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Imersa nas escolhas e ambiguidades do fim da adolescência, Camila Donato deixa o Sul do Brasil em busca do sonho americano. Seus olhos estão fixos em Nova York, mas é como uma camareira em uma pequena cidade no litoral do Alabama que sua história se desenrola. Em tempos pré mídias sociais e smartphones, sua maior influenciadora é a avó. São as lições que aprendeu com ela que a guiam enquanto navega pelas águas turbulentas do amadurecimento em uma terra estranha. Lourdes é um romance que retrata de forma sensível a procura da identidade de uma jovem em sua passagem para a vida adulta em uma terra estrangeira.
Em busca de autoconhecimento, a autora recebeu uma sugestão inusitada: colocar uma música para tocar e deixar fluir para o papel o que viesse à mente. O exercício se tornou hábito e, dia após dia, ao longo de um ano inteiro, os textos escritos em minutos foram tomando forma de poesia e moldando imagens inesperadas e reflexões condensadas em versos livres. Durante o processo, a poeta descobriu como pausar o emaranhado de pensamentos cotidianos, desviando-os da rota da ansiedade para a criatividade. Tempestade de som e fúria, seu livro de estreia, foi lançado como e-book de forma de independente em 2022 e a autora alcançou o título de best seller na Amazon. A versão estendida e imp...
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When President Barack Obama announced his plans to shield millions of immigrants from deportation, Congress and the commentariat pilloried him for acting unilaterally. When President Donald Trump attempted to ban immigration from six predominantly Muslim counties, a different collection ofcritics attacked the action as tyrannical. Beneath this polarized political resistance lies a widely shared belief: that Congress, not the President, makes our immigration policies, dictating who can come to the United States, and who can stay, in a detailed and comprehensive legislative code.InThe President and Immigration Law, Adam Cox and Cristina Rodriguez shatter the myth that Congress controls immigra...
The 'Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook' provides an up-to-date understanding of gender issues and a rich compilation of compelling evidence of good practices and lessons learned to guide practitioners in integrating gender dimensions into agricultural projects and programs. It is serves as a tool for: guidance; showcasing key principles in integrating gender into projects; stimulating the imagination of practitioners to apply lessons learned, experiences, and innovations to the design of future support and investment in the agriculture sector. The Sourcebook draws on a wide range of experience from World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Develo...
The 1930s marked a turning point for the world. Scientific and technological revolutions, economic and social upheavals, and the outbreak of war changed the course of history. The 1930s also marked a turning point for Robinson Jeffers, both in his career as a poet and in his private life. The letters collected in this second volume of annotated correspondence document Jeffers' rising fame as a poet, his controversial response to the turmoil of his time, his struggles as a writer, the growth and maturation of his twin sons, and the network of friends and acquaintances that surrounded him. The letters also provide an intimate portrait of Jeffers' relationship to his wife Una—including a full account of the 1938 crisis at Mabel Dodge Luhan's home in Taos, New Mexico that nearly destroyed their marriage.
This book covers dermatological and related esthetic concerns specific to female patients. Since knowing what’s normal is as important as knowing what’s not, first chapters covers physiological differences in the skin of women and the changes during puberty, pregnancy, and menopause. Certain commonly encountered dermatoses are more frequent in females – chronic telogen effluvium, rosacea, perioral dermatitis, pigmented contact (cosmetic) dermatitis, etc., which are explained in a more focused manner. Dermatoses exclusive to females involving the vulva is discussed at length. These include common papulosquamous conditions such as psoriasis, lichen planus, and lichen sclerosus as well as...
In light of the tremendous changes that have come to the island of Borneo in recent decades, this volume takes a detailed historical look at the Borneo environment from native, colonial and national perspectives. It examines change and continuity in the economic, political and social dimensions of human-environment interactions. Reflecting the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of environmental history, the book brings together an international group of historians, anthropologists, geographers and social foresters, all looking through a historical lens at the environment in the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Indonesian province of Kalimantan and Brunei. Drawing on extensiv...
The sustainable forestry challenge. The failure of implementation of forestry laws in Brazil. Enforcement of forestry laws in Finland. Analysis and recommendations.