A portrait of Anne Frank's father, the only member of the secret annex to survive Auschwitz, reveals startling information about his privileged youth, arranged marriage, experiences in the concentration camp, decision to publish Anne's diary, flight to Switzerland, and relationship with the annex's [...]
Combing historical information with emotional narratives from survivors, excerpts from other victims' journals, and black-and-white photos, this companion to the diary tells the life story of Anne Frank set chronologically against the significant events of the Holocaust. Reprint.[...]
China succeeded Japan as the world's second largest economy in 2010 many predict it will grow to be larger than the United States by 2020. Three decades ago, China was a rural economy with barely any exports. The rise of China presents the United States with a "Sputnik Moment," in the words of Presi[...]
In 1955, former nightclub manageress Ruth Ellis shot dead her lover, David Blakely. Following a trial that lasted less than two days, she was found guilty and sentenced to death. She became the last woman to be hanged in Britain, and her execution is the most notorious of hangman Albert Pierrepoint'[...]
For et par år siden udsendte Carol Ann Lee sin store bog Roser på jorden, en biografi om Anne Frank, især henvendt til et voksenpublikum. Hvem var Anne Frank er den engelske forfatter og kunsthistorikers omarbejdede og forkortede udgave til de yngre læsere.
I Hvem var Anne Fra[...]
Rakastetun nuoren kirjoittajalahjakkuuden ja hänen perheensä koko tarina alkaen suvun historiasta ja päättyen Annen kuolemaan Bergen-Belsenin keskitysleirillä. Mukana on runsaasti aiemmin julkaisemattomia valokuvia Anne Frankista ja hänen perheestään.[...]
Journalist Alex Dyer made his name covering the bloody horrors of the European trenches. Yet even after the Great War is over, he cannot shake the guilt he feels for not serving on the front lines like his dearest childhood friend, Ted Eden. Worse still, Alex cannot put to rest the emotions that gna[...]
The best-selling textbook in the field, The Last Dance offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of death and dying. Integrating the experiential, scholarly, social, individual, emotional, and intellectual dimensions of death and dying, the eighth edition of this acclaimed text has been revi[...]
A user-friendly primer to the essential techniques of quantitative field ecology, or paleoecology, integrating the intuitive approach of the field researcher with the rational analytical tools of the statistician. Designed as a comprehensive introduction and handy methodological reference for studen[...]
Surveying Natural Populations is a user-friendly primer to the essential methodologies of quantitative field ecology or paleoecology. Combining the intuitive methods of the field researcher with the mathematical precision of the statistician, the volume determines, through real biodiversity and ecol[...]
"Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected" is a fascinating look at how we can handle and harness surprise in our work, relationships, and everyday lives.
Pop Quiz
Do you prefer when:
A) Things go according to plan?
B) When the unexpected happens?
Most of u[...]
Includes critical life events and life cycle transition challenges, pointing out the interconnections between such events, stressful development changes, and their potential for growth but also danger of suicide and/or violence toward others.[...]
From Reader to Reading Teacher is a self-contained, student-centered methods text that connects reading theory to practical classroom activities. The book begins by leading teachers to explore their beliefs and assumptions about the nature of reading and to analyse their own personal reading strateg[...]
An astrologer introduces a simple system that uses an ordinary pack of playing cards to answers questions about personal relationships, forecast one's romantic future, and find one's soul mate. Original. 15,000 first printing.[...]
"This collection of essays familiarize readers not only with particular characters and popular episodes, but behind-the-scenes aspects such as screenwriting and production techniques. The essayists explore narrative theme, hyperreality, masculinity, feminism, color blindness, pastiche, intertextuali[...]
At Black Mountain College, poets, philosophers, scientists and painters such as Robert Duncan, Buckminster Fuller, Merce Cunningham, John Cage and Josef Albers engaged in a vast experiment whose widespread results are still felt around the world today. Far From the Centers of Ambition keeps a tribut[...]
MEDICAL SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, 3rd edition is an easily accessible quick reference for students and practicing clinicians that details medical procedures, practices and terminology aimed specifically at the needs of the medically based speech-language pathologist.[...]
Taking the place of the multiple texts traditionally needed to cover visual anatomy and physiology, "Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System, 3rd Edition" dramatically lightens your load by providing one book that covers it all! This concise, well-referenced resource contains informatio[...]
Easy to use guide on assessment for learning, answering common questions about 21st century standards and grading considerations.[...]
The latest knitting title in the Twenty to Make series, Easy Knitted Tea Cosies contains twenty desirable, colourful and easy-to-knit tea cosies. The book contains a wide range of designs, from funky fruit and friendly owls to contemporary stripes, along with Autumn, Christmas and Valentine's Day de[...]