Die rabenschwarze TV-Serie um Familie Fisher und ihr nicht ganz alltägliches Familienunternehmen hat in den USA längst Kultstatus erreicht und wird mit Preisen nur so überhäuft. Konzipiert von Alan Ball, Oscar-Preisträger und Autor von American Beauty, erzählt sie von Leben und Tod aus der Sicht der Fishers, die in Kalifornien ein Beerdigungsinstitut betreiben. Nachdem Familienoberhaupt Nathaniel Fisher auf dem Weg zum Flughafen, wo er seinen ...
Pataki is a dictionary of ancient Yoruba words, translated to Spanish and then to English. It is an essential reference for anyone who wishes to delve into the roots of the orisha songs of the ancient West African Yoruba/Lukumi tradition as it is practiced in Cuba today. Lázaro Pedroso has devoted an academic and spiritual lifetime in Havana, Cuba, to teaching a new generation the traditions and religions that were carried to the New World 300...
An essential encyclopedia of the tradition of the Afro-Cuban Santeria religion. Written by Afro-Cuban scholar Lázaro Pedroso (Ogun Tola), this volume informs the daily practice of Santeria religion, and catalogues the West African orishas as they are recognized in Cuba today, including their stories, their songs and prayers, their numbers for purposes of divination, their colors, their favorite foods, the plants associated with each orisha and...
This book offers readers broad coverage of techniques to model, verify and validate the behavior and performance of complex distributed embedded systems. The authors attempt to bridge the gap between the three disciplines of model-based design, real-time analysis and model-driven development, for a better understanding of the ways in which new development flows can be constructed, going from system-level modeling to the correct and predictabl...
What do you bid after the opponents overcall your 1NT bid? Lebensohl Bridge Convention gives you the bidding structure needed to show weak and strong hands held by your partner/ responder.
Ever been in the wrong place, at the wrong time? Feel safe where you are now? In this volume from the Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths Chapter, 20 authors show why you need to keep your guard up. Be ready to react. In the desert, in the mountains, in the Valley towns of Arizona, when you least expect it...It's CRIME TIME. These original short stories are authored by: Shannon Baker, Susan Budavari, Yvonne M. Corrigan-Carr, Laurie Fagen, Katherin...
US Marine Reserve Shane Donovan dealt with a lot of harsh realities while being deployed, but it was almost a welcome relief to be away from Krista Saunders. She'd been an annoyance since they were kids, and becoming a business partner in the Apple Basket market store with his mother only keeps her underfoot, and in his way--especially when the two women think his love life the amusing topic of date. From the safety of her status as the one wo...