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Scenes from the turbulent life of the rich, glamourous and beautiful Nancy Cunard

A critical introduction to the complex world of the credit rating industry: how it works, how it has evolved, the role it played in the financial crisis, and how it is regulated.

A critical introduction to the complex world of the credit rating industry: how it works, how it has evolved, the role it played in the financial crisis, and how it is regulated.

The lyrical depiction of grief in Max Porter's Grief is a Thing with Feathers meets the tender examination of different kinds of love in Sarah Winman's Tinman in this tear-jerking literary debut about a life cut short by cancer, and a love cut short by fear and social pressure.

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This publication brings together for the first time Anish Kapoor's architectural projects and ideas that span the last 40 years. These are concepts that continue to inform all areas of Kapoor's artistic output, many of which have been realized in works that confound the distinctions between art and architecture, pushing architecture into radical new territory. Kapoor's projects renegotiate the relationship not only between art and architecture...

Dieses OutdoorHandbuch beschreibt das Herzstück des Europäischen Fernwanderweges E5 von Oberstdorf nach Bozen (203 km), eine der beliebtesten Routen in den Süden. Daneben umfasst der Wanderführer auch die beliebte E5-Variante von Oberstdorf nach Meran (110 km) sowie die anspruchsvolle Alternative über den Kaunergrat (58, 8 km). Zu jeder Tagesetappe gibt es eine ausführliche Wegbeschreibung mit Angaben zu Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten und öffentli...

Drawing on the narrative of his own life growing up as painfully shy child, Ben Brooks explores what it is to be 'quiet' - what it means, what it can feel like and how we can embrace it - and debunks some of the myths about what it means to be a shy person.Around 60% of adults identify as 'shy' - just one of the facts that Ben uses to 'normalise' shyness, outlining stories of famously shy people from the past and the present - Charles Darwin, ...

The Italian Escape is a truly wonderful escapist novel, through which we can all 'live the dream and' open a wine bar on the Italian coast. Perfect for fans of Karen Swan and Rosanna Ley.

100% UNOFFICIAL___Tuesday, 20th September, 1977During Latin this AM, our teacher Mr Beesley - he of the confetti dandruff and bodily odours - demanded that I give a brief talk on Catullus. Apparently I'd volunteered to do so last week, then forgotten about it entirely. Well, dearest D, I don't mind telling you that the Johnson brain was mightily flummoxed. Without the faintest clue what I was about to say, I rose to my feet. "Um, gosh, yes, Ca...

Though there have been myriad books on Errol Flynn - scores of biographies, film studies, analyses, etc. - there has never been one that unfurls his dashing life day-by-day, predominantly through photos, letters, news clippings, and documents. This book does so: from Flynn¿s birth in Hobart, Australia in 1909 through to his death in Vancouver, Canada in 1959. Culled from over 11, 000 images in the author¿s personal collection (many rarely or n...

What do you do when the wedding of your dreams turns into a nightmare?

First man on the Moon Neil Armstrong reveals the adventure of the first Moon landing, and how the Earth and the Moon came to be, in this unique non-fiction picture book.A young boy sits up in bed and gazes at the distant Moon through his window. He wonders if, one day, a human will stand on its surface and look back at the Earth. But Earth is already being studied from the Moon. An all-seeing Moon rock of almost impossible age, called Bok, has...

In Outlandish, acclaimed travel writer Nick Hunt takes us across landscapes that should not be there, wildernesses found in Europe yet seemingly belonging to far-off continents: a patch of Arctic tundra in Scotland, the continent's largest surviving remnant of primeval forest in Poland and Belarus, Europe's only true desert in Spain, and the fathomless grassland steppes of Hungary.From snow-capped mountain range to dense green forest, desert r...

Multiples and mixed methods research is now popular in a variety of disciplines across the social sciences, and is highly effective in terms of allowing researchers to gain a much deeper understanding of phenomena. This book covers the basics of using multiple and mixed methods with a focus on the quantitative approaches and data, integrating a range of quantitative mix methods techniques.

The first volume of the ultimate reference on the science and applications of aggregation-induced emission The Handbook of Aggregation-Induced Emission explores foundational and advanced topics in aggregation-induced emission, as well as cutting-edge developments in the field, celebrating twenty years of progress and achievement in this important and interdisciplinary field. The three volumes combine to offer readers a comprehensive and insig...

From the bestselling author of The Psalm Killer and The Butchers of Berlin 'One of Britain's most visionary writers' David PeaceA breath-taking contemporary thriller for readers of Robert Harris, John le Carré​ and Martin Cruz SmithWhen a government minister is shot there are many suspects but few leads. Days before the attempted assassination, Charlotte Waites, a Home Office analyst, dismissed a crucial intel flag and now has to account for h...

This new book will help you to improve the less successful aspects of your conveyancing service and it includes guidance on regulatory issues such as price transparency (as highlighted by the SRA) and GDPR through case studies and practical examples.

Michel Leiris wird gerade wieder neu entdeckt: als Kronzeuge kolonialer Raubkunst. Tatsächlich wird man kaum einen Autor finden, der die fragwürdigen Praktiken bei der Aneignung von Objekten durch Ethnografen in Afrika - Rettung durch Raub - so freimütig aus der Täterperspektive schildert. Die Ethnologen haben ihn nach diesen Enthüllungen zuerst als unseriösen »Literaten« verunglimpft, um Phantom Afrika (1934) später zum Vorbild für eine exper...

En el año 2014 una compañía japonesa le solicitó a Enric Lladó identificar las habilidades más importantes que sus ejecutivos deberían poseer para afrontar los retos del futuro. Fruto de este encargo, Enric creó el Modelo Samurái de liderazgo. Desde entonces, cientos de ejecutivos de numerosas empresas han sido capaces de mejorar su liderazgo y sus resultados de negocio gracias al entrenamiento en las cuatro artes del modelo.Este libro pone es...