Martin Ross: 31 books

“As the straight-man narrator, observer, and regular butt of hundreds of hilarious trials and mishaps, Major Yeates never ceases to be surprised, is usually not amused, and can't stop himself from loving his Irish neighbors.”—500 Great Books by Women.

Beinhaltet Leseproben folgender Frühjahrsnovitäten des Ueberreuter Verlags: Martin Widmark, Detektivbüro LasseMaja: Das Fahrradgeheimnis Thomas Jeier, Null Null Schnauze - Bogey schnappt den wilden Tiger Gina Mayer, Theo und Oleander und der unsichtbare Mops Judith Allert, Wunschelberg - Das Lächeln...

Leading historians of the media arts define a new materialist media art history, discussing temporality, geography, ephemerality, and the future. In Relive, leading historians of the media arts grapple with this dilemma: how can we speak of “new media” and at the same time write the histories...

One generation of mankind is about the same as another. Only a few inventions separate them and make them distinct from each other. The truth is, each new generation feels obligated to ignore the wisdom any previous one tries to impart. Never trust anyone over thirty seems to be a universal mantra.Reggie’s...

This children's picture book uses fantasy to explore the consequences of thoughtless behavior.

Sasha awakens to conjured critters that are loose in her house and around the neighborhood. She heads to Grandma's to find out why it is happening. She helps Grandma resolve a problem at her factory but is then faced with a long, slow clean-up to put things back the way they were.

Thomas and Addison had it all: true love, four extraordinary children, and a bright future full of promise. That’s what made the car crash so devastatingly tragic. How do you continue when all has been lost? The struggle may lead to self-revelations that stretch the soul to its limits.

In this significant Marxist critique of contemporary American imperialism, the cultural theorist Randy Martin argues that a finance-based logic of risk control has come to dominate Americans’ everyday lives as well as U.S. foreign and domestic policy. Risk management—the ability to adjust for...

Relating the story of a tiny town pitted against a strong corporation, this account strives to voice the concerns of local communities when they come into conflict with corporate profits. With the help of Erin Brockovich, the small town of Yarloop in Western Australia is fighting its powerful neighbor,...

First published in 1984. This book represents a major study of union responses to the economic crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. Abjuring governmental or managerial outlooks, it argues that unions, as representatives of essential producer groups, would be central to the renegotiation of the economic...

Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance; Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality; Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases...

Raising Great Parents shows parents how to define long-range goals for their family and then reach those goals through LRB -- love, respect, and belief -- creating an atmosphere and a set of principles that together move parenting past power struggles over getting out the door in the morning and into...

Subjects and Simulations presents essays focused on suffering and sublimity, representation and subjectivity, and the relation of truth and appearance in the twenty-first century. Inspired by the work of Jean Baudrillard, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and JeanLuc Nancy, sixteen authors study how the real...

We’re all born here on Earth; we grow up, do the things we’re told to do, accomplish a few feats here and there, then make the transition back from where we came. Rarely, however, do we remember what we were taught before our birth. That’s the very stuff Mrs. Pennybutton teaches in her class, the...