Bert: 448 books

Active for over forty years with the Communist Party of Canada, Bert Whyte was a journalist, an underground party organizer and soldier during World War II, and a press correspondent in Beijing and Moscow. But any notion of him as a Communist party hack would be mistaken. Whyte never let leftist ideology...

Sea-Brothers offers the most extensive analysis to date of the sea and its meaning in American literature. On the basis of his study of Melville, Crane, London, Hemingway, Matthiessen, and ten lesser-known sea-writers, Bert Bender argues that the tradition of American sea fiction did not end with...

Beading experts, teachers, and jewelry designers Bert and Dana Freed share their expertise in this delightful collection of jewelry patterns and projects. Using a wide range of stunning beads in lovely color combinations, the pieces may look complicated, but are very easy to make following the clearly...

Monkeys, Mice and Crocodiles is a collection of ten illustrated stories from Indian tradition. All the stories are in classical style with funny scenes to laugh at and wisdom collected over generations. The tailor who cheated the king, the mice and the elephants, and the woman who altered the passing of time, and the other stories are full of lessons for all ages.

This book explores the future of modern higher education by looking at it on a global scale. Bert van der Zwaan compares European developments with those taking place in North America and Asia to argue that the phoenix of an entirely new type of university will rise from the ashes of the classical...

Is it okay to photograph on tribal lands? Or at a shopping mall? Can people in public places be photographed? And what happens if you want to sell those images? Or the images from a child’s portrait session? The rules that govern when, where, and what photographers can shoot (and how they can use...

In a wide-ranging and provocative new study, Bert A. Spector provides a critical analysis of past and present theories of leadership. Spector asserts that our perception of leadership influences who we vote for, who we hire and promote, and ultimately, who we choose to grant our authority to. Focusing...

Solitude des premiers salons du livre, erreurs sur la personne, séances de dédicaces interminables, cadeaux des lecteurs, témoignages émouvants, insultes et humiliations, séjours à l’étranger, fêtes et durs lendemains de veille, moments décisifs et consécrations, péripéties de tout acabit…...

«  Je viens de rencontrer mes passeurs. Ces hommes qui font désormais partie de ma vie puisqu’ils vont m’aider à la quitter. Je les ai sentis rigoureux, exigeants, prudents. Et engagés à me tendre doucement la main. Une autre médecine qui, quand elle ne peut plus soigner le corps, se décide...

In het oorlogsverhaal ‘Een zaterdagmiddag’ van Bert Wagendorp vertelt de dochter van de schoolmeester haar zoon eindelijk wat er is gebeurd. Hoe een Engelse bom haar broertje doodde - en de grote droom van haar vader. Maar terwijl ze praat, bekruipt haar zoon steeds sterker het gevoel dat haar...

Bert Wagendorp kan eigenlijk over alles schrijven. Over Nederland of narigheid, schrijven of sport, illusie en droom zijn rijkdom aan onderwerpen is enorm. Maar je herkent altijd onmiddellijk de blik en de pen van Wagendorp. Hij is een van die zeldzame schrijvers die even meedogenloos als melancholiek...

De laatste mooie dag van het jaar. Op een terras aan een plein midden in de stad zitten een man en een vrouw die elkaar net hebben leren kennen. Met hoge snelheid rijdt een geldwagen in op het winkelende publiek en ramt de gevel van een café even verderop. Een enorme explosie volgt. Als midden op...

This book describes how to find the parts with which a Telecaster is made and how to put these together creating a real “Recycled Guitar”. Content: - all Telecaster components, how to get them and what pitfalls to watch out for - how to convert that heap of metal and wood to a great instrument -...

For the past forty-five years, beloved author Bert Ghezzi has begun each day with prayer. At first he had to work at doing it consistently, but eventually he couldn't imagine starting his day without it. Through his discovery of the gift of daily prayer, he came to see God's connection with us as...