Martina: 829 books

This seminal study explores the significant changes in the global IT industry as production has shifted from the developed world to massive sites in the developing world that house hundreds of thousands of workers in appalling low-wage conditions to minimize labor costs. Yet little is known about...

This book addresses the complex phenomenon in higher education of structural reforms in higher education systems. Across the globe, governments initiate comprehensive reforms of their higher education systems because they want their models to be the best and to excel at what they do. This regularly...

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Psychology - Work, Business, Organisational and Economic Psychology, grade: High Merit, European College of Business and Management (ECBM) London (London School of Economics and Political Science), language: English, abstract: '[I]t remains a fact that many...

This book showcases how small-scale renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, cookstoves, biogas digesters, microhydro units, and wind turbines are helping Asia respond to a daunting set of energy governance challenges. Using extensive original research this book offers a compendium of the...

A book which explains the latest research into how the brain works, providing practical tips for training your brain to promote success in all areas of your life.

"Forse il destino non è solo una forza malvagia, forse la vita non è sempre buia, forse dietro il dolore si nasconde la via d’uscita, una salvezza, una possibilità di vittoria." Un attico da sogno, un fidanzato bellissimo e influente, un lavoro da favola. Così vive Laura Harris,...

Attention is a most precious gift. It brings meaning, connection and happiness to our lives. Studies suggest attention spans are declining, distraction is growing, and we’re more concerned than ever about losing the ability to perform the simple but crucial act of paying attention. It’s one of...

Interest in Mathematics and Science Learning, edited by K. Ann Renninger, Martin Nieswandt, and Suzanne Hidi, is the first volume to assemble findings on the role of interest in mathematics and science learning. As the contributors illuminate across the volume's 22 chapters, interest provides a critical...

Episode V der lang erwarteten Vorgeschichte des Bestsellers "Das Rätsel der Templer" Gero und seien Kameraden werden im Auftrag des Ordens zu kräftezehrenden Überfällen auf die Mameluken an der Küste vor Antarados entsandt. Da diese aber immer öfter mit hohen Verlusten enden, wächst...

Episode IV der lang erwarteten Vorgeschichte des Bestsellers "Das Rätsel der Templer" Die kräftezehrende Ausbildung auf Zypern stellt Gero und seine Gefährten immer wieder vor neue Herausforderungen. Doch der Preis ist jede Mühe wert. Erwartet die Novizen mit der endgültigen Aufnahme in...

Episode III der lang erwarteten Vorgeschichte des Bestsellers "Das Rätsel der Templer" Gero erneuert nach dem erlittenen Schicksalsschlag das Gelöbnis, sein Leben in den Dienst des Templerordens zu stellen, um das Heilige Land für die Christenheit zurückzuerobern. Er begibt sich nach Troyes...

This book is a comprehensive study of some ways of treating the subject that demonstrate new and unusual perspectives, and provides a different approach to the popularly-held views of mothers-in-law; and that further address these works as popular culture; and as texts in their own right from within...

Come ci si sente a essere italiani, immersi in usi e costumi (e lingua!) di un paese anglosassone? Cosa proverebbe una promettente scrittrice siciliana a Dublino, scoprendosi cittadina del mondo e condividendo la stessa passione di una comunità così lontana – eppure così vicina – dalla propria...

Das schönste Weihnachtsgeschenk: eine vorgelesene Geschichte Kinder spielen draußen im Schnee. Die Häuser sind geschmückt, und in der Luft hängt der Duft von frischen Plätzchen. Die Weihnachtszeit ist da! Nun beginnt das gemütliche Beisammensein. Alle warten gespannt auf das Christkind. Ob...