2198 Ergebnisse - Zeige 2141 von 2160.

Blending stark realism with the surreal and fantastic, Eve L. Ewing's narrative takes us from the streets of Chicago to an unspecified future, deftly navigating the boundaries of space, time, and reality. Ewing imagines familiar figures in magical circumstances, and identifies everyday objects - hair moisturizer, a spiral notebook - as precious icons.Her visual art is spare, playful and poignant: a cereal-box decoder ring that allows the weare...

From the bestselling author of The Art of Mingling, an irreverent and essential how-to for navigating conversational minefields-without getting blown up. We are living in a new social era: The Powder Keg Era. These days almost every subject leads straight to politics, and the conversation goes straight to hell. In a nation that is completely polarized, with most of us continually pummeled by social media and the 24/7 news cycle, our social liv...

Cultivate hope with strengths-based practices grounded in positive psychologyIf you suffer from depression, sub-clinical depression, or low mood, you may have days where you feel like you've lost hope-hope that you'll ever feel better, that the world will be a better place, or that you'll someday find the happiness that always seems to elude you. You aren't alone. Many people struggle with feelings of sadness and hopelessness- especially in ou...

Turn off the light. Turn off your phone. Turn off anxious thoughts.Do you have trouble getting to sleep at night? You aren't alone. There are so many reasons teens today have a difficult time going to sleep-including early school start times, too much late-night screen time, or just being anxious about what the future holds. You are at an important crossroads in your life, so it's natural to feel overwhelmed at times. But it's essential that y...

Discover the latest innovations in ACT research and clinical practice-all in one comprehensive, edited volume.Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a powerful and proven-effective treatment model for alleviating several mental health conditions, ranging from depression and anxiety to addiction and eating disorders. And because ACT is an ever-evolving modality that relies on processes, rather than fixed protocols, it is primed for substant...

A friend's public execution triggers an ambitious look at the breakup of the modern Arab world.

A new introduction to Zen Buddhism for the general reader from a British scholar and founder of New Buddha Way.

Keine Beschreibung.

A concise, accessible guide that uses worked examples and end-of-chapter problems to explain the essential ideas underlying photonics and how they relate to photonic devices and systems. It is ideal for undergraduate students studying a first course in photonics, and anyone wanting to review fundamental concepts.

Keine Beschreibung.

This book provides coverage of the major gyrator circuits, simulated inductors and related synthetic impedances. It offers a review of research in this field to date, and includes a wide range and number of circuit examples, along with their relevant design equations, limitations, performance features, advantages and shortcomings.

Offers a comprehensive, accessible introduction to experimental design, field monitoring skills for plants and animals, data analysis, interpretation and reporting This user-friendly book presents field monitoring skills for both plants and animals, within the context of a research project. This text provides a single resource to take the reader all the way through from the planning stage, into the field, guiding through sampling, organism id...

This new, thoroughly updated second edition of Bradt's Outer Hebrides: The Western Isles of Scotland, from Lewis to Barra by experienced writer and journalist Mark Rowe is the only full-size guide to focus solely on the islands of Lewis, Harris, St Kilda, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, Eriskay, Barra and Vatersay. Masses of background information is included, from geography and geology to art and architecture, with significant coverage of ...

Keine Beschreibung.

Integrates fundamental theory with computational tools to give students the skills and confidence to solve real-world heat transfer problems. With extensive examples and real engineering problems throughout, and a suite of online teaching resources, this is an essential text for heat transfer courses and a useful guide for practicing engineers.

Ernährungsumstellungen, Diäten und Abnehmversuche enden früher oder später fast immer enttäuschend. Welches sind die wirklichen Stolpersteine, an denen Änderungen von Essgewohnheiten und Essverhaltensmustern tatsächlich scheitern? Dieses Buch klärt auf über reale und verborgene Hintergründe und zeigt mit dem innovativen SUMA® - Prinzip erstaunlich neue und leicht verdauliche Lösungswege. Nach 25-jährigen akribischen Verhaltensbeobachtungen un...

Weil ich dich so sehr lieben darf, lebe ich noch" ist eine der vielen Momentaufnahmen inmitten der Trauer um das Sternenkind Tilda. Die Sammlung dieser Momentaufnahmen gibt Einblick in die Unberechenbarkeit, Intensität und Gegensätzlichkeit von Gefühlen, wenn der Tod das Leben verändert.Durch das Benennen des Nichtfassbaren wurde es für Nicole möglich, die unermessliche Traurigkeit und die tiefe Liebe zu ihrer Tochter nebeneinander sein zu las...

Life has questions. They have answers' New York Times We will spend around 125, 000 hours at work in our lifetimes. But how best to use those hours is one of our most challenging questions. We all want to find meaning at work, but our managers can't get it for us. And as companies work to be more nimble and shift according to changing markets, the workplace is increasingly unpredictable. It's up to each of us to define and find our own happine...

Keine Beschreibung.

If there's a cultural artefact capable of withstanding the vagaries and fickleness of the digital age as well as the printed book, it's the vinyl record ... In 'Listening to the Wind', Ian Preece sets out on an international road trip to capture the essence of life for independent record labels operating in the twenty-first century. Despite it all - from algorithms and streaming to the death of the high street and the gutting of the music pres...