310 Ergebnisse - Zeige 101 von 120.

In this eye-opening companion volume to her acclaimed history Founding Mothers, number-one New York Times bestselling author and renowned political commentator Cokie Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the groundwork for a better society. Recounted with insight and humor, and drawing on personal correspondence, private journals, and other primary sources, many of them previously unpublished, here are the ...

»Ich bin das Kind von Leuten, die aus Europa rausgeworfen wurden, obwohl sie es geliebt und vielleicht sogar dazu beigetragen haben, daß die Vorstellung eines vereinten multikulturellen Europas entstehen konnte.« Dieses Kind, in Jerusalem als Amos Klausner geboren, wird im letzten Drittel des vergangenen Jahrhunderts als Amos Oz (dt.: Kraft, Stärke) zum wichtigsten Autor und Intellektuellen Israels und zu einem der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller...

New parents can be highly competitive, status-obsessed, and cutthroat consumers - a lethal combination when turbocharged by the anxieties of raising a baby. They will not sabotage Jr's future by denying him a nursery chandelier, Louis Vuitton nappy paraphernalia, or infant yoga. This book satirizes these 'excessively motivated' parents.

The second installment in Gray's gripping modern gothic tale of star-crossed love, "Stargazer" continues the story of Bianca, the daughter of two vampires, who returns for a second year at Evernight Academy.

For twenty years, Miki "Da Cat" Dora was the king of Malibu surfers—a dashing, enigmatic rebel who dominated the waves, ruled his peers' imaginations, and who still inspires the fantasies of wannabes to this day. And yet, Dora railed against surfing's sudden post-Gidget popularity and the overcrowding of his once empty waves, even after this avid sportsman, iconoclast, and scammer of wide repute ran afoul of the law and led the FBI on a remark...

Newly updated and backed by decades of research, this classic guide will equip leaders and team members alike to unleash the power of teamwork.Never before in the history of the workplace has the concept of teamwork been more important to the functioning of successful organizations. Ken Blanchard, bestselling coauthor of Raving Fans, The One Minute Manager® and Gung Ho!, teams up with Donald Carew and Eunice Parisi-Carew to explain how all gro...

Previous ed. published under the title: New ideas from dead CEOs: lasting lessons from the corner office.

For each level there are nine thematically related teaching posters designed to elicit and review target language, and three grammar posters for classroom display to provide on-the-spot reference for learners.  Bold, beautiful and bursting with color!Packed with tools to learn! Backpack, brings to life a love of learning through songs and chants, stickers, and hands-on activities. Your students will want to speak English with Backpack and enjo...

The DVD program recycles and extends language in nine fun-packed units. The Guide provides objectives, scripts, culture notes, and suggestions for optimal use. Bold, beautiful and bursting with color!Packed with tools to learn! Backpack, brings to life a love of learning through songs and chants, stickers, and hands-on activities. Your students will want to speak English with Backpack and enjoy doing the fun-filled activities in the classroom!...

The DVD program recycles and extends language in nine fun-packed units. The Guide provides objectives, scripts, culture notes, and suggestions for optimal use. Bold, beautiful and bursting with color!Packed with tools to learn! Backpack, brings to life a love of learning through songs and chants, stickers, and hands-on activities. Your students will want to speak English with Backpack and enjoy doing the fun-filled activities in the classroom!...

Keine Beschreibung.

The new edition of the world's favourite primary series is now even more colourful and richer! Packed with opportunities to learn through songs and chants, stickers, games, stories, hands-on projects and TPR activities, Backpack guarantees your students will learn while having fun. The Backpack approach promotes deep learning through systematic integration of vocabulary, grammar and the four-skills within levels, across levels and across compo...

This witty and urbane mystery, set against the backdrop of Chicago high society, follows a wealthy fashionista as she unravels the secrets behind her friend's suspicious disappearance.

In his sequel to The Ragamuffin Gospel bestselling author Brennan Manning shows how true and radical trust in God can transform our lives

A timeless American classic rediscovered--an unforgettable saga of a heartland family On a farm in western Missouri during the first half of the twentieth century, Matthew and Callie Soames create a life for themselves and raise four headstrong daughters. Jessica will break their hearts. Leonie will fall in love with the wrong man. Mary Jo will escape to New York. And wild child Mathy's fate will be the family's greatest tragedy. Over the deca...

Beloved tour guides Michelle and James Nevius weave New York City's most compelling stories into a lively, comprehensive narrative history, from the founding of New Amsterdam right up through the events of 9/11. Thanks to 14 detailed, self-guided walking tours at the back of the book and the portable format, it can also be used as a historical guidebook---and the site of every story in it can be visited. With its history-from-the-vantage-of-th...

Canada's cities are crippled by a lack of financial and governing clout. Their infrastructures are crumbling and their citizens are disaffected by the inability of municipal government-or any government, for that matter-to act on the issues that influence their constituents' lives. Cities generate a disproportionate amount of Canada's wealth and are home to the majority of the population, yet they have no means to control their own destinies. ...

Keine Beschreibung.

This book argues for the ethical relevancy of contemporary fiction at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The writers discussed in "Contemporary Fiction and the Ethics of Modern Culture" pay close attention to the concrete realities of the everyday world, such as the feelings of isolation created in urban environments, the roles played by sports, drugs, advertising, and the media, and the widespread use of computer, telecommunication, a...

2nd edition. Integrates the findings of science, philosophy and common sense.