Ruben
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Crown
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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This is a book for dedicated academics who consider spending years masochistically overworked and underappreciated as a laudable goal. They lead the lives of the impoverished, grade the exams of whiny undergrads, and spend lonely nights in the library or laboratory pursuing a transcendent truth that only six or seven people will ever care about. These suffering, unshaven sad sacks are grad students, and their salvation has arrived in this witty look...
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Este libro plantea la importancia de la industria de la construcción en la economía y su significación política, en particular la construcción de vivienda social. Se analizan los efectos de la acción estatal en este campo tanto a nivel nacional como regional y provincial teniendo en cuenta los períodos presidenciales posteriores a 1983. El comportamiento del submercado de alquileres se describe a partir de las diversas medidas gubernamentales...
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El viento posee una carga simbólica que evoca el espíritu, las esencias activas, la orientación. Los "Vientos Verdes" son por lo tanto los espíritus, los sentimientos, las orientaciones verdes. En conformidad con la naturaleza primitiva del viento, vivifica el espíritu, estimula, excita e inspira. Estos textos no describen cosas, sino que invitan a hacer cosas, y a hacerlas juntos. Son argumentos urbanos los que trata y, precisamente, presuponen...
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Modern scholarship on the parables has long been, preoccupied with asking what Jesus himself said and what he, intended to accomplish with his parables. Ruben Zimmermann moves beyond that agenda to explore the dynamics of parabolic speech in all their rich complexity. Introductory chapters address the history of research and distinguish historical from literary and reader-oriented approaches, then set out a postmodern hermeneutic that analyzes narrative...
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The book is a personal account of a father and son's journey walking over one thousand miles on the Camino de Santiago. It is a bonding experience between two adult males confronting unexpected struggles to reach their destination over an extended period of time. It is equally a reference for those interested in learning more about what the historical and famous Camino de Santiago entails.
The French Camino, everyone's favorite, was highly interactive...
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La vida singular de Ren y Alejandra retratan la poca final de la dcada de los 70 e inicio de los 80 de un pas, donde la violencia subterrnea y oculta, de la poltica, de la universidad, en una comunidad cuya sociedad desea repuntar en su mediocridad, es contundente y hace frente a la realidad de los espritus dejados en el olvido de la cultura enterrada all, en la inconsciencia de la religin y misticismo. Dicha vida se describe desde esta poca, vindose...
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Elerma y Aktero son una pareja que comparte el gusto por la naturaleza. Aprovechando unos días de vacaciones, van de travesía y acampada. Tras un incidente entre ambos, Aktero le quita importancia y Elerma se cuestiona si hay algo en la relación que no está viendo. A partir de ahí, inician un viaje imprevisto por un bosque especial donde los visitantes encuentran lo que no estaban buscando y se enfrentan a la que posiblemente sea la decisión...
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Four-time Olympian, bestselling author and award-winning keynote speaker Ruben Gonzalez shares what he had to do to make it to the Olympics and how following those success principles will help you realize your goals and dreams. Take control of your life with the success principles of a four-time Olympian.
As a four-time Olympian, peak-performance expert Ruben Gonzalez knows how to achieve success again and again. Now you can learn the keys to success...
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This is a very visual book with more than 750 illustrations and screenshots, never leaving any intermediate steps out from the tutorials. It contains precise tutorials that explain the various tools, how to use them, and the visual results. The examples used in the book are an excellent starting point for your own diagrams, both as ideas and as true diagrams, all the diagrams in the book can be downloaded for your own use. This book is written for...
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So, where are missionaries born? Where do they come from? What do they do? Why do they do what they do? Missionaries come from Jerusalem, and go to Judea, Samaria, and the whole world, don't they?
But, for Ruebem Amores, Jesus's command to "Go!" doesn't mean you can't stay in Jerusalem, the city where you are born, and being a missionary is not really just a question of geography. All Are Called: Missionary Strategies for Home points toward, a broader...
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¿Existe un ser supremo todopoderoso que lo ve todo? ¿Adónde fueron a parar los diosesdelolimpo? ¿Sabías que en laindiaconviven más de un millón de dioses? ¿Estamos rodeados de demonios?
Un libro apasionante que relata el devenir de los creadores y las criaturas fantásticas que acompañaron a los hombres desde el principio de los tiempos: esfinges, ninfas, ángeles y demonios, son protagonistas de una obra que no da respiro y te obligará...
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A five-year trip around the world through 145 countries and many other places that aren't recognized as such by the United Nations. Hundreds of anecdotes that include deportations, time travel, rituals, nights spent at the police station, military escorts and encounters with wild animals and curious people. A chant dedicated to life, where you will also find lots of advice about transport, visas, accommodation, insurance, vaccines, safety and what...
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The Data Mirage: Why Companies Fail to Actually Use Their Data is a business book for executives and leaders who want to unlock more insights from their data and make better decisions.The importance of data doesn't need an introduction or a fancy pitch deck. Data plays a critical role in helping companies to better understand their users, beat out their competitors, and breakthrough their growth targets.
However, despite significant investments in...
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The stunning, never-before-told story of Ruben "Doc" Cavazos, international president of the Mongols Motorcycle Club
When Ruben "Doc" Cavazos changes his clothes at daybreak, he is no longer a CAT scan technician at the University of Southern California Medical Center. He becomes the man known-and, in a few special cases, feared-as Doc, international president of the Mongols, the fastest-growing and most closely watched organization of its kind...
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Seit mehr als einem Dreivierteljahrhundert reist die Menschheit zu den Sternen. In dieser Zeit hat sie zahlreiche Konflikte sowie kosmische Katastrophen bewältigt. Im Jahr 2112 mehren sich Hinweise auf eine neue Bedrohung für das kleine Sternenreich der Terraner.
Die Gefahr scheint ihren Ursprung in zwei Nachbargalaxien der Milchstraße zu haben – den Magellanschen Wolken. Mit dem mächtigen Expeditionsschiff SOL bricht Perry Rhodan dorthin auf....
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At eighteen months, Ashley Ruben still didnt talk. She wouldnt respond when her name was called; she didnt appear to hear either. She fixated on tiny pieces of dirt and ate only crunchy foods. She was enveloped in a thick fogimpenetrable by everyone except Barney the Dinosaur. She worked puzzles like a kindergartener and was computer-savvy before she was two years old. Her mothers late-night searches on the Internet hinted at a reason for her lack...
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Barrio Walk: Stepping into Wisdom is about life during the late 1950's and beyond in Phoenix, AZ. It is a chronological sequence of the author's experiences that shows his simple life during his early school years. There is description of the multi-racial school environment and the interaction among students. He experiences the wrong end of a bullying incident on the school playground. He is devastated when none of his friends come to his aid. He...