandang. Buku Rezim Rindu merupakan hasil kontemplatif dan reflektif perjalanan penulis dalam pencarian spektrum (cinta) dengan segala pengertiannya yang transenden. Sebuah langkah taksa dalam menyelami dan menerjemahkan kalimat sederhana, (Jatuh cinta kepada lara) sebagai bagian yang sublim. Sesuai dengan namanya, Rezim Rindu menjadi katalisator antara kompleksitas dan intensitas perasaan yang tersandera secara diametral atas rindu. _____________________ Puasanya orang kasmaran, tak mengenal kata berbuka dan lebaran. Mereka menyebutnya : Rindu.

A new poetry collection from award-winning author Michael Chang A vital breath of life arrives in American poetry with Synthetic Jungle, the latest collection from acclaimed poet Michael Chang. With poems in a register both hilarious and scathing, Synthetic Jungle effortlessly bashes convention while simultaneously rebuilding the language we use to communicate our fears and joys. Synthetic Jungle is a collection written by a brilliant jester who winks at you as you catch their every reference before sharing a laugh at your own self-satisfaction. Themes of identity, sexuality, and literacy play out in a dizzying rhythm of microtheaters. Readers will find themselves giggling, snorting, and guffawing their way through this work: whether at a repudiation of the literary landscape or a critique of a failing justice system, to laugh along with Chang is to recognize your mistakes and, ultimately, grow from them. Fractal and kinetic in the quick-witted spirit of John Ashbery and Emily Dickinson, Chang’s tender poems dance around, between, and through the personal and philosophical. Synthetic Jungle is as sweet as it is grand, and beneath its sarcastic grin reverberates an immense, open heart.

The revelations contained in the Bible serve as a supreme guide by which to measure all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions—and today’s Christians are in steady moral and spiritual decline. A 2010 survey by the Barna Research Group reveals that in American churches, Christians have become less knowledgeable about the Bible, less interested in spiritual disciplines, and more desirous of secular techniques to solve life’s problems, thus blurring the distinction between their conduct and that of nonbelievers. In Seven Pillars of Christianity: An Introduction to the Essential Christian Doctrines, Dr. William Ekane reveals the life-transforming foundations of the Christian faith and issues a clarion call for Christians to return to authentic Christianity. First presenting his compelling case for the scientific reliability and divine origin of the Bible, Dr. Ekane works closely with Scripture as he leads us through everything from the Lord Jesus Christ to trust and faith in the living God to, finally, the five major judgments and Revelation. These practical, strategic insights and essential truths are invaluable to new converts as well as mature believers. The Word of the Holy Spirit offers transformation, illuminating our hearts and minds as we strengthen our spiritual foundation and grow deeper in God.

How to Live as Jesus Lived Dallas Willard, one of today's most brilliant Christian thinkers and author of The Divine Conspiracy (Christianity Today's 1999 Book of the Year), presents a way of living that enables ordinary men and women to enjoy the fruit of the Christian life. He reveals how the key to self-transformation resides in the practice of the spiritual disciplines, and how their practice affirms human life to the fullest. The Spirit of the Disciplines is for everyone who strives to be a disciple of Jesus in thought and action as well as intention.

You’re no idiot, of course. You’re familiar with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Judgment Day—especially in the wake of the new millennium. However, the Book of Revelation has existed for almost 2,000 years and is open to countless interpretations. Don’t get confused by scholarly analysis and religious dogma! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to the Book of Revelation shows you how so many meanings are derived from the book’s text. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Various ways to interpret Revelation and its symbols • A detailed examination of the key elements, including the Seven Seals and the Antichrist • A look at how the Jewish Old Testament and prophecies relate to Revelation

This volume is the product of scholars of various backgrounds, specialties and agendas bringing forth their most treasured findings regarding the Chinese Catholic Church. The chapters in this book covering the church from 1900 to the present trace the development of the Church in China from many historical and disciplinary vantage points.

This classic work, first published in 1675, inaugurated the movement in Germany called Pietism. In it a young pastor, born and raised during the devastating Thirty Years War, voiced a plea for reform of the church which made the author and his proposals famous. A lifelong friend of the philosopher Leibnitz, Spener was an important influence in the life of the next leader of German Pietism, August Herman Francke. He was also a sponsor at the baptism of Nicholas Zinzendorf, founder of the Moravian Church, whose members played a crucial role in the life of John Wesley.

The very title of the last book of the Bible means "unveiling." Yet this mysterious and confusing book seems to do anything but unveil, especially when we read it on our own. Unlocking the Last Days takes readers through key parts of this misunderstood book, using a verse-by-verse approach that clearly communicates God's truth, warnings, and promises. Both Bible teachers and students will find this book a welcome aid to understanding an intriguing piece of the Scriptures.

This book traces the evolution of organisational activism among Muslim women in India. It deconstructs the 'Muslim woman' as the monolith based on tropes like purdah, polygamy, and tin talaq and compels the reader to revisit the question of Muslim women’s individual and collective agency. The book argues that the political field, along with religion, moulds the nature and scope of Muslim women’s activism in India. It looks at the objectives of four Muslim women’s organisations: the Bazm-e-Niswan, the Awaaz-e-Niswaan, the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan and the India International Women’s Alliance (IIWA), in close interaction with the political landscape of Mumbai. The book explores the emergence of gender-inclusive interpretation of Muslim women’s rights by Muslim women activists and challenges the dominant and reductionist stereotypes on Muslim women, community, and absolutist ideas of Islam. It argues that Muslim women are not passive victims of their culture and religion, rather they can develop a critique of their marginality and subjugation from within the community. Revisiting Muslim Women’s Activism traces the evolution of a community-centric approach in women’s activism and records a fragmented view on women’s rights from within the community and religious leadership. It also delineates the distinctiveness of this activism that considers religion and culture as resources for empowerment and as sites of contestations. Moreover, the book documents the narratives of Muslim women’s struggle and resistance from their location and lived experiences. It will be of interest to students and researchers of women’s studies, gender studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, law, and Islamic studies.

Standing at the very foundation of monotheism, and so of Western culture, Moses is a figure not of history, but of memory. As such, he is the quintessential subject for the innovative historiography Jan Assmann both defines and practices in this work, the study of historical memory--a study, in this case, of the ways in which factual and fictional events and characters are stored in religious beliefs and transformed in their philosophical justification, literary reinterpretation, philological restitution (or falsification), and psychoanalytic demystification. To account for the complexities of the foundational event through which monotheism was established, Moses the Egyptian goes back to the short-lived monotheistic revolution of the Egyptian king Akhenaten (1360-1340 B.C.E.). Assmann traces the monotheism of Moses to this source, then shows how his followers denied the Egyptians any part in the origin of their beliefs and condemned them as polytheistic idolaters. Thus began the cycle in which every "counter-religion," by establishing itself as truth, denounced all others as false. Assmann reconstructs this cycle as a pattern of historical abuse, and tracks its permutations from ancient sources, including the Bible, through Renaissance debates over the basis of religion to Sigmund Freud's Moses and Monotheism. One of the great Egyptologists of our time, and an exceptional scholar of history and literature, Assmann is uniquely equipped for this undertaking--an exemplary case study of the vicissitudes of historical memory that is also a compelling lesson in the fluidity of cultural identity and beliefs.

The life of Jesus is at the heart of the Christian faith, and is one of the great works of Western literature. This book presents the story in a new form, more accessible than ever before. It weaves the four separate gospel accounts into one continuous story. And it presents the story in a new translation: traditional, but clear. Here the reader can find the episodes laid out in an understandable narrative sequence. The nativity at Bethlehem is followed by the visit of the three wise men. And for each scene the rich details are collected from all the gospel accounts, giving a complete picture of complex events like the Sermon on the Mount or Jesus' climatic encounter with Pilate. The new language is clear as well. It is traditional scripture inconspicuously updated for modern readers, supplemented with contemporary language for difficult concepts, and using the grand and familiar language of the King James where appropriate. Low-key explanations fill in the details. Short footnotes explain the key concepts, and longer endnotes provide additional depth. This book opens the gospels to everyone--Christians who want to better understand their faith, and general readers who want to rediscover a great work of literature.

Tasawuf merupakan salah satu aspek esoterik Islam dan intisarinya adalah kesadaran akan adanya komunikasi rohaniah antara manusia dan Tuhan melalui kontemplasi. Dengan bertasawuf, seseorang akan menjadi lebih bersih hati dan jiwanya, sekaligus dia akan dibimbing oleh cahaya Ilahi secara intens. Dengan demikian, perilaku seorang sufi akan terefleksikan dalam berbagai tindakan dan berkomunikasi secara baik dengan Tuhan sebagai perwujudan hablun minallah (hubungan vertikal) sekaligus berhubungan baik dengan sesama manusia sebagai perwujudan hablun minannas (hubungan horizontal). Buku ini membahas tentang; Apa itu Tasawuf; Posisi Tasawuf dalam Islam; Tujuan Tasawuf; Sejarah Tasawuf; Epistemologi Filsafat dan Tasawuf; Hubungan Tasawuf dengan Ilmu Tauhid; Filsafat, Fiqh, dan Psikologi; Tasawuf Akhlaki; Tasawuf Irfani; Tasawuf Falsafi; Ajaran-Ajaran Tasawuf; Tokoh-Tokoh Tasawuf dan Pemikirannya; Tarekat dan Sejarah Perkembangannya; Tasawuf dan Tokoh-Tokoh Tasawuf di Indonesia; serta Studi Kritis Terhadap Ajaran Tasawuf. Buku ini menjadi referensi “wajib” bagi Mata Kuliah Ilmu Tasawuf di berbagai perguruan tinggi agama Islam di UIN, IAIN, STAIN, serta PTAIS khususnya di Fakultas-Fakultas Tarbiyah, Dakwah, Syariah, Ushuluddin, dan Adab. Buku ini juga perlu dibaca bagi siapa saja yang ingin mendalami tasawuf secara mendalam dan komprehensif.

Now featuring a new introduction by Dr. M. Scott Peck, the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the classic bestseller The Road Less Traveled, celebrated by The Washington Post as “not just a book but a spontaneous act of generosity.” Perhaps no book in this generation has had a more profound impact on our intellectual and spiritual lives than The Road Less Traveled. With sales of more than seven million copies in the United States and Canada, and translations into more than twenty-three languages, it has made publishing history, with more than ten years on the New York Times bestseller list. Written in a voice that is timeless in its message of understanding, The Road Less Traveled continues to help us explore the very nature of loving relationships and leads us toward a new serenity and fullness of life. It helps us learn how to distinguish dependency from love; how to become a more sensitive parent; and ultimately how to become one’s own true self. Recognizing that, as in the famous opening line of his book, “Life is difficult” and that the journey to spiritual growth is a long one, Dr. Peck never bullies his readers, but rather guides them gently through the hard and often painful process of change toward a higher level of self-understanding.

Although the message of the Gospel never changes, our methods for communicating it need to adjust to an ever-changing audience. Evangelism Today helps believers, whether individually or in groups, share their faith in a culturally relevant way. This book draws on insights from dozens of evangelists, church leaders, and educators to reveal present and future trends of evangelism in America. It explores whether evangelism is still needed and in what form, what the local church's role should be, and where the biggest evangelistic opportunities are emerging. Readers in any occupation or stage of life will gain a renewed passion for spreading the message of the cross from this practical and straightforward book.

This book is a collection of leadership thoughts and principles that I know you will connect with in some way. But it wasn't intended to be read cover to cover in one sitting. I recommend you consider it like a devotional that you pick up and read a couple of times a week. For things like this I generally set a repeating calendar notice to remind me to spend a few minutes getting a bit of a leadership nugget or shot in the arm, so to speak. You could pick it up daily and read the book in a little over three months. Or you could schedule a couple days a week and spread it out over a year. So that each nugget or morsel has some time to really sink in as you apply the principle within. Whatever your style is, I know you will get some value out of this book and I trust it will have a positive impact on your ability to lead your team. I have been a student of leadership for a very long time. I first read John Maxwell's book, "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership", in 1998. At the time I was a 30-year-old manager just a couple of years into my first leadership role. That book shifted gears for me and certainly had an impact on my ability to lead. Since then I've read so many good books on leadership and other related topics and benefitted from them. I've learned many approaches, habits, techniques, etc. on how to lead effectively. But then I had to learn how to apply those things to my circumstances and situations. So, for 2 decades I continued to read and apply, learn and apply, hear and apply and I continue to do so. And as I have learned I have always made it a priority to share what I learned with those around me. First as a peer, then as a boss, then as a certified life coach, and more recently as a certified leadership coach and teacher. With every opportunity I pour into anyone who showed a desire to learn and grow. I share my personal experiences of how I applied the principles that I had learned and would often recommend some of the books that helped me. But I never found the book that I was looking for. The book that would help people connect the widely written about principles to their everyday situations. It was the day-to-day application that only comes from experience and is best shared by stories and examples. For that reason, I wrote this book. It is a collection of many of the stories and illustrations I have shared over the years to help those hungry to learn and grow in their ability to lead. If you happen to be one of the many who read my blogs or social media posts over the years I want to thank you for listening and I pray that it encouraged you in some way to continue to grow and give your best to those who you were leading. If this is your first time reading my work, I pray that it will impact you in the same way.

La oración no es algo que se pueda definir como único, sino como una actividad del espíritu humano, con muchos enfoques. Dado el tiempo en el que vivimos, creemos que sirve como un órgano de identificación. A través de la oración, el Espíritu Santo nos permite identificar aquellas situaciones del ser interior que están sujetas a la vida del espíritu, y aquellas que no lo están, sabiendo que, si tenemos vida, nuestro ser está en una actividad permanente de resurrección en Cristo. Por todo esto, en este nuevo libro, Victorias espirituales en el alma 2, encontraremos la necesidad imperiosa de una Iglesia cuyos miembros expresen a Jesucristo en sus vidas. Permanecer en esta actividad del espíritu —la oración—, nos posibilitará reconocer, para luego desecharlos de nuestra vida, los grandes enemigos de la madurez espiritual, como lo son la falsa devoción, la insurrección y la hipocresía, la democracia y un enemigo poco conocido, pero muy extendido: el menosprecio por la Casa de Dios. Este libro nos ayudará a detectar las actitudes negativas (que se vuelven nuestras enemigas), tales como no usufructuar la ley de la libertad en Jesucristo, o no aprovechar la intervención de las personas correctas, que obren en los momentos oportunos para la edificación del Cuerpo.

¿Estás listo para aprender los secretos para dominar el arte de la magia blanca y crear cambios positivos en tu vida? ¿Quieres desbloquear a tu bruja interior y aprovechar el poder de la magia blanca para empoderar y sanar? ¿Alguna vez te has preguntado cómo aprovechar el poder del universo para atraer amor, dinero, empleos y prosperidad? Desbloquea el poder de la MAGIA BLANCA y nuestra Bruja Interior hoy. Esta guía completa proporciona instrucciones paso a paso para dominar el arte de la magia blanca y usarlo para manifestar amor, dinero, trabajo y prosperidad. Dentro de este libro encontrará una gran cantidad de información y consejos prácticos, que incluyen: · Una guía completa de la magia blanca, incluidos los principios y la ética de la magia · Instrucciones paso a paso para crear tus propios hechizos y rituales · Consejos para conectar con tu bruja interior y acceder a tu intuición · Estrategias para usar la magia blanca para atraer amor, dinero, trabajo y prosperidad · Información sobre cómo usar la magia blanca para la curación y el empoderamiento, tanto para ti como para los demás Pero este libro es más que una guía práctica. Es un recurso para el empoderamiento y la curación, ayudándote a aprovechar el poder del universo para crear un cambio positivo en tu vida. Y con su enfoque en la magia blanca, puedes estar seguro de que estás usando tus poderes para el bien. Si usted es un practicante experimentado o acaba de comenzar su viaje de brujería, The White Witch Handbook le ayudará en su viaje. No pierdas esta oportunidad de crear cambios positivos en tu vida. ¡Así que da el primer paso hacia una vida mejor y más poderosa hoy!

According to Buddhist texts, the entire universe, including the individual, is made up of various phenomena, which Buddhism classifies into different categories. What we conventionally call a 'person' can be understood in terms of the five aggregates, the sum of which must not be taken for a permanent entity, since beings are nothing but an ......

Integridad Cristiana es la fortaleza del creyente que crece. Integridad significa entereza de carácter, consistencia entre palabra y obra, adherencia inflexible a un código de valores. La integridad cristiana viene por vivir la Palabra de Dios. Este libro presenta la forma de vivir cristiana como una unidad dinámica. Cada mandamiento bíblico para el creyente revela un aspecto de la gracia de Dios, pero todas sus provisiones de gracia trabajan juntas como un único sistema de poder y amor. Al comprender el plan de Dios como un sistema integral, el creyente puede cumplir todos los mandatos de Dios. Podrá evitar las distorsiones que vienen de tomar ciertos principios bíblicos favoritos fuera de su contexto doctrinal. Ninguna parte del sistema de Dios funcionará efectivamente si está aislada del sistema como un todo. El creyente que vive en el sistema del poder y el amor de Dios tendrá integridad cristiana.

In this book I bring the true magick of Money or Financial Magick. Here are the most powerful Satanic Rituals you will find to bring you money and riches. All Rituals are explained step by step, have materials that are easy to find and can be practiced by anyone anywhere in the world. You will have access to potent Rituals of Money and Prosperity never published before. But these Rituals were never published because magicians who have access to this knowledge prefer to keep it to themselves. Unlike them, I want you to learn and practice this, improving your life. The book “Infernal Magick of Money” was the first step, this is the second step on the path to wealth and true luxury. You will deal with the owners of wealth themselves, this is the true Magick of Money, the raw, powerful and true magick, the rest is deception. There are 22 secret rituals for money, prosperity, wealth and luxury. Prosperity Solar Ritual Unexpected Money Ritual Ritual for Specific Amount of Money Ritual for having financial advantage Ritual to get specific thing Ritual with bill Ritual with several bills of money Ritual to get free discounts and amenities Wealth Amulet Creation and Activation Ritual Ritual to make money from culture Ritual of Magick Coin Ritual to Bring Home Prosperity Ritual to Make Money through Pleasure Ritual of Offering to Lucifuge Rofocal Ritual of the Apple of Wealth Ritual of Offering to the 6 Guardians of Wealth and Prosperity Golden Cord Ritual Ritual to Attract Luxury Ritual for Fast Money Ritual to Increase the Chances of Hitting the Lottery Numbers Wealth Pot Ritual Acceleration Amulet Creation Ritual

Kitab Al-Mustashfa ini merupakan buku pegangan bagi siapa saja yang bercita-cita menjadi faqih (ahli fikih) atau ushuli (ahli ushul fikih) dan hendak menempuh jalan ijtihad. Begitu lengkap dan andalnya, kitab terakhir Imam Al-Ghazali ini menjadi rujukan induk ilmu ushul fikih, yang memberikan pengantar sekaligus rambu-rambunya. Di dalamnya Imam Al-Ghazali menggambarkan ushul fikih sebagai ilmu yang beredar pada empat porosnya: (1) Hukum, (2) Sumber Dalil, (3) Strategi Menggali Hukum dari Sumber Dalil, dan (4) Penggali Hukum (Mujtahid). Membaca kitab ini, kita dilimpahi aneka ayat Al-Qur`an serta hadits Nabi SAW, juga disuguhi warna-warni pendapat ulama dan pandangan lintas madzhab. - Pustaka Al-Kautsar Publisher - Dilarang keras mem-PDF-kan, mendownload, dan memfotokopi buku-buku Pustaka Al-Kautsar. Pustaka Al-Kautsar tidak pernah memberikan file buku kami secara gratis selain dari yang sudah tersedia di Google Play Book. Segala macam tindakan pembajakan dan mendownload PDF tersebut ada ilegal dan haram.

Esta es una obra muy poderosa que nos ensea a conocer cules son los espritus que atacan a los cristianos que sirven al seor Jess y arroja un poco de luz acerca del origen de la iglesia que fund el seor Jesucristo en Mateo cap. 16:18 al 20. y como podemos aprender a conocer cul es el fundamento de la iglesia y cules son los elementos que pueden contaminarla, incluyendo desde la vanidad hasta los deseos carnales, tambin podemos conocer cules son las estrategias del enemigo para destruirla y las diferentes influencias demoniacas para filtrar la apostasa y falsas doctrinas que han sido impuesta por la religiosidad de los tiempos anteriores que se cuelan dentro de la iglesia que el seor ha rescatado del mundo. Tambin podemos identificar los espritus que arremeten en contra del pueblo de Dios, la persecucin de la iglesia, su gloria futura y su personaje central que es nuestro seor y salvador "Jesucristo de Nazaret.

This collection challenges the tendency among scholars of ancient Greece to see magical and religious ritual as mutually exclusive and to ignore "magical" practices in Greek religion. The contributors survey specific bodies of archaeological, epigraphical, and papyrological evidence for magical practices in the Greek world, and, in each case, determine whether the traditional dichotomy between magic and religion helps in any way to conceptualize the objective features of the evidence examined. Contributors include Christopher A. Faraone, J.H.M. Strubbe, H.S. Versnel, Roy Kotansky, John Scarborough, Samuel Eitrem, Fritz Graf, John J. Winkler, Hans Dieter Betz, and C.R. Phillips.

The Tyranny of Heaven argues for a new way of reading the figure of Milton's God, contending that Milton rejects kings on earth and in heaven. Though Milton portrays God as a king in Paradise Lost, he does this neither to endorse kingship nor to recommend a monarchical model of deity. Instead, he recommends the Son, who in Paradise Regained rejects external rule as the model of politics and theology for Milton's fit audience though few. The portrait of God in Paradise Lost serves as a scathing critique of the English people and its slow but steady backsliding into the political habits of a nation long used to living under the yoke of kingship, a nation that maintained throughout its brief period of liberty the image of God as a heavenly king, and finally welcomed with open arms the return of a human king. Michael Bryson is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Northwestern University.

Literatur Islam menyebutkan bahwa permulaan menstruasi terjadi pada Hawa setelah dikeluarkan dari surga (Asqalani: Terj. Fathul Baari Syarh Shahih Al-Bukhari). Namun Islam menolak tentang anggapan bahwa menstruasi yang dialami wanita adalah akibat dari dosa turunan yang dilakukan oleh Hawa. Tak ada satupun dalil Al-Qur'an atau Hadis yang menyebutkan demikian. Sehingga mitos yang menganggap haid merupakan wujud kenajisan tubuh perempuan tidak benar adanya (di beberapa daerah mitos kenajisan tubuh wanita karena haid masih cukup kuat. Seperti di Flores yang melarang perempuan yang sedang menstruasi untuk membuat kue karena akan menjadi tidak enak). . Darah wanita (haid, nifas, dan istihadah) merupakan peristiwa alamiah sebagai pengalaman biologis yang diberikan Allah sebagai tanda sehat dan berfungsinya organ reproduksi. Oleh sebab itu, wajib hukumnya bagi perempuan memahami tentang seluk-beluk seputar darah wanita. Baik itu pengertian, jenis, hukum, dan lain sebagainya. Bahkan para ulama memfatwakan fardhu ain bagi wanita memahaminya. . Karena begitu banyak ibadah wajib dan mubah yang mengikat ketentuan bagi wanita yang mengeluarkan darah, makan hal yang wajib pula bagi perempuan untuk mempelajari segala hal terkait aturan dan ketentuan seputar haid, nifas, dan istihadah. . Hadirnya buku ini diharapkan dapat menjadi buku pegangan dan panduan bagi para wanita dalam mempelajari haid, nifas dan istihadah. Sebab, buku ini memberikan pemahaman yang cukup lengkap mengenai haid, nifas dan istihadah. Tak cukup sampai di situ, buku ini berhasil memberikan panduan yang cukup komprehensif terkait permasalahan darah wanita yang cukup kompleks dengan penjelasan yang ringan dan padat. Selamat membaca!

What is love? This six-week Bible study helps teen girls understand what true love looks like. By focusing on the life of Jesus, these girls will come to understand that Love is, first and foremost, a Someone. The more we understand Jesus, the more we understand God's original intent behind this overused, abused, and muddled word: love. Each week girls will do an in-depth study of one of Jesus' relationships described in the Bible. By examining the way Jesus interacted with others, they will see the perfect example of love. Through four repetitive phases—read, realize, respond, and retain—teen girls will learn a method of studying the Bible that they can apply to any Scripture passage and that will motivate them to read more frequently and independently in the future. By analyzing the Bible stories, each girl will in turn be able to analyze her own relationships to see if they are based on God’s idea of love, and will walk away with a deeper understanding of the love relationship God seeks to have with her. Features include: 6 sessions of study

A Christian walks in the midst of many dangers, snares and traps. This book will open your eyes to the many subtle dangers that lie in wait to harm, injure and destroy us. Help yourself, save yourself, and deliver yourself through this powerful book on spiritual dangers!

Restores to the forefront of the Christian tradition the importance of the divine feminine • The first complete English-language translation of the original Coptic Gospel of Mary, with line-by-line commentary • Reveals the eminence of the divine feminine in Christian thought • Offers a new perspective on the life of one of the most controversial figures in the Western spiritual tradition Perhaps no figure in biblical scholarship has been the subject of more controversy and debate than Mary Magdalene. Also known as Miriam of Magdala, Mary Magdalene was considered by the apostle John to be the founder of Christianity because she was the first witness to the Resurrection. In most theological studies she has been depicted as a reformed prostitute, the redeemed sinner who exemplifies Christ's mercy. Today's reader can ponder her role in the gospels of Philip, Thomas, Peter, and Bartholomew--the collection of what have come to be known as the Gnostic gospels rejected by the early Christian church. Mary's own gospel is among these, but until now it has remained unknown to the public at large. Orthodox theologian Jean-Yves Leloup's translation of the Gospel of Mary from the Coptic and his thorough and profound commentary on this text are presented here for the first time in English. The gospel text and the spiritual exegesis of Leloup together reveal unique teachings that emphasize the eminence of the divine feminine and an abiding love of nature over the dualistic and ascetic interpretations of Christianity presented elsewhere. What emerges from this important source text and commentary is a renewal of the sacred feminine in the Western spiritual tradition and a new vision for Christian thought and faith throughout the world.

What happens when a kingdom man marries a kingdom woman? Kingdom Marriage: Connecting God’s Purpose with Your Pleasure helps couples grow together as a kingdom couple to fulfill God’s design and purpose for their marriage. Through practical insights and powerful stories, Dr. Tony Evans inspires and instructs so couples will discover the hope, challenge, and guidance God’s Word provides for their journey together. “You can reflect the glory of God and the unity of the Trinity through your shared purpose, honor, and love as a true kingdom couple.” —Tony Evans Kingdom Marriage shows couples that the key to influencing our society and world with lasting impact is found in solidifying biblical marriage in the way God intended. It starts with both wife and husband reflecting God and His image and modeling that reflection within the roles and responsibilities of their union. This is based on a correct understanding of God’s kingdom and their responsibilities in it. Kingdom Marriage and the Kingdom Marriage devotional and video resources are part of an entire line of Kingdom products by Tony Evans, including Kingdom Man, Kingdom Woman, Raising Kingdom Kids, and the Kingdom Quest strategy guides for kids and teens.

"Enki and the World Order," a Sumerian myth from the early second millennium BCE, depicts the god Enki's reconstitution of the Sumerian world after an unspecified catastrophe. The myth ends with a face-off between Enki and the goddess of love and war, Inana, who is dissatisfied with Enki's allotment of functions to the other goddesses. This volume presents a critical edition of the 472-line Sumerian text, with introduction, translation and commentary, based on 25 published and unpublished manuscripts, mostly from Nippur in what is now southern Iraq. All the manuscripts, with one exception, have been collated, and there are many new fragments and joins to previously known tablets.

Tauhid merupakan pelajaran agama Islam pertama dan utama. Inilah yang dilakukan oleh Nabi Muhammad Saw. begitu diutus menjadi nabi dan rasul, dan ini pula yang seharusnya kita miliki dan didik pertama kali kepada anak-anak kita. Kita mengenal dan mengenalkan rukun iman, kita jaga dan rawat agar keimanan tetap bersemayam kuat dalam hati kita dan anak-anak kita. Hati yang kosong dari iman ibarat rumah tak berpondasi atau pohon tak berakar. Pun demikian hati yang diisi dengan keimanan yang keliru, bagaikan pohon dengan akar yang sakit atau rumah dengan pondasi seadanya. Keduanya tidak akan menolong dan memberi manfaat. Melalui buku ini Buya Hamka mengajarkan bagian terpenting dari ajaran agama Islam: Iman. Buku persembahan Republika Penerbit [Republika, bukurepublika, Penerbit Republika, buku agama]

The church has been entrusted with God's revelation—and to steward the word of truth, we must confess the Bible's teaching with clarity and conviction. Adam Harwood's Christian Theology is both biblically faithful and historically informed, providing a fresh synthesis of the essential doctrines of the faith. Writing from a Baptist perspective, Harwood brings fresh insights that many systematic theologies lack. With readable prose, suggestions for further study, and discussion questions, Christian Theology will equip students and pastors to clarify and articulate what they believe and why.

Producing Christian Culture takes as its thread the 'interpretative genres' within which medieval people engaged with the Bible. Contributors to the volume present specific material as a case study illustrative of a specific genre, whether devotional, homiletical, scholarly, or controversial. The chronological range moves from St Augustine to the use of gospel texts in polemical writing of the first two decades of the 1500s, with focal sections on early medieval Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian theology, the scholastic turn of the High Middle Ages, and the influence of vernacular writing in the later Middle Ages. The tremendous range and vitality of medieval responses to biblical texts are highlighted within the studies.

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How can biblical authority be a reality for those shaped by the modern world? This book treats the First World as a mission field, offering a unique perspective on the relationship between the gospel and current society by presenting an outsider's view of contemporary Western culture.

The time has come to put a final stop on the activities of Marine Spirits. In recent times Marine Spirits has caused a lot of damages to the human race including Churches by influencing their behavioral pattern. Marine Spirits conduct their operation inside waters and made the oceans, rivers, seas, streams, and lakes their stronghold. However, it is extremely difficult to detect Marine Spirits than any other Spirits including witchcraft spirit. Unlike Witchcraft spirits who are aggressive and impatient in their operation, Marine Spirit is different, they are patient, well mannered and cultured in their operation. Are you finding solutions to any or all of the problems below but you find it difficult? Then this book is for you Uncontrollable sex Uncontrollable masturbation Watching of pornographic videos Chronic Anger in You 1.Dead in everything in a man's life, eg, dead brain, dead organs, dead spiritual life. 2.The weakening of pastors power to perform a miracle or cast out demons 3.Inability to get married on time 4.Frequent divorce 5.Bankruptcy 6.Spirit wife 7.Spirit husband 8.Sex in the dream Please find below the characteristics of Marine Spirits Marine Spirits are wicked as witchcraft spirits Marine spirits can wait for years to destroy their victims Marine Spirits come in the form of beautiful ladies and they work with a purpose in mind Marine Spirits are always materialistic Marine Spirits can make victim wealthy temporarily but later deal with them ruthlessly. Marine spirits have their agents everywhere especially in Churches, who hide under the cover of church and lead people into immorality, fornication, lesbianism, homosexuals and so on. In some cases, Marine Spirit agents could be pastors, general overseer, and church leader and so on. Such pastors engage in various forms of an immoral act with Church members. You have to be careful about which church you attend. Marine Spirit executes their plans by possessing either a man or a woman. The marine kingdom is headed by the queen of the coast. Marine Spirits possess female than male There are two types of Marine Spirits. They are conscious and unconscious. The formal know they are possessed, while the latter doesn't. Marine spirits use sex to oppress men and scatter homes through the power of sex. Marine Spirits are extremely fashion-crazy, they dress to attract on purpose, they walk to attract on purpose. Most ladies that date married men without remorse are Marine Spirits. They enjoy breaking the hearts of their victims so as to render them emotionally unstable. They make their victims take wrong decisions that will render their life useless. Marine Spirits agents are very unstable in relationships and they cannot keep a relationship for too long. Marine Spirits agents are good pretenders. The worse thing that can happen to a man is to fall in love with a lady possessed with Marine Spirit. If a man decides to end the relationship, the lady possessed with Marine spirit begins to behave well and the moment the man changes his mind, she starts tormenting the emotion of the man, constantly frustrating the man. Lesbianism, homosexuality, and pornography are marine initiations Marine Spirit agents are partygoers Translator: Dr. Olusola Coker PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Discover the Rich Tapestry of Christianity in This Comprehensive Exploration In Christianity readers are invited to delve into the depths of one of the world’s most influential religions. Spanning from Christianity's early Jewish roots to its pervasive global presence in the modern era, this book offers a panoramic view of a faith that has shaped civilizations, cultures, and individual lives for over two millennia. A Journey Through Time and Belief Navigate through the labyrinth of Christian history, encountering its pivotal moments, key figures, and profound teachings. From the life and teachings of Jesus to the transformative impact of the Reformation, and the challenges of modernity, this book covers it all. Each chapter unveils a new epoch, revealing the complexities and diversities that characterize Christianity’s enduring legacy. Insights into Doctrine and Practice Christianity is more than a historical account; it is a deep dive into the theological underpinnings and practices that define the faith. Understand the evolution of Christian doctrine, the debates that shaped it, and the practices that have been a comfort and a challenge to believers through the ages. Contemporary Relevance In a world of rapid change and global challenges, this book highlights Christianity’s responses to contemporary issues. It offers insights into how Christian thought and practice continue to influence and respond to the pressing concerns of the 21st century. For the Inquisitive Mind Whether you are a student of history, a practitioner of faith, or simply a curious mind seeking to understand one of the world's major religions, Christianity is an essential read. Its in-depth analysis, accessible writing, and thoughtful presentation make it a valuable resource for anyone interested in the Christian faith and its role in shaping our world. Dive into this compelling journey and discover the multifaceted world of Christianity – its past, present, and potential future.

“I’ve gained deeper understanding listening to Rupert Spira than I have from any other exponent of modern spirituality. Reality is sending us a message we desperately need to hear, and at this moment no messenger surpasses Spira and the transformative words in his essays.” —Deepak Chopra, author of You Are the Universe, Spiritual Solutions, and Super Brain Our world culture is founded on the assumption that the Big Bang gave rise to matter, which in time evolved into the world, into which the body was born, inside which a brain appeared, out of which consciousness at some late stage developed. As a result of this “matter model,” most of us believe that consciousness is a property of the body. We feel that it is “I,” this body, that knows or is aware of the world. We believe and feel that the knowing with which we are aware of our experience is located in and shares the limits and destiny of the body. This is the fundamental presumption of mind and matter that underpins almost all our thoughts and feelings and is expressed in our activities and relationships. The Nature of Consciousness suggests that the matter model has outlived its function and is now destroying the very values it once sought to promote. For many people, the debate as to the ultimate reality of the universe is an academic one, far removed from the concerns and demands of everyday life. After all, life happens independently of our models of it. However, The Nature of Consciousness will clearly show that the materialist paradigm is a philosophy of despair and, as such, the root cause of unhappiness in individuals. It is a philosophy of conflict and, as such, the root cause of hostilities between families, communities, and nations. Far from being abstract and philosophical, its implications touch each one of us directly and intimately. An exploration of the nature of consciousness has the power to reveal the peace and happiness that truly lie at the heart of experience. Our experience never ceases to change, but the knowing element in all experience—consciousness, or what we call “I”—itself never changes. The knowing with which all experience is known is always the same knowing. Being the common, unchanging element in all experience, consciousness does not share the qualities of any particular experience: it is not qualified, conditioned, or limited by experience. The knowing with which a feeling of loneliness or sorrow is known is the same knowing with which the thought of a friend, the sight of a sunset, or the taste of ice cream is known. Just as a screen is never disturbed by the action in a movie, so consciousness is never disturbed by experience; thus it is inherently peaceful. The peace that is inherent in us—indeed that is us—is not dependent on the situations or conditions we find ourselves in. In a series of essays that draw you, through your own direct experience, into an exploration of the nature of this knowing element that each of us calls “I,” The Nature of Consciousness posits that consciousness is the fundamental reality of the apparent duality of mind and matter. It shows that the overlooking or ignoring of this reality is the root cause of the existential unhappiness that pervades and motivates most people’s lives, as well as the wider conflicts that exist between communities and nations. Conversely, the book suggests that the recognition of the fundamental reality of consciousness is the first step in the quest for lasting happiness and the foundation for world peace.

كتيب لطيف الحجم جمع الكثير من الأدعية والأوراد يدعو بها المؤمن في مواقف كثيرة ولكل دعاء منها فائدة خاصة وتتميز الأدعية بإيراد الصلاة على النبي في أول كل منها وتوزع الكتيب على ثلاثين جزءاً وذلك لقراءة جزء كل يوم على مدار الشهر

"Clarividência" é um livro escrito por Charles Webster Leadbeater, publicado originalmente em 1899. Neste texto, Leadbeater explora o fenômeno da clarividência, ou seja, a capacidade de ver além da percepção sensorial comum, alcançando níveis sutis de realidade e acessando o mundo espiritual e energético. O livro é uma tentativa de explicar e categorizar os diferentes tipos de clarividência, descrevendo tanto as suas manifestações quanto os métodos pelos quais uma pessoa pode desenvolver essa habilidade. É uma obra central dentro do campo do ocultismo e da teosofia, oferecendo uma visão detalhada das possibilidades da percepção extrassensorial. O autor divide a clarividência em três tipos principais: a simples (ver eventos ou objetos à distância), a no tempo (visões do passado ou futuro) e a superior (ver planos espirituais e energéticos). Leadbeater descreve métodos para desenvolver essa habilidade, como meditação e prática espiritual, enfatizando a necessidade de preparação ética e emocional. Ele alerta sobre os perigos do uso egoísta dessa capacidade e defende que a clarividência deve ser buscada como parte do crescimento espiritual. O livro combina exemplos práticos e explicações teosóficas, propondo que a clarividência é uma habilidade latente em todos os seres humanos. Embora tenha recebido críticas por falta de comprovação científica, "Clarividência" é uma obra influente entre ocultistas e espiritualistas, oferecendo uma visão acessível sobre o desenvolvimento de habilidades psíquicas. Primorosa tradução de Fernando Pessoa.

ÜMMETİN EMİNİ EBÛ UBEYDE B. CERRAH Sahabenin hayatını kaynaklara bağlı, ama akıcı bir dil ile yazan Muhammed Emin Yıldırım Hocamız, serinin dördüncü kitabı olan "Ümmetin Emini Ebû Ubeyde b. Cerrah" çalışmasını bizlere takdim etti. Cennetle müjdelenen on kişiden biri olan Ebû Ubeydenin hayatını çok farklı bir dil ve üslup ile bize aktaran Hocamız, adeta satırlar arasında okuyucuyu saadet asrına götürmektedir. Hocamız kitabının önsözünde şöyle demektedir: "Ebû Ubeyde b. Cerrah ideal manada bir müminin hayatında emniyet ve teslimiyet nasıl gerçekleşir, bu iki önemli hususiyet nasıl hayata taşınır ve nasıl hayatta temsil edilir bunun en güzel örneğidir. O da hayat defterlerinin sayfalarında önceden seyahat ettiğimiz diğer yiğitler gibi; ilklerden, öncülerden, önden giden altılılardandır. Çok yol almasına rağmen bir çiçeği dahi ezmeyenlerden, geriye takip edilmesi için çok güzel bir örneklik miras olarak bırakanlardan O da daha dünyada iken, sesine ve nefesine kurban olduğumuz Efendimiz tarafından cennetle müjdelenenlerden, Allah ve Resulü uğruna neyi varsa feda edenlerden, verilen her görevi yerine en güzel şekliyle yerine getirenlerden O da diğerleri gibi ilk gün nasıl başladı ise, hayatını öyle bitirenlerden; ilk günün heyecanını, şevkini, aşkını ve tabiî ki imanını son güne kadar devam ettirenlerden Hepsinden öte o, Allah Resulünün: Her ümmetin bir emini vardır, benim ümmetimin emini de Ebû Ubeyde b. Cerrahdır diye müjdelediği bir yiğittir. Daha yaşı altmışa varmadan bu dünyadan göçen, az ama öz yaşayıp, yaşadığı her anın kıymetini bilerek dolu dolu yaşayan, böyle yaşadığı için de bereketli bir ömrün sahibi olan Ebû Ubeyde b. Cerrah, kendinden sonra gelen tüm Muhammed ümmetine adeta şu hakikatleri haykırmaktadır: Bize bakın, bizi örnek alın, kurtuluş, Muhammedde ve Onun mübarek ellerinde yetişen ilk nesildedir. Kim bu nesli kendine rehber edinmişse, kim bu nesil gibi olmaya çalışmış ise, kim onların yürüdüğü gibi yürümeye, koştukları gibi koşmaya, iman yolunda coştukları gibi coşmaya gayret etmişse, hem dünyada hem ahirette kazanmıştır. Takdim ve giriş kısmı dışında beş bölümden oluşan kitap, Ebû Ubeyde b. Cerrah hakkında bilinmesi gereken tüm bilgileri ihtiva etmektedir. Doğumu, ailesi, çocukluğu, gençlik yılları, iman ile tanışması, Habeşistan ve Mekke yılları, Medine hayatı, altı yıl atının üzerinden inmeden sürdürdüğü cihadı ve arkasından gelen vefatı çok güzel anlatılmaktadır. Serinin diğer kitaplarında olduğu gibi arka tarafta kimlik tablosu, soy kütüğü, aile tablosu ve kabrinden resimler yer almaktadır. Hocamıza bu çalışmayı bizlere kazandırttığı için teşekkür ediyor, serinin beşinci kitabını sabırsızlıkla bekliyoruz.

Do you want to know God but aren’t sure how? Nathan Roberts, an ordained minister who has spent his lifetime praising the Lord, traces the steps he had to take to not only know God but to truly know God in this scholarly book steeped in Scripture.. By clearly laying out what is said in the Bible, he answers questions such as: • Is it possible to know God and not know Him? • Is there a process you can follow to truly know the God you worship? • How can you begin to understand who you are in God? • Why is it so important to hear and obey the voice of God? Like Moses, there has to be something inside you that draws you up the mountain, a longing that pushes you into the great unknown. Not everyone will take this journey, but if you are really hungry, the author invites you to join him and move forward in Jesus’s name.

A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publication This book is based on a simple concept: no one is in a better position to hold a government accountable than those it governs. When governments fail to meet the needs of their citizens, the international community often turns to large external organizations such as the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank. These analysts and monitors may have the resources and expertise to analyze and advise on public spending and governance, but where do they go when the time comes to implement new policies? And can they really have a more nuanced understanding of the country's problems than its own citizens? Who is there to watch day and night to hold the government accountable? From the Ground Up proposes that the international community's efforts to improve public expenditure and budget execution decisions would be more effective if done in collaboration with local independent monitoring organizations. Stephen Kosack, Courtney Tolmie, and Charles Griffin track the work of sixteen independent monitoring organizations from across the developing world, demonstrating how these relatively small groups of local researchers produce both thoughtful analysis and workable solutions. They achieve these results because their vantage point allows them to more effectively discern problems with governance and to communicate with their fellow citizens about the ideals and methods of good governance. The authors also outline some disadvantages facing independent monitoring organizations, such as insufficient resources, inadequate access to data, and too little influence with high government officials. Collaboration with larger international organizations could help independent monitoring organizations overcome such obstacles, increasing their chances of improving governance—from the ground up.

Many of those who emigrated from the Caribbean to the UK after World War II left behind partners and children, causing the break-up of families who were often not reunited for several years. Elaine Arnold examines the psychological impact that immigration had on these families, in particular with relation to attachment issues.

First Published in 2004. Pusey's lucid introduction to Habermas enables students to get to grips with all aspects of Habermas's rewarding but sometimes difficult work.

Katherine Tonkiss offers a succinct account of constitutional patriotism theory, specifically arguing that it involves a commitment to free migration. She draws on qualitative research to explore the implications of this claim for the dynamics of post-national identity and belonging in local communities.

"I am moved to recall what I can of my early days, what I thought and felt, that grown people may have a better understanding of children and do more for their happiness and development. I see so much tyranny exercised over children, even by well-disposed parents, and in so many varied forms, —a tyranny to which these parents are themselves insensible, —that I desire to paint my joys and sorrows in as vivid colors as possible, in the hope that I may do something to defend the weak from the strong...." Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the Seneca Falls Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized women's rights and women's suffrage movements in the United States. Stanton was president of the National Woman Suffrage Association from 1892 until 1900. Contents: Childhood School Days Girlhood Life at Peterboro Our Wedding Journey Homeward Bound Motherhood Boston and Chelsea The First Woman's Rights Convention Susan B. Anthony My First Speech Before a Legislature Reforms and Mobs Views on Marriage and Divorce Women as Patriots Pioneer Life in Kansas—Our Newspaper, "The Revolution" Lyceums and Lecturers Westward Ho! The Spirit of '76 Writing "The History of Woman Suffrage" In the South of France Reforms and Reformers in Great Britain Woman and Theology England and France Revisited The International Council of Women My Last Visit to England Sixtieth Anniversary of the Class of 1832—The Woman's Bible My Eightieth Birthday

Although researchers have long been aware that the species-typical architecture of the human mind is the product of our evolutionary history, it has only been in the last three decades that advances in such fields as evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, and paleoanthropology have made the fact of our evolution illuminating. Converging findings from a variety of disciplines are leading to the emergence of a fundamentally new view of the human mind, and with it a new framework for the behavioral and social sciences. First, with the advent of the cognitive revolution, human nature can finally be defined precisely as the set of universal, species-typical information-processing programs that operate beneath the surface of expressed cultural variability. Second, this collection of cognitive programs evolved in the Pleistocene to solve the adaptive problems regularly faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors--problems such as mate selection, language acquisition, cooperation, and sexual infidelity. Consequently, the traditional view of the mind as a general-purpose computer, tabula rasa, or passive recipient of culture is being replaced by the view that the mind resembles an intricate network of functionally specialized computers, each of which imposes contentful structure on human mental organization and culture. The Adapted Mind explores this new approach--evolutionary psychology--and its implications for a new view of culture.

Tradisi lisan kantola adalah salah satu bentuk sastra lisan yang berasal dari masyarakat Muna, Sulawesi Tenggara. Kantola adalah sebuah permainan yang melibatkan dua kelompok yang saling berbalas pantun dengan irama dan nada tertentu. Kantola biasanya dimainkan pada saat acara adat, keagamaan, atau festival budaya. Lirik kantola mengandung makna-makna yang berkaitan dengan perasaan, pengalaman pribadi, dan dimensi kemasyarakatan. Kantola juga merupakan media ekspresi dan komunikasi antara masyarakat Muna dengan budaya-budaya lain, seperti Bali dan Lombok. Kantola memiliki bentuk syair yang mirip dengan soneta, tetapi tidak terikat oleh aturan sajak maupun jumlah baris. Kantola diturunkan secara lisan dari generasi ke generasi dalam lingkungan klan atau marga. Tradisi lisan kantola merupakan warisan budaya yang perlu dilestarikan dan dikembangkan agar tidak punah akibat pengaruh budaya modern. Kantola merupakan pernyataan perasaan dan pendapat seseorang, yang disampaikan secara santun, sesuai dengan budaya masyarakat setempat. Komunikasi dengan menggunakan kantola lebih berkesan mudah dihayati, dipahami maksud serta pendapat seseorang. Kantola berfungsi sebagai alat untuk mempertahankan kecermatan berbahasa. Hal ini akan menumbuhkan sikap penghargaan terhadap orang lain dan sikap malu untuk berbuat kesalahan. Dalam masyarakat tradisional, yang masih menjunjung tinggi nilai-nilai adat yang berlandaskan pada tradisi, sikap malu merupakan dasar yang paling hakiki dalam kehidupan masyarakat.

E-Governance has been one of the strategic sectors of reform in India since late 1990s under the rubric of ‘good governance’ agenda promoted by International Organizations. As India’s policy focus changed towards economic liberalization, deregulation and privatization proliferating domestic and foreign investment, ICT (Information Communication Technology) has been one of the leading areas for such heightened investment. Consequently, there has been a burgeoning interest in deploying ICT, in revamping the public service delivery and eventually the overall system of governance. This book analyses e-Governance in India and argues that such initiatives did not take place in isolation but followed in the footsteps of broader governance reform agenda that has already made considerable impact on the discourses and practices of governance in India. Employing interdisciplinary methodology by combining approaches from the Political Sciences, Sociology and Postcolonial/ transcultural studies, this book presents a qualitative account of the policies and practices of e-Governance reform in India along with a detailed case study of the Common Services Centres (CSCs) Scheme under the National e-Governance Plan of the Government of India and its resultant impact on the overall system of governance. It unfolds general theoretical issues in terms of the relationship between technology and governance and the entanglement of politics, technology and culture in the complex whole of governance. This furthers our understanding of the impact of the transnational governance reform agenda on post-colonial and post-communist societies of the developing world. Making an important and original contribution to the emerging field of e-Governance and to the existing body of research on governance in general, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Political Science, Political Sociology, South Asian Politics and Governance.

This book traces the evolution of organisational activism among Muslim women in India. It deconstructs the 'Muslim woman' as the monolith based on tropes like purdah, polygamy, and tin talaq and compels the reader to revisit the question of Muslim women’s individual and collective agency. The book argues that the political field, along with religion, moulds the nature and scope of Muslim women’s activism in India. It looks at the objectives of four Muslim women’s organisations: the Bazm-e-Niswan, the Awaaz-e-Niswaan, the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan and the India International Women’s Alliance (IIWA), in close interaction with the political landscape of Mumbai. The book explores the emergence of gender-inclusive interpretation of Muslim women’s rights by Muslim women activists and challenges the dominant and reductionist stereotypes on Muslim women, community, and absolutist ideas of Islam. It argues that Muslim women are not passive victims of their culture and religion, rather they can develop a critique of their marginality and subjugation from within the community. Revisiting Muslim Women’s Activism traces the evolution of a community-centric approach in women’s activism and records a fragmented view on women’s rights from within the community and religious leadership. It also delineates the distinctiveness of this activism that considers religion and culture as resources for empowerment and as sites of contestations. Moreover, the book documents the narratives of Muslim women’s struggle and resistance from their location and lived experiences. It will be of interest to students and researchers of women’s studies, gender studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, law, and Islamic studies.

“Tetapi apa yang kita ‘cutat’ dari Kalam Allah dan Sunnah Rasul itu? Bukan apinya, bukan nyalanya, bukan flame-nya, tetapi abunya, debunya, asbesnya.” (Ir. Soekarno) “Umat Islam terlalu menganggap fiqh itu satu-satunya tiang keagamaan. Kita lupa, atau kita tidak mau tahu, bahwa tiang keagamaan ialah terutama sekali terletak di dalam ketundukan kita punya jiwa kepada Allah. Kita lupa bahwa fiqh itu, walaupun sudah kita saring semurni-murninya, belum mencukupi semua kehendak agama Islam. Maka benarlah perkataan Halide Edib Hanum, bahwa Islam di zaman akhir-akhir ini ‘bukan lagi pemimpin hidup, tetapi agama pokrol-bambu’. Janganlah kita kira diri kita sudah mukmin, tetapi hendaklah kita insyaf, bahwa banyak di kalangan kita yang Islamnya masih Islam Sontoloyo!” (Ir. Soekarno) Sebuah buku besar warisan presiden pertama kita, yang sangat relevan, akan selalu relevan, dengan realitas dan pergumulan wacana keislaman kita hari ini.

A Guide To Starting A Profitable Worm Farming Business The demand for worm compost is rapidly increasing as part of driving environmental sustainability and as fertilizers for the plants and soil. In light of this among many other reasons, venturing into a business like worm farming is the ideal thing to do. This book is for you if: - You are completely new to worm farming and want to know everything about it. - You already have an idea of what worm farming is about and want to increase your knowledge of the business. - You are looking for a new profitable agricultural business to venture into. - You are looking for productive ways to recycle your kitchen waste materials and food scraps. - You want to know how worm farming is profitable and more ways to make money as a worm farmer. In this book, I carefully explain worm farming and the business aspect in the simplest terms possible with the necessary tips and secrets to help your worm farm to thrive as a worm farmer. The Worm Farming Business Handbook gives a detailed and informative guide on: • The importance of worm farming • Types of worms for worm farming, their attributes, and which is most widely used • Planning your worm farm vis-à-vis getting your worm, setting up your worm bin, feeding your worms, troubleshooting worm bin issues, maintaining your worm bin, etc. • Methods of harvesting worm compost • Worm farming FAQs • Transforming your worm farming hobby into a profit-making venture And so much more! So, what more are you waiting for? Ready to get started? Get a copy of this book RIGHT NOW

This acclaimed clinical guide and widely adopted text has filled a key need in the field since its original publication. Nancy McWilliams makes psychoanalytic personality theory and its implications for practice accessible to practitioners of all levels of experience. She explains major character types and demonstrates specific ways that understanding the patient's individual personality structure can influence the therapist's focus and style of intervention. Guidelines are provided for developing a systematic yet flexible diagnostic formulation and using it to inform treatment. Highly readable, the book features a wealth of illustrative clinical examples. New to This Edition *Reflects the ongoing development of the author's approach over nearly two decades. *Incorporates important advances in attachment theory, neuroscience, and the study of trauma. *Coverage of the contemporary relational movement in psychoanalysis. Winner--Canadian Psychological Association's Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Scholarship

Sosiologi termasuk salah satu cabang dari ilmu-ilmu sosial. Sebagai bidang ilmu yang mempelajari masyarakat, sosiologi berfungsi menganalisis berbagai gejala sosial. Ilmu ini baru berkembang dan diakui eksistensinya sekitar akhir abad ke-19. Meskipun demikian, pemikiran tentang masyarakat telah dikenal sejak berabad-abad sebelumnya, dan terus berkembang hingga kini. Hal ini tentu tidak terlepas dari peran dan kontribusi para tokohnya. Buku ini mengulas profil dan pemikiran para tokoh sosiologi terkemuka dari seluruh dunia, sejak masa klasik hingga era modern. Tentu saja hal tersebut sangat menarik untuk memberikan pemahaman awal mengenai konsep-konsep dasar sosiologi. Tidak hanya itu, karya-karya para tokoh juga diulas secara ringkas guna mendorong ketertarikan Anda memahami pemikiran mereka secara lebih komprehensif. Segera miliki buku ini untuk mempelajari pokok-pokok penting ilmu sosiologi langsung dari tokoh-tokohnya. Selamat membaca!

Annotation A leading theorist on sex and gender discusses how hidden assumptions embedded in our culture, social institutions, and individual psyches perpetuate male power and oppress women and sexual minorities. Illustrated.

«Massa confidencial» habla de Sergio Massa, ciertamente. Pero también habla sobre la Justicia argentina, y sobre el periodismo, y la política, y todo lo demás. Porque aturde el silencio persistente sobre sus trapisondas, y permite entender por qué la Argentina es un país inviable. No es algo casual ni anecdótico, es parte del ser nacional, que prefiere mirar para otro lado mientras el latrocinio avanza sin prisa, pero sin pausa. Massa es el espejo más incómodo de los argentinos. Un tipo canchero, ventajero, contradictorio… y bien corrupto. Con altas chances de ser el próximo presidente de la Nación. ¿Qué más se puede agregar? Este libro no busca ser la biografía del hoy ministro de Economía, ni mucho menos. Solo son un rejunte de «postales» de sus escándalos menos conocidos. Sus vínculos con el mundo narco, su injustificado enriquecimiento patrimonial e incluso los nombres de sus testaferros. Pero hay mucho más: esta obra revela qué se esconde detrás del sospechoso robo que sufrió en su vivienda en 2013. También el financiamiento secreto de su campaña a través del uso de fondos públicos de Trenes Argentinos. Y mucho más. Sean ustedes bienvenidos a un viaje sin retorno, no apto para almas sensibles…

The mystique of the American West is illuminated by the architectural presence of historic barns, silos and cabins. This photographic survey captures the still standing structures in various states of wear, use and design. Many remain fully functioning and operational. Others have been abandoned to the inclement elements and/or remain in a state of collapse. These structures are testaments of a slowly diminishing rural population whose lands are being steadily consolidated into larger operations. Technology and superior equipment innovations have enabled agriculture to remain lucrative on a large scale. The traditional family operated business model is becoming historic memories. Amidst these significant changes, the need for protective storage facilities remains. Many of the more vintage structures appear marooned as islands on the plains, inaccessible by roadways constructed long after their creation. The isolation and expansive landscape of the American northwest provides an evocative comparison to contemporary confined urban and suburban environments. The continuity of these utilitarian structures remains timeless in spite of their gradual deterioration. Less than 15% of the American populace currently resides in rural designated zones. Yet the persistence and resiliency of rural America remains an important component of contemporary society. The pragmatic constructions displayed in this edition are scattered throughout Northern Oregon, Washington, Northern Idaho and Montana. They represent a poetry and coexistence with the landscape. The photographic work is intended to showcase a distinctively American western architecture that still commands a distinctive aesthetic. The poetic simplicity of each construction represents to the author a dignified metaphor personifying the human aging process, particularly as each structure blends harmoniously into the natural surroundings.

Logical fallacy adalah kesalahan dalam menular sesuatu pemikiran secara logis. Saat ini kesalahan berlogika sering terjadi karena berasal dari asumsi yang keliru. Lalu apakah dampak logical fallacy dalam kehidupan sehari-hari? Apakah akan ada yang dirugikan jika seseorang terjebak dalam logical fallacy? Bagaimana sebaiknya menghindarkan diri agar tidak masuk dan terjerumus dalam logical fallacy? Akankah ada trik dan cara khusus untuk dapat menghindari logical fallacy dalam kehidupan sehari-hari? Di dalam buku ini akan dibahas secara lebih detail macam-macam logical fallacy beserta contoh rill yang sering kita temui di kehidupan sehari-hari atau bahkan yang mungkin belum banyak diketahui. Selain itu, buku ini juga membahas tentang hubungan logical fallacy menjadi pemikir kritis. Buku ini menjadi salah satu ikhtiar yang dapat kita laukan untuk menghindarkan generasi masa depan yang lemah akan literasi sehingga harapannya dapat menjadi generasi yang memiliki kecerdasan optimal.

Uncovering the history and examining the legacy of lynching in the state of Virginia Although not as associated with lynching as other southern states, Virginia has a tragically extensive history with these horrific crimes. This important volume examines the more than one hundred people who were lynched in Virginia between 1866 and 1932. Its diverse set of contributors—including scholars, journalists, activists, and students—recover this wider history of lynching in Virginia, interrogate its legacy, and spotlight contemporary efforts to commemorate the victims of racial terror across the commonwealth. Together, their essays represent a small part of the growing effort to come to terms with the role Virginia played in perpetuating America’s national shame.

A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness “Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring—and a riveting read. Hare and Woods have written the perfect book for our time.”—Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of Nudge For most of the approximately 300,000 years that Homo sapiens have existed, we have shared the planet with at least four other types of humans. All of these were smart, strong, and inventive. But around 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens made a cognitive leap that gave us an edge over other species. What happened? Since Charles Darwin wrote about “evolutionary fitness,” the idea of fitness has been confused with physical strength, tactical brilliance, and aggression. In fact, what made us evolutionarily fit was a remarkable kind of friendliness, a virtuosic ability to coordinate and communicate with others that allowed us to achieve all the cultural and technical marvels in human history. Advancing what they call the “self-domestication theory,” Brian Hare, professor in the department of evolutionary anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University and his wife, Vanessa Woods, a research scientist and award-winning journalist, shed light on the mysterious leap in human cognition that allowed Homo sapiens to thrive. But this gift for friendliness came at a cost. Just as a mother bear is most dangerous around her cubs, we are at our most dangerous when someone we love is threatened by an “outsider.” The threatening outsider is demoted to sub-human, fair game for our worst instincts. Hare’s groundbreaking research, developed in close coordination with Richard Wrangham and Michael Tomasello, giants in the field of cognitive evolution, reveals that the same traits that make us the most tolerant species on the planet also make us the cruelest. Survival of the Friendliest offers us a new way to look at our cultural as well as cognitive evolution and sends a clear message: In order to survive and even to flourish, we need to expand our definition of who belongs.

This book outlines the creative responses academics are using to subvert powerful market forces that restrict university work to a neoliberal, economic focus. The second volume in a diptych of critical academic work on the changing landscape of neoliberal universities, the editors and contributors examine how academics ‘prise open the cracks’ in neoliberal logic to find space for resistance, collegiality, democracy and hope. Adopting a distinctly postcolonial positioning, the volume interrogates the link between neoliberalism and the ongoing privileging of Euro-American theorising in universities. The contributors move from accounts of unmitigated managerialism and toxic workplaces, to the need to decolonise the academy to, finally, illustrating the various creative and counter-hegemonic practices academics use to resist, subvert and reinscribe dominant neoliberal discourses. This hopeful volume will appeal to students and scholars interested in the role of universities in advancing cultural democracy, as well as university staff, academics and students.

« En décembre 2013, j'ai couvert la guerre en Centrafrique aux premiers jours de l'intervention française, l'opération Sangaris. J'étais accompagné d'une jeune photographe, Camille Lepage. Un samedi matin, nous avons assisté à un lynchage. Ce n'étaient pas des soldats russes ou syriens. Ce n'étaient ni des miliciens ni des djihadistes, pas plus que des Nazis ni des tortionnaires français de la guerre d'Algérie. C'étaient des femmes et des hommes de la rue, des gens comme vous et moi. Avec Camille, nous avons été entraînés par ce courant ultra-violent de gens ordinaires. Elle en est morte. » Comment faire l'expérience de la violence extrême sans en être soi-même changé ? Reporter de guerre, Laurent Larcher livre un récit haletant, au coeur des ténèbres, pour comprendre la mort d'une jeune photojournaliste. Du théâtre grec à René Girard, de Michel Foucault au grand roman américain, l'auteur confronte les textes à son expérience des violences de masse, cherchant à cerner cette soif de sang qui bat dans l'histoire de l'humanité.

“A blistering and truly original work of reporting and analysis, uncovering America’s role in homogenizing how the world defines wellness and healing” (Po Bronson). In Crazy Like Us, Ethan Watters reveals that the most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture has not been our golden arches or our bomb craters but our bulldozing of the human psyche itself: We are in the process of homogenizing the way the world goes mad. It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of everything from movies to junk food is a well-documented phenomenon. But is it possible America's most troubling impact on the globalizing world has yet to be accounted for? American-style depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anorexia have begun to spread around the world like contagions, and the virus is us. Traveling from Hong Kong to Sri Lanka to Zanzibar to Japan, acclaimed journalist Ethan Watters witnesses firsthand how Western healers often steamroll indigenous expressions of mental health and madness and replace them with our own. In teaching the rest of the world to think like us, we have been homogenizing the way the world goes mad.

For readers of Fantasyland and Cultish, a colorful and enlightening pop history that explains why the eccentric doomsday beliefs of our Puritan founders are still driving American culture today, contextualizes the current rise in far-right extremism as a natural result of our latent indoctrination, and proposes that the United States is the largest cult of all. Since the Mayflower sidled up to Plymouth Rock, cult ideology has been ingrained in the DNA of the United States. In this eye-opening book, journalist Jane Borden argues that Puritan doomsday belief never went away; it went secular and became American culture. From our fascination with cowboys and superheroes to our allegiance to influencers and self-help, susceptibility to advertising, and undying devotion to the self-made man, Americans remain particularly vulnerable to a specific brand of cult-like thinking. With in-depth research and compelling insight, Borden uncovers the American history you didn’t learn in school, including how we are still being brainwashed, making us a nation of easy marks for con artists and strong men. Along the way, she also revisits some of the most fascinating cults in this country—including, the Mankind United and Love Has Won—presenting them as integral parts of our national psyche rather than aberrations.

The French social philosopher Pierre Bourdieu is now recognised as one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. In a career of over fifty years, Bourdieu studied a wide range of topics: education, culture, art, politics, economics, literature, law, and philosophy. Throughout these studies, Bourdieu developed a highly specialised series of concepts that he referred to as his "thinking tools", which were used to uncover the workings of contemporary society. Pierre Bourdieu: Key Concepts highlights his most important concepts and examines them in detail. Each chapter deals with an individual concept and is written to be of immediate use to the student with little or no previous knowledge of Bourdieu. This new edition of the leading text is entirely revised and updated and includes new essays on Methodology, Politics and Social Space.

Communication, Intimacy, and Close Relationships offers an account of the nature of intimate relationships and their effects on people's self-concepts. The development and maintenance of intimate relationships are examined, along with people's motives and goals in pursuing intimacy; the nature of social exchanges in intimate relationships; and the consequences for individuals who find themselves socially isolated. The critical role of communication in intimate relationships is given emphasis. Comprised of seven chapters, this book begins with a discussion on the role of self-disclosure in intimate relationships as well as the risks that individuals incur when they self-disclose. The next chapter presents a cognitive interaction model of the nature of intimacy and intimate relationships within the context of cognitive-social learning theory and a systems theory approach to communication. The effect of people's motives on relationships is then considered, together with the role of two fundamental human motives - power and intimacy - on love and friendship. The remaining chapters focus on the importance of the identification process - that is, how people fix their own and others' identities in social interaction - in developing relationships; patterns of nonverbal exchange in close relationships; how and why loneliness occurs; and the nature of social exchange processes in intimate relationships. The book concludes with an epilogue that provides a perspective on why people may find it difficult or easy to form intimate relationships. This monograph should be a valuable resource for psychologists and sociologists.

Wut ist nicht gleich Wut. Sie hat viele Gründe: Ungerechtigkeit, Rassismus, Sexismus. Das Ausleben dieser Emotion ist allerdings nicht allen gleichermaßen möglich. Während "besorgte Bürger:innen" ihren Ärger auf Demos kundtun, wirken wütende Marginalisierte in der Öffentlichkeit oft zu laut, zu fordernd, zu bedrohlich. Was aber tun mit Wut, die nicht sein darf? Welchen Raum bekommen wütende Marginalisierte? Und was liegt unter und hinter dieser Wut, die von Ausgrenzung erzeugt wird? Amani Abuzahra stößt in ihrer bestechenden Gesellschaftsanalyse auf Gefühle wie Angst, Scham, Trauer und Erschöpfung, zeichnet eine emotionale Landkarte der Marginalisierten und zeigt, dass Wut nicht nur ein Gefühl mit riesigem Potenzial, sondern auch ein Ort ist, der für alle ein Kraftzentrum sein kann – wenn wir den Mut haben, es zuzulassen.

Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. But they do not merely entertain, inform, or distress us—they show us what counts as right or wrong and teach us who we are and who we can imagine being. Stories connect people, but they can also disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. In Letting Stories Breathe, Arthur W. Frank grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. Along the way he also tells stories: from folktales to research interviews to remembrances. Frank’s unique approach uses literary concepts to ask social scientific questions: how do stories make life good and when do they endanger it? Going beyond theory, he presents a thorough introduction to dialogical narrative analysis, analyzing modes of interpretation, providing specific questions to start analysis, and describing different forms analysis can take. Building on his renowned work exploring the relationship between narrative and illness, Letting Stories Breathe expands Frank’s horizons further, offering a compelling perspective on how stories affect human lives.

Dieses Lehrbuch der statistischen Datenanalyse wurde speziell für Einführungskurse konzipiert und richtet sich an alle, die eine leicht verständliche Einführung in die sozialwissenschaftliche Statistik suchen. Es bezieht sich auf das Feld der Erziehungs- und Sozialwissenschaften und behandelt den Stoff nicht als inhaltsunabhängiges mathematisches Wissen.

Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state," and the mass media is the primary vehicle for delivering propaganda in the United States. From an examination of how Woodrow Wilson’s Creel Commission "succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population," to Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq, Chomsky examines how the mass media and public relations industries have been used as propaganda to generate public support for going to war. Chomsky further touches on how the modern public relations industry has been influenced by Walter Lippmann’s theory of "spectator democracy," in which the public is seen as a "bewildered herd" that needs to be directed, not empowered; and how the public relations industry in the United States focuses on "controlling the public mind," and not on informing it. Media Control is an invaluable primer on the secret workings of disinformation in democratic societies.

Geomorfologi merupakan ilmu yang mempelajari bentuklahan dan proses pembentukannya. Geomorfologi saat ini telah berkembang menjadi kajian keilmuan yang berperan dalam survei dan pemetaan potensi sumberdaya dan bencana serta aplikasi tematik lainnya. Kompleksitas keilmuan geomorfologi menuntut adanya bahan rujukan dan refrensi dalam memahami konsep dan teori yang mendasarinya. Geomorfologi merupakan matakuliah yang disepakati secara nasional sebagai matakuliah wajib bagi program studi Geografi baik di bawah jurusan sains (non kependidikan) maupun kependidikan. Penulisan buku ini dimaksudkan untuk menyiapkan bahan rujukan utama bagi dosen dan mahasiswa di program studi Geografi maupun program studi ilmu kebumian lainnya. Buku ini dikemas dengan contoh-contoh yang terjadi di Indonesia. Buku ini diharapkan akan mempermudah bagi dosen dan mahasiswa dalam memahami konsep geomorfologi sebagai ilmu dasar bagi pemahaman fenomena geosfer serta pemetaan potensi sumberdaya dan bencana. Buku Bagian I ini berisi empat bab yang meliputi 1) ruang lingkup dan konsep dasar geomorfologi; 2) aspek kajian geomorfologi; 3) klasifikasi bentuklahan; dan 4) terapan geomorfologi. Keempat bab tersebut merupakan dasar untuk memahami pementukan permukaan bumi dan proses-proses pembentukannya, serta kedudukan dan aplikasinya dalam kajian geografi dan ilmu kebumian pada umumnya. Buku ini merupakan dasar untuk memahami karateristik bentuklahan yang dibahas sencara lebih rinci di buku bagian II.

Social Media in Iran is the first book to tell the complex story of how and why the Iranian people—including women, homosexuals, dissidents, artists, and even state actors—use social media technology, and in doing so create a contentious environment wherein new identities and realities are constructed. Drawing together emerging and established scholars in communication, culture, and media studies, this volume considers the role of social media in Iranian society, particularly the time during and after the controversial 2009 presidential election, a watershed moment in the postrevolutionary history of Iran. While regional specialists may find studies on specific themes useful, the aim of this volume is to provide broad narratives of actor-based conceptions of media technology, an approach that focuses on the experiential and social networking processes of digital practices in the information era extended beyond cultural specificities. Students and scholars of regional and media studies will find this volume rich with empirical and theoretical insights on the subject of how technologies shape political and everyday life.

AUDIBLE EDITOR'S PICK A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder—exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish. As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her “symptoms”--only ever labeled as anxiety-- were considered autistic and ADHD. Being a journalist, she dove into the research and uncovered neurodiversity—a framework that moves away from pathologizing “abnormal” versus “normal” brains and instead recognizes the vast diversity of our mental makeups. When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger, male populations, and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations, women often don’t learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all. As a result, potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. Meanwhile, we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer. Divergent Mind is a long-overdue, much-needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are “different.” Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism, misophonia, dyslexia, SPD and more, Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely-held misconceptions (for example, it’s not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy, they have an overwhelming excess of it). Nerenberg also offers us a path forward, describing practical changes in how we communicate, how we design our surroundings, and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish, we create a better tomorrow for us all.

Roughly 200 million today, Indian Muslims are greater than the population of Britain and France or Germany put together. According to the Indian Constitution, Indian Muslims are treated as political equals, which is what India’s secular polity promised after its independence, encouraging more than 35 million Indian Muslims at the time of Partition to choose India as their motherland over Pakistan. However, the supposed relationship of equality between Hindus and Muslims as scripted in the constitution is being increasingly replaced by the domineering tendencies of a Hindu majority in India today. The author describes the current state and position of Indian Muslims (the seeds for which were sown when the BJP came to power in 2014) as the thirdpolitical moment; the second he believes was in 1947 when the community was given equal status in the Indian Constitution; and the first, was in 1857 when Indian Muslims learnt to live under the British colonial state. As he states, there is no denying that political circumstances for Indian Muslims were not completely ideal or full of democratic energy prior to the rise of the Hindu Right since the late 1980s. With numerous layers defined by language, ethnicity, region, etc., Muslims have the most heterogeneous identity, representing India’s quintessential diversity. And yet, Muslims are perceived as the most enduring well-grounded threat to the majoritarian project of the Hindu Rashtra. Indian Muslims are perceived or presented as perpetrators of violence and violators of law, even if they are at the receiving end. They are viewed as an internal enemy, who need to be dealt with for political, social, historical, and ideological reasons. Going forward, the community must formulate the language of democratic rights of Indian Muslims as equal citizens and define the ethics of human dignity in their struggle to reassert their place in India’s political power structures at all levels: from panchayat to Parliament. While the economic future or cultural rights of Indian Muslims have been debated since 1947, it is the political future that demands attention because only as an equal and participatory community in the politics of the nation, can economic and cultural futures be addressed. This book explores the political future of Indian Muslims in this context. From Shaheen Bagh to Hindu-Muslim riots, from the unique position of Muslim women in India to the Sachar Report and the Muslim backwardness debate, Mujibur Rehman analyses, confronts and discusses the urgent concerns of Indian Muslims in a manner that is nuanced and globally relevant.

In Getting Medieval Carolyn Dinshaw examines communities—dissident and orthodox—in late-fourteenth and early-fifteenth-century England to create a new sense of queer history. Reaching beyond both medieval and queer studies, Dinshaw demonstrates in this challenging work how intellectual inquiry into pre-modern societies can contribute invaluably to current issues in cultural studies. In the process, she makes important connections between past and present cultures that until now have not been realized. In her pursuit of historical analyses that embrace the heterogeneity and indeterminacy of sex and sexuality, Dinshaw examines canonical Middle English texts such as the Canterbury Tales and The Book of Margery Kempe. She examines polemics around the religious dissidents known as the Lollards as well as accounts of prostitutes in London to address questions of how particular sexual practices and identifications were normalized while others were proscribed. By exploring contemporary (mis)appropriations of medieval tropes in texts ranging from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction to recent Congressional debates on U.S. cultural production, Dinshaw demonstrates how such modern media can serve to reinforce constrictive heteronormative values and deny the multifarious nature of history. Finally, she works with and against the theories of Michel Foucault, Homi K. Bhabha, Roland Barthes, and John Boswell to show how deconstructionist impulses as well as historical perspectives can further an understanding of community in both pre- and postmodern societies. This long-anticipated volume will be indispensible to medieval and queer scholars and will be welcomed by a larger cultural studies audience.

Over twenty-five years and through five editions, Walter I. Trattner's From Poor Law to Welfare State has served as the standard text on the history of welfare policy in the United States. The only comprehensive account of American social welfare history from the colonial era to the present, the new sixth edition has been updated to include the latest developments in our society as well as trends in social welfare. Trattner provides in-depth examination of developments in child welfare, public health, and the evolution of social work as a profession, showing how all these changes affected the treatment of the poor and needy in America. He explores the impact of public policies on social workers and other helping professions -- all against the backdrop of social and intellectual trends in American history. From Poor Law to Welfare State directly addresses racism and sexism and pays special attention to the worsening problems of child abuse, neglect, and homelessness. Topics new to this sixth edition include: A review of President Clinton's health-care reform and its failure, and his efforts to "end welfare as we know it" Recent developments in child welfare including an expanded section on the voluntary use of children's institutions by parents in the nineteenth century, and the continued discrimination against black youth in the juvenile justice system An in-depth discussion of Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein's controversial book, The Bell Curve, which provided social conservatives new weapons in their war on the black poor and social welfare in general The latest information on AIDS and the reappearance of tuberculosis -- and their impact on public health policy A new Preface and Conclusion, and substantially updated Bibliographies Written for students in social work and other human service professions, From Poor Law to Welfare State: A History of Social Welfare in America is also an essential resource for historians, political scientists, sociologists, and policymakers.

Peabody Award–winning journalist Michele Norris offers a transformative dialogue on race and identity in America, unearthed through her decade-long work at The Race Card Project. The prompt seemed simple: Race. Your Thoughts. Six Words. Please Send. The answers, though, have been challenging and complicated. In the twelve years since award-winning journalist Michele Norris first posed that question, over half a million people have submitted their stories to The Race Card Project inbox. The stories are shocking in their depth and candor, spanning the full spectrum of race, ethnicity, identity, and class. Even at just six words, the micro-essays can pack quite a punch, revealing, fear, pain, triumph, and sometimes humor. Responses such as: You’re Pretty for a Black girl. White privilege, enjoy it, earned it. Lady, I don’t want your purse. My ancestors massacred Indians near here. Urban living has made me racist. I’m only Asian when it’s convenient. Many go even further than just six words, submitting backstories, photos, and heirlooms: a collection much like a scrapbook of American candor you rarely get to see. Our Hidden Conversations is a unique compilation of stories, richly reported essays, and photographs providing a window into America during a tumultuous era. This powerful book offers an honest, if sometimes uncomfortable, conversation about race and identity, permitting us to eavesdrop on deep-seated thoughts, private discussions, and long submerged memories. The breadth of this work came as a surprise to Norris. For most of the twelve years she has collected these stories, many were submitted by white respondents. This unexpected panorama provides a rare 360-degree view of how Americans see themselves and one another. Our Hidden Conversations reminds us that even during times of great division, honesty, grace, and a willing ear can provide a bridge toward empathy and maybe even understanding.

Throughout the twentieth century in Poland various ideologies attempted to keep queer voices silent—whether those ideologies were fascist, communist, Catholic, or neo-liberal. Despite these pressures, there existed a vibrant, transgressive trend within Polish literature that subverted such silencing. This book provides in-depth textual analyses of several of those texts, covering nearly every decade of the last century, and includes authors such as Witold Gombrowicz, Marian Pankowski, and Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. Jack J. B. Hutchens demonstrates the subversive power of each work, showing that through their transgressions they help to undermine nationalist and homophobic ideologies that are still at play in Poland today. Hutchens argues that the transgressive reading of Polish literature can challenge the many binaries on which conservative, heteronormative ideology depends in order to maintain its cultural hegemony.

Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems—birth, aging, menopause, alcoholism, and obesity—are now viewed as medical conditions. For better or worse, medicine increasingly permeates aspects of daily life. Building on more than three decades of research, Peter Conrad explores the changing forces behind this trend with case studies of short stature, social anxiety, "male menopause," erectile dysfunction, adult ADHD, and sexual orientation. He examines the emergence of and changes in medicalization, the consequences of the expanding medical domain, and the implications for health and society. He finds in recent developments—such as the growing number of possible diagnoses and biomedical enhancements—the future direction of medicalization. Conrad contends that the impact of medical professionals on medicalization has diminished. Instead, the pharmaceutical and biotechnical industries, insurance companies and HMOs, and the patient as consumer have become the major forces promoting medicalization. This thought-provoking study offers valuable insight into not only how medicalization got to this point but also how it may continue to evolve.

Die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Grundkonsens ist unumgänglich, weil von ihm in diversen Disziplinen und sogar in den allgemeinen Lehren zum Staatsrecht die Rede ist. Es geht im vorliegenden Text vorweg um den politischen Grundkonsens – in Abgrenzung zu verwandten Begriffen wie dem contrat social. Rund um den politischen Grundkonsens bleiben zwar viele Fragen – mangels positivrechtlicher Hinweise – offen, doch lässt sich dieser als extrakonstitutionelles Phänomen mit elementarer staatspolitischer Funktion erfassen und beschreiben. Ob er auch als verfassungsimmanent durch Auslegung gewonnen werden kann, wird diskutiert. Sein Inhalt wird auf das staatspolitisch Grundsätzliche hin durchleuchtet und beispielhaft in Richtung auf Demokratie, Rechts- staat und nationale Kohärenz durchdacht, ohne andere Akzente auszuschliessen. Rechenschaft gibt sich die Analyse über die Formierungsschwierigkeiten des Grundkonsenses in Zeiten heterogen werdender Bevölkerungen. Der Autor bejaht die Wünschbarkeit und Erforderlichkeit des politischen Grundkonsenses, weist aber die Pflicht des Vorbedenkens der breit angedachten Zivilgesellschaft zu, die von politischen Inspiratoren profitieren kann.

Afrika von A-Z. Im ersten umfassenden Afrika-Lexikon in deutscher Sprache informieren ausgewiesene Spezialisten aus Deutschland, Europa und Afrika knapp und aktuell über Afrikas Geografie und Geschichte, Politik und Wirtschaft, Länder, Gesellschaften und Kulturen, Sprachen und Literatur, Kunst und Musik, Religionen und Philosophie. Zum ersten Mal erscheint in deutscher Sprache ein Lexikon des afrikanischen Kontinents!

A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is -- complicated, perplexing, and profoundly human. Atul Gawande offers an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge, where science is ambiguous, information is limited, the stakes are high, yet decisions must be made. In dramatic and revealing stories of patients and doctors, he explores how deadly mistakes occur and why good surgeons go bad. He also shows us what happens when medicine comes up against the inexplicable: an architect with incapacitating back pain for which there is no physical cause; a young woman with nausea that won't go away; a television newscaster whose blushing is so severe that she cannot do her job. Gawande offers a richly detailed portrait of the people and the science, even as he tackles the paradoxes and imperfections inherent in caring for human lives. At once tough-minded and humane, Complications is a new kind of medical writing, nuanced and lucid, unafraid to confront the conflicts and uncertainties that lie at the heart of modern medicine, yet always alive to the possibilities of wisdom in this extraordinary endeavor. Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.

Since the development of pharmacoconvulsive therapy in 1934 and of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in 1938, ECT has proven far more valuable than just the intervention of last resort. In comparison with psychotropic medications, we now know that ECT can act more effectively and more rapidly, with substantial clinical improvement that is often seen after only a few treatments. This is especially true for severely ill patients -- those with severe major depression with psychotic features, acute mania with psychotic features, or catatonia. For patients who are physically debilitated, elderly, or pregnant, ECT is also safer than psychotropic medications. The findings of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Task Force on ECT were published by the APA in 1990 as the first edition of The Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy, inaugurating the development of ECT guidelines by groups both within the United States and internationally. Since then, advances in the use of this technically demanding treatment prompted the APA to mandate a second edition. The updated format of this second edition presents background information followed by a summary of applicable recommendations for each chapter. This close integration of the recommendations with their justifications makes the material easy to read, understand, and use. To further enhance usability, recommendations critical to the safe, effective delivery of treatment are marked with the designation "should" to distinguish them from recommendations that are advisable but nonessential (with the designations "encouraged," "suggested," "considered"). The updated content of this second edition, which spans indication for use of ECT, patient evaluation, side effects, concurrent medications, consent procedures (with sample consent forms and patient information booklet), staffing, treatment administration, monitoring of outcome, management of patients following ECT, and documentation, as well as education, and clinical privileging. This volume reflects not only the wide expertise of its contributors, but also involved solicitation of input from a variety of other sources, including applicable medical professional organizations, individual experts in relevant fields, regulatory bodies, and major lay mental health organizations. In addition, the bibliography of this second edition is based upon an exhaustive search of the clinical ECT literature over the past decade and contains more than four times the original number of citations. Complemented by extensive annotations and useful appendixes, this remarkably comprehensive yet practical overview will prove an invaluable resource for practitioners and trainees in psychiatry and related disciplines.

William Llewellyn, the author of the best selling Anabolics series, brings you the most comprehensive book ever written on sport supplements. The Sport Supplement Reference Guide takes a look at over 40 of today's most popular sport supplement ingredients. What you can expect from Sport Supplement Reference Guide: • An overview of the sport supplement industry • Protein primer and how to choose the right type of protein for your needs. • Types of Carbohydrate Supplementation. • Vitamin and Mineral overview. • Supplement Ingredient Profiles of over 40 different ingredients. Each profile has its own rating based on clinical studies and empirical evidence. • Rules for Effective Supplement Shopping and Consumer Empowerment. This section will help you stop wasting money on worthless supplements. • Goal orientated sample supplement cycles takes the guess work out what supplements needed for your goal. This book is perfect for anyone that consumes dietary supplements for sports related activity, weight lifting, bodybuilding, weight loss, or other fitness goals.

Get the BIG PICTURE of Pathology - and focus on what you really need to know to score high on the course and board exam If you want a streamlined and definitive look at Pathology - one with just the right balance of information to give you the edge at exam time - turn to Pathology: The Big Picture. You'll find a succinct, user-friendly presentation especially designed to make even the most complex concept understandable in the shortest amount of study time possible. This perfect pictorial and textual overview of Pathology delivers: A “Big Picture” emphasis on what you must know verses “what's nice to know” Expert authorship by award-winning, active instructors Coverage of the full range of pathology topics - everything from cellular adaptations and injury to genetic disorders to inflammation to diseases of immunity Magnificent 4-color illustrations Numerous summary tables and figures for quick reference and rapid retention of even the most difficult topic Highlighted key concepts that underscore integral aspects of histology (key concepts are also listed in a table at the end of each chapter) USMLE-type questions, answers, and explanations to help you anticipate what you'll encounter on the exams And much more!

Before the late 1970s, interest in caffeine among both the general public and the scientific community was at a relatively low level for many years, even though it was recognized that caffeine was an al most universal component of the diet. The National Coffee Associa tion was supporting a continuing program of research, some re search was being conducted by a few of the largest companies selling coffee, and an occasional university researcher became inter ested in caffeine and conducted experiments, often on effects of caf feine in very high concentration in vitro on skeletal muscle fibres or on dividing cells. Since 1978, however, there has been a mighty up surge in both public and scientific interest in caffeine. It is interest ing to note that this was prompted not by discovery of hitherto un known effects or hazards of caffeine, but by the actions of a regulatory agency, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) of the U. S. Public Health Service. The U. S. Congress passed new laws on foods and drugs in 1958. One of the provisions was for testing of food additives to assess risk to health. As it was clearly impracticable to require immediate test ing of all additives already in use, a list was drawn up of some hun dreds of additives that were generally recognized as safe (GRAS).

Texto novedoso en nuestro catálogo en español, aunque la obra en inglés lleva ya en el mercado 3 décadas, por lo que se trata de un libro consolidado y reconocido en el mercado de estudiantes anglófono por su carácter didáctico. La razón por la que se ha incorporado al portfolio es porque esta obra cubre las necesidades de todos aquellos estudiantes, tanto de Medicina como de otros grados de Ciencias de la Salud que solo precisan los conocimientos "core" de la asignatura, sin profundizar en detalles y aspectos que pueden resultar excesivos y que ya se están recogidos en otros libros más exhaustivos del catálogo (Baynes). El objetivo del texto es facilitar al estudiante su primer contacto con la asignatura. El abordaje de este texto, hace que sea un contenido muy transversal; así tiene en los estudiantes de Medicina el mercado primario, y en los estudiantes de biomedicina, odontología, farmacia, bioquímica y ciencias médicas básicas. Incluye más de 500 imágenes a todo color (fundamentalmente esquemas y tablas a todo color) altamente explicativas y didácticas. Es importante destacar que a lo largo de los diferentes capítulos, se incorporan cuadros de correlación clínica y un abordaje integrado con las disciplinas de biología celular y genética. Para fortalecer el aprendizaje, se incluyen preguntas de autoevaluación al final de cada capítulo así como un glosario para clarificar los conceptos esenciales. El libro dispone de material online en inglés disponible en la plataforma SC.com que incluyen 18 casos clínicos totalmente desarrollados.

Looks at fifty-five fundamental poses from an anatomical perspective to describe their function in the practice of hatha yoga.

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EXCELLENT BOARD REVIEW (USMLE Step 1, NCLEX-RN, PANCE/PANRE)! MASTER CLINICAL UNDERSTANDING WITH THIS UPDATED EDITION OF CLINICAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MADE RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLE! EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE PREVIOUS EDITION, THIS EXTENSIVE UPDATE WILL BRING YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF MEDICINE! Just a few tiny specimens of what you can expect in this completely revised edition: - Newly revised Cardiovascular System with latest treatments and brand new topics such as Bendopnea, Chest X-Ray and Echocardiogram Findings in Heart Failure, HFpEF & HFrEF, Newest Treatments for Valvular Disorders Including TAVR and TAVI, Distinctions within EKG/ECG Readings To "Up" Your Diagnosis Capabilities, Treatment of Tachyarrhythmias, Brand New Section on the Heart's Vasculature: Angina and Myocardial Infarction Treatment, Knowing Your STEMI's vs. NTEMI’s - Brand New Pulmonary System topics such as Diseases of Pulmonary Vasculature, Diagnostic Labs and Imaging Analysis, MECHANICAL VENTILATION, Extensive Understanding to Lung Auscultation - Newly updated Renal System topics such as Urinalysis, Greater Depth to Acute Kidney Injury, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Acid/Base Pathophysiology Understanding - Newly added depth to GI lab readings and imaging, new topics related to Hepatorenal Syndrome and Hepatic Encephalopathy - Newly added Endocrinology Section on monitoring LFT’s and CBC while on endocrine related medications and BRAND NEW section on Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus - Newly Added Hematologic Disorders, their treatments, and updated treatments to previously discussed Hematologic Disorders - Completely new facelift to EVERYTHING Neurology - New updated section on diagnostics and Immunosuppressive/Immunomodulatory Drugs in Rheumatologic Disorders - Newly added section on diagnostics and treatment for Prostate Cancer Provides a conceptual overview of pathophysiology, mechanisms of disease, and clinical reasoning hand-in-hand in a brief, clear, highly practical book designed to ease the transition from the basic sciences to the clinical years. Particularly useful in the transition from the second to the third year of medical school, but also very helpful to nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other health care professionals. Shows the clinical relevance of the basic sciences through overall principles and understanding. Companion Digital Download of Differential Diagnosis program (Win/Mac), showing the interpretation of common lab tests and patient symptoms and signs. Available on MedMaster's website.

Patofisiologi adalah studi tentang perubahan yang terjadi pada sel, jaringan, dan organ ketika mengalami gangguan oleh penyakit dan/atau cedera pada efek fungsi tubuh yang normal. Fokus utama dalam buku ini adalah menghubungkan fungsi tubuh normal terhadap perubahan patologis yang terjadi dan dapat menyebabkan proses penyakit. Dari pemahaman ini, tenaga kesehatan dapat belajar mengenali dan mengkategorikan berbagai etiologi, patologi, dan gambaran klinis dari penyakit. Buku ini disusun secara khusus untuk mahasiswa vokasional keperawatan atau bidang kesehatan lainnya serta memberikan pendahuluan patofisiologi yang mudah dipahami, jelas, tepat, dan komprehensif. Konsep-konsep yang berkaitan dengan patofisiologi keperawatan dibahas mulai dari pengertian, penyebab, dan pencegahannya ke dalam masing-masing bab.

Un recorrido sumamente útil sobre la problemática de los adictos, los tratamientos y el rol activo del entorno familiar. Descubra cómo funciona la relación del tiempo con las drogas en una época en la que todo es acelerado e inmediato. La perspectiva del prestigioso Dr. Eduardo Kalina, médico psiquiatra y especialista en adicciones, es fundamental para reflexionar sobre uno de los temas más complejos que enfrentan todos los países del mundo.

Esta séptima edición actualizada y revisada incluye: - 612 resultados basados en la investigación que proporcionan terminología estandarizada para medir los resultados de salud en individuos, familias y comunidades. - 82 NUEVOS resultados. - 402 resultados REVISADOS o ACTUALIZADOS. - Resultados estructurados con una etiqueta, una definición, un grupo de indicadores, una escala de medida de cinco puntos, el historial de publicación y una lista ampliada de referencias bibliográficas sobre el contenido. - Una taxonomía revisada con dos clases nuevas y ampliación del contenido de la familia y la comunidad. - Respuestas a las preguntas frecuentes sobre la NOC. - Una nueva sección centrada en recursos para apoyar las estrategias de investigación, implementación y formación. - Vínculos de resultados conductuales con resultados de conocimiento. - Resultados centrales según una lista ampliada de especialidades de Enfermería.Séptima edición de la obra que presenta una lista exhaustiva de conceptos, definiciones y medidas estandarizados que describen los resultados de los pacientes en función de las intervenciones enfermeras. Esta séptima edición actualizada y revisada incluye 612 resultados basados en la investigación que estandarizan la medición de los resultados de salud en individuos, familias y comunidades; 82 nuevos resultados y 402 resultados revisados.

This acclaimed clinical guide and widely adopted text has filled a key need in the field since its original publication. Nancy McWilliams makes psychoanalytic personality theory and its implications for practice accessible to practitioners of all levels of experience. She explains major character types and demonstrates specific ways that understanding the patient's individual personality structure can influence the therapist's focus and style of intervention. Guidelines are provided for developing a systematic yet flexible diagnostic formulation and using it to inform treatment. Highly readable, the book features a wealth of illustrative clinical examples. New to This Edition *Reflects the ongoing development of the author's approach over nearly two decades. *Incorporates important advances in attachment theory, neuroscience, and the study of trauma. *Coverage of the contemporary relational movement in psychoanalysis. Winner--Canadian Psychological Association's Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Scholarship

Esta nueva edición refleja los numerosos cambios experimentados en la práctica de la enfermería. Destaca la importancia de la práctica basada en la evidencia, los cuidados en valores, y se centra en la persona, la integración de la atención sanitaria y social. Profusamente ilustrado para reforzar la información de cada apartado. Cada capítulo se abre con un recuadro en el que se resumen los objetivos de aprendizaje, Se incorpora otro recuadro en el que se recogen los conocimientos previos necesarios para comprender el contenido Se recogen tanto conocimientos que se pueden encontrar en otros capítulos de la obra como vinculados a bibliografía externa.

Trusted by general dermatologists, family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and more, Habif's Clinical Dermatology: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy provides superbly illustrated, easy-to-follow guidance on skin conditions commonly seen in practice. This bestselling manual helps you identify, treat, and manage even hard-to-diagnose skin disorders and provides state-of-the-art answers on every aspect of dermatologic care. In this carefully revised 7th Edition, Dr. James Dinulos builds upon the foundation of excellence established by Dr. Thomas Habif, ensuring that this manual remains a global leader in the field and an indispensable resource in daily practice. - Allows you to compare your clinical findings to thousands of high-quality color images―including many new photographs from the libraries of Dr. Dinulos and Dr. Habif―depicting virtually any skin condition. - Features a highly visual Regional DDx Atlas section that helps you narrow down diagnoses and directs you to the section in the text that provides more information. Online, the DDx Mannnequin provides this same function. - Provides a Disorders Index for quick retrieval of information, as well as a Quick Reference Formulary at the beginning of the book. - Updates you on the newest treatment options throughout, including current uses and off-label treatments. - Includes numerous quick-reference tables that summarize "need to know" diagnostic and therapeutic evidence. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Il suffit parfois d'une seule personnalité dite « difficile » dans une organisation pour que la vie au travail soit gâchée, que la performance diminue, que l'équilibre et la santé de tous soient affectés. Trop souvent, par peur de juger, de faire erreur, nous n'osons envisager qu'une personne est difficile, nous privant ainsi de la possibilité de faire face efficacement au problème de cette relation nocive. Cet ouvrage permet: d'identifier, avec des critères simples, les comportements des personnes difficiles, de gérer les situations sans jugement, pour réguler les relations professionnelles; de gérer ces troubles de la personnalité et du comportement dans le cadre professionnel, dans le respect des individus et de la dimension collective; d'appréhender une vérité dérangeante sur les personnalités dangereuses afin de prendre les dispositions permettant de les éviter, pour limiter les dégâts personnels ou aider ceux qui en deviennent les victimes. Illustrée par de nombreuses situations concrètes, cette deuxième édition entièrement actualisée intègre de nouveaux chapitres sur le télétravail, les risques psychosociaux (avec la distinction entre personnes difficiles et personnes en difficulté), des outils pour dépister en amont les personnalités difficiles et des éléments juridiques.

Dermatología es la primera edición en español del libro de texto clásico Roxburgh’s Common Skin Diseases; es una obra a todo color con más de 400 ilustraciones y una estructura de capítulo que abre con los fundamentos del padecimiento, manifestaciones, técnicas diagnósticas, tratamiento y manejo clínico de las patologías dermatológicas más comunes. Entre sus características más importantes destacan: Escrito por dermatólogos con amplia trayectoria y reconocimiento internacional. Completamente ilustrado con más de 400 fotografías a color como auxiliares en el diagnóstico. Cuenta con un valioso glosario y capítulos novedosos sobre técnicas cosméticas y tratamiento quirúrgico. Secciones actualizadas sobre enfermedades tropicales y enfermedades que afectan a los viajeros. Incluye recuadros con casos clínicos Dermatología es una obra actualizada y con gran vigencia como título de estudio para el estudiante de medicina y como referencia para el especialista en funciones y el residente de la especialidad.

Bislang galt sie als unvermeidbar - die Menopause. Von ärztlicher Seite ist keine Hilfe zu erwarten: Frau entscheidet sich entweder für eine künstliche Hormon-Ersatz-Therapie und nimmt ein erhöhtes Krebsrisiko in Kauf, oder sie entscheidet sich dagegen - und muss mit den zahlreichen gesundheitlichen Problemen leben, die sich dann einstellen: Herz-Kreislauf- und Stoffwechselerkrankungen, Krebs, Tinnitus, Schwindel, Osteoporose, Gewichtszunahme, trockene Haut und Schleimhäute, Magen-Darm-Erkrankungen, erhöhte Cholesterinwerte, Inkontinenz, Muskelschwund, Schlafprobleme, Haarausfall, Angstzustände, Depressionen u.v.a.m. Dass es auch anders - und risikolos! - geht, erklärt die Autorin in diesem Buch: Mithilfe naturidentischer Hormone, die unseren körpereigenen Hormonen 1:1 entsprechen (und nicht nur ähneln), können Frauen das Ausbleiben ihrer Menstruation verhindern und so die Wechseljahre umgehen. Aber auch Frauen, die die Menopause bereits hinter sich haben, können die Uhr zurückdrehen und wieder beschwerdefrei werden. Die Methode ist einfach: Ein Hormonstatus beim Arzt gibt Auskunft über aktuelle Blutwerte. Anschließend wird nur so viel Östrogen, Progesteron und Testosteron in Form von naturidentischen Hormonen ersetzt, wie dem Körper bisher fehlte - nicht mehr und nicht weniger!

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Complementary & Integrative Health** Get a solid, global foundation of the therapies and evidence-based clinical applications of CAI. Fundamentals of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine, 6th Edition is filled with the most up-to-date information on scientific theory and research of holistic medicine from experts around the world. The 6th edition of this acclaimed text includes all new content on quantum biology and biofields in health and nursing, integrative mental health care, and homeopathic medicine. Its wide range of topics explores therapies most commonly seen in the U.S., such as energy medicine, mind-body therapies, and reflexology along with traditional medicine and practices from around the world. With detailed coverage of historic and contemporary applications, this text is a solid resource for all practitioners in the medical, health, and science fields! - Coverage of CAI therapies and systems includes those most commonly encountered or growing in popularity, so you can carefully evaluate each treatment. - An evidence-based approach focuses on treatments best supported by clinical trials and scientific evidence. - Observations from mechanisms of action to evidence of clinical efficacy answers questions of how, why, and when CAM therapies work. - A unique synthesis of information, including historical usage, cultural and social analysis, current basic science theory and research, and a wide range of clinical investigations and observations, makes this text a focused, authoritative resource. - Global coverage includes discussions of traditional healing arts from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. - Clinical guides for selecting therapies, and new advances for matching the appropriate therapy to the individual patient, enables you to offer and/or recommend individualized patient care. - Expert contributors include well-known writers such as Kevin Ergil, Patch Adams, Joseph Pizzorno, and Marc Micozzi. - A unique history of CAI traces CAM therapies from their beginnings to present day practices. - Suggested readings and references on the companion website list the best resources for further research and study.

Nanomedicine is the field of science that deals with organic applications of medicine at the nano-scale level. It primarily addresses finding, anticipating, and treating sickness, as well as using nanotechnology to assist in controlling human frameworks at the cellular level. The nature of nanotechnology allows it to address numerous medical issues in humans. This book offers comprehensive information to better comprehend and apply multifunctional nanoparticles in nanomedicine, and thus open avenues in the field. Medicating at the nanolevel is an exceptional therapeutic avenue, as it avoids symptoms associated with conventional medicines. This book investigates recent insights into structuring novel drug delivery frameworks. It concentrates on the physical characteristics of drug delivery transporters, and the preliminary procedures involved in their use. The book offers in-depth detail that benefits academics and researchers alike, containing broad research from experts in the field, and serves as a guide for students and researchers in the field of nanomedicine, drug delivery, and nanotechnology.

Although pathological gambling has been a field of study and treatment for over forty years, its story has remained unwritten. That is until now. Brian Castellani is the first to write a book on its history and its medicalization. Although pathological gambling has been a field of study and treatment for over forty years, its story has remained unwritten. That is until now. Brian Castellani is the first to write a book on its history and its medicalization.

- La obra se convierte en una herramienta esencial para el personal de enfermería que trabaja en un quirófano o que aspira a hacerlo, proporcionando todos aquellos conocimientos que han de manejar estos profesionales. - El contenido se presenta en un formato práctico y tremendamente visual, lo que facilita el aprendizaje y ayuda al usuario a localizar de manera sencilla toda la información. - Presenta imágenes reales de instrumentación quirúrgicas para acercar la realidad del quirófanos a todos los lectores. - Incluye protocolos estandarizados en el uso del material quirúrgico. Esta tercera edición incluye nuevos protocolos que se suman al ya extenso listado, único en la literatura enfermera, que constituye un «chuletario para tener en la taquilla de quirófano y poder consultar si instrumentamos una cirugía nueva», afirman sus autores. Otra novedad es la inclusión de capítulos donde se recogen los aspectos más relevantes de la seguridad del paciente en el bloque quirúrgico, así como los contenidos más destacables de la cirugía endoscópica. Obra redactada por expertos instrumentistas, supervisores de quirófano y profesores universitarios, todos ellos enamorados de una profesión que va avanzando y perfeccionándose cada día gracias a la constante investigación.

The First International Symposium on the Interface between Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology: Applications of Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry was held June 1987 at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, U.S.A. The purpose of the "Interface" meeting was to forge connections between analytical chemists and microbiologists that are using chromatography and mass spectrometry to solve common problems. The goals were admirably fulfilled. Nearly a hundred participants from seven European countries, Japan, and the United States participated in hearing twenty-three plenary talks and thirty-six submitted papers and posters. The papers and discussions displayed the breadth and depth of current research applications and revealed future directions. This book "Analytical Microbiology Methods: Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry" is loosely based on some of the presentations and discussions at the meeting. Each chapter describes specific methodology and applications in the context of the relevant scientific background. The present book continues the theme of an earlier book, "Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Applications in Microbiology", edited by G. Odham, L. Larsson, and P-A. Mardh, published by Plenum Press in 1984.

Since 1972, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation strives to foster innovation, develop ideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people to devote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the ninth volume in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policymakers and practitioners, as well as interested members of the public, the series offers valuable lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years.

Mounting scientific evidence generated over the past decade highlights the significant role of our citiesê built environments in shaping our health and well-being. In this book, the authors conceptualize the •urban health nicheê as a novel approach to

Shocking new insider information that shows what really happened in Wuhan, China, at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak and in the ensuing cover-up. The day that Dr. Andrew G. Huff left his senior scientist and vice president role at EcoHealth Alliance was one of the happiest days of his life due to the corruption he had witnessed at the organization. However, he never thought working there would be of any great consequence to the future. He was wrong. Because, as an EcoHealth Alliance insider, Dr. Huff had had a ringside seat to one of the biggest cover-ups in history. The Truth about Wuhan contains new research and a breakdown of how and why the development of COVID-19 in the United States and China was supported by the US government to collect intelligence on laboratories in China. Dr. Huff, an expert in the fields of bioterrorism and bio warfare, is a whistleblower who will show why the reasons the lab leak was covered up are incorrect. He worked on the classified research side of the program as a US government scientist. He knows the real how and why COVID-19 emerged. Besides exposing the conspiracy and cover-up, Dr. Huff also puts forth policy solutions and recommendations to prevent a lab leak virus from plaguing the world again. The Truth about Wuhan simply explains the complexity of the system that led to COVID-19’s emergence; how the medical industrial complex grew and became entrenched in gain of function work after 9/11; why EcoHealth Alliance was the (almost) perfect intelligence collection cover; the policy actions and decision-making process as to why the United States government engaged in the COVID cover-up; how and why the United States swapped biotechnology with China and biomedical corporations; and the incentives for each of the actors or governments to engage and coordinate a global cover-up of COVID-19 origins. The Truth about Wuhan also shows how and why Dr. Anthony Fauci is intricately involved in the COVID cover-up; how scientists like EcoHealth Alliance president and CEO Dr. Peter Daszak rose to power and used their influence to corrupt science and the COVID origin investigation; and how the intelligence community likely orchestrated the cover-up with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Dr. Huff also provides personal harrowing accounts of how the US government waged a psychological operation against him to prevent him from speaking out. COVID-19 is the biggest lie, scandal, and intelligence failure in US history, and Dr. Andrew G. Huff is stepping out of the shadows to share his insider story about this failure that led to millions of deaths around the world.

Terbitnya sebuah buku ajar secara signifikan akan menambah referensi pendidikan kedokteran guna mewujudkan seorang dokter yang memiliki profesionalitas dalam melakukan profesi kedokteran. Salah satu kompetensi mahasiswa pendidikan dokter ialah menguasai sistem digesti manusia, sistem yang anatominya terdiri atas tabung-tabung yang sangat panjang dengan berbagai variasinya berfungsi untuk mencerna dan mengolah makanan agar zat yang dibutuhkan tubuh bisa diabsorpsi, sekaligus dikeluarkan residunya. Penulisan buku ini tentu akan turut memperkaya khazanah keilmuan di dunia kedokteran dan akan menjadi sebagian pendorong untuk mewujudkan Fakultas Kedokteran dan Kesehatan kelas dunia yang unggul, mandiri, bermartabat, dan dengan dijiwai Pancasila, mengabdi pada kepentingan dan kemakmuran bangsa dengan menerapkan prinsip tata kelola (good governance) yang baik untuk mencapai kesejahteraan.

Virus merupakan partikel kecil yang hidup secara obligat pada suatu inang. Kata virus diambil dari bahasa Yunani "venom" yang berarti racun. Secara umum virus terdiri dari asam nukleat, deoxyribo nucleic acid (DNA) atau ribo nucleicacid (RNA), yang diselimuti semacam mantel (kapsid) atau kapsul lemak. Virus yang kompenannya sudah lengkap serta sudah mampu menginfeksi sel inang lain, disebut dengan virion. Sejarah virus diperantarai oleh penemuan botani asal Rusia, Dmitri Ivanovsky. la menemukan semacam suspensi pada jaringan tanaman tembakau yang mirip dengan bakteri. Semula ia berpikir bahwa suspensi tersebut merupakan jenis agen bakteri. Hasil filtrasi tanaman tersebut ketika disemprotkan ke tanaman yang sehat, tanaman yang sehat menjadi sakit. Kisah virus mulai dikenal semenjak terjadinya Flu Spanyol yang terjadi pada tahun 1918 yang menewaskan hampir seperempat populasi dunia kala itu. Virus mulai bisa dideskripsikan, dikelompokkan berdasarkan deskripsi tertentu dan ditemukan zat menyusunnya semenjak ditemukannya mikroskop elektron. Perjalanan virus menjadi makin menarik ketika mulai ditemukan virus yang menyerang tanaman saja, hewan saja, maupun terjadi zoonosis dengan menular ke manusia. Dalam buku ini, pembaca akan diajak memahami mulai dari hal dasar seperti bentuk dan ukuran virus, klasifikasi virus, derajat paparan virus hingga cara replikasi virus secara umum. Materi lebih mendalam akan dibahas mengenai alasan virus hanya menyerang inang tertentu, misalnya virus HIV hanya menyerang sel CD4 pada manusia, bukan pada inang lainnya. Dalam tubuh inang, virus merupakan zat asing yang akan mendapat perlawanan dari inang. Salah satu yang berperan melawannya adalah mekanisme imunitas pada tubuh. Buku ini juga menjabarkan tentang respon imun terhadap infeksi virus. Mulai dari bagian sistem imun yang berekasi ketika ada infeksi virus hingga respon sel yang terinfeksi virus. Bukan hanya tentang virus yang merugikan, buku ini juga menyajikan salah satu obligat virus yang memberikan kontribusi dalam bioteknologi dan pengobatan yaitu bakteriofage, suatu jenis virus yang hanya menginfeksi bakteri. Buku ini ditutup dengan penjabaran detail mengenai beberapa virus yang cukup populer di dunia, seperti virus influenza, virus HIV, virus polio, virus dengue dan herpes. Sains Virus merupakan buku ajar yang ditujukan untuk pembelajar, mahasiswa, dan pemerhati virus. Buku ini mengeluas berbagai aspek virus dari berbagai referensi. Disusun dengan Bahasa yang mudah dipahami dan gambar visual yang menarik. Selamat membaca!

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Veterinary Medicine** Exploring the immunologic concerns of both large and small animals, Veterinary Immunology: An Introduction,10th Edition is the only complete resource on immunology for veterinary practitioners. This new edition has been meticulously updated to continue its trend of incorporating the latest advances and topics in the field. It features a straightforward presentation of basic immunologic principles along with thorough and timely information on the most significant immunologic diseases and responses seen in domestic animals. - Comprehensive coverage clearly explains the general principles of immunology, and provides information on the most significant immunologic diseases and immunologic responses seen in domestic animals and marine mammals. - A wealth of clinical examples show how principles will be experienced and addressed in the clinical setting. - Educator and student resources on Evolve feature an image collection, enhanced animations, flashcards, content updates, and a test bank for instructors. - Improved images clarify new content and enhance your understanding. - NEW! Updated content covers new T cell subpopulations, newly described interleukins; new approaches to cancer immunotherapy; immunology of fish; and new advances in genomics. - NEW! Learning objectives have been added to the beginning of each chapter. - NEW! Chapter on commensal bacterial will address the role of commensal bacteria in veterinary immunology and provide convincing explanations for previously poorly understood phenomena. - NEW! Information on the pathogenesis and treatment of atopic dermatitis has been added to help inform veterinarians who treat pets with dermatologic conditions. - NEW! Revised content on cancer immunology reflects the vast expansion of information that has been uncovered in the past five years. - NEW! Expanded information on the role of nutrition in animal immunity offers a rational basis for examining data of those who claim nutritional benefits. - NEW! Full-color histologic images replace black and white images to more effectively convey concepts.

Bridging the gap between dentistry and medical radiology, the third edition of Diagnostic Imaging: Oral and Maxillofacial, is an invaluable resource for anyone who requires an easily accessible, highly visual reference in this complex area of imaging, from new and seasoned radiologists to dental specialists and general practitioners currently using CT and/or cone beam CT (CBCT). Drs. Lisa J. Koenig, Dania Tamimi, Susanne E. Perschbacher, and Husniye Demirturk, building upon contributions from a diverse legacy authoring team of oral and maxillofacial and medical radiologists, provide up-to-date information on the oral and maxillofacial complex from a dentist's perspective to help you make informed decisions at the point of care. The text is lavishly illustrated, delineated, and referenced, making it a useful learning tool for readers at all levels of experience as well as a handy reference for daily practice. - Covers the anatomic zones, imaging modalities, patient conditions, and presenting clinical signs and symptoms shared by dentistry and medicine - Incorporates complete and accurate dental anatomy and nomenclature throughout as well as findings that affect the many aspects of dental treatment - Includes sweeping updates throughout, such as a new chapter on the expanded use of artificial intelligence (AI) in oral radiology, a new chapter on ultrasound use for maxillofacial lesions, and new chapters on CBCT applications in implant planning, endodontics, orthodontics, and analysis of sleep-disordered breathing risks - Features more than 4,800 print and online images, including CT and CBCT images, radiographs, ultrasound images, full-color illustrations, MR images, 3D reconstruction images, videos and clinical photographs - Includes 200+ diagnoses in chapters organized by anatomic section, with extensive coverage of TMJ disorders - Features more than 35 differential diagnosis chapters that provide a unique and intuitive method for interpreting pathology according to radiographic appearance - Contains comprehensive details on the anatomy of oral and maxillofacial areas, including embryology of the teeth to carotid arteries - Uses bulleted, succinct text and highly templated chapters for quick comprehension of essential information at the point of care - Serves as an excellent review for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology exam - Any additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

Dieses Lehrbuch soll Studierenden den Einstieg in die Gebiete der Forensik und Bioinformatik gleichermaßen erleichtern. Anhand eines fiktiven Falls, der sich durch das gesamte Buch zieht, wird die Bioinformatik und deren Grundlagen in das Gebiet der Forensik übertragen. Der Fall deckt eine Vielzahl an biologischen Spuren, sowie deren klassische Analyse ab und definiert neue Handlungsfelder in der Bioinformatik und Forensik. In diesem Werk werden verschiedenste Bereiche der Forensik bioinformatisch aufbereitet: Genetischer Fingerabdruck: Auswertung auf Sequenz- statt auf Profilebene Fingerspuren: krankheitsbedingte bzw. genetisch bedingte Veränderungen Untersuchungen zum Phänotyp einer Person Grundlegende Erkenntnisse zur Wundheilung sowie zur Blutalterung in- und ex-vivo Dieses Buch zeigt die Notwendigkeit auf, die Forensik um weitere Wissensbereiche zuergänzen und gibt Einblicke in eine Vielzahl moderner Themen der Forensik wie zum Beispiel Populationsgenetik; Wundaltersbestimmung, Daktyloskopie oder Menschen ohne Fingerabdruck.Vor allem Studierende aus den Lebenswissenschaften sowie Dozierende ebendieser Fachrichtung, werden durch dieses Lehrbuch spannende Einblicke in topaktuelle Fragestellungen bekommen.

Brain, Part 1 of The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Nervous System, 2nd Edition, provides a highly visual guide to this complex organ, from basic neurodevelopment, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and cognition to classic disorders including to epilepsy, hypothalamus/pituitary with disorders of consciousness and sleep, movement disorders, cerebellum, stroke, multiple sclerosis, neurologic infections, neuro-oncology, headaches, and brain trauma. This spectacularly illustrated volume in the masterwork known as the (CIBA) Netter "Green Books" has been expanded and revised by Drs. H. Royden Jones, Jr., Ted M. Burns, Michael J. Aminoff, and Scott L. Pomeroy to mirror the many exciting advances in medicine and imaging - offering unparalleled insights into the broad clinical spectrum of brain disorders. - Consult this title on your favorite e-reader with intuitive search tools and adjustable font sizes. Elsevier eBooks provide instant portable access to your entire library, no matter what device you're using or where you're located. - Get complete, integrated visual guidance on the brain with thorough, richly illustrated coverage. - Quickly understand complex topics thanks to a concise text-atlas format that provides a context bridge between primary and specialized medicine. - Clearly visualize how core concepts of anatomy, physiology, and other basic sciences correlate across disciplines. - Benefit from matchless Netter illustrations that offer precision, clarity, detail and realism as they provide a visual approach to the clinical presentation and care of the patient. - Gain a rich clinical view of all aspects of the brain in one comprehensive volume, conveyed through beautiful illustrations as well as up-to-date radiologic images. - Clearly see the connection between basic science and clinical practice with an integrated overview of normal structure and function as it relates to pathologic conditions. - Grasp current clinical concepts regarding development, pediatrics, and adult medicine captured in classic Netter illustrations, as well as new illustrations created specifically for this volume by artist-physician Carlos Machado, MD, and others working in the Netter style.

Surgery: A Case Based Clinical Review provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of surgical diseases in one easy to use reference that combines multiple teaching formats. The book begins using a case based approach. The cases presented cover the diseases most commonly encountered on a surgical rotation. The cases are designed to provide the reader with the classic findings on history and physical examination. The case presentation is followed by a series of short questions and answers, designed to provide further understanding of the important aspects of the history, physical examination, differential diagnosis, diagnostic work-up and management, as well as questions that may arise on surgical rounds. Key figures and tables visually reinforce the important elements of the disease process. A brief algorithmic flow chart is provided so the reader can quickly understand the optimal management approach. Two additional special sections further strengthen the student’s comprehension. The first section covers areas of controversy in the diagnosis or management of each disease, and another section discusses pitfalls to avoid, where the inexperienced clinician might get in trouble. The text concludes with a series of multiple choice questions in a surgery shelf/USMLE format with robust explanations. Surgery: A Case Based Clinical Review is based on 20 years of Socratic medical student teaching by a nine-time Golden Apple teaching awardee from the UCLA School of Medicine and will be of great utility for medical students when they rotate on surgery, interns, physician assistant students, nursing students and nurse practitioner students.

The Pfizer Papers features new reports written by WarRoom/DailyClout research volunteers, which are based on the primary source Pfizer clinical trial documents released under court order and on related medical literature. The book shows in high relief that Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial was deeply flawed and that the pharmaceutical company knew by November 2020 that its vaccine was neither safe nor effective. The reports detail vaccine-induced harms throughout the human body, including to the reproductive system; show that women suffer vaccine-related adverse events at a 3:1 ratio; expose that vaccine-induced myocarditis is not rare, mild, or transient; and, shockingly, demonstrate that the mRNA vaccines have created a new category of multi-system, multi-organ disease, which is being called “CoVax Disease.” Despite the fact that Pfizer committed in its own clinical trial protocol to follow the placebo arm of its trial for twenty-four months, Pfizer vaccinated approximately 95 percent of placebo recipients by March 2021, thus eliminating the trial’s control group and making it impossible for comparative safety determinations to be made. Just as importantly, The Pfizer Papers makes it clear that the US Food and Drug Administration knew about the shortfalls of Pfizer’s clinical trial as well as the harms caused by the company’s mRNA COVID vaccine product, thus highlighting the FDA’s abject failure to fulfill its mission to “[protect] the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices.” The Pfizer Papers offers an in-depth look at how Big Pharma, the US government, and healthcare entities stand protected behind the broad legal immunity provided by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) when creating, prescribing, and administering vaccines; and, under that shield of protection, do what is best for their bottom lines rather than for the health and well-being of Americans.

Un libro de gran utilidad para el practicante de cualquiera de las múltiples ramas de la medicina tradicional china, ya sea Acupuntura, Hierbas Chinas, Masaje, Qi-gong, Tai-chi-chuan, etc., y también para quienes trabajan la Macrobiótica, el Shiatzu y las Artes Marciales. Sirve además al neófito interesado, pues parte de los principios más elementales de la Medicina Oriental y paulatinamente va tejiendo la intrincada red de leyes y métodos que caracterizan esta disciplina, describiendo sistemáticamente lo más relevante de su Semiología y tratamiento. El poder disponer de una edición en español de un texto básico de medicina tradicional china, utilizado en los principales institutos especializados de China, entre los que se cuentan los de Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Mongolia Interior, Jiangxi y Fujian, llena un gran vacío en la bibliografía sobre el tema y constituye, para América Latina, un aporte decisivo al conocimiento de los principios que rigen la práctica de este arte milenario.

Buku Ajar Asuhan Kehamilan DIII Kebidanan Jilid I merupakan media pembelajaran yang digunakan mahasiswa untuk membantu jalannya proses perkuliahan sejak awal semester sampai akhir semester. Buku ini dilengkapi dengan latihan soal pada masing-masing babnya. Buku ajar ini diimplementasikan dari kurikulum kesehatan yang terbaru sehingga ilmu yang disajikan dalam buku ajar ini dapat menjadi rujukan yang tepat untuk mahasiswa DIII Kebidanan. Buku ini ditulis tim dosen yang ahli dibidangnya, kemudian melewati proses tinjauan (Review) dan pengeditan (editing) yang cukup ketat hingga tangan panel expert dan proofreading. Harapan kami, buku ini dapat memperkaya pengetahuan mahasiswa terkait ilmu kesehatan dan kemampuan dalam menjawab latihan soal berbentuk kasus, sehinggan dapat mengantarkan calon tenaga kesehatan yang sukses dan professional. Salam Cumlaude

Nueva edición de la obra de referencia en la asignatura de Microbiología que en su 9a ed, continúa siendo la "biblia y el texto más reputado en esta temática. Aborda los principios básicos de la inmunología, la bacteriología, la virología, la parasitología, así como las pruebas diagnósticas de Laboratorio. - En esta nueva edición. se ha seguido con la filosofía de intentar reducir al máximo la información, obviando toda aquella que puede ser redundante, de forma que el libro recoge el "core de la asignatura a la vez que se ha reforzado el alto grado de correlación entre las ciencias básicas y la práctica clínica (incremento del número de casos clínicos). - A nivel de contenido, se mantiene el índice, si bien se ha producido una fusión de capítulos y ahora la edición impresa cuenta con 77 capítulos. Todos ellos se han actualizado de acuerdo con los últimos avances, destacando fundamentalmente los temas dedicados a las nuevas técnicas que permiten una rápida identificación de los microorganismos o la nueva información acerca de como funciona la inmunidad específica frente a los antígenos. - El texto incluye acceso a SC.com (todos los contenidos en inglés) en el que se encuentran importantes novedades. En primer lugar, se incorpora un capítulo solo disponible online "Microbial Connections by Body System and Disease en el que a través de 30 slides se hace una presentación de los diferentes tipos de patógeno en función del órgano o sistema de órganos al que infecten. - Así mismo se incluye un banco de 200 preguntas de autoevaluación ("modo estudio o "modo examen), 11 videos de procesos inmunológicos step by step y un microscopio virtual.

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Respiratory Therapy** Ensure you understand one of the most sophisticated areas of respiratory care with Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation: Physiological and Clinical Applications, 8th Edition! Known for its simple explanations and in-depth coverage of patient-ventilator management, this evidence-based text walks you through the most fundamental and advanced concepts surrounding mechanical ventilation and helps you understand how to properly apply these principles to patient care. This new edition is an excellent reference for all critical care practitioners and features coverage of the physiological effects of mechanical ventilation on different cross-sections of the population. Additionally, user-friendly features promote critical thinking and clinical application, such as key points, AARC clinical practice guidelines, critical care concepts, and updated learning objectives. - UNIQUE! Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia chapter presents in-depth, comprehensive coverage on this very challenging issue. - Critical Care Concepts present short questions that challenge you to apply knowledge learned to difficult concepts. - Brief patient case studies list pertinent assessment data and pose a critical thinking question to test your content comprehension. - Key Points draw attention to pivotal concepts and highlight important information as topics are addressed. - Intended for classroom or small group discussions, Clinical Scenarios offer a more comprehensive patient scenario that covers patient presentation, assessment data, and treatment options. - Logical sequencing of chapters builds on previously learned concepts. - Comprehensive Learning Objectives provide a clear, concise listing of what you need to learn in the chapter. - Bulleted end-of-chapter summaries help assess comprehension and guide study efforts. - Excerpts of Clinical Practice Guidelines developed by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) are presented in a convenient, reader-friendly format. - Chapter outlines provide a "big picture" of the chapter content. - NBRC-style end-of-chapter review questions reinforce the very difficult concept of mechanical ventilation with practice that focuses on certification exam success. - Glossary of mechanical ventilation terminology provides definitions for highlighted key terms in each chapter. - UPDATED! Revised content throughout reflects the latest standards of respiratory care.

Buku Ajar Anak DIII Keperawatan Jilid II merupakan media pembelajaran yang digunakan mahasiswa untuk membantu jalannya proses perkuliahan sejak awal semester sampai akhir semester. Buku ini dilengkapi dengan latihan soal pada masing-masing babnya. Buku ajar ini diimplementasikan dari kurikulum kesehatan yang terbaru sehingga ilmu yang disajikan dalam buku ajar ini dapat menjadi rujukan yang tepat untuk mahasiswa Keperawatan. Buku ini ditulis tim dosen yang ahli dibidangnya, kemudian melewati proses tinjauan (Review) dan pengeditan (editing) yang cukup ketat hingga tangan panel expert dan proofreading. Harapan kami, buku ini dapat memperkaya pengetahuan mahasiswa terkait ilmu kesehatan dan kemampuan dalam menjawab latihan soal berbentuk kasus, sehingga dapat mengantarkan calon tenaga kesehatan yang sukses dan professional. Salam Cumlaude

This volume addresses one of the Holy Grails in Psychiatry, namely the evidence for and potential to adopt ‘Biomarkers’ for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment responses in mental health conditions. It meshes together state of the art research from international renowned pre-clinical and clinical scientists to illustrate how the fields of anxiety disorders, depression, psychotic disorders, and autism spectrum disorder have advanced in recent years.

There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects Forensics Demystified explains forensic science in a logical progression from evidence collection through analysis and finally to the scientist actually testifying in court. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.

While many people practice yoga simply because it helps them feel good, the physiological basis for yoga’s effects on the body and mind is often unknown or misunderstood. Understanding these physiological concepts can help to deepen your yoga practice. The Physiology of Yoga separates speculation from fact by examining how the body responds and adapts to yoga within many systems of the body: musculoskeletal, nervous, respiratory, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, endocrine, reproductive, and digestive. Straightforward explanations guide you in sorting through conflicting information about what yoga really can help you achieve and in evaluating whether certain yoga methods provide benefits to any or all of those systems. You can experiment with concepts through Try It Yourself sidebars, which focus on mindful movement, meditation, and breathing. The 14 Myth or Fact sidebars explore popular claims about yoga, such as whether a shoulder stand can stimulate the thyroid or if twists can detoxify the liver. You’ll get the most current research to determine the validity of various claims so you can avoid practices that could be harmful or counterproductive and can decide for yourself what works for your practice. Finally, experience firsthand how yoga affects your physiology by exploring specific yoga poses and four sequences. Each sequence explains which of the physiological principles from the earlier chapters may be most prevalent in that sequence. With The Physiology of Yoga, you or your students can navigate all the conflicting views and opinions about the impact of yoga and learn to practice yoga while fully enjoying the benefits of mindful movement.

The Scattering of Light and other Electromagnetic Radiation covers the theory of electromagnetic scattering and its practical applications to light scattering. This book is divided into 10 chapters that particularly present examples of practical applications to light scattering from colloidal and macromolecular systems. The opening chapters survey the physical concept of electromagnetic waves and optics. The subsequent chapters deal with the theory of scattering by spheres and infinitely long cylinders. These topics are followed by discussions on the application of light scattering to the determination of the size distribution of colloidal particles. The last chapters are devoted to the Rayleigh-Debye scattering and the scattering by liquids, as well as the concept of anisotropy. These chapters also describe the effect upon light scattering of partial orientation of anisotropic particles in electrical and magnetic fields and in viscous flow. This book is of value to physical chemists and physical chemistry researchers, teachers, and students.

Texto novedoso en nuestro catálogo en español, aunque la obra en inglés lleva ya en el mercado 3 décadas, por lo que se trata de un libro consolidado y reconocido en el mercado de estudiantes anglófono por su carácter didáctico. La razón por la que se ha incorporado al portfolio es porque esta obra cubre las necesidades de todos aquellos estudiantes, tanto de Medicina como de otros grados de Ciencias de la Salud que solo precisan los conocimientos "core" de la asignatura, sin profundizar en detalles y aspectos que pueden resultar excesivos y que ya se están recogidos en otros libros más exhaustivos del catálogo (Baynes). El objetivo del texto es facilitar al estudiante su primer contacto con la asignatura. El abordaje de este texto, hace que sea un contenido muy transversal; así tiene en los estudiantes de Medicina el mercado primario, y en los estudiantes de biomedicina, odontología, farmacia, bioquímica y ciencias médicas básicas. Incluye más de 500 imágenes a todo color (fundamentalmente esquemas y tablas a todo color) altamente explicativas y didácticas. Es importante destacar que a lo largo de los diferentes capítulos, se incorporan cuadros de correlación clínica y un abordaje integrado con las disciplinas de biología celular y genética. Para fortalecer el aprendizaje, se incluyen preguntas de autoevaluación al final de cada capítulo así como un glosario para clarificar los conceptos esenciales. El libro dispone de material online en inglés disponible en la plataforma SC.com que incluyen 18 casos clínicos totalmente desarrollados.

Looks at fifty-five fundamental poses from an anatomical perspective to describe their function in the practice of hatha yoga.

Although researchers have long been aware that the species-typical architecture of the human mind is the product of our evolutionary history, it has only been in the last three decades that advances in such fields as evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, and paleoanthropology have made the fact of our evolution illuminating. Converging findings from a variety of disciplines are leading to the emergence of a fundamentally new view of the human mind, and with it a new framework for the behavioral and social sciences. First, with the advent of the cognitive revolution, human nature can finally be defined precisely as the set of universal, species-typical information-processing programs that operate beneath the surface of expressed cultural variability. Second, this collection of cognitive programs evolved in the Pleistocene to solve the adaptive problems regularly faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors--problems such as mate selection, language acquisition, cooperation, and sexual infidelity. Consequently, the traditional view of the mind as a general-purpose computer, tabula rasa, or passive recipient of culture is being replaced by the view that the mind resembles an intricate network of functionally specialized computers, each of which imposes contentful structure on human mental organization and culture. The Adapted Mind explores this new approach--evolutionary psychology--and its implications for a new view of culture.

The aim of the book is to be a reference book in automotive technology, as far as automotive chassis (i.e. everything that is inside a vehicle except the engine and the body) is concerned. The book is a result of a decade of work heavily sponsored by the FIAT group (who supplied material, together with other automotive companies, and sponsored the work). The first volume deals with the design of automotive components and the second volume treats the various aspects of the design of a vehicle as a system.

Seit 1959 versuche ich in Gottingen, Studierende del' Physik nach dem Vorexamen fur ein Aufbaustudiulll del' Physikalischen Metallkunde zu interessieren. Diese Aufgabe stellt sich heute an vie len Hochschulen, denn allgelllein hat sich der Bernf des Metallkundlers in del' Forschung, del' Entwicklung metallischer Werkstoffe und ihrer industriellen Pro duktion als sehr befriedigend und aussichtsreich erwiesen. Nicht nur ist die Metall-Technik auBerordentlich vielseitig und ladt zu wissen schaftlicher Durchdringung ein, sondel'll auch andere Bereiche der Festkorper-verarbeitenden 1ndustrie benu.

Can science explain powerful human emotions such as love and happiness? Or, are these emotions something more than the action of biochemicals and electrical impulses? Science is constantly uncovering the mysteries of our nature, but we are uneasy about submitting our most intimate feelings to its scrutiny. Religion tells us that God is love but neuroscience counters with love as a well-timed trickle of transmitters and hormones. In the 21st century, is it necessary to discard our traditional beliefs of a loving God in favor of dopamine? With doctorates in both mathematics and theology, Kevin Sharpe explores these notions and asks the question, Has Science Displaced the Soul? Unflinching in facing these issues, Sharpe provides a clear and current summary of the discoveries of science and what our spiritual traditions still have to offer in the ongoing effort to understand our deepest urges. He confronts serious unanswered questions. How can the Divine direct a random process like evolution? How can we reconcile the big bang with creation out of nothing? Does it make sense to claim that the non-biological Divine shares in human purposes and desires? Sharpe's solution is controversial since it requires that we demolish and reconstruct some of our most trusted conceptions. By examining the ways in which scientific and religious claims can be harmonized, he offers a radical and powerful interpretation of love and happiness in the divine context.

Buku ini menyajikan tentang temuan baru sebagai hasil penelitian, yakni sebuah cara untuk menjaga kadar Malondialdehid dan kadar Superoksida Dismutase Ovarium yang Terpapar Rhodamin B. Rhodamin B merupakan zat pewarna yang berbahaya dan banyak digunakan oleh masyarakat sebagai Bahan Tambahan Pangan (BTP). Rhodamin B memiliki senyawa klorin (Cl) yang merupakan senyawa halogen yang berbahaya dan reaktif (bersifat racun bagi tubuh), juga memiliki senyawa pengalkilasi (CH3-CH3) yang sangat radikal, dan dapat menginduksi Reactive Oxygen Spesies (ROS). Rhodamin B bila dikonsumsi dalam jumlah besar dan berulang, akan terakumulasi dalam tubuh, sehingga dapat mengakibatkan gangguan kesehatan reproduksi. Tubuh dapat menetralisir radikal bebas tersebut melalui sistem antioksidan enzimatik yakni superoksida dismutase, bila jumlah radikal bebas berlebihan maka kemampuan tubuh untuk menetralisirnya akan berkurang. Dalam tubuh yang sering terpapar rhodamin B akan terjadi ketidakseimbangan antara jumlah radikal bebas dan antioksidan yang disebut dengan stres oksidatif, yang dapat menyebabkan kerusakan jaringan termasuk pada organ reproduksi. Kombinasi vitamin C dan E dapat bekerja secara sinergis untuk mencegah reaksi peroksida lipid di ovarium akibat paparan rhodamin B. Vitamin E larut dalam lemak yang dapat mencegah reaksi berantai dari peroksidasi lipid dalam membran sel. Vitamin C larut dalam air, ditemukan dalam sitosol dan cairan ekstraseluler yang dapat berinteraksi langsung dengan radikal bebas.

Held in Prague, August 31-September 6, 1971

Buku Pengantar Biolistrik ini membahas tentang dasar-dasar kelistrikan yang terjadi pada medium biologi. Medium biologi dapat berwujud bermacam-macam antara lain berupa padatan, cairan, atau larutan dan juga campuran keduanya. Interaksi antara ion-ion dalam larutan dengan elektroda menjadi hal yang menarik dibahas dalam buku ini, mencakup konduktansi larutan elektrolit. Model lapisan ganda atau biasa dikatakan sebagai double layer, digunakan untuk menggambarkan interaksi antara lingkungan ionik yang berada di sekitar permukaan yang bermuatan. Salah satu prinsip pertama yang harus digunakan adalah bahwa materi yang berada pada batas permukaan memiliki sifat fase yang berbeda yang dipisahkan oleh antarmuka larutan dan elektroda. Dasar pengukuran biolistrik menjadi pembahasan yang menarik. Impedansi total dalam bentuk kompleks yang memudahkan untuk diekstrak menjadi rangkaian listrik penyusunnya. Diberikan beberapa contoh analisis rangkaian listrik yang menggambarkan perilaku dari larutan atau medium biologi yang diukur. Pada Bab akhir akan diberikan beberapa hasil penelitian yang berkaitan dengan pengukuran impedansi listrik berbagai medium biologi.

This time, you will say what needs to be said, in the right moment! · Would you like to be respected and heard? · Do you want to be more assertive in dialogues? · Are you afraid to tell the truth and end up with a rejection, or a negative reaction? · Do you want to have more emotional intelligence? All difficult people are just people, and knowing the fundamental aspects of brain functioning and emotions, facilitates the development of more tense and hostile conversations. You no longer need to "run away" from the inevitable, knowing that you will be psychologically and emotionally safe with these argumentative "powers". By discovering what happens in the brain during the confrontation, you will know how to act in each unpleasant situation, leading the other side to realize that they cannot move forward with hostility. This work translates the complexity of neuroscience into easy-to-understand ideas, and give extraordinary skills to face this "hulk" of dialogues. Communication is not just a "game", where one wins and the other loses, it is a human achievement that deserves to be respected and used with maximum lucidity. After all, what does neuroscience reveal so that we know how to deal with even difficult people, such as insecure people, passive aggressive people and other people who make us waste energy and time? Learn how to keep your brain from overloading, using precious cognitive resources just to defend yourself in these situations. By reading this book you will have a bonus, getting your intelligence never compromised again.

Nanomedicine is the field of science that deals with organic applications of medicine at the nano-scale level. It primarily addresses finding, anticipating, and treating sickness, as well as using nanotechnology to assist in controlling human frameworks at the cellular level. The nature of nanotechnology allows it to address numerous medical issues in humans. This book offers comprehensive information to better comprehend and apply multifunctional nanoparticles in nanomedicine, and thus open avenues in the field. Medicating at the nanolevel is an exceptional therapeutic avenue, as it avoids symptoms associated with conventional medicines. This book investigates recent insights into structuring novel drug delivery frameworks. It concentrates on the physical characteristics of drug delivery transporters, and the preliminary procedures involved in their use. The book offers in-depth detail that benefits academics and researchers alike, containing broad research from experts in the field, and serves as a guide for students and researchers in the field of nanomedicine, drug delivery, and nanotechnology.

The First International Symposium on the Interface between Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology: Applications of Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry was held June 1987 at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, U.S.A. The purpose of the "Interface" meeting was to forge connections between analytical chemists and microbiologists that are using chromatography and mass spectrometry to solve common problems. The goals were admirably fulfilled. Nearly a hundred participants from seven European countries, Japan, and the United States participated in hearing twenty-three plenary talks and thirty-six submitted papers and posters. The papers and discussions displayed the breadth and depth of current research applications and revealed future directions. This book "Analytical Microbiology Methods: Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry" is loosely based on some of the presentations and discussions at the meeting. Each chapter describes specific methodology and applications in the context of the relevant scientific background. The present book continues the theme of an earlier book, "Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Applications in Microbiology", edited by G. Odham, L. Larsson, and P-A. Mardh, published by Plenum Press in 1984.

El presente libro es un curso de actualización de filosofía de la ciencia. Su autor expone algunos de los problemas más candentes de la filosofía de las ciencias formales, naturales y sociales, así como de la ingeniería y la medicina. Obra dirigida especialmente al público hispanoamericano.

Shocking new insider information that shows what really happened in Wuhan, China, at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak and in the ensuing cover-up. The day that Dr. Andrew G. Huff left his senior scientist and vice president role at EcoHealth Alliance was one of the happiest days of his life due to the corruption he had witnessed at the organization. However, he never thought working there would be of any great consequence to the future. He was wrong. Because, as an EcoHealth Alliance insider, Dr. Huff had had a ringside seat to one of the biggest cover-ups in history. The Truth about Wuhan contains new research and a breakdown of how and why the development of COVID-19 in the United States and China was supported by the US government to collect intelligence on laboratories in China. Dr. Huff, an expert in the fields of bioterrorism and bio warfare, is a whistleblower who will show why the reasons the lab leak was covered up are incorrect. He worked on the classified research side of the program as a US government scientist. He knows the real how and why COVID-19 emerged. Besides exposing the conspiracy and cover-up, Dr. Huff also puts forth policy solutions and recommendations to prevent a lab leak virus from plaguing the world again. The Truth about Wuhan simply explains the complexity of the system that led to COVID-19’s emergence; how the medical industrial complex grew and became entrenched in gain of function work after 9/11; why EcoHealth Alliance was the (almost) perfect intelligence collection cover; the policy actions and decision-making process as to why the United States government engaged in the COVID cover-up; how and why the United States swapped biotechnology with China and biomedical corporations; and the incentives for each of the actors or governments to engage and coordinate a global cover-up of COVID-19 origins. The Truth about Wuhan also shows how and why Dr. Anthony Fauci is intricately involved in the COVID cover-up; how scientists like EcoHealth Alliance president and CEO Dr. Peter Daszak rose to power and used their influence to corrupt science and the COVID origin investigation; and how the intelligence community likely orchestrated the cover-up with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Dr. Huff also provides personal harrowing accounts of how the US government waged a psychological operation against him to prevent him from speaking out. COVID-19 is the biggest lie, scandal, and intelligence failure in US history, and Dr. Andrew G. Huff is stepping out of the shadows to share his insider story about this failure that led to millions of deaths around the world.

The eighteenth edition of this well-known textbook continues to provide a thorough understanding of the principles of modern physics. It offers a detailed presentation of important topics such as atomic physics, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, solid state physics and electronics. The concepts are exhaustively presented with numerous examples and diagrams which would help the students in analysing and retaining the concepts in an effective manner. This textbook is a useful resource for undergraduate students and will also serve as a reference text for postgraduate students.

Taksonomi dalam bidang biologi dapat diartikan sebagai suatu cabang ilmu biologi yang menelaah penamaan, pencirian, dan pengelompokkan makhluk hidup berdasarkan persamaan dan perbedaan karakter yang dimiliki. Taksonomi dapat dijelaskan dengan berbagai perspektif ilmu untuk tujuan mencari penjelasan lebih terperinci dari berbagai permasalahan dalam taksonomi itu sendiri. Taksonomi dalam perspektif filsafat ilmu juga akan memberikan kontribusi pengembangan pengertian dan penjelasan yang lebih mendalam terhadap bidang ilmu ini. Buku ini akan membahas taksonomi sebagai satu cabang ilmu dalam perspektif filsafat ilmu, dalam konsep dan pendekatan ontologi, epistemologi, dan aksiologi. Hakikat dan pengertian taksonomi, cara mempelajari taksonomi, dan manfaat taksonomi bagi kehidupan manusia dan perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan merupakan kajian dalam buku ini, yang pada akhirnya akan membentuk pola pikir dan sikap keilmuan yang mumpuni bagi mereka yang haus akan ilmu pengetahuan.

Dieses Lehrbuch soll Studierenden den Einstieg in die Gebiete der Forensik und Bioinformatik gleichermaßen erleichtern. Anhand eines fiktiven Falls, der sich durch das gesamte Buch zieht, wird die Bioinformatik und deren Grundlagen in das Gebiet der Forensik übertragen. Der Fall deckt eine Vielzahl an biologischen Spuren, sowie deren klassische Analyse ab und definiert neue Handlungsfelder in der Bioinformatik und Forensik. In diesem Werk werden verschiedenste Bereiche der Forensik bioinformatisch aufbereitet: Genetischer Fingerabdruck: Auswertung auf Sequenz- statt auf Profilebene Fingerspuren: krankheitsbedingte bzw. genetisch bedingte Veränderungen Untersuchungen zum Phänotyp einer Person Grundlegende Erkenntnisse zur Wundheilung sowie zur Blutalterung in- und ex-vivo Dieses Buch zeigt die Notwendigkeit auf, die Forensik um weitere Wissensbereiche zuergänzen und gibt Einblicke in eine Vielzahl moderner Themen der Forensik wie zum Beispiel Populationsgenetik; Wundaltersbestimmung, Daktyloskopie oder Menschen ohne Fingerabdruck.Vor allem Studierende aus den Lebenswissenschaften sowie Dozierende ebendieser Fachrichtung, werden durch dieses Lehrbuch spannende Einblicke in topaktuelle Fragestellungen bekommen.

A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness “Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring—and a riveting read. Hare and Woods have written the perfect book for our time.”—Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of Nudge For most of the approximately 300,000 years that Homo sapiens have existed, we have shared the planet with at least four other types of humans. All of these were smart, strong, and inventive. But around 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens made a cognitive leap that gave us an edge over other species. What happened? Since Charles Darwin wrote about “evolutionary fitness,” the idea of fitness has been confused with physical strength, tactical brilliance, and aggression. In fact, what made us evolutionarily fit was a remarkable kind of friendliness, a virtuosic ability to coordinate and communicate with others that allowed us to achieve all the cultural and technical marvels in human history. Advancing what they call the “self-domestication theory,” Brian Hare, professor in the department of evolutionary anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University and his wife, Vanessa Woods, a research scientist and award-winning journalist, shed light on the mysterious leap in human cognition that allowed Homo sapiens to thrive. But this gift for friendliness came at a cost. Just as a mother bear is most dangerous around her cubs, we are at our most dangerous when someone we love is threatened by an “outsider.” The threatening outsider is demoted to sub-human, fair game for our worst instincts. Hare’s groundbreaking research, developed in close coordination with Richard Wrangham and Michael Tomasello, giants in the field of cognitive evolution, reveals that the same traits that make us the most tolerant species on the planet also make us the cruelest. Survival of the Friendliest offers us a new way to look at our cultural as well as cognitive evolution and sends a clear message: In order to survive and even to flourish, we need to expand our definition of who belongs.

Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Epigenetics is a comprehensive reference for the epigenetic basis of most common neuropsychiatric disorders. The volume is organized into chapters representing individual neuropsychiatric disorders, from addition to obesity contributed by leading experts in their respective fields. The epigenetic aspects of each disorder are discussed, in the context of the full range of epigenetic mechanisms including DNA modification, histone post-translational modification, chromatin organization and non-coding RNA. A particular emphasis is placed on potential epigenetic interventions, when the effects of environmental stimuli on epigenetic states is particularly relevant o disease. Recent discoveries in epigenetic research enabled by epic advances in genomic technologies have positioned the field for broad translation to therapeutic interventions for previously unmanageable disorders Neuropsychiatric disorders represent a prime target of epigenetic interventions as they are highly debilitating, often chronic diseases with enormous costs to society. Thus, this volume will help define epigenetics as a key player in neuropsychiatric disorders, highlighting the full spectrum of epigenetic mechanisms underlying such disorders and introducing the vast range of epigenetic therapies under development. - Analyzes the effects of environmental stimuli on epigenetic states that correlate with neuropsychiatric disease induction - Reviews the epigenetic basis for common neuropsychiatric disorders, thereby guiding translational therapies for clinicians and mechanistic studies for scientists - Extensive use of diagrams, illustrations, tables, and graphical abstracts for each section providing rapid assessment

This second edition of an established and well received book has been carefully revised, in many instances by the original authors, and enlarged by the addition of two completely new chapters. These deal with the use of computers in the paint industry and with the increasingly important subject of health and safety. The chapter on pigments has also been re-written by an author new to this edition.It was the editor's intention in the first edition to provide science graduates entering the paint industry with a bridge between academia and the applied science and technology of paints. The great strength and appeal of this book remains that it deals with the technology of paints and surface coatings while also providing a basic understanding of the chemistry and physics of coatings. - Extensive revision of first edition - New chapter on computers and modelling - New chapter on health and safety

Buku ini diperuntukkan memenuhi kebutuhan dan sebagai pengantar maupun lanjutan bagi para mahasiswa yang mempelajari biologi dan ilmu yang relevan dengan biologi, seperti pertanian, kedokteran hewan, peternakan, dan perikanan serta masyarakat umum yang berminat dalam mempelajari dan mendalami bidang biologi, baik secara teoretis maupun praktis. Aspek-aspek yang terkait dengan bentuk, sifat dan peran fungi dalam kehidupan manusia dalam buku ini disajikan dalam 14 bab. Pada Bab 1 membahas mengenai perkembangan mikologi, distribusi fungi di alam dan peran fungi secara ekonomi. Bab 2 membahas struktur dan morfologi fungi. Pertumbuhan, reproduksi dan kebutuhan nutrisi serta taksonomi fungi secara berurutan disajikan pada Bab 3, Bab 4, dan Bab 5. Selanjutnya, Bab 6 sampai dengan Bab 10 mempelajari karakteristik dan kehidupan filum fungi, yaitu filum Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Chytridiomycota, Deuteromycota, Glomeromycota serta Zygomycota. Buku ini juga mempelajari peran dan aplikasi fungi dalam kehidupan manusia dan ekosistem, seperti mikologi pangan, fungi patogen pada tanaman, fungi dekomposer serta fungi dan produksi bioetanol yang disajikan pada Bab 11,12,13,dan 14.

يقدم هذا الكتاب لمحة شاملة عن المعرفة الأساسية حول الهيدروجين والآراء حول التطور المحتمل والمستقبلي لعلوم وتكنولوجيا الهيدروجين. يحتوي هذا الكتاب على إحدى عشر بابا تبدأ بمقدمة حول أهمية الهيدروجين ومصادر الطاقة وأشكالها وطاقة الهيدروجين الجديدة، والتصورات المستقبلية حول هذه الطاقة. يقدم الباب الثاني الخصائص الفريدة لعنصر الهيدروجين وتأريخ التطور التقني في مجال الهيدروجين، واستخداماته. في الباب الثالث، تم مناقشة الهيدروجين كوقود، كونه حامل للطاقة، والطرق المختلفة لإنتاجه وتطويره، وطرق نقله وتوزيعه والتحديات التي تواجه استخدامه. في الباب الرابع تم مناقشة التحليل الكهربي وخلايا الوقود من حيث مفاهيم الحركية الكيميائية والخلايا الكهروكيميائية، وأنواع الاستقطاب الكهربي، وأسلوب عمل المحللات الكيميائية ومبدأ عمل العديد من خلايا الوقود الكهروكيميائية كتقنية لتوليد الهيدروجين. بينما يقدم الباب الخامس طرق إنتاج الهيدروجين من الوقود الأحفوري والكتلة الحيوية وطرق الإصلاح المختلفة، كما تم مناقشة تقنية التغويز التي تستخدم في إنتاج الهيدروجين من الكتلة الحيوية. في الباب السادس تم شرح كيفية إنتاج الهيدروجين بواسطة الطاقة الشمسية باستخدام أشباه موصلات الأكسيد الحساسة للضوء وطرق تطوير الخلايا الكهروضوئكيميائية وتقنيات الفصل الكيميائي، علاوة على تقنية التقسيم الكهروضوئكيميائي للماء لإنتاج الهيدروجين. هذا علاوة على الخصائص العملية للخلايا الكهروضوئكيميائية القائمة على أكسيد التيتانيوم. يناقش الباب السابع التقنيات المختلفة لتنقية وفصل الهيدروجين مثل عمليات الأخسدة القائمة على الحديد، والعمليات القائمة على هيدريدات المعادن، وخصائص وأنواع أغشية فصل الهيدروجين. بينما يناقش الباب الثامن تقنيات إسالة الهيدرجين ومميزات التقنيات المختلفة لإسالة الهيدروجين، علاوة على الإسالة المغناطيسية، وتصميم المجددات المغناطيسية. وفي الباب التاسع، تم إلقاء الضوء على طرق نقل الهيدروجين وتوزيعه وتخزينه سواء في صهاريج أو في مواد كيميائية. يناقش الباب العاشر تطبيقات الهيدروجين في المجالات المختلفة مثل الاستخدامات القائمة على الطاقة والاستخدامات في النقل، والتطبيقات الثابتة والمتحركة للطاقة. وأخيرا، يناقش الباب الحادي عشر إجراءات السلامة الواجب إتباعها عند التعامل مع الهيدروجين. باختصار، يعتبر هذا الكتاب مرجعاً مهماً لكل المهتمين بالطاقة المتجددة وعلى رأسها الهيدروجين كوقود مستقبلي، ولا يخفى على أحد، إن المكتبة العربية تخلو من المراجع القيمة في هذا المجال، كما يقدم هذا الكتاب يد العون لأبنائنا في كليات العلوم والهندسة وكل المهتمين بمجال الطاقة.

Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of modern physics and to the various fields of contemporary physics. The book's main goal is to help prepare engineering students for the upper division courses on devices they will later take, and to provide physics majors and engineering students an up-to-date description of contemporary physics. The book begins with a review of the basic properties of particles and waves from the vantage point of classical physics, followed by an overview of the important ideas of new quantum theory. It describes experiments that help characterize the ways in which radiation interacts with matter. Later chapters deal with particular fields of modern physics. These include includes an account of the ideas and the technical developments that led to the ruby and helium-neon lasers, and a modern description of laser cooling and trapping of atoms. The treatment of condensed matter physics is followed by two chapters devoted to semiconductors that conclude with a phenomenological description of the semiconductor laser. Relativity and particle physics are then treated together, followed by a discussion of Feynman diagrams and particle physics. - Develops modern quantum mechanical ideas systematically and uses these ideas consistently throughout the book - Carefully considers fundamental subjects such as transition probabilities, crystal structure, reciprocal lattices, and Bloch theorem which are fundamental to any treatment of lasers and semiconductor devices - Uses applets which make it possible to consider real physical systems such as many-electron atoms and semi-conductor devices

The Pfizer Papers features new reports written by WarRoom/DailyClout research volunteers, which are based on the primary source Pfizer clinical trial documents released under court order and on related medical literature. The book shows in high relief that Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial was deeply flawed and that the pharmaceutical company knew by November 2020 that its vaccine was neither safe nor effective. The reports detail vaccine-induced harms throughout the human body, including to the reproductive system; show that women suffer vaccine-related adverse events at a 3:1 ratio; expose that vaccine-induced myocarditis is not rare, mild, or transient; and, shockingly, demonstrate that the mRNA vaccines have created a new category of multi-system, multi-organ disease, which is being called “CoVax Disease.” Despite the fact that Pfizer committed in its own clinical trial protocol to follow the placebo arm of its trial for twenty-four months, Pfizer vaccinated approximately 95 percent of placebo recipients by March 2021, thus eliminating the trial’s control group and making it impossible for comparative safety determinations to be made. Just as importantly, The Pfizer Papers makes it clear that the US Food and Drug Administration knew about the shortfalls of Pfizer’s clinical trial as well as the harms caused by the company’s mRNA COVID vaccine product, thus highlighting the FDA’s abject failure to fulfill its mission to “[protect] the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices.” The Pfizer Papers offers an in-depth look at how Big Pharma, the US government, and healthcare entities stand protected behind the broad legal immunity provided by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) when creating, prescribing, and administering vaccines; and, under that shield of protection, do what is best for their bottom lines rather than for the health and well-being of Americans.

This Fourth Edition of Principles of Seed Science and Technology, like the fIrst three editions, is written for the advanced undergraduate student or lay person who desires an introduction to the science and technology of seeds. The fIrst nine chapters present the seed as a biological system and cover its origin, development, composition, function (and sometimes nonfunction), performance and ultimate deterioration. The last nine chapters present the fundamentals of how seeds are produced, conditioned, evaluated and distributed in our modern agricultural society. Two new chapters have been added in this fourth edition, one on seed ecology and the second on seed drying. Finally, revisions have been made throughout to reflect changes that have occurred in the seed industry since publication of the Third Edition. Because of the fundamental importance of seeds to both agriculture and to all of society, we have taken great care to present the science and technology of seeds with the respect and feeling this study deserves. We hope that this feeling will be communicated to our readers. Furthermore, we have attempted to present information in a straight-forward, easy-ta-read manner that will be easily understood by students and lay persons alike. Special care has been taken to address both current state-of-the-art as well as future trends in seed technology.

This volume addresses one of the Holy Grails in Psychiatry, namely the evidence for and potential to adopt ‘Biomarkers’ for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment responses in mental health conditions. It meshes together state of the art research from international renowned pre-clinical and clinical scientists to illustrate how the fields of anxiety disorders, depression, psychotic disorders, and autism spectrum disorder have advanced in recent years.

Geomorfologi merupakan ilmu yang mempelajari bentuklahan dan proses pembentukannya. Geomorfologi saat ini telah berkembang menjadi kajian keilmuan yang berperan dalam survei dan pemetaan potensi sumberdaya dan bencana serta aplikasi tematik lainnya. Kompleksitas keilmuan geomorfologi menuntut adanya bahan rujukan dan refrensi dalam memahami konsep dan teori yang mendasarinya. Geomorfologi merupakan matakuliah yang disepakati secara nasional sebagai matakuliah wajib bagi program studi Geografi baik di bawah jurusan sains (non kependidikan) maupun kependidikan. Penulisan buku ini dimaksudkan untuk menyiapkan bahan rujukan utama bagi dosen dan mahasiswa di program studi Geografi maupun program studi ilmu kebumian lainnya. Buku ini dikemas dengan contoh-contoh yang terjadi di Indonesia. Buku ini diharapkan akan mempermudah bagi dosen dan mahasiswa dalam memahami konsep geomorfologi sebagai ilmu dasar bagi pemahaman fenomena geosfer serta pemetaan potensi sumberdaya dan bencana. Buku Bagian I ini berisi empat bab yang meliputi 1) ruang lingkup dan konsep dasar geomorfologi; 2) aspek kajian geomorfologi; 3) klasifikasi bentuklahan; dan 4) terapan geomorfologi. Keempat bab tersebut merupakan dasar untuk memahami pementukan permukaan bumi dan proses-proses pembentukannya, serta kedudukan dan aplikasinya dalam kajian geografi dan ilmu kebumian pada umumnya. Buku ini merupakan dasar untuk memahami karateristik bentuklahan yang dibahas sencara lebih rinci di buku bagian II.

UN GUIDE ASTROLOGIQUE COMPLET DE L'HOROSCOPE DU LION Vous vous demandez ce que 2024 vous réserve ? Percez les mystères du cosmos et embarquez pour un voyage transformateur avec "Votre horoscope personnel complet 2024". Ce guide complet propose des lectures de prévisions astrologiques mensuelles adaptées à votre signe du zodiaque, fournissant des informations inestimables sur l'amour, la romance, l'argent, les finances, la carrière, la santé, la spiritualité, etc. Avec une précision experte et une profonde compréhension des aspects astrologiques, ce livre révèle les forces célestes qui façonnent votre destin. Chaque mois, découvrez les influences uniques et les énergies cosmiques qui guideront votre chemin, vous aidant à relever les défis de la vie et à tirer le meilleur parti de ses nombreuses opportunités. Mais ce n'est pas tout - "Votre horoscope personnel complet 2024" va encore plus loin en dévoilant les sept meilleurs jours de chaque mois. Ce sont les moments magiques où les étoiles s'alignent en parfaite harmonie, vous offrant le plus grand potentiel de réussite, d'amour et de croissance personnelle. Soyez prêt à saisir ces jours propices et à concrétiser vos rêves. Le livre d'astrologie du zodiaque contient également tout ce que vous devez savoir sur chaque signe, y compris la compatibilité des relations pour les amoureux dans une relation avant le mariage. Fabriqué avec précision, ce livre est une ressource indispensable pour les passionnés d'astrologie et ceux qui recherchent des conseils cosmiques. Les prévisions mensuelles précises et personnalisées fournissent des conseils pratiques et vous permettent de prendre des décisions éclairées, tandis que l'inclusion des sept meilleurs jours ajoute une couche supplémentaire d'excitation et d'opportunité à votre voyage astrologique. Allumez les flammes de la passion dans votre vie amoureuse, attirez l'abondance et la prospérité financière, propulsez votre carrière vers de nouveaux sommets, nourrissez votre bien-être et connectez-vous avec votre essence spirituelle. "Votre horoscope personnel complet Scorpion 2024" est votre compagnon de confiance, éclairant votre chemin vers la découverte de soi et l'autonomisation. Avec un format convivial et des informations astrologiques conçues par des experts, ce livre s'adresse à la fois aux débutants et aux passionnés d'astrologie chevronnés. Ce guide est un article cadeau incontournable et parfait pour les amis, les amoureux et la famille. Il est complet et parfait même pour les débutants dans le monde de l'astrologie. Laissez la sagesse du cosmos vous guider et libérez votre véritable potentiel en 2024. Embarquez pour une aventure céleste et puisez dans la puissance des étoiles. "Votre horoscope personnel complet 2024" vous inspirera, vous éclairera et vous donnera les moyens de créer une vie remplie de joie, d'amour et d'épanouissement. Ce guide astrologique horoscope contient : Le signe du zodiaque Lion et son profil de personnalité, ses traits, etc. Compatibilité relationnelle pour tous les signes du zodiaque 7 meilleurs jours chanceux chaque mois du Cosmos. Prévisions mensuelles sur l'amour, l'argent, la carrière, la santé, etc.

AUDIBLE EDITOR'S PICK A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder—exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish. As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her “symptoms”--only ever labeled as anxiety-- were considered autistic and ADHD. Being a journalist, she dove into the research and uncovered neurodiversity—a framework that moves away from pathologizing “abnormal” versus “normal” brains and instead recognizes the vast diversity of our mental makeups. When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger, male populations, and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations, women often don’t learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all. As a result, potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. Meanwhile, we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer. Divergent Mind is a long-overdue, much-needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are “different.” Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism, misophonia, dyslexia, SPD and more, Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely-held misconceptions (for example, it’s not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy, they have an overwhelming excess of it). Nerenberg also offers us a path forward, describing practical changes in how we communicate, how we design our surroundings, and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish, we create a better tomorrow for us all.

“I’ve gained deeper understanding listening to Rupert Spira than I have from any other exponent of modern spirituality. Reality is sending us a message we desperately need to hear, and at this moment no messenger surpasses Spira and the transformative words in his essays.” —Deepak Chopra, author of You Are the Universe, Spiritual Solutions, and Super Brain Our world culture is founded on the assumption that the Big Bang gave rise to matter, which in time evolved into the world, into which the body was born, inside which a brain appeared, out of which consciousness at some late stage developed. As a result of this “matter model,” most of us believe that consciousness is a property of the body. We feel that it is “I,” this body, that knows or is aware of the world. We believe and feel that the knowing with which we are aware of our experience is located in and shares the limits and destiny of the body. This is the fundamental presumption of mind and matter that underpins almost all our thoughts and feelings and is expressed in our activities and relationships. The Nature of Consciousness suggests that the matter model has outlived its function and is now destroying the very values it once sought to promote. For many people, the debate as to the ultimate reality of the universe is an academic one, far removed from the concerns and demands of everyday life. After all, life happens independently of our models of it. However, The Nature of Consciousness will clearly show that the materialist paradigm is a philosophy of despair and, as such, the root cause of unhappiness in individuals. It is a philosophy of conflict and, as such, the root cause of hostilities between families, communities, and nations. Far from being abstract and philosophical, its implications touch each one of us directly and intimately. An exploration of the nature of consciousness has the power to reveal the peace and happiness that truly lie at the heart of experience. Our experience never ceases to change, but the knowing element in all experience—consciousness, or what we call “I”—itself never changes. The knowing with which all experience is known is always the same knowing. Being the common, unchanging element in all experience, consciousness does not share the qualities of any particular experience: it is not qualified, conditioned, or limited by experience. The knowing with which a feeling of loneliness or sorrow is known is the same knowing with which the thought of a friend, the sight of a sunset, or the taste of ice cream is known. Just as a screen is never disturbed by the action in a movie, so consciousness is never disturbed by experience; thus it is inherently peaceful. The peace that is inherent in us—indeed that is us—is not dependent on the situations or conditions we find ourselves in. In a series of essays that draw you, through your own direct experience, into an exploration of the nature of this knowing element that each of us calls “I,” The Nature of Consciousness posits that consciousness is the fundamental reality of the apparent duality of mind and matter. It shows that the overlooking or ignoring of this reality is the root cause of the existential unhappiness that pervades and motivates most people’s lives, as well as the wider conflicts that exist between communities and nations. Conversely, the book suggests that the recognition of the fundamental reality of consciousness is the first step in the quest for lasting happiness and the foundation for world peace.

This book guides readers through the broad field of generic and industry-specific management system standards, as well as through the arsenal of tools that are needed to effectively implement them. It covers a wide spectrum, from the classic standard ISO 9001 for quality management to standards for environmental safety, information security, energy efficiency, business continuity, laboratory management, etc. A dedicated chapter addresses international management standards for compliance, anti-bribery and social responsibility management. In turn, a major portion of the book focuses on relevant tools that students and practitioners need to be familiar with: 8D reports, acceptance sampling, failure tree analysis, FMEA, control charts, correlation analysis, designing experiments, estimating parameters and confidence intervals, event tree analysis, HAZOP, Ishikawa diagrams, Monte Carlo simulation, regression analysis, reliability theory, data sampling and surveys, testing hypotheses, and much more. An overview of the necessary mathematical concepts is also provided to help readers understand the technicalities of the tools discussed. A down-to-earth yet thorough approach is employed throughout the book to help practitioners and management students alike easily grasp the various topics.

Buku Teks Agribisnis Tanaman Hortikultura ini disusun untuk membantu guru/pendidik, siswa, maupun orang secara umum dalam mempelajari dan memahami konsep Produksi Tanaman Hortikultura secara benar. Buku ini terdiri dari 11 bagian tentang tata cara Produksi Tanaman Hortikultura dijelaskan secara gamblang dari proses pengolahan tanah sampai dengan tekknik pemupukan tanaman, serta penangan hama dan penyakit pada tanaman hortikultura. Tanaman hortikultura dikelompokkan menjadi 4 yaitu: Sayuran, Buah-buahan, Hias, dan Obat-obatan. Tanaman sayuran dikelompokkan menjadi tanaman sayur yang dimanfaatkan bagian daun, bunga, batang, buah, dan akar/umbinya. Tanaman buah-buahan adalah tanaman yang dimanfaatkan atau dikonsumsi sebagai buah segar atau dibuat juice. Tanaman ini dikelompokkan menjadi tanaman buah semusim dan tahunan. Tanaman hias adalah tanaman yang dimanfaatkan karena keindahannya atau nilai estitikanya, tanaman ini dikelompokkan menjadi tanaman hias daun, bunga, keseluruhan bagiannya. Tanaman obat-obatan adalah tanaman yang dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai obat atau bumbu dapur. Tanaman ini biasanya dimanfaatkan seluruh bagian tanaman atau sebagian saja, contohnya jahe, kunyit, kencur, dan lain-lain.

La apasionante historia de la extracción y el control económico de los grandes minerales, desde la Antigüedad hasta nuestros días: oro, cobre, hierro, litio, tierras raras, etc. ¿Por qué es necesario leer este libro? La minería está a punto de recuperar una relevancia crucial en el escenario global. El mundo se dirige lentamente hacia una desglobalización y hacia una pelea indirecta entre Estados Unidos y China, con países como Rusia e India buscando desempeñar un papel importante en el nuevo mapa multipolar. Además, la humanidad, enfrentada al gran riesgo del cambio climático, se ha embarcado en una transición energética que requiere —y requerirá durante años— más metales que nunca. Es esencial revisar las páginas de la historia para comprender la importancia crítica que las minas y los metales han tenido en el destino de las naciones y cómo, hasta épocas tan recientes como la Guerra Fría, este sector fue siempre vigilado de cerca por los gobernantes y las grandes corporaciones. Desde las junglas del Congo hasta los glaciares del Ártico canadiense, desde la fiebre del oro en California o las excavaciones a cinco mil metros de altura en Argentina hasta la historia del tungsteno gallego del Tercer Reich, este libro es una auténtica visita guiada por una industria milenaria desconocida para la mayoría, sujeta a menudo a caricaturas y simplificaciones. La crítica ha dicho... «Brillante. Imprescindible para comprender la relevancia de la minería hoy». Alberto Lavandeira, CEO de Atalaya Mining

Soybean genomics is of great interest as one of the most economically important crops and a major food source. This book covers recent advances in soybean genome research, including classical, RFLP, SSR, and SNP markers; genomic and cDNA libraries; functional genomics platforms; genetic and physical maps; and gene expression profiles. The book is for researchers and students in plant genetics and genomics, plant biology and pathology, agronomy, and food sciences.

En el panorama del conocimiento humano, las fronteras entre ciencia y filosofía son cada vez más permeables, dando lugar a diálogos inesperados entre mundos aparentemente distantes. En este libro pretendemos explorar la fascinante intersección entre las filosofías orientales, con especial atención al budismo, y los modernos descubrimientos de la física cuántica. El objetivo es claro: esbozar cómo los conocimientos milenarios de tradiciones como el budismo pueden arrojar nueva luz sobre las teorías cuánticas, planteando profundas cuestiones sobre la naturaleza de la realidad, la percepción y la propia existencia. Este libro es el primero de una trilogía centrada en el budismo, el hinduismo y el taoísmo. Los temas tratados ponen de relieve las similitudes entre estos sistemas de pensamiento y los principios fundamentales de la física cuántica. Las similitudes son asombrosas. En el budismo, el concepto de impermanencia es fundamental. Todo lo que existe está en constante cambio, nada es estático. Del mismo modo, la física cuántica nos enseña que, a nivel subatómico, las partículas no existen en estados definidos, sino en estados probabilísticos. Por ejemplo, la famosa dualidad onda-partícula sugiere que las partículas también pueden comportarse como ondas, desafiando nuestra comprensión tradicional de la materia física. El principio de interdependencia subraya cómo cada fenómeno está conectado con todos los demás. En física cuántica, el fenómeno del entrelazamiento cuántico ilustra esa red de relaciones entre partículas. Cuando dos partículas están entrelazadas, un cambio en el estado de una afecta instantáneamente a la otra, incluso a grandes distancias, proponiendo un vínculo que trasciende las barreras espacio-temporales. Una parte importante está dedicada a la ilusión del ego (Anatta): El budismo enseña que la sensación de un yo separado es una ilusión. En física cuántica, nuestra percepción de la realidad es igualmente ilusoria. Muchos descubrimientos científicos revelan que nuestra observación altera la realidad observada. La famosa experiencia de la doble rendija, por ejemplo, muestra cómo la mera observación de partículas cuánticas altera su comportamiento. En cuanto a la meditación y la atención plena, se sabe que las prácticas meditativas budistas promueven una visión contemplativa de la realidad, permitiendo a los practicantes seguir caminos que van más allá de la apariencia de las cosas. Científicos contemporáneos, como el físico David Bohm, han sugerido que lo que vemos como "realidad" puede ser sólo una imagen superficial de un orden más profundo similar a los estados de conciencia que se alcanzan mediante la meditación. Para ilustrar estas afinidades, conviene citar el diálogo entre el físico Niels Bohr y el filósofo budista Daisetsu Teitarō Suzuki. Bohr, considerado uno de los padres de la física cuántica, encontró una sorprendente resonancia en los conceptos orientales. En una de sus célebres citas, dijo: "La física no es una descripción de la realidad, sino una construcción de nuestro pensamiento". Esto recuerda a la visión budista de la percepción como reflejo de nuestra mente. Otro testimonio significativo procede del físico Fritjof Capra, cuyo libro "El Tao de la Física" explora las similitudes entre la física moderna y las filosofías orientales, incluidos el budismo y el taoísmo. Capra sugiere que la realidad cuántica invoca una interpretación de la materia no como una colección de objetos sólidos, sino como un campo de energías, en perfecta armonía con el pensamiento budista sobre la impermanencia. En este primer volumen hemos trazado los contornos de una conexión profunda y transformadora entre el budismo y la física cuántica. Explorar estas relaciones no sólo enriquece nuestra comprensión de la ciencia, sino que invita a una reflexión más profunda sobre cómo percibimos la realidad. En un mundo cada vez más complejo, los principios budistas ofrecen una perspectiva vital de una nueva visión de nuestro lugar en el universo: un espacio de interconexión, impermanencia y conciencia. En futuros volúmenes, continuaremos por este camino, sumergiéndonos aún más en la oscuridad y la luz de otras tradiciones filosóficas orientales, descubriendo nuevas dimensiones en este fascinante diálogo entre la sabiduría antigua y los descubrimientos modernos.

Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 8th International Conference on Materials Science and Smart Materials (MSSM 2022) Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 8th International Conference on Materials Science and Smart Materials (MSSM 2022), July 11-13, 2022, London, United Kingdom

The New Public Health has established itself as a solid textbook throughout the world. Translated into 7 languages, The New Public Health distinguishes itself from other public health textbooks, which are either highly locally oriented or, if international, lack the specificity of local issues relevant to students' understanding of applied public health in their own setting. Following the gold standard of knowledge set by the Council for Education in Public Health, the new edition includes: - 40% new material, including all new tables, figures, data, and chapter bibliographies - Updates based on the 2005 accreditation criteria of the Council for Education in Public Health (CEPH), as will feedback received from an extensive survey of professors using NPH1 - Multiple case studies, chapter-ending bibliographies, and recommended readings The second edition of The New Public Health provides a unified approach to public health appropriate for all masters' level students and practitioners – specifically for courses in MPH programs, community health and preventive medicine programs, community health education programs, community health nursing programs, as well as programs for other medical professionals such as pharmacy, physiotherapy, and other public health courses. Specific courses include: Fundamentals of Public Health, Introduction to Public Health Policy, Philosophy of Public Health, History of Public Health, Public Health and Healthcare Management, New Technologies and Public Health, Genetics and Biotechnologies, Bio-preparedness and others.

This comprehensive bibliography on William Lyon Mackenzie King, the most prominent Canadian politician in the first half of the twentieth century, will be an invaluable reference tool for researchers in archives and libraries, as well as for political scientists, historians, journalists, and book collectors. In this volume Henderson provides comprehensive lists of books, articles, and other material written by King or about him and his era, and includes a series of appendices relating to studies on King and miscellaneous material pertaining to his life and career. In addition, Henderson provides a list of unsigned articles by King that appeared in newspapers and periodicals, and of sound recordings and motion picture footage relating to him. Finally, he identifies all forewords and prefaces written by King, plays written about him, and books and poems dedicated to him.

Statistics is the language of modern empirical social and behavioural science and the varieties of regression form the basis of this language. Statistical and computing advances have led to new and exciting regressions that have become the necessary tools for any researcher in these fields. In a way that is refreshingly engaging and readable, Wright and London describe the most useful of these techniques and provide step-by-step instructions, using the freeware R, to analyze datasets that can be located on the books′ webpage: www.sagepub.co.uk/wrightandlondon. Techniques covered in this book include multilevel modeling, ANOVA and ANCOVA, path analysis, mediation and moderation, logistic regression (generalized linear models), generalized additive models, and robust methods. These are all tested out using a range of real research examples conducted by the authors in every chapter. Given the wide coverage of techniques, this book will be essential reading for any advanced undergraduate and graduate student (particularly in psychology) and for more experienced researchers wanting to learn how to apply some of the more recent statistical techniques to their datasets. The Authors are donating all royalties from the book to the American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders.

This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers' advisor Joyce Saricks offers groundbreaking reconsideration of the connections among genres.

“Anlayış ve bilgiye tercüman olan dildir. İnsanı aydınlatan dilin kıymetini bil.” Yusuf Has Hacip Teknoloji son yıllarda, dünyayı köklü bir biçimde değiştirmiştir. Meydana gelen bu büyük değişimin hissedildiği alanlardan biri de eğitimdir. Değişim hızının çok yüksek olduğu ve yeni nesil öğrenenlerin hayatlarındaki yeri göz önünde bulundurulduğunda, teknolojinin entegre edilmediği ve etkili bir şekilde kullanılmadığı bir eğitimi kabul etmenin mümkün olmadığı iddia edilebilir. Teknolojinin öğrencilere kolay erişilebilen bilgiler, hızlandırılmış ve kalıcı öğrenme ve öğrendiklerini pratik etmeleri için eğlenceli ve çeşitli fırsatlar sunmasının yanı sıra onların güçlü ve zayıf yönlerini keşfetmelerine rehberlik ettiği, öğretimi bireyselleştirdiği de dikkate alındığında, bu savın haklılığı tasdik edilecektir. Bütün disiplinler ve derslerde olduğu gibi dil derslerinde de öğrencilerin öğrenmelerini kolaylaştırma ve geliştirme konusunda yardımcı bir araç olarak öğretim teknolojileri, öğrenme sürecinin niteliğine tesir eden başat etmenler arasındaki yerini sağlamlaştırmıştır. Dil becerilerinin gelişmesinde, dil derslerinde öğrenme düzeyinin yükselmesinde öğretim teknolojilerinden yararlanmanın etkisinin yüksek seviyede olduğu, birçok araştırmada tespit edilmiştir. Teknolojinin dillerin öğretilme biçimini değiştirmekle kalmayıp öğrenciler için dil öğrenme sürecini daha erişilebilir, ilgi çekici ve kişisel hâle getirdiği de saptanmıştır. Türkçe öğretiminde de teknoloji kullanımının büyük önem taşıdığı anlaşılmıştır. Her dilin öğretiminde olduğu gibi Türkçe derslerinde de daha sık ve daha fazla türde teknoloji kullanmak, öğrenci etkinliğini geliştirir, öğrencilerin ilgi ve motivasyonlarını yükseltip istenen düzeyde tutar, öğretimi farklılaştırır ve daha ekonomik hâle getirir. Öğrencilerin çok çeşitli kaynaklara ulaşmalarının kapısını aralar ve onların aralarındaki iş birliğini teşvik eder. Öğrencilerin daha bağımsız öğrenenler olmalarına olanak tanır, öğrenme materyallerinin güncelliğini temin eder. Bütün bu hedeflere ulaşılması için Türkçe öğretiminde teknoloji kullanımıyla ilgili gelişmelere, güncel bilgi ve uygulamalara ve çağdaş öğretim teknolojilerini kullanmaya hâkim olunması önem arz etmektedir. Öğretmenler, öğretmen adayları ve akademisyenlere bu konuda yardımcı olmak saikiyle hazırlanan bu eserin tüm okurlara faydalı olmasını dileriz.

Take an astonishing, amusing, and charmingly unconventional tour through the curious everyday lives of humans past. No need to spend the day at an archaeological dig when you can simply make a cup of tea, clamber into your comfiest chair, and settle in with The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful, a compilation of 92 funny, strange, and strangely funny tales throughout human history. Milo Rossi, the inquisitive mind behind the popular @miniminuteman on TikTok and YouTube, invites you to consider our own place in the long timeline of human development with this collection of anecdotes that shares the foibles, joys, and heartbreaks of being human (and an odd Neanderthal or two). With chapters organized by the different stages and aspects of life—childhood, food and drink, friendship, play and leisure, rites and rituals, love and sexuality, fashion and beauty, education and work, sickness and health, and, of course, death—dive into a treasure trove of intriguing facts and stories, including: The Paleolithic cave art of a five-year-old girl What you would have eaten in ancient Pompeii The surprising and stinky origins of royal Tyrian purple dye Ol’ Rip, the immortal (?) horned lizard from Texas How to win a round of the Royal Game of Ur, a nearly 5,000-year-old board game And much more! Covering various facets of everyday life, The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful is sure to make you laugh, provide some spark to your next conversation, and, maybe, even give you a new perspective on how best to live this thing called life. The Wonderpedia series offers comprehensive, display-worthy illustrated references on a range of intriguing topics, including archeological discoveries, world mythology, pop culture, global superstitions, and the fascinating stories behind signs and symbols. A cross-cultural exploration of what makes humans tick, this series magnifies the connective threads between us across time and geography and demystifies the surprising, confounding sides of life.

This volume contains narratives of the voyages of the discoverers and founders of the French empire in North America--narratives that capture the explorers' bravery, endurance, enthusiasm, and achievements, as well as provide illuminating studies of Native American life and customs. The journals and memoirs contained herein cover the voyages of Jolliet and Marquette, La Salle, Nicolet, Perrot, Radisson, Tonty, and other pioneers in the Great Lakes and Mississippi area.

Ohne Emotionen lässt sich Literatur weder schreiben noch lesen. Anders als die aktuelle Rede vom ‚emotional turn‘ suggeriert, steht das Nachdenken über Dichtung schon seit der Antike im Zeichen einer Reflexion über Pathos, Gefühl etc. Dieses Handbuch liefert eine zusammenfassende Darstellung, die diese lange Reflexionstradition in Bezug zu theoretischen Ansätzen des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts setzt und an konkreten Fallstudien anschaulich macht.

Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Volumes 1-4, Second Edition is a pioneering four volume encyclopedia compiled by an international team of forensic specialists who explore the relationship between law, medicine, and science in the study of forensics. This important work includes over three hundred state-of-the-art chapters, with articles covering crime-solving techniques such as autopsies, ballistics, fingerprinting, hair and fiber analysis, and the sophisticated procedures associated with terrorism investigations, forensic chemistry, DNA, and immunoassays. Available online, and in four printed volumes, the encyclopedia is an essential reference for any practitioner in a forensic, medical, healthcare, legal, judicial, or investigative field looking for easily accessible and authoritative overviews on a wide range of topics. Chapters have been arranged in alphabetical order, and are written in a clear-and-concise manner, with definitions provided in the case of obscure terms and information supplemented with pictures, tables, and diagrams. Each topic includes cross-referencing to related articles and case studies where further explanation is required, along with references to external sources for further reading. Brings together all appropriate aspects of forensic medicine and legal medicine Contains color figures, sample forms, and other materials that the reader can adapt for their own practice Also available in an on-line version which provides numerous additional reference and research tools, additional multimedia, and powerful search functions Each topic includes cross-referencing to related articles and case studies where further explanation is required, along with references to external sources for further reading

Raccolta di racconti, pensieri, riflessioni, per riflettere, meditare, sorridere e perché no? Magari anche confondersi un po’ le idee… Importante è concepire un nuovo tipo di pensiero, qualunque esso sia: aprirsi al nuovo significa essere vivi, creativi, avere fantasia... La Terra degli Specchi è lo strato più remoto degli abissi dell’anima…

In this third edition of the Chief Petty Officer’s Guide, author Paul Kingsbury offers the same caliber of wisdom and advice that has helped Chief Petty Officers (CPOs) succeed for decades. Fully revised, this edition features updates to every chapter as well as a broader context, scope, and audience. With the addition of guidance for Navy and Coast Guard chiefs of all experience levels, aspiring petty officers seeking advancement to chief, and other leaders, this book is a vital tool for anyone who wants to understand how great chiefs think, manage, and lead. Those striving to improve as a chief, senior chief, or master chief will find this handbook an essential resource on how to lead and manage strong maintenance and operational teams. Kingsbury provides key perspectives on how chiefs can use power bases, influence tactics, and managerial skills to achieve mission success at all levels of Navy and Coast Guard leadership. Chapters feature tools for self-assessment, including explanations of the attributes, behaviors, and qualities that all petty officers (or any leader or manager) should strive for.

Experts on the unexplained and paranormal research, Brad and Sherry Steiger turn their unique and remarkable talents to the bold storytelling of encounters with the unknown from throughout the ages. From mysterious strangers and unpredictable beings to weird behavior and paranormal phenomena, they investigate claims of visits from ghastly ghosts, otherworldly creatures, aliens living among us, phantoms, spirits and other accounts of encounters with the unexplained. Over 130 astounding accounts of Real Encounters, Different Dimensions and Otherworldy Beings with the supernatural such as: Visitors from other worlds who have had Earth under surveillance for centuries, conducting their activities in secret-even abducting humans for their own research and undeclared ends. Members of secret societies who developed advanced technology centuries ago which has been kept hidden in underground or undersea cities. Time Travelers from the Future. Beings who claim to be our descendants from the future who are returning to study the true destiny of humankind. Ghosts that haunt people, places, and things--and poltergeists that create havoc. Beasties and monsters found in everyone’s worst nightmares--and sometimes in their campsites, fields, and yards. Other Dimensional Visitors, Beings, Creatures, or Entities that come not from a faraway world in our solar system or any other, but from an adjacent space-time continuum existing on another vibrational/dimensional frequency or level. Previously unknown, unidentified terrestrial life-forms, such beings as ""sky-critters,"" ""sky fish,” “rods,” and “orbs.” As yet unknown physical energies that may be activated by the psyche, the unconscious level of the humanmind. Archetypal creatures and entities of the collective unconscious that are the result of energies that are accessible through dreams, meditations, and other states of altered consciousness. Interactions with beings that have been dubbed elves, fairies, devas throughout the centuries. The marvelous, creative facet of dreams. Out-of-body mind-traveling through Time and Space. Majestic beings who are described in the scriptures of many world religions as angels or demons.

Join the growing number of people who are discovering the fun and excitement of team handball! With more points scored than soccer and more continuous action than basketball, team handball has been a popular international sport for years, and now its popularity is on the rise in the United States. No wonder--this fast-paced team sport lets players take full advantage of their running, jumping, and throwing abilities. Written by two former U.S. Olympic players and expert coaches, Team Handball: Steps to Success presents 12 easy-to-follow steps to becoming an accomplished player. Each step is an easy transition from the one before. The first steps provide a solid foundation of basic skills and concepts. As players progress, they’ll learn how to combine these skills to attack the goal, decide when to pass and when to shoot, and support their teammates when attacking and defending. The final steps show how teammates can organize as a unit in attack and on defense and how good communication contributes to the effectiveness of the team. Team Handball: Steps to Success features 62 drills that develop players’ shooting, dribbling, passing, and catching skills. The drills come with performance goals and a list of key points to remember in executing them. Plus, many drills include instructions for increasing or decreasing the difficulty of the drill. By studying the book’s 187 illustrations and following the simple instructions, players will learn • why each skill or concept is important, • the keys to proper technique, • how to analyze and correct common errors, • how to practice the skills in game-like situations, and • how to check their progress. The book’s appendixes explain the basic rules of the game and show how to modify a given floor space to create a team handball court. Part of the highly popular Steps to Success Activity Series, this book will help players learn the game quickly and provide the foundation for their future development.

The Magic of Memoir is a memoirist’s companion for when the going gets tough. Editors Linda Joy Myers and Brooke Warner have taught and coached hundreds of memoirists to the completion of their memoirs, and they know that the journey is fraught with belittling messages from both the inner critic and naysayers, voices that make it hard to stay on course with the writing and completion of a book. In The Magic of Memoir, 38 writers share their hard-won wisdom, stories, and writing tips. Included are Myers's and Warner's interviews with best-selling and widely renown memoirists Mary Karr, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dr. Azar Nafisi, Dani Shapiro, Margo Jefferson, Raquel Cepeda, Jessica Valenti, Daisy Hernández, Mark Matousek, and Sue William Silverman. This collection has something for anyone who's on the journey or about to embark on it. If you're looking for inspiration, The Magic of Memoir will be a valuable companion. Contributors include: Jill Kandel, Eanlai Cronin, Peter Gibb, Lynette Charity, Lynette Charity, Roseann M. Bozzone, Carol E. Anderson, Bella Mahaya Carter, Krishan Bedi, Sarah Conover, Leza Lowitz, Nadine Kenney Johnstone, Lynette Benton, Kelly Kittel, Robert W. Finertie, Rita M. Gardner, Robert Hammond, Marina Aris, LaDonna Harrison, Jill Smolowe, Alison Dale, Vanya Erickson, Sonvy Sammons, Laurie Prim, Ashley Espinoza, Jing Li, Nancy Chadwick-Burke, Dhana Musil, Crystal-Lee Quibell, Apryl Schwab, Irene Sardanis, Jude Walsh, Fran Simone, Rosalyn Kaplus, Rosie Sorenson, Rosie Sorenson, Jerry Waxler, and Ruthie Stender.

Buku ini adalah sebuah panduan komprehensif tentang desain penelitian pengembangan dalam konteks pendidikan. Pada Bab 1, pembaca diperkenalkan pada hakikat dan kerangka dasar penelitian pengembangan pendidikan, memberikan pemahaman yang mendalam tentang konsep dasar dan urgensi penelitian dalam pengembangan pendidikan. Selanjutnya, Bab 2 hingga Bab 6 membahas secara terperinci tentang beberapa model desain penelitian pengembangan yang terkenal. Bab 2 membahas Model ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation), Bab 3 membahas Model Dick and Carey, Bab 4 membahas Model Borg and Gall, Bab 5 membahas Model Morrison, Ross, dan Kemp, serta Bab 6 membahas Model 4D (Define, Design, Develop, dan Disseminate). Setiap bab membahas langkah-langkah yang terlibat dalam model desain tersebut, memberikan contoh aplikasi praktis, dan menjelaskan manfaat serta keunikan masing-masing model. Pembaca akan mendapatkan wawasan yang mendalam tentang berbagai pendekatan dalam merancang penelitian pengembangan pendidikan. Terakhir, Bab 7 membahas Instrumen Penelitian Pengembangan, memberikan panduan tentang bagaimana merancang instrumen yang efektif untuk mengukur kemajuan dan hasil dari proyek pengembangan pendidikan. Buku ini sangat relevan bagi para peneliti, praktisi, dan pemangku kepentingan di bidang pendidikan yang tertarik untuk memahami dan mengaplikasikan berbagai model desain penelitian pengembangan. Dengan membaca buku ini, pembaca akan mendapatkan pemahaman yang mendalam tentang metodologi penelitian pengembangan, serta dapat mengembangkan keterampilan untuk merancang dan melaksanakan proyek pengembangan pendidikan yang efektif dan berkelanjutan. Penulis mengundang Anda untuk menjelajahi buku ini dan memperoleh pemahaman yang mendalam tentang berbagai model desain penelitian pengembangan dalam pendidikan. Dengan membaca buku ini, Anda akan mendapatkan wawasan yang berharga dan keterampilan yang diperlukan untuk berkontribusi dalam upaya meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan di berbagai tingkat. Ayo mulai riset Anda dalam memahami dan mengaplikasikan metodologi penelitian pengembangan pendidikan yang efektif dengan membaca buku ini.

There are several eras in the history of Christianity radical forms of the tradition are obvious: the early church of the first five centuries, the medieval era, the age of reform, the early modern era, and the contemporary era. Radical Christian activity and experience may reflect either a primary or a derived level of spirituality. New converts may join a sect or movement with radical characteristics; or they may become dissatisfied with their initial Christian experiences and desire a different or deeper Christian spirituality, usually closely parallel to that seen in the New Testament. The Historical Dictionary of Radical Christianity covers the history of this movement and includes an introductory essay and a bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries. The dictionary entries selected reflect the leading groups, movements, and sects from each major era of Christian history. Especially in the contemporary period, the great proliferation of radical thinkers and groups has necessitated a selection process with those selected exhibiting sustained group activity, possessing an identifiable following, and demonstrating a significant cultural impact. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Radical Christianity.

This Handbook suggests future directions for cross-cultural marketing research in a rapidly evolving global environment. It builds upon existing models and topics and addresses the methodological challenges of cross-cultural research and provides applied examples spanning various methodologies as well as industry sectors and country settings. In addition, contributors present new paradigms for future research.

El presente volumen pretende ser un manual práctico y asequible en la introducción al uso científico de la observación, que por otro lado es una capacidad humana natural para conocer la realidad, obtener experiencia, desenvolverse en sociedad y finalmente saber adaptarse y sobrevivir en ella. Va dirigido a maestro, profesorado universitario, alumnos de Educación y Pedagogía, y, en definitiva, a todo aquel interesado en investigar y conectarlo con la innovación y mejorar la praxis docente. También resulta útil para profundizar en el comportamiento humano desde el enfoque de otras disciplinas de las Ciencias Sociales como la antropología, la psicología, la sociología, etc. donde también se puede aplicar. El texto contiene cuatro partes: primero, un capítulo introductorio a la investigación en general para entender qué otras posibilidades de afrontar e indagar la realidad; segundo, un capítulo dedicado a la explicación del método de observación sistemática; tercero, otro capítulo dedicado a la observación participante; cuarto, un capítulo dedicado a describir como la observación puede servir para la evaluación de contextos, de métodos docentes así como una introducción al término paradigma para comprender ciertos contextos desde la teoría. Beatriz Peña Acuña es profesor titular acreditada por la ANECA. Docente en UCAM en el Departamento de Educación en los Grados de Infantil y Primaria y Máster de Profesorado. Lidera un grupo internacional y multidisciplinar de investigación llamado Desarrollo personal. Premio extraordinario de Doctorado (2012) por la Universidad de Alicante. Ha publicado muchos libros, artículos científicos y ponencias sobre Educación. En otras publicaciones ha divulgado la innovación de un método de entrenamiento de la observación a través del Cine. Ha recibido por su trayectoria profesional el premio norteamericano President´s life achievement award en 2015.

Kamus Sejarahnya Kata-Kata I ini berisi sejarah munculnya kata-kata yang berawalan huruf "A" yang dikenal dan terpakai oleh masyarakat Indonesia baik secara lisan maupun tulisan.

This Handbook brings together leading interdisciplinary scholarship on the gendered nature of the international political economy. Spanning a wide range of theoretical traditions and empirical foci, it explores the multifaceted ways in which gender relations constitute and are shaped by global politico-economic processes. It further interrogates the gendered ideologies and discourses that underpin everyday practices from the local to the global. The chapters in this collection identify, analyse, critique and challenge gender-based inequalities, whilst also highlighting the intersectional nature of gendered oppressions in the contemporary world order.

Atlas de Geografía Humana de España Un viaje por los paisajes humanizados españoles Este atlas, denominado así por el elevado número de mapas y planos que contiene, ha sido concebido, en realidad, como un largo viaje a través de nuestro país. Un viaje que ha de servir como apoyo fundamental a todos aquellos que hayan de enfrentarse al estudio de diferentes asignaturas de Geografía de España, pero también al lector curioso, interesado en entender e interpretar las formas y la génesis de los muchos, variados y bellos paisajes geográficos españoles. La obra no pretende responder a todos los interrogantes que se plantea la Geografía actual; los mayores esfuerzos se han centrado en responder a aquellos que sirven para satisfacer un anhelo tan común entre los humanos como es el de conocer su espacio vital, comprender por qué es así la ciudad, la villa o el pueblo en el que viven, o por qué hay diferencias tan acusadas entre los paisajes de los diferentes lugares, comarcas o regiones. Se ha optado por usar un lenguaje sencillo y directo y por organizar los contenidos en párrafos cortos que facilitan la comprensión de las ideas. Además, se define el significado de muchos de los conceptos utilizados de forma puedan ser entendidos de forma inequívoca. A partir de estos principios los contenidos han sido organizados en cinco grandes bloques: • En el primero se sitúa a España en el contexto de Europa y del mundo, y se analizan sus estructuras político-administrativa y territorial • El segundo está dedicado a los recursos territoriales, a su aprovechamiento, su conservación y sus efectos • El tercero aborda el análisis de la población y de las infraestructuras, de sus características actuales y de las dinámicas recientes que permiten comprenderlas • En el cuarto se analizan las principales bases económicas (agroganadería, industria y servicios) y los espacios que han generado durante las últimas décadas • El quinto está dedicado a los paisajes urbanos y a los desequilibrios territoriales Los autores son profesores de reconocido prestigio de las universidades de Oviedo, Valladolid y Sevilla, especialistas en Geografía Humana, Geografía Física y Análisis Geográfico Regional.

Throw everything you know about makeup out of the window. Written by one of the world's leading makeup artists, Glowography gives you the confidence to create, have fun, and find the makeup that works for you.

Este libro desarrolla los contenidos del módulo profesional de Procesos de venta, del Ciclo Formativo de grado medio de Actividades Comerciales, perteneciente a la familia profesional de Comercio y Marketing, según el Real Decreto 1688/2011 de enseñanzas mínimas y la Orden ECD/ 73/2013, por la que se establece el currículo del título correspondiente. Asimismo, el módulo profesional de Procesos de venta (cód. 1232 está asociado a la Unidad de Competencia: Realizar la venta de productos y/o servicios a través de los diferentes canales de comercialización (cód. UC0239_2). Los contenidos teóricos se exponen junto con casos prácticos resueltos y actividades propuestas para que los alumnos puedan ir aplicando los conocimientos adquiridos. También se incluyen, al final de cada unidad, actividades de comprobación y de aplicación, tanto para trabajo individual como para trabajo en equipo, con el fin de que el alumno pueda verificar si ha asimilado la materia de manera correcta. Al mismo tiempo, los recursos para el profesor incluyen una programación del módulo, la solución de las actividades del libro para facilitar la realización de las actividades y material de apoyo para impartir las clases. Por todo ello, esta obra es una herramienta adecuada tanto para los alumnos que quieren obtener el título de Técnico en Actividades Comerciales como para sus formadores.

This book calls for those interested in robust construction research to embrace ethnography – in all its forms, including rapid ethnographies, ethnographic-action research, autoethnography, as well as longer-term ethnographies. The diversification of ethnographic approaches, as well as ethnographers, will lead to rich insights that can advance the industry theoretically and practically. We share experiences, key considerations and recommendations from leading construction ethnographic researchers from around the world to provide discussion, reflection and understanding into doing ethnography in the construction industry. This book is aimed at academics, students, consultants, editors, reviewers, policymakers, funders and others interested in robust research in the construction industry and built environment but will also be useful for those undertaking research within organisations in other industries.

"The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux" by De Lisieux Saint Thérèse (translated by Thomas N. Taylor). Published by DigiCat. DigiCat publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each DigiCat edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Lesotho’s history has long been defined by its enclave status within South Africa, but it is a hard-fought and hard-won status that helps unite Basotho through the shared history of struggle against colonial rule in the region. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, Lesotho’s status as a separate entity has been called into question though the fierce national pride built through centuries of resistance to outside rule has mitigated against any serious discussions of incorporating Lesotho into South Africa. Still, the political instability and lack of a flourishing domestic economy have made life difficult for the majority of Basotho and could call into question the viability and legitimacy of the state in the eyes of its citizens if it cannot enact significant reforms in the coming decades. Historical Dictionary of Lesotho, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Lesotho.

إلى من يبحثون عن الطريق ، واحتاروا أين القبلة إلى من يتوقون لبناء حياة طيبة ، ثم تشعبت بهم السّبُل وكثرت عليهم المناهج إلى ربيع العُمُر وأزاهير الشباب ، المكابدين صِعَابَ هذا الزمان إلى الحَيارى المتسائلين عن مفاتيح للإبصار .. هذه إضاءات على الدرب بما فتح الله به من بصائر في النفس والحياة عسى الله أن يبعث منها للسائرين نورًا ويجعل فيها للمُجِدّين صَيِّبا نافعًا والله تعالى الموفِّق والمُستعان . . بعض المحاور والتساؤلات التي يناقشها الكتاب >>>>>>>>>>>> لماذا نشعر أحيانا بأننا نعيش أكثر من حياة منفصمة؟ أو أن في داخلنا عدة أشخاص؟ لماذا نشعر بالخواء النفسي حتى مع تعدد نشاطاتنا وشحن أوقاتنا بالأشغال؟ ما سر الغموض الذي يكتنف تعاملنا هذا الوجود؟ وما سبب التقلب المتذبذب بين قمة الهمة وحضيض الكسل؟ لماذا الفشل المتكرر في إدارة النفس مهما اتضحت خطوات عملية؟ وما معنى أن نخطط لأوقاتنا وحياتنا؟ ما نفع التخطيط إذا كانت الأقدار مكتوبة والأرزاق مقسومة؟ وكيف نخطط ببساطة لنحيا بعمق؟ كيف يمكنني اتخاذ قرارات في حياتي باستقلالية ودون تذبذب؟ . للاطلاع على فهرس الكتاب واقتباسات منه https://www.goodreads.com/hoda-alnimr

Il manuale di riparazione RTA Peugeot 208, è la rivista tecnica monografica per la manutenzione e riparazione meccanica dei motori 1.4 HDi (68cv) e 1.6 e-HDi (92cv). Dedicata a meccanici auto e appassionati esperti di motori contiene operazioni di stacco, riattacco e sostituzione componenti e ricambi. Tutte le procedure di riparazione sono chiare e dettagliate grazie ad immagini e fotografie, e consentono di operare con semplicità, velocità e sicurezza sulle automobili Peugeot 208. Questo manuale specifico è dotato anche di un capitolo dedicato alla carrozzeria con gli stacchi e riattacchi di rivestimenti interni, elementi esterni, vetri e meccanismi alzacristalli nonché sostituzione dei lamierati e degli elementi della scocca, con fasi di saldatura e isolamento.

"Ich kümmere mich um meine alten Eltern und mir wächst alles über den Kopf." So sieht der Alltag vieler Elternkümmerer aus. Auch wenn diese Töchter und Söhne nicht direkt mit der körperlichen Pflege der Eltern zu tun haben, sind sie organisatorisch und emotional sehr stark mit deren Wohlergehen und Versorgung beschäftigt. Lebendig schildert die Autorin die vielfältigen Aufgaben und Herausforderungen der Elternkümmerer, bis hin zu Konflikten zwischen den Geschwistern oder den richtigen Umgang mit Demenz. Sie zeigt, wie man sich um die Eltern kümmern und gleichzeitig gut für sich selbst sorgen kann. Voraussetzung dafür ist eine realistische Situationseinschätzung, die richtige Kommunikation, Informationen über altersbedingte Veränderungen und eine große Portion Selbstfürsorge. Ein Mutmachbuch für alle Elternkümmerer, die ihr Leben wieder in die Hand nehmen wollen.

For fans of My Ideal Bookshelf and Bibliophile, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere: a quirky and entertaining interactive guide to reading, featuring voicemails, literary Easter eggs, checklists, and more, from the creators of the popular multimedia project. The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is an interactive illustrated homage to the beautiful ways in which books bring meaning to our lives and how our lives bring meaning to books. Carefully crafted in the style of a retro telephone directory, this guide offers you a variety of unique ways to connect with readers, writers, bookshops, and life-changing stories. In it, you’ll discover... -Heartfelt, anonymous voicemail messages and transcripts from real-life readers sharing unforgettable stories about their most beloved books. You’ll hear how a mother and daughter formed a bond over their love for Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, or how a reader finally felt represented after reading Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese, or how two friends performed Mary Oliver’s Thirst to a grove of trees, or how Anne Frank inspired a young writer to continue journaling. -Hidden references inside fictional literary adverts like Ahab’s Whale Tours and Miss Ophelia’s Psychic Readings, and real-life literary landmarks like Maya Angelou City Park and the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum. -Lists of bookstores across the USA, state by state, plus interviews with the book lovers who run them. -Various invitations to become a part of this book by calling and leaving a bookish voicemail of your own. -And more! Quirky, nostalgic, and full of heart, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is a love letter to the stories that change us, connect us, and make us human.

You must attend to the commencement of this story, for when we get to the end we shall know more than we do now about a very wicked hobgoblin; he was one of the very worst, for he was a real demon. One day, when he was in a merry mood, he made a looking-glass which had the power of making everything good or beautiful that was reflected in it almost shrink to nothing, while everything that was worthless and bad looked increased in size and worse than ever. The most lovely landscapes appeared like boiled spinach, and the people became hideous, and looked as if they stood on their heads and had no bodies. Their countenances were so distorted that no one could recognize them, and even one freckle on the face appeared to spread over the whole of the nose and mouth. The demon said this was very amusing. When a good or pious thought passed through the mind of any one it was misrepresented in the glass; and then how the demon laughed at his cunning invention. All who went to the demon's school- for he kept a school- talked everywhere of the wonders they had seen, and declared that people could now, for the first time, see what the world and mankind were really like. They carried the glass about everywhere, till at last there was not a land nor a people who had not been looked at through this distorted mirror. They wanted even to fly with it up to heaven to see the angels, but the higher they flew the more slippery the glass became, and they could scarcely hold it, till at last it slipped from their hands, fell to the earth, and was broken into millions of pieces. But now the looking-glass caused more unhappiness than ever, for some of the fragments were not so large as a grain of sand, and they flew about the world into every country. When one of these tiny atoms flew into a person's eye, it stuck there unknown to him, and from that moment he saw everything through a distorted medium, or could see only the worst side of what he looked at, for even the smallest fragment retained the same power which had belonged to the whole mirror. Some few persons even got a fragment of the looking-glass in their hearts, and this was very terrible, for their hearts became cold like a lump of ice. A few of the pieces were so large that they could be used as window-panes; it would have been a sad thing to look at our friends through them. Other pieces were made into spectacles; this was dreadful for those who wore them, for they could see nothing either rightly or justly. At all this the wicked demon laughed till his sides shook- it tickled him so to see the mischief he had done. There were still a number of these little fragments of glass floating about in the air, and now you shall hear what happened with one of them.

¿Qué significa el concepto de clase social en el siglo XXI? Desde que Marx enunciara la contradicción de clases en el seno del capitalismo, nuestras sociedades se han visto sacudidas por profundos cambios sociales propiciados por las guerras y la disrupción tecnológica, que han puesto patas arriba el concepto de clase decimonónico. ¿Realmente podemos hablar en el siglo xxi de una lucha de clases entre la burguesía y el proletariado? Esta guía ilustrada indaga en la fascinante mutación que ha sufrido la noción de «clase» y se detiene en sus aspectos más actuales como la gentrificación, el trabajo precario, el papel de las élites en la sociedad y el acceso a la educación, además de poner en tela de juicio las ideas simplistas y estigmatizadoras sobre la clase trabajadora, analizar las raíces colonialistas de los sistemas de clase y la intersección entre racismo, género, discapacidad y edad.

Dopo l’ultimo grande convegno sul laterizio organizzato a Saint Cloud nel 1995, la proposta di un workshop internazionale su Il laterizio nei cantieri imperiali. Roma e il Mediterraneo voleva promuovere un nuovo dibattito, su scala mediterranea e alla luce di nuovi studi e nuovi approcci metodologici, intorno al materiale da costruzione emblematico dell’architettura romana. Il convegno, svoltosi a Roma il 27 e 28 novembre 2014, ha visto coinvolti gli specialisti della costruzione romana in laterizio in un ampio dibattito che si proponeva di capire in particolare se e come il laterizio ha servito il potere imperiale; se e come ha influenzato i processi di romanizzazione; come è stato prodotto e diffuso attraverso l’Impero; come ha condizionato l’organizzazione dei cantieri imperiali ed infine come ha partecipato all’innovazione e alla trasmissione del sapere tecnico romano. Questo volume raccoglie i contributi proposti al workshop, rivisti e integrati sulla base delle discussioni. Venticinque contributi sono presentati per aree geografiche (Roma, penisola italica, Mediterraneo occidentale e Mediterraneo orientale), mentre i cinque finali riprendono i temi e l’essenza delle discussioni.

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Research Methods: A Practical Guide for Students and Researchers is a practical guide on how to conduct research systematically and professionally. The book begins by distinguishing between causal and interpretive sciences. It then guides the reader on how to formulate the research question, review the literature, develop the hypothesis or framework, select a suitable research methodology, and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data.The book uses classic examples as exemplars. It also uses many examples from different disciplines and sectors to demonstrate and showcase the inter-connections and wider applications of research tools.The book emphasizes integration. It does not merely provide a smorgasbord of research designs, data collection methods, and ways to analyze data. Instead, it shows how one could formulate research strategies given the outcomes the researchers are required or tasked to deliver.The revised edition includes three new chapters on time series (including spatial models), machine learning, and meta-analysis. In addition, existing chapters have been expanded to include more examples, digital research, and new material.

Aile, toplumun temel yapı taşı olarak kabul edilir. Sosyal bir kurum olarak aile kurumu, ilk insandan günümüze kadar varlığını sürdürmüştür. Her toplumda aile, o toplumun sürekliliğinin sağlanması adına vazgeçilmez değere ve öneme sahiptir. Aile kurumunun sahip olduğu anlamın bir göstergesi olarak aile ilişkileri kurarız. Yaşantımızı bu ilişkiler çerçevesinde geliştiririz. Geçmişten günümüze yaşantımızı sürdürdüğümüz aile kurumu, tarihsel süreçte sahip olduğu bir takım özellikler bağlamında farklı şekillerde sınıflandırılmıştır. Her ne kadar farklı türde, birbirinden farklı sınıflandırmalar içerisinde aile kurumundan söz etsek de, aile kurumunun toplumsal yapı içerisindeki yeri ve önemi her zaman ön plana çıkmıştır. İnsanın kendisini tanıması, dünyayı algılaması, yaşamı öğrenmesi, kısacası sosyalleşmesi için en fazla ve öncelikli ihtiyaç duyulan kurumların başında aile gelmiştir. Aile kurumunun sahip olduğu bir takım sosyal işlevler de hesaba katıldığında, önemi bir kez daha anlaşılmaktadır. Aile kurumunun sahip olduğu işlevler açısından bakıldığında, bir yandan bireyin gelişimi, diğer yandan ise sosyal ilişkilerin şekillenmesi açısından aile kurumunun önemi ortaya çıkmaktadır. Bununla birlikte, toplumsal yaşamın her alanında bireyin yanında, birey ile birlikte olan aile kurumu, sosyal yaşamı kolaylaştırmıştır. Aile içi ilişkilerden evliliğe, boşanmadan yaşlılığa, aile içi güç ve otorite ilişkilerinden toplumsal cinsiyete kadar birçok konunun karşımıza çıktığı aile kurumu, bireylerarası ilişkilerde ve etkileşimlerde karşımıza çıkmaktadır.

The Dictionary of Louisiana French (DLF) provides the richest inventory of French vocabulary in Louisiana and reflects precisely the speech of the period from 1930 to the present. This dictionary describes the current usage of French-speaking peoples in the five broad regions of South Louisiana: the coastal marshes, the banks of the Mississippi River, the central area, the north, and the western prairie. Data were collected during interviews from at least five persons in each of twenty-four areas in these regions. In addition to the data collected from fieldwork, the dictionary contains material compiled from existing lexical inventories, from texts published after 1930, and from archival recordings. The new authoritative resource, the DLF not only contains the largest number of words and expressions but also provides the most complete information available for each entry. Entries include the word in the conventional French spelling, the pronunciation (including attested variants), the part of speech classification, the English equivalent, and the word's use in common phrases. The DLF features a wealth of illustrative examples derived from fieldwork and textual sources and identification of the parish where the entry was collected or the source from which it was compiled. An English-to-Louisiana French index enables readers to find out how particular notions would be expressed in la Louisiane .

The Dictionary of Louisiana French (DLF) provides the richest inventory of French vocabulary in Louisiana and reflects precisely the speech of the period from 1930 to the present. This dictionary describes the current usage of French-speaking peoples in the five broad regions of South Louisiana: the coastal marshes, the banks of the Mississippi River, the central area, the north, and the western prairie. Data were collected during interviews from at least five persons in each of twenty-four areas in these regions. In addition to the data collected from fieldwork, the dictionary contains material compiled from existing lexical inventories, from texts published after 1930, and from archival recordings. The new authoritative resource, the DLF not only contains the largest number of words and expressions but also provides the most complete information available for each entry. Entries include the word in the conventional French spelling, the pronunciation (including attested variants), the part of speech classification, the English equivalent, and the word's use in common phrases. The DLF features a wealth of illustrative examples derived from fieldwork and textual sources and identification of the parish where the entry was collected or the source from which it was compiled. An English-to-Louisiana French index enables readers to find out how particular notions would be expressed in la Louisiane.

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وليس أدل على ذلك أكثر من ضعف القدرة البشرية جمعاء في مواجهة انتشار الأمراض والفيروسات الجديدة من نوعها، والتي باتت تتجدد وتتحور بسرعة كبيرة لم يسبق لها مثيل، وكأنها وجدت فرصتها للانتشار والتجدد في ظل اتباع العلماء والباحثين للتقاليد البحثية الروتينية الآلية وما نتج عنها من جمود انغمست فيه معظم مراكز الأبحاث العلمية على اختلاف تخصصاتها، بل ومعظم نظم الإدارة والعمل والإنتاج في المجتمع بشكل عام. هذا الكتاب محاولة لإعادة مسيرة البحث العلمي إلى الطريق الصحيح، بأسلوبه الذي يجمع بشكل متوازن بين النظرية والتطبيق، بعيدًا عن التركيز أو الإمعان في جانب على حساب الجانب الآخر، بحيث تتم الموازنة بين الطابع النظري المجرّد والتطبيقي العملي في مختلف مراحل البحث، والعودة إلى الأصل في البحث العلمي الذي يستند إلى الإبداع والابتكار عوضًا عن الرتابة والتكرار. ويتضمن هذا الكتاب دعوة ضمنية إلى العودة إلى طريق البحث العلمي القويم الذي لا يستخدم أساليب التطبيق الآلي للنماذج والقوالب الجاهزة بدون إعمال الفكر المجرّد والتحليل المعمق من جهة، والذي لا يستند فقط إلى النظريات والمصطلحات والمفاهيم المجرّدة بدون فائدة عملية تطبيقية من جهة أخرى. كما استندت هذه الطبعة إلى رؤية حديثة متعددة التخصصات وبطريقة تساهم في تعظيم الفائدة للقرّاء من مختلف التخصصات العلمية الأكاديمية والمهنية. وتتضمن هذه الطبعة الجديدة، المنقّحة والمزيّدة من كتاب مهارات البحث العلمي، التنقيح وتحديث المحتوى المنشور في الطبعة الأولى، وذلك بما يتماشى مع تطورات هذا العصر وأدواته وتقنياته المختلفة. كما تتضمن التوسع في شرح وتبسيط العديد من المفاهيم والنظريات والرؤى الفلسفية المرتبطة بالبحث العلمي بشكل عام أو بأي مرحلة من مراحله أو بأدواته المختلفة، وكذلك التوسع في بعض الأمثلة والتطبيقات العملية والملاحظات من منظور متعدد التخصصات الأكاديمية والمهنية، والتي من شأنها توسيع آفاق الباحثين وتعزيز قدرتهم على الإبداع والابتكار في بحوثهم العلمية. أرجو من الله العزيز القدير أن أكون قد وفقت ولو بالشيء اليسير في تحقيق الهدف من هذا الكتاب، كخطوة تصحيحية لما آلت إليه أحوال البحث العلمي الأكاديمي والمهني في المجتمع العربي والعالمي، في ظل تطور تكنولوجي لم يسبق له مثيل، ساهم في تطوير أساليب وأدوات البحث العلمي، ولكنه بكل أسف ساهم بشكل أكبر في نشر الاعتماد على تلك التكنولوجيا وزيادة الاسترخاء البحثي للعلماء والباحثين وتراجع مستوى وإنتاجية البحث العلمي بشكل عام. والله ولي التوفيق، د. م. مصطفى فؤاد عبيد إسطنبول، تركيا، 2022 فهرس المحتويات · الفصل الأول: البحث العلمي، تعريفه وأشكاله ومناهجه وخصائصه · الفصل الثاني: أنواع البحث العلمي والمقارنة بينها · الفصل الثالث: خطة البحث العلمي وعناصرها الأساسية · الفصل الرابع: المتغيرات في البحث العلمي وأنواعها واستخداماتها · الفصل الخامس: العينات في البحث العلمي وأنواعها وطرق اختيارها · الفصل السادس: أدوات البحث العلمي واستخداماتها · الفصل السابع: التحليل الإحصائي للبيانات، مقدمة في الإحصاء · الفصل الثامن: معامل الارتباط، مفهومه ودلالته وأنواعه · الفصل التاسع: الفرضية في البحث العلمي واختبار الفرضيات · الفصل العاشر: تقرير البحث العلمي وعناصره وطرق كتابته · قائمة المراجع: المراجع العربية والأجنبية · الملحق: 80 سؤال لتقييم رسالة دكتوراه، تعريف برنامج SPSS مميزات النسخة الإلكترونية عند شراء النسخة الإلكترونية من كتاب مهارات البحث العلمي، الطبعة الثانية، من متجر جوجل بلاي، فإن القارئ سوف يستفيد من الميزات التالية: 1. إمكانية الوصول إلى الكتاب وتصفحه في أي وقت من الجهاز أو الأجهزة التي يحددها القارئ عند الشراء. 2. التحديث التلقائي للأخطاء المطبعية، إن وُجدت، وذلك فور إجراء التعديلات وإعادة نشر الكتاب من المؤلف. 3. التحديث التلقائي للموضوعات التي يتم إضافتها، أو التي يتم التوسع فيها، فور إضافتها وإعادة نشر الكتاب من المؤلف. 4. توفير الوقت والجهد باستخدام البحث عن موضوعات معينة داخل الكتاب. 5. المساهمة في تحديث الكتاب بشكل فوري من خلال إرسال الملاحظات إلى المؤلف. 6. إمكانية طلب نشر موضوعات معينة أو طلب التوسع في موضوعات منشورة في الكتاب من خلال الطلب من المؤلف. مركز البحوث والدراسات متعدد التخصصات الموقع الإلكتروني www.mdrscenter.com البريد الإلكتروني info@mdrscenter.com

Credible, readable, and easy to follow, The Orgasm Answer Guide tells you everything you ever wanted to know . . . but were afraid to ask. The Orgasm Answer Guide answers common questions many people have about one of life's most fascinating experiences. In an accessible question-and-answer format, four of the world's leading sexuality experts address every aspect of orgasms: how they happen, why they don't, and what can be done to enhance sexual experiences. The authors provide clear and informed answers to more than 80 common questions, including: • Can an orgasm cause a heart attack? • Does childbirth affect orgasm? • What is the G spot? • How can I tell whether my partner is faking an orgasm? • Do orgasms end at a certain age? The all-star author team includes neuroscientist Barry R. Komisaruk, bestselling author and sexual health researcher Beverly Whipple, BBC sexuality talk-show host Sara Nasserzadeh, and Mexico's leading sex researcher, Carlos Beyer-Flores.

Beginning with descriptions of the ways in which children make sense of their experience and the world, such as fantasy, stories and games, Egan constructs his argument that constituting this foundational layer are sets of cultural sense-making capacities, reflected in oral cultures throughout the world. Egan sees education as the acquisition of these sets of sense-making capacities, available in our culture, and his goal is to conceptualize primary education in a way that over comes the dichotomy between progressivisim and traditionalism, attending both the needs of the individual child and the accumulation of knowledge.

This anthology offers a unique collection of contributions focusing on the discussion about the so-called dual-process theories within the field of moral psychology. In general, dual-process theories state that in cognitive systems, two sorts of processes can be differentiated: an affective, associative process and an analytical, rule-based process. This distinction recently entered the debate on the relationship between intuitive and rational approaches to explaining the phenomenon of moral judgment. The increasing interest in these theories raises questions concerning their general impact on social contexts. The anthology aims at presenting stepping-stones of an analysis of the merits and drawbacks of this development. For that purpose, the authors discuss general questions concerning the relationship between ethics and empirical sciences, methodological questions, reassessments of established terminology and societal implications of dual-process theories in moral psychology.

This open access book offers a multidisciplinary dialogue on relational anthropology in contemporary economics. A particular view of the human being is often assumed in economic models, but seldom acknowledged let alone explicated. Addressing this neglected area of research in economic studies, altogether the contributors touch upon the importance and potential of virtues, the notions of freedom and self-love, the potential of simulation models, the dialectics of love, and questions of methodology in constructing a relational anthropology for contemporary economics. The overall result is a highly informative and constructive dialogue, establishing inter alia a research agenda for future collaborative and multidisciplinary study.

This book assesses the construction of masculinities in relation to appearance, embodiment and emotions by drawing on perspectives in psychology, sociology, gender studies and public health. Brendan Gough questions conventional assumptions about masculinity and men’s health and responds to recent trends in critical studies of masculinities which discuss ‘positive’ or ‘healthy’ masculine identities. The book showcases discursively inflected qualitative research using data sources where men’s own accounts are prioritised: in-depth interviews and online discussion forums. Chapters discuss men’s appearance concerns and activities and examine male mental health, focusing on vulnerability and its management. Current trends and key concepts, including intersectionality, inequalities and embodiment are also considered throughout. This book will appeal to students and academics within social sciences and humanities interested in gender issues in general and masculinity in particular.

This book focuses on ageing as a topic of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology. It provides a systematic inventory of fundamental theoretical questions and assumptions involved in the discussion of ageing and old age. What does it mean for human beings to grow old and become more vulnerable and dependent? How can we understand the manifestations of ageing and old age in the human body? How should we interpret the processes of change in the temporal course of a human life? What impact does old age have on the social dimensions of human existence? In order to tackle these questions, the volume brings together internationally distinguished scholars from the fields of philosophy, theology, cultural studies, social gerontology, and ageing studies. The collection of their original articles makes a twofold contribution to contemporary academic discourse. On one hand, it helps to clarify and deepen our understanding of ageing and old age by examining it from the fundamental point of view of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology. At the same time, it also enhances and expands the discourses of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology by systematically taking into account that human beings are essentially ageing creatures.

This book explores how dementia acts as an existential threat, both to people diagnosed with the condition, and to their carers. The authors highlight how dementia not only gradually erodes our most fundamental abilities, but that it does so at a time of life when the resources of individuals, couples, and families are already stretched. While over time many people who are living with dementia are able to adapt to their diagnosis and acknowledge its impact on them, for many others it remains too threatening and painful to do this. The book draws on examples from clinical practice and experimental studies to argue that a range of responses, such as searching for long-dead parents or clinging to previous identities, all represent ways in which people living with dementia attempt to protect themselves against the emotional impact of the condition. Finally, the authors set out new ways of intervening to boost psychological resources and thereby support people in facing the existential threat of dementia.

Bridging the gaps between depth psychology, somatic psychology, spirituality, and energy-based mind-body practices, "Dreambody" is the foundational introduction to process-oriented psychology, by its founder Mindell, an MIT physicist and Jungian analyst.

This book reinvigorates the debate about the origins and development of police culture within our changing social, economic and political landscape. An in-depth analysis and appreciation of the police socialisation, identity and culture literature is combined with a comprehensive four-year longitudinal study of new recruits to a police force in England. The result offers new insights into the development of, and influences upon, new police recruits who refer to themselves as a “new breed” of police officer. Adding significantly to the police culture literature, this original and empirically based research also provides valuable insights into the challenges of modern policing in an age of austerity. Scholars of policing and criminal justice, as well as police officers themselves will find this compelling reading.

This book will examine at individuals who control, intimate, and manipulate in work, home, family, and social environments, using robust Psychological theory to comprehend and successfully tackle those who exhibit these behaviours. The focus of this book will be to look at general Personality theory together with more specific focus on the Dark Triad of personality traits and, from the Five Factor Model, the domain of Agreeableness vs Antagonism. This approach will build a greater understanding of a much broader form of controlling intimidating and manipulative personality type. The book will include both useable techniques as well as self-reflection exercises the reader can use or pass on to students, clients and service users. This book is based on a programme the author has been teaching for over twelve years to a range of audiences across a variety of roles and has also been highlighted frequently in the press over the past decade. Martin J Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the social sciences at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and an independent training consultant. He specialises in extreme difficult behaviour and personality issues which go well beyond simply awkward and often highly controlling, intimidating and manipulative. He has over thirty years training experience in communication, interpersonal skills and conflict management. He is also a psychotherapist specialising in the treatment of anxiety, depression, stress, phobias and post traumatic stress disorders with over 23 years clinical experience.

This unique reference surveys current theoretical and empirical advances in understanding individual differences in narcissistic personality, as well as the latest perspectives on controversies in the field. Wide-ranging expert coverage examines the many manifestations of narcissism, including grandiose, vulnerable, communal, and collective varieties. Narcissism’s etiology, the role of social media culture in its maintenance and amplification, and the complex phenomena of narcissistic leadership, spirituality, friendship, and love are just a snapshot of topics that are examined. The book’s section on intrapersonal processes delves into how the narcissistic mind works, as well as how narcissists feel about themselves and their peers. It also investigates narcissists’ grasp of emotions. Chapters explore associated personality traits and numerous other important correlates of narcissistic personality. New approaches to research, assessment methods, and opportunities for intervention—both immediate and long-term, are discussed throughout. In addition, trait narcissism is examined in an even-handed manner that incorporates state-of-the-art research into antecedents and consequences (both good and bad) of narcissistic personality. Among the topics in the Handbook: What separates narcissism from self-esteem? A social-cognitive perspective. The many measures of grandiose narcissism. Parents’ socialization of narcissism in children. What do narcissists know about themselves? Exploring the bright spots and blind spots of narcissists’ self-knowledge. Understanding and mitigating narcissists’ low empathy. Interpersonal functioning of narcissistic individuals and implications for treatment engagement. Offering nuanced analysis of a particularly timely subject, The Handbook of Trait Narcissism is fascinating and informative reading for psychologists and psychology students, as well as scholars in anthropology, sociology, economics, political scientists, and more.

Do judges' decisions depend on how long it is since they ate their lunch? Is the best place for a woman to seduce a man on a rickety bridge? Does free will really exist? This book explores how our genes and experiences determine our behaviour as well as discussing the implications determinism may have on personal responsibility and morality.

Introducing a new typology based on Power, Eros, Matter and Spirit as the motivations that define human attitudes and behaviour, the book outlines eight personality types based on the extraverted and introverted deployment of the four drives and applies these typological categories to Freud, Adler and Jung.

Using Symbolic Interactionist theories and descriptions of the everyday life of self-defined 'shy' people, the book explores the social processes of becoming a 'shy person' and performing the shy self in public places. The question of interactional competence is discussed in relation to issues of identity, embodiment, performativity and deviance.

This innovative edited collection brings together leading international academics to explore the use of various non-prescription and prescription substances for the purpose of perceived body image enhancement. While studies on drug misuse to date have examined drug use in the context of sporting performance, addiction, and body image for particular groups such as bodybuilders, there has been little research that explores the wider use (and misuse) of legal and illegal drugs for body image development and weight loss. With medical sociology and social psychology at its core, this important volume shows the complex reasons behind the misuse of various medications, how these are connected to contemporary body image and appearance concerns, and why the known health risks and possibly harmful side effects do not act as deterrents.

Philosophy of Race: An Introduction provides plainly written access to a new subfield that has been in the background of philosophy since Plato and Aristotle. Part I provides an overview of ideas of race and ethnicity in the philosophical canon, egalitarian traditions, race in biology, and race in American and Continental Philosophy. Part II addresses race as it operates in life through colonialism and development, social constructions and institutions, racism, political philosophy, and gender. This book constructs an outline that will serve as a resource for students, nonspecialists, and general readers in thinking, talking, and writing about philosophy of race.

This book closely interrogates the construct of identity and the role it plays in career development. It provides guidance for HRD practitioners and researchers who create career development programs through a typology of different categories of identity, such as demographics, life events, and career histories. The book presents a framework for considering and addressing career development from a critically reflective perspective of identity as a result of choice, chance, and adaptation. It offers a comprehensive understanding and awareness of tacit, nuanced, and stigmatized issues that were once shameful but have now become more socially acceptable. As a result, HRD practitioners can design programs and resources that have a richness and relevance that might heretofore be lacking. The book also offers guidance for individuals as they take charge of their own identities and career trajectories in an increasingly complex and unpredictable working environment.

This book examines the benefits of applying the Identity Structure Analysis (ISA) to teacher professional development. At present no government, local authority or school is actively applying Identity Structure Analysis to monitor school improvement: in a profession where turnover is extremely high, ISA is framed as a way for professional development to meet the needs of the specific teacher. Examining idiographic ISA analyses as well as practical advice for implementing professional development programs, the authors scrutinise how ISA can be used in conjunction with mentoring to offset teacher turnover. This practical volume will be of interest and value to scholars and researchers of teacher identity and professional development, as well as researchers and policymakers interested in reducing teacher turnover.

This book takes a novel approach to the study of male eating disorders – an area that is often dominated by clinical discourses. The study of eating disorders in men has purportedly suffered from a lack of dedicated attention to personal and socio-cultural aspects. Delderfield tackles this deficiency by spotlighting a set of personal accounts written by a group of men who have experiences of disordered eating. The text presents critical interpretations that aim to situate these experiences in the social and cultural context in which these disorders occur. This discursive work is underpinned by an eclectic scholarly engagement with social psychology and sociology literature around masculinities, embodiment and fatness, belonging, punishment, stigma, and control; leading to understandings about relationships with food, body and self. This is undertaken with a reflexive element, as the personal intersects with the professional. This text will appeal to students, scholars and clinicians in social sciences, humanities, and healthcare studies, including public health.

Engendering Emotions examines the production and promotion of the idea of sex/gender difference in emotional experience and expression in the contemporary West. Focusing on the psychology of emotions and on the spheres of aggression and war, and love, intimacy and sex, it explores how the idea of emotional difference serves to define and govern relations between men and women. The book draws on diverse theoretical work and recent empirical data to chart new territory in the study of sex/gender differences.

This book bridges the regions of East Asia and the West by offering a detailed and critical inquiry of educational concepts of the East Asian tradition. It provides educational thinkers and practitioners with alternative resources and perspectives for their educational thinking, to enrich their educational languages and to promote the recognition of educational thoughts from different cultures and traditions across a global world. The key notions of Confucian and Neo-Confucian philosophy directly concern the ideals, processes and challenges of learning, education and self-transformation, which can be seen as the western equivalences of liberal education, including the German concept of Bildung. All the topics in the book are of fundamental interest across diverse cultures, giving a voice to a set of long-lasting and yet differentiated cultural traditions of learning and education, and thereby creating a common space for critical philosophical reflection of one's own educational tradition and practice. The book is especially timely, given that the vocabularies in educational discourse today have been dominantly “West centred” for a long time, even while the whole world has become more and more diverse across races, religions and cultures. It offers a great opportunity to philosophers of education for their cross-cultural understanding and self-understanding of educational ideas and practices on both personal and institutional levels.

This book adopts an approach based on relational psychoanalysis, developed in the USA in and since the 1990s and guided by the self-psychology championed by Kohut and the Post-Kohutians. How people infected with HIV/AIDS live their lives is a growing concern in China. The book, based on relational psychoanalysis, explores their self-restoration, and more specifically, how adopting an attitude of “dying to live” helps them face tremendous challenges in life. By interviewing selected individuals at a given organization, the author focuses on their life experiences and on corresponding interventional mechanisms. The book’s three most important features are as follows: 1) its application of self-psychology by Heinz Kohut into the context of psychological intervention; 2) a wealth of qualitative data gathered through in-depth interviews; and 3) the author’s self-reflection and analysis. The book offers a valuable guide for graduate students, researchers, and policymakers alike. By interviewing selected individuals at a given organization, the book focuses on the life histories of selected individuals after being diagnosed with AIDS (screening HIV positive) and on corresponding interventional mechanisms. Further, itemploys the self and self-object as key explanatory terms for the necessary psychotherapeutic interventions,and in order to create guidelines that sufficiently reflect the illness and corresponding interventions. Given its scope and focus, the book offers a valuable guide for graduate students, researchers, and policymakers alike.

This book presents a genetic-phenomenological approach of existential psychotherapy, articulating its theoretical underpinnings with principles supported by scientific evidence and concluding with clinical examples.The volume also offers a clear perspective about the relational stances and the therapeutic interventions of existential psychotherapy and how both can be combined and applied in the clinical practice. It begins with an overview and update on psychotherapy research, from which a set of therapeutic principles are drawn. It then conceptualizes the theoretical underpinnings of the genetic-phenomenological approach, based on three main aspects: inner-time consciousness, the experiential self, and the passive synthesis theory. It concludes with practical examples of case conceptualizations and clinical cases. This work is particularly relevant for trainees, students, and professionals of clinical psychology and psychotherapy, but also other mental health professionals that work in the area of the psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions.

This book is about people that are uniquely situated between the realms of activism, within the Psychiatric Survivor Movement, and their careers as mental health professionals. It focuses on the co-authors’ navigation and juxtaposition of the roles of psychiatric survivor, mental health professional, and activist. Psychiatric Survivors is an international movement advocating for human rights in mental health systems and supporting humane and effective alternative options to mainstream practice for help-seeking. Drawing on past research as well as the co-authors’ own experiences, the volume explores identities of people who identify as both psychiatric survivors and mental health professionals, discussing the potential for further dialogue between psychiatric survivors and mental health professionals to create humane and person-centred communities of healing. This book is specifically targeted for practising psychotherapists and graduate students, to gain new insight into the Psychiatric Survivor Movement and to appreciate the value of lived experience and of psychiatric survivors’ efforts shaping the future of mental health care.

This book provides a scholarly yet accessible approach to critical psychology, specifically discussing therapeutic practices that are possible outside of the mainstream psychology industry. While there are many books that deconstruct or dismantle clinical psychology, few provide a compendium of potential alternatives to mainstream practice. Focusing on five main themes in reference to this objective: suffering, decolonization, dialogue, feminism and the arts, these pages explore types of personal inquiry, cultural knowledge or community action that might help explain and heal psychological pain beyond the confines of the therapy room. Chapters focus on the role of cultural knowledge, including spiritual traditions, relational being, art, poetry, feminism and indigenous systems in promoting healing and on community-based-initiatives, including open dialogue, justice-based collaboration and social prescribing. Beyond the Psychology Industry will be of interest to researchers, clinical psychologists, therapists, academics in mental health, and cultural psychologists.

This book uniquely integrates discourse analysis and corpus linguistics to examine representations of the self and other within lifestyle migration. With a focus on British migrants living in the Ariège, south-west France, the study identifies common positioning strategies to demonstrate links between wider themes and local identity construction. Drawing on positioning theory and related analytical tools, Lawson is the first to integrate a corpus of British media texts with online and face to face discourse. The book presents a detailed identification of ideologies relating to being British in France, and the linguistic analysis demonstrates how this value system is both taken up and habitually manipulated within local discourse as a resource for negotiating a particular kind of identity. Using social theory to underpin the analysis of positioning strategies in interaction, the book enhances our understanding of the complex possibilities within processes of self-identification in a migration context.

In this book, educator-actor-playwright-director Elizabeth Hess offers systematic and original explorations in performance technique. This hybrid approach is a fusion of physical theater modalities culled from Western practices (Psycho-physical actions, Viewpoints) Eastern practices (Butoh, Kundalini yoga) and related performance disciplines (Mask, Puppetry). Behavioral, physiological and psychological ‘states of being’ are engaged to unlock impulses, access experience and enlarge the imagination. Through individual, partnered and collective explorations, actors uncover a character’s essence and level of consciousness, their energy center and body language, and their archetype and relationship to universal themes. Magic (to pretend, as if), Metaphor (to compare, as like) and Myth (to pattern after, as in) provide the foundation for generating transformative, empathetic and expansive artistic expression. Explorations can be adapted to character work, scene study and production, including original/devised work and established text, to illuminate singular and surprising work through collaborative creativity that is inventive, inclusive and alive.

This edited collection re-examines the global impact of Sartre’s philosophy from 1944-68. From his emergence as an eminent philosopher, dramatist, and novelist, to becoming the ‘world’s conscience’ through his political commitment, Jean-Paul Sartre shaped the mind-set of a generation, influencing writers and thinkers both in France and far beyond. Exploring the presence of existentialism in literature, theatre, philosophy, politics, psychology and film, the contributors seek to discover what made Sartre’s philosophy so successful outside of France. With twenty diverse chapters encompassing the US, Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and Latin America, the volume analyses the dissemination of existentialism through literary periodicals, plays, universities and libraries around the world, as well as the substantial challenges it faced. The global post-war surge of existentialism left permanent traces in history, exerting considerable influence on our way of life in its quest for authenticity and freedom. This timely and compelling volume revives the path taken by a philosophical movement that continues to contribute to the anti-discrimination politics of today.

Contemporary China, in an era of globalization and in the midst of transition, now faces both great opportunities and unprecedented challenges. People are more and more becoming “economic man,” “technological man” and “one-dimensional man,” and are increasingly losing the virtue, dignity and beauty of human nature. When humanity’s habitat grows smaller and smaller as economic, technological, informational and social interaction become more and more intense, while conflicts of interest and clashing values are growing increasingly heated, how should different religions, national groups and states deal with each other? As environmental pollution worsens, our ecosystem becomes increasingly unstable and population growth becomes an unbearable burden, where shall we look for a homeland where we can rest our weary minds? ... To answer these daunting questions and address their attendant challenges, all human activities, including institutional arrangements, economic constructions, and science and the arts, must all start from the change of humankind, re-think the true nature of humankind and its needs, and consider the prospect of humankind evolving into a “better humankind.” This book is an exploration of such inquires.

Examining the revival of Bergsonism for phenomenology, leading scholars of both areas inaugurate a dialogue long overdue. By assessing phenomenology's readings of Bergson and Bergsonian challenges to phenomenological methods, the essays in this volume explore anew the issues of central concern in contemporary continental philosophy.

This handbook is the second edition of a highly cited and impactful collection, which was the first to bring together the latest theory and research on critical approaches to social psychological challenges. Edited by a leading authority in the field, the volume helped to establish critical social psychology as a discipline of study, distinct from mainstream social psychology. The book helps to explain how critical approaches to social processes and phenomena are essential to fully understanding them and covers the main research topics in basic and applied social psychology, including social cognition, identity and social relations, alongside overviews of the main theories and methodologies that underpin critical approaches. This second edition adds four new chapters – from two UK authors, one US and one from New Zealand - on the subjects of Indigenous Psychologies, Māori communities, Deleuze and arts-based research. It also adds a new introduction from the editor. This volume features a range of leading authors working on key social psychological issues, and highlights a commitment to a social psychology which shuns psychologisation, reductionism and neutrality. It provides invaluable insight into many of the most pressing and distressing issues we face in modern society, including the migrant and refugee crises affecting Europe; the devaluing of black lives in the USA; and the poverty, ill-health, and poor mental well-being that has resulted from ever-increasing austerity efforts in the UK. Including sections on critical perspectives, critical methodologies, and critical applications, this volume also focuses on issues within social cognition, self and identity. This one-stop handbook is an indispensable resource for a range of academics, students and researchers in the fields of psychology and sociology, and particularly those with an interest in social identity, power relations, and critical interventions.

Robert C. Solomon, who died in 2007, was Professor of Philosophy and Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Business at the University of Texas, USA. As the first book comprehensively to examine the breadth of Solomon’s contribution to philosophy, this volume ranks as a vital addition to the literature. It includes a newly published transcript of Solomon’s last talk, which responded to Arindam Chakrabarti on the concept of revenge, as well as the considered views of prominent figures in the numerous subfields in which Solomon worked. The content analyses his perspectives on the philosophy of emotion, virtue, business ethics, and religion, in addition to philosophical history, existentialism, and the many other topics that held this prolific thinker’s attention. Solomon memorably defined philosophy itself as ‘the thoughtful love of life’, and despite the diversity of his output, he was most drawn by central questions about the meaning of life, the essential role that emotions play in finding that meaning, and the human imperative to seek ‘emotional integrity’, in which one’s thoughts, emotions, and actions all contribute to a coherent narrative. The essays included here draw attention to the interconnections between the issues Solomon addressed, and evince the manner in which he embodied that integrity, living a life at one with his philosophy. They emphasize the central themes of passion, ethics, and spirituality, which threaded through his work, and the way these ideas informed his views on how we should approach grief and death. The multiplicity of topics alone make this keystone work an enlightening read for a full spectrum of students of philosophy, providing much to ponder and recounting a subtle and shining example of the emotional integrity Solomon worked so hard to define.

Drawing on the non-individualistic perspective of social representations theory, this book presents an alternative view of social identity by articulating the inseparable dynamic relationships that exist between content, process and power relations when social identity is embedded in social knowledge.

Why do people enter total institutions – places that confine and control them around the clock – and how does the experience change them? This book updates Goffman's classic model by introducing the Re-inventive Institution, where members voluntarily commit themselves to pursue regimes of self-improvement.

What lies at the foundation of our moral beliefs? If we dig down far enough do we find that our moral values have no ground at all to stand on, and so are apt to collapse upon serious philosophical investigation? This book seeks to answer these and related questions by positing an indubitable foundation for our moral beliefs – they arise from the phenomenon of ‘primary recognition’, and are fundamentally shaped by ‘basic moral certainties’. Drawing on philosophers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein and Knud Ejler Løgstrup, this book draws together insights from both Analytic and Continental philosophy to provide a convincing new picture of our moral foundations. And it does so in a way that eschews moral conservativism and opens the way for a rich understanding of the variety and particularity of our human moral systems, while also keeping a significant place for those moral beliefs that occur universally, across cultures.

Temporality pervades the dynamic joint of existence, and the human being as such. As human beings unfold through ontopoiesis, each move of which punctuates the temporality of life, they, whose life experience, deliberation, planning, reflection and dreaming are permeated by temporal motivations and concerns, feel that they are engaged in the spinning of a common thread. Attributing to that involvement universal laws, constant existential validity and power, they absolutise/hypostasise its rule as a cosmic/human factor: “time”. Yet today technologies are transforming the temporality of our existence by accelerating, intensifying, expanding our partaking in the world of life. Human communal and social involvement is being challenged in its personal significance to the core of our being. What happens to “time”? A basic reinvestigation of the nature of temporality is called for. Human creative endeavor – especially literature – may initiate it. Having the human subject – the creator – at its center, literature is essentially engaged in temporality whether that of the mind or of the world of life through the creative process of writing, stage directing, or the reader’s and viewer’s reception. Out of the cross-motivations that the creative mind filters in its temporal synthesis in touch with all the perspectives of existence, there surges the deepest significance of life in humanity and culture. But, first of all, life comes to light as timing itself in its logos. (Tymieniecka)

This book offers an empirically informed understanding of how identity and agency become wholly embedded within practices of media-remembering. It draws upon data collected from the British military, the BBC and Falkland Islanders during the 30th Anniversary of the Falklands war to uniquely offer multiple perspectives on a single ‘remembering’ phenomenon. The study offers an analysis of the convergence, interconnectedness and interdependence of media and remembering, specifically the production, interpretation and negotiation of remembering in the media ecology. In so doing it not only examines the role of media in the formation and sustaining of collective memory but also the ways those who remember or are remembered in media texts become implicated in these processes.

An original and timely study of men's experiences of depression in which the author tackles the discursively constructed relationship between the self and depression showing its linguistic and social complexity and analyses the relationship between depression and masculinity.

This book pioneers evidence-based research on healthy aging through the application of self determination theory (SDT). Its uniqueness is located in the fact that to date, no other work has applied SDT to the empirical study of aging populations. The authors focus on how SDT drives healthy, successful and active aging, and note that the motivation factors underpinning healthy aging are often neglected, or altogether absent, in the existing literature. This edited volume is particularly timely given the expanding aging crisis in many North American, European and Asian contexts. The collection of chapters meets this challenge head-on in comparing these contexts vis-a-vis a broad international scope, and subsequent discussions on important specialty issues in aging, such as hearing and memory loss. The work offers global perspectives on aging, autonomy and associated life challenges, as well as factors relating to the sustainability of healthy aging in terms of physical and mental well-being. This book will be highly relevant to researchers in the SDT community, as well as specialists in aging and gerontology. It will also be of interest to lifespan psychologists and developmental psychologists.

This book will help the reader to understand the suicidal mind from a phenomenological point of view, shedding light on the feelings of suicidal individuals and also those of clinicians. In accordance with the importance that the phenomenological approach attaches to subjectivity and sense of self as the starting points for knowledge, emphasis is placed on the need for the clinician to focus on the subjective experiences of the at-risk individual, to set aside prior assumptions, judgments, or interpretations, and to identify ways of bridging gaps in communication associated with negative emotions. The vital importance of empathy is stressed, drawing attention to the insights offered by neuroimaging studies and the role of mirror neurons in social cognition. It is widely acknowledged that when a clinician meets a person who wants to die by suicide, the clinician does not fully understand what is going on inside the mind of that individual. This book recognizes that any approach to suicide prevention must promote understanding of suicidal thoughts and feelings. The awareness that it fosters and the innovative perspectives that it presents will appeal to a wide readership.

Mindfulness for the High Performance World provides a unique approach to mindfulness training, built upon the principles of Buddhist philosophy written in line with the Dalai Lama’s description of meditation and mindfulness as “Science of the Mind”. This unique volume explores mindfulness as a learnable skill in context with the underpinnings of the teachings of Eastern psychology. The authors, Norm, a physician, cancer researcher and triathlete and Karolynn, a psychotherapist, mindfulness meditation teacher and marathoner, live and work in a high-stress, high-expectation world. Their approach is rooted in an understanding that thoughts produce biochemical and physiological changes and provides a strategic framework to instruct an individual on how to categorize types of thoughts. After harnessing this ability, one is positioned to become both more aware of his or her thoughts as well as the specific patterns of sensations they produce, or Sentinel SitesSM. The awareness of what the mind is doing and the ability to interrupt a thought pattern and/or control the response almost instantly leads one to having a healthier life, improved relationships with others and better adaptability to one’s environment. Emphasizing the importance of physical activity and nutrition, the authors present a systematic approach for people who want to learn and incorporate mindfulness and transform how they live without having to divert their lives and careers. Offering itself as an accessible and skill-based introduction to the principles, practices, and benefits of mindfulness, Mindfulness for the High Performance World is a useful resource for students, athletes and professionals living and working in high-performance, high-stress environments and also for mindfulness practitioners seeking to deepen their skill level.

The way we make sense of emotional situations has long been considered a foundation for the construction of our emotional experiences. Sometimes emotional meanings become distorted and so do our emotional experiences become disturbed. In the last decades, an embodied construction of emotional meanings has emerged. In this book, the embodied simulation framework is introduced for distorted emotional and motivational appraisals such as irrational beliefs, focusing on hyper-reactive emotional and motivational neural embodied simulations as core processes of cognitive vulnerability to emotional disorders. By embodying distorted emotional cognition we can extend the traditional views of the development of distorted emotional appraisals beyond learning from stress-sensitization process. Conclusions for the conceptualization of distorted emotional appraisals and treatment implications are discussed. Distorted emotional cognitions such as rigid thinking (I should succeed), awfulizing (It’s awful) and low frustration tolerance (I can’t stand it) are both vulnerabilities to emotional disorders and targets of psychotherapy. In this book, I argue that distorted emotional cognitions which act as proximal vulnerability to emotional disorders are embodied in hyper-reactive neural states involved in dysregulated emotions. Traditionally, excessive negative knowledge has been considered the basis of the cognitive vulnerability to emotional disorders. I suggest that the differences in the affective embodiments of distorted cognition confer its vulnerability status, rather than the differences in dysfunctional knowledge. I propose that negative knowledge and stress-induced brain changes conflate each other in building cognitive vulnerability to disturbed emotion. This model of distorted emotional cognition suggests new integration of learning and medication interventions in psychotherapy. This book is an important contribution to the literature given that a new model for the conceptualization of cognitive vulnerability is presented which extends the way we integrate biological, behavioral, and memory interventions in cognitive restructuring. This work is part of a larger project on embodied clinical cognition.

Knowing Noah is the story of the adventures of a young farm mouse who,through extraordinary circumstances found that he could read and understand humans when they spoke.Because of this wonderful capability Noah not only finds himself in the midst of some very terrifying adventures but also finds that his fellow mice at school or at play cannot seem to accept him as he is.Even though he is bullied and pushed about,Noah has a spirit and a capacity for seeing and doing the right thing.He befriends the dreaded barn cat Snoad and together they make a great team,much to the dismay of everyone else.Noah meets many characters in his travels about the farm;Mrs Yahoody the lady hedgehog who helps save Noah from the jaws of a hungry fox,Madame Topal,she of the beady eye and the rigid stern schoolroom for young mice,who cannot understand Noah and his imaginative ways.These and many other characters make up a supporting cast for Noah as he grows and learns the ways of his world.A book about being different and using the gifts that nature gives to triumph over all obstacles.

Paul Bierman’s realization that Greenland’s ice sheet melted when Earth was no warmer than today sounds an alarm for our planet. In 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world’s first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When geologist Paul Bierman and his team first melted a piece of this unique material, they were shocked to find perfectly preserved leaves, twigs, and moss. That observation led them to a startling discovery: Greenland’s ice sheet had melted naturally before, about 400,000 years ago. The remote island’s ice was far more fragile than scientists had realized—unstable even without human interference. In When the Ice Is Gone, Bierman traces the story of this extraordinary finding, revealing how it radically changes our understanding of the Earth and its climate. A longtime researcher in Greenland, he begins with a brief history of the island, both human and geological, explaining how over the last century scientists have learned to read the historical record in ice, deciphering when volcanoes exploded and humans started driving cars fueled by leaded gasoline. For the origins of ice coring, Bierman brings us to Camp Century, a U.S. military base built inside Greenland’s ice sheet, where engineers first drilled through mile-thick ice and into the frozen soil beneath. Decades later, a few feet of that long-frozen earth would reveal its secrets—ancient warmth and melted ice. Changes in Greenland reverberate around the world, with ice melting high in the arctic affecting people everywhere. Bierman explores how losing Greenland’s ice will catalyze devastating events if we don’t change course and address climate change now.

Despite their importance in sustaining livelihoods for many people living along some of the world’s most populous coastlines, tropical mangrove forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. Occupying a crucial place between land and sea, these tidal ecosystems provide a valuable ecological and economic resource as important nursery grounds and breeding sites for many organisms, and as a renewable source of wood and traditional foods and medicines. Perhaps most importantly, they are accumulation sites for sediment, contaminants, carbon and nutrients, and offer significant protection against coastal erosion. This book presents a functional overview of mangrove forest ecosystems; how they live and grow at the edge of tropical seas, how they play a critical role along most of the world’s tropical coasts, and how their future might look in a world affected by climate change. Such a process-oriented approach is necessary in order to further understand the role of these dynamic forests in ecosystem function, and as a first step towards developing adequate strategies for their conservation and sustainable use and management. The book will provide a valuable resource for researchers in mangrove ecology as well as reference for resource managers.

Remote Sensing of Forest Environments: Concepts and Case Studies is an edited volume intended to provide readers with a state-of-the-art synopsis of the current methods and applied applications employed in remote sensing the world's forests. The contributing authors have sought to illustrate and deepen our understanding of remote sensing of forests, providing new insights and indicating opportunities that are created when forests and forest practices are considered in concert with the evolving paradigm of remote sensing science. Following background and methods sections, this book introduces a series of case studies that exemplify the ways in which remotely sensed data are operationally used, as an element of the decision-making process, and in the scientific study of forests. Remote Sensing of Forest Environments: Concepts and Case Studies is designed to meet the needs of a professional audience composed of both practitioners and researchers. This book is also suitable as a secondary text for graduate-level students in Forestry, Environmental Science, Geography, Engineering, and Computer Science.

"Riveting. ... Pattison's uncanny ability [is] to write evocatively about science. ... In this, he is every bit as good as the best scientist writers." —New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "Brilliant. ... A work of staggering depth." —Minneapolis Star Tribune A decade in the making, Fossil Men is a scientific detective story played out in anatomy and the natural history of the human body: the first full-length account of the discovery of a startlingly unpredicted human ancestor more than a million years older than Lucy It is the ultimate mystery: where do we come from? In 1994, a team led by fossil-hunting legend Tim White uncovered a set of ancient bones in Ethiopia’s Afar region. Radiometric dating of nearby rocks indicated the resulting skeleton, classified as Ardipithecus ramidus—nicknamed “Ardi”—was an astounding 4.4 million years old, more than a million years older than the world-famous “Lucy.” The team spent the next 15 years studying the bones in strict secrecy, all while continuing to rack up landmark fossil discoveries in the field and becoming increasingly ensnared in bitter disputes with scientific peers and Ethiopian bureaucrats. When finally revealed to the public, Ardi stunned scientists around the world and challenged a half-century of orthodoxy about human evolution—how we started walking upright, how we evolved our nimble hands, and, most significantly, whether we were descended from an ancestor that resembled today’s chimpanzee. But the discovery of Ardi wasn’t just a leap forward in understanding the roots of humanity--it was an attack on scientific convention and the leading authorities of human origins, triggering an epic feud about the oldest family skeleton. In Fossil Men, acclaimed journalist Kermit Pattison brings us a cast of eccentric, obsessive scientists, including White, an uncompromising perfectionist whose virtuoso skills in the field were matched only by his propensity for making enemies; Gen Suwa, a Japanese savant whose deep expertise about teeth rivaled anyone on Earth; Owen Lovejoy, a onetime creationist-turned-paleoanthropologist with radical insights into human locomotion; Berhane Asfaw, who survived imprisonment and torture to become Ethiopia’s most senior paleoanthropologist; Don Johanson, the discoverer of Lucy, who had a rancorous falling out with the Ardi team; and the Leakeys, for decades the most famous family in paleoanthropology. Based on a half-decade of research in Africa, Europe and North America, Fossil Men is not only a brilliant investigation into the origins of the human lineage, but the oldest of human emotions: curiosity, jealousy, perseverance and wonder.

Wheat provides over 20% of the calories for the world population of 5. 3 billion persons. It is widely grown in five of the six continents. It is a highly versatile food product in that it can be stored safely for long periods of time and transported in bulk over long distances. In relative terms, it is reasonably priced; over the past quarter century, the inflation-adjusted price of wheat has been declining. Modern milling and baking technology required for the transformation of wheat grain into consumable baked products is available or accessible in all countries of the world. For these reasons, and because Canada is one of world's leading wheat producing countries, it seemed appropriate to include a major symposium on wheat in the scientific and technical program of the 8th World Congress of Food Science and Technology held in Toronto, Canada during September 29-0ctober 4, 1992. In selecting the topics for the symposium on wheat, we attempted to cover a full range of subjects including economics and marketing, nutrition, grading, processing, constituent chemistry and functionality, biote- nology, and safety of genetically modified wheat varieties. The major focus was on common hard (bread) wheats; separate papers were devoted to the unique characteristics and technological properties of common soft (biscuit) and durum (pasta) wheats. Each paper was presented by an acknowledged international expert. This book provides a more permanent record of the papers presented at the symposium.

Pemodelan telah cukup lama mewarnai upaya untuk membantu pengambilan keputusan dalam konservasi satwa liar, namun penyederhanaan yang dilakukan dengan meninggalkan variasi individu yang penting dalam populasi menyebabkan pendekatan pemodelan yang telah lama digunakan tidak mampu mengakomodasi kompleksitas dalam realitas yang ada. Padahal, konservasi satwa banyak dimulai dari situasi yang sudah kompleks, dan upaya untuk memahami berbagai aspek penting dalam konservasi satwa liar membutuhkan berbagai pengetahuan mendasar untuk membantu pengambilan keputusan. Buku ini menawarkan penggunaan pendekatan pemodelan berbasis individu untuk menjawab masalah pengembangan ilmu dan pengambilan keputusan untuk konservasi satwa liar yang kompleks. Bagian 1 membahas pentingnya memahami individu untuk menangani kompleksitas dalam konservasi satwa liar. Selanjutnya, Bagian 2 dan Bagian 3 memberikan penjelasan mendalam tentang pemodelan berbasis individu yang dilengkapi dengan contoh-contoh model yang sudah ada, serta penjelasan siklus pemodelan utama. Bagian 4 membahas pentingnya komunikasi model untuk membantu pengguna dalam mengomunikasikan model yang kompleks, baik ke publik maupun kepada sesama akademisi. Semoga buku ini mampu memberikan kontribusi bagi konservasi satwa liar yang semakin kompleks di masa yang akan datang.

From one of the world's leading experts on the subject, a fully updated introduction to the sustainability movement from the 1600s to today The word is nearly ubiquitous: at the grocery store we shop for "sustainable foods" that were produced from "sustainable agriculture"; groups ranging from small advocacy organizations to city and state governments to the United Nations tout "sustainable development" as a strategy for local and global stability; and woe betide the city-dweller who doesn't aim for a "sustainable lifestyle." Seeming to have come out of nowhere to dominate the discussion-from permaculture to renewable energy to the local food movement-the ideas that underlie and define sustainability can be traced back several centuries. In this illuminating and fascinating primer, newly revised and updated, Jeremy L. Caradonna does just that, approaching sustainability from a historical perspective and revealing the conditions that gave it shape. Locating the underpinnings of the movement as far back as the 1660s, Caradonna considers the origins of sustainability across many fields throughout Europe and North America. Taking us from the emergence of thoughts guiding sustainable yield forestry in the late 17th and 18th centuries, through the challenges of the Industrial Revolution, the birth of the environmental movement, and the emergence of a concrete effort to promote a balanced approach to development in the latter half of the 20th century, he shows that while sustainability draws upon ideas of social justice, ecological economics, and environmental conservation, it is more than the sum of its parts and blends these ideas together into a dynamic philosophy. Caradonna's book broadens our understanding of what "sustainability" means, revealing how it progressed from a relatively marginal concept to an ideal that shapes everything from individual lifestyles, government and corporate strategies, and even national and international policy. For anyone seeking understand the history of those striving to make the world a better place to live, here's a place to start.

Finalist for the 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Sports category Have you ever considered running 350 miles in nine days? Kenneth A. Posner did just that when he completed a record-setting run along New York's Long Path, a 350-mile hiking trail that stretches from New York City to Albany. Running the Long Path's page-turning narrative combines the thrill and challenges of Posner's extreme endurance feat with the stunning natural beauty and deep historical significance of New York's Hudson Valley. A one-time casual runner, Posner shares his excitement of developing into a trail-runner and eventually an ultrarunner, as well as the pursuit of a "fastest known time"—a new dimension of extreme trail running, where some of the sport's fastest and most experienced athletes vie to set new speed records for important trails. Hikers, walkers, and runners will appreciate his detailed descriptions of planning, pacing, gear selection, nutrition, hydration, and navigation, which will help them prepare for their own adventures on the trails. Interspersed with the running adventure, Posner relates the interesting stories of the Long Path and the places it passes through, which include some of New York's most important parks and preserves and the distinctive mountains and forests they protect. Throughout the book, he channels the voices of famous New Yorkers associated with the Long Path—Walt Whitman, John Burroughs, Theodore Roosevelt, and Raymond Torrey—who express their appreciation of the natural beauty of the region. Running the Long Path is the story of what ordinary people can accomplish with a little determination and a lot of grit. Whether you walk or run, you will find inspiration in Posner's tale.

Modern forest products research had its start hardly fifty years ago. Today we are in a position to apply the title "wood science" to the field of wood technology that is based on scientific investigation, theoretical as well as experimental. It is this research that fosters new uses for wood as a raw material and that creates the foundation for new industries for the manufacture of wood-base materials such as plywood, laminated products, particle and fiber board and sand wich construction. Wood technology in its broadest sense combines the disciplines of wood anatomy, biology, chemistry, physics and mechanical technology. It is through this interdisciplinary approach that progress has been made in wood seasoning, wood preservation methods, wood machining, surfacing and gluing, and in the many other processes applied in its utilization. In 1936 the senior author published a book entitled, "Technologie des Holzes", which was a first approach to a universal reference book on wood technology. The first edition of Volume I of the Textbook of Wood Technology, co-authored by H. P. BROWN, A. J. P AN SHIN , and C. C. FORSAITH, was published in 1948. An indication of the rapid development of this field can be gained from the fact that the second edition of "Technologie des Holzes und der Holzwerkstoffe", completely revised, was needed by 1951. It contains 2233 pages compared with the 764 pages of the 1936 edition.

Dieses Buch ist eine Brücke zwischen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen und alltäglichem Handeln für einen gesünderen Planeten. Von der Bewältigung des Klimawandels bis zur Reduzierung von Umweltverschmutzung und dem Schutz der Artenvielfalt bietet dieses Buch leicht verständliche, faszinierende Fakten und praxisnahe Lösungen für jeden, der einen positiven Beitrag für die Umwelt leisten möchte. Basierend auf Erlijn van Genuchten‘s beliebten Artikeln auf medium.com/@ErlijnG werden in diesem Buch zusätzliche Inhalte präsentiert. Alle Kapitel dieses Buches sind auf frei zugänglichen, wissenschaftlichen Veröffentlichungen zu verschiedenen Umweltthemen und Lösungen aufgebaut, die oft nicht in den Medien diskutiert werden. Das Ziel der Autorin ist es, nicht-wissenschaftlichen Zielgruppen diese wichtigen Informationen zugänglich zu machen und das Bewusstsein für drängende Umweltthemen zu schärfen. Durch die Verwendung von leicht verständlicher Sprache und ansprechenden Beispielen aus dem täglichen Leben ermöglicht sie es, das breite Spektrum an Konzepten und Problemen zu erkunden und die weitreichenden Folgen zu verstehen. Darüber hinaus bieten alle Kapitel konkrete Handlungsideen, wie man im täglichen Leben einen positiven Beitrag leistet und die jeder umsetzen kann. Das Buch ist ein multimodales Werk, das nicht nur Text enthält, sondern auch Bilder und Videos, um die Informationen zu veranschaulichen und zu vertiefen. Und um zu ermutigen, aktiv zu werden und die vorgeschlagenen Maßnahmen umzusetzen.

Part natural history, part folklore, part exploration of art and aesthetics, part memoir, Nest is a beautiful book that will appeal to bird lovers, readers of literature and art lovers alike. It's the perfect gift for your friend or yourself.

This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi. The more than 1,200 color photographs and two dozen line drawings include numerous exceptionally striking images. The giant silk moths, tiger moths, and many other species covered include forest pests, common garden guests, economically important species, and of course, the Mescal Worm and Mexican Jumping Bean caterpillars. Full-page species accounts cover almost 400 species, with up to six images per species including an image of the adult plus succinct text with information on distribution, seasonal activity, foodplants, and life history. These accounts are generously complemented with additional images of earlier instars, closely related species, noteworthy behaviors, and other intriguing aspects of caterpillar biology. Many caterpillars are illustrated here for the first time. Dozens of new foodplant records are presented and erroneous records are corrected. The book provides considerable information on the distribution, biology, and taxonomy of caterpillars beyond that available in other popular works on Eastern butterflies and moths. The introductory chapter covers caterpillar structure, life cycles, rearing, natural enemies, photography, and conservation. The section titled "Caterpillar Projects" will be of special interest to educators. Given the dearth of accessible guides on the identification and natural history of caterpillars, Caterpillars of Eastern North America is a must for entomologists and museum curators, forest managers, conservation biologists and others who seek a compact, easy-to-use guide to the caterpillars of this vast region. A compact guide to nearly 700 caterpillars east of the Mississippi, from forest pests to garden guests and economically important species 1,200 color photos and 24 line drawings enable easy identification Full-page species accounts with image of adult insect for almost 400 species, plus succinct text on distribution and other vital information Many caterpillars illustrated here for the first time Current information on distribution, biology, and taxonomy not found in other popular works A section geared toward educators, "Caterpillar Projects" An indispensable resource for all who seek an easy-to-use guide to the caterpillars of this vast region

In this new edition of a classic, David Rockwell describes the captivating and awe-inspiring presence of the bear in Native American rituals. The bear played a central role in shamanic rights, initiation, healing and hunting ceremonies, and new year celebrations. Considered together, these traditions are another way of looking at the world, one in which the mysteries of the universe are revealed through animals.

A three-thousand-year history of the Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape From Neolithic times to the present day, the Yellow River and its watershed have both shaped and been shaped by human society. Using the Yellow River to illustrate the long-term effects of environmentally significant human activity, Ruth Mostern unravels the long history of the human relationship with water and soil and the consequences, at times disastrous, of ecological transformations that resulted from human decisions. As Mostern follows the Yellow River through three millennia of history, she underlines how governments consistently ignored the dynamic interrelationships of the river’s varied ecosystems—grasslands, riparian forests, wetlands, and deserts—and the ecological and cultural impacts of their policies. With an interdisciplinary approach informed by archival research and GIS (geographical information system) records, this groundbreaking volume provides unique insight into patterns, transformations, and devastating ruptures throughout ecological history and offers profound conclusions about the way we continue to affect the natural systems upon which we depend.

Women's health and men's health differ in a variety of waysâ€"women live longer on average, for example, but tend to be sicker as well. Whereas some of these distinctions are based solely on gender, there is growing awareness that the environment and related factors may play a role in creating health status differences between men and women. Various factors, such as genetics and hormones, may account for gender differences in susceptibility to environmental factors. In 1996 the Office for Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health asked the Institute of Medicine to conduct a workshop study to review some of the current federal research programs devoted to women's health and to clarify the state of knowledge regarding gender-related differences in susceptibility. This book contains a general outline of research needs, a summary of the workshop proceedings (as well as summaries of the speakers' presentations), and an analysis of the participating federal agencies' research portfolios.

The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.

"THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY," hails Scientific American: A thrilling new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists. "A masterpiece of science writing." —Washington Post A New York Times Bestseller • Goodreads Choice Awards Winner • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Smithsonian, Science Friday, The Times (London), Popular Mechanics, Science News "This is scientific storytelling at its most visceral, striding with the beasts through their Triassic dawn, Jurassic dominance, and abrupt demise in the Cretaceous." —Nature The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet’s great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extraordinary, 200-million-year-long story as never before. In this captivating narrative (enlivened with more than seventy original illustrations and photographs), Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field—naming fifteen new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldwork—masterfully tells the complete, surprising, and new history of the dinosaurs, drawing on cutting-edge science to dramatically bring to life their lost world and illuminate their enigmatic origins, spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversity, cataclysmic extinction, and startling living legacy. Captivating and revelatory, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a book for the ages. Brusatte traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow dwellers—themselves the beneficiaries of a mass extinction caused by volcanic eruptions at the beginning of the Triassic period—into the dominant array of species every wide-eyed child memorizes today, T. rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and more. This gifted scientist and writer re-creates the dinosaurs’ peak during the Jurassic and Cretaceous, when thousands of species thrived, and winged and feathered dinosaurs, the prehistoric ancestors of modern birds, emerged. The story continues to the end of the Cretaceous period, when a giant asteroid or comet struck the planet and nearly every dinosaur species (but not all) died out, in the most extraordinary extinction event in earth’s history, one full of lessons for today as we confront a “sixth extinction.” Brusatte also recalls compelling stories from his globe-trotting expeditions during one of the most exciting eras in dinosaur research—which he calls “a new golden age of discovery”—and offers thrilling accounts of some of the remarkable findings he and his colleagues have made, including primitive human-sized tyrannosaurs; monstrous carnivores even larger than T. rex; and paradigm-shifting feathered raptors from China. An electrifying scientific history that unearths the dinosaurs’ epic saga, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs will be a definitive and treasured account for decades to come. Includes 75 images, world maps of the prehistoric earth, and a dinosaur family tree.

This essential reference provides an introduction to the remarkable soils and landscapes of Australia. It reveals their great diversity and explains why an understanding of soil properties and landscape processes should guide our use of the land. Using striking photographs of characteristic landscapes, it begins by describing the basic properties of soils and how Australia's distinctive soils and landscapes have co-evolved. We gain a greater understanding of why particular soils occur at certain locations and how soil variation can influence landscape processes, agricultural productivity and ecosystem function. The book explains the impact of various forms of land use and the changes they can bring about in soil. This is followed by an invaluable compendium that describes and illustrates over 100 of the more important and widespread soils of Australia, along with their associated landscapes. There is a brief account of each soil's environment, usage and qualities as well as details on chemical and physical properties so we can make more informed decisions about appropriate land-use. Australian Soils and Landscapes will be a valuable resource for farmers, natural resource managers, soil and environmental scientists, students and anyone with an interest in Australia's unique environment.

Wood is the usual end product of a forestry operation. Because of its importance, numerous studies have been made relative to wood prop erties, the causes of wood variation, and how best to develop wood for desired products. There is voluminous literature related to these subjects, but it is neither well known nor appreciated by foresters because the publications are often not available or are not well understood by the forester or by those who use the wood. Frequently, the literature is confusing and contradictory, making it difficult for the nonspecialist to use what information is available. In order to produce and use wood efficiently, the variation pat terns within trees, among trees within species, and among species must be understood. This also requires some knowledge of the causes of variation and the effects of different wood properties upon utiliza tion. The information about variation patterns, their causes, and con trol and effect upon the product must be known by the tree grower, the tree breeder, and the tree harvester as well as by those who ultimately convert wood into a final, salable product.

Omnipresent in virtually all terrestrial ecosystems and of undisputed ecological and economical importance, the study of social insects is an area that continues to attract a vast number of researchers. As a consequence, a huge amount of information about their biology and ecology has accumulated. Distilling this scattered information into a highly

When Singapore became a sovereign state in 1965, the fledgling nation faced very similar problems as most other developing countries: high unemployment, low standard of living, and poor environmental conditions. In a scant four decades, it has become the 6th wealthiest country in the world in terms of per capita GDP and has managed its environment so well that it is now considered to be one of the best in the world. In this remarkable book, Tan Yong Soon authoritatively and objectively analyses how the environmental conditions were radically transformed within this period, and the enabling conditions which made this extraordinary transformation possible. This book will unquestionably make all Singaporeans proud of their environmental achievements, and at the same time enable other countries, both developed and developing, to learn many lessons from a most remarkable success story. This book is a must read for any individual interested in environment-development issues. -Prof Asit K. Biswas, President, Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore.

For years, scientists and researchers have studied, speculated about, and searched for an enigmatic creature that is legendary in the annals of American folklore. Now, learn the truth about... BIGFOOT! In this fascinating and comprehensive look at the fact, fiction, and fable of the North American "Sasquatch," award-winning author Loren Coleman takes readers on a journey into America's biggest mystery -- could an unrecognized "ape" be living in our midst? Drawing on over forty years of investigations, interviews, and fieldwork on these incredible beasts, Coleman explores the modern debates about these powerful, ape-like creatures, why they have remained a mystery for so long, and what we can learn about ourselves from these animals, our nearest cousins! From reports of Bigfoot's existence found in ancient Native American traditions, to the controversial Patterson-Gimlin film of a Bigfoot in the wild, to today's Internet sites that record the sightings almost as soon as they occur, Coleman uncovers the past, explains the present, and considers the future of one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in the natural world.

The expected time of impact, also known as the mean first passage time (MFPT) to reach failure, is a critical metric in the management of natural disasters. The complexity of the dynamics governing natural disasters lead to stochastic behaviour. This book shows that state transitions of many such systems translate into random walks on their respective state spaces, biased and shaped by environmental inhomogeneity. Thus the probabilistic treatment of those random walks gives valuable insights of expected behaviour. A comprehensive case study of predicting cyclone induced flood is followed by a discussion of generic methods that predict MFPT addressing directional bias. This is followed by discussing MFPT prediction methods in systems showing network inhomogeneity. All presented methods are illustrated using real datasets of natural disasters. The book ends with a short discussion of possible future research areas introducing the problem of predicting MFPT for bush-fire propagation.

Gen Z, Tourism, and Sustainable Consumption is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of Generation Z in relation to sustainable consumption practices and travel cultures. Gen Z is regarded as the world’s largest consumer market. The growth and behaviour of this economically significant market will have enormous implications for the future development of the tourism industry and destinations and its long-term sustainability. Characterised as being the first generation to grow up with the Internet and sometimes even referred to as the i-Generation, Gen Z is broadly regarded as having an avid interest in travel but seeks to do so in a way that is socially and environmentally conscious, mobile connected, and grounded in authentic local experiences. Logically structured and featuring contributions from a plethora of experts on the topic, this volume provides a critical examination of Gen Z consumer and travel behaviour in a comparative international context and its implications for the tourism, hospitality, and events industries. Embellished with illustrative figures and tables throughout, this book will be of pivotal interest not only to policy makers, destination management and marketing organisations (DMOs), and students of tourism, hospitality, sustainable consumption, and consumer culture, but also to those who seek to cater to this key market.

“Woman, Watching is an entrancing blend of biography, memoir, history, research, and homage that is unlike anything I’ve ever read. It’s radical, it’s ravishing.” — Kyo Maclear, author of Birds Art Life From award-winning author Merilyn Simonds, a remarkable biography of an extraordinary woman — a Swedish aristocrat who survived the Russian Revolution to become an internationally renowned naturalist, one of the first to track the mid-century decline of songbirds. Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused her Swedish privilege and joined the Canadian Red Cross, visiting her northern Ontario patients by dogsled. When Elzire Dionne gave birth to five babies, Louise became nurse to the Dionne Quintuplets. Repulsed by the media circus, she retreated to her wilderness cabin, where she devoted herself to studying the birds that nested in her forest. Author of six books and scores of magazine stories, de Kiriline Lawrence and her “loghouse nest” became a Mecca for international ornithologists. Lawrence was an old woman when Merilyn Simonds moved into the woods not far away. Their paths crossed, sparking Simonds’s lifelong interest. A dedicated birder, Simonds brings her own songbird experiences from Canadian nesting grounds and Mexican wintering grounds to this deeply researched, engaging portrait of a uniquely fascinating woman.

An Artforum Best Book of the Year A Legal Theory Bookworm Book of the Year Nature no longer exists apart from humanity. Henceforth, the world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists have called this new planetary epoch the Anthropocene, the Age of Humans. The geological strata we are now creating record industrial emissions, industrial-scale crop pollens, and the disappearance of species driven to extinction. Climate change is planetary engineering without design. These facts of the Anthropocene are scientific, but its shape and meaning are questions for politics—a politics that does not yet exist. After Nature develops a politics for this post-natural world. “After Nature argues that we will deserve the future only because it will be the one we made. We will live, or die, by our mistakes.” —Christine Smallwood, Harper’s “Dazzling...Purdy hopes that climate change might spur yet another change in how we think about the natural world, but he insists that such a shift will be inescapably political... For a relatively slim volume, this book distills an incredible amount of scholarship—about Americans’ changing attitudes toward the natural world, and about how those attitudes might change in the future.” —Ross Andersen, The Atlantic

Meet the ladies: a flock of smart, affectionate, highly individualistic chickens who visit their favorite neighbors, devise different ways to hide from foxes, and mob the author like she’s a rock star. In these pages you’ll also meet Maya and Zuni, two orphaned baby hummingbirds who hatched from eggs the size of navy beans, and who are little more than air bubbles fringed with feathers. Their lives hang precariously in the balance—but with human help, they may one day conquer the sky. Snowball is a cockatoo whose dance video went viral on YouTube and who’s now teaching schoolchildren how to dance. You’ll meet Harris’s hawks named Fire and Smoke. And you’ll come to know and love a host of other avian characters who will change your mind forever about who birds really are. Each of these birds shows a different and utterly surprising aspect of what makes a bird a bird—and these are the lessons of Birdology: that birds are far stranger, more wondrous, and at the same time more like us than we might have dared to imagine. In Birdology, beloved author of The Good Good Pig Sy Montgomery explores the essence of the otherworldly creatures we see every day. By way of her adventures with seven birds—wild, tame, exotic, and common—she weaves new scientific insights and narrative to reveal seven kernels of bird wisdom. The first lesson of Birdology is that, no matter how common they are, Birds Are Individuals, as each of Montgomery’s distinctive Ladies clearly shows. In the leech-infested rain forest of Queensland, you’ll come face to face with a cassowary—a 150-pound, man-tall, flightless bird with a helmet of bone on its head and a slashing razor-like toenail with which it (occasionally) eviscerates people—proof that Birds Are Dinosaurs. You’ll learn from hawks that Birds Are Fierce; from pigeons, how Birds Find Their Way Home; from parrots, what it means that Birds Can Talk; and from 50,000 crows who moved into a small city’s downtown, that Birds Are Everywhere. They are the winged aliens who surround us. Birdology explains just how very "other" birds are: Their hearts look like those of crocodiles. They are covered with modified scales, which are called feathers. Their bones are hollow. Their bodies are permeated with extensive air sacs. They have no hands. They give birth to eggs. Yet despite birds’ and humans’ disparate evolutionary paths, we share emotional and intellectual abilities that allow us to communicate and even form deep bonds. When we begin to comprehend who birds really are, we deepen our capacity to approach, understand, and love these otherworldly creatures. And this, ultimately, is the priceless lesson of Birdology: it communicates a heartfelt fascination and awe for birds and restores our connection to these complex, mysterious fellow creatures.

Based on a major international study, this volume provides a synthesis of scientific knowledge on megacity urbanization on the coast, environmental impacts, risks and management choices, including a focus on adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk management. It is the primary output of a major international scientific project sponsored by the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme, the Land-Ocean Interactions at the Coastal Zone programme of IHDP/IGBP, and others. It brings together the work of over 60 contributing authors and an international review board. It presents the international policy and academic community with an unbiased and high quality assessment of the state-of-the art in areas of social-ecological systems interaction. One of its main messages is that while we know a great deal about megacities of more than ten million people and about urban processes, and about coasts and their physical and ecological processes (aquatic, physical and atmospheric), there is relatively little work that focusses primarily at points of intersection between large-scale urbanization and the coast. The book responds to this gap by providing the first global synthesis of megacity and large urban region urbanization on the coast. Its focus is on environmental and development challenges, climate change and disaster. It is interdisciplinary and brings together world recognised scientists (including many IPCC lead authors) on urban climate and atmosphere, disaster risk management, demography and coastal environments.

DIVAlthough no one had ever followed North American monarch butterflies on their annual southward journey to Mexico and California, in the 1990s there were well-accepted assumptions about the nature and form of the migration. But to Robert Michael Pyle, a naturalist with long experience in monarch conservation, the received wisdom about the butterflies’ long journey just didn’t make sense. In the autumn of 1996 he set out to uncover the facts, to pursue the tide of “cinnamon sailors” on their long, mysterious flight. Chasing Monarchs chronicles Pyle’s 9,000-mile journey to discover firsthand the secrets of the monarchs’ annual migration. Part road trip, part outdoor adventure, and part natural history study, Pyle’s book overturns old theories and provides insights both large and small regarding monarch butterflies, their biology, and their spectacular migratory travels. Since the book’s first publication, its controversial conclusions have been fully confirmed, and monarchs are better understood than ever before. The Afterword for this volume includes not only updated information on the myriad threats to monarch butterflies, but also various efforts under way to ensure the future of the world’s most amazing butterfly migration./div

Foams and froths are an important feature of everyday life; one only has to think of shaving foam, foam upholstery, fire fighting foam, bread, bear head, and ice cream. Less obvious but equally important are the foams and foaming processes which are being exploited in ever more complex and imaginative ways in industry. However, the unusual nature of foams, the fact that they are neither solids or liquids, and their very fragility has prevented scientists from obtaining a thorough understanding of even the basic principles of foam formation and stability. This volume presents papers on the physics, chemistry, structure and ultrastructure of foams by contributors from a wide range of backgrounds and research disciplines. The aim of the book is to present a unique multi-disciplinary cross section of work currently being undertaken on the subject of foams.

Bridging the gap between local knowledge and western science is essential to understanding the world's ecosystems and the ways in which humans interact with and shape those ecosystems. This book brings together a group of world-class scientists in an unprecedented effort to build a formal framework for linking local and indigenous knowledge with the global scientific enterprise. Contributors explore the challenges, costs, and benefits of bridging scales and knowledge systems in assessment processes and in resource management. Case studies look at a variety of efforts to bridge scales, providing important lessons concerning what has worked, what has not, and the costs and benefits associated with those efforts. Drawing on the groundbreaking work of the Millennium Eco-system Assessment, Bridging Scales and Knowledge Systems will be indispensable for future efforts to conduct ecosystem assessments around the world.

This book surveys the intersections between water systems and the phenomenology of visual cultures in early modern, colonial and contemporary South Asia. Bringing together contributions by eminent artists, architects, curators and scholars who explore the connections between the environmental and the cultural, the volume situates water in an expansive relational domain. It covers disciplines as diverse as literary studies, environmental humanities, sustainable design, urban planning and media studies. The chapters explore the ways in which material cultures of water generate technological and aesthetic acts of envisioning geographies, and make an intervention within political, social and cultural discourses. A critical interjection in the sociologies of water in the subcontinent, the book brings art history into conversation with current debates on climate change by examining water’s artistic, architectural, engineering, religious, scientific and environmental facets from the 16th century to the present. This is one of the first books on South Asia’s art, architecture and visual history to interweave the ecological with the aesthetic under the emerging field of eco art history. The volume will be of interest to scholars and general readers of art history, Islamic studies, South Asian studies, urban studies, architecture, geography, history and environmental studies. It will also appeal to activists, curators, art critics and those interested in water management.

This book offers a new ecosystemic approach to the understanding of mangrove and salt marsh ecosystems. Brazil has one of the largest areas of mangroves in the world, where salt marshes might or might not be associated. Different landscapes comprise the extensive coastline, where mangrove and salt marsh species’ composition is discussed through the analysis of physiography, zonation, and succession processes. Both salt marsh and mangrove plants and the associated macroalgae will be characterized in their ecophysiological and phenological aspects, as well as genetic and epigenetic diversity. The chapters on microbial diversity and litterfall expose the well-known importance of these ecosystems as highly productive carbon sinks and pumps. The associated fauna of invertebrates (benthic meio and macrofaunas, especially brachyuran crabs) and vertebrates (fishes, birds, and mammals) are presented in a special section. The conservational approach encompasses issues, such as historical ecology, economic valuation, protected areas, environmental education, climate changes, and adaptive management.

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines—the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval—it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed. In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist, and Douglas Abrams, the internationally bestselling co-author of The Book of Joy, explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. In The Book of Hope, Jane focuses on her "Four Reasons for Hope": The Amazing Human Intellect, The Resilience of Nature, The Power of Young People, and The Indomitable Human Spirit. Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we all need to do to help build a better world, The Book of Hope touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope in our children? What is the relationship between hope and action? Filled with moving and inspirational stories and photographs from Jane’s remarkable career, The Book of Hope is a deeply personal conversation with one of the most beloved figures in the world today. While discussing the experiences that shaped her discoveries and beliefs, Jane tells the story of how she became a messenger of hope, from living through World War II to her years in Gombe to realizing she had to leave the forest to travel the world in her role as an advocate for environmental justice. And for the first time, she shares her profound revelations about her next, and perhaps final, adventure. The second book in the Global Icons Series—which launched with the instant classic The Book of Joy with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu—The Book of Hope is a rare and intimate look not only at the nature of hope but also into the heart and mind of a woman who revolutionized how we view the world around us and has spent a lifetime fighting for our future. There is still hope, and this book will help guide us to it.

WINNER OF THE 2017 NASW SCIENCE IN SOCIETY JOURNALISM AWARD A FINALIST FOR THE 2017 PEN/E. O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR “[A] curiously edifying book.” —The New York Times Book Review “With the taut suspense of a spy novel, Voigt paints a vivid world of murder, black market deals, and habitat destruction surrounding a fish that's considered, ironically, to be a good-luck charm.” —Discover “[An] immensely satisfying story, full of surprises and suspense....Things get weird fast.” —The Wall Street Journal An intrepid journalist’s quest to find a wild Asian arowana—the world’s most expensive aquarium fish—takes her on a global tour in this “engaging tale of obsession and perseverance…and an enthralling look at the intersection of science, commercialism, and conservationism” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). A young man is murdered for his pet fish. An Asian tycoon buys a single specimen for $150,000. Meanwhile, a pet detective chases smugglers through the streets of New York. With “the taut suspense of a spy novel” (Discover) The Dragon Behind the Glass tells the story of a fish like none other. Treasured as a status symbol believed to bring good luck, the Asian arowana, or “dragon fish,” is a dramatic example of a modern paradox: the mass-produced endangered species. While hundreds of thousands are bred in captivity, the wild fish as become a near-mythical creature. From the South Bronx to Borneo and beyond, journalist Emily Voigt follows the trail of the arowana to learn its fate in nature. “A fresh, lively look at an obsessive desire to own a piece of the wild” (Kirkus Reviews), The Dragon Behind the Glass traces our fascination with aquarium fish back to the era of exploration when naturalists stood on the cutting edge of modern science. In an age when freshwater fish now comprise one of the most rapidly vanishing groups of animals, Voigt unearths a surprising truth behind the arowana’s rise to fame—one that calls into question how we protect the world’s rarest species. “Not since Candace Millard published The River of Doubt has the world of the Amazon, Borneo, Myanmar, and other exotic locations been so colorfully portrayed as it is now in Emily Voigt’s The Dragon Behind the Glass…a must-read” (Library Journal, starred review).

Winner of the 2024 Phi Beta Kappa Award for Science A New York Times Editors' Choice A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 "Fungi sicken us and fungi sustain us. In either case, we ignore them at our peril." —Elizabeth Kolbert, New York Review of Books A prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi—and how to avert further loss across species, including our own. Fungi are everywhere. Most are harmless; some are helpful. A few are killers. Collectively, infectious fungi are the most devastating agents of disease on earth, and a fungus that can persist in the environment without its host is here to stay. In Blight, Emily Monosson documents how trade, travel, and a changing climate are making us all more vulnerable to invasion. Populations of bats, frogs, and salamanders face extinction. In the Northwest, America’s beloved national parks are covered with the spindly corpses of whitebark pines. Food crops are under siege, threatening our coffee, bananas, and wheat—and, more broadly, our global food security. Candida auris, drug-resistant and resilient, infects hospital patients and those with weakened immune systems. Coccidioides, which lives in drier dusty regions, may cause infection in apparently healthy people. The horrors go on. Yet prevention is not impossible. Tracing the history of fungal spread and the most recent discoveries in the field, Monosson meets scientists who are working tirelessly to protect species under threat, and whose innovative approaches to fungal invasion have the potential to save human lives. Delving into case studies at once fascinating, sobering, and hopeful, Blight serves as a wake-up call, a reminder of the delicate interconnectedness of the natural world, and a lesson in seeing life on our planet with renewed humility and awe.

We have entered a new era where business, technologies, communities, and even pandemic deceases cross borders with unprecedented speed and intensity. 2030 Agenda and 17 SDGs reflect the global community's high expectations of finally reversing the destruction of our natural and social habits, and achieving a more balanced and equitable pathways toward well-being of all. However, despite the initial efforts, the world is not on track to achieving the most of the 169 targets that comprise the goals. It is evident that we have a system problem, so we need a system solution. Authors presented a hierarchical system consisting of two-level management systems: first level—unsustainability reduction systems and second level—control system for transformations toward sustainability. The book clearly shows that implementation of systems for unsustainability reduction and for transformations toward sustainability is possible, and that sufficient knowledge is available to get started. It is designed for researchers, practitioners, and politicians.

Vegetation communities in Australia's riverine landscapes are ecologically, economically and culturally significant. They are also among the most threatened ecosystems on the continent and have been dramatically altered as a result of human activities and climate change. Vegetation of Australian Riverine Landscapes brings together, for the first time, the results of the substantial amount of research that has been conducted over the last few decades into the biology, ecology and management of these important plant communities in Australia. The book is divided into four sections. The first section provides context with respect to the spatial and temporal dimensions of riverine landscapes in Australia. The second section examines key groups of riverine plants, while the third section provides an overview of riverine vegetation in five major regions of Australia, including patterns, significant threats and management. The final section explores critical issues associated with the conservation and management of riverine plants and vegetation, including water management, salinity, fire and restoration. Vegetation of Australian Riverine Landscapes highlights the incredible diversity and dynamic nature of riverine vegetation across Australia, and will be an excellent reference for researchers, academics and environmental consultants.

Birds of the Masai Mara is a remarkably beautiful photographic guide featuring the bird species likely to be encountered by visitors to the popular Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. With an eye-catching layout, easy-to-use format, and no-jargon approach, the book contains more than 300 stunning photographs covering over 200 species of birds and is accessible and informative, rather than purely identification-based. A handy, brief introduction provides visitors with background on the habitats of the national park, and the guide's habitat-based approach makes it simple to identify any bird species according to where it is found. Based on the firsthand experiences of the author, Birds of the Masai Mara is an ideal companion to all those visiting the national reserve and to bird aficionados interested in learning more about the region. The only photographic guide to focus solely on the bird species of the Masai Mara National Reserve More than 300 remarkable photographs covering over 200 species Accessible text explores bird species behavior and species etymology A brief and handy introduction examines the habitats of the Masai Mara Easy-to-use habitat-based layout makes exciting birdwatching easy

How did the popularity of the Beatles lead to the birth of metal music? What do metal artists have in common with classical composers such as Bach and Vivaldi? Readers will explore the answers to these questions and more as they journey through the history of metal music, from Black Sabbath to Slipknot. Readers will gain a deeper appreciation for this complex genre as they explore the evolution of metal and its sub-genres through annotated quotes from musicians and critics, full-color photographs, and a discography of some of the most influential albums in headbanging history.

Buku besar ini ditulis dengan mengusung segumpal “semangat dekonstruksi-kritis” yang berjuang memperkaya wacana ideologi dalam sebuah refleksi bahasa. Thompson berupaya mengeksplorasi aspek-aspek lain penggunaan bahasa yang selama ini diabaikan oleh beberapa perspektif linguistik dan filsafat bahasa. Dengan cara membangun interrelasi antara bahasa dan ideologi, Thompson sepenuhnya menolak analisis statis terhadap bentuk-bentuk kalimat dan sistem tanda yang telah mapan, serta lebih memasuki bentuk ekspresi-ekspresi pemberian makna dan tindakan, yang dari situ sejarah diproduksi dan kehidupan sosial dikembangkan. Analisis ideologi semacam ini meniscayakan kemampuan untuk melihat bahasa bukan sekadar sebagai struktur komunikasi dan pertunjukan, tetapi sekaligus sebagai fenomena sejarah sosial yang melibatkan peradaban manusia, yang darinya jugalah konstelasi ideologi berkelindan. Maka, layak saja bila analisis ideologi ini kemudian melibatkan aspek kekuasaan dan bahasa, hermeneutika, struktur percakapan, struktur gramatikal, sistem kepercayaan, proyeksi rasional, analisis wacana, hingga kemelut rasionalisasi kebenaran. Analisis ideologi ini kian dikukuhkan dengan ketajaman komparasi Thompson terhadap beberapa tokoh penting ideologi, seperti Giddens, Ricouer, Gouldner, Seliger, hingga Habermas. Sangat wajar kalau karya ini dijadikan referensi wajib dalam studi ilmu-ilmu sosiologi, antropologi, politik, dan humaniora pada umumnya.

According to me, life is an exam; when you are preparing yourself to write an exam saying that “I should answer all the questions and score good marks”, “No matter which question comes, I should answer”. You prepare for an exam even though you don’t know which questions are going to appear. If you can prepare yourself for an exam, then you can prepare yourself for life to face all the situations. This book is for teenagers to understand what life is. And to accept that no matter who is going to be with you, you have to face all the situations to succeed. Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you would ever imagine. No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.

Tradisi lisan kantola adalah salah satu bentuk sastra lisan yang berasal dari masyarakat Muna, Sulawesi Tenggara. Kantola adalah sebuah permainan yang melibatkan dua kelompok yang saling berbalas pantun dengan irama dan nada tertentu. Kantola biasanya dimainkan pada saat acara adat, keagamaan, atau festival budaya. Lirik kantola mengandung makna-makna yang berkaitan dengan perasaan, pengalaman pribadi, dan dimensi kemasyarakatan. Kantola juga merupakan media ekspresi dan komunikasi antara masyarakat Muna dengan budaya-budaya lain, seperti Bali dan Lombok. Kantola memiliki bentuk syair yang mirip dengan soneta, tetapi tidak terikat oleh aturan sajak maupun jumlah baris. Kantola diturunkan secara lisan dari generasi ke generasi dalam lingkungan klan atau marga. Tradisi lisan kantola merupakan warisan budaya yang perlu dilestarikan dan dikembangkan agar tidak punah akibat pengaruh budaya modern. Kantola merupakan pernyataan perasaan dan pendapat seseorang, yang disampaikan secara santun, sesuai dengan budaya masyarakat setempat. Komunikasi dengan menggunakan kantola lebih berkesan mudah dihayati, dipahami maksud serta pendapat seseorang. Kantola berfungsi sebagai alat untuk mempertahankan kecermatan berbahasa. Hal ini akan menumbuhkan sikap penghargaan terhadap orang lain dan sikap malu untuk berbuat kesalahan. Dalam masyarakat tradisional, yang masih menjunjung tinggi nilai-nilai adat yang berlandaskan pada tradisi, sikap malu merupakan dasar yang paling hakiki dalam kehidupan masyarakat.

What are “Hypernyms and Hyponyms”? HYPERNYM ---- [Hyper- Over; -Onym: Name] Hypernym is a word that denotes a general category. Hypernym [singular] | Hypernyms [plural] Examples: game, bird, etc. Hypernym is also called ‘Generic term’, ‘Super-ordinate’, ‘Super-type’, or ‘Superset’. Derived terms related to ‘Hypernyms’: Hypernymous Words that are hypernyms are said to be hypernymous. Hypernymy The state of being a hypernym is called hypernymy. HYPONYM ---- [Hypo- Under; -Onym: Name] Hyponym is a word that denotes a particular item from a general category. Hyponym [singular] | Hyponyms [plural] Examples: football/hockey/cricket, eagle/peacock/sparrow, etc. Hyponym is also called ‘Subordinate’, ‘Subtype’ or ‘Subset’. Derived terms related to ‘Hyponyms’: Hyponymous Words that are hyponyms are said to be hyponymous. Hyponymy The state of being a hyponym is called hyponymy. In the above examples, ‘game’ is the hypernym (or supertype) of ‘cricket’, ‘football’ and ‘hockey’. ‘Cricket’, ‘football’ and ‘hockey’ are hyponyms (or subtypes) of ‘game’. Similarly, ‘bird’ is the hypernym (or supertype) of ‘eagle’, ‘peacock’ and ‘sparrow’. ‘Eagle’, ‘peacock’ and ‘sparrow’ are hyponyms (or subtypes) of ‘bird’. IMPORTANT NOTE 1: The relationship between hypernym and hyponym is termed as ‘is-a relationship’. Pattern: Hyponym + is-a/an + Hypernym Example 1: Hypernym: game Hyponym: cricket, football, hockey Cricket is a game. Football is a game. Hockey is a game. Example 2: Hypernym: bird Hyponym: eagle, peacock, sparrow Eagle is a bird. Peacock is a bird. Sparrow is a bird. Hypernyms and Hyponyms -- A Hypernym / Hyponym -- Example A1 -- Hypernym -- acid Hyponyms -- amino acid / ascetic acid / ascorbic acid / boric acid / carbonic acid / citric acid / hydrochloric acid / hydrofluoric acid / lactic acid / nitric acid / nucleic acid / oxalic acid / phosphoric acid / sulfuric (sulphuric) acid Hypernym / Hyponym -- Example A2 -- Hypernym -- account Hyponyms -- budget account / checking account / current account / deposit account / savings account Hypernym / Hyponym -- Example A3 -- Hypernym -- affix Hyponyms -- prefix / suffix Hypernym / Hyponym -- Example A4 -- Hypernym -- African Hyponyms -- Algerian / Congolese / Egyptian / Kenyan / Liberian / Libyan / Moroccan / Senegalese / Sudanese / Ugandan Hypernym / Hyponym -- Example A5 -- Hypernym -- algae Hyponyms -- anabaena / cowstail / cuvie / dabbylocks / featherweed / flans / grapestone / gulf weed / honeyware / laver / liadhaig / murlins / nostoc / pod weed / pompon / oscillatoria / rockweed / seaweed / thong weed / watersilk Hypernym / Hyponym -- Example A6 -- Hypernym -- age [a particular period of history Hyponyms -- bronze age / iron age / new age / stone age Hypernym / Hyponym -- Example A7 -- Hypernym -- agent Hyponyms -- double agent / estate agent / land agent / press agent / secret agent / special agent / travel agent Hypernym / Hyponym -- Example A08 -- Hypernym -- alloy Hyponyms -- amalgam / billon / brass / bronze / iron / magnalium / megallium / nichrome / scandium / solder / steel / stellite Hypernym / Hyponym -- Example A09 -- Hypernym -- amphibian Hyponyms -- frog / salamander / toad Hypernym / Hyponym -- Example A10 -- Hypernym -- angle Hyponyms -- acute angle / adjacent angle / exterior angle / interior angle / obtuse angle / reflex angle / right angle

A Guide To Starting A Profitable Worm Farming Business The demand for worm compost is rapidly increasing as part of driving environmental sustainability and as fertilizers for the plants and soil. In light of this among many other reasons, venturing into a business like worm farming is the ideal thing to do. This book is for you if: - You are completely new to worm farming and want to know everything about it. - You already have an idea of what worm farming is about and want to increase your knowledge of the business. - You are looking for a new profitable agricultural business to venture into. - You are looking for productive ways to recycle your kitchen waste materials and food scraps. - You want to know how worm farming is profitable and more ways to make money as a worm farmer. In this book, I carefully explain worm farming and the business aspect in the simplest terms possible with the necessary tips and secrets to help your worm farm to thrive as a worm farmer. The Worm Farming Business Handbook gives a detailed and informative guide on: • The importance of worm farming • Types of worms for worm farming, their attributes, and which is most widely used • Planning your worm farm vis-à-vis getting your worm, setting up your worm bin, feeding your worms, troubleshooting worm bin issues, maintaining your worm bin, etc. • Methods of harvesting worm compost • Worm farming FAQs • Transforming your worm farming hobby into a profit-making venture And so much more! So, what more are you waiting for? Ready to get started? Get a copy of this book RIGHT NOW

Speaking in front of audiences is quite challenging because it requires certain skills to be mastered. This kind of skill is very important especially in a working situation. You will be required to be able to speak in public, either through presentations or otherwise. Sometimes people facing difficulties when they are speaking in front of audiences and it will make them feel anxious and fearful. Public Speaking: From Fear to Fun is the best solution for those who want to practice speaking in front of audiences especially using the English language. In this book, you will be given some theories and activities to improve your confidence speaking in front of the audience using the English language. Public speaking is about practice. By having plenty of time to practice, you will reduce the anxiousness and fearless, and you will feel confident. This book consists of 8 units and you will find warming-up activities, theories and explanations, individual and group work, tips in public speaking, and the last is the reflection to measure how far the students understand the important point in every unit of this book. Hopefully, Public Speaking: From Fear to Fun can be a guide to you, to make you more confident when you are speaking in front of audiences. Let's have fun with this book!

Seu nome é Senor Abravanel, mais conhecido como Silvio Santos. Sua característica mais marcante é a generosidade, eternizada no famoso bordão “quem quer dinheiro?”. A boa índole de Silvio Santos, inclusive, é uma faceta de sua personalidade, a qual dez em cada dez de seus funcionários faz questão de ressaltar. Compreendendo os 86 anos da figura icônica que impactou a história e a rotina de milhões de brasileiros, este livro revela, inclusive por meio de relatos e documentos exclusivos, as conquistas e dificuldades que Silvio enfrentou para ser a unanimidade que é hoje: o lado família, o apresentador, o gestor de negócios, o descobridor de talentos, como se deram seus insights de empreendedor, além de inúmeras passagens impressionantes de uma trajetória riquíssima e encorajadora.

Buku ini secara singkat mengajak kita untuk belajar bagaimana memimpin retret remaja dengan cara yang sederhana. Dalam tulisan ini, kita diajak untuk mengupas secara singkat pengertian dasar retret, bagaimana menyelenggarakan retret dan rekoleksi bagi pemuda/pemuda; dan bagaimana membimbing retret pemuda. Pembaca kemudian dapat mengembangkan dan menyelesaikan sendiri panduan ini sesuai dengan kebutuhan dan situasi mereka. Buku ini terutama ditujukan bagi mereka yang ingin belajar bagaimana mempersiapkan diri menjadi konselor retret remaja, terutama di sekolah-sekolah atau di kelompok pemuda paroki (0MK). Guru, mahasiswa pendidikan guru agama Katolik, mahasiswa FKIP, para biarawan yang menangani pengembangan karakter dan spiritual di sekolah dan paroki juga dapat menggunakan buku ini.

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Idioms are expressions that cannot be understood from their individual words alone, and the English language is full of them—and so is this dictionary: 4,800+ English idioms and phrases with example sentences included for you so as to understand them all. This is the essential idioms dictionary if you want to talk like a native speaker—or just find out more about the colorful phrases you hear and say every day.

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Sebagai buku panduan bahasa Inggris yang bias digunakan untuk khalayak umum, buku ini menyediakan teori tentang vocabulary yang merupakan basic grammar. Buku ini juga dilengkapi dengan game of vocabulary yang bias membantu para pembaca untuk memudahkan saat mempraktikkan kosakata yang ditemukan dalam keseharian. Buku bahasa Inggris “Belajar Bahasa Inggris Ala Kampung Pare” ini ditulis oleh tim terdiri atas Imo, Irizqia, dan Ratna yang berasal dari beberapa background pendidikan. Tim ini dibentuk khusus dari pengajar bahasa Inggris, dan penulis yang tentunya telah berpengalaman dalam bidangnya.

Buku “Konsep Dasar Geometri & Pengukuran Tingkat Sekolah Dasar” adalah sebuah buku yang membahas tentang materi atau cabang matematika yang ada di SD/MI yang semuanya dicakup dalam tiga belas bab pembelajaran. Dalam buku ini dijelaskan mulai dari konsep dasar geometri kesebangunan, bangun datar & bangun ruang beserta pengubinan (pengukuran). Selain itu, buku ini juga banyak menyajikan contoh-contoh soal HOTS matematika dalam bentuk esai yang berkaitan dengan materi sebagai bahan evaluasi. Hal ini bertujuan agar guru dan calon guru sekolah dasar dapat mengaplikasikan konsep dasar yang diberikan secara optimal untuk menghasilkan pemahaman yang lebih mendalam. Buku ini sangat direkomendasikan bagi mahasiswa PGMI/PGSD serta guru atau calon guru dalam mempelajari bagaimana cara untuk menyampaikan konsep dasar dalam pembelajaran geometri dan pengukuran agar anak dapat berpikir kritis dan dapat menyelesaikan setiap masalah matematika dalam kehidupan nyata secara tepat. Tentunya langkah pertama yang diambil adalah pemahaman konsep materi itu sendiri. Oleh karena itu, buku ini hadir untuk membantu guru dan calon guru sekolah dasar dalam mengkaji materi-materi dasar dalam geometri dan pengukuran yang ada di SD/MI.

"Ironisnya, semua pengorbanan masyarakat ini tak jua membuat pemerintah menyadarkan Indorayon, yang sekarang bernama Toba Pulp Lestari (TP), untuk menghargai masyarakat lokal, dan pemerintah menghentikan operasi pabrik. Sebaliknya, protes masyarakat dinilai sebagai tindakan kriminal, anarkhi, melawan pemerintah dan pembangunan, dan dihadapi secara represif dengan kekuatan birokrasi, polisi dan militer. Salah satu kasus paling mutakhir ialah penebangan pohon kemenyan milik masyarakat Pollung. Humbang Hasundutan, yang mendapat protes keras petani kemenyan. Ini menunjukkan bahwa karakter perusahaan itu sama sekali belum berubah" (Arifin Telaumbanua) "IIU/TPL merupakan wujud ideologi Neo liberalisme-kapitalisme. Kapitalisme adalah keserakahan. Selama pemerintah berkiblat ke Neo liberalisme dan kapitalisme sejauh itu juga tidak ada keperpihakan pada kesejahteraan rakyat. Kapital tidak mengenal kata cukup. Kapital bisa membayar polisi, dan pemerintah..." Setelah Kapolres, pergi kami diinterogasi oleh seorang polisi Juru Periksa (Juper). Juper itu membentak dan mencaci maki saya. 'Mentang-mentang sudah ngomong dengan Kapolres, kau pikir kau sudah hebat; karena kau mahasiswa sok hebat; gara-gara kalian saya tidak istirahat; jangan kau tengok-tengok. di mana kau taruh matamu, 'itulah antara lain kata-kata yang dilontarkan oleh Juper itu. Selanjutnya saat pemeriksaan, Juper berulang kali menanyakan kenapa saya diperiksa? Saya tetap katakan 'tidak tahu'. Akhirnya Juper itu mengatakan 'karena melanggar keterlibatan umum'," (Saurlian Siagian) "Meraka pernah melemparkan ikan mati ber ton-ton ke truk Indorayan karena merasa kesal. Masyarakat menunjukkan kepada pihak Indorayan bahwa limbahnya telah menyebabkan kematian ikan mas yang tidak sedikit jumlahnya. Tetapi, Indorayon menutup mata dan telinga, tidak peduli pada keluhan masyarakat, "ujar Ompu Tulus dengan wajah sedih dan suara bergetar (Pindo br. Sitorus) SAYA beberapa kali dipukuli aparat saat aksi. tetapi itu tidak membuat saya kapok. Sebaliknya, itulah yang mendorong saya untuk mau mendampingi petani yang ada di Prosea, yang saya lihat punya nasib yang sama dengan mahasiswa. Mereka menghadapi kekerasan Militer. Adanya kesamaan visi pribadi dan lembaga membuat saya lebih percaya diri dalam melakukan pendampingan terhadap masyarakat korban Indorayon yang menolak TPL. Kelompok korban pembangunan itu harus dibela haknya" (Surung Gunawan Simanjuntak) "Dalam sebuah dialog interaktif yang diprakarsai Bakumsu di Medan, Maret 2003, Pastor Silaen mengawali gagasannya dari nas Alkitab Perjanjian Lama; 'Berbasuhlah dan bersihkanlah dirimu, jauhkanlah perbuatan jahat dari depan mataKu, Berhentilah berbuat jahat, belajarlah berbuat baik, usahakanlah keadilan orang kejam, belalah hak-hak anak-anak yatim ... mari kita berperkara firman Tuhan, sekalipun dosamu merah seperti sirih, akan putih seperti kapur'." (Pastor Silaen)

Akhir dari dinasti dinyatakan berdasarkan wafatnya Raja Sisingamangaraja X, beliau dipancung oleh tentara Padri di Bakkara tahun 1819. Adalah pemuka masyarakat di Tarutung, Silindung, Raja Pontas Lumbantobing yang tegas menuntut bangso Batak untuk mengikuti dan menyesuaikan diri dengan adanya perubahan zaman. Perubahan itu menuntut perubahan bangso Batak secara prinsipal. Beliau mengatakan perubahan karakter dan eksistensi bangso Batak adalah penyesuaian dan perubahan untuk menjadi orang yang berilmu dan beragama. Sehingga semua penduduk dituntut untuk Bersekolah agar berilmu dan Beragama agar beriman dan berbudaya.

Sanal Pilot Uçmayı Öğrenmenin En Keyifli ve En Kolay Yolu • Her zaman bir pilot olmak mı istemiştiniz? • Uçaklar ve uçmak en büyük tutkunuz mu? • İleride pilot olmak istiyor, nasıl hazırlanacağınızı mı merak ediyorsunuz? • Zaten uçuş simülatörleri ile ilgileniyor ama kendinizi geliştirmek mi istiyorsunuz? • Gerçek bir pilotsunuz ve sanal havacılık sayesinde gerçekte imkân bulamadığınız uçuş senaryolarını ve ileri uçuş lisansı konularını uygulamak mı istiyorsunuz? O zaman müjde! Artık siz de gerekli eğitimi alıp bir “Sanal Pilot” olabilirsiniz! Sanal Havacılık, dünyanın her yerinde milyonlarca insanın gerçek uçuş zevkini sanal ortamda birebir yaşamalarını sağlayan bir hobidir. Gerçek pilotaj eğitimi uzun zaman alan zorlu bir eğitimdir. Bilgisayar tabanlı simülasyon yazılımları ile siz de pilot koltuğuna oturup, bu zorlu mesleği öğrenmeye adım atabilirsiniz. İster gerçek pilot olma hayali ile bu zorlu mesleğe uygun musunuz öğrenmek isteyin, ister sadece sanal göklerde süzülmeyi tercih edin; gerçek havacılık okulu kaynaklı müfredat ile düzenlenmiş gerekli bilgileri, özgün görsellerle desteklenmiş olarak bu kitapta bulabilirsiniz. “Eğer uçmaktan ya da uçmayı öğrenmekten zevk alıyorsanız, Cevdet Acarsoy’un yazdığı bu kitap çok işinize yarayacak demektir. ‘Sanal Pilot’, gerçek ve sanal havacılık dünyasına katılmak isteyenler için heyecan verici ve eğitici bir kitap.” Rod Machado (Uçak Sahipleri ve Pilotlar Derneği Amerika Ulusal Sözcüsü)

Buku ini merupakan kumpulan tulisan dengan beragam tema yang dihubungkan dengan satu benang merah, yaitu tulisan-tulisan yang berisi untaian hikmah yang membahas setiap permasalahan dan mencari pemecahannya melalui dalil-dalil agama, yaitu Alquran dan Hadis. Permasalahan-permasalahan yang dibahas di dalam buku ini merupakan permasalahan yang jamak ditemui dalam kehidupan sehari-hari, permasalahan yang sering dikeluhkan oleh banyak orang dewasa ini. Permasalahan itu akan dibahas dan dicari solusinya sesuai dengan tuntunan agama, dan dalam beberapa kasus juga diuraikan untaian kisah-kisah dari orang-orang mukmin yang dapat kita petik pelajaran sebagai cerminan untuk menyelesaikan permasalahan dan ujian hidup yang sedang kita alami.

Fashion buying and merchandising has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. Aspects such as the advent of new technologies and the changing nature of the industry into one that is faster paced than ever before, as well as the shift towards more ethical and sustainable practices have resulted in a dramatic change of the roles. As a result, contemporary fast fashion retailers do not follow the traditional buying cycle processes step by step, critical paths are wildly different, and there has been a huge increase in ‘in-season buying’ as a response to heightened consumer demand. This textbook is a comprehensive guide to 21st-century fashion buying and merchandising, considering fast fashion, sustainability, ethical issues, omnichannel retailing, and computer-aided design. It presents an up-to-date buying cycle that reflects key aspects of fashion buying and merchandising, as well as in-depth explanations of fashion product development, trend translation, and sourcing. It applies theoretical and strategic business models to buying and merchandising that have traditionally been used in marketing and management. This book is ideal for all fashion buying and merchandising students, specifically second- and final-year undergraduate as well as MA/MSc fashion students. It will also be useful to academics and practitioners who wish to gain a greater understanding of the industry today.

هذا الكتاب دعوة مباركة لأن تصحب الكتاب، وتجعله أنيساً لك ومعيناً‭.‬ فقد وُضِعَ ليشحذ فيك الهمة، ويحرك فيك العزيمة، ويقوي فيك الرغبة لمصاحبة الكتاب ليل نهار، وفي الحل والترحال، وفي حال الصحة والمرض، والضيق والسعة، فهو الجليس الذي لا يطريك، والصديق الذي لا يغريك، والرفيق الذي لا يملّك‭.‬ فما أحلى الكتاب وما أعظم النظر فيه إذا أطال إمتاعك، وشحذ طباعك، وبسط لسانك، وجوّد بنانك وفخَّم ألفاظك، وعمّر صدرك، وأنار أيامك ولياليك، ومنحك تعظيم العوام وصداقة النبلاء‭.‬ هذا الكتاب غرست فيه وصايا شريفة، وحكماً عزيزة، وآداباً نادرة، فجمِّل بها طباعك، وفاخر بها أترابك، وثقّف بها نفسك، راجياً الله أن يخصك بالسعادة، ويعينك بالتوفيق، فيشار إليك بالنبل، وتحظى بين الإخوان بالفضل‭.‬ أخوك محمد بن عبدالله الفريح محمد بن عبدالله الفريح مدير شركة العبيكان للنشر أسرة الفريح أسرة السلمي شخصيات البكيرية رجال البكيرية مؤلفي البكيرية تطوير الذات التنمية البشرية التفكير المتوزان كتب العبيكان كتب عربية كتب في تطوير الذات قصص واقعية حقائق في التطوير قصص من التراث العالمي طرق التفكير الإبداع في التفكير قصص ملهمة تراث عالمي

Denne ordboken er livsviktig. Den er en overlevelsesguide, en A-Å om den vanskelige veien fra ungdom til voksen. Ingeborg Senneset deler brutalt ærlig om angst, skam, psykiske lidelser og tilhørighet. Her forteller hun om ting hun aldri før har turt å si høyt. Du får hennes usminkede, fortrolige råd. «Ordbok for overlevelse» er en annerledes og åpen bok om å holde ut, finne sin plass og sette grenser for seg selv. Senneset er ikke frisk, men øver på å takle livet og ha det bra med seg selv. Med boken kan dere øve sammen. Dette er en alfabetisk guide til å være ung og overleve, illustrert av Christian Bloom. Ingeborg Senneset er åpen om et liv med anoreksi og tre år som psykiatrisk pasient, men er i dag utdannet sykepleier, jobber som journalist og foredragsholder, og er jevnlig i TV, radio og podcaster som samfunnsdebattant. Hun fikk Årets gullpenn under Vixen Awards 2020, NTBs språkpris i 2021 og Årets Mensapris i 2022.

Kamus Sejarahnya Kata-Kata I ini berisi sejarah munculnya kata-kata yang berawalan huruf "A" yang dikenal dan terpakai oleh masyarakat Indonesia baik secara lisan maupun tulisan.

Dalam konteks pemertahanan tradisi budaya lokal terbitnya buku ini, merupakan kulminasi dari penelitian yang panjang. Rongga adalah salah satu dari etnis di Flores yang bahasa dan budayanya kini telah diteliti dengan baik. Ini dimulai secara intensif dengan proyek penelitian dokumentasi oleh Arka yang dilalukan lewat hibah ELDP (Endangered Language Documentation Programmer) London (2004-6), dilanjutkan dengan sederetan penelitian lain oleh mahasiswa Pascasarjana Linguistik Universitas Udayana, termasuk oleh penulis buku ini. Buku ini membahas ritual dan dinamika hidup orang Rongga, dengan fokus kajian ritual dhasa jawa. Ritual dhasa jawa, dan juga ritual-ritual lain orang Rongga, sarat dengan nilai-nilai budaya yang mengandung estetika, yang berisi berbagai pesan historis, tuntunan moral dan etika, serta penunjuk hidup praktis dalam konteks hubungan manusia secara sosial-religius, dan interaksinya secara ekologis dengan alam. Buku ini memaparkan kekayaan ritual dhasa jawa dalam berbagai aspek nilai-nilai budaya ini, yang terbungkus dalam medium bahasa (verbal), dan aspek-aspek non-verbal terkait dalam budaya Rongga, seperti sarana ritual dan konteks waktu serta tempatnya. Aspek pewarisan dan dinamika perubahan dalam konteks Rongga kotemporer juga dibahas secara mendalam dalam bab tersendiri. Publikasi penelitian ilmiah menjadi sangat penting, terutama untuk bahasa dan budaya masyarakat minoritas yang terpinggirkan/terancam punah, seperti Rongga. Ini karena hasil penelitian yang demikian menjadi prayarat untuk bisa dilakukan langkah-langkah revitalisasi bahasa dan budaya lebih lanjut yang tepat dan terukur. Dalam konteks inilah, buku ini yang mendokumentasikan ritual dhasa jawa dengan berbagai aspeknya, menjadi penting sebagai acuan yang lengkap, baik secara praktis maupun ilmiah untuk penelitian lebih lanjut. Buku ini akan sangat bermanfaat bagi peneliti, mahasiswa serta pemerhati etnolinguistik/linguistik, dan juga masyarakat lokal Rongga maupun masyarakat pada umumnya.

Today it seems that almost everyone has a view on what it means to be an "incel" and why these sexless men behave the way they do. The irony is that very little of this debate is informed sincerely with scientific data or by what these men have to say. This engaging book takes an in-depth look at three contemporary issues – lookism, romantic satisfaction, and modern dating – by exploring how incel men experience them in a variety of circumstances. As the very first published approach to inceldom of its kind, Dr. Lukas Castle draws on qualitative and quantitative data as well as addressing a theory of social interaction, which is branded The Blackpill. The author demonstrates the importance of developing an empirically informed approach to men’s societal experiences based on an understanding of the significance of physical attractiveness. This is an important and timely book into the social problem of male inceldom which be invaluable to researchers in sociology and gender studies, as well as professionals concerned with men’s health.

Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia atau World Health Organization (WHO), melaporkan adanya peningkatan data kejadian stunting secara global. Stunting merupakan masalah kekurangan gizi kronis yang menyebabkan gangguan dan kegagalan tumbuh kembang pada balita sehingga anak tumbuh terlalu pendek untuk usianya. Buku ini akan membahas persiapan Kehamilan Sehat untuk mencegah Stunting pada 1000 Hari Pertama Kehidupan (HPK). Pencegahan stunting ini dapat dimulai sejak bayi masih di dalam kandungan hingga usia dua tahun. Dengan kata lain, periode 1000 Hari Pertama Kehidupan (Golden Age) merupakan waktu yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk memberikan perhatian khusus karena menjadi fase penentu tingkat pertumbuhan fisik, kecerdasan, dan produktivitas seseorang di masa depan. Dengan adanya buku ini diharapkan dapat menjadi rujukan untuk menciptakan generasi anti stunting sehingga anak-anak bisa tumbuh dengan baik secara fisik maupun mental.

إلى من يبحثون عن الطريق ، واحتاروا أين القبلة إلى من يتوقون لبناء حياة طيبة ، ثم تشعبت بهم السّبُل وكثرت عليهم المناهج إلى ربيع العُمُر وأزاهير الشباب ، المكابدين صِعَابَ هذا الزمان إلى الحَيارى المتسائلين عن مفاتيح للإبصار .. هذه إضاءات على الدرب بما فتح الله به من بصائر في النفس والحياة عسى الله أن يبعث منها للسائرين نورًا ويجعل فيها للمُجِدّين صَيِّبا نافعًا والله تعالى الموفِّق والمُستعان . . بعض المحاور والتساؤلات التي يناقشها الكتاب >>>>>>>>>>>> لماذا نشعر أحيانا بأننا نعيش أكثر من حياة منفصمة؟ أو أن في داخلنا عدة أشخاص؟ لماذا نشعر بالخواء النفسي حتى مع تعدد نشاطاتنا وشحن أوقاتنا بالأشغال؟ ما سر الغموض الذي يكتنف تعاملنا هذا الوجود؟ وما سبب التقلب المتذبذب بين قمة الهمة وحضيض الكسل؟ لماذا الفشل المتكرر في إدارة النفس مهما اتضحت خطوات عملية؟ وما معنى أن نخطط لأوقاتنا وحياتنا؟ ما نفع التخطيط إذا كانت الأقدار مكتوبة والأرزاق مقسومة؟ وكيف نخطط ببساطة لنحيا بعمق؟ كيف يمكنني اتخاذ قرارات في حياتي باستقلالية ودون تذبذب؟ . للاطلاع على فهرس الكتاب واقتباسات منه https://www.goodreads.com/hoda-alnimr

Do you procrastinate? And if so, what’s your procrastination type? In this fun and illustrated guide, author Jennifer Shannon blends acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive behavioral strategies to help you recognize your procrastination habits, discover the strengths of your unique procrastination type, and find the motivation you need to meet important deadlines and reach your highest goals. In the midst of modern-day distractions like smartphones, social media, and endless hours of movie and television streaming, it’s no wonder you procrastinate! But despite what you may have heard, procrastination doesn’t make you a bad or lazy person. In fact, procrastination may even work for you sometimes—creating a sense of urgency that can help you focus. But if procrastination doesn’t work for you, it can get in the way of meeting your full potential—in high school, college, your career, and life. So, how can you get things done and be your very best? In A Teen’s Guide to Getting Stuff Done, you’ll discover your procrastination type—warrior, pleaser, perfectionist, or rebel—as well as the unique strengths inherent in each type. If you’re a warrior, you love a good challenge, but may not be able to complete tasks you find uninteresting. If you’re a pleaser, you may be so concerned about disappointing others that you postpone doing something. If you’re a perfectionist, you may put things off because you’re worried about your work being judged by teachers, parents, or peers. And finally, if you’re a rebel, you’re driven by a strong sense of independence. By understanding your type and using the practical strategies laid out in each chapter of this book, you’ll be able to break the cycle of procrastination once and for all. This isn’t a manual on how to please your parents, teachers, professors, or friends. This is a book to help you understand why you procrastinate, whether or not procrastination works for you, and if not, how to improve your work habits and really get things done. By helping you uncover your own unique strengths, this book will help you master your to-do list—and your life! This book has been selected as an Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Book Recommendation—an honor bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.

Komunitas LGBT merupakan perkumpulan dari individu-individu yang memiliki penyimpangan seksual. Karena penyimpangan seksual yang dialami oleh para individu menjadikan para individu tersebut dipandang berbeda daripada individu yang normal atau heteroseksual. Hal ini menyebabkan para individu LGBT sering kali mengalami masalah hukum baik berurusan dengan hukum pidana atau dengan hukum yang hidup di masyarakat. Perilaku dari komunitas LGBT dapat melanggar norma yang hidup di masyarakat baik dari norma kesusilaan, norma kesopanan, sampai norma agama. Lebih lanjut dalam buku ini perilaku dari komunitas LGBT juga dapat dikategorikan sebagai sebuah tindak pidana sesuai dengan aturan pidana yang berlaku di masyarakat. Buku ini ditujukan bagi masyarakat umum yang ingin memahami isu LGBT dan hukum pidana; para penegak hukum, seperti hakim, jaksa, dan polisi; akademisi dan peneliti di bidang hukum dan HAM; aktivis dan organisasi yang bergerak di bidang LGBT dan HAM. Buku ini diharapkan dapat membuka ruang dialog yang lebih konstruktif dan berimbang tentang komunitas LGBT di Indonesia, khususnya dalam kaitannya dengan hukum pidana. Diharapkan pula buku ini dapat menjadi sumber referensi yang bermanfaat bagi para pemangku kepentingan terkait dalam upaya mewujudkan hukum yang adil dan inklusif bagi semua.

Em Bora Enriquecer, Júlia Mendonça te ajudará a conquistar o sucesso financeiro, multiplicando seu patrimônio por meio de investimentos inteligentes! Indicado tanto para leigos quanto para quem é experiente no assunto, o livro traz dicas preciosas para você fazer seu planejamento financeiro e montar uma carteira de investimentos vencedora – aprendendo tudo sobre aplicações desde CDBs, LCIs, LCAs, Tesouro Direto, ações, fundos imobiliários, fundos de investimentos, metais e até criptomoedas. Por fim – e o mais importante! –, você será guiado ao ápice do investimento: fazer o dinheiro trabalhar por você! Complementando essa jornada, ela ainda oferece como bônus seu curso on-line para viver de renda! E aí, bora enriquecer?

A Grammar Series That Uses the Functional Approach KEY FEATURES ● Functional approach to grammar teaching, using exemplars to illustrate the usage before defining the structure and rules ● Vocabulary taught through language-in-use to build the learners’ vocabulary through use rather than memorisation of rules ● Contemporary topics to inculcate 21-century skills amongst learners ● Use of literature to help learners understand how grammar is used in text ● A comprehension section comprising texts from different genres so that learners may relate grammar to different types of works produced in English ● Phonics in Grades 1 and 2 to teach the very basis of language ● Uniquely stylised illustrations ● Activities such as puzzles, crosswords, word grids and games to aid the facilitator in using the concept of ‘flipped classroom’ ● Periodic tests to help the learners self-assess the acquisition of concepts ● Digital component to cater to a technology-driven classroom DESCRIPTION: My Blue Book of Grammar is a course that has been conceptualized and designed keeping in mind the increasingly dynamic role of the English language in today’s world. Especially in our country, where English serves as the lingua franca, a grammar course has to offer not only an exposition of the pedagogy but also the exhibition of the utility of that pedagogy. The aim of a grammar series should be to encourage the development of competency amongst learners, even though their proficiency levels may vary. While the level of exposure to English of all learners may be different, a grammar series should aid in the development of a certain level of confidence amongst the learners, with the end result being that they are able to converse without hesitation in English. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN ● Understand grammar concepts ● Learn how to use different vocabulary concepts taught through language-in-use ● Learn 21-century skills ● Develop deeper understanding of and appreciation for literature ● Have clearer pronunciation through a better understanding of phonics WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR: School students of Grades 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS GRAMMAR 1. Compound–Complex Sentences 2. Ellipsis 3. Compound Subject 4. Reported Speech 5. Compound Predicate 6. Coordinating Adjectives 7. Sentences, Fragments and Run-ons 8. Comparative and Superlative Adverbs 9. Pronoun–Antecedent Agreement 10. Active and Passive Voice 11. Commas: With Introductory Phrases; When Addressing a Person; in Dates; and in Addresses 12. Comma Splices 13. Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns 14. Linking Verbs 15. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs – Revision Test Paper 1 VOCABULARY 16. Difference Between Who and Whom 17. Formal and Informal Language 18. Compound Subject with I and Me 19. Can and Could 20. Redundancy 21. Prefixes: inter–, trans–, super– 22. Suffixes: –ent, –ant, –ous 23. Latin and Greek Roots 24. Good vs Well 25. Using Clues from the Context to Find the Meaning of the Word 26. How versus What in Exclamations 27. Positive and Negative Connotations 28. Suggestions and Requests Test Paper 2 WRITING 29. Writing a Notice 30. Narrative Poem 31. Dialogue Writing 32. Writing a Summary 33. Survey Findings Test Paper 3 COMPREHENSION 34. I Have a Dream 35. Ain’t I a Woman? 36. We Are the World 37. Thang-Ta: The Martial Art Dance of Manipur Orange Global Olympiad – English Sample Paper

“Putika” adalah nama yang diberikan kepada jenis puisi pendek yang hanya terdiri dari tiga kata. Jenis puisi ini, pada awalnya dimuat dalam sebuah grup puisi di jejaring social facebook, dengan nama “Putika (Puisi Tiga Kata)”. Kemudian mulai berkembang pada grup-grup lain di luar putika, dan bahkan pada blog-blog sastra pribadi. Sebagian yang lain juga menyebar dalam sebuah Antologi Puisi yang dibuat oleh para penyair facebook. Buku ini adalah uraian TEORI dan KOSEP dari Putika. Dengan buku ini, diharapkan PUTIKA bias lebih meluas tidak hanya di dunia maya, tetapi juga di dunia nyata dan sesuai dengan kaidah atau batasan-batasan yang sudah diberikan. Buku ini memperkaya khasanah sastra dan geliat kebudayaan tulis di Nusantara. Indra Intisa, adalah seorang PNS di provinsi Jambi, namun hobinya menulis dan berkesenian tidak pupus semenjak kecil. Di Sela kesibukannya sebagai abdi negara, ia tetap bermusik dan bergaul dengan para penyair di internet, serta turut aktif menulis dalam berbagai antologi. Indra juga sangat tekun menemani para penyair dunia maya serta merumuskan konsep-konsep puisi kontemporer yang berkembang di jejaring social. Penerbit Garudhawaca

El fútbol para un argentino es mucho más que un deporte. Ni siquiera podríamos describirlo sólo como una pasión, ya que la relación con la pelota excede al momento en donde rueda por el césped. Es en realidad una conexión permanente que se transforma en un estilo de vida. El hincha argentino organiza su fin de semana dependiendo del día y horario que juega su club. Repasa una y otra vez en su cabeza cuál es la formación ideal para ganar ese partido vital. Los primeros días de la semana los reserva para hablar de las vicisitudes del último encuentro, para encarar los últimos días hablando del rival que se viene y cómo debería jugar para vencerlo. El fanático se pasea por el barrio con los colores de su club como quien viste un uniforme, como el chico que va prolijo en guardapolvos al colegio, porque siente orgullo por contarle a todos que es hincha de ese cuadro, porque no logra comprender cómo el resto de las hinchadas no comprenden que la suya es la más fiel, la más sufrida, la más seguidora... El hincha está contento cuando su equipo gana, y se siente dolido en lo más profundo cuando pierde. Daniel Sorbellini encarna todos esos sentimientos en Historias de un hincha de Lanús. Un fiel reflejo de lo que siente el hincha argentino, con el agregado de acompañar a un equipo que se forjó humilde en las categorías del ascenso y que creció hasta llegar a conquistar América. Todo este glorioso recorrido se dio con Daniel en el medio de la barra 14, alentando y acompañando a todos lados, como corresponde. Se trata de un repaso por todas sus anécdotas futboleras, de lo que le significó cada resultado, cada título, cada descenso, durante más de cincuenta años de tribuna. Y cómo ese acompañamiento influyó en su familia, en sus amigos, en su trabajo. Un repaso con el cual cualquier hincha se sentirá representado y emocionado...

Pencak silat merupakan salah satu olahraga bela diri yang lahir dari kebudayaan bangsa Indonesia yang saat ini sudah tersebar ke seluruh penjuru dunia sebagai bentuk aktivitas dalam peningkatan kesegaran jasmani yang dikemas dalam bentuk gerakan seni dan aktivitas fisik. Pencak silat merupakan salah satu olahraga pendidikan dan olahraga prestasi yang sudah dipertandingkan mulai dari tingkat daerah sampai pada kejuaraan internasional. Buku ini kami tulis berdasarkan hasil pengamatan dan pengalaman di bidang olahraga terutama pada cabang olahraga pencak silat sehingga dapat digunakan oleh masyarakat umum. Buku ini menjelaskan bagaimana cara melakukan dan mengaplikasikan gerakan dasar pencak silat, mulai dari sikap penghormatan, sikap siap, sikap jongkok, sikap jengkek, sikap jatuh, sikap duduk, kuda-kuda, tangkisan, tendangan, dan peraturan pencak silat. Semoga buku sederhana ini dapat memperkaya wawasan pengetahuan dan menjadi referensi dalam pembelajaran olahraga pencak silat terutama bagi siswa/mahasiswa, pelatih, pembina, dan pecinta olahraga serta masyarakat umum yang ingin mengenal olahraga pencak silat secara menyeluruh.

Banyak cara untuk menyebarkan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi. Melalui internet merupakan cara yang sudah memasyarakat saat ini. Meskipun internet merupakan metode terkini, tetapi tetap saja mempunyai kelemahan, antara lain tidak dapat diakses pada saat dibutuhkan, apalagi wilayah Indonesia yang sangat luas, dan minat para ilmuwan untuk meningkatkan diri tidak dapat ditunda. Mereka menginginkan keberadaan buku yang setiap saat diperlukan. Harus diakui bahwa banyak ilmuwan, khususnya para dosen, yang diyakini sangat mumpuni dalam bidang ilmunya, tetapi masih saja disampaikan dalam bentuk oral pada saat kuliah sehingga banyak hal penting yang terlewatkan untuk dicatat. Sangat disayangkan, ilmu yang sangat potensial untuk dipelajari dan diimplementasikan tersebut, masih banyak yang belum disajikan secara sistematis dalam bentuk buku. Berbagai kendala dan keterbatasan selalu disampaikan antara lain kesulitan untuk memulai menulis buku. Buku dengan judul Kiat Menulis Buku ini disusun berdasarkan pengalaman penulis selama mengabdikan diri sebagai pendidik lebih dari 40 tahun dan telah berhasil menerbitkan lebih dari 25 buku pegangan dosen untuk memberi kuliah ataupun sebagai buku referensi. Bacalah buku ini, sisihkan lima belas menit setiap hari untuk mencermatinya mulai dari Bab 1. Lanjutkan dengan menit berikutnya pada hari yang tidak sibuk hingga bab terakhir. Hasilnya sangat menakjubkan, Anda dapat mengerti trik-trik untuk menulis buku. Kemampuan dalam bidang ilmu disertai kemauan yang muncul setelah membaca buku ini disambut dengan tangan terbuka dan rasa gembira oleh masyarakat. Ternyata Anda mampu dan ada kemauan untuk menulis buku. Nama Anda akan dikenal masyarakat luas. Selamat berkarya, demi kemajuan bangsa.

Attract Hotter Guys With Irresistible Body LanguageAre you subconsciously sending “go away” signals to cute guys? Learn how gestures, postures, stances, and handshakes make you more approachable with the first body language guide for gay men. Attract Hotter Guys is Book #2 of 3 Books In The Gay Dating Series. Look In The Mirror. Your Body Language Is All WrongCan I tell you a story? Going out to bars and parties destroyed my self-esteem. I felt like a complete loser. How many times can you come home without meeting anybody before you feel like there’s something wrong with you? Seriously, have you ever come home from parties, events, clubs and bars more depressed than when you left? If you’re like me, you’ve tried everything. Different bars, different people, different events. You changed your look, your clothes, your style. The result? Nada, nothing, zip. You may as well go straight. Well one day, I met a body language expert. He told me something that would change my life: Half the Guys You Like Are Turned Off By Your Body LanguageYou know what my reaction was? “Bullsh_t.” I mean, come on! Body language? I’m not meeting good looking guys because of my body language? Puh-leeze. Stay with me because this is where it gets interesting. The body language expert (a psychologist, actually) took me under his wing and coached me in the art of using body language to attract the kind of guys I liked. He wanted a guinea pig–ME–to prove that the sexual body language principles that work for straight couples could, with some adaptation, work for gay men. Yes, body language for gay men. Here’s a partial list of what he changed: * The way I shook hands. * The way I leaned in (or away). * How I pointed with my feet (yes, feet, long story). * The angle that I talked to people. * The direction that I approached guys I wanted to meet. * The way I looked at guys I was interested in. * The way I used my body to catch their eye. * The way I used my hands to gesture. The result? In less than an hour, two good-looking guys struck up a conversation with me! After that profound revelation I was determined to make this knowledge available to all other gay guys who couldn't figure out why their love life sucked. So here it is and here's what you'll learn: MAKE YOURSELF MORE APPROACHABLE 1. Wear certain types of shirts and pants. Research shows men are far more attracted to clothes that… Well, it’s on Page 23. 2. Wear a certain type of jewelry and accessories. I’ll give away one of the secrets right now: Shoes! Find out why on Page 25. 3. Open your “Territory Line.” I show you how to do it on Page 26. 4. Create “Invisible Hallways” between the two of you by using your hands and arms while you’re talking to friends. 5. Point with your hands, your feet and your head. This is a little known secret among communication researchers. Pointing is an “invitation” (it also reveals how he feels about you). Where should you point and how? It’s all on Page 28. 6. Use Inviting Postures. Whether you’re standing, sitting (even slouching), there are do’s and don’ts to show your interest. They’re all on Page 29. 7. Make it easy for him to touch you. See Page 30 for inventive things you can wear or do to make touching you irresistible. They work like a charm! Fed Up With Feeling Invisible At Bars & Parties?Not meeting the type of guys you like? Frustrated you always have to make the first move? Use this guide to change your body language and watch how many more attractive guys approach you.

Biografi 60 Sahabat Rasulullah S.A.W. Khalid Muhammad Khalid Kisah perjalanan hidup para sahabat mulia yang berjuang mengemban risalah Islam bersama Rasulullah S.A.W. Buku persembahan penerbit QisthiPress ini berisi biografi 60 sahabat Rasulullah yang mengisahkan perjalanan hidup sosok-sosok sahabat mulia, yang ikhlas mengemban risalah Islam pada masa-masa awal kemunculannya di bumi Mekah. Mereka adalah para pionir sekaligus tamsil bagi keteladanan hidup dalam memperjuangkan suatu keyakinan akan hakekat kebenaran. Suatu kebenaran yang diperjuangkan dengan segala pengorbanan hingga mampu mengubah roda sejarah peradaban manusia, dari gelapnya alam jahiliyah menuju terang benderangnya cahaya keimanan. Dengan kepiawaiannya dalam merangkai kata dan suasana alur cerita, penulis seakan membawa pembaca memasuki kehidupan para sahabat mulia yang beroleh pancaran iman cahaya Ilahi. Lembar demi lembar untaian kisahnya disajikan oleh penulis dengan gaya sastra yang begitu indah, lugas, halus, dan menawan sehingga mampu membuat pembaca larut menghayati kisah perjalanan hidup para sahabat pilihan ini. Namun, pembahasan dalam buku ini tidak meliputi tentang biografi khulafa’ ar-Rasyidin yang terdiri atas empat orang sahabat agung (Abu Bakar, Umar, Utsman, dan Ali). Pasalnya, penulis telah membuat pembahasannya secara khusus dalam bukunya yang berjudul Khulafa’ ar-Rasul. Walaupun demikian, hal itu tidaklah mengurangi keistimewaan buku ini hingga sangat layak dan patut berada di tangan kaum Muslimin untuk dijadikan sebagai rujukan utama soal perikehidupan manusia-manusia pilihan yang dididik langsung oleh sang mahaguru al-Musthafa, Rasulullah Muhammad s.a.w. Buku persembahan penerbit Qisthipress #QisthiPress

This book reveals the mother of all conspiracies. It sets forth biblical proof and irrefutable evidence that will cause the scales to fall from your eyes and reveal that the world you thought existed is a myth. The most universally accepted scientific belief today is that the earth is a globe, spinning on its axis at a speed of approximately 1,000 miles per hour at the equator, while at the same time it is orbiting the sun at approximately 66,600 miles per hour. All of this is happening as the sun, in turn, is supposed to be hurtling through the Milky Way galaxy at approximately 500,000 miles per hour. The Milky Way galaxy, itself, is alleged to be racing through space at a speed ranging from 300,000 to 1,340,000 miles per hour. What most people are not told is that the purported spinning, orbiting, and speeding through space has never been proven. In fact, every scientific experiment that has ever been performed to determine the motion of the earth has proven that the earth is stationary. Yet, textbooks ignore the scientific proof that contradicts the myth of a spinning and orbiting globe. Christian schools have been hoodwinked into teaching heliocentrism, despite the clear teaching in the bible that the earth is not a sphere and does not move. This book reveals the evil forces behind the heliocentric deception, and why scientists and the Christian churches have gone along with it.

★ "This amazing outpouring of strength and honesty offers inspirational personal accounts for every reader who wonders what to do when everything seems impossible." --Booklist, starred review A 2019 Texas Topaz Reading List Selection A Junior Library Guild Selection Hope is a decision, but it is a hard one to recognize in the face of oppression, belittlement, alienation, and defeat. To help embolden hope, here is a powerhouse collection of essays and personal stories that speak directly to teens and all YA readers. Featuring Angie Thomas, Marie Lu, Nicola Yoon, David Levithan, Libba Bray, Jason Reynolds, Renée Ahdieh, and many more! "The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood."--Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. We all experience moments when we struggle to understand the state of the world, when we feel powerless and--in some cases--even hopeless. The teens of today are the caretakers of tomorrow, and yet it's difficult for many to find joy or comfort in such a turbulent society. But in trying times, words are power. Some of today's most influential young adult authors come together in this highly personal collection of essays and original stories that offer moments of light in the darkness, and show that hope is a decision we all can make. Like a modern day Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul or Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens, Hope Nation acknowledges the pain and offers words of encouragement. Authors include: Atia Abawi, Renee Ahdieh, Libba Bray, Howard Bryant, Ally Carter, Ally Condie, Christina Diaz Gonzales, Gayle Forman, Romina Garber, I. W. Gregario, Kate Hart, Bendan Kiely, David Levithan, Alex London, Marie Lu, Julie Murphy, Jason Reynolds, Aisha Saeed, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Jeff Zentner, and Nicola Yoon. Praise for Hope Nation: "A salve when days are bleak."--Kirkus Reviews "An important and inspiring read for thoughtful teens."--School Library Journal

Dear fellow Chinese-speakers, this is the English grammar series you have been looking for. Never before have you found the grammar topics so thoroughly explained and exemplified, English-Chinese bilingually, that they all fit in a BIG picture for your easy manipulation, providing the edge you need to succeed in the English-speaking environment. Suitable for learners at the elementary to junior-high school levels. 各位尊敬的中文使用者：本系列是你一直在尋找的英文文法參考書。它對各個文法課題，均以中英雙語作出前所未有的透徹解釋和舉例，英文文法知識就仿如一幅清晰的地圖般展現在你眼前，隨時為你所用，讓你在英語世界中得心應手。適合小學至初中程度的讀者。

Not Born Digital addresses from multiple perspectives – ethical, historical, psychological, conceptual, aesthetic – the vexing problems and sublime potential of disseminating lyrics, the ancient form of transmission and preservation of the human voice, in an environment in which e-poetry and digitalized poetics pose a crisis (understood as opportunity and threat) to traditional page poetry. The premise of Not Born Digital is that the innovative contemporary poets studied in this book engage obscure and discarded, but nonetheless historically resonant materials to unsettle what Charles Bernstein, a leading innovative contemporary U.S. poet and critic of “official verse culture,” refers to as “frame lock” and “tone jam.” While other scholars have begun to analyze poetry that appears in new media contexts, Not Born Digital concerns the ambivalent ways page poets (rather than electronica based poets) have grappled with “screen memory” (that is, electronic and new media sources) through the re-purposing of “found” materials.

The insights here are of such depth, and contain such beauty in them, that time and again the reader must pause for breath. At last Rilke has met a critic whose insight, courage, and humanity are worthy of his life and work." —Leslie Epstein Director, Graduate Creative Writing Program, Boston University "[A] well-reasoned, fairly fascinating, and illuminating study which soundly and convincingly applies Freudian and particularly post-Freudian insights into the self, to Rilke's life and work, in a way which enlightens us considerably as to the relationship between life and work in original ways. Kleinbard takes off where Hugo Simenauer's monumental psycho- biography of Rilke (1953) left off. . . . He succeeds in giving us a psychic portrait of the poet which is more illuminating and which . . . does greater justice to its subject than any of his predecessors.. . . . Any reader with strong interest in Rilke would certainly welcome the availability of this study." —Walter H. Sokel,Commonwealth Professor of German and English Literatures,University of Virginia. For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are just able to bear, and we wonder at it so because it calmly disdainsto destroy us." —Rilke Beginning with Rilke's 1910 novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, The Beginning of Terror examines the ways in which the poet mastered the illness that is so frightening and crippling in Malte and made the illness a resource for his art. Kleinbard goes on to explore Rilke's poetry, letters, and non-fiction prose, his childhood and marriage, and the relationship between illness and genius in the poet and his work, a subject to which Rilke returned time and again. This psychoanalytic study also defines the complex connections between Malte's and Rilke's fantasies of mental and physical fragmentation, and the poet's response to Rodin's disintegrative and re-integrative sculpture during the writing of The Notebooks and New Poems. One point of departure is the poet's sense of the origins of his illness in his childhood and, particularly, in his mother's blind, narcissistic self- absorption and his father's emotional constriction and mental limitations. Kleinbard examines the poet's struggle to purge himself of his deeply felt identification with his mother, even as he fulfilled her hopes that he become a major poet. The book also contains chapters on Rilke's relationships with Lou Andreas Salom and Aguste Rodin, who served as parental surrogates for Rilke. A psychological portrait of the early twentieth-century German poet, The Beginning of Terror explores Rilke's poetry, letters, non-fiction prose, his childhood and marriage. David Kleinbard focuses on the relationship between illness and genius in the poet and his work, a subject to which Rilke returned time and again.

Ten years after its original publication, Roman Homosexuality remains the definitive statement of this interesting but often misunderstood aspect of Roman culture. Learned yet accessible, the book has reached both students and general readers with an interest in ancient sexuality. This second edition features a new foreword by Martha Nussbaum, a completely rewritten introduction that takes account of new developments in the field, a rewritten and expanded appendix on ancient images of sexuality, and an updated bibliography.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Ältere Deutsche Literatur, Mediävistik, Universität Münster, Veranstaltung: Seminar im Auswahlmodul: Das Nibelungenlied, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Einleitung S. 1 II. Das Nibelungenlied im Kaiserreich II.1 Nibelungentreue vor und während des I. Weltkrieges S. 2 II.2 „Nibelungentreue“ von Wilhelm Scherer (1916) S. 5 III. Dolchstoßlegende S. 6 IV. Das Nibelungenlied im Nationalsozialismus IV.1 Die Rolle Hagens im Nationalsozialismus S. 7 IV.2 Vereinnahmung „nibelungischer“ Tugenden S. 9 im Nationalsozialismus V. Schluss S. 12 VI. Literaturverzeichnis S. 13 I. Einleitung Das um 1200 von einem unbekannten Dichter zu Pergament gebrachte Nibelungenlied gilt seit seiner Wiederauffindung im Jahre 1755 als das am meisten rezipierte Werk im deutschsprachigen Raum und erfreute sich gerade 50 Jahre nach seiner Wiederentdeckung bis zum Ende des II. Weltkrieges großer Beliebtheit und Bekanntheit. Es wurde vielfach ideologisch vereinnahmt und dabei in für die jeweiligen politischen Interessen erforderliche Weise umgedeutet. Ziel dieser Hausarbeit ist es die Rezeption des Nibelungenliedes in der wechselvollen Zeit der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts zu mit Blick auf die ideologische Vereinnahmung zu beleuchten. Es soll gezeigt werden wie die einzelnen Szenen und Charaktere des Nibelungenliedes umgedeutet und für politische Interessen verwendet wurden. Dabei werden zwei für die Zeit wichtige Rezeptionen des Nibelungenstoffes ausgeklammert: Richard Wagners „Ring der Nibelungen“, sowie Fritz Langs Stummfilm „Die Nibelungen“. Die beiden Werke sind zwar maßgeblich für die Verbreitung des Stoffes der Nibelungensage in ihrer jeweiligen künstlerischen Gestaltung verantwortlich , doch sind sie meines Erachtens nicht mit dem Ziel der Instrumentalisierung des Nibelungenstoffes oder einzelner Charaktere des Nibelungenliedes entstanden und wurden nicht in der Weise ideologisch vereinnahmt oder zu Propagandazwecken herangezogen, dass eine längere Beschäftigung mit den Werken im Rahmen dieser Hausarbeit gerechtfertigt wäre. Ich werde mich mit der im I. Weltkrieg beschworenen „Nibelungentreue“, der „Dolchstoßlegende“ und der Indienstnahme des Nibelungenstoffes durch die Nationalsozialisten befassen.

Die Beiträge behandeln in systematischer und historischer Sicht epistemologisch orientierte Fragen nach dem gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Standort von Theorie zwischen Wissenschaftskultur und Kulturwissenschaft. Sie gehen dem Eindruck nach, demzufolge die Ambivalenz theoretischer 'Passion' entweder eher zu ereignisträchtigen kulturellen Formen oder aber ins Abseits theoretisch-organisatorischer Betriebsamkeit führt. Nicht nur in den Geisteswissenschaften lässt sich beobachten, dass Theoriebildungsprozesse innerhalb einer vielfach unterschätzten Bandbreite von Denkstilen vonstatten gehen - zwischen Intuition und Konstruktion. Diese Vor- und Nachrationalisierungen theoretischen Denkens hat die bisherige Theoriegeschichte weitgehend unbeachtet gelassen; auch für diese Denkstil-Bandbreite steht der Platzhalter 'kulturell'. Es sind mithin sowohl die gesellschaftlich-institutionellen Einbindungsformen als auch die möglichen kulturellen Ressourcen von Theorie, denen die einzelnen Beiträge des Bandes paradigmatisch (u.a. Dilthey, Valéry, Bachtin, Adorno, Luhmann, Feyerabend) nachgehen.

This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers' advisor Joyce Saricks offers groundbreaking reconsideration of the connections among genres.

The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which transferred more than a third of Mexico's territory to the United States, deferred full U.S. citizenship for Mexican Americans but promised, "in the mean time," to protect their property and liberty. Erin Murrah-Mandril demonstrates that the U.S. government deployed a colonization of time in the Southwest to insure political and economic underdevelopment in the region and to justify excluding Mexican Americans from narratives of U.S. progress. In In the Mean Time, Murrah-Mandril contends that Mexican American authors challenged modern conceptions of empty, homogenous, linear, and progressive time to contest U.S. colonization. Taking a cue from Latina/o and borderlands spatial theories, Murrah-Mandril argues that time, like space, is a socially constructed, ideologically charged medium of power in the Southwest. In the Mean Time draws on literature, autobiography, political documents, and historical narratives composed between 1870 and 1940 to examine the way U.S. colonization altered time in the borderlands. Rather than reinforce the colonial time structure, early Mexican American authors exploited the internal contradictions of Manifest Destiny and U.S. progress to resist domination and situate themselves within the shifting political, economic, and historical present. Read as decolonial narratives, the Mexican American cultural productions examined in this book also offer a new way of understanding Latina/o literary history.

Now available in paperback, this acclaimed book skilfully examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). His books have gone on to sell millions and his work has been translated by a number of academic presses. McCusker sets the author in context, providing a valuable contribution to ‘memory studies’ by looking at literary representation of memory in Martinique, a society founded on slavery but now politically assimilated to the metropolitan centre, France.

संविधान निर्माण की नायिकाएं जब भी भारत के संविधान निर्माण की चर्चा होती है, तो अग्रणी पुरूष सदस्यों के नाम और उनके योगदान को ही सराहा जाता है। जबकि भारतीय संविधान निर्माण में महिलाओं का भी विशेष योगदान रहा है। जिन्होंने 2 साल 11 माह और 17 दिन संविधान सभा के पुरूष सदस्यों के साथ 12 सभाओं में भाग लेते हुए संविधान निर्माण में पूरी ईमानदारी और लगन के साथ कार्य किया । लेकिन यह दुर्भाग्य है कि हमेशा ही पितृसत्ता की मानसिकता ने आधी आबादी के पूरे इतिहास को ओझल ही रखा, और इस ओझल के कारण हमने संविधान निर्माण की नायिकाओं तथा उनके अमूल्य योगदान को भुला दिया। संविधान सभा के कुल 389 सदस्य में 15 महिला सदस्य जिसमें अम्मू स्वामीनाथन, ऐनी मेस्करीन, बेगम एजाज़ रसूल, विजय लक्ष्मी पण्डित, हंसा मेहता, दक्षयानी वेल्यादुन, कमला चौधरी, लीला रे, पूर्णिमा बनर्जी, मालती चौधरी, रेणुका रॉय, सरोजिनी नायडू, सुचेता कृपलानी, राजकुमारी अमृत कौर तथा दुर्गाबाई देशमुख हैं। जिन्होंने संविधान निर्माण में भारत के विभिन्न प्रान्त व समुदाय का प्रतिनिधित्व किया। लेकिन इन 15 महिला सदस्यों में से कुछ सदस्यों को छोड़ अन्य सदस्य के सम्बन्ध में कोई ख़ास जानकारी प्राप्त न हो सकी। विभिन्न समाचारपत्र,पत्रिकाओं,आर्टिकल,लेख,वेबपोर्टल, वृत्तांत तथा लोकसभा व राज्यसभा पोर्टल इत्यादि से जानकारी संकलन कर इन 15 महिला सदस्यों को इस पुस्तक ‘संविधान निर्माण की नायिकाएं’ में बिन्दुवार व संक्षिप रूप से आसान भाषा में पिरोने की कोशिश की गई है। ताकि संविधान निर्माण की इन 15 नायिकाओं को विस्तृत न सही बल्कि संक्षिप रूप से ही एक स्थान पढ़ा व स्मरण किया जा सके। आप सभी पाठकों से विनम्र निवेदन है कि यदि आपके पास इन 15 महिला सदस्यों के सम्बन्ध में अधिक जानकारी हो तो प्रेषित करें, ताकि आप सभी के सहयोग से इस पुस्तक ‘संविधान निर्माण की नायिकाएं’ का द्वितीय संस्करण बृहद रूप से प्रकाशित कर इन संविधान निर्माण की नायिकाओं के संविधान निर्माण में दिए गए अमूल्य योगदान की सराहना की जा सके। धन्यवाद फरीद अहमद

L’indagine da cui parte questa raccolta di saggi segue linee di ricerca che intrecciano principalmente letteratura e cinema. I diversi temi e problemi affrontati (dalla narrativa contemporanea allo stile cinematografico, dal saggismo letterario a quello cinematografico) portano tutti verso una stessa direzione: il problema della rappresentazione del reale, il rapporto tra realtà e realtà rappresentata, i limiti del realismo e le scappatoie a tali limiti. Tra queste, lo stile, che agisce possibilmente come la corda di Kafka, simile alla verità: tesa in basso, per farti inciampare. Lo stile, con i suoi eccessi, pare allontanare dal reale: eppure sono a volte proprio tali oltranze a rendere rappresentabile ciò che non sembra possibile rappresentare. Raggruppati in due sezioni, il volume raccoglie, dodici saggi già apparsi in diverse sedi, ma accomunati da una stessa tensione conoscitiva. Su un arco che copre tutto il Novecento, sino alla contemporaneità, diversi sono gli autori affrontati, da Pasolini a Longhi, da Deledda a Mannuzzu, da Trevi a Lagioia, passando per Cases, Soldati, Camilleri, e per le vie battute da inimitabili saggisti cinematografici come Amengual e Bazin.

Toni Morrison scholars as well as those interested in the creative process will be excited about a new feature that appears in this second edition of this book: a sampling of Toni Morrison's creative process. In Part Two of this critical work, the author spotlights some of the autobiographical kernels that appear in each of Morrison's novels. Part One offers a comprehensive study of Morrison's novels, demonstrating that each one is a thematic and structural offshoot of the preceding one, evidencing a pattern of growth in Morrison's consciousness of the exploitation and oppression of all people of African descent and of her commitment to struggle for a solution. The Bluest Eye investigates the effects of racism on African female children. Sula explores avenues of self-fulfillment, but in the process ignores the collective that nurtures her. Song of Solomon reveals Morrison's increased awareness of the impact of historical and current events on the nation-class oppression of African people. Tar Baby offers evidence of Morrison's awareness that capitalism is the primary enemy of African people. Beloved proposes the only viable solution if African people are to be truly liberated: coll

This work investigates whether Camus' idea of living without conceptual absolutes is an attainable goal.

This book comprises what may be called exercises in ‘comparative cinema’. Its focus on endings, near-endings and ‘late style’ is connected with the author’s argument that comparative criticism itself may constitute an endgame of criticism, arising at the moment at which societies or individuals relinquish primary adherence to one tradition or medium. The comparisons embrace different works and artistic media and primarily concern works of literature and film, though they also consider issues raised by the interrelationship of language and moving and still images, as well as inter- and intra-textuality. The works probed most fully are ones by Theo Angelopoulos, Ingmar Bergman, Harun Farocki, Theodor Fontane, Henry James, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Chang-dong Lee, Roman Polański, Thomas Pynchon, and Paul Schrader, while the key recurrent motifs are those of dusk, the horizon, the labyrinth, and the ruin.

La presente monografía recoge algunos de los resultados y de las investigaciones realizadas en el ámbito del Proyecto de innovación docente “Enseñanza de lenguas y literaturas a través de una perspectiva de género”. Ayudas a la innovación docente, Convocatoria 2023-24. (Ref. 221). IV Plan Propio de Docencia de la Universidad de Sevilla. Reflexionar sobre la enseñanza y los materiales didácticos utilizados en las clases de lengua y literatura es fundamental para poder proponer una formación en igualdad para el alumnado. Los artículos que se recogen en este volumen introducen temas como la rescritura del canon, la recuperación de autoras olvidadas, la lengua y la literatura en las áreas de español, italiano, inglés, alemán, portugués, francés y árabe. Se trata de propuestas que eligen caminos diferentes y menos frecuentados, interpretan y analizan los textos desde una perspectiva de género y una óptica no canónica buscando nuevos recursos y apostando por materiales que permiten reflexiones y debates motivadores para la clase.

All societies are constructed, based on specific rules, norms, and laws. Hence, all ethics and morality are predicated on perceived right or wrong behavior, and much of human culture proves to be the result of a larger discourse on vices and virtues, transgression and ideals, right and wrong. The topics covered in this volume, addressing fundamental concerns of the premodern world, deal with allegedly criminal, or simply wrong behavior which demanded punishment. Sometimes this affected whole groups of people, such as the innocently persecuted Jews, sometimes individuals, such as violent and evil princes. The issue at stake here embraces all of society since it can only survive if a general framework is observed that is based in some way on justice and peace. But literature and the visual arts provide many examples of open and public protests against wrongdoings, ill-conceived ideas and concepts, and stark crimes, such as theft, rape, and murder. In fact, poetic statements or paintings could carry significant potentials against those who deliberately transgressed moral and ethical norms, or who even targeted themselves.

Read by Billy Crudup "These Characters are people we know―they're our quirky neighbors, our creepy bosses, our blind dates from hell. Sharp-tongued Theophrastus, made sharper than ever in this fresh new edition, reminds us that Athenian weirdness is as ageless as Athenian wisdom." —Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge University, presenter of BBC's Civilisations When Aristotle wrote that that "comedy is about people worse than ourselves," he may have been recalling a hard-edged gem of a treatise written by his favorite student, Theophrastus. Theophrastus's Characters is a joyous festival of fault-finding: a collection of thirty closely observed personality portraits, defining the full spectrum of human flaws, failings, and follies. With piquant details of speech and behavior taken straight off the streets of ancient Athens, Theophrastus gives us sketches of the mean, vile, and annoying that are comically distorted yet vividly real. Enlivened by Pamela Mensch's fresh translation―the first widely available English version in over half a century―Theophrastus's Characters transports us to a world populated by figures of flesh and blood, not bronze and marble. The wry, inventive drawings help envoke the cankered wit of this most modern of ancient texts. Lightly but helpfully annotated by classicist James Romm, these thirty thumbnail portraits are startlingly recognizable twenty-three centuries later. The characters of Theophrastus are archetypes of human nature that remain insightful, caustic, and relevant.

The frequency with which particular words are used in a text can tell us something meaningful both about that text and also about its author because their choice of words is seldom random. Focusing on the most frequent lexical items of a number of generated word frequency lists can help us to determine whether all the texts are written by the same author. Alternatively, they might wish to determine whether the most frequent words of a given text (captured by its word frequency list) are suggestive of potentially meaningful patterns that could have been overlooked had the text been read manually. This edited collection brings together cutting-edge research written by leading experts in the field on the construction of word-lists for the analysis of both frequency and keyword usage. Taken together, these papers provide a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the most exciting research being conducted in this subject.

In a bid to wean himself off Facebook and Twitter, media scholar and cultural theorist Dominic Pettman decided to revive an ancient custom. He decided to tell the local bees of his thoughts, theories, musings, and meditations. The result was an apian journal that parses the daily news and the routines of modern life in a more sustained and reflective way than the Pavlovian posts to which we are so addicted. The account that emerges from Pettman’s regular discussion with the bees forms a compelling portrait of the tumultuous period running from the Fall of 2019 to New Year’s Eve, 2022. What began as a reflection on the traumatic effects of an “unprecedented” presidency soon evolved into a real-time response to the equally extraordinary events of the pandemic and its aftermath. One key concern that emerges from Pettman’s ongoing discussion with the bees is the extent to which, thanks to the alienating effects of neoliberalism, we were already engaged in an advanced form of social distancing long before anyone had heard of COVID. Other key themes include education, human-animal relations, climate change, mediated intimacy, attention ecologies, collective memory, slow violence, the self-fulfilling prophecy that is New York City, the never-ending end of history, and the mundane strategies we share in a bid to forge on, despite the accumulating challenges of the twenty-first century. Telling the Bees is an invitation to rediscover the art of reflection and a profound meditation on human connection, alienation, and our collective yearning for intimacy in an age of distance. Through what Pettman describes as an "interspecies monologue," readers are treated to a unique perspective on navigating the complexities of the twenty-first century, inspired by the ingenuity and resilience of our natural cohabitants.

From All Quiet on the Western Front and Gone with the Wind to No Country for Old Men and Slumdog Millionaire, many of the most memorable films have been adapted from other sources. And while courses on film studies are taught throughout the world, The Pedagogy of Adaptation makes a strong case for treating adaptation studies as a separate discipline. What makes this book unique is its claim that adaptation is above all a creative process and not simply a slavish imitation or reproduction of an 'original.' This collection of essays focuses on numerous contexts to emphasize why adaptations matter to students of literature. It is the first such volume devoted exclusively to teaching adaptations from a practical, teacher-centered angle. Many of the essays show how 'adaptation' as a discipline can be used to prompt reflection on cultural, historical, and political differences. Written by specialists in a variety of fields, ranging from film, radio, theater, and even language studies, the book adopts a pluralistic view of adaptation, showing how its processes vary across different contexts and in different disciplines. Defining new horizons for the teaching of adaptation studies, these essays draw on such disparate sources as Frankenstein, Moby Dick, and South Park. This volume not only provides a resource-book of lesson plans but offers valuable pointers as to why teaching literature and film can help develop students' skills and improve their literacy.

Russian culture and Slavic Studies maintain that Gogol is an incontrovertible Russian writer. To call him a Ukrainian is to encounter deep skepticism. Oddly, the grounds of his "Russianness" are rarely made explicit and even less often examined critically. This book address these problems. It shows, for example, how scholars assume that language and theme make Gogol Russian. How others call him Russian by denying Ukrainians status as a separate nation, while still others avoid explanations altogether by representing him as a typical Russian in a national culture and literature. This book challenges such paradigms, situating Gogol within an "imperial culture," where Russian and Ukrainian elites shared intellectual pursuits but clashed over rival national projects. It reveals Gogol as a Ukrainian Russian-language Imperial Writer, a person who embraced an emergent Ukrainian movement while remaining a loyal imperial subject. This book will appeal to Russianists and Ukrainianists, anyone interested in questions of identity, cultural politics, and colonialism. It provides ample context and background, making it suitable for students. Readers who enjoy Taras Bulba will be drawn to the chapter that dispels the myth of its "Russianness."

This is a feminist study of a recurring character type in classic British detective fiction by women - a woman who behaves like a Victorian gentleman. Exploring this character type leads to a new evaluation of the politics of classic detective fiction and the middlebrow novel as a whole.

A craze for collecting swept England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Aristocrats and middling-sort men alike crammed their homes full of a bewildering variety of physical objects: antique coins, scientific instruments, minerals, mummified corpses, zoological specimens, plants, ethnographic objects from Asia and the Americas, statues, portraits. Why were these bizarre jumbles of artifacts so popular? In Curiosities and Texts, Marjorie Swann demonstrates that collections of physical objects were central to early modern English literature and culture. Swann examines the famous collection of rarities assembled by the Tradescant family; the development of English natural history; narrative catalogs of English landscape features that began to appear in the Tudor and Stuart periods; the writings of Ben Jonson and Robert Herrick; and the foundation of the British Museum. Through this wide-ranging series of case studies, Swann addresses two important questions: How was the collection, which was understood as a form of cultural capital, appropriated in early modern England to construct new social selves and modes of subjectivity? And how did literary texts—both as material objects and as vehicles of representation—participate in the process of negotiating the cultural significance of collectors and collecting? Crafting her unique argument with a balance of detail and insight, Swann sheds new light on material culture's relationship to literature, social authority, and personal identity.

The impressive oeuvre of P. K. Page spans genres, formats and art forms, but through it all, the child and the childlike remain integral aspects of imagery and meaning. The verses, plays, fables and essays in Metamorphosis celebrate the child’s unique ability to look, to see, to fashion immense worlds out of the smallest of things; they affirm the importance of fun, nonsense and language play; and they seek to impart spiritual wisdom through rich, complex narratives whose lessons of transcendence and metamorphosis amuse and astonish young readers. In this sixth volume in the Collected Works of P. K. Page, editor Margaret Steffler explores Page’s diverse forays into the fantastical, dreamlike worlds of children’s literature, documenting Page’s ongoing efforts to recover the mysterious and elusive source of childhood. In so doing, she reveals the ways in which Page provides readers of all ages with the ability to throw open the doors between youth and adulthood, and to rediscover the imagination and vision of days gone by.

The narrative surrounding the Titanic's voyage, collision, and sinking in April 1912 seems tailor-made for film. With clear categories of gender, class, nationality, and religion, the dominating Titanic myth offers a wealth of motifs ripe for the silver screen-heroism, melodrama, love, despair, pleasure, pain, failure, triumph, memory and eternal guilt. This volume provides a detailed overview of Titanic films from 1912 to the present and analyzes the six major Titanic films, including the 1943 Nazi propaganda production, the 1953 Hollywood film, the 1958 British docudrama A Night to Remember, the 1979 TV production S.O.S. Titanic, the 1996 mini-series Titanic, and James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster. By showing how each film follows and builds on a pattern of fixed scenes, motifs and details defined as the "Titanic code," this work yields telling insights into why this specific disaster has maintained such great relevance into the 21st century.

"Ironisnya, semua pengorbanan masyarakat ini tak jua membuat pemerintah menyadarkan Indorayon, yang sekarang bernama Toba Pulp Lestari (TP), untuk menghargai masyarakat lokal, dan pemerintah menghentikan operasi pabrik. Sebaliknya, protes masyarakat dinilai sebagai tindakan kriminal, anarkhi, melawan pemerintah dan pembangunan, dan dihadapi secara represif dengan kekuatan birokrasi, polisi dan militer. Salah satu kasus paling mutakhir ialah penebangan pohon kemenyan milik masyarakat Pollung. Humbang Hasundutan, yang mendapat protes keras petani kemenyan. Ini menunjukkan bahwa karakter perusahaan itu sama sekali belum berubah" (Arifin Telaumbanua) "IIU/TPL merupakan wujud ideologi Neo liberalisme-kapitalisme. Kapitalisme adalah keserakahan. Selama pemerintah berkiblat ke Neo liberalisme dan kapitalisme sejauh itu juga tidak ada keperpihakan pada kesejahteraan rakyat. Kapital tidak mengenal kata cukup. Kapital bisa membayar polisi, dan pemerintah..." Setelah Kapolres, pergi kami diinterogasi oleh seorang polisi Juru Periksa (Juper). Juper itu membentak dan mencaci maki saya. 'Mentang-mentang sudah ngomong dengan Kapolres, kau pikir kau sudah hebat; karena kau mahasiswa sok hebat; gara-gara kalian saya tidak istirahat; jangan kau tengok-tengok. di mana kau taruh matamu, 'itulah antara lain kata-kata yang dilontarkan oleh Juper itu. Selanjutnya saat pemeriksaan, Juper berulang kali menanyakan kenapa saya diperiksa? Saya tetap katakan 'tidak tahu'. Akhirnya Juper itu mengatakan 'karena melanggar keterlibatan umum'," (Saurlian Siagian) "Meraka pernah melemparkan ikan mati ber ton-ton ke truk Indorayan karena merasa kesal. Masyarakat menunjukkan kepada pihak Indorayan bahwa limbahnya telah menyebabkan kematian ikan mas yang tidak sedikit jumlahnya. Tetapi, Indorayon menutup mata dan telinga, tidak peduli pada keluhan masyarakat, "ujar Ompu Tulus dengan wajah sedih dan suara bergetar (Pindo br. Sitorus) SAYA beberapa kali dipukuli aparat saat aksi. tetapi itu tidak membuat saya kapok. Sebaliknya, itulah yang mendorong saya untuk mau mendampingi petani yang ada di Prosea, yang saya lihat punya nasib yang sama dengan mahasiswa. Mereka menghadapi kekerasan Militer. Adanya kesamaan visi pribadi dan lembaga membuat saya lebih percaya diri dalam melakukan pendampingan terhadap masyarakat korban Indorayon yang menolak TPL. Kelompok korban pembangunan itu harus dibela haknya" (Surung Gunawan Simanjuntak) "Dalam sebuah dialog interaktif yang diprakarsai Bakumsu di Medan, Maret 2003, Pastor Silaen mengawali gagasannya dari nas Alkitab Perjanjian Lama; 'Berbasuhlah dan bersihkanlah dirimu, jauhkanlah perbuatan jahat dari depan mataKu, Berhentilah berbuat jahat, belajarlah berbuat baik, usahakanlah keadilan orang kejam, belalah hak-hak anak-anak yatim ... mari kita berperkara firman Tuhan, sekalipun dosamu merah seperti sirih, akan putih seperti kapur'." (Pastor Silaen)

The book provides a compelling exploration of Tripillia-Cucuteni ornaments in Ukraine, Moldova and Romania. It will be of particular interest to students and researchers in semiotics, cultural studies, Eneonitic history and archeology. The work is recommended for publication by the Academic Council of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University.

The Tyranny of Heaven argues for a new way of reading the figure of Milton's God, contending that Milton rejects kings on earth and in heaven. Though Milton portrays God as a king in Paradise Lost, he does this neither to endorse kingship nor to recommend a monarchical model of deity. Instead, he recommends the Son, who in Paradise Regained rejects external rule as the model of politics and theology for Milton's fit audience though few. The portrait of God in Paradise Lost serves as a scathing critique of the English people and its slow but steady backsliding into the political habits of a nation long used to living under the yoke of kingship, a nation that maintained throughout its brief period of liberty the image of God as a heavenly king, and finally welcomed with open arms the return of a human king. Michael Bryson is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Northwestern University.

This collection enriches and complicates the history of prose fiction between Richardson and Fielding at mid-century and Austen at the turn of the century by focusing on it-narratives, a once popular form largely forgotten by readers and critics alike. The volume also advances important work on eighteenth-century consumer culture and the theory of things. The essays that comprise The Secret Life of Things thus bring new texts, and new ways of thinking about familiar ones, to our notice. Those essays range from the role of it-narratives in period debates about copyright to their complex relationship with object-riddled sentimental fictions, from anti-semitism in Chrysal to jingoistic imperialism in The Adventures of a Rupee, from the it-narrative as a variety of whore's biography to a consideration of its contributions to an emergent middle-class ideology.

Most studies of the interwar years have focussed upon literary elites, rendering that past and its literature in almost exclusively male terms. In Forever England Alison Light argues that we cannot make sense of Englishness in the period, or understand the changes within literary culture, unless we recognise the extent to which the female population represented the nation between the wars. From the traumatic aftermath of the First World War, Forever England traces the making of a conservative national temperament which could be defensive and protective, yet modernising in outlook. In a series of literary anaylses, the author suggests some of the tones and accents of this new version of Englishness; in particular she looks at new kinds of readership and fiction, at the historical and emotional significance of the `whodunit', the burgeoning of historical romance, and the creation of a middlebrow culture in the period. Forever England evokes a powerful sense of period and of the pleasures of reading, providing an intimate picture of interwar life from inside the English middle classes. As a feminist inquiry, it argues from a different kind of social and political history; one which makes connections between the interior structures of private life and their more public national forms. Controversially, it also urges that feminism deal with conservative, as well as radical, desires and their place in women's lives.

Identity, family, and community unite three autobiographical texts by New World crypto-Jews, or descendants of Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity in 17th-century Iberia and Spanish America. Ronnie Perelis presents the fascinating stories of three men who were caught within the matrix of inquisitorial persecution, expanding global trade, and the network of crypto-Jewish activity. Each text, reflects the unique experiences of the author and illuminates their shared, deeply rooted attachment to Iberian culture, their Atlantic peregrinations, and their hunger for spiritual enlightenment. Through these writings, Perelis focuses on the social history of transatlantic travel, the economies of trade that linked Europe to the Americas, and the physical and spiritual journeys that injected broader religious and cultural concerns into this complex historical moment.

نعتقد أنّ ثمّة ما يكفي من الأسباب والدّواعي التي تعطي الباحث مشروعيّة إعادة طرح مثل هذه الأسئلة الإشكاليّة في هذا البحث: ما الخطاب؟ وما النّص؟ وما مقوّمات النّصيّة؟ وما مقوّمات الخطابيّة؟ أو بالأحرى، ما الذي به يكون الخطاب خطاباً في موروثنا الثقافي والحضاري؟ وما الذي به يكون النّص نصّاً في الموروث ذاته؟ وما الفرق بين الاثنين؟ وهل لكلّ منهما ماهية مستقلّة عن ماهية الآخر؟ وكيف تتحقّق؟ أم أنّ الأمر لا يعدو أن يكون مجرّد تسمية مختلفة لمسمّى واحد، بعض الباحثين أطلق عليه مصطلح خطاب، وبعضهم الآخر فضّل أن يطلق عليه مصطلح نصّ؟ وهنا لا يغدو للبحث أو للحديث عن أيّ منهما بمعزل عن الآخر من معنى, ولا تعود له أيّة فائدة، كونه قد بات يتعلّق بأمر محسومة نتائجه سلفاً. وفي محور خاص، فإنّ الباحث قد تساءل عن طبيعة السّلطة التي يجسّدها أو يعبّر عنها، أو يمارسها كلّ من النّص والخطاب: من أين يستمدّان هذه السّلطة؟ وكيف يمارسانها؟! هذا ما يجيب عنه المؤلف في هذا الكتاب.

“A brilliant selection . . . it is in short a voyage of discovery, an adventure and this the log of that voyage in the life of a probing and powerful writer.” —Robert R. Kirsch, Los Angeles Times Some of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals, how he discovered the excitement of using words, how the books he read influenced him, and how he learned to draw on his own experience.

The first translation of painter and writer Józef Czapski's inspiring lectures on Proust, first delivered in a prison camp in the Soviet Union during World War II. During the Second World War, as a prisoner of war in a Soviet camp, and with nothing but memory to go on, the Polish artist and soldier Józef Czapski brought Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time to life for an audience of prison inmates. In a series of lectures, Czapski described the arc and import of Proust’s masterpiece, sketched major and minor characters in striking detail, and movingly evoked the work’s originality, depth, and beauty. Eric Karpeles has translated this brilliant and ­altogether unparalleled feat of the critical imagination into English for the first time, and in a thoughtful introduction he brings out how, in reckoning with Proust’s great meditation on memory, Czapski helped his fellow officers to remember that there was a world apart from the world of the camp. Proust had staked the art of the novelist against the losses of a lifetime and the imminence of death. Recalling that triumphant wager, unfolding, like Sheherazade, the intricacies of Proust’s world night after night, Czapski showed to men at the end of their tether that the past remained present and there was a future in which to hope.

This collection of fresh essays on Suzanne Collins's epic trilogy spans multiple disciplines. The contributors probe the trilogy's meaning using theories grounded in historicism, feminism, humanism, queer theory, as well as cultural, political, and media studies. The essayists demonstrate diverse perspectives regarding Collins's novels but their works have three elements in common: an appreciation of the trilogy as literature, a belief in its permanent value, and a need to share both appreciation and belief with fellow readers. The 21 essays that follow the context-setting introduction are grouped into four parts: Part I "History, Politics, Economics, and Culture," Part II "Ethics, Aesthetics, and Identity," Part III "Resistance, Surveillance, and Simulacra," and Part IV "Thematic Parallels and Literary Traditions." A core bibliography of dystopian and postapocalyptic works is included, with emphasis on the young adult category--itself an increasingly crucial part of postmodern culture. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

هذا الكتاب دعوة مباركة لأن تصحب الكتاب، وتجعله أنيساً لك ومعيناً‭.‬ فقد وُضِعَ ليشحذ فيك الهمة، ويحرك فيك العزيمة، ويقوي فيك الرغبة لمصاحبة الكتاب ليل نهار، وفي الحل والترحال، وفي حال الصحة والمرض، والضيق والسعة، فهو الجليس الذي لا يطريك، والصديق الذي لا يغريك، والرفيق الذي لا يملّك‭.‬ فما أحلى الكتاب وما أعظم النظر فيه إذا أطال إمتاعك، وشحذ طباعك، وبسط لسانك، وجوّد بنانك وفخَّم ألفاظك، وعمّر صدرك، وأنار أيامك ولياليك، ومنحك تعظيم العوام وصداقة النبلاء‭.‬ هذا الكتاب غرست فيه وصايا شريفة، وحكماً عزيزة، وآداباً نادرة، فجمِّل بها طباعك، وفاخر بها أترابك، وثقّف بها نفسك، راجياً الله أن يخصك بالسعادة، ويعينك بالتوفيق، فيشار إليك بالنبل، وتحظى بين الإخوان بالفضل‭.‬ أخوك محمد بن عبدالله الفريح محمد بن عبدالله الفريح مدير شركة العبيكان للنشر أسرة الفريح أسرة السلمي شخصيات البكيرية رجال البكيرية مؤلفي البكيرية تطوير الذات التنمية البشرية التفكير المتوزان كتب العبيكان كتب عربية كتب في تطوير الذات قصص واقعية حقائق في التطوير قصص من التراث العالمي طرق التفكير الإبداع في التفكير قصص ملهمة تراث عالمي

Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. But they do not merely entertain, inform, or distress us—they show us what counts as right or wrong and teach us who we are and who we can imagine being. Stories connect people, but they can also disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. In Letting Stories Breathe, Arthur W. Frank grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. Along the way he also tells stories: from folktales to research interviews to remembrances. Frank’s unique approach uses literary concepts to ask social scientific questions: how do stories make life good and when do they endanger it? Going beyond theory, he presents a thorough introduction to dialogical narrative analysis, analyzing modes of interpretation, providing specific questions to start analysis, and describing different forms analysis can take. Building on his renowned work exploring the relationship between narrative and illness, Letting Stories Breathe expands Frank’s horizons further, offering a compelling perspective on how stories affect human lives.

Em O tempo sem tempo estão reunidas as mais interessantes crônicas publicadas durante a pandemia de covid-19. É um percurso histórico composto de lembranças que nos preparam para o futuro. Textos em que o bom astral está presente, sempre, apesar de tudo. E o mais importante: prevaleceu a verdade, num tempo de tanta mentira, ao lado da ciência, que tão bem se fez representar nesse ser humano inigualável, repleto de compaixão e amor ao próximo. Afonso Borges As crônicas de Starling, com o tempo, converteram-se em marca do tempo sem tempo, do tempo espiralado de uma doença coletiva como a covid-19, que teve a potencialidade de fazer tudo parar. Atento, o médico anota e se pergunta sobre o momento histórico que nos foi dado viver, bem como registra seu espanto diante de um vírus que invadiu o planeta e transformou nossas vidas no espaço de uns poucos dias. Lilia Schwarcz O olhar crítico e sensível destas crônicas de Starling para esse triênio com ares de século nos evoca, entre tantos férteis registros, a máxima do pensamento gramsciano de que "o pessimismo da inteligência não deve abalar o otimismo da vontade". Dor e derrota não precisam ser paralisantes; ao contrário. Em nós que tivemos o privilégio de cuidar e de conviver com os muitos que se foram, elas nos encorajam e iluminam, como uma epifania. Margareth Dalcolmo

El futuro llegó hace rato. Y aunque el mercado de los libros siga existiendo como en el siglo pasado, porque compramos en librerías, leemos reseñas, identificamos proyectos editoriales, vamos a presentaciones y charlas con escritores, lo cierto es que la irrupción de las redes sociales y el acceso a plataformas para escribir y publicar textos lo han modificado todo. De pronto importa poco la obra y gana protagonismo el personaje que escritoras y escritores construyen de sí mismos para circular en la vida digital. Por sus posteos en Instagram, Facebook o Twitter, algunos se convierten en influencers con miles de seguidores. Otros siguen buscando el reconocimiento en la secta de los lectores intensos y exquisitos, y ni se les ocurre "existir" en las redes. ¿Qué fue del escritor comprometido y de lo que antes se llamaba la función social de la literatura? ¿Qué del escritor vanguardista, absorto en la experimentación con las palabras y en tensión con el mercado? En un mundo hegemonizado por las corporaciones de extracción de datos, con una esfera pública atravesada por discursos políticos pobres que a lo sumo enuncian buenas intenciones, ¿cuáles son las posibilidades de la literatura si no quiere convertirse en un ritual anacrónico de huida del mundo? En once poderosas hipótesis, Hernán Vanoli busca entender las condiciones de producción y circulación cultural hoy, sustrayéndose a la euforia tecnológica y a la nostalgia de un campo literario que tal vez nunca existió. Sin alimentar las idealizaciones que sostienen a la secta literaria –el mito de que las editoriales alternativas garantizan la bibliodiversidad en tanto que las multinacionales intentarían abolirla, el mito del compromiso con las causas nobles–, Vanoli pone el foco en las mutaciones materiales que obligan a repensar la figura de los escritores, el ecosistema editorial y el lugar del mecenazgo y de las políticas públicas en la construcción de ciudadanía cultural.

कबीर वाणी में काव्य रूढ़ियाँहिंदी साहित्य के पूर्व म/ययुग में अपने व्यक्तित्व और वाणी की आभा से जन–गण में भक्ति एवं सहज–मार्ग की चेतना लाने वाले कबीर सदियों के पश्चात् भी हमारे मनसपटल पर अपनी छवि बनाए हुए हैं । कबीर ही अपने युग के अकेले ऐसे व्यक्ति हैं, जो अक्खड़ता और विनम्रता, समाज और भक्ति, निर्गुणता और सगुणता, गृहस्थ और संतत्व, भूत और अध्यात्म, अनपढ़ता और ज्ञान आदि परस्परविरोधी तत्त्वों को एक साथ लेकर चले हैं । इस प्रकार क्रांति और समन्वय दोनों उनके व्यक्तित्व के महत्त्वपूर्ण अंग हैं । कबीर का संपूर्ण जीवन हमारे लिए आर्दश है । उनकी सहज काव्यमयी वाणी बड़े–बड़े काव्यज्ञों को दाँतों तले उँगली दबाने को विवश कर देती है। कवि–कर्म का अ/ययन न करने पर भी महत् काव्य की रचना करके वे नवोदित कवियों के लिए अपूर्व प्रेरणा–स्रोत बने हैं । काव्य–रूढ़ियों पर उपलब्ध सामग्री सीमित होते हुए भी काव्य–रूढ़ियों का व्यापक विश्लेषण इस पुस्तक में किया गया है । बहुत–सी ऐसी काव्य–रूढ़ियों का इस पुस्तक में संकेत किया गया है, जिनका अभी तक किसी भी अन्य शोध–ग्रंथ में विवेचन नहीं हुआ है । कबीर–वाणी में काव्य–रूढ़ियों के उपयोग के जो उदाहरण इसमें दिए गए हैं, वे कबीर–वाणी की काव्यात्मकता को सिद्ध करने के महत्त्वपूर्ण स्रोत बने हैं । प्रस्तुत पुस्तक को छ: अध्यायों में विभाजित किया गया है । इसके प्रथम दो अध्याय सैद्धांतिक हैं और चार अध्याय इस पुस्तक के व्यावहारिक पक्ष हैं । • काव्य–रूढ़ियाँ : सैद्धांतिक विवेचन • कबीर और उनकी काव्यमयी वाणी का सर्वेक्षण • कबीर–वाणी में देवादिक काव्य–रूढ़ियों का प्रयोग • कबीर–वाणी में प्रकृति संबंधी काव्य–रूढ़ियों का प्रयोग • कबीर–वाणी में संख्यावाचक काव्य–रूढ़ियों का प्रयोग • कबीर–वाणी में काव्य–शिल्प संबंधी रूढ़ियों का प्रयोग ।

For fans of My Ideal Bookshelf and Bibliophile, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere: a quirky and entertaining interactive guide to reading, featuring voicemails, literary Easter eggs, checklists, and more, from the creators of the popular multimedia project. The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is an interactive illustrated homage to the beautiful ways in which books bring meaning to our lives and how our lives bring meaning to books. Carefully crafted in the style of a retro telephone directory, this guide offers you a variety of unique ways to connect with readers, writers, bookshops, and life-changing stories. In it, you’ll discover... -Heartfelt, anonymous voicemail messages and transcripts from real-life readers sharing unforgettable stories about their most beloved books. You’ll hear how a mother and daughter formed a bond over their love for Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, or how a reader finally felt represented after reading Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese, or how two friends performed Mary Oliver’s Thirst to a grove of trees, or how Anne Frank inspired a young writer to continue journaling. -Hidden references inside fictional literary adverts like Ahab’s Whale Tours and Miss Ophelia’s Psychic Readings, and real-life literary landmarks like Maya Angelou City Park and the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum. -Lists of bookstores across the USA, state by state, plus interviews with the book lovers who run them. -Various invitations to become a part of this book by calling and leaving a bookish voicemail of your own. -And more! Quirky, nostalgic, and full of heart, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is a love letter to the stories that change us, connect us, and make us human.

İstanbul’un en eski semtlerinden biri olan Bomonti, asırlık geçmişinde sayısız dönüşüme sahne olmuş bir yerleşim yeri. Osmanlı’dan bugüne, bir yanda teneke mahallesi ve gecekonduları, diğer yanda Levanten yaşam tarzı tüm renkliliğiyle hüküm sürerken, tarihi çok eskilere dayanan büyük fabrikalar etrafında gelişen işçi yaşamı ile orta sınıf semt sakinlerinin apartman yaşantısı yan yana varlığını sürdürmüş. Bugün Bomonti, yükselen yeni rezidansları ve sunulan yeni yaşam tarzlarıyla kentsel dönüşümün tam da kalbinde yer alıyor. Bomonti Kentsel Dönüşüm ve Mekânın Belleği, Bomonti’nin geçirdiği bu dönüşümü tüm yönleriyle ele alıyor. Derya Fırat, Bomonti Bira Fabrikası ve Bira Bahçesi’nden yola çıkıp semtin kadim belleğinin izlerini sürüyor. Egemen Yılgür, teneke mahallesinin oluşumunu ve kentsel dönüşüm karşısında mahallelinin düşüncelerini paylaşırken, Şükrü Aslan da bu eski işçi semtinin fabrikalarının, işçi yaşantısının, işçi mücadelesinin izlerini araştırıyor. Aylın Dikmen Özarslan, Bomonti’nin orta sınıf sakinlerinin gündelik hayatını ayrıntılı biçimde sergilerken, Çağlayan Kovanlıkaya da rezidanslarla gelen soylulaştırma hamlesinin hem semtin fiziksel ve sosyal yapısını nasıl dönüştürdüğünü inceliyor hem de rezidans yaşamının yeni görünümlerini ortaya koyuyor. Geniş bir saha araştırmasının ürünü olan bu çalışma, semt sakinlerinin gözünden Bomonti’nin geçmişini, bugününü ve geleceğini okumaya çalışıyor; sadece semtin değil aynı zamanda İstanbul’un da geçirdiği büyük dönüşümü sorguluyor.

Das Buch dient als Nachschlagewerk für Betreiber von Aufzügen und Fahrtreppen. Es bietet einen Überblick über wichtige Normen und technische Regeln und hilft mit vielen Beispielen bei der täglichen Arbeit. Ingenieure, Techniker und Planer, die auf dem Gebiet der Fördertechnik tätig sind, sowie Einsteiger erhalten wertvolle Tipps und Ratschläge aus der Praxis.

A thoughtfully curated collection in a stunning package that recognizes and celebrates the birthdays of famous, infamous, and often-overlooked designers and architects. The gift book for design and architect professionals and students they didn’t know they needed but will no longer be able to live without. Drawn from architect James Biber's epic Instagram project in which he posted a birthday bio of a famous (or less famous) designer or architect every day for a (mid-pandemic) year, The Architect and Designer Birthday Book is filled with personal, opinionated, and humorous observations on fascinating design and architect figures past and present. The minibiographies and birthday profiles in the book cover a range of international architects and designers, as well as artists, including: Architects from the Aaltos (Aino and Alvar) to Zumthor Rivals Bernini and Borromini Photographers Lee Miller, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Vivian Maier, Dody Weston Thompson, Margaret Morton, and Judith Turner Midcentury modernists Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, and Florence Knoll Charlotte Perriand, Lilly Reich, Anne Tyng, and Denise Scott Brown More anecdotal histories than authorized biographies, these daily profiles are not only fun to read but provide spot-on commentary for anyone interested in how designers and architects relate to each other as well as their place in history. It is the intersection of Biber’s life and the history of architecture and design.

An arched stone gate, a millstone path, a blue-and-white tiled pool with a quiet fountain, brilliant marigolds, stone sculptures of playful angels, and stately lions—the Mexican garden is a serene oasis that displays a diversity and ingenuity that is truly astonishing. Mexico’s temperate climate, conducive to outdoor living, combined with its Indian and Spanish heritage have resulted in a unique style of design and architecture. Through more than four hundred magnificent photographs and detailed text, Patios and Gardens of Mexico displays the amazing sense of variety and originality characteristic of the Mexican garden.

"पोवारी भाषा की अमृत गाथा अथवा फड़के रत्नजड़ित जरी को पदर" नामक येव ग्रंथ अध्ययन,अनुभव व विभिन्न ऐतिहासिक तथ्यों को आधार पर लिखेव गयी से. येव ग्रंथ पोवारी भाषा शोध, विकास व वैभव को दिशा मा एक ऐतिहासिक प्रयास से. येन् ग्रंथ मा मातृभाषा पोवारी की अमृत गाथा पाठकों ला अवगत करावन को साथ- साथ पोवारी भाषा को सौंदर्य व वैभव बढ़ावन को एक ऐतिहासिक प्रयास करेव गयी से. अतः येन् ग्रंथ ला पोवारी भाषा की अमृत गाथा अवगत करावतो एक ऐतिहासिक स्मारक (Historical Monument )को स्वरुप प्राप्त भयी से. पोवारी भाषा मा नव-चैतन्य उत्पन्न करन की व भाषा ला उन्नति को ऊंचों शिखर पर पहुंचावन की भरपूर संभावना समाहित से,या सच्चाई येन् ग्रंथ मा पूर्ण आवेग लक प्रकाशमान भयी से. प्रस्तुत लेखक ला पूर्ण आत्मविश्वास से कि येव ग्रंथ समाज मा मातृभाषा पोवारी को प्रति प्रेम, अस्मिता व स्वाभिमान विकसित करें , जन-मानस मा पोवारी भाषा की उज्ज्वल प्रतिमा साकार करें व‌ संपूर्ण साहित्य जगत् मा पोवारी भाषा ला एक प्रतिष्ठापूर्ण स्थान देवावनो मा शत-प्रतिशत सफल होये.

ÖNSÖZ Endonezya Okyanusu’nda yüzüyoruz. Endonezya üzerinde çalışmak ve araştırma yapmak “zor” diyen Japonlara hak verdik. Gerçekten çok zor ve mantaliteleri son derece farklı bir kavimler topluluğu olan Endonezya halkı aşırı yumuşak ve medeni ama “yumuşak atın çiftesi pek olur” atasözünde geçtiği gibi Stefan Zweig’in de “Amok Koşucusu” kısa romanında açıkladığı haleti ruhiyeyi irdelemek bizi din algısı ve olgusu ile ilgili sorulara yöneltti. Din merkezli yaşayıp her şeylerini ona göre tasarlayan cemiyetler zannediyorlar ki “inandıkları din” onların her şeylerini adeta yeniden var ediyor. Kişiliklerini, kimliklerini, geleneklerini, örf ve âdetlerini akla gelen her türlü “hars” karakterli niteliklerini inandıkları din dizginleyip istikametini çiziyor. Dinden aldıkları ve ona kattıklarını bir araya getirip alt alta basitçe iki sütunda sıraladığımızda ise durum çok farklı tecelli ediyor. Dini yeniden işleyip, adeta din içinden din çıkaracak derecede değişime uğratan, bağdaştırmacı din zihniyeti bizleri böyle düşünmeye sevk etti. Hazreti Muhammed’in vaz ettiği İslâm; sekiz bin kilometre doğuda Sumatra Adası’na ulaştığında güzergâh üzerinde uğradığı Gujarat sahillerinde kazandığı “şii” karakteri hemen hemen terkedip Sumatra Açe’den başlayıp Irian Jaya Adası’na doğru beşbin kilometre ilerlediğinde sünnî ağırlıklı bir mozayik müzesine dönüşüyor. “İslâmın tonları” çok farklılaşıyor. Değişen nedir? İklim. Yerçizimi. Topoğrafya. Hepsi değişiyor. Zihinler ise ataerkil cemiyetten anaerkil cemiyete dönüşüyor. Ama din aynı adı taşıyor:İslâm. İşte bu değişiklikler bize bambaşka bir İslâm armağan ediyor. Hepsi sömürge ülkeleri. Hepsi “bağımsızlık” nefesini solumamış ülkeler. Tarihleri 1935 lerde başlıyor diyebileceğimiz ülkeler bunlar, Cliffort Geertz’in deyimiyle. Ülke mi? Millet mi? Ülke olacaklar. Millet olacaklar. Eğer “kendilerine dayatılan din öldü” derlerse. Yoksa avaz avaz bağıran ulama elinde kölelik ve yoksulluk üretmeye devam edecekler. İslâm bize bir vatan armağan ediyor mu? İslâm bize bir bayrak armağan ediyor mu? İslâm bize bir millet şuuru armağan ediyor mu? Bu soruların cevaplarını yararlandığımız bu kitabın satırları arasında bulacağınızı umuyoruz. İngilizce tercümelerde bana çok yardımcı olan bilgisayar mühendisi Bilgehan Baki Bilen’e ve Türkçe dilbilgisi düzeltmeleri yapan Mahmut Yıldırım’a teşekkür ederim. Ali Osman Muş, Samsun, İlkadım, 10 Haziran 2019

A visually engaging introduction to landscape architectural design Landscape architectural design seeks to create environments that accommodate users' varying lifestyles and needs, incorporate cultural heritage, promote sustainability, and integrate functional requirements for optimal enjoyment. Foundations of Landscape Architecture introduces the foundational concepts needed to effectively integrate space and form in landscape design. With over five hundred hand-rendered and digital drawings, as well as photographs, Foundations of Landscape Architecture illustrates the importance of spatial language. It introduces concepts, typologies, and rudimentary principles of form and space. Including designs for projects such as parks, campuses, and memorials, this text provides the core concepts necessary for designers to shape functional landscapes. Additionally, chapters discuss organizational and spatial design structures based on orthogonal forms, angular forms, and circular forms. Helping students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike, Foundations of Landscape Arch-itecture delivers a concrete understanding of landscape architectural design to inspire one's imagination for countless types of projects.

The future is looking old. We are currently at the threshold of the largest demographic transformation of modern times, the advent of the age of the senior citizen. What awaits us – what kinds of products, what kinds of houses? The fifty-and-over generation represents an enormous potential: in Germany alone, twenty million seniors have hundreds of billions of euros, but they hardly spend them for lack of suitable products. This book provides answers from a sociological and design perspective for architects, designers, decision-makers, and firms who wish to respond to the demands of this diverse and discriminating target group. It investigates the various aspects of senior citizens’ lives from tip to toe and offers technical articles as well as authentic case studies and reports. Attractively laid out, fully illustrated, and with pointedly written texts, it is also aimed at the silver agers themselves, especially those who would like to find out what architecture and design can do to make their lives as pleasant and independent as possible.

With the urbanization of the world's population proceeding apace and the equally rapid urbanization of poverty, urban theory has an urgent challenge to meet if it is to remain relevant to the majority of cities and their populations, many of which are outside the West. This groundbreaking book establishes a new framework for urban development. It makes the argument that all cities are best understood as ‘ordinary’, and crosses the longstanding divide in urban scholarship and urban policy between Western and other cities (especially those labelled ‘Third World’). It considers the two framing axes of urban modernity and development, and argues that if cities are to be imagined in equitable and creative ways, urban theory must overcome these axes with their Western bias and that resources must become at least as cosmopolitan as cities themselves. Tracking paths across previously separate literatures and debates, this innovative book - a postcolonial critique of urban studies - traces the outlines of a cosmopolitan approach to cities, drawing on evidence from Rio, Johannesburg, Lusaka and Kuala Lumpur. Key urban scholars and debates, from Simmel, Benjamin and the Chicago School to Global and World Cities theories are explored, together with anthropological and developmentalist accounts of poorer cities. Offering an alternative approach, Ordinary Cities skilfully brings together theories of urban development for students and researchers of urban studies, geography and development.

Early Islamic Art, 650-1100 is the first in a set of four volumes of studies by Oleg Grabar. Between them they bring together more than eighty articles, studies and essays, work spanning half a century. Each volume takes a particular section of the topic, the three subsequent volumes being entitled: Islamic Visual Culture, 1100-1800; Islamic Art and Beyond; and Jerusalem. Reflecting the many incidents of a long academic life, they illustrate one scholar's attempt at making order and sense of 1400 years of artistic growth. They deal with architecture, painting, objects, iconography, theories of art, aesthetics and ornament, and they seek to integrate our knowledge of Islamic art with Islamic culture and history as well as with the global concerns of the History of Art. In addition to the articles selected, each volume contains an introduction which describes, often in highly personal ways, the context in which Grabar's scholarship developed and the people who directed and mentored his efforts. The present volume concentrates primarily on documents provided by archaeology understood in its widest sense, and including the study of texts with reference to monuments or to the contexts of these monuments. The articles included represent major contributions to the understanding of the formative centuries of Islamic art, focusing on the Umayyad (661-750) and Fatimid (969-1171) dynasties in Greater Syria and in Egypt, and on the Mediterranean or Iranian antecedents of early Islamic art. Historical, cultural, and religious themes, including the role of court ceremonies, the growth of cities, and the importance of the Qur'an, are introduced to help explain how a new art was formed in the central lands of the Near East and how its language can be retrieved from visual or written sources.

Prólogo Kepler AF2002, también conocido como Misterio, es un planeta ubicado a más de 4.351 millones de kilómetros de la Tierra, más allá de la órbita de Neptuno. Este planeta es aproximadamente del tamaño de Marte, pero su atmósfera se parece mucho a la de la Tierra, por lo que parece su hermano menor. Han pasado 500 años desde que la séptima guerra mundial convirtió a la Tierra en inhabitable y llevó a la humanidad al borde de la extinción. Los pocos supervivientes se dividieron en dos grupos: uno permaneció en la Tierra a bordo de una enorme embarcación acuática, mientras que el segundo grupo se embarcó en un viaje hacia un planeta recién descubierto llamado Misterio. Nunca se supo su destino. Ahora, después de todo este tiempo, ha llegado el ansiado momento del reencuentro. Sin embargo... ___________________________________ ¡Muy pronto se publicará la Edición Golden!, con más páginas, con nueva portada, con edicion profesional y con más detalles del universo de Planeta Misterio! ¿Cuál es el origen de Timordei?, los estaré leyendo en mi instagram @planeta_misterio27 🎈➕😊🔆😬😬😬😬 Trailer Book : https://fb.watch/dBH1gbsLBY/

The globally distributed health impacts of environmental degradation and widening inequalities require a fundamental shift in understandings of healthy urbanism. This book redefines the meaning and form of healthy urban environments, urging planners and design professionals to consider how their work impacts population health and wellbeing at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The concepts of equity, inclusion and sustainability are central to this framing, reversing the traditional focus on individuals, their genes and ‘lifestyle choices’ to one of structural factors that affect health. Integrating theory and concepts from social epidemiology, sustainable development and systems thinking with practical case studies, this book will be of value for students and practitioners.

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024*** Combining architectural and urban thinking in an unusual and engaging way, this book presents an integrated approach to architectural theory and design. Leon Battista Alberti’s assertion in his famous Renaissance treatise that ‘the city is like a big house, and the house is in turn like a little city’ forms the springboard for a series of reflections on architecture’s relationship with urbanism and how their once intimate symbiosis, unravelled by International Style Modernism, can be recovered. Explicit references to Alberti’s house-city phrase have been made by figures as diverse as the architects Louis Kahn, Aldo Van Eyck, Denys Lasdun and Niels Torp and novelist Italo Calvino. But, as the book shows, thinking of buildings as little cities provides a new lens through which to reappraise the contributions of many other architects, including Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, Eliel Saarinen, Bernard Rudofsky, Hans Scharoun, Leon Krier, Fumihiko Maki, Charles Correa and Team 10. In doing so, the author identifies common themes that form an unexpected bridgehead between the urban and architectural approaches of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, Renaissance and 20th century. The book explores buildings from across the globe, including lesser-known projects, such as Wright’s unbuilt house in Italy or Saarinen’s master plan for Cranbrook Academy, as well as more recent projects by Niels Torp, Behnisch Architekten, Sou Fujimoto, Peter Barber and WOHA. It concludes with practical case studies of residential, health, education and workplace projects from different countries, fulsomely illustrated with many drawings and photographs. These show how architectural design viewed through an urban lens provides a conceptual framework for breaking down the scale of large buildings and integrating them with their context. And crucially, these also show a very accessible way of explaining evolving designs to the intended users and eliciting their participation in the design process. The book offers a compelling approach to the design of projects at all scales, within an ecological perspective: the sense that big and small, cities and buildings must be approached holistically if we are to reverse the degradation and depletion of our habitat, both natural and man-made.

The mystique of the American West is illuminated by the architectural presence of historic barns, silos and cabins. This photographic survey captures the still standing structures in various states of wear, use and design. Many remain fully functioning and operational. Others have been abandoned to the inclement elements and/or remain in a state of collapse. These structures are testaments of a slowly diminishing rural population whose lands are being steadily consolidated into larger operations. Technology and superior equipment innovations have enabled agriculture to remain lucrative on a large scale. The traditional family operated business model is becoming historic memories. Amidst these significant changes, the need for protective storage facilities remains. Many of the more vintage structures appear marooned as islands on the plains, inaccessible by roadways constructed long after their creation. The isolation and expansive landscape of the American northwest provides an evocative comparison to contemporary confined urban and suburban environments. The continuity of these utilitarian structures remains timeless in spite of their gradual deterioration. Less than 15% of the American populace currently resides in rural designated zones. Yet the persistence and resiliency of rural America remains an important component of contemporary society. The pragmatic constructions displayed in this edition are scattered throughout Northern Oregon, Washington, Northern Idaho and Montana. They represent a poetry and coexistence with the landscape. The photographic work is intended to showcase a distinctively American western architecture that still commands a distinctive aesthetic. The poetic simplicity of each construction represents to the author a dignified metaphor personifying the human aging process, particularly as each structure blends harmoniously into the natural surroundings.

Kaca memberikan kesan terbuka, ringan, dan modern pada bangunan, sehingga penggunaan material berbahan dasar kaca, kini menjadi pilihan berbagai pihak: pemilik, arsitek, maupun pengguna/pengunjung bangunan. Namun, informasi tentang kaca yang rinci terkait ilmu bangunan belumlah tersaji secara lengkap dan mendalam. Buku ini mencoba mengupas kaca, mulai sejarah, komponen penyusun, jenis, standar, sampai industri kaca yang kini memegang peranan dalam penyediaan kebutuhan akan kaca di dunia arsitektur. Dibahas pula aspek termal, optikal, kimiawi, fisis dan mekanis kaca sebagai sebuah pengetahuan dasar sebelum melangkah pada tahap pemilihan kaca dan konsekuensi yang akan diterima ketika menggunakan kaca tertentu. Sesungguhnya fokus dan bahasan spesifik buku ini—yang membedakan dari buku lain—adalah terkait aspek akustika kaca, terutama pada penggunaan kaca di iklim tropis. Sifat akustika kaca di iklim hangat sedikit berbeda dengan penggunaan di iklim sejuk. Paparan terkait aspek akustika kaca diharapkan dapat mengarahkan penggunaan kaca secara lebih tepat pada iklim yang sesuai. Buku ditutup dengan bahasan terkait elemen-elemen bangunan yang dapat diselesaikan menggunakan kaca, jenis kaca yang cocok untuk dipilih beserta elemen pendukungnya, baik kaca yang akan dipasang menggunakan bingkai atau kusen, maupun tanpa bingkai dengan sistem pemasangan yang lebih modern. Tidak ketinggalan dibahas pula sistem pemeliharaan dan perlakuan tambahan pada kaca agar kinerjanya makin baik dan tahan lama.

After the failed Siege of Vienna of 1683, the Ottoman Empire gradually withdrew from Europe. Even so, monumental reminders of its former presence survived across the continent. The contributors to this volume show that the various successor states adopted substantially different approaches towards their Ottoman architectural inheritance. Even within the same countries, different policies appear to have been pursued in different periods, in keeping with differing circumstances. Case studies inquire from diverse vantage points how this heritage has been coped with discursively and materially. Importantly, readers will find that it is almost impossible to disentangle these two levels of action.

"Pocas palabras han tenido tanto uso y tan variado en debates políticos y académicos desde los años noventa como neoliberalismo. A pesar de haberse vuelto un lugar común, no muchos trabajos se han dedicado a examinar la construcción y la circulación de este concepto., o a precisarlo, como una herramienta clave para entender el contexto colombiano. Además, mientras la sociología, la economía y la ciencia política han abordado con detenimiento los proyectos y las políticas neoliberales, la antropología y los estudios culturales se han acercado menos a este campo en el país. Por esta razón, es más que bienvenido este libro, que pone en dialogo aproximaciones antropológicas, filosóficas y de los estudios culturales con el análisis económico para responder preguntas muy diversas en torno a la complejidad y la variedad de neoliberalismos. Neoliberalismo en Colombia ofrece una combinación de textos de investigación con ensayos más teóricos que cubren no solo a Colombia sino a Estados Unidos en los últimos años, marcados por profundas transformaciones. Sobresalen varios que no se agotan en el estudio de las doctrinas y medidas económicas y que profundizan en el análisis de la tecnocracia, las políticas públicas y las reformas educativas. Son muchas, entonces, las contribuciones de este libro a la comprensión – y la intervención – de un presenta tan convulsionado como el nuestro." Julio Arias Vanegas, Departamento de Antropología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Este libro analiza las obras del Movimiento Moderno acentuando la búsqueda de la transparencia como un hecho que las une, a través de la expresión de la fachada de la estructura, en forma de retículo, analizando sus principios, transformaciones y su vigencia en distintos contextos, en especial el de Chile. La presente publicación nace a partir de una tesis doctoral en «Composición arquitectónica» que el autor realizó en el Politécnico de Milán. Se han incorporado, además, investigaciones sobre el tema y los talleres que el autor realizó en la Universidad IUAV de Venecia y en la Universidad Católica del Norte, desarrollando proyectos a partir de la grilla tridimensional. El aspecto más interesante de este libro es que muestra la grilla como «entramado espacial», trasladando la malla cartesiana al espacio, convirtiéndose en un elemento figurativo y, al mismo tiempo, transformando la estructura -el dato técnico- en forma arquitectónica. Las arquitecturas del Movimiento Moderno conquistan, a través del retículo, una dimensión «ideal» que refleja cómo en las grandes arquitecturas, la visión estética del construir trasciende el dato constructivo y técnico, salvaguardando la unidad de la obra. Es en virtud de esta dimensión «ideal» que las obras del Movimiento Moderno, como faros solitarios y suspendidos, continúan iluminando el territorio de la arquitectura.

This book is the first systematic attempt to introduce the current practice and statistics of town planning in Hong Kong. Part I gives an analytical account of the practical and ideological context, discusses design principles and describes procedures of town planning with particular reference to change in use. The emphasis is on skills of plan interpretation and an appreciation of the intellectual disposition of planners and various objective constraints confronting them. Part II is the first of its kind in presenting and analysing the statistics of planning applications for 11 zones from 1978 to 1998. The success rates of planning applications as well as the main reasons used by the Town Planning Board for rejecting planning applications are elucidated.

This book surveys key projects that have seen the construction of large floating structures or have attained detailed conceptual designs. This compilation of key floating structures in a single volume captures the innovative features that mark the technological advances made in this field of engineering and will provide a useful reference for ideas, analysis, design and construction of these unique and emerging urban projects to offshore and marine engineers, urban planners, architects and students.

The start of an escapist, heartwarming romantic series from bestselling author Fay Keenan Life in London has lost its sparkle for Stella Simpson. So when she gets the opportunity to escape to the country for a year, it seems too good a chance to miss. In the beautiful Somerset countryside, the majestic Roseford Hall has been painstakingly restored and is now ready for its grand opening. And as the writer in residence, Stella gets to see it all – from the rowdy resident peacocks, the hidden secrets of the Hall, to befriending the Lord of the Manor himself. At the other end of Roseford, single father, Chris Charlton is facing his own refurbishment woes. Rocked by a tragedy two years previously, his plans for crumbling Victorian wreck Halstead House are as stuck as he is. As Roseford Hall prepares to welcome a new era, and Halstead House’s future is under threat, Chris and Stella find themselves drawn to one another. Can they finally leave their pasts behind, and will Chris and Stella be able to embrace their new beginnings together – or apart... Escape to the beautiful, idyllic English countryside with Fay Keenan. Romantic, feel-good and utterly charming, this is perfect for all fans of Julie Houston, Cathy Bramley and Holly Martin. What authors and readers say about Fay Keenan’s novels: 'Fay Keenan's books are filled with warmth and humour. They are the perfect escape to beautiful countryside settings' Jessica Redland 'This novel has such a gorgeous setting. A lovely light read and the perfect book to pack in your suitcase and take on holiday. Recommended' Della Galton 'A gorgeous rural romance full of warmth and charm' Victoria Connelly ‘Guaranteed to put a spring in your step. Feel-good, frisky and great fun with a hearty dash of romance and intrigue' Julie Houston 'Moving, funny, thoughtful and romantic. Bring on the next one!' Jenny Kane 'This is a lovely and heart-warming story, that has a serious side hidden within the romance' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 'It was a wonderful book, guaranteed to put a smile on your face' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review ‘I was so engrossed in the storyline, which is thoroughly heart-warming, that I read the entire book without stopping. I always enjoy Keenan’s books and am looking forward to the next one!’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review

The New Towns Programme of 1946 to 1970 was one of the most substantial periods of urban development in Britain. The New Towns have often been described as a social experiment; so what has this experiment proved? This book covers the story of how these towns came to be built, how they aged, and the challenges and opportunities they now face as they begin phases of renewal. The new approaches in design throughout their past development reflect changes in society throughout the latter half of the twentieth century. These changes are now at the heart of the challenge of sustainable development. The New Towns provide lessons for social, economic and environmental sustainability. These lessons are of great relevance for the regeneration of twentieth century urbanism and the creation of new urban developments today.

"Enki and the World Order," a Sumerian myth from the early second millennium BCE, depicts the god Enki's reconstitution of the Sumerian world after an unspecified catastrophe. The myth ends with a face-off between Enki and the goddess of love and war, Inana, who is dissatisfied with Enki's allotment of functions to the other goddesses. This volume presents a critical edition of the 472-line Sumerian text, with introduction, translation and commentary, based on 25 published and unpublished manuscripts, mostly from Nippur in what is now southern Iraq. All the manuscripts, with one exception, have been collated, and there are many new fragments and joins to previously known tablets.

Versatile wooden windows In her book, the trained carpenter and architect Judith Resch looks at what scope still exists in modern window design and construction. The process of simplification is more difficult to achieve for windows than for most building components, since windows, due to their function, must meet high technical specifications. She presents a variety of window design projects that have one thing in common: they pursue a singular design concept using the simplest possible means. All projects are presented in detail with technical drawings and photographs. 10 simple wooden window designs From retrofitting historical windows to the possibilities of DIY design Precisely designed, handcrafted, highly repairable windows

Based on a major international study, this volume provides a synthesis of scientific knowledge on megacity urbanization on the coast, environmental impacts, risks and management choices, including a focus on adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk management. It is the primary output of a major international scientific project sponsored by the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme, the Land-Ocean Interactions at the Coastal Zone programme of IHDP/IGBP, and others. It brings together the work of over 60 contributing authors and an international review board. It presents the international policy and academic community with an unbiased and high quality assessment of the state-of-the art in areas of social-ecological systems interaction. One of its main messages is that while we know a great deal about megacities of more than ten million people and about urban processes, and about coasts and their physical and ecological processes (aquatic, physical and atmospheric), there is relatively little work that focusses primarily at points of intersection between large-scale urbanization and the coast. The book responds to this gap by providing the first global synthesis of megacity and large urban region urbanization on the coast. Its focus is on environmental and development challenges, climate change and disaster. It is interdisciplinary and brings together world recognised scientists (including many IPCC lead authors) on urban climate and atmosphere, disaster risk management, demography and coastal environments.

Well-being is now firmly established as an overarching theme of key concern to all professionals that work, manage or design the environment. However, well-being is a complex multi-dimensional issue rooted in the ways that we encounter, perceive and interpret the environment. No single discipline can claim to have sufficient knowledge to fully explain the types of interactions that occur, therefore there is a need to draw together a wide range of professions who are exploring the consequences of their actions upon the well-being of individuals and communities. This edited work addresses the above, consisting of a collection of studies which embrace different aspects of environment, landscape and well-being to consider current approaches to well-being research and practice that fall outside the traditional concepts of well-being as part of medical research, making links with architecture, landscape design, environmental perception, social interaction and environmental sustainability. The contributors originally presented at the international conference, ‘Well-Being 2011’ jointly hosted by Birmingham City University and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA); the chapters have been developed to present a coherent series of themes reviewing a wide range of literature, presenting case studies appropriate to diverse audiences.

We have the tools, technology, and the will to build up to the heavens. But why do we do it? What drives us to reach ever higher, and what impact does it have on society? "Skyscrapers: The Men Who Build Them and The Societies They Shape" is your guide to understanding the world of skyscrapers - from the men who construct these towering monuments, to the societies that evolve around them. This book explores the physics behind these feats of engineering, the safety measures in place to protect their occupants, and the economic implications of building upwards. Inside, you'll find: - A historical overview of skyscrapers, tracing the evolution from the first rudimentary structures to the awe-inspiring architectural wonders of today. - An exploration of the construction technology that has advanced in leaps and bounds, enabling us to build higher and safer than ever before. - A discussion on the physics that underpin these gravity-defying structures, and the engineering innovations that make them possible. - Insights into the safety measures in place to protect the people who live and work inside these towering giants. - An analysis of the economic impact of skyscrapers on our cities and our lives. - A look at the environmental impact of our skyward ambitions, and how we strive to mitigate this. - A deep dive into the psychology of vertical living, and how it shapes our societies. - Stories of iconic skyscrapers around the world, each with their own tale to tell. - A glimpse into the future of skyscrapers, and the innovations that will shape our skylines for generations to come. - A discussion on the societal role of skyscrapers, and how they shape our lives in ways we may not even realize. - A look at the role of men in building these skyscrapers, acknowledging their contributions to our skylines. - An overview of the skyscraper industry, including career opportunities and advancements. If you want to understand the drive behind our skyward ambitions, and the impact they have on our world, then this book is for you. It's time to build upwards, and "Skyscrapers: The Men Who Build Them and The Societies They Shape" will show you the way.

This book surveys the intersections between water systems and the phenomenology of visual cultures in early modern, colonial and contemporary South Asia. Bringing together contributions by eminent artists, architects, curators and scholars who explore the connections between the environmental and the cultural, the volume situates water in an expansive relational domain. It covers disciplines as diverse as literary studies, environmental humanities, sustainable design, urban planning and media studies. The chapters explore the ways in which material cultures of water generate technological and aesthetic acts of envisioning geographies, and make an intervention within political, social and cultural discourses. A critical interjection in the sociologies of water in the subcontinent, the book brings art history into conversation with current debates on climate change by examining water’s artistic, architectural, engineering, religious, scientific and environmental facets from the 16th century to the present. This is one of the first books on South Asia’s art, architecture and visual history to interweave the ecological with the aesthetic under the emerging field of eco art history. The volume will be of interest to scholars and general readers of art history, Islamic studies, South Asian studies, urban studies, architecture, geography, history and environmental studies. It will also appeal to activists, curators, art critics and those interested in water management.

This guide for tomorrow’s urban practitioner systematically explains fifteen best practices across three continents; it explores questions of broad interest for designing and planning the future of cities and regions. Key questions addressed are: Is simulation useful to explore the effects of different design, policy and planning strategies? Which approach will help manage the uncertainties of metropolitan areas both today and tomorrow ? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the different simulation practices for city leadership, public and private partnership, and citizen involvement? The book reviews computer models and media, socio-political initiatives, professional practices which help communicating the future effects of different design, political and planning strategies with a wide range of aims: from information, through consultation, towards active participation. These world best practices are considered according to four leading issues for urban and regional development, respectively Simulation, Scenario and Visioning, Government and Governance, and Scale. The book examines the approaches adopted technically and procedurally. The selected knowledge and the innovative tools used in each case study are among the most advanced and up-to-date in the professional and research fields. This volume successfully illustrates these innovative practices and methodologies in a straightforward and accessible way.

La historia del jardín ha estado tradicionalmente marcada por un discurso basado en el orden visual y el control que ejerce el hombre sobre las especies vegetales. En este célebre ensayo, Gilles Clément se aleja de forma radical de este enfoque y aporta una de las reflexiones contemporáneas sobre el paisaje y los jardines más interesantes de la disciplina. El jardín en movimiento sostiene que los jardines y el paisaje no son espacios estáticos que deben controlarse, sino lugares donde la naturaleza debe seguir su curso, donde las especies vegetales deben instalarse de forma espontánea y desarrollarse libremente de modo que la experiencia estética surja de la contemplación de los propios procesos espontáneos de sucesión biológica. La labor del jardinero ya no consiste en domesticar la naturaleza mediante la imposición de un punto de vista predeterminado y estricto, sino en conocer las especies y sus comportamientos, observar las dinámicas naturales y la corriente biológica que anima el lugar para orientar y explotar al máximo sus características naturales.

This book calls for those interested in robust construction research to embrace ethnography – in all its forms, including rapid ethnographies, ethnographic-action research, autoethnography, as well as longer-term ethnographies. The diversification of ethnographic approaches, as well as ethnographers, will lead to rich insights that can advance the industry theoretically and practically. We share experiences, key considerations and recommendations from leading construction ethnographic researchers from around the world to provide discussion, reflection and understanding into doing ethnography in the construction industry. This book is aimed at academics, students, consultants, editors, reviewers, policymakers, funders and others interested in robust research in the construction industry and built environment but will also be useful for those undertaking research within organisations in other industries.

"Alla inser problemet mellan araber och judar. Men inte alla ser att det inte har någon lösning. Det finns ingen lösning. Varför skulle araberna sluta fred? ... Vi har tagit deras land." Så sa David Ben-Gurion, som så småningom skulle bli Israels förste premiärminister, redan 1919. Två år tidigare hade den brittiska regeringen lovat ett nationellt hem åt det judiska folket i Palestina, oaktat att befolkningen till 93 procent utgjordes av araber. Idag hävdas ibland att Palestina var "ett land utan folk för ett folk utan land", men som bekant är det segrarna som skriver historien. I Folket som inte fick finnas vill Ingmar Karlsson belysa det palestinska motståndet mot koloniseringspolitiken, en länge förträngd del av Palestinas och Israels historia. [Elib].

În ce măsură poate contracara omenirea amenințările majore care pot veni dinspre mediul natural? Dereglări climatice, radiații solare, epidemii, explozii vulcanice, tornade, secetă, cutremure, tsunami – lista e nesfârșită. Trăim de fapt într-o lume extrem de ostilă și avem atât de infime capacități de a o struni. În raport cu datele din anul de grație 1985, Lucian Boia face în această carte o trecere în revistă a diverselor dezastre care și-au pus amprenta asupra evoluției societăților și a civilizației, precum și o comparație cu momentul actual, când este evident că funcţionarea mecanismului om–natură suferă un dezechilibru, foarte probabil ireversibil. Într-adevăr, lumea nu se va sfârși, spune autorul, din pricina cutremurelor, sau a petelor solare, sau a variației axei Pământului. Nici chiar din pricina pandemiilor. Primejdia cea mare o reprezintă acum încălzirea climei și efectul de seră, fenomen global și potențial distrugător, a cărui răspundere o poartă cu precădere omul. Dar nu e deloc sigur că omenirea mai poate opri procesul, sau măcar că își dorește să-și schimbe modul de viață. Abia în acest punct specia umană riscă să dispară cu adevărat. „Dacă ne vom mai încălzi cu câteva grade, să ne aşteptăm ca o teribilă criză de civilizaţie să lovească omenirea. Se va petrece – cine ştie? – o mare migraţie spre Nord, Africa revărsându‑se asupra Europei. Migraţia actuală determinată de sărăcie şi de conflicte armate se va amplifica din motive climatice. Lumea va fierbe, atât la propriu, cât şi la figurat. Dar dacă lucrurile vor merge și mai departe? Va mai exista scăpare? Să emigrăm în spaţiul cosmic? Nici o altă planetă a Sistemului Solar nu oferă condiţii de viaţă cât de cât asemănătoare cu cele de pe Terra. Deocamdată, odată ce am ajunge în situaţia ca Pământul să nu ne mai suporte, nu avem nici un fel de soluţie de rezervă.“ — LUCIAN BOIA Pe copertă: Simon de Myle, Arca lui Noe pe Muntele Ararat (detaliu), 1570

El diseño estructural, al ser parte inseparable del diseño arquitectónico de la obra, surge desde el mismo momento de la concepción de los espacios, de modo tal que al ir definiendo cada uno de ellos, podremos, a su vez, ir determinando los elementos estructurales que la conforman. Cuando proyectamos la estructura en hormigón armado, debemos tomar en cuenta las características del mismo. En nuestro medio, es el material estructural más utilizado, por razones económicas y tecnológicas. Una vez trazado el esquema estructural, que representa la propuesta, se predimesiona cada uno de los elementos, es decir pre fijamos las dimensiones (ya que el peso propio es una de las cargas principales a considerar), no solo en función de la resistencia requerida, sino considerando además las necesidades formales y funcionales del proyecto global del edificio. A partir de aquí, y una vez consolidado tanto el proyecto arquitectónico como el estructural, determinaremos las cargas reales que debe soportar, para luego calcular las solicitaciones y finalmente dimensionar la armadura de cada una de las piezas que componen la estructura, verificando el rendimiento.

Yusuf Kayaalp günümüz gençlerine tarihi, mizahi anlatım tarzıyla sevdiren; sade ve akıcı bir dille anlatan, yaptığı video içerikleriyle sosyal medyada tanınan önemli bir yazar ve YouTuber’dır. Bu eserde, yaptıklarıyla tarihin seyrini değiştiren 20 lideri, mizahi anlatım tarzıyla okuyacaksınız ve okurken hem eğlenecek, hem de öğreneceksiniz. Kitapta; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Emir Timur, Fatih Sultan Mehmet, 2.Abdülhamit, Adolf Hitler, Attila, Fransa Kralları 14. ve 16. Louis, Muammer Kaddafi, Sultan Alparslan, Otto von Bismarck, 4.Murat, Fidel Castro, Vladimir Putin, Gandhi, George Washington, Kont Drakula (Kazıklı Voyvoda), 2.Mahmut, Sultan İbrahim, Büyük Petro, Ragnar Lodbrok isimli liderlerin hayatlarını ve tarihin seyrini nasıl değiştirdiklerini okuyacaksınız.

From Diderot's monumental illustrated record of 18th-century European arts and sciences: elegant renderings of architectural landmarks; drawings and plans for windmills, bridges and boats; renderings of palatial interiors and furnishings; elevations and floor plans for many well-known European theaters; scenes of 18th-century craftsmen at work in the building trades; and much more.

A look at history like youve never see before. A quirky, often humorous look at the things that make us human. How did the pyramids come to be or how was chocolate made palatable .Its all in this book. From the earliest control of fire to the atomic bomb this book tells it all.

Cristiane Souza Gonçalves vem, há tempos, contribuindo para atenuar a carência de estudos profissionais e bem--feitos sobre patrimônio cultural. Pesquisadora brilhante, que une teoria e prática com magistral desempenho, ela produziu este livro que marcou sua estreia como autora, e que agora recebe nova publicação pela Editora Unifesp. Esta obra, que se tornou referência nos estudos sobre patri mônio e que, agora, certamente alcançará novas gerações de estudiosos, é dedicada à compreensão das ações seminais de restauro em São Paulo pelo iphan. Para sua produção, originalmente sua dissertação de mestrado em Arquitetura e Urbanismo apresenta da à fau-usp, Cristiane Gonçalves não poupou esforços, lançando-se a atividades múltiplas em busca de dados, fontes e explicações sobre os caminhos do restauro em terras paulistas, muitas vezes alheios ao ambiente internacional desse campo. Extremamente bem redigido, com peças gráficas originais,fotografias preciosas e análises perspicazes, este livro é bibliografia fundamental para qualquer estudioso do ambiente cultural no país. Mais do que isso, porém, é um presente metodológico aos interessados pela análise histórica da nossa instituição federal de preservação.

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Dopo l’ultimo grande convegno sul laterizio organizzato a Saint Cloud nel 1995, la proposta di un workshop internazionale su Il laterizio nei cantieri imperiali. Roma e il Mediterraneo voleva promuovere un nuovo dibattito, su scala mediterranea e alla luce di nuovi studi e nuovi approcci metodologici, intorno al materiale da costruzione emblematico dell’architettura romana. Il convegno, svoltosi a Roma il 27 e 28 novembre 2014, ha visto coinvolti gli specialisti della costruzione romana in laterizio in un ampio dibattito che si proponeva di capire in particolare se e come il laterizio ha servito il potere imperiale; se e come ha influenzato i processi di romanizzazione; come è stato prodotto e diffuso attraverso l’Impero; come ha condizionato l’organizzazione dei cantieri imperiali ed infine come ha partecipato all’innovazione e alla trasmissione del sapere tecnico romano. Questo volume raccoglie i contributi proposti al workshop, rivisti e integrati sulla base delle discussioni. Venticinque contributi sono presentati per aree geografiche (Roma, penisola italica, Mediterraneo occidentale e Mediterraneo orientale), mentre i cinque finali riprendono i temi e l’essenza delle discussioni.

This first book in Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent series of books is the novel the inspired the major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet. This dystopian series set in a futuristic Chicago has captured the hearts of millions of teen and adult readers. Perfect for fans of the Hunger Games and Maze Runner series, Divergent and its sequels, Insurgent and Allegiant, are the gripping story of a dystopian world transformed by courage, self-sacrifice, and love. Fans of the Divergent movie will find the book packed with just as much emotional depth and exhilarating action as the film, all told in beautiful, rich language. One choice can transform you. Beatrice Prior's society is divided into five factions—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). Beatrice must choose between staying with her Abnegation family and transferring factions. Her choice will shock her community and herself. But the newly christened Tris also has a secret, one she's determined to keep hidden, because in this world, what makes you different makes you dangerous. And don't miss The Fates Divide, Veronica Roth's powerful sequel to the bestselling Carve the Mark!

'The Hit List Agenda' heats up for Executive Assistant:Violet! Executive Assistant Violet has mommy issues-namely, her mother is an Executive Assistant as well! To make matters worse, a love interest from her past causes old feelings to stir inside. And as if that weren't enough, the events of 'The Hit List Agenda' force Violet to prove her worth in protecting her employer Henry Vincent's life from the merciless forces that want them both dead! Aspen's first ever Summer-spanning event, 'The Hit List Agenda' continues right here in the pages of EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: VIOLET!

"Well, I'm sure I don't have any secrets...," I said, trying to sound certain. "Can't we just tell them that?" Mom's steady gaze was driving me crazy. "Oh," she said slowly, "but that's where you're wrong. You see, you do have the secrets. You know them." When Kira agrees to let her friends hypnotize her at a slumber party, she has no idea that she will reveal secrets even she didn't know she had -- memories of fleeing a war-torn country with her mother, understanding a language she can't identify. Then her mother disappears, and a woman calling herself Aunt Memory takes Kira to Crythe, a place that doesn't officially exist, in order to rescue her mother -- or so Kira thinks. She soon learns that there are memories locked in her mind that place her and her mother in grave danger, but those memories are also the only thing that might save them. In Escape from Memory, award-winning author Margaret Peterson Haddix imagines a culture that values its memories above everything else -- and a teen who has to make the most important decision of her life.

TALON menipu dan memanfaatkanku. KINI aku naga pemberontak, BERSUMPAH membela kebebasan, MELEPASKAN naga-naga muda. HINGGA aku bertemu Ember Hill, NAGA cantik yang mengacaukan rencanaku. Haruskah kukorbankan segalanya demi naga muda yang membuatku tergila-gila? [Mizan Publishing, Novel, Fantasi, Terjemahan, Fantasy, Indonesia]

When Emma turns 20, she finds her soon to be beta mate, believing that would improve her life. Emma envisions a brighter future, only to have her hopes shattered by Hudson's deceitful betrayal and cruel intentions. Locked in the dungeon because of her rejection, Emma has no choice but escape. Destiny, however, has a different path for Emma. Bennett Campbell, Alpha from the Silvercrest Pack, stumbles upon her and brings her to safety. The surprise deepens when Hunter, the pack's esteemed doctor, and Parker, the youngest of the Campbell brothers, discover that Emma is also their fated mate. Awakening to the protective presence of three powerful men, Emma navigates her newfound sanctuary with caution and gratitude. Will Emma accept her mates? Will the pack accept her? Will the warmth and understanding of Campbell brothers mend her wounded spirit?

Unele iubiri te aduc tot mai aproape de întuneric și te îndepărtează de lumină... O neatenție a fost suficientă să-i ruineze viața de liceu, după ce Manasseh, fratele băiatului pe care-l place, îi descoperă secretul murdar. Rebecca Godwill este fiica pură și inocentă a preotului din oraș, ai cărei ochi au strălucit dintotdeauna pentru un singur băiat: Samael Morgenstern. Cu toate acestea, el nu i-a oferit niciodată atenția râvnită. S𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒍 ei ajunge motivul șantajului pe care Manasseh, un „pui de drac” isteț și fără inimă, îl va folosi pentru a o manipula fără scrupule. 𝑉a 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑢 𝑐𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑙 𝑠𝑎̆ 𝑟𝑎̆𝑚𝑎̂𝑛𝑎̆ 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡. 𝑃𝐸𝑁𝑇𝑅𝑈 𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐷𝐸𝐴𝑈𝑁𝐴! Fiecare pas pe care-l face, încercând să îndeplinească dorințele bizare ale lui Manasseh, o aduce tot mai aproape de întuneric și o îndepărtează de lumină. Dar Becca nu s-a speriat niciodată de întuneric și ar face orice să fie mai aproape de Samael, chiar dacă va trebui să intre în gașca Crasnicilor din Matlock, un grup misterios din care fac parte cei trei frați Morgenstern. Noaptea Ultimului foc trebuia să o aducă pe Becca mai aproape de Crasnici și de fericire, însă acea noapte nu face decât să-i lege destinul de fratele greșit, prin firele dureroase ale iubirii și vinovăției. Odată intrată în lumea Crasnicilor, nu mai poate da înapoi, trebuie să învețe regulile jocului și să nu-și piardă speranța că, dincolo de noapte, arde încă focul unei mari iubiri. O dată un Crasnic, mereu un Crasnic!

Four best friends—Check. One unforgettable week in Kauai—Check. Sun, surf, and hula girls in bikinis—Check. A creepy mansion on the forbidden side of the island…. Check? Sam and Colby’s vacation in paradise goes from enchanting, to weird, to deadly, when Trey, an old acquaintance, insists they can’t leave without a visit to the legendary Nā Pali Coast. It turns out Trey has been living at the infamous Belle Estate, owned by a wealthy and eccentric widow—who locals believe is a witch. The only thing odder than how a twenty-three-year-old college kid from Utah ended up living in a remote and isolated mansion on the North Shore of Kauai is that he is romantically involved with a woman old enough to be their grandmother. Belle Estate’s walls hold an eerie sway over all who enter, and a dark, shadowy presence seems to be following them around the grounds. When an unfavorable change of plans forces them to stay overnight, Sam and Colby are in for the most terrifying encounter of their lives.

"I was the first to kiss her," Bryce brags. "I call her virginity," Ace yells out loudly. "She will love me first," Chris responds angrily. Erica rolls her eyes and stomps her foot. "I hate you! All of you!!" *** Erica finds herself homeless and without a family after her parents are banished from the West Pack. She is forced to take the only option that is laid out before her. To go to the North Pack and live with the Alpha, Luna, and their Triplet sons. Being no stranger to the North Pack, Erica is aware of just how cruel Ace, Bryce, and Chris can be. But what she doesn't expect is to be stripped of her Beta status and considered a Rogue within the Pack. Shamed and tormented Erica becomes nothing more than a shell of the woman that she used to be. That is until the fateful night that she finds her mate. Will she accept the bond that has been given to her by the Moon Goddess or will she run as far away as she can get?

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A delightfully funny and deeply relatable junior fiction story from one of Australia's most loved multi-media stars. Meet Stevie Louise. She is an entrepreneur (that's like a business person), an entertainer (obviously), and an extrovert on the inside (wait, is this a thing?). Stevie has a BRILLIANT PLAN. She's going to have fun, make money, and most importantly, make sure the Brooke Street kids stay best friends forever. Then a new neighbour arrives and threatens to derail all Stevie's plans. And then real disaster strikes. But the show must go on. After all, Stevie is a professional. A gloriously warm, funny and relatable story from much-loved comedian, writer, radio announcer and social media sensation Tanya Hennessy.

Los Zorros son un equipo fragmentado, pero puede que Neil Josten sea el milagro que estaban esperando. La única persona que no está de acuerdo es Andrew, y el único capaz de penetrar las férreas barreras de Andrew es Neil. El problema es que Andrew no da nada a cambio de nada y a Neil le cuesta horrores confiar en nadie que no sea él mismo. Sin embargo, puede que no tengan demasiado tiempo; desde el equipo rival de los Cuervos, Riko Moriyama está dispuesto a hacer todo lo que sea para destrozar la nueva y frágil vida de Neil. El rey cuervo es el segundo y esperadísimo libro de la trilogía All For The Game. La tensión sube y se vuelve electrizante mientras se revelan más y más lados desconocidos de los personajes. ¿Qué sucederá?

Seketika tersadar dari tidurnya yang begitu lelap karena terlalu lelah bergadang menjaga Karen yang pingsan, tetapi mengapa mimpi itu begitu nyata? Begitu jelas dan semua yang ada di dalamnya seperti sebuah kenyataan. Jacob menggaruk-garuk kepalanya, mengusap matanya yang seperti belum mau dibuka É Semangat Yacob dan kawan-kawannya untuk mengapai MIMPI bukan hanya baru sekadar angan-angan, dengan segala keterbatasan yang mereka hadapi, justru memperkuat daya juangnya É apalagi Karen selalu ada di dalam hati dan pikirannya É yang menjadi inspirasi untuk mengatasi segala rintangan.

Asesinatos, una maldición... La Casa de Las Lenguas es la nueva novela del autor de El corredor del laberinto, un sangriento thriller de terror David Player ha hecho todo lo posible por olvidar parte de su infancia. Los asesinatos, las amenazas, el incomprensible odio que algunos sentían por su familia... Y, sobre todo, el miedo que se respiraba en la pequeña población de Carolina del Sur donde su amiga Andrea y él encontraron el primer cadáver. Será ahora, al regresar al viejo caserón familiar, cuando David se vea obligado a enfrentarse a sus fantasmas y a retornar a un lugar que se juró no volver a pisar jamás: la Casa de las Lenguas. La Casa de las Lenguas es la nueva novela independiente del autor superventas de El corredor del laberinto, una desasosegante y oscura historia de crímenes y de dos jóvenes que, por estar en el lugar equivocado, se ven envueltos en ellos. «Respira hondo antes de empezar un libro de James Dashner». Deseret News «Con un ritmo narrativo trepidante, sobredosis de giros argumentales y sin escatimar en muertes, James Dashner consiguió entrar en la lista de títulos más vendidos de The New York Times y conquistar a los lectores». El País

Remedios Vena vive y trabaja como costurera en La Rumba, una plaza cercana al centro de la Ciudad de México. Hija del herrero Cosme Vena, hombre agresivo que la mitad del tiempo anda borracho y la maltrata, ella sueña con abandonar ese lugar y ser como las “rotas”, para vestirse bien y disfrutar la buena vida. Por eso, entre el cortejo de don Mauricio, tendero, y las promesas de Cornichón, empleado de un cajón de ropa, Remedios se decidirá por el segundo, sólo para aprender que los castillos en el aire muchas veces se derrumban. Un clásico de la literatura realista mexicana y una aguda crítica social que retrata la miseria del México urbano en el siglo XIX.

"Tell me," he leans down and whispers next to my ear. "Have you ever been kissed?" "I don't think that is any of your business," I snap back at him. "I am making it my business, Luna Queen," he says as he runs his thumb over my bottom lip. Born of a white wolf and identical Alpha Triplets Raven is unlike any other werewolf alive. Bearing the mark of the Moon Goddess, she has earned the title of the Child of Light and is destined to become the Queen over all of the werewolf packs. Under her rule, she is prophesied to bring peace to the werewolf world. But there are forces working against her. Will she bring everyone together in her life to rule peacefully or will the werewolf kingdom fall to ruin? *** This Novel Is Still Ongoing. The much-anticipated sequel will soon be available for purchase on Amazon.

Voiceless Part 1 by Haveyouseenthisgirl Her name is Momoxhien Clarkson. She loves Syntax Error, her favourite band. She meets them in a very embarrasing situation. She gets to work for them and she discovers a lot of things about her favorite band. Then... suddenly her life gets complicated. From a fan turns to a friend and... also a lover. But when she discovers more... can she bear all of it? Up to what point can she consider herself a fan? Published by Psicom Publishing Inc

Humor dalam kisah Gunawan, dengan demikian, adalah nama lain bagi obat. Ia menyembuhkan kita dari penyakit dengki, iri hati, sok kuasa, dan menganggap orang lain sebagai biang kesalahan. –Triyanto Triwikromo, sastrawan “Jadi slimicinguk ini adalah umpatan karangan Anda sendiri?” “Betul Pak. Seratus persen karangan saya sendiri.” “Pantas saya cari artinya di internet tak ketemu. Coba Anda lafalkan umpatan ini dengan nada dan intonasi yang Anda yakini kebenarannya sebanyak 33 kali. Saya ingin mendengarnya.” “Slimicinguk, slimicinguk, slimicinguk….” Slimicinguk “Apakah persamaan antara imam ketiga dan kiper ketiga?” “Keduanya sama-sama cadangan dan jarang diturunkan.” Imam Ketiga Cerpen-cerpen Gunawan menyentil dengan jenaka fenomena yang terjadi di sekitar kita. Ketika tertawa setelah membaca tulisannya, mungkin kita sedang menertawakan diri sendiri. Demikian pula jika yang hadir adalah aneka perasaan marah atau sedih. Dan jika pembaca sekalian bahagia setelah menikmati suguhannya, silakan disimpan sendiri. Karena….

У мене був брат. Старший брат. У мене була родина. Звичайна родина, яка є в кожного. У мене було життя, і дитинство, і дім, і безтурботність. Та одного дня я втратила усе! І тепер я маю лише дві речі: обсидіановий ніж зі скривавленим магічним уламком, який може втілити найзаповітнішу мрію, та вибір, від якого залежить моє майбутнє. А ці золоті очі дивляться на мене з таким благанням і, він все ще вірять, що глибоко в душі я не вбивця…

"I, Andrew Walter, soon to be the Alpha of Crest Fall Pack, hereby reject you Celeste Sampson as my mate and future Luna,” “Such a fat and disgusting psycho.” Celeste Sampson is a 21-year-old college undergraduate who was rejected by her mate, the future Alpha Andrew of Crest Fall Pack. Who would think that, after she attended the ball held by King Elijah Black, the 28-year-old ruler of the whole Lycan species, she found herself thrown into a different world and found out that there is more to see and know behind the enchanted wall that hides them from the human eyes. Would she be loved? Would she be betrayed? Would she be used? Or would she stay when she finds out that King has too many dark secrets hidden behind the red door? Follow the journey of Celeste and Elijah in this story!

THE OCCUPATION. THE RESISTANCE. THE WORLD AT WAR. On May 10, 1940, the Nazis begin their march across Europe, and within weeks, France has fallen. At first, Nicolette's world seems more or less the same despite the occupation. But as the months pass, the Third Reich tightens its hold on France and it becomes clear just what is at stake. Nicolette is drawn into a growing resistance movement, determined to do her part to fight back. It's a deadly secret she'll have to keep from everyone, including her family. Nicolette's own father works for local law enforcement, which is now under Nazi control, and who knows what might happen if anyone found out she joined the Resistance. But as Hitler's empire grows, no one can escape the horrors of war. Including Nicolette. One night, she vanishes without a trace, taken from the street by Nazi soldiers and declared an enemy of the state. Soon, Nicolette finds herself confronting the very heart of Hitler's plans, bearing witness not just to the atrocities, but also to the courage, bravery, and hope that can emerge in even the darkest times. And it is in these small but powerful moments that Nicolette realizes her greatest weapon against the Nazis: to live, so she can tell the world the truth of what happened. But can one girl survive what was designed to destroy so many?

When six high school students at an upscale private school in Pittsburgh discover the demonic legend of the school's origin is actually true and obtain amazing superpowers as a result, they unwittingly unleash the demonic Horde. Mike has a happy-go-lucky attitude and astounding athletic abilities that make him popular while twin sister Shelly is his opposite with her shyness. Cooper, crippled, considers himself a freak. Maggie is artistic and eccentric while Jimmy is a brooding heartthrob. New girl, Caitlyn, rounds out the group, though she can't escape the sense that she doesn't belong. As a team, the teenagers need to figure out how stop the Horde before its evil spreads through the school and beyond...all while somehow keeping their ever-growing powers a secret.

Rahadian Muhajir Yastriba, seorang anak kampung yang miskin. Meski begitu, kemiskinan tak menjadi penghalang bagi Rahadian untuk mewujudkan mimpi terbesarnya, menjadi tamu Allah di Baitullah. Lewat perantara Pak Guru Mahfudz, guru agama di sekolahnya, Rahadian mengenal setiap jengkal Baitullah melengkapi gambaran dalam impiannya. Begitu lihainya beliau menceritakan detai perjalanan yang dilakukan oleh jamaah haji dan umrah, hingga seolah-olah Rahadian bisa merasakan harumnya tanah haram, nikmatnya kalimat talbiyah, indahnya tawaf juga lezatnya air Zamzam. Demi mewujudkan cita-citanya itu, Rahadian harus bersabar menghadapi olok-olok dan caci maki dari keempat temannya, Tatan, Sulong, Ghaafir, dan Ginanjar, juga orangtua mereka. Rupanya kekayaan yang mereka miliki saait itu telah menutup mata hati mereka sehingga dengan mudahnya memandang rendah orang lain. Tidak hanya kemiskinan Rahadian yang tak bosan-bosannya dicerca, namun impiannya juga berusaha dikoyak oleh Sulong dan ketiga temannya. Tapi Rahadian bergeming, tetap teguh menggenggam impiannya. Baginya tidak ada yang tidak mungkin selama dia berusaha dan yakin, yakin akan rahmat dan kuasa Allah. Roda kehidupan berputar, Allah selalu bersama orang-orang yang berserah diri kepadaNya. Dua puluh delapan tahun kemudian, Rahadian bertemu kembali dengan ketiga temannya di masa lalu, Sulong, Ghaafir dan Ginanjar secara terpisah. Akankah Rahadian memaafkan kesalahan mereka di masa lalu? Peristiwa apa saja yang terjadi setelah pertemuan Rahadian dengan ketiga temannya itu? Bisakah tali persahabatan mengikat kembali Rahadian dengan ketiga temanya itu dalam indahnya ukhuwah Islam? Berhasilkah Rahadian membuktikan bahwa semua perkataan temannya itu tidak benar? Novel tentang perjuangan meraih impian, kesabaran, keteguhan dan integritas. Mengharukan! - Pustaka Al-Kautsar Publisher - Dilarang keras mem-PDF-kan, mendownload, dan memfotokopi buku-buku Pustaka Al-Kautsar. Pustaka Al-Kautsar tidak pernah memberikan file buku kami secara gratis selain dari yang sudah tersedia di Google Play Book. Segala macam tindakan pembajakan dan mendownload PDF tersebut ada ilegal dan haram.

برفقة أصدقائه، ينطلق (ﭼ‍يكا مينالي) صوب منافسات كأس السحرة، ونصب أعين فريقه هدفٌ واحد! فبدون فوزهم بالكأس ستخسر (أسمايا) للأبد أفراد عائلتها المحتجزين في عالم (دوات)! رغم كل ما بانتظارهم من صعاب وتحديات، إلا أنهم لا يفكرون سوى في كيفية تجاوزها بنجاح؛ مؤمنين بقدراتهم على تحقيق الكأس ومساعدة صديقتهم!

The fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and the disaster, which brought attention to the labor movement in America, is part of the curriculum in classrooms throughout the country. Told from alternating points of view, this historical novel draws upon the experiences of three very different young women: Bella, who has just emigrated from Italy and doesn't speak a word of English; Yetta, a Russian immigrant and crusader for labor rights; and Jane, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Bella and Yetta work together at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory under terrible conditions--their pay is docked for even the slightest mistake, the bosses turn the clocks back so closing time is delayed, and they are locked into the factory all day, only to be frisked before they leave at night to make sure they haven't stolen any shirtwaists. When the situation worsens, Yetta leads the factory's effort to strike, and she meets Jane on the picket line. Jane, who feels trapped by the limits of her own sheltered existence, joins a group of high-society women who have taken an interest in the strike as a way of supporting women's suffrage. Through a series of twists and turns, the three girls become fast friends--and all of them are in the Triangle Shirtwast Factory on March 25, 1911, the day of the fateful fire. In a novel that puts a human face on the tragedy, Margaret Peterson Haddix has created a sweeping, forceful tale that will have readers guessing until the last page who--if anyone--survives.

#1 New York Times Bestseller In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling Better Than the Movies, Wes and Liz struggle to balance their feelings for each other with the growing pains of being a college student in a “worthy second-chance romance” (Kirkus Reviews). For a few beautiful months, Wes had his dream girl: strong-willed girl-next-door Liz. But right as the two were about to set off to UCLA to start their freshman year together, tragedy struck. Wes was left dealing with the fallout, which ultimately meant losing Liz in the process. Flash forward months and months later and Wes and Liz find themselves in college, together. In a healthier place now, Wes knows he broke Liz’s heart when he ended things, but he is determined to make her fall back in love with him. Wes knows Liz better than anyone, and he has a foolproof plan to win her back with the rom-com worthy big gestures she loves. Only…Liz will have none of it. Wes has to scheme like a rom-com hero to figure out how to see her. Even worse, Liz has a new friend…a guy friend. Still, Wes won’t give up, adapting his clever plans and going hard to get Liz’s attention and win back her affection. But after his best efforts get him nowhere, Wes is left wondering if their relationship is really over for good.

Someone murdered Brian's girfriend, Amanda. The police think it was her father. Brian isn’t so sure. But everyone he knows is telling him to move on, get over it, focus on the present. Focus on basketball. Focus on hitting the perfect shot. Brian hopes that the system will work for Amanda and her father. An innocent man couldn’t be wrongly convicted, could he? But then Brian does a school project on Leo Frank, a Jewish man lynched decades ago for the murder of a teenage girl—a murder he didn’t commit. Worse still, Brian’s teammate Julius gets arrested for nothing more than being a black kid in the wrong place at the wrong time. Brian can’t deny any longer that the system is flawed. As Amanda’s father goes on trial, Brian admits to himself that he knows something that could break the case. But if he comes forward, will the real killer try for another perfect shot—this time against Brian?

In a world post ‘The Great War’ fought against aliens around 100 years from now, Captain Miles was happy and content with his drone command unit at the Amerope Police Department headquarters. A job he loved and made himself available on a call’s notice for the department. He was content with his life—with his team, with Angela, the love of his life, and his cute little son’s smile by his side—not knowing he would be sent on a secret mission full of betrayals and tribulations. He was left alone to trust his conscience with a pledge to continue serving his country, not knowing whom to trust anymore. He must unearth a conspiracy threatening the existence of this world and, most notably, the safety of his own family. The story of Captain Miles is a teenage sci-fi thriller filled with action, love, emotions, family values, conflicts, inventions, and so much more to take you to a world so different yet so similar to today’s world.

Denesene korkak! diye haykırdı içimden bir ses. Denemelisin! Ama hemen ardından başka bir ses yanıtladı onu: Bir daha asla! Geçen sefer gözlerini yitirdin. Bu sefer sıra ruhunda. Bir daha asla! "Göster!" diye buyurdu goblin. Yoğunlaşan sise rağmen, kol kaslarının hamle yapmak için kasıldığını görebiliyordum. Kılıcını kaldırdı ve Ria’nın boynuna dayadı. Hâlâ bir şey yapmıyordum. İşte o anda gittikçe şiddetlenen tuhaf bir rüzgâr, ortada duran yaşlı karaağacın dallarını sallamaya başladı. Ağacın çıkardığı sesler çığlık olup yükseldi. Goblin, başını kaldırdığında kökünden kurtulan ağacın üzerine devrildiğini ancak görebildi ve son duyulan, acı dolu çığlığı oldu. “Merlin hakkında kimse Barron ile boy ölçüşemez. Bu kitabıyla yedi diyara renk, derinlik ve sevgi katmış. Hayranları bu kitaba bayılacak.” – School Library Journal “Barron, Merlin destanı hayranlarını hayal kırıklığına uğratmayacak bir başyapıtla karşımızda.” – Booklist

Hanya satu potongan Trisula Firdaus yang tersisa. Isaiah, agen Templar yang memberontak, menemukan mata garpu keyakinan dan ketakutan, bagian dari relik berkekuatan dahsyat itu. Andai dia mendapatkan yang ketiga, mata garpu kesetiaan, hampir tidak ada yang akan bisa melawannya di dunia. Sementara itu, Owen dan teman-temannya membentuk persekutuan rapuh antara Assassin dan Templar demi menghentikan Isaiah. Lebih dari seribu tahun sebelumnya, Styrbjšrn sang Perkasa, pendekar Viking dari akhir abad kesepuluh, memimpin kaum Jomsviking melawan raja Denmark, Harald Bluetooth. Di medan pertempuran itulah tersembunyi rahasia mata garpu kesetiaan. Di sanalah terdapat nasib dunia, kebenaran di balik hubungan di antara para remaja, dan hubungan di antara para leluhur mereka. Sejarah telah dituliskan. Sisanya bergantung pada Owen, Javier, dan anggota-anggota lain. Tindakan mereka akan mengubah dunia AssassinÕs Creed selamanya.

On her wedding anniversary, Brielle plans on gifting her husband, Alpha Argon, a news on her pregnancy. But she's left shattered when she found Argon proposing to his first lover, Estelle, a super model and daughter of Alpha Deron from Red Wood pack. Argon rejects Brielle for his first love. He and Estelle don't hesitate to mock her for being wolfless and a burden with no family. When she planned to hide the news of her pregnancy, a curious Estelle fishes out the report, shocking Argon with the news. Brielle thinks the goddess would mend her broken relationship, but her whole world came crumbling when Argon and Estelle pushed her down the stairs, resulting to her miscarriage. Broken, she receives a divorce letter from Argon, giving her twenty four hours to sign and leave.In her pains, something was awoken in Brielle. Something rare and deadly. "Don't sign it, Brielle. That's not the way of the IVYs. Make them pay."Her eyes glowed green.

"I, Grayson Dawson, Alpha of the Moonlit Pack, reject you, Lola Ashton, as my mate and Luna of this pack," I heard Grayson's voice reach my ear and a single tear ran down my left cheek as it felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest. "I, Lola Ashton, accept..." I did not finish my sentence before he held me up by my throat and snarled in my face. His eyes had already changed colors so I knew his wolf was in charge. "You will not reject me, slut. I am your owner and I tell you what to do and when," he slapped me across the face and threw me on the ground. *** After being rejected by her mate in the Moonlit pack, Lola escaped on a full moon only to enter the territory of the next Alpha King who also happened to be her second chance mate. Adrian is the next Alpha King but he hasn't been able to assume his role because he needed a Luna by his side. A rogue that trespassed on his territory, whom he ordered be killed turned out to be his mate leaving him in a dilemma. Will Adrian reject Lola because she came into his territory as a rogue? Will he overcome what happened to him in the past and give Lola a chance or reject her and go ahead with Fay as his chosen Luna? What will happen when everyone finds out just how much power Lola wields and how she's supposed to protect her kind in an oncoming war? Find out in Lola- The Moon Wolf!

In a sorority, reputation is everything, and Cassidy Cross has a lot to prove. . . Even though Cassidy Cross is captain of the dance squad and gets good grades, it's her boy-crazy rep that makes her stand out on campus?and not in a good way. Hoping for a fresh start, she decides to pledge Beta Gamma Pi. But the sisters are determined to make Cassidy earn her letters. It's rough going--until her pledge sister, Isha, convinces her she's just got to find her faith. For the first time, Cassidy starts looking within her heart--and discovers some long-hidden secrets from her past that will teach her the true meaning of forgiveness, friendship, and what it really means to have it going on. . .

What is that one thing which fuels our heart, runs our body and without which everything looks incomplete despite being complete? It is happiness. We cannot store it in any bottle or container, it is not that whenever we feel down, we can use it from there. We cannot do that. All we can do is adhering to humanity whose thumb rule is to spread happiness by sticking to its principles. Through this book, you can find that happiness as you will be able to touch the human chord, you will be able to shed human formalities, you will be able to find that lost innocence, you will be able to follow your heart, you will learn to have free will and fly high. Author Bio Neha B is a computer science engineer who lives in Bangalore. Growing up, she was inclined towards creative writing. Her journey started from writing her own created thought of the day, along with her name on the school notice board. She used to keep looking at her name with smiling eyes. Now switching her career from IT back to her love of life- writing, she is trying to make a beautiful world with all the smiling faces through her stories.

Marissa Meyer’s Cinder meets Netflix’s Black Mirror in these YA sci-fi murder mysteries with twisty endings you won't forget. ★★★★★ “The author has blended strong elements of science fiction (with a good deal of artificial intelligence and robotics as a background) to present a very well crafted mystery of the whodunit variety.” ★★★★★ “The story itself involves compelling characters, a fast pace with plot twists galore, an unfolding mystery …, and the true mark of sci-fi—a burning question about how we can and should interact with scientific progress.” ★★★★★ “The who-done-it twist at the end was completely unexpected. Still reeling. And the push and pull of the AI debate has never been more relevant or timely.” ★★★★★ “This is a science fiction story focusing on artificial intelligence. The story is well written and easy to read with a complex and intriguing plot.” ★★★★★ “Reminiscent of the Lunar Chronicles.” ★★★★★ “Very Black Mirror.” Book 1: Girl of Flesh and Metal A devastating accident. An artificially intelligent prosthetic that makes her sleepwalk… A series of murders. Lena hates her parents’ tech company. The world worships each cutting-edge CyberCorp release, but Lena has her doubts. Machines that think for themselves? She doesn’t trust them… So when a car accident lands her with the company’s first cybernetic arm, she’s pissed. A glitch in the arm’s artificial intelligence makes her sleepwalk. Meanwhile, children of CyberCorp employees start dying in their beds, and thanks to her unwanted nighttime strolls, Lena has no alibi. Is she a target? A suspect? Lena literally can't sleep at night until she proves her innocence—or her guilt. Book 2: Clash of Flesh and Metal She must obey a stranger's orders, or the androids will attack again… Despite Lena's fears about the dangers of the Model One androids, CyberCorp has shipped them to customers. They work perfectly—except around Lena. When an android attacks one of her best friends, she insists the robots are fatally flawed. Desperate to keep this situation from spiraling out of control, like it did last time, Lena casts suspicion on everyone she knows. This time, she won't trust anyone. When she gets a threatening note from someone claiming to be controlling the androids, she'll obey—but only to stall for time. Can she find whoever's responsible, before someone else she loves dies? Book 3: War of Flesh and Metal With no way out, she’ll face a pissed-off artificial intelligence and two killers… Lena’s ready to put it all behind her. She helped catch two killers who used CyberCorp to commit murder, and starting right now, she vows never to set foot inside the company’s headquarters again. But when those killers show up at CyberCorp Tower to confess everything they’ve hidden, Lena can’t resist seeing justice done. As she steels herself to confront them again, decommissioned androids go berserk inside the headquarters, forcing a lockdown. Lena is trapped inside not only with the killers she brought down—but also with the dangerous technologies she fears. Can Lena escape, or will she die inside CyberCorp Tower? The Flesh and Metal trilogy is a thrilling, near-future young adult mystery collection including the first self-published book ever to make the American Library Association’s LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists.

The author of Dead Is Just a Rumor delivers a paranormal tale that “will remind you of Twilight . . . with the vamp versus werewolf . . . It’s awesome” (Teen Ink). It’s springtime of senior year, and psychic sleuth Daisy Giordano is preparing to say goodbye to Nightshade High. But no college acceptance letters have arrived yet, and she’s beginning to worry about where she’ll end up come fall—and if it will be anywhere near her boyfriend, Ryan. But that’s not the only uncertainty Daisy’s dealing with. There’s a vamps-versus-shifters war going on in Nightshade, and things are so tense that there is talk of canceling the prom. The conflict is carrying over to the Giordano home, since Rose and Daisy are both dating werewolves and Poppy’s new boyfriend is a vampire. Can the paranormal community in Nightshade finally find peace? And will Daisy and her friends survive graduation? All of these questions and more are answered in this explosive installment in the Dead Is series. “Once again, Perez offers up a clever mix of reality—senioritis, high-school graduation events, part-time jobs, and young love—and paranormal elements . . . Although familiarity with the other four books in the series will certainly give readers an advantage here, newcomers to Nightshade High will have few problems following the sometimes tense, often humorous plotlines.”—Booklist

Abrumada por una larga cesantía y tras un reciente quiebre amoroso, Laura Naranjo ocupa su tiempo reflexionando sobre las minucias que acontecen a su alrededor. Los pensamientos que le sugieren los ladridos de un perro al amanecer, así como las conjeturas en torno a la vida de los ancianos de su barrio en Ñuñoa, funcionan para ella como una forma de evasión, una suerte de antídoto que viene a aliviar el tedio de las horas muertas. Una oferta de trabajo la saca de su ensimismamiento: debe recopilar información sobre criminales chilenos de la primera mitad del siglo XX. Estas indagaciones comienzan a obsesionarla más allá de lo conveniente hasta que, empujada por una tétrica coincidencia, logra establecer puntos de conexión entre un asesinato ocurrido en 1947 en la calle Ejército y El Alemán, un excéntrico anciano de su barrio que, a poco andar, demuestra estar rodeado de enemigos. Decidida a esclarecer el misterio, Laura Naranjo entra en un mundo donde confluyen antiguas heridas del pasado, intereses económicos y el incombustible deseo de venganza, dando cuenta de una verdad que no por sabida deja de ser menos inquietante: la violencia yace oculta bajo un manto de normalidad, y puede alcanzar a cualquiera.

A primeira pergunta: um século e meio depois a história se repete? Em 1863, na Rua do Arvoredo, em Porto Alegre, um abominável caso ganhou notoriedade: Catarina Palse e José Ramos mataram pessoas e comercializaram a carne delas. A história mereceu referência até no caderno de anotações do naturalista Charles Darwin. Um século e meio depois, com base em evidências nada desprezíveis, há quem garanta que os dois voltaram para se vingar. Basta uma única equação de lógica para ganharem sentido os boatos de que Porto Alegre voltou a consumir carne humana, com volúpia e prazer, agora em pleno século 21. O episódio começa quando um casal de jovens universitários, ele estudante de Gastronomia, ela de Medicina, vão morar na mesma casa na antiga Rua do Arvoredo. Poucos dias após a mudança, eles descobrem no porão objetos que podem ter sido usados pelos antigos moradores para sacrificar suas vítimas e transformá-las em linguiças. Influenciados pela descoberta, vivem momentos de prazer e de medo, assustados com os fatos inexplicáveis que passam a ocorrer no interior da casa. Possuídos pelos espíritos dos antigos assassinos, sentem-se designados a cumprirem uma missão de vingança, que, em princípio, não sabem exatamente qual é. Até que cometem o primeiro crime. Toda a narrativa é feita por um observador onipresente, que se apresenta como membro de uma organização internacional, cujo objetivo maior é dominar o mundo. É possível confiar nesse narrador e em suas histórias mirabolantes? Tire você mesmo as suas próprias conclusões nesta saborosa e horripilante sátira.

En un mundo habitado por crueles vampiros, los humanos luchan por sobrevivir, conscientes de la fragilidad del Tratado de Paz que mantiene a salvo su reino. Cuando Wendy es abandonada a su suerte, sabe que le aguarda la muerte. Sin embargo, un misterioso vampiro la encuentra y la transforma para salvarla. Desde entonces, sus destinos se entrelazan y ella tratará de averiguar por qué vive escondido en el reino humano y desentrañar lo que siente por él. Pero el destino de Wendy no es el único que se ve truncado. Elliot, heredero de un poderoso duque, cae víctima de una seductora vampira que lo condena a la inmortalidad. El joven lo pierde todo y jura vengarse, pero no será fácil, pues deberá escapar del reino antes de que los cazadores lo encuentren. Ninguno sabe que sus actos harán peligrar la paz entre humanos y vampiros. Pronto, la sangre volverá a teñir de rojo las tierras de ambos reinos.

O Mar de Monstros é o segundo volume da série Percy Jackson e os olimpianos, best-seller do The New York Times. Nessa nova aventura, Percy e seus amigos estão em busca do Velocino de Ouro, único artefato mágico capaz de proteger da destruição seu lugar predileto e, até então, o mais seguro do mundo: o Acampamento Meio-Sangue. Com o envenenamento da árvore de Thalia por um inimigo misterioso, as fronteiras mágicas que protegem o Acampamento estão ameaçadas, e é preciso buscar o antídoto. Assim, nossos heróis partem em uma arriscada e incrível viagem pelo Mar de Monstros, localizado nas coordenadas 30-31-75-12: uma referência ao Triângulo das Bermudas. Lá, enfrentam seres fantásticos e muitos perigos e situações inusitadas, que põem à prova seu heroísmo e sua herança – quando Percy irá questionar se ser filho de Poseidon é uma honra ou uma terrível maldição. Combinando fatos contemporâneos com mitologia, fantasia com erudição, O Mar de Monstros diverte, encanta e ensina pais e filhos. Best-seller da Veja

It's 1971, but for Claire Joyce and girls’ basketball, it might as well be 1871. Stilted rules (three-bounce dribbling, two roving players for full-court games, and uniforms that include bloomers) set their play unfairly apart from the boys’ basketball Claire’s older brother John has trained her in. Basketball is the only constant in Claire life, and as she enters her teen years the skills she’s cultivated on the court—passing, shooting, and faking—help her guard against the chaos of an alcoholic mother, an increasingly violent younger brother, and the downward spiral her beloved John soon finds himself unable to climb out of. Deeply cut from the cloth of the Catholic Church, Brooklyn’s working class, and the limited expectations her world has for girls, Claire strives to find a mirror that might reflect a different, future self. Then Title IX bounces on the scene. Suddenly, girls’ basketball becomes explosive, musical, passionate, and driven—and if Claire plays it just right, it just might offer a full ride to a previously out-of-reach college. Sunday Money follows Claire as she narrates her way through 1970s Brooklyn, hustling on and off the court and striving to break free of the turmoil in her home and the rulebook “good” girls are supposed to follow.

Buku besar ini ditulis dengan mengusung segumpal “semangat dekonstruksi-kritis” yang berjuang memperkaya wacana ideologi dalam sebuah refleksi bahasa. Thompson berupaya mengeksplorasi aspek-aspek lain penggunaan bahasa yang selama ini diabaikan oleh beberapa perspektif linguistik dan filsafat bahasa. Dengan cara membangun interrelasi antara bahasa dan ideologi, Thompson sepenuhnya menolak analisis statis terhadap bentuk-bentuk kalimat dan sistem tanda yang telah mapan, serta lebih memasuki bentuk ekspresi-ekspresi pemberian makna dan tindakan, yang dari situ sejarah diproduksi dan kehidupan sosial dikembangkan. Analisis ideologi semacam ini meniscayakan kemampuan untuk melihat bahasa bukan sekadar sebagai struktur komunikasi dan pertunjukan, tetapi sekaligus sebagai fenomena sejarah sosial yang melibatkan peradaban manusia, yang darinya jugalah konstelasi ideologi berkelindan. Maka, layak saja bila analisis ideologi ini kemudian melibatkan aspek kekuasaan dan bahasa, hermeneutika, struktur percakapan, struktur gramatikal, sistem kepercayaan, proyeksi rasional, analisis wacana, hingga kemelut rasionalisasi kebenaran. Analisis ideologi ini kian dikukuhkan dengan ketajaman komparasi Thompson terhadap beberapa tokoh penting ideologi, seperti Giddens, Ricouer, Gouldner, Seliger, hingga Habermas. Sangat wajar kalau karya ini dijadikan referensi wajib dalam studi ilmu-ilmu sosiologi, antropologi, politik, dan humaniora pada umumnya.

Tradisi lisan kantola adalah salah satu bentuk sastra lisan yang berasal dari masyarakat Muna, Sulawesi Tenggara. Kantola adalah sebuah permainan yang melibatkan dua kelompok yang saling berbalas pantun dengan irama dan nada tertentu. Kantola biasanya dimainkan pada saat acara adat, keagamaan, atau festival budaya. Lirik kantola mengandung makna-makna yang berkaitan dengan perasaan, pengalaman pribadi, dan dimensi kemasyarakatan. Kantola juga merupakan media ekspresi dan komunikasi antara masyarakat Muna dengan budaya-budaya lain, seperti Bali dan Lombok. Kantola memiliki bentuk syair yang mirip dengan soneta, tetapi tidak terikat oleh aturan sajak maupun jumlah baris. Kantola diturunkan secara lisan dari generasi ke generasi dalam lingkungan klan atau marga. Tradisi lisan kantola merupakan warisan budaya yang perlu dilestarikan dan dikembangkan agar tidak punah akibat pengaruh budaya modern. Kantola merupakan pernyataan perasaan dan pendapat seseorang, yang disampaikan secara santun, sesuai dengan budaya masyarakat setempat. Komunikasi dengan menggunakan kantola lebih berkesan mudah dihayati, dipahami maksud serta pendapat seseorang. Kantola berfungsi sebagai alat untuk mempertahankan kecermatan berbahasa. Hal ini akan menumbuhkan sikap penghargaan terhadap orang lain dan sikap malu untuk berbuat kesalahan. Dalam masyarakat tradisional, yang masih menjunjung tinggi nilai-nilai adat yang berlandaskan pada tradisi, sikap malu merupakan dasar yang paling hakiki dalam kehidupan masyarakat.

A Guide To Starting A Profitable Worm Farming Business The demand for worm compost is rapidly increasing as part of driving environmental sustainability and as fertilizers for the plants and soil. In light of this among many other reasons, venturing into a business like worm farming is the ideal thing to do. This book is for you if: - You are completely new to worm farming and want to know everything about it. - You already have an idea of what worm farming is about and want to increase your knowledge of the business. - You are looking for a new profitable agricultural business to venture into. - You are looking for productive ways to recycle your kitchen waste materials and food scraps. - You want to know how worm farming is profitable and more ways to make money as a worm farmer. In this book, I carefully explain worm farming and the business aspect in the simplest terms possible with the necessary tips and secrets to help your worm farm to thrive as a worm farmer. The Worm Farming Business Handbook gives a detailed and informative guide on: • The importance of worm farming • Types of worms for worm farming, their attributes, and which is most widely used • Planning your worm farm vis-à-vis getting your worm, setting up your worm bin, feeding your worms, troubleshooting worm bin issues, maintaining your worm bin, etc. • Methods of harvesting worm compost • Worm farming FAQs • Transforming your worm farming hobby into a profit-making venture And so much more! So, what more are you waiting for? Ready to get started? Get a copy of this book RIGHT NOW

“Tetapi apa yang kita ‘cutat’ dari Kalam Allah dan Sunnah Rasul itu? Bukan apinya, bukan nyalanya, bukan flame-nya, tetapi abunya, debunya, asbesnya.” (Ir. Soekarno) “Umat Islam terlalu menganggap fiqh itu satu-satunya tiang keagamaan. Kita lupa, atau kita tidak mau tahu, bahwa tiang keagamaan ialah terutama sekali terletak di dalam ketundukan kita punya jiwa kepada Allah. Kita lupa bahwa fiqh itu, walaupun sudah kita saring semurni-murninya, belum mencukupi semua kehendak agama Islam. Maka benarlah perkataan Halide Edib Hanum, bahwa Islam di zaman akhir-akhir ini ‘bukan lagi pemimpin hidup, tetapi agama pokrol-bambu’. Janganlah kita kira diri kita sudah mukmin, tetapi hendaklah kita insyaf, bahwa banyak di kalangan kita yang Islamnya masih Islam Sontoloyo!” (Ir. Soekarno) Sebuah buku besar warisan presiden pertama kita, yang sangat relevan, akan selalu relevan, dengan realitas dan pergumulan wacana keislaman kita hari ini.

Buku Pendidikan Islam dalam Keluarga: Studi Psikologis dan Sosiologis Masyarakat Multi Agama Desa Suro Bali yang ditulis oleh Dr. Idi Warsah, M. Pd.I ini mencoba memberikan secercah harapan dalam mempelajari betapa pentingnya mendalami psikologi dari sudut agama Islam. Hasil penelitian mengetengahkan tentang: Pendahuluan: latar belakang masalah, fokus masalah, rumusan masalah, tujuan penelitian, kontribusi penelitian; Tujuan Pustaka: landasan teori, studi kepustakaan, kerangka konseptual; metode penelitian: pendekatan penelitian, jenis penelitian, subjek penelitian, teknik pengumpulan data, teknik analisis data; hasil penelitian dan penutup. Selamat membaca dan mengkaji!

Lulu and the Ant: A Message of Love Lulu and the Dark: Conquering Fears Lulu and Willy the Duck: Learning Mirror Work These three stories were written to help today’s child grow up with a strong sense of self-esteem and courage. As adults, we sometimes forget that children have many more issues to deal with than we did when we were their age. They’re constantly being put into the position of making choices, and are steadily being barraged with news about the critical state of the world. How children handle these issues is a direct reflection of how they truly feel about themselves. The more a child loves and respects him- or herself, the easier it will be to make the right choice.

Sosiologi termasuk salah satu cabang dari ilmu-ilmu sosial. Sebagai bidang ilmu yang mempelajari masyarakat, sosiologi berfungsi menganalisis berbagai gejala sosial. Ilmu ini baru berkembang dan diakui eksistensinya sekitar akhir abad ke-19. Meskipun demikian, pemikiran tentang masyarakat telah dikenal sejak berabad-abad sebelumnya, dan terus berkembang hingga kini. Hal ini tentu tidak terlepas dari peran dan kontribusi para tokohnya. Buku ini mengulas profil dan pemikiran para tokoh sosiologi terkemuka dari seluruh dunia, sejak masa klasik hingga era modern. Tentu saja hal tersebut sangat menarik untuk memberikan pemahaman awal mengenai konsep-konsep dasar sosiologi. Tidak hanya itu, karya-karya para tokoh juga diulas secara ringkas guna mendorong ketertarikan Anda memahami pemikiran mereka secara lebih komprehensif. Segera miliki buku ini untuk mempelajari pokok-pokok penting ilmu sosiologi langsung dari tokoh-tokohnya. Selamat membaca!

44 ausserordentliche Lebensgeschichten In seinem Buch aus der Wissen-Reihe begegnet Globi vielen bekannten, historischen und eigenwilligen Persönlichkeiten aus der Schweiz wie etwa Georges de Mestral, der Erfinder des Klettverschlusses, oder Susanna Karolina Faesch, die den beru ̈hmten Ha ̈uptling Sitting Bull besuchte. Auch trifft Globi auf den Milchschokoladen-Erfinder Daniel Peter, auf die geheimnisvolle Heilerin Emma Kunz, auf den Liedermacher Mani Matter oder auf die Operndiva Lisa della Casa. Porträtiert werden insgesamt 44 Menschen, die beeindrucken, die mutig waren und ihre Ideen auch gegen alle Widrigkeiten umgesetzt haben. Menschen, die auf weite Reisen gingen, Dinge erfunden haben, die wir heute noch benutzen, oder Wege geebnet haben fu ̈r ihre Nachkommen. Globi ist manchmal mitten drin und erzählt die Lebensgeschichten lebendig und einfühlsam für die Kinder nach.

PROGRAMACION WEB Full Stack 1 - Ecosistema Web Desarrollo frontend y backend - Curso Visual y Práctico Aprendeás: HTML5 / CSS3 / Diseño UI con CSS / Introducción a JavaScript / JavaScript orientado a objetos / Integración de HTML5 y JavaScript / Formularios web / Multimedia y APIs / CSS Avanzado / Diseño web responsive / Sitios multiplataforma con Bootstrap / PHP y MySQL / Webs dinámicas con Ajax y PHP / Buenas prácticas: análisis, tests y optimización / Fundamentos del ecosistema mobile / Jquerymobile: la web móvil / Funcionalidades extendidas en mobile web / Potenciando la faceta full stack / Webapps y plataformas amigables / Versionando el desarrollo: GIT y Github ¿Por qué aprender PROGRAMACIÓN WEB FULL STACK? Porque desde cero, y sin ningún conocimiento previo, este curso te enseña a diseñar un simple sitio que luego transformaremos en uno dinámico, interactivo y responsivo, conociendo y aprovechando las últimas tecnologías de desarrollo. A lo largo de 24 fascículos, repletos de ejemplos, ejercicios y explicaciones visuales, aprenderás tanto los lenguajes y tecnologías frontend como backend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, JQuery y más. ¡Son varios cursos en uno solo!

Buku “Konsep Dasar Geometri & Pengukuran Tingkat Sekolah Dasar” adalah sebuah buku yang membahas tentang materi atau cabang matematika yang ada di SD/MI yang semuanya dicakup dalam tiga belas bab pembelajaran. Dalam buku ini dijelaskan mulai dari konsep dasar geometri kesebangunan, bangun datar & bangun ruang beserta pengubinan (pengukuran). Selain itu, buku ini juga banyak menyajikan contoh-contoh soal HOTS matematika dalam bentuk esai yang berkaitan dengan materi sebagai bahan evaluasi. Hal ini bertujuan agar guru dan calon guru sekolah dasar dapat mengaplikasikan konsep dasar yang diberikan secara optimal untuk menghasilkan pemahaman yang lebih mendalam. Buku ini sangat direkomendasikan bagi mahasiswa PGMI/PGSD serta guru atau calon guru dalam mempelajari bagaimana cara untuk menyampaikan konsep dasar dalam pembelajaran geometri dan pengukuran agar anak dapat berpikir kritis dan dapat menyelesaikan setiap masalah matematika dalam kehidupan nyata secara tepat. Tentunya langkah pertama yang diambil adalah pemahaman konsep materi itu sendiri. Oleh karena itu, buku ini hadir untuk membantu guru dan calon guru sekolah dasar dalam mengkaji materi-materi dasar dalam geometri dan pengukuran yang ada di SD/MI.

Bila disebut kata “shalat”, siapa yang tidak mengenalnya? Setiap hari, paling tidak lima kali, kita melaksanakannya. Tapi, tahukan Anda sejak kapan ibadah harian ini diperintahkan? Apakah shalat hanya dilaksanakan oleh umat Muhammad saja atau sudah dilaksanakan oleh umat terdahulu? Bila ditunjukkan Al-Qur’an, pasti setiap kita akan mengenalinya. Sejak dari kecil kita telah mempelajarinya. Saat dewasa, kita tak pernah berhenti membacanya. Pun, ketika kita sudah tua. Tapi, tahukah Anda bahwa saat diturunkan kepada nabi Muhammad, Al-Qur’an belum menggunakan tanda baca. Dan, saat ini ada 7 cara baca kitab suci umat Islam ini. Bila ditanyakan tentang masjid, dengan mudah siapa pun kita akan mampu menjawab dan menunjukkannya. Bukan saja kita sering melihatnya, tapi kita juga sering beraktivitas di rumah ibadah umat Islam ini. Tapi, Tahukah Anda masjid apa yang pertama kali dibangun? Apakah di zaman Nabi sudah ada mihrab dan menara? Semua pertanyaan-pertanyaan tersebut akan dikupas tuntas buku ini. Asal usul ibadah, sumber hukum ibadah, dan tempat ibadah diuraikan dari Ahingga Z. Insya Allah, ibadah kita pun bukan sekadar dilaksanakan, apalagi ikut-ikutan. Tapi, kita melaksanakannya dengan penuh kesadaran dan berdasarkan pengetahuan. Buku persembahan Republika Penerbit [Republika, bukurepublika, Penerbit Republika]

Florent est maintenant ado et l’écoanxiété qui a marqué ses jeunes années s’est muée en un brûlant désir d’action. Il y a un monde à sauver, après tout. Mais porté par sa passion et par son intransigeance devant le laisser-aller de sa société à l’égard de l’urgence climatique, ne court-il pas le risque de moins bien prendre soin de sa petite sœur adorée, de ses mamans qui s’inquiètent, de lui-même ?

We are pleased to present the revised edition of the series Foundation Mathematics for Primary Classes (Books 1-5}. This series is based on the latest curriculum prepared and recommended by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. The new curriculum for Classes 1 to 5 is designed to ensure that children build a solid foundation in mathematics by connecting and applying mathematical concepts in a variety of ways. This curriculum aims to develop a number of mathematical skills and processes among children. Main objectives of teaching and learning mathematics at primary level are to : • Develop the mathematical thinking and problem solving skills and apply these to formulate and solve problems. • Acquire the necessary mathematical concepts and skills for everyday life, and for continuous learning in mathematics and related disciplines. • Develop the necessary process skills for the acquisition and application of mathematical concepts. • Create love and interest towards mathematics. • Make effective use of a variety of mathematical tools in the learning and application of mathematics. • Reason logically, communicate mathematically, and learn cooperatively and independently. The present series has been developed and designed keeping the above objectives in mind. This child-friendly series teaches Mathematics in such an interesting and comprehensive manner that even an average child has no difficulty in grasping the fundamental concepts of Mathematics. The Salient Features of this Series are : • A graded and spiralling approach, keeping in mind the age and level of understanding of the student. • Eye-catching illustrations and child-friendly layout to kindle the imagination of the child and create an interest in the subject. • Each chapter begins with the heading Let Us Recall, which refreshes the concepts learnt in the previous class. • The fact box Remember highlights the important points. • Concept detailing helps in conceptual understanding that refers to grasp of ideas. • Interactive exercises help in kids participation. This level of engagement makes it easier for kids to retain information. • Value Based Questions are meant to inculcate moral values in the children. • Review Exercise at the end of each chapter checks the retention capacity and the level of understanding of the students. • Assignments under the heading Mental Matbs not only enhance the mathematical and calculation skills of the students but also fortify the concepts already learned. • Let's Play introduces games that improves critical thinking, problem solving, interaction and collaboration with peers. • Maths Lab Activities are meant to learn mathematical concepts through various activities. • Two Model Test Papers, one for Half Yearly Examination and other for Annual Examination have also been added in each book. It is hoped that the series will meet the requirements of the students, teachers and parents alike. Suggestions and constructive criticism for the improvement of the books would be highly appreciated. -The Publishers

As Seen on CBC WINNER of the Junior Juries Award and Judges Special Award – KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards 2024 SHORTLISTED for The Oscar's Book Prize 2024 SHORTLISTED for the UKLA Book Awards 2024 The Hare-Shaped Hole is a beautiful, touching and poignant picture book that gently explores themes of grief and loss. Hertle and Bertle were always a pair, though one was a turtle and one was a hare. They were utterly buddies, and best friends forever, and whenever you looked, you would find them together... until quite unexpectedly... the end came. When Hertle disappears for good, Bertle can only see a Hertle-shaped hole where his friend should be. He pleads with it, get angry with it, but the hole still won't bring his Hertle back. It seems like hope is lost... until Gerda the kindly bear finds him. She explains that he must fill the hole with his memories of Hertle. And slowly... Bertle begins to feel a little bit better. Powerful and moving text from children's author and poet John Dougherty is paired perfectly with warm illustrations from the wonderfully talented Thomas Docherty, in a thoughtful and sensitive approach to this difficult topic. This moving picture book will be loved and treasured by children and adults alike. With kids, it can be used to start a gentle conversation about death and grief. And as a gift for a grieving friend, it’s the ideal gesture. Anyone who has lost a pet or loved one will be comforted by Bertle’s journey to acceptance and reassured by the fact that, eventually, things do get better.

El presente texto desarrolla los contenidos de los dos módulos profesionales de Gestión y Logística del Mantenimiento de Vehículos y de Técnicas de Comunicación y de Relaciones, del Ciclo Formativo de grado superior en Automoción, de la familia profesional de Transporte y Mantenimiento de Vehículos, establecido por el Real Decreto 1796/2008, de 3 de noviembre, de enseñanzas mínimas para dicho título. Los contenidos se desarrollan a partir de los fundamentos del trabajo en un taller, necesarios para entender posteriormente su funcionamiento, los componentes que los integran y las operaciones de mantenimiento y reparación más habituales. En esta segunda edición se han actualizado tanto la normativa como los textos, así como el material gráfico y las actividades para adecuarlos aún más, si cabe, a la actual dinámica del sector, cuya evolución es continua. Las unidades ofrecen casos prácticos y actividades propuestas, así como cuadros de información adicional o importante, entre otros. También incluyen un resumen final de la teoría que se complementa con útiles enlaces web y variadas actividades finales para evaluar y afianzar lo aprendido. Asimismo, se incorpora un gran número de fotografías, imágenes y esquemas para facilitar la comprensión del texto. Cada unidad está estructurada de manera que el aprendizaje sea progresivo, por lo que aquellas iniciales son básicas y, a medida que se avanza, su nivel va aumentando para alcanzar los conocimientos necesarios del módulo. Estas características hacen que este libro sea un documento imprescindible tanto para estudiantes de grado superior o universitario como para profesores, profesionales y aficionados del sector de la automoción.

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“Generasi baru muslim telah lahir dari rahim sejarah, tanpa kehadiran sang ayah, tidak ditunggui saudara-saudaranya. Kelahirannya bahkan tidak terdengar oleh muslim yang lain.” Mereka adalah generasi baru yang kini bermekaran dalam satuan-satuan lain, seperti Negara, bangsa, daerah, partai, ormas, kelas usaha, dan sebagainya. Pengetahuan agama mereka bukan dari lembaga konvensional, seperti masjid, pesantren, atau madrasah, melainkan dari sumber anonym, seperti kursus, seminar, buku, majalah, kaset, CD, VCD, internet, radio, dan televisi. Banyak yang tercengang melihat fenomena ini. Seperti halnya banyak agamawan yang tidak sanggup melihat gejala-gejala modern sehingga gagal memahami makna kesenjangan structural, atau para pelaku KKN(korupsi, kolusi, dan nepotisme) berjubah keshalihan. Berbagai kecenderungan baru Islam di Indonesia dewasa ini---termasuk lahirnya generasi muslim tanpa masjid--- dieksplorasi secara tajam oleh Kuntowijoyo dengan suatu metode yang disebutnya strukturalisme transcendental. (Di bagian awal, Kunto menjelaskan panjang-lebar mengenai metode tersebut). Inilah jurus paling baru Kunto dalam memahami sekaligus menerapkan ajaran-ajaran Islam dalam konteks kekinian.

"Você sabe quais foram os momentos geológicos decisivos que transformaram a Terra em um planeta habitável? A vida se originou na Terra ou foi trazida no interior de cometas ou asteroides de outros mundos fora do sistema solar?" Este livro conta histórias sobre a Terra, o único mundo conhecido onde a vida existe e evolui há pelo menos 13,8 bilhões de anos a contar do Big Bang. Como mirando as janelas para o passado, a paleontologia se debruça sobre os fósseis para lançar luz sobre acontecimentos de vida e morte, explosões de gigantesca magnitude, quedas brutais de temperatura, enormes movimentos tectônicos e climáticos, e recomposições que se sucederam ao longo de um período de eons e eras, bilhões e milhões de anos, em que, se comparado ao período de 24 horas, o Homo sapiens habitaria seus últimos segundos. Os dinossauros fazem parte da história do mundo e recebem neste livro um tratamento especial, pois viveram no intervalo mais vibrante da evolução geológica da superfície terrestre. Como esclarece o autor, "não pense que sua vida nada tem a ver com os dinossauros. Eles moldaram a evolução de seus ancestrais ao longo de milhões de anos, e por isso hoje você, e todos os outros mamíferos, gozam de uma vida sofisticada e diversa em todos os ecossistemas terrestres". Um texto atraente e instigante, em que a vida nos apresenta os protagonistas de sua evolução, assim como os momentos mais marcantes de sua trajetória até hoje. Coedição com EDUSP – Editora da Universidade de São Paulo

Permendikbud Nomor 3 tahun 2020 tentang Standar Nasional Pendidikan Tinggi (SNDikti) menyatakan bahwa kurikulum adalah seperangkat rencana dan pengaturan mengenai tujuan, isi, dan bahan pelajaran serta cara yang digunakan sebagai pedoman penyelenggaraan kegiatan pembelajaran untuk mencapai tujuan Pendidikan Tinggi. Pentingnya kurikulum dalam mencapai lulusan yang berkualitas menjadi dasar bagi APTIKOM untuk melakukan pemutakhiran Buku Kurikulum APTIKOM 2019 agar selaras dengan perkembangan zaman, tuntutan global untuk mulai menerapkan kurikulum berbasis Outcome Based Education (OBE), tuntutan ACM/IEEE 2020, dan jenjang kualifikasi KKNI/SKKNI. APTIKOM berharap buku ini dapat menjadi rujukan bagi Program Studi bidang Informatika dan Komputer di Indonesia dalam penyusunan kurikulumnya. Hasil dari kerja tim Forum Prodi APTIKOM adalah Buku Kurikulum Bidang INFOKOM Berbasis OBE/KKNI/SKKNI. Buku ini akan terus disempurnakan, seiring dengan perjalanan waktu dan kebutuhan penyempurnaan dan pemutakhiran. Untuk saat ini, Buku Kurikulum Bidang INFOKOM Berbasis OBE/KKNI/SKKNI adalah buku versi 1.0. Buku ini diharapkan dapat menjadi acuan dalam penyusunan kurikulum program studi bidang informatika dan komputer di Indonesia.

Geomorfologi merupakan ilmu yang mempelajari bentuklahan dan proses pembentukannya. Geomorfologi saat ini telah berkembang menjadi kajian keilmuan yang berperan dalam survei dan pemetaan potensi sumberdaya dan bencana serta aplikasi tematik lainnya. Kompleksitas keilmuan geomorfologi menuntut adanya bahan rujukan dan refrensi dalam memahami konsep dan teori yang mendasarinya. Geomorfologi merupakan matakuliah yang disepakati secara nasional sebagai matakuliah wajib bagi program studi Geografi baik di bawah jurusan sains (non kependidikan) maupun kependidikan. Penulisan buku ini dimaksudkan untuk menyiapkan bahan rujukan utama bagi dosen dan mahasiswa di program studi Geografi maupun program studi ilmu kebumian lainnya. Buku ini dikemas dengan contoh-contoh yang terjadi di Indonesia. Buku ini diharapkan akan mempermudah bagi dosen dan mahasiswa dalam memahami konsep geomorfologi sebagai ilmu dasar bagi pemahaman fenomena geosfer serta pemetaan potensi sumberdaya dan bencana. Buku Bagian I ini berisi empat bab yang meliputi 1) ruang lingkup dan konsep dasar geomorfologi; 2) aspek kajian geomorfologi; 3) klasifikasi bentuklahan; dan 4) terapan geomorfologi. Keempat bab tersebut merupakan dasar untuk memahami pementukan permukaan bumi dan proses-proses pembentukannya, serta kedudukan dan aplikasinya dalam kajian geografi dan ilmu kebumian pada umumnya. Buku ini merupakan dasar untuk memahami karateristik bentuklahan yang dibahas sencara lebih rinci di buku bagian II.

Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia atau World Health Organization (WHO), melaporkan adanya peningkatan data kejadian stunting secara global. Stunting merupakan masalah kekurangan gizi kronis yang menyebabkan gangguan dan kegagalan tumbuh kembang pada balita sehingga anak tumbuh terlalu pendek untuk usianya. Buku ini akan membahas persiapan Kehamilan Sehat untuk mencegah Stunting pada 1000 Hari Pertama Kehidupan (HPK). Pencegahan stunting ini dapat dimulai sejak bayi masih di dalam kandungan hingga usia dua tahun. Dengan kata lain, periode 1000 Hari Pertama Kehidupan (Golden Age) merupakan waktu yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk memberikan perhatian khusus karena menjadi fase penentu tingkat pertumbuhan fisik, kecerdasan, dan produktivitas seseorang di masa depan. Dengan adanya buku ini diharapkan dapat menjadi rujukan untuk menciptakan generasi anti stunting sehingga anak-anak bisa tumbuh dengan baik secara fisik maupun mental.

Welcome to Colombia - home of the artistic capital city of Bogotá, coffee plants, and the tallest palm trees in the world! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversized scenic photos draw in readers as they learn about Colombia's history, government, major cities, land features, natural resources, culture, and more! Maps, a timeline with photos, and fun facts complement the text. The book closes with a facts page including Colombia's population and total area, as well as images of the country's flag and currency. Students will find valuable report information while exploring Colombia! Table of contents, glossary with phonetic spellings, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

A breathtaking look at the most beautiful of all the planets with its magnificent rings and moons. From School Library Journal: "An introduction to the planet and its major satellites. Despite the strength of the text, it is the color photos that steal the show, highlighting [the] planet’s exotic beauty in much the same way that black-and-white photography accented the moon's starkness. In all, a delightful coupling of sound exposition with dazzling illustrations.” Newly Updated 2012.

A Grammar Series That Uses the Functional Approach KEY FEATURES ● Functional approach to grammar teaching, using exemplars to illustrate the usage before defining the structure and rules ● Vocabulary taught through language-in-use to build the learners’ vocabulary through use rather than memorisation of rules ● Contemporary topics to inculcate 21-century skills amongst learners ● Use of literature to help learners understand how grammar is used in text ● A comprehension section comprising texts from different genres so that learners may relate grammar to different types of works produced in English ● Phonics in Grades 1 and 2 to teach the very basis of language ● Uniquely stylised illustrations ● Activities such as puzzles, crosswords, word grids and games to aid the facilitator in using the concept of ‘flipped classroom’ ● Periodic tests to help the learners self-assess the acquisition of concepts ● Digital component to cater to a technology-driven classroom DESCRIPTION: My Blue Book of Grammar is a course that has been conceptualized and designed keeping in mind the increasingly dynamic role of the English language in today’s world. Especially in our country, where English serves as the lingua franca, a grammar course has to offer not only an exposition of the pedagogy but also the exhibition of the utility of that pedagogy. The aim of a grammar series should be to encourage the development of competency amongst learners, even though their proficiency levels may vary. While the level of exposure to English of all learners may be different, a grammar series should aid in the development of a certain level of confidence amongst the learners, with the end result being that they are able to converse without hesitation in English. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN ● Understand grammar concepts ● Learn how to use different vocabulary concepts taught through language-in-use ● Learn 21-century skills ● Develop deeper understanding of and appreciation for literature ● Have clearer pronunciation through a better understanding of phonics WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR: School students of Grades 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS GRAMMAR 1. Compound–Complex Sentences 2. Ellipsis 3. Compound Subject 4. Reported Speech 5. Compound Predicate 6. Coordinating Adjectives 7. Sentences, Fragments and Run-ons 8. Comparative and Superlative Adverbs 9. Pronoun–Antecedent Agreement 10. Active and Passive Voice 11. Commas: With Introductory Phrases; When Addressing a Person; in Dates; and in Addresses 12. Comma Splices 13. Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns 14. Linking Verbs 15. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs – Revision Test Paper 1 VOCABULARY 16. Difference Between Who and Whom 17. Formal and Informal Language 18. Compound Subject with I and Me 19. Can and Could 20. Redundancy 21. Prefixes: inter–, trans–, super– 22. Suffixes: –ent, –ant, –ous 23. Latin and Greek Roots 24. Good vs Well 25. Using Clues from the Context to Find the Meaning of the Word 26. How versus What in Exclamations 27. Positive and Negative Connotations 28. Suggestions and Requests Test Paper 2 WRITING 29. Writing a Notice 30. Narrative Poem 31. Dialogue Writing 32. Writing a Summary 33. Survey Findings Test Paper 3 COMPREHENSION 34. I Have a Dream 35. Ain’t I a Woman? 36. We Are the World 37. Thang-Ta: The Martial Art Dance of Manipur Orange Global Olympiad – English Sample Paper

Omg! Tienes que leer la saga de Retazos de Durielle!!! Nada más dar a enviar, Gael fue consciente de lo que acababa de hacer. Y es que los domingos por la tarde a veces se hacen cosas sin pensar. Y más si estás trabajando en una pastelería-gatoteca y no hay muchos clientes, ni humanos ni gatunos. Y más si tus amigas del chat Bravas Bravísimas no paran de escribir, tu teléfono no para de pitar y estás al borde de la taquicardia. Y mucho más si la recomendación es para Bruno Brukish. Bruno. El de los miles de seguidores. El del tupé perfecto. El de los ojos de un azul infinito. El que, en ese mismo momento, acaba de leer tu mensaje y#

Pencak silat merupakan salah satu olahraga bela diri yang lahir dari kebudayaan bangsa Indonesia yang saat ini sudah tersebar ke seluruh penjuru dunia sebagai bentuk aktivitas dalam peningkatan kesegaran jasmani yang dikemas dalam bentuk gerakan seni dan aktivitas fisik. Pencak silat merupakan salah satu olahraga pendidikan dan olahraga prestasi yang sudah dipertandingkan mulai dari tingkat daerah sampai pada kejuaraan internasional. Buku ini kami tulis berdasarkan hasil pengamatan dan pengalaman di bidang olahraga terutama pada cabang olahraga pencak silat sehingga dapat digunakan oleh masyarakat umum. Buku ini menjelaskan bagaimana cara melakukan dan mengaplikasikan gerakan dasar pencak silat, mulai dari sikap penghormatan, sikap siap, sikap jongkok, sikap jengkek, sikap jatuh, sikap duduk, kuda-kuda, tangkisan, tendangan, dan peraturan pencak silat. Semoga buku sederhana ini dapat memperkaya wawasan pengetahuan dan menjadi referensi dalam pembelajaran olahraga pencak silat terutama bagi siswa/mahasiswa, pelatih, pembina, dan pecinta olahraga serta masyarakat umum yang ingin mengenal olahraga pencak silat secara menyeluruh.

Matematika adalah salah satu mata pelajaran yang terpenting di setiap jenjang pendidikan. Maka dari itu setiap siswa diharuskan mampu memahami setiap tahap dari pelajaran matematika yang harus ditempuh. Materi yang paling dasar dalam matematika di sekolah dasar salah satunya adalah operasi hitung bilangan. Dibutuhkan ketelitian serta berfikir secara cermat untuk memperoleh hasil yang tepat. Banyaknya kesulitan serta minimnya referensi membuat peneliti mengembangkan bahan ajar ensiklopedia operasi hitung bilangan cacah.

FIRST AID AND HEALTH: 1. FIRST AID: INTRODUCTION 2. DEALING WITH AN EMERGENCY AND RESUSCITATION 3. RECOVERY POSITION AND TOP-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT 4. HYGIENE AND HAND WASHING AND FIRST AID KIT 5. FIRST AID TECHNIQUES 6. FIRST AID RELATED WITH RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 7. FIRST AID RELATED WITH HEART, BLOOD AND CIRCULATION 8. WOUNDS AND INJURIES 9. FIRST AID RELATED WITH BONES, JOINTS, MUSCLE RELATED INJURIES 10. FIRST AID RELATED WITH NERVOUS SYSTEM AND UNCONSCIOUSNESS 11. FIRST AID RELATED WITH GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT 12. FIRST AID RELATED WITH SKIN AND BURNS 13. FIRST AID RELATED WITH POISONING, BITES AND STINGS 14. FIRST AID RELATED WITH SENSE ORGANS 15. EMERGENCIES AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES AND WORK PLACE 16. BASIC SEX EDUCATION, URINARY SYSTEM, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND PUBERTY 17. PREGNANCY, CHILD BIRTH AND EMERGENCY CHILD BIRTH 18. MISCARRIAGE, ABORTION, BIRTH-CONTROL 19. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, LGBTQ, SEX WITHOUT LOVE 20. MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID 21. MENTAL DISORDERS, ILLNESS AND FIRST AID

Príbehy päťdesiatich žien a dievčat z Čiech a Slovenska, ktoré posúvali hranice. Nenápadné ale vytrvalé rebelky bojovali za práva žien, snažili sa uplatniť v umení, športe alebo vo vede. Niektoré z nich používali aj naozajstné zbrane, no väčšina z nich len svoj hlas, svoj um, vytrvalosť. A lásku, lásku k umeniu, k ľuďom, k svojej krajine. Niektoré známe, iné zabudnuté, no všetky si zaslúžia našu pozornosť, pretože ako kvapky na kameni, krôčik po krôčiku, prešliapali cestičku tým ďalším. Bertha získala Nobelovu cenu, Ľudmila bola prvou pilotkou, Sára a Chaviva zachránili mnohé životy, Libuše navrhla skvelé hračky, Olga hľadala stratené deti, Helena vyštudovala na Sorbonne a Zuzana prekonala samú seba aj zradný Lamanšský prieliv. Nechajte sa inšpirovať známymi aj takmer zabudnutými príbehmi našich výnimočných žien a dievčat. Knihu dopĺňa slovník cudzích výrazov a prehľadná časová os, ktorá priblíži spletitú históriu Čiech a Slovenska za posledných stopäťdesiat rokov aj prekážky, ktoré naše hrdinky museli prekonať. Kniha vznikla v spolupráci viac ako štyridsiatich žien z Čiech a Slovenska a nájdete v nej texty od deviatich autoriek a takmer tridsiatky ilustrátoriek. Aj ony sú kvapkami, ktoré za sebou zanechávajú výraznú stopu.

Este libro desarrolla los contenidos de los módulos profesionales de Operaciones Básicas en Restaurante y de Servicios en Restaurante y Eventos Especiales del Ciclo Formativo de grado medio de Servicios en Restauración, así como del módulo profesional de Procesos de Servicios en Restaurante del Ciclo Formativo de grado superior de Dirección de Servicios de Restauración, pertenecientes a la familia profesional de Hostelería y Turismo. Operaciones básicas y servicios en restaurante y eventos especiales ofrece información útil y contenidos secuenciados de manera lógica para favorecer el aprendizaje que abarcan los siguientes temas: la restauración; seguridad y prevención en el área de servicio de alimentos y bebidas (APPCC); preparación de material, equipos y mobiliario, y realización del montaje de mesas; atención al cliente; ejecución de operaciones en el servicio de alimentos y bebidas en sala; servicio de elaboraciones culinarias y eventos especiales; elaboración de platos a la vista del cliente y realización de trinchados, racionados y desespinados. En esta nueva edición se han actualizado y ampliado los contenidos de la obra, que se presentan de forma clara, sencilla y atractiva, con apoyo de gráficos, esquemas, tablas e imágenes que facilitan su comprensión. También se ofrecen mapas conceptuales al final de cada unidad y una amplia batería de Cuestiones y Actividades finales que ayudan a los alumnos a repasar, fijar y ampliar los conocimientosadquiridos. Al mismo tiempo, esta obra puede servir como manual de consulta tanto para profesionales del sector como para nuevos emprendedores que comienzan su actividad en el mundo de la restauración con la apertura de nuevos establecimientos, ya que les ofrece una valiosa información sobre dotaciones de materiales y equipamiento, procesos organizativos y de desarrollo, etc., para prestar el mejor servicio a sus clientes. Por todo ello, se trata de una herramienta utilísima e imprescindible tanto para alumnos y profesores como para cualquier profesional interesado en profundizar en los temas que se desarrollan.

Buku ini memberikan konfirmasi tentang jumlah bahan galian industri yang terdapat di Indonesia. Menurut penulisnya, Indonesia masih memiliki jumlah bahan galian industri yang cukup banyak. Lebih dari itu, penulisnya membicarakan seluk-beluk bahan galian industri, mulai dari jenis bahan galian industri, teknik eksplorasi, dan eksploitasi bahan galian insdustri hingga strategi pengelolaan bahan galian industri. Ringkasnya buku ini bermanfaaat tidak hanya buat masyarakat yang berminat pada ilmu geologi, tetapi juga mereka yang ingin memberdayakan bahan galian industri sebagai komoditas ekonomi. [UGM Press, UGM, Gadjah Mada University Press]

أصبح الخيال حقيقة وتحول الذكاء الاصطناعي من مجرد خيال علمي إلى واقع حقيقي، وأصبحت هذه التكنولوجيا تحيط بنا من كل جانب، ورويدا رويدا دخلت في صناعة الدراما، وظهر التخوف من قضاء العنصر الآلي على العنصر البشري واختفاء الكثير من المهن نتيجة لهذا التقدم التكنولوجي، وأصبحت صناعة الدراما مهددة بنسبة ما، وفي مجالات عدة لا تقتصر فقط على التصوير بل تصل إلى التأليف والإخراج والتمثيل ، فيصبح الإبداع البشري هو إبداع تطبيقات الذكاء الاصطناعي، ومع ازدهار دراما المنصات الرقمية في الآونة الأخيرة ، واستخدام تطبيقات الذكاء الاصطناعي في تحليل رغبات الجمهور والتعرف على نوعية المسلسلات التي يقبل على مشاهدتها، ومدى وجود شراهة للمشاهدة من عدمه، ومع تخوف كتاب السيناريو من تقنية (GPT (Chatفي كتابة النصوص الدرامية عوضا عن الكتاب والمؤلفين، ومدى احتمالية وجود ممثلين افتراضيين يحلون محل الممثلين البشريين، ظهرت الكثير من مخاوف الخبراء والمسؤولين والنقاد الفنيين على مستوى العالم من تهديد هذه التكنولوجيا لصناعة الدراما السينمائية والتليفزيونية. وأصبح من المهم عزيزي القارئ البحث في هذه الإشكالية ودراستها، والتعرف على أراء خبراء الدراما في مصر حول تأثير تطبيقات الذكاء الاصطناعي على صناعة الدراما السينمائية والتليفزيونية ودراما المنصات، والتحديات التي تواجهها هذه الصناعة، والتعرف أيضا على أشهر الأعمال الدرامية السينمائية والتليفزيونية الأجنبية والعربية التي تناولت محور تطبيقات الذكاء الاصطناعي في مضمونها، ووجود الروبوت أو الإنسان الآلي ضمن أحداثها، بالإضافة إلى إلقاء الضوء على دراما المنصات الرقمية، ومدى استعانتها بتطبيقات الذكاء الاصطناعي، والتعرف أيضا على أراء الجمهور واتجاهاتهم نحو دراما الخيال العلمي التي تناولت استخدام البشرية لتطبيقات الذكاء الاصطناعي وخاصة الروبوت أو الانسان الآلي ، وكيف أثرت هذه الدراما على إيمان الجمهور بواقعية المضمون المقدم، وأن ما يراه على الشاشة قد يكون حقيقة في الفترة الحالية أو مستقبلًا.

In 1987, Latif Yahia was taken to Saddam's headquarters to meet Uday, Saddam's eldest son, and told that a great honour has been bestowed upon him: that because of the great likeness between them, he had been chosen to be Uday's double. For many Iraquis, it would have been the highlight of their lives, but for Latif, a peace-loving man who did not agree with Saddam's brutal regime, it was not. He refused. Following a week of torture and realising he would be killed if he continued to refuse, Latif was forced to accept the role. After a gruesome training programme during which he was made to watch over thirty films of torture, hours of tapes of Uday, and undertake a final remodelling of his appearance, Latif was deemed ready. But it was only after the final test, a meeting with Saddam himself, that Latif made his first public appearance. And so began his life as Uday's double - a life on the perimeter of the inner circle of Saddam's eldest son, a witness to the horror of his insane life of debauchery, excess and brutality, and an experience for which he almost paid with his life on more than one occasion. THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE: is the first of 3 autobiographical books chronicling Latif Yahia’s incredible life story. It vividly describes how Latif was forced to become Uday Hussein’s ‘fidai’ (body double) and gives a unique insight into the extreme extravagance and cruelty of the Saddam regime. Latif survived assassination attempts and witnessed Uday’s psychotic temper, rapes, orgy parties, torture atrocities, and sadistic murders. The book has recently been made into a highly acclaimed movie. THE BLACK HOLE: gives a fascinating account of what happened to Latif in Europe after he escaped from Iraq. How he was treated by western governments and the CIA. How Uday sought revenge on Latif and vice-versa. How he was offered a British passport by Saudis to murder a dissident and how they beheaded Latif’s Saudi princess lover. How Latif made and lost a fortune. How he strived in vain for a peaceful life and survived 4 more assassination attempts. Forty Shades of Conspiracy: brings Latif’s story right up to date by detailing his time in Ireland. His run-ins with drug-dealers, Corrupt Irish Garda officers and Irish politicians who continually denied him Irish citizenship. His despair as a beggar on the streets and the happiness he found after he met the love of his life. His reaction to Uday and Saddam’s deaths and his opinion on the current political situation in Iraq all makes fascinating reading. Book Description: In 1987, Latif Yahia was taken to Saddam's headquarters to meet Uday, Saddam's eldest son, and told that a great honour had been bestowed upon him: that because of the great likeness between them, he had been chosen to be Uday's double. For many Iraqis it would have been the highlight of their lives, but for Latif, a peace-loving man who did not agree with Saddam's brutal regime, it was not. He refused. Following a week of torture, and realising he would be killed if he continued to refuse, Latif was forced to accept the role. After a gruesome training programme during which he was made to watch over thirty films of torture, hours of tapes of Uday, and undertake a final remodelling of his appearance, Latif was deemed ready. But it was only after the final test, a meeting with Saddam himself, that Latif made his first public appearance. And so began his life as Uday's double - a life on the perimeter of the inner circle of Saddam's eldest son, a witness to the horror of his insane life of debauchery, excess and brutality, and an experience for which he almost paid with his life on more than one occasion. A note from the Author : This book was written in 1992, originally it was 1,000 pages long with even more facts and details than contained in the pages herein, because of it's size the original publisher trimmed it down to the 300 or so pages that it is today. After the fall of Saddam Hussein and his regime in 2003 the facts in this book were confirmed. Many of Uday Hussein's employees found new masters over the years since my flight from Iraq, some work for the US intelligence services, some for the UK, but no matter how they may try to discredit me and my story the facts remain and as you now know I had already put them on paper in 1992, eleven years before the regime fell. I did not have a crystal ball to know all these things, I knew them because I was there, that was my life. Uday's employees have admitted in the Western media to being Pimps for him, they also admit to working as spies against him for the US and the UK intelligence services in return for citizenship of the respective country, what I ask is this, If a man is willing to sell women to a man that he knows to be a sadist, if he is willing to sell his country and himself, is it not then conceivable that he will sell his soul and say anything for money? I have paid a high price for my refusal to co-operate with the intelligence services, the CIA in particular, after twenty years in the West I am still stateless, I cannot return to Iraq because the new Government consider me a colaborator of the Hussein regime, although while they were in oppossition to Saddam they found my book to be a useful tool against him and his regime. Saddam while in power considered me a traitor. I do not regret my decision to leave Iraq or write my story, but I have not found the Western governments to be as open and democratic as they were portrayed to us in the Middle-East. In my search for a new counry to call home, I have found that those whose story is a fabrication are given the protection of the state as they are no threat, money is their only goal in life so they will not rock the boat', while I, who have an opinion and voice it openly (that is probably my biggest problem) am ignored, refused and while not told to leave am not made especially welcome either, I am tolerated. I do not nor did I ever seek fame, I have not made money from my story and if I do it will go to charity. It amuses me how the tables turn, when Saddam was in power my book was held up in the US Congress and given as a reason for Saddam's removal, now that Saddam is gone those that once used my story for their benefit have tried to denounce me, I have been interviewed by the world's biggest and best names over 1,800 TV, Print and Radio, journalist's who do their research and know who to ask for opinion, the old guard who took pride in their work and valued their reputation. While there are still some true journalists out there many work to order if their editor wants a specific story they make it, true or not, there is no oversight. Although it was never my intention, this book has been used as propaganda for the War on Iraq, my intention when I wrote it was to open the eyes of the world to the horrors and atrocities committed by the regime and to spur the Iraqi people into action. It will always disturb me that the Iraqi people never had a chance to participate in The Arab Spring and depose Saddam and his regime themselves, It may be a very different place today if they had had the chance to do so. Best regards to all, Latif Yahia .

Apakah anda pernah mempertanyakan bagaimana bahasa memengaruhi cara kita berpikir dan memandang dunia? Buku ini merupakan karya mendalam yang menjelajahi dimensi kompleks bahasa dan perannya dalam membentuk pemikiran, identitas, dan masyarakat. Karya ini mengundang pembaca untuk mempertanyakan asumsi tentang bahasa dan menggali makna sejati di balik kata-kata. Dengan pendekatan yang mendalam dan kontemporer, buku ini cocok bagi mahasiswa, peneliti dan akademisi, pecinta filsafat dan bahasa, serta siapa saja yang ingin memperluas wawasan tentang bahasa dan pemikiran.

Agama Islam yang disampaikan oleh Allah Swt kepada manusia melalui Rasul-Nya Nabi Muhammad Saw, kini telah berusia lima belas abad yang tersebar luas dalam berbagai kawasan yaitu kawasan pengaruh kebudayaan Arab (Timur Tengah, Afrika Utara, dan Spanyol Islam), kawasan pengaruh kebudayaan Persia, kawasan pengaruh kebudayaan Turki, kawasan pengaruh kebudayaan Islam India, kawasan Afrika Selatan, Afrika Tengah, dan kawasan Asia Tenggara Kawasan Asia Tenggara terdiri dari sebelas negara dengan ibu kotanya (1) Indonesia: Jakarta; (2) Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur; (3) Thailand: Bangkok; (4) Vietnam: Hanoi; (5) Philipina: Manila; (6) Kamboja: Phomn Phen; (7) Singapura: Singapura; (8) Myanmar: Birma; (9) Laos: Vientiane; (10), Brunei Darussalam: Bandar Sri Begawan; (11) Timor Leste: Dili Hasil kajian dalam buku Sejarah Islam Asia Tenggara ini dapat diketahui bahwa perkembangan Islam di kawasan Asia Tenggara tidak merata; sebagian berpenduduk Asia Tenggara mayoritas Muslim, seperti Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam dan Malaysia, sedangkan sebagian yang lainya berpenduduk minoritas Muslim, seperti Vietnam, Laos, Kamboja, Filipina, Thailand, Singapura, dan Timor Leste Kajian lain dalam buku ini diketahui bahwa agama yang pertama kali berkembang di Asia Tenggara adalah agama Budha pada masa kerajaan Melayu Sriwijaya di Sumatra sekitar abad ke-7&ndash;11 M Pengaruh kebudayaan Budha ke dalam bahasa dan budaya masyarakat Melayu begitu banyak Kemudian agama Hindu pada masa Kerajaan Majapahit (abad ke-13 dan ke-15) yang berpusat di Jawa juga punya andil besar dalam mengembangkan agama Hindu, sehingga mampu menyatukan wilayah Nusantara dalam satu kekuasaan Abad ke-13 M, mulai muncul persentuhan antara penduduk Asia Tenggara dengan pedagang Muslim Arab, Persia dan India, lalu terjadi proses Islamisasi berjalan dengan mulus, lewat beberapa saluran, antara lain, melalui pernikahan dan perdagangan, pada akhirnya lahirlah kerajaan Islam pertama, yaitu Kerajaan Samudra Pasai di Aceh Raja pertama kerajaan ini adalah al-Malikul Saleh, sedang rajanya yang terkenal adalah Sulthan Iskandar Muda dan Sulthan Iskandar Tsani Maka Islam mulai berkembang di Asia Tenggara mulai abad ke-13 M tersebar ke sebagian wilayah Nusantara setelah tumbangnya Kerajaan Sriwijaya dan Majapahit Kemudian, Islam menjadi kekuatan politik di Nusantara sejak memasuki pada abad ke-15 M.

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #19: Abe Lincoln at Last!, they had lots of questions. What was it like to grow up in a log cabin? How did Lincoln become president? What was his family like? Why did the US fight the Civil War? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet common core text pairing needs. Did you know that there’s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures Have more fun with Jack and Annie at MagicTreeHouse.com!

Four young men in a tiny lifeboat brave a dreadful storm to save dozens of lives in this illustrated chapter book adaptation of the New York Times bestseller The Finest Hours. On the night of February 18th, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has even seen, two oil tankers off the shore of Cape Cod are torn in half by the force of the seas. For the men on board, survival seemed impossible. What follows is a harrowing Coast Guard rescue in a tiny lifeboat, where four young heroes beat the odds and bring more than thirty stranded sailors to safety. The True Rescue chapter book series is full of fast-paced, uplifting stories that put newly independent readers in the middle of the action. Don't miss another pulse-pounding book in the series: A Storm Too Soon (Chapter Book edition).

L'amore per la lettura può nascere in tanti modi. Anche grazie all'ascolto. Ilhami è in prima media e ogni settimana deve leggere un libro e poi riassumerlo in classe. È un bel problema perché se c'è una cosa che detesta è proprio la lettura. Un giorno entra per gioco in una vecchia cabina telefonica abbandonata da un circo, si porta la cornetta all'orecchio, e una strana voce inizia a raccontargli una storia. La mattina dopo in classe ripete la storia che ha sentito, fi ngendo che sia di un misterioso scrittore cinese. Il successo ottenuto lo spinge a continuare. Ma da dove viene la voce che gli parla al telefono? Ed esiste davvero lo scrittore Yuan Huan o è una voce registrata? Il libro è nella IBBY Honour List 2022. Titolo originale: Yuan Huan' ın kulübesi © 2019, Tudem Eğitim Hizmetleri San. Tic. AŞ 1476/1 Sok. No:10/51 Alsancak-Konak/İZMİR. Traduzione di Maria Chiara Cantelmo.Emons © 2024 Emons Italia S.r.l. Illustrazioni di Zülal Öztürk. Per l'audiolibro: © 2024 Emons Italia S.r.l.

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'An intricate and brilliantly written psychiatric perspective on the most perplexing of crimes' Kerry Daynes, author of The Dark Side of the Mind 'Beautifully written and very dark' Nimco Ali OBE 'Whodunnit' doesn't matter so much, not to a forensic psychiatrist. We're more interested in the 'why'. In his twenty-six years in the field, Richard Taylor has worked on well over a hundred murder cases, with victims and perpetrators from all walks of life. In this fascinating memoir, Taylor draws on some of the most tragic, horrific and illuminating of these cases - as well as dark secrets from his own family's past - to explore some of the questions he grapples with every day: Why do people kill? Does committing a monstrous act make someone a monster? Could any of us, in the wrong circumstances, become a killer? As Taylor helps us understand what lies inside the minds of those charged with murder - both prisoners he has assessed and patients he has treated - he presents us with the most important challenge of all: how can we even begin to comprehend the darkest of human deeds, and why it is so vital that we try? The Mind of a Murderer is a fascinating exploration into the psyche of killers, as well as a unique insight into the life and mind of the doctor who treats them. For fans of Unnatural Causes, The Examined Life and All That Remains. MORE PRAISE FOR THE MIND OF A MURDERER: 'A fascinating insight into what drives criminality - and a punchy polemic against mental-health service cuts' Jake Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph 'A fascinating, well-written and compelling account of the mental state in homicide' Alisdair Williamson, TLS 'A dark, fascinating and often surprising glimpse into the minds of those who kill, from a forensic psychiatrist who's seen it all' Rob Williams, writer of BBC's The Victim 'An excellent, engaging and honest book, full of interesting, powerful and important observations' Alison Liebling, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Cambridge

Many of those who emigrated from the Caribbean to the UK after World War II left behind partners and children, causing the break-up of families who were often not reunited for several years. Elaine Arnold examines the psychological impact that immigration had on these families, in particular with relation to attachment issues.

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgments. Part One: Early Days. Part Two: Heyday. Part Three: Themes. Part Four: Legislation. Part Five: Epilogue. Index. Originally published in 1961. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

La famille par son fonctionnement et son idéologie, peut devenir le lieu d'éclosion de hautes capacités symbolisantes, mais également le lieu de production de la folie: le délire pour lequel la famille consulte a une fonction, celle de canaliser en un seul l'égarement général et permettre ainsi à la famille d'éviter le démembrement. Ce livre relate une expérience clinique de vingt ans en cure type, mais également avec des familles, des groupes, et des couples.

This edited volume applies the excellent work done in Crew Resource Management (CRM) in the aviation industry to training teams in other organizations. CRM is not only a design for training, but it also has been evaluated over time and shown great success. This lesson should be transferred to other nonaviation settings, and this book was written wi

Self-organization and clinical psychology signals the advent of a new paradigm in psychology. Physicists, neuroscientists and individual and grouptherapists have joined forces to elucidate the new and exciting advances that are being achieved by applying the concepts of non-linear dynamics and self-organization to the human nervous system and the mind.

Targeting boredom as an emotion that drives ADHD behaviours, this book presents a range of practical suggestions for treating boredom alongside ADHD for patients and clients ranging from young children to older adults. These can then be incorporated into schoolwork, jobs, relationships and everyday life to improve overall concentration and mood.

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Although researchers have long been aware that the species-typical architecture of the human mind is the product of our evolutionary history, it has only been in the last three decades that advances in such fields as evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, and paleoanthropology have made the fact of our evolution illuminating. Converging findings from a variety of disciplines are leading to the emergence of a fundamentally new view of the human mind, and with it a new framework for the behavioral and social sciences. First, with the advent of the cognitive revolution, human nature can finally be defined precisely as the set of universal, species-typical information-processing programs that operate beneath the surface of expressed cultural variability. Second, this collection of cognitive programs evolved in the Pleistocene to solve the adaptive problems regularly faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors--problems such as mate selection, language acquisition, cooperation, and sexual infidelity. Consequently, the traditional view of the mind as a general-purpose computer, tabula rasa, or passive recipient of culture is being replaced by the view that the mind resembles an intricate network of functionally specialized computers, each of which imposes contentful structure on human mental organization and culture. The Adapted Mind explores this new approach--evolutionary psychology--and its implications for a new view of culture.

This acclaimed clinical guide and widely adopted text has filled a key need in the field since its original publication. Nancy McWilliams makes psychoanalytic personality theory and its implications for practice accessible to practitioners of all levels of experience. She explains major character types and demonstrates specific ways that understanding the patient's individual personality structure can influence the therapist's focus and style of intervention. Guidelines are provided for developing a systematic yet flexible diagnostic formulation and using it to inform treatment. Highly readable, the book features a wealth of illustrative clinical examples. New to This Edition *Reflects the ongoing development of the author's approach over nearly two decades. *Incorporates important advances in attachment theory, neuroscience, and the study of trauma. *Coverage of the contemporary relational movement in psychoanalysis. Winner--Canadian Psychological Association's Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Scholarship

The product of a lifetime of research and reflection, Transcending Fear is Brian Germain's most important work. The book addresses the most significant challenge of human kind to date: the process of recognizing and moving beyond fear. In an age in which fear has literally brought our world to the brink of destruction, understanding why we contract in fear and how we can go beyond this instinctive reaction is essential for our survival as a species.As a World Champion skydiver, test pilot and psychologist, Brian Germain offers a unique personalized perspective on the phenomenon of fear. Reflecting on his many intense experiences with fear, Brian sorts through the most current psychology research on fear, and presents the ways to de-escalate the emotional response in provocative situations.The fundamental premise of the book is simple: Fear makes us stupid. If we are to transcend the limitations imposed by a contracted perspective, we must develop our ability to remain calm. Specific methods for relaxing in dangerous situations are covered in detail, as well as scientific evidence to support the reasons for this unusual and powerful approach to dealing with fear.

Now featuring a new introduction by Dr. M. Scott Peck, the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the classic bestseller The Road Less Traveled, celebrated by The Washington Post as “not just a book but a spontaneous act of generosity.” Perhaps no book in this generation has had a more profound impact on our intellectual and spiritual lives than The Road Less Traveled. With sales of more than seven million copies in the United States and Canada, and translations into more than twenty-three languages, it has made publishing history, with more than ten years on the New York Times bestseller list. Written in a voice that is timeless in its message of understanding, The Road Less Traveled continues to help us explore the very nature of loving relationships and leads us toward a new serenity and fullness of life. It helps us learn how to distinguish dependency from love; how to become a more sensitive parent; and ultimately how to become one’s own true self. Recognizing that, as in the famous opening line of his book, “Life is difficult” and that the journey to spiritual growth is a long one, Dr. Peck never bullies his readers, but rather guides them gently through the hard and often painful process of change toward a higher level of self-understanding.

Can science explain powerful human emotions such as love and happiness? Or, are these emotions something more than the action of biochemicals and electrical impulses? Science is constantly uncovering the mysteries of our nature, but we are uneasy about submitting our most intimate feelings to its scrutiny. Religion tells us that God is love but neuroscience counters with love as a well-timed trickle of transmitters and hormones. In the 21st century, is it necessary to discard our traditional beliefs of a loving God in favor of dopamine? With doctorates in both mathematics and theology, Kevin Sharpe explores these notions and asks the question, Has Science Displaced the Soul? Unflinching in facing these issues, Sharpe provides a clear and current summary of the discoveries of science and what our spiritual traditions still have to offer in the ongoing effort to understand our deepest urges. He confronts serious unanswered questions. How can the Divine direct a random process like evolution? How can we reconcile the big bang with creation out of nothing? Does it make sense to claim that the non-biological Divine shares in human purposes and desires? Sharpe's solution is controversial since it requires that we demolish and reconstruct some of our most trusted conceptions. By examining the ways in which scientific and religious claims can be harmonized, he offers a radical and powerful interpretation of love and happiness in the divine context.

A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains—but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. The latest scientific research, now making headlines, supports what many have long intuited—that traumatic experience can be passed down through generations. It Didn’t Start with You builds on the work of leading experts in post-traumatic stress, including Mount Sinai School of Medicine neuroscientist Rachel Yehuda and psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score. Even if the person who suffered the original trauma has died, or the story has been forgotten or silenced, memory and feelings can live on. These emotional legacies are often hidden, encoded in everything from gene expression to everyday language, and they play a far greater role in our emotional and physical health than has ever before been understood. As a pioneer in the field of inherited family trauma, Mark Wolynn has worked with individuals and groups on a therapeutic level for over twenty years. It Didn’t Start with You offers a pragmatic and prescriptive guide to his method, the Core Language Approach. Diagnostic self-inventories provide a way to uncover the fears and anxieties conveyed through everyday words, behaviors, and physical symptoms. Techniques for developing a genogram or extended family tree create a map of experiences going back through the generations. And visualization, active imagination, and direct dialogue create pathways to reconnection, integration, and reclaiming life and health. It Didn’t Start With You is a transformative approach to resolving longstanding difficulties that in many cases, traditional therapy, drugs, or other interventions have not had the capacity to touch.

This time, you will say what needs to be said, in the right moment! · Would you like to be respected and heard? · Do you want to be more assertive in dialogues? · Are you afraid to tell the truth and end up with a rejection, or a negative reaction? · Do you want to have more emotional intelligence? All difficult people are just people, and knowing the fundamental aspects of brain functioning and emotions, facilitates the development of more tense and hostile conversations. You no longer need to "run away" from the inevitable, knowing that you will be psychologically and emotionally safe with these argumentative "powers". By discovering what happens in the brain during the confrontation, you will know how to act in each unpleasant situation, leading the other side to realize that they cannot move forward with hostility. This work translates the complexity of neuroscience into easy-to-understand ideas, and give extraordinary skills to face this "hulk" of dialogues. Communication is not just a "game", where one wins and the other loses, it is a human achievement that deserves to be respected and used with maximum lucidity. After all, what does neuroscience reveal so that we know how to deal with even difficult people, such as insecure people, passive aggressive people and other people who make us waste energy and time? Learn how to keep your brain from overloading, using precious cognitive resources just to defend yourself in these situations. By reading this book you will have a bonus, getting your intelligence never compromised again.

Edição atualizada para uma nova geração de líderes. “O livro de desenvolvimento pessoal mais bem-sucedido de todos os tempos. Carnegie nunca foi tão relevante.” – The Times "Os princípios deste livro só funcionam quando são de coração. Não estou defendendo um conjunto de truques. Estou falando sobre um novo estilo de vida." – Dale Carnegie Esta nova edição traz mudanças que atualizam a obra de Dale Carnegie, enquanto preserva a autenticidade do texto original. Partindo do princípio de que é preciso se interessar genuinamente pelos outros, Carnegie ajudou milhões de pessoas a se sentirem mais seguras, abertas e confiantes em seus encontros sociais e profissionais. Conheça algumas das habilidades que você vai aprender com este livro: • comunicar-me com mais diplomacia • aumentar sua capacidade de realizar tarefas • fazer com que as pessoas gostem de você • melhorar sua capacidade de persuasão • tornar-se uma liderança mais eficaz • sair-se bem em qualquer situação social

Mais de 1 milhão de exemplares vendidos. "Elaine Aron sugere novos caminhos para tornar a sensibilidade uma benção, não uma desvantagem. Uma leitura obrigatória." – Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D., prêmio Nobel de Psicologia “Chorei em quase todas as páginas deste livro. Dizer que ele mudou minha vida seria um eufemismo. Serei eternamente grata a Elaine N. Aron.” – Alanis Morissette, cantora, compositora e ativista Após anos de estudos para compreender o próprio comportamento, a pesquisadora e psicóloga Elaine N. Aron se tornou pioneira ao identificar a alta sensibilidade como um traço de personalidade inato – muitas vezes confundido com fraqueza, timidez ou mesmo “frescura”. Você se sente angustiado quando há muita confusão à sua volta? Precisa de um tempo sozinho para se reestruturar depois de um dia corrido? É afetado pelo humor das outras pessoas? Fica atordoado com luzes intensas e ruídos altos? Tem uma ligação forte com música ou arte? Então é provável que você seja uma Pessoa Altamente Sensível. Neste livro, você vai descobrir que ser altamente sensível tem a ver com uma capacidade maior de absorver estímulos externos e internos. Isso pode deixar você sobrecarregado com mais facilidade, mas também lhe permite ser mais intuitivo, criativo, produtivo e empático. Trazendo estudos de casos, testes de autoavaliação, exercícios práticos e técnicas para aumentar sua autoconfiança, este livro vai ajudar você a abraçar suas características únicas, lidar com a agitação ao seu redor e usar a sensibilidade a seu favor.

Nos han enseñado a creer que tenemos una única identidad y a sentir miedo o vergüenza cuando no podemos controlar las voces internas que no coinciden con el ideal de lo que creemos que deberíamos ser. Sin embargo, las investigaciones del Dr. Richard Schwartz ponen en entredicho esta teoría de la «mente única». «Todos nacemos con muchas submentes o partes» dice el Dr. Schwartz. «Estas partes no son imaginarias o simbólicas. Son individuos que existen como una familia interna dentro de nosotros, y la clave de la salud y la felicidad es honrar, comprender y amar cada parte.» Con No hay partes malas, aprenderás por qué la terapia IFS ha sido tan eficaz en áreas como el trauma, las adicciones y la depresión, y cómo esta nueva comprensión de la conciencia tiene el potencial de cambiar radicalmente nuestras vidas. Elogios dedicados a No hay partes malas «Un regalo colosal: transformador, compasivo y sabio. Estas enseñanzas sencillas y magníficas te abrirán la mente y te liberarán el espíritu y el corazón». JACK KORNFIELD, PHD autor de A Path with Heart «La terapia de sistemas de familia interna (IFS), y el conocimiento de que todos albergamos partes valiosas, que se ven obligadas a adoptar roles extremos para lidiar con el dolor y la decepción, ha sido uno de los grandes progresos en la terapia del trauma. Comprender el papel que han desempeñado en nuestra supervivencia y ser capaces de soltar los traumas originales lleva a la autocompasión y a la armonía interior. Saber que todas nuestras partes son bienvenidas es absolutamente revolucionario y abre una vía a la autoaceptación y el autoliderazgo. La IFS es una de las piedras angulares de una terapia del trauma eficaz y duradera». BESSEL VAN DER KOLK, MD autor de El cuerpo lleva la cuenta «En esta obra minuciosa y de lectura muy agradable, el doctor Richard Schwartz articula e ilustra hábilmente su modelo de sistemas de familia interna, una de las terapias más innovadoras, intuitivas, exhaustivas y transformadoras que han surgido este siglo». GABOR MATÉ, MD autor de In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

Although pathological gambling has been a field of study and treatment for over forty years, its story has remained unwritten. That is until now. Brian Castellani is the first to write a book on its history and its medicalization. Although pathological gambling has been a field of study and treatment for over forty years, its story has remained unwritten. That is until now. Brian Castellani is the first to write a book on its history and its medicalization.

1914 में, सिगमंड फ्रायड ने पहली बार एक विकार के विचार की शुरुआत की, लेकिन उस अवधारणा को लगभग 50 साल पहले तक आधिकारिक नहीं बनाया गया था। अब, narcissism सोशल मीडिया, ब्लॉग और ऑनलाइन क्विज़ पर एक लोकप्रिय चर्चा है। लेकिन अहंकार वास्तव में क्या है और आप कैसे जानते हैं कि आप किसी के साथ रिश्ते में हैं? इससे भी महत्वपूर्ण बात यह है कि अगर आपको पता चलता है कि आप एक narcissist से जुड़े हैं, तो क्या खतरे हैं, आप अपनी रक्षा कैसे करते हैं, और आप कैसे बचते हैं? किसी व्यक्ति में narcissistic लक्षण प्रदर्शित करने वाले और वास्तविक NPD या Narcissistic व्यक्तित्व विकार से पीड़ित व्यक्ति के बीच बहुत बड़ा अंतर है। इसके अलावा, अन्य विकार एनपीडी के समान लग सकते हैं। हम आपको दिखाएंगे कि क्या देखना है ताकि आप अंतर बता सकें। Narcissism में: Narcissistic व्यक्तित्व विकार को समझना, हम यह पता लगाएंगे कि कैसे एक narcissist बन जाता है, और उस व्यक्ति के साथ क्या होता है जो अचानक उन्हें सहानुभूति से लूटता है-एक विशेषता जो सीधे हमारी मानवता से जुड़ी होती है। हम मादक द्रव्य की विभिन्न श्रेणियों को उजागर करेंगे, हल्के और आम तौर पर हानिरहित से लेकर चरम, घातक प्रकार तक—जिससे आप विशेष रूप से एक बड़ी दूरी बनाए रखना चाहते हैं। यह पुस्तक उन लोगों के लिए विशेष रूप से सहायक हो सकती है जो पहले से ही एक narcissist के साथ रिश्ते में हैं, क्योंकि यदि आप या आपके कोई जानने वाले हैं, तो यह निर्धारित करना मुश्किल हो सकता है कि वास्तविक क्या है और विनाशकारी मनोवैज्ञानिक और भावनात्मक दुर्व्यवहार के क्षण के बाद पल-पल गढ़ा गया है! हम यह भी कवर करेंगे कि क्या करना है और कैसे एक narcissist दीर्घकालिक से निपटने की बहुत मुश्किल प्रक्रिया को नेविगेट करना है, पूर्व पति के साथ माता-पिता के लिए, narcissists के वयस्क बच्चों के लिए, या जिनके परिवार में एक narcissist है। आप अपने आप को या किसी प्रियजन को एक narcissist के शिकार होने से कैसे बचा सकते हैं? नार्सिसिज़्म: नार्सिसिस्टिक पर्सनालिटी डिसऑर्डर को समझना आपको आत्मकेंद्रित, भावनात्मक शोषण के विनाशकारी परिणामों से बचने के लिए आवश्यक ज्ञान प्राप्त करने में मदद कर सकता है। आप सीखेंगे कि यह निर्धारित करने के लिए क्या देखना है कि क्या कोई वास्तव में एक संकीर्णतावादी है। इससे पहले कि वे मुड़ें और व्यवस्थित रूप से आपको, आपके अहंकार, आत्मविश्वास और सभी को तोड़ दें, और सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात यह है कि आप सीखेंगे कि कैसे एक narcissist की शक्ति से बचने और उपचार शुरू करने के लिए आप सीखेंगे। बेहतर जीवन की दिशा में प्रक्रिया, पुनर्निर्माण, पुनः सीखने और अपनी ताकत, विवेक और स्वयं की भावना को बहाल करने के लिए उपकरणों और समर्थन का उपयोग करना। विभिन्न प्रकार और उप-प्रकार की संकीर्णता के बीच अंतर को समझें, जिनमें से सबसे खतरनाक हैं। एक आसन्न जहरीले रिश्ते के लाल झंडों को पहचानना सीखें और कैसे एक संकीर्णतावादी आपको अपने झूठ के जाल में खींचने के लिए कुछ भी करेगा। आत्मकेंद्रित परिवारों और बच्चों पर उनके प्रभावों के साथ-साथ बच्चे बाद में जीवन में दुर्व्यवहार से कैसे निपट सकते हैं, इस पर करीब से नज़र डालें। अपनी वास्तविकता और अपनी विवेक के साथ भावनात्मक रूप से अपमानजनक रिश्ते को नेविगेट करना सीखें, जब तक कि आपके पास इससे बचने का मौका न हो। एक संकीर्णतावादी कैसे सोचता है और कैसे काम करता है, इस पर एक आंतरिक नज़र डालें। एक स्वस्थ रिश्ते और संभावित रूप से जहरीले रिश्ते के बीच अंतर को समझें। अन्य व्यक्तित्व विकारों और संकीर्णतावाद के बीच के अंतरों को जानें, और आत्मसंतुष्टता आमतौर पर स्थायी होने पर किसी को कैसे उगाया जा सकता है।

Cuốn sách giúp bạn thấu hiểu bản thân mình và tâm lý những người xung quanh! Được chấp bút bởi bậc thầy tâm lý hàng đầu Trung Quốc Khương Nguy. Tâm lý học theo chủ nghĩa hành vi phát triển đến đỉnh cao vào những năm 1920 của thế kỷ XX tại Mỹ, giữ vị trí chủ đạo trong lĩnh vực tâm lý học trong suốt ba mươi năm sau đó tại đất nước này. Không chỉ là một bộ môn khoa học trong phòng thực nghiệm, mà quan trọng hơn, những lý luận của tâm lý học hành vi giúp con người tự nhìn nhận bản thân, tự điều chỉnh tâm lý, đồng thời thông qua hành vi để nắm bắt và thấu hiểu tâm lý, đồng thời thông qua hành vi để nắm bắt và thấu hiểu tâm lý của những người xung quanh. Hành vi chính là tấm gương phản chiếu tâm lý của con người, qua đó, chúng ta tự soi chiếu bản thân, học cách chung sống hòa thuận với chính mình, bên cạnh đó cũng có thể hiểu rõ người khác và thiết lập mối quan hệ tốt đẹp trong xã hội. Khi mỗi người trong chúng ta đều học được cách trực tiếp đối diện với bản chất thật sự trong tâm hồn, vậy việc trở thành người thầy cho chính mình cũng không còn là mơ ước xa vời nữa. *** Tâm lý học hành vi của Watson có thể coi là một đòn chí mạng, lật đổ những quan điểm tâm lý học truyền thống thời bấy giờ. Mặc dù đời sống cá nhân của ông gây ra nhiều tranh cãi, nhưng không thể phủ nhận sự thật rằng ông đã đạt được những thành tựu mang tính khai phá, góp phần thúc đẩy tâm lý học phát triển lên một tầm cao mới. Nếu trường phái tâm lý học theo chủ nghĩa chức năng lấy ý thức làm đối tượng nghiên cứu, thì tâm lý học hành vi lại hướng mục tiêu nghiên cứu vào hành vi của con người, từ đó bù đắp những điểm chưa thỏa đáng trong lý luận của các trường phái tâm lý học đi trước, điển hình là việc chỉ đơn thuần chú trọng vào ý thức bên trong mà thiếu tính thực tiễn để áp dụng vào đời sống. Tâm lý học hành vi đã đưa tâm lý học từ thế giới chủ quan sang thế giới khách quan, nhấn mạnh sức ảnh hưởng lớn của hoàn cảnh bên ngoài đối với con người, và khẳng định những kết quả chúng ta gặt hái được trong tương lai đều bắt nguồn từ rất nhiều thói quen của ngày hôm nay. Những lý luận về tâm lý học hành vi của Watson góp phần thúc đẩy ngành tâm lý học trở thành một ngành khoa học tự nhiên chính thống, đồng thời có tầm ảnh hưởng lan tỏa suốt hơn nửa thế kỷ. Đó chính xác là những lý luận đi đầu trong ngành tâm lý học đương thời. Tâm lý học hành vi có nhiều phát hiện mang tính đột phá, bao gồm cả một số quan điểm mở rộng trên phương diện giáo dục trẻ nhỏ. Tuy vẫn tồn tại một số hạn chế không tránh khỏi và lý luận về mối liên hệ “kích thích - phản ứng” còn mang tính phiến diện, nhưng xét trên một mức độ nào đó, tâm lý học hành vi vẫn khiến trường phái tâm lý học nghiên cứu về ý thức gặp phải trở ngại nhất định. Đương nhiên, cùng với việc xã hội ngày càng văn minh tân tiến, tâm lý học hành vi rồi cũng phải đối mặt với vấn đề về sự chuyển giao giữa cũ và mới. Nhưng kể cả vậy, chúng ta vẫn không thể phủ nhận những cống hiến của nó cho sự phát triển ngành tâm lý học nói chung, và dù thế nào thì ở nó vẫn luôn có những điều mà chúng ta có thể soi chiếu và học tập. Cuốn sách này tổng hợp những lý luận về tâm lý học hành vi của Watson, cố gắng gửi đến độc giả hệ thống tư tưởng một cách hoàn chỉnh nhất, nêu lên những điểm then chốt trong luận thuyết của ông, đồng thời liên hệ với cuộc sống thực tiễn để nghiệm chứng tính hợp lý trong đó. Sau mỗi phần, chúng tôi đều tổng hợp lại những phương thức có tính ứng dụng thực tiễn để bạn đọc hiểu rõ tâm lý thông qua hành vi của con người. Để độc giả không cảm thấy khó hiểu và nhàm chán bởi những thuật ngữ mang tính học thuật khô khan, chúng tôi cố gắng sử dụng cách nói gần gũi và dễ hiểu nhất có thể, hy vọng cùng với việc lan tỏa kiến thức mang tính hàn lâm thì ngôn từ mang tính phổ thông sẽ giúp các bạn thưởng thức cuốn sách một cách thoải mái nhất. Nếu qua đây độc giả tìm thấy sự chỉ dẫn và trợ giúp có ích trong đời sống, vậy cuốn sách này cũng coi như hoàn thành trọn vẹn nhiệm vụ của nó rồi. Cuốn sách này không tránh khỏi nhiều thiếu sót, kính mong quý độc giả thông cảm và góp ý. *** Mời các bạn đón đọc Tâm Lý Học Hành Vi của tác giả Khương Nguy & Phi Tường (dịch).

The founder of the Diamond Approach to Self-Realization examines narcissism through a spiritual lens, presenting it as our greatest barrier to understanding our truest self In this book, the author explores the underlying spiritual understanding of narcissism. He presents a detailed map of the steps involved in working through barriers that prevent us from recognizing the most essential nature of our true identity. “Almaas is one of the most significant voices for a new and remarkably integrated spiritual vision. His work connects the personal, the universal, the psychological and the spiritual not as pieces put together, but as the inseparable mandala of the sacred that we are. I respect his work to the highest degree and commend it to anyone interested in living the life of the spirit.” —Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., author of After the Ecstasy, the Laundry

A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness “Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring—and a riveting read. Hare and Woods have written the perfect book for our time.”—Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of Nudge For most of the approximately 300,000 years that Homo sapiens have existed, we have shared the planet with at least four other types of humans. All of these were smart, strong, and inventive. But around 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens made a cognitive leap that gave us an edge over other species. What happened? Since Charles Darwin wrote about “evolutionary fitness,” the idea of fitness has been confused with physical strength, tactical brilliance, and aggression. In fact, what made us evolutionarily fit was a remarkable kind of friendliness, a virtuosic ability to coordinate and communicate with others that allowed us to achieve all the cultural and technical marvels in human history. Advancing what they call the “self-domestication theory,” Brian Hare, professor in the department of evolutionary anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University and his wife, Vanessa Woods, a research scientist and award-winning journalist, shed light on the mysterious leap in human cognition that allowed Homo sapiens to thrive. But this gift for friendliness came at a cost. Just as a mother bear is most dangerous around her cubs, we are at our most dangerous when someone we love is threatened by an “outsider.” The threatening outsider is demoted to sub-human, fair game for our worst instincts. Hare’s groundbreaking research, developed in close coordination with Richard Wrangham and Michael Tomasello, giants in the field of cognitive evolution, reveals that the same traits that make us the most tolerant species on the planet also make us the cruelest. Survival of the Friendliest offers us a new way to look at our cultural as well as cognitive evolution and sends a clear message: In order to survive and even to flourish, we need to expand our definition of who belongs.

“A blistering and truly original work of reporting and analysis, uncovering America’s role in homogenizing how the world defines wellness and healing” (Po Bronson). In Crazy Like Us, Ethan Watters reveals that the most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture has not been our golden arches or our bomb craters but our bulldozing of the human psyche itself: We are in the process of homogenizing the way the world goes mad. It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of everything from movies to junk food is a well-documented phenomenon. But is it possible America's most troubling impact on the globalizing world has yet to be accounted for? American-style depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anorexia have begun to spread around the world like contagions, and the virus is us. Traveling from Hong Kong to Sri Lanka to Zanzibar to Japan, acclaimed journalist Ethan Watters witnesses firsthand how Western healers often steamroll indigenous expressions of mental health and madness and replace them with our own. In teaching the rest of the world to think like us, we have been homogenizing the way the world goes mad.

For readers of Fantasyland and Cultish, a colorful and enlightening pop history that explains why the eccentric doomsday beliefs of our Puritan founders are still driving American culture today, contextualizes the current rise in far-right extremism as a natural result of our latent indoctrination, and proposes that the United States is the largest cult of all. Since the Mayflower sidled up to Plymouth Rock, cult ideology has been ingrained in the DNA of the United States. In this eye-opening book, journalist Jane Borden argues that Puritan doomsday belief never went away; it went secular and became American culture. From our fascination with cowboys and superheroes to our allegiance to influencers and self-help, susceptibility to advertising, and undying devotion to the self-made man, Americans remain particularly vulnerable to a specific brand of cult-like thinking. With in-depth research and compelling insight, Borden uncovers the American history you didn’t learn in school, including how we are still being brainwashed, making us a nation of easy marks for con artists and strong men. Along the way, she also revisits some of the most fascinating cults in this country—including, the Mankind United and Love Has Won—presenting them as integral parts of our national psyche rather than aberrations.

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Em edição revista e ampliada, História da Psicologia representa uma das mais importantes contribuições coletivas produzidas em nosso país no domínio da psicologia, mobilizando mais de trinta autores altamente qualificados em suas áreas de especialização. Diferencia-se de outros livros com propostas semelhantes por três características de extrema relevância: 1) não considera o desenvolvimento da psicologia apenas pela linhagem norte-americana, tendo em consideração aspectos relevantes da psicologia européia (alemã, inglesa, francesa, suíça e russa); 2) não toma como ponto de partida sua fundação no laboratório de Leipzig por Wundt, mostrando uma sólida psicologia no século XVIII; 3) aponta para aspectos decisivos de cada desdobramento histórico da psicologia também em solo brasileiro, desde o período colonial. Além disso, o livro apresenta também temas pouquíssimas vezes abordados – porque não considerados como parte do campo disciplinar – em livros de história da psicologia, tais como: o pensamento das Escolas de Chicago e Frankfurt, a Psicologia marxista, as abordagens sobre as massas, etc. Por esta sua proposta de apresentar a concepção de Psicologia que circula nos corredores universitários, mas não têm correspondência em livros acessíveis aos alunos, este livro é altamente recomendado para estudantes do curso de psicologia, assim como para todos aqueles que se interessam pelos caminhos tortuosos seguidos por este campo do saber.

A “wonderfully innovative” (Jennifer Senior, New York Times bestseller All Joy and No Fun), much-needed guide for parents of people in their twenties and thirties from one of the world’s leading developmental psychologists. Your child is now an adult, but your job as a parent is far from over. Instead, your role must evolve to meet their ongoing, changing needs. But what exactly are these new needs? And why are they so different now than they were when you were a young adult? This is the first comprehensive guide written for parents whose children are in two of the most crucial decades of life. Steinberg discusses topics as various as whether you should be involved in your child’s college education, how to behave when they unexpectedly must move back home, how to state your opinion on their romantic partners, what to do when you disagree with the way they are raising their own child, and what parameters to apply if you want to give them money for a home or startup. He answers such challenging questions as: When do I express my opinion and when should I bite my tongue? How do I know if my son is floundering? Is it okay to help my daughter with her grad school application? What should I do if my kid is getting seriously involved with someone I think is dangerous? We have been helping our twenty-five-year-old financially for the last few years, but how long is too long? How can I help my adult child through a difficult psychological time? Leading psychologist Laurence Steinberg has devoted his forty-five-year career to researching parent-child relationships. Here, he provides some “must-read” (Martin Seligman, PhD, author of The Hope Circuit) principles to help parents with adult children think more intelligently about common issues, avoid minefields, weather the inevitable ups and downs, and create a stronger, happier, more effective bond with their child.

The Psychotherapist's Own Psychotherapy: Patient and Clinician Perspectives lifts a curtain that has long shrouded the intimate alliances between therapists and those of their patients who share the same profession. In this unique volume, distinguished contributors explore the multi-faceted nature of the psychotherapy of psychotherapists from "both sides of the couch." The first-person narratives, clinical wisdom, and research findings gathered together in this book offer guidance about providing effective treatments to therapist patients. Part I presents multiple theoretical positions that justify and guide the work of therapists' therapists. In Part II, eminent therapists write eloquently and intimately about their own experiences as patients. Their personal reflections offer valuable insights about what is healing and educational about psychotherapy. These narratives are followed by several chapters reviewing scientific research on therapists in personal therapy, including the first report of relevant findings from a major international survey of psychotherapists. In Part III, celebrated therapists from different theoretical orientations offer guidance on conducting therapy with fellow therapists. They reflect on the many challenges, dilemmas, and rewards that arise when two people do the same work. Their chapters offer wisdom and warnings about such issues as power dynamics, boundary maintenance, therapist self-disclosure, the termination process, and the post-termination phase of the relationship. These first-hand accounts are enhanced by research overviews on coducting personal treatment, including a new study of American therapists commissioned for the book. The Psychotherapist's Own Psychotherapy: Patient and Clinician Perspectives is an essential resource for practitioners and students of all orientations and disciplines.

Discover how a love of books can foster community, understanding, and personal growth. Bibliotherapy in The Bronx by Emely Rumble, LCSW, is a groundbreaking exploration of the healing power of literature in the lives of marginalized communities. Drawing from her personal and professional experiences, Rumble masterfully intertwines storytelling with therapeutic insights to reveal how reading can be a potent tool for self-discovery, emotional transformation, and social change. In this transformative work, Rumble offers readers an intimate glimpse into her journey as a psychotherapist in the Bronx, where she has spent over 14 years using books to help clients navigate complex emotions, heal from trauma, and find their voices. Through vivid anecdotes and real-world case studies, she demonstrates how literature can serve as a bridge between personal pain and collective healing. Rich with practical tips, reflective exercises, and book recommendations, Bibliotherapy in The Bronx is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the power of words to change lives. Whether you're a therapist, educator, bibliophile, or simply someone seeking deeper understanding and growth, this book offers a compassionate, culturally affirming guide to the transformative potential of storytelling. Rumble's work is a testament to the enduring power of books to heal, empower, and liberate. In a time when the world feels increasingly divided, Bibliotherapy in The Bronx reminds us that the stories we tell—and the stories we read—can unite us in our shared humanity.

Dieses Lehrbuch der statistischen Datenanalyse wurde speziell für Einführungskurse konzipiert und richtet sich an alle, die eine leicht verständliche Einführung in die sozialwissenschaftliche Statistik suchen. Es bezieht sich auf das Feld der Erziehungs- und Sozialwissenschaften und behandelt den Stoff nicht als inhaltsunabhängiges mathematisches Wissen.

AUDIBLE EDITOR'S PICK A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder—exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish. As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her “symptoms”--only ever labeled as anxiety-- were considered autistic and ADHD. Being a journalist, she dove into the research and uncovered neurodiversity—a framework that moves away from pathologizing “abnormal” versus “normal” brains and instead recognizes the vast diversity of our mental makeups. When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger, male populations, and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations, women often don’t learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all. As a result, potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. Meanwhile, we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer. Divergent Mind is a long-overdue, much-needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are “different.” Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism, misophonia, dyslexia, SPD and more, Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely-held misconceptions (for example, it’s not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy, they have an overwhelming excess of it). Nerenberg also offers us a path forward, describing practical changes in how we communicate, how we design our surroundings, and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish, we create a better tomorrow for us all.

Das Manual bietet eine strukturierte Anleitung zur Behandlung von Patientinnen und Patienten, die unter häufigen und belastenden Alpträumen leiden. Die Alpträume können alleine auftreten, also ohne weitere komorbide psychische Störungen, oder im Kontext anderer psychischer Störungen, wie z.B. Depressionen, Angststörungen und vor allem der Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung. Das Verfahren basiert auf der Imagery-Rehearsal-Therapie (IRT), die seit Jahren erfolgreich zur Behandlung von Alpträumen und Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörungen eingesetzt wird. Wesentliche Elemente dieses Therapieansatzes sind die Modifikation des Alptraums in einen nicht bedrohlichen Traum und die Imagination dieses neuen Traumverlaufs. Das Therapieprogramm umfasst acht einstündige Therapiesitzungen im Einzelsetting mit den Elementen Psychoedukation, Entspannung, Imagination und Alptraummodifikation. Die Alptraumtherapie kann für sich alleine durchgeführt oder auch als Zusatztherapie in eine weitere therapeutische Intervention integriert werden. Das Manual liefert eine praxisorientierte Beschreibung des therapeutischen Vorgehens. Das Programm wurde bereits erfolgreich an verschiedenen Patientengruppen durchgeführt und in seiner Wirksamkeit überprüft. Es führt zu einem deutlichen Rückgang der Alptraumhäufigkeit und der Belastung durch Alpträume. Die Neubearbeitung berücksichtigt neue Forschungserkenntnisse und enthält nun zudem ein Kapitel zur Behandlung von Alpträumen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Die im Buch erwähnten Arbeitsblätter und Audio-Dateien können nach erfolgter Registrierung von der Hogrefe Website heruntergeladen werden.

Com base em décadas de pesquisa e prática clínica, bem como na ciência cognitiva de ponta, Aaron T. Beck – criador da terapia cognitivo-comportamental (TCC) – e Bruce S. Liese apresentam uma ampla e estruturada revisão das TCCs no tratamento de transtornos por uso de substâncias e dependências comportamentais. De maneira prática, os autores explicam como desenvolver conceitualizações de caso e apoiar os pacientes para que alcancem seus objetivos de recuperação. Exemplos de casos clínicos abordam a aplicabilidade de técnicas e o desenvolvimento da aliança terapêutica, além de tópicos como estrutura das sessões, psicoeducação, entrevista motivacional, tratamento em grupo, prevenção de recaídas e outros componentes terapêuticos eficazes.

Handbook of Clinical Psychology, Volume 2: Children and Adolescents provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of clinical psychological practice for the young from assessment through treatment, including the innovations of the past decade in ethics, cross cultural psychology, psychoneuroimmunology, cognitive behavioral treatment, psychopharmacology, and pediatric psychology.

Pensar el grupo amplio es el objetivo de este texto. Allí se plasman diversos enfoques psicoanalíticos sobre el mismo, tanto como un abanico de técnicas para su abordaje. Dispositivos que pueden ser puestos a funcionar según las condiciones de la intervención y de sus objetivos. Se parte de que el Grupo Amplio adquiere, a través de diversas investigaciones, características propias que lo diferencian de lo que ocurre en el ámbito del grupo pequeño. Hay mecanismos particulares que han sido señalados y que han de tomarse en cuenta en su implementación. Un grupo amplio que siempre escapa a toda sistematización incluso para los coordinadores que intentan entender lo que ocurre en su interior. Mas allá, también se presentan intervenciones que muestran un operar en el espinoso terreno de la salud mental ocupacional y del burn-out. Así, la clínica (comunidades terapéuticas, modelo de Rattner, atención primaria), lo educacional (grupo operativo y conferencia de Leicester) y el trabajo (grupo de esclarecimiento), aparecen como campos donde el grupo amplio pareciera encontrar algunos de sus destinos. Desde la perspectiva técnica se desarrollan dispositivos como el de la experiencia acumulativa de aprendizaje, la asamblea general, el grupo operativo amplio, un modelo de psicoanálisis en grupo, un modelo de intervención multigrupal, dispositivo para trabajar las relaciones entre grupos y el grupo amplio en espiral. Completa el texto una entrevista a una pionera en el trabajo psicoanalítico con grupos en America del Sur, la Dra. Janine Puget. El Prólogo de Eduardo Acuña es de ayuda para identificar algunos contenidos originales del texto.

L’approche S’occuper des enfants (SOCEN) et sa philosophie constituent un changement majeur de perspective quant à la manière de concevoir le suivi des enfants placés, en raison du caractère novateur de sa philosophie. Ce guide de l’intervenant a été conçu pour permettre aux acteurs du système de protection de l’enfance de s’approprier l’approche et ses principes. SOCEN est une approche d’intervention axée sur le développement de l’enfant placé, qui vise à mettre en place les conditions menant à des expériences positives et valorisantes pour lui. SOCEN met également à contribution les facteurs de résilience qui permettent aux enfants d’atteindre un bon équilibre et de se développer de façon optimale. L’approche repose sur une évaluation minutieuse des besoins de l’enfant placé et du résultat des interventions visant à satisfaire ces besoins. Le Cahier d’évaluation et de suivi (CÉS) constitue l’outil d’évaluation de l’approche. Il contribue à bonifier l’élaboration et la révision des plans d’intervention, à documenter le soutien et les services reçus et à cibler les modalités d’intervention que requiert la situation particulière de l’enfant. Publié en français

The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic. The Bell Jar shocking, realistic, and intensely emotional novel about a woman falling into the grip of insanity. Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. In her acclaimed and enduring masterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther’s breakdown with such intensity that her insanity becomes palpably real, even rational—as accessible an experience as going to the movies. A deep penetration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche, The Bell Jar is an extraordinary accomplishment and a haunting American classic.

Phantom pain is an intriguing mystery that has captured the imagination of health care providers and the public alike. How is it possible to feel pain in a limb or some other body part that has been surgically removed? Phantom pain develops among people who have lost a limb or a breast or have had internal organs removed. It also occurs in people with totally transected spinal cords. Unfortunately, phantom pain is a medical night mare. Many of the people reporting phantom pain make dispropor tionately heavy use of the medical system because their severe pains are usually not treated successfully. The effect on quality of life can be devas tating. Phantom pain has been reported at least since 1545 (Weir Mitchell as related by Nathanson, 1988) and/ or experienced by such diverse people as Admiral Lord Nelson and Ambroise Pare (Melzack & Wall, 1982; Davis, 1993). The folklore surrounding phantom pain is fascinating and mirrors the concepts about how our bodies work that are in vogue at any particu lar time. Most of the stories relate to phantom limbs and date from the mid-1800s. The typical story goes like this: A man who had his leg ampu tated complained about terrible crawling, twitching feelings in his leg. His friends found out where the leg was buried, dug it up, and found maggots eating it. They burned it, and the pain stopped. Another man complained of a swollen feeling with frequent stinging or biting pains.

¿TE HAS PREGUNTADO CUÁNTAS COSAS HAS DEJADO DE HACER POR MIEDO A LO QUE PIENSEN LOS DEMÁS? ¿EN QUÉ MOMENTO EMPEZASTE A COMPLACER A OTROS Y TE OLVIDASTE DE TI? ¿TE SIENTES AGOTADO INTENTANDO AGRADAR A TODO EL MUNDO? Desde que nacemos, aprendemos a ver la vida y a nosotros mismos a través de lo que nos dicen y nos enseñan. A medida que crecemos, buscamos cada vez más la aprobación externa y, poco a poco, vamos perdiendo nuestra esencia para encajar con los demás. Descubre el poder de ser tú mismo y libérate del miedo a las críticas y al «qué dirán». Encuentra la libertad y la confianza que está dentro de ti para vivir plenamente. Con un estilo cercano y directo, María de Mondo nos vuelve a sorprender con un libro que te invita a reconectar contigo y empezar a disfrutar de la vida de una forma auténtica y alineada con tu ser. «¿Estás viviendo la vida que deseas? ¿Qué decisiones han creado la vida que tienes? ¿Qué personas han influido en el camino que has elegido? Si no nos hemos parado a pensar qué nos gusta, qué nos hace felices, con qué disfrutamos o qué nos da paz, vivimos en piloto automático, creando la vida que los demás nos han aconsejado. Si hemos buscado complacer y agradar por encima de los propios intereses, vivimos la vida que se espera que vivamos, cumpliendo expectativas ajenas». @mariademondo

'An intricate and brilliantly written psychiatric perspective on the most perplexing of crimes' Kerry Daynes, author of The Dark Side of the Mind 'Beautifully written and very dark' Nimco Ali OBE 'Whodunnit' doesn't matter so much, not to a forensic psychiatrist. We're more interested in the 'why'. In his twenty-six years in the field, Richard Taylor has worked on well over a hundred murder cases, with victims and perpetrators from all walks of life. In this fascinating memoir, Taylor draws on some of the most tragic, horrific and illuminating of these cases - as well as dark secrets from his own family's past - to explore some of the questions he grapples with every day: Why do people kill? Does committing a monstrous act make someone a monster? Could any of us, in the wrong circumstances, become a killer? As Taylor helps us understand what lies inside the minds of those charged with murder - both prisoners he has assessed and patients he has treated - he presents us with the most important challenge of all: how can we even begin to comprehend the darkest of human deeds, and why it is so vital that we try? The Mind of a Murderer is a fascinating exploration into the psyche of killers, as well as a unique insight into the life and mind of the doctor who treats them. For fans of Unnatural Causes, The Examined Life and All That Remains. MORE PRAISE FOR THE MIND OF A MURDERER: 'A fascinating insight into what drives criminality - and a punchy polemic against mental-health service cuts' Jake Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph 'A fascinating, well-written and compelling account of the mental state in homicide' Alisdair Williamson, TLS 'A dark, fascinating and often surprising glimpse into the minds of those who kill, from a forensic psychiatrist who's seen it all' Rob Williams, writer of BBC's The Victim 'An excellent, engaging and honest book, full of interesting, powerful and important observations' Alison Liebling, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Cambridge

Victor Hugo est le seul à avoir prononcé autant de condamnations ad hominem contre les magistrats de son siècle. Le XIXe siècle cherche en effet son présent et s'interroge sur son avenir. « L'homme-siècle » participe à tous ces débats et prononce ses condamnations en poète. Il croit à la puissance politique de la poésie. Le juriste et le citoyen pourront constater quels considérables changements a effectué le monde des juges depuis Hugo, mais aussi que si aucun juge ne sanctionna ces magistrats iniques, c'est la poésie qui les condamna à la plus sévère des dégradations, celle de l'Histoire.

This book explores the distinctive nature of clinical legal education in a range of global contexts. The emergence of law school-based clinical legal education has been recognised as a major innovation in modern legal education. At its best, it integrates the academic rigour of university-based learning with the practical, ethical and social justice insights that come from structured work with clients. This book examines what makes clinic different from other aspects of legal education and how it differs from experiential learning in other disciplines, particularly in its emphasis on social justice. It provides an analysis of various models that support student learning in community settings from 66 contributors across the globe. Learning goals, teaching methods, focus areas, forms of student involvement, engagement with lawyers and the challenges faced are all identified as important in giving clinical legal education its local flavour. Exploring the role of technology in clinic and the significant growth in technology-based clinics, the book reviews the ways in which clinics harness technology to serve diverse client communities and extend the global reach of clinical legal education, particularly in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This book will be of particular interest to researchers in the fields of clinical legal education and the use of emerging technologies in legal education.

This book traces the evolution of organisational activism among Muslim women in India. It deconstructs the 'Muslim woman' as the monolith based on tropes like purdah, polygamy, and tin talaq and compels the reader to revisit the question of Muslim women’s individual and collective agency. The book argues that the political field, along with religion, moulds the nature and scope of Muslim women’s activism in India. It looks at the objectives of four Muslim women’s organisations: the Bazm-e-Niswan, the Awaaz-e-Niswaan, the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan and the India International Women’s Alliance (IIWA), in close interaction with the political landscape of Mumbai. The book explores the emergence of gender-inclusive interpretation of Muslim women’s rights by Muslim women activists and challenges the dominant and reductionist stereotypes on Muslim women, community, and absolutist ideas of Islam. It argues that Muslim women are not passive victims of their culture and religion, rather they can develop a critique of their marginality and subjugation from within the community. Revisiting Muslim Women’s Activism traces the evolution of a community-centric approach in women’s activism and records a fragmented view on women’s rights from within the community and religious leadership. It also delineates the distinctiveness of this activism that considers religion and culture as resources for empowerment and as sites of contestations. Moreover, the book documents the narratives of Muslim women’s struggle and resistance from their location and lived experiences. It will be of interest to students and researchers of women’s studies, gender studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, law, and Islamic studies.

Originally published in 1951, Nigerian Land Law and Custom (now with a new preface by Olusoji Elias), the first of its kind, is an excellent comparative study of the whole system of land tenure in Nigeria. There are, of course, a few anthropological attempts, almost invariably designed as or inspired by Government Reports on some specific areas of the country, and their aim is therefore often administrative or fiscal. This book is accordingly an attempt to create a legal order out of the chaos of lay approaches and to examine and systematize, as far as possible, such principles of indigenous tenure as are discernible in available materials in the light of the growing body of case-law. This book will be of value to students and researchers of African law and custom, and of comparative jurisprudence.

Aperte os cintos, você vai entrar em uma aventura inesperada, cheia das belas paisagens e também de turbulências: O trabalho do servidor público. Este suposto conhecido quando olhado mais de perto se revela surpreendente, e revela, pari passu, nossa ignorância sobre ele. Para o servidor público, com algumas exceções, falar de saúde no trabalho é falar de saúde mental no trabalho. O trabalhador adoece com o que usa e se desgasta no trabalho. Um metalúrgico do século passado utilizava as mãos e adoecia com elas; o servidor público de hoje não corre o risco de ferimentos físicos na frente de um computador ou no atendimento de pessoas em busca de ajuda, é no cérebro e nas emoções que a alegria e o sofrimento do trabalho comparecem, é aqui, na saúde mental, que devemos buscar caminhos para um trabalho e um trabalhador mais feliz e/ou menos sofrido, sofrível. Zelar pela qualidade, melhorar a prestação do serviço público não se esgota, mas também não prescinde do olhar arguto sobre a saúde do trabalhador. Este livro traz descobertas sobre a saúde mental daqueles que são responsáveis pela nossa segurança, nossa educação e nossa saúde, lança luz sobre os males com os quais convivemos e que amiúde permanecem em silêncio: a felicidade e a dor do trabalho de quem serve à população, o servidor público. Nesta edição: - Apresentação - Prefácio Parte I - Revisão de Literatura Internacional e Nacional sobre Saúde Mental e Serviço Público - Estudos e Pesquisas sobre Saúde Mental e Trabalho no Serviço Público em Diversos Países e no Brasil Parte II - Saúde Mental do Serviço Público de uma Prefeitura Média no Brasil - Paranoia entre os Servidores Públicos de uma Prefeitura - Depressão entre os Servidores Públicos de uma Prefeitura - Histeria entre os Servidores Públicos de uma Prefeitura - Sofrimento Psicológico no Trabalho dos Cuidadores: Burnout - Auxiliares Administrativos – O Trabalho Vazio - Gerentes - Educadores - Os Educadores e seu Trabalho - Chefias - Servidores Públicos da Secretaria Jurídica - Guardas Municipais - Seguranças Patrimoniais: A Opacidade da Identidade do Trabalhador - A Gaiola de Ouro ou de como a busca do trabalho e do trabalhador certo leva ao sofrimento e à incompetência - Motoristas - Servidores públicos do serviço funerário: Os cuidadores da morte - Servente geral Parte III - Saúde Mental do Serviço Público de um Ministério do Poder Executivo Federal - O trabalho e as queixas do servidor - Comunicação: problemas em um ministério - Características e dificuldades de relacionamento com a chefia em um ministério - Atitudes do trabalhador perante o seu trabalho: comprometimento com a organização e satisfação no trabalho - Carga mental no trabalho entre os servidores de um ministério - Ser mulher trabalhando em um ministério - Significado do trabalho em um ministério - O servidor público e o seu trabalho em um ministério - A arte de não fazer: estratégias e consequências para a qualidade do trabalho e o bem-estar do trabalhador Bibliografia Apêndice – Metodologia Palavras-Chave: LTr, LTR, Editora, Jurídica, Trabalhista, Direito do Trabalho, Direito Trabalhista, Reforma Trabalhista, Direito, Processo do Trabalho, Direito Processual do Trabalho, Legislação, Doutrina, Jurisprudência, Leis, Lei, Trabalho, CLT, Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho, Livro, Jurídico, Obra, Periódico, LTRED

How does a group that lacks legal status organize its members to become effective political activists? In the early 2000s, Arizona's campaign of "attrition through enforcement" aimed to make life so miserable for undocumented immigrants that they would "self-deport." Undocumented activists resisted hostile legislation, registered thousands of new Latino voters, and joined a national movement to advance justice for immigrants. Drawing on five years of observation and interviews with activists in Phoenix, Arizona, Kathryn Abrams explains how the practices of storytelling, emotion cultures, and performative citizenship fueled this grassroots movement. Together these practices produced both the "open hand" (the affective bonds among participants) and the "closed fist" (the pragmatic strategies of resistance) that have allowed the movement to mobilize and sustain itself over time.

This book assesses the relationship between cosmopolitanism and sovereignty. Often considered to be incompatible, it is argued here that the two concepts are in many ways interrelated and to some extent rely on one another. By introducing a novel theory, the work presents a detailed philosophical analysis to illustrate how these notions might theoretically and practically work together. This theoretical inquiry is balanced with detailed empirical discussion highlighting how the concepts are related in practice and to expose the weaknesses of stricter interpretations of sovereignty which present it as exclusionary. Finally, the book looks at territorial disputes to explore how sovereignty and cosmopolitanism can successfully operate together to deal with global issues. The work will be of interest to academics and researchers in the areas of Legal Philosophy, Legal Theory and Jurisprudence, Public International Law, International Relations and Political Science.

The information society is a key issue in everyday life and a phenomenon enc- passing social, cultural, economic, and legal facettes. Currently, an information society’s legal framework is gradually crystallizing under the newly introduced term of “Internet governance”. During the last few years, intensive discussions about the contents of Internet governance have addressed manifold aspects of a possible regulatory regime. In light of the general comprehension that an international treaty structure is mi- ing and that self-regulation as a normative model does not sufce in all respects, new architectural and constitutional theories have been developed; furthermore, the international body of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) came to life. N- withstanding the available literature on IGF, however, a thorough and systematic study sheding light on the main topics of Internet governance (such as legitimacy, transparency, accountability, and participation) and on the key regulatory issues (for example critical Internet resources, access, protection of civil liberties/- man rights, realization of security, safety and privacy standards, as well as the overcoming of the digital divide) from a legal perspective is not yet at hand. The present publication aims at discussing these legal challenges. This book has benefted from many inputs and encouragements from colleagues that I am deeply grateful for. In particular, I am indebted to the very meaningful discussions and valuable support in the preparation of the publication by my - search assistants lic. iur Mirin . a Grosz and lic. iurR . omana Weber, to lic. iur.

Written and edited by the most respected authorities in forensic nursing and forensic sciences, this new edition provides the tools and concepts you need to collect evidence that is admissible in court, determine the significance of that evidence, and provide accurate, reliable testimony while administering high-quality patient care. Now in full color throughout, it remains the most comprehensive, highly illustrated text of its kind. - Provides a comprehensive, updated guide to forensic nursing science, paying special attention to the International Association of Forensic Nurses's (IAFN) goals for forensic nursing. - Retains a focus on assessment skills and the collection and preservation of evidence, following the established guidelines of the forensic sciences. Prepares you to provide testimony as a fact witness or a forensic nursing expert. Includes an illustrated case study in almost every chapter, helping you relate the information to clinical practice. - Highlights important recommendations for interventions in Best Practice boxes, including the evidence base for each. - Summarizes important points in Key Point boxes, so you can quickly review the most important concepts in each chapter. - Explores the evolving role of forensic nurses in today's health care facilities and the community. - Edited by Virginia Lynch, founding member and first President of the International Association of Forensic Nurses and Janet Barber Duval, both well-respected pioneers and educators in the field. - Contains 300 full-color illustrations integrated throughout the text, so you can view evidence quickly and easily, as it is likely to appear in practice. - Presents information on courtroom testimony and depositions in one reorganized, streamlined chapter, giving you a full, organized treatment of this extremely important topic. - Includes twelve new chapters: Digital Evidence, Medical Evidence Recovery at the Death Scene, Asphyxia, Electrical and Thermal Injury, Intrafamilial Homicide and Unexplained Childhood Death, Human Trafficking, Credential Development for Forensic Nurses, Gangs and Hate Crimes, Ethics Issues in Forensic Nursing, Forensic Physics and Fracture Analysis, Sexual Deviant Behaviors and Crime and Forensic Epidemiology. - Contains heavily revised information on Prehospital Evidence, Forensic Investigation in the Hospital, and Human Abuse and Deaths in Custody. - Features critical thinking questions with every case study, so you can thoroughly consider the implications of each clinical scenario.

This volume introduces the United Nations by considering its purposes, as stated in Article 1 of its Charter. It provides a concise history of this institution, and describes its structure, concentrating on its Funds and Programmes, Specialized Agencies, and Regional Commissions. It then splits the work into two different major sections, on the basis of topic and geographical region. The former includes the following: development, education, environment, food and agriculture, and peace and security, while the latter comprises Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. These are followed by reflective comments and concluding remarks.

Ha lo scopo di raccogliere e presentare la molteplicità di opinioni dottrinali, pronunce di Corti nazionali ed Europee, non sempre convergenti circa l’interpretazione da attribuire a un principio di profonda civiltà giuridica che nel nostro Ordinamento è racchiuso nel ristretto ambito di una norma del nostro codice di rito penale, ma di ampia applicazione a livello comunitario.

Problems of constitutional interpretation have many faces, but much of the contemporary discussion has focused on what has come to be called "originalism." The core of originalism is the belief that fidelity to the original understanding of the Constitution should constrain contemporary judges. As originalist thinking has evolved, it has become clear that there is a family of originalist theories, some emphasizing the intent of the framers, while others focus on the original public meaning of the constitutional text. This idea has enjoyed a modern resurgence, in good part in reaction to the assumption of more sweeping power by the judiciary, operating in the name of constitutional interpretation. Those arguing for a "living Constitution" that keeps up with a changing world and changing values have resisted originalism. This difference in legal philosophy and jurisprudence has, since the 1970s, spilled over into party politics and the partisan wrangling over court appointments from appellate courts to the Supreme Court. In Constitutional Originalism, Robert W. Bennett and Lawrence B. Solum elucidate the two sides of this debate and mediate between them in order to separate differences that are real from those that are only apparent. In a thorough exploration of the range of contemporary views on originalism, the authors articulate and defend sharply contrasting positions. Solum brings learning from the philosophy of language to his argument in favor of originalism, and Bennett highlights interpretational problems in the dispute-resolution context, describing instances in which a living Constitution is a more feasible and productive position. The book explores those contrasting positions, to be sure, but also uncovers important points of agreement for the interpretational enterprise. This provocative and absorbing book ends with a bibliographic essay that points to landmark works in the field and helps lay readers and students orient themselves within the literature of the debate.

This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and enquiry into, the rules of Western Australia’s (WA) system of government. The WA Constitution is not well known or understood ― or even easy to identify ― and this book provides an essential guide. It brings academic expertise and careful scholarship to the exploration of sometimes complex constitutional issues in a way that will be invaluable for those with specialist interest in constitutional law and government while also being engaging and accessible for a wider audience. In doing so, it combines authorial expertise from constitutional law and political science — something essential to a well-rounded understanding of the simultaneously legal and political nature of a Constitution.

This book investigates the causes and consequences of image-based sexual abuse in a digital era. Image-based sexual abuse refers to the taking or sharing of nude or sexual photographs or videos of another person without their consent. It includes a diversity of behaviours beyond that of "revenge porn", such as the secret trading of nude or sexual images online; "upskirting", "downblousing" and other "creepshots"; blackmail or "sextortion" scams; the use of artificial intelligence to construct "deepfake" pornographic videos; threats to distribute photographs and videos without consent; and the taking or sharing of sexual assault imagery. This book investigates the pervasiveness and experiences of these harms, as well as the raft of legal and non-legal measures that have been introduced to better respond to and prevent image-based sexual abuse. The book draws on groundbreaking empirical research, including surveys in three countries with over 6,000 respondents and over 100 victim-survivor and stakeholder interviews. Guided by theoretical frameworks from gender studies, sociology, criminology, law and psychology, the authors argue that image-based sexual abuse is more commonly perpetrated by men than women, and that perpetration is higher among some groups, including younger and sexuality minority men. Although the motivations of perpetrators vary, a dominant theme to emerge was that of power and control. The gendered nature of the abuse means that it is best understood as a "continuum of sexual violence" because victim-survivors often experience it as part of a broader pattern of gendered harassment, violence and abuse. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, law and psychology. Image-based Sexual Abuse is also an essential resource for activists, legal and policy practitioners, technology companies and victim-survivors seeking to understand the deeply complex nature of intimate-image sharing in a digital era.

"Ironisnya, semua pengorbanan masyarakat ini tak jua membuat pemerintah menyadarkan Indorayon, yang sekarang bernama Toba Pulp Lestari (TP), untuk menghargai masyarakat lokal, dan pemerintah menghentikan operasi pabrik. Sebaliknya, protes masyarakat dinilai sebagai tindakan kriminal, anarkhi, melawan pemerintah dan pembangunan, dan dihadapi secara represif dengan kekuatan birokrasi, polisi dan militer. Salah satu kasus paling mutakhir ialah penebangan pohon kemenyan milik masyarakat Pollung. Humbang Hasundutan, yang mendapat protes keras petani kemenyan. Ini menunjukkan bahwa karakter perusahaan itu sama sekali belum berubah" (Arifin Telaumbanua) "IIU/TPL merupakan wujud ideologi Neo liberalisme-kapitalisme. Kapitalisme adalah keserakahan. Selama pemerintah berkiblat ke Neo liberalisme dan kapitalisme sejauh itu juga tidak ada keperpihakan pada kesejahteraan rakyat. Kapital tidak mengenal kata cukup. Kapital bisa membayar polisi, dan pemerintah..." Setelah Kapolres, pergi kami diinterogasi oleh seorang polisi Juru Periksa (Juper). Juper itu membentak dan mencaci maki saya. 'Mentang-mentang sudah ngomong dengan Kapolres, kau pikir kau sudah hebat; karena kau mahasiswa sok hebat; gara-gara kalian saya tidak istirahat; jangan kau tengok-tengok. di mana kau taruh matamu, 'itulah antara lain kata-kata yang dilontarkan oleh Juper itu. Selanjutnya saat pemeriksaan, Juper berulang kali menanyakan kenapa saya diperiksa? Saya tetap katakan 'tidak tahu'. Akhirnya Juper itu mengatakan 'karena melanggar keterlibatan umum'," (Saurlian Siagian) "Meraka pernah melemparkan ikan mati ber ton-ton ke truk Indorayan karena merasa kesal. Masyarakat menunjukkan kepada pihak Indorayan bahwa limbahnya telah menyebabkan kematian ikan mas yang tidak sedikit jumlahnya. Tetapi, Indorayon menutup mata dan telinga, tidak peduli pada keluhan masyarakat, "ujar Ompu Tulus dengan wajah sedih dan suara bergetar (Pindo br. Sitorus) SAYA beberapa kali dipukuli aparat saat aksi. tetapi itu tidak membuat saya kapok. Sebaliknya, itulah yang mendorong saya untuk mau mendampingi petani yang ada di Prosea, yang saya lihat punya nasib yang sama dengan mahasiswa. Mereka menghadapi kekerasan Militer. Adanya kesamaan visi pribadi dan lembaga membuat saya lebih percaya diri dalam melakukan pendampingan terhadap masyarakat korban Indorayon yang menolak TPL. Kelompok korban pembangunan itu harus dibela haknya" (Surung Gunawan Simanjuntak) "Dalam sebuah dialog interaktif yang diprakarsai Bakumsu di Medan, Maret 2003, Pastor Silaen mengawali gagasannya dari nas Alkitab Perjanjian Lama; 'Berbasuhlah dan bersihkanlah dirimu, jauhkanlah perbuatan jahat dari depan mataKu, Berhentilah berbuat jahat, belajarlah berbuat baik, usahakanlah keadilan orang kejam, belalah hak-hak anak-anak yatim ... mari kita berperkara firman Tuhan, sekalipun dosamu merah seperti sirih, akan putih seperti kapur'." (Pastor Silaen)

Hukum Perdagangan Internasional merupakan ranah hukum yang cukup kompleks di mana tidak hanya berbicara mengenai prinsip hukum, tetapi juga mengenai segala prinsip yang berkaitan dengan perdagangan global Dalam hal ini, impor maupun ekspor diatur di dalamnya dengan melibatkan subjek negara-negara yang melakukan transaksi Hukum dagang inter- nasional merupakan bidang hukum yang sangat penting karena tidak ada suatu negara yang bisa hidup mandiri tanpa lepas dari interaksi dan transaksi dengan negara lain Ada kalanya suatu negara membutuhkan produk barang maupun jasa dari negara lain guna memenuhi kebutuhan negaranya Perbedaan komoditas suatu negara inilah yang memungkinkan terjadinya perdagangan atau ekspor dan impor Maka demi kelancaran suatu kegiatan dagang dalam ranah internasional, dibutuhkan hukum tertentu yang harus ditaati semua negara Substansi dari buku ini secara khusus mengkaji mengenai konsep teoretik tentang perdagangan internasional, khususnya aspek pengaturan hukum- nya, serta mampu mengambil keputusan dalam rangka penerapan ketentuan hukum perdagangan internasional yang dapat memberikan kemanfaatan bagi masyarakat serta bagi pengembangan teori di bidang hukum ekonomi internasional pada umumnya dan hukum perdagangan internasional pada khususnya Dengan hadirnya buku ini diharapkan dapat memenuhi kebutuhan atas referensi di bidang Hukum Perdagangan Internasional yang saat ini masih dirasakan sangat minim dan diharapkan juga dapat memberikan pe- mahaman kepada para pembaca betapa pentingnya hukum perdagangan internasional dalam mengantisipasi perkembangan bisnis yang semakin mengglobal.

This book offers an exciting overview of how the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism currently deals with allegations and/or evidence of fraud and corruption. It provides a detailed analysis of the legal framework under which arbitral tribunals usually operate in investment disputes involving allegations of illegality. Readers will find step-by-step examinations of the corruption and fraud arguments employed by arbitral tribunals in ten landmark ISDS cases, followed by a chapter summarizing the status quo on the topic. The final part of the book discusses the identified challenges of addressing illegality issues in investment arbitration and potential solutions, including the creation of a multilateral investment court.

In the second edition of this very successful book, Tony Sammes and Brian Jenkinson show how information held in computer systems can be recovered and how it may be deliberately hidden or subverted for criminal purposes. "Forensic Computing: A Practitioner's Guide" is illustrated by plenty of case studies and worked examples, and will help practitioners and students gain a clear understanding of: - how to recover information from computer systems in such a way as to ensure that its integrity cannot be challenged and that it will be accepted as admissible evidence in court the principles involved in password protection and data encryption - the evaluation procedures used in circumventing these safeguards - the particular legal issues associated with computer-generated evidence and how to ensure admissibility of such evidence. This edition is fully expanded and updated with treatment of metadata files, NFTS systems, CHS and LBA addressing, and alternate data streams.

Literatur Islam menyebutkan bahwa permulaan menstruasi terjadi pada Hawa setelah dikeluarkan dari surga (Asqalani: Terj. Fathul Baari Syarh Shahih Al-Bukhari). Namun Islam menolak tentang anggapan bahwa menstruasi yang dialami wanita adalah akibat dari dosa turunan yang dilakukan oleh Hawa. Tak ada satupun dalil Al-Qur'an atau Hadis yang menyebutkan demikian. Sehingga mitos yang menganggap haid merupakan wujud kenajisan tubuh perempuan tidak benar adanya (di beberapa daerah mitos kenajisan tubuh wanita karena haid masih cukup kuat. Seperti di Flores yang melarang perempuan yang sedang menstruasi untuk membuat kue karena akan menjadi tidak enak). . Darah wanita (haid, nifas, dan istihadah) merupakan peristiwa alamiah sebagai pengalaman biologis yang diberikan Allah sebagai tanda sehat dan berfungsinya organ reproduksi. Oleh sebab itu, wajib hukumnya bagi perempuan memahami tentang seluk-beluk seputar darah wanita. Baik itu pengertian, jenis, hukum, dan lain sebagainya. Bahkan para ulama memfatwakan fardhu ain bagi wanita memahaminya. . Karena begitu banyak ibadah wajib dan mubah yang mengikat ketentuan bagi wanita yang mengeluarkan darah, makan hal yang wajib pula bagi perempuan untuk mempelajari segala hal terkait aturan dan ketentuan seputar haid, nifas, dan istihadah. . Hadirnya buku ini diharapkan dapat menjadi buku pegangan dan panduan bagi para wanita dalam mempelajari haid, nifas dan istihadah. Sebab, buku ini memberikan pemahaman yang cukup lengkap mengenai haid, nifas dan istihadah. Tak cukup sampai di situ, buku ini berhasil memberikan panduan yang cukup komprehensif terkait permasalahan darah wanita yang cukup kompleks dengan penjelasan yang ringan dan padat. Selamat membaca!

Berdasarkan ketentuan Pasal 1 ayat (3) UUDNRI 1945 yang menegaskan bahwa Negara Indonesia adalah Negara Hukum. Ketentuan tersebut menuntun dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat, berbangsa dan bernegara termasuk dalam penyelenggaraan negara harus tunduk dan berpedoman pada hukum. Hukum adalah panglima yang dapat mengantarkan bangsa Indonesia mewujudkan tujuannya sebagaimana ditegaskan pada alinea ke empat pembukaan UUDNRI 1945 yakni melindungi segenap bangsa Indonesia dan seluruh tumpah darah Indonesia danuntuk memajukan kesejahteraan umum, mencerdaskan kehidupan bangsa, dan ikut melaksanakan ketertiban dunia yang berdasarkan kemerdekaan, perdamaian abadi dan keadilan social. Buku ini hadir dalam upaya memberikan pengetahuan dan pemahaman akan hakekat Negara Hukum Pancasila, dalam rangka tetap mempertahankan dan menghidupkan nilai-nilai Pancasila sebagai milik bangsa Indonesia. Selain itu, pemahaman akan hekakat negara hukum Pancasila diharapkan menjadi kontrol bagi pembentuk peraturan perundang-undangan sebagai wujud nyata negara hukum Pancasila. Dengan demikian, akan terbentuk pertama, Undang-Undang dan peraturan perundang-undangan lainnya sesuai sesuai dengan hakekat negara hukum Pancasila. Kedua, bangsa Indonesia yang peduli akan keberadaan negara Hukum Pancasila.

"Tidak dapat dipungkiri di era globalisasi saat ini pembuatan kontrak merupakan suatu keniscayaan dalam lalu lintas bisnis, baik antara individu ataupun antara badan hukum." Buku ini mengupas secara jelas dan tuntas teori dan asas perancangan kontrak, kekuatan meningkat Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) secara hukum, dan jenis akta sebagai tempat dituangkannya isi kontrak. Pengetahuan yang baik tentang kontrak & Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) tentunya dapat mencegah para pihak yang bersangkutan mencantumkan klausul-klausul dalam kontrak yang dapat menimbulkan masalah di kemudian hari. Buku ini tidak hanya ditunjukan untuk kalangan akademisi fakultas hukum, program pascasarjana kenotariatan, namun juga untuk kalangan praktisi: konsultan hukum, advokat, notaris/PPAT, staf hukum perusahaan, pegawai pada pemerintah provinsi, kabupaten/kota, maupun kalangan pebisnis dan umum, yang terlibat dengan perancangan dan pembuatan kontrak dalam kegiatan bisnisnya sehari-hari. Keistimewaan buku ini - Memberikan pemahaman secara utuh dan jelas tentang teknik perancangan kontrak & Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dalam bingkai ilmu hukum penyajian - Membuat contoh-contoh dokumen kontrak Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yang pernah dibuat, tidak hanya berdimensi nasional, tetapi juga berdimensi internasional - Merujuk pada peraturan perundang-undangan terkini dan kaidah hukum kontrak internasional

Winner of the 2023 National Book Critics Circle for Nonfiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A Washington Post best nonfiction book of 2023 | Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction “A riveting indictment of the child welfare system . . . [A] bracing gut punch of a book.” —Robert Kolker, The Washington Post “[A] moving and superbly reported book.” —Jessica Winter, The New Yorker “A harrowing account . . . [and] a powerful critique of [the] foster care system . . . We Were Once a Family is a wrenching book.” —Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice | One of Publishers Weekly's best nonfiction books of 2023 The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and a searing indictment of the American foster care system. On March 26, 2018, rescue workers discovered a crumpled SUV and the bodies of two women and multiple children at the bottom of a cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway. Investigators soon concluded that the crash was a murder-suicide, but there was more to the story: Jennifer and Sarah Hart, it turned out, were a white married couple who had adopted six Black children from two different Texas families in 2006 and 2008. Behind the family’s loving facade was an alleged pattern of abuse and neglect that had been ignored as the couple withdrew the children from school and moved west. It soon became apparent that the State of Texas knew all too little about the two individuals to whom it had given custody of six children. Immersive journalism of the highest order, Roxanna Asgarian’s We Were Once a Family is a revelation of precarious lives; it is also a shattering exposé of the foster care and adoption systems that produced this tragedy. As a journalist in Houston, Asgarian sought out the children’s birth families and put them at the center of the story. We follow the lives of the Harts’ adopted children and their birth parents, and the machinations of the state agency that sent the children far away. Asgarian’s reporting uncovers persistent racial biases and corruption as young people of color are separated from birth parents without proper cause. The result is a riveting narrative and a deeply reported indictment of a system that continues to fail America’s most vulnerable children while upending the lives of their families.

The subject of this book is the social and political meaning of constitutional texts to the detriment of their legal concretization. Focusing on the discrepancy between the hypertrophically symbolic function of constitutions and their insufficient legal concretization, it offers a critical counterpoint to constitutional theory that treats constitutional texts as a panacea to solving political, legal, and social problems. In contrast to the premises of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory regarding law and constitution in world's society, symbolic constitutionalization is approached here in both a comprehensive and far-reaching perspective. Chapter 1 sets out the debate about symbolic legislation. Chapter 2 explains the notion of symbolic constitutionalization as a problem embracing the whole legal system. Chapter 3 approaches the issue in terms of allopoiesis of law, characterizing it primarily as a problem in peripheral modernity and referring to the Brazilian experience. The final chapter discusses the tendency to a symbolic constitutionalization of world society in the scope of a paradoxical peripheralization of the centre.

An Artforum Best Book of the Year A Legal Theory Bookworm Book of the Year Nature no longer exists apart from humanity. Henceforth, the world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists have called this new planetary epoch the Anthropocene, the Age of Humans. The geological strata we are now creating record industrial emissions, industrial-scale crop pollens, and the disappearance of species driven to extinction. Climate change is planetary engineering without design. These facts of the Anthropocene are scientific, but its shape and meaning are questions for politics—a politics that does not yet exist. After Nature develops a politics for this post-natural world. “After Nature argues that we will deserve the future only because it will be the one we made. We will live, or die, by our mistakes.” —Christine Smallwood, Harper’s “Dazzling...Purdy hopes that climate change might spur yet another change in how we think about the natural world, but he insists that such a shift will be inescapably political... For a relatively slim volume, this book distills an incredible amount of scholarship—about Americans’ changing attitudes toward the natural world, and about how those attitudes might change in the future.” —Ross Andersen, The Atlantic

Dieses Lehrbuch soll Studierenden den Einstieg in die Gebiete der Forensik und Bioinformatik gleichermaßen erleichtern. Anhand eines fiktiven Falls, der sich durch das gesamte Buch zieht, wird die Bioinformatik und deren Grundlagen in das Gebiet der Forensik übertragen. Der Fall deckt eine Vielzahl an biologischen Spuren, sowie deren klassische Analyse ab und definiert neue Handlungsfelder in der Bioinformatik und Forensik. In diesem Werk werden verschiedenste Bereiche der Forensik bioinformatisch aufbereitet: Genetischer Fingerabdruck: Auswertung auf Sequenz- statt auf Profilebene Fingerspuren: krankheitsbedingte bzw. genetisch bedingte Veränderungen Untersuchungen zum Phänotyp einer Person Grundlegende Erkenntnisse zur Wundheilung sowie zur Blutalterung in- und ex-vivo Dieses Buch zeigt die Notwendigkeit auf, die Forensik um weitere Wissensbereiche zuergänzen und gibt Einblicke in eine Vielzahl moderner Themen der Forensik wie zum Beispiel Populationsgenetik; Wundaltersbestimmung, Daktyloskopie oder Menschen ohne Fingerabdruck.Vor allem Studierende aus den Lebenswissenschaften sowie Dozierende ebendieser Fachrichtung, werden durch dieses Lehrbuch spannende Einblicke in topaktuelle Fragestellungen bekommen.

Considerado um dos mais importantes advogados do país, Francisco Müssnich divide com o leitor o conhecimento que acumulou ao longo de mais de 40 anos de profissão para ajudar futuros advogados a construir as bases de uma carreira sólida e bem-sucedida. Discutindo temas como tendências de mercado, a importância da diversificação do conhecimento, o temido exame da Ordem, as diferentes possibilidades de atuação, os desafios e os dilemas éticos enfrentados pelos advogados no dia a dia, Francisco oferece uma perspectiva realista a respeito da prática profissional. Em 29 capítulos curtos, ele transmite os princípios e as convicções que norteiam sua carreira, ao mesmo tempo que relata histórias pessoais numa conversa leve e despretensiosa. Nessa versão atualizada de Cartas a um jovem advogado, você vai encontrar orientações práticas para desenvolver uma vida profissional pautada em comprometimento, integridade, valores éticos e, sobretudo, garra e paixão. "O leitor encontrará aqui a visão do Direito pela lente de Chico Müssnich, que compartilha sua experiência profissional e apresenta uma visão moderna e muitas vezes pioneira da advocacia. O jovem advogado tem em mãos a oportunidade de refletir a respeito dos conselhos dados por um profissional entusiasmado, experiente e reconhecido, cuja atuação representa a quebra de alguns paradigmas na advocacia tradicional e empresarial do Brasil." – Luiz Antonio Campos

Hukum islam mencerminkan seperangkan norma ilahi yang mengatur tata hubungan manusia dengan Allah hubungan manusia dengan manusia lainnya dalam kehidupan sosial, hubungan manusia dengan benda dan alam lingkungan hidupnya. Norma Illahi yang mengatur tata hubungan tersebut adalah 1) kaidah-kaidah dalam arti khusus atau kaidah ibadah murni, mengatur cara dan upacara hubungan langsung antara manusia dan tuhannya; 2) muamalah yang mengatur hubungan manusia dengan sesamanya dan makhluk lain di lingkungannya. Ciri khas hukum islam, yakni 1) berwatak universal, berlaku abadi untuk umat islam dimanapun mereka barada, tidak terbatas pada umat islam di suatu tempat atau negara pada suatu masa; 2) menghormati martabat manusia sebagai kesatuan jiwa dan raga, rohani dan jasmani, serta memuliakan manusia dan kemanusiaan secara keseluruhan; 3) pelaksanaan dalam praktik digerakkan oleh iman dan akhlak umat islam. Buku yang berada dihadapan pembaca ini menguraikan dengan terang dan jelas mengenai hukum Islam; Pengantar Ilmu Hukum Islam di Indonesia antara lain pengertian, Ruang Lingkup, Tujuan Hukum Islam; Sumber Hukum Islam; Asas Hukum Islam; kaidah Hukum Islam serta Ahkamul Khamsah dan hukum Wadhi'; Sejarah Pertumbuhan Hukum Islam di Masa Nabi Muhammad saw.; Kondisi Hukum Islam di Masa Khulafaur Rasyidin dan sesudahnya; Eksistensi Hukum Islam dalam Sistem Hukum di Indonesia; Hukum Islam dalam Tata Hukum dan Pembinaan Hukum Nasional di Indonesia serta Gambaran Umum Tentang Peradilan Agama dan Kompilasi Hukum Islam. Buku ini juga memuat pengertian, Ruang Lingkup, Jenis dan Tujuan Hukum Pidana Islam; Jarimah Hudud; Jarimah Qisas dan Ta'zir. Semoga Bermanfaat!

Community health is an emerging and growing discipline of public health and it focuses on the physical, social, and mental well-being of the people of specific districts. This interdisciplinary field brings together aspects of health care, economics, environment, and people interaction. This handbook is a comprehensive reference on public health for higher education students, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers of health care. There are five key thematic sections in the book: perspectives in public health; community health in practise; planning, built, and social environment and community health; digital and mobile health; and, towards sustainable health in the community. Each theme explores the leading research and trends. This book aims to help achieve the shared goal of healthier communities and quality of life for the residents. This collaborative work should be a very useful handbook to health professionals and government bodies in the planning of initiatives to improve population health, prevent chronic diseases, control infectious diseases and outbreaks, and prepare for natural disasters. This handbook integrates research and practise of public health in the community.

El estudio, que realizamos lo hacemos en dos elementos de la dogmatica del delito, como son el dolo y la culpa, siendo estos tan distantes y tan cercanos, como el caso del Dolus Eventualis, su cercanía con la culpa consiente. Tanto en el dolo, como en la culpa, hacemos un estudio de las principales doctrinas, que se encargan de dar fundamento a cada uno, y acogido, para nosotros la que señala que el dolo, es un elemento subjetivo, voluntario y querido, por el sujeto activo, mientras que la culpa no tiene la intención, es decir no es voluntaria ni querida por el sujeto activo, de ahí que se caracteriza por su menor pena, se fundamenta en la impericia, imprudencia, negligencia, o observancia de órdenes, reglamentos, o normativas, por parte del sujeto activo. Es aquí donde radica la diferencia de ambas conductas. Es tan subjetivo el dolo, que viendo un ejemplo sencillo lo dejamos demostrado, como el caso del ciudadano, que va al supermercado y sustrae un producto, camina por todo el supermercado con el producto en la mano, se dirige a la caja, cancela el resto de los productos y sale del supermercado, es en ese momento donde se percata, de que sustrajo este producto, a los ojos de cualquier escéptico, se cometió un hurto sin violencia, pero al no tener intención de cometerlo, desaparece el dolo y en consecuencia el delito. Este es el ejemplo típico, de que el dolo es un elemento de naturaleza subjetiva. En cuanto al dolo eventual, se estudia diversas teorías, que le dieron su origen, incluso las alemanas, donde tiene su origen. Se hace énfasis en la doctrina denominada la correa de cuero, para llegar de esta manera al análisis de los elementos definitorios, que se imprimen en nuestro Código penal, como son: “….sido prevista como probable y su no producción se deja librada al azar”. En esta definición, se hace bastante difícil delimitar las fronteras entre el dolo y la culpa, inclinándose algunos doctrinarios por la culpa consciente. Siguiendo con el estudio de la culpa, analizamos su naturaleza, sus doctrinas, las diferentes posiciones de los doctrinarios, tanto nacionales como foráneos. Dejamos clara la postura, de que la culpa no admite dispositivos amplificadores, o dicho en otras palabras no se puede hablar en los delitos culposos de tentativa, frustración o delito continuado, y que para esto no se requiere intención, y de haber intencionalidad estaríamos en dolo, no en culpa -otra de las diferencias básicas-. Dejamos finalmente claro como lo señala nuestra legislación, la doctrina y la jurisprudencia, que los delitos dolosos, son las reglas y los culposos son excepción, y los mismos lo tipifica previamente el legislador.

Yang terpikirkan oleh seorang pengajar ketika berdiri di depan kelas adalah, bagakpana meteri pembelajaran yang diberikan sesuai dengan kebutuhannya kelak ketika mengabdi di tengah masyarakat. Untuk itulah, mengapa para pegajar dengan berbagai upaya mencari, menemukan, dan menyajikan bahan hukum yang sesuai dengan kondisi masyarakat (modern) yang dihadapinya. Hukum perusahaan tentunya merupakan salah satu materi pembelajaran hukum yang harus selalu dikembangkan dan disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan mahasiswa yang akan menjadi agen perubahan di tengah masyarakat, lebih-lebih menghadapi era Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN (MEA). Oleh sebab itu, sajian materi pembelajaran hukum perusahaan tentunya tidak cukup hanya dilihat dari sisi keindonesiaan, akan tetapi patut pula diperkenalkan kepada para mahasiswa tentang bagaimana hukum perusahaan negera lain dan doktrin-doktrin modern tentang hukum perusahaan. Berangkat dari pemikiran di atas, maka buku Pengantar Hukum Perusahaan yang ada di tangan Anda ini diharapkan dapat menjawab kebutuhan mahasiswa dan masyarakat yang ingin bergelut di bidang hukum dan parktik-praktik hukum perusahaan. Apa yang tersaji dalam buku Pengantar Hukum Perusahaan ini tentunya hanya sekeltimit dari hamparan materi hukum perusahaan yang harus dipahami oleh para pemerhati hukum, oleh sebab itu buku Pengantar Hukum Perusahaan ini setidaknya dapat melengkapi berbagai tulisan yang ditulis oleh pakar hukum perusahaan sebelumnya. --- Penerbit Kencana Prenadamedia Group

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Discusses the historical background to the Old Testament, examines the writing of the individual books, and describes the impact of archeology on Bible study.

El Código Civil Cubano promulgado en 1987 aún vigente, ha sido objeto de varias modificaciones recientemente, a raíz de la Constitución de abril de 2019 y de las nuevas leyes, fundamentalmente el Código de Proceso y el Código de las Familias. Se presenta de la mano del excelente profesor universitario y notario, Dr. Leonardo Pérez Gallardo, ya en la 6ta Edición, que con su magistral dominio de la escritura y el conocimiento jurídico doctrinal, aporta a los operadores del derecho y al ciudadano interesado, las modificaciones de sus artículos de cara al citado Código de Procesos y Código de las Familias. La valía de la obra, más allá de presentar íntegramente el Código Civil cubano es la actualidad y la garantía de obtener un articulado fiel a la realidad legislativa cubana. Es, a decir de su autor, un código ́ ́viviente ́ ́, que continúa oxigenándose con la doctrina científica y es allí el aporte del autor, al regalarnos esta obra.

Buku yang hadir di hadapan pembaca merupakan hasil kajian terhadap kehadiran Undang-Undang Administrasi Pemerintahan sebagaimana telah diatur dalam ketentuan UU Nomor 30 Tahun 2014 tentang Administrasi Pemerintahan. Dengan hadirnya ketentuan tersebut memberikan penegasan, bahwa keberadaan hukum administrasi pemerintahan dalam kerangka pelaksanaan atau penyelenggaraan pemerintahan sangatlah penting artinya. Dalam arti, tidak hanya mengatur seperti apa perbuatan atau tindakan pemerintahan itu dilakukan atau dijalankan, namun juga memberikan perlindungan hukum bagi warga masyarakat dan pejabat pemerintahan itu sendiri. Istilah hukum administrasi pemerintahan sendiri digunakan dalam buku ini untuk lebih mempertegas konsep pengaturan hukum yang telah dilakukan oleh pemerintah, khususnya dalam mengatur seperti apa tindakan atau perbuatan hukum pemerintahan itu dijalankan, dasar hukum untuk melakukan tindakan atau perbuatan pemerintahan, bagaimana penyelenggaraan administrasi pemerintahan itu dilakukan, bagaimana prosedur dan upaya administrasi pemerintahan serta sanksi administrasi pemerintahan bilamana terjadi suatu pelanggaran administrasi pemerintahan. Dengan kata lain, hukum administrasi pemerintahan ini tidak lain untuk memberikan pengaturan terhadap proses penyelenggaraan administrasi pemerintahan yang dijalankan atau dilakukan oleh pemerintah dalam menyelenggarakan pemerintahan. Buku persembahan penerbit PrenadaMediaGroup #Kencana

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** NOTE: The January 6th Report appendices on pages 693–716 can be accessed via the QR code below, along with the hyperlinks from the chapter endnotes and witness testimony transcripts. Celadon Books and The New Yorker present the report by the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan 6 Attack on the United States Capitol. On January 6, 2021, insurgents stormed the U.S. Capitol, an act of domestic terror without parallel in American history, designed to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. In a resolution six months later, the House of Representatives called it "one of the darkest days of our democracy," and established a special committee to investigate how and why the attack happened. Celadon Books, in collaboration with The New Yorker, presents the committee's final report, the definitive account of January 6th and what led up to it, based on more than a year of investigation by nine members of Congress and committee staff, with a preface by David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and an epilogue by Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland, a member of the committee.

Through the analysis of Al-Shaybani's most prolific work As-Siyar Al Kabier, this book offers a unique insight into the classic Islamic perspective on international law. Despite being recognised as one of the earliest contributors to the field of international law, there has been little written, in English, on Al-Shaybani's work; this book will go some way towards filling the lacuna. International Islamic Law examines Al-Shaybani's work alongside that of other leading scholars such as: Augustine, Gratian, Aquinas, Vitoria and Grotius, proving a full picture of early thinking on international law. Individual chapters provide discussion on Al-Shaybani's writing in relation to war, peace, the consequences of war and diplomatic missions. Khaled Ramadan Bashir uses contemporary international law vocabulary to enable the reader to consider Al-Shaybani's writing in a modern context.This book will be a useful and unique resource for scholars in the field of Islamic International Law, bringing together and translating a number of historical sources to form one accessible and coherent text. Scholars researching the historical and jurisprudential origins of public international law topics, such as: international humanitarian law, 'just war', international dispute resolution, asylum and diplomacy will also find the book to be an interesting and valuable text.

Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth’s supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world’s superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Race begins, A.C. Grayling asks: who, if anyone, owns the moon? Or Mars? Or other bodies in near space? And what do those superpowers and corporations owe to Planet Earth and its inhabitants as a whole? From feudal common land, through the rules of the sea, to the vast, nationless expanse of Antarctica, Grayling explores the history of the places which no one, and therefore everyone, owns. Examining the many ways this so-called terra nullius has fallen victim to ‘the tragedy of the commons’ – the tendency for communal resources to be exploited by a few individuals for personal gain at the expense of everyone else – Who Owns the Moon? puts forward a compelling argument for a bold new global consensus, one which recognises and defends the rights of everyone who lives on this planet.

Manual básico pero completo y actualizado a febrero de 2018 del Derecho Agrario y Alimentario en España, contextualizado desde el prisma del Derecho comunitario. Bajo la dirección del profesor de Derecho civil Francisco Millán Salas, reúne a cinco expertos que en una veintena de artículos tratan desde la empresa agrícola, hasta las explotaciones agrarias, transgénicos y seguridad alimentaria o la cuestión de las plantas medicinales, por citar algunas cuestiones.

Details the life of a decorated Vietnam War pilot, Richard Taus, his undercover work for the CIA, and then as an FBI agent in the New York City area. Here, he discovered secret funding of Iraq by CIA assets during the 1980s, and crimes perpetrated by his boss, FBI supervisor Lindley DeVecchio. And the false charges against him when he source to reports of these crimes.

Phil Christman is one of the best cultural critics working today. Or, as a reviewer of his previous book, Midwest Futures, put it, "one of the most underappreciated writers of [his] generation." You may also know Phil from his columns in Commonweal and Plough, or his viral essay "What Is It Like To Be A Man?", the latter adapted in his new book, How to Be Normal. Christman’s second book includes essays on "How To Be White," "How to Be Religious," "How To Be Married," and more, in addition to new versions of the above. Find in it also brilliant analyses of middlebrow culture, bad movies, Mark Fisher, Christian fundamentalism, and more. With exquisite attention to syntax and prose, the astoundingly well-read Christman pairs a deceptively breezy style with radical openness. In his witty, original hands, seemingly "normal" subjects are rendered exceptional, and exceptionally.

JACK PIERCE - THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTERS chronicles the career exploits of Universal's classic monster creator, Jack Pierce, who was with the studio during their horror heyday of 1928-1947. After freelancing in Hollywood's earliest days as an actor, stuntman and assistant director, Pierce flourished in makeup in the 1910s and 1920s, first making himself into any variety of movie extras called for on fledgling studio lots. Then, from 1930-1947, Pierce created some of cinema history's most distinguishable icons of fright, including Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy, The Bride of Frankenstein, Ygor, The Wolf Man, and The Phantom of the Opera among his many classic creations. Contained in this unique publication are detailed text and photos from every significant film of Pierce's career, spanning the mid-1910s to the mid-1960s.

Con el inicio del nuevo milenio la Literatura, el Cómic, el Cine y la Televisión parecen haber redescubierto la Antigüedad Clásica y, más específicamente, el Imperio Romano y los Juegos de Gladiadores. Series de televisión, películas, novelas y cómics se ambientan en la Roma imperial o tienen a gladiadores como protagonistas. Es el efecto Gladiator. Solo por ello esta película ya supone un hito en la historia reciente del cine, pero aún acumula más méritos, y entre ellos no es el menor haber conseguido que Ridley Scott, antaño director de culto y en aquel momento en horas bajas tras películas como La teniente O'Neill o Tormenta blanca, enderezara su carrera cinematográfica. Scott, apoyado por los avances tecnológicos y en sus conocimientos de Historia del Arte, y ayudado por su núcleo duro de colaboradores (el editor Pietro Scalia, el director de arte Arthur Max) y por un elenco de actores que aúnan experiencia (Derek Jacobi, Richard Harris, Oliver Reed) y pujanza (Joaquin Phoenix, Russell Crowe en su primera colaboración con este director), no se limita a retomar la tradición del epic, sino que la renueva profundamente con sus aportaciones estéticas y visuales, y con un sabio aprovechamiento de los nuevos colaboradores, en especial John Mathieson (director de fotografía) y Lisa Gerrard (coautora de la música juntamente con Hans Zimmer). Su Roma entronca así tanto con el imaginario tradicional, producto de siglos de recreación pictórica y fílmica, como con sus recreaciones futuristas de Blade Runner. Una película, además, que ha generado muchísima bibliografía no solo en el ámbito cinematográfico, pues, a la manera de clásicos como Espartaco (S. Kubrick), rápidamente fue leída como una alegoría de los Estados Unidos (y de su imperio) a fines del siglo XX, como sucintamente tratamos en nuestra propuesta de análisis de esta película. El lenguaje claro y didáctico utilizado en el análisis de los textos fílmicos permite una fácil comprensión de todos los aspectos de la película: desde los datos contextuales, técnicos e históricos de la película, pasando por el análisis textual pormenorizado de la misma atendiendo especialmente a los diferentes recursos expresivos que la constituyen (espacio, tiempo, planificación, movimientos de cámara, música, diálogos, etc.), y, finalmente, las aproximaciones interpretativas globales –aunque siempre apoyadas en el análisis textual previo– que el propio autor de la Guía propone.

This book comprises what may be called exercises in ‘comparative cinema’. Its focus on endings, near-endings and ‘late style’ is connected with the author’s argument that comparative criticism itself may constitute an endgame of criticism, arising at the moment at which societies or individuals relinquish primary adherence to one tradition or medium. The comparisons embrace different works and artistic media and primarily concern works of literature and film, though they also consider issues raised by the interrelationship of language and moving and still images, as well as inter- and intra-textuality. The works probed most fully are ones by Theo Angelopoulos, Ingmar Bergman, Harun Farocki, Theodor Fontane, Henry James, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Chang-dong Lee, Roman Polański, Thomas Pynchon, and Paul Schrader, while the key recurrent motifs are those of dusk, the horizon, the labyrinth, and the ruin.

Este libro se traza un desafío interdisciplinar: poner en comunión las artes y las ciencias sociales en torno al campo de la danza, aunque con clara distancia frente a los folclorismos. El pretexto es, esta vez, el bullerengue, que se define como un baile cantado tradicional de origen afro practicado en la costa Atlántica colombiana desde la Colonia. Bullerengue significa jolgorio, bulla; una bullaranga que es canto, tambor y baile: canto responsorial y toque de tambor contrapunteando en la improvisación; palmas e instrumentos disputándose la maestría; rueda de los cuerpos danzantes que uno a uno —pero siempre en pareja— rivalizan por el glorioso centro de expresión y de mirada. Dicho vaivén de sentires ofrece una oportunidad única para la investigación social, en cuanto es, al mismo tiempo, práctica viva de los pueblos, práctica escénica de los folclorismos danzarios y práctica conformadora de sujetos. Este es, pues, el centro de reflexión en esta obra. Con este objetivo y a través de una sugestiva estrategia teóricometodológica el libro indaga por los intercambios sensibles y las subjetividades generados en el bullerengue, cuya práctica se ejerce, se tensiona y se debate entre el peinao (arriba de tarima, la puesta en escena) y el despeluque (abajo de tarima, en la vida cotidiana y ritual).

No Jurisdiction interweaves autobiography and analysis to explore how a disabled American of French-Arab descent justifies his love for the (super)heroes who destroy brown people like himself. Framing Hollywood genre films as a key to understanding a crisis-filled world shaped by the global War on Terror, Fareed Ben-Youssef shows how, in response to 9/11, filmmakers and lawmakers mobilized iconic characters—the cowboy, the femme fatale, and the superhero—to make sense of our traumas and inspire new legal landscapes. The competing visions of power produced in this dialogue between Hollywood entertainment and mainstream politics underscore genre cinema's multivalent purpose: to normalize state violence and also to critique it. Chapters devoted to the Western, film noir, superhero movies, and global films that deploy and comment on these genres offer compelling readings of films ranging from the more apparent (The Dark Knight, Sicario, and Logan) to the more unexpected (Sin City, Adieu Gary, The Broken Circle Breakdown, and Tokyo Sonata). Through narratives of states of emergency that include vaguely defined enemies, obscured battlefield boundaries, and blurred lines between victims and perpetrators, a new post-9/11 film canon emerges. No Jurisdiction is a deeply personal work of film scholarship, arguing that we can face our complicity and discover opportunities for resistance through our beloved genre movies.

Horror cinema is a hugely successful, but at the same time culturally illicit genre that spans the history of cinema. It continues to flourish with recent cycles of supernatural horror and torture porn that span the full range of horror styles and aesthetics. It is enjoyed by audiences everywhere, but also seen as a malign influence by others. In this Routledge Film Guidebook, audience researcher and film scholar Brigid Cherry provides a comprehensive overview of the horror film and explores how the genre works. Examining the way horror films create images of gore and the uncanny through film technology and effects, Cherry provides an account of the way cinematic and stylistic devices create responses of terror and disgust in the viewer. Horror examines the way these films construct psychological and cognitive responses and how they speak to audiences on an intimate personal level, addressing their innermost fears and desires. Cherry further explores the role of horror cinema in society and culture, looking at how it represents various identity groups and engages with social anxieties, and examining the way horror sees, and is seen by, society.

From All Quiet on the Western Front and Gone with the Wind to No Country for Old Men and Slumdog Millionaire, many of the most memorable films have been adapted from other sources. And while courses on film studies are taught throughout the world, The Pedagogy of Adaptation makes a strong case for treating adaptation studies as a separate discipline. What makes this book unique is its claim that adaptation is above all a creative process and not simply a slavish imitation or reproduction of an 'original.' This collection of essays focuses on numerous contexts to emphasize why adaptations matter to students of literature. It is the first such volume devoted exclusively to teaching adaptations from a practical, teacher-centered angle. Many of the essays show how 'adaptation' as a discipline can be used to prompt reflection on cultural, historical, and political differences. Written by specialists in a variety of fields, ranging from film, radio, theater, and even language studies, the book adopts a pluralistic view of adaptation, showing how its processes vary across different contexts and in different disciplines. Defining new horizons for the teaching of adaptation studies, these essays draw on such disparate sources as Frankenstein, Moby Dick, and South Park. This volume not only provides a resource-book of lesson plans but offers valuable pointers as to why teaching literature and film can help develop students' skills and improve their literacy.

With limited budgets and resources, arts ventures are struggling to employ modern marketing methods to promote their events. Marketing the Arts introduces students, young professionals, and even seasoned veterans to new and refined marketing approaches—by drawing on marketing theory as it is used by huge multi-nationals, exploring such theories in the context of creative ventures generally, and the fine and performing arts specifically. The book is designed for classroom use, but also appeals to practitioners looking to strengthen their understanding of marketing, as well as for individuals interested in selling their creations. The book addresses: market research marketing strategy value creation branding customer acquisition market distribution pricing strategy sustaining customers and value Features include: Discussion questions and classroom activities Case studies of real life situations Commentary by current professional practitioners Companion website

This exploration of fashion in American silent film offers fresh perspectives on the era preceding the studio system, and the evolution of Hollywood's distinctive brand of glamour. By the 1910s, the moving image was an integral part of everyday life and communicated fascinating, but as yet un-investigated, ideas and ideals about fashionable dress.

An Ideal Theater is a wide-ranging, inspiring documentary history of the American theatre movement as told by the visionaries who goaded it into being. This anthology collects over forty essays, manifestos, letters and speeches that are each introduced and placed in historical context by the noted writer and arts commentator, Todd London, who spent nearly a decade assembling this collection. This celebration of the artists who came before is an exhilarating look backward, as well as toward the future, and includes contributions from: Jane Addams • William Ball • Julian Beck • Herbert Blau • Angus Bowmer • Bernard Bragg • Maurice Browne • Robert Brustein • Alison Carey • Joseph Chaikin • Harold Clurman • Dudley Cocke • Alice Lewisohn Crowley • Gordon Davidson • R. G. Davis • Doris Derby • W. E. B. Du Bois • Zelda Fichandler • Hallie Flanagan • Eva Le Gallienne • Robert E. Gard • Susan Glaspell • André Gregory • Tyrone Guthrie • John Houseman • Jules Irving • Margo Jones • Frederick H. Koch • Lawrence Langner • W. McNeil Lowry • Charles Ludlam • Judith Malina • Theodore Mann • Gilbert Moses • Michaela O’Harra • John O’Neal • Joseph Papp • Robert Porterfield • José Quintero • Bill Rauch • Bernard Sahlins • Richard Schechner • Peter Schumann • Maurice Schwartz • Gary Sinise • Ellen Stewart • Lee Strasberg • Luis Miguel Valdez • Nina Vance • Douglas Turner Ward As well as the founding visions of theatres from across the country: The Actors Studio • The Actor's Workshop • Alley Theatre • American Conservatory Theater • American Repetory Theater • Arena Stage • Barter Theatre • Bread and Puppet Theater • The Carolina Playmakers • The Chicago Little Theater • Circle in the Square Theatre • The Civic Repertory Theatre • Cornerstone Theater Company • The Federal Theatre Project • Ford Foundation Program in Humanities and the Arts • The Free Southern Theater • The Group Theatre • The Hull-House Dramatic Association • KRIGWA Players • The Living Theatre • La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club • The Mark Taper Forum • The Mercury Theatre • Minnesota Theater Company (Guthrie Theater) • The National Theatre of the Deaf • The Negro Ensemble Company • The Negro Theatre Project, Federal Theatre Project • The Neighborhood Playhouse • New Dramatists • The New York Shakespeare Festival • The Open Theater • Oregon Shakespeare Festival • The Performance Group • The Provincetown Players • The Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center • The Ridiculous Theatrical Company • Roadside Theater • The San Francisco Mime Troupe • The Second City • Steppenwolf Theatre Company • El Teatro Campesino • Theater '47 • The Theatre Guild • The Theatre of the Living Arts • The Washington Square Players • The Wisconsin Idea Theater • Yale Repertory Theatre • The Yiddish Art Theatre Todd London is in his 18th season as artistic director of New Dramatists, the nation’s oldest center for the creative and professional development of American playwrights. In 2009 Todd became the first recipient of Theatre Communications Group’s (TCG) Visionary Leadership Award for “an individual who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to advance the theater field as a whole, nationally and/or internationally.” He’s the author of The Importance of Staying Earnest: Writings from Inside the American Theatre, 1988-2013 (NoPassport Press), Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play (with Ben Pesner, Theatre Development Fund), The Artistic Home (TCG), and The World’s Room, a novel (Steerforth Press), among others. His column, “A Lover’s Guide to American Playwrights,” tributes to contemporary

Can you really die from laughing too hard? Between 1870 and 1920, hundreds of women suffered such a fate—or so a slew of sensationalist obituaries would have us believe. How could laughter be fatal, and what do these reports of women’s risible deaths tell us about the politics of female joy? Maggie Hennefeld reveals the forgotten histories of “hysterical laughter,” exploring how women’s amusement has been theorized and demonized, suppressed and exploited. In nineteenth-century medicine and culture, hysteria was an ailment that afflicted unruly women on the cusp of emotional or nervous breakdown. Cinema, Hennefeld argues, made it possible for women to laugh outrageously as never before, with irreversible social and political consequences. As female enjoyment became a surefire promise of profitability, alarmist tales of women laughing themselves to death epitomized the tension between subversive pleasure and its violent repression. Hennefeld traces the social politics of women’s laughter from the heyday of nineteenth-century sentimentalism to the collective euphoria of early film spectatorship, traversing contagious dancing outbreaks, hysteria photography, madwomen’s cackling, cinematic close-ups, and screenings of slapstick movies in mental asylums. Placing little-known silent films and an archive of remarkable, often unusual texts in conversation with affect theory, comedy studies, and feminist film theory, this book makes a timely case for the power of hysterical laughter to change the world.

Movie magazines are crucial but widely underused sources for writing the history of films and cinema. This volume brings together for the first time a wide variety of historic research of movie magazines and film trade journals, reflecting on the issue of using these sources for film/cinema historiography and on the impact of digitization processes. Mapping Movie Magazines explores this debate from different disciplinary perspectives, enlightened by case studies from the use of early film trade press to pedagogical uses of digitized periodicals. The volume explores Hollywood’s grip on movie magazines, gender in film journalism, typologies of unknown trade press and movie magazine markets, and subversive Tijuana bibles.

The narrative surrounding the Titanic's voyage, collision, and sinking in April 1912 seems tailor-made for film. With clear categories of gender, class, nationality, and religion, the dominating Titanic myth offers a wealth of motifs ripe for the silver screen-heroism, melodrama, love, despair, pleasure, pain, failure, triumph, memory and eternal guilt. This volume provides a detailed overview of Titanic films from 1912 to the present and analyzes the six major Titanic films, including the 1943 Nazi propaganda production, the 1953 Hollywood film, the 1958 British docudrama A Night to Remember, the 1979 TV production S.O.S. Titanic, the 1996 mini-series Titanic, and James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster. By showing how each film follows and builds on a pattern of fixed scenes, motifs and details defined as the "Titanic code," this work yields telling insights into why this specific disaster has maintained such great relevance into the 21st century.

Don’t look up o just look up? Con questa domanda, gli autori introducono una nuova interpretazione del “cambiamento globale”, partendo dall’analisi del film cult del regista statunitense Adam McKay. Viviamo nell’era della “scarsità”, alle soglie della catastrofe ecologica: dalla penuria di materie prime a gravi livelli di disuguaglianza, dall’incapacità di comunicare la scienza alla crisi della democrazia. Siamo vittime di una filosofia populista acchiappa-consensi, del “cosa piace alla gente” e non del “cosa fa bene alla gente”. La politica esalta sé stessa utilizzando qualsiasi mezzo. Il linguaggio della comunicazione su scala planetaria riflette una concezione del giornalismo lontana dai valori fondanti della professione. I social media alimentano panico e isteria: trasfigurano la percezione dell’opinione pubblica nei confronti del mondo scientifico, convertendola in “emozione collettiva”. In tutto questo a soccombere è la massa, sempre più omologata e influenzabile, che troppo banalmente sceglie tra bene e male.

"This is a comprehensive ticket to learning more about every aspect of the late-night comedy staple and its storied history." - Library Journal Television history was made on October 11, 1975, when a new generation of young performers welcomed America to the first episode of a new late-night comedy and variety show. Combining cutting-edge humor with a satirical sensibility, Saturday Night Live would go on to become the longest-running series of its kind in television history, shining a light on pop culture as well as contemporary social and political issues. It also became a launching pad for many of the leading comedy performers of the last five decades, including John Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Eddie Murphy, Phil Hartman, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, Maya Rudolph, and Kate McKinnon Celebrating the show’s record-breaking 50 years on the air, The SNL Companion is a fun, fact-filled tribute to a television institution. From the show’s creation by Lorne Michaels through all of the seasons leading up to its golden anniversary, it provides an in-depth look at SNL’s comedic highlights and nadirs, its memorable hosts and musical guests, and its many controversies. Along with a complete episode guide, it explores the characters, sketches, politics, catchphrases, commercial parodies, and viral shorts that have made it a leader in American comedy for over five decades. Vastly revised, updated, and expanded since its original publication in 2013 and packed with photographs and rich encyclopedic detail, The SNL Companion is a one-stop resource for all things SNL.

Called the leading heir to the great directors of post-WWII Europe and lavished with awards, Wong Kar-wai has redefined perceptions of Hong Kong's film industry. Wong's visual brilliance and emphasis on atmosphere over action have set him apart from peers while earning him an admiring international audience. In the Mood for Love regularly appears on lists of the twenty-first century's greatest films while critics and filmgoers recognize works like Chungking Express and Happy Together as modern classics. Peter Brunette describes the ways in which Wong's supremely haunting visual films create a new form of cinema by telling a story with stunning, suggestive visual images and audio tracks rather than character, dialogue, and plot. As he shows, Wong's early background in genre film offers fascinating insights on his more studied later works. He also delves into Wong's perennial themes of time, love, and loss and examines the political implications of his films, especially concerning the handover of former British colony Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.

This book offers a new, dynamic and ecological perspective to analyse the process of performance art, namely, what occurs during the unfolding of a piece, exploring the essence of its happening through the forces at play. The author’s aim is to provide a deeper understanding of performance art, which the existing scholarship acknowledges as an art form that actively engages with the world. Much work has been done on the transformative effects of performance art on the artists and the audiences, and its impact on society over time. The author takes this perspective further by asking, how does this transformation happen? Little work exists on exploring the forces and dynamics occurring while a performance is developing: neither before nor after, but during it. This is the first and main gap that this book fills, given the importance of process and processuality as the characterising features of this art form. By filling this gap, this book offers a new way to understand performances and their impact in the world and over time, as well as providing practitioners with tools for performing and designing their works starting from the process rather than focusing on the outcomes. This book studies the matrix of the performance art process by conceiving it as an ecosystem, in which all the elements at play, animate and inanimate, are agentic and intertwine in relationships of mutual influence and exchange. This book will be useful for scholars and practitioners of performance art and performance studies, practice‐as‐research (PaR), visual culture, art history and philosophy, especially phenomenology.

In 1983, the world was introduced to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. What followed was a cultural sensation that changed the landscape of children's entertainment forever! Join Mattel and Dark Horse in this comprehensive retrospective chronicling He-Man's decades-long epic journey from toy, to television, to film, to a true pop culture phenomenon!

The Humana Festival of New American Plays has been a leading home for extraordinary playwrights and their imaginations for more than four decades, making Actors Theatre of Louisville one of the nation’s preeminent powerhouses for new play development. For six weeks every spring, Louisville exerts a gravitational pull on producers and theatre lovers from around the country, who travel from far and wide for the adventure of seeing a diverse slate of fully-produced new plays. Many Humana Festival plays have gone on to garner awards and subsequent productions, making a sustained impact on the international dramatic repertoire. Humana Festival 2019: The Complete Plays brings together all five scripts from the 43rd annual cycle of world premieres, featuring a remarkable array of work by some of the most exciting voices in the American theatre. This anthology makes the Humana Festival plays available to an even wider audience, allowing readers to experience the collision of perspectives, styles and stories that makes the festival such an invigorating celebration of the art form. This compilation features the full-length plays Everybody Black by Dave Harris; The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath; The Corpse Washer, adapted for the stage by Ismail Khalidi and Naomi Wallace, from the novel of the same name by Sinan Antoon; How to Defend Yourself by Liliana Padilla; and We’ve Come to Believe, a collaboratively-written play by three writers—Kara Lee Corthron, Emily Feldman, and Matthew Paul Olmos.

Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne A. Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within larger philosophic and aesthetic debates about, and desire for, 'pure surface' that crystallized at the convergence of modern art, architecture, machinery, and philosophy. Through Cheng's analysis, Baker emerges as a central artist whose work engages with and impacts various modes of modernist display such as film, photography, art, and even the modern house.

Cosa accomuna il percorso esistenziale di Truman Burbank e di Dom Cobb, protagonisti rispettivamente di The Truman Show e Inception? E che rapporti ci sono tra le ambientazioni di un film come Videodrome e di una serie come Westworld? Si tratta del paradossale “ritorno” (nostòs in greco, da cui la parola “nostalgia”) a una realtà mai conosciuta veramente, la quale, più che riscoperta, ha invece bisogno di essere catarticamente rifondata e ricostituita. Quei personaggi non sono sospesi tra il reale e il surreale, bensì vivono in universi simulacrali prodotti dai nuovi ambienti mediali. Il cinema li rappresenta e li disegna, la filosofia cerca di comprenderli. E noi spettatori dove ci collochiamo in questa crisi del reale? Se la realtà può essere programmata o falsificata, il cinema può continuare ad esserne lo specchio? Il libro cerca di ragionare su questi quesiti attraverso l’analisi di alcuni casi tra grande e piccolo schermo.

A comprehensive step-by-step guide to deconstructing screenplay fundamentals, this book will allow readers to understand the elements, functions, and anatomy of a screenplay. Not only will this book enable readers to accomplish a thorough analysis of a screenplay and understand the dramatic elements and their functions, but screenwriters will be able to apply these steps to their own writing. The book explores theme and premise, provides an in-depth study of character development, and breaks down the dramatic elements needed to construct a solid screenplay. It provides examples of the three-act structure, the hero’s journey, and the sequence method. Furthermore, it explores how the main plot and subplots are used in a storyline and discusses the importance of setting. Finally, it reveals screenwriting techniques and tools used by professional screenwriters, such as dramatic irony, reversal, and setup/payoff. To connect with a broad range of readers, the case studies used in this book are mainly from contemporary films, including Get Out (2017), Lady Bird (2017), The Dark Knight (2008), Toy Story (1995), Parasite (2019), and Whiplash (2014). Readers will understand how professional screenwriters use fundamental elements to construct, shape, develop, and tell a visual story. After reading this book, readers will comprehend the components critical to developing a screenplay. This book is ideal for students of screenwriting and filmmaking who want to better understand how to comprehensively analyze a screenplay, as well as screenwriters who want to utilize this method to develop their own scripts.

The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service,Bombay ,started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it was published by All India Radio,New Delhi.In 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes,who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: The Indian Listener LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 22-09-1944 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Fortnightly NUMBER OF PAGES: 92 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. IX, No. 19 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 29-88 ARTICLE: Five Years of War AUTHOR: Brigadier I. S. Jehu KEYWORDS: War, India, Germany, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, Indian troops, Burma front, Churchill Document ID: INL-1944(J-D) Vol-II (07)

The Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in the world, adopted and adapted by hundreds of communities across the United States and Canada every Christmas season. In this entertainingly informative book, Jennifer Fisher offers new insights into the Nutcracker phenomenon, examining it as a dance scholar and critic, a former participant, an observer of popular culture, and an interviewer of those who dance, present, and watch the beloved ballet. Fisher traces The Nutcracker’s history from its St. Petersburg premiere in 1892 through its emigration to North America in the mid-twentieth century to the many productions of recent years. She notes that after it was choreographed by another Russian immigrant to the New World, George Balanchine, the ballet began to thrive and variegate: Hawaiians added hula, Canadians added hockey, Mark Morris set it in the swinging sixties, and Donald Byrd placed it in Harlem. The dance world underestimates The Nutcracker at its peril, Fisher suggests, because the ballet is one of its most powerfully resonant traditions. After starting life as a Russian ballet based on a German tale about a little girl’s imagination, The Nutcracker has become a way for Americans to tell a story about their communal values and themselves.

Two stories unspool in Sideways Uncorked: the story behind Alexander Payne’s modern movie classic adapted from a most unlikely source—an unpublished novel by a burnt-out ex-filmmaker and wine connoisseur Rex Pickett—and the world of Pinot Noir (and Merlot) winemaking before and after Sideways was released. For as Kirk and Mira Advani Honeycutt show, the movie was a pop-culture phenomenon that dramatically impacted the wine industry. Sideways Uncorked offers a tour of the lush Santa Barbara wine country that forms the iconic backdrop to Sideways, tracing the effect the story eventually had there and elsewhere. With ample narrative and special features (such as a wine lineup of recommendations from various wine regions), this is a one-of-a-kind illustrated book that will dazzle the palate of oenophiles and cinephiles alike.

This collection examines the nerd and/or geek stereotype in popular culture today. Utilizing the media—film, TV, YouTube, Twitter, fiction—that often defines daily lives, the contributors interrogate what it means to be labeled a “nerd” or “geek.” While the nerd/geek that is so easily recognized now is assuredly a twenty-first century construct, an examination of the terms’ history brings a greater understanding of their evolution. From sports to slasher films, Age of the Geek establishes a dialogue with texts as varied as the depictions of “nerd” or “geek” stereotypes.

The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre provides synopses, cast and production credits, song titles, and other pertinent information for over 180 musicals from Oklahoma! to On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Concentrating on a 22-year span, this book lists both commercial successes and flops of the Golden Age-when the musicals presented on Broadway showcased timeless, memorable tunes, sophisticated comedy, and the genius of creative artists like Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, George Abbott, Moss Hart, Angela Lansbury, Robert Preston, and many others.

Concebida por muchos como el punto más alto del pensamiento trágico de Shakespeare. Los cinco actos de esta obra logran una tensión dramática inédita, la experiencia de valores morales invertidos, una secuencia cronológica y trama impregnadas de crueldad, cinismo, aflicción y remordimiento. Editorial Universitaria, a partir de la edición Oxford de Wells y Taylor, publica esta versión a cargo del poeta y ensayista Armando Roa Vial, a quien corresponde también la nota introductoria.