N Roger: 26 books

¿Debo permitir que mis hijos vean dibujos en el móvil? ¿Es perjudicial la tecnología? En este texto breve, didáctico y riguroso, Alberto Soler responde a estas y otras preguntas y explica la relación entre los niños y las pantallas y la conveniencia (o no) de exponer a nuestros hijos a móviles,...

Roger examines how developments in new media technologies, such as the internet, blogs, camera/video phones, have fundamentally altered the way in which governments, militaries, terrorists, NGOs, and citizens engage with images. He argues that there has been a paradigm shift from techno-war to image warfare, which emerged on 9/11.

Una guía amena, didáctica y rigurosa que ayuda a entender el desarrollo de nuestros hijos en sus primeros años de vida y propone recomendaciones adaptables a cada familia. En la primera etapa de la vida de un niño su cuerpo y su cerebro se transforman a un ritmo vertiginoso. El pequeño pasa de...

Communicating Globally: Intercultural Communication and International Business uniquely integrates the theory and skills of intercultural communication with the practices of multinational organizations and international business. Authors Wallace V. Schmidt, Roger N. Conaway, Susan S. Easton, and William...

One evening, while watching the news, Roger N. Lancaster was startled by a report that a friend, a gay male school teacher, had been arrested for a sexually based crime. The resulting hysteria threatened to ruin the life of an innocent man. In this passionate and provocative book, Lancaster blends...

Roger N. Lancaster provides the definitive rebuttal of evolutionary just-so stories about men, women, and the nature of desire in this spirited exposé of the heterosexual fables that pervade popular culture, from prime-time sitcoms to scientific theories about the so-called gay gene. Lancaster links...

Wire drawing is a metalworking process used to reduce the diameter of a wire by pulling the wire through a single, or series of, drawing die(s). The engineering applications of wire drawing are broad and far-reaching, including electrical wiring, cables, tension-loaded structural components, springs,...

Des livres sur le mariage, le divorce et le remariage, il y en a et il y en aura encore... mais celui-ci est atypique. Facile d’accès, rempli d’anecdotes et des versets bibliques, il aborde le pourquoi de la croissance de ce phénomène qu’est le divorce dans le milieu dit « chrétien »....

En rencontrant le numérique, ce qu'on appelle "document" connaît de profond bouleversements."Texte", "support" ou "mémoire" sont largement redéfinis et "auteur", "éditeur", lecteur" ou "bibliothécaire" se trouvent repositionnés. Les formes contemporaines de production, de circulation et d'usage...

Tomás Moro elabora una reflexión sobre las condiciones sociales de la Inglaterra del siglo XVI valiéndose de su enorme talento literario. Las implicaciones y las condiciones de una ficticia sociedad perfecta le permitieron identificar los aspectos negativos de su entorno. Su crítica hacia la organización...

Entre le temps et le simple dans ce livre, une énigme peut-être la plus pure, la plus dépouillée celle de l’impensable fragilité de penser, d’écrire. Celle où les chemins de la pensée et les chemins du deuil s’endurent car jamais portés par personne. « Libre lien de naissance infinie. »...

Shattering Myths on Immigration and Emigration in Costa Rica provides the first comprehensive examination of transnational migration patterns into and out of Costa Rica. This impressive edited volume brings together the work of 18 top scholars from diverse social science backgrounds to analyze Costa...

This Technical Report presents the outcome of a Working Group that was established to determine broadly applicable sound exposure guidelines for fishes and sea turtles. After consideration of the diversity of fish and sea turtles, guidelines were developed for broad groups of animals, defined by the...

Home to sprawling Appalachian forests, rolling prairies, and the longest cave system in the world, Kentucky is among the most ecologically diverse states in the nation. Lakes, rivers, and springs have shaped and nourished life in the Commonwealth for centuries, and water has played a pivotal role...