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On the night of September 26th, 2014, policemen attacked a group of student protestors in the Mexican town of Iguala. Forty-three of these students were then kidnapped and turned over to criminals who allegedly tortured and murdered them, and then burned their corpses. The families of the victims refused to accept the official story, which placed all blame on local actors and absolved the federal government of any culpability. The anger provok...

Hand, Elizabeth, or Liz as she's known to her colleagues, students, and devoted fans, is a maverick in modern fiction: a fearless literary sojourner whose award-winning novels and short stories mix murder and magic, high fantasy and post-punk noir in extravagant and unforgettable new ways. The title story, "Fire."-written especially for this volume-is a harrowing postapocalyptic adventure in a world threatened by global conflagration. Based on...

Studies over and over have proven that the safest place for babies to sleep is in their crib on their back. Sweet text and tender art reinforce that message in this board book intended for new parents and baby.

This book investigates the conflict over control over the Western Mediterranean in the late eighteenth-century. The Western Mediterranean during the 1790s featured a constant struggle for control over the region. While most histories point to military events such as the Italian Campaign as descriptive of this struggle between the two competing ideological forces of Revolutionary France and the Counter-Revolutionary First Coalition led by Brita...

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The new edition of a comprehensive introduction to a rapidly developing field, combining developmental data with theory.

In October 1989, as the Cold War was ending and the Berlin Wall about to crumble, television viewers in the Soviet Union tuned in to the first of a series of unusual broadcasts. "Relax, let your thoughts wander free . . .¿ intoned the host, the physician and clinical psychotherapist Anatoly Mikhailovich Kashpirovsky. Moscow's Channel One was attempting mass hypnosis over television, a therapeutic session aimed at reassuring citizens panicked o...

Companion to the ... Unofficial guide to Ancestry.com"--Cover.

Master Windows 10 installation and configuration, including new technologies The MCSA Windows 10 Study Guide: is the only comprehensive resource you′ll need to prepare for Exam 70-698. You′ll find expert coverage of 100% of all exam objectives led by expert Microsoft MVP, William Panek.

David, der Sohn des Köhlers, ist trotz seiner achtzehn Jahre noch immer klein und schmächtig. Anders als seine beiden älteren Brüder kann er nicht bei der harten Köhlerarbeit mitanpacken, und selbst beim Holzhacken gerät er an seine Grenzen. Dafür kann er lesen und schreiben, was im Jahr 1175 die wenigsten Menschen beherrschen. Außerdem hat er immer wieder prophetische Träume, die seine Angehörigen vor großem Unglück bewahren. Und als er beim ...

»Nach Rom wollt ihr pilgern? Warum tut ihr euch das an?« Solche und ähnliche Fragen bekommen Gotthard und Ingrid Haushofer zu hören, als sie ihr Vorhaben verkünden. Mit über 60 Jahren beschließen sie, 1300 Kilometer zu Fuß aus ihrem Heimatort in Oberfranken bis nach Rom zu gehen. Was sie in den Wochen und Monaten ihrer Pilgerschaft erleben, schreiben sie jeden Abend nieder. Der spirituelle Pilgerführer nimmt den Leser mit auf den Weg, gibt ihm...

This book presents rich empirical analyses of the most important movements in Chile’s post-transition era: the Student Movement, the Mapuche Movement, the Labor Movement, the Feminist Movement, and the Environmental Movement. The chapters illuminate the processes that led to their emergence, and detail how actors developed new strategies, or revisited old ones, to influence the political arena. The book also offers contributions that situate t...

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This book examines seven higher education organizations, exploring their interconnected lines: organizational change and organizational stability. These lines are nested within historical, social, cultural, and political contexts of two nations—the US and Canada—two provinces and three states: Alberta, British Columbia, California, Hawai’i, and Washington. The author studies the development of the community college and the development of the u...

A leading financial advisor and longtime Buddhist, Jonathan K. DeYoe has a wealth of industry experience. "Mindful Money" is a realistic guide for any working adult, combining financial management and Buddhist principles, it provides advice on saving, investments and living within your means.

In three Volumes this mini book series presents current knowledge and new perspectives on cartilage as a specialized yet versatile tissue. This second volume is dedicated to basic pathologies of the two most common osteoarticular diseases affecting large segments of the Western population, osteoarthritis and chondrodysplasias. This book addresses Professors, researchers and PhD students who are interested in musculoskeletal and cartilage biolo...

The first contribution describes apolar and polar molecular fossils and, in particular biomarkers, along the lines usually followed in organic chemistry textbooks, and points to their bioprecursors when available. Thus, the apolar compounds are divided in linear and branched alkanes followed by alicyclic compounds and aromatic and heterocyclic molecules, and, in particular, the geoporphyrins. The polar molecular fossils contain as functional g...

A TRANSATLANTIC EXPERIENCE The book describes the transatlantic experience of migrants from Imperial Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary who arrived in the US from the middle of the nineteenth century up to the outbreak of WWI. Traditional assumptions of mass migration - such as the rapid and easy Americanization of newly arriving Europeans, as well as their strong desire of retaining as much of native culture as possible - have been challenged...