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A comprehensive exploration of the effects of fires--in forests and other environments--on soils, watersheds, vegetation, air and cultural resources.

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This book demonstrates how Action Learning can quickly and effectively be introduced, implemented, and sustained in any type or size of organization. Today's rapidly changing and globally competitive business environment mandates that 21st century leaders develop new models and innovative learning processes of organizational leadership. To meet these shifting needs, Action Learning has emerged as a key training and problem-solving tool for companies as diverse as Nokia, Samsung, Boeing, GE, Motorola, Marriott, General Motors, Deutsche Bank, and British Airways. These and hundreds of other companies around the world now employ Action Learning for strategic planning to develop managers, identify competitive advantages, reduce operating costs, and create high-performing teams. What exactly is Action Learning? Simply described, it is a dynamic process that involves a small group of people solving real organizational problems, while focusing on how their learning can benefit individuals, groups, and the larger organization. The emphasis on learning is what makes this process strategic rather than tactical in equipping leaders to more effectively respond to change. This book demonstrates how Action Learning can quickly and effectively be introduced, implemented, and sustained in any type or size of organization using six key components: a diverse group of 4 to 8 members; an urgent task or problem; a question-driven communication process; implementation of action strategies; a commitment to learning; and an Action Learning team coach. The book features useful business case examples that illustrate the power of Action Learning in successfully developing leaders, solving problems, building teams, and transforming organizations. Recent developments that include skilled coaching and question-based dialogue make it an even more powerful tool in leadership and organizational development.

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"Sponsored by: Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, USDA Forest Service--Title page verso."

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A dazzling array of invention, insight and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilisation. Towering across time as the painter of the Mona Lisa, forever famous as a sculptor and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of both the Italian Renaissance and Western civilisation. His celebrated notebooks display the astonishing range of his genius. Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and recent in-depth biographies have stimulated renewed interest in Leonardo and his complex and enquiring intelligence. This brand-new selection of sketches, diagrams and writings from the notebooks is a beautiful and varied record of Leonardo's theories and observations, embracing not only art but also architecture, town planning, engineering, naval warfare, music, medicine, mathematics, science and philosophy. Complete with a short biographical essay describing Leonardo's life and achievements, this is the perfect introduction to a mysterious and endlessly fascinating genius.

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Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil is the first full-length study of dinosaurs in Brazil. Some 500 dinosaur trackways from the Cretaceous period still remain in the Rio do Peixe basins of Brazil, making it one of the largest trackways in the world. Veteran paleontologists Giuseppe Leonardi and Ismar de Souza Carvalho painstakingly document and analyze each track found at 37 individual sites and at approximately 96 stratigraphic levels. Richly illustrated and containing a wealth of data, Leonardi and de Souza Carvalho brilliantly reconstruct the taxonomic groups of the dinosaurs from the area and show how they moved across the alluvial fans, meandering rivers, and shallow lakes of ancient Gondwana. Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil is essential reading for paleontologists.

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Este precioso libro es una síntesis de la obra y el pensamiento de Leonardo Boff, el teólogo que desafió a Roma y se convirtió en símbolo planetario de la integridad moral. Boff fue uno de los pioneros de la teología de la liberación en Brasil y en América Latina: él defendió, ya desde la década de los años setenta, la opción preferente por los pobres, no como caridad o filantropía, sino como compromiso social con la lucha de los oprimidos y explotados, de los trabajadores y trabajadoras del campo y de la ciudad por su propia liberación...A partir de los años noventa, Leonardo Boff abre un nuevo capítulo en la historia de la teología de la liberación, integrando la dimensión ecológica. El grito de los pobres y el grito de la Tierra son hermanos, y denuncian el mismo sistema destructor de vidas humanas y de la propia naturaleza?Al leer los escritos de Leonardo se tiene la nítida impresión de estar escuchando la voz de uno de los profetas del Antiguo Testamento. Es una especie de

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Leonardo Galli y Camps publica en 1795 la primera edición de su celebérrimo trabajo Nuevas indagaciones acerca de las fracturas de la rótula, y de las enfermedades que con ella tienen relacion. La obra, una de las aportaciones médicas españolas de mayor trascendencia del siglo XVIII, trata de la estructura de la rodilla, de sus generalidades y de los distintos tipos de fracturas posibles e incluye numerosas observaciones directas de casos prácticos. Esta magnífica edición, impresa en la Imprenta Real y que aquí reproducimos, va acompañada por seis láminas desplegables que ilustran los distintos tipos de rotura de rótula, los aparatos utilizados para curar estas lesiones y las posturas que debe adoptar el enfermo para su rehabilitación. Leonardo Galli,doctor en medicina, cirujano militar durante la Guerra de Independencia española y miembro de la Academia de Ciencias Naturales y de la de Artes de Barcelona, entre otras, e instituciones de la talla del Real Cuerpo de Caballeros Guard

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Popular artist Leonardo Pereznieto—whose instructional YouTube videos have earned him millions of views and a devoted fan base—teaches beginners the fundamentals of traditional drawing. In his first book “You Can Draw!” Leonardo Pereznieto helped artists recreate the realistic surfaces and textures that make his own work so popular. Now he’s going back to the very beginning to teach them the basics of drawing, covering first exercises, fundamental techniques, light and shading, composition, and perspective, and more. Loaded with information on materials, a glossary of essential terminology, and hundreds of illustrations, this illuminating guide includes such projects as a fall still life of fruit in a basket, with instructions on shape, shadow, and detail, as well as a cityscape, a landscape with depth of field, animals, train tracks, jewelry, and drawing with a message. Once you’ve mastered these basics, you can unleash your imagination on whatever subject you like!

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Does Western-style democracy make sense in the various geographic, economic, and social settings of the continent? How far toward democracy have recent liberalization movements gone? In The Fate of Africa's Democratic Experiments, Leonardo A. Villalón, Peter VonDoepp, and an international group of contributors consider the aftermath, success, failure, and future of the wave of democracy that swept Africa in the early 1990s. In some countries, democratic movements flourished, while in others, democratic success was more circumscribed. This detailed analysis of key political events in countries at the forefront of democratic change—Benin, Central African Republic, Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, and Zambia—provides for broadly representative continental and linguistic coverage of directions and prospects for Africa's democracies.The contributors are Michael Chege, John F. Clark, Joshua B. Forrest, Abdourahmane Idrissa, Bruce Magnusson, Carrie Manning, Richard R. Marcus, Andreas Mehler, David J. Simon, Leonardo A. Villalón, and Peter VonDoepp.

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Consider Thomas Aquinas from a Protestant perspective with Leonardo De Chirico.

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Adaptación de un cuento popular de Camerún (África) en el que un elefantito -travieso y juguetón- sin pensar mucho se mete en un problema del que sale por suerte y con la ayuda de su familia de elefantes. Antes de hacer, piensa un poco!Ilustrador: Leonardo Meschini

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En muchas ocasiones manifestó Leonardo la voluntad de ordenar sus materiales y escribir un libro del agua, algo que nunca realizó. La presente edición de Patxi Lanceros y Juan Barja no pretende tanto restaurar dicho libro como dar cuenta de un trabajo que se prolongó durante toda la vida de Leonardo. Para ello, rescata y ordena multitud de fragmentos, tramando así una diversidad de argumentos con los que recorre todos los registros ?físico, geográfico, geométrico, literario??. Al mismo tiempo, acompañando a su escritura torrencial, encontrará el lector en estas páginas la obra gráfica (bocetos, esquemas, dibujos) relativa al líquido elemento: 79 ilustraciones a todo color donde Da Vinci muestra su genio artístico.

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En este volumen se recogen cuatro escritos de Leonardo Polo sobre la libertad. Los dos primeros son cursos de doctorado ya publicados en Cuadernos de Anuario Filosófico y que han sido corregidos.Incluyen también dos artículos LIbertas transcendentalis publicado en Anuario Filosófico 3 y La Libertad posible en la revista Nuestro tiempo.Leonardo Polo (Madrid, 1926-Pamplona 2013) se licenció en Derecho (1949); posteriormente realizó la licenciatura y el doctorado en Filosofía. Se incorporó a la Universidad de Navarra en 1954. Obtuvo la cátedra de Fundamentos de Filosofía de la Universidad de Granada en 1966, que ocupó dos años. El resto de su vida académica lo pasó en Navarra, excepto los veranos, en los que impartía cursos de licenciatura y doctorado en universidades de México, Perú, Colombia, Chile, etc. Desempeñó diversos cargos, como director de estudios de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, director del Departamento de Historia de la Filosofía, director del programa doctoral e

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Imagine the toughest, meanest-looking, strongest NFL player you can. Now imagine him growing up while being bossed around and pushed around by his five older sisters. The comical scenes are endless and Justin shows that toughness comes in all forms. Illustrations from newcomer Leonardo Rodriguez to make a picture book that appeals to a wide audience.

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El universo habanero de las novelas de Leonardo Padura ya es inconfundible, pero hasta ahora sus numerosos relatos nunca se habían recogido en un solo volumen. Son historias magníficas de soldados que vuelven de Angola a La Habana y recalan en Madrid, de jóvenes estudiantes seducidos por boleros y por cantantes de antiguo esplendor, relatos de amor y erotismo, de amistad y de descubrimientos, o de formación en la atmósfera caribeña de una ciudad cargada de personajes y de vidas por contar.

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Cuban writer Ivan Cardenas Maturell meets a mysterious foreigner on a Havana beach who is always in the company of two Russian wolfhounds. Ivan quickly names him "the man who loved dogs". The man eventually confesses that he is actually Ramon Mercader, the man who killed Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in 1940, and that he is now living in a secret exile in Cuba after being released from jail in Mexico. Moving seamlessly between Ivan's life in Cuba, Mercader's early years in Spain and France, and Trotsky's long years of exile, The Man Who Loved Dogs is Leonardo Padura's most ambitious and brilliantly executed novel yet. It is the story of revolutions fought and betrayed, the ways in which men's political convictions are continually tested and manipulated, and a powerful critique of the role of fear in consolidating political power.

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Las crónicas del Caribe se han hecho a través de las canciones, y eso lo sabe bien Leonardo Padura, quien le ha tomado el pulso a un género, el de la salsa, que ha sido discutido desde su propio nacimiento, a comienzos de los años 70. A través de la conversación con sus protagonistas, los músicos que lo acuñaron y los más representativos, el autor nos regala un bellísimo retrato de las trayectorias de personajes tan fascinantes como Mario Bauzá, Cachao López, Papo Lucca, Juan Luis Guerra, Rubén Blades, Willie Colón, Johnny Pacheco y Juan Formell; eso sí, con Celia Cruz y Tito Puente como telón de fondo de todos ellos.

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Qué estamos haciendo en este mundo? Cuál es nuestro lugar en el conjunto de los seres? Cómo asegurarnos un futuro que sea esperanzador para todos los seres humanos y para nuestra casa común? Qué podemos esperar más allá de esta vida? En este contexto sitúa Leonardo Boff el tema de la espiritualidad, poniendo de relieve la distinción esencial entre religión (asociada a creencias, dogmas y ritos) y la espiritualidad (relacionada con las cualidades del espíritu humano que proporcionan la felicidad) y denunciando los modos en que la religión se convierte en negación de la espiritualidad.

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The latest volume in this popular series focuses on the best ways to evaluate and improve the quality of new democratic regimes. The essays in part one elaborate and refine several themes of democratic quality: the rule of law, accountability, freedom, equality, and responsiveness. The second part features six comparative cases, each of which applies these thematic elements to two neighboring countries: Brazil and Chile, South Africa and Ghana, Italy and Spain, Romania and Poland, India and Bangladesh, and Taiwan and Korea. Contributors: David Beetham, University of Leeds; Yun-han Chu, National Taiwan University; Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution; Sumit Ganguly, University of Texas-Austin; E. Gyimah-Boadi, Center for Democratic Development, Ghana; Frances Hagopian, University of Notre Dame; Robert Mattes, University of Cape Town; Leonardo Morlino, University of Florence; Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Romanian Academic Society; Guillermo O'Donnell, University of Notre Dame; Marc F. Plattner, International Forum for Democratic Studies; G. Bingham Powell, Jr., University of Rochester; Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Brown University; Philippe C. Schmitter, European University Institute, Florence; Doh Chull Shin, University of Missouri at Columbia.

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A BRAND-NEW COLORING BOOK FEATURING ICONIC ART FROM THE COMIC BASED ON THE VIDEO GAME LIFE IS STRANGE. Color your way through the universe of the award-winning videogame Life is Strange, using stunning artwork by Claudia Leonardi from the bestselling comic series. Featuring eighty pages of stylish black and white linework from the story of Max Caulfield and Chloe Price, complemented by distinctive doodles from Max's journal. Bring new life to Arcadia Bay, create fresh t-shirt designs for the cast, and explore time-twisting new realities at the tips of your pencils and pens! What color will Chloe's hair be in your timeline?

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La serie A de las Obras completas de Leonardo Polo incluye todas las obras publicadas en vida por el maestro. En la serie B, que iniciamos con este volumen, se van a ir publicando los textos que quedaron inéditos en el desgraciado momento de su fallecimiento el 9 de febrero de 2013, y que se conservan en Pamplona: en el archivo general de la universidad de Navarra, sito en su biblioteca de humanidades.Esos inéditos están formados, principalmente, por bastantes textos escritos (algunos manuscritos, pero la mayor parte mecanografiados) y un gran número de grabaciones, tanto de audio como de vídeo. El propósito fundamental de esta serie B va a ser, por el momento, publicar los textos escritos que se conservan. Porque esas grabaciones (que culminarían las Obras completas) están siendo a día de hoy sometidas a un proceso de digitalización, a fin de conservarlas evitando su degradación.

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Who are the Popes and how does the Roman Catholic Church define their role? What about the present day Popes? What is the ecumenical significance of the Papacy and what are its prospects in the global world? These and other questions are tackled as Leonardo De Chirico explores the Biblical, historical, and theological fabric of the Papacy.

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For the first time, one of the major names in Italian car design tells his story from the beginning; from when he made his first sketches on paper, unbeknown to his parents and not only of cars, to reaching a point at which his name became synonymous with some of the best known and most important cars on the international front. In his 23-year career at Pininfarina, Leonardo Fioravanti, who was first a designer and architect, then managing director and director general of 'Studi & Ricerche' department, created some of the most beautiful Ferraris of all time; they ranged from the 1965 250 LM sports coupe Speciale to the immortal 1968 Daytona through to the 1975 308 GTB and GTS and the 1984 288 GTO, as well as the P5 and P6 of 1968. While continuing his Ferrari essay during his Pininfarina career, Fioravanti also guided the creation of numerous other projects, among them the Dino road car, the 1980 Pinin four-door prototype and went on to the 1984 Testarossa and the 1987 F40. He worked for the Fiat Group from 1988 until 1991, during which time he took on the roles of deputy director general of Ferrari, later became responsible for advanced design CRF and then head of the Fiat Styling Centre. In 1987, he founded Fioravanti srl, an architectural studio, and in 1991 he extended his services to industry, in particular the design of means of transport. Images of an epoch, designs from his own personal archive never previously seen and, above all, a passionate first person account. Those are the key elements of this outstanding book which, through the creations of Leonardo Fioravanti, covers over 50 years of the history of automobile style and culture.

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In Brazil soccer is more than just a sport. It is hope for a better future, a distraction from everyday life, creator of identity and community. If there is no ball around, people kick fruit or cans; when there is no field, they make one. Soccer marks the soul of the Brazilian people, as well as the image of city and landscape. Any land that is somewhat level and not overgrown or built up becomes a soccer field. Even though there may be a lack of meeting places, parks, or village centers, there is always a campo de pelada. In this volume, two Brazilian photographers seek and find soccer in places where one might not expect to find it. Leonardo Finotti creates a kind of inventory, showing pictures from his series Campos Sagrados, for which he traveled through all of Brazil, to neighborhoods rich and poor, to industrial zones, urban peripheries, and to the country, to take photographs from an elevated standpoint of temporary and "real" soccer fields and their surroundings. In his photo series Brasilieiros Futebol Clube Ed Viggiani accompanies his fellow countrymen everywhere where soccer is played or a team followed.

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The latest volume in this popular series focuses on the best ways to evaluate and improve the quality of new democratic regimes. The essays in part one elaborate and refine several themes of democratic quality: the rule of law, accountability, freedom, equality, and responsiveness. The second part features six comparative cases, each of which applies these thematic elements to two neighboring countries: Brazil and Chile, South Africa and Ghana, Italy and Spain, Romania and Poland, India and Bangladesh, and Taiwan and Korea. Contributors: David Beetham, University of Leeds; Yun-han Chu, National Taiwan University; Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution; Sumit Ganguly, University of Texas-Austin; E. Gyimah-Boadi, Center for Democratic Development, Ghana; Frances Hagopian, University of Notre Dame; Robert Mattes, University of Cape Town; Leonardo Morlino, University of Florence; Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Romanian Academic Society; Guillermo O'Donnell, University of Notre Dame; Marc F. Plattner, International Forum for Democratic Studies; G. Bingham Powell, Jr., University of Rochester; Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Brown University; Philippe C. Schmitter, European University Institute, Florence; Doh Chull Shin, University of Missouri at Columbia.

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An essential work of the cinematic history of the Weimar Republic by a leading figure of film criticismFirst published in 1947, From Caligari to Hitler remains an undisputed landmark study of the rich cinematic history of the Weimar Republic. Prominent film critic Siegfried Kracauer examines German society from 1921 to 1933, in light of such movies as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M, Metropolis, and The Blue Angel. He explores the connections among film aesthetics, the prevailing psychological state of Germans in the Weimar era, and the evolving social and political reality of the time. Kracauer makes a startling (and still controversial) claim: films as popular art provide insight into the unconscious motivations and fantasies of a nation.With a critical introduction by Leonardo Quaresima which provides context for Kracauer’s scholarship and his contributions to film studies, this Princeton Classics edition makes an influential work available to new generations of cinema enthusiasts.

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Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994) remains one of the most important landscape architects in the history of the field. His distinctive and widely acclaimed work has been featured and referenced in numerous sources, yet few of Burle Marx’s own words have been published. This collection of a dozen of Burle Marx’s lectures, most of which have never before been available in English, fills that void. Delivered on international speaking tours, they address topics such as Concepts in Landscape Composition, Gardens and Ecology, and The Problem of Garden Lighting. Their publi- cation sheds light on Burle Marx’s distinctive ethic and aesthetic of landscape, as “the real art of living.” The lectures paint a picture of Burle Marx not just as a gardener, artist, and botanist, but as a land- scape architect whose ambition was to bring radical change to cities and society. The lectures are framed by photographs, by Leonardo Finotti, of a selection of Burle Marx’s realized projects.

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As more and more organizations migrate their applications to the cloud, cloud native computing has become the dominant way to approach software development and execution. In the meantime, security threats are growing more sophisticated and widespread every day. Protecting your applications from these threats requires the ability to defend them at runtime, when they're most vulnerable to attacks. This practical guide introduces you to Falco, the open source standard for continuous risk and threat detection across Kubernetes, containers, and the cloud. Falco creator Loris Degioanni and core maintainer Leonardo Grasso bring you up to speed on cloud native threat detection basics and show you how to get Falco up and running. You'll then dive into advanced topics such as deploying Falco in production and writing your own security rules. You'll learn how to: Leverage runtime security in cloud native environments Detect configuration changes and unexpected behavior in the cloud Protect containers, Kubernetes, and cloud applications using Falco Run, deploy, and customize Falco using advanced concepts Deploy, configure, and maintain Falco in a production environment Improve your organization's ability to pass compliance audits Implement threat detection for containers, Kubernetes, and cloud apps

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Brazil has conducted some of the world's most stunning experiments in participatory democracy, most notably the creation of city budgets through local citizens' meetings. Leonardo Avritzer introduces a fresh analytical approach to reveal the social and institutional conditions that make civic participation most effective, expanding the empirical base for assessing these institutions. By examining participatory health councils and city master plans within a diverse group of cities-Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Salvador-this book goes beyond the current literature, which has focused almost exclusively on budgeting in Porto Alegre. Ultimately, Participatory Institutions in Democratic Brazil provides a more complex understanding of the links among participation, citizenship, and democracy through a set of case studies that will resonate both inside and outside Brazil.

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This comparative ethnography of a Muslim and a Christian Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon focuses on contrasting social belonging processes through a ritualization approach. Leonardo Schiocchet argues that contrasts emerge out of the intersectionality of religiosity, nationhood, refugeeness and politics, and synthesizes academic research on piety and moral self-cultivation and on the everyday life of religious communities. He contributes to the literature on refugees at large, and Palestinian refugees in particular, with the unique dense socio-historical portrait of two refugee camps for which there is almost no recorded literature.

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With the concept of socialism back in mainstream conversations and increasing numbers of Christians unhappy with “Sunday Christianity,” it’s time to give the lifestyle of Jesus’ first followers another look. This issue of Plough Quarterly does just that, profiling intentional Christian communities past and present and gleaning wisdom on the daily practicalities and pitfalls of communal living from those with years of experience in following Jesus together. Hear from Stanley Hauerwas, Rick Warren, Leonardo Boff, Chiara Lubich, C. S. Lewis, Jean Vanier, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Eberhard Arnold, and D. L. Mayfield. Then there’s new poetry, book reviews, a children’s story by Kwon Jong-saeng, and world-class art by Salvador Dali, Wassily Kandinsky, Juan Rizi, Marianne Stokes, Francisco de Zurbarán, Dong-Sung Kim, Christian Schussele, Gustave Caillebotte. Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus’ message into practice and find common cause with others.

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Es este un pequeño tratado sobre el Espíritu Santo: en el cosmos, en la humanidad, en las religiones, en las Iglesias y en cada persona humana, especialmente en los pobres. Esta reflexión sobre el Espíritu creador, que irrumpe en la evolución y en la historia, parece especialmente justificada en tiempos como los actuales, en los que la creación del Espíritu corre peligro. Con razón se habla de una nueva era geológica, el antropoceno, en la que la relación agresiva del hombre (sapiens y demens) con la Tierra amenaza con eliminar todos sus ecosistemas y, con ello, la vida humana. Con rigor teológico, Leonardo Boff invita a pensar el Espíritu como acción, movimiento e irrupción de lo nuevo y sorprendente, proponiendo revisar las categorías clásicas del discurso occidental, tradicional y convencional de la teología. Son nuevos moldes, dentro de un paradigma más próximo a la cosmología moderna, y un nuevo modelo de pensar a Dios. De este modelo son anticipadores hombres y mujeres que pensar

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El título de esta antología de Teresa Leonardi Herran (Salta, Argentina, 1938) repite el de su primer libro, un poemario intenso y trágico que da cuenta de los horrores de la dictadura militar que se instaló en la Argentina entre 1976 y 1983. Título que es casi un oxímoron: Incesante memoria, concentra el espíritu motivador de sus poemas: frente a lo estático de la memoria, se impone un movimiento transformador hacia el porvenir.Los poemas seleccionados responden a motivos relacionados con momentos históricos o presencias literarias que dan coherencia a su compromiso social, así como un concepto sobre la función de la literatura como un medio para mantener viva la memoria. La poesía es, para esta escritora, una práctica que propicia la reflexión y nutre de fuerza espiritualpara afrontar las injusticias sociales y las adversidades de la vida. Ir a contramano del olvido, a contraluz del tiempo, es comprometer el propio cuerpo, la memoria personal, en una destino colectivo del que se

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In early modern Europe precious and semiprecious stones were valued not only for their beauty and rarity but also for their medical and magical properties. Lorenzo de’ Medici, Philip II of Spain, and Popes Leo X and Clement VII were all treated with expensive potions incorporating ground gems such as rubies, diamonds, and emeralds. Medical and magical/astrological lapidaries, texts describing the stones’ occult and medical qualities as well as their abilities to ward off demons and incantations, were essential resources for their use. First published in Venice in 1502, Camillo Leonardi’s Speculum Lapidum is an encyclopedic summary of all classical and medieval sources of lithotherapy.In describing the natural, manifest, and occult properties of precious and semiprecious stones as well as their graven images and applications, the Speculum Lapidum provides tremendous insight into the role that medical astrology and astral magic played in the life of an Italian court in the early modern period. Liliana Leopardi’s English translation, complete with critical apparatuses, gives unprecedented access to this key text within the magical lapidary genre. A vital addition to the existing canon of lapidaria in translation, Leopardi’s work will be of special importance for students and scholars of the history of magic, medicine, religion, and Renaissance humanism, and it will fascinate anyone interested in the occult properties of precious and semiprecious stones.

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Leonardo Polo (Madrid, 1926-Pamplona 2013) se licenció en Derecho (1949); posteriormente realizó la licenciatura y el doctorado en Filosofía. Se incorporó a la Universidad de Navarra en 1954. Obtuvo la cátedra de Fundamentos de Filosofía de la Universidad de Granada en 1966, que ocupó dos años. El resto de su vida académica lo pasó en Navarra, excepto los veranos, en los que impartía cursos de licenciatura y doctorado en universidades de México, Perú, Colombia, Chile, etc. Desempeñó diversos cargos, como director de estudios de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, director del Departamento de Historia de la Filosofía, director del programa doctoral en Filosofía, etc. Doctor Honoris causa de la Universidad de Piura (Perú). El Gobierno de Navarra le concedió en 2008 la Cruz de Carlos III el Noble en reconocimiento de su labor filosófica con alumnos de licenciatura y doctorado, de diversas carreras y universidades.Su profundidad y originalidad filosóficas se refleja en el alto número de

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In this collection of deeply personal essays, twenty-six writers explore their connection with language, accents, and vocabularies, and contend with the ways these can be used as both bridge and weapon. Some explore the way power and privilege affect language learning, especially the shame and exclusion often felt by non-native English speakers in a white, settler, colonial nation. Some confront the pain of losing a mother tongue or an ancestral language along with the loss of community and highlight the empowerment that comes with reclamation. Others celebrate the joys of learning a new language and the power of connection. All underscore how language can offer both transformation and collective healing.Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language is a vital anthology that opens a compelling dialogue about language diversity and probes the importance of language in our identity and the ways in which it shapes us.With contributions by: Kamal Al-Solaylee, Jenny Heijun Wills, Karen McBride, Melissa Bull, Leonarda Carranza, Adam Pottle, Kai Cheng Thom, Sigal Samuel, Rebecca Fisseha, Hege Anita Jakobsen Lepri, Logan Broeckaert, Taslim Jaffer, Ashley Hynd, Jagtar Kaur Atwal, Téa Mutonji, Rowan McCandless, Sahar Golshan, Camila Justino, Amanda Leduc, Ayelet Tsabari, Carrianne Leung, Janet Hong, Danny Ramadan, Sadiqa de Meijer, Jónína Kirton, and Eufemia Fantetti.

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Leonardo Polo (Madrid, 1926 - Pamplona 2013) se licenció en Derecho (1949); posteriormente realizó la licenciatura y el doctorado en Filosofía. Se incorporó ala Universidadde Navarra en 1954. Obtuvo la cátedra de Fundamentos de Filosofía de la Universidadde Granada en 1966, que ocupó dos años. El resto de su vida académica lo pasó en Navarra, excepto los veranos, en los que impartía cursos de licenciatura y doctorado en universidades de México, Perú, Colombia, Chile, etc.Desempeñó diversos cargos, como director de estudios de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, director del Departamento de Historia de la Filosofía, director del programa doctoral en Filosofía, etc. Doctor Honoris causa de la Universidadde Piura (Perú). El Gobierno de Navarra le concedió en 2008 la Cruz de Carlos III el Noble, en reconocimiento de su labor filosófica con alumnos de licenciatura y doctorado, de diversas carreras y universidades.Su profundidad y originalidad filosóficas se refleja en el alto número

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The pressure to "be digital" has never been greater, but you can meet the challenge.The digital revolution is here, changing how work gets done, how industries are structured, and how people from all walks of life work, behave, and relate to each other. To thrive in a world driven by data and powered by algorithms, we must learn to see, think, and act in new ways. We need to develop a digital mindset.But what does that mean? Some fear it means that we all need to become technologists who master the intricacies of coding, algorithms, AI, machine learning, robotics, and who-knows-what's-next.That's not the case. You can develop a digital mindset, and this book shows you how. It introduces three approaches—Collaboration, Computation, and Change—and the perspectives and actions within each approach that will enable you to develop the digital skills you need. With a digital mindset, you'll ask the right questions, make smart decisions, and appreciate new possibilities for a digital future. Leaders who adopt these approaches will be able to develop their organization's talent and prepare their company for successful and continued digital transformation.Award-winning researchers and professors Paul Leonardi and Tsedal Neeley will show you how to do it and let you in on the surprising and welcome secret: developing a digital mindset isn't as hard as you think. Most people can become digitally savvy if they follow the "30 percent rule"—the minimum threshold that gives us enough digital literacy to understand and take advantage of the digital threads woven into the fabric of our world.A digital mindset will future-proof you, your career, and your organization. Learn how to develop one here.

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Do Evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics share a common orthodoxy, as promoted by initiatives such as Evangelicals and Catholics Together? Or do the profound differences between Evangelical and Catholic theology and how they view the doctrines of Christ, the Church and salvation mean they actually hold to very different gospels? Same Words, Different Worlds explores whether Evangelicals and Catholics have the same gospel if they have core commitments that contradict. It lays out how the words used to understand the gospel are the same but differ drastically in their underlying theology. With keen insight, Leonardo de Chirico looks at various aspects of Roman Catholic theology – including Mary, the intercession of the saints, purgatory and papal infallibility – from an Evangelical perspective to argue that theological framework of Roman Catholicism is not faithful to the biblical gospel. Only by understanding the real differences can genuine dialogue flourish. Same Words, Different Worlds will deepen your understanding of the differences between Evangelical and Catholic theology, and how the Reformation is not over in the church today.

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"Any landscape architect worth their soil should pick up The Architecture of Trees, an all-encompassing atlas of all things tree-related."—The Architect's Newspaper A 2019 Oprah's Favorite Things Pick A gorgeous, large format volume that shows each hand-drawn illustration in stunning detail. The Architecture of Trees is the result of over twenty years of dedicated study by landscape architects Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi. This new edition preserves the original magnificent illustrations and text, translated into English for the first time. Features more than 550 exquisite quill-pen drawings of trees. Each of the 212 tree species are drawn to a scale of 1:100, with and without foliage. Complete with tables of seasonal color variation and projections of shadows cast during the hours of daylight and season by season, no other tree book contains such detailed and scientific drawings. A legendary and unsurpassed botanical masterwork. Considered a standard in many landscape architecture firms, the drawings, essays, and detailed charts are essential for large scale landscaping projects and a helpful tool for backyard renovations. Landscape designers will think in new ways about the effect of seasons and the time of day on trees, and anyone interested in nature and trees will be captivated by the stunning illustrations. "This book could be considered the Bible for tree lovers."—Western Art & Architecture An incredible book for anyone interested in trees: • An oversized, captivating coffee table book for lovers of art and nature illustrations • A helpful tree identification book with accurate drawings of trees and detailed looks at branches, leaves, and fruit • A reference for students of landscape architecture, botany, dendrology, architecture, and illustration

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Bridging theory and practice, this book offers insights into how Europe has experienced the evolution of modern electricity markets from the end of the 1990s to the present day. It explores defining moments in the process, including the four waves of European legislative packages, landmark court cases, and the impact of climate strikes and marches.Leonardo Meeus explains the sequence of electricity markets in Europe from wholesale to balancing markets, forward transmission markets, capacity mechanisms, redispatching and flexibility markets. Chapters explore current issues including the new paradigm that places the citizen at the centre of the energy transition. Concluding that most of the market integration process in Europe so far has required horizontal coordination between transmission system operators in different countries, the book looks ahead to the importance of vertical coordination between the transmission and distribution.An invaluable book for energy policymakers and practitioners working in Europe, the solutions offered for contemporary issues will also be helpful for those working in international or multi-region electricity markets more widely. Academics involved in the world of electricity regulation will also find this an invigorating read.

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Two ways of understanding the aesthetic organization of literary works have come down to us from the late 18th century and dominate discussions of European modernism today: the aesthetics of autonomy, associated with the self-sufficient work of art, and the aesthetics of fragmentation, practiced by the avant-gardes. In this revisionary study, Leonardo Lisi argues that these models rest on assumptions about the nature of truth and existence that cannot be treated as exhaustive of modernist form. Lisi traces an alternative aesthetics of dependency that provides a different formal structure, philosophical foundation, and historical condition for modernist texts. Taking Europe's Scandinavian periphery as his point of departure, Lisi examines how Søren Kierkegaard and Henrik Ibsen imagined a response to the changing conditions of modernity different from those at the European core, one that subsequently influenced Henry James, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Rainer Maria Rilke, and James Joyce. Combining close readings with a broader revision of the nature and genealogy of modernism, Marginal Modernity challenges what we understand by modernist aesthetics, their origins, and their implications for how we conceive of our relation to the modern world.

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Ferrari's sporting history, from the origins to 1988, the year of Enzo Ferrari's death, narrated in 400 pages and more than 700 photos, most of which previously unpublished and drawn from the publisher's own archive. More than a book, this is a unique and prestigious document that reviews year by year, from 1947 to 1988, the true sporting epic of Ferrari's Ferrari. Page by page, we find champions of the calibre of Tazio Nuvolari, Alberto Ascari, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Gilles Villeneuve and many others, who in Formula 1 and elsewhere won world titles at the wheel of unforgettable cars such as the 500 F2, the 158 F1, the Testa Rossa, the 250 GTO, the 330 P4 and the successful 312 T family, from the 1950s through to the late 1980s. This new enlarged edition includes not only champion drivers, but also the men and the mechanics who lived in close contact with the "Drake". They are described in specific text boxes: from Romolo Tavoni to Mauro Forghieri, from Franco Gozzi to Marco Piccinini, from Ermanno Cuoghi to Giulio Borsari. All accompanied by contextual texts by Leonardo Acerbi, a Ferrari historian of great experience. The book contains a unique collection of images, many in black and white but also a series of very rare colour shots, the majority by Franco Villani, a great reporter long associated with the Prancing Horse. An album allowing us to relive one of the greatest sporting stories of all time.

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The first and only “virtual gallery” with all or almost all the models produced by the Maranello firm from 1947 to the present day, drawn by an artist of the calibre of Giorgio Alisi. Detailed technical files and texts by Leonardo Acerbi, an established historian of the marque, complete this unique overview of the Prancing Horse and its history. First published in the mid-2000s and reprinted on a number of occasions, Ferrari All the cars reviews, model by model, all the most significant cars produced by the Maranello firm from 1947 to the present day. From the Auto Avio Costruzioni of 1940, the Ferrari precursor, to the 125 S, the first car to carry the Prancing Horse badge and the Ferrari name, through to the latest Portofino, the reader explores unforgettable icons of automotive history. Among them, to mention but a few, are models such as the 250 GTs, the Testa Rossa, the 250 GTO, the 250 Le Mans and the 275 GTB , through to the latest creations, the FF, 488 GTB, California and GTC4 Lusso, by way of the 365 GTB/4 “Daytona”, 512 BB, 308 GTB and many others. Then, naturally, there are all the F1 single-seaters from 1950 to the present day, those that have permitted the Prancing Horse to win 15 World Driver’s Championships and 16 Constructors’ titles, and the unforgettable Sports cars and Prototypes, undisputed protagonists for years in the enthralling endurance classics such as the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Targa Florio. The files on each model are complemented by an accompanying image, brief but pertinent contextual texts and detailed technical specifications. Ferrari All the cars is a unique book allowing you to have a complete history of Ferrari and its unforgettable cars always to hand, an authentic vademecum of the Maranello firm.

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Climate change impacts--more heat, drought, extreme rainfall, and stronger storms--have already harmed communities around the globe. Even if the world could cut its carbon emissions to zero tomorrow, further significant global climate change is now inevitable. Although we cannot tell with certainty how much average global temperatures will rise, we do know that the warming we have experienced to date has caused significant losses, and that the failure to prepare for the consequences of further warming may prove to be staggering. Building a Resilient Tomorrow does not dwell on overhyped descriptions of apocalyptic climate scenarios, nor does it travel down well-trodden paths surrounding the politics of reducing carbon emissions. Instead, it starts with two central facts: climate impacts will continue to occur, and we can make changes now to mitigate their effects. While squarely confronting the scale of the risks we face, this pragmatic guide focuses on solutions-some gradual and some more revolutionary-currently being deployed around the globe. Each chapter presents a thematic lesson for decision-makers and engaged citizens to consider, outlining replicable successes and identifying provocative recommendations to strengthen climate resilience. Between animated discussions of ideas as wide-ranging as managed retreat from coastal hot-zones to biological approaches for resurgent climate-related disease threats, Alice Hill and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz draw on their personal experiences as senior officials in the Obama Administration to tell behind-the-scenes stories of what it really takes to advance progress on these issues. The narrative is dotted with tales of on-the-ground citizenry, from small-town mayors and bankers to generals and engineers, who are chipping away at financial disincentives and bureaucratic hurdles to prepare for life on a warmer planet. For readers exhausted by today's paralyzing debates on yearly "fluke" storms or the existence of climate change, Building a Resilient Tomorrow offers better ways to manage the risks in a warming planet, even as we work to limit global temperature rise.

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