How do we find the life that's right for each of us?More and more of us are feeling overwhelmed by the everyday struggle to lead the lives to which we aspire. Children are placed under unbearable pressure to achieve; adults fight a constant battle to balance family life with work and economic demands; old people suffer from social isolation and a lack of emotional security. People of every age are feeling increasingly at odds with the world, and less able to live a...

Pinned between the mountains and the sea, on a steeply-sloped crescent of land stretching from the French border to Tuscany, more than half of Liguria (better known as the Italian Riviera), is protected park land. The inland towns are some of the most interesting in Liguria, both for their history and their gorgeous settings amid the forests, valleys, and peaks of the Apennine Mountains. The hiking here is fantastic. In addition to the major city of Genoa, you ll find the gorgeous coastal ...

Most patients diagnosed with reflex epilepsies experience seizures induced by light stimuli or by sudden unexpected noises. In some patients, however, seizures may also be triggered by more complex precipitants such as reading, emotion, or certain movements or activities. The neurophysiological bases and clinical manifestations associated with these conditions are variable and must be distinguished from those related to other commonly observed seizure precipitating factors such as sleep de...

This book is a step-by-step tutorial with a lot of screenshots that help to explain the concept better. This book will cover the building of a 3D game for Windows Phone using XNA. We won't explain the C# programming language itself, nor object-oriented programming. We will however explain the aspects of game development thoroughly, so don't worry if you have never written a 3D game. We will cover all the basics, included the much dreaded math. This is the right book for anyone, regardless ...

Practical guidance on managing chronic illnesses in small animalsChronic Disease Management for Small Animals provides a complete resource for the long-term care and therapy of canine and feline patients with incurable conditions. Offering practical strategies for successful management of chronic disorders, the book presents expert guidance on handling these ailments and the animals that they afflict.Written by leading experts in their respective f...

The Courtiers' Anatomists is about dead bodies and live animals in Louis XIV's Paris--and the surprising links between them. Examining the practice of seventeenth-century anatomy, Anita Guerrini reveals how anatomy and natural history were connected through animal dissection and vivisection. Driven by an insatiable curiosity, Parisian scientists, with the support of the king, dissected hundreds of animals from the royal menageries and the streets of Paris. Guerrini is the first to...

Yoga Therapy for Health and Healing is written in a way that is clear and easy to understand and is suitable for beginners and advanced yoga practitioners alike, who are interested in the great healing potential of yoga therapy. In this book, Remo Rittiner has incorporated his many years of experience with a host of people who regularly practice under his yoga instruction.

Vacation Under the Sicilian SunBy: Remo Faieta, Ph.DThis book describes the adventure numerous travel groups had on their vacation to Sicily. With description of the Island’s scenic landscapes, intriguing history, fascinating archaeological sites, monuments, museums, majestic Mt. Etna, spectacular Taormina, delicious food and wine, friendly people, and moving family reunions, one will for sure put Sicily on his/her bucket list of future travel destinations.About the ...

The Italian Heritage ToursBy: Remo Faieta, Ph. D.Tour guide Remo Faieta, Ph.D. takes you on one of his tours to Italy to see the sites and learn about history, culture, arts, local people, food, and personal stories of fellow travelers.If you are looking for a reason to travel with peace of mind to this magnificent country, learn the language, or even learn more about your heritage, look no further than Faieta’s tour.About the AuthorRemo Faieta, Ph.D....

Discover the power of functional programming, lazy evaluation, monads, concurrency, and immutability to create succinct and expressive implementationsKey FeaturesGet a solid understanding of how to apply functional programming concepts in TypeScriptExplore TypeScript runtime features such as event loop, closures, and PrototypesGain deeper knowledge on the pros and cons of TypeScriptBook DescriptionFunctional programming is a ...

The third edition of this classic textbook is a quantitative introduction for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It gently guides students from Newton's gravitational theory to special relativity, and then to the relativistic theory of gravitation. General relativity is approached from several perspectives: as a theory constructed by analogy with Maxwell's electrodynamics, as a relativistic generalization of Newton's theory, and as a theory of curved spacetime. The authors prov...

The first volume of essays in English on one of the most renowned contemporary Italian Philosophers.Remo Bodei (1938–2019) was one of Italy's most influential philosophers of the past half-century. His intellectual influence was wide-reaching as he guided the search for rational explanations of seemingly irrational phenomena and the philosophical underpinnings of poetry. Diverse both in their disciplinary approach and theoretical style, yet following a logical and ...