Felipe: 316 books

Around the year 1000 Rodulfus Glaber described France as being in the throes of a building boom. He may have been the first writer to perceive the early medieval period as a Dark Age that was ending to be replaced by a better world. In the articles gathered here distinguished medieval historians discuss...

Among the voyages of exploration and surveying in the late 18th century, that of Alejandro Malaspina best represents the high ideals and scientific interests of the Enlightenment. Italian-born, Malaspina entered the Spanish navy in 1774. In September 1788 he and fellow-officer José Bustamante submitted...

Cajal and De Castro's Neurohistological Methods provides the first English translation of Fernando de Castro's 1933 publication "Elementos de Técnica Micrográfica del Sistema Nervioso." A student of the famed founder of modern neuroscience, with Santiago Ramon y Cajal also serving as the Editor...

In 2014, the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World organized an international writing competition calling for accessible and engaging essays about any aspect of archaeology. Nearly 150 submissions from over two dozen countries were received. Archaeology for the People gathers the...

The Cuban saga of the latter half of the 20th Century is an epic, heartbreaking tale of global, politics and grand history. From Castro to Kennedy, the CIA to the Mafia, Communism to Capitalism. Totalitarianism to Democracy, the actors have been players on the world stage, and the issues and conflicts...

In 2016, the Church in Taiwan commemorated its sixtieth anniversary of the arrival of the first Mormon missionaries. This book vividly recounts the contribution of American missionaries among the people in Taiwan and the sacrifice of early Chinese pioneers to help establish the restored gospel of Jesus...

Catholics of the English-speaking world have had to relearn the responses at Mass and retune their ears to the prayers the priest says on their behalf. The results have been frustrating, fascinating, and rewarding. But how do we make new words our words? The former translation, in use for decades,...

The Gospel Ship provides basic instructions in order to complete our journey here on earth. The greatest command we have been given is to love God with all we are. Prepare yourself for a voyage that will change your life, alter its course, and give you the tools to reach the celestial shore we have all set for our final destination. Smooth sailing!

Volcanic activity results in an outburst of materials in life threatening proportions. A typical volcano eruption will emit rocks, gas, and ash that plumes into the earths atmosphere. The eruptions and the flow of the lava are capable of destroying lands and major cities to several miles. Even though...

This book gives examples of the use of geographical analysis in several real life projects. Each chapter describes a specific problem, the environment existing during its definition and the methodologies used to solve it. There is plenty of information to look for more techniques and a bibliography...

If you are a professional, student, or educator who wants to learn to use IPython Notebook as a tool for technical and scientific computing, visualization, and data analysis, this is the book for you. This book will prove valuable for anyone that needs to do computations in an agile environment.

El servicio de intermediación en la nube es un paradigma de servicio que proporciona interoperabilidad y portabilidad de aplicaciones a través de múltiples proveedores de nube. El atractivo de la intermediación en la nube depende de los nuevos servicios y de las instalaciones informáticas ampliadas...

A practical book which will help the readers understand how the container ecosystem and OpenStack work together. Key Features Gets you acquainted with containerization in private cloud Learn to effectively manage and secure your containers in OpenStack Practical use cases on container deployment...

In “The Extortioners” evidenced and dissolution of political society space is accentuated in a simulated country where any reference to chance is deconstructed and in which the characters represent their own process of enunciation, its own discursive structure, becoming witnesses and doers of...