Bertin: 26 books

Discover the proven ways parents can help their children learn, overcome adversity, get along with others, and become independent—while you relax and enjoy being a parent   How do children thrive? As a parent, you probably think about this all the time. You want your children to have happy, healthy,...

In occupied France, the Nazis pursued aggressive, tightly orchestrated measures designed to monopolize the French market and foster agitation against Americans, Jews, Communists, and others. The documentary film was one instrument of propaganda employed by the Nazi occupiers, as well as the Vichy...

Written by a pediatrician and based in proven-effective mindfulness techniques, this book will help you and your child with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) keep calm, flexible, and in control. If you are a parent of a child with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),...

The characters in Bad Things Happen - professors, janitors, webcam models, small-time criminals - are between things. Between jobs and marriages, states of sobriety, joy and anguish; between who they are and who they want to be. Kris Bertin's unforgettable debut introduces us to people at the tenuous moment before everything in their lives change, for better or worse.

In this accessible guide, developmental pediatrician Mark Bertin demystifies ADHD and offers advice to overwhelmed parents that includes clear explanations of:Biological causes of ADHD, and the ins and outs of a thorough evaluation Common symptoms, showing how they extend far beyond inattention and...

Don Messer was more than a household name in Canada — he was part of family life, the background music in Canadian kitchens — first on radio, and then on television. Private and unassuming, Don was everyman, and yet someone singular and special: a devoted family man, a rigid Calvinist, band diplomat,...

Cet ouvrage teinté d’humour se devait d’être écrit par un français. Et Jacques Bertin relève ici le défi avec brio. Plus d’un millier de noms propres et d’expressions courantes sont présentés de A jusqu’à Z. Un pur plaisir attend le lecteur au gré de lectures vagabondes. Voilà...

Communication services are evolving at an unprecedented rate. No longer limited to interpersonal vocal communication, they now integrate functions such as address books, content sharing and messaging. The emergence of social networks – which may also include these features – is an important element...

In The Last Dragonlord and Dragon and Phoenix Joanne Bertin created a world unlike our own, where Dragonlords soar in the skies above the many realms of the land. The Dragonlords' magic is unique, giving them the ability to change from dragon to human form; to communicate silently among themselves;...

Life had been going swimmingly until biologist Dr. Robert Fielding was bewildered by a squall that still threatens to shipwreck him. Tormented by the losses in his life, he finds a dozen reasons why he doesn't need the friendship of his new neighbour, Anna Fawcett. After all, the senior and her disabled...

Aimée du public, la chanson, traitée en éternelle mineure, est méprisée par les tribuns, décriée par les poètes, boudée par la presse, arnaquée par les maisons de disques et les monteurs de spectacles, exploitée enfin par l'État qui préfère réinvestir les milliards qu'elle rapporte...

Von 1901 bis 1904, während seiner frühen Straßburger Jahre als Privatdozent für neutestamentliche Theologie, hat Albert Schweitzer 33 Gespräche über das Neue Testament in einem elsässischen Kirchenblatt erscheinen lassen. Winfried Döbertin hat sie hier einem breiten Leserkreis zugänglich...

These three volumes entitled Advances in Hypersonics contain the Proceedings of the Second and Third Joint US/Europe Short Course in Hypersonics which took place in Colorado Springs and Aachen. The Second Course was organized at the US Air Force Academy, USA in January 1989 and the Third Course at...

This book seeks to explain long-term economic development and institutional change in terms of the cognitive features of human learning and communication processes. Martens links individual cognitive processes to macroeconomic growth theories, including economies of scale and scope, and to theories of institutional development based on asymmetric i