The 21ST Century German-English/English-German Dictionary is an invaluable reference source for today's students, business people and travelers, providing essential information in an easy-to-use format. It is one of four books in the new 21st Century line of foreign dictionaries, which also includes[...]
In a radical break with the past, information now flows like water, and we must learn how to tap into its stream. Individuals and companies can no longer rely on the stocks of knowledge that they've carefully built up and stored away. Information now flows like water, and we must learn how to tap in[...]
The book presents the latest power conversion and control technology in modern wind energy systems. It has nine chapters, covering technology overview and market survey, electric generators and modeling, power converters and modulation techniques, wind turbine characteristics and configurations, and[...]
This collection of critical essays offers an unrivalled and up-to-the-minute assessment of the prolific and resilient life and vision of one of cinema's greatest auteurs. * The first edited collection of essays on Fritz Lang's body of work in over thirty years * A comprehensive assessment of one of [...]
Urban Flashes Asia is a bold conceptual and architectural response to the contemporary city. Supplanting recent Western accounts of urban developments, centred largely on European research, it introduces an emergent network of globally dispersed architects, theorists and urbanists. Working pri[...]
The rich variety of Europe's history rolled into one thrilling account. This book takes you on a fascinating journey through the disasters, triumphs, people, power and politics that have shaped the Europe we know today - and you'll meet some incredible characters along the way! From Roman relics to [...]
Indispensable for hospitality managers who need to communicate effectively with their Spanish-speaking employees, this unique book gives you the basic Spanish language skills you need at work every day. You'll quickly learn Spanish phrases, questions, and instructions that you can use immediately--i[...]
32 less familiar folk tales from the American Indians, Australian Bushmen, African Kaffirs and from Persia, Lapland, Brazil, and India. Different enough to capture all imaginations. 50 illustrations.
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35 stories, many from oral traditions, others from French, German, Italian collections: "The Goat-faced Girl," "The Sunchild," "The Street Musicians," "The Twin Brothers," "Prunella," and many more. 59 illustrations.
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36 stories from Hungary, Russia, Finland, Iceland, Tunisia, the Baltic: "The Cottager and His Cat," "The Crab and the Monkey," "Little Wildrose," "The Gold-bearded Man," and more. 53 illustrations.
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Noted musicologist's exceptionally full and detailed study of the man, his music and his times -- widely considered the standard biography. Childhood, early music training, years in London; composition of "Messiah, " other oratorios and operas; analysis of Handel's musical style and individual works[...]