L'autrice racconta la sua storia, l'infanzia, i giochi, le difficoltà dovute ad un regime totalitario, i suoi studi e i cambiamenti avvenuti in Albania dopo l'avvento della democrazia. L'Italia conosciuta principalmente attraverso le trasmissioni televisive, era per lei il 'mondo dei sogni'. Una volta arrivata nel nostro paese, la 'terra promessa' diviene un mondo sconosciuto e tutto da scoprire, un paese accogliente, ma a volte ostile a causa di molti pregiudizi sui cittadini extracomunitari. Alla fine dei suoi racconti un po' di storia, geografia, ricette, leggende, proverbi e le mappapagine, una mappa di indirizzi e punti di riferimento della Comunità albanese in Italia. Età di lettura: dai 12 anni.

Un'introduzione alla teologia morale fondamentale da una nuova prospettiva. Quando si comprende a fondo la realtà quasi misteriosa della morale, si comprende che si tratta né più né meno del nucleo fondamentale della persona umana in quanto tale, in quanto essere razionale e libero, autore delle proprie azioni, responsabile dei propri comportamenti, attraverso i quali forma se stesso in quanto persona; una persona, buona o cattiva che sia. Tutto cambia quando si comprende che la morale è una risposta di amore a qualcuno che ci ama infinitamente, e che ci chiama moralmente per puro amore. Il volume è rivolto in particolare a operatori pastorali, biblioteche, università, facoltà di teologia, seminari.

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The thirteen specially-commissioned essays in this volume are designed to provide an accessible and stimulating guide through an area of philosophical thought and literature that has seen massive expansion in recent years. They encompass all the core subject areas commonly taught in anglophone undergraduate and graduate philosophy courses, offering both an overview of and a contribution to the relevant debates. This volume will be essential reading for any student or teacher of philosophy who is curious about the place of feminism in their subject.

This swinging new series from Warner Bros. Publications is guaranteed to jazz up any musician. This great book features full backing tracks, demonstration tracks, chord symbols in concert pitch, and wonderful arrangements. An essential tool in jazz education, this text is a must have for all swing lovers! Titles include: Chattanooga Choo Choo * Choo Choo Ch'Boogie * I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo * In the Mood * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Jersey Bounce * Pennsylvania 6-5000 * A String of Pearls.

Poetry. Native American Studies. Winner of the North American Native Authors First Book Award. Deborah Miranda's INDIAN CARTOGRAPHY provides a psychic and emotional remapping of the Native American world of the West Coast. In lyric verse that is sometimes spare, sometimes dramatic, Miranda charts a homeward journey through the heart's territory --a land that has long been torn, disrupted, and colonized in the harshest sense of that word --Janice Gould. The first poem grabbed my wrist and held me for the duration. The prose is equally alive and its images have the precision and the edge of the finest poetry. Seamless back and forth journey from one little girl to another, one woman to another, one memory to another. All distinct yet connected. One long scream from a heart who will not stop living, whose life is an affirmation of survival --Wendy Rose. Miranda's poetry and essays have appeared in Bricolage, Calyx, Calloo, The Cimarron Review, Raven Chronicles, and Soujourner.

Si tratta di una rilettura originale e moderna dei simbolismi del rito battesimale. L'autore, padre di quatro figli e professore di economia all'Università di San Paolo in Brasile nonché consulente scientifico di istituzioni come la Banca Mondiale, l'Organizzazione degli Stati Americani, l'ONU e l'UNESCO, parte dal vissuto quotidiano e dalla sua esperienza personale di laico 'postmoderno' . Questo libro ha avuto molto successo in Brasile anche tra i cristiani non praticanti che hanno riscoperto il valore e il senso del loro battesimo proprio leggendo queste pagine.

Glad, sad, silly, mad - monsters have all kinds of different feelings! In this innovative die-cut book, featuring a snazzy foil cover, you'll try on funny masks as you walk through the wide range of moods all little monsters (and kids!) experience.

Here's a fun, interactive way to explore the many different ways we feel!

Caldecott Medal-winning author/artist Ed Emberley provides readers with an imaginatively crafted book that helps children identify and understand their emotions. Visit him at his Web site: www.edemberley.com.

The ancient Celts were the greatest and most powerful of the early European peoples residing north of the Alps. Warlike, exuberant, and superstitious, they saw divinities in every facet of life and nature, venerating deities of the sun, thunder, water, war, healing, hunting, fertility, and death. They practiced human and animal sacrifice, and a powerful priesthood--the Druids--presided over much of their religious life. The Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend covers every aspect of Celtic myth, religion, and folklore in Britain and Europe between 500 BC and AD 400. In parallel with the fruits of archaeological research, the testimony of Classical writers and the earliest recorded versions of the pagan oral traditions of Wales and Ireland provide us with a complete overview of Celtic lore. This guide presents that knowledge in over 400 copiously illustrated articles, together with a comprehensive historical introduction.

Una cronaca della situazione albanese dal 1985, anno della morte di Enver Hoxha, all'attuale nuovo corso. Gli sviluppi politici, economici e socioculturali nell'Albania postcomunista sono analizzati a fondo dai due autori, che hanno soggiornato a lungo nel paese balcanico come studiosi e corrispondenti di varie testate britanniche.

The Celtic World is a detailed and comprehensive study of the Celts from the first evidence of them in the archaeological and historical record to the early post-Roman period. The strength of this volume lies in its breadth - it looks at archaeology, language, literature, towns, warfare, rural life, art, religion and myth, trade and industry, political organisations, society and technology. The Celtic World draws together material from all over pagan Celtic Europe and includes contributions from British, European and American scholars. Much of the material is new research which is previously unpublished.
The book addresses some important issues - Who were the ancient Celts? Can we speak of them as the first Europeans? In what form does the Celtic identity exist today and how does this relate to the ancient Celts?
For anyone interested in the Celts, and for students and academics alike, The Celtic World will be a valuable resource and a fascinating read.

The crowning cultural achievement of medieval India, Tantric Buddhism is known in the West primarily for the sexual practices of its adherents, who strive to transform erotic passion into spiritual ecstasy. Historians of religion have long held that the enlightenment thus attempted was for men only, and that women in the movement were at best marginal and subordinated and at worst degraded and exploited. Miranda Shaw argues to the contrary, presenting extensive new evidence of the outspoken and independent female founders of the Tantric movement and their creative role in shaping its distinctive vision of gender relations and sacred sexuality.

Treats the major theorems of algebraic curves and Riemann surfaces with a minimum of prerequisites, and introduces the language of modern algebraic geometry, incorporating a perspective that combines algebraic curves and complex numbers. Defines Riemann surfaces and holomorphic maps with numerous examples, presents material on divisors, functions, and maps, offers proofs of the Riemann-Roch theorem and Serre Duality, and discusses points of linear systems. Introduces sheaves and cohomology, and includes a notation index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Celtic Myths explores the mythology and beliefs of the pagan Celts between about 600 B.C. and A.D. 400. At their peak, the Celtic peoples inhabited a vast area of Europe, Great Britain, and Ireland. As non-literates, they have left no written record of their lives, their beliefs, and the stories which were such an important part of their culture; however, contemporary commentators from the Classical world, later Christian scribes recording oral traditions, and the archaeological evidence can give us fascinating, though fragmented, glimpses. Dr. Green draws on all these sources to discuss the myths and the religious beliefs and ritual which she believes inform them. The heroic and magical tales of the Book of Invasions, the Fionn stories, the Ulster Cycle, and the Mabinogi are the subject of the first chapters. These stirring stories, though recorded in medieval times by Christian writers, preserve fascinating evidence of their pagan origins. Dr. Green then goes on to look at the evidence for Celtic religious beliefs and raises some interesting questions as to how far we can establish links and recognize common features between the story material and the archaeological record.