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Con un lenguaje llano con pocos tecnicismos, esta obra trabaja sobre los diferentes institutos regulados por los convenios colectivos del rubro hotelero-gastronómico, que se comentan a lo largo de la obra. Se parte del Convenio Colectivo 389/04 que sirve de base a los demás, usando el sistema de análisis exegético y glosado, por artículo, para hacer más fácilmente ubicables los temas. Como aporte técnico legal se procuró insertar doctrina...

La escritura de un anteproyecto de investigación demanda pensar y repensar las ideas, formularlas en el papel y pulirlas hasta dejarlas a punto; en otras palabras, volver concreta, comprensible y factible la investigación que antes estaba solo en la cabeza. Por eso, un anteproyecto elaborado con juicio es de gran utilidad: les da estructura a las ideas, demarca el camino a seguir, asegura el feliz término del trabajo y, como si fuera poco, garantiza...

The Moonstone is an enormous diamond, stolen from an Indian shrine and bequeathed to a young English heiress, Rachel Verinder, by a malicious uncle. When the cursed gem vanishes from Miss Verinder's bedroom, suspicion falls alternately on a lovesick, hunchbacked housemaid, a band of Indian jugglers, Rachel's beloved cousin, Franklin Blake, a sanctimonious suitor named Godfrey Ablewhite, and even Rachel herself. The eccentric Sergeant Cuff arrives...

En mayo de 2018 una noticia marcó los titulares de los medios: dos jóvenes chilenos que hacían un viaje de aventura turística arriesgaban una condena a morir en la horca por el asesinato de una ciudadana trans en Kuala Lumpur, capital de Malasia. Confinados en una cárcel digna del Expreso de medianoche, vivieron un calvario, mientras desde Chile se movilizaban sus familiares, amigos y autoridades. Parlamentarios y la cancillería intervinieron...

Luego de 5 años de investigación, 14 chilenos acusados de conformar una asociación ilícita terrorista eran detenidos. Ocho meses después, el 75% de las pruebas presentadas sería rechazadas por el juez.

This is a book comprised of over 40 short essays or "routines" that employ savage satire and black comedy to mock and ridicule all things Politically Correct. From the far Left of the ideological spectrum, Canadian author Cliff Burns fearlessly skewers the P.C. mentality, especially its tendency to focus on trendy social causes, while neglecting larger, more pressing concerns, like the plight of hungry, vulnerable people around the world, income inequality...

"Have you ever wanted to be your own private eye? Have you ever wanted to track down long-lost relatives or people who've scammed you? Have you ever wanted to know if your kids really are where they say they are? Or if your significant other is cheating on you? Or how to locate assets in order to collect on a judgment?In, I, Spy, World-renowned private investigator Dan Ribacoff will show you how. With decades of experience in public safety, private...

The AlterQuest Blueprint is for anyone, who wants to learn how to create a new type of people-powered, sustainable, problem-solving, forward-thinking community which can thrive alongside, or outside, the old-world system. If you've been affected by job insecurity, lack of affordable housing, insufficient money to buy necessities or you simply fear for the future, this book is for you. If you're frustrated because no politician or 'leader' actually...

With an experienced CIA officer as your teacher, you'll gain the knowledge and necessary tools to protect yourself and the ones you love. No matter where we go, we leave tracks and cues of our existence without even knowing. Our electronic footprint becomes our invisible trail. In this day in age where the world seems to be at our fingertips and social media plays a huge role in our daily lives, it's hard not to leave part of our digital selves for...

A foolproof guide both to lying and to detecting deception, The CIA Guide to Lying and Lie Detection will teach you how the pros can tell if and when somebody is lying. People lie all the time. Studies show that the average American lies between six and twenty times a day. Most lies are of the "little white" variety or are meant to spare a person's feelings. But what about the big lies? What about the consequential ones? You have a right to know...