William Van Horn er en av de få nålevende serieskaperne som både skriver og tegner serier. Det gir ham en unik mulighet til å eksperimentere. Noen ganger tar han det helt ut i metafiksjonen, men Van Horn er alltid bevisst på at figurene må være seg selv lik. Denne boken retter søkelyset mot [...]
This is a superb collection of images by renowned artist Roni Horn, chosen and edited by the artist herself especially for this volume. Born in New York in 1955, the grand-daughter of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, Roni Horn began in the 1960s to explore the changing nature of art through sc[...]
Pulitzer Prizeâwinner Philip Caputo spins a gut-leveling story about a broken manâs struggle for salvation and inner freedom in the midst of a broken nationâs fight for stability and peace.
When Vietnam veteran and foreign correspondent Charlie Gage realizes h[...]
The second edition of this successful Strategy Reader retains many of the classic readings from the previous edition, such as those by Porter, Mintzberg, Grant, Hamel and Prahalad, while adding more recent top--quality articles by prominent international scholars such as Shapiro, Teece, Hitt and Mil[...]
In the simplest of terms, leadership is about influencing people to achieve an objective that is important to the leader, the group, and the organization. It is the human element -- leading, motivating, and inspiring, particularly during times of crisis, chaos, and complexity when directives, polic[...]
In The Book of Ceremonies, Gabriel Horn presents a tapestry of stories, poems, prayers, and love songs describing sacred Native American ways of life and what the varied Native traditions and practices can offer all spiritual seekers. Filled with striking original art, the book conveys through its n[...]
(Music Minus One). The Contemporary Brass Quintet, comprised of Bob Millikan (first trumpet), Dave Gale (second trumpet), Gerald Chamberlain (trombone) and Jim Morris (bass trombone), here undertake a broad selection of modern pieces chosen from their extensive repertory. Includes a high-quality pri[...]
What elements of American political and rhetorical culture block the imagining--and thus, the electing--of a woman as president? Examining both major-party and third-party campaigns by women, including the 2008 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, the authors of Woman President: Confronting[...]
Fun pieces and arrangements in various styles, ideal as group-teaching material. Suitable for typical combinations of brass instruments - including combinations of B flat, E flat and F parts as well as bass and treble clef options for lower brass. All pieces selected for ABRSM's Music Medals. Contai[...]
For more than thirty years, Roni Horn has developed a body of work of concentrated visual power and intellectual rigor. Innovative in diverse mediums, her practice defies easy categorization. Although almost classical in their restraint and beauty, and virtuosic in their use and sensitivity to mater[...]
Sverige är en tjänsteekonomi. Åtta av tio jobb finns i tjänstesektorn. Exporten av tjänster växer snabbt och står i dag för 30 procent av den totala exporten. Industrin har blivit "tjänstefierad" genom att använda och sälja mer och mer tjänster. Vad innebär den här utvecklingen för n�[...]
From The Sixth Sense to Medium, Ghost Whisperer to Ghost Hunters, the paranormal stirs heated debate, spawning millions of believers and skeptics alike. Nearly half of us say we believe in ghosts, and two-thirds of us believe in life after death. What would you make of rain barrels that refill thems[...]
This Clay Christensen's groundbreaking bestselling work in education is now updated and expanded, including a new chapter on Christensen's seminal 'Jobs to Be Done' theory applied to education. "Provocatively titled, "Disrupting Class" is just what America's K-12 education system needs - a well thou[...]
Why is the Horn such a distinctive part of Africa? This book, by one of the foremost scholars of the region, traces this question through its exceptional history and also probes the wildly divergent fates of the Horn's contemporary nation-states, despite the striking regional particularity inherited[...]
"The author explores this tradition in depth and defines it with a breadth of vision, a dynamic vigor and freedom rarely paralleled today....His method, flexible, generous, humane in the best sense of the word, eschews pedantry, dogma, useless theorizing and scholastic argumentation."--The New York [...]