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Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santería
by Ócha'Ni LeleThe first book to explore the history, methods, and thinking behind sacrifice in the growing Santería faith • Explains the animal sacrifice ceremony in step-by-step detail • Shares the ancient African sacred stories that reveal the well-thought-out metaphysics and spirituality behind the practice of animal sacrifice • Chronicles the legal fight all the way to its 1993 U.S. Supreme Court victory to establish legal protection for the Santería faith and its practitioners Tackling the biggest controversy surrounding his faith, Santería priest Ócha’ni Lele explains for the first time in print the practice and importance of animal sacrifice as a religious sacrament. Describing the animal sacrifice ceremony in step-by-step detail, including the songs and chants used, he examines the thinking and metaphysics behind the ritual and reveals the deep connections to the odu of the diloggún--the source of all practices in this Afro-Cuban faith. Tracing the legal battle spearheaded by Oba Ernesto Pichardo, head of the Church of the Lukumi of Babaluaiye, over the right to practice animal sacrifice as a religious sacrament, Lele chronicles the fight all the way to its 1993 U.S. Supreme Court victory, which established legal protection for the Santería faith and its practitioners. Weaving together oral fragments stemming from the ancient Yoruba of West Africa, the author reconstructs their sacred stories, or patakís, that demonstrate the well-thought-out metaphysics and spirituality behind the practice of animal sacrifice in the Yoruba and Santería religion, including explanations about why each animal can be regarded as food for both humans and the orisha as well as how sacrifice is not limited to animals. Shedding light on the extraordinary global growth of this religion over the past 50 years, Lele’s guide to the sacrificial ceremonies of Santería enables initiates to learn proper ceremony protocol as well as gives outsiders a glimpse into this most secretive world of the santeros.
Teachings of the Santería Gods: The Spirit of the Odu
by Ócha'Ni LeleThe first book to explore the sacred myths of Santería • Includes more than 100 myths, stories, and histories about the odu and the orishas • Reassembles the oral fragments from the African diaspora into coherent stories • Demonstrates that the African peoples, specifically the Yoruba, were deeply spiritual At the core of the diloggún--the sacred divination system of Santería--are the sacred stories known as the patakís, narratives whose themes are as powerful and relevant today as they were in the minds of the ancient Yoruba who safeguarded them. Each patakí is connected to one or more of the 16 odu, the principal creative forces of Santería. Some recount the lives of orishas on earth, others the lives of individuals in heaven, and some tell of the odu themselves, for even they once walked the earth as mortals. The first book to explore these ancient African stories in English, Teachings of the Santería Gods recounts more than 100 of these sacred parables, including many stories reassembled from the oral tradition of the African diaspora. Ranging from creation myths to what happens when a love potion works far too well, these stories share the wisdom and spirituality of the Yoruba people of ancient Africa and form the living, oral bible of one of the world’s fastest-growing faiths.
The Diloggún: The Orishas, Proverbs, Sacrifices, and Prohibitions of Cuban Santería
by Ócha'Ni LeleThe first book on Santería’s holiest divination system to thoroughly explore each family of odu and how their actions and reactions affect the spiritual development of the client. • Includes the major considerations for sacrifice, providing the diviner with ways to placate and supplicate the Afro-Cuban deities known as orishas. • Demonstrates how to properly end a reading so that negative vibrations are fully removed from the diviner's home. • Provides a thoroughly detailed description of each of the 12 families of odu that exist in the diloggun--from Okana through Ejila Shebora. The diloggun is more than a tool of divination. It is a powerful transformational process, and the forces that are set in motion when it is cast determine the future evolution of the adherent. The Diloggun is the first book to explore this Afro-Cuban oracle from the perspective of diaspora orisha worship. It is also the first book to explore the lore surrounding this mysterious oracle, which is the living Bible of one of the world's fastest growing faiths. The twelve families of odu that are available to the diviner include 192 omo odu, the children of the odu, and each of these patterns or letters has its own proverbs, meanings, prohibitions, and sacrifices. Ócha'ni Lele provides the secret but essential information that the adept diviner needs to know to ensure that every element affecting a client's spiritual development is taken into consideration during a reading. His book is also the first to detail how to properly end a session so that negative vibrations are absorbed by the orishas and fully removed from the diviner's home. For those seeking the wisdom of ancient Africa, The Diloggun is an indispensable guide to the mysteries of the orishas.
The Secrets of Afro-Cuban Divination: How to Cast the Diloggún, the Oracle of the Orishas
by Ócha'Ni LeleThe first book to provide complete, specific instructions on casting the Diloggún, the cowrie-shell oracle of the Orishas. • Provides step-by-step instructions never before published, detailing requirements and procedure for casting the Diloggún. • Includes a detailed “mojuba” or prayer used to awaken the Orishas (spirit entities) for divination. • Devotes an entire chapter to each of the twelve basic Odu (random patterns in which the sixteen shells fall), providing ritual mechanics and oracular meanings for all possible castings. The Afro-Cuban faith, known to outsiders as Santeria and to adherents as Las Reglas de Ocha de Los Lucumi, is not a static religion but a living conduit of energy for connecting the spirit world to our own. It came to the New World with the slave trade where it has evolved in response to the surrounding culture. For adherents of Lucumi, the Diloggún is the most important focus of worship: the sacred shells reveal the forces at play in an adherent's life. These forces are redefined and placated by the Orisha priest, who makes direct contact with the spirit world in an effort to help the adherent evolve. While many books have been published about Santeria, The Secrets of Afro-Cuban Divination is the first to provide complete information on how to cast the Diloggún, including opening, reading, and closing the oracle, and how to give a comprehensive reading. With a detailed discussion about why each prayer is offered and insight into the metaphysical core of the religion, this book will bring those seeking the wisdom of the Diloggún closer to the living Orishas than they have ever been.
Mentoring Children and Young People for Social Inclusion: Global Approaches to Empowerment
by Òscar Prieto-Flores Jordi FeuMentoring Children and Young People for Social Inclusion critically analyses the challenges and possibilities of mentoring approaches to youth welfare and equality. It explores existing youth mentoring programmes targeted towards youth in care, immigrant, and refugee populations, and considers the extent to which these can aid social inclusion. The book compiles works by scholars from different countries focused on how child and youth mentoring has been changing globally in recent years and how these changes are identified and approached in different contexts. The book seeks to address what empowering youth means in different socio-political contexts, how mentoring is approached by governments and NGOs, and how these approaches shape mentoring relationships. It provides insights on how mentoring can tackle structural inequalities and work towards child and youth empowerment. This book will be of great interest for academics, scholars, and postgraduate students in the area of inclusive education and mentoring. It will also be useful reading for social workers, community developers, and practitioners working in NGOs, as well as for governments looking for innovative ways to generate interventions in the educational and social arena.
Membrane Protein - Lipid Interactions: Physics and Chemistry in the Bilayer
by Jordi H. Borrell Òscar Domènech Kevin M. W. KeoughThis book has been conceives as a brief introduction to biomembranes physical chemistry for undergraduate students of sciences, and it is particularly dedicated to the lipid-protein membrane interactions. A general introduction is presented in Chapters 1 and 2. The following Chapters, 3 and 4, describe the most accepted theories on lipid-membrane protein interactions as well as the new experimental approaches, in particular, these arose from nano sciences as atomic for microscopy and single molecule force spectroscopy. The book emphasizes the relevance of physical parameters as the lateral surface pressure and the lipid curvature as actors for understanding the physicochemical properties of the biomembranes.
New Ways of Solidarity with Korean Comfort Women: Comfort Women and What Remains (Palgrave Macmillan Studies on Human Rights in Asia)
by Ñusta Carranza KoThis book provides a space for victims’ testimonies and memories, engages with their experiences, reflects upon the redress movement, and evaluates policies related to Korean comfort women as victims and survivors from the international, domestic, and bilateral realms. Collectively, this edited volume aims to further diversify the scholarship on comfort women, contribute to the existing literature on social movements related to comfort women and other related studies, and, in doing so, challenge the politicization of comfort women. With this objective, the book presents scholarship from interdisciplinary fields that revisit the meaning of victims’ testimonies, memories, and remembrance, social movement efforts on comfort women, and the related role of government, governance, and society by reflecting on the truths about the historical past. In so doing, it initiates new conversations among political scientists, sociologists, historians, and cultural and literary scholars. What do victims’ testimonies reveal about new ways of imagining historical memory of Korean comfort women? How are memories of comfort women and their experiences remembered in social movements, literature, and cultural practices? Where is the place of comfort women’s experiences in politics, diplomacy, and global affairs? These are some of the questions that guide the contributions to this edited volume, which seek to establish new ways of solidarity with comfort women.
Truth, Justice, and Reparations in Peru, Uruguay, and South Korea: The Clash of Advocacy and Politics (Palgrave Macmillan Studies on Human Rights in Asia)
by Ñusta Carranza KoThis book presents the first cross-regional analysis of post-transitional justice periods and the conditions that influence states’ behaviors. Specifically, the book examines why states that adopt and ostensibly implement transitional justice norms as policies—criminal prosecutions, reparations policies, and truth commissions—fail to follow through with their recommendations. Applying these perspectives to a comparative study of states from Latin America and East Asia—namely, Peru, Uruguay, and South Korea—which accepted and implemented transitional justice norms but took different trajectories of behavior after the implementation of policies, this book contributes to understanding the relationship of norm influence on states and why states change in compliance after norm adoption. The book explores the conditions that contribute or limit the continued respect for transitional justice norms, emphasizing the political interests and transnational advocacy networks’ roles in affecting states’ policies of addressing past abuses.
Satellite DNAs in Physiology and Evolution (Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology #60)
by Ðurðica UgarkovićThis book gives a comprehensive overview of the unique roles that non-coding repetitive elements such as satellite DNAs play in different physiological and evolutionary processes. It presents the gene-regulatory aspect of satellite DNAs in different model systems including mammals, insects and plants. In addition, evolutionary aspects of activation of satellite DNAs in terms of transcription and proliferation are highlighted, revealing the role of satellite DNAs in the process of adaptation to changing environment and in the speciation process.Finally, the book discusses satellite DNA activation during pathological transformation and the mechanisms by which they affect disease progression. Namely, some satellite DNAs promote the oncogenic processes by affecting genome epigenetic regulation as well as genome integrity. Readers get a full overview of the latest research on satellite DNA.
Minh and the Magic Grains of Rice
by Ðo Nguyet Hà"This story was so enchanting and sweet, it felt like my mẹ (mom) was reading to me. Don't worry, Mẹ, I'm eating all my rice." —Thien Pham, Eisner Award–winning creator of Family Style Read the world to change the world! In this artful picture book, picky eater Minh goes on a fantastical journey through the mythology and agriculture of rice. Originally published in Vietnam by the nonprofit Room to Read, it has been beautifully revised for this global edition. “I will not eat rice!” is Minh’s constant dinnertime refrain. But one fateful night, an unusual event unfolds. A trio of talking grains of rice leads Minh on an otherworldly adventure where he must complete a magic mission before he can return home. Will this fantastical journey help our picky-eating hero finally have a change of heart? A modern reimagining of a Vietnamese folktale, this enchanting story overflows with delight and wisdom. Follow Minh on a spellbinding trek that beautifully illustrates the age-old process of growing and harvesting rice—and the limitless power of the ancient grain.CHARITABLE SUPPORT WITH EVERY PURCHASE: Buying this book benefits children in Room to Read’s global Literacy Program. Room to Read has supported publishing training and opportunities for international children’s book creators since 2003. The Read the World, Change the World partnership with Chronicle Books brings these international voices to English-language readers. Learn more at www.roomtoread.org. CELEBRATION OF FOOD: Rice is the most widely consumed staple food for more than half the world’s population. In a long tradition of picture books celebrating a particular food, like Dim Sum for Everyone or Bee-Bim Bop!, this delicious children’s book explores facts and folklore about rice. PERFECT FOR PICKY EATERS: Young readers will journey along with Minh, a picky eater, as he overcomes his pickiness through knowledge and community. CONSERVATION EDUCATION: Through highly visual backmatter, readers will learn about how rice is grown, harvested, and prepared, as well as some of the mythology surrounding this staple food. Additional information includes an introduction to food scarcity, waste, and the resources used in the labor- and resource-intensive process of growing and distributing rice and other food.Perfect for: Anyone who loves rice in all its many forms! Caregivers and educators in search of books for picky eaters AAPI audiences and anyone who loves Vietnamese culture, from cuisine to art to mythology Eco-conscious readers and anyone interested in sustainability Fans of Room to Read, non-profit book initiatives, and global children's literature
Todo esto existe
by Íñigo RedondoLa historia de una chica y un hombre que se cruzan cuando la vida les da la espalda. Todo esto existe es una novela sobre los lugares impensables en los que hallamos refugio, un libro de una hondura humana singular. «Se pregunta hasta dónde llega el sonido que hacemos, el calor que perdemos, y a qué distancia nuestra silueta deja de serlo para convertirse en un trazo diminuto. Hasta dónde llega el humano que somos. Dónde deja de estar. Dónde termina.» Esta es la historia de una fascinación mutua, la de un hombre y una chica que se cruzan cuando la vida les da la espalda. Si nadie la contara, si nadie la leyera, esta sería tan solo una más de las infinitas historias escondidas tras las ventanas de medio mundo. Corren los años ochenta y Alexéi, director de un colegio en una ciudad de Ucrania, se derrumba. Su mujer le ha dejado y sus días siguen un patrón inalterable: por las noches bebe hasta perder el sentido y por las mañanas, en la escuela, lucha por esconder sus miserias. Desde su despacho observa a los alumnos durante el recreo y se empieza a fijar en una chica que siempre anda sola. Pronto ella le revelará la realidad que esconde y él decidirá ayudarla ocultándola en su piso. Esta es una novela sobre los lugares impensables en los que encontramos cobijo, la historia de dos personas que construyen un universo donde creer que todo puede ser mejor. La crítica dice: «Ha nacido un autor. Íñigo Redondo no escatima escalones en la bajada a los infiernos de los personajes de Todo esto existe. [...] Nos ata a sus páginas y nos pone un espejo delante. [...] Días después de su lectura cuesta volver de esa casa y de ese mundo ficticio que nos ha creado, imantados a su lectura.» Carlos Zanón, Babelia «Redondo ha debutado exhibiendo un notable sentido de la narración. [...] Las trampas y los efectos me dejaron estupefacto. El amor y respeto a los personajes y la férrea confianza en la novela como instrumento para ligar lo histórico (una luz que se apaga en el siglo XX) con lo privado nunca se ven traicionados. En esas condiciones, lo que nos queda es agradecimiento.» Nadal Suau, El Cultural «Redondo ha configurado el mapa emocional de dos vidas solitarias paralizadas en un mundo que se resquebraja. Es el paisaje después de la batalla que los dos personajes han estado viviendo desde una frágil intimidad sin apenas tocarse. [...] Redondo ha venido al mundo de la ficción para quedarse.» Ricardo Baixeras, El Periódico «Es un debut pero tiene la fuerza de un clásico. Algo que sólo se consigue con personajes capaces de trascender su propia historia y una prosa visceral y abrumadora.» Inés Martín Rodrigo, ABC «Este escritor desconocido será la revelación de 2020.»Paula Corroto, El Confidencial «Hay que empezar a aprenderse el nombre de Íñigo Redondo, que con Todo esto existe promete ser el nuevo valor de las letras en castellano.»Elena Hevia, El Periódico «Dos seres en caída libre que se enganchan el uno al otro para sobrevivir y caen en una trampa a veces maravillosa, otras horrible. [...] Cuenta tanto como calla. Contundente.»Juan Carlos Galindo, El País «Sorprendente. Muy buena literatura y gran audacia narrativa. Destacable por su precisión, el vuelo de la escritura y unos personajes muy bien trazados. Un infierno de relaciones personales, la esperanza de salir adelante y una Unión Soviética en agonía. Este libro se anuncia como una de las revelaciones de la narrativa en español de este principio de 2020 y no, no es solo un eslogan.»Antonio Lucas, RNE «Su historia se ha convertido en uno de los lanzamientos de esta temporada, acumula críticas positivas y el reconocimiento
Beyond Nature and Nurture: Perspectives on Human Multidimensionality (Synthese Library #497)
by Javier Pérez-Jara Íñigo OngayThis book gathers several of the world&’s leading scholars in the nature vs. nurture debate, offering a timely reconsideration of the dynamic interactions between physical, chemical, biological, social, and cultural factors that shape human multidimensionality. Emphasizing this multidimensionality, this edited volume seeks to bridge the divide between biology and social theory—two research communities that have too often overlooked each other. These disciplines, despite being central to understanding human nature, have long operated in isolation. While some animal species exhibit higher degrees of phenotypic plasticity in specific traits, humans stand out as the most plastic species in both their neurological and sociocultural systems. This plasticity leads the contributors of this book to move beyond both biological reductionism and the blank-slate hypothesis. While biology undoubtedly plays a role in shaping and stabilizing human social and cultural processes, it does so only within the framework of an inherently social environment—one shaped by historically contingent and socially constructed realities, such as values, codes, and cultural perceptions. More importantly, cultural structures and social interactions actively shape and transform certain biological features that were once considered immutable. This book lays the groundwork for a productive dialogue among biologists, psychologists, social theorists, and philosophers. It also highlights some of the moral and political consequences of different perspectives within the nature vs. nurture debate. Through updated scientific and philosophical theorizing, the chapters in this book aim to overcome, once and for all, the simplistic yet persistent opposition between nature and nurture, offering a far more complex and dynamic—yet richer and epistemologically manageable—picture of the human being.
La Historia de España en 100 preguntas (100 Preguntas esenciales)
by Íñigo Luis E. FernándezLas claves esenciales y cuestiones históricas imprescindibles para comprender la verdadera historia de los españoles: La Prehistoria, la Iberia prerromana y la Hispania romana, la protonación española medieval y el mundo árabe, el esplendor cultural y la colonización de América, el proyecto nacional liberal y republicano, la segunda República, la Guerra Civil y la transición a la democracia. ¿Estaba la España de la Antigüedad poblada por gigantes? ¿Adoraban los romanos el pescado de Cádiz? ¿Fue el reino visigodo de Toledo la primera encarnación histórica de España? ¿Fueron los reyes andalusíes mejores poetas que guerreros? ¿Querían de verdad los Reyes Católicos reconstruir la unidad de España? ¿Pudieron solo un puñado de aventureros venidos de España conquistar imperios tan poderosos como el azteca y el inca? ¿Cómo un país en decadencia fue capaz de alcanzar el esplendor cultural de la España del Siglo de Oro? ¿Con qué España soñaban los ilustrados del siglo XVIII? ¿Fue en verdad gloriosa la revolución española de 1868? ¿Cómo trató la II República de contentar, sin éxito, a los nacionalistas catalanes y vascos? ¿Tenía el franquismo problemas de identidad? ¿Qué sonido hacían los sables en la España de la Transición?
La Sociedad Vierte
by Íñigo De JaimeEuropa se muere en lenta agonía y ninguno queréis verlo. Una sociedad secreta de extrema derecha dispuesta a todo, un desconocido y atractivo británico, la Interpol y un descubrimiento sorprendente sobre su propia familia removerán los cimientos de la vida de Eva Salazar, que ya no volverá a ser la misma. ¿Descubrirá la maldición de un misterio que lleva más de dos mil años escondido? ¿Es una leyenda o es realidad? ¿Conocerá quiénes mueven los hilos de la ultraderecha? ¿Europa agoniza mientras nos hemos inmunizado de todo y contra todo? ¿Sabrá quiénes eran y qué hicieron su abuelo y su padre para evitarlo? Algunas de estas preguntas las podrás responder junto a Eva a lo largo de este thriller, pero seguro que a ella no le gustarán algunas de las respuestas... a ti tampoco. Y es que, sin duda, la historia no la cuentan los vencedores, la escriben sus supervivientes.
Breve historia de la Guerra Civil Española (Breve Historia)
by Íñigo Bolinaga IrasueguiUn viaje por todos los procesos políticos y militares de la Guerra Civil Española, poniendo el acento en la comprensión del cómo y el por qué ocurrieron, presentados de una forma amena y muy fácil de leer
Breve historia de la Revolución Francesa (Breve Historia)
by Íñigo Bolinaga IrasueguiVoltaire, Montesquieu, Robespierre, la guillotina, la toma de la Bastilla… Conozca los hechos y personajes clave del primer régimen liberal de Europa y la primera Declaración de los Derechos del Hombre. Una rigurosa y didáctica historia del acontecimiento más importante de toda la historia contemporánea. Desde el triunfo de la razón, “liberté, égalité, fraternité” hasta el golpe de estado de Napoleón. La Revolución francesa se produjo gracias a hombres como Napoleón, Robespierre, Rousseau o Montesquieu. Un acontecimiento que supuso el fin del Antiguo Régimen y el origen de todos los movimientos políticos que crearon el mundo contemporáneo a lo largo del siglo XIX. En esta Breve Historia, Íñigo Bolinaga -con su habitual rigurosidad en lo histórico pero ameno y ágil al narrar los acontecimientos -hace un recorrido por la situación política, económica y social de una Francia en crisis y la aventura económicamente ruinosa de la intervención en la guerra de independencia de Estados Unidos fundamentales para contextualizar a Francia y comprender las causas directas del estallido revolucionario. Descubra los ideales ilustrados, y sucesos tan importantes como la revolución aristocrática, la suplantación de la monarquía absoluta por un gobierno popular basado en la libertad, tanto política como económica, la Noche de la Locura en la que la aristocracia renunció a sus privilegios feudales, la apertura de los Estados Generales en mayo de 1879, los desórdenes campesinos y la toma de la Bastilla, y la redacción de la tan ansiada constitución y la Declaración Universal de los Derechos del Hombre y el Ciudadano.
Breve historia de la Revolución rusa (Breve Historia)
by Íñigo Bolinaga IrasueguiEsta Breve historia de la Revolución rusa se detiene en estudiar los últimos días del zar Nicolás II, el espontáneo levantamiento de febrero de 1917, el pequeño periodo republicano que siguió después, con Alexander Kerensky a la cabeza y la posterior guerra civil que estalló finalmente, en la que el Ejército Rojo bisoño, construido por Trotsky, ganó permitiendo, así, a Lenin la construcción de un régimen socialista en Rusia y conformando un nuevo orden mundial. El libro, además, procura examinar las raíces que hicieron posible el triunfo bolchevique y que convirtieron a la Revolución rusa de 1917 en el acontecimiento político más importante del siglo XX. En esta obra se analiza, también cómo este periodo significó el final de una era, pues no solo destruyó el sistema monárquico como tipo de Estado, sino que creó un nuevo camino: el Estado Socialista.
Breve historia del Fascismo (Breve Historia)
by Íñigo Bolinaga IrasueguiUn estudio completo, de la mano de un experto conocedor del tema, que ofrece de forma ágil y amena un análisis de los aspectos más destacados del fascismo.
Human Security through the New Traditional Economy in the Arctic (Routledge Research in Polar Regions)
by Gorm Winther Ívar JónssonThe book creates an augmented knowledge about human security beyond the warfare concept in the Arctic. It analyzes international political analysis on security issues and their spillovers to the Arctic societies.The multi-contributed book helps to conceptualize and create knowledge on democratic businesses as a human security issue. Adopting a comparative approach, it provides detailed analysis of democratic business in Iceland, Greenland, Arctic Canada, and Alaska. In a comparative economic systems analysis, the aim of this book is to introduce the reader to the new traditional economy in an Arctic Context. The readers will get an overview of different security approaches and approaches to promoting the new traditional economy’s emphasis on Aborigine traditions for commonhood, common or non-ownership, cooperation, and local community.The book is multidisciplinary and will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of social sciences, security studies, human security, international political economy, international political science, ecological science, economics, organization theory, and sociology.
The Routledge Handbook of Digital Literacies in Early Childhood (Routledge International Handbooks of Education)
by Ola Erstad Rosie Flewitt Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer Íris Susana Pires PereiraAs fast-evolving technologies transform everyday communication and literacy practices, many young children find themselves immersed in multiple digital media from birth. Such rapid technological change has consequences for the development of early literacy, and the ways in which parents and educators are able to equip today’s young citizens for a digital future. This seminal Handbook fulfils an urgent need to consider how digital technologies are impacting the lives and learning of young children; and how childhood experiences of using digital resources can serve as the foundation for present and future development. Considering children aged 0–8 years, chapters explore the diversity of young children’s literacy skills, practices and expertise across digital tools, technologies and media, in varied contexts, settings and countries. The Handbook explores six significant areas: Part I presents an overview of research into young children’s digital literacy practices, touching on a range of theoretical, methodological and ethical approaches. Part II considers young children’s reading, writing and meaning-making when using digital media at home and in the wider community. Part III offers an overview of key challenges for early childhood education presented by digital literacy, and discusses political positioning and curricula. Part IV focuses on the multimodal and multi-sensory textual landscape of contemporary literary practices, and how children learn to read and write with and across media. Part V considers how digital technologies both influence and are influenced by children’s online and offline social relationships. Part VI draws together themes from across the Handbook, to propose an agenda for future research into digital literacies in early childhood. A timely resource identifying and exploring pedagogies designed to bolster young children’s digital and multimodal literacy practices, this key text will be of interest to early childhood educators, researchers and policy-makers.
Kettlebell: Como Fazer Movimentos Simples e de Alto Nível com o Kettlebell para Esculpir
by The Blokehead Íris Soares JordãoAprenda a esculpir o corpo com o Top 30 dos melhores exercícios com kettlebell.
O Pequeno Jeffery
by Jeff Coulter Íris Soares JordãoO Pequeno Jeffery é uma coleção de histórias curtas baseadas na fé, vistas através dos olhos de uma criança. "Jesus ama-me, isso eu sei..."
O Guia Definitivo para Cozinhar Vegetais à Maneira Indiana
by Prasenjeet Kumar Íris Bértolo / iris.bertolo@gmail.comAs 101 maneiras mais saborosas para cozinhar vegetais para petiscos, sopas, caril, refeições completas e prenda a sua respiração, sobremesas! Como só os indianos sabem. Do autor da série Best seller de livros de receitas “Cooking In A Jiffy”, vem um tributo aos vegetais, cozinhados à maneira como os indianos os cozinham em suas casas. Portanto, esqueça as maneiras aborrecidas de cozinhar os pratos vegetarianos, cozidos e grelhados, e deixe que este novo livro lhe abra os horizontes para as maravilhosas possibilidades de cozinhar legumes à maneira como o fazem no norte, no sul, no oriente e no ocidente da Índia. “O Melhor Guia para Cozinhar Vegetais à Maneira Indiana” permite-lhe saborear, neste contexto, até 26 dos mais famosos caris caseiros, 24 receitas de pratos secos, 10 receitas para cozinhar legumes com arroz ou pães e 19 tipos de snacks e acompanhamentos. A maioria das receitas são de baixas calorias e com o uso opcional de malaguetas. Para os mais nostálgicos ou os que apreciam o desafio da comida picante, há 14 pratos dos tempos do Raj Britânico que utilizam queijo e envolvem cozedura, caso sintam essa falta! Finalmente, há 8 deliciosas sobremesas que os indianos adoram fazer com legumes. E o principal é que depois do leitor dominar estas receitas, garantimos que conseguirá confeccionar qualquer prato vegetariano indiano, de qualquer parte da Índia. Então, do que é que está à espera? Vá em frente e faça o download de um exemplar agora!
A Era Interestelar: A Trilogia Completa
by Valmore Daniels Íris BértoloLivro 1 - Proibidas as Estrelas No final do século XXI, um acidente catastrófico, no Cinturão de Asteroides, deixou dois topógrafos mortos. Não há nenhum vestígio do seu jovem filho, Alex Manez, ou do próprio asteroide. No limite exterior do Sistema Solar, a primeira missão tripulada a Plutão, liderada pela mais jovem astronauta feminina, da história da NASA, levou à descoberta, de algo histórico: há uma placa lá, deixada por uma raça alienígena, para a humanidade encontrar. Nós não estamos sozinhos! Enquanto se estuda a placa alienígena, ela começa a reagir. Quatro horas depois, o asteroide em falta, aparece na órbita de Plutão, juntamente com o jovem Alex Manez, que desenvolveu alguns efeitos secundários alarmantes, da sua exposição ao elemento kinemético, a que chamam Kinemet. Das profundezas de um império criminoso, com base na Lua, um expatriado, aproveita a oportunidade para tomar o controlo do espaço exterior, e age rapidamente. Está em jogo o segredo, para a velocidade mais rápida do que a luz, e começa a corrida, para o espaço interestelar! Livro 2 - A Música das Esferas A tecnologia para o voo interestelar existe, através do poder do Kinemet, mas a chave para desvendar o seu stério, está num pergaminho, com mil anos de antiguidade, deixado na Terra, por uma espécie alienígena. Quando o antigo pergaminho é roubado, antes de concluída uma tradução completa, Alex, Michael e Justine tentam recuperá-lo. No caminho, eles tropeçam numa conspiração interplanetária e descobrem um segredo, que altera o seu paradigma da vida e abala as próprias fundações da nossa existência. Livro 3 - A Mundos de Distância Por mil anos a Armada dos Kulsat tem devastado a galáxia, em busca do legado perdido de uma raça extinta, de seres tecnologicamente avançados. Eles destroem qualquer um, que se atravesse no seu c
A Mundos de Distância
by Valmore Daniels Íris BértoloDescrição do Livro: Uma Galáxia em Guerra Por mil anos a Armada dos Kulsat tem devastado a galáxia, em busca do legado perdido de uma raça extinta, de seres tecnologicamente avançados. Eles destroem qualquer um que se atravesse no seu caminho. Agora, eles voltaram a sua atenção para a Terra e estão a reunir as suas forças para uma invasão. Justine, Michael e Alex detêm, cada um, a chave para parar o inimigo, mas eles estão a mundos de distância uns do outros, e estão a correr contra o tempo...