A Maria: 228 books
by José Maria de Eça de Queirós
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
A slave, wet nurse to her mistress the queen's son, the crown prince, defends her charge from the dead king's bastard half brother, a vile would-be usurper, at great cost to herself.Genre: short taleWords: 2,030Date of translation: 2011
Neighborhood Change and Neighborhood Action
The Struggle to Create Neighborhoods that Serve Human Needs
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
This book is an examination of neighborhood mobilization and engagement from the perspective of several disciplines: psychology, social work, political science, planning, and education. The essays included in the work examine both internal and external factors related to the ability of neighborhoods...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Acid Reflux Diet
Advice, Information, and Recipes You Need for a Reflux-Free Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Complete meal plans and more than 120 recipes. Useful as a general guide for dietary and medical professionals aswell.
by María Belén Ahumada, Ted Galen Carpenter, Khatchik DerGhougassian
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
This volume examines the foreign policy transition from George W. Bush to Barack H. Obama in relation to the countries of the Americas. In this work, contributors consider the major defining features of their respective policies in dealing with security-related issues. Specifically, they examine whether...
by Gregory A. Denomme, Maria Rios, Marion E. Reid
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2000
This essential methods manual for immunohematologists (or hematologists and immunohematologists) provides information on genes that encode antigens on red blood cells, platelets and neutrophils. The book begins by covering general concepts in molecular biology and specific protocols such as DNA preparation,...
Art Therapy in Asia
To the Bone or Wrapped in Silk
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
As art therapy rapidly makes its mark across Asia, this book documents how the field of art therapy is taking shape as both a profession and a discipline in this region. It looks at how art therapists in Asia are assimilating Western models and adapting them to create unique home-grown practices.
Building...
by Inês Amorim, Vincent Barletta, Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2019
Portuguese Literature and the Environment explores the relationship between Portuguese literature and the environment from Medieval times to the present. From the centrality of nature in Medieval poetry, through the bucolic verse of the Renaissance, all the way to the Romantic and post-Romantic nostalgia...
Globalization and America
Race, Human Rights, and Inequality
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2008
As globalization expands, more than goods and information are traded between the countries of the world. Hattery, Embrick, and Smith present a collection of essays that explore the ways in which issues of human rights and social inequality are shared globally. The editors focus on the United States'...
by Leif Eriksson, Fernando Bresme, Giorgio Colombo
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
The rapid development of efficient computational tools has allowed researchers to tackle biological problems and to predict, analyse and monitor, at an atomic level, molecular recognition processes. This book offers a fresh perspective on how computational tools can aid the chemical biology research...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2
Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Originating in South America, cassava is now grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop in...
Approaches to Conflict
Theoretical, Interpersonal, and Discursive Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Approaches to Conflict: Theoretical, Interpersonal, and Discursive Dynamics aims to investigate the role of communication and emotions in conflict contexts. In addition to the fundamental importance of communication in various aspects of conflict, this volume offers a prominent position to the inherent...
Basic Pharmacology
Understanding Drug Actions and Reactions
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Intended for use in an introductory pharmacology course, Basic Pharmacology: Understanding Drug Actions and Reactions provides an in-depth discussion of how to apply the chemical and molecular pharmacology concepts, a discussion students need for more advanced study. The textbook introduces the principles...
Ultrafast Lasers Based on Quantum Dot Structures
Physics and Devices
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
In this monograph, the authors address the physics and engineering together with the latest achievements of efficient and compact ultrafast lasers based on novel quantum-dot structures and devices. Their approach encompasses a broad range of laser systems, while taking into consideration not only...
Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland
Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
Fossils and Strata is an international series of monographs and memoirs in palaeontology and biostratigraphy, owned by, and published on behalf of, The Lethaia Foundation in cooperation between the Scandinavian countries.
Fossils and Strata forms part of the same structured publishing programme...