In this deeply touching tear-jerker, Michelle Cole tells the unforgettable, moving story, of avibrant, courageous young girl, who helps change another young girl's life, forever. Lilla Belle the First Stages, isn't just great fiction, it is an important piece of life!
In this deeply touching tear-jerker, Michelle Cole tells the unforgettable, moving story, of avibrant, courageous young girl, who helps change another young girl's life, forever. Lilla Belle the First Stages, isn't just great fiction, it is an important piece of life!
This text aims to provide engineers with an understanding of contemporary management concepts and their applications in a technical organization. It covers such topics as: product selection and management, engineering design and product costing, and concurrent engineering.
In 1892, Broome County was described as having a location "that renders it impossible for any combination of circumstances to arrest its growth. Further, it is the best locale for enterprising capitalists and families seeking a safe haven." This statement is as true today as when Broome County was established in 1806. With its sweeping hills and the uniting waters of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers, this county in the southern tier of New ...
In this handy guide, you'll find detailed instructions for creatingcartoon people and animals. With a little practice you'll be drawing adults and children, birds, reptiles, farm and jungle animals, forest critters, sea creatures, and more. "A fun, funny instruction book for all ages."--"Copley News Service.
Maurice Mierau tackles big subjects -- sex, senility, war, suicide -- without a ponderous bone in his body. His approach to poetry is amazingly vital, with a strong pop sensibility and a wry sense of humour. These poems are ripe with the atmosphere of a Wim Wenders film, with a little Isaac Bashevis Singer sprinkled in -- an unforgettable mix of horror and fable. Jarringly beautiful at times, Ending with Music offers a vivid sense of person an...
Follow the numbered diagrams to create the Green Gremlin, Cyclops, Bat Bird and other ghoulishly fun beasts and monsters with this all new book of Japanese origami.
Andrew confirms in this groundbreaking exploration what many have suspected for a long time: that presidents, political appointees, and bureaucrats have attempted to use the Internal Revenue Service to punish their enemies.
A compelling blend of cultural criticism and business writing...and the first full-length look at the (on-line music) revolution.... Alderman's detailed, unflaggingly entertaining book sets a dizzying standard."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Often separated from other immigrants because of their language, Italian immigrants to New York City in the 1880s formed communities apart from their new neighbors. They tended to think of themselves collectively as a small Italian colony, La Colonia, that made up part of the demographics of the city. In each of the five boroughs, Italians set up many colonie. Several of them dotted Manhattan in East Harlem, the West Village, what is now SoHo,...
Using an actual turn-of-the-century anarchist commune on Washington's south Puget Sound as the backdrop, Hazard Adams tells the story of Edward Williams, a present-day history professor and former vice president at nearby State University. As he studies and imagines the lives of those who participated in the commune, Williams is drawn into disputes on his campus over the proposed appointment of a distinguished feminist professor of American st...
France is a travel writer-cum-literary critic with "a wonderfully quick and vivid eye for convincing detail" (Christopher House, "The Spectator"). Her new book tells readers about Spain by juxtaposing Cervantes' life and his character's adventures with the author's own delightful anecdotes, incomparable characters, and insightful observations.
Today we all take for granted the many technological marvels that have sprung from quantum physics without ever appreciating the radical paradigm shift that led to these discoveries. The story of the physicists who made the quantum leaps that have so altered our world is a provocative and intriguing one. And there is no better person to describe the history of this quantum revolution in terms that everyone can understand than award-winning phy...
En Otra Voz" is the first Spanish-language anthology to bring together literature from the entire span of Hispanic writing in the United States, from the age of exploration to the present. The product of hundreds of scholars, the anthology compiles scores of previously unknown works in the Spanish lanauge written by Hispanics of diverse ethnic backgrounds and classes.
Much more than a record of an extraordinary military career, the life story of Colonel Sir Hugh Boustead details how he spent the greater part of his life in service to undeveloped countries. In addition to serving in wars in Sudan and Ethiopia, Colonel Boustead worked for many years to establish tribal peace, build schools and medical facilities, and train future leaders in the Western Sudan, Southern Arabia, and Abu Dhabi. All of these adven...
In "The Tempest, " long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero -- a magician on an enchanted island -- punishes his enemies, brings happiness to his daughter, and comes to terms with human use of supernatural power. "The Tempest" embodies both seemingly timeless romance and the historically specific moment in which Europe begins to explore and conquer the New World. Its complexity of thought, its range of characters -- fr...
An estimated 30 million American adults and 1 million children suffer from migraine headaches. Now "50 Ways to Control Migraines "offers you welcome relief with 50 concrete strategies for understanding, preventing, and managing the pain of this chronic disease. Handy and comprehensive, this volume covers everything from environmental, psychological, hormonal, and dietary factors to treatment options, both traditional and alternative.
