Magda: 208 books
by Ayşe Nihal Akbulut, Bouchra Benlemlih, Liviu Cotrău
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Few, if any, U.S. writers are as important to the history of world literature as Edgar Allan Poe, and few, if any, U.S. authors owe so much of their current reputations to the process of translation. Translated Poe brings together 31 essays from 19 different national/literary traditions to demonstrate...
by Magda Salvesen
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
An illustrated guidebook to a rich array of 148 designed landscapes along the Northeast Corridor.
Nestled all along the northeast corridor, a profusion of horticultural gems and designed landscapes beckons visitors, from celebrated formal parks, estates, and arboretums to less familiar—and...
by Magda Szabó
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Budapest, estate 1957. Sofia ha undici anni e non riesce a capire il difficile mondo dei grandi intorno a lei. Timida e impacciata, studentessa mediocre e delusione continua per sua madre, Sofia aveva un buon rapporto solo con il padre, giovane medico stroncato da un infarto. «Ditelo a Sofia» sono...
Muslim Spaces of Hope
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Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Debates about contemporary Islam and Muslims in the West have taken some negative turns in the depressing atmosphere of the war on terror and its aftermath. This book argues that we have been too preoccupied with problems, not enough with solutions. The increased mobilisation and scrutiny of Muslim...
by Collectif, Juan David Villa Gómez, Carolina Valencia
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 27, 2016
La garantía efectiva de los derechos humanos, hoy más que nunca, plantea retos difícilmente superables desde las ciencias jurídicas exclusivamente. Es por esta razón que la Cátedra Unesco y la Cátedra Infancia han convocado a otras disciplinas y a los miembros de la Red UNITWIN para llevar...
Behavioural Aspects of Auditors' Evidence Evaluation
A Belief Revision Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
This title was first published in 2003. Based on psychological research, auditing studies have focused on 'belief revision' as a way of understanding how auditors evaluate evidence. Moreover a belief revision process is consistent with US auditing standards. UK standards on the other hand do not appear...
Social Media and Social Movements
The Transformation of Communication Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
This book examines the increased utilization of social media in daily life and its impact on social movements. The contributors analyze “social media revolutions” such as the Arab Spring, the 15-M movement in Spain, the Occupy Nigeria movement, and the Occupy Gezi movement in Turkey. The contributors...
Misunderstanding Russia
Russian Foreign Policy and the West
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Well argued and balanced, Leichtova provides an alternative and more constructive understanding of what drives Russian foreign policy. The book is based on the concepts of constructivism and orientalism in international relations to analyse the policies of the Russian Federation. This book highlights...
Antisocial Behavior and Mental Health Problems
Explanatory Factors in Childhood and Adolescence
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
Epidemiological surveys have provided key information about the prevalence and degree of seriousness at different ages of a wide array of problem behaviors such as delinquency, substance use, early sexual involvement, and mental health disorders. Knowledge of the extent of these problems and changes...
by Stuart Robinson, Magda Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
In 2012 the author and his wife left their jobs and their home in Perth, Western Australia, to sail 6000 miles to a new life in Melbourne, Victoria.Their voyage took in the remote tropical top half of Australia and included long distance passages, storms, adverse weather, breakdowns, Aboriginal communities,...
Future-Minded
The Psychology of Agency and Control
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
What drives us to make decisions?
Future-Minded explores the psychological processes of agency and control. If you've ever wondered why we think of coincidences as matters of fate rather than the result of the laws of probability, this book provides the answer. From memory and reasoning to...
by Magda Raczynska
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
A pressing problem often facing commercial practitioners is how to determine the principle which would dictate when a proprietary claim is available and when it is not. This book explains the nature and structure of key interests in property in commercial transactions and analyses the incidence of...
Financing the Development of Old Waqf Properties
Classical Principles and Innovative Practices around the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
This book presents successful case studies in Muslim and Muslim minority countries that have revolutionized the redevelopment of idle waqf properties into productive land trusts. The revival of this institution over the last two decades shows the growing optimism in galvanizing the socioeconomic role...
Controlling Uncertainty
Decision Making and Learning in Complex Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Controlling Uncertainty: Decision Making and Learning in Complex Worlds reviews and discusses the most current research relating to the ways we can control the uncertain world around us.
Features reviews and discussions of the most current research in a number of fields relevant to controlling...