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After his bride leaves him, the Translator tries to figure out how to put his life back together. His employers aren't paying him, he's trying to survive a woman's unwanted advances, and he's trying to make the best of his desperate living conditions. Darkly funny, filled with acidic observations and told with a frenetic pace, this work is an incredible ride--whether the reader is a translator or not. not.

Scrappy fencer Nicholas Cox comes to the end of his path to prove himself worthy of a father he never knew in the face of surly upperclassmen, nearly impossible odds, and the talent of his rival, sullen fencing prodigy, Seiji Katayama.

The Schools of England and Germany is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly ...

George Orwell war als Autor seiner Zeit voraus. Sein bekanntestes Werk, 1984, schrieb er 1948 und entwarf dort eine Gesellschaft, die durch ständige Überwachung durch den Big Brother terrorisiert wird. Wie Die Farm der Tiere in der Nachkriegszeit als eine Parabel auf die totalitären Systeme entworfen, hat es in Zeiten von Big Data nichts an Aktualität verloren. George Orwells Leben war dabei genauso modern wie seine Bücher. Er studierte in Eto...

This book is the eighth volume in this Collaborative Biography, which explores the life and works of Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek (1899-1992). Making extensive use of archival material and Hayek’s own published writings, it presents a strong challenge to perceptions of the economist’s life and thought. In this volume, chapters canvas subjects such as the relationship between the Austrian School of Economics and the Cold War, the Ha...

For his notorious photos, taken at night in Tokyo's Shinjuku, Yoyogi, and Aoyama parks during the 1970s, Yoshiyuki captured a secret community of lovers and voyeurs. His pictures document the people who gathered for clandestine trysts, as well as the many spectators who watched--and sometimes participated in--these couplings.couplings.

A handsome collection of colorfully illustrated stories that will have your child excited for bedtime—Three Little Pigs, Mother Goose, Cinderella, and more! Dozens of fairy tales and animal stories are now in a five-minute version perfect for bedtime! These adorable classics are perfect for that final nighttime story that will send your child happily off to sleep dreaming of talking animals and magical heroes. This compilation includes a vari...

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San Francisco-based photographer Light delivers the fourth book in his series of aerial surveys of the American West, taking viewers into the vast geological space and time of the Great Basin.

To face the future, Canada needs more Canadians. But why and how many? Canada's population has always grown slowly, when it has grown at all. That wasn't by accident. For centuries before Confederation and a century after, colonial economic policies and an inward-facing world view isolated this country, attracting few of the people and building few of the institutions needed to sustain a sovereign nation. In fact, during most years before 1967...

A revised edition of: What's the buzz?: games and activities to improve social skills: a 16-lesson plan for primary schools.

The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre—including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay.Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen Datlow—the most lauded editor in short works of supernatural suspense and dark fantasy. The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories is her definitive collection of gho...

The evolving aid architecture and mounting development challenges caused by recent food, financial and energy crises, demand an urgent and critical review of existing aid modalities, policy-making and forums for international cooperation. In light of the rise of emerging powers, an important question is the extent to which the changing global order is transforming the nature of development cooperation. Promoting equitable broad-based economic ...

This book analyzes the structural factors that underlie the persistent mass poverty and extreme inequality in South Asian countries. It highlights the fact that the supposed trade-off between output growth and job creation is a false dilemma. Growth can create jobs, and jobs can drive growth, mutually reinforcing one another. Increased employment and better jobs would mitigate the problems arising from a widening inequality gap. The book argue...

Use a neon highlighter to find and color hidden objects in this newest collection of reverse Hidden Pictures® puzzles. Kids can create eye-popping artwork in this engaging activity book that's a twist on classic Highlights(TM) puzzles.This unique puzzling experience combines the fun of coloring with highlighters and the enduring popularity of intricate Hidden Pictures® puzzles. With the inverted Hidden Pictures puzzles in this book, kids can u...

Learn to read, write, and speak Indonesian by completing the 12 lessons in this edition that also provides a gateway to understanding many important aspects of Indonesia's amazingly diverse culture, people, and places.

Which underlying problems pose the greatest threat to British society today? A hundred years after its philanthropist founder identified poverty, alcohol, drugs, and gambling among the social evils of his time, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation initiated a major consultation among leading thinkers, activists, and commentators, as well as the wider public, to identify social evils in the 21st century. The Foundation has compiled the results of thi...

This popular, dynamically illustrated volume presents all the practical everyday phrases and words visitors need when exploring this fascinating country. Hannigan, a travel journalist and award-winning author, has updated his popular guide with 20 percent new content.

Clivo and the Myth Blasters are back on the trail of the immortal cryptid in this conclusion to a monstrously funny middle-grade duology by Lija Fisher. Life has gotten complicated for thirteen-year-old Clivo Wren. After taking up his deceased father's mission to find the extraordinary creature whose blood grants everlasting life, Clivo is spending his summer not at camp or hanging out with his friends, but jetting all over the world tracking ...