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This work considers the war of bureaucratic reform waged by the leaders of Great Britain, the US and Canada. It questions whether government is now better in these countries and whether the leadership was right in focusing on management of bureaucracy as the villain.
A rich contribution to the study of autobiography.' - James Olney Suzanne Nalbantian provides a precise and highly original basis to identify literary art with her novel approach to autobiography. Re-examining key writers of the early twentieth-century - Proust, Joyce, Woolf, with Nin in their wake - Nalbantian discerns models of a hybrid genre characterised by a common aesthetics. She discovers in these writings a threshold of artistic transf...
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Everyone, according to the author, is musical by nature. And if you don't believe it, this book will convince you. With inspirational essays, Mathieu takes the reader on a journey through ordinary experiences to open our ears to the rich variety of music that surrounds us.
This text discusses the legal aspects of aerospace activities, from government procurement to insurance, financing, communications, space transportation, intellectual property, trade, antitrust and technology transfer.
Elf Erzählungen: Don Juans Versuchung / Die öffentliche Meinung / Die Zukunft vor Augen / Eine Minderheit / Das Wunder / Das häßliche Entlein / Die Stiefmutter / Nicht zulässige Route / Die lange Straße nach Ummera / Der Idealist / Jumbos Frau
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Yes, contemporary musical creativity is alive and well and well-celebrated in this valuable book. Great music that often has audiences of three people is here discussed along with great music that has audiences of thousands."--Michael Snow, film, sound, and visual artist, and editor of a collection of essays, "Music/Sound
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Hilarious. Barbara Park makes reading fun." -Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man Barbara Park's #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, has been keeping kids laughing-and reading-for more than twenty-five years. Over 65 million copies sold! Meet the World's Funniest Kindergartner-Junie B. Jones! Junie B. is the bestest spier in the world. That's 'cause she has sneaky feet. And her nose doesn't whistle when she breathes. Bu...
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