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Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law
Full of lighthearted humor, sumptuous food, the wisdom of an Italian mother-in-law, and all the atmosphere of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels, this warm and witty memoir follows American-born Katherine Wilson on her adventures abroad. Thanks to a surprising romance--and a spirited woman who teach... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2016 -
Leibniz: A Historical And Comparative Study (Routledge Revivals #2422)
This title was first published in 2001. A collection of previously published essays addressed to Leibniz’s metaphysics, philosophy of science, theories of language and logic, philosophy of mind and theology.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2001 -
The Invisible World: Early Modern Philosophy and the Invention of the Microscope (Studies in Intellectual History and the History of Philosophy #2)
In the seventeenth century the microscope opened up a new world of observation, and, according to Catherine Wilson, profoundly revised the thinking of scientists and philosophers alike. The interior of nature, once closed off to both sympathetic intuition and direct perception, was now accessible wi... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1995 -
How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
A leading philosopher shows that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is the answer Epicureanism has a reputation problem, bringing to mind gluttons with gout or an admonition to eat, drink, and be merry. In How to Be an Epicurean, philosopher Catherine Wilson shows that Epicure... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2019 -
Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law
A Radio 4 Book of the Week'See Naples and die', said Goethe. But Katherine Wilson saw Naples and started to live. Katherine is fresh out of college when she arrives in Naples to intern at the US Consulate. There she meets handsome, studious Salvatore, and finds herself enveloped by his family - in p... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2016 -
The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, Student Edition (Royal Marsden Manual Series)
The student edition of The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the definitive, market-leading textbook of clinical nursing skills for fifteen years. This internationally best-selling title sets the gold standard for nursing care, providing the procedures, rationale, and guid... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2021 -
Whose Middle Ages?: Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past (Fordham Series in Medieval Studies)
by Geraldine Heng • Ryan Szpiech • Andrew Reeves • Katherine Wilson • Helen Young • Nicholas L. Paul • Maggie Williams • William Diebold • W. Mark Ormrod • J. Patrick • Lauren Mancia • Sandy Bardsley • Adam Bishop • Marian Bleeke • Will Cerbone • Fred Donner • Sarah Guérin • Stephennie Mulder • Pamela Patton • Magda Teter • Elizabeth Tyler • David Wacks • Cord WhitakerWhose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the nonspecialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where digging for meaning in the medieval past has brought something distorted back int... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2019 -
The Politics of Latino Faith: Religion, Identity, and Urban Community
Pundits and commentators are constantly striving to understand the political behavior of Latinos--the largest minority in the United States and a key voting block. As Catherine E. Wilson makes clear in The Politics of Latino Faith, not only are Latinos a religious community, but their religious inst... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2008 -
The Day We Danced in Underpants
An invitation to picnic with the King of France sends a young boy, his papa, two big dogs, and three wild aunts dancing their way across the French countryside. When the time comes to dine with the royals, Papa's energetic dance moves catch up with him and his worn pants burst at the seams. The stag... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2008 -
Europe's Rich Fabric: The Consumption, Commercialisation, and Production of Luxury Textiles in Italy, the Low Countries and Neighbouring Territories (Fourteenth-Sixteenth Centuries)
Throughout human history luxury textiles have been used as a marker of importance, power and distinction. Yet, as the essays in this collection make clear, the term 'luxury' is one that can be fraught with difficulties for historians. Focusing upon the consumption, commercialisation and production o... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2016 -
Christy (The Young Reader's Edition)
A young reader's version of the classic novel about young Christy Huddelson's experiences teaching school in the beautiful but poverty-stricken Smoky Mountains. ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1995 -
Applying Student Development Theories Holistically: Exemplar Programming in Higher Education
This book dives into student development theory, unpacking key foundational and emergent theories of college student development while providing contemporary examples and application. Helping aspiring higher education and student affairs practitioners grasp and use theories holistically, this import... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2019 -
Applying Student Development Theories Holistically: Exemplar Programming in Higher Education
This book dives into student development theory, unpacking key foundational and emergent theories of college student development while providing contemporary examples and application. Helping aspiring higher education and student affairs practitioners grasp and use theories holistically, this import... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2019 -
Crew Resource Management: Critical Essays (Critical Essays on Human Factors in Aviation)
Crew Resource Management (CRM) training was first introduced in the late 1970s as a means to combating an increased number of accidents in which poor teamwork in the cockpit was a significant contributing factor. Since then, CRM training has expanded beyond the cockpit, for example, to cabin crews, ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2009 -
Applying Student Development Theories Holistically: Exemplar Programming in Higher Education
This book dives into student development theory, unpacking key foundational and emergent theories of college student development while providing contemporary examples and application. Showcasing a diversity of programs, practices, and services across a variety of institutional types, Applying Studen... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2019 -
A Toolkit of Motivational Skills: How to Help Others Reach for Change
A Toolkit of Motivational Skills, Third Edition, draws on the latest research to show how the Motivational Interviewing approach can be effectively utilized to draw out and sustain an individual’s internal motivation for behavioral change. Updated with a wide range of applications and practical e... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2015 -
Conscious Sedation for Dentistry
A comprehensive textbook on the principles and practice of sedation in dentistry Drawing on the success of Clinical Sedation in Dentistry, this new edition covers all aspects of conscious sedation in dentistry. Written by experienced educators and internationally renowned researchers in the field, C... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2018 -
Fundamental Statistical Methods for Analysis of Alzheimer's and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
A statistics textbook that delivers essential data analysis techniques for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.Alzheimer's disease is a devastating condition that presents overwhelming challenges to patients and caregivers. In the face of this relentless and as-yet incurable disease, ma... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2020 -
Tenants in Time
The freeholding pioneer is a powerful image in settlement history - Tenants in Time tells a different story. Tenancy, though relegated to the periphery by the liberal idealization of ownership, was a common and vital part of the economy and society. Against a background of international land agitati... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2009 -
Tenants in Time: Family Strategies, Land, and Liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799-1871
The freeholding pioneer is a powerful image in settlement history - Tenants in Time tells a different story. Tenancy, though relegated to the periphery by the liberal idealization of ownership, was a common and vital part of the economy and society. Against a background of international land agitati... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2009 -
Shakespeare’s Sugared Sonnets (Routledge Library Editions: Study of Shakespeare)
In the course of some research into the musical element in English poetry, Dr Wilson read the work of the Elizabethan sonneteers chronologically and was struck by a suspicion that Shakespeare’s sonnets were parodies. Later she carried out a more thorough investigation, and this book, originally publ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1974 -
Being Neighbours: Cooperative Work and Rural Culture, 1830–1960 (McGill-Queen's Rural, Wildland, and Resource Studies)
Throughout history, farm families have shared work and equipment with their neighbours to complete labour-intensive, time-sensitive, and time-consuming tasks. They benefitted materially and socially from these voluntary, flexible, loosely structured networks of reciprocal assistance, making neighbou... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2022 -
Young Children’s Rights in a Digital World: Play, Design and Practice (Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research #23)
This volume focuses on very young children’s (aged 0-8) rights in a digital world. It gathers current research from around the globe that focuses on young children’s rights as agental citizens to the provision of and participation in digital devices and content—as well as their right to protection f... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2021 -
In Our Own Worlds #2: Four LGBTQ+ Tor.com Novellas
In celebration of Pride, Tor.com Publishing presents four critically acclaimed novellas featuring LGBTQ+ characters. With Miranda in Milan, debut author Katharine Duckett reimagines the consequences of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, casting Miranda into a Milanese pit of vipers and building a queer love... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2019 -
Learning Outcomes, Academic Credit and Student Mobility (Queen's Policy Studies Series #201)
There is increasing interest in the use of learning outcomes in postsecondary education, and deliberations have surfaced with regard to their potential to serve as a tool for advancing credit transfer. Learning Outcomes, Academic Credit, and Student Mobility assesses the conceptual foundations, assu... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1975