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Cristina di Savoia is the life story of a Royal French princess, daughter of a famous Italian Queen, Maria de Medici, and brought up at the Paris Court of Louis XIIIth. When she was married at the early age of 13, to an older Italian Prince of the Savoia dynasty, to become the Duchess of Savoy, she found herself the center of embattled cultural controversies that made her the focus of the Torino court's interests. To story possesses all the ingredients for captivating its readers, as it deals with a young, strong, and fascinating heroine, living in a political 17th Century courtly environment, that breeds intrigue, love, adventure, and war.Her refined artistic taste makes of her the inspirational source of 17th Century Piedmontese cultural revival.
Assessing the vulnerability of human populations to global environmental change, particularly climate change, is now the main imperative of research and international action. However, much of the research into vulnerability is not designed to feed directly into decision making and policy, creating a gap between the knowledge created by researchers and what is required by decision makers. This book seeks to rectify this problem and bridge the gap. It discusses vulnerability as the central theme and brings together many different applications from disaster studies, climate change impact studies and several other fields and provides the most comprehensive synthesis of definitions, theories, for...
This collection of accounts by non-native speaker English teachers presents localized perspectives on the history & curricula of English language teaching and personal narratives of authors from around the world.
The book is made up of a unique collection of contributions of leading scholars from different research areas to provide a systematic overview of the research on crowdsourcing, based on a clear definition of the concept, its difference for innovation, and its value for both private and public sector.
“Cristina Robot” is a bedtime story located in the near future were humankind and robots live in harmony sharing activities of daily life. Cristina is a soccer fan and by chance, discovers she has a great talent for this sport. Playing next to her good friend Karla, both girls create a great duo that makes other teams tremble. But will Cristina be able to become a soccer star and keep her friendship with Carla intact? Read on to find out.