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Owen Matthews Glorious misadventures
"The Russian Empire once extended deep into America: in 1818 Russias furthest outposts were in California and Hawaii. The dreamer behind this great Imperial vision was Nikolai Rezanov diplomat, adventurer, courtier, millionaire and gambler. His quest to plant Russian colonies from Siberia to California led him to San Francisco, where he was captivated by Conchita, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the Spanish Governor, who embodied his dreams of both love and empire. From the glittering court of Catherine...
Engels | 400 pagina's (2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Karen Wallace Chief Thunderstruck and the big bad bear
"Set in the Viking world of long boats, looting and grand adventure, TheGoose Pimple Bay Sagas relate the hilarious tales of a noble family witha difference.In the final book of the quartet, a message reaches Goose PimpleBay that Chief Thunderstruck is introuble. He's been trapped in a cave on an ice flow by a fiercepolar bear, who has a nasty glint in his eye when he looks at ChiefThunderstruck's bearskin coat. Together Whiff Erik, Spike Carbuncle andFangtrudesail off to therescue. But it's up to...
Engels | 64 pagina's (4,3 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
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Karen Wallace Ma Moosejaw means business
"Set in the Viking world of long boats, looting and grand adventure, The Goose Pimple Bay Sagas relate the hilarious tales of a ruling family with a difference.Book one introduces the two sons of Chief Thunderstruck and MaMoosejaw, Spike Carbuncle and Whiff Eric. Ma Moosejaw wants to leaveGoose Pimple Bay with her husband and travel north to see a white bear.But both sons are useless. Who willlook after things when they are gone? There's only one thing for it:the sons must each find a bride. Whoever...
Engels | 64 pagina's (4 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
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Joshua Cody Sic
Joshua Cody was about to receive his PhD from Columbia University when he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. He underwent six months of chemotherapy. The treatment failed. Expectations for survival plummeted.
Engels | 272 pagina's (4,8 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Joyce Dennys Henrietta sees it through
"The war is now in its third year and although nothing can dent the unwavering patriotism of Henrietta and her friends, everyone in the Devonshire village has their anxious moments. Henrietta takes up weeding and plays the triangle in the local orchestra to take her mind off things; the indomitable Lady B, now in her late seventies, partakes in endless fund-raising events to distract herself from thoughts of life without elastic; and Faith, the village flirt, finds herself amongst the charming company...
Engels | 208 pagina's (2,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Temple Grandin Thinking in pictures
"The idea that some people think differently, though no less humanly, is explored in this inspiring book. Temple Grandin is a gifted and successful animal scientist, and she is autistic. Here she tells us what it was like to grow up perceiving the world in an entirely concrete and visual way - somewhat akin to how animals think, she believes - and how it feels now. Through her finely observed understanding of the workings of her mind she gives us an invaluable insight into autism and its challenges."
Engels | 2,6 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Get the best from a career break
"Whether you're hankering after the gap year you never took, you have new family responsibilities, or you want to pursue a long-held dream, taking a career break can give you the time and space you need. Get the best from a career break offers you practical advice that will make even the most tentative plans a reality.The book contains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind for the future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,5 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Gennifer Choldenko Al Capone does my shirts
"When Moose Flanagan and his family move home, yet again, and become residents of the famous prison island Alcatraz, things get interesting. First of all, they share the island with a few other families and a lot of pretty heavy-duty criminals including Al Capone. And secondly, Moose's sister is starting a new school, which everyone hopes will help her become more integrated with those around her. When Moose comes up with some pretty cunning money-making schemes based on his famous co-residents,...
Engels | 240 pagina's (2,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Childrens, [London] | 2014
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Al Alvarez Pondlife
"Heres the paradox: your body becomes steadily more troublesome just at that point when the world, which you are soon to leave, becomes sweeter, more poignant, more beautiful, more desirableThe ponds of Hampstead Heath are small oases; fragments of wild nature nestled in the heart of north-west London. For the best part of his life Al Alvarez poet, critic, novelist, rock-climber and poker player has swum in them almost daily. An athlete in his youth, Alvarez, now in his eighties, chronicles what...
Engels | 288 pagina's (0,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Camilla Lackberg Buried Angels - Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck, Book 8
No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg's new psychological thriller featuring Detective Patrick Hedstrom and Erica Falck - irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE PASTEaster 1974. A family vanishes from their home on an idyllic island off the Swedish coast. They have left everything behind - including their one-year-old daughter, Ebba.Now, years later, Ebba has returned to the island. She and her husband have suffered the loss...
Engels | 464 pagina's (ePub2, 0,7 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2014
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Trevor Grove The juryman's tale
"Every year a quarter of a million people are selected at random from the electoral register for jury service. They are given no training and are forbidden to discuss their verdicts after the trial. Despite the high-profile trials of Louise Woodward and O.J. Simpson, astonishingly little is known about what it's like to serve on a jury: this book is the first to reveal it."
Engels | 2,1 MB | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Chitrita Banerji Eating India
"In Eating India, the award-winning writer Chitrita Banerji takes us on a thrilling journey through a national food formed by generations of arrivals, assimilations and conquests. In mouth-watering prose, she explores how each wave of newcomers brought innovative new ways to combine the subcontinent's rich native spices, poppy seeds, saffron and mustard with the vegetables, fish, grains and pulses that are the staples of the Indian kitchen. Along the way, she visits traditional weddings, tiffin rooms,...
Engels | 3,2 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Claire Dederer Poser
"First class. She fell madly in love.Over the next decade, she tackled Triangle, Wheel and the dreaded Crow, becoming fast friends with some poses and developing long-standing feuds with others. At the same time she found herself confronting the forces that shaped her generation.Daughters of women who ran away to find themselves and made a few messes along the way, Claire and her peers grew up determined to be good, good, good. Yoga seemed to fit right into this virtuous programme, but to her surprise...
Engels | 352 pagina's (2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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John Kirwan Good small business planning guide
"In other words, they haven't done enough planning.Creating a business plan should be one of the first things you do when you think of starting up a company, and it's an important document to turn to time and again as your business develops - especially in these difficult financial times. Accessible and easy to read, the Good Small Business Planning Guide shows readers how to:Plan their business strategy Pitch their plan to raise funds Spot problems in advance and work out how to deal with them Update...
Engels | 368 pagina's (3,6 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Network with confidence
"Are you fed up with trawling round networking events that take vast amounts of time for little return? Do you feel queasy stepping into a room of total strangers to represent yourself or your business? Then this is the book you've been waiting for.Networking is something that can really improve our career prospects, but it is something that many people actively dread. With advice on how to conquer your nerves, ask the right questions, find out about the right events (and work out which ones to avoid),...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,3 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Rye Barcott It happened on the way to war
"Nongovernmental organization with two Kenyans in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. Their organization-Carolina for Kibera-grew to become a model of a global movement called participatory development, and Barcott continued volunteering with CFK while leading Marines in dangerous places. It Happened on the Way to War is a true story of heartbreak, courage, and the impact that small groups of committed citizens can make in the world."
Engels | 368 pagina's (6 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Ioan Grillo El narco
"Beggar the imagination of journalistic witnesses. Cartel gunmen have shot up schools and rehabilitation centers, and murdered the entire families of those who defy them. Reformers and law enforcement officials have been gunned down within hours of taking office. Headless corpses are dumped on streets to intimidate rivals, and severed heads are rolled onto dancefloors as messages to would-be opponents. And the war is creeping northward.El Narco is the story of the ultraviolent criminal organizations...
Engels | 336 pagina's (2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Robyn Davidson Tracks
"WITH A NEW POSTSCRIPT BY THE AUTHOR AND A STUNNING COLOUR PICTURE SECTION I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.' So begins Robyn Davidson's perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company. Enduring sweltering heat, fending off poisonous snakes and lecherous men, chasing her camels when they get skittish and nursing them when...
Engels | 272 pagina's (3,8 MB) | Bloomsbury paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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David Blatner Spectrums
"The universe is a mind-boggling place, full of things seemingly too big and too small to understand. How can we visualise the minuscule world of the atom and the vastness of our galaxy? How can we grasp a billionth of a second and a billion years? Or the freezing point of Helium and the heat generated by the blast of an atomic bomb? David Blatners solution is to put these and many other `inconceivable items on six spectrums numbers, size, light, sound, heat and time that put them into a human perspective....
Engels | 192 pagina's (7,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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William Dalrymple The last Mughal
"On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, `No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.' This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprising. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad, the end of both Mughal power and a remarkable...
Engels | 608 pagina's (3,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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