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In Lydia Cooper's wry and absorbing debut novel, we are introduced to Mickey Brandis, a brilliant twenty-eight-year-old doctoral candidate in medieval literature who is part Lisbeth Salander and part Dexter. She lives in her parents' garage and swears too often, but she never complains about the rain or cold, she rarely eats dead animals, and she hasn't killed a man since she was ten. Her life is dull and predictable but legal, and she intends...

...will appeal to fans of Stieg Larsson and Gillian Flynn." --Booklist In Lydia Cooper's wry and absorbing debut novel, we are introduced to Mickey Brandis, a brilliant twenty-eight-year-old doctoral candidate in medieval literature who is part Lisbeth Salander and part Dexter. She lives in her parents' garage and swears too often, but she never complains about the rain or cold, she rarely eats dead animals, and she hasn't killed a man since s...

With the push toward accountability and test performance in schools there has been a decline in emphasis on creativity, imagination, and feelings in schools. Psychodynamic Perspectives on Working with Children, Families, and Schools is designed for students and professionals who are interested in restoring such values to their work with children.There is an absence of psychoanalytic ways of thinking in conventional professional discourses of s...

Das Telefon gewinnt im Fundraising zunehmend an Stellenwert, denn mit diesem Instrument lassen sich höchste Effektivitätsraten bei der Spendergewinnung und -bindung erzielen. Im Vergleich zu anderen Instrumenten des Fundraising ist das Telefon kostengünstig und bietet die Möglichkeit des unmittelbaren Kontakts mit dem Spender. Allerdings besitzt die Non-Profit-Branche noch wenig Erfahrungswerte mit dieser Form des Direktmarketings. Dieser Prax...

The definitive work on TV horror for both fans and students.

In an era of Twitter and televised therapy, it may seem that classic theatre has little place in contemporary society. Accustomed to the indulgences of a celebrity-driven culture, how can modern audiences understand and interpret classic works of drama?In Tragedy in the Age of Oprah: Essays on Five Great Plays, Louis Fantasia provides a provocative examination of the relationship between popular culture and classical tragedy. Making a persuasi...

Is a pear sweeter than a peach? Which of Mona Lisa’s hands is crossed over the other? What would the Moonlight Sonata sound like played by a brass band? Although these are questions that appeal to mental imagery in a variety of sensory modalities, mental imagery research has been dominated by visual imagery. With the emergence of a well-established multisensory research community, however, it is time to look at mental imagery in a wider sensor...

10th edition.

From the first boil to the first taste, your essential companion to brewing better beer. Stay on track with a step by step notebook for each brew!

Contains 300 recipes which use healthy ingredients only, and also includes vegan options for all recipes.

Using plant material as raw materials for construction is a relatively recent and original topic of research. This book presents an overview of the current knowledge on the material properties and environmental impact of construction materials made from plant particles, which are renewable, recyclable and easily available. It focuses on particles and as well on fibers issued from hemp plant, as well as discussing hemp concretes. The book begin...

Thirty-three of Sgt. Rock cartoonist Joe Kubert's crime and horror comics, collected in one volume.

Committee on National Statistics, Board on Testing and Assessment, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

The Occupy Wall Street movement has ignited new questions about the relationship between democracy and equality in the United States. Are we also entering a moment in history in which the disjuncture between our principles and our institutions is cast into especially sharp relief? Do new developments--most notably the rise of extreme inequality--offer new threats to the realization of our most cherished principles? Can we build an open, democr...

This is the first book to be published on the topic of data quality exploration, analytics and quantitative data cleaning. The author provides a sound technical grounding in the subject and shows readers, through examples and practical case studies, how to apply statistics and data mining techniques to their own data quality issues. An overview of data quality analytics and techniques for data quality improvement is provided, and the author al...

Für Kinder, die in Klasse 4 erstmals mit der Silbenmethode lernen und die noch Schwierigkeiten beim Lesen haben, wird das Arbeitsheft zum Lesebuch auch in einer silbierten Version angeboten. Dabei sind alle Texte mit dem farbigen Silbentrenner ausgestattet. Das Arbeitsheft zum Lesebuch 4 enthält zu ausgewählten Texten aus allen Kapiteln Übungen und Aufgaben auf einem mittleren Niveau. Der Bereich Leseverständnis ist für Klasse 4 damit abgedeckt.

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This 1973 book gives an account of some of the models which have been proposed for studying the growth of human populations.

Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Kung, Gregory Baum and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology. Published five times a year, each issue reflects a deep knowledge and scholarship presented in a highly readable style, an...

This 2004 book provides an international study of the manner in which cyber criminals are dealt with by the judicial process.