UN MAPA ESENCIAL PARA EXPLORAR Y COMPRENDER TU VERDADERO SEREl eneagrama es un campo de conocimiento muy útil para abordar una pregunta que los seres humanos llevamos haciéndonos desde hace milenios: ¿quiénes somos realmente? A partir de su propia experiencia vital y sus estudios en este campo, Roberto Whyte nos revela los nueve patrones esenciales para descubrir nuestro verdadero «yo» y despojarnos de las máscaras que nos atrapan.A través de un viaje perso...

Esta obra plantea un viaje para comprender los cimientos sobre los que construimos nuestros acuerdos, reflexionar sobre ellos y poder decidir si queremos cambiarlos. Negociador 365 es un relato práctico que toma como referencia campos de conocimiento como el eneagrama, el coaching y la meditación, así como los cuatro invitados presentes en toda negociación: el miedo, el rol, las creencias y la identidad instintiva. Tras una radiografía exhaustiva de cada tipo de negociador, el autor nos su...

Cet ouvrage d’une ambition exceptionnelle présente sous une forme accessible à un large public une histoire inédite de l’esclavage depuis la Préhistoire jusqu’au présent. Il paraît vingt ans après le vote de la loi Taubira, alors que la prise de conscience du passé esclavagiste est chaque jour plus aiguisée au sein de la société française. L’histoire de l’esclavage, trop longtemps tenue pour une forme de passé subalterne, est ici replacée au coeur de l’histoire mondiale. Le livre renouvell...

The acclaimed author of The Forest Laird delivers "a bold, brash tribute to . . . one of medieval Scotland's fiercest warriors and its most revered king" ( Booklist).Robert I, or as he is known to a grateful Scottish nation, Robert the Bruce, was one of Scotland's greatest kings, as well as one of the most famous warriors of his generation. He led the valiant Scots in the Wars of Scottish Independence against the Kingdom of England. His reign saw t...

The voyage of the 'coffin ship' Ajax, from Dublin to Grosse Île, the Canadian quarantine station as described in the contemporary diary of one of the passengers, Robert Whyte. Whyte was a Protestant gentleman of education and position, as well as being a professional writer who intended to publish his diary. The diary appeared in 1848. It is signed in the author's own handwriting and features vivid descriptions of the spectacular scenery along the way and the striking delineations of the p...

Friis and Crease capture Postphenomenology, a new field that has attracted attention among scholars engaged in technology studies. Contributors to this edited collection seek to analyze, clarify, and develop postphenomenological language and concepts, expand the work of Don Ihde, the field's founder, and scout into fields that Ihde never tackled.Many of the contributors to this collection had especially close ties to Ihde and have benefited from close work with him. This combined w...

Imagistic Care explores ethnographically how images function in our concepts, our writing, our fieldwork, and our lives. With contributions from anthropologists, philosophers and an artist, the volume asks: How can imagistic inquiries help us understand the complex entanglements of self and other, dependence and independency, frailty and charisma, notions of good and bad aging, and norms and practices of care in old age? And how can imagistic inquiries offer grounds for critique?

Les secrets de famille tuent plus sûrement qu'une arme.Cape Cod, ses belles villas aux bardages de bois, ses millionnaires discrets qui par-dessus tout ont peur du scandale... Mais, justement, le scandale fait vendre. Bien qu'elle s'en défende, c'est ce qu'Edith Whyte a en tête lorsqu'elle publie un livre accusant son célèbre père, grand patron des arts, de crimes inimaginables.Père et fille n'ont pas le temps de s'expliquer : William Whyte est retrouvé assas...

Australians have a love–hate relationship with spiders. Some spiders, such as the Redback and the Sydney Funnelweb, inspire fear. Yet Peacock Spiders, with their colourful fan-spreading courtship dances, have won rapturous appreciation worldwide.A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia uses photographs of living animals to help people identify many of the spiders they encounter. Featuring over 1300 colour photographs, it is the most comprehensive account of Australian spiders...

This study looks at the social and economic status, family and workforce roles, and quality of life of women in the rural sectors of monsoonal and equatorial Asia, from Pakistan to Japan, where life often is characterized by unemployment, underemployment, and poverty.

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fourth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 4 in the series spans the years 1835 to 1869 and includes stories from a wide range of male authors; English, Irish, Scottish and American. Includes tales by Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving. Readers new to this genre will discover ...

In Replacement Parts, internationally recognized bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan and coeditors James J. McCartney and Daniel P. Reid assemble seminal writings from medicine, philosophy, economics, and religion that address the ethical challenges raised by organ transplantation. Caplan's new lead essay explains the shortfalls of present policies. From there, book sections take an interdisciplinary approach to fundamental issues like the determination of death and the dead donor rule; the divis...