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Building to Last: The Challenge for Business Leaders
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hutchinson, Colin, PUBLISHER: Earthscan Publications, The major challenge for companies is to create a business that will last. This means they will have to take seriously the issue of sustainable development, rather than simply having an environmental policy, conducting social or environmental audits or consulting the stakeholder. It requires more radical change; a thorough review of core values and purposes, with attention to the 'triple bottom line' of money, people and nature.Building to Last shows the way. Part One lays out the factors, including market trends and changing mindsets, which businesses will in future have to take into account. Part Two looks at some of the most enlightened steps so far taken by companies to preserve or enhance profitability while positioning themselves for the next century. The final part examines the different ways in which businesses can adopt principles of sustainability: independently, through industry associations, with those in their local community and through initiatives such as industrial ecology. It shows how businesses can manage the new challenges, monitor their performance and measure progress - towards solutions that will last.This is a useful guide for environmental managers, senior and middle managers and managers of SMEs; and an essential text for academics and students of business schools or courses.
Contemporary Television: Eastern Perspectives
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: French, David / Richards, Michael / Richards, Michael, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), The rapid proliferation of satellite and cable television in recent years combined with the increasing importance of ideologies of free trade have brought up a number of very important issues. These have acquired particular salience in Asian countries where the ownership of television sets is growing at a phenomenal pace. Focusing on the global and local issues arising from the internationalization of television, this important volume provides an Asian reading of the emerging tensions between commercial realities and the desire to preserve cultural identities. Contemporary Television begins by focusing on two areas of growth--global media and media education. The contributors use the globalization debate to point to the energetic spread of television: the growing size of audiences, ever-hungry for a wider choice of fare, and the importance of the Asian market. They also contextualize the growth of television as a medium of entertainment in this era of globalization and discuss the nature and importance of media education given recent developments. This book also examines contemporary themes relating to television and suggests an agenda for future debates and will be invaluable for students and scholars of mass media, communication, media education, and journalism. Broadcasters and journalists will also be interested in this volume as well as those concerned with the growth of television and its impact on our lives.
Expressive Therapy with Troubled Children
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Klorer, P. Gussie / Klorer, Gussie P., PUBLISHER: Jason Aronson, Expressive therapy promotes children's capacity to heal from early trauma by helping them process painful experiences over time at progressively more mature levels of understanding. Relying on excellent coping skills that have helped them survive, children in therapy are often invested in not talking due to the highly defended nature of their problems, or perhaps the need to protect a parent through silence. Alternative means of expression are often necessary. Dr. Klorer's work allows children to communicate intense feelings in ways that are natural to them, through art and play, not solely by verbalization. In treatment, children are helped to develop their own means of creative expression through idiosyncratic symbols, stories, and repetitive themes that both express and contain their pain. In addition to a means of communication, art can be used in therapy to assess levels of emotional and cognitive functioning, object relations, developmental tasks, strengths, and defense mechanisms. Expressive therapy, which integrates object relations theory, attachment theory, and cognitive development, can be applied to family assessment and treatment as well. Professionals who work with children will welcome this book as it offers sensitive and creative ways to help even their most challenging patients.
Prime All-Time-Hits Jazz and Blues- 3 CD Originali
CD 1: St. Louis Blues, Louis Armstrong Bags' Groove, Miles Davis Mood Indigo, Duke Ellington Paper Doll, The Mills Brothers Ain't Misbehavin', Fats Waller A Tisket a Tasket, Ella Fitzgerald I Got Rhythm, Benny Goodman April in Paris, Count Basie In the Mood, Glenn Miller Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday Sweet Lorraine, Sidney Bechet Mona Lisa, Nat King Cole CD 2: Rockin' in Rhythm, Duke Ellington Caldonia, Woody Herman Undecided, Ella Fitzgerald Nature Boy, Nat King Cole Three in One Boogie, Memphis Slim God Bless the Child, Billie Holiday St. Louis Blues,Fats Waller Coffee House Blues, LightninÀ(TM) Hopkins West End Blues, Jelly Roll Morton Ain't Missbehavin', Louis Armstrong To Be or Not to Be, Leo Mathisen Smack Dab in the Middle, The Mills Brothers CD 3: Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller Sometimes I'm Happy - Dizzy Gillespie Lil' Darlin' - Count Basie Stompin' at the Savoy - Benny Goodman A Fine Romance - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - Mahalia Jackson Let the Good Time Roll - Ray Charles Caravan - Duke Ellington 9 The Man I Love - Billie Holiday Flying Home - Lionel Hampton Trumpet Blues and Cantabile - Harry James On the Sunny Side of the Street - Louis Armstrong
Christian Worship: Postcolonial Perspectives
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jagessar, Michael N. / Burns, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Equinox Publishing (Indonesia), Christian Worship: Postcolonial Perspectives critically surveys and scrutinizes the terrain of liturgical theology through postcolonial optics. In doing so, it breaks new ground by bringing together for the first time liturgical studies and postcolonial criticism. This book provides an important enrichment - and long overdue corrective - to literature on the liturgical ordo, which has not yet learned to engage postcolonial perspectives. The volume also offers useful resources to those familiar with the more established field of postcolonial biblical/theological criticism by expanding the burgeoning academic debate about postcolonialism into the environment of worship. It therefore seeks be a resource that will bring postcolonial perspectives to a wider audience - the church, much of which has been bypassed by the academic trajectory postcolonial criticism in theology has so far taken. Because of its inter-disciplinary nature, this book advances significant innovative material. The particular ways that material from each discipline is juxtaposed is itself highly original, and the challenges of appropriating postcolonial theological perspectives in Christian worship and liturgical practice will be met by the provision of strategies and resources to face this task. This important work of theology is, therefore, crafted to praxis in assemblies of the church as well as suitable for study in universities and seminary classrooms. Acquista Ora
Requiem for a German Past: A Boyhood Among the Nazis
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Herbst, Jurgen, PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press, Jurgen Herbst's account of growing up in Nazi Germany from to is a boy's experience of anti-Semitism and militarism from the inside. His father was a loving parent, a scholar, a man of principle -- and a German officer. Herbst was a middle-class boy in a Lutheran family that saw value in Prussian military ideals and a mythic German past. His is a compelling tale of moral awakening. He recalls his confusion as some of his classmates are no longer welcome at his school, and his consternation as he tries co reconcile what he learned from his favorite teachers and what was subsequently taught by their party replacements. His description of walking to school the morning after Kristallnacht is clear and chilling. A Hitler youth in the making, he joined the Jungvolk and slowly became aware of the real nature of the National Socialist regime. The story of that evolution -- a unique, insider's view of the Nazi youth movement -- is inspired by young Jurgen's deep friendships with his fellow students and their dedication to a military code of personal honor and loyalty. His devotion to those young men allowed him to endure scorn and deprivation and to risk personal well-being, even life, in the face of a brutal evil that demanded unquestioning allegiance.
Quadri Dipinti ad olio su tela impressionismo russo
Vendesi Dipinti Quadri ad olio su tela Impressionismo russo, dimensioni: 24cm(largh)x 21 cm. ABRAMOVICH a € cad Origine: Russia. Perfette condizioni. X info Andrea: V.P. ABRAMOVICH Abramovich Vlladimir Pavlovich è nato nel a Nelidovo, nella regione di Kalinin (Tver'). Ha studiato alla Scuola D'arte di Abramtsevo (presso Zagorsk, ora Sergiyev Posad) ed è membro dell'Unione dei pittori della Russia. Si è fatto conoscere come scultore; ora ama dipingere paesaggi e, con una certa ricerca di uno "stile antico", nature morte. Ha partecipato a numerose esposizioni di livello locale, nazionale e internazionale. B.S. ZAPRUDNOV Zaprudnov Boris Semenovich, pittore e grafico, è nato nel nella città di Kovrov nella provincia di Bladimir. Nel , completati gli studi presso la Scuola d'Arte di Ivànovo, si è trasferito a Kalinin (Tver). Ha lavorato negli istituti dell'Unione degli Artisti della RSFSR ed ha partecipato a mostre. Gli artisti di Tver' individuano nell'urgenza della difesa della Natura il nuovo orizzonte dell'Etica Sociale. Il respiro della bellezza agreste e boschiva quale si percepisce nei loro dipinti è, in realtà, denso di costanti etiche nei confronti dello spazio esistenziale che, dilatato a esperienza planetaria, diventerà l'ultima frontiera disposta ad accogliere il nostro vivere giornaliero.
Jacob's Wound: A Search for the Spirit of Wildness
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Herriot, Trevor, PUBLISHER: McClelland & Stewart, The award-winning author of "River in a Dry Land" explores the Nature that we - and our religions - sprang from The Genesis story of Jacob, the patriarch of the Judeo-Christian tradition, wrestling with a spirit has been interpreted in a multitude of ways, but never more persuasively than by Trevor Herriot in "Jacob's Wound." He sees it as a struggle between Jacob and his wilder twin brother, Esau, whose birthright Jacob has swindled. The central idea of Herriot's brilliantly written, observant, and groundbreaking book is the wound that Jacob, the farmer, the civilized man, suffered in vanquishing Esau, the hunter, the primitive man. And the central question posed is whether we, as Jacob did with Esau, can eventually reconcile with the wildness we conquered and have been estranged from for so long. As if ambling through the author's beloved Qu'Appelle Valley in Saskatchewan, "Jacob's Wound" takes readers on an untrodden path through history, memoir, science, and theology. Along the way, Herriot tells us stories of the past and present that illuminate what we once were and what we have become. It's a measured journey motivated by curiosity rather than by destination, and at every turn there is insight and beautiful writing. "From the Hardcover edition." Acquista Ora
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Lotto vinili drum'n'bass Vendo lotto composto da 27 tra album/ep/singoli drum'n'bass dnb, per un totale di 39 vinili. Anno di produzione Uniproprietario. Acquistati nuovi. Usati poco solo in casa. Nessun graffio su tutte le facciate. Qualsiasi prova. Tutte le copertine sono complete di pellicola esterna trasparente protettiva. I vinili sono quelli che vedete in foto. Elenco: DJ PEABIRD BREAKZ'R'U2 DUM'N'BASS BREAKZ VOLUME 1 PETE RANN FOCUZ 015 MASTERMIND 001 VITAL ELEMENTS BARON VERSUS FRESH SUPER NATURE PROBE & STYLO FAST LANE 2 THE QUEMISTS THE QUEMISTS JUIU PHUTURO 020 RHYTHM BEATER RHYTHM BEATER HAZE HAZE 02 BLAME 720 TWO REVOLUTIONS A.A.V.V. PROPAGANDA - SIN008 DANNY C PORTICA00 RADIUS YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW DJ FLOW, SWEED, AL SIMMONS SUBURBAN EP FUTUREBOUND, ENTITY, JAQUAN VPR003 A.A.V.V. ---- (white label) SKYVER & D JON TECH028 R.R. JACK AND THE BUILDZER FEAT. MC MARS THE UNDERGROUND STYLEE EP RYLZ SPECIAL TEAM ROYALIZE DJ PHANTASY URBANTHOLOGY: VOLUME THREE TEEBEE THE LEGACY A.A.V.V. SPINE EP A.A.V.V. DRIVING INSANE DOPE AMMO DOPE AMMO A.A.V.V. DPK EP 3 A.A.V.V. DPK EP 2 POTENTIAL BADBOY FEAT. YUSH -- Vicinanze fermata metro verde Cologno Monzese centro, per ritiro a mano.
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The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Haybron, Daniel M., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, The pursuit of happiness is a defining theme of the modern era. But what if people aren't very good at it? That is the question posed by this book, the first comprehensive philosophical treatment of happiness, understood here as a psychological phenomenon. Engaging heavily with the scientific literature, Dan Haybron argues that people probably know less about their own welfare, and may be less effective at securing it, than common belief has it. This is largely because human nature is surprisingly ill-suited to the pursuit of happiness. For the happiness that counts for well-being is not a matter of what we think about our lives, but of the quality of our emotional conditions. Yet our emotional lives are remarkably difficult to grasp. Moreover, we make a variety of systematic errors in the pursuit of happiness. These considerations suggest that we should rethink traditional assumptions about the good life and the good society. For instance, the pursuit of happiness may be primarily a matter of social context rather than personal choice. This book offers an extensive guide to philosophical thinking about happiness and well-being, correcting serious misconceptions that have beset the literature. It will be a definitive resource for philosophers, social scientists, policymakers, and other students of well-being.
Party Organization and Activism in the American South Party
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Steed, Robert P. / Hadley, Charles D. / Clark, John A., PUBLISHER: University Alabama Press, These new essays map the ways political parties remain vital components in the American political system, especially in the eleven states in the South. As Tocqueville noted more than 100 years ago, "No countries need associations more... than those with a democratic social state." Although some contemporary observers see a decline in associations, especially in the political sphere, the contributors in this volume argue not only that political parties remain an essential component of the American political system but also that grassroots political groups have revitalized the political process, especially in the South. Using data gathered from local party officials in the eleven southern states, the authors examine such key issues as: Who becomes involved in local party organizations and why? How do parties recruit and retain workers? What are the ideological and issue orientations of these activists? How does intraparty factionalism affect local party organizations? What is the connection between the party organization and its external environment? The large regional database provides these contributors with the opportunity to extend the study of local party organization and activists, thus addressing some of the significant gaps in previous research. The additional data enable them to clarify the nature of local party organizations and, in a larger sense, the role of the parties in the contemporary American political system.
Thinks...
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lodge, David, PUBLISHER: Viking Books, The novels of David Lodge have earned comparisons to the fiction of John Updike and Philip Roth and established him as "a cult figure on both sides of the Atlantic" The New York Times. Thinks..., his new novel, is a timely and witty story about secret infidelities and the nature of consciousness. The story unfolds in the alternating voices of Ralph Messenger, the director of the Holt Belling Center for Cognitive Science at the University of Gloucester in England, and Helen Reed, a recently widowed novelist who has taken up a post as writer-in-residence at Gloucester. Ralph, who is much in demand as a pundit on developments in artificial intelligence, believes that computers may one day be conscious; Helen believes that literary fiction constitutes the richest record of human consciousness. The two are mutually attracted and fascinated by their differences, but Helen resists Ralph's bold advances on moral principles. The standoff between them is shattered by a series of events and discoveries that dramatically confirm the truth of Ralph's dictum that "we can never know for certain what another person is thinking". Told with Lodge's inimitable wry humor and elegant style, Thinks... offers both a delightful take on love and life in one of the lusher habitats of middle England and a playful yet searching examination of the complexities of human consciousness.
Bilocale a Trezzo sull'Adda
Comune: Trezzo sull'Adda (MI) Locali: 2 Superficie: 86 mq Grande appartamento con terrazzo, facilmente trasformabile in tre locali. Subito Tua con rate mensili di EURO 410 In centro paese. Attualmente composto da ingresso, ampio Salone di oltre 40 mq., cucina separata, Terrazzo, ripostiglio, servizi e camera matrimoniale; comprensivo di spaziosa cantina. In ottimo stato con infissi nuovi a Risparmio energetico. La casa si presenta bene, grandissimo due locali pronto da abitare. Se desiderate potete sfruttare gli spazi anche in maniera diversa, trasformando l'ampio salone in soggiorno, zona pranzo ed una seconda camera, Se preferite un appartamento con due camere e studio (vedi planimetrie allegate). Case in vendita a Trezzo sull'Adda, tre locali, trilocale, 3 locali, due locali, bilocale, 2 locali Classe energetica E - ipe kwh/m2a Rif. A EURO -------------------------------- Large apartment with terrace, easily convertible into three rooms. Immediately Your monthly installments of EURO 410 In the town center. Currently comprising entrance hall, large room of over 40 sqm., Kitchen, terrace, utility room, bathroom and bedroom; including spacious cellar. In excellent condition with new fixtures to energy saving. The house looks good, great two rooms ready to live. If you wish you can use the space in a different manner, transforming the large lounge in the living room, dining area and a second bedroom, If you prefer an apartment with two bedrooms and a study (see attached plans). Houses for sale in Trezzo, three rooms, three rooms, three rooms, two rooms, one bedroom apartment, 2 rooms Energy class E- ipe kwh/m2a Ref. A EURO RIFERIMENTO: A CLASSE ENERGETICA: E kWh/m2 a: 86 m²
Decoder Linux Enigma2 GIGABLUE 800 HD SOLO
DECODER LINUX ENIGMA2 DVB-S2 GIGABLUE 800 HD SOLO Usato..Perfettamente funzionante... + telecomando originale. GigaBlue HD 800 solo" è un decoder con sistema operativo linux in cui è possibile montare firmware Enigma2. E' possibile montare un harddisk (esterno su USB) per registrare in PVR. Si puo' montare una pen USB DTT per aggiungere la possibilita' di vedere anche i canali del digitale terrestre e far diventare il decoder un dual tuner SAT+DTT. E' anche un Player (MKV, DiVX, TS.....) e registra PVR in rete LAN/WiFi su HDD in Rete, via UPNP/DLNA. CARATTERISTICHE TECNICHE - CPU Mips Processor 400MHz (Broadcom BCM) - Flash Memory 128MB - DDR RAM Memory 256MB - OS Linux - Network RJ-Mbit) Satellite Tuner S/S2 - Input Frequency MHz - Modulation QPSK, 8PSK - FEC Auto MPEG, Transport & AV - Video Output PAL/SNTSC - Video Decoder MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4-2, MPEG-4 - Audio Decoder AC3, MPEG-4, MPEG-1 Layer 1, 2 and 3 - Video Resolution CIR x p, 720p, i Media Player - Video MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, etc... - Audio Mono, Stereo, ACC, ACC3 - Subtitles MP3, etc... - Photos JPEG, BMP - Full HD i - Time Shift - EPG for present, following day and more - Picture in graphic on EPG and user menù - Multimedia Player - Favorite channel list for TV and Radio - DISEqC and USALS - Multi language support - Full automatic service scan - Last Channel automatically saving - 1x LNB Input - 1x LNB Output - 1x Audio L/R (RCA) - 1x CVBS (RCA) - 1x YPbPr (RCA) - 1x SCART - 1x HDMI 1.3 with HDCP - 1x Ethernet Mbit - 1x USB 2.0 - 1x Digital Audio Output (Optic, SPDIF) - 1x Common Interfaces (CI) - 1x Cardreader
Chinese Gods
Titolo: Chinese Gods Autore: Jonathan Chamberlain Editore: Pelanduk Publications Lingua: Inglese Extra: 19 splendide tavole a colori degli Immortali Taoisti Luogo pubblicazione: Lumpur Malaysia Anno pubblicazione: Edizione: Sesta Pagine: 155 Formato: In 8° USA trade paperback Legatura: Brossura editoriale cartoncino semirigido illustrato a colori Conservazione: Pari al nuovo Copie disponibili: 1 * Esaurito, solo ristampe Extra: Editoria internazionale, introvabile in Italia Prezzo: Euro 30 Contenuto: Preface; Foreword by John Blofeld; Introduction; Fung-shui, Temples, Cities and Squares; Hsing T'ien Temple; From Myth to History; The Strange Case of Confucius; The Problem of Lao Tzu; Nature Cults, Alchemists and Gods; Ancestor Worship; Kuan Ti: God of War; Pak Tai: Emperor of the North; The Purple Planet; Kuan Yin: Hearer of Cries; Monkey: Great Sage Equal to Heaven; Na Cha: The Third Prince; Tin Hau: Queen of Heaven; Tam Kung: The Boy God; San Chou Niang-Niang: Mother of the Three Islands; The Jade Emperor; Pao Kung: Magistrate Pao; Hung Shing: Hung - The Holy One; Ts'ai Shen: God of Wealth; The Peach Blossom Girl: T'ao Hua Hsien Nu; Chang Hsien: The Immortal Chang; Lu Pan: Patron of Builders; Lei Kung: God of Thunder; Chung K'uei: The Exorcist; Wong Tai Sin: The Great Immortal Wong; The Cheung Chau Bun Festival; Glossary of Alternative Names and Spellings; Table of Dynasties.
Managing Interpersonal Conflict
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Donohue, William A. / Kolt, Robert, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Managing Interpersonal Conflict helps readers better understand and ultimately manage their routine interpersonal conflicts. Specifically, the book walks readers through the conflict process--from the initial decision of whether or not to confront differences to how to plan the actual confrontation. Donohue deals extensively with the negotiation process and, if negotiation proves unsuccessful, with third-party dispute resolution. The book emphasizes keeping conflicts under control and keeping focused on the issues. The key to managing conflict is to address differences collaboratively so parties can create better solutions and, ultimately, strengthen their relationships. Managing Interpersonal Conflict prepares and encourages the reader to stop avoiding their conflicts and start confronting them. Designed for college and university undergraduates, Donohue's text and the Interpersonal Commtext series will also interest students and professionals in management studies, sociology, organization studies, and social psychology. "They provide a very useful look at a somewhat broader than usual range of conflict issues.... Where the decision is to confront, it offers useful approaches to allowing face saving and to issue structuring that will allow the conflict, in many cases, to be readily resolved.... The second section... provides a useful and easily worked with framework for negotiating, and deals most effectively with the use of and responses to the exercise of power in the negotiation context.... The book is exceptionally readable and effective in its presentation of approaches to conflict. While it is not a traditional academic text, periodic references to the conflictliterature are used to allow the reader to examine the issues presented in more depth. The book will serve as an outstanding text for a training program in conflict management and can also be used by an individual effectively to learn these techniques." --The Alternative Newsletter
Libro Computing with Maple - Francis Wright
Libro sul calcolo con il software Maple. Il volume è in condizioni molto buone, come si può vedere dalle foto; sono assenti segni di sottolineatura all'interno. Leggeri segni di usura sugli angoli della copertina. Manca il CD all'interno (vedi foto). Titolo: Computing with Maple Autore: Francis Wright Casa editrice: Chapman & Hall / CRC Mathematics ISBN: Prezzo di copertina: £ Prezzo di vendita: € Vendo altri libri universitari, guarda i miei annunci. - Presentazione: - Powerful, flexible, easy to use-small wonder that the use of MAPLE® continues to increase, particularly since the latest releases of MAPLE. The built-in nature of its numerical and graphical facilities gives MAPLE a distinct advantage over traditional programming languages, yet to date, no textbook has used that advantage to introduce programming concepts. Moreover, few books based on MAPLE's latest versions even exist. Computing with MAPLE presents general programming principles using MAPLE as a concrete example of a programming language. The author first addresses the basic MAPLE functions accessible for interactive use then moves to actual programming, discussing all of the programming facilities that MAPLE provides, including control structures, data types, graphics, spreadsheets, text processing, and object oriented programming. Reflecting MAPLE's primary function as a computational tool, the book's emphasis is on mathematical examples, and it includes a full chapter devoted to algebraic programming.
A Practical Guide to ETF Trading Systems
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Garner, Anthony, PUBLISHER: Harriman House, 'A Practical Guide to ETF Trading Systems' is about simple, rule-based trading systems of a trend following nature. This book reflects the author's belief that successful investing is not complex, that market timing works and that investors should spurn traditional actively-managed products in favour of managing their own investments using index-tracking funds. Providing a comprehensive introduction to rule-based trading, this book sets out in detail two specific systems which may be applied to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs). Sceptics will maintain that mechanical systems do not work and that you cannot ignore the fundamentals. They are wrong. Sophisticated investors have profited handsomely over the years by following price trends on a purely mechanical basis and they will continue to do so. This guide will show you that systematic trading is likely to provide far better risk-adjusted returns than any conventional approach currently on offer from professional fund managers. There has never been a better time to benefit from the advantages of systematic investing. At a time when long-only traditionalists are fully invested in stocks and nursing huge losses, the systematic investor has exited the markets entirely and waits patiently for a signal to re-enter.
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fukuoka, Masanobu / Korn, Larry / Lappe, Frances Moore, PUBLISHER: New York Review of Books, Call it "Zen and the Art of Farming" or a "Little Green Book," Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book "is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical. It is an inspiring, necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture." Trained as a scientist, Fukuoka rejected both modern agribusiness and centuries of agricultural practice, deciding instead that the best forms of cultivation mirror nature's own laws. Over the next three decades he perfected his so-called "do-nothing" technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort. Whether you're a guerrilla gardener or a kitchen gardener, dedicated to slow food or simply looking to live a healthier life, you will find something here--you may even be moved to start a revolution of your own.
Southern Emancipator: Moncure Conway: The American Years,
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: D'Entremont, John, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, By his thirty-third birthday, Moncure Conway was a Virginian who had abandoned the South, a minister who had rejected Christianity, an aristocrat who had embraced radical abolitionism and feminism, and one of the first American expatriates. He would live another forty-two years as an important transatlantic writer, reformer, and freethought minister, but in his American years he had already lived a lifetime and made his mark. This study of the antebellum South's most radical upper-class white male, whose life--until now--has eluded capture by historians, illuminates the demands of the antebellum Southern gentry, the nature of the abolitionist movement, the boundaries of 19th-century organized Christianity, and the tragic personal impact of the American Civil War. D'Entremont recounts Conway's dramatic career as social reformer, religious radical, and associate of such luminaries as Emerson, Wendell Phillips, Theodore Parker, Walt Whitman, and William Dean Howells. The book climaxes with the Civil War, which saw Conway, an abolitionist with two brothers in the Confederate army, agonized by his conflicting commitments to emancipation and peace. A brilliant portrayal of one of the most intriguing public figures in American history, Southern Emancipator combines important contributions to Southern history, women's history, and the history of antebellum reform and the American Civil War. Acquista Ora
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Vendo scooter elettrico nuovo mai usato imballato(il migliore come rapporto qualita' prezzo prestazioni,marca leader nella produzione di mezzi elettrici) pagato 450 euro con le spese di dogana vendo a 380 euro(risparmierete 70 euro e lo avrete subito io ho aspettato un mese per averlo),garanzia 12 mesi dal sito ufficiale.Al momento il miglior mezzo elettrico 20 km di autonomia 30km velocita' massima solo 12kg di peso batteria al litio LG luce posteriore e anteriore a led freno a disco posteriore computer di bordo ruote da 12 pollici completamente in alluminio e pieghevole spedizione inclusa.Ripeto l'oggetto si trova gia' in italia,niente sorprese!!! QUI DI SEGUITO I DATI TECNICI: - Aircraft-grade aluminum alloy frame, excellent quality and high performance - IP54 waterproof, practical usage even in bad weather - Smart App controlling (scanning the QR code in user manual), cruise control and battery management system - Bright front light and back light, increasing cycling safety in night - Folding design, space-saving and portable to carry - Powerful 350W motor, large battery capacity and strong loading ability, meeting your needs Specification: - Size: 108 x 50.5 x 97cm (unfold), 108 x 38 x 76cm (fold) - Pedal height: 20cm (from ground to pedal) - Wheel size: 12 inches - Max load: 120kg - Speed: 20km/h (adjusted by App, max 30km/h) - Working distance: 20km - Max gradeability: 15 degree - Working temperature: - Deg.C - Waterproof: IP54 - Battery: mAh - Motor: 36V, 350W - Charging voltage: 42V - Input voltage: V - Charging time: 2 hours - Brake mode: rear disc brake - Weight: 12kg
Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Irvine, Amy, PUBLISHER: North Point Press, Trespass is the story of one woman's struggle to gain footing in inhospitable territory. A wilderness activist and apostate Mormon, Amy Irvine sought respite in the desert outback of southern Utah's red-rock country after her father's suicide, only to find out just how much of an interloper she was among her own people. But more than simply an exploration of personal loss, Trespass is an elegy for a dying world, for the ruin of one of our most beloved and unique desert landscapes and for our vanishing connection to it. Fearing what her father's fate might somehow portend for her, Irvine retreated into the remote recesses of the Colorado Plateau--home not only to the world's most renowned national parks but also to a rugged brand of cowboy Mormonism that stands in defiant contrast to the world at large. Her story is one of ruin and restoration, of learning to live among people who fear the wilderness the way they fear the devil and how that fear fuels an antagonism toward environmental concerns that pervades the region. At the same time, Irvine mourns her own loss of wildness and disconnection from spirituality, while ultimately discovering that the provinces of nature and faith are not as distinct as she once might have believed.
Rationality and Logic
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hanna, Robert, PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), In "Rationality and Logic," Robert Hanna argues that logic is intrinsically psychological and that human psychology is intrinsically logical. He claims that logic is cognitively constructed by rational animals (including humans) and that rational animals are essentially logical animals. In order to do so, he defends the broadly Kantian thesis that all (and only) rational animals possess an innate cognitive "logic faculty." Hanna's claims challenge the conventional philosophical wisdom that sees logic as a fully formal or "topic-neutral" science irreconcilably separate from the species- or individual-specific focus of empirical psychology. Logic and psychology went their separate ways after attacks by Frege and Husserl on logical psychologism--the explanatory reduction of logic to empirical psychology. Hanna argues, however, that--despite the fact that logical psychologism is false--there is an essential link between logic and psychology. Rational human animals constitute the basic class of cognizers or thinkers studied by cognitive psychology; given the connection between rationality and logic that Hanna claims, it follows that the nature of logic is significantly revealed to us by cognitive psychology. Hanna's proposed "logical cognitivism" has two important consequences: the recognition by logically oriented philosophers that psychologists are their colleagues in the metadiscipline of cognitive science; and radical changes in cognitive science itself. Cognitive science, Hanna argues, is not at bottom a natural science; it is both an objective or truth-oriented science and a normative human science, as is logic itself.
Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Newkirk, Pamela / Reeves, Minou, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, Winner of the National Press Club Prize for Media Criticism. Companion website: http: //www.nyupress.nyu.edu/authors/veil.html Thirty years ago, the Kerner Commission Report made national headlines by exposing the consistently biased coverage afforded African Americans in the mainstream media. While the report acted as a much ballyhooed wake-up call, the problems it identified have stubbornly persisted, despite the infusion of black and other racial minority journalists into the newsroom. In Within the Veil, Pamela Newkirk unmasks the ways in which race continues to influence reportage, both overtly and covertly. Newkirk charts a series of race-related conflicts at news organizations across the country, illustrating how African American journalists have influenced and been denied influence to the content, presentation, and very nature of news. Through anecdotes culled from interviews with over 100 broadcast and print journalists, Newkirk exposes the trials and triumphs of African American journalists as they struggle in pursuit of more equitable coverage of racial minorities. She illuminates the agonizing dilemmas they face when writing stories critical of blacks, stories which force them to choose between journalistic integrity, their own advancement, and the almost certain enmity of the black community. Within the Veil is a gripping front-line report on the continuing battle to integrate America's newsrooms and news coverage.