Olga: 832 books

This bilingual Spanish dictionary, with both English and Spanish translations, provides an expansive collection of the most commonly used Spanish words. The starter dictionary is the perfect resource to expand your vocabulary as a reference guide, helping you to communicate better when you speak Spanish....

It is perhaps a little superfluous for one of my years to write an introduction for one so well known and so much esteemed and admired as Madame Novikoff. And yet it may seem just, if it does not seem vain, that a full-hearted tribute should come to her from this generation which profits by the result...

Russian scientist Elie Metchnikoff was a Nobel Prize winner who vastly advanced our understanding of the immune system and is credited with creating the field of gerontology, which is the study of aging, lifespans, and longevity. Penned by his wife, this thoughtful and probing biography presents a detailed account of the obstacles Metchnikoff overcame on the path to scholarly prominence.

This title was first published in 2001. This stimulating and well-written text is particularly suitable as a subsidiary text for courses in politics, sociology and ethnic studies.

Essays describing recent research and new discoveries of Hellenistic sculpture, based on papers presented at an international conference at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in 1996.

Children's Lifeworlds examines how working children face the challenge of having to combine work with school in Kerala. Moving beyond the usual concern with child labour and welfare to a critical assessment of the daily work routine of children, this book questions how class and kinship, gender and...

The Value of Intangibles Assets and the Human Capital Disclosure of companies specializing in IT Consulting, Application & Internet Software and Data Processing. A Cross-Country Comparison Italy-England is a work born of the in depth study of the IC disclosure of Italian  companies and the curiosity of the comparison with British companies. Voluntary...

Este libro presenta el estudio de los obstáculos técnicos al comercio internacional (OTC) en cuatro sectores productivos estratégicos y prioritarios de Bogotá: cuero, calzado y marroquinería; textiles y confecciones; envases de plástico; y muebles de madera. Estos sectores fueron seleccionados...

Un recorrido por la revoluciones que han sacudido el mundo árabe, desde Túnez hasta Siria. Las revueltas árabes de 2011 no surgieron por generación espontánea. Detrás de la caída de dictadores como Ben Alí, Mubarak o Gadafi hay una larga lucha silenciosa del activismo clandestino en...

In structural terms reciprocal frame structures are 'three dimensional assemblies of mutually supporting beams'. But behind this definition lie some breathtakingly beautiful and complex structures at the heart of buildings both ancient and modern. This new book explores the principles of these apparently...

Presents a comprehensive description of the theory and practical implementation of Doppler radar-based physiological monitoring This book includes an overview of current physiological monitoring techniques and explains the fundamental technology used in remote non-contact monitoring methods....

Esta tercera edición de nuestro Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social para Titulaciones no Jurídicas, tras el éxito obtenido por las anteriores ediciones, aporta la necesaria puesta al día tras las importantes reformas que en ambas materias se han producido en los dos últimos años. La...

This book focuses on the concept of learner writer identity in the context of foreign language writing. The author demonstrates that the process of writing in a foreign language is much more complex and personal than many writing instructors may assume. The book’s theoretical chapters address such...

 La ricerca nasce dallo studio della voluntary disclosure presente nei bilanci delle società. In particolare è interessante analizzare quella parte del capitale relazionale definita CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) e la parte di informazioni rientranti nella risk disclosure (ambientale e sociale)....