This book features selected papers from the conference that respond to the need for integrated and inclusive social protection to improve the quality of peoples' lives and livelihoods. Specific areas emphasized are health insurance, pensions, the informal sector, measures targeting children, and measuring and monitoring social protection

Exploring the language of Poems, Plays and Prose examines how readers interact with literary works, how they understand and are moved by them

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the field of English for Academic Purposes for teachers. It looks not only at study skills, but also at other central concerns of EAP, such as needs analysis, syllabus and course design, methdology and materials, learning styles and genre analysis

В своей книге автор объясняет основные концепции экономической теории: ценность, деньги, капитал, процент, экономический цикл, последствия государственного вмешательства в экономику и т.д.

В пособии освещены основные проблемы лексикологии, теории и идеи известных лингвистов, включены практические задания, упражнения, которые могут использоваться как на практических и семинарских занятиях, так и даваться студентам в качестве домашнего задания

A man has been found dead, a gun still wedged in his mouth. It looks like Ricardo Arias killed himself…but the physical evidence tells a different story. The police investigation turns up all sorts of troubling data—a bitter estrangement between Ricardo and his wife, Terri; an ugly custody battle over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; charges of child molestation. And before long there’s a murder suspect: San Francisco defense attorney and political hopeful Christopher Paget

В своей книге автор рассказывает о жизни и деятельности Иоганна Копленига, показывает его борьбу за создание партии, за чистоту ее рядов, за единство рабочего класса, свободу и независимость Австрии

В книге рассказывается о жизни и борьбе выдающегося деятеля немецкого и международного коммунистического и рабочего движения Эрнста Тельмана

A fully updated and revised edition of FOF's 1999 Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Revised Edition with 60 new entries, covers more than 200 American Indian tribes of North America. Includes 259 color illustrations (12 new to this edition), 11 color maps, cross-references, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index

An extensive working vocabulary is a prerequisite for test-taking success on the GRE Graduate Record Exam. This revised and updated test preparation guide presents 800 college-graduate-level words with definitions that frequently appear on the exam, while also familiarizing test takers with how the words are generally used in various contexts. Additional features include a pretest that serves as a diagnostic, a lengthy word list with extensive sentence-completion exercises, and a chapter that discusses and analyzes essential word roots. The book concludes with a detailed posttest. Answers are provided for all exercises and for all questions in the posttest