Catálogo de libros: Cuestiones y procesos sociales

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  • Share the Road
    Dan Swearingen / Janet Lawson
    Searching for academic and vocational programs for their post-high school autistic son, Lawson and Swearingen found a distinct lack of services. They soon realized that if they wanted an appropriate program for their son, they would have to build it themselves. In Share the Road they recount their personal experiences and the stories of their students as together they create a ...
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    19,55 €

  • Headlock
    Mark Eaton
    Headlock is set in a children’s institution in 1960’s Lancashire, England, and Martha Chisdale, the senior girl and of Jamaican parentage, is going for gold at the All-School’s Championships. Her experiences shatter her self-image and the public image of the orphanage as she tries to cope with fame and tragedy: her ’little brother’ Johnny being sent away for bad behaviour and b...
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    25,59 €

  • Let Us Come In
    Rev. Sky Starr
    There are many topics and issues around gun violence that must be addressed. There are few individuals with the depth and understanding, coupled with first-hand experience, who can do so. Rev. Sky Starr, in her second book, Therapeutic Prescriptions for Fractured Communities, provides practical solutions for victims of gun violence. This must be in the hands of policymakers, co...
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    18,45 €

  • Swimming with Sharks
    Alena Scigliano
    Imagine diving into the deep, mysterious waters of the human psyche, where narcissists lurk like apex predators. In this gripping and eye-opening book, author Alena Scigliano takes you on a journey through the treacherous waters of narcissistic relationships, providing invaluable insights and strategies to help you not only survive but thrive in these challenging environments. ...
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    30,41 €

  • Swimming with Sharks Growth Book
    Alena Scigliano
    'We don’t expect sharks to change their nature, so why do we hope narcissists will change theirs?'Pathological narcissists make up a far greater percentage of the population than people realize and leave those in their wake questioning . . .'How do I get others to understand what the narcissist does to me?''Aren’t there any resources out there to share with my friends and famil...
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    26,17 €

  • We Are Ukraine
    Maidan United Inc.
    Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has taken a heavy toll on its most vulnerable, innocent victims, the children. Fifty-five youngsters and youths ages 4 through 17 were asked to answer one of two questions: what this war means to them and what Ukrainian culture means to them. 'We are Ukraine' is a compilation of their brave and poignant responses, accompanied by artwork that ...
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    29,29 €

  • We Are Ukraine
    Maidan United Inc. / TBD
    Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has taken a heavy toll on its most vulnerable, innocent victims, the children. Fifty-five youngsters and youths ages 4 through 17 were asked to answer one of two questions: what this war means to them and what Ukrainian culture means to them. 'We are Ukraine' is a compilation of their brave and poignant responses, accompanied by artwork that ...
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    54,71 €

  • Algerian Women and Diasporic Experience
    Latefa Narriman Guemar
    This book uses the narratives of women who fled Algeria in the 1990s-known as the ’Black Decade’-to offer a more intimate understanding of the violence women face in times of conflict, and the function of diasporic networks in rebuilding their lives. ...
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    135,42 €

  • Anticipations
    H. G. Wells
    From distinguished British author H.G. Wells of War of the Worlds fame, Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought, better known as Anticipations, forecasts the evolution of 20th century society and the consequences of technology. Consisting of nine chapters, Wells first predicts the development of material forces such as tra...
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    22,60 €

  • Economics and Finance
    Dominion V. Judah
    In 'Economics and Finance: Win-Win Growth Strategies,' author Dominion Victory Judah presents a compelling and thought-provoking perspective on global economics and its interplay with localized growth. The world economy stands at a pivotal juncture, and Judah’s insightful analysis offers a path forward that promises prosperity for both local communities and the global stage.In ...
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    27,90 €

  • Transnational Spaces
    This volume celebrates fifty years of NeMLA’s important presence in the world of academia with a collection of essays that adopt a transnational critical lens. With the present selection, we intend to add our voices to the ongoing debate centered on the renegotiation of space, national, and cultural geographies; to foster both the re-thinking of language(s) and literature(s) no...
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    39,96 €

  • Gender Inequality and its Implications on Education and Health
    Dipyaman Pal
    Raising awareness among stakeholders and institutions to recognise the importance of gender inequality throughout the world and its various implications - especially on education and health - Gender Inequality and its Implications on Education and Health provides strategies to achieve gender equality. ...
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    156,26 €

  • International Migration, COVID-19, and Environmental Sustainability
    With contributions from world-renowned scholars, this book tackles recent universal subject matter and ties it to key contemporary issues, including globalisation and sustainability, that are related to international migration and its impacts. ...
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    180,24 €

  • Transforming the Politics of Mobility and Migration in Aotearoa New Zealand
    Transforming the Politics of Mobility and Migration in Aotearoa New Zealand is a future-focused book that formulates alternative paradigms timely and necessary for a just and ethical politics of mobility and migration in Aotearoa New Zealand. Examining a variety of topics, the book addresses the challenges of structural discrimination, integration and migrant rights framed with...
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    158,29 €

  • Contested Communities
    The study of European literatures was once characterized by single-language, nation-bound enquiry, but in the context of globalization the transnational and multi-lingual aspect of these literatures has come to the fore. The forces driving this change range from acknowledgement of ancestral and regional enclaves within nation states to migration between nation states, and from ...
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    138,87 €

  • Colours of Love
    R C Liston
    Ray and Ella are madly in love and plan to marry. But their backgrounds are different: she’s English and middle  class, he’s Caribbean and working class. Then there is Paul, Ray’s best friend. But Paul is determined to propel a toxic wrecking ball through the solid relationship that Ray and Ella have built. But why? Paul is ultimately drawn into a cascading spiral of hatred and...
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    18,44 €

  • Colours of Love
    R C Liston
    Ray and Ella are madly in love and plan to marry. But their backgrounds are different: she’s English and middle  class, he’s Caribbean and working class. Then there is Paul, Ray’s best friend. But Paul is determined to propel a toxic wrecking ball through the solid relationship that Ray and Ella have built. But why? Paul is ultimately drawn into a cascading spiral of hatred and...
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    27,81 €

  • Daughter of Korean Freud
    Heawon Hake
    A new client with striking similarities to her own horrific circumstances. Will this be the secret to finally healing her own wounds?As a child, Heawon Hake endured hellish conditions. So when she left South Korea as a young adult, the studious woman immersed herself in a long career dedicated to helping people through her empathic psychotherapy. But when she took on a client w...
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    20,16 €

  • Tasmanian Voices The Family Violence Epidemic - 2nd Edition
    Deborah Thomson
    I envisage the book to be used as an educational resource for policy makers, social services staff, students and the general public as well as victims of abuse who from reading this book might be encouraged to leave the abusive relationship early rather than later.This book will be of interest to secondary schools as an educational acquisition for students who in the course of ...
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    12,60 €

  • The Emerald International Handbook of Feminist Perspectives on Women’s Acts of Violence
    Grounded in feminist scholarship, this book upends normative accounts of femme fatale violence to focus beyond the misogyny and the sensationalism and unearth the motivation behind women’s roles in homicide, terrorism, combat, and even nationalist movements. ...
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    279,60 €

  • Colombian Peasants in the Neoliberal Age
    Nazih F. Richani
    Presents a timely discussion of the core problems faced by peasant communities under neo-liberal economics. ...
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    121,44 €

  • The Anthem Companion to Immanuel Wallerstein
    The Anthem Companion to Immanuel Wallerstein explores many of the topics central to Wallerstein’s understanding of the modern world-system and offers a comprehensive guide to the full range of his work. ...
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    238,72 €

  • The Mass Killer
    Gerald Schoenewolf
    The United States as twice as many mass killings than any other country in the world. In 2018, there were 18 mass killings in one year.Many critics say it is the accessibility of guns in the United States that is the cause of the mass killings. But guns have always been available in the US, particularly since 1781, when the second amendment was passed granting citizens the righ...
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    15,09 €

  • Daughter of a Sociopath
    Caren Sun
    In this story of strength and perseverance, Caren Sun recounts her disastrous childhood and how the sociopath destroyed everyone in her path. One sibling had a nervous breakdown at the age of three, the other committed suicide. Family history uncovered a staggering amount of mental illness, abuse, alcoholism and crushing poverty. This is a story evil to the bone. ...
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    18,46 €

  • ARMAGEDDON
    Pam Vause
    What will the last days be like? Using history, current events, and Bible prophecy. Pam Vause weaves a compelling story of end time events, that have been predicted to be worse than one can anticipate. You will recognize many current events in this story that point to the nearness of World take over. Read what has been predicted to happen under World Governance and how to survi...
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    22,79 €

  • Disabilities and the Life Course
    Featuring a framework rarely applied in the field of disability studies, this book explores not only a range of disabilities and impairments but also a diverse array of life course experiences, deepening knowledge across both fields for the widest possible impact. ...
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    180,20 €

  • Overcoming Anxious Attachment
    Cher Hampton
    Are you tired of feeling trapped in anxious attachment patterns?Set yourself free and go on an enlightening journey with 'Overcoming Anxious Attachment.' In this powerful guide, Cher Hampton presents a 3-step healing process that will liberate your emotions, forge secure connections, and empower you to build a lifetime of thriving relationships.We all desire to feel loved and a...
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    19,53 €

  • African football migration
    Christian Ungruhe / James Esson / Paul Darby
    African football migration offers essential coverage of why and how African players have become actors in the global football industry. It reveals the meanings associated with migration in post-colonial Africa, and the implications of (im)mobility for the personal and professional life trajectories of youth and young men across the continent. ...
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    44,14 €

  • Breaking the Poverty Code
    Yedith Betzabé Guillén-Fernández
    Transcending the Mexican context, this book fuses the importance of statistical data with the lived realities of impoverished people everywhere. ...
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    80,87 €

  • A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    Mary Wollstonecroft
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, written by British philosopher and women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the eighteenth century who did not believe women should receive a rational education. She argues that women ought to h...
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    17,58 €