Raquel: 257 books

James Hardwell is backpacking through Europe – drinking, womanizing, and having the time of his life – when he is kidnapped by a sisterhood of barefoot, cloistered nuns intent on changing his ways. Trapped in the mysterious world of the Cloister, James is forced to endure humbling punishments,...

Nonlinear optical (NLO) phenomena such as frequency conversion have played a key role in the development of photonic technologies. This thesis reports a detailed study of the molecular response of a large variety of push-pull organic compounds using the Second Harmonic Generation technique, which...

"Critical Reflections on Audience and Narrativity—New connections, New perspectives" offers an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach to fiction, reality, and narrativity applied to television series from all over the world. Dissecting the almost invisible barrier between fiction and reality...

NOTA PREVIA A 2? EDIC?O Esgotada a 1? edic?o deste livro, mantem-se o proposito didatico que inicialmente lhe presidiu: o de constituir um instrumento de estudo do Direito Administrativo, capaz de estimular a capacidade de problematizac?o e o espirito critico. A entrada em vigor de varios diplomas...

Pare, olhe e pense. Este conjunto de casas, prédios e vias de tráfego, povoado por milhares, às vezes milhões de pessoas, é - como você sabe - uma cidade. As primeiras surgiram há apenas cinco mil anos, nos vales da Mesopotâmia. De lá pra cá, muita coisa mudou. Este livro parte das referências...

The scientist Jessica Salles didn't stop complaining, especially after her discovery was announced as the merit of her former teacher. It was not easy to admit that the science academy had ignored her. Only Father Victor, expulsed by Cornelio from the USP laboratories, had shown interest in her research....

Inácio Vaz could hardly believe in his dream coming true. He had just arrived in Paris, with some coins in his pocket and a strong wish to be a lawyer. He had rented a small room in a cheap inn, and had gotten a miserable job that would provide him a roof and a maintenance for years ahead. While he...

Michael’s eyes were like two emeralds. Incredibly green, they mirrored something sweet, a tenderness almost incredible, a kind of enchantment capable of enchanting her completely. Carmen couldn’t believe that he was alive, hidden in the ruins of the big house that once had been her family’s,...

La idea que ha guiado la edición de este libro es que la conmemoración del bicentenario de la Independencia y del centenario de la Revolución Mexicana, debe ampliar el conocimiento sobre estos procesos, y no cultivar una historia de héroes y villanos. Con este objetivo se presenta una serie de...

El cuidado de las personas mayores cuando estas presentan dificultades en actividades de la vida diaria es una de las principales preocupaciones que surgen cuando alguien tiene que enfrentarse a la tarea de atender a un ser querido o delegar esta labor en otra persona o institución que actúe de...

Esiste un universo parallelo nei sogni. Esistono esseri capaci di invadere le menti, creature mitologiche perdute nell’oblio. Lorena credeva d’impazzire. Tutte le notti, il suo arci-nemico Hank Hirano invadeva i suoi sogni per spaventarla. Come se tutto ciò non fosse sufficiente, doveva...

"Sólo era un viaje de unos meses para cursar un máster de Arquitectura en Los Angeles y de repente me encuentro en una relación con un actor atractivo y problemático… ¿qué debo hacer?". Miriam acaba de llegar a la capital del cine y un inesperado accidente le lleva a entablar contacto...

La transformación experimentada por la industria editorial y los sistemas de información y comunicación en los últimos años, con una intensa migración de lo analógico a lo digital, nos obliga a repensar la forma en que concebimos los documentos, la lectura y la escritura, la creación y la...

Una de las tareas fundamentales de la investigación científica es la revisión de la literatura especializada para su cotejo, crítica y fundamentación. El investigador se encuentra ante la difícil tarea de buscar, identificar, analizar y ponderar entre miles de contribuciones, con calidades y...