Karin: 1300 books

Charles Henry Ickens is a chicken on a mission. Join him as he learns what it means to be human. With daring adventures and unique friends along for the ride, he is sure to find the adventures of a lifetime! Wander through the desert, travel through the mountains and learn new things. His adventures...

Whilst there has been much recent scholarly work on retailing during the early modern period, less is known about how people at the time perceived retailing, both as onlookers, artists and commentators, and as participants. Centred on the general theme of perceptions, the authors address this gap...

Eighteen-year-old Cynthia Anderson wants nothing more than to live her dream of becoming a cosmetologist and rid herself of her perfect big sister, Mary, her daddys obvious favorite. Thank goodness for her best friend, Jessica, and her gorgeous crush, Brian Parkerthe only two people distracting her...

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the majority of women were forced to seek their education outside the walls of American universities. Many turned to museums and libraries, for their own enlightenment, for formal education, and also for their careers. In Roffman’s close readings of four modernist...

A friend from the UK encouraged me to get on with writing poems as I love to share my thoughts and feelings with others. And the special lakescape with Lake Neusiedl, Lake Darscho, and the vineyards is very inspiring and moodythe perfect environment for writing poemsand so arose my thoughts between...

Mothers of Adult Children elucidates what happens when children come of age and leave home, creating new lives in the realms of work and relationships. Mothers from around the world learn that this is the point in which their relationships with their children must drastically change. Mothers often...

This book explores the relationship between Thomas Hardy’s works and Victorian media and technologies of communication – especially the penny post and the telegraph. Through its close analysis of letters, telegrams, and hand-delivered notes in Hardy’s novels, short stories, and poems, it ties...

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Russia, grade: 1, University of Vienna (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Putin promotes himself as a big reformer but no real actions have been...

Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence: Global Responses, Local Practices addresses the gaps in theory, methods, and practices that are currently used to engage the problem of gender-based violence. This book complements the work carried out in the legal, social work, and medical fields by...

Considéré comme le plus grand alpiniste actuel, Ueli Steck évoque ses réussites en Himalaya, sur les plus hauts sommets. Il évoque aussi les drames comme celui vécu à l'Annapurna en 2008 et se révèle comme un homme sensible et profond. "Le grimpeur le plus rapide du monde", "l'athlète...

At first eleven-year-old Chloe is angry at her parents' new rule. But in time, she starts to enjoy much-loved but forgotten activities like art, visiting with her neighbours, and spending quality time with her family -- with the television off! Maybe machines aren't so great anyway, Chloe begins to...

EN LAS ÚLTIMAS décadas, el sector agrario peruano ha experimentado un profundo proceso de transformación que ha configurado una nueva estructura social en el campo. Este proceso —aún no culminado— es atribuido a dos razones fundamentales: por un lado, la crisis del sector terrateniente tradicional...

This book presents the first comprehensive introduction to congregational studies in the UK. Through a series of innovative essays, it explores the difference that the increasingly post-Christian nature of British society is making to life in Christian congregations, and compares this to the very...

Le destin d'une femme volontaire et passionnée, au Grand Siècle de Louis XIV. Althéa, orpheline, est élevée par les époux Fouquet. Nicolas Fouquet, alors surintendant des Finances de Louis XIV, est l'homme le plus riche et le plus influent du royaume. L'enfant grandit à Vaux-le-Vicomte,...