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La ciencia es tan generosa que permite ser desarrollada desde diferentes perspectivas y, por ende, ofrece inagotables aplicaciones, desde las especializadas hasta las cotidianas.
Por ello, y pensando en la ciencia como un prisma de múltiples caras, este libro se ideó como un espectro de temas de derecho, internacionalización, estrategias educativas, historia, medio ambiente, nutrición, aplicaciones de química, de matemáticas, de física y de...
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"From Balfour to Oslo: A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict" provides a comprehensive and balanced analysis of one of the most prolonged and complex conflicts in modern history. This meticulously researched book delves into the intricate web of historical events, political ideologies, and religious sentiments that have shaped the Arab-Israeli conflict from its roots to its contemporary state.The book commences by setting the stage with an exploration...
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The Yoga Manifesto answers two questions: Why Yoga? Why now?
It summarizes the very long and remarkable history of Yoga from its Indian origins to its global present, its entanglement with money, where it fits in the constellation of religions, its dialectic with science, its place in today's society, and the bright future of Yoga.
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NILS UK Law Review is one of the first student-led national law journals aimed at every level of legal study and practice in the UK. NILS UK Law Review was founded in furtherance of a primary aim of NILS International: to contribute to legal education internationally. NILS International is the world's fastest-growing law students' association, with over 5,000 members in 26 countries across 6 continents. This issue contains the following articles:-...
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The objective of this e-book is to ensure that CISA candidate get adequate knowledge of logical access controls and its applicability in practical scenario. Question Answer and Explanation (QAE) on logical access controls are designed in accordance with CISA exam pattern. This small e-book will help CISA candidate to attempt questions on concept of logical access controls more confidently and correctly.Approximately 5 to 10 questions appears in CISA...
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Pour Schopenhauer, le vrai bonheur ne pouvait venir que de soi, pas de l'opinion des autres.
Une idée encore très appropriée à notre époque, tournée vers les apparences et la quête de la célébrité. Dans cet essai, tiré de ses Aphorismes sur la sagesse dans la vie, le philosophe nous parle de vanité, d'orgueil et de gloire.
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"Nature's Wonders: Animals' Mass Migrations" is a mesmerizing exploration into the incredible journeys undertaken by various species across our planet. From the vast plains of Africa to the icy Arctic tundras, this book delves deep into the reasons, routes, and remarkable feats of endurance displayed by animals during their annual treks.The book takes readers on a journey alongside some of the most awe-inspiring creatures. Witness the thunderous spectacle...
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"Piercing the Corporate Veil: A Comprehensive Guide for Attorneys" delves into the legal doctrine that allows litigants to hold shareholders personally liable for the actions of a corporation. Recognized as a fundamental tenet in corporate law, this principle ensures the proper balance between protecting individual shareholders from personal liability and preventing the misuse of the corporate structure for fraudulent purposes. The essay provides...
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The objective of this e-book is to ensure that CISA candidate get adequate knowledge of risk assessment concepts, tools and techniques in an audit context. Question Answer and Explanation (QAE) on risk assessment concepts are designed in accordance with CISA exam pattern. This small e-book will help CISA candidate to attempt questions on concept of risk assessment more confidently and correctly (you can expect atleast 10 to 15 questions on this concept...
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El nivel evolutivo de la humanidad, exceptuando su desarrollo tecnológico y los hechos puntuales de la extraordinaria creatividad humana, podríamos calificarlo como primitivo.
Las relaciones humanas no han mejorado mucho en miles de años; siguen predominando la violencia para resolver conflictos, la explotación del ser humano, la mentira, el egoísmo, la competición, etc. Las religiones nos hacen temer a Dios, los sistemas de salud se enfocan...
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The Universe we live in is finite, and not only is it expanding, but its rate of expansion is increasing! As at now the edge of the Universe is at more than 13.7 billion light years away! Almost 14 billion years have passed since the creation of this Universe, and man is not aware of what he is nor where he goes!!! The Universe now surpasses 81 billion light years... And the greatest scientist of the 20th century said it was not possible to exceed...
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Legal Issues is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research on all legal issues affecting society, including: law and genetics/biosciences; law and justice; law and philosophy; law and medicine; law and business; and law and equality.IN THIS ISSUE:What makes abortion morally impermissible? A Dworkinian perspective on abortion rights and the intrinsic value of lifeNeeva DesaiThe Issue of Mens Rea in the Crime of Genocide and Why It Needs...
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Der Autor, erfolgreicher Architekt in Frankfurt am Main, kauft ein leer stehendes jahrhundertealtes Haus in einem Bergdorf in Ligurien und berichtet über seine aufregenden Erlebnisse mit Mario, seinem Bauunternehmer, und seinen geschickten Handwerkern, den oft skurilen italienischen Nachbarn und seinen Streitereien mit ihnen, von den Dorffesten, den deutschen Nachbarn und den Ereignissen in dem kleinen Ort hoch über dem Mittelmeer. Er berichtet...
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Quel est le rle, dans la Cité, des chercheurs, des intellectuels, des professeurs, des universitaires en général? Qui sont-ils et que font-ils exactement? Quel a été leur parcours intellectuel? La collection « Profession » répond à ces questions. Marcel Fournier est professeur titulaire au Département de sociologie de l'Université de Montréal. Spécialiste de l'histoire de la sociologie, il est l'auteur des biographies de Marcel Mauss...
15) My First Plato
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The series "Meetings with the philosophers" is proposed to present to the lay public the life, thought and the works of the greatest philosophers of all time. The themes are faced with a simple, but rigourous language, basically adapted to anyone. The objective is to provide the reade with the essential cognitive tools to understand the basic features of the works of the author considered as well as the thoughts produces on the authors that they followed...
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The Devil Prefers Mozart is the first comprehensive collection of Anthony Burgess's writings about music. In this extensive compilation of essays and reviews, he covers a vast range of musical topics, from the hurdy-gurdy to Beatlemania and the Sex Pistols, with Burgess's love of English music represented by writings on Elgar, Holst, and Delius. There are essays on Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz and Wagner and other great composers from Monteverdi...
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Legal Issues Journal (LIJ) publishes original research on all legal matters affecting justice, equality and other pressing issues for societies. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary work at the intersection of law and other disciplines, such as genetics, biosciences, philosophy, linguistics, neuroscience, medicine, and business. The Journal publishes original papers, case comments, short reports, debates and book reviews. The Journal also provides...
18) Sentences
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Thoughts and aphorisms on art and style, taste, self-knowledge, psychology, religion, happiness, self-interest, pride, self-reliance, vices and virtues, politics, thinking and genius, illusion, and the purpose of life and death. Influenced by thinkers such as Pascal and Nietzsche, this collection of brief maxims and longer paragraphs argues for energy and order, imagination and tradition, and self-reliance within strong institutions, and attacks the...
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Stefan Kisielewski (1911-1991) the dissident Polish writer and composer in his own words - but translated so that English readers can discover for themselves Kisiel's insightful, witty and provocative opinions on Debussy, jazz, Moniuszko, 'musical Marxism' and much else including his own music of course.
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How to Write the Best Essay of Your Life is based on a simple idea: your best essay means not only the highest grade, but also the easiest, least stressful writing process possible. You can have it all: the best results with less stress and less time.How? By putting an emphasis on thought over style. With this guide for university and college students, you'll learn how to beat procrastination and craft a thorough and engaging paper in as little time...
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