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Book cover of The Sociology of Law

The Sociology of Law

Classical and Contemporary Perspectives

by A. Javier Trevino
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017

The purpose of this book is to introduce the sociology of law by providing a coherent organization to the general body of literature in that field. As such, the text gives a comprehensive overview of theoretical sociology of law. It deals with the broad expanse of the field and covers a vast amount...
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Five Past Midnight in Bhopal

The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster

by Dominique Lapierre, Javier Moro
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2009

It was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, killing and injuring thousands of people. When the noxious clouds cleared, the worst industrial disaster in history had taken place. Now, Dominique Lapierre brings the hundreds of...
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Flammable : Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown

Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown

by Javier Auyero;Debora Alejandra Swistun
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2009

Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other industries a hazardous and largely unsupervised waste incinerator and an unmonitored landfill Flammable's soil air and water are contaminated with lead chromium...
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Tecnologías del cuerpo

Exhibicionismo y visualidad en América Latina

by Javier Guerrero
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 5, 2016

A lo largo de cinco capítulos centrados en Reinaldo Arenas, Salvador Novo, Armando Reverón, Fernando Vallejo y Mario Bellatin, el autor propone que el cuerpo pasa por los registros visuales y ficcionales para modelarse y ser modelado en un proceso que es siempre incompleto, inestable y, por ello, admite revueltas.
Book cover of Il nuovo inquilino
by Javier Cercas
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 29, 2015

«*Uno scrittore di infinito talento.*»Roberto Bolaño Dovrebbe essere una domenica come tutte le altre per Mario Rota, uomo metodico, ricercatore di fonologia presso l’Università del Midwest. Appena rientrato dalle vacanze estive ha ripreso l’abitudine del jogging, che pratica seguendo...
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by Javier Marías
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 11, 2016

Juan Ranz, vertaler van beroep, is gewend te luisteren, te interpreteren en door de schijn van woorden heen te prikken. Maar luisteren is ook gevaarlijk, weet hij, want als een geheim eenmaal is gehoord, wordt het vergeten ervan onmogelijk. Op zijn huwelijksreis wordt Juan bevangen door een onheilspellend...
Book cover of Jouw gezicht morgen
by Javier Marías
Language: Dutch
Release Date: April 30, 2014

De Spanjaard Jaime Deza, voormalig docent aan de Universiteit van Oxford, werkt in Engeland als agent voor een geheime organisatie die gelieerd is aan de MI6, de Britse geheime dienst. Het is Deza s taak om te onderzoeken wat mensen in de toekomst zullen doen, te achterhalen hoe hun gezichten morgen zullen zijn. Koorts en Lans is het eerste deel van de trilogie Jouw gezicht morgen. 
Book cover of El espartano
by Javier Negrete
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 26, 2017

Año 480 a. C. Antes de morir en las Termópilas, el rey Leónidas entrega una carta sellada al oficial Perseo y le ordena que regrese a Esparta y se la entregue a su esposa, Gorgo. ¿Por qué decide que el mejor guerrero de la ciudad abandone la batalla, cuando la ley espartana prohibía retirarse...
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Quality Control with R

An ISO Standards Approach

by Emilio L. Cano, Javier Martinez Moguerza, Mariano Prieto
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015

Presenting a practitioner's guide to capabilities and best practices of quality control systems using the R programming language, this volume emphasizes accessibility and ease-of-use through detailed explanations of R code as well as standard statistical methodologies. In the interest of reaching...
Book cover of Relatos pasajeros
by Francisco Javier Rodríguez Barranco
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 25, 2016

Viajar es una manera de irse. Hay un cierto componente de desaparición, de abandono, de ruptura que cada día percibo con mayor claridad, sobre todo cuando los viajes se piensan sin fecha de vuelta, o al menos sin el deseo de volver. Un viaje es el no estar, el diluirse. Un viaje es lo evanescente...
Book cover of El Ejército y el poder
by Javier Ibarrola
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 15, 2013

A los ojos de la atención pública la historia de las fuerzas armadas nacionales parece terminarse después de la Revolución con Manual Ávila Camacho, el último presidente militar. Sin embargo, de entonces a esta fecha el ejército ha sido una fuerza viva e influyente en México que, en buena...
Book cover of Entre ausencias y presencias ausentes

Entre ausencias y presencias ausentes

Los textos escolares y el lugar de lo negro en la enseñanza de la historia de Colombia, 1991-2013

by Nilson Javier Ibagón Martín
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 14, 2016

Entre ausencias y presencias ausentes analiza las representaciones sociales a través de las cuales se (in)visibiliza la dimensión histórica de lo negro, en las explicaciones acerca del periodo colonial que proponen los textos escolares de ciencias sociales publicados en Colombia desde 1991 hasta...
Book cover of U.S.-Venezuela Relations since the 1990s

U.S.-Venezuela Relations since the 1990s

Coping with Midlevel Security Threats

by Javier Corrales, Carlos A. Romero
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012

Oil makes up one-third of Venezuela's entire GDP, and the United States is far and away Venezuela's largest trading partner. Relations between Venezuela and the United States, traditionally close for most of the last two centuries, began to fray as the end of the Cold War altered the international...
Book cover of O dia em que perdemos a cabeça
by Javier Castillo
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: January 24, 2019

Atreva-se a descobrir o mistério do ano sem perder a cabeça. 275000 exemplares vendidos «São doze horas da manhã de 24 de Dezembro, falta um dia para o Natal. Caminho pela rua tranquilo, com o olhar perdido, e tudo parece estar em câmara lenta. Olho para cima e vejo erguerem-se...
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