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Jack Ryan, Jr. is the one man who can stop an international conspiracy in the latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Jack Ryan, Jr. finds himself cut off from his comrades at The Campus just when he needs them most. He’s smack dab in the middle of an international conspiracy, and this may be…
Kategorier: Att hantera personliga problem Att hantera stress Familj och hälsa Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Populärpsykologi och personlig utveckling Självhjälp och praktiska råd
Upptäck Björn Rudmans insiktsfulla bok: Det är inte ditt fel att du är trött: Slipp oro och press i vardagen. I en värld översvämmad av stress, press och ångest erbjuder denna självhjälpsguide en räddningsplanka för dig som kämpar med utmattning eller riskerar att hamna där. Med en unik kombination av personliga…
Kategorier: Familjeromaner Modern och samtida skönlitteratur Skönlitterära teman Skönlitterära teman: mognad och utveckling Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur: allmänt
PEN Open Book Award finalist
Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award winner
Stephen Curry Underrated Literati Book Club Pick
Named a Best Book of Summer by Good Housekeeping, Chicago Magazine, The St. Louis Post Dispatch, Chicago Tribune, Veranda, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Publishers Weekly, and…
Surviving a helicopter crash in the Vietnamese Highlands is only the start of the challenges facing Jack Ryan, Jr., in the latest propulsive thriller of this #1 New York Times bestselling series.
The vibrant economy of the new Vietnam is a shiny lure for Western capital. Companies are racing to uncover ideal…
Kategorier: Arbetsmarknadsekonomi Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Migration, immigration och emigration Nationalekonomi Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala och etiska frågor
In late 2015 and early 2016, more than two million refugees crossed European borders. It was a time that has become known as the refugee crisis. Sweden welcomed more than 160,000 refugees, the second highest number per capita in Europe. This dissertation is a qualitative study focusing on the mandatory two-year…
In recent years the rapid growth of Christian charismatic movements throughout sub-Saharan Africa has drastically reconfigured the region’s religious landscape. As a result, charismatic factions play an increasingly public role throughout Africa, far beyond the religious sphere. This book uses a multi-disciplinary…
One of the great European publishing centers, Venice produced half or more of all books printed in Italy during the sixteenth-century. Drawing on the records of the Venetian Inquisition, which survive almost complete, Paul F. Grendler considers the effectiveness of censorship imposed on the Venetian press by the Index…
Presenting case studies from sixteen countries on five continents, ”The Catholic Church and the Nation-State” paints a rich portrait of a complex and paradoxical institution whose political role has varied historically and geographically. In this integrated and synthetic collection of essays, outstanding…
Kategorier: Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
The media systems of the Nordic countries have for long been characterised by universality, freedom, trust, and cooperation between stakeholders. In comparative media systems research, the Nordic countries have been described as belonging to a single model – the Nordic media welfare state. The future of this model is…
Kategorier: Arkitektur Arkitektur: offentliga byggnader Fotografi Konst Livsstil, hobby och fritid Människor och platser Resor och platser
Once dubbed ”kissing bridges” because they offered a discreet place for couples to enjoy a smooch, Pennsylvania’s iconic covered bridges have dwindled in number over the decades, but many are now being faithfully restored with funding. Michael Gadomski’s vivid color photographs of 80 bridges in…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Förlagsbranschen och bokbranschen, press och journalistik Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Industrier och branscher Media-, underhållnings-, informations- och kommunikationsbranschen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
I ”Min kära Uhu!” kastas nytt ljus över en dynamisk period i den svenska pressens historia. Under senare delen av 1830-talet har Aftonbladet som landets första moderna dagstidning skaffat sig en stark position. Men nu sker en närmast explosionsartad utveckling av pressen även ute i landsorten, där nyhets-, åsikts- och…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Företagsekonomi och management Organisationsteori och beteende Psykologi Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Stress, otrygghet, höga yttre och inre krav, tids- och resursbrist … Så här ser vardagen på jobbet ofta ut idag. Det är lätt att känna sig pressad, fastna i ohjälpsamma beteenden och köra över sina egna behov.
Enkla tips och råd ges ofta som…
Explore 31 of Connecticut’s most haunted sites along with a clairvoyant with first hand knowledge of the spirits of whom she speaks! On this spectral tour encounter ghosts in famous homes, including the residences of Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The lively spirits in Hartford, Fairfield, Litchfield…
’There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could’ John Scalzi
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful new novel by award-winning author Ann Leckie.
Qven was created…
Kategorier: Etiska frågor och debatter Etiska frågor: censur Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala och etiska frågor
A critical media culture continues to sustain and engage the public with trustworthy independent news and analysis.
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Ekonomiska system och strukturer Nationalekonomi
’Superb … At a time when government action of any kind is ideologically suspect, and entrepreneurship is unquestioningly lionized, the book’s importance cannot be understated’ Guardian
According to conventional wisdom, innovation is best left to the dynamic entrepreneurs of the private sector,…
Develop your understanding of how to use similar steps in your problem-solving approaches
For courses in calculus-based physics.
University Physics with Modern Physics, 15th edition, now in SI Units, is known for its clear and accessible approach to physics. With its step-by-step guidance and variety of problem types,…
Kategorier: Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
As a result of the war between Russia and Iran, in the beginning of XIX century Azerbaijan was divided into two parts. So, the South and North of Azerbaijan have had different developing lines. For two centuries there were prohibitions to the people of Azerbaijan to have any moral and spiritual communication. Though…
Kategorier: Historia Historia och arkeologi Mellanösterns historia Nationalism Politik och statsskick Politiska ideologier Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Protected Kingdoms, Arabistan Kingdom and the fate of the nation-state
State Street Chicago, 1999. One summer that changes everything.
An unlikely trio: Felicia ’Fe Fe’ Stevens, daughter of fiercely protective mother; Precious Brown, daughter of a prominent church Elder; and Stacia Buchanan, daughter of a Gangster Disciple Queen-Pin.
They have a simple friendship, whiling…
The history of the relationship between the Iraqi Baath party and the Faylee Kurds, an integral part of the Kurdish nation, provides ample evidence of insecurity and large-scale violations of fundamental human rights. The Baathists employed different strategical methods against the Faylee Kurds ranging from…
When I was in eighth grade my sister helped kill another girl.
For the Oliviera family – mum Carol, daughters Angel and Marie – autumn 2009 in the once-prosperous beach town of Ashaway, Rhode Island is the worst of times. Money is tight, Carol can’t stay away from unsuitable men, Angel’s world…
’This is the new frontier of warfare, and McNab is on the front line’ – Michael Robotham
The first novel in a new series by Andy McNab, about a former SAS soldier turned cryptography and cyber-weapons specialist.
From the central bank of El Salvador to a tantalum mine in Rwanda, the Acropolis Museum…
A mesmerizing, continent-spanning survey of the most dynamic scenes in contemporary African photography, and an introduction to the creative figures who are making it happen.
Africa State of Mind gathers together the work of an emergent generation of photographers from across Africa, including both the Maghreb and…
We live today in what is called the information society, the expert society, or the knowledge society. Professionals may be called ‘bearers’ of the knowledge society, along with other expert groups at universities and think-tanks, as well as government investigators and researchers employed by private corporations.…
After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in. Secretary of State, Ellen Adams, is determined to do her duty for her country. But she is about to face a horrifying international threat… A young foreign service officer has received a baffling text from an anonymous…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel
Denna bok bjuder in språkinlärare på en spännande utbildningsresa med älskade karaktärer som Mike och Sulley. Engagerande aktiviteter och animerade äventyr gör engelsk inlärning till en monstruös njutning i Disneys fantasifulla värld.
Relieve pain, alleviate tension, increase relaxation, and recover and prepare for physical activities. This contemporary take on an old practice makes massage accessible to a new generation of readers. Fun, modern illustrations and intuitive organization combined with the expertise of licensed massage…
Relieve pain, alleviate tension, increase relaxation and recover and prepare for physical activities. This contemporary take on an old practice makes massage accessible to a new generation of readers. Fun, modern illustrations and intuitive organisation combined with the expertise of qualified massage therapist, Rachel…
In the field of art and antiques, few books survive the test of time to become regarded as “classics.” Monroe Fabian’s 1978 edition of The Pennsylvania-German Decorated Chest is such a work. With more than two hundred fifty illustrations, this book is a visual feast of decorated chests.
Now, more than twenty-five years…
Discover every corner of Pennsylvania, from the place where the
United States began to the shores of Lake Erie to the first-class city
of Pittsburgh, historic Scranton, and the rural farmland,
forestland, and small towns in between. Visit Pennsylvania’s
historic sites, which are also the nation’s historic…
In this third book beckoning readers to search for historic lost loot, journey to New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to learn about Native American villages, lost mines, pirate booty, ghosts, curses, monsters, dangers, and more. Learn about the connection between the infamous Jersey Devil monster and Captain Kidd –…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Slovakia split from Czechoslovakia and formed its own state on March 14, 1939. The Slovak State was born under the auspices of Hitler’s Third Reich and became its first ally on September 1, 1939, when it took part in the invasion of Poland. The Slovak army inherited its weapons, equipment, training manuals and its…
This book is based on analysis of the 10,788 inventories filed in Chester and Philadelphia between 1682 and 1849. So well kept and so complete are these records that for the 167 year period under study, inventories for only 525 estates are missing.
In the present publication, the Table of Contents suggests the…
This book uses beautiful photography and extensive research to describe the best and most-important preserved natural areas in Pennsylvania. The locations feature outstanding old-growth forests, wildflower preserves, waterfalls, natural beaches, deep canyons, wildlife, wetlands, glacial bogs, and wilderness areas.…
The history of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is visually presented through the words of a venerable historian and striking images compiled from old photographs, advertising pieces, and postcards that relate the cultural diversity apparent today in this favorite tourist destination. From all over the world, visitors…
Kategorier: Konst
There has never been a book like this intertwining the arts and artifacts of both the traditional and the evolving worlds. The Pennsylvania Germans are a remarkable people; some are among the most conservative of Americans, retaining a strong cultural identity to this day, while others have largely assimilated into the…
The many practical industries that supported this earliest county in Pennsylvania are documented in this illustrated and detailed study. Here is information on the architecture, stone work, metalsmiths, needlework, ceramics, and pictures made by and of county residents from the seventeenth century to about 1850. Also…
Kategorier: Konst
The Potters and Potteries of Chester County, Pennsylvania has been the bible of pottery research nationally, as it has inspired others to document pottery in other regions. A whole generation of students of pottery has learned from Doctor James’ research. Today, there is even wider interest in American decorative…
This book is a 476-page survey of furniture craftsmen working in Chester County, Pennsylvania from its founding in 1682 to 1850 when there was a recognized decline in the handicraft tradition. The settlers included predominently English Quakers for the first half century, after which numbers of Scotch-Irish…