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1) James Bond
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The mere hint recently that British actor Idris Elba might take up the mantle of James Bond in future instalments of the film franchise was a major international news story – a testament to the enduring interest and appeal of Bond, a figure who has become a true global icon.
Fan Phenomena: James Bond explores the devoted fanbase that has helped make Bond what he is, offering a serious but wholly accessible take on the many different ways that...
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DIÁLOGOS EDUCACIONAIS: Gestão, Avaliação, Evasão e Currículo é um trabalho coletivo pensado, discutido e executado em um contexto de distanciamento social devido à pandemia que ceifou centenas de milhares de vidas em 2020. No entanto, muitos problemas da Educação não se devem as restrições causadas pelo vírus. Eles já existiam! O cenário atual evidentemente agravou e desnudou aspectos pouco perceptíveis ou até então abertamente...
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We have calculated on this - perhaps it would be better to say: We have assumed, without sufficient calculation - that by direct orders of the proletarian state we can communally regulate state production and the state distribution of products in a small peasant country.
Tiu ĉi broŝuro prezentas diversajn analizojn de kelkaj okazintaj aŭ aktualaj provoj prepari tiun transiron - kun parte malsamaj konkludoj.
Tiuj demandoj nun plej aktualas...
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Highlighting the ways that digital media can be used in interdisciplinary curriculum, Images and Identity brings together ideas from art and citizenship teachers in the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Portugal and the United Kingdom on producing online curriculum materials. This book offers a practical strategy for ways these different, but related, subjects can be taught. The first part of the book explores issues of art and citizenship...
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“Dancing Bahia” is an edited collection that draws together the work of leading scholars, artists and dance activists from Brazil, Canada and the United States to examine the particular ways in which dance has responded to sociopolitical notions of race and community, resisting stereotypes, and redefining African Diaspora and Afro-Brazilian traditions.
Using the Brazilian city of Salvador da Bahia as its focal point, this volume brings to the...
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This anthology is dedicated to all the care experienced individuals we have lost. A number of the contributing authors have lost loved ones during the publication process. In the UK, people who spent time as children in the care system are 70% more likely to die prematurely than those who did not (Townsend 2020). This has to stop.
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Una de las principales tendencias contemporáneas en el manejo del territorio, sobre todo en la región latinoamericana, se ve expresada en la dedicación de grandes áreas a un solo cultivo, así lo expresa el escritor y político cubano José Martí, para quien la dependencia de un pueblo a un solo producto acarrea consecuencias negativas que se ven reflejadas en las condiciones sociales y en su medio físico natural. En el marco de explotación...
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Who are we? What is it about our species that sets us apart from every other living creature, past and present, on this planet?
These are perennially compelling questions about human evolution and development that continue to cudgel the best brains on earth. Know-It-All Anthropology seeks to understand the roots of our common humanity, the diversity of cultures and world-views, and the organization of social relations and practices.
If you only...
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Media in Europe Today provides a comprehensive overview of European media in its current state of transformation. Through a focus on specific European media sectors, it assesses the impact of new technologies across industries and addresses a wide range of practices, strategies, and challenges facing European media today. The Euromedia Research Group has more than twenty years of experience in the observation of trends affecting media today, and this...
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La Academia Ecuatoriana de la lengua y el Grupo América presentan algunas reflexiones con ocasión del bicentenario de la batalla del Pichincha, como una contribución a la celebración de ese magno suceso.
Este libro recoge artículos tanto de miembros de la Academia como del Grupo América que han querido contribuir con sus investigaciones y reflexiones a la comprensión cabal del significado, consecuencias y lecciones de ese hecho histórico.
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Since the 1970s, Aboriginal people have been more likely to live in Canadian cities than on reserves or in rural areas. Aboriginal rural-to-urban migration and the development of urban Aboriginal communities represent one of the most significant shifts in the histories and cultures of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The essays in Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities: Transformations and Continuities are from contributors directly engaged in urban Aboriginal...
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This book addresses the epistemological, ethical and methodological challenges faced by African scholars in their research practices. The epistemological domain addresses three interrelated topics: how African university students' ethnocentric choice of research topics hampers the production of knowledge; researchers' adaptation of their research methods to improve validity; and the challenge of knowledge production on community museums plagued by...
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Pensar el Perú es una tarea compleja. Una obligación que debería ser corriente para nuestras autoridades y que, de la misma manera, debería hacer parte del ejercicio cotidiano de nuestra ciudadanía. Este libro pretende proveer al lector con herramientas para emprender esta tarea desde una aproximación intencionalmente amplia, incluyente y respetuosa de la humanidad de todos y todas. Así, ofrece una variedad de perspectivas sobre nuestro complejo...
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This collection takes its inspiration from Paul Goodman's “Growing Up Absurd”, a landmark critique of American culture at the end of the 1950s. Goodman called for a revival of social investment in urban planning, public welfare, workplace democracy, free speech, racial harmony, sexual freedom, popular culture, and education to produce a society that could inspire young people, and an adult society worth joining. In postmodernity, Goodman's enlightenment-era...
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The traditional radio medium has seen significant changes in recent years as part of the current global shift toward multimedia content, with both digital and FM making significant use of new technologies, including mobile communications and the Internet. This book focuses on the important role these new technologies play-and will play as radio continues to evolve. This series of essays by top academics in the field examines new options for radio...
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Teoria da conspiração, também chamada de "teoria conspiratória" ou "conspiracionismo", é uma hipótese explicativa ou especulativa que sugere que há duas ou mais pessoas ou até mesmo uma organização que têm "tramado" para causar ou acobertar, por meio de planejamento secreto e de ação deliberada, uma situação ou evento tipicamente considerado ilegal ou prejudicial.
Todo mundo gosta de uma teoria da conspiração. Elas dão a sensação...
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Despite economic growth, decreasing fertility rates, and rising education levels, women in Asia are on average 70% less likely than men to be in the labor force, with the country-to-country percentage varying anywhere from 3% to 80%. Results of a new simulation model suggest that closing the gender gap could generate a 30% increase in the per capita income of a hypothetical average Asian economy in one generation. This report discusses the reasons...
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Competencias del directivo de instituciones de educación superior es producto del proyecto de investigación titulado "Análisis al directivo universitario en Colombia: estudio desde la perspectiva del comportamiento organizacional y la gestión del conocimiento" con código de proyecto 8126, desarrollado en el Grupo de Investigación Humanismo y Gestión de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Administración de la Universidad del Valle. Esta investigación...
20) Palmares
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O Quilombo dos Palmares foi um quilombo da era colonial brasileira, localizado no estado de Alagoas. Este foi o mais emblemático dos quilombos: resistiu por mais de um século, e sua história transformou-se em um moderno símbolo da resistência à escravidão.
Os historiadores apontam que o primeiro registro existente sobre o quilombo remonta ao ano de 1597, mas existem teorias que afirmam que pode ter surgido antes dessa data. Palmares foi crescendo...
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