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Attachment and Interaction is an accessible introduction to the history and evolution of attachment theory, which traces the early roots of attachment theory from the work of its creator John Bowlby through to the most recent theoretical developments and their clinical applications. Mario Marrone explores how attachment theory can inform the way in which therapists work with their patients, and what the practical implications are of using such an approach. By bringing together personal anecdotes from his own experiences as Bowlby's supervisee with clear explanations of Bowlby's ideas, Marrone creates a memorable and engaging account of attachment theory. This new, updated edition includes references to bereavement, sexuality and the application of attachment-based principles to individual, family and group psychotherapy.This clear exposition of attachment theory is relevant and valuable reading for trainees and practising individual and group psychotherapists, family therapists and mental health professionals – as well as anyone with an interest in John Bowlby and the evolution of psychotherapy.

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In ancient traditions, Assyria was the first world empire in a series that continued with Persia, Macedonia, and Rome. After Rome, we imagine the series bifurcating into a Western trajectory (from Charlemagne to Napoleon and the Third Reich) and an Oriental trajectory (from the Parthians and Sasanians to the Abbasids until the modern Caliphate). Assyria, often overlooked or slighted by modern studies of empire, still maintains our interest because it provides an example of the “simple form” of empire and imperialism, before subsequent developments resulted in structures of greater complexity.Most important among basic features of “empire” is the “imperial mission”—the mandate given by the gods or God to the emperor to extend, through conquest or persuasion, annexation or hegemony, the only legitimate power of the central state to the entire (known) world. This accomplishment can only be ideological, since in practice no empire, ancient or modern, could actually conquer the world. Nonetheless, ancient empires could come closer to the target, because their known world, the mental map of their oikoumene, was limited to their close surroundings. Assyria, by bringing the most populated and civilized countries of its time (surrounded by mountains, seas, deserts) into submission came close to fulfilling its mission. In our modern, Western perspective, however, the term empire is usually applied to alien and despotic (mainly Oriental) polities, while we in the West prefer to belong to more democratic “alliances.”Nevertheless, ancient Assyria still retains its value as a prototype of the “empire of evil” against which democracy fights and must resist. This book outlines the basic features of Assyrian imperialism within the framework of the general development of the imperial idea, all the while insisting on noting comparative material.The intent is twofold: (1) to better understand Assyria through comparison with later empires, and (2) to underscore the relevance of the “Assyrian model” and its influence on later history. Although the first intention profits ancient historians, the second goal is addressed to modern and contemporary historians, who too often ignore (or at least disregard) the long historical background lying behind more recent developments. The world in general, in the present climate of globalization, deserves to be better informed about pre-modern and non-Western trajectories of world history.

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*Field leaders synthesize attachment research and broaden the theory to address different types of social relationships. *Explores intersections between attachment and other theories of psychological functioning and well-being. *Cutting-edge topics include the nature of attachments not just to other people but to objects, brands, substances (foods, drugs), and places. *Highlights the importance of attachment theory for understanding and changing behavior in individuals, dyads, groups, and societies. *Together with the related volume, Attachment Theory Applied, it provides a state-of-the-science resource and graduate-level teaching tool.

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*Showcases science-based, theoretically informed interventions to foster healthier relationships. *Reviews applications in parent–child, couple, and individual therapy, as well as extensions to teacher–student, doctor–patient, and other dyads. *Concise, coherent, forward-thinking roadmap of established and emerging attachment-based practices. *From leaders in the field with decades of experience. *Together with the related volume, Attachment Theory Expanded, it provides a state-of-the-science resource and graduate-level teaching tool.

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Over two years in the making, with Batali searching for truly delicious dishes from all corners of the US, this definitive cookbook features the best America has to offer. With over 250 simple recipes celebrating the treasures of the state fairs and the dishes of the local rotary clubs and ethnic groups. Batali has interpreted these regional gems with the same excitement and passion that he has approached traditional Italian food. Covering the Northeast/New England, the Mid-Atlantic, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, the Heartland, the Southwest, and the Pacific Coast, this book will share everything from the BBQ styles of Texas, the Smokeys and the Carolinas, to the seafood soups from yankee Boston to the spicy gumbos of the Gulf Coast and the berry pies of the Pacific Northwest. All the dishes are very simple and do-able--from From Philly Cheesesteaks to Marionberry cobbler. And while Batali uses recipes passed down through the generations, he also shares hints on what he would add to the recipe to take the flavor up a notch.This is THE American cookbook you will want to own.

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In Cultural Hermeneutics, Mario J. Valdes offers a synthesis of the hermeneutic philosophies of Miguel de Unamuno and Paul Ricoeur, a dialectical method that has formed the basis for many of Valdes' own studies in comparative literature. As Valdes explains in these insightful essays, what Unamuno and Ricoeur shared in their hermeneutic studies was a theory of interpretation in which the meaning of a work of art comes into existence through the dialectical relationship between its creator and its readers, listeners, or viewers. Contextualizing this hermeneutic concept as it appears in the works of both philosophers, Cultural Hermeneutics presents the basis for a profound understanding of the arts.

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This four-volume handbook summarizes the current state of knowledge on major topics within the fields of personality and social psychology. Coverage is contemporary, is provocative, and sets an agenda for future work in the area. Volume 1 focuses on attitudes and social cognition, describing the two main directions in which this domain has moved over the past quarter century. First, there is increasing focus on the phenomenology of daily life, with emphasis on the contents and drivers of mundane daily life. These include emotional experience, religious beliefs, feelings of control and agency, the function of conscious thought, and how all of these underpin our sense of self and important social behaviors. The second trend has been toward a deeper understanding of basic human nature, with increasing focus on unconscious or implicit cognitive processes that influence virtually all facets of daily life (e.g., how power transforms how we think about others and what qualities w

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In August 1942, French parents were faced with a horrible choice: watch their children die, or abandon them forever. Fifty years later, it becomes one woman’s mission to match the abandoned names with the people they belong to.Five years after the highly publicized trial of Klaus Barbie, the “Butcher of Lyon,” law student Valérie Portheret began her doctoral research into the 108 children who disappeared from Vénissieux fifty years earlier, children who somehow managed to escape deportation and certain death in the German concentration camps. She soon discovers that their rescue was no unexplainable miracle. It was the result of a coordinated effort by clergy, civilians, the French Resistance, and members of other humanitarian organizations who risked their lives as part of a committee dedicated to saving those most vulnerable innocents.Theirs was a heroic act without precedent in Nazi-occupied Europe, made possible due

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A timely, accessible introduction to the mathematics of chaos. The past three decades have seen dramatic developments in the theory of dynamical systems, particularly regarding the exploration of chaotic behavior. Complex patterns of even simple processes arising in biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, economics, and a host of other disciplines have been investigated, explained, and utilized. Introduction to Discrete Dynamical Systems and Chaos makes these exciting and important ideas accessible to students and scientists by assuming, as a background, only the standard undergraduate training in calculus and linear algebra. Chaos is introduced at the outset and is then incorporated as an integral part of the theory of discrete dynamical systems in one or more dimensions. Both phase space and parameter space analysis are developed with ample exercises, more than 100 figures, and important practical examples such as the dynamics of atmospheric changes and neural networks. An appendix provides readers with clear guidelines on how to use Mathematica to explore discrete dynamical systems numerically. Selected programs can also be downloaded from a Wiley ftp site (address in preface). Another appendix lists possible projects that can be assigned for classroom investigation. Based on the author's 1993 book, but boasting at least 60% new, revised, and updated material, the present Introduction to Discrete Dynamical Systems and Chaos is a unique and extremely useful resource for all scientists interested in this active and intensely studied field.

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Italian language rock climbing guidebook centred on the Bregaglia and Chiavenna valleys in northern Italy and south east Switzerland. Big alpine rock routes, including Piz Badile. See also Volume 1 from the same publisher. Areas covered are:- * Val del Ratti * Val Codera * Val Schiesone * Val Bondasca * Albigna * Val del Forno

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Learn robotics through magic, or enhance your magic with robotics! This book is a beginner's guide to creating robotics-infused magic. You'll be introduced to simple DIY electronics and Arduino programming, and you will learn how to use those tools to create a treasure trove of magic bots and effects, with readily-sourced materials and everyday objects. It's magic through the lens of the Maker Movement, with a dedication to accessibility -- cardboard meets Arduino meets magic! All ages, backgrounds, and abilities will find clever, fun projects within these pages that challenge their creativity and explode their imagination.

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For more than fifteen years, Mario Blaser has been involved with the Yshiro people of the Paraguayan Chaco as they have sought to maintain their world in the face of conservation and development programs promoted by the state and various nongovernmental organizations. In this ethnography of the encounter between modernizing visions of development, the place-based “life projects” of the Yshiro, and the agendas of scholars and activists, Blaser argues for an understanding of the political mobilization of the Yshiro and other indigenous peoples as part of a struggle to make the global age hospitable to a “pluriverse” containing multiple worlds or realities. As he explains, most knowledge about the Yshiro produced by non-indigenous “experts” has been based on modern Cartesian dualisms separating subject and object, mind and body, and nature and culture. Such thinking differs profoundly from the relational ontology enacted by the Yshiro and other indigenous peoples. Attentive to people’s unique experiences of place and self, the Yshiro reject universal knowledge claims, unlike Western modernity, which assumes the existence of a universal reality and refuses the existence of other ontologies or realities. In Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and Beyond, Blaser engages in storytelling as a knowledge practice grounded in a relational ontology and attuned to the ongoing struggle for a pluriversal globality.

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First published in Italian in 1977, Mario Mieli's groundbreaking book is an early landmark of revolutionary queer theory - now available for the first time in a complete and unabridged English translation. Among the most important works ever to address the relationship between homosexuality, homophobia and capitalism, Mieli's essay continues to pose a radical challenge to today's dominant queer theory and politics. With extraordinary prescience, Mieli exposes the efficiency with which capitalism co-opts 'perversions' which are then 'sold both wholesale and retail'. In his view the liberation of homosexual desire requires the emancipation of sexuality from both patriarchal sex roles and capital. Drawing heavily upon Marx and psychoanalysis to arrive at a dazzlingly original vision, Towards a Gay Communism is a hitherto neglected classic that will be essential reading for all who seek to understand the true meaning of sexual liberation under capitalism today.

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All the beloved, irascible Auntie Poldi wanted from her Sicilian retirement was time to enjoy sunshine, a free-flowing supply of wine, and a sultry romance with Chief Inspector Montana. But then her idyll is rudely disrupted by the last person she wants to see on her doorstep - John Owenya, detective inspector with the Tanzanian Ministry of Home Affairs, who is also her estranged, lying cheat of a husband.Not only is John's sudden reappearance putting a kink in Poldi's dreamy love affair with Vito Montana, but his presence also comes with a plea for help - and unwanted clashes with Mafia.Where is John's half-brother? What is the ten-million-dollar 'it' that John's brother was last seen with that has both the Sicilian and Tanzanian mobs in a frenzy? With only a postcard that has a phone number and a name, 'Handsome Antonio', on the back, Auntie Poldi hops begrudgingly (albeit with a great deal of gumption and panache) back into the saddle (in this case, an immaculate red Maserati Cabrio from the 80s with cream leather upholstery). The faster she finds Handsome Antonio, the sooner she can get John Owenya out of her hair and love-life. But the people Poldi discovers along the way may very well knock her immaculate wig askew.

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The emergence of new technologies and business models such as data analytics, online platforms, and artificial intelligence has shaken the economy and society at their foundations. Recently, it has become apparent that public authorities must take a pro-active role to define the rules of the newly emerged markets before potential issues and concerns cement. How rules are currently written determines who will exert a stronger influence on the economy and society in the coming years. This is key reason why digital policymakers are currently exposed to tremendous pressure by stakeholders. This book takes a journey through all the main areas in the digital economy that beg for policy action. Readers may learn about the general features of a digital economy and the EU long term strategic plans to govern it. They may learn about telecom markets, the data economy, the digitization of the public sector, cybersecurity, the platform economy, liability for online content, e-commerce, the sharing economy, the impact of technology on labour markets, digital inequality, disinformation, and artificial intelligence. This book provides students with the background knowledge and analytical tools necessary to understand, analyse, and assess the impact of EU digital policies on the European economy and society. The approach is both theoretical and applied. The main goal is to prepare students to give informed and economically sound advice to an EU policymaker for digital affairs.

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ESTA es una antología muy particular, que incluye a veintiocho poetas latinoamericanos que dieron sus vidas por la causa revolucionaria. La mayoría de ellos murieron en plena juventud. Algunos de estos poetas perecieron en combate o cumpliendo misiones insurreccionales; otros, en prisión; los más, torturados; los hay que desaparecieron sin nunca más saber de ellos y los que aparecieron con el cuerpo acribillado. Algunos fueron asesinados cuando estaban desarmados o incluso cuando dormían. Todos eran militantes revolucionarios y en consecuencia habían asumido su compromiso, aceptando el riesgo de morir por la causa y la patria que defendían. Si unos eran revolucionarios que, además, escribían versos, la mayoría eran verdaderos poetas que se sumaron a la lucha revolucionaria. Aquí aparecen todos juntos para mostrarnos que cuando se entrega la vida por una causa, los demás matices se diluyen.MARIO BENEDETTI

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Encuadernación: RústicaCosas del Camino contiene un conjunto de máximas que fueron confeccionadas durante la tercera estancia en prisión de Mario Conde. Palabras que afectan a la noción de fragmentariedad, de anulación de todo pensamiento y sentimiento para adentrarnos en lo intangible del Absoluto, de la Nada y de la Oscuridad Brillante. El pensamiento necesita delimitar para funcionar. Delimita imágenes. Establece límites. Fragmenta. Por eso Mario Conde se deja llevar por las sutilezas de la intuición intentando despejar el camino de sus cosas inevitables. Por eso este libro es un contacto directo con el alma de un ser extraordinario, con su faceta más íntima y privada.

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En este libro se reúne una selección de ensayos que a lo largo de los años setenta y ochenta dedicó el autor a la historiografía del Próximo Oriente antiguo. La mayoría de ellos son reconstrucciones históricas basadas en antiguos mitos y leyendas. Todos son investigaciones rigurosas e innovadoras sobre la forma de abordar los documentos antiguos por parte del historiador. Una de las principales aportaciones metodológicas es la aplicación del análisis estructural a estos mitos. Es el caso del mito babilónico de Adapa, una saga antidiluviana vinculada al ciclo de la vegetación y de la muerte, cuyas claves están en la lectura antropológica de la hospitalidad y de la reciprocidad. O el carácter propagandístico de los edictos reales hititas, su manipulación política y retórica, donde la paridad, la simetría y la igualdad de rango entre reyes enmascaran situaciones de sumisión y subordinación, o bien la forma en que reyes usurpadores, como Idrimi de Alalah, Sargón de Akkad o Hattushili III,

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Con su peculiar estilo y manera de contar las cosas, Mario Vaquerizo se lanza al mundo de los cuentos infantiles, desgranando fascinantes historias del universo de la música.Contiene 50 ilustraciones de los personajes, realizadas por ilustradores de primera línea.

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"Algunos miedos" recoge tres cuentos sobre el miedo, con un tratamiento próximo a niños y niñas de seis años. El primero de los cuentos sobre superar el miedo a ciertos animales, el segundo sobre los personajes populares utilizados para provocar miedo a los niños, desde las brujas al sacamantecas. Y el tercero elabora la idea de la reciprocidad del miedo.

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Memoria de elefante , primera novela de António Lobo Antunes, es el retrato de una crisis existencial.Memoria de elefante , primera novela de António Lobo Antunes, publicada en Portugal en 1979, es el retrato de una crisis existencial. El protagonista, un psiquiatra residente en Lisboa cuya verdadera vocación es la escritura, cuenta a través de una voz exuberante, facetas y capítulos de su vida, haciendo hincapié en los aspectos más íntimos y comprometidos. A lo largo de un día y una noche el héroe y narrador de esta historia pone de manifiesto la voluntad de escucharse a sí mismo, y de este modo hallar definitivamente una identidad perdida tiempo atrás. Memoria de elefante anuncia la llegada de un autor que destaca por la originalidad en su forma de contar, y lo que es aún más destacable: un escritor que provoca en el lector una forma insólita de leer.

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De las varias y buenas novelas de Mario Benedetti, LA TREGUA es la que ha alcanzado mayor favor del público. La cotidianidad gris y rutinaria marcada por la frustración y la ausencia de perspectivas de la clase media urbana impregna las páginas de esta novela, que, adoptando la forma de un diario personal, relata un breve periodo de la vida de un empleado viudo, próximo a la jubilación, cuya existencia se divide entre la oficina, la casa, el café y una precaria vida familiar dominada por una difícil relación con unos hijos ya adultos. Una inesperada relación amorosa, que parece ofrecer al protagonista un horizonte de liberación y felicidad personal, se abrirá como una tregua en su lucha cotidiana contra el tedio, la soledad y el paso del tiempo.

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