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The Case for Auschwitz
Evidence from the Irving Trial
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
From January to April 2000 historian David Irving brought a high-profile libel case against Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt in the British High Court, charging that Lipstadt’s book, Denying the Holocaust (1993), falsely labeled him a Holocaust denier. The question about the evidence for Auschwitz...
Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn
A Social History of the Tea Room Craze in America
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
The Gypsy Tea Kettle. Polly's Cheerio Tea Room. The Mad Hatter. The Blue Lantern Inn. These are just a few of the many tea rooms - most owned and operated by women -- that popped up across America at the turn of the last century, and exploded into a full-blown craze by the 1920s. Colorful, cozy, festive,...
The Law of EU External Relations
Cases, Materials, and Commentary on the EU as an International Legal Actor
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
The two years since publication of the first edition of The Law of EU External Relations: Cases, Materials, and Commentary on the EU as an International Actor have been characterized by the large amount of case law on the new provisions on external relations, which have found their way into the Lisbon...
A Campaign of Quiet Persuasion
How the College Board Desegregated SAT® Test Centers in the Deep South, 1960-1965
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
In 1960, the College Entrance Examination Board became an unexpected participant in the movement to desegregate education in the South. Working with its partner, Educational Testing Services, the College Board quietly integrated its Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) centers throughout the Deep South....
Too Good To Fail?
Why Management Gets it Wrong and How You Can Get It Right
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Business leaders the world over are hardwired to focus on success. But what if understanding failure is the real secret behind enduring performance?
In Too Good To Fail?, Jan Filochowski turns his twenty years’ experience as a CEO and turnaround specialist into practical advice for business managers.
Mark Bate
Nanaimo's First Mayor
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
An insightful look at the first mayor of Nanaimo, BC, drawing heavily on his prolific and insightful written observations.
Mark Bate, elected Nanaimo’s first mayor in 1875, was a renaissance man. He loved music, writing, literature, the outdoors, community affairs, and of course politics....
Along a River
The First French-Canadian Women
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
French-Canadian explorers, traders, and soldiers feature prominently in this country's storytelling, but little has been written about their female counterparts. In Along a River, award-winning historian Jan Noel shines a light on the lives of remarkable French-Canadian women — immigrant brides,...
by Jan Kuipers
Language: Dutch
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Language: Dutch
Release Date: August 18, 2011
De grootste kracht van mensen is de kracht van hun keuzen. Die kracht stelt medewerkers in staat autonoom te handelen. De uitdaging voor de manager is al die autonome activiteit tot het gewenste resultaat te laten leiden. Maar hoe bundel je de autonomie van professionals in de gewenste richting? Vraag...
Leading Public Health
A Competency Framework
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
"James Begun and Jan Malcolm combine the wisdom of an academic and a practitioner to provide a comprehensive, accessible guide to impactful public health leadership. It is timely because now more than ever the stakes and oppotunities are high. A must-read for any aspiring Public Health leader."
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Ripper of Waterloo Road
The Murder of Eliza Grimwood in 1838
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
When Jack the Ripper first terrorized the streets of London, the Daily Telegraph reported that his crimes were as ghastly as those committed by Eliza Grimwood's murderer. Grimwood was a high-class prostitute, and on May 26, 1838 she brought a client home with her. The next morning she was found with...
by Jan Weiler
Language: German
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: July 3, 2017
+++Das Neueste vom Pubertier - jetzt im Kino+++ Wenn es erst einmal wach ist, hält es die Welt in Atem: Das Pubertier. Und inzwischen hat sich Nick zu einem Parade-Exemplar entwickelt. Als männliches Pubertier besticht auch er durch faszinierende Einlassungen zu den Themen Mädchen, Umwelt und Politik...
Maffiameid
Inside het Antillensyndicaat
Language: Dutch
Release Date: July 19, 2018
‘(…) Een unieke blik achter de schermen van de Hollands-Caribische drugsnetwerken’ ‘Een duistere onderwereld waar weinigen toegang krijgen’ Nina groeit op Curaçao op bij haar stiefouders. Op haar twaalfde gaat ze in Nederland om bij haar moeder wonen. Vernederd en mishandeld door haar moeder...
by Anna Korterink, Hendrik Jan Korterink
Language: Dutch
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Language: Dutch
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Dit boek vertelt het fascinerende waargebeurde verhaal van de ontsnapping van Tottie Kiel uit de Koepelgevangenis in Breda. De ontsnapping is wereldnieuws. Daarnaast geeft het een even onthullende als humoristische inkijk in het dagelijks leven in een vrouwengevangenis én in Totties's terugkeer in...
by Jan Drost
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Filosofie zweverig? Níét nadenken over je leven is pas zweverig! Wie zichzelf geen grote vragen stelt, leeft in het wilde weg en kan hopeloos verdwalen in leegte en machteloosheid. Om een betekenisvol en voorspoedig leven te kunnen leiden moeten we weten wat ons leven betekenis geeft en wat ons...