**“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of BooksOne of Cuba’s—and Latin America’s—greatest historical novels, about imperial conquest carried out under the guise of liberation, in its first new English translation in sixty years and featuring a new foreword by Alejandro ZambraA Pengui...

For many years, author Autumn Carpentier has lived by the motto: Make the best of the worst. In Walking on Water, she tells how she has tried to fulfill that mantra while journeying through a host of painful experiences. Her story spans a lifetime of events from early childhood to adulthood and shows how the unconditional love of God and His unwavering grace kept Carpentier from sinking into an abyss. She shares a host of heartbreaking moments that she had to overcome, including being upro...

The Information Society is one of the recurrent imaginaries to describe present-day structures, discourses and practices. Within its meaning is enshrined the promise of a better world, sometimes naively assuming a technological deus ex machina, in other cases hoping for the creation of policy tools that will overcome a diversity of societal divides. With the two-phased World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the United Nations attempted to stimulate the development of such tools. S...

A ll field-based managers receive corporate leadership training of some kind. Yet, despite having completed the same training, some managers rise to the top rankings and some descend to the bottom or reach and sustain “average” for much of their career. WHY? This book is meant to be used as a supplement to your corporate training. You won’t find a lot of charts, graphs, and theory. You will find, however, ideas and strategies often not contained in corporate leadership programs. Infusing s...

A collection of one hundred carefully selected poems written over numerous years, Wildflowers is a lifetime realized in verse.Across eight sections, Koral Carpentier shows the breadth of her sincere, contemplative writing. She realizes vividly the indelible power of Canada’s breathtaking North, personal experiences of faith, the endurance of friendship and family, and countless other moments of awe, love, and mourning that are as personal as they are made familiar.Capturing...

Enter the studio with Steven McRae, principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, and master everything from the basic positions to performing the most expressive jumps with step-by-step instructions and glorious illustrations throughout. Steven's journey through the world of ballet has been anything but ordinary, and this is a companion book with a difference. Woven through the personal anecdotes on self-care, resilience and self-belief, is the book's central message: ballet is for absolutely e...

Examines how higher education has contributed to widening inequalities and might contribute to change. By exploring questions of access, finance and pedagogy, it considers global higher education as a space for understanding the promises and pressures associated with competing demands for economic growth, equity, sustainability and democracy.

Between 2007 and 2011, the Belgian School at Athens undertook excavations on the Kefali or Buff o hill, east of the village of Sissi, on the north coast of Crete, only a few kilometres east of Malia. The project has revealed the remains of a settlement and cemetery, used during different phases of the Bronze Age (2500-1200 B.C.). This volume details the results of the 2011 campaign, the last in our first 5-year programme. The work in the different zones is described and reports on Late Min...

Nutritional support of critically ill patients is a major treatment modality which will enhance recovery and shorten convalescence. New knowledge has emphasized that much of the organ dysfunction associated with sepsis and altered blood flow is related to oxidative injury. Specific nutrients are highly effective in counteracting these effects and their early administration may attenuate cellular damage and multi-organ failure. Patient outcome may also be enhanced by the route of feeding, a...

Originally published in 1980-1981 as a two-volume set, the Manual of Cardiac Surgery has been completely revised and now includes new full-color illustrations in a single convenient volume. This new edition maintains the high standards established in the first edition: insightful descriptions of various cardiac surgical procedures illuminated by clear, brilliant illustrations.

Focus on key issues in expanding the genetic base for Musa, including, exploiting current collections of germplasm and collecting and evaluating wild Musa species and landracesCovers methods for improving fertility, resistance and other traits in CavendishReviews the range of conventional and modern molecular techniques for breeding new banana varieties

**“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of BooksThe best-known book by Cuba’s most important twentieth-century novelist, in its first new English translation in more than sixty years and featuring a new introduction by Leonardo PaduraA Penguin Classic**Dissatisfied with his em...