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Zahra Owens, Teresa Simons
Dreamspinner Press
Jack Christensen hat alles, was er sich nur wunschen kann. Er ist ein aufstrebender US-amerikanischer Diplomat und der jungste Mann, der je zum amerikanischen Botschafter ernannt wurde. Als Berufsdiplomat, der soeben zu einer aus politischer Sicht interessanten Botschaft in Europa …

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Race, Citizenship and Children's Belonging
Suhraiya Jivraj
Palgrave Macmillan
How is religion, particularly non-Christianness, conceptualised and represented in English law? What is the relationship between religion, race, ethnicity and culture in these conceptualisations? What might be the socio-political effects of conceptualising religion in particular ways? This book addresses these …

View book details for Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems

What System Designers Need to Know about People
Frank E. Ritter, Gordon D. Baxter, Elizabeth F. Churchill
Springer London
Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems introduces the fundamental human capabilities and characteristics that influence how people use interactive technologies. Organized into four main areasanthropometrics, behaviour, cognition and social factorsit covers basic research and considers the practical implications of that research …
Matthias Goldmann, Silvia Steininger
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
This book discusses the relationship between democracy and the financial order from various legal perspectives. Each of the nine contributions adopts a unique perspective on the legal and political challenges brought to the fore by the Global Financial Crisis. This …
L. Frank Baum
Wilder Publications, Inc.
Dorothy Gale, the heroine of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, is on a sea journey when a great storm destroys the ship she is sailing home to her uncle on. Dorothy manages to cling to a chicken coup and she …

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Migrant Women and Meatpacking on the Great Plains
Ann L. Sittig, Martha Florinda González
UNP - Bison Books
The Mayans Among Us conveys the unique experiences of Central American indigenous immigrants to the Great Plains, many of whom are political refugees from repressive, war-torn countries. Ann L. Sittig, a Spanish instructor, and Martha Florinda Gonzalez, a Mayan community …
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Little, Brown and Company
In James Patterson's #1 New York Times bestseller, the Women's Murder Club tracks down two bodies at the morgue-but one of them is still breathing . . . A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who …

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Growing Up in the Shadow of my Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor
Curtis Roosevelt
PublicAffairs
Curtis Roosevelt was three when he and his sister, Eleanor, arrived at the White House soon after their grandfather's inauguration. The country's "First Grandchildren," a pint-sized double act, they were known to the media as "Sistie and Buzzie." In this …
Jack Shuler
PublicAffairs
The story of a rope, a symbol, and rough justice in America. The hangman's knot is a simple thing to tie, just a rope carefully coiled around itself up to thirteen times. But in those thirteen turns lie a powerful …
Erika Dillman
Grand Central Publishing
In the tradition of The Little Yoga Book and The Little Pilates Book comes the newest title in the little series that has big benefits!For anyone looking for an exercise program to maintain or lose weight while increasing energy, strength …
Douglas Rushkoff
Grand Central Publishing
Douglas Rushkoff's latest salvo on complacent media culture, set in 2008, features Jamie Cohen, a young hacker who, like the biblical Joseph, suffers betrayal and then penance before joining forces with a venture capitalist determined to turn everyone into mindless …
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DK Publishing
Planning a trip to Italy? The Eyewitness Travel Guides: Italian Visual Phrase Book can help you start learning Italian today. Whether you're visiting Italy for business or pleasure, learn how to speak Italian with essential words and phrases for hundreds …

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Thrill the Body . . . Blow the Mind
Debby Herbenick, Grant Stoddard
DK Publishing
Everyone wants to have great sex. Now everyone can!Written by Dr. Debby Herbenick and Grant Stoddard, two of the world's most highly esteemed sex experts, Great in Bed is a guide to fantastic sex that takes a "he said/she said" …
Mary DeTurris Poust
DK Publishing
The Vatican-approved guide to opening up new connections to God. Today, more and more Catholics are looking to explore their spirituality in new ways: by trying meditation or contemplation, seeking to adapt monastic traditions to modern life, or seeking a …

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Soulful Sweets to Sing About
Patti LaBelle
Grand Central Publishing
Superstar singer, bestselling cookbook author, and cooking show host Patti LaBelle shares her favorite dessert recipes and kitchen memories. Her New York Times bestseller LaBelle Cuisine: Recipes to Sing About, which sold more than 300,000 copies, established her as a …
Mickie B. Ashling, Rocío Ares
Dreamspinner Press
Volumen 2 de la serie "Horizontes"Lo que deberia haber sido un breve interlvalo de vacaciones se convierte en algo mas profundo cuando Lil Lampert conoce a Grier Dilorio en la feria de Los sabores de Chicago. Lil esta de paso …
Mickie B. Ashling, Ugo Telese
Dreamspinner Press
Un libro della serie OrizzontiQuello che sarebbe dovuto essere un breve interludio diventa qualcosa di piu profondo quando Lil Lampert incontra Grier Dilorio alla Degustazione di Chicago. Lil e in citta a far visita ai suoi buoni amici Jody Williams …

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How particle physics unlocks the secrets of everything (New Scientist
New Scientist
Quercus
Peer deep into the heart of existence and find out why particle chaos was the making of matter.WHY IS THERE ALWAYS SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING?As you read this, billions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through your body, antimatter …

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How to design your business for perpetual success
Jonathan MacDonald
Quercus
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.In a hectic business environment where it is estimated that half of the decisions that CEOs make turn out to be wrong, the stark reality is that …
Ariel Tachna, Laurent Tigrou, Bénédicte Girault
Dreamspinner Press
Partenariat de Sang, Tome 1Un magicien desespere et un vampire desabuse et amer peuvent-ils trouver un moyen de construire un partenariat qui pourrait sauver leur monde ? Beaucoup dans ce monde secoue par la guerre magique voient les vampires comme …
Gerard Conway
Taylor and Francis
EU Law provides a comprehensive examination of the law of the European Union in two distinct parts, covering the institutions, structure and processes of the EU as well as the substantive law, as enacted by the Lisbon Treaty. Beginning by …
Yang Liu, Tupei Chen
CRC Press
Semiconductor nanocrystals and metal nanoparticles are the building blocks of the next generation of electronic, optoelectronic, and photonic devices. Covering this rapidly developing and interdisciplinary field, the book examines in detail the physical properties and device applications of semiconductor nanocrystals …
Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund
Taylor and Francis
Presenting the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present, A History of India is a detailed and authoritative account of the major political, economic, social and cultural forces that have shaped the history of the Indian subcontinent. …

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Revisioning psychology and literature in C.G. Jung and James Hillman
Susan Rowland
Taylor and Francis
Dionysus, god of dismemberment and sponsor of the lost or abandoned feminine, originates both Jungian psychology and literature in Remembering Dionysus. Characterized by spontaneity, fluid boundaries, sexuality, embodiment, wild nature, ecstasy and chaos, Dionysus is invoked in the writing of …
Khalid Khan
CRC Press
This fun, pocket-sized and practical guide is jam-packed with helpful tips on how to remember those all-important medical facts crucial to exam success and invaluable throughout the medical career. New to this edition are 35 additional mnemonics, more information on …
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