What if magic were only the visible part of a far greater reality?Beyond dragons, witches, elves and even the Divinities lies a forgotten truth waiting to be uncovered.The Architects.Invisible, silent and creative beings capable of shaping matter, light... and the destiny of the Whole.As darkness threatens to consume existence itself, two young hybrids must embark on an epic coming-of-age quest across breathtaking fantasy worlds, confront creatures born from...

"I shall here present my life," writes Descartes in Discourse on Method, "as in a painting" and my method "as a fable." Through the Eyes of Descartes demonstrates how a Cartesian aesthetics is interwoven in his thought. It brings together a variety of materials: his metaphysical writings and essays in natural philosophy, through to his letters, drawings, and printed images.Cecilia Sjöholm and Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback seek to bring Descartes into dialogue with...

"Quilombola Communities and Land Overlapping Challenges in Brazil" delves into the complexities of quilombola communities in the Brazilian context. The author explores the struggles and challenges faced by these traditional communities, especially those located in the Jalapão region, Tocantins. The book examines issues of territory, identity, and memory, offering a profound analysis of the legal, territorial, and ethnic-racial conflicts surrounding the constitutional rights of quilombola c...

Maria Cavalcante-Fleming's parents used to tell her that she must always "get up to fall again." Throughout her life, which has spanned continents, states, and countless challenges, she has always strived to do just that. Since arriving in the United States of America, her journey has taken her from New York to Hawaii, from Hawaii to Portland, Portland to Hawaii, and then Hawaii back to Portland. Each of the nearly fourteen thousand days she has lived in the country, from the ages of 31 on...

In a context of globalization, socioeconomic disparity, environmental concerns, mass migration, and multiplying political and social upheavals, Christians from different parts of the world are forced to ask complex questions about poverty, migration, race, gender, sexuality, and land-related conflicts. Scholars have gradually become aware that world Christianity has a public face, voice, and reason. This volume stresses world Christianity as a form of public religion, identifying areas for...

Your eBook in Finance collection: the most discussed topics in finance detailed in a didactic manner. - For any professional who needs to learn the essentials about corporate finance. - For the ones who want to improve knowledge in finance. Here you will find the main questions about Financial of Companies that you would ask to an expert with answers in simple language, covering topics such as: - How to prepare the cash flow: based on closed or b...

Social Work in Mental Health Settings brings together leading academics and practitioners to explore how mental health social work is shaped and practised around the world. In so doing, it responds to a striking lack of comparative literature in the field and offers readers a timely, global perspective on this important area of practice.Combining macro-level analyses with in-depth country case studies – from Brazil and Bosnia and Herzegovina to China and Trinidad and Tobago – the b...

Your eBook in Finance collection: the most discussed topics in finance detailed in a didactic manner. - For any professional who needs to learn the essentials about finance. - For the ones who want to improve knowledge in finance. Here you will find the main questions about Ebitda that you would ask to an expert with answers in simple language, covering topics such as:...

Tired of losing money on sports betting?This book is your wake-up call.Forget about luck. Forget about tips. Forget about chasing wins.If you're serious about turning betting into a real investment strategy, this is where it starts.In First Steps to Stop Being a Gambler and Become a Sports Investor, James Cavalcante — with over 13 years of experience in the sports trading market — breaks down the exact mindset, strategies, and rules that separate long-term win...

This book contributes to the work of elucidating the new forms of fascism and authoritarianism that arise today in intimate relation with new mediatic and information technologies. It presents elements of the connection between capitalism and fascism and makes clear how fascism today uses the ambiguity of senses and meanings as its most efficient way of infiltrating our reality and thereby becoming unequivocal.The fascism of ambiguity is a fascism that grows the more the ambiguitie...

An in-depth look at the role of media in the struggle for transgender inclusionFrom television shows like Orange is the New Black and Transparent, to the real-life struggles of Caitlyn Jenner splashed across the headlines, transgender visibility is on the rise. But what was it like to live as a transgender person in a media environment before this transgender boom in television? While pop culture imaginations of transgender identity flourish and shape audience’s pe...

Proposes a theoretically rich treatment of temporality within exile as "gerundive" time.This book is a philosophical reflection on the experience of time from within exile. Its focus on temporality is unique, as most literature on exile focuses on the experience of space, as exile involves dislocation, and moods of nostalgia and utopia. Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback proposes that in exile, time is experienced neither as longing back to the lost past nor as wanting ...