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A father's prayer for his family to understand the deeper meaning of our Christmas celebrations becomes a reality during the search for a perfect Christmas tree. The family discovers the meaning behind one of their favorite Christmas traditions in The Legend of the Christmas Tree.

The epic scope of historian Nasaw's award winning biography matches the titanic personality and achievements of William Randolph Hearst (1862-1951), who built the nation's first media conglomerate from a single San Francisco newspaper.

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It is the final night of the tour and as the sun sets gently over the mountains of the Austrian Tyrol, the women forget their differences as they exchange amusing holiday anecdotes, feelings of happiness and sadness, worries and past histories.-11 women

Colette, the creator of Claudine, Cheri and Gigi, and one of France¿s outstanding writers, had a long, varied and active life. She was born in Burgundy on 1873 into a home overflowing with dogs, cats and children, and educated at the local village school. At the age of twenty she moved to Paris with her first husband, the notorious writer and critic Henry Gauthiers-Viller (Willy). By locking her in her room, Willy forced Collette to write her ...

A compilation of Sereny's writings on Germany between 1938-2001. 8pp b/w illus. "Thoughtful, non-judgmental and courageous", Mary Wesley, "Daily Telegraph".

With over 700 entries from an international team of contributors, this wide-ranging work crosses the traditional boundaries between disciplines in the humanities and social sciences and defines French culture in its broadest sense. Areas covered include: * economy* education* film* food and wine* gender and sexuality* society* visual arts. Entries range from shorter, factual contributions to longer overview essays, and provide an essential ...

Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in l884 and went to school at Rugby. He was in Russia in l917, and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District with his Russian wife where, in l929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. And so began a writing career which has produced some of the real children's treasures of all time. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Med...

Colette, the creator of Claudine, Cheri and Gigi, and one of France¿s outstanding writers, had a long, varied and active life. She was born in Burgundy on 1873 into a home overflowing with dogs, cats and children, and educated at the local village school. At the age of twenty she moved to Paris with her first husband, the notorious writer and critic Henry Gauthiers-Viller (Willy). By locking her in her room, Willy forced Collette to write her ...

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S’il est un univers qu’affectionne particulièrement Disney, c’est bien celui des animaux. En revisitant le célèbre roman « Oliver Twist », Disney nous replonge dans ce monde qui fascine petits et grands. Oliver est un chaton abandonné dans l’inhospitalière cité newyorkaise. Affamé, il rencontre Roublard, un chien des rues qui se propose de l’aider. Très vite, le petit chat est adopté par les autres chiens du quartier... tous de fortes personna...

Over the course of some 1, 000 alphabetically arranged, biographical entries, "Who's Who in World War One builds up a complete and vivid picture of the major figures in the Great War, and from all 32 nations involved. With the individuals included ranging from the British air ace, Albert Ball, to the German foreign secretary, Richard von Kuhlmann, from David Llyod George to Rasputian, from the British war poet Siegfreid Sassoon to Serbian assa...

As the growth in teleworking, 'virtual teams', and 'virtual enterprises' has shown, the economic landscape is increasingly characterized by an ability to work across spatial and organizational boundaries. Only with this re-design of working methods and business processes can the promise of the digital age be delivered. This book draws upon an international, multi-disciplinary team of editors and contributors and presents the most recent academ...

Why is property located where it is and how has this process changed in recent years? A number of factors such as social change and technological development, have affected location and these are considered. Value, the way changing patterns are measured, is examined and there is a discussion of rent contours. The book considers location in the retail industry, looking at the theory, hierarchy, clustering and dispersal. The move to out of town ...

Community groups, social support networks, voluntary agencies and government organisations are all actively exploring the potential of the new information and communication technologies to bring about democratic development and renewal. A rich variety of social experiments in what has become known as Community Informatics is now beginning to provide useful research findings and exciting examples of innovative applications.This book sets down s...