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A touching love letter from a grandchild about their one and only grandma!Nothing compares to the special bond between grandma and grandchild! This picture book from a grandchild to grandma overflows with love, adventure, and fun, celebrating all of the magical reasons why Grandma truly is, one of a kind. Filled with heartfelt text, enchanting illustrations, and diverse families. Dear Grandma makes for a sweet and silly read-aloud experience f...

Board governance is examined from perspectives of historical, theoretical, and functional modalities. Present governance challenges associated with board culture, historical practices, policy, politics, talent acquisition, and contracts are reviewed. In-person board/CEO interviews suggest a need for change. A new approach to governing is proposed.

In The Book of Books, Thomas Fulton charts the process of recovery, interpretation, and reuse of scripture in early modern English literary culture, exploring the uses of the Bible as a combination of text and paratext that revolved around sites of social controversy and was continually transformed for political purposes.

From speech to breathing to overt movement contractions of muscles are the only way other than sweating whereby we literally make a mark on the world. Locomotion is an essential part of this equation and exciting new developments are shedding light on the mechanisms underlying how this important behavior occurs. The Neural Control of Movement discusses these developments across a variety of species including man. The editors focus on highlight...

This stunning two-volume publication introduces readers to one of the largest private collections of architectural drawings in the world. Showcasing drawings and related models and artifacts dating from 1691 to the mid-twentieth century, this lavish tome provides a fascinating look at these often beautiful byproducts of architectural training and practice. The collection, assembled over a thirty-year period by investor and philanthropist Peter...

Dass in deutschsprachigen literarischen Werken das kulturell Fremde, in diesem Fall China, dargestellt und thematisiert wird, ist kein neues Phänomen im 21. Jahrhundert. Jedoch ist das Problem, wie die ästhetischen und poetischen Funktionen solcher Darstellungen zu bestimmen sind, noch nicht komplett gelöst. Von diesen Grundgedanken ausgehend wird in der vorliegenden Untersuchung versucht, die bisherige methodologische Orientierung der Imagolo...

One woman dead, another missing‿and time is running outPolitically incorrect detective Andreas Kaldis, promoted out of Athens to serve as police chief for Mykonos, is certain his homicide investigation days are over. Murders don't happen in Greece's tourist heaven. At least that's what he's thinking as he stares at the remains of a young woman, ritually bound and buried on a pile of human bones inside a remote mountain church. Teamed with the ...

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Unparalleled, comprehensive survey of medical knowledge and practice in ancient Egypt, by the leading authorities on the topic Combines the expertise of an anthropologist, paleopathologist and physician with a deep understanding of Egyptologists of ancient Egyptian language, culture, history, society and religious beliefs Contains translations of ancient medical texts as well as medical commentaries, which gives the reader an opportunity to ...

This book brings together academics as well as practitioners to give a forward-looking, holistic view of the realities of EU citizen participation across the spectrum of participatory opportunities.

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It is hard to think of two philosophers less alike than St. Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Paul Sartre. The former was a thirteenth-century Dominican friar known for reconciling the teachings of the Catholic Church with Aristotelianism. The latter was a twentieth-century intellectual known as the central figure in the literary-philosophical movement known as existentialism. The former was a firm believer, the latter was a notorious atheist. And yet, ...

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Die elfjährige Charlie und ihre FAST volljährigen Zwillingsgeschwister Mira und Tom dürfen zum ersten Mal eine Woche ohne ihre Eltern allein zuhause bleiben. Um ihr Taschengeld aufzubessern, haben sie eine geniale Idee: Sie bieten ihr Haus als Unterkunft für Besucher des nahegelegenen Rockfestivals an. Noch ahnen sie nicht, auf was sie sich da eingelassen haben. Denn als tatsächlich die fünf Mitglieder der Rockband »Howies little Sister« bei i...

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Scharnhorst: The Formative Years is the first comprehensive study of Gerhard Scharnhorst. It focuses on his service in Hanover, corrects the inaccuracies of previous German editions, and presents many unpublished discoveries.

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The book recounts the history and achievements of research at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), including work at its predecessors the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA, 1974-1994) and the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD, 1974-1994)"--

Unsere Geschichte ist zweigeteilt: Geschichte und Vorgeschichte. Die erstere kennen wir, die zweite glauben wir zu kennen. Aber die ältere Geschichte, also die Griechen und Römer, das Mittelalter und die Neuzeit, sind alles Sagen und Legenden, stellen eine gewaltige literarische Erfindung oder Fälschung dar. Die Analyse der historischen Inhalte zeigt, dass diese Geschichten nach einer Matrix, nach ein paar wenigen Wörtern, Namen und Textbücher...