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Book cover of Mapping the Megalopolis

Mapping the Megalopolis

Order and Disorder in Mexico City

by María Claudia André, Charlotte Blair, Jennifer L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017

Mapping the Megalopolis: Order and Disorder in Mexico City brings the humanities and the social sciences into a conversation about Mexico City in its social, political, and aesthetic manifestations. Through a shared exploration of the order and disorder that mutually constitute the city, contributing...
Book cover of Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa Claus' Reading List: 250+ Vintage Christmas Stories, Carols, Novellas, Poems by 120+ Authors
by A.A. Milne, Santa Claus, Adelaide Anne Procter
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!
Book cover of Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities
by Frances R. Aparicio, María Isabel Carvajal Araya, Julia Chindemi
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017

Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities addresses a gap in the many narratives discussing the cultural histories of Latin American nations, particularly in terms of the birth, configuration, and perpetuation of national identities. It argues that these...
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Gender and Peacebuilding

All Hands Required

by Celia Cook-Huffman, Nancy Hansen, Anna Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015

The twenty-­first century has brought with it a shift from the notion of human security being located in secure national borders to the need to secure the safety, freedom, and dignity of all. Despite efforts to equalize women’s status in the world evidenced by changes in many international projects...
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The Unresolved National Question in South Africa

Left thought under apartheid and beyond

by Edward Webster, John Mawbey, Jeremy Cronin
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017

The re-emergence of debates on the decolonisation of knowledge has revived interest in the National Question, which began over a century ago and remains unresolved. Tensions that were suppressed and hidden in the past are now being openly debated. Despite this, the goal of one united nation living...
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Sustainable Development in Crisis Conditions

Challenges of War, Terrorism, and Civil Disorder

by Phillip J. Cooper, Claudia María Vargas
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2007

In the midst of great crisis, it is difficult to contemplate the future. In recent decades, determining what kind of future to imagine has been an ongoing challenge for millions of people around the world who have been subjected to war, terrorism, and civil disorder. While destruction of the environment...
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Partnering with Immigrant Communities

Action Through Literacy

by Gerald Campano, María Paula Ghiso, Bethany J. Welch
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

In a period of increasing economic and social uncertainty, how do immigrant communities come together to advocate for educational access and their rights? This book is based on a 5-year university partnership with members from Indonesian, Vietnamese, Latino, Filipino, African American, and Irish American...
Book cover of Current Challenges in Stability Issues for Numerical Differential Equations

Current Challenges in Stability Issues for Numerical Differential Equations

Cetraro, Italy 2011, Editors: Luca Dieci, Nicola Guglielmi

by Wolf-Jürgen Beyn, Luca Dieci, Nicola Guglielmi
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013

This volume addresses some of the research areas in the general field of stability studies for differential equations, with emphasis on issues of concern for numerical studies. Topics considered include: (i) the long time integration of Hamiltonian Ordinary DEs and highly oscillatory systems,...
Book cover of Drug Policy and the Public Good
by Thomas Babor, Jonathan Caulkins, Benedikt Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018

Illegal psychoactive substances and illicit prescription drugs are currently used on a daily basis all over the world. Affecting public health and social welfare, illicit drug use is linked to disease, disability, and social problems. Faced with an increase in usage, national and global policymakers...
Book cover of Las crisis políticas y económicas: nuevos escenarios internacionales
by Antonio Segura Serrano, Diego Javier Liñán Nogueras, Caterina García Segura
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 29, 2014

Las crisis políticas y económicas: Nuevos escenarios internacionales es una obra que recoge las reflexiones que fueron objeto de un interesante Seminario que, bajo el mismo título, se desarrolló en la primavera de 2013 en la Universidad de Granada. El libro, como el Seminario que le dio vida,...
Book cover of 50 Classic Christmas Stories Maxipack: 100+ Authors, 200 Novels, Novellas, Stories, Poems & Carols (Golden Deer Classics)
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018

This ebook comprises the 4 volumes of our series named "50 Classic Christmas Stories". All 4 volumes are also available separately in the shop. This edition includes bonus streaming links to our album called "35 essential christmas songs (guitar arrangements)" (Spotify, Apple Music,...
Book cover of The Greatest Christmas Stories: 120+ Authors, 250+ Magical Christmas Stories
by A.A. Milne, Santa Claus, Adelaide Anne Procter
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!
Book cover of Thermodynamics and Morphodynamics in Wave Energy
by Antonio Moñino, Encarnación Medina-López, Rafael J. Bergillos
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018

This book examines the performance of oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converters. It discusses the influence of humid air inside the chamber and changes in the seabed, and also investigates the role of wave energy converters in coastal protection. The authors use a real gas model...
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Nuestros antepasados

El vizconde demediado. El barón rampante. El caballero inexistente

by Italo Calvino, María J. Calvo Montoro
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 8, 2012

«Recojo en este volumen tres historias que escribí en la década de los cincuenta a los sesenta y que tienen en común el hecho de ser inverosímiles y de ocurrir en épocas remotas y en países imaginarios. Dadas estas características comunes, y a pesar de otras características no homogéneas,...
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