Catálogo de libros: Sociedad y ciencias sociales

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  • Freedumb 55
    Colleen T. Seeger / Colleen TSeeger
    We can be our own heroes! The words ‹self help› can have us running the other way with our ears covered. That was me, anyway. I always knew that ‹something was up› with me. I have BPD, my son has BPD and I believe my mom and her mom had undiagnosed BPD. I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, five years ago and this is my journey of how I became aware of 'me&#...
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    19,84 €

  • No Mercy
    Jaye Cheríe
    No Mercy follows the growing conflict between rich music producer, Byron Mercy, and his troubled, twenty-one year-old daughter, Erica. Their rift has deepened over the years due to her promiscuous behavior and the persistent rumors about her. The family tension reaches a boiling point when Erica becomes pregnant from a man she refuses to identify. Byron finally gives her an ult...
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    11,17 €

  • How the Other Half Lives
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    During the 1890s many people in upper- and middle-class society were unaware of the dangerous conditions in the slums among poor immigrants. Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant who himself could not originally find much work, hoped to expose the squalor of the 19th-century Lower East Side of Manhattan. After a successful career as a police reporter, he decided to publish a photojour...
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    37,06 €

  • Localism in the Mass Age
    In the United States the conventional left/right distinction has become increasingly irrelevant, if not harmful. The reigning political, cultural, and economic visions of both the Democrats and the Republicans have reached obvious dead ends. Liberalism, with its hostility to any limits, is collapsing. So-called Conservatism has abandoned all pretense of conserving anything at a...
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    26,75 €

  • Domestic Violence in Lebanon
    Maysar Sarieddine
    Lebanese women face discrimination and injustice shaped by their society’s overall values, beliefs, and identities. The purpose of this qualitative critical ethnography was to explore the Lebanese cultural unconscious, including cultural memory and communicative memory; and second, to inspire community transformation and social change to respond to the needs of women who have b...
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    13,09 €

  • Handbook of Research on Modernization and Accountability in Public Sector Management
    The effects of recent economic and financial crises have reached an international scale. A number of different nations have experienced the fallout of these events, calling into question issues of accountability and reform in public management. The Handbook of Research on Modernization and Accountability in Public Sector Management is an essential scholarly publication that foc...
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    374,24 €

  • Her Own Worst Enemy
    Alice Savage
    Drama in the performance of texts is one of the most compelling of language learning resources...This book offers a wealth of preparatory activities, suggestions for varied ways of using the text and helpful suggestions for follow-up. - Alan Maley, teacher, trainer, founder of The C Group, and author of Drama TechniquesA treasure trove of teaching ideas, covering areas like pro...
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    17,00 €

  • Tools of the Spirit
    Robert Brian Dilts / Robert Mcdonald
    A book by Robert Dilts and Robert McDonald, Tools of the Spirit (1997) encompasses their approach to integrating basic NLP skills and tools with higher levels of experience.In the words of Gregory Bateson, Spirit is “the pattern which connects” all things together as a kind of “larger Mind” of which we as individuals are a subsystem.Manifestations of the Spirit, in the form of ...
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    23,91 €

  • Proliferation of Open Government Initiatives and Systems
    Ayse Kok
    As is true in most aspects of daily life, the expansion of government in the modern era has included a move to a technologically-based system. A method of evaluation for such online governing systems is necessary for effective political management worldwide. Proliferation of Open Government Initiatives and Systems is an essential scholarly publication that analyzes open governm...
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    255,60 €

  • The Community of Inquiry Framework in Contemporary Education
    Henry I. Anderson / Henry IAnderson / Peggy Semingson / Pete Smith
    The primary challenge of online education is bridging the distance, both geographical and psychological, between student-and-teacher and student-and-student dynamics. In today’s increasingly digitalized world, it is important to enhance the quality of learning and the nature of interactions in distance education formats. The Community of Inquiry Framework in Contemporary Educat...
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    163,86 €

  • Realism in Practice
    The purpose of this book is to appraise the current relevance and validity of realism as an interpretative tool in contemporary International Relations. All chapters of the book are animated by a theoretical effort to define the conceptual aspects of realism and attempt to establish whether the tradition still provides the necessary conceptual tools to scholars.The chapters add...
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    20,36 €

  • Resource Development
    Eurydice Moore
    The book is comprised of three divisions which are as follows: Division I - Not-for-Profit Business (NFP) Division II - Resource Development Division III- Funding and Grant WritingThe Not-for-Profit division gives information regarding how to set up a Not-for-Profit such as incorporation, the 501c3 determination status, and focus on the business side of the Not-for-Profit. The ...
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    14,59 €

  • Just The Word
    Avron Levine White
    Lifestyle, Cosmopolitan, Poetic Verse, challenging the fundamental elements of key stages in Family and Social Life. Provocative, motivational, analytical insight into sociological, philosophical, and psychological dimensions of individual lifestyle. Just the Word,  is a volume of poems that focuses on highlights of major life-changing events.  Along with the book is an origina...
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    13,98 €

  • Practice the Canadian GED
    Complete Test Preparation Inc.
    Get Ready for your Test with Canadian GED® Practice Test Questions!Practice Test Questions, prepared by our dedicated team of exam experts! Including:  Reading Mathematics Algebra Geometry Language Arts – Writing How to write an essay Science GED® is a registered trademark of the American Council on Education, who are not involved in the production of, and do not endo...
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    15,83 €

  • PERT Math Practice
    Complete Test Preparation Inc.
    Over 200 PERT practice questions, prepared by a dedicated team of exam experts, with detailed answer key, Math shortcuts, tips and tricks, tutorials and multiple choice strategies! PERT Practice Test Questions and Tutorials for:    Arithmetic Basic Algebra Graphing Word Problems Fractions, Decimals and Percent Geometry Need to brush up on your math? This is the book ...
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    14,63 €

  • Our Natural Potential
    David 'Davidya' Buckland
    In the last decade, we’ve seen an unprecedented growth in spiritual awakening. Why is this happening? How are we to understand the nature of enlightenment? Is it a normal part of human development we had forgotten how to culture? What is the underlying causal mechanism? What are the common differences in experiencing the unfolding? How can we support people making progress with...
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    15,98 €

  • Enhancing Education and Training Initiatives Through Serious Games
    John Denholm / Linda Lee-Davies
    Games have become popular tools to enhance learning in both educational and business environments. Analyzing the link between games and their results on students can help provide advances for learning initiatives in the future. Enhancing Education and Training Initiatives Through Serious Games is an essential reference source that examines the impact that games and simulations ...
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    242,79 €

  • Tutu’s Rainbow World
    Joseph Kaifala
    Joseph Kaifala was born in Freetown. Now a Human Rights lawyer in the USA and author of “Free Slaves, Freetown and the Sierra Leonean Civil War” his poetry deals with Africa’s poverty, armed conflicts and the suffering of its child soldiers.   ...
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    11,99 €

  • Terrorist Training Camps in Iran
    NCRI- U.S. Representative Office / NCRI- U.SRepresentative Office
    The book details how  Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps trains foreign fighters in 15 various camps in Iran to export terrorism. The IRGC has created a large directorate within its extraterritorial arm, the Quds Force, in order to expand its training of foreign mercenaries as part of the strategy to step up its meddling abroad in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Bahrain, Afghanistan and el...
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    23,24 €

  • Conservative Essays for the Modern Era
    Gregory E Parker
    With the ascension of relativism and the denial of absolutes and objectivity in everyday life, progressives and socialists have redefined the word "tolerance" to mean the blanket acceptance of anything no matter how unpalatable or absent of truth. Those who challenge this fraud of tolerance, who invoke factual data, display reason, or critical thinking are mocked and humiliated...
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    21,06 €

  • Introductory Statistics
    Barbara Illowsky / Susan Dean
    Introductory Statistics follows the scope and sequence of a one-semester, introduction to statistics course and is geared toward students majoring in fields other than math or engineering. This text assumes students have been exposed to intermediate algebra, and it focuses on the applications of statistical knowledge rather than the theory behind it. The foundation of this text...
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    50,85 €

  • Living the Hero's Journey
    Will Craig
    Author Will Craig shares the paths traveled, lessons learned, and insights gained as the founder and former dean of an international coaching and mentoring company. Experience how to use movies and mythology to uncover the path that is truly yours. This is your Call to Adventure: Unroll the Map of Self-Discovery and embrace a whole new world of joy and wisdom. Gain access t...
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    10,82 €

  • Dealing With Bad In-Laws
    Ken McDonald
    Are you having trouble in your home due to “In-Laws”? Do you not know where or how to draw the line? Maybe you thought that families were to get along and you feel troubled about having bad feelings towards them. This study on “Dealing With Bad In-Laws” answers those questions and more. It takes you through the example of Laban, who was Jacob’s father in-law, and shows how to d...
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    7,07 €

  • Awakening into Unity, The Complete Series Reader
    Lee Temple
    The Global Awakening project integrates widely accepted scientific, spiritual, and environmental perspectives to reveal our profound collective journey from the Big Bang to the present day—so we can understand, at the deepest core level, who we truly are, what we’re made of, and how we’ve come face to face with the greatest humanchallenge of all time—global climate change. In s...
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    80,38 €

  • Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet for Kids
    Brendan P Kelso
    Who will you be? Romeo? Juliet? The nurse!?  Romeo & Juliet like you have never experienced it before: quick, fun, and easy to understand. Designed for 6-18+ actors, kids, families, or anyone who wants to enjoy and perform Shakespeare's classic play. Romeo & Juliet for Kids is a play versatile enough for sibling fun, classes, drama groups, homeschool groups, or backyard per...
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    16,34 €

  • Letters to Mitch
    Marshall Dunn
    Letters to Mitch - The Healing Power of Grief, Love & Truth is the true story of how a young man uses his greatest wound as a gift to heal his life. When Marshall Dunn learns the devastating news that his elder brother, Mitch, has taken his own life, little does he know that his loss will become the catalyst to awaken to his soul’s purpose.  The book is narrated through a serie...
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    10,18 €

  • I Promised Not to Tell
    Cheryl B Evans
    A Readers' Favorite 2017 Bronze Medal Award Winner.  Cheryl Evans and her husband Jim raised their children telling them: 'You can be anything and do anything you want in life.' They just never expected to learn that what their youngest daughter desired most in the world was to be a boy. Experience this powerful, raw and, deeply personal story as one family invites you to b...
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    14,94 €

  • Systemic Knowledge-Based Assessment of Higher Education Programs
    Edgar Oliver Cardoso Espinosa
    The true success of a nation can be measured by its ability to create, disseminate, and utilize knowledge through education. A quality education instills in students the capability to add value to the economy through his or her skills, to participate in society, and to improve the overall wellness of his or her community. Systemic Knowledge-Based Assessment of Higher Education ...
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    223,05 €

  • Defining Identity and the Changing Scope of Culture in the Digital Age
    Since the popularization of Internet technologies in the mid-1990s, human identity and collective culture has been dramatically shaped by our continued use of digital communication platforms and engagement with the digital world. Despite a plethora of scholarship on digital technology, questions remain regarding how these technologies impact personal identity and perceptions of...
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    242,82 €

  • Gopen’s Reader Expectation Approach to the English Language
    George D. Gopen / George DGopen
    For as long as writing has been taught, the subject has always been approached from the perspective of polite society. The central questions were all writer-based: What can, must, ought the writer to do? What cannot, must not, ought not the writer to do? Mistakes were corrected; awkwardness was chastised; bloat was deflated. We were urged to avoid (the passive) and contain (the...
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    15,45 €