Fernanda: 134 books

This book offers an analysis of how women's participation is conducted in Mexico´s political sphere. Federalization and decentralization processes can have a significant impact on women’s participation and discrimination. By questioning the form in which a democratic state is built (that is, the...

Il libro fornisce una dettagliata descrizione della struttura architettonica e delle diverse fasi costruttive del complesso monastico. Particolare attenzione è dedicata al ciclo pittorico, alla disamina delle sculture architettoniche del portico e di quelle erratiche poste all’interno della chiesa,...

Central to this volume, and critical to its unique creative significance and contribution, is the conceptual unification of syndemics and stigma. Syndemics theory is increasingly recognized in social science and medicine as a crucial framework for examining and addressing pathways of interaction between...

This book is about learning from data using the Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale and Shape (GAMLSS). GAMLSS extends the Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) and Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) to accommodate large complex datasets, which are increasingly prevalent. In particular,...

More than 200 million people worldwide speak the beautiful and alluring language of Brazilian Portuguese. Tapped as a language with the highest possibility for growth internationally, beginners everywhere have begun to study Portuguese, making it one of the most popular languages in the world! This...

Although restorative justice is probably one of the most talked about topics in contemporary criminology, little has been written about how community involvement in restorative justice translates into practice. While advocates have presented the community as an essential pillar of restorative justice,...

Water resources in tourist islands have been severely threatened, especially in the Galápagos Islands, where the increased local population has generated attractive income from the tourist services. In addition, the data regarding water supply and demand are scarce. This study investigates water...

The story is set in Versilia in Tuscany, surrounded by the luxuriant nature of the Apuan Alps, and in the bowels of Mount Tambura. Stella and her sister Glenda, along with their two friends Rebecca and Frank who have just arrived from the United States, are involved in a series of incredible events,...

Primera entrega de la serie «Unidos por el amor». Una dama imperfecta. Un perfecto caballero. Una conquista inesperada. Lady Amberly Dunne, hija del conde de Warrington, se ve en la obligación de buscar un esposo. A pesar de las negativas de su padre a buscarle un matrimonio por conveniencia...

When Matthew, a twenty-three-year-old young man, moves to the city of Alexandria to finish his studies, he finds himself intrigued with Alice, a thirty-six-year-old photographer with a troubled past. As they come to know each other and fall in love, the couple must face the obstacles of an unaccepting world in this love story.

Fifteen-year-old Celia Bonnet, nicknamed “Rat,” lives a peaceful life with her mother, Vanessa, a free-spirited local beauty, and Morgan, the nine-year-old orphan they have taken in. Their farmhouse compound, nestled just north of the Spanish Catalan border, is surrounded by artichoke fields and...

This book describes fault tolerance techniques based on software and hardware to create hybrid techniques. They are able to reduce overall performance degradation and increase error detection when associated with applications implemented in embedded processors.  Coverage begins with an extensive...

Cuando el más puro amor corre el riesgo de ser envenenado por la sed de venganza, hará falta mucha valentía para perdonar y dar una oportunidad más. Edward está lleno de rencor y maldad. Su corazón quiere venganza y vive con el firme propósito de acabar con aquellos que le causaron tanto...

Beban media botella de vino al mediodía, terminen de beberla a la noche y pregúntense si ambas mitades tenían el mismo sabor. Seguramente no. El vino participa de esos misterios insondables que se mantienen en el tiempo. Hermann Hesse, poeta y novelista alemán decía que:...