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The Production of Heritage

The Politicisation of Architectural Conservation

By: Alan Chandler,Michela Pace

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The Production of Heritage

The Politicisation of Architectural Conservation

By: Alan Chandler,Michela Pace

In this important book, the authors unpack the theoretical and practical issues around the development of heritage sites, critically dissecting key conservation benchmarks such as the ICOMOS guidelines, BS 7913 and the RIBA Conservation Plan of Work to reveal the mechanics of heritage guidance, its advantages and conceptual limitations. Underpinned by an active understanding of the conservation philosophy of William Morris, the book presents five case studies from the UK and North and South America that speak about different facets of heritage value, such as urban identity, commodification, authenticity, materiality and heritage as an intellectual and ethical framework. Heritage is never neutral; its definition is privileged yet its influence is political. Art, landscape and archaeology all offer examples of how the operational ideas of adjacent disciplines can influence an integrated idea of heritage conservation, and how this is communicated in order to determine significance and share in its custodianship. This book provides insights into how to identify and challenge these limitations, expanding inclusion by describing tactics for changing how people can relate to and build on the past. Clearly written for all levels of readership within the conservation professions and community custodians of heritage buildings and places, the book provides strategies and tactics for understanding the heritage significance of materials, their fabrication, detail and use. The narratives that historic fabric contains can help shape the meaningful involvement of local people, providing a roadmap for those navigating the double-bind of using the past to underpin the future.

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Routledge

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0429663234

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9780429663239

The Aftermath

By: Michela Montgomery

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The Aftermath

By: Michela Montgomery

After being trapped for thirty days, six survivors emerge from the Wind Cave. Finally able to discover what happened in their absence, the group emerges to find their country ravaged by war. With many of their loved ones dead, their homes destroyed and their futures now uncertain, they must each forge new lives from the fragments that remain. In the middle of devastation, love is found... and death in its saddest form. Through love and heartbreak, pain and sacrifice, new alliances are made and old bonds destroyed. As news reaches them that terrorist forces are preparing for the final attack, they will discover what is truly important - and what survival really means.

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Post Hill Press

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1618689169

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9781618689160

The Evolution of Sustainable Investments and Finance

Theoretical Perspectives and New Challenges

By: Francesco Gangi,Antonio Meles,Lucia Michela Daniele,Nicola Varrone,Dario Salerno

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The Evolution of Sustainable Investments and Finance

Theoretical Perspectives and New Challenges

By: Francesco Gangi,Antonio Meles,Lucia Michela Daniele,Nicola Varrone,Dario Salerno

Over the last decade, socially responsible investments (SRIs) have become paramount to both professionals and academics. In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007-8, practitioners have become much more involved in new financial models that integrate returns and positive social and environmental impacts. The authors argue that previous irresponsible financial models are anachronistic, and propose a new relationship between stakeholder and shareholder. Starting from the mainstreaming of SRI, this book recovers the social function of banks and the innovative role of crowdfunding and venture capital models. The book offers a unified perspective for firm and funder, making it a timely and invaluable read for scholars and practitioners interested in sustainable development and social impact finance.

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Springer Nature

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3030703509

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9783030703509

Warsecret

By: Michela Arturina Betta

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Warsecret

By: Michela Arturina Betta

There are good secrets, bad secrets, and mysteries. Two dramatic incidents happen on the same day. First, a hacker attack is carried out in England, then the old Farm Hall tapes are stolen from the National Government Communications Head Quarters (NGCHQ) – England’s most secure archive. Achilles, the main protagonist of Warsecret, sees a sinister and dangerous connection between the two events. As the top negotiator of Organisation Number One (ONO) and director of the Global Agency for Informed Consent (GAIG), he must find out why and how they are linked. A series of suspenseful and dramatic actions take place in Berlin, Cambridge, London, and New York. During this sensational adventure, Achilles relies on the help of his young, stoic assistant, Lucillo, and the advice of two enlightened colonels, James Neill and Dag Olsen. The final act plays out at a global negotiation about nuclear weapons and the quantum computer, where the deep-rooted danger of scientific inventions of this type will become apparent. As will the terrifying system of secrecy that screens them from scrutiny.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1035815699

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9781035815692

The Digital Transformation of Supply Chain Management

By: Michela Pellicelli

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The Digital Transformation of Supply Chain Management

By: Michela Pellicelli

The Digital Transformation of Supply Chain Management offers a roadmap to all areas of supply chain management, with the idea of ecosystem as a center of gravity. The book describes the impact of Internet-driven global information and communication systems in enhancing supply chain management processes. It analyzes six building blocks of supply chain management, including consumer focus and demand, resource and capacity management, procurement and purchasing, inventory management, operation management, and distribution management. The book concludes by presenting the principal innovative solutions available now, or in the future, for managing and increasing the efficiency of supply chains. As supply chains are evolving toward an ecosystem that incorporates a wide range of digital technologies such as the cloud, big data, the Industrial Internet of Services, 3D printing, augmented and virtual reality, blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and many more, this book is an ideal resource. - Provides balanced, state-of-the-art coverage on emerging technological innovations and their applications - Includes numerous case studies that offer different perspectives on the integration of technologies in the supply chain - Describes the impact of Internet-driven global information and communication systems in enhancing supply chain management processes

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Elsevier

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0323855334

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9780323855334

The Beginnings of Philosophy in Greece

By: Maria Michela Sassi

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The Beginnings of Philosophy in Greece

By: Maria Michela Sassi

A celebrated study of the origins of ancient Greek philosophy, now in English for the first time How can we talk about the beginnings of philosophy today? How can we avoid the conventional opposition of mythology and the dawn of reason and instead explore the multiple styles of thought that emerged between them? In this acclaimed book, available in English for the first time, Maria Michela Sassi reconstructs the intellectual world of the early Greek "Presocratics" to provide a richer understanding of the roots of what used to be called "the Greek miracle." The beginnings of the long process leading to philosophy were characterized by intellectual diversity and geographic polycentrism. In the sixth and fifth centuries BC, between the Asian shores of Ionia and the Greek city-states of southern Italy, thinkers started to reflect on the cosmic order, elaborate doctrines on the soul, write in solemn Homeric meter, or, later, abandon poetry for an assertive prose. And yet the Presocratics whether the Milesian natural thinkers, the rhapsode Xenophanes, the mathematician and "shaman" Pythagoras, the naturalist and seer Empedocles, the oracular Heraclitus, or the inspired Parmenides all shared an approach to critical thinking that, by questioning traditional viewpoints, revolutionized knowledge. A unique study that explores the full range of early Greek thinkers in the context of their worlds, the book also features a new introduction to the English edition in which the author discusses the latest scholarship on the subject.

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Princeton University Press

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1400889766

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9781400889761

Own Your Money

Practical Strategies to Budget Better, Earn More, and Reach Your 6-Figure Savings Goals

By: Michela Allocca

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Own Your Money

Practical Strategies to Budget Better, Earn More, and Reach Your 6-Figure Savings Goals

By: Michela Allocca

Join TikTok star Michela Allocca (@BreakYourBudget) for a crash course in everything personal finance. With real-life examples and colorful art, this book unlocks the fun of money fundamentals. Michela Allocca had an epiphany when she was working at her first job: even those working in finance can have no idea how to budget, invest, and spend on a personal level! By the time she reached her mid-20s, she had a new mission: helping any young person who wanted advice with the "scary," aka often misunderstood, world of personal finance. In Own Your Money, Michela shares all the tools she used to manage, save, invest, and set a routine that enabled her to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in less than a decade of professional--and freelance--work. You'll find chapters that address: Budgeting: Don't make it a dreaded B-word! Learn about various strategies including 50/30/20, zero-based, and 3-bucket budgets. How to save: It's all about SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound). How to spend money: That's right, a plan for spending is important too! With a quick analysis of values and priorities, you can spend without feeling guilt--yes, even on those fancy coffees. Investing: Learn the difference between 401ks and IRAs, investment types from index funds to target date funds, and relate it all back to core concepts in investing (like diversification). Jobs and careers: If your dream job doesn't exist, join the club! Learn how to find satisfaction through the tasks you want to do, networking, and career pivots. Increase your earning potential: Set yourself up for a raise/promotion, negotiate a job offer, and figure out if a side hustle is right for you. With colorful illustrations, helpful charts and graphics, and spreadsheets to help you plan your own path, this is a book that's meant to partner with you on your own journey and financial goals!

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Fair Winds Press (MA)

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0760381127

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9780760381120

Matrix Activism

Global Practices of Resistance

By: Michela Ardizzoni

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Matrix Activism

Global Practices of Resistance

By: Michela Ardizzoni

The intersection of virtual and physical spaces at the heart of contemporary political protests is a pivotal element in new practices of activism. In this new and global ecology of dissent and activism, different forces, stakeholders, and spaces, once defiantly discordant, come together to define the increasingly malleable nature and terms of participatory politics and the performance of democracy. This book explores the emerging sites, aesthetics and politics of contemporary dissent as a critical attempt to foreground their mediation and negotiation in an era of neoliberal globalization. Contemporary forms of media activism occupy deeply ambivalent spaces, which Ardizzoni analyzes using the lens of what she calls "matrix activism." Rather than confining the analysis to a single platform, a single technology, or a single social actor, matrix activism allows us to explain the hybrid nature of new forms of dissent and resistance, as they are located at the intersection of alternative and mainstream, non-profit and corporate, individual and social, production and consumption, online and offline.

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Routledge

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1317265734

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The Battle (The Wind Cave Book 3)

By: Michela Montgomery

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The Battle (The Wind Cave Book 3)

By: Michela Montgomery

As the U.S. is brought to its knees by an unstoppable enemy, the six survivors of The Cave struggle to stay alive as the final battle begins. Kate is badly injured and flees to safety, hoping to repair her wounded legs – and her heart. Percy has distanced himself from Kate in order to spend more time working in the governmental lab with his uncle. Ano and Jazz are reunited – only to find that the war being waged might be closer to home than they think. Carlie and David are on the front lines where the heaviest firefight is being waged. With freedom comes sacrifice. Finish the journey with Kate, Ano, Carlie, Jazz, Matt and Percy in the gripping conclusion of The Wind Cave series.

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1618689142

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9781618689146

Philosophy for Everyone

By: Matthew Chrisman,Duncan Pritchard,Guy Fletcher,Elinor Mason,Jane Suilin Lavelle,Michela Massimi,Alasdair Richmond,Dave Ward

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Philosophy for Everyone

By: Matthew Chrisman,Duncan Pritchard,Guy Fletcher,Elinor Mason,Jane Suilin Lavelle,Michela Massimi,Alasdair Richmond,Dave Ward

Philosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject. Key topics in this new edition and their areas of focus include: Moral philosophy – the nature of our moral judgments and reactions, whether they aim at some objective moral truth, or are mere personal or cultural preferences; and the possibility of moral responsibility given the sorts of things that cause behavior; Political philosophy – fundamental questions about the nature of states and their relationship to the citizens within those states Epistemology – what our knowledge of the world and ourselves consists in, and how we come to have it; and whether we should form beliefs by trusting what other people tell us; Philosophy of mind – what it means for something to have a mind, and how minds should be understood and explained; Philosophy of science – foundational conceptual issues in scientific research and practice, such as whether scientific theories are true; and Metaphysics - fundamental questions about the nature of reality, such as whether we have free will, or whether time travel is possible. This book is designed to be used in conjunction with the free ‘Introduction to Philosophy’ MOOC (massive open online course) created by the University of Edinburgh’s Eidyn research centre, and hosted by the Coursera platform (www.coursera.org/course/introphil).This book is also highly recommended for anyone looking for a short overview of this fascinating discipline.

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Routledge

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1315449749

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9781315449746

Do Not Disturb

The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad

By: Michela Wrong

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Do Not Disturb

The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad

By: Michela Wrong

A powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do Not Disturb upends the narrative that Rwanda sold the world after one of the deadliest genocides of the twentieth century. We think we know the story of Africa’s Great Lakes region. Following the Rwandan genocide, an idealistic group of young rebels overthrew the brutal regime in Kigali, ushering in an era of peace and stability that made Rwanda the donor darling of the West, winning comparisons with Switzerland and Singapore. But the truth was considerably more sinister. Vividly sourcing her story with direct testimony from key participants, Wrong uses the story of the murder of Patrick Karegeya, once Rwanda’s head of external intelligence and a quicksilver operator of supple charm, to paint the portrait of a modern African dictatorship created in the chilling likeness of Paul Kagame, the president who sanctioned his former friend’s assassination.

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PublicAffairs

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1610398432

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9781610398435

The Science of Man in Ancient Greece

By: Maria Michela Sassi

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The Science of Man in Ancient Greece

By: Maria Michela Sassi

Thus, because women were assumed to have pale skin from staying indoors too much, Greek biology and medicine sought to explain this feature as an indication of the "cold" nature of women, as opposed to the "hot" constitution of men.".

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University of Chicago Press

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0226735303

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9780226735306

The Practice of Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy

Claiming the Baby

By: Tessa Baradon,Michela Biseo,Carol Broughton,Jessica James,Angela Joyce

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The Practice of Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy

Claiming the Baby

By: Tessa Baradon,Michela Biseo,Carol Broughton,Jessica James,Angela Joyce

The Practice of Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy is a comprehensive handbook, addressing the provision of therapeutic help for babies and their parents when their attachment relationship is troubled and a risk is posed to the baby's development. Drawing on clinical and research data from neuroscience, attachment and psychoanalysis, the book presents a clinical treatment approach that is up-to-date, flexible and sophisticated, whilst also being clear and easy to understand. The first section: The theory of psychoanalytic parent infant psychotherapy – offers the reader a theoretical framework for understanding the emotional-interactional environment within which infant development takes place. The second section, The therapeutic process, invites the reader into the consulting room to participate in a detailed examination of the relational process in the clinical encounter. The third section, Clinical papers, provides case material to illustrate the unfolding of the therapeutic process. This new edition draws on evidence from contemporary research, with new material on: Embodied communication between parent and infant and clinician-patient/s Fathers and fathering Engagement of at-risk populations Written by a team of experienced clinicians, writers, teachers and researchers in the field of infant development and psychopathology, The Practice of Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy will be an essential resource for all professionals working with children and their families, including child psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and clinical and developmental psychologists.

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1317613880

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9781317613886

Expenditure Conditionality in IMF-supported Programs

By: Mr.Sanjeev Gupta,Michela Schena,Mr.Reza Yousefi

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Expenditure Conditionality in IMF-supported Programs

By: Mr.Sanjeev Gupta,Michela Schena,Mr.Reza Yousefi

This paper studies the impact of expenditure conditionality in IMF programs on the composition of public spending. A granular dataset on different government expenditure conditions covering 115 countries for the 1992-2016 period is compiled. The results support the view that while conditionality on specific elements of spending could help achieve a program’s short-term objectives, it is structural conditionality which delivers lasting benefits. Structural public financial management conditionality (such as on budget execution and control) has proven to be effective in boosting the long-term level of education, health, and public investment expenditures. The results further indicate that conditionality on raising such spending may come at the expense of other expenditures. Finally, the successful implementation (and not mere existence) of the conditionality is crucial for improved outcomes. These findings are relevant for policy makers targeting achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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International Monetary Fund

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1484389077

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9781484389072

Refining the Knowledge Production Plan

Knowledge Representation in Innovation Projects

By: Serghei Floricel, PhD,John L. Michela, PhD

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Refining the Knowledge Production Plan

Knowledge Representation in Innovation Projects

By: Serghei Floricel, PhD,John L. Michela, PhD

Knowledge is a critical component of any project. It is often the source of innovation projects in that knowledge may open new technical possibilities or reveal new needs that can be met. Refining the Knowledge Production Plan: Knowledge Representations in Innovative Projects presents the results of research aimed at enhancing understanding of the role of knowledge and of its production in innovation projects.

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Project Management Institute

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1628250240

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9781628250244

Tick Tock Boom Boom!

A Poetic Journey Through Life

By: Michela Wolfe McGhee

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Tick Tock Boom Boom!

A Poetic Journey Through Life

By: Michela Wolfe McGhee

Tick Tock Boom Boom presents an inspirational compilation of poetry by author Michela Wolfe McGhee, exploring life as a poetic journey. This collection takes its title from one of her most beloved poems, in which Tick Tock represents the time on the clock and Boom Boom represents the pounding of heartbeats. Because no one knows how many heartbeats they have left in life, the message that these verses convey is that everyone should make the best and most of the times of their lives. Tick Tock Boom Boom embarks upon a thought-provoking journey to remind everyone that it only takes one person to make a difference; by joining our hearts and minds; together we can change the world. No One is Looking No one is looking Are you the man People see Full of strength and integrity Or behind that face Is there a place For unimaginable indiscretions No one is looking Are you the woman You claim to be In Proverbs so virtuously Or behind that lace Are you the face That smiles above A deep deception Who are you when no one is looking

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Trafford Publishing

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1426953410

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9781426953415

The Cave

By: Michela Montgomery

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The Cave

By: Michela Montgomery

Six Stanford students journey into one of the deepest and longest caves in North America. A day into their journey, a nuclear war begins from within the U.S. Unable to return to the surface, and unsure what they will find when they do, the Cave will test the strength and survival of each person differently - transforming six individuals into a team, and ultimately...a family.

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Post Hill Press

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1618689185

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9781618689184

Accabadora

By: Michela Murgia

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Accabadora

By: Michela Murgia

The award winning Accabadora is an exceptional English–language debut, written with intriguing subtlety reflecting a sensual picture of local Italian life and death in villages during the 1950's. A time where family ties and obligations still decide much of life's ebb and flow. A must read for those who love a touch of the unusual. Formerly beautiful and at one time betrothed to a fallen soldier, Bonaria Urrai has a long held covenant with the dead. Midwife to the dying, easing their suffering and sometimes ending it, she is revered and feared in equal measure as the village's Accabadora. When Bonaria adopts Maria, the unloved fourth child of a widow, she tries to shield the girl from the truth about her role as an angel of mercy. Moved by the pleas of a young man crippled in an accident, she breaks her golden rule of familial consent, and in the recriminations that follow, Maria rejects her and flees Sardinia for Turin. Adrift in the big city, Maria strives as ever to find love and acceptance, but her efforts are overshadowed by the creeping knowledge of a debt unpaid, of a duty and destiny that must one day be hers. Accabadora has been awarded seven major literary prizes, including Italy's prestigious Premio Campiello.

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Catapult

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1619021331

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A journey called psychotherapy

Story of a difficult, emotional and sometimes ironic journey

By: Parentela Alessandra,Longo Michela

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A journey called psychotherapy

Story of a difficult, emotional and sometimes ironic journey

By: Parentela Alessandra,Longo Michela

“I realized that when I look at the sea I completely relax. If I could radically change the established rules, you know what I would do, Doc? I’d take you to the seashore, or better on my favourite rock on the breakwater for our therapy session”. “Let time flow, Miki and you’ll see everything will have the right place in your life…” Doc and Miki. A brilliant psychotherapist and a difficult patient who leave together for a journey called psychotherapy. A deep love for the sea. A rock which becomes a safe protection. The story of a very strong, but hard to build relation All these elements become main characters of their journey, a journey full of obstacles and difficulties, but with a final goal which is too important not to be completed: to become what you really are. A journey Doc and Miki decide to tell together, through a passionate, sometimes ironic dialogue, which lets emotions and feelings come out and go along the most significant moments towards a way back home that undoubtedly changed them both. They believe their relationship is worthwhile to be shared with people who consider human relations as absolute necessary elements in their life.

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Centro Tipografico Livornese Editore

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A New Paradigm for Translators of Literary and Non-Literary Texts

By: Michela Canepari

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A New Paradigm for Translators of Literary and Non-Literary Texts

By: Michela Canepari

A guide for translators, translation trainees and students working with different (written, graphic and audiovisual) text typologies, presenting critical and systematic analyses of several examples and case studies.

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BRILL

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9004526218

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9789004526211

Inquiring into Human Enhancement

Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives

By: Sylvie Allouche,Jean Gayon,Michela Marzano,Jérôme Goffette

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Inquiring into Human Enhancement

Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives

By: Sylvie Allouche,Jean Gayon,Michela Marzano,Jérôme Goffette

Human enhancement has become a major concern in debates about the future of contemporary societies. This interdisciplinary book is devoted to clarifying the underlying ambiguities of these debates, and to proposing novel ways of exploring what human enhancement means and understanding what practices, goals and justifications it entails.

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Springer

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1137530073

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Music in Shakespeare

A Dictionary

By: Christopher R. Wilson,Michela Calore

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Music in Shakespeare

A Dictionary

By: Christopher R. Wilson,Michela Calore

With an A-Z of over 300 entries, Music in Shakespeare is the most comprehensive study of all the musical terms found in Shakespeare's complete works. It includes a definition of each musical term in its historical and theoretical context, and explores the diverse extent of musical imagery across the full range of Shakespeare's dramatic and poetic work, as well as analysing the usage of instruments and sound effects on the Shakespearean stage. This is a comprehensive reference guide for scholars and students with interests in the thematic and allegorical relevance of music in Shakespeare, and the history of performance. Identifying all musical terms found in the Shakespeare canon, it will also be of use to the growing number of directors and actors concerned with recovering the staging conditions of the early modern theatre.

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A&C Black

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1472557522

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9781472557520

North/south, East/west

Mapping Italianness on Television

By: Michela Ardizzoni

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North/south, East/west

Mapping Italianness on Television

By: Michela Ardizzoni

North/South, East/West focuses on the visual and discursive representation of identity promoted by public and private Italian national television at the turn of the twenty-first century. Michela Ardizzoni examines the role of politics, conglomeration, immigration, and satellite technology in framing discourses of gender, ethnic, and regional identities. In a time of social and political change for Italy, characterized by the increased visibility of ethnic minorities and the rise to political power of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's largest media mogul,North/South, East/West provides an in-depth textual analysis of current programs and their vision of identity.

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Lexington Books

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0739115766

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9780739115763

Matteo Ricci

A Jesuit in the Ming Court

By: Michela Fontana

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Matteo Ricci

A Jesuit in the Ming Court

By: Michela Fontana

Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), the first of the early Jesuit missionaries of the China mission, is widely considered the most outstanding cultural mediator of all time between China and the West. This engrossing and fluid book offers a thorough, knowledgeable biography of this fascinating and influential man, telling a deeply human and captivating story that still resonates today. Michela Fontana traces Ricci's travels in China in detail, providing a rich portrait of Ming China and the growing importance of cultural exchanges between China and the West. She shows how Ricci incorporated his ideas of "cultural accommodation" into both his life and his writings aimed at the Chinese elite. Her biography is the first to highlight Ricci's immensely important scientific work and that of key Christian converts, such as Xu Guangqi, who translated Euclid's Elements together with Ricci. Exploring the history of science in China and the West as well as their dramatically different cultural attitudes toward religious and philosophical issues, Michela Fontana introduces not only Ricci's life but the first significant encounter between Western and Chinese civilizations.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1442205881

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9781442205888

Old Myths-modern Empires

Power, Language, and Identity in J.M. Coetzee's Work

By: Michela Canepari-Labib

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Old Myths-modern Empires

Power, Language, and Identity in J.M. Coetzee's Work

By: Michela Canepari-Labib

This study gives substantial coverage and close critical attention to a wide range of Coetzee's published writings, in the attempt to situate his oeuvre within the framework of both postmodernist and postcolonial theory and criticism. In addition, it links the political and social aspects of Coetzee's work, its South African provenance and its often oblique engagement with contemporary issues, with formal questions regarding structure, rhetoric and narrative strategies as tackled in his novels. By approaching Coetzee's fiction from a variety of critical angles and taking into account both the transformations in the socio-political context of South Africa, and the recent changes in critical reception (exemplified by the Nobel Prize he was awarded in 2003) this book therefore offers a thorough assessment of the author's oeuvre.

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3039102621

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Identity and Upbringing in South Asian Muslim Families

Insights from Young People and their Parents in Britain

By: Michela Franceschelli

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Identity and Upbringing in South Asian Muslim Families

Insights from Young People and their Parents in Britain

By: Michela Franceschelli

What is it like to grow up as a South Asian British Muslim today? What are the experiences of South Asian Muslim parents bringing up their children in contemporary Britain? Identity and Upbringing in South Asian Muslim Families explores these questions within the context of the series of events which, from 9/11 to the recent upsurge of the Islamic State, have affected the perceptions and the identity of Muslims around the world. Franceschelli reveals the complex range of negotiations behind the coming of age of South Asian Muslim teenagers and reflects on the changes and continuities between their life experiences, priorities and aspirations compared to their parents' generation. Based on primary research with South Asian Muslim young people and parents, this book highlights the importance of Islam to upbringing; the shifting value of South Asian cultural norms in Britain; and the persistent influence of class in shaping inequalities amongst families and on young people's experiences of growing up.

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1137531703

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Naturalizing Inequality

Water, Race, and Biopolitics in South Africa

By: Michela Marcatelli

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Naturalizing Inequality

Water, Race, and Biopolitics in South Africa

By: Michela Marcatelli

More than twenty-five years after the end of apartheid, water access remains a striking reminder of racial inequality in South Africa. This book compellingly argues that in the post-apartheid period inequality has not only been continuously reproduced but also legitimized. Michela Marcatelli unravels this inequality paradox through an ethnography of water in a rural region of the country. The Waterberg Plateau is a space where agriculture, conservation, and extraction coexist and intersect. Marcatelli examines the connections between neoliberalism, race, and the environment by showing that racialized property relations around water and land are still recognized and protected by the post-apartheid state to sustain green growth. She argues that the government depicts growth as the best, if not only, solution to inequality. While white landowners maintain access to water, however, black ex-farmworkers are dispossessed once again of this essential-to-life resource. If the promise of growth serves to normalize inequality, the call to save nature has the effect of naturalizing it even further.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816544298

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Perspectival Realism

By: Michela Massimi

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Perspectival Realism

By: Michela Massimi

What does it mean to be a realist about science if one takes seriously the view that scientific knowledge is always perspectival, namely historically and culturally situated? In this book, Michela Massimi articulates an original answer to this question. The book begins with an exploration of how scientific communities often resort to several models and a plurality of practices in some areas of inquiry, drawing on examples from nuclear physics, climate science, and developmental psychology. Taking this plurality in science as a starting point, Massimi explains the perspectival nature of scientific representation, the role of scientific models as inferential blueprints, and the variety of scientific realism that naturally accompanies such a view. Perspectival realism is realism about phenomena (rather than about theories or unobservable entities). The book defends this novel realist view, which places epistemic communities and their situated knowledge center stage. The result is a portrait of scientific knowledge as a collaborative inquiry, where the reliability of science is made possible by a plurality of historically and culturally situated scientific perspectives. Along the way, Massimi offers insights into the nature of scientific modelling, scientific knowledge qua modal knowledge, data-to-phenomena inferences, and natural kinds as sortal concepts. Perspectival realism is ultimately realism that takes the multicultural nature of science seriously and couples it with cosmopolitan duties about how one ought to think about scientific knowledge and the distribution of the benefits resulting from scientific advancements"--

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Oxford University Press

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0197555624

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Engaging Brands

A Customer-Centric Approach for Superior Experiences

By: Michela Addis

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Engaging Brands

A Customer-Centric Approach for Superior Experiences

By: Michela Addis

How can managers design and manage excellent customer experiences that will develop long-term relationships with their customers? This book addresses this key question and explores both the theory developed over the past 20 years and tools to create truly engaging brands. Taking a broad holistic approach, this book brings together current thinking on experiential marketing, brand management, customer engagement, customer well-being and happiness, customer loyalty and emotions, the customer journey map, and big data and combines it into a practical and clear roadmap for brand managers. By integrating these modern perspectives, concepts, research techniques, and operative tools, this book provides a new perspective of marketing management to design and build engaging branding. Using extensive examples from a variety of industries, this book offers a global perspective that will appeal to both advanced students and experienced marketing managers.

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Routledge

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0429996381

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Co-Pilot

using agile methods to land IT projects smoothly

By: Till Bay,Benno Baumgartner,Matthias Hüni,Eva Jutzeler,Michela Pedroni

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Co-Pilot

using agile methods to land IT projects smoothly

By: Till Bay,Benno Baumgartner,Matthias Hüni,Eva Jutzeler,Michela Pedroni

This book describes the agile software development process of Comerge AG from Zürich, Switzerland. Founded 2008 as a startup with four employees, the team consists now of over twenty members. Embracing an agile approach from the beginning, the Comergers have developed a lightweight yet efficient project management toolkit which lead to the successful release of more than 280 projects for over twenty clients. Covering the SCRUM approach, the Co-Pilot helps you focus on efficient and elementary project management techniques. It serves as a guideline to keeping the customer in the loop and particularly focuses on the often underestimated „Testing“ part of the agile software delivery process.

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buch & netz

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3038051020

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A Talent for Trouble

By: Michela Morellato

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A Talent for Trouble

By: Michela Morellato

‘I began to view the world, not as a safe space that liberated imagination and contentment, but as a hazardous, toxic, risky, no-go area, where every act and decision came with hidden dangers. To protect myself from a dangerous world, I had to become more dangerous.’ A Talent for Trouble is an energetic novel that sparkles with inspiration, irony and, above all, a fierce passion. In this post-modern biography, we meet and live through Eva; a radiant and rebellious dreamer; a provocative, unrelenting personality; with a magnetic charm, and an unquenchable thirst for curiosity, truth and dignity, in a wild world. We first encounter the young Eva as she struggles to adapt to life after losing everything, following her father’s bankruptcy. Not long after leaving school, Eva’s curiosity leads her to a dangerous liaison with a politician, who offers Eva the universe in exchange for her forbidden fruit. Eva’s world, as she discovers, soon becomes a primal minefield of predators. It’s a world of injustice, revenge and the abuse of power, where it must be ferociously fought with dignity, love and truth. As her dreams and security threaten to collapse around her, Eva vows to take control of her destiny. She is constantly forced to reinvent herself and explore her fantasies inside this labyrinthine, upside down, carnivalesque world of intrigue, shimmering, subversive discotheques, escort services, scandals, corruption and life as a devoted army wife. From her high school pranks to her adventures with controversial acquaintances and explosive love affairs, Eva’s life is a raw, emotional display of courage in a post-truth society, where she finds herself at war with cover ups, deceptions and institutional hypocrisy. Beneath the hard exterior of the bold language, there’s a precious and vulnerable side to the narrator, as explored during the climactic scenes with The General; which raises philosophical questions about honor, human nature, welfare, ethics and duplicity. Amid these assaults, Eva’s character, self-belief and spiritual relationship to God remain strong. We are all Eva.

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1728333768

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Rosa

By: Michela Valmori

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Rosa

By: Michela Valmori

Living as a young Italian American woman in early 1900 New York was not easy; seventeen year-old Rosa, arrived in America from her sunny and dry spot of land in Italy, had to face many life struggles. Her many expectations were soon shattered by reality and despite her determination she had to fight hard in order to conquer her corner of the world.

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8824922805

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Ethicmentality - Ethics in Capitalist Economy, Business, and Society

By: Michela Betta

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Ethicmentality - Ethics in Capitalist Economy, Business, and Society

By: Michela Betta

Ethicmentality is an innovative book. It blends ethics with mentality to capture the interdependence of ethical life and social life creatively. The book is also innovative because of the way this interdependence is explored. By focusing on practical ethical behavior in today’s economy, business, and society, Michela Betta has advanced an understanding of ethics freed from the burden of moral theory. By introducing a new type of analysis this book also contributes to methodological innovation. Familiar issues are revisited through the notion of ethicmentality. Capitalist economy is presented in terms of a mentality embedded in society, culture, and politics. Government is revealed as mentality about how to govern economically through market freedom rather than human rights. The rise of the financial economy is described as challenging the traditional capitalist mentality of equal opportunities. A money mentality around debts and owing is perceived as having replaced credit and owning, and the rise of corporation managers as having destroyed the old mentality of ownership. Ethicmentality shows the potential of constructive critique from economic, business, and society perspectives. It also breaches traditional limits by developing the idea of ethical capital and entrepreneurial ethics. Ethical thinking is infused with the Aristotelian notion of virtues and moderation to reflect about modern work. Ethicmentality helps us see the complexity of social and personal life. Given the pervasive nature of mentality and ethics’ focus on individual deliberation, ethicmentality represents their productive combination, a new blend for ethical and social analysis.

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9401775907

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Pauli's Exclusion Principle

The Origin and Validation of a Scientific Principle

By: Michela Massimi

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Pauli's Exclusion Principle

The Origin and Validation of a Scientific Principle

By: Michela Massimi

There is hardly another principle in physics with wider scope of applicability and more far-reaching consequences than Pauli's exclusion principle. This book explores the principle's origin in the atomic spectroscopy of the early 1920s, its subsequent embedding into quantum mechanics, and later experimental validation with the development of quantum chromodynamics. The reconstruction of this crucial historic episode provides an excellent foil to reconsider Kuhn's view on incommensurability. The author defends the prospective rationality of the revolutionary transition from the old to the new quantum theory around 1925 by focusing on the way Pauli's principle emerged as a phenomenological rule 'deduced' from some anomalous phenomena and theoretical assumptions of the old quantum theory. The subsequent process of validation is historically reconstructed and analysed within the framework of 'dynamic Kantianism'. The variety of themes skilfully interwoven in this book will appeal to philosophers, historians, scientists and anyone interested in philosophy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139445928

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Architecture's Afterlife

The Multisector Impact of an Architecture Degree

By: Michela Barosio,Dag Boutsen,Andrea Čeko,Haydée De Loof,Johan De Walsche,Santiago Gomes,Harriet Harriss,Roberta Marcaccio,Mia Roth-Čerina,Carla Sentieri,Neal Sashore,Federica Vannucchi,Hanne Van Reusel

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Architecture's Afterlife

The Multisector Impact of an Architecture Degree

Almost 40% of architecture graduates choose not to practise as architects. Instead, by ‘leaving’ their chosen profession, this surprisingly large but vastly overlooked cohort are making significant contributions to a wide range of other sectors, from politics to videogame design, demonstrating that architectural training can be a pathway to roles, and even leadership opportunities, across a variety of other professions. Architecture’s Afterlife is the first book to examine the sectors into which these graduates migrate, and to identify the transferable skills that are learned, but not always taught, in their degree programmes, and that prove most useful in their new careers. The book – a result of a three-year pan-European study funded by Erasmus+ – provides a roadmap for increasing graduate employment, addressing skills shortages across all sectors and adapting curricula to changing professional landscapes. It is therefore essential reading for all those responsible for curriculum design and delivery in architecture and other disciplines, including deans, professors, postgraduate researchers and policy makers, as well as students and professionals seeking to expand their career prospects.

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104001562X

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