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Janitors, Street Vendors, and Activists
This book exposes the underbelly of California's Silicon Valley, the most successful high-technology region in the world, in a vivid ethnographic study of Mexican immigrants employed in Silicon Valley's low-wage jobs. The author demonstrates how global forces have incorporated these workers as an integral part of the economy through subcontracting and other flexible labor practices and explores how these labor practices have in turn affected working conditions and workers' daily lives. These immigrants do not emerge merely as victims of a harsh economy; despite the obstacles they face, they are transforming labor and community politics, infusing new blood into labor unions, and challenging exclusionary notions of civic and political membership.
Deciding Who Lives
In a probing look at the reality of everyday choices in neonatal intensive care units, sociologist Renee Anspach explores the life-and-death dilemmas that have fueled much national debate. Anspach considers the roles of parents, doctors, nurses, and bioethicists in deciding the fate of terminally ill or malformed newborns.
Resiligence
The Resili(g)ence publication is part of the outputs produced within the European project KAAU, Knowledge Alliance for Advanced Urbanism (www.ka-au.net), Erasmus + program, and consists of two volumes: the first Resili(g)ence Intelligent Cities / Resilient Landscapes offers reflections on the general framework and on the theme of resilience applied to intelligent cities and the landscape, while the second volume GOA Resili(g)ent City, analyses the case study of Genoa. RESILI(G)ENCE is a combined word, created by Manuel Gausa, merging the words resilience and intelligence. Intelligence is intended not only as the artificial but also as the human one, though undoubtedly today the world of BigD...
Passive Energy Strategies for Mediterranean Residential Buildings
This book presents an approach to energy-efficient building design, which takes into account the most important challenges in climate change mitigation and adaptation in Southern Europe. It outlines a specific approach related to residential buildings and their intergenerational and vulnerable occupants, such as ageing population and users in fuel poverty. It also focuses on the use of passive energy measures throughout the year, and on pursuing a realistic and affordable approach to the efficient rehabilitation of resilient residential buildings. In addition, the book presents case studies that include surveys, monitoring, and simulation of residential buildings in Spain and other Southern European representative locations, in order to go further on the study of this challenging topic.
Pengantar Supervisi Pendidikan
Karya Tulisa yang memuat konten esensial dengan judul "Pengantar Supervisi Pendidikan" merupakan buku yang dirancang untuk memberikan pemahaman fundamental tentang konsep, tujuan, dan praktik supervisi dalam konteks pendidikan. Buku ini menyajikan konten menyeluruh dan mendalam bagi para pendidik, untuk meningkatkan kualitas proses belajar mengajar dan pengelolaan sekolah. Konsep Dasar Supervisi Pendidikan, Peran dan tanggung jawab supervisor dalam supervisi Pendidikan, Ragam Supervisi Pendidikan, Teknik dan Metode Supervisi, Proses Supervisi Pendidikan, Keterampilan Supervisi, Kepemimpinan Dalam Supervisi, Supervisi Berbasis Data, Pengembangan Kompetensi Supervisor, Pelatihan dan pengembangan suvervisor, Etika dan Profesionalisme dalam Supervisi, dan Evaluasi Efektivitas Program Supervisi. Dengan membaca "Pengantar Supervisi Pendidikan," para pendidik dapat tergugah dan mengembangkan keterampilan supervisi yang efektif, membangun hubungan kerja yang positif dan meningkatkan kualitas Pendidikan.
Setrika Arang di Belakang Bioskop Mega
Ketika bioskop berjaya, ramainya minta ampun. Pemuda-pemudi Jambi berdatangan untuk nonton di sana. Banyak dari anak muda pada dekade 1980-an menggunakan dokar. Dahulu perjalanan terasa cukup jauh jika dari daerah Mayang sebab Jembatan Makalam juga belum dibangun. Buku persembahan penerbit IndieBookCorner
Der Ferien-Alb-Traum
Voller Vorfreude auf zwei Wochen unbeschwerter Strandferien ist die junge Familie Tauscher in Phuket gelandet. Dort gerät sie jedoch aufgrund einer Verwechslung in die Fänge eines Auftragskiller-Syndikates. Vater Claude soll das Leben der Familie retten, indem er einwilligt, für die Bande zu arbeiten. Dies bedeutet aber, Morde zu verüben. Ein dramatischer Albtraum nimmt seinen Lauf und geht nach der Rückkehr in die Schweiz unvermindert weiter. Es wird sogar noch komplizierter, weil Claude auch noch seiner Arbeit nachgehen sollte.
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