Costa: 926 books
Making Nothing Happen
Five Poets Explore Faith and Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2018
Making Nothing Happen is a conversation between five poet-theologians who are broadly within the Christian tradition - Nicola Slee, Ruth Shelton, Mark Pryce, Eleanor Nesbitt and Gavin D'Costa. Together they form The Diviners - a group which has been meeting together for a number of years for poetry,...
El cerebro bilingüe
La neurociencia del lenguaje
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Una fascinante aproximación al funcionamiento del bilingüismo en el cerebro humano y cómo este adquiere y procesa el lenguaje.
Todos estamos interesados en el lenguaje y nos hemos preguntado alguna vez cómo el cerebro humano lo adquiere y procesa. Pero, ¿cómo conviven dos lenguas en un...
The Surge
2014's Big GOP Win and What It Means for the Next Presidential Election
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
The 2014 midterm election was one of the most significant in recent memory, with a decisive turning of the tables in favor of Republicans. With a now-Republican-controlled Senate and House at odds with a Democratic president with only two years left in office, the fault lines within and between both...
Origini - XXXIX
Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche - Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
THIS ISSUE CONTAINS THE ROLE OF BURINS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ART THROUGH TRACE ANALYSIS AT THE UPPER PALAEOLITHIC SITE OF POLESINI CAVE (LATIUM, ITALY) Flavia Venditti, Cristina Lemorini, Magda Bordigoni, Daniela Zampetti, Mario Amore, Antonio Tagliacozzo THE STATE OF THE LATE NEOLITHIC POTTERY...
by Luís Costa
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2017
Another Way of Watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is a book that is related with a part of History from China, from the Three Kingdoms period, after the fall of the Han Dynasty, where mainly 3 Kingdoms tried to conquer China to unify it. It resumes a little bit the history, also contains...
Lawrence Grassi
From Piedmont to the Rocky Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
Lawrence Grassi was a trailblazer in every sense of the word. A working-class man of humble Italian origins who worked as a labourer and a coal miner for most of his life, Grassi had a deep passion for the Rocky Mountains. He was famous in the region for his commitment as a guide, a mountain climber,...
Metagenealogy
Self-Discovery through Psychomagic and the Family Tree
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
A practical guide to recognizing and overcoming the patterns and influences of the four generations before you
• Provides exercises to uncover your family’s psychological heritage, heal negative patterns of behavior and illness in your family tree, and discover your true self
•...
The Global Restructuring of the Steel Industry
Innovations, Institutions and Industrial Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 1999
Drawing upon case studies of the steel industry in the US, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and India, this book explains how and why the steel industry has shifted from advanced capitalist countries to late industrializing countries. Anthony P. D'Costa examines the relationship between industrial change and institutional responses to technological diffu
The Impact of Empathy
A New Approach to Working with ADHD Children (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
ADHD is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and children diagnosed with it are often subjected to heavy and risky therapies based on psychopharmacological drugs. What if there were another, non-invasive, way to help them?
The innovation of the approach presented in this book is threefold:
it...
Coach Fellas
Heritage and Tourism in Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The Coach Fellas are known to almost all tourists who traverse the Irish countryside. Ostensibly bus drivers, they are also the tour guides who provide the crucial component in the branding of “people, place, and pace” upon which Irish heritage tourism depends. Kelli Costa’s ethnography of these...
by Rodolfo Costa
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Some people just need a little motivation and reassurance to allow themselves to see beyond what others think is possible, wise, or practical, while others just need a little inspiration to use their imagination wisely so they can become part of a solution not part of a problem. Advice My Parents...
A história do Brasil para quem tem pressa
Dos bastidores do descobrimento à crise de 2015 em 200 páginas!
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Dos bastidores do descobrimento à crise de 2015 em 200 páginas! Ilustrado e didático, um livro essencial para todos que procuram um ponto de partida para se aprofundar na história do Brasil. Diz o poeta alemão Bertold Brecht: "De nada vale partir das coisas boas de sempre, mas sim das coisas...
by Jensen, Carol A., East Contra Costa Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2006
Byron Hot Springs is sometimes called the "Carlsbad of the West," after the famed European health spas. The resort hosted the famous, the wealthy, the infirm, and the curious alike during the early 20th century. The 160-acre property, in eastern Contra Costa County near the San Joaquin River, featured...
Reimagining Black Difference and Politics in Brazil
From Racial Democracy to Multiculturalism
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
Reimagining Black Difference and Politics in Brazil examines Black Brazilian political struggle and the predicaments it faces in a time characterized by the increasing institutionalization of ethno-racial policies and black participation in policy orchestration. Greater public debate and policy attention...