Alexis: 1223 books

International mining disputes represent a significant and growing area of disputes over natural resources, yet the unique risks inherent in the mining industry set them apart, both in the nature of the disputes and the approach taken to resolve them. International arbitration has emerged as the mechanism...

If you only buy one book to improve your life this year, make it this one. Temple Grandin, Liane Holliday Willey, Anita Lesko, Stephen M. Shore, and many other Aspie mentors, offer their personal guidance on coping with the daily stressors that Aspies have identified as being the most significant,...

The ultimate guide to Manhattan's food scene provides the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Written for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties, as well as a rich array of other, indispensable food-related...

Dans son ouvrage *L'*Ancien Régime et la Révolution, Tocqueville montre que la Révolution de 1789 ne constitue nullement une rupture dans l'Histoire de France. Selon lui, l'Ancien Régime s'inscrit déjà dans le processus d'égalisation des conditions qui s'explique par deux évolutions complémentaires...

(Musicians Institute Press). This book, designed from MI core curriculum programs, is a comprehensive source for playing bass in a variety of musical styles. Explains: hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, muting, vibrato, slap bass grooves, essential bass lines and basic theory; and more. Includes 365 music examples, exercises, picking suggestions, and sample songs. In standard notation and tab.

The main attraction on the tour is however Leroy, who's smile floats through the air, in and out of the shadows on the yellowish water but the further down stream we get the more the magic dies till he is suddenly no more than a boy half my age who gets horny easily. Later he lapses into Pidgin English...

This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...

While it’s hard to capture the essence of cheesecake in one descriptive word, it is not difficult to make one that will capture the taste buds of those who eat it. This report will make you a pro!  These recipes are perfect for serving to royalty or at your next pot luck dinner. The mystery...

Television informs our perceptions and expectations of leaders and offers a guide to understanding how we, as organizational actors, should communicate, act, and relate. Because of its pervasiveness as a medium and the impact it can have in influencing expectations of leadership and related behavior...

Donkey Tales is a book bringing to the forefront the often overlooked role of the donkey in Bible stories. Ten chapters highlight and explore spiritual truths with the donkey as the star. Some of these donkeys you may already find familiar, such as Balaam’s donkey or the donkey Jesus rode into Jerusalem....

Learn to Speak German--the Dirty Deutsch Way! If you think German is all brat and no wurst, you need to think again. German is sexier--and dirtier--than you might imagine. (Think Hamburg!) From hearts and violins to pigs and dogs, Goethe's native tongue is ripe--and rank--with creative obscenities,...

Tocqueville was not only an active participant in the French Revolution of 1848, he was also a deeply perceptive observer with a detached attitude of mind. He saw the pitfalls of the course his country was taking more clearly than any of his contemporaries, including Karl Marx. Recollections was first...

Why Women Rebel presents a global analysis of the extent to which women are engaged in armed, organized rebellions, and why they choose to join such rebellions. Henshaw has collected and analyzed data on women’s participation in over 70 post-Cold War rebel groups. The book provides a theoretical...

In Democracy in America, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the past seven hundred years.    Tocqueville begins his book by describing the change in social conditions taking place. The aristocracy, Tocqueville believed, was gradually disappearing...