Nous sommes début août, par une belle journée ensoleillée. Vous êtes en vacances dans ce coin perdu en campagne ou en montagne, un vrai moment de bonheur. En début de soirée, vous décidez de prendre le frais. Petit à petit, les étoiles apparaissent. Bientôt des milliers d’étoiles sont sous vos yeux. Où est la Grande Ourse ? Pourquoi la Grande Ourse ? Et la voie Lactée ? Pou...

What risks and insecurities do older people face in a time of both increased longevity and widening inequality?This edited collection develops an exciting new approach to understanding the changing cultural, economic and social circumstances facing different groups of older people. Exploring a range of topics, the chapters provide a critical review of the concept of precarity, highlighting the experiences of ageing that occur within the context of societal changes tied to declining...

Mon âme est saoule est un recueil de poésies et de textes de chansons. Une histoire d'amour est souvent concrétisée par une rupture. La rupture est un bon catalyseur pour apprendre à grandir. Une rupture permet de passer de l'incompréhension à la colère, du pardon à l'amertume. Bref ! On se retrouve tous dans ces textes qui finalement ne sont que des caractéristiques de la condition humaine. Les histoires d'amour finissent mal en général, ...

Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision's fiftieth anniversary, this collection addresses the significance of Brown in the contributors' lives or work in education and civil rights. Several authors describe their personal roles in the Brown case or similar cases, while others examine and illustrate events, performances, and exhibitions that were part of the anniversary commemoration. The book not only explo...

Retirement is being ‘reconstructed’, with the UK following the US path of abolishing mandatory retirement and increasing state pension ages. This timely book assesses prospects for work and retirement at age 65-plus in the UK and US.Part 1 explores the shifting ‘policy logics’ in both countries that increase both the need and opportunities to work past age 65. Part 2 presents an original comparative statistical analysis on the wide range of factors influencing employment at this ag...

Odio, amor, crueldad y traiciones, una de las familias más fascinantes de la literatura universal.Traducción de José Laín EntralgoIntroducción de David McDuff, especialista en DostoievskiFiódor Pávlovich Karamázov, un terrateniente borracho, arbitrario y corrompido, tiene cuatro hijos: Dmitri, de carácter violento; Iván, un intelectual frío y materialista; Aliosha, el hijo pequeño, pasivo y religioso; y Smerdiakov, ...

This is a comprehensive long-run history of economic and political change in the Iberian Peninsula. Beginning with the development of the old medieval kingdoms, it goes on to explore two countries, Portugal and Spain, which during the early modern period possessed vast empires and played an essential role in the global economic and political developments. It traces how and why both countries began to fall behind during the first stages of industrialization and modern economic growth only t...

The specific—and varied—ways in which assessment and evaluation can impact learning and teaching have become an important language education research concern, particularly as educators are increasingly called on to implement these processes for improvement, accountability, or curricular development purposes. Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education showcases contemporary research that explores innovative uses of assessment and evaluation in a variety of educational contexts.

La gran novela de Dostoievski sobre un ingenuo que debe enfrentarse al mundo de los intereses económicos y la manipulación.Traducción de José Laín Entralgo y Augusto Vidal.Tras retratar magistralmente la figura del culpable en Crimen y castigo, Dostoievski ahonda en El idiota en el alma torturada de un hombre inocente. Después de pasar varios años en un sanatorio suizo, el joven y piadoso príncipe Mishkin regresa a su Rusi...

More people are extending their working lives through necessity or choice in the context of increasingly precarious labour markets and neoliberalism. This book goes beyond the aggregated statistics to explore the lived experiences of older people attempting to make job transitions.Drawing on the voices of older workers in a diverse range of European countries, leading scholars explore job redeployment and job mobility, temporary employment, unemployment, employment beyond pension a...

Misteri alam semesta sangat menarik dan merangsang rasa ingin tahu kita. Selama berabad-abad, umat manusia telah memulai perjalanan penemuan untuk mencari jawaban tentang asal-usulnya, bagaimana kosmos bekerja, dan sifat realitas itu sendiri. Fisika kuantum, salah satu disiplin ilmu yang paling revolusioner di zaman kita, telah memberikan cahaya baru dalam memahami alam semesta dan membuka pintu menuju konsep alam semesta holografik.Buku ini mengeksplorasi secara mendalam visi revo...

Era huérfano, y bastardo, pero su ilusión estaba clara: que cuando su padre, don Rodrigo Seijas, señor de San Paio, volviera de las Cruzadas, estuviera orgulloso de él. Por eso había escalado el roquedal hasta conseguir un polluelo de halcón, que criaría para regalárselo. Pero las malas noticias llegaron al fin: don Rodrigo no iba a volver. Y ahí empezó todo. Expulsado a golpes por su hermanastro, será acogido por Guy de Tarba, infanzón fiel al señor de la villa y, con él, Laín se embarcar...