Rita: 1575 books

Anyone who has experienced swimming lessons will relate to “The High Dive”. In this short story the author brings forth long suppressed memories of the exhilaration and fear associated with the diving from the highest board at the pool.

A king struggles to save his country from itself. He calls in his wisest advisers. After research and evaluation they finally have advice for the ruler of Acirema. Perhaps that advice should be heeded by modern day leaders as well...

Jade Abbott is in love with Rayel Vieux. She trusts him and his parents with her life, until Foust Warrant tries to convince her she must trust him or risk death. Earth is in grave danger, in part because Jade lives on the planet. She knows her destiny is to leave her adoptive parents and go to Corasias...

The traditions of the holidays can become a heavy burden when families must make hard decisions. Sometimes all we need is another perspective to see what is really important.

Contemporary theory is full of references to the modern and the postmodern. How useful are these terms? What exactly do they mean? And how is our sense of these terms changing under the pressure of feminist analysis? In Doing Time, Rita Felski argues that it makes little sense to think of the modern...

CONVERSOS is historical fiction in which the main character time travels between 1492 and 1992. Follow lead character Margarita Arpa as she struggles against a 1992 coma that propels her back to the Spanish Inquisition of 1492. Christopher Columbus and his world changing expedition to the New World...

Questo libro tratta della storia delle sedi delle università italiane, fabbriche pensate come cenacolo culturale e strumento della comunicazione della conoscenza, che trova le sue radici prevalentemente nella cultura europea medievale di matrice cristiana. Il tema è stato quindi pensato come apertura...

Advances in medical science and technology are saving the lives of more children worldwide than ever. Some survive and live out a normal life expectancy, others have a life-limiting/life-threatening diagnosis where death may come early, and still others will live on well past projected life trajectories...

A psicanalista Maria Rita Kehl retorna às livrarias com a coletânea Bovarismo brasileiro, que reúne alguns ensaios marcantes sobre temas que abarcam desde a literatura de Machado de Assis até um estudo de caso – o atendimento de um militante do MST –, passando por reflexões acerca das origens...

Mick and Rita use bicycling related stories to introduce topics concerning their life and marriage for their family and future generations to enjoy.

Many claim to be the first to turn a plain burrito into a crispy chimichanga, but everyone agrees that it happened in Arizona. Fried to golden brown perfection at iconic restaurants like Casa Molina, El Charro and Macayo's, these crunchy wonders are favorites from Flagstaff to Bisbee, Safford to Yuma...

Forged In Fire is the true story of a young girl’s childhood in pre-war Tokyo; her schoolgirl dreams; the violence, starvation and desperation of war that drove her family out of the city; and the American Occupation that shaped Japan’s future. It is the story of my mother, Rita Tomoko Montibon,...

Un pianoforte scompare nella notte... ma è solo l’inizio. Blue Bay è nel panico, mentre Lapin, famoso investigatore, brancola nel buio. Tody e Mary, coinvolte nelle indagini, fanno del loro meglio per risolvere un intricato mistero, dove la musica è la chiave di tutto. della stessa autrice: GONZALO...

Questo libro è un'edizione riveduta e corretta de "Il paese di Tritacrome". La posizione dei testi e le correzioni apportate, rispetto alle precedente edizione, sono dovute alla messa in scena del libro, inoltre, in questa nuova edizione sono presenti delle illustrazioni in bianco e nero. Tritacrome...