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Odes to Toads is an extraordinary book, into which an extraordinary woman has poured an extraordinary life. Part reflection, part memoir, part autobiography, part commentary, Bridget's story ranges from her childhood in the India of the Raj, to an unconventional married life in Weybridge, passing through a lifelong battle with depression. In the pages of this book we are privileged to meet an absolutely honest and gallant spirit who is, ...

The East Indies, editor Beekman notes, could justly be called "Holland's Atlantis" - Edenic, pure, terrifying, nowhere. And while these Dutch stories about the Indies rarely specify their locality or geography, they stay all the more beautiful for their abstract loneliness. The narrator of all the tales seems to be a sort of commercial manager (Dutch) - first put down on an Indonesian island (in "Green"), then left there to grow into his obses...

Die Bundesrepublik hat zusammen mit der Schweiz die hochste Bankstellendichte aller Lander. Dies ist sowohl Ausdruck der hohen Entwicklungsstufe des Bankwesens als auch des scharfen Wettbe­ werbs. Doch die Dichte allein ist nur wenig aussaqefahiq, wenn man die unterschiedliche GroBe, die verschiedenen Produkte und die jeweiligen Zielgruppen der einzelnen Bankstellen in Betracht zieht und Aussagen uber die Veranderungen im Bankqeschaft ma­ chen...

Ein Symbol der Kraft und Macht des Deutschen Kaiserreiches: Der Nord-Ostsee-Kanal gilt als einer der Höhepunkte der Wasserbau-Technik des 19. Jahrhunderts. In nur acht Jahren wurde mit dem Bau der künstlichen Wasserstraße, die Nord- und Ostsee miteinander verbindet, ein jahrhundertealter Traum von Herrschern und Kaufleuten letztendlich realisiert. Dieses umfangreich bebilderte Reportage-Buch schildert die politischen und militärischen Hinterg...

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This textbook provides a highly coordinated, interdisciplinary model for future clinical cancer supportive care programs in National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Clinical and Comprehensive Cancer Centers and NCI Community Oncology Research Programs (NCORPs). At the same time, it is intended to serve as an up-to-date resource for oncologists and primary care providers that addresses the many aspects of supportive care associated with cance...

Intraperitoneal chemotherapy is increasingly being used as first-line treatment for ovarian cancer. Nevertheless, it is difficult for the oncologist to find a definitive text that documents both the fundamental methods required to optimize therapy and the up-to-date results of phase I, II, and III clinical trials. With this in mind, the editors of Intraperitoneal Therapy for Ovarian Cancer have assembled a team of highly experienced clinicians...

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Collection of eight short stories of adventure, odyssey, discovery, drama and humor. Fiction by author Don Alberts

Die Familienstrukturen zerfallen zunehmend in westlich geprägten Kulturkreisen. Die Bildungsinhalte entwickeln sich mehrheitlich rückständig. Die entsprechenden Lehr- und Lernprozesse des Menschen verändern sich durch die digitale Welt. Die Religion in den jeweiligen Kulturräumen beeinflusst das Verhalten des Menschen zum Ausgleich der Defizite in den Familienstrukturen und in den Bildungssystemen. Der Autor möchte begründet am Beispiel Deut...

Vince Alberts Father, Husband Country Singer, Entertainer Musician, Entrepreneur Song Writer and Book Writer. This will tell you a little about me. I've been living in Canada for the past twenty seven years with a wonderful woman who I wouldn't trade for anything or anyone. My wife "Jose" and I have traveled all over New Brunswick where we live and play country music and entertain people in eastern U.S. And Quebec .If you liked this book, look...

Shamanism, Discourse, Modernity considers indigenous peoples¿ struggles for human rights, anxieties about anthropocentric mastery of nature, neoliberal statecraft and entrepreneurialism of the self. In doing so, it engages with shamanism¿s manifold meanings in a world increasingly sensitive to indigenous peoples¿ practices of territoriality, increasingly concerned about humans¿ integral relationship with natural environments, and increasingly ...

An international team of academics and experienced practitioners here bring together scholarship on academic migrants to the United States - the world's top recipient of academic talent. They examine the multidirectional migration patterns of academic migrants, adaptation challenges, and the roles played by international students and faculty.

Do you remember dancing to 'In the Mood' during the Second World War? If you do, you'll no doubt share in some of the author's memories of moonlight, music and romance, which she records in this diary as she looks back over her life. She takes us on a fascinating journey starting from her boarding school convent education in the hills of India. Then she shares with us her personal experiences of the war years when she danced the night away ...

Too dark, too cold, too stormy, too wet: " Joselina Piggy can't wait to get outside, but every time she asks Big Pig Papa if he's ready, he has another reason to say "NO!" Kids will relate to this impatient little pig.

Bert Brecht und Thomas Mann, Erich Mühsam und Oskar Maria Graf, ein erfolgloser Schriftsteller und eine Verlagslektorin sind die Hauptfiguren in Jürgen Alberts mitreißendem Roman, der vor den Kulissen der Räterepublik, der Filmszene im Amerika der vierziger Jahre und der Verlagswelt von heute spielt. In rasanter Abmischung von hervorragend recherchierter Zeitgeschichte, die nicht erfunden scheint, und Erfindungen, die lebensechter nicht sein k...

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