Roberta: 744 books

The Politics of Verdi's Cantica treats a singular case study of the use of music to resist oppression, combat evil, and fight injustice. Cantica, better known as Inno delle nazioni / Hymn of the Nations, commissioned from Italy's foremost composer to represent the newly independent nation at the 1862...

We are robbing young children of play time at home and school in an effort to give them a head start on academic skills like reading and mathematics. Yet the scientific evidence suggests that eliminating play from the lives of children is taking preschool education in the wrong direction. This brief...

Un negozio di scarpe in cui scorrono sogni proibiti e aspirazioni segrete. Una festa esclusiva e due sorellastre crudeli. Un fratello combinaguai e una portinaia adorabile come fata madrina. Se Cenerentola vivesse ai giorni nostri, probabilmente dovrebbe scegliere fra il principe dei suoi sogni conosciuto...

Questa volta il sostituto procuratore Alvise Guarnieri e il suo team di investigatori affrontano il mistero di un delitto consumato nell’alta società della piccola provincia di Ardese: la vittima è un noto farmacista, trovato morto nella sua villa. Apparentemente il crimine sembra di facile interpretazione:...

Spiritual Rhythms is a collection of inspirational, enlightening, and positive poetry. Very fitting for the trials and tribulations were faced with in todays society. They are genuine and rejuvenating for your mind, body, and soul. They are sure to captivate the hearts of any and everyone with a love...

  This collection consists of essays written by prominent African American literature, jazz, and Albert Murray scholars, reminiscences from Murray protégés and associates, and interviews with Murray himself. It illustrates Murray’s place as a central figure in African American arts and...

Do you need some good laughs?Want to impress your family, friends or colleagues with new and different jokes.If so - Volume 1 and Volume 2 are for you. They are full of jokes you can laugh at when life gets you down.Volume 2 covers: animal, food, religious, at work, genie, Is that right? miscellaneous, history, letters, bar, high technology, rules for living, and on the serious side.

This book studies a crucial phase in the history of Roman slavery, beginning with the transition to chattel slavery in the third century bce and ending with antiquity’s first large-scale slave rebellion in the 130s bce. Slavery is a relationship of power, and to study slavery – and not simply...

Modern Folsom really began in the 1960s. Folsom was a planned town from the beginning in 1856 and initially had housing and businesses for workers at the Sacramento Valley Railroad depot, turntable, and maintenance shops. During the remaining decades of the 19th century to the mid-20th century, Folsom's...

The Dawn Of A New Day is a collection of poems that bring insight and awareness to everyday living. These poems are shared experiences of how the world looks through the eyes of someone who got a second chance in life. I share my rebirth to a new day and all the wonders that came with it. The...

This volume brings together cutting-edge research on modern Spanish women as writers, activists, and embodiments of cultural change, and simultaneously honors Maryellen Bieder’s invaluable scholarly contribution to the field. The essays are innovative in their consideration of lesser-known women...

This book is an expose about judicial system that shows there is insufficient protection against Domestic Violence and Child Abuse. If you're in an abusive relationship or are an observer of one, this book is for you! Chapters in the book include: What is bullying? Health disorders associated with...

During the English Restoration, London unlicensed health carers printed handbills as the easiest way to advertise their medical practices. In order to increase our awareness of irregular medical practitioners as a cultural phenomenon and examine their language, two collections of handbills have been...

According to the World Health Organization ”counselling is a process that, through dialogue and interaction, helps people to solve their problems and make decisions. According to the World Health Organization, ”counselling is a process that, through dialogue and interaction, helps people to solve their problems and make decisions. PUBLISHER: TEKTIME