In the context of neoliberalism and global austerity measures, health care institutions around the world confront numerous challenges in attempting to meet the needs of local populations. Examples from Africa (including, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Congo), Latin America (Peru, Mexico, Guatemala), Western Europe (France, Greece), and the United States illustrate how hospitals play a significant role in the social production of health and disease in the communities where they are. Many low-resource...

This volume presents the personal accounts of African American, Asian American, and Latino faculty who use "narratives of struggles" to describe the challenges they faced in order to become bona fide members of the U.S. Academy. These narratives show how survival and success require a sophisticated knowledge of the politics of academia, insider knowledge of the requirements of legitimacy in scholarly efforts, and resourceful approach to facing dilemmas between cultural values, traditional ...

Isabella d’Este, Cleopatra, Giulia Récamier, Laura (“musa” di Petrarca), Maria Antonietta, Gaspara Stampa (poetessa del ’500), George Sand (pseudonimo maschile di Aurore Dupin). Sono queste le indimenticabili e straordinarie artefici del “femminismo storico” biografate e commentate, con mano acuta, intelligente e cólta, dall’autrice Eugenia Codronchi Argeli (con lo pseudonimo Sfinge) in questo raro e prezioso testo, qua controllato e lievemente e prudentemente revisionato.

A bedtime collection of short stories by the world's best-loved storyteller. Perfect for children aged 5 and up!From a wizard on the moon to midnight fairy parties, there's a dreamy story for everyone in this short story collection by Enid Blyton. Drift off to dreamland with these starlit adventures!These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect l...

From the bestselling author of The History of BeesLongyearbyen, 2110: Far to the North, buried deep in the mountains, is a massive vault filled with seeds from every corner of the Earth. Tommy grows up in the brutal landscape of Spitzbergen alongside his two brothers, for whom he would do anything, and his grandmother, the seed keeper of the vault. Life just to the South of the North Pole is demanding, but their tiny community has found its shape. It has b...

The Message of the Flower is an encouraging story of two men, one a black man from the south and the other a white man from the north, and the oneness they shared together because of their love for their great Creator. It is also a story about how the message of that flower came and called a people and is still calling out to people today.

Senna atmosfera gospody leżącej na prowincji Anglii zostaje zaburzona pojawieniem się tajemniczego mężczyzny. Ma ciemne okulary i zabandażowaną głowę, co każe właścicielom gospody przypuszczać, że został dotkliwie poparzony. Gość wynajmuje bezterminowo jeden z pokoi. Dopóki opłaty uiszczane są na czas, gospodarze zachowują dyskrecję, ignorując ekscentrycznego mężczyznę. Problem pojawia się, gdy pieniędzy zaczyna brakować. Wierzyciele dostają się do pokoju, w którym mężczyzna urządził zadzi...

In 1865, Heinrich Portscheller emigrated to Mexico from his native Germany, perhaps motivated by a desire to avoid compulsory military service in the Austro-Prussian War. The scion of a well-known family of masons and master builders, he had the misfortune to disembark at Veracruz during the Franco-Mexican War. Portscheller and his traveling companion were impressed into the imperialist forces and sent to northern Mexico. Sometime following the Battle of Santa Gertrudis in1866, Portschelle...

This edited volume offers a state-of-the-art synthesis of the historical role of radical journalism, its present iterations, and plans for the future of a journalism that is committed to liberatory movements and politics.At a time of profound crisis and stagnation for mainstream journalism, radical journalism seems to be riding a wave. New outlets, including those – like Jacobin – with a global reach, have sprung up, presenting a new generation of unapologetically progressive publi...

Desde sus inicios, el premio Ciudad y Naturaleza José Emilio Pacheco se ha caracterizado por dar voz a aquellas muestras de la naturaleza que, aunque muchas veces desplazadas por la mancha urbana, ponen en evidencia cómo los ecosistemas resisten y se manifiestan de forma inesperada aún en medio de la ciudad más asfaltada. La presente edición conmemora el décimo aniversario de este galardón reuniendo la pluma de aquellos que han recibido este reconocimiento, quienes no solo reafirman su apu...

Senna atmosfera gospody leżącej na prowincji Anglii zostaje zaburzona pojawieniem się tajemniczego mężczyzny. Ma ciemne okulary i zabandażowaną głowę, co każe właścicielom gospody przypuszczać, że został dotkliwie poparzony. Gość wynajmuje bezterminowo jeden z pokoi. Dopóki opłaty uiszczane są na czas, gospodarze zachowują dyskrecję, ignorując ekscentrycznego mężczyznę. Problem pojawia się, gdy pieniędzy zaczyna brakować. Wierzyciele dostają się do pokoju, w którym mężczyzna urządził zadzi...

El presente libro suma la vasta experiencia de los autores que nos comparten cómo el diálogo, la relación y el reconocimiento de nuestra interdependencia pueden allanar el encuentro entre las personas, más allá de nuestras diferencias. Sobre la base de una buena escucha, una presencia apreciativa y a través de la fuerza de la metáfora de la RCP, (reanimación cardiopulmonar) nos invitan a participar en conversaciones de manera consciente, así como a razonar para crear y lograr proyectos con...