Michael Jacobs: 30 books

¿Cómo ve la España real un inglés excéntrico que decide mudarse a un pequeño pueblo jienense? En 1999, el escritor Michael Jacobs descubrió Frailes, en la Sierra Sur de Jaén, y decidió convertirlo en su lugar de residencia durante la mayor parte del año. Este libro, que derrocha...

`The importance of Michael Jacobs' book lies in his attempt to convey... Winnicott's profound influence.... Jacobs rightly delights in the creativity and imagination of his subject and illustrates these with numerous quotations and descriptions from Winnicott's writings.... What is conveyed throughout...

Michael Jacobs was haunted by Vel�zquez's enigmatic masterpiece Las Meninas from first encountering it in the Prado as a teenager. In Everything is Happening Jacobs searches for the ultimate significance of the painting by following the trails of associations from each individual character in the...

“An adventure story and a travel narrative, but also an excursion into memory itself.” —Booklist   When travel writer Michael Jacobs began traversing the Magdalena, a river that courses through the heart of Colombia, he was determined to leave modern conveniences aside—with the exception...

A “captivating” journey through the landscape, history, and diverse cultures of one of the world’s most majestic mountain ranges: “A modern travel classic” (Jon Lee Anderson). For centuries, the Andes of South America have caught the imagination of travelers, inspiring fear and wonder....

Un encuentro fortuito con Gabriel García Márquez cuando el escritor ya andaba perdido en las regiones oscuras de su memoria, aviva el deseo de atravesar Colombia navegando el río Magdalena, desde su desembocadura en Barranquilla a su nacimiento en los Andes. El río de la vida lo llamó Gabo, una...

Knowledge is never static. It is always open to revolutionary thinking or to evolving development. Similarly an individual’s knowledge is always moving, and indeed if the ability to think about ideas is lost, an important part of the individual is also lost. In this book, a collection of some of...

Drawing upon a vast literature in psychoanalytic journals and either upon Shakespeare's characters themselves or alluding to those characters in the course of other topics, this book discusses eight of Shakespeare's plays and the relationships between the main characters in them. Psychoanalytic and...

Dynamic new ideas for your handmade cards Dazzle your friends and loved ones with the one-of-a-kind projects in Cards that Pop Up, Flip & Slide. A few simple cuts and folds are all it takes to create over twenty cards and envelopes with moveable parts. From pop-up trees to flipping leaves...

Un sistema economico più innovativo, sostenibile e inclusivo è possibile. Ma richiede cambiamenti radicali della nostra maniera di interpretare e capire il capitalismo e di concepire le politiche pubbliche. Le economie dei paesi sviluppati devono affrontare problemi profondi e interconnessi:...

This substantially revised fifth edition of a classic text includes an updated preface, new content on the therapeutic relationship, substantially revised chapters on the middle phase of counselling and reflections on the influence of other modalities and shared aspects of practice across approaches....

Una colección de reportajes periodísticos sobre la muerte en Bolivia Raúl Mercado murió el mismo día en que decidió estrenar la camisa que reservaba para su funeral. No fue el único detalle que parecía planeado. Sesenta años antes, en una parcela familiar próxima a Suri, plantó un...

Dr. Michael P. Jacobs had an encounter with angels in 1983 that marked his life forever. This encounter led him to search the scriptures to answer the questions and misconceptions the body of Christ had about angels. In this book you will find answers to the following questions and more. What are angels...

Today, over 3,000 protected areas around the world contribute to the protection of biodiversity, peaceful relations between neighbouring countries, and the well-being of people living in and around the protected environs. Historical and geo-political constraints are disappearing in a new spirit of...