Jan Morris (then James) first visited Trieste as a soldier at the end of the Second World War. Since then, the city has come to represent her own life, with all its hopes, disillusionments, loves and memories. Here, her thoughts on a host of subjects - ships, cities, cats, sex, nationalism, Jewishness, civility and kindness - are inspired by the presence of Trieste, and recorded in or between the lines of this book.
Evoking the whole of its modern history, from its explosive growth to wealth and fame under the Habsburgs, through the years of Fascist rule to the miserable years of the Cold War, when rivalries among the great powers prevented its creation as a free city under United Nations auspices, Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere is neither a history nor a travel book; like the place, it is one of a kind.
Jan Morris's collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, Manhattan '45, A Writer's World and the Pax Britannica Trilogy. Hav, her novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
The phenomenal success of George Lucas's first Star Wars trilogy quite simply revolutionized the cinema; but what sets Lucas's films apart from their legion of imitators is the quality of their screenplays. Lucas originally intended this trilogy to be a single film, but the epic scope of the story (combining hi-tech, sci-fi cinephilia with elements of Arthurian myth and mysticism) demanded that it be split into three.
The first panel of the triptych is A New Hope. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, young Luke Skywalker leads a dull, isolated existence on his uncle's homestead. One day, two androids, C3PO and R2D2, show up bearing a message from Princess Leia, the leader of the rebel forces engaged in a struggle against the vicious tryranny of the Empire - as personified by the rasping presence of Darth Vader. The message leads Luke to realize his heritage as a Jedi Knight. He sets out on a wild adventure across the galaxy and, together with Leia and rogue pilot Han Solo, attempts to thwart the Empire by destroying its menacing base of operations: the Death Star.
Growing out of the 1960s avant-garde and counterculture, contact improvization is an underground, experimental movement in modern dance that captures artistic and social forces in transition. Cynthia Novack considers the development of this dance form within its historical, social and cultural contexts. While focusing on the changing practice of contact improvization, Novack's work incorporates the history of rock dancing and disco, modern dance and experimental dance movements and a variety of other physical activities, such as martial arts, aerobics and wrestling. Providing a cultural history of a number of American dance/movement styles from the 1950s to the present, she also compares contact improvization to other dance forms, both American and non-American. Novack concludes her study with a discussion of contact improvization both as an icon of the end of the 1960s and as a dance practice which continues to demonstrate the subtle ways in which movement represents and creates culture.
Nach dem großen Erfolg des Buches "Heilpflanzen der Traditionellen Europäischen Medizin", in dem der Einsatz von heimischen Heilpflanzen für eine Vielzahl von Indikationen vorgestellt wird, beschreibt die Autorin nun in einem neuen Band wie sich europäische Heilpflanzen positiv auf die Psyche und das Nervensystem auswirken können. Ein kurzer Grundlagenteil erklärt zu Beginn Basiswissen aus Sicht der Traditionellen Europäischen Medizin (TEM). Der weitaus größere Teil bietet eine gute Übersicht, welche Heilpflanzen bei welcher Indikation auf körperlicher und psychischer Ebene wirken, wobei nach Krankheitsbild geordnet die jeweiligen Heilpflanzen in Wort und Bild mit ihrer Wirkung, Anwendung und Zubereitungsmöglichkeit vorgestellt werden. Als Besitzerin einer traditionsreichen Naturapotheke verfügt die Autorin über ein großes Wissen an bewährten zum Teil sehr alten Rezepturen. Das praxisnahe Buch wendet sich an Ärzte und Pharmazeuten, die sich mit der Traditionellen Europäischen Medizin beschäftigen möchten sowie an alle an dem Thema Interessierten.
Jake and his girlfriend are on a drive to visit his parents at their remote farm. After dinner at the family home, things begin to get worryingly strange. And when he leaves her stranded in a snowstorm at an abandoned high school later that night, what follows is a chilling exploration of psychological frailty and the limitations of reality. Iain Reid's intense, suspenseful debut novel will have readers' nerves jangling. A series of tiny clues sprinkled through the relentlessly paced narrative culminate in a haunting twist on the final page. Reminiscent of Michael Faber's Under the Skin, Stephen King's Misery and the novels of Jose Saramago, I'm Thinking of Ending Things is an astonishing and highly original literary thriller that grabs you from the start - and never lets go.
Lift the flaps and find all the babies in this funny picture book!
The dog gets fatter and fatter, but what is the matter? Lift the flap and find out in this fun picture book about babies, puppies and kittens being born.
This standard textbook on the bones, surfaces, movement and conformation of the horse was prepared by R. H. Smythe MRCVS and first published in 1967. Five years later, Dr P. C. Goody, B.Sc., PhD., revised and expanded the book, providing a wide new base of valuable anatomical information. This third edition came to fruition in 1992 when Peter Gray MVB, MRCVS, completely revised and updated the work, bringing a clinical viewpoint to the existing text, and by combining the knowledge of structural characteristics with the known stresses caused by diverse factors such as concussion and conformation, and an examination of spinal dynamics and muscular injuries, enables the reader to understand more easily how and why lameness occurs. The result is a work which will be of inestimable benefit to a new generation of students and horse owners.
Die erste Auflage von "High-End mit Röhren" erschien 1995. Seither hat dieses Buch bei vielen Freunden der Röhrentechnik seinen festen Platz. Von Anfang an legte der Autor Wert auf die Vermittlung von Grundlagen in verständlicher Form. Die Schaltungen sollen nicht nur nachgebaut werden, sondern es ist auch wichtig zu verstehen, warum und wie es funktioniert, wie im Bedarfsfall eingegriffen werden kann und wie sich eine hochwertige HiFi-Anlage nach eigenen Vorstellungen aufbauen lässt. Dem Leser steht somit ein vielseitiger Baukasten mit erprobten Schaltungen zur Verfügung.
Alle drei gängigen Endstufenprinzipien werden vorgestellt: Eintakt- A-, Gegentakt-AB- und Parallel-Push-Pull-Endstufen. Diese decken den Leistungsbereich von etwa 3 W bis über 200 W ab, womit sie jeder im Heimbereich gestellten Anforderung gerecht werden. Passend zu den Endstufen gibt es Vorverstärkerschaltungen, die nach den jeweiligen Bedürfnissen aufgebaut werden können. Aus einer Reihe von Stromversorgungen können die für das jeweilige Projekt passenden ausgesucht werden. Für die Freunde der Vinylplatte sind zwei hochwertige RIAA-Vorverstärker beschrieben. Weiterhin werden einige Spezialschaltungen vorgestellt, die nach Bedarf eingesetzt werden können, womit die HiFi-Anlage weiter aufgewertet wird.
Am Ende des Buchs werden Hinweise zu Inbetriebnahme, Schaltungsaufbau und Messtechnik gegeben. Das ermöglicht erfolgreichen Nachbau und die messtechnische Überprüfung. Die wichtigsten Daten aller in den Schaltungen vorkommenden Netztrafos, Siebdrosseln, Übertrager und Röhren mit Anschlussbelegung sind ebenfalls aufgeführt, womit sich der Leser langes Suchen erspart. Das Buch ist mit über 160 Bildern bestehend aus Diagrammen, Schaltplänen und Fotos illustriert.
Lo studio di come si imparano le «altre» lingue, o lingue seconde, cioè le lingue che si acquisiscono dopo la prima infanzia, riveste un interesse a un tempo teorico e applicativo. È oggetto di interesse teorico, perché apre finestre di conoscenza sulla natura delle lingue e della facoltà umana di linguaggio. È poi oggetto di un interesse applicativo, sempre crescente al crescere delle esigenze di un mondo globalizzato e interconnesso, perché una migliore conoscenza del fenomeno dell'acquisizione delle seconde lingue consente di intervenire in modo più consapevole nel campo del loro insegnamento o delle politiche linguistiche che ne possono promuovere la conoscenza o l'uso all'interno del repertorio individuale e comunitario. Come molti fenomeni connessi all'attività umana, anche lo studio dell'acquisizione di seconde lingue può essere affrontato da diversi punti di vista. Verso una nuova lingua adotta una prospettiva eminentemente linguistica, con aperture sul versante della psicolinguistica e un'attenzione alla dimensione interazionale. Le autrici hanno inteso introdurre il lettore a un campo di ricerca in notevole fermento, offrendogli uno sguardo il più possibile aggiornato e internazionale, ma osservandolo da una prospettiva italiana, facendo quindi particolare riferimento, nell'esemplificazione, a ricerche nate in ambito italiano e a dati osservativi sull'italiano usato come seconda lingua. Per il lettore italofono, la possibilità di accedere a una esemplificazione in italiano consente di osservare la propria lingua attraverso il punto di vista di chi sta apprendendo quella stessa lingua: uno «specchio in negativo» che permette, allo studioso come all'operatore del settore, un prezioso esercizio di consapevolezza.
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Two renowned investment advisors and forecasters present their prognostications--political, social, and economic--for the coming years and outline the practical consequences of adapting to the new global economy and the information age. 100,000 first printing. Tour.
A comienzos del siglo xx España ha sido anexionada al mayor imperio que Europa ha conocido. Tras la pacificación, las élites militares eligen un pequeño pueblo de Extremadura como gratificación para los mandos a cargo de la ocupación. Eva Holman, esposa de uno de ellos, vive su idílico retiro en la paz de su conciencia hasta que recibe la visita inesperada de un hombre que empezará ocupando su propiedad y acabará por invadir su vida entera. La tierra que pisamos habla del modo en que nos relacionamos con la tierra; con el lugar en el que nacemos pero también con el planeta que nos sostiene. Formas que van desde el atroz mercantilismo que ejerce el poder hasta la emoción de un hombre que cultiva a la sombra de una encina. Y entre esos dos extremos, la lucha de una mujer por encontrar el auténtico sentido de su vida y del que su propia educación la ha desviado. Con la misma riqueza y precisión con que escribió Intemperie, Jesús Carrasco indaga en esta novela en la infinita capacidad de resiliencia del ser humano, el deslumbramiento de la empatía cuando el otro deja de ser un extraño a nuestros ojos y la naturaleza de un amor más grande que nosotros. Una lectura emocionante; un libro capaz de cambiarte.
Health Psychology provides an accessible and empirically-based approach to understanding health psychology. It goes beyond other mainstream textbooks by introducing students to global and cross-cultural health issues, covering cutting-edge scientific and medical topics in ways that students can understand. The author integrates core theory, research, and practice in an engaging and practical way.
The book also integrates the biopsychosocial perspective, building on traditional content and topics in order to aid student understanding, interest, and learning. It incorporates engaging applications, case studies, frequent examples, clear and thorough explanations, and a student-friendly tone. The second edition also provides an emphasis on developmental influences on health.
Clearly demonstrates the specific characteristics that make for comprehensible, friendly and controllable places; 'Responsive Environments' - as opposed to the alienating environments often imposed today. By means of sketches and diagrams, it shows how they may be designed in to places or buildings.
This is a practical book about architecture and urban design. It is most concerned with the areas of design which most frequently go wrong and impresses the idea that ideals alone are not enough. Ideals must be linked through appropriate design ideas to the fabric of the built environemnt itself. This book is a practical attempt to show how this can be done.
Geared towards security researchers, IT teams, and penetration testers, application testers, developers, and IT administrators, this book teaches readers how to get started with hacking Internet connected devices. Readers dig deep into technical (and related legal) issues, as they learn what kinds of devices to use as hacking tools and which make the best targets. The authors, all experts in the field, cover the kinds of vulnerabilities found in IoT devices, explain how to exploit their network protocols, and how to leverage security flaws and certain hardware interfaces found in the physical devices themselves.
Do you struggle to understand your anxiety? Are your days often consumed by worries that have no clear answers? Perhaps you don't feel like your usual self? UNTANGLE YOUR ANXIETY was written by Psychotherapist and Best-Selling Author, Joshua Fletcher (@anxietyjosh), and the owner of Instagram's largest anxiety community, Dean Stott (@DLCanxiety), to help you overcome excessive anxiety. Having both been diagnosed in the past with anxiety disorders, then successfully overcoming them, Josh and Dean have written this honest and powerful self-help book as a reassuring aid in your recovery.
The second edition of Skills and Techniques for Human Service Professionals: Counseling Environment, Helping Skills, Treatment Issues provides readers with valuable information about how the counseling environment impacts the helping relationship, ways of delivering critical helping skills, and the necessity of understanding important treatment issues when working with clients and consumers.
Section I focuses on the counseling environment. Whereas Chapter 1 highlights eight important characteristics of the effective helper, Chapter 2 examines how the client experiences the agency when first entering it. This chapter focuses on such things as agency atmosphere, physical space, and nonverbal behaviors of the helper.
In Section II, chapters move from the most basic foundational skills to more advanced skills and specialized training. Coverage includes honoring and respecting the client, being curious, delimiting power and developing an equal relationship, non-pathologizing, listening, reflections, paraphrasing, and basic empathy. Readers also learn about affirmation giving, encouragement, and support; offering alternatives; information and advice giving; modeling; self-disclosure; collaboration; advocacy; information gathering and solution-focused questions; advanced empathy; confrontation; assessing for suicidality and homicidality; crisis, disaster, and trauma helping; token economies; positive helping; and coaching.
Section III focuses on important treatment issues in human services including case management, culturally competent counseling, guidelines for working with diverse populations, and ethical decision-making when working with all clients.
Dr. Edward Neukrug is a professor of counseling and human services at Old Dominion University. A licensed professional counselor and licensed psychologist, he has experience in outpatient therapy, crisis counseling, substance abuse counseling, couples and family counseling, private practice, and as a school counselor. Dr. Neukrug is a nationally known author, presenter, and researcher. He was granted ACA Fellow status by the American Counseling Association in 2019. Dr. Neukrug is the author of eleven books: The Dictionary of Counseling and Human Services; Skills and Techniques for Human Service Professionals; Counseling Theory and Practice (2nd ed.); The World of the Counselor (5th ed.); Experiencing the World of the Counselor: A Workbook for Counselor Educators and Students (4th ed.); Theory, Practice and Trends in Human Services: An Introduction to An Emerging Profession (6th ed.); Essentials of Testing and Assessment for Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists (3rd ed.); A Brief Orientation to Counseling: Professional Identity, History, and Standards (2nd ed.); Skills and Tools for Today's Counselors and Psychotherapists; Counseling and Helping Skills: Critical Techniques for Becoming a Counselor; and Sage Encyclopedia of Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy (editor).
Learn about animals and where they live with Hidden World.
Filled with bite-sized facts, multiple flaps and sumptuous illustrations, this title is perfect for introducing young children to the worlds of the animal kingdom.
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Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business-and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.
In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have led to Bridgewater's exceptionally effective culture, which he describes as "an idea meritocracy that strives to achieve meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical transparency." It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio-who grew up an ordinary kid in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood-that he believes are the reason behind his success.
In Principles, Dalio shares what he's learned over the course of his remarkable career. He argues that life, management, economics, and investing can all be systemized into rules and understood like machines. The book's hundreds of practical lessons, which are built around his cornerstones of "radical truth" and "radical transparency," include Dalio laying out the most effective ways for individuals and organizations to make decisions, approach challenges, and build strong teams. He also describes the innovative tools the firm uses to bring an idea meritocracy to life, such as creating "baseball cards" for all employees that distill their strengths and weaknesses, and employing computerized decision-making systems to make believability-weighted decisions. While the book brims with novel ideas for organizations and institutions, Principles also offers a clear, straightforward approach to decision-making that Dalio believes anyone can apply, no matter what they're seeking to achieve.
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Talcott Parsons Today offers a reappraisal-and extension-of the work of the most significant and influential twentieth-century sociologist. The volume consists of original essays by prominent Parsons scholars from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Germany. Finally, and most important, it makes a significant contribution to the current controversy surrounding an important sociological figure. The book consists of 10 essays, nine of which are original pieces; all are written by well-known scholars who are intimately acquainted with Parsons' body of work.
Das Action-Abenteuer der Extraklasse wird nun endlich auch als spannendes Lesevergnügen brillieren. Der übermächtige Teufelsprinz Mundus plant eine Invasion der Erde. doch ein Mann ist bereit den Kampf aufzunehmen: Dante ist halb Mensch, halb Dämon und ein Experte für das Übernatürliche.
The sound of shuffling footsteps across the old cell floor...A soft voice like a strange tune echoing along the empty corridors...Dim lights in the windows of the abandoned asylum...Discarded case files that flip open to reveal the dreams of broken minds...Welcome to a place where the boundaries of fact and fiction meet.Acclaimed author Gary McMahon raids the archives of a notorious derelict mental asylum called the Daleside Institute to bring you stories of madness, horror and emotional trauma. In locations as diverse as suburban Germany, the London Underground, an Italian seaside resort and the inhospitable polar icecap, you will meet damaged people with broken lives. Here are terrifying accounts of love, hate, death and madnessThese are the Tales of the Weak and the Wounded."...a great collection of stories and an excellent showcase for the highly talented Gary McMahon." - Dark Musings
In the Ichidian Universe, The League and their ruthless assassins rule all. Expertly trained and highly valued, the League Assassins are the backbone of the government. But not even the League is immune to corruption . . .
Command Assassin Nykyrian Quikiades once turned his back on the League--and has been hunted by them ever since. Though many have tried, none can kill him or stop him from completing his current mission: to protect Kiara Zamir, a woman whose father's political alliance has made her a target.
As her world becomes even deadlier, Kiara must entrust her life to the same kind of beast who once killed her mother and left her for dead. Old enemies and new threaten them both and the only way they can survive is to overcome their suspicions and learn to trust in the very ones who threaten them the most: each other.
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