Helga: 242 books

The sixth edition of this classic work makes mastering a vast amount of information on internal organs much less daunting. It offers a vivid review of the human body and its structure, and it is an ideal study companion as well as an excellent basic reference text. These are some of the many...

In the last quarter of the 19th century, a circle of 16 tall Cottonwood trees stood in the wash that extended to the Verde River just north of where the old jail building now stands. Cattlemen and ranchers from Oak Creek and the mountains made their overnight stops under these trees and the location...

Per Karl, l’amore è rimasto chiuso nella prima giovinezza, insieme alle poesie che scriveva e alle sue fantasticherie di adolescente: il padre ha deciso che la sua vita seguirà la rigida disciplina della carriera militare, e l’ultimo rifugio della sua anima sognatrice rimane Sigrid, l’adorata...

Austria, 1952. Liesèl ha 14 anni e un pessimo rapporto con la sua matrigna, una donna insensibile che finisce per allontanare dalla famiglia la ragazzina e mandarla in un collegio collocato in un antico castello, il Seeburg. Ma quella che avrebbe dovuto essere una punizione si rivela invece per Liesèl...

Individual mobility is one of the most important needs of modern society and an important link between private, public and economic life. In contrast, transport also entails severe environmental and social burdens, foiling current efforts for sustainable development. As the main source of CO2 emissions,...

This book is drawn from a report prepared for the European Commission (DG Health and Consumer Protection) under the title “Consumer Overindebtedness and Consumer Law in the European Union” (Contract Reference No. B5-1000/02/000353) in September 2003. It highlights the wealth of legal instruments...

This Book is going to show you the fast handy ways of cooking small and convenient snacks to wine, beer or other strong drinks made on a base of some traditions of Swiss cuisine in Alpina style.   Initially, the name Tapas (tapa-the lid) comes from Spanish cuisine and it means any possible...

This book provides fascinating examples of the ways renewable and sustainable energy can support economic growth, which will be illuminating for academic researchers and students, as well as those interested in green investment opportunities. The distinctive glacial, volcanic and oceanic environments...

This book aims to advance the understanding of cultural property in armed conflict, and its significance for anti-terrorism and peace-building strategies. As the author argues, ISIS’ orchestrated theft and destruction of cultural property has become a tactic of war. Through a historical, political,...

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Cologne, course: Forms and Genres of Poetry in Literatures in English: From 1500 to the Present, 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The sonnet is...

Ciarla e Tano, due maghi vagabondi, finiscono una notte nel favoloso regno di Golosonia, dove ogni cosa è una delizia per il palato: i fiumi sono onde di caramello, le case torte di pan di spagna e gli alberi coni di cioccolata con fronde di morbide brioches! Eppure nel regno di Golosonia vige un...

Set against the backdrop of the Dutch East Indies and Nazi-occupied Holland, this luminous novel delivers epic themes filtered through the rich imagination of a young girl. Living with her parents on the island of Java in the late 1930s, five-year-old Lulu moves in a magical world of daydreams and...

Kerzenschein, Plätzchenduft – und eine stimmungsvolle Weihnachtsgeschichte Leise deckt der Schnee die Wiesen und Wälder, die Städte und die Dörfer zu. Die Sterne funkeln, der Mond gießt sein helles Licht über das Land. Drinnen leuchten die Kerzen. Die Kinder sitzen schon vor dem Tannenbaum...

German title: Der geliehene Körper und andere Gedichte Indonesian title: Tubuh Pinjaman dan puisi lainnya Joko Pinurbo’s poetry is immediately recognizable for its simple language, accessibility, and the recurrent use of a number of specific but unusual motifs. His poems deal with...