Urbano: 31 books

È un mattino di pioggia gelida, che cade di traverso e taglia la faccia, quello in cui Fortuna torna a casa. Sono passati dieci anni dall’ultima volta, ma Roccachiara è rimasto uguale a un tempo: un paesino abbarbicato alle montagne e a precipizio su un lago, le cui acque sembrano inghiottire...

In un luogo fatto di polvere, dove ogni cosa ha un soprannome, dove il quartiere in cui sono nati e cresciuti è chiamato «la Fortezza», Beatrice e Alfredo sono per tutti «i gemelli». I due però non hanno in comune il sangue, ma qualcosa di più profondo. A legarli è un'amicizia ruvida come...

The challenges that women face as political candidates can be compounded by race. In the case of Latinas, stereotypes as well as national media coverage and labeling of “Latino” issues potentially creates an electoral burden for Latina candidates at the local, state, and national level. The intersection...

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, syndromes, etc. of mental retardation. This thematic volume, "Health Issues in Down Syndrome," will cover health issues for individuals across the...

Troubleshooting Xcode is a handbook for software developers of all levels creating applications for iOS and OS X using both Objective-C and Swift. If you’ve struggled in the past to make Xcode work as expected, to solve problems that defy logic, and to understand Xcode’s misleading or...

This delightful, funny story is written from the point of view of pigs!Pigs are the only intelligent life form on a planet called Terra Porkorum, and they are very happy living on Terra Porkorum.In fact, they are so happy, they don’t realize that they are running out of food.Fortunately, they have...

The grassland savannas of Africa where wild animals roam is the setting for this thoroughly delightful children’s story.Jerome, the Short-Necked Giraffe is the main character, but whoever heard of a short-necked giraffe?What’s more important to a giraffe than to have a beautiful long neck, which...

I wanted to write and speak with the voice of a child, dream like a child dreams, and fantasize like only a child can.----I wanted to search the world over and look for differences in the childrens stories. ----I wanted transient time and spaces and to traverse a world that only children understand.----I...

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, syndromes, etc. of mental retardation. Contributors come from wide-ranging perspectives, including genetics, psychology, education, and other health and...

Basándose en los archivos personales inéditos de José Mario Armero, Alfonso Pinilla desentraña la desconocida intrahistoria de las negociaciones para la legalización del PCE entre Santiago Carrillo y Adolfo Suárez. Desde los primeros contactos, discretos y secretos, antes de la muerte de Franco,...

- Administrar los contenidos gestionados por el servidor Web, los accesos realizados y el rendimiento según especificaciones de diseño normativa de la organización y legislación vigente. - Instalar, configurar y administrar el servidor de aplicaciones en el sistema informático como proveedor...

The Number Jungle is a delightful story for young readers that takes place in a jungle full of numbers.Enter this very noisy jungle, where numbers play together, learn games, and at times, even argue with each other,But there’s a sad number in the group. The saddest of all is the number 0, who is...

La figura paterna sta attraversando un'epoca di cambiamenti e mutazioni: il suo archetipo, rimasto ancorato per secoli in un ruolo codificato, ha oggi la possibilità di recuperare la fluidità necessaria per riconnettersi al mondo della vita. In questo libro alcuni dei più grandi psicologi italiani,...

Il trattato di pace del 1947 aveva previsto la rinuncia dell’Italia alle proprie colonie, che già durante la guerra erano passate sotto l’amministrazione militare britannica. Londra, che mirava a imporre la propria influenza sull’ex impero italiano, in Somalia aveva incoraggiato la nascita...