Elena: 1551 books

Covering the history and geography of Los Angeles and Pasadena between 1900 and 1950, the collection of over 200 vintage postcards compiled in this new volume offers a unique glimpse into turn-of-the-century southern California. As communication by postcards became popular in the late 19th century, those...

This book examines the Russian explorers and officials in the nineteenth and early twentieth century who came into contact with Iran as a part of the Great Game. It demonstrates the development of Russia's own form of Orientalism, a phenomenon that has previously been thought to be exclusive to the West.

Private Investigator Eddie Shoes is enjoying a rare period of calm. She’s less lonely now that Chava, her card-counting mom from Vegas, is sharing her home. She also has a new companion, Franklin, a giant dog of curious ancestry. Hoping for a lucrative new case, Eddie instead finds herself taking...

La nueva entrega del bestseller internacional que ha logrado inspirar a las niñas de todos los rincones del mundo a soñar en grande, aspirar a más y a luchas con fuerza. Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes 2 es una colección totalmente inédita de cuentos que celebran a más mujeres...

Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533–92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne—a collection of twenty-four new personal essays...

Con este libro tus hijos descubrirán, a través de la historia de un topo, un conejo y un avispado campesino, la importancia de saber negociar para adaptarnos unos a otros.

Dentro de una perspectiva cristiana, Fratricidio yContricion abarca una breve historia del antisemitismo cristiano; el mea culpa expuesto despues de la Segunda Guerra Mundial por ambasIglesiastanto catolica como protestante-evangelica, y los acuerdos pautados despues del Concilio Vaticano II, a find...

Despite its key role in the intellectual shaping of state socialism, Communist ideas are often dismissed as mere propaganda or as a rhetorical exercise aimed at advancing socialist intellectuals on their way to power. By drawing attention to unknown and unexplored areas, trends and ways of thinking...

This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...

This study represents the most comprehensive review of fiscal federalism in the Russian Federation, presenting a strong case for greater decentralization. Given its vast size, immense diversity - including economic, geographic, cultural, ethnic, and historical differences across regions - Russia is a...

Un racconto avvincente che scava nei sentimenti contraddittori che ci legano ai nostri figli. Leda è un'insegnante di letteratura inglese, divorziata da tempo, tutta dedita alle figlie e al lavoro. Ma le due ragazze partono per raggiungere il padre in Canada. Ci si aspetterebbe un dolore, un periodo...

This book seeks to fill a void in contemporary aesthetics scholarship by considering the cognitive features that make the aesthetic and artistic worthy of philosophical study. Aesthetic cognition has been largely abandoned by analytical philosophy, which instead tends to focus its attention on the...

This anthology features a selection of works written during the first century of English settlement in the colonies of North America. These texts illustrate the extraordinary depth of colonial writing (chronicles, poetry, captivity narratives, etc.) and help us understand the origins and the future of America and Americans.

A collection of ten great stories retold at a cracking pace - perfect for story-times. Each story is retold in a short but continuous narrative, with quick and quirky illustrations adding to the momentum. The playful element is enhanced by text that 'interacts' with the pictures by means of join-in...