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The House of Impossible Loves
An "exuberant" (El Mundo) debut novel of a family bound by searing passions, an earthy magic, and a very unusual curse The Laguna women suffer from an odd affliction: each generation is condemned to tragic love affairs and to give birth only to girls who are unable to escape the cruel fate of the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Tibetan Buddhism in Diaspora: Cultural re-signification in practice and institutions (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism)
The imperialist ambitions of China – which invaded Tibet in the late 1940s – have sparked the spectacular spread of Tibetan Buddhism worldwide, and especially in western countries. This work is a study on the malleability of a particular Buddhist tradition; on its adaptability in new contexts. The b... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Tierra de brumas
Una maravillosa novela que rescata toda la magia, la riqueza y la tradición de Galicia, una tierra rebosante de misterio y belleza. «Así somos las Mencía, niña, apréndelo cuantoantes, o eres loca o reina o santa o borracha.» Cuando Valentina se queda huérfana a los once años, se ve obligada a atra... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2015 -
Los días modernos
La prestigiosa periodista Cristina López Schlichting debuta espléndidamente en la novela con un libro lleno de humor, nostalgia y emoción, un conmovedor relato sobre la aventura de crecer en la España de los años 70. Amelia está a punto de cumplir trece años y su mundo se reduce al pequeño piso d... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2017 -
Tierra de brumas
Una maravillosa novela que rescata toda la magia, la riqueza y la tradición de Galicia, una tierra rebosante de misterio y belleza. «Así somos las Mencía, niña, apréndelo cuantoantes, o eres loca o reina o santa o borracha.» Cuando Valentina se queda huérfana a los once años, se ve obligada a atra... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2015 -
El cielo en un infierno cabe
Una apasionante novela ambientada en la época de las brujas y las beatas, de los exorcismos y los milagros, cuando la mística y el fervor religioso convivían con la sensualidad y la magia. Toledo, 1625. Una mujer se encuentra presa en la cárcel secreta del Tribunal de la Santa Inquisición, acusada... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2013 -
La casa de los amores imposibles
Una mágica novela sobre las trampas del deseo, la tragedia del amor y los lazos indestructibles de la familia. Las mujeres Laguna han cargado con una terrible maldición desde el principio de su linaje: una tras otra sufren mal de amores y sólo dan a luz niñas que perpetúan esta cruel herencia. Per... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2010 -
El reloj del mundo (Flash Relatos #Volumen)
Seis sorprendentes relatos llenos de sensibilidad y magia, con los que Cristina López Barrio guía al lector por un mundo regido por el deseo, la pasión y la exuberancia de los sentidos. Sin perder el gusto por la metáfora, el realismo mágico y la escritura exuberante, Cristina López Barrio present... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2012 -
El reloj del mundo
Sin perder el gusto por la metáfora, el realismo mágico y la escritura exuberante, Cristina López Barrio presenta seis historias muy diferentes entre sí. En El reloj del mundo, un joven inicia un largo viaje en busca del secreto de la eternidad; en La mano, un inspector de policía entabla una extrañ... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2012 -
American Dreams: Opportunity and Upward Mobility (Miller Center Studies on the Presidency)
by Peter Wehner • Michael Nelson • William A. Galston • Margaret O'Mara • Richard Schragger • Melody Barnes • Cristina Lopez-Gottardi Chao • Guian McKee • Robert C. PiantaIn an increasingly polarized political environment, the first year of the new president’s term will be especially challenging. With a fresh mandate, however, the first year also offers opportunities that may never come again. The First Year Project is a fascinating initiative by the Miller Center of... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
A Guide to Programs for Parenting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disabilities or Developmental Disabilities: Evidence-Based Guidance for Professionals
by V. Mark Durand • Susan Timmer • Anthony Urquiza • Katelyn M. Guastaferro • John R. Lutzker • Yona Lunsky • Lynn Koegel • Brittany Koegel • Robert Koegel • Shelley Clarke • Julia Strauss • Laura Lee McIntyre • Mallory Brown • Melissa A. Mello • Meagan Talbott • Sally Rogers • Sandy Magana • Wendy Machalicek • Kristina Lopez • Emily Iland • Brandi Hawk • Ronit M. Molko-Harpaz • Kenneth Fung • Lee Steel • Kelly BryceThis book provides a comprehensive outline of the major parent training programs for parents of children with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD), including Autism Spectrum Disorder. Parents or primary caregivers spend the most time with a child, and training them in behaviour manageme... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Public Opinion and Politics in the Late Roman Republic
by Rosillo-López • CristinaThis book investigates the working mechanisms of public opinion in Late Republican Rome as a part of informal politics. It explores the political interaction (and sometimes opposition) between the elite and the people through various means, such as rumours, gossip, political literature, popular ver... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Exercises in Programming Style
Using a simple computational task (term frequency) to illustrate different programming styles, Exercises in Programming Style helps readers understand the various ways of writing programs and designing systems. It is designed to be used in conjunction with code provided on an online repository. The ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
**Missing** (Literatures of the Americas)
This book broadens the scope of Latina/o criticism to include both widely-read and understudied nineteenth through twenty-first century fictional works that engage in critical discussions of gender, race, sexuality, and identity. The essays in this collection do not simply seek inclusion for the tex... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Managing Information in the Roman Economy (Palgrave Studies in Ancient Economies)
This volume studies information as an economic resource in the Roman World. Information asymmetry is a distinguishing phenomenon of any human relationship. From an economic perspective, private or hidden information, opposed to publicly observable information, generates advantages and inequalities; ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Agricultural and Food Electroanalysis
Agricultural and Food Electroanalysis offers a comprehensive rationale of electroanalysis, revealing its enormous potential in agricultural food analysis. A unique approach is used which fills a gap in the literature by bringing in applications to everyday problems. This timely text presents in-dept... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
Voltage-to-Frequency Converters
This book develops voltage-to-frequency converter (VFC) solutions integrated in standard CMOS technology to be used as a part of a microcontroller-based, multisensor interface in the environment of portable applications, particularly within a WSN node. Coverage includes the total design flow of mon... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Game of Thrones: A View from the Humanities
This book focuses on the characters that populate the Game of Thrones universe and on one of the most salient features of their interaction: violence and warfare. It analyses these questions from a multidisciplinary perspective that is chiefly based on Classical Studies. The book is divided into two... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Digital Libraries for Open Knowledge: 22nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2018, Porto, Portugal, September 10–13, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11057)
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2018, held in Porto, Portugal, in September 2018. The 51 full papers, 17 short papers, and 13 poster and tutorial papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Human Reproductive Biology, 4th Edition
The fourth edition of Human Reproductive Biology-winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association-emphasizes the biological and biomedical aspects of human reproduction, explains advances in reproductive science and discusses the choices and concerns ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Manual on Postharvest Handling of Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts
by George Athanasios Manganaris • Sebastián Sáa Silva • Cristina Besada • Reinaldo Campos-Vargas • Giancarlo Colelli • Joseph H Connell • Gemma Echeverria • Louise Ferguson • Margarita López Corrales • Amnon Lichter • Alejandra Salvador • Manuel Joaquín Serradilla Sánchez • Daniel Valero GarridoPostharvest is an important element of getting fresh, high-quality fruit to the consumer and technological advances continue to outpace infrastructure. This book provides valuable, up-to-date information on postharvest handling of seven fruit and nut crops: almond, fig, peach, persimmon, pistachio, ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
El Mundo Zurdo 4: Selected Works from the 2013 Meeting of the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa
by Analouise Keating • Inés Hernández-Avila • Rob Johnson • Sonia Saldívar-Hull • Larissa M. Mercado-López • Ire’ne Lara Silva • Adrianna Michelle Santos • April L. Michels • Cindy Cruz • Cristina Rose Smith • Crystal E. Serrano • Cynthia Paccacerqua • Deborah Cole • Gloria M. Rodriguez • Jody A. Briones • Magda García • Michael Lee Gardin • Natalia Deeb-Souza • Rufina Cortez • T. Jackie Cuevas • Tala Khanmalek • Trevor Boffone • Yvette G. FloresA collection of diverse essays and poetry that offer scholarly and creative responses inspired by the life and work of Gloria Anzaldúa, selected from the 2013 meeting of The Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Advances in PGPR Research
by Virendra S. Bisaria • Randy Ortiz-Castro • Robert Hill • Jose López-Bucio • Madhu Kamle • Pradeep Kumar Dubey • Rama Kant Dubey • Kartikay Bisen • Chetan Keswani • P. C. Abhilash • Betina Cecilia Agaras • Gautam Anand • Laith K. Al-Ani • Fabiola Padilla Arizmendi • Fatima Berenice Salazar-Badillo • Mansi Bakshi • E. J. Bedmar • Adrien Biessy • Marieta Marin Bruzos • Jesús Salvador López-Bucio • Jorge Armando Mauricio-Castillo • Vasvi Chaudhry • Niladri Chaudhry • Manoj Kumar Chitara • Pooja Choudhary • Manish Kumar Dubey • Sheikh Adil Edirisi • Martin Filion • Elisabetta Franchi • Deepika Goyal • Natalia Cripps-Guazzone • Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa • Angela Cristina Ikeda • María Fernanda Nieto-Jacobo • Diwakar Kandula • Gagan Kumar • Punam Kumari • Richard Daniel Lally • Robert Lawry • Guillermo Nogueira-López • Anupam Maharshi • Shrikant S. Mantri • Rafael Jorge Marcillo • Dmitri V. MavrodiRhizosphere biology is approaching a century of investigations wherein growth-promoting rhizomicroorganisms (PGPR) have attracted special attention for their ability to enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability at a time when food security and rural livelihood are a key priority. Bio-in... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Integrated Nematode Management: State-of-the-Art and Visions for the Future
by John Mueller • Andreas Westphal • Pedro Luiz Pedro Luiz Martins • Graham Stirling • Jon Pickup • Danny Coyne • Thomas Forge • Professor Johannes Hallmann • Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora • Terry L. Niblack • Richard W. Smiley • Gregory L. Tylka • Inga A. Zasada • Sheila Storey • Muhammad Amjad Ali • Larry Duncan • Johan Desaeger • Amer A Dababat • Ravi Singh • Abasola C. Simon • Driekie Fourie • John. W. Kimenju • P. K. Wendo • A. K. Thuo • H S Gaur • J. S. Prasad • Nethi Somasekhar • Prabashnie Ramouthar • Andressa Cristina Machado • Richard F Davis • Robert C. Kemerait • Kathy S. Lawrence • Daniel Dalvan Nascimento • Deliang Peng • Edward Sikora • Philip A Roberts • Nicola Greco • Zane Grabau • Patricia Timper • Sonia Steenkamp • Luis Pocasangre • Soledad Verdejo-Lucas • Joseph W. Noling • Michael V. McKenry • John M. Halbrendt • Hans Hugo • M. S Daneel • W. P. Steyn • Sônia Maria Salgado • Willian C. Terra • Raman K. Walia • Nicola Sasanelli • Miguel Talavera-Rubia • J. Ole Becker • Johnny Visser • Brinkman D.D. Onion • Wim M.L. Wesemael • Bernd Augustin • Pella Brinkman • Misghina Goitom Teklu • Saad L. Hafez • Sundararaj Palanisamy • Mikhail Pridannikov • Ann. MacGuidwin • Biodun Claudius-ColePlant parasitic nematodes are costly burdens of crop production, causing an estimated US$80 - 118 billion per year in damage to crops. They are associated with nearly every important agricultural crop, and are a significant constraint on global food security. Regulations on the use of chemical pesti... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Cuéntamelo: ¿Te vienes a mi mundo?
Cuentos cortos y poesías con valores para infantil. Cuéntamelo se compone de cuentos cortos y poesías con valores para infantil. <P><P> Un cisne miedoso que vive en un caparazón de tortuga, una hormiguita que quiere ser de todo menos hormiga, un planeta algo constipado, una bruja un tanto peculia... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2017