Marco Mengoni condivide con noi il mondo dietro a Terra, Pelle e Prisma e ne espande gli orizzonti attraverso l'immaginario dei ragazzi della scuola Holden. 'Le canzoni di Materia sono diventate il punto di partenza di un nuovo percorso... e sono tornate a me sotto forma di prosa, poesia, testi teatrali, senza nessun limite all'immaginazione degli studenti che hanno scelto di partecipare a questa nostra follia: solo la gioia di sapere che le canzoni avrebbero aperto nuove strade, che dalle storie sarebbero nate altre storie. Un circolo vizioso virtuoso che è arrivato oggi a essere questo libro.' Materia, le parole nasce dalla collaborazione tra Marco Mengoni e la scuola Holden di Torino. Dopo aver ascoltato i tre dischi dell'artista (Terra, Pelle e Prisma), gli studenti hanno prodotto racconti, poesie e riflessioni in base alle suggestioni dei pezzi e alle emozioni che hanno provato ascoltandoli. Ogni racconto si lega a una canzone in particolare, che può essere ascoltata prima, dopo o durante la lettura, così che la voce del cantante accompagni tutte le storie diventando un filo conduttore preziosissimo.

A missing girl. A femme fatale. A dark family secret. What starts as an unofficial investigation into his neighbor's disappearance drags Sgt. Wu deep into a world of Wesen intrigue. In the vein of classic film noir tales, Wu unravels a case that could not only cost him his job, but his life. Two complete tales, never before published and set in the official continuity of the Grimm television show!

A provocative blend of personal memoir, new science, and philosophical treatise, this book presents a fresh model for healing by rethinking our relationships with one another, the natural world, our bodies, and our innermost selves. Dr. Marcey Shapiro focuses on eliminating us/them or friend/enemy dichotomies, shifting instead to a model based on enduring values of love, compassion, harmony, and peace. Throughout the book she reevaluates prevailing cultural beliefs about the causes and meaning of illness and offers a vision for a different type of societal understanding of health with a new view of the possible role of medicine in healing. Interweaving inspiring anecdotes from her experiences of the natural world, in medical training and practice, and with mystical exploration, Dr. Shapiro includes examples of medical advances that honor our interconnectedness and provides practical tools like breathing techniques, tips for self-examination, and methods for expanding awareness.
 
Transforming the Nature of Health traces the roots of the matter/spirit split in contemporary science and medicine, evaluating its constraints as a paradigm for us as evolving beings. Dr. Shapiro presumes that we are much more than our physical bodies and asks readers to join in cocreating a new language and new science that express the whole of our miraculous existence.

The Jedi Order is in crisis. The late Jacen Solo's shocking transformation into murderous Sith Lord Darth Caedus has cast a damning pall over those who wield the Force for good: Two Jedi Knights have succumbed to an inexplicable and dangerous psychosis, criminal charges have driven Luke Skywalker into self-imposed exile, and power-hungry Chief of State Natasi Daala is exploiting anti-Jedi sentiment to undermine the Order's influence within the Galactic Alliance.

Forbidden to intervene in Jedi affairs, Luke is on a desperate mission to uncover the truth behind Jacen's fall to the dark side–and to learn what's turning peaceful Jedi into raving lunatics. But finding answers will mean venturing into the mind-bending space of the Kathol Rift and bargaining with an alien species as likely to destroy outsiders as deal with them. Still, there is no other choice and no time to lose, as the catastrophic events on Coruscant continue to escalate. Stricken by the same violent dementia that infected her brother, Valin, Jedi Knight Jysella Horn faces an equally grim fate after her capture by Natasi Daala's police. And when Han and Leia Solo narrowly foil another deranged Jedi bent on deadly destruction, even acting Jedi Grand Master Kenth Hamner appears willing to bow to Daala's iron will–at the expense of the Jedi Order.

But an even greater threat is looming. Millennia in the past, a Sith starship crashed on an unknown low-tech planet, leaving the survivors stranded. Over the generations, their numbers have grown, the ways of the dark side have been nurtured, and the time is fast approaching when this lost tribe of Sith will once more take to the stars to reclaim their legendary destiny as rulers of the galaxy. Only one thing stands in their way, a name whispered to them through the Force: Skywalker.


From the Hardcover edition.

A Practical Guide to Program Evaluation Planning: Theory and Case Examples provides a step-by-step process to guide evaluators in planning a comprehensive, yet feasible, program evaluation-from start to design-within any context. No book currently on the market delineate the required steps for preparing to conduct an evaluation. The co-editors of this text developed a model to guide the complex process of planning for program evaluations in a variety of settings. This model, entitled Evaluation Planning Incorporating Context (EPIC), builds on previous work by providing a practical, applied step-by-step process for planning a program evaluation in any setting. Contributing authors then use the EPIC model to describe an evaluation process that they followed in a variety of settings. The EPIC model and the case examples presented in this book provide evaluators with the conceptual tools and a framework for thinking about the pre-evaluation tasks that may be necessary for a successful, useful, and informative evaluation.

Key Features

• Present new evaluation planning model that provides a step-by step process for how to plan for a program evaluation in any context
• Introduces students to the issues in planning for an evaluation within selected contexts using case studies
• Focuses on planning prior to design by providing practical guidance to plan an evaluation from the start, before a design can or has been determined

Intended Audience

This is a vital supplemental text for evaluation courses.

Bella, in gamba e ambiziosa: Ross è agente infiltrato di punta negli ambienti della prostituzione, della droga, della mafia. E il teatro delle sue imprese è il ventre sordido e oscuro della peggiore New York notturna. Al suo fianco, come angelo custode, il collega Harry Earles, incaricato di salvarle la vita. Fino al giorno in cui, stranamente, cambia atteggiamento. Proprio quando a Ross affidano il caso di Adam Reiner, giudice tanto famoso, quanto corrotto.