"Value Propositioning addresses the ways in which business decisions are actually made. Rather than providingâ as so many business books doâ analytical procedures for making optimal decisions, it focuses on what really happens, how it really happens, and why it really happens. By giving us[...]
When the body of a young woman is discovered in the Lane of Many Heads, an alley in modern-day Mecca, no one will claim it, as they are all ashamed of her nakedness. As Detective Nasser pursues his investigation of the case, seemingly all of Mecca chimes in including the Lane of Many Heads itself in[...]
In the face of overwhelming attention to extremist movements and the fundamentalist Islam they often espouse, exploration of peacemaking and conflict resolution in Muslim communities is especially timely. "Crescent and Dove" looks at the relationship between contemporary Islam and peacemaking by tac[...]
First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend as the character, John Rambo, took his place in the American imagination. This remarkable and critically acclaimed novel pits a young Vietnam veteran against a small-town cop who doesn't know what he will unle[...]
The first three books in the Ruby Dove Mystery Series: The Mystery of Ruby
Sometimes the unlikeliest friends form the greatest friendships. A funny, charming picture book from a dynamic duo. Friends Yak and Dove are complete opposites. Yak is large and Dove is small. Yak has fur and Dove has feathers. Yak is polite. Dove is ill-mannered. Yak likes quiet. Dove likes noise. [...]
"As a Brit, a woman and a liberal, Emma Sky's presence and position in Iraq following the invasion in 2003 is the stuff of fiction. Shortly after the coalition troops went in, Sky, an Arabist, volunteered to go to assist the Coalition Provisional Authority in the occupation. Alone, she made her way [...]
A Technical Foundation, Menswear Pattern Cuttingis the third publication by Tanya Dove and compliments her previous works; A Technical Foundation, Women's Wear Pattern Cutting and Concept to Creation: The Design Process. The aim ofA Technical Foundationis to provide a clear flexible guide to pattern[...]
-First and definitive book on the career of influential artist Toni Dove -Accompanies major exhibition at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (February 25, 2018 - May 20, 2018) -Will appeal to those with interest in contemporary art, new media and the growing field of Virtual Reality -Debuts l[...]
For as long as she can remember, thirteen-year-old Mag has lived with her father at a home for the mentally ill.The patients are all clearly mad, so when the usually silent Grace claims that she's Mag's real mother - and also a witch - Mag's world is turned upside down.As things take a turn for the [...]
The Wings of the Dove is a tale of desire and possession, of love and death. It is in essence a simple story, but one that opens up the great subject of art: life itself. To tackle this, James moves between fairytale storylines and the startlingly modern techniques of his testing late style. An unsp[...]
Waiting for the land to spring to life again after a terrible flood in the Valley of a Thousand Hills, Lindi and her grandmother try to earn a living selling their beautiful beadwork. Then a dove brings hope for the survivors and special good fortune for Lindi and her loving Gogo.[...]
In this extraordinary variation on the theme of the eternal triangle, Henry James contrasts two women who love one man: the magnificent but ambitious and unscrupulous Kate Croy, and the fragile heiress Millie Theale whose early death precipitates the story's surprising outcome. Together with The Gol[...]
Roja Dove's passion for fragrance is contagious. As the world's leading perfume authority, Dove takes us on an extravagant journey through the world of scent, from Ancient Egypt, where myth has it that the fragrance Kypi induced mass surrender, through to the 1920s, when Jean Harlow's husband - madd[...]
Evelyn Dove embraced the worlds of jazz, musical theatre and, most importantly, cabaret, in a career spanning five decades from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A black British diva with movie star looks, she captivated audiences and admirers around the world, enjoying the same appeal as the 'Forces [...]
Jack Veeder is dying. Soon. And that impending event brings his son Jimmy back to the Imperial Valley of southern California just north of the Calexico/Mexicali border. Jimmy hopes he can spend what time his father has left laughing and reminiscing. But Jack s got one dying request. He needs Jimmy t[...]
Celebrated feminist and investigative journalist, Tyra Dove, is asked by a friend to look into the sudden disappearance of her younger sister. Based upon the research of her assistant Laurie Bass, Tyra is led to the isolated hilltop village of Foley. Too late, Tyra discovers that she has walked into[...]
Als Susanna Tamaro 1994 Geh, wohin dein Herz dich trägt veröffentlicht, ist sie so gut wie unbekannt. Das Buch wird zum Weltbestseller. Die 80-jährige Olga legt Rechenschaft ab über ihr Leben. In nie abgeschickten Briefen an ihre Enkelin Marta, die nach Amerika gegangen ist, erzählt s[...]
En gang var Gus McCrae og Woodrow Call lederskikkelser i Texas Rangers. Hele sitt liv har de kjempet sammen mot indianere, meksikanere og lovløse banditter. På sine eldre dager har de slått seg til ro på en nedslitt, liten ranch utenfor den falleferdige landsbyen Lonesome Dove.Woodrow overtaler [...]