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Sometimes we are knocked down-and even out-by circumstances within or beyond our control. That's life. But these moments can be opportunities to tap into inner strength and start over. By sharing how he treated failure as a way to start over, Matt is now a nationally sought-after speaker and success coach to audiences of more than 100, 000 people per year for Fortune 500 companies, NFL and NBA teams, government and nonprofit groups, profession...

This Practice Book for GCSE 9-1 English Language and Literature examinations is designed to support you in the development of good exam techniques, and provides a step-by-step guide through the new assessment specifications. With lots of practice questions and answers written by experienced teachers and revision experts - you can't go wrong!

Late Bronze Age Aegean cooking vessels illuminate prehistoric cultures, foodways, social interactions, and communication systems. While many scholars have focused on the utility of painted fineware vessels for chronological purposes, the contributors to this volume maintain that cooking wares have the potential to answer not only chronological but also economic, political, and social questions when analysed and contrasted with assemblages from...

In recent decades, study of the ancient Egyptian natural world and its classification has adopted innovative approaches involving new technologies of analysis and a multidisciplinary general view. This collection of papers focuses on one particularly important aspect of foreign trade: the importation of aromatic products. Contributors present the results of the latest researches into the origin and meaning of foreign aromatic products imported...

An authoritative, non-technical introduction to the economics of the arms industry by one of the world's leading defence economists.

An authoritative, non-technical introduction to the economics of the arms industry by one of the world's leading defence economists.

Now in striking full color, this updated edition shows readers how to make the research results presented in reports, slideshows, dashboards, posters, and data visualizations more interesting, engaging, and impactful.

In this book, noted historian of the Battle of Kursk Valeriy Zamulin, the author of multiple Russian-language books on the Battle of Kursk and Destroying the Myth: The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, Kursk, July 1943: An Operational Narrative takes a fresh look at several controversial and neglected topics regarding the battle and its run-up. He starts with a detailed look at the Soviet and Russian historiography on the battle, showing how initial...

Imperial Bayonets examines the maneuvering systems of the French, Prussians, Russians, Austrians and British from 1792 to 1815. It studies infantry maneuvers and firepower, cavalry maneuvers, and artillery. It is THE definitive work on Napoleonic tactics and a must read for anyone wanting to understand the fundamentals of period tactics. It provides not only a discussion of every major maneuver of the five major powers, i.e. from line to squar...

After three years of great loss and suffering on the Eastern Front, Imperial Russia was in crisis and on the verge of revolution. In November 1917, Lenin's Bolsheviks (later known as 'Soviets') seized power, signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers and brutally murdered Tsar Nicholas (British King George's first cousin) and his children so there could be no return to the old order. As Russia fractured into loyalist 'White' and revolutiona...

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The groundbreaking Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music (Continuum, September 2004, paperback original) maps the aural and discursive terrain of vanguard music today. Rather than offering a history of contemporary music, Audio Culture traces the genealogy of current musical practices and theoretical concerns, drawing lines of connection between recent musical production and earlier moments of sonic experimentation. It aims to foreground the...

Waged across an inhospitable terrain which varied from open African savannah to broken mountain country and arid semi-desert, the Anglo-Boer wars of 1880-81 and 1899-1902 pitted the British Army and its allies against the Boers' commandos.The nature of warfare across these campaigns was shaped by the realities of the terrain and by Boer fighting techniques. Independent and individualistic, the Boers were not professional soldiers but a civilia...

In 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) went to war with a marginal anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability. This was a lamentable state of affairs for a nation dependent upon imports to sustain its war economy. There were only a few purpose-built ASW escorts available at the start of the war and these were augmented by a handful of second-class destroyers and a dozen torpedo boats. Once the magnitude of the threat to Japan's shipping became...

Still renowned for her sultry screen performances, earthy personality, and famed lifelong love affair with Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner left an indelible mark on Hollywood history and led a life as adventurous as any film script. It's all told through authoritative text and hundreds of stunning photos in Ava: A Life in Movies

Wilhelm Heinse: Hildegard von HohenthalHildegard ist umwerfend schön, sprachgewandt und sehr musikalisch. Am Hofe ihres fürstlichen Onkels lernt sie den Kapellmeister Lockmann kennen, der sich leidenschaftlich in sie verliebt. Als Hildegard seine Annäherungen auf die Nerven zu gehen beginnen nimmt sie Reißaus und schlägt sich als Kastrat verkleidet an italienischen Opernhäusern durch. Just mit einem Werk Lockmanns erzielt sie in Italien großen...

Wilhelm Heinse: Hildegard von HohenthalHildegard ist umwerfend schön, sprachgewandt und sehr musikalisch. Am Hofe ihres fürstlichen Onkels lernt sie den Kapellmeister Lockmann kennen, der sich leidenschaftlich in sie verliebt. Als Hildegard seine Annäherungen auf die Nerven zu gehen beginnen nimmt sie Reißaus und schlägt sich als Kastrat verkleidet an italienischen Opernhäusern durch. Just mit einem Werk Lockmanns erzielt sie in Italien großen...

The use of social media has impacted the way consumers live, buy and consume products and services. Academic research on social media marketing has not kept pace with the practical applications and there is a critical void in the social media literature. This book bridges that void. The understanding of perspectives of both consumers and marketers can help the organizations to design, develop and implement better social media marketing strateg...

Wilhelm Heinse: Ardinghello und die glückseligen InselnHeinses Held Ardinghello macht den Autor in kurzer Zeit sehr berühmt, der Roman wird zum Kultbuch der Genieverehrung des Sturm und Drang. Ardinghello ist in der Tat ein vielseitig beschlagener Protagonist, nachdem er dem Erzähler zu Beginn das Leben rettet, ist ihm dieser verfallen und folgt andächtig seinen Ausführungen über das rechte Staatswesen und die Kunst. Schließlich zieht es Ardin...

Wilhelm Heinse: Ardinghello und die glückseligen InselnHeinses Held Ardinghello macht den Autor in kurzer Zeit sehr berühmt, der Roman wird zum Kultbuch der Genieverehrung des Sturm und Drang. Ardinghello ist in der Tat ein vielseitig beschlagener Protagonist, nachdem er dem Erzähler zu Beginn das Leben rettet, ist ihm dieser verfallen und folgt andächtig seinen Ausführungen über das rechte Staatswesen und die Kunst. Schließlich zieht es Ardin...