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Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins

...Le Parrocchie di Regalpetra (published in the English edition as Salt in the Wound) was based on his experience as a schoolteacher in his hometown. His descriptions of poverty, fascism, and corruption in the Church and town hall were based on real events and became dominant themes in his later writing. Education informed their respective interrogations of wider cultures....
CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne)
History & The Arts

CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne)

...Le Corbusier, one of the movement's founders, often liked to compare the standardised efficiency of the motor industry with the inefficiency of the building trade.) CIAM's early attitudes towards town-planning were stark: "Urbanisation cannot be conditioned by the claims of a pre-existent aestheticism; its essence is of a functional order… the chaotic division of land,...
An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945

...levels | Books | The Guardian Good e-Reader (2022) Book sales in the United Kingdom are booming - Good e-Reader (goodereader.com) BePolar (2019) Les chiffres et le palmarès des ventes du genre Polar dévoilés par l'Observatoire de la librairie (bepolar.fr) Acknowledgements Image of Andrea Camilleri Image of Georges Simenon Image of Hercule Poirot Image of Maj Sjöwall...
The Psychology of Decision Making
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychology of Decision Making

...VERB MEAN ESTIMATE OF SPEED (MPH) Smashed 40.8 Collided 39.3 Bumped 38.1 Hit 34.0 Contacted 31.8 Those who were asked the ‘smashed’ question were also more likely to believe they had seen broken glass in the film clip than those who were asked the ‘hit’ question. There was no broken glass. Using information Our use of information is often biased in important...
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...Verb Violencia Violence Actividad 8 Select the answer for Actividad 8 here Now listen to Paloma Zancajo talking about what she values most in life. Indicate the six cognates you hear in Spanish from the list below: Paloma Para mí en la vida lo más importante es la familia, eh… no solamente la familia de cuna, sino también la familia que, bueno pues, a lo largo de los...
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

...verb valer, commonly used to ask for prices, means literally ‘to be worth’. It is also used very frequently in the following expressions. Vale la pena. It is worth it. No vale la pena. It is not worth it. B Now listen to the audio track below and follow the prompts to ask for the prices of the items you hear. Escucha y habla. Use the prompts to ask the price of each...
Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?

...Le Pen’s fury at the state of France. It’s difficult to look anywhere and see politics as anything other than a sea of turbulent feelings, which poses several problems for social scientists interested in making sense of contemporary social action and political life. The first is how do we know how people feel? Surveys – whether opinion polls or sociological...
Sgwrsio am Brifysgol - podlediad am y profiad myfyrwyr go iawn
Education & Development

Sgwrsio am Brifysgol - podlediad am y profiad myfyrwyr go iawn

...le bynnag yr ydych yn cael eich podlediadau. Os hoffech wrando arno nawr, cliciwch y dolenni isod. Pennod 1: A yw’r brifysgol yn addas i mi? Mae cymaint o bethau i’w hystyried y dyddiau hyn cyn penderfynu a yw bywyd prifysgol yn addas i chi. Yn y bennod gyntaf hon rydym yn trafod ystod o faterion a fydd efallai’n eich helpu chi i wneud y penderfyniad cychwynnol...