Maria Castro: 17 books

Exploring the key issues around anti-discriminatory practice for professionals working in mental health services, this book looks at ways to improve the health and social care of older people from minority and excluded communities. The chapters explore the issues involved in working with individuals...

Le témoignage inédit et très personnel d'une des sœurs de Fidel Castro, Juanita, une femme au destin exceptionnel qui s'est opposée au régime de son frère. Fruit de la collaboration avec la journalisteMaría Antonieta Collins, les mémoires de Juanita Castro étaient restésvolontairement...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy,...

NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. This month, we have original fiction from Adam-Troy Castro ("Pitcher Plant") and...

NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. This month, we have original fiction from Adam-Troy Castro ("Four Haunted Houses") and Maria...

Novela basada en la terrible y conmovedora historia de Esmeralda, quien se olvida de su dolor y del de su familia y arriesga su vida hasta dar con su secuestrador y hacer justicia. Ya en el campo de concentración ayuda a sobrevivir a los demás esclavos a las torturas, abusos, malos tratos y extrema...

This book gathers case studies presented at the International Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation in Science, Innovation and Society (RRI-SIS2017). It highlights European initiatives and projects in various domains and contexts, each of which explores how to create guidelines and good...

Memória e reconhecimento constituem, a meu ver, a matéria-prima de que é feita a ponte que, no projeto que dá origem a este livro, aproxima cinema e educação, universidade e escola, teoria e prática, pesquisadores/as e professores/as da educação básica. A maior parte dos dados e dos textos...

This book shows the results of my doctoral thesis in Social Sciences about the construction of Muslim identities in São Paulo, the state which receives more Muslim immigrants in Brazil. The issue of construction of identities of this religious minority was undertaken in relation to: a) the pressures...

Donald John Trump el primitivo, el bravucón, el visceral, el desconfiado, el inestable, el demagogo, el pesimista, el constructor de muros, el fenómeno que se trasciende así mismo. Su llegada a la presidencia de Estados Unidos marcó un viraje radical en la relación con México que ahora se vislumbra...

In May 1888 the Brazilian parliament passed, and Princess Isabel (acting for her father, Emperor Pedro II) signed, the lei aurea, or Golden Law, providing for the total abolition of slavery. Brazil thereby became the last “civilized nation” to part with slavery as a legal institution. The freeing...

The dramatic recent expansion in genomic information has motivated the development of new approaches to characterize gene expression and function. A critical issue for both basic and clinical endocrinologists is the physiological role of genes involved in regulating endocrine functions. Transgenic...

Las antiguas escrituras refieren hechos sobrenaturales que nos han maravillado generación tras generación. Entre estos sucesos se relata cómo descendieron a este mundo seres luminosos que establecieron comunicación con los humanos, a su vez facultados para absorber la sabiduría de aquellos personajes...

There is a growing demand for cocoa. However, cultivation is dependent on ageing trees with low yields and increasing vulnerability to disease. There is growing concern about the environmental impact of cultivation in areas soil health and biodiversity. There is therefore an urgent need to make cocoa...