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Despite It All, I Made It Through

Despite It All, I Made It Through, #1

by R. Marin ...

Series Book 1 - Despite It All, I Made It Through
At seventeen, Tommaso stands on a bridge, looking down at the railway tracks below.He chooses not to jump.That single decision becomes the turning point of his entire life.Born on the Italian Riviera, passed from abandonment to foster families and institutions, he grows up searching for the truth about where he comes from, and who he is.He keeps moving forward, even when everything pushes him to ... Read more

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At seventeen, Tommaso stands on a bridge, looking down at the railway tracks below.He chooses not to jump.That single decision becomes the turning point of his entire life.Born on the Italian Riviera, passed from abandonment to foster families and institutions, he grows up searching for the truth about where he comes from, and who he is.He keeps moving forward, even when everything pushes him to
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Despite It All, I Made It Through: Standing

Despite It All, I Made It Through, #2

by R. Marin ...

Series Book 2 - Despite It All, I Made It Through
"He said no to the bridge. He said yes to the train."After the bridge comes Paris.A small attic room. Nine square meters. No French. No friends. No plan.A brother who opens his door. A woman who teaches him both language and life. An elderly neighbor who whispers, "Keep going." A rescue dog who asks for nothing. Loves that lift him, shelter him, and sometimes break him.Tommaso is searching for his ... Read more

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"He said no to the bridge. He said yes to the train."After the bridge comes Paris.A small attic room. Nine square meters. No French. No friends. No plan.A brother who opens his door. A woman who teaches him both language and life. An elderly neighbor who whispers, "Keep going." A rescue dog who asks for nothing. Loves that lift him, shelter him, and sometimes break him.Tommaso is searching for his
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Despite It All, I Made It Through: Starting Over

Despite It All, I Made It Through, #3

by R. Marin ...

Series Book 3 - Despite It All, I Made It Through
A novel inspired by true events"A woman who loves him. Two children. A home. He didn't know why it wasn't enough."After Standing, there was a new story.A New Year's Eve party. Another love at first sight. Caroline. An apartment for two. Then a "yes" at the town hall, in the December rain.Gabriele. Then Arianna.A Vespa bought the way you buy a childhood dream. Nights alone in front of a screen, ... Read more

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A novel inspired by true events"A woman who loves him. Two children. A home. He didn't know why it wasn't enough."After Standing, there was a new story.A New Year's Eve party. Another love at first sight. Caroline. An apartment for two. Then a "yes" at the town hall, in the December rain.Gabriele. Then Arianna.A Vespa bought the way you buy a childhood dream. Nights alone in front of a screen,
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A Spark of Love

by R.Marin ...

A man travels on an InterCity train along the Ligurian coast. The landscape rushes past -- the sea, the tunnels, the light that always returns. On that train, he remembers. The loves, the sparks, the flames that didn't last. This is not a novel about love as we dream it, but about love as we live it: awkward, intense, sometimes painful, always sincere. A short, luminous book, independent from the ... Read more

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A man travels on an InterCity train along the Ligurian coast. The landscape rushes past -- the sea, the tunnels, the light that always returns. On that train, he remembers. The loves, the sparks, the flames that didn't last. This is not a novel about love as we dream it, but about love as we live it: awkward, intense, sometimes painful, always sincere. A short, luminous book, independent from the
... Read more
Alloys

American Sculpture and Architecture at Midcentury

by Marin R. Sullivan ...

A new look at the interrelationship of architecture and sculpture during one of the richest periods of American modern designAlloys looks at a unique period of synergy and exchange in the postwar United States, when sculpture profoundly shaped architecture, and vice versa. Leading architects such as Gordon Bunshaft and Eero Saarinen turned to sculptors including Harry Bertoia, Alexander Calder, ... Read more

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A new look at the interrelationship of architecture and sculpture during one of the richest periods of American modern designAlloys looks at a unique period of synergy and exchange in the postwar United States, when sculpture profoundly shaped architecture, and vice versa. Leading architects such as Gordon Bunshaft and Eero Saarinen turned to sculptors including Harry Bertoia, Alexander Calder,
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Modelling climate change impacts on agricultural systems

by Professor Claas Nendel, Dr Roland Baatz, Dr Sevim Seda Yamaç, Dr P. B. I. Akponikpe, Dr F. M. Akinseye, Dr M. Ly, Dr E. C. Timpong-Jones, Dr I. Hathie, Dr S. G. K. Adiku, Dr Michael Berg-Mohnicke0, Dr Gohar Ghazaryan1, Dr Sander Janssen2, Dr Pierre Martre3, Dr Cheryl Porter4, Dr Carlos D. Messina5, Dr Mark Cooper6, Dr Ian P. Holman7, Dr Paula A. Harrison8, Dr Jacques-Eric Bergez9, Dr Fulu Tao0, Dr Taru Palosuo1, Dr Reimund Paul Rötter2, Professor Davide Cammarano3, Dr Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Pullens4, Dr Ryan G. McGuire5, Dr Shannon M. McLaughlin6, Dr Tanisha L. Waring7, Dr Kayley D. Barnes8, Dr Sharon A. Huws9, Dr Julie Constantin0, Professor Nigel D. Scollan1, Dr Myriam Adam2, Dr Gatien Falconnier3, Dr David Berre4, Dr Katrien Descheemaeker5, Dr Juliette Lairez6, Dr Louise Leroux7, Dr Charlotte Weil8, Dr Justin A. Johnson9, Dr Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer0, Dr Philippe Debaeke1, Dr Ignacio Pérez Domínguez2, Dr Jordan Hristov3, Dr Christian Elleby4, Dr Thomas Fellmann5, Dr Andrea Toreti6, Dr Thomas Chatzopoulos7, Dr Ana Luisa Barbosa8, Dr Frank Dentener9, Dr Arnout van Soesbergen0, Dr Fiona Jones1, Dr Hélène Raynal2, Professor Mirek Trnka3, Dr Rudolf Brázdil4, Dr Lorenzo Brilli5, Dr Hannah C. von Czettritz und Neuhaus6, Dr Sergi Costafreda-Aumedes7, Dr Petr Dobrovolný8, Dr Petr Holub9, Dr Karel Klem0, Dr Matthias Kuhnert1, Dr Luisa Leolini2, Dr Sophie Plassin3, Dr Marco Moriondo4, Dr Nina Muntean5, Prof. Jørgen Eivind Olesen6, Dr Markéta Podbradská7, Dr Vera Potopová8, Dr Petr Štpánek9, Dr Otmar Urban0, Dr Peter Zander1, Professor Bruno Basso2, Dr Neville Millar3, Dr Magali Willaume4, Dr Lydia Price5, Professor Fábio R. Marin6, Dr Ivo Zution Gonçalves7, Dr Francisco J Meza8, Dr Néstor M. Riaño H.9, Dr Andrés J. Peña Q0, Dr Alexandre B. Heinneman1, Dr Nereu A. Streck2, Dr Alencar Jr Zanon3, Dr Murilo S. Vianna4, Dr Raphael Martin5, Dr Evandro H. F. Silva6, Dr Nilson A. Vieira Jr7, Dr Enli Wang8, Dr Edmar Teixeira9, Dr Bangyou Zheng0, Dr Neal Hughes1, Dr Karine Chenu2, Dr James Hunt3, Dr Afshin Ghahramani4, Dr Andries B. Potgieter5, Dr Junqi Zhu6, Dr Rogerio Cichota7, Dr Neil Huth8, Dr Soora Naresh Kumar9, Dr Bing Liu00, Dr Zi Ye01, Dr Yuan Cao02, Dr Bo Liu03, Professor Yan Zhu04, Dr Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei05, Dr Dilys MacCarthy06 ...

Climate change is a key threat to agriculture. Modelling is fundamental to assessing its potential impacts. This collection summarises the wealth of research on improving climate impact models and their use in assessing impacts on different regions.Modelling climate change impacts on agricultural systems reviews research on developing models in areas such as improving data flows, incorporating ... Read more

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Climate change is a key threat to agriculture. Modelling is fundamental to assessing its potential impacts. This collection summarises the wealth of research on improving climate impact models and their use in assessing impacts on different regions.Modelling climate change impacts on agricultural systems reviews research on developing models in areas such as improving data flows, incorporating
... Read more
White Washing American Education

The New Culture Wars in Ethnic Studies [2 volumes]

Edited by Denise M. Sandoval, Anthony J. Ratcliff, Tracy Lachica Buenavista, James R. Marín ...

Recent attacks on Ethnic Studies, revisionist actions in curriculum content, and anti-immigrant policies are creating a new culture war in America. This important work lays out the current debates—both in K–12 and higher education—to uncover the dangers and to offer solutions.In 2010, HB 2281—a law that bans ethnic studies in Arizona—was passed; in the same year, Texas whitewashed curriculum and ... Read more

$121.99 USD

Recent attacks on Ethnic Studies, revisionist actions in curriculum content, and anti-immigrant policies are creating a new culture war in America. This important work lays out the current debates—both in K–12 and higher education—to uncover the dangers and to offer solutions.In 2010, HB 2281—a law that bans ethnic studies in Arizona—was passed; in the same year, Texas whitewashed curriculum and
... Read more
The Skylarks

by Fran M. R. Marín ...

‘The Skylarks’ transports us to a little hamlet hidden away in the mountainous region of the south of Granada, Spain: such a small town that no one ever bothered naming it and was simply known as La Villa. It’s the start of the 1970s and the locals are doing all they can to combat the mass exodus of the rural areas.Far from the harsh reality of the adults, three boys; Ricardo, Edmundo and Fernando ... Read more

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‘The Skylarks’ transports us to a little hamlet hidden away in the mountainous region of the south of Granada, Spain: such a small town that no one ever bothered naming it and was simply known as La Villa. It’s the start of the 1970s and the locals are doing all they can to combat the mass exodus of the rural areas.Far from the harsh reality of the adults, three boys; Ricardo, Edmundo and Fernando
... Read more
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1

Cultivation techniques, quality and sustainability

by Andrew W. Wood, David V. Calcino, Danielle M. Skocaj, Alan P. Hurney, Peter G. Allsopp, Paul White, Dr Richard Johnson, Prof. Gaspar Korndörfer, Dr Jean-Louis Chopart, M. T. Sall, Dr Louis Jean Claude Autrey, B. Ahondokpe, G. Walter, Dr Jehangir H. Bhadha, Dr R. G. V. Bramley, Dr T. A. Jensen, A. J. Webster, A. J. Robson, Dr Rianto van Antwerpen, Philipus Daniel Riekert van Heerden, Peter Tweddle, Salem Saumtally, Ronald Ng Cheong, Vivian Rivière, Dr Hardev S. Sandhu, Dr Charley Richard, Daniel S. P. Nassif, Leandro G. Costa, Kassio Carvalho, Pedro R. Pereira, Asha Dookun-Saumtally, Dr Kathy Hurly, Richard Nicholson, Carolyn Baker, Michelle Binedell, Vaughan Koopman, Graeme Leslie, Geoff Maher, Scott Pryor, Dr Francis X. Johnson, Manoel Regis Lima Verde Leal, Dr Abraham Singels, Anne Nyambane, Dr Biksham Gujja, U. S. Natarajan, Prof. Norman Uphoff, Prof. Bernard L. Schroeder, Professor Fábio R. Marin, Dr Murilo S. Vianna ...

Series Book 37 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Provides a comprehensive review of best practice in sugarcane cultivation across the value chain from planting through to post-harvest operationsAssesses alternative uses of sugarcane for bioenergy and other applicationsAssesses the environmental impact of sugarcane cultivation ... Read more

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Provides a comprehensive review of best practice in sugarcane cultivation across the value chain from planting through to post-harvest operationsAssesses alternative uses of sugarcane for bioenergy and other applicationsAssesses the environmental impact of sugarcane cultivation
... Read more