Roberto: 2164 books

The climatic history of Earth is constituted by alternation of warm and cold periods. “The lord of the winds and currents", the Jet Stream of free atmosphere plays a decisive role in climate change. Two other essential elements of climate history are: the Arctic and Antarctic poles and vortexes...

In the past few decades, friction material engineering has become more sophisticated with many tests and techniques to investigate the properties of the materials and their counterparts before, during and after friction occurred. There has not been too much information available on the different raw...

Legacies of State Violence and Transitional Justice in Latin America presents a nuanced and evidence-based discussion of both the acceptance and co-optation of the transitional justice framework and its potential abuses in the context of the struggle to keep the memory of the past alive and hold perpetrators...

Mexican American Baseball in South Texas pays tribute to the former baseball teams and players from Edinburg, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Donna, Alamo, San Juan, Brownsville, Harlingen, and other surrounding communities. From the late 19th century through the 1950s, baseball in South Texas provided opportunities...

Taking up the charge to study discourses of marginalized groups, while simultaneously extending scholarship about Latina/os in the field of Communication, Latina/o Discourse in Vernacular Spaces: Somos de Una Voz? provides the most current work examining the vernacular voices of Latina/os. The editors...

The topic of neutrality on the good is linked rather closely to the ideal of political liberalism as formulated by John Rawls. Here internationally renowned authors, in several cases among the most prominent names to be found in contemporary political theory, present a collection of ten essays on the idea of liberal neutrality.

Esta obra enseña a sus lectores todos los recurso que necesitarán aprender para dominar esta especialidad, y también aquellos consejos y recomendaciones que les resultarán de gran utilidad para progresar con rapidez y seguridad.Tras una breve introducción sobre el origen y la historia del kungfú...

Este es un volumen con una nueva concepción, muy ilustrado y escrito con un lenguaje sencillo. En él encontrará fácilmente las posiciones fundamentales (naturales. defensivas. de ataque): las técnicas de desplazamiento, las formas de presa, la técnica para desequilibrar al adversario, etc.,...

Uno sguardo, un sorriso, una parola, una prima volta, qualunque essa sia. Un bacio, uno schiaffo, un passo, una dedica. Un premio, una fotografia, un quadro, un libro, un figlio. Quante impronte lasciamo dietro di noi, quante ne seguiamo lungo il cammino… Questo tema è il filo rosso che unisce...

The importance of oil for national military-industrial complexes appeared more clearly than ever in the Cold War. This volume argues that the confidential acquisition of geoscientific knowledge was paramount for states, not only to provide for their own energy needs, but also to buttress national...

Sulla soglia della mezza età, Mathieu, che deve il suo nome all’amatissima madre francese, vive con la moglie in Sicilia, dove gestisce, senza troppo entusiasmo né successo, l’agenzia turistica che era stata di suo padre. Gli occhi furbi e di colore diverso di un piccolo venditore ambulante di...

Delle molte leggende alla cui nascita Bolaño stesso ha contribuito, l’ultima riguarda la forma che 2666 avrebbe dovuto assumere. Si dice infatti che l’autore desiderasse vedere i cinque romanzi che lo compongono pubblicati separatamente, e se possibile letti nell’ordine preferito da ciascuno....

All discourses aimed at asserting the value of human life as such—whether philosophical, ethical, or political—assume the notion of personhood as their indispensable point of departure. This is all the more true today. In bioethics, for example, Catholic and secular thinkers may disagree on what...

125 quotes gathered from my life observations is a book that has 125 quotes ,and five small chapters full of inspiration. The book was written by the author to inspire individuals to continue in the right path of life and to never lose hope on your DREAMS.