Mariana: 279 books
Ice
The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and significance.More brittle than glass, at times...
The Guru Question
The Perils and Rewards of Choosing a Spiritual Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
The spiritual journey is perhaps the most personal experience of our lives—but does that mean we have to go it alone? With The Guru Question, award-winning author Mariana Caplan brings you a unique and much-needed guide for deciding whether you need a dedicated mentor to help illuminate your path...
by Mariana Valverde
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
This book explores the theoretical contribution of Michel Foucault to the fields of criminology, law, justice and penology. It surveys both the ways in which the work of Foucault has been applied in criminology, but also how his work can be used to understand and explain contemporary issues and policies....
Il valore di tutto
Chi lo produce e chi lo sottrae nell'economia globale
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Banchieri, imprenditori, politici: tutti parlano della necessità di 'creare valore' per creare ricchezza. Ma cos'è realmente il 'valore'? Chi crea ricchezza? Come decidiamo il valore delle cose che produciamo e quanto spetta a chi le realizza? Un contributo di grande originalità dell'autrice de...
by Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, Mariana Souto-Manning
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
If teachers want to create positive change in the lives of their students, then they must first be able to create positive change in their own lives. This book describes a powerful professional development approach that merges the scholarship of critical pedagogy with the Theatre of the Oppressed....
by Mariana Ruiz Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
While you are sleeping, does the rest of the world sleep, too?
Not everyone.
In this dreamy book, which won the 2015 Silent Book Contest at the prestigious Bologna Children's Book Fair, Mariana Ruiz Johnson conjures up the ordinary yet extraordinary world outside the window of a sleeping child....
Die Herrenausstatterin
Roman
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Von der Autorin des aktuellen Spiegel-Bestsellers 'Was man von hier aus sehen kann' Katja Wiesberg verschwimmt die Welt vor Augen. Ihr Mann ist fort, und sie ist ihren Job los. Katja ist allein. Da sitzt auf einmal ein älterer Herr auf dem Rand ihrer Badewanne und stellt sich als Dr. Blank vor. Es...
by Mariana Stjerna
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Time Journey to the Origin and the Future is the independent sequel to Mariana Stjerna’s well received novel On Angels’ Wings. While the former book is about what happens to us after our physical death, this book discloses the origin of man and what will happen to Earth and humanity when we have...
Bis der Arzt kommt
Geschichten aus der Sprechstunde
Language: German
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Sollten in den Trinkwasserspendern in Wartezimmern nicht lieber Fische schwimmen? Warum sieht die Sprechstundenhilfe immer so aus, als sei sie frühmorgens schon von einem Visagisten zurechtgemacht worden? Warum ist der eine Arzt so wortkarg, der andere so schwatzhaft? Und vor allem: Was hat das alles...
by Mariana Enriquez
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: May 22, 2019
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: May 22, 2019
Mariana Enriquez constrói em novo livro um universo sombrio em que lendas do rock encontram fãs fanáticos e seres mitológicosLendas do rock nunca fenecem. E tudo porque entregaram a vida às Luminosas, seres atemporais que se alimentam dos aspectos mais pungentes da devoção humana. Kurt Cobain?...
Maltratadas
Violencia de género en las relaciones de pareja. Prólogo de Eva Gilberti
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Un libro fundamental para desentrañar la violencia de género mediante el testimonio de sus víctimas.
Maltratadas reconstruye el mapa social sobre el que se edifica la violencia de los hombres hacia las mujeres a partir charlas íntimas con víctimas sobre la violencia de género en las relaciones...
The Value of Everything
Making and Taking in the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
**Modern economies reward activities that extract value rather than create it. This must change to ensure a capitalism that works for us all.
Shortlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award**
A scathing indictment of our current global financial system, The Value...
Neurosis, sustancias y literatura
21 conversaciones con escritoras y escritores más o menos jóvenes
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Esto no es una antología, ni mucho menos un canon. Esto es un bestiario.
Aquí se reúnen, acaso, los más salvajes, los más sutiles, los más obsesivos, los más anfibios, los más ellos mismos y ellas mismas. Éstos son los 21 autores con los que Mariana H quiso conversar, por curiosidad,...
Criaturas. Cuentos de extraña imaginación
Cuentos de extraña imaginación
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Desde tiempos inmemoriales, nos han fascinado las historias de avistamientos de seres con los que compartimos hábitats sin la certeza de hacerlo en armonía. Criaturas que transgreden la noción de normalidad y rompen la tranquilidad de lo conocido. Has encontrado las puertas de una jaula que alberga...