One of the most talented artists in the field of fantasy illustration, Australia's Michal Dutkiewicz has made quite a name for himself down-under with his over-the-top abilities. He designed this book to be humorous, insightful, and jam-packed with illustrations, it's a must-have for any aspiring artist, amateur or professional, or simply a fan of the genre who wants a peek behind the curtain to see how the effects are created. SQ Publications
If we knew how challenging raising children was going to be, more of us would choose to be childfree. A voice of reason to those with unreasonable expectations of what parenting is all about.
In another set of his new 'novel-biographies'. Ken Russell reinvents the quintessentially English Edward Elgar (1857-1934) and Frederick Delius (1862-1934). Very different in character, the two of them--both provincial lads--come alive in a new way.
This book features peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the Seventh World Conference on Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Electricity. Thermophotovoltaic technology is a promising new means for the direct conversion of thermal to electric energy. Its potential applications range from military power, to space propulsion, to commercial products for market niches.
orientiert sich inhaltlich eng am Pupil's Book
- aufeinander aufbauende Übungen zur Wortschatzsicherung
- intensive Wortschatzvermittlung durch zusätzliche Übungsseiten
- stärkere Einbindung des schriftlichen Sprachgebrauchs
- "Let's check"-Seite am Ende jeder Unit
- thematischer Wortschatz am Ende (Miniwörterbuch)
- alle Lieder und Chants aus Pupil's Book und Activity Book auf der Audio-CD
- wahlweise auch mit CD-ROM erhältlich
Promoting competition is not just about removing legal controls and then getting out of the way. It also requires that policymakers consciously design new markets, often with significant rules and regulations to promote efficiency. In Creating Competitive Markets: The Politics and Economics of Regulatory Reform, leading experts from academia, government, and the private sector evaluate more than a dozen efforts at market design.
Exploring a boy's childhood in Barcelona during the Franco dictatorship, this work is based on the autobiographical experience of prize-winning Catalan author Jordi Coca.
This selection of the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad was made by the internationally respected British Muslim scholar, Charles le Gai Eaton. The Book of Hadith captures not only the practical and profound wisdom of the Prophet, but his human side as well. Contains Arabic text as well.
Directly addressing the relationship with his father, a Marxist Caribbean nationalist, Kwame Dawes presents a memoir of intellectual rigor that is coupled with great tenderness. With the immediacy of a man thinking aloud and the careful structure of art that recalls the places that have molded his life--from Ghana and Jamaica to Canada and America--Dawes explores the nearly universal conditions of migrants. Ultimately about the joys of persona...
This comprehensive exploration of a metric approach to some relevant problems and techniques in analysis focuses on examining spaces of homogeneous type. Both the structural and analytical problems under consideration reflect very active areas of current research. The exposition, motivated by examples and details of which many cannot be found elsewhere in book form, unfolds systematically in three parts, starting from such preliminaries as the...
Zunächst ist da diese quirlige, vor Lebenskraft schier berstende Welt, die so vollkommen anders ist, als alles, was wir kennen. Wo die Leute irgendwie schöner aussehen, als bei uns, beweglicher sind und temperamentvoller, und vor allem viel bessere Laune haben. Wo man Sand unter den Füßen hat, statt Asphalt, und so viele Tage ununterbrochenen Sonnenscheins hintereinander, daß die Menschen sagen "Schönes Wetter heute!" wenn es endlich einmal ei...
Sexueller Missbrauch ist Gewalt an Kindern und hat katastrophale Auswirkungen auf deren Persönlichkeitsentwicklung. Aber nicht nur die Opfer haben mit den Nachwirkungen zu kämpfen. Die traumatische Erfahrung prägt auch Bindungen, Beziehungen und Partnerschaften, die Überlebende als Erwachsene eingehen. Nicole Linder und Sabine Thießenhusen arbeiten die Langzeitfolgen für von sexuellem Missbrauch betroffene Frauen heraus, stellen aber vor allem...
Attributes the technological progress and the consequent increase in wealth and general welfare in the last two centuries to the introduction of liberal government policies based on free-market economic teachings, creating an economic and political environment which permits individuals to pursue their respective goals in freedom and peace.