This is the first comprehensive monograph on the innovative abstract paintings and expansive painting installations of German artist Katharina

Bruno doesn\'t like his new house. He had to leave all his friends behind in Berlin, and there are no children to play with here - until Bruno meets Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the wire fence near Bruno\'s house, and who wears a strange uniform of striped

Based on the best-selling leadership fable, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, the new edition of this easy-to-use workbook provides participants with an opportunity to explore the pitfalls that are side-tracking their team. Beginning with a 38-item team assessment, the workbook guides participants through The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Targeted toward managers and team-leaders, this workshop is perfect

Paralympic champion swimmer and gold medalist Jessica Long celebrates the importance of dreaming big and the power of being different in The Mermaid with No Tail. As a baby, Jessica was adopted from a Russian orphanage. Her legs were amputated below the knee when she was 18 months old. Despite this, Jessica has become a world-class swimmer and one of the most decorated athletes of all time. Dive into

Geopolitics is a slippery term. From great power politics and speculation about resource scrambles, to everyday encounters and objects such as smart phones, it affects citizens, corporations, international bodies, social movements, and governments. Geopolitics is far more than simply the impact of geographical features such as rivers, mountains, and climate on political developments. Geography matters

Students of the Poetic Edda have long ignored a seemingly unassuming, yet most important mythical character: Namely the mead-offering Maiden that appears at the heart of many a myth and heroic legend. This study shows how the Maiden with the Mead appears at the climax of a ritual structure within the myths - a structure that clearly is based on Pagan initiation rituals. The Maiden is the aim of the

Max and his best friend Peregrine realise that a dangerous pack of werewolves from Max\'s home country of Krit are closing in them, But Max hasn\'t told anyone about Sirius the tiny werewolf cub he found, smuggled home, and decided to

In his major New York Times bestseller, Jimmy Carter looks back from ninety years of age and \"reveals private thoughts and recollections over a fascinating career as businessman, politician, evangelist, and humanitarian\" (Booklist). At ninety, Jimmy Carter reflects on his public and private life with a frankness that is disarming. He adds detail and emotion about his youth in rural Georgia that he

A revealing insight into Rachmaninoff\'s intense and often melodramatic life The musical child of Russia\'s golden age, Sergei Rachmaninoff, was the last of the great Romantics. Scorned by the musical establishment until very recently, his music received hostile reviews from critics and other composers. Conversely, it never failed to find widespread popular acclaim, and today he is one of the most

A marvelously illustrated reference to the natural wonders of one of the most spectacular places on earth Separated from Africa\'s mainland for tens of millions of years, Madagascar has evolved a breathtaking wealth of biodiversity, becoming home to thousands of species found nowhere else on the planet. The New Natural History of Madagascar provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date synthesis available

This textbook provides a comprehensive, holistic, scientifically precise, and practically relevant description of Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM). Based on state-of-the-art concepts, it also addresses current trends like disruptive digitization or agile methods. The book is structured in five chapters. The first chapter offers a comprehensive overview of EAM. It addresses questions like: what

Written by a world-renowned author team and drawing together key theories and perspectives using Peter Buckley\'s Global Factory framework, International Business is the most coherent and engaging text for international business

Master your language skills and learn Braille Alphabet This lesson book for sighted students includes activities pages to practice learning the

A beginners guide to moving to the cloud. iCloud is something that Apple doesn\'t talk a lot about but is perhaps their biggest service. It\'s estimated that nearly 850 million people use it. The thing about it, however, is many people don\'t even know they\'re using it. What exactly is it? If you are familiar with Google Drive, then the concept is something you probably already understand. It\'s

Whether they listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland invites readers to ask two basic questions: Are they hearing everything that is going on? Are they really being sensitive to it? With his provocative suggestions, Aaron Copland guides readers through a deeper appreciation of the most rewarding of all art

The official novelization of the summer blockbuster Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the latest film in the MonsterVerseTM franchise, starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, with Ken Watanabe and Ziyi Zhang. Godzilla: King of the Monsters follows the heroic efforts of the cryptozoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the

A powerful and moving story of the remarkable Jewish woman who converted to Catholicism, became a nun, achieved remarkable success in the male-dominated world of German philosophy, and was sent to a Nazi death camp when she refused to deny her Jewish heritage. Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology, declared Edith Stein the best doctoral student he ever had (even abler than Heidegger, who was

All pretty Amy Denovo wants to find the father she has never seen, but she can\'t afford Nero Wolfe\'s outlandish fees . . . or can she? Suddenly she\'s knocking on the oversized detective\'s door with a parcel full of bills in hand--and a quarter of a million hidden in her closet. It\'s all part of a nest egg left by her unknown father. But when Wolfe and his able assistant, Archie Goodwin, begin

National bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of Perseus. Myth remembers Perseus as one of its greatest heroes. A slayer of monsters. A rescuer of damsels. But the women who knew him best have a different story to tell. His mother, Danae. His trophy, Medusa. His wife, Andromeda. As Perseus becomes obsessed