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Beyond the Family Romance

The Legend of Pascoli

By: Maria Truglio

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Giovanni Pascoli (1855–1912) is one of Italy’s most canonical and beloved poets. In Beyond the Family Romance, Maria Truglio offers fresh insight into the uncanny qualities of Pascoli’s domestic verse. As suggested by the Freudian title, this study opens a dialogue between Pascoli’s literature and Freud’s theories, with a particular focus on each author’s interrogation of origins. Through close readings and historical contextualization, themes of regression, memory, and other manifestations of ‘origins’ are analyzed, moving Pascoli’s poetry beyond the biographical strictures that have hitherto confined it. Truglio’s post-structuralist readings question the dichotomy between ‘safety within the home’ and the ‘threatening outside world,’ revealing the ambivalences with which images of the home are fraught in Pascoli’s poetry. In addition to the sustained comparison with Freud’s writing, Beyond the Family Romance explores parallels between Pascoli’s work and such writers as Tarchetti, Boito, Poe, and Invernizio. Rethinking the concept of the fanciullino (‘little child’), Truglio shows that Pascoli’s poetry enacts a symbiosis between the logic of the rational modern adult and the mythic vision of the child.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487586698

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9781487586690

Biomimetic Nanoceramics in Clinical Use

From Materials to Applications

By: Maria Vallet-Regí,Daniel Arcos Navarrete,Daniel Arcos

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Biomimetic Nanoceramics in Clinical Use

From Materials to Applications

By: Maria Vallet-Regí,Daniel Arcos Navarrete,Daniel Arcos

The first book on bioactive nanoceramics to unite the many multidisciplinary concepts useful for those working in bioceramics today.

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187

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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ISBN 10

0854041427

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9780854041428

Biomineralization and Biomaterials

Fundamentals and Applications

By: Conrado Aparicio,Maria Pau Ginebra

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Biomineralization and Biomaterials

Fundamentals and Applications

By: Conrado Aparicio,Maria Pau Ginebra

Biomineralization is a natural process by which living organisms form minerals in association with organic biostructures to form hybrid biological materials such as bone, enamel, dentine and nacre among others. Scientists have researched the fundamentals of these processes and the unique structures and properties of the resulting mineralized tissues. Inspired by them, new biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have been developed in recent years. Biomineralization and biomaterials: fundamentals and applications looks at the characteristics of these essential processes and natural materials and describes strategies and technologies to biomimetically design and produce biomaterials with improved biological performance. - Provides a thorough overview of the biomineralization process - Presents the most recent information on the natural process by which crystals in tissues form into inorganic structures such as bone, teeth, and other natural mineralized tissues - Investigates methods for improving mineralization - Explores new techniques that will help improve the biomimetic process

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504

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Woodhead Publishing

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1782423567

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9781782423560

A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

By: Mark Davies,Ana Maria Preto-Bay

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A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

By: Mark Davies,Ana Maria Preto-Bay

An invaluable tool for learners of Portuguese, this Frequency Dictionary provides a list of the 5000 most commonly used words in the language. Based on a twenty-million-word collection of Portuguese (taken from both Portuguese and Brazilian sources), which includes both written and spoken material, this dictionary provides detailed information for each of the 5000 entries, including the English equivalent, a sample sentence, and an indication of register and dialect variation. Users can access the top 5000 words either through the main frequency listing or through an alphabetical index. Throughout the frequency listing there are also thrity thematically-organized ‘boxed’ lists of the top words from a variety of key topics such as sports, weather, clothing and relations. An engaging and highly useful resource, A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese will enable students of all levels to get the most out of their study of Portuguese vocabulary. Former CD content is now available to access at www.routledge.com/9780415419970 as support material. Designed for use by corpus and computational linguists it provides the full text in a format that researchers can process and turn into suitable lists for their own research work.

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352

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Routledge

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1134110928

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9781134110926

Segreto di Assisi

By: Maria Sticco

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Segreto di Assisi

By: Maria Sticco

Riedizione aggiornata dell'apprezzato volume della scrittrice umbra Maria Sticco che con pittoresca poesia coglie i "segreti" della bellezza umbra e di altri luoghi suggestivi d'italia". Con tocchi di pittoresca poesia sono colti in queste pagine, con il «segreto» di Assisi e dell'Umbria, anche «segreti» di bellezze e singolaritàdi altri luoghi: Roma, Firenze, Milano, Sardegna, Sicilia in vario senso e modo tutti suggestivi per la scrittrice che visita, sente e ritrae le sue visioni con autentico respiro e palpito d'arte.

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154

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Youcanprint

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8866189367

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9788866189367

State and Opposition in Military Brazil

By: Maria Helena Moreira Alves

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State and Opposition in Military Brazil

By: Maria Helena Moreira Alves

Based on extensive research into opposition and government documents, including the previously unavailable Manual Básico da Escola de Guerra, Maria Helena Moreira Alves provides a rich description of the long and tortuous attempt by the Brazilian military government to create a workable “national security state” in the face of determined and resilient opposition. She interviewed more than one hundred key figures in government, the military, business, professional associations, the Catholic church, grassroots organizations, and trade unions in order to analyze politically and historically the relationship between civil society and government structures in Brazil during the years 1964–1983. Her study charts the rise and subsequent decline of the military government’s power, concluding with a discussion of the abertura policy instituted under General João Batista Figueiredo.

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University of Texas Press

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0292761392

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9780292761391

Stimuli-Responsive Nanocarriers for Targeted Drug Delivery

By: Muhammad Raza Shah,Tooba Jabri,Maria Khalid

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Stimuli-Responsive Nanocarriers for Targeted Drug Delivery

By: Muhammad Raza Shah,Tooba Jabri,Maria Khalid

Stimuli-Responsive Nanocarriers for Targeted Drug Delivery presents a comprehensive overview of the most significant physical and chemical stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems. This book reviews targeted and controlled drug delivery systems and how nanocarriers can be used to improve the pharmacokinetics of drugs in biological systems, such as increasing utilization rate and reducing toxicity and side effects. After a key introduction to the topic, a range of nanocarrier types is assessed before exploring the clinical translation challenges and considerations involved.This book is a useful resource for researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of materials science, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical science, and medicinal chemistry. - Offers an in-depth look at the basic and fundamental aspects of stimuli-responsive materials, mechanisms, structure, synthesis and properties - Provides information about well-defined categorization for stimuli-responsive drug delivery system based on different triggering mechanisms to its reader - Reviews basic concepts and the latest research involving advances in stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems in controlled-release drugs - Discusses novel approaches and challenges for scaling-up and commercialization of stimuli-responsive polymers

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396

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Elsevier

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0443223882

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9780443223884

The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary (Revised 2014 edition)

Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese

By: Maria F. Allen

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The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary (Revised 2014 edition)

Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese

By: Maria F. Allen

Revised 2014 Reprint Thoroughly revised in 2014, this compact and up-to-date two-way dictionary provides a comprehensive and modern vocabulary. It is the ideal reference for all users of Portuguese. The dictionary includes an extensive coverage of practical terminology from a diversity of fields including; business and economics, law, medicine and information technology as well as common abbreviations, toponyms (place names), nationalities, numerous idiomatic expressions and slang. Key features: Completely up-to-date reflecting the recently-agreed orthographic changes between Brazil and Portugal. Definitions and differences in both variants clearly signposted. Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary where it differs from European-African Portuguese and some American English terms. Coverage of colloquial and slang registers. Useful notes on grammatical points and false friends, as well as boxes with cultural knowledge relating to the U.K., U.S.A., Brazil, Portugal and the other Portuguese-speaking countries. The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary provides the maximum information in the minimum space, making it an invaluable reference source

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798

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Routledge

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1136997253

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9781136997259

If We Have Lost Our Oldest Tales

迷失者的預言

By: Maria Branda

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If We Have Lost Our Oldest Tales

迷失者的預言

By: Maria Branda

Following the convening of Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, The World of Words is a collection of selected works by some of the most internationally acclaimed poets today. The poem of "If We Have Lost Our Oldest Tales" by María Baranda (Mexico) is finest contemporary poetry in trilingual or bilingual presentation.

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The Chinese University Press

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9629965135

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9789629965136

La voliera dei pappagalli

By: Anna Maria Balzano

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La voliera dei pappagalli

By: Anna Maria Balzano

Le vite agiate e rispettabili di Umberto De Berberis, dei suoi collaboratori e delle loro famiglie vengono sconvolte da una bufera giudiziaria che produce un effetto domino nelle loro esistenze tranquille. Segreti inconfessabili e intrecci inaspettati emergono in quello che sembra apparentemente il normale scenario della media borghesia romana. Storie di amori, solitudini, entusiasmi e tradimenti. Un romanzo corale, in cui le vicende dei protagonisti si intrecciano per mostrare sullo sfondo la tela dei più grandi sentimenti e dei più pressanti interrogativi dell’esistenza umana.

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8891137898

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Book's by Maria Branda

Beyond the Family Romance

Beyond the Family Romance

Biomimetic Nanoceramics in Clinical Use

Biomimetic Nanoceramics in Clinical Use

Biomineralization and Biomaterials

Biomineralization and Biomaterials

A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

Segreto di Assisi

Segreto di Assisi

State and Opposition in Military Brazil

State and Opposition in Military Brazil

Stimuli-Responsive Nanocarriers for Targeted Drug Delivery

Stimuli-Responsive Nanocarriers for Targeted Drug Delivery

The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary (Revised 2014 edition)

The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary (Revised 2014 edition)

If We Have Lost Our Oldest Tales

If We Have Lost Our Oldest Tales

La voliera dei pappagalli

La voliera dei pappagalli

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