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En el mundo de lo social, es imprescindible la creación de nuevos proyectos, enfocados a mejorar el bienestar y la calidad de vida de las personas.Ante la actual crisis económica que estamos atravesando, donde, se hace latente una de sus consecuencias más claras y devastadoras, como es la falta o ausencia de empleo, nace, a modo de ejemplo, esta presentación de proyectos, con el objetivo de inspirar y animar a los profesionales de lo social a...
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Essential essays volume 81
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"Her Own Thinker: Canadian Women Writers as Essayists explores the thinking, ideas, and insights that Canadian women fiction writers have chosen to express in essay form rather than in fiction form. It looks at this substantial body of writing with a primary focus on collections of essays, and on those published since the 1960s. In all, it considers over 40 collections, offering an overview and appreciation of this generally overlooked work and its...
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After the events of the 2020 presidential election, a Cuban teacher in Miami identifies signs of the type of society he left behind. Concerned about the conversion of the United States into a totalitarian country, he begins sending email alerts to known people. The mails have become analyses of the evolving situation and a chronicle of the occupation of each field by the radical left. Education becomes indoctrination, news becomes harmful propaganda,...
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A collection of the year's top food writing, selected by guest editor Sohla El-Waylly and series editor Silvia Killingsworth.
Culinary creator, writer and community advocate, Sohla El-Waylly selects the best twenty articles published in 2021 that celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of our country.
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Personal essays from diverse voices about their relationships to the fibre arts. Sometimes, the reliability of a knit stitch, the steady rocking of a quilting needle, the solid structure of a loom, is all you have. During the pandemic, fibre arts newbies discovered and lapsed crafters rediscovered that picking up some sticks and string or a needle and thread was the perfect way to reduce stress, quell anxiety, and foster creativity, an antidote to...
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À l'heure des fake news et de la quantité grandissante d'informations mises à notre disposition, la nécessité de faire preuve d'esprit critique n'a jamais été aussi grande. Mais qu'est-ce que cela signifie, faire preuve d'esprit critique ? Peut-on développer cette faculté et si oui, comment ? Cet ouvrage a pour objectif de proposer une réflexion sur l'esprit critique, ainsi que sa pratique au niveau individuel et sociétal. Un dialogue y...
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La question se pose. Est-ce que l'homme a réellement besoin d'adhérer à une quelconque religion pour se réaliser pleinement et vivre heureux?
L'homme ne naît pas pécheur, c'est la religion qui a décrété ce fait et qui a fait germer, en lui, un vif sentiment de culpabilité, la crainte de l'enfer et la peur de l'après-vie. Il ne naît pas religieux non plus; il ne le devient que par endoctrinement, lequel est l'œuvre des sectes religieuses...
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Este es un libro apasionante y retador que recoge los hechos más importantes de la historia de Colombia para entender con perspectiva los grandes dilemas de nuestro presente: ¿Cuáles son las fortalezas y las debilidades de Colombia? ¿En qué somos distintos de los países vecinos? ¿Quiénes son los culpables de la violencia? ¿Qué tan débil es de veras el Estado colombiano? ¿Cómo se han hecho las grandes fortunas? ¿para dónde va Colombia...
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The Wisdom of John Muir marries the best aspects of a Muir anthology with the best aspects of a Muir biography. The fact that it is neither, and yet it is both, distinguishes this book from the many extant books on John Muir. Building on her lifelong passion for the work and philosophy of John Muir, author Anne Rowthorn has created this entirely new treatment for showcasing the great naturalist's philosophy and writings. By pairing carefully selected...
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Mircea Pitici holds a PhD mathematics education from Cornell University, where he teaches math and writing. He has edited The Best Writing on Mathematics since 2010.
The year's finest writing on mathematics from around the world
This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2012 makes...
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A Black Forest Walden is a work of philosophical reflection, nature description, and sly humor. In brief chapters, or aphorisms, the American philosopher David Farrell Krell recounts his experiences in a cabin located in the mountains of southern Germany's Black Forest, where he has lived for several decades. Insofar as Krell compares his experiences with those of Henry David Thoreau, who serves as both inspiration and irritation, the book could be...
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"One of Flavorwire's 10 Best Books by Academic Publishers in 2014" Bernard Williams held Chairs of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge, Berkeley, and Oxford. He died in 2003.
The first collection of popular reviews and essays from distinguished philosopher Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was one of the most important philosophers of the past fifty years, but he was also a distinguished critic and essayist with an elegant style and a rare ability to...
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The secret life of woods and fields is brought together in The Naturalist's Bedside Book, that delightful collection of BB essays on the seasons of the British countryside.
This book was first published in 1980 and is now redesigned and back in print for a new generation to dip into. As he moves from winter through to spring, summer and autumn, BB covers such topics as:
* fighting starlings and where to site tit boxes
* how to identify old nests in...
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The United States' vast agricultural landscape is not just a source of food, but also an integral part of its economy, social fabric, and national security. "Securing America's Harvest" delves deep into the emerging threat of agro-terrorism and the pivotal role of law enforcement in countering such perils to ensure the safety and sustainability of American agriculture.Key aspects covered in this insightful tome include:The Concept of Agro-Terrorism:...
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I seek to demonstrate that in the evolution and growth of science, the 'underdetermination thesis' of some prominent philosophers and scientists (like Quine, Kuhn, or Feyerabend), that there are always a large number or possibly an infinite number of theories to fit the data or explain empirical patterns, is false. The 'underdetermination thesis' has been debated by physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers for several centuries, and I seek to...
16) El lobo racional
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El filósofo inglés Thomas Hobbes (autor de El Leviatán 1651) probablemente se equivocaba cuando escribió la famosa frase «El hombre es un lobo para el hombre» refiriéndose a que el estado natural del hombre lo lleva a una lucha continua contra su prójimo.
Sin duda, era un gran conocedor del hombre, pero no del lobo; en aquella época no existía la rama científica de la etología que estudia el comportamiento de los animales en su medio...
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Cet ouvrage s'intéresse à l'historique de l'autoréglementation des médias et aux circonstances qui ont favorisé la naissance d'un conseil de presse au Québec. Il jette un regard sur les principaux responsables du champ médiatique et propose une lecture attentive et chronologique des événements ponctuant l'histoire du Conseil de presse du Québec, un organisme, autrefois dynamique et collaboratif, devenu captif des entreprises de presse.
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Sommes-nous au seuil d'une éclipse de l'humanisme ? Le choc des civilisations, la mondialisation anarchique, le capitalisme débridé, le fondamentalisme religieux, le dérèglement climatique et la perte de confiance en soi vont-ils faire reculer la civilisation de plusieurs siècles ? Un peu à l'instar de l'Occident au tournant des Ve et VIe siècles après que de vastes mouvements de populations eurent raison de l'empire romain ? Ou encore, à...
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La Gran Política de Nietzsche busca reponer en su lugar a un autor capital del pensamiento contemporáneo y someter a crítica gran parte de las lecturas actuales que se hacen del mismo. Así como en la Segunda Guerra Mundial se buscó falsear a Friedrich Nietzsche para acercarlo al régimen nazi, en la posguerra se intentó rescatarlo en forma a-política como un supuesto autor humanista (Walter Kaufmann, Bernard Williams, Alexander Nehamas) y desde...
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Après 40 ans d'alarmes scientifiques, l'urgence écologique et climatique n'est plus mise en doute. Elle a été défendue haut et fort par de nombreux acteurs, mais aussi par les foules qui ont marché dans les rues de Bruxelles. Tandis que l'extrême droite et l'extrême gauche se renforcent, de nombreux citoyens s'inquiètent de leurs conditions d'existence, des inégalités croissantes et des migrations. Fin du mois et fin du monde étant intimement...
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