Under the graceful arms of the great grey cedar tree, he stood in a small clearing, hidden from prying eyes. Dawn splintered the cold night air with warm golden beams, that caught in the morning mist. It rose from the earth in seeming cloudsand held on tight to the pine needles, forming droplets, that fell like tears on the sodden earth. At his feet, he could see the freshly disturbed soil, where he had buried her. He had put her to bed in the damp earth in the hope that she might ...

How do we create creative people? This question leads to the form, function and structure of universities and how a new university paradigm may be required to fulfil the necessary conditions in a creative and globalised economy.

This book is for people who teach calculus – and especially for people who teach student teachers, who will in turn teach calculus. The calculus considered is elementary calculus of a single variable. The book interweaves ideas for teaching with calculus content and provides a reader-friendly overview of research on learning and teaching calculus along with questions on educational and mathematical discussion topics.Written by a group of international authors with extensive experie...

l libro racconta la storia di un medico che, facendo degli studi sulla psiche umana, capisce che ogni individuo possiede una doppia natura, come due personalità contrapposte, una buona e una cattiva. Sulla base di questa vicenda, l’autore è portato a riflettere sulla perenne lotta tra il bene e il male, allegoria del conflitto tra inconscio e ragione, pulsione e intelletto, che attanaglia l’anima umana.• Un romanzo del terrore, in cui si susseguono fatti inquietanti ad opera di un p...

This practical book describes the specific use of receptive (listening) methods and techniques in music therapy clinical practice and research, including relaxation with music for children and adults, the use of visualisation and imagery, music and collage, song-lyric discussion, vibroacoustic applications, music and movement techniques, and other forms of aesthetic listening to music. The authors explain these receptive methods of intervention using a format that enables practitioners to ...

The plays, arguably, are all about life. Which is why they remain so appealing, so rich to the observer. Who cannot be deeply touched and entangled with the emotions of the old man in a contemporary society so much at odds with age, senility and death. Shakespeare confronts our denial of mortality. But, life is really about death. We are all growing old and dying; some die before others. A rare few will die quietly in their sleep; even fewer, a sudden violent death. But for most of us, dea...

Dalton, Dakota du Nord, 1951.Après la mort tragique de leur fils, George et Margaret Blackledge doivent maintenant accepter d'être séparés de leur petit-fils adoré, Jimmy. Car leur belle-fille, Lorna, vient de se remarier à un certain Donnie Weboy et l'a suivi dans le Montana.Hostile à l'égard de Donnie qu'elle soupçonne de maltraiter la jeune femme et l'enfant, Margaret décide de se lancer à leur recherche pour ramener Jimmy coûte que coûte. George ne peut q...

For better or worse, Rorty has shaped the trajectory of academic philosophy. A decade after his passing, his legacy is ever present, especially in context of the growth of the far right, the struggle over the meaning of justice and equity, and the ecological crises we face. Edited by Randall Auxier, Eli Kramer, and Krzysztof Piotr Skowronski, Rorty and Beyond brings together leading international philosophers from the United States and Europe to reevaluate Rorty’s legacy and explore what l...

Men of Achievement - INVENTORS (AN ILLUSTRATED NOVEL)Imagine getting a glipse into the minds of the GREATEST AMERICAN INVENTORS of history.This beautifully illustrated novel contains the stories of more then 20 of the Greatest American Inventors over the past century.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ROBERT FULTON, ELI WHITNEY, ELIAS HOWE, SAMUEL F.B. MORSE, CHARLES GOODYEAR, JOHN ERICSSON, CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK, THOMAS A. EDISON, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL and more !Get a little...

Ukrainian-born Yankev Leshchinsky (1876-1966) was the leading scholarly and journalistic analyst of Eastern European Jewish socioeconomic and political life from the 1920s to the 1950s. Known as “the dean of Jewish sociologists” and “the father of Jewish demography,” Leshchinsky published a series of insightful and moving essays in Yiddish on Polish Jewry between 1927 and 1937. Despite heightened interest in interwar Jewish communities in Poland in recent years, these essays (like most of ...

Los relatos que conforman Retazos, bosquejo de siete escritores y un ilustrador, son un esfuerzo en conjunto que inició en el año 2013 con una primera edición independiente que buscaba dar voces a escritoras y escritores que se convertirían en promotores de lectura, poetas, directores de cine, narradores con publicaciones y reconocimiento a nivel estatal y nacional.Fue Retazos un semillero de imaginería que ahora regresa en su segunda edición para recordar los primeros pasos que se...

Tales of Old New York: A 40-Book Collection is an enthralling compendium that transports readers to the bustling streets and intimate corners of New York City. This collection is a vibrant tapestry that weaves together the trials, dreams, and everyday lives of New Yorkers, offering a window into the city's enduring allure and complex history. With standout stories that capture the highs and lows of urban existence, from children trying to earn a dime by selling newspapers on the street to ...