Flavia: 91 books

Cloud services are just as susceptible to network outages as any other platform. This concise book shows you how to prepare for potentially devastating interruptions by building your own resilient and reliable applications in the public cloud. Guided by engineers from 9apps—an independent provider...

While it's always been possible to run Java applications on Amazon EC2, Amazon's Elastic Beanstalk makes the process easier—especially if you understand how it works beneath the surface. This concise, hands-on book not only walks you through Beanstalk for deploying and managing web applications...

Mucho se ha escrito alrededor del maíz, tanto sobre su valor para la alimentación como respecto de su significado histórico y cultural; Se dice que somos los “hombres de maíz”, sustancia de la que los antiguos dioses prehispánicos formaron a los seres humanos y esto nos hace pensar que está...

I vangeli apocrifi, ovvero i vangeli nascosti, rispecchiano la pluralità delle versioni riguardo la vita di Gesù, tramandata fin dalla prime comunità cristiane. Essi forniscono al lettore nuove interpretazioni della miracolosa nascita del Messia, delle sue opere e della sua morte e resurrezione....

The economic crisis of 2008 has undone much of the progress on improving employment and growth in Europe. The review concludes that policy makers should focus on enabling social policy that allows individuals to achieve their productive potential.

The object of this book is to illustrate the villas along the Brenta River as they appeared in the 18th century, and as they may be admired today from the river barge (Burchiello) going from Padova to Venice and vice-versa during the months (April-October) in which Mother Nature completes the suggestive architectural beauty of so many buildings in this tract of Venetian earth.

Elsa Morante’s Politics of Writing is a collected volume of twenty-one essays written by Morante specialists and international scholars. Essays gather attention on four broad critical topics, namely the relationship Morante entertained with the arts, cinema, theatre, and the visual arts; new critical...

The Shamanic Handbook of Sacred Tools and Ceremonies is the perfect companion book for all budding and well-practiced shamans, wise men and women who partake in sacred ceremonial, ritual and healing work. It also serves as an excellent introduction into the practical side of earth-centred traditions....

Be it in your working, romantic or physical life, wise words of wisdom walk with you, to provide the answers. The Book of Destiny is a divination tool, incorporating common sayings with their meaning, a focus word, an image and a message for the reader. There are 111 messages all based on the original...

Scenderei a piedi nudi all’inferno per venirti a riprendere, se fosse necessario. Questa è la promessa d’amore fatta da Rebecca a Gregory, chirurgo molto più grande di lei, che l’ha travolta in una storia di passione ed erotismo, legandola a sé indissolubilmente e per sempre. Una promessa...

Current trends of globalization have influenced the social, economic, and political framework of national media worldwide. In recent years, the field of media studies has focused on globalization as a phenomenon that has greatly impacted the production and reception of media formats. By reshaping...

How far would you go to heal someone’s pain? After years of watching innocent people suffer, a psychiatric nurse makes it her mission to help the most hopeless of her patients — in a way no one will ever suspect.

VOGLIA DI … SALSICCIA Il rapporto genitori/figli viene sviscerato in questo libro attraverso il racconto coraggioso di una storia vera e autobiografica. La dedica è per il figlio Andrea, il grande Maestro, che si è “sacrificato” perché la mamma apprendesse… Una lettura diversa delle difficoltà...

The field of molecular materials represents an exciting playground for the design, tailoring, and combination of chemical building blocks as carriers of physical properties and aims at the understanding and development of novel functional molecular devices. Within this extraordinarily widespread framework,...