Cecilia: 681 books

Interpreting in Interaction provides an account of interpreter-mediated communication, exploring the responsibilities of the interpreter and the expectations of both the interpreter and of other participants involved in the interaction. The book examines ways of understanding the distribution of responsibility...

In a world filled with fundamental rules, Lily no longer recognizes the guidelines, for her they just don't exist.It s 1978, and fifteen-year-old Lily Ann Bud is trying hard not to think about starting high school in a few months. She has enough on her hands already, between her summer...

Willow is Lily Ann Bud closest confidante until the mysterious Colleen Harrison befriends her. Colleen teaches her about nature and she realizes there is more to the elderly Mrs. Harrison than meets the eye. But it's Colleen's final lesson that has the greatest impact on Lily's world. Pea Peckle,...

Name in Stone is Lily Bud's last stand.Lily's not like you and me. Lily understands nature's distinctive voice and has honed her instincts razor sharp in order to slice through the very fabric of the universe. Her past lives are intricately intertwined and form a deadly tapestry...

A swoon-worthy story about five best friends on a whirlwind trip through Europe, perfect for fans of Jenny Han, Stephanie Perkins, and Jennifer E. Smith. American expat Aubrey has only two weeks left in Europe before she leaves for college, and she's nowhere near ready. Good thing she and her...

Un altro sguardo – e un “altro ascolto” sulla sordità è il titolo scelto per la pubblicazione della documentazione dello studio, della ricerca e delle esperienze professionali delle Assistenti alla comunicazione di “Insieme per l’integrazione e il bilinguismo-Onlus”, unica cooperativa...

Com seu estilo veloz e incomum, Cecilia Giannetti constrói uma narrativa ácida e entrecortada, num verdadeiro mosaico de emoções humanas. Formas Breves é um selo digital dedicado ao gênero conto. Seu único princípio é a qualidade. Com traduções diretas e exclusivas de grandes clássicos...

Wharton, Hemingway, and the Advent of Modernism is the first book to examine the connections linking two major American writers of the twentieth century, Edith Wharton and Ernest Hemingway. In twelve critical essays, accompanied by a foreword from Wharton scholar Laura Rattray and a critical introduction...

Farm workers were central to the development of Canada's prairie West. From 1878, when the first shipment of prairie grain went to international markets, to 1929, when the Great Depression signalled the end of the wheat boom, the role of hired hands changed dramatically. Prior to World War One, hired...

River Girls is a book in which four girls, just like you, each tell the story of how they began fly fishing and why they think you should give it a try.  Besides their stories, there's lots of information and comments from the girls on how to get started, the gear and how to use it, places to...

An immortal on a mission. A man trapped in a labyrinth. Can she control the maze before their world crumbles? Maggie has grown weary of outliving everything she knows and loves. Numb to her job as a supernatural detective, she vows her next mission will be her last. But when the case takes...

La città, gli angeli ed il filo rosso, ci propone una riflessione nuova e positiva sulla perdita di valori e d'orientamento della Bit generation. Affascinato e sedotto anch'egli dal luccichio di vetrine e locali e dal rumore di auto e tram, non dimentica mai di omaggiare la presenza immanente dell'uomo,...

Even childbirth is affected by globalization—and in India, as elsewhere, the trend is away from home births, assisted by midwives, toward hospital births with increasing reliance on new technologies. And yet, as this work of critical feminist ethnography clearly demonstrates, the global spread of...

Questo catalogo può essere per molte persone l'inizio di un percorso. Ci racconta di una Provincia che è tra le più ricche in Italia di parchi e musei archeologici, non solo dentro ma anche fuori le mura della Capitale. Raccogliere alcuni esempi significativi dei tesori del nostro territorio, e...