Society and culture: general

Silence is like a burglar alarm that wont turn off.

We are in danger of losing our identities as unique beings created in the image of God.

As US healthcare delivery is in flux, an international surgeon dissects and scrutinizes the performance of socialized medicine in Britain vs the free market healthcare system in the US.

This vintage text contains three essays by Bronislaw Malinowski on the theory of functionalism.

The way the world of human beings is framed must be reframed for the sake of our survival.

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal1814: Two 16-year-old stepsisters run away with a married man.

«La cultura de un pueblo se mide por sus tradiciones vigentes.

This enchanting glossary of flowers, and their hidden meanings and symbols, is accompanied by Kate Greenaway's wonderfully rich illustrations.

The Lost Books of the Bible: The Great Rejected Texts - Unknown - The Lost Books of the Bible is a collection of New Testament Apocrypha.

"e;One afternoon in January 1995, as I drove along Western Avenue, I did what I had never done before: i parked the car in a side-street and walked on to the road.

Es gibt viele Bücher über Burnout, aber nur wenige mit konkreten Anleitungen, wie Sie wieder zurück in Ihre Kraft finden.

Dieses essential zeigt praxisnah, wie sich Direktmarketing durch digitale Medien schnell und erfolgreich umsetzen lässt.

Sara Davies' story is one of abuse, neglect, betrayal and, ultimately, survival.

El esfuerzo griego por construir un espacio humano donde fuera posible la justicia y donde el destino común estuviera regido por la voluntad de los hombres se vinculó desde el origen a la existencia de ciudadanos: ellos eran la ciudad y, por tanto, el Estado.

The Siege of Malta during World War II was one of the greatest dramas of the conflict.

Der Jahrtausende alte Traum der Mächtigen, zu wissen, was das globale Volk denkt und tut, ist Wirklichkeit geworden – Big Data macht's möglich!

Full of practical tips and useful advice on materials and techniques for the beginner.

This vintage book deals with the subject of Satanism and demonology, looking in particular at the Black Mass and incubi and succubi.

Privilegiados y populares surgió con el propósito de contribuir a la configuración de la historia social de Cali durante la primera mitad del siglo xx.

Though the battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876, received widespread publicity because of the magic personality of General George Armstrong Custer and the mystery surrounding the massacre of half of the 7th Cavalry regiment, the Battle of the Rosebud, thirty miles southeast and occurring one week earlier-virtually unknown except to a few students-involved more troops, had fewer casualties, lasted for most of a day, and was of far greater historical significance.

In dem Buch wird das deutsche Sozialsystem auf den Prüfstand gestellt.

A testament to the enduring strength of the human spirit, family, and, above all, hope, this ';vivid memoir of a woman who lost her youth and family to the Nazis' (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) is a Holocaust survival story that will be remembered for generations.

En este libro, conoceremos la historia natural de 37 especies habitantes del desierto cortero, del desierto de Atacama y del altiplano.

Dieses essential gibt Führungskräften an Hochschulen einen praxisorientierten Leitfaden zum Konfliktmanagement und zur Krisenintervention an die Hand.

Red Army anti-tank gunners offer vivid accounts of their World War II combat experiences.

The Mordvins are a unique people living in Russia.

Did COVID-19 actually break out to kill 6 million people because of a leak from a Chinese laboratory?

"Un libro hecho con ejemplar dedicación, enhebrado entre la reivindicación de nuestra herencia cultural e identitaria, la Inquisición en la historia y, más que nada, con profundo afecto a la tierra nutricia y con un sentimiento de nostalgia, hilo que vincula pretérito y presente y se proyecta a lo venidero, por sobre todas las incertidumbres.

La transformació digital està en el centre de l'agenda política actual, però la digitalització de les societats ja fa mig segle que és en actiu.

Easeful Death sets out in straightforward terms the main arguments both for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia.

This book unmasks one of the greatest human interest stories in Canadian history: the emigration of tens of thousands of children from Britain, from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, to become home children in Canada.

The objective of the book is to document best practices in managing the major irrigation canal systems to maximise the benefits to farmers in terms of increase in utilization of irrigation potential created under the major irrigation projects.

Matthew Hall brings to life the fascinating story of Colonel Martin Herford, the most decorated doctor of World War II, covering his service in the Spanish Civil War until the end of World War II.

"Anne Frank im Hinterhaus: Wer war wer?

Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English writer.

Although Nicholas Mosley has written two volumes of family biography and a volume of memoirs, he has, until now, avoided writing about his World War Two experiences.

Dieser Sammelband apokrypher Schriften enthält folgende Werke: Das Achtzehngebet, die Apokalypse des Elias, Ezechiel der Prophet, Aristeas, der Brief des Aristeas, Aristobul, Artapanus, die Himmelfahrt des Isaias, Kleodemus Malchus, Demetrius und Eupolemus.

Matthew Hall brings to life the fascinating story of Colonel Martin Herford, the most decorated doctor of World War II, covering his service in the Spanish Civil War until the end of World War II.

A warmhearted novel for middle-grade readers about the grief, faith, friendship and family written by multi-award winning author Sheri Sinykin.

¿Es posible África en la escuela?

Ouvrage sous la direction de Jean-Francis Dauriac

Selon les auteurs de ce cinquième Cahier de Francs-Maçons, les menaces de demain ne sont plus la féodalité, ni le religieux, ni le retour des idéologies anciennes, mais dans l’économie financiarisée et mondialisée, la « techno-finance »  : un système en quelque sorte auto-créé, qui soumet à ses seules règles et aliène aussi bien l’Entreprise que l’Homme, alors même que l’Etat et la puissance publique sont pris en « tenailles » entre supranationalité et déconcentration.

« Envisagée sous son aspect industrieux, laborieux, producteur, comme par son côté criminel, immoral, destructeur, la vie sociale m'a paru relever avant tout de l'inter-psychologie, qui étudie ses rapports élémentaires.

At a crucial moment, Ed Whitcomb, a B-17 navigator, made a split-second decision and thereby set off a hair-raising, spine-tingling sequence of narrow escapes, captures, unexpected breaks and bitter betrayals that culminated in his final extrication from enemy territory.