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Midnight in Montmartre

by ALEJANDRO GARCIA ...

Narrated by Maggie Quinn ...

Unabridged

1 hour 31 min

Under the midnight roofs of Paris, an old stray cat named Jacques knows every chimney, gutter, hidden ledge, and tunnel in Montmartre. He has survived by staying alone, watching humans from above and trusting no one except the city itself. Then he finds Pip, a frightened Beagle who has lost his humans and must reach the Gare du Nord before the morning train leaves. What begins as an unwanted ... Read more

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Under the midnight roofs of Paris, an old stray cat named Jacques knows every chimney, gutter, hidden ledge, and tunnel in Montmartre. He has survived by staying alone, watching humans from above and trusting no one except the city itself. Then he finds Pip, a frightened Beagle who has lost his humans and must reach the Gare du Nord before the morning train leaves. What begins as an unwanted
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After the Quiet Lanterns

by ALEJANDRO GARCIA ...

Narrated by Lily Cherie ...

Unabridged

1 hour 31 min

After ten years away Lila Marlowe returns to Lantern Sound Maine when her father decides to sell the family inn. The old place still smells of salt and lemon oil but now carries a FOR SALE sign and the weight of memories that refuse to stay quiet especially the night her sister Rosie disappeared from the Lantern Pier during Quiet Lantern Night. As Lila reconnects with her father her brother Ben ... Read more

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After ten years away Lila Marlowe returns to Lantern Sound Maine when her father decides to sell the family inn. The old place still smells of salt and lemon oil but now carries a FOR SALE sign and the weight of memories that refuse to stay quiet especially the night her sister Rosie disappeared from the Lantern Pier during Quiet Lantern Night. As Lila reconnects with her father her brother Ben
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Living Beauty

The Art of Liturgy

by Alejandro García-Rivera, Thomas Scirghi ...

Series series Celebrating Faith: Explorations in Latino Spirituality and Theology
The Christian mystery, celebrated in the Roman Catholic liturgy, is a sensible mystery, and calls out for artistic expression. Living Beauty explores the Christian mystery and points to the need for a liturgical aesthetic as a means to encounter the divine mystery. A liturgical aesthetic gives an account of Christian worship in terms of a new set of categories that includes divine beauty, a ... Read more

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The Christian mystery, celebrated in the Roman Catholic liturgy, is a sensible mystery, and calls out for artistic expression. Living Beauty explores the Christian mystery and points to the need for a liturgical aesthetic as a means to encounter the divine mystery. A liturgical aesthetic gives an account of Christian worship in terms of a new set of categories that includes divine beauty, a
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HIV Affected and Vulnerable Youth

Prevention Issues and Approaches

by Alejandro Garcia, Susan Taylor-Brown ...

HIV Affected and Vulnerable Youth: Prevention Issues and Approaches provides suggestions for support of vulnerable youth who must face chronic disease or death, poverty, drug abuse, and racism, as well as the tribulations that accompany adolescence. Social workers, case managers, psychologists, and nurses who work with HIV-affected and vulnerable youth and their families will find unique ... Read more

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HIV Affected and Vulnerable Youth: Prevention Issues and Approaches provides suggestions for support of vulnerable youth who must face chronic disease or death, poverty, drug abuse, and racism, as well as the tribulations that accompany adolescence. Social workers, case managers, psychologists, and nurses who work with HIV-affected and vulnerable youth and their families will find unique
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Genoese Entrepreneurship and the Asiento Slave Trade, 1650–1700

by Alejandro García-Montón ...

Series series Early Modern Iberian History in Global Contexts
This book explains how Genoese entrepreneurs transformed the structures of global trade during the second half of the seventeenth century. The author reconstructs the business network built by the Genoese merchant Domenico Grillo between the 1650s and the 1680s. Grillo’s business interests stretched from the Mediterranean to Pacific South America, traversing and joining the Spanish, Dutch, and ... Read more

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This book explains how Genoese entrepreneurs transformed the structures of global trade during the second half of the seventeenth century. The author reconstructs the business network built by the Genoese merchant Domenico Grillo between the 1650s and the 1680s. Grillo’s business interests stretched from the Mediterranean to Pacific South America, traversing and joining the Spanish, Dutch, and
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Sugar and Railroads

A Cuban History, 1837-1959

by Alejandro Garcia, Oscar Zanetti ...

Translated by Franklin W. Knight, Mary Todd ...

Though Cuba was among the first countries in the world to utilize rail transport, the history of its railroads has been little studied. This English translation of the prize-winning Caminos para el azúcar traces the story of railroads in Cuba from their introduction in the nineteenth century through the 1959 Revolution.More broadly, the book uses the development of the Cuban rail transport system ... Read more

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Though Cuba was among the first countries in the world to utilize rail transport, the history of its railroads has been little studied. This English translation of the prize-winning Caminos para el azúcar traces the story of railroads in Cuba from their introduction in the nineteenth century through the 1959 Revolution.More broadly, the book uses the development of the Cuban rail transport system
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Shallow Geothermal Energy

Theory and Application

by Alejandro García Gil, Eduardo Antonio Garrido Schneider, Miguel Mejías Moreno, Juan Carlos Santamarta Cerezal ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book is the outcome of more than a decade of research and technical development activities at Spain’s Geological Survey (IGME) concerning shallow geothermal energy, which were pursued in collaboration with other public bodies and European entities. It presents a compilation of papers on the theoretical foundations of, and practical aspects needed to understand the thermal regime of the ... Read more

$98.99 USD

This book is the outcome of more than a decade of research and technical development activities at Spain’s Geological Survey (IGME) concerning shallow geothermal energy, which were pursued in collaboration with other public bodies and European entities. It presents a compilation of papers on the theoretical foundations of, and practical aspects needed to understand the thermal regime of the
... Read more
Spanish Regional Unemployment

Disentangling the Sources of Hysteresis

by Diego Romero-Ávila, Alejandro García-Cintado, Carlos Usabiaga ...

Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
This work investigates the time series properties of the unemployment rate of the Spanish regions over the period 1976-2011. For that purpose, the authors employ the PANIC procedures of Bai and Ng (2004), which allows to decompose the observed unemployment rate series into common factor and idiosyncratic components. This enables the authors to identify the exact source behind the hysteretic ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This work investigates the time series properties of the unemployment rate of the Spanish regions over the period 1976-2011. For that purpose, the authors employ the PANIC procedures of Bai and Ng (2004), which allows to decompose the observed unemployment rate series into common factor and idiosyncratic components. This enables the authors to identify the exact source behind the hysteretic
... Read more
A Companion to Calderón de la Barca

by Professor Ignacio Arellano, Dr Oliver Noble Wood, Professor Santiago Fernández Mosquera, Ritchie Robertson, Duncan Wheeler, Professor Don Cruickshank, Jeremy Robbins, Dr Alejandro Garcia Reidy, Jeremy Lawrance, Colin Thompson, Professor Margaret R Greer, Dr Isabel Hernando ...

Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681) is one of the most important dramatists - many would say the single most important dramatist - of the Spanish Golden Age. Spain's dominant and most prestigious playwright for much of the seventeenth century, his work is still regularly staged and translated, influential in more recent times on writers as diverse as Schiller, Shelley and Lorca. The author of ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681) is one of the most important dramatists - many would say the single most important dramatist - of the Spanish Golden Age. Spain's dominant and most prestigious playwright for much of the seventeenth century, his work is still regularly staged and translated, influential in more recent times on writers as diverse as Schiller, Shelley and Lorca. The author of
... Read more
The Community of the Beautiful

A Theological Aesthetics

by Alejandro R. Garcia-Rivera ...

2000 Catholic Press Association Award Winner!The claim has been made that we are gripped today in an aesthetic crisis" with considerable theological ramifications. Aesthetics, which has existed since the first human heart was moved by the influence of the beautiful, has played a major role, both implicit and explicit, in theological reflection. In The Community of the Beautiful Alejandro Garcia ... Read more

$20.99 USD

2000 Catholic Press Association Award Winner!The claim has been made that we are gripped today in an aesthetic crisis" with considerable theological ramifications. Aesthetics, which has existed since the first human heart was moved by the influence of the beautiful, has played a major role, both implicit and explicit, in theological reflection. In The Community of the Beautiful Alejandro Garcia
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Magnetic Equivariant K-Theory

Topological Invariants of Magnetic Symmetries

by Bernardo Uribe Jongbloed, Higinio Serrano Garcia, Miguel Alejandro Xicoténcatl Merino ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book addresses state of the art techniques which have rapidly evolved from the first studies of the Quantum Spin hall effect in graphene to more advanced algebraic topological invariants. Additionally, this book provides a comprehensive study of the topological properties of complex vector bundles endowed with actions of magnetic groups. Of particular interest is the description of the tools ... Read more

$44.99 USD

This book addresses state of the art techniques which have rapidly evolved from the first studies of the Quantum Spin hall effect in graphene to more advanced algebraic topological invariants. Additionally, this book provides a comprehensive study of the topological properties of complex vector bundles endowed with actions of magnetic groups. Of particular interest is the description of the tools
... Read more
Managing Complex Change in School

Engaging pedagogy, technology, learning and leadership

by Alejandro Salcedo Garcia, Keith Morrison, Ah Chung Tsoi, Jinming He ...

Leading and managing change in schools is a complex topic. In this timely book the authors take the reader through a journey of how to lead and manage multidimensional change in order to create engaged learners, teachers, leaders and managers. They provide a readable and straightforward account of a major, high-profile innovation in one school and draw from it key lessons for leaders and managers ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Leading and managing change in schools is a complex topic. In this timely book the authors take the reader through a journey of how to lead and manage multidimensional change in order to create engaged learners, teachers, leaders and managers. They provide a readable and straightforward account of a major, high-profile innovation in one school and draw from it key lessons for leaders and managers
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