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Suitable for engineers, this book offers key information, design techniques and rules of thumb.
Three experts collaborate in this passionate and rewarding dialogue on the legacy of the great American philosopher and educator John Dewey (1859-1952). Focused on growth and the creation of value within the context of real life, Dewey's pragmatic philosophy shares much with humanistic Buddhism. The[...]
This book distils the essence of what makes every successful writer successful. An invaluable aid and reference guide, The POWER Process applies the NLP model specifically to writing of every kind, showing how to perfect writing techniques, and get it right! A simple (but not over-simplified) model [...]
No industry in the world employs more people or is the world's largest foreign currency earner than tourism. Long billed as the cleanest industry for developing countries to invest in, tourism seems to offer everyone involved a positive experience. This is the official line, anyway. In truth, the re[...]
Illustrates the adventures that are possible while exploring the human mind, and further illustrates how ghosts from the past may be laid to rest.[...]
Oxford, nutiden: Elizabeth Staveley sidder i læsesalen på Det Orientalske Bibliotek. Foran hende ligger et fragment af en bortførelsesberetning, der har været gemt i århundreder. Elizabeth har i nogen tid ledt efter et spor, der akn kaste lys over den unge Celia Lampreys skæbne, og[...]
Venedig, 1604. I byens mere skumle kvarterer, blandt kurtisaner og hasardspillere, går der rygter om en yderst smuk og sjælden diamant â âSultanens Blå.â Paul Pindar, en købmand udsendt af det Ostindiske Kompagni, får nys om den, og bliver mere og mere overbevist om, at diamanten[...]
Tre gånger i tiden befann sig tre världar i fara. Tre gånger i tiden skulle tre förkämpar mötas i ett gemensamt öde Sedan urminnes tider har tre parallella världar existerat sida vid sida i varsin separat verklighet. De är Aerbon, människovä[...]
Jatko-osa suositulle Kääpiökuilujen lohikäärmeet -kirjalle. Flint ja Tasslehoff lähtevät etelään, kylmään ja vaaralliseen maahan etsimään yhtä tarunomaisista lohikäärmekristalleista.[...]
Nuori Skylan Ivorson on vindrasin päälliköiden päällikkö. Kansan muinaiset jumalat joutuvat pakoilemaan heitä voimakkaampia uusia jumalia. Jättiläiset ovat saaneet haltuunsa yhden kansan pyhimmistä esineistä, Vektanin käädyn, jota Skylan lähtee hakemaan takaisin lohikäärmelaivastonsa[...]