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Group Accounting provides a comprehensive coverage of the preparation of consolidated financial statements and the issues that may arise in the process. It covers all topics typically relevant in this context, from common areas like the elimination of intragroup transactions and accounting for business combinationsto…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: monster, drakar och övernaturliga varelser Barn och ungdom: mysterier och övernaturligt Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: action och äventyr Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: deckare Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: science fiction
“A joy to read!” — New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix
What would you do if you accidentally brought a monster to life and set him loose on your town?
Adventurous and charming, this middle grade twist on Frankenstein features a precocious main character who…
When Hanna moves to Spain for an internship at the prestigious Prado gallery, she finds herself spending her days buried in the museum’s stifling archives, and her nights alone in a tiny rented flat.
Then one day she sees them; Tom, Samuel, and Leah. Glamorous and elegant, they are also foreigners in the city.…
A page-turning account of often misunderstood events set in train by religious zealotry that cost hundreds of thousands of lives in Britain.
This is an innovative, controversial history of Scotland, Ireland and England in the early modern period. Its originality lies in new research pinpointing Fife, especially St…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Ande, kropp och själ: tänkande och praktik Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling
Abraham Lincoln was a yogi. No . . . there is no record that he assumed the headstand during Cabinet meetings. Nor did he meditate in the lotus pose before delivering the Gettysburg Address. Yet, in many aspects of his life – in little things he did and in his reactions to situations – Lincoln behaved,…
Kategorier: Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
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Here is the classic edition from 1979 – a major integration of original and known theory of group psychotherapy – back in print. Kellerman presents a theoretical integration of the structure of group process, group therapy inherent in that process and the personality forces of individual members of the…
Kategorier: Alternativa trossystem Eklektiska och esoteriska religioner och trossystem Filosofi och religion Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Magi, alkemi och ockult tänkande Ockulta studier Religion och tro Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
· Explains how the Rothschild family began the War of 1812 because Congress failed to renew a 20-year charter for their Central Bank as well as how the ensuing debt of the war forced Congress to renew the charter
· Details Andrew Jackson’s anti-bank presidential campaigns, his war on Rothschild agents within the…
Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen is a culinary biography unlike any before. The very assertion of the title—that Abraham Lincoln cooked—is fascinating and true. It’s an insight into the everyday life of one of our nation’s favorite and most esteemed presidents and a way to experience flavors and textures of the past.…
Scientific publication is the major route by which research is made available to a worldwide audience. Developing the skills needed to write, review and publish papers is therefore an important part of any research career.In this book we examine what scientific writing entails, the structure of a scientific manuscript…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
Since the beginning of time, monsters have existed to frighten humans. We have known them in cinema or television, literature, urban legends and mythology, many are so ancient that we do not even know their true origin. But what if the stories about these so-called monsters only paint one side of them? What if these…
Like no other American, Abraham Lincoln’s life is entwined with the history and culture of the nation. His rise from poverty to presidency has inspired others to believe in the promise of opportunity, his success in preserving the nation is one of our greatest triumphs, his death is our American tragedy.
To…
Kategorier: Matematik Matematik och naturvetenskap Pedagogik Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Undervisning i specifika ämnen
The aim of this thesis is to contribute to a deeper understanding of the relationship between teaching and student learning in mathematics when small-group discussions are used in teaching. This thesis focuses on student learning of specific subject matter when small group discussions are used in whole-class teaching.…
Kategorier: Historiska romaner Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur i översättning Skönlitteratur: specialutgåvor
Författaren till En gentleman i Moskva och Artighetsreglerna – mästaren av uppslukande romaner – är tillbaka med en elegant och driven tegelsten som utspelar sig i 50-talets Amerika.
I juni 1954 körs artonårige Emmett Watson hem till Nebraska av fångvaktaren på arbetslägret där han precis avtjänat femton månader för…
Moral Infringement and Repair in Antiquity, is a series of publications related to a project on Dynamics of Moral Repair in Antiquity, run by Thomas Kazen and Rikard Roitto between 2017 and 2021, and funded by the Swedish Research Council. The volumes contain stand-alone articles and serve as supplements to the main…
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award, and from the author of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, comes a New York Times bestselling horror novel that follows a group of heroines to die for.
In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett returns home to his younger brother Billy after serving fifteen months in a juvenile facility for involuntary manslaughter. They are getting ready to leave their old life behind and head out to sunny California. But they're not alone. Two runaways from the youth work farm,…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This is true story of the second raid on Schweinfurt, Germany by the Eighth Air Force 1st and 3rd Bombardment Divisions on 14 October 1943. On this day, the Eighth Air Force lost air superiority to the German Luftwaffe in a continuous air battle that lasted over three hours. Many refer to it as the greatest one-day…
Tour the famous Lincoln Road in South Beach, Miami, Florida. This wonderful guide not only points out all the popular sites but spices the tour with humorous tales, intriguing facts, and over 80 beautiful photos. Visit landmark buildings, shops, and restaurants that attract over three and a half million visitors…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The 27th Air Transport Group, part of the 302nd Transport Wing, supported the 8th and 9th Air Forces in World War II with ferry and transport services. Though their role was extremely vital to the success of the air and ground wars in Europe, their story has remained largely untold – until now. Flying primarily C-47s…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This facsimile reprint of the actual 350th Fighter Group war book appears here in a new quality edition. The 350th Fighter Group flew against the Luftwaffe during the Moroccan, Tunisian, Sicilian, and Italian campaigns in P-39s and P-47s.
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This book is the actual cruise book of CAG 86 which was originally published just after World War II. This quality, large format volume contains biographies of all VF, VBF, VB, VT and Air Group Combat personnel, as well as those serving on the USS Wasp. Included are photos of pilots in their aircraft, group portraits,…
Mica is a broad term encompassing about forty minerals, ranging from the common to the rare, many at times forming excellent crystals jewelers use. This book feaures examples recently described among the 115 striking color photos and electron micrographs that illustrate the text. A detailed entry for each type includes…
Over 90 striking color photos display minerals of the epidote group, well known to mineral collectors for their rich colors and the many interesting minerals with which they occur. Lapidary artists also value epidote, particularly in the form of unakite, and precious or semiprecious varieties of the related mineral…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This book is about the men of the 79th Fighter Group on the ”forgotten” Mediterranean front in World War II. It tells who they were, what they did, and because it is set in the broader context of the entire conflict in that theater is shows how the war on the ground influenced their war in the air. The 79th…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The 8th fought the best Zero pilots, and took the war to the enemy with P-38s over Rabaul and Hollandia.
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Most histories of the northern sector of the Russian front concentrate on the siege of Leningrad, and focus little attention on the heavy fighting during the Wehrmacht’s withdrawl into the Baltic countries. Retreat from Leningrad begins where those books end, with the massive January 1944 Soviet offensive which…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Flying the legendary B-24 Liberator, the 464th Bomb Group was stationed at Pantanella, Italy and flew combat missions against the heart of Hitler’s Third Reich. During their service they flew almost daily against targets like Ploesti, Blechammer, and Vienna. This is their history as told by daily records,…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This history sheds light on the achievements of the 363rd for the period it flew escort and ground support missions over Europe. The day-to-day operations are interspersed with quotes from the group and squadron diaries, and supplemented by an exhaustive appendix to give the reader a look into the combat activities of…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This new book is an illustrated history of the 451st Bomb Group in World War II. As part of the USAAF’s 15th Air Force, they flew their B-24 Liberators from Castellucia, Italy to heavily defended targets throughout the Mediterranean theater of war. During their combat tour the 451st was awarded three Presidential Unit…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
With the 50th Anniversary of Victory in World War II comes PROTECT & AVENGE: The 49th Fighter Group in World War II.\nAfter six years of research, author and illustrator S.W. Ferguson, Along with 49ERS Association historian William K. Pascalis, have recreated the war-years odyssey of the famous 49ERS, the most…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Our Might Always: The 355th Fighter Group in World War II is an exhaustive history in day-by-day combat diary format with over 800 rare images of the 355th including fifty color profiles of P-47s and P-51s. The 355th was third in combined German aircraft destroyed during World War II, first in ground credits, and fifth…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
As the first unit to fly the Merlin-engined P-51B in combat, the 354th Fighter Group adopted the nickname ”Pioneer Mustang Group.” Until D-Day, it escorted 8th AF heavy bombers to targets on the European Continent. The group then moved to France and supported Patton\s Third Army from Normandy to Bavaria,…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942 included the USAAFs Lockheed P-38 equipped 14th Fighter Group. Flying long-range, high-altitude escort missions as well as low level ground support sorties, the 14th engaged in three months of grinding attrition. Another squadron arrived from the U.S. along with new…
Over 100 vivid color photographs of beautiful feldspar minerals show each species in its geological context. The feldspar minerals, as a group, make up nearly sixty percent of the earth’s crust. Large crystals are found at many locales worldwide, in both igneous and metamorphic rocks. Often, feldspar forms the matrix…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The 44th Bomb Group, which flew the B-24 Liberator, was the “pioneer” unit for what evolved from the “Mighty Eighth’s” 2nd Bomb Wing into a full-scale Bomb (and later Air) Division. The Group amassed an impressive 343 missions and won two Distinguished Unit Citations between November 1942 and April 1945, dropping…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
With names like Zemke, Schilling, Gabreski, Mahurin and Johnson, the 56th Fighter Group was, and still is, one of the legendary fighter units of World War II.\nBEWARE THE THUNDERBOLT ( the apt official motto of the 56th) is the story of the 56th Fighter Group in a chronological narrative of their combat missions.…
Among rock-forming minerals, the zeolite group is large and widespread, and is enormously important to industry. Zeolites form excellent crystals. The group is structurally complex and notable for its ability to exchange cations with surrounding solutions. Numerous diagrams help visualize important structural features…
This collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century weaving
drafts from the Southern Highlands region of Appalachia includes 112 overshot drafts and drawdowns, and 31 drafts and drawdowns for the all-white summertime cotton bedspreads called counterpanes. Color
photos of the original samples are shown side by…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The 7th Bombardment Group was one of the few bombardment groups in the Army Air Corps active during the 1930s. From its activation in 1929 to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Group flew all major types of Army Air Corps bombardment aircraft and participated in numerous exercises and annual maneuvers, helping to perfect…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The USAAF entered WWII lacking technical expertize in photo recon. A program to establish an independent organization within the 8th AF equipped with Mosquito aircraft reached fruition with the formation of the 25th BG in August 1944 at Watton, England. The 25BG had two squadrons assigned to gather meteorologic data…
The axinite group of rock-formed minerals is well known to collectors through the spectacularly sharp crystals collected in quantity at Dal’negorsk and Puiva in Russia and at Tomas and other localities in Pakistan. Axinites are occasionally cut as gems. This concise monograph provides an up-to-date review of the…
Among rock-forming minerals, the vesuvianite group is best known through the many colorful crystals collected at the Jeffrey quarry, in Asbestos, Canada. Spectacular finds in China and Pakistan have added interest in this mineral group. The detailed text begins with an explanation of the chemistry and taxonomy of the…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
In this new 8th Air Force unit history, Perry Watts sets out the history of the USAAF 467th Heavy Bombardment Group, which was based at Rackheath, Norfolk, in the east of England, during 1944-1945. In contrast to the operational focus of many books on the USAAF in the period, the author presents the B-24 Liberator…