Elena: 1551 books

Abigail Adams Pierce could not envision that the information she stumbled upon would take her on a hair-raising journey she would never forget. A journey that once started would have no turning back, even at the risk of losing her life in the physical sense and being trapped within the spiritual realm,...

The saga continues as Joshua's loyalties are divided between Earth and Theon. Torn by the plight of the people of the Planet Theon, his love for one of their daughters, and his alien son, the Earthling, Joshua, tries to reevaluate his dedication to his first love.His loyalty to the Theonians...

Russia’s Skinheads: Exploring and Rethinking Subcultural Lives provides a thorough examination of the phenomenon of skinheads, explaining its nature and its significance, and assessing how far Russian skinhead subculture is the ‘lumpen’ end of the extreme nationalist ideological spectrum. There...

The Russian Federation has one of the largest prison populations in the world. Women in particular are profoundly affected by the imprisonment of a family member. Families and Punishment in Russia details the experiences of these women – be they wives, mothers, girlfriends, daughters - who, as relatives...

Five autobiographical stories and a novel-allusion about love and posthumous life; written by a woman, in Russia, about the domestic male material.

Language and World Creation in Poems and Other Texts introduces an interdisciplinary and practical approach to the analysis of poetry which focuses on text worlds, namely the contexts, scenarios or types of reality that readers construct in their interaction with the language of texts. The book demonstrates...

This book offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of the tropes employed in the categorization of international students living and studying in Australia. Establishing the position of migrant students as ’subjects of the border’, the author employs various models of emotion in an analysis...

Oltre diecimila anni di storia del Vicino Oriente: dall’altopiano iranico fino al Mediterraneo e dal Mar Nero fino al Golfo Persico, compresa la valle del Nilo e quelle del Tigri e dell’Eufrate. E quindi anche la storia d’Egitto, secondo una scelta storiografica non consueta che contribuisce ad allargare la cornice su di un quadro finalmente visto nella sua interezza.

This book examines ideas of spiritual nourishment as maintained chiefly by Patristic theologians –those who lived in Byzantium. It shows how a particular type of Byzantine frescoes and icons illustrated the views of Patristic thinkers on the connections between the heavenly and the earthly worlds....

Die vom europäischen Gesetzgeber auf Information und Konsultation programmierten Europäischen Betriebsräte haben in der Praxis eine darüber hinausgehende Dynamik entfaltet und sich in einigen Branchen zu Verhandlungsakteuren entwickelt. Mit den Konzernleitungen haben sie Vereinbarungen über unterschiedliche...

Ricordiamoci che la storia la raccontano sempre i vincitori. Ed è quella che rimane a testimonianza del passato. Vogliamo farci anche noi narratrici della nostra storia, per ricordare che oltre ai molti coraggiosi e valenti uomini italiani, ci sono state tante donne che hanno contribuito profondamente ai migliori cambiamenti del nostro Paese?

Tre donne, tre occasioni per cambiare la propria vita. A Londra Futura rimane incinta per errore, ma Patrick all’inizio non accetta l’idea di diventare padre. Tra i due conviventi scende il gelo, finché lui, dopo aver visto l’ecografia del piccolo, rivede le proprie posizioni. Purtroppo, prima...

The governance of global communications is consolidating as a field where innovative political practices of multi-actor collaboration are being experimented. Within this broad political landscape, the Internet governance domain is emerging as one of the most relevant areas where institutional and...

Il tema della responsabilità per fatto illecito ha assunto una dimensione nella giurisprudenza, nella dottrina e nella legislazione che non appariva prevedibile dalle scarne norme contenute nei diversi codici, che hanno accompagnato l'evoluzione del diritto privato.Il Curatore e gli Autori degli...