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One night a year, Santa J. Claus delivers presents to the children of the world...but for the rest of the time, he's protecting the world as the top secret agent of the Xtremely Mysterious Agency of Secrets (X.M.A.S.), dishing out his own brand of justice to the world's most dastardly criminals. Santa and his Little Helper, newly qualified X.M.A.S. agent Jingle Bells, are on the trail of Dr Cumulus Nimbus, who's hell-bent on creating a new ice age...and Santa hates snow! Can they stop the evil plot before the world is snowed under? ... Read more

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Despite California's Mexican origins, the Mexican/Latino presence represented no more than three percent of the state's population at the beginning of the 20th century. While this presence grew slowly but steadily during the state's postwar population boom, in the last three decades of the 20th century Latinos emerged as the most dynamic sector of the state's population. In the 1990s Latinos accounted for 85 percent of all population growth in the state. Currently Latinos are one-third of the population and the largest ethnic group among the state's school children. If these demographic trends continue, Latinos will become the absolute majority of the state's population before the middle of this century. California's future is inextricably intertwined with the fate of its burgeoning Latino population. Despite their growing social and political presence, Latinos as a whole still constitute less than 20 percent of the electorate, possess a smaller share of wealth relative to other groups, and lag significantly behind other groups in educational attainment. These disparities are likely to persist into the foreseeable future and to frame statewide policy debates on opportunity and access. The UC Latino Policy Institute commissioned this volume to examine the effects of the growing Latino population on the state's policy agenda. In a series of 11 topical chapters, contributors from a variety of disciplines review the status of California Latinos in areas such as education, health-care access, housing, the criminal justice system, economic opportunity, and political participation. The authors recommend policy approaches to enhance opportunities, improve service delivery, and make best or more efficient use of public resources. The UC Latino Policy Institute is administered by the California Policy Research Center, University of California Office of the President, and receives funding from the University of California Committee on Latino Research. ... Read more

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When hare-brained inventor Wallace discovers there's no cheese in the house, he sets about building a rocket to take him and his trusty dog, Gromit, to the Moon - knowing the Moon is made of cheese. ... Read more

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Wallace and Gromit are huge in the U.K. and though they will never be as big in the U.S., the duo has slowly gained a loyal following.Wallace and Gromit are the stars of a series of British clamation shorts and thirty-minute movies. Wallace is an inventor who wears a lot of Mister Roger-type sweaters (usually in green).Gromit is Wallace's dog and though Wallace is smart, Gromit is probably the more intelligent and is definitely the more clear-headed, logical, and reasoning of the duo. Oh, and they both love cheese.

Americans are probably most familiar with the Wallace and Gromit short, THE WRONG TROUSERS. THE WRONG TROUSERS won an Academy Award and augmented the fan base of Wallace and Gromit fans in the U.S. Though THE WRONG TROUSERS is what the pair is best known in, they starred in a previous short film entitled A GRAND DAY OUT.This is the graphic novel adaptation of that short film.

In A GRAND DAY OUT, Wallace and Gromit discover they don't have any cheese.The pair is in need of holiday and sets off for a place that is literally made of cheese:the moon.Once there they run into a mechanical machine that just wants to ski.

As graphic novels go, A GRAND DAY OUT is not that great.There isn't any amazing reading here and though the graphics are intriguing, they aren't original and most look like shots taken from the film.Nevertheless, this is Wallace and Gromit and the story of A GRAND DAY OUT originated in the genius mind of Nick Park. Therefore, the story content alone makes it better than the average graphic novel fair. ... Read more

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Ride Like an Indian continues the Maddie's Magic Marker series in which Maddie uses magic markers to take factual historical journeys.With her blue marker she goes back in time and faces a bear, crosses the Rockies, rides the rapids and participates in the Lewis & Clark Expedition. ... Read more

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This series of volumes represents a comprehensive and integrated treatment of reproduction in vertebrates from fishes of all sorts through mammals. It is designed to provide a readable, coordinated description of reproductive basics in each group of vertebrates as well as an introduction to the latest trends in reproductive research and our understanding of reproductive events. Whereas each chapter and each volume is intended to stand alone as a review of that topic or vertebrate group, respectively, the volumes are prepared so as to provide a thorough topical treatment across the vertebrates. Terminology has been standardized across the volumes to reduce confusion where multiple names exist in the literature, and a comprehensive glossary of these terms and their alternative names is provided.

* A complete, essential and up to date reference for research scientists working on vertebrate hormones and reproduction - and on animlals as models in human reproductive research.
* Covers the endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, behaviour and anatomy of vertebrate reproduction.
* Structured coverage of the major themes for all five vertebrate groups allows a consistent treatment for all.
* Special chapters elaborate on features specific to individual vertebrate groups and to comparative aspects, similarities and differences between them.

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The book was great, it really hit close to home, it explained the sanctions and its effects on the people not the government. Very moving. ... Read more

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This series of volumes represents a comprehensive and integrated treatment of reproduction in vertebrates from fishes of all sorts through mammals. It is designed to provide a readable, coordinated description of reproductive basics in each group of vertebrates as well as an introduction to the latest trends in reproductive research and our understanding of reproductive events. Whereas each chapter and each volume is intended to stand alone as a review of that topic or vertebrate group, respectively, the volumes are prepared so as to provide a thorough topical treatment across the vertebrates. Terminology has been standardized across the volumes to reduce confusion where multiple names exist in the literature, and a comprehensive glossary of these terms and their alternative names is provided.

* A complete, essential and up to date reference for research scientists working on vertebrate hormones and reproduction - and on animlals as models in human reproductive research.
* Covers the endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, behaviour and anatomy of vertebrate reproduction.
* Structured coverage of the major themes for all five vertebrate groups allows a consistent treatment for all.
* Special chapters elaborate on features specific to individual vertebrate groups and to comparative aspects, similarities and differences between them.


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This collection of critical essays examines distinctive moments of the Americas Society's visual art program and its impact on the formation of a Latin American market in the United States. Founded in 1965, the Americas Society has played a pivotal role in Latin American art, from Pre-Colombian to modernism.

The book brings together a cross-cultural group of art historians and curators, including Alexander Alberro, Alexander Apó stal, Beverly Adams, Cecilia Brunson, Luis Camnitzer, Thomas Cummins, Andrea Giunta, Nicolás Guagnini, Paulo Herkenhoff, Anna Indych-Lopez, Luis Perez Oramas,John Pruitt, Mary Scheider Enriquez, and Sofía Sanabrais who discuss the relevance of the institution's intricate relationships with art, economics, and politics.

Essays address the emergence of site-specific practices such as Gego's Reticulárea and neo-avant-garde manifestations such as the Fashion Show Poetry Event conceived by E. Costa, J. Perrault, and H. Wiener; Marta Minujin's happenings; Michael Snow's photographs; David Siqueiros' monographic show; and the notion of landscape in the Western Hemisphere, among other significant topics. A Principality of Its Own explores the achievements, frictions, and experiments that modeled the institution from the Cold War to the present.

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Email, call, fax, or just show up? What s the crucial-and often overlooked-line in an email? What s the best strategy when you have sent a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell? Enter Send -an absolutely e-ssential guide that shows how to write the perfect email and identify the numerous (but not always obvious) times when an email might land you in hot water (or even jail!). Description in Spanish:Repleto de trucos e instrucciones practicas, Enviar es una fuente inagotable de recursos para cualquier persona que use el correo electronico en casa o en la oficina. El efecto de desinhibicion que tiene la red nos ha llevado a todos alguna vez a enviar mensajes inadecuados, demasiado familiares o formales, y fuera de tono. En la epoca en que se escribian cartas -una practica en vias de extincion-, teniamos todo el tiempo del mundo para releer y reescribir antes de cerrar el sobre, y las cartas incendiarias eran mucho menos frecuentes que los correos electronicos ofensivos.Este ingenioso manual proporciona las orientaciones esenciales para problemas tan vitales como el uso del ''envio de copia'', la eleccion entre ''responder'' a secas o ''responder a todos'', el peligro del asunto ''urgente'' (que termina recordando al cuento de Pedro y el lobo) y la seleccion del titulo adecuado, el saludo, la despedida o la manera de disculparse. En resumen, una obra absolutamente esencial para comunicarse correctamente en cualquier situacion a traves del correo electronico. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Martín López-Zubero, Aschwin Wildeboer, Rafael Muñoz, Sergio López Miró, Melquíades Álvarez, David López-Zubero. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Martín López-Zubero Purcell (né le 23 avril 1969 à Jacksonville aux États-Unis) est un ancien nageur espagnol spécialiste des épreuves de dos. Auteur de deux records du monde et de 48 records d'Espagne en individuel, il devient champion olympique du 200 m dos en 1992 à Barcelone, l'unique Ibérique sacré en natation sportive à ce jour. Il compte également deux titres mondiaux et cinq sacres européens. Martín López-Zubero naît le 23 avril 1969 à Jacksonville en Floride avec la double nationalité hispano-américaine. À 11 ans, il commence la natation à l'académie The Bolles, le sport familial puisque son frère aîné David pratique la nage papillon au niveau international en participant à trois reprises aux Jeux olympiques. Ce dernier remporte d'ailleurs la médaille de bronze du 100 mètres papillon lors des Jeux olympiques d'été de 1980 disputés à Moscou. Sa sœur ainée Julia est elle aussi une nageuse, spécialiste de nage libre, la première à descendre sous la minute sur 100 m nage libre. Bien que né sur le continent américain, son père, José Luis López-Zubero, un médecin et écrivain renommé, le convainc de représenter son pays d'origine dans les compétitions internationales. A l'Université de Floride d'où il sort diplômé en médecine en 1998. Sur le sol américain, il représente cette université lors des Championnats NCAA lors desquels il gagne quatre titres et est désigné meilleur nageur lors de l'édition 1991. En 1988, il participe pour la première aux Jeux olympiques à Séoul (Corée du Sud). Aligné dans les épreuves de dos et de quatre nages, il n'atteint ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Nina Zhivanevskaya, Martin López-Zubero, Aschwin Wildeboer Faber, David López-Zubero, Olaf Wildeboer, Rafael Muñoz, María Peláez, Sergio López Miró, Rafael Escalas, Lourdes Becerra, Frederik Hviid, José Luis Ballester, Eduardo Lorente, David Ortega, Mireia García, Bárbara Franco, Ana Belén Palomo, Tatiana Rouba, Javier Noriega, Claudia Franco, Silvia Parera, Joaquín Fernández, María Olay, Carlos Ventosa, Ivette María, Jorge Pérez, Juan Benavides, Teo Edo, Itziar Esparza, Susanna Garabatos, Eva Piñera, Fátima Madrid, Blanca Cerón, Marc Capdevila. Excerpt:Medal record Ana Belén Palomo Jiménez (born October 20, 1977 in Algeciras , Cádiz ) is a freestyle swimmer from Spain , who competed for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics , starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia . In both tournaments she was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 50 m freestyle. References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (born February 14, 1986 in Sabadell , Spain ) is a Spanish Olympic backstroke swimmer of Dutch origin. Biography His parents, both born and raised in Netherlands , moved to Spain in 1978 and settled in Sabadell, where his father Paulus Wildeboer became the head coach of the local swimming club, called Club Natació Sabadell . He and his parents now live in Denmark, because his father is the Danish national team coach. Career Both Aschwin and his older brother, Olaf , a freestyle swimmer , represented Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, Aschwin was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 100m and 200m Backstroke. Since 2004, Aschwin has continued to swim internationally for Spain; however, Olaf began swimming for the Netherlands at the 2006 European Championships. Aschwin swam again for Spain in the 200... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Thomson Gale on March 14, 2004. The length of the article is 1407 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: López Obrador debe separarse del cargo: David Jiménez González/Comisión del DF en el Senado de la República.(investigación de supuesta corrupción en mandato del alcalde Andrés Manuel López Obrador)(Entrevista)
Author: Isabel Salmerón
Publication: Siempre! (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 14, 2004
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Volume: 50Issue: 2648Page: 8(2)

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This digital document is an article from Atlantis, revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2007. The length of the article is 2940 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Jesus Lopez-Pelaez Casellas, David Malcolm and Pilar Sanchez Calle, eds. 2004: Masquerades; Disguise in Literature in English from the Middle Ages to the Present.(Book review)
Author: Jesús M. Nieto García
Publication: Atlantis, revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2007
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Volume: 29Issue: 2Page: 145(6)

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