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In the court of the Medicis and the Vatican, Galileo fashioned both his career and his science to the demands of patronage and its complex systems of wealth, power, and prestige. In this fascinating cultural and social history of science, Biagioli argues that Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science - the questions he chose to examine, his methods, even his conclusions.

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Catholic missionaries in the revolutionary movements of the 1970s and 1980s in Guatemala.In Guatemala, the 36-year armed conflict from 1960 to 1996 claimed 200,000 lives, over two per cent of the population, and displaced a million more. In the 1970s and the 1980s the widespread and violent repression of social movements fighting for justice and human rights reached unimaginable proportions, involving assassinations, disappearances, and exile. Even parts of the Church, traditionally considered an ally of the powerful and the wealthy, were not spared this fate.Missionaries and Resistance in Guatemala chronicles the involvement of certain Catholic missionaries in popular and revolutionary movements. Based primarily on their own accounts, it narrates their gradual progression from conservative theological and pastoral practices to radical positions, informed by their solidarity with the poor and a theology of liberation. Their stories are situate

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism combines outstanding contributions covering Buddhism as it developed and is practiced in this region. These newly-commissioned essays provide fresh scholarly perspectives on a wide range of concepts, texts, and practices. Offers a comprehensive and balanced survey of Buddhism within East and Central Asia, from the time of the Buddha through to the present day Provides fresh perspectives on a wide range of concepts, texts, traditions, doctrines, practices, and institutions – on topics spanning gender roles, tantric rituals, and the spread of Zen into Europe Brings together cutting-edge research by an interdisciplinary and international contributor team, including historians, literature scholars, and historians, as well as those from religious studies Presents a panoramic view of the extraordinary richness and variety of local Buddhist expressions and practices within Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Tibetan, cultures

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A climbing guide describing the wealth of Granite climbing to be found along and around the Italian border with Switzerland. This is volume 1 which covers Val del Masino and del Disgrazia. Italian text. Colour photo topos and drawn graded topos. Val Merdarola Valle dell'Oro Val Porcellizzo (includes Piz Badile) Val del Ferro Val Qualido Val di Zocca Val Torrone Val Cameraccio Costiera Remoluzza-Arcanzo Valle di Predarossa Val Torreggio-Airale Val Ventina Val Sissone

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A new rock climbing guide to the Val Di Mello describing both the sport and trad multi-pitch routes - the guide contains both photo-topos and topo-diagrams as well as a great selection of full colour action shots. Pitch lengths are given for most routes and each pitch is given a French grade; suggestions on what gear to take are also included - Italian language...

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"...Mario goes beyond basic reportage or documentation in an effort to create a timeless set of portraits." — Amateur Photographer "I try to read people’s lives,” says photographer Mario Marino. In this new photo book, the Austrian-born camera artist presents over 220 colour and black-and-white photographs from some of the most remote areas of Ethiopia, Tanzania, Sudan, and Kenya. Stunning landscapes combine with powerful portraiture, capturing in particular remote communities whose heritage and ways of life are threatened by the combined forces of tourism, technology, and globalisation. With his subjects illuminated by the sunlight alone, particular attention is given to traditional markers upon the body: face paint, hair styles, and jewellery. Beyond simple reportage or documentation, Faces of Africa strives to create a timeless portrait that speaks to the deep geographical and cultural roots of each individual. Text in English and German.

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Mario Testino is recognized as the ultimate fashion photographer of his generation but his pictures of Kate Moss transcend fashion. The result of two decades of extraordinary friendship, and phenomenal glamour, this iconic collaboration is an intimate insight into the lives and minds of two of the world’s definitive style leaders. This book follows the journey of this exceptional fashion partnership, from early days backstage at the shows to behind-the-scenes glimpses of the groundbreaking editorials they continue to produce for the world’s most respected magazines. Of the 100-plus images, many photographs have been chosen from Testino’s private archive and are published here for the first time. They are accompanied by a foreword by Testino and an exclusive essay by Kate Moss.

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A Man Called Ove meets Inspector Montalbano, Auntie Poldi leaves no stone unturned in her quest for answers. Wine and murder - nothing is more likely to rouse Auntie Poldi's love of the chase.Still relishing the notoriety from her spectacular resolution of the Candela case, Poldi is alive to the faintest whiff of criminality.What to others might seem a series of misfortunes - the water supply cut off, a poisoned dog - is clearly, to Poldi, an escalation: the Mafia have had her in their sights ever since she solved Valentino's murder.Poldi has tasted blood. No one is above suspicion. And trouble will surely follow . . .

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Balancing simplicity with technical rigour, this practical guide to the statistical techniques essential to research in marketing and related fields, describes each method as well as showing how they are applied. The book is accompanied by two real data sets to replicate examples and with exercises to solve, as well as detailed guidance on the use of appropriate software including: - 750 powerpoint slides with lecture notes and step-by-step guides to run analyses in SPSS (also includes screenshots) - 136 multiple choice questions for tests This is augmented by in-depth discussion of topics including: - Sampling - Data management and statistical packages - Hypothesis testing - Cluster analysis - Structural equation modelling

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Roman Emperors is a concise chronological guide to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire. It covers the period from the establishment of the Empire by Augustus in 27 BCE to the abdication of Romulus Augustus in 476 CE, an event that marks the official end of the existence of the Roman Empire as a political entity in Western Europe. After a useful introduction to the late Republic and its transformation into the Empire, each of the eighty-five emperors customarily recognized as legitimate are presented in the order in which they reigned. This includes both Eastern and Western emperors for those periods where the empire was divided, and each one is illustrated. A useful glossary of technical terms is also provided.

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Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.The Godfather, a Level 7 Reader, is B2 in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future perfect simple, mixed conditionals, past perfect continuous, mixed conditionals, more complex passive forms and modals for deduction in the past.Michael Corleone is determined not to join his family's criminal businesses. He wants to live a normal life and marry his American girlfriend, Kay. But when members of his family are attacked, Michael realises that he has to take revenge.Visit the Penguin Readers websiteExclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys.

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MARIO PUZO'S FIRST ACCLAIMED NOVEL, BEFORE HIS CREATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, THE GODFATHER. AN ASTOUNDING STORY OF CORRUPTION AND BETRAYAL.Hardened by the brutality and desceration of three long years of war, Walter Mosca returns to America a changed man. But he has no sooner arrived than he knows he must run back to the land of the enemy, to find the woman who accepts the rage and cruelty of the world around her. In Germany, where the bitter aftermath of war is everything apparent, American cigarettes will buy almost anything. Mosca now faces a different kind of war, one in which he must make a fateful decision - between love and ambition, passion and greed, life and death...

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In a corrupt world where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, one man has power over them all The Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest - a masterful saga of the last great American crime family, the Clericuzios, and their powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. Domenico Clericuzio is a wise and ruthless man who in his old age is determined to create a life free from criminal activities for his grandchildren. But as he strives to establish his heirs in legitimate society, secrets from his family's past spark a vicious and bloody war between cousins ...

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Aunque es poco conocida en nuestro país, la llamada Teoría Monetaria ?Moderna? (TMM) sueña con convertirse en el nuevo referente económico de la izquierda reformista. Sus sorprendentes ideas sobre la naturaleza del dinero contemporáneo y sobre el poder monetario de los Estados parecen abrir las puertas a la posibilidad de una gestión progresista del capitalismo. La TMM no sólo se considera capaz de poner fin a la austeridad impuesta por la ortodoxia neoliberal, sino que, además, afirma haber encontrado la clave que permitiría acabar definitivamente con el paro y conseguir la tan deseada transición a una economía verde y sostenible.Pero, qué es realmente la TMM? En qué se basa? Qué propuestas concretas plantea? Es realmente tan novedosa y revolucionaria como dice ser? De verdad puede acabar con las contradicciones y problemas seculares del modo de producción capitalista?

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Con la Viva Express, todo lo que hace falta saber sobre Oslo se ha comprimido en volumen súper reducido en el que se encontrará la información más actualizada para viajeros independientes que quieren sacar lo mejor de su presupuesto.En Los imprescindibles se desarrollan siete puntos claves de la ciudad que entraman un especial interés para el viajero.Los Datos prácticos ofrecen información de transportes, documentación, trámites de entrada, acontecimientos culturales, sanidad, idioma, horarios, calendario de fiestas, etc.La Visita a la ciudad supone la descripción monumental de la misma junto con datos sobre compras y fiestas. Asimismo se incluyen también los alrededores, con información sobre espacios de interés que pueden visitarse fácilmente desde el núcleo descrito.Comer y dormir en Oslo es una guía fundamental de locales para el viajero. Se da información detallada de los distintos hoteles y restaurantes que hemos seleccionado siguiendo un riguroso criterio de cali

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THIS EROTIC THRILLER HAS DEADLY STAKESYuuna is in too deep. She thought she’d signed on to a standard reality dating show, but there’s more at stake than money and status now as the battle royale gets bloody! The girls are whisked away to a villa on a private beach, determined to use swimsuits and cunning to bag the billionaire bachelor. Who will be eliminated first, and will she be sent home in a plane or a coffin?!

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Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973), filósofo y dramaturgo francés, destaca por su conquista de un concepto cada vez más hondo de la existencia, entendida como encarnación y participación. Su pensamiento está muy influido por el cristianismo, al que se convirtió, del judaísmo, en 1929.Los dos volúmenes que comprende esta edición reúnen algunas de sus obras más importantes, tanto en el campo filosófico como en el teatral. El misterio del ser (1951), que recoge en dos series veinte lecciones pronunciadas entre 1949 y 1950, ha sido complementado con unos anexos de documentos inéditos y abundantes notas elaboradas por Jeanne ParainVial (la discípula por excelencia) y Mario Parajón, traductor y preparador de la edición. La selección de las piezas teatrales (El dardo, La sed y La señal de la cruz) pone de manifiesto la estrecha relación que existe entre el pensamiento de Marcel y su obra dramática.

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Las lecturas son un material de apoyo para la enseñanza y profundización en el conocimiento de la lengua tanto considerada como primera lengua (esto es, para nativos) como segunda (es decir, E/LE). Las lecturas han sido elaboradas por autores que conocen el mundo de la enseñanza y que saben conjugar la estética y el entretenimiento con la didáctica de la lengua. Los textos van acompañados de explicaciones, sobre todo léxicas, que solucionan algunas dudas en el momento mismo de la lectura y según el nivel de dificultad.Las lecturas se han clasificado en cuatro niveles de dificultad que se han establecido atendiendo al grado de riqueza léxica y al grado de complejidad sintáctica y discursiva de los textos en: nivel inicial (1), nivel intermedio(2), nivel avanzado(3) y nivel superior(4).La lectura va seguida de una serie de ejercicios que el lector podrá realizar de forma autónoma. Al mismo tiempo, el profesorado de español encontrará en ellos un material de gran utilidad como com

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Las lecturas son un material de apoyo para la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de español, como lengua extranjera y como primera lengua. Las lecturas han sido elaboradas por autores que conocen el mundo de la enseñanza y que saben conjugar la estética y el entretenimiento con la didáctica de la lengua. Los textos van acompañados de explicaciones, sobre todo léxicas, que solucionan algunas dudas en el momento mismo de la lectura y según el nivel de dificultad.Las lecturas se han clasificado en cuatro niveles de dificultad que se han establecido atendiendo al grado de riqueza léxica y al grado de complejidad sintáctica y discursiva de los textos en: nivel inicial (1), nivel intermedio(2), nivel avanzado(3) y nivel superior(4).La lectura va seguida de una serie de ejercicios que el lector podrá realizar de forma autónoma. Al mismo tiempo, el profesorado de español encontrará en ellos un material de gran utilidad como complemento de su labor y de otros materiales de enseñanza. Los ejerci

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Este libro de cuentos es un verdadero mosaico de emociones dibujadas entre señales de humo, naufragios, sueños y cartas arrojadas al centro del corazón: el mejor remedio para los incurables de soledad.Buzón de tiempo recorre las diferentes formas del encuentro: el recuerdo nostálgico de un amor perdido, los rumores de otras épocas, las llamadas sin respuesta, la identidad dolorosamente recuperada, los espejos que envejecen las imágenes, la inminencia de la muerte, el regreso de la conciencia con máscara de fantasma, y los guiños compartidos: el fútbol, el cine, Viglietti, el subcomandante Marcos...Mario Benedetti nos revela el mundo ya como poesía, ya como trampa, y siempre como promesa. Convoca a la emoción original apelando a sus mejores recursos: el humor más inteligente, la ironía más punzante, la ternura más conmovedora.

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PROYECTO GALAXIALA NOCHE DE LASESFERASEn La Noche de las Esferas se desarrollan de forma novelada las vicisitudes que tendría que sortear el ser humano para lograr sus objetivos de un cambio de sistema. Y aunque su estilo literario se encuadra claramente dentro de la literatura de las ideas, contiene todos los ingredientes necesarios de la ciencia ficción para que su lectura sea entretenida y amena. Entrando de lleno en las preguntas clave que preocupan a la humanidad:ES POSIBLE CAMBIAR EL MUNDO?ES POSIBLE CAMBIAR EL SISTEMA?ES POSIBLE CAMBIAR LA SOCIEDAD?CÓMO PODRÍAMOS HACERLO?CÓMO SERÍA ESE NUEVO MUNDO, ESE NUEVO SISTEMA,ESA NUEVA SOCIEDAD?Y se plantean las respuestas desde los distintos ámbitos: el filosófico, el religioso, el económico, el científico y el social.Una propuesta de cambio del actual sistema de mercado en el que vivimos por otro más justo e igualitario basado en la distribución de recursos, el apoyo de la ciencia y la abolición del dinero.La apuesta sigue en pie.______

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Tes y sus amigos han logrado escapar de Minos para dirigirse a San Francisco, allí esperan encontrar la cura para el extraño virus que está terminando con los adultos o convirtiéndoles en gruñidores. El gobierno de los Nuevos Estados Unidos de América está intentando controlar la situación, pero para que Tes pueda acceder a la cura tendrán que ir a la capital del estado, Sacramento, e intentar atrapar al jefe de los gruñidores antes de que cumpla sus planes de destrucción de Villa Esperanza....¡LA SERIE QUE DESPERTARÁ EL FERVOR DE LOS LECTORES!Tes and her friends have managed to escape from Minos and head to San Francisco. There they hope to find the cure for the strange virus that either does away with adults or turns them into Growlers . The government of the New United States of America is trying to manage the situation, but to have access to the cure, Tes has to reach the state’s capital, Sacramento, and trap the chief of the Growlers before he completes his plans to destroy Villa Esperanza. The series will have readers on the edges of their seats!

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