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The international bestseller from the author of The Last Pope After the suspicious death of Pope John Paul I, British journalist Sarah Monteiro is drawn into the web of an international conspiracy, and must reluctantly reunite with the mysterious priest/assassin Rafael, and the sinister mastermind... More

Almost thirty years after the world was stunned by the shocking death of Pope John Paul I, journalist Sarah Monteiro finds an envelope stuffed in her mailbox. The contents hold the key to uncovering the truth about that mysterious death. Drawn into a vortex in which deadly mercenaries, crooked polit... More

Reflecting the diverse and profound changes triggered by the latest wave of economic globalization, this book highlights various governance responses at national, regional and global levels. The topics covered are wide-ranging and include economic history and development, European integration, excha... More

Detrás del ejercicio reflexivo y documental de Miguel Rocha Vivas segesta una gran rebelión. Una insurrección contra la dictadura de laletra imperativa, de la escritura como instrumento del despojo de laalfabetización como táctica descalificación de una cultura donde lapalabra todavia canta y ata. E... More

Una intriga, un secreto y una alianza de la que forma parte el mismo Benedicto XVI. Tres de los Cinco Caballeros, una orden encargada de velar por unos valiosos manuscritos encontrados en el mar Muerto en los que se refuta la crucifixión de Jesús, han muerto y otro de ellos, encargado de guardarl... More

Tras el éxito internacional del best seller La muerte del Papa, que se publicó en más de veinte países, Luis Miguel Rocha regresa con un thriller impresionante sobre el intento de asesinato del papa Juan Pablo II. Un periodista internacional, un soldado portugués, un musulmán que afirma haber vist... More

Que no te los cuenten. Por medio de una escritura clara, amena y absorbente, los relatos que nos ofrece Son de letras nos harán compartir situaciones peculiares, a veces hilarantes, otras emotivas, pero siempre atractivas. Acompañaremos la difícil decisión del hijo, que descubre una cita secreta e... More

Biological and biomedical research are increasingly driven by experimental techniques that challenge our ability to analyse, process and extract meaningful knowledge from the underlying data. The impressive capabilities of next-generation sequencing technologies, together with novel and constantly ... More

This book introduces the latest international research in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology. It includes various studies in the area of machine learning in bioinformatics, systems biology, omics data analysis and mining, biomedical applications and sequences, which were selected... More

This book features 21 papers spanning many different sub-fields in bioinformatics and computational biology, presenting the latest research on the practical applications to promote fruitful interactions between young researchers in different areas related to the field. Next-generation sequencing tec... More

This book highlights the latest research on practical applications of computational biology and bioinformatics, and addresses emerging experimental and sequencing techniques that are posing new challenges for bioinformatics and computational biology. Successfully applying these techniques calls for ... More

This book features novel research papers spanning many different subfields in bioinformatics and computational biology, presenting the latest research on the practical applications to promote fruitful interactions between young researchers in different areas related to the field. Clearly, biology is... More

This book is suitable for researchers and practitioners in biology, medicine and health sciences and bioinformatics. The success of bioinformatics and computational biology in recent years has been driven by research through computational tools and techniques that are essential for data analysis in ... More

This book provides the first comprehensive state-of-the-art research on tree (dendritic) fluid flow and heat transfer. It covers theory, numerical simulations and applications. It can serve as extra reading for graduate-level courses in engineering and biotechnology. Tree flow networks, also known a... More

This proceedings presents recent practical applications of Computational Biology and  Bioinformatics. It contains the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Practical Applications of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics held at University of Salamanca, Spain, at June 3rd-5th, 2015. T... More

This book highlights the sustainable aspects of fashion and textiles in Latin America and discusses how the manufacturing and consumption of textile products and fashion are significant sources of environmental damage. It addresses important issues of water and energy consumption in the textile and ... More

This book explores the interplay between liberalism and imperialism in Second Empire France. By examining the political dimension of imperial expansion and the power of words in shaping public opinion, it sheds light on the ways in which liberal ideas developed in the nineteenth century. In contrast... More

This book presents the results of the most complete and updated assessment of cognitive resources of students in Latin America: the Study of Latin American Intelligence (SLATINT). During four years, top researchers of the region used a standardized set of cognitive measures to assess 4,000 students ... More

People have been fascinated by cats for centuries. From the ancient Egyptians, all the way down to today's cat lovers throughout the world, cats have held a special place in people's lives. Cats are unique creatures. It shouldn't be surprising that they have captured the imaginations of many of the ... More

Some years—1789, 1929, 1989—change the world suddenly. Or do they? In 2020, a pandemic converged with an economic collapse, inequalities exploded, and institutions weakened. Yet these crises sprang not from new risks but from known dangers. The world—like many patients—met 2020 with a host of preexi... More

Barcelona: la ciutat en flames El 25 de juliol de 1835 va tenir lloc a Barcelona una revolta popular en què es van cremar diversos convents. Va començar a la plaça de braus d'El Torín de la Barceloneta, des d'on es va estendre ràpidament per tota la ciutat. Els dies següents, els aldarulls van cu... More