Gabriele: 823 books

This new dictionary provides clear and accessible definitions of a range of terms from within the fast-developing field of gender studies. It covers terms which have emerged out of gender studies, such as cyber feminism, double burden, and male gaze, and gender-focused definitions of more general...

In the 1840s, post-Napoleonic Italy was 'a geographical expression' – not a country, but a patchwork of states, divided between the Austrian-occupied north, and a Spanish-descended Bourbon monarchy, who ruled the south from Naples. Two decades later, it was a nation united under a single king and...

This book brings together a selection of classic psychoanalytical papers related to ageing, dying and death that have appeared in the renowned International Journal of Psychoanalysis (IJP). Two papers address the analysis of an elderly patient directly and bring the work and the challenges it brings...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Extrait : "Stelio, le cœur ne vous tremble-t-il pas un peu, pour la première fois ? — demanda la Foscarina avec un faible sourire, en touchant la main de l'ami taciturne assis à son côté. — Je vous vois pâle et pensif. Quel beau soir de triomphe pour un grand poète ! D'un regard, divinement,...

C'è un bambino che costruisce castelli di sabbia in riva al mare e sogna di indossare la maglia numero 9 del Milan e di essere Marco Van Basten.  C'è sullo sfondo una città di provincia che in certe sere si traveste da Parigi o da New York. Ci sono viaggi in treno e corse in bicicletta,  personaggi...

Real-World Crime Scene Investigation: A Step-by-Step Procedure Manual is designed as a field guide providing instruction on how to document a crime scene, including sketching, mapping, searching, collecting, and preserving physical evidence. It also addresses how to document a crime scene using photography...

This book offers a comprehensive review of the biology of snakes, focusing on Italian species. The snakes of Italy belong to the two families Colubridae and Viperidae, and for each species the systematic classification and chorology including distribution maps are presented. Furthermore, readers will...

Misunderstanding is a pervasive phenomenon in social life, sometimes with serious consequences for people's life chances. Misunderstandings are especially hazardous in high-stakes events such as job interviews or in the legal system. In unequal power encounters, unsuccessful communication is regularly...

This book examines the topic of communication strategies, the ways in which people seek to express themselves or understand what someone else is saying or writing. Typically, the term has referred to the strategies that non-native speakers use to address the linguistic and pragmatic problems encountered...

Una delle maggiori difficoltà, per comprendere chi vive in una condizione di malessere, è saper distinguere se si tratta di un disturbo di natura psichica o di un maleficio. L'autore approfondisce il tema con un gruppo di psichiatri. «Il ricorso all'esorcista deve essere l'ultima cosa a cui pensare»,...

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, RWTH Aachen University (Institut für Anglistik), course: Proseminar Gothic Literature, language: English, abstract: This term paper deals with Jean-Jacques Rousseau's concept of the 'noble...

The restoration of the Meiji Imperial dynasty in 1868, after 250 years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, decisively opened Japan to the outside world and the monarchy embraced modernization, including the creation of a new Westernized army. However, this modernization process was resisted by the traditional...

The great powers of medieval Europe fought continuously in the Italian peninsula between the 12th and 14th centuries as they sought to expand their territory. Invading armies from Germany – the Holy Roman Empire – saw the creation of the defensive Lombard League of northern Italian city-states....