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Alexis de Tocqueville is best known as the author of Democracy in America and The Ancien Régime and the Revolution . Yet among his contemporaries he was also esteemed for his brilliant investigations on social issues such as prison reform, pauperism and the plight of abandoned children. This study explores the intellectual and social context of these neglected yet startlingly innovative writings and it reveals how they proved central to the co...

Drei Männer fahren an einem windigen Septembertag zum Angeln an einen Gebirgsfluss. In einer Autobahnraststätte serviert ihnen ein junges Mädchen das Frühstück. Angeregt durch diesen Kontakt beginnen die Männer, sich verschiedene Dinge, zum Teil alltäglichen, zum Teil absonderlichen Inhaltes, vorzustellen. Diese Vorstellungen werden zum zentralen Gegenstand der Erzählung. Daneben knüpft man Fliegen ans Vorfach, hat mit Witterung und Fluss umzu...

Another misadventure by everyone's favorite literal-minded maid finds Amelia Bedelia in charge of the house when Mr. and Mrs. Rogers go out for the day and leave her with a list of chores.

Beginning readers will love this collection of scary poems, rhymes, and short tales . . . "told by a ghost!" Lively words by Rocklin and bright, funny pictures from Adinolfi make this a perfect treat for any time of the year. Full color.

As gripping as a good thriller." --The Washington PostUnpack the science of secrecy and discover the methods behind cryptography--the encoding and decoding of information--in this clear and easy-to-understand young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that's perfect for this age of WikiLeaks, the Sony hack, and other events that reveal the extent to which our technology is never quite as secure as we want to believe.Coders and codebreak...

The Double-Goal Coach" is filled with powerful coaching tools based on Jim Thompson's Positive Coaching Alliance. These strategies reflect the "best-practices" of elite coaches and the latest research in sports psychology.Hundreds of workshops have shaped these tools for maximum effectiveness and ease of use. The lessons and activities can be used in the very next practice to make sports fun and to get the best from players. "The Double-Goal C...

Dear Listener, Nobody in their right minds would listen to this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire on purpose, because each dismal moment of their stay at the village of V.F.D. has been faithfully and dreadfully recorded on this CD. I can think of no reason why anyone would want to listen to a book containing such unpleasant matters as migrating crows, an angry mob, a newspaper headline, the Duluxe Cell, and ...

Overdue for some fun?If so, check out everyone's favorite-minded housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia. Nothing makes Amelia Bedelia happier than helping people and doing exactly as she's told. And what could be more satisfying than a day spent volunteering at the library?But Mrs. Page, the librarian, is surprised when Amelia Bedelia steals away in the bookmobile for a bookstore visit. Can Amelia Bedelia explain that she was just trying to go by the boo...

This exquisite coming-of-age story from a bestselling author is about a girl who is haunted by her deceased friend Olive and has just a hint of young romance.

Chaucer introduces the characters of the Knight and the Prioress in the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales. Beginning with these familiar figures, Elizabeth Fowler develops a new method of analyzing literary character. She argues that words...

Turbomachinery presents the theory and design of turbomachines with step-by-step procedures and worked-out examples. This comprehensive reference emphasizes fundamental principles and construction guidelines for enclosed rotators and contains end-of-chapter problem and solution sets, design formulations, and equations for clear understanding of key aspects in machining function, selection, assembly, and construction. Offering a wide range of i...

This one-of-a-kind illustrated reference to the origins and meanings of nearly 1, 000 tattoo symbols from around the world is at once an unmatched guide for choosing a personal image and a fascinating look at the tattoo as a work of art.

Located in the picturesque foothills of the Upstate, Greer enjoys a distinguished past, from its days as a hallowed hunting ground for local Cherokee Indians, to its settlement by hardy and adventurous pioneering families in the 1700s, to the advent of the railroad in the 1800s. Today, Greer possesses a rare combination of small-town charm with big-city opportunities, attracting a wide variety of industries and people from across the country a...

A bucolic borough centered between two rivers and a broad boulevard, Rumson evokes the legendary Rumson Road, which by 1890 was one of the nation's most famed country drives. Life between the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers is documented here in fascinating detail, both on Rumson Road and in Rumson's local villages.

This delightful new photographic history of Foxborough presents an affectionate and lively tribute to the town in its heyday. Well-known local historian Jack Authelet has pored through the archives of the Foxborough Historical Commission to select over two hundred vintage images of the town and its people. Combined with an informative text, these outstanding pictures present a revealing social commentary on life in Foxborough from the mid-nine...

The county seat of Monmouth County, Freehold began as an agricultural community and later developed into a center of commerce and industry. The rural characters of both Freehold Township and Freehold Borough are revealed in this marvelous new photographic history, which contains many photographs taken around the turn of the century. T his fantastic collection of about two hundred historic images includes views of early hotels and merchants alo...

Established in 1713 as a Puritan town, Weston, Massachusetts, has been a center of farming, industry, estates, and now, suburban life. Weston traces the changes in the city from the colonial period into the 20th century, with emphasis on the developments of the Progressive era (1900-1920), a time in which the area's most admirable features were established. At the turn of the century, Weston was a community enjoying peace and prosperity while ...

By combining the ancient mysteries of Sappho with the contemporary wizardry of one of our most fearless and original poets, If Not, Winter provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia. Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed, only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. In this miraculous new translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne ...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Geschlossene Fonds sind eine attraktive Anlageform, deren Liquidität jedoch konzeptionsbedingt stark eingeschränkt ist. Eine gewisse Abhilfe kann ein Zweitmarkt für Anteile geschlossener Fonds schaffen. Diese Arbeit gibt einen Überblick über die bisher in Deutschland umgesetzten Zweitmarktkonzepte, um sie anschließend einer umfassenden Analyse zu unterziehen. Eine Beschreibung des Status Quo und eine nachfolgend...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Mit der Hinwendung zum Romantext, als der angemessenen Grundlage für die Beurteilung des Buches, kommt automatisch die Frage nach der Fontane-Rezeption als dominantes Element des Romans auf. Alle textnahen Untersuchungen des Romans haben ¿ im Gegensatz zu den meisten Literaturkritiken der Tagespresse ¿ den intertextuellen Bezug auf Fontane als Kunstgriff und Funktionsträger für Grass¿ Roman begriffen und bieten ...