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Agendas políticas globais e locais e as práticas contemporâneas em educação
  • Language: pt-BR
  • Pages: 819

Agendas políticas globais e locais e as práticas contemporâneas em educação

O livro Agendas Políticas globais e locais e as práticas contemporâneas em educação, organizado por docentes do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Políticas Públicas e Gestão Educacional (PPPG), da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), apresenta uma coletânea de textos decorrentes de produções científicas da interlocução entre a Educação Básica e a Educação Superior. Objetiva potencializar elementos de sinergia para a (re)construção de conhecimentos subjacentes a abertura de novos caminhos e perspectivas para compreender e avaliar, entre profissionais da educação, as agendas internacionais que vem governando as políticas públicas de educação em âmbito global e local.

The Mystery of Rio
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 195

The Mystery of Rio

Rio de Janeiro, 1913. A high-ranking politician is murdered whilst on a visit to an exclusive, sophisticated brothel operating behind the façade of private clinic, and run by a scientist with an obsession for the study of female sexual fantasies. During the investigation, the policeman in charge, himself a regular visitor, is drawn into an erotically charged duel of the mind with the prime suspect. The investigation is a starting point for several stories drawn both from the history and the mythology of Rio.

Water and Society II
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 365

Water and Society II

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-09-04
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  • Publisher: WIT Press

Containing the proceedings of the Second International Conference on the title topic, the book examines issues related to the nature of water, and its use and exploitation by society. Since ensuring an adequate water supply is becoming a critical issue in more and more countries, the conference brings together specialists from the social sciences and humanistic disciplines and the physical and natural sciences, biology, environmental sciences, and health to bridge gaps between the disciplines in addressing the problem. The international, interdisciplinary nature of the conference participants makes it possible to arrive at equitable solutions to the many transnational issues, relating to the rights of states, which arise around water supply.The book discusses: The nature of water; Water as a human right; Water as the source of life; Water in a changing climate; Future water demands and adaptation strategies; Water resources contamination; Water resources management; Irrigation and desertification; Water, sanitation and health; Transnational water rights; Legislation and controls; Lessons to be learnt; Water and disaster management.

Minerals and Precious Stones of Brazil
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 704

Minerals and Precious Stones of Brazil

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010
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  • Publisher: Unknown

"Brazil was the leading world producer of gold and of diamonds between the mid-18th century and the mid-19th century. At the present time, it is the leading world producer of iron ore, tin and niobium, and an important producer of manganese, aluminium, silicon, tantalum, rare earths, graphite, magnesite and countless other ores.....Brazil is the leading world producer of tourmaline (of all colors), of quartz (colorless, rutilated, amethyst and agate), of beryl (aquamarine, morganite and heliodore, and the second ranking world producer of emerald), of topaz (imperial, blue and colorless), alexandrite, euclase, phenakite and many others" INTRODUCTION.

History and Memory
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 300

History and Memory

In this brillant meditation on conceptions of history, Le Goff traces the evolution of the historian's craft. Examining real and imagined oppositions between past and present, ancient and modern, oral and written history, History and Memory reveals the strands of continuity that have characterized historiography from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Europe.

If I Close My Eyes Now
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 322

If I Close My Eyes Now

A prize-winning murder mystery novel in which two boy detectives solve a crime in 1960s Brazil—a coming of age tale reminiscent of Niccolo Ammaniti's I'm Not Scared, Stand By Me, and To Kill a Mockingbird If I close my eyes now, I can still feel her blood on my fingers. If only I had closed my eyes then, or kept my mouth shut, not told anyone about our discovery by the swimming hole, we could have gone back to dreaming about spaceships. A horrifying discovery by two young boys while playing in a mango plantation marks the end of their childhood. As they finally open their eyes to the adult world, they see a place where storybook heroes don't exist, but villains and lies do. A bestseller in Brazil, this nostalgic murder mystery evokes the special nature of childhood friendships while painting a picture of a fascinating country.

The Birds of Ecuador
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 848

The Birds of Ecuador

These widely anticipated volumes comprehensively treat the nearly 1600 species of birds that can be found in mainland Ecuador. Volume 2: Field Guide contains 96 full-colour plates and facing pages of descriptive text, a colour map of Ecuador, 2 line drawings of bird anatomy, 115 silhouette outlines and nearly 1600 distribution maps. All species are illustrated in full colour, including migrants and vagrants and visually distinctive subspecies. The text focuses on the field indentification aspects of each species, including their behaviour, vocalisations and nest appearance.

It Happens Every Spring
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 292

It Happens Every Spring

Meet the characters that live, work, dream, and love in the community of Deepwater Cove. Best-selling authors Gary Chapman and Catherine Palmer team up to show how four married couples, all in different stages in life, experience the joys and hardships of marriage as examined in Gary Chapman's The Four Seasons of Marriage. In book one, Steve and Brenda face a common problem among middle-age couples: empty nest syndrome. Steve works too much, and with their two children out of the house, Brenda feels lonely and unfulfilled. In order to save their marriage, the two must learn to reconnect. Readers are also introduced to many charming characters, like Cody, the mentally challenged homeless man ...

An Ice Age Hunter
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 34

An Ice Age Hunter

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1992
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The story of a year in the life of an ice-age family as experienced by a young girl.

The Catechism Set Forth by Archbishop Hamilton, Printed at Saint Andrews, 1551: Together With the Two-Penny Faith, 1559
  • Language: en

The Catechism Set Forth by Archbishop Hamilton, Printed at Saint Andrews, 1551: Together With the Two-Penny Faith, 1559

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.