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Book Where There Was Fire

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Manuel Arias
  • Publisher : Flatiron Books
  • Release : 2023-08-29
  • ISBN : 1250817404
  • Pages : 297 pages

Download or read book Where There Was Fire written by John Manuel Arias and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lush and atmospheric novel about three generations of a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary star John Manuel Arias “An exciting new voice with a prowess for lyricism.” ―Publishers Weekly NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A B&N DISCOVER PICK * A GMA BUZZ PICK * MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023: CrimeReads, Debutiful, Good Morning America, Library Journal, Zibby Mag, The San Francisco Chronicle, and more! Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company’s most lucrative banana plantation burning all evidence of a massive cover-up, and her husband disappears, the future of Teresa’s family is changed forever. Now, twenty-seven years later, Teresa and her daughter Lyra are picking up the pieces. Lyra wants nothing to do with Teresa, but is desperate to find out what happened to her family that fateful night. Teresa, haunted by a missing husband and the bitter ghost of her mother, Amarga, is unable to reconcile the past. What unfolds is a story of a mother and daughter trying to forgive what they do not yet understand, and the mystery at the heart of one family’s rupture. Brimming with ancestral spirits, omens, and the anthropomorphic forces of nature, John Manuel Arias weaves a brilliant tapestry of love, loss, secrets, and redemption in Where There Was Fire.

Book The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences

Download or read book The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences written by William J. Hardcastle and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 899 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences provides an authoritative account of the key topics in both theoretical and applied areas of speech communication, written by an international team of leading scholars and practitioners. Combines new and influential research, along with articulate overviews of the key topics in theoretical and applied areas of speech communication Accessibly structured into five major sections covering: experimental phonetics; biological perspectives; modelling speech production and perception; linguistic phonetics; and speech technology Includes nine entirely new chapters on topics such as phonetic notation and sociophonetics, speech technology, biological perspectives, and prosody A streamlined and re-oriented structure brings all contributions up-to-date with the latest research, whilst maintaining the features that made the first edition so useful

Book Paper Trade Journal

Download or read book Paper Trade Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Inter America

Download or read book Inter America written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of English translations of articles in the Spanish American press.

Book Men Talk

Download or read book Men Talk written by Jennifer Coates and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-06-09 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men Talk draws on rich conversational material from a wide range of contexts to illuminate our understanding of men and masculinities at the turn of the millennium. Draws on rich conversational material to illuminate our understanding of men and masculinities at the turn of the millennium. Collects data from a wide range of conversations, including garage mechanics on a break, carpenters at the pub after work, and university academics chatting after hours. Focuses on stories, which occur within all-male conversations. Makes a distinctive contribution to our understanding of the intersection of language and masculinity.

Book Understanding Autism

Download or read book Understanding Autism written by Chloe Silverman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the love and labor of parents have changed our understanding of autism Autism has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, thanks to dramatically increasing rates of diagnosis, extensive organizational mobilization, journalistic coverage, biomedical research, and clinical innovation. Understanding Autism, a social history of the expanding diagnostic category of this contested illness, takes a close look at the role of emotion—specifically, of parental love—in the intense and passionate work of biomedical communities investigating autism. Chloe Silverman tracks developments in autism theory and practice over the past half-century and shows how an understanding of autism has been constituted and stabilized through vital efforts of schools, gene banks, professional associations, government committees, parent networks, and treatment conferences. She examines the love and labor of parents, who play a role in developing—in conjunction with medical experts—new forms of treatment and therapy for their children. While biomedical knowledge is dispersed through an emotionally neutral, technical language that separates experts from laypeople, parental advocacy and activism call these distinctions into question. Silverman reveals how parental care has been a constant driver in the volatile field of autism research and treatment, and has served as an inspiration for scientific change. Recognizing the importance of parental knowledge and observations in treating autism, this book reveals that effective responses to the disorder demonstrate the mutual interdependence of love and science.

Book Manuel s Journal

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dan Eitreim
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2019-01-26
  • ISBN : 9781795157858
  • Pages : 374 pages

Download or read book Manuel s Journal written by Dan Eitreim and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-26 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates Many of the world's top minds make it a point to write in a journal every day! Journaling or keeping a diary is a fun and easy way to keep track of how far you've come and where you want to go! Journaling, for beginners, may seem daunting at first, but soon it will become the most pleasurable part of your day. If you make it a point to write - at least a little bit - every day, soon it will become a habit that you will cherish and look forward to doing. You can write down your goals, keep track of the ideas you have, record your feelings and so on... Your journal will quickly become a powerful and inspirational tool. There are a full 365 pages (actually, there's a couple extra) to record YOUR life! Don't know what to write? Each page has two writing prompts to help with your journal or notebook, they ask you - "What made you happy today?" and "What made you sad today?" - Plus there is a motivational/inspirational quote on each page that you can ponder. You can write anything you want (it's YOUR journal), but if you are stuck, answering these prompts will get you started. This one is a personalized journal for men (or a personalized journal for boys) If this is not your name, just do a search for... (Your name)'s Journal by Dan Eitreim. So if your name is John, the search would look like - John's Journal by Dan Eitreim - There will soon be journals for all the most popular male and female names. Get YOUR Personalized Journal right away!

Book Native Listening

Download or read book Native Listening written by Anne Cutler and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-07-27 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that the way we listen to speech is shaped by our experience with our native language. Understanding speech in our native tongue seems natural and effortless; listening to speech in a nonnative language is a different experience. In this book, Anne Cutler argues that listening to speech is a process of native listening because so much of it is exquisitely tailored to the requirements of the native language. Her cross-linguistic study (drawing on experimental work in languages that range from English and Dutch to Chinese and Japanese) documents what is universal and what is language specific in the way we listen to spoken language. Cutler describes the formidable range of mental tasks we carry out, all at once, with astonishing speed and accuracy, when we listen. These include evaluating probabilities arising from the structure of the native vocabulary, tracking information to locate the boundaries between words, paying attention to the way the words are pronounced, and assessing not only the sounds of speech but prosodic information that spans sequences of sounds. She describes infant speech perception, the consequences of language-specific specialization for listening to other languages, the flexibility and adaptability of listening (to our native languages), and how language-specificity and universality fit together in our language processing system. Drawing on her four decades of work as a psycholinguist, Cutler documents the recent growth in our knowledge about how spoken-word recognition works and the role of language structure in this process. Her book is a significant contribution to a vibrant and rapidly developing field.

Book Conversations with Manuel Castells

Download or read book Conversations with Manuel Castells written by Manuel Castells and published by Blackwell Publishing. This book was released on 2003-08-08 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manuel Castells is one of the world's best-known social scientists. His work is often compared, in scope and ambition, with that of Marx or Weber. In this text, he explains and expands his work in a series of conversations with British journalist Martin Ince.

Book Endothelial Dysfunction

    Book Details:
  • Author : Helena Lenasi
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2018-10-24
  • ISBN : 1789842530
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book Endothelial Dysfunction written by Helena Lenasi and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The endothelium enables communication between blood and tissues and is actively involved in cardiovascular homeostasis. Endothelial dysfunction has been recognized as an early step in the development of cardiovascular diseases: respectively, endothelium represents a potential therapeutic niche with multiple targets. The purpose of the book is to point out some recent findings of endothelial physiology and pathophysiology emphasizing various aspects of endothelial dysfunction connected to the body's internal and external environment. While basic features of the endothelium are presented in an introductory chapter, the authors of the following 17 chapters have provided extensive insight into some selected topics of endothelial (dys)function. The book would hopefully be useful for anyone interested in recapitulating endothelial (patho)physiology and expanding knowledge of molecular mechanisms involved in endothelial dysfunction, relevant also for further clinical investigations.

Book New Perspectives on Asset Price Bubbles

Download or read book New Perspectives on Asset Price Bubbles written by Douglas D. Evanoff and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume critically re-examines the profession's understanding of asset bubbles in light of the global financial crisis of 2007-09. It is well known that bubbles have occurred in the past, with the October 1929 crash as the most demonstrative example. However, the remarkably well-behaved performance of the US economy from 1945 to 2006, and, in particular during the Great Moderation period of 1984 to 2006, assured the economics profession and monetary policymakers that asset bubbles could be effectively managed with little or no real economic impact. The recent financial crisis has now triggered a debate about the emergence of a sequence of repeated bubbles in the Nasdaq market, housing market, credit market, and commodity markets. The realities of the crisis have intensified theoretical modeling, empirical methodologies, and debate on policy issues surrounding asset price bubbles and their potentially adverse economic impact if poorly managed. Taking a novel approach, the editors of this book present five classic papers that represent accepted thinking about asset bubbles prior to the financial crisis. They also include original papers challenging orthodox thinking and presenting new insights. A summary essay highlights the lessons learned and experiences gained since the crisis.

Book O   sont pass  s tous les manuels scolaires

Download or read book O sont pass s tous les manuels scolaires written by Tony Read and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cette étude de la Banque mondiale est une riche compilation d'informations sur le matériel pédagogique d'apprentissage (MPA) sur la base de la vaste expérience et les multiples facettes de l'oeuvre de l'auteur dans le secteur de l'éducation en Afrique. L'étude examine un large éventail de questions autour de la fourniture MPA dont le curriculum, l'alphabétisation et le calcul, la langue de la politique d'instruction, d'approvisionnement et de distribution des défis, ainsi que le développement et la production du MPA et de leur disponibilité, gestion et utilisation dans les écoles. Il se penche également sur le rôle de la technologie de l'information et de la communication (TIC) basé sur le matériel pédagogique d'apprentissage et de leur disponibilité. L'étude reconnaît que l'amélioration de la gestion du système MPA est un élément essentiel dans la réalisation de la prestation du MPA abordable et durable pour tous les élèves. Cette étude, qui puise dans plus de 40 pays anglophones, francophones, lusophones et de pays arabophones sera particulièrement utile pour les décideurs, les partenaires au développement, et d'autres intervenants qui tentent de comprendre le large éventail de questions liées à la complexité de la fourniture de manuels scolaires en Afrique subsaharienne.

Book Cigar Makers  Official Journal

Download or read book Cigar Makers Official Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 12-20 include: Cigar Maker's International Union of America. Annual financial report (title varies slightly), 1886-1894. (From 1886-1891 issued as a numbered section of the periodical.)

Book Current Issues in the Education of Students with Visual Impairments

Download or read book Current Issues in the Education of Students with Visual Impairments written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, and syndromes of developmental disabilities. Contributors come from wide-ranging perspectives, including genetics, psychology, education, and other health and behavioral sciences. The current volume, number 46, addresses current issues in the education of students with visual impairments. Topics covered include the expanded core curriculum for students with visual impairment; assistive technology; Braille reading comprehension; communication development; orientation and mobility issues, and more. - Provides the most recent scholarly research in the study of developmental disabilities - A vast range of perspectives is offered, and many topics are covered - An excellent resource for academic researchers

Book Transactions of the first Pan American Medical Congress v 1

Download or read book Transactions of the first Pan American Medical Congress v 1 written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 1340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dynamics  Economic Growth  and International Trade

Download or read book Dynamics Economic Growth and International Trade written by Bjarne Sloth Jensen and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While endogenous growth theory has claimed success in modeling various factors of growth and providing an analysis of sustainable economic growth, most of the growth models in published work are for closed economies. The omission of international trade, which is often regarded as the engine of growth, greatly reduces their usefulness. The theory of international trade, on the other hand, is characterized by models that are mainly static. While interest in the dynamics of trade has been growing, there is still little work in this area. The success of the newly industrialized economies that have adopted trade-oriented policies suggests how limited present trade theory is in explaining and analyzing the growth of these economies. The work collected here serves to bridge the "old" growth theory and "new" growth theory; merge growth and trade theory; suggest new analysis and techniques of economic growth; and provide analysis of new issues related to growth and trade. The first chapter surveys endogenous growth and international trade and critically reviews the endogenous growth theory with a unified framework, covering the work on both closed and open economies. Three chapters examine the dynamics of some basic trade models; two chapters focus on growth and trade with endogenous accumulation of human and public capital; two chapters on economic growth, technological progress, and international trade; and two chapters on growth and international factor movements. Contributors include Eric W. Bond, Theo S. Eicher, Rolf Färe, Oded Galor, Shawna Grosskopf, Bjarne S. Jensen, Pantelis Kalaitzidakis, Shoukang Lin, Ngo Van Long, Kazuo Nishimura, Koji Shimomura, Kathleen Trask, Stephen J. Turnovsky, Pham Hoang Van, Henry Wan, Jr., Chunyan Wang, and Kar-yiu Wong. Bjarne S. Jensen is Associate Professor of Economics, Copenhagen Business School. Kar-yiu Wong is Professor of Economics, University of Washington, Seattle.

Book Journals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1853
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 722 pages

Download or read book Journals written by Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: