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  • The Inquisition's Gambit

    Making Wealth and Race in Cartagena de Indias

    by Ana Maria Silva Campo ...
    Series series The Early Modern Americas
    A demonstration of how the Spanish Inquisition’s property confiscations created a racialized economic order in colonial Cartagena de IndiasIn 1632, in the port city of Cartagena de Indias in what is now Colombia, officials of the Spanish Inquisition, having recently arrived to take up their posts, arrested Teodora de Salcedo and fifteen other women of African descent who had once been enslaved, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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  • Safe Zone

    Cultivating Engagement One Leader at a Time

    by Dr. Maria Silva-Palacios ...
    What's the secret for employee engagement in injury-prevention programs?As Dr. Silva-Palacios found in her dissertational study, research, and practical experience in the safety industry, program participation goes far beyond the organizational obstacles and motivational factors usually associated with engagement. It's less about the guidelines and more about genuine and authentic relationships ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Gender and Feminist Geographies

    Edited by Anindita Datta, Peter Hopkins, Lynda Johnston, Elizabeth Olson, Joseli Maria Silva ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary gender and feminist geographies in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It features 48 new contributions from both experienced and emerging scholars, artists and activists who critically review and appraise current spatial politics. Each chapter advances the future development of feminist geography and gender studies, as ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Natural Bioactive Compounds from Fruits and Vegetables as Health Promoters: Part 2

    by Luís Rodrigues da Silva, Branca Maria Silva ...
    Plants have been widely used to treat diseases, owing to the presence of bioactive compounds (phytochemicals) which play important roles in health promotion and disease prevention. In recent years, advances in chemical extraction techniques, lifestyle and dietary choices for human health have increased the interest in the consumption and study of fruits, vegetables, and foods enriched with ... Read more

    $39.00 USD

  • Natural Bioactive Compounds from Fruits and Vegetables as Health Promoters: Part 2

    by Luis Rodrigues da Silva, Branca Maria Silva ...
    Plants have been widely used to treat diseases, owing to the presence of bioactive compounds (phytochemicals) which play important roles in health promotion and disease prevention. In recent years, advances in chemical extraction techniques, lifestyle and dietary choices for human health have increased the interest in the consumption and study of fruits, vegetables, and foods enriched with ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    First Successful Ascent Of Mt. Rainier, 1870 (Unabridged)

    by HAZARD STEVENS ...
    Narrated by Maria Silva ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 36 min

    Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first documented successful ascent of Mt. Rainier on August 17, 1870. Hazard's account of the climb was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1876 and later reprinted with an introduction by Edmond S. Meany in 1916. Sluiskin tried to dissuade the climbers. "Takhoma” "was an enchanted mountain, inhabited by an evil ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Inca Apocalypse

    The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World

    by R. Alan Covey ...
    A major new history of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, set in a larger global context than previous accounts Previous accounts of the fall of the Inca empire have played up the importance of the events of one violent day in November 1532 at the highland Andean town of Cajamarca. To some, the "Cajamarca miracle"-in which Francisco Pizarro and a small contingent of Spaniards captured an ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

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  • HBR Guide to Coaching Employees (HBR Guide Series)

    by Harvard Business Review ...
    Series series HBR Guide
    Help your employees help themselves.As a manager in today’s business world, you can’t just tell your direct reports what to do: You need to help them make their own decisions, enable them to solve tough problems, and actively develop their skills on the job.Whether you have a star on your team who’s eager to advance, an underperformer who’s dragging the group down, or a steady contributor who ... Read more

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  • Shaky Colonialism

    The 1746 Earthquake-Tsunami in Lima, Peru, and Its Long Aftermath

    by Charles F. Walker ...
    Series series a John Hope Franklin Center Book
    Contemporary natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina are quickly followed by disagreements about whether and how communities should be rebuilt, whether political leaders represent the community’s best interests, and whether the devastation could have been prevented. Shaky Colonialism demonstrates that many of the same issues animated the aftermath of disasters more than 250 years ago. On ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Executive Toughness: The Mental-Training Program to Increase Your Leadership Performance : The Mental-Training Program to Increase Your Leadership Performance: The Mental-Training Program to Increase Your Leadership Performance

    by Jason Selk ...
    Take your professional game to the next level—in 100 seconds o r less!People with inborn talent may be good at what they do—but only the mentally tough reach the highest plateaus in their field. And here’s the best news of all: mental toughness is something anyone can learn.Director of mental training for the St. Louis Cardinals and a top-tier executive coach, Dr. Jason Selk knows everything there ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Asian Slaves in Colonial Mexico

    From Chinos to Indians

    by Tatiana Seijas ...
    Series Book 100 - Cambridge Latin American Studies
    During the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, countless slaves from culturally diverse communities in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia journeyed to Mexico on the ships of the Manila Galleon. Upon arrival in Mexico, they were grouped together and categorized as chinos. Their experience illustrates the interconnectedness of Spain's colonies and the reach of the crown, which brought ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Moctezuma's Children

    Aztec Royalty under Spanish Rule, 1520–1700

    by Donald E. Chipman ...
    Though the Aztec Empire fell to Spain in 1521, three principal heirs of the last emperor, Moctezuma II, survived the conquest and were later acknowledged by the Spanish victors as reyes naturales (natural kings or monarchs) who possessed certain inalienable rights as Indian royalty. For their part, the descendants of Moctezuma II used Spanish law and customs to maintain and enhance their status ... Read more

    $23.79 USD