The Window Seat: A higher plane of understanding the mysteries of the spiritual dimension

"Eminently readable."&#8212;Entertainment Weekly"Tremain has the qualifications to be one of literature's most versatile heroes."&#8212;The Wall Street Journal"An exuberant novel about dreaming big dreams and honoring black heroes. A page turner full of pride, energy and passionate people."&#8212;Black Issues Book Review

A Novel

Standing at the Scratch Line

Praise for As Red as Blood:"Limned in stark red, white, and black, this cold, delicate snowflake of a tale sparkles with icy magic." -Kirkus (Starred Review)"Simukka creates a tough, self-sufficient heroine...Fans of Nesbo and Larsson won't be disappointed." -Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)"[A] YA novel in the tradition of Nordic noir-edgy crime novels set in frigid lands." -Booklist (Starred Review)"A compelling start, a strong female character, the rich background setting of Finland...are the highlights of this work." -School Library Journal"The Arctic setting of this import is used to full advantage, evoking a chilling mood and strewing genuine frigid weather obstacles in Lumikki's way...will tempt readers back for more." -BCCB

As Red as Blood

Praise for Karen Salmansohn:"Salmansohn reminds us that in life, we are in charge of our own destiny. We have the power to overcome through gratitude, humor and courage."&#160;&ndash;Tony Robbins,&#160;New York Times&#160;Best Selling Author&#160;"Karen is an expert on psychological research studies to help you not only recover from the tough times, but also bounce back to an even higher level than your previous bests."&#160;&ndash; Tim Ferriss,&#160;New York Times&#160;Best Selling Author&#160;"Karen packs a library&rsquo;s worth of proven insights into all she does. For anyone mired in the dumps &ndash; or who just wants to live more joyfully &ndash; Karen&rsquo;s for you!"&#160;&ndash;&#160;Gretchen Rubin,&#160;New York Times&#160;Best Selling Author&#160;"Karen&rsquo;s writing is like Paxil without the side effects.&#160; If you&rsquo;ve been sucker-punched by life (in other words, if you&rsquo;re human), Karen gives you empowering, user-friendly tips to deal with it. The very act of reading her writing will make you feel happier."&#160;- A.J. Jacobs,&#160;New York Times&#160;Best Selling Author&#160;"Salmansohn&rsquo;s writing is bold, playful, insightful &ndash; with powerful metaphors that provoke and inspire. Her kinetic images amplify her message and take her books to a new level of literary experience."&#160;&ndash; Deepak Chopra,&#160;New York Times&#160;Best Selling Author&#160;"If you&rsquo;re not happy with what you&rsquo;re getting, maybe you need a whole new plan. Karen Salmansohn offers you one. Start now!"&#160;&ndash;&#160;Seth Godin,&#160;New York Times&#160;Best Selling Author&#160;"Karen Salmansohn is a creative force of nature. I love her insights and relentless commitment to helping people live happy and successful lives. Her smart sense of humor and unusual metaphors make changing your life not only do-able but, totally fun. I simply adore her!"&#160;&ndash; Marie Forleo, founder, The B School&#160;"Salmansohn&rsquo;s got sass and shine! Her work sparks people to wake up, and at the same time, gives the comfort of perennial wisdom &mdash; such a divine combo. Sass and shine, in the best packaging!"&#160;&ndash; Danielle LaPorte, best selling author of&#160;The Fire Starter Sessions&#160;and&#160;The Desire Map&#160;"Life is full of surprise challenges &ndash; and Karen Salmansohn offers informative research from the world of resiliency psychology to help ensure you bounce back from tough times stronger, better, happier!"&#160;&ndash; Marci Shimoff,&#160;New York Times&#160;Best Selling Author&#160;"Salmansohn&rsquo;s advice for regaining your footing after a life set back is smart, do-able and even fun."&#160;&ndash; Lucy S. Danziger, Editor-in-Chief,&#160;SELF&#160;Magazine&#160;"Karen Salmansohn is the high priestess of great attitude!"&#160;&ndash; Marshall Goldsmith,&#160;New York Times&#160;Best Selling author&#160;"Karen Salmansohn will lift your spirits at the same time, focus your path in the truths, challenges and opportunities found in everyday life."&#160;&ndash; Sharon Salzberg, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society&#160;"Karen Salmansohn is a big brain in high heels."&ndash; Goldie Hawn, actress and founder The Hawn Foundation "Karen Salmansohn has the spirit and sass of a stand-up comic." &ndash; Jon Stewart&#160;

A Little Book of Big Appreciation

Friends Forever Wherever Whenever

&#8220;Soueif is a political analyst and commentator of the best kind.&#8221; &#8212;London Review of Books&#8220;Highly unusual and richly impressive. . . . The author weaves a circle round us thrice with the touch of a born sorceress.&#8221; &#8212;The Guardian&#8220;There is lively, lucid writing here, vivid description and sharply observed dialogue.&#8221; &#8212;The Times (London)&#8220;A fetching and original talent.&#8221; &#8212;Hermione Lee, The Observer&#8220;Ahdaf Soueif is one of the most extraordinary chroniclers of sexual politics now writing.&#8221; &#8212;Edward Said&#8220;A convincing and skilful writer.&#8221; &#8212;The Sunday Times (London)

Stories

I Think of You

The art of Improving the Voice and ear, and of Increasing Their Musical Powers, on Philosophical Principles; Adapted to Public Speakers, Musicians, and Actors, and Particularly Useful for the Instructors of Youth

Cold Summer

Sand Cove 2

Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors

Dogs of God

"Body Electronics is a sophisticated discussion of the entire healing process. It is strongly based on &#8211; but goes gently beyond &#8211; Dr. John Ray&#8217;s powerful work, to a more rounded understanding of the meaning of &#8216;cure&#8217; of body, mind, spirit. The powerful message in this book is that it is a total program to improve life function, love, relationships, and openness to all of life&#8217;s pains and joys."-Gabriel Cousens, M.D., Director of Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center, author of Spiritual Nutrition, Rainbow Green Life Food Cuisine, and Conscious Eating

Vital Steps for Physical Regeneration

Body Electronics

Geographical Perspectives on Development

The Soviet Far East

The Liberty Reader

New Approaches to Islam in Film

Rules and Articles for the Government of the Army of Virginia

The Attach At Peking

Mysteries; Or, Glimpses of the Supernatural: Containing Accounts of the Salem Witchcraft, the Cock-Lane Ghost, the Rochester Rappings, the Stratford M

The Education of Papuan Highlanders in Indonesia

Dreams Made Small

Out-doors at Idlewild, or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson

"Delicious . . . Entertaining . . . The Baseball Codes reads like a lab report by a psychologist who has been observing hostile toddlers whack one another with plastic shovels in a sandbox." &mdash;Bruce Weber, The New York Times Book Review&ldquo;A frankly incredible book&mdash;a history and analysis of baseball&rsquo;s insular culture of unwritten rules, protocols and superstitions, assembled over the course of ten years . . . I can say without hesitation that this is one of the all-time greats&mdash;a first-ballot Hall of Famer.&rdquo;&mdash;Glenn McDonald, NPR&#160;&ldquo;If baseball players adhere to a series of informal doctrines, then consider Turbow the ultimate code breaker . . . Turbow pulls back the curtain and breaks through the game&rsquo;s shroud of secrecy to deliver a grand slam of a book.&rdquo;&mdash;Mike Householder, Associated Press&#160;&ldquo;A remarkably well researched book, filled with intricate details of plays from the past 100 years.&rdquo;&mdash;Larry Getlen, New York Post&#160;&ldquo;Turbow and Duca have filled a void with this entertaining, revealing survey of the varied, sometimes inscrutable unwritten rules that govern the way baseball is played by the pros.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist&#160;&ldquo;A highly entertaining read . . . A comprehensive, sometimes hilarious guide to perhaps a misunderstood aspect of our national pastime.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly

Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime

The Baseball Codes

Subjective Experience and the Logic of t

Lesebuch 3 / 4

Flex und Flora - Ausgabe 2013

The Slave Power: Its Character, Career, and Probable Designs: Being an Attempt to Explain the Real Issues Involved in the American Cont

Counselling for Psychosomatic Problems

Praise for Daniel H. Wilson's Guardian Angels & Other Monsters&ldquo;Daniel H. Wilson's first short story collection delivers on all counts. . . .&#160;Wilson's work is masterfully rendered, and his fans will find Robopocalypse and The Clockwork Dynasty tie-in entries. For newcomers, there are plenty of other sometimes dark, always engaging worlds to love.&rdquo;&mdash;Shelf Awareness&ldquo;Spectacular. . . .&#160;Wilson displays an aching humanity and literary sensibility that will satisfy his fans and win him plenty of new ones. This thoughtful, affecting collection will linger in the thoughts of readers long after the last page is turned.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly&#160;(starred review)&ldquo;By page 9, I was grinning like a kid on his first carnival ride. I love everything out of Daniel Wilson&rsquo;s mind&mdash;it&rsquo;s fun and it&rsquo;s fast&mdash;and the short story format takes it into overdrive. Thrilling, touching, funny, heartbreaking and scary as hell, there&rsquo;s nowhere this rollercoaster won&rsquo;t take you. Grab on to those pages and hold tight. You&rsquo;re in for one hell of a ride.&rdquo;&mdash;Sylvain Neuvel, author of Sleeping Giants&ldquo;Smart writing and intriguing characters lend themselves to these well-crafted tales about future technology. . . . This is a boon to both Wilson&rsquo;s fans and sf readers seeking high-quality short fiction.&rdquo;&mdash;Library Journal&ldquo;Wilson's abundant talents are on display&mdash;the detail that hooks you,&#160;the efficient worldbuilding, the ideas and concepts deftly embedded&#160;throughout that light up the imagination, yet never slow down these&#160;propulsive narratives. Dark, chilling, even moving at times and&#160;consistently entertaining. This is brainy action, hard sci-fi with&#160;heart.&rdquo;&mdash;Charles Yu, author of&#160;How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

Guardian Angels and Other Monsters

The Monsters We Deserve

Just one Blue Bonnet; the Life Story of Ada Florence Kinton, Artist and Salvationist. Told Mostly by Herself With pen and Pencil. Edited by Sara A. Ra

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Urban Air Quality: Monitoring and Modelling University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, U.K. 11-12 July 1996

Urban Air Quality: Monitoring and Modelling

Finanzbuchhaltung, Repetition und Vertiefung, Theorie und Aufgaben / Lösungen. Kombi (Print und eBook)

&#8220;A vivid account of how we got here [by] one of the best known (and perhaps best, period) military historians in the world.&#8221; &#8211;Max Boot, The Washington Post&#8220;Nobody does it better. The narration is clear and exciting. Everything moves; the author has you in his grip.&#8221; &#8211;David Fromkin, The New York Times Book Review&#8220;Highly readable. . . . Contains both plenty of tactical detail . . . and ample historical insight.&#8221; &#8211;The Christian Science Monitor&#8220;Authoritative. . . . A useful addition to our knowledge.&#8221; &#8211;Walter Laqueur, Los Angeles Times Book Review&#8220;A must-read. . . . Illuminating. . . . He provides exceptional detail . . . that will enthrall military buffs.&#8221; &#8211;Fort Worth Star-Telegram&#8220;Highly readable. . . . One of the best brief guides to the history of this whole confusing field.&#8221; &#8211;Financial Times&#8220;A superb strategic overview. . . . Concise and well-written. . . . Keegan provides a basis for understanding the embers of the insurgent conflagration.&#8221; &#8211;The Washington Times&#8220;A remarkable achievement.&#8221; &#8211;The Spectator&#8220;Comprehensive. . . . It is in his examination of the military campaign itself that the insight really surfaces. He cuts directly to the heart of the mystery and questions surrounding this operation. . . . His analysis . . . is sound and enlightening&#8211;from the political to the tactical level.&#8221; &#8211;New York Post

The Military Offensive, from Victory in 21 Days to the Insurgent Aftermath

The Iraq War

"Like short-story collections by Alice Munro and Lorrie Moore . . . Calamity tends to dwell on fraught relationships between the sexes. . . . Lovely [and] comic." &#8212;San Francisco Chronicle"Superior fiction. Forget the flashy epiphany, the Kodak moment. Kalotay prefers the glancing accumulation of detail, which pays off to impressive effect." &#8212;Los Angeles Times"Kalotay's collection builds force so quietly that when all the characters appear together in the final story you're stunned&#8212;by how well it works and by how familiar these women now feel." &#8212;The New York Times Book Review"Contemplative, melancholy, yet not without humor, these are well-made fictions on a delicate scale that subtly demonstrate such truths as the persistence of character and the endurance of friendship." &#8212;The Boston Globe"These stories, simply told and insightful, make for entertaining reading.&#8221; &#8212;The Sunday Oklahoman&#8220;Daphne Kalotay pursues the ongoing arc of her characters&#8217; lives in subtle, languid, sometimes oblique ways.&#8221;&#160; &#8212;The Improper Bostonian&#8220;Kalotay&#8217;s stories offer an intimate glimpse at . . . the absurdities and delights of an ordinary life.&#8221; &#8212;The Virginian-Pilot"[A] delicately graceful debut. . . . Capturing her characters at different stages in their lives, Kalotay artfully crafts her book around their metamorphoses, both big and small." &#8212;Publishers Weekly"Compassion is at the heart of Kalotay's polished stories, as are a subtle sense of humor and appreciation for the complexities of human emotion." &#8212;Booklist

Calamity and Other Stories

CHOICEThis is this catalogue for an exhibition running at the National  Portrait Gallery through September 2018 featuring paintings, prints, and  photographs of Americans at work. As Ward explains in an introduction,  this at first seems straightforward. However, he sees the material as  paradoxical because it is "impossible to create an authentic portrait of  a member of the working or laboring class." Ward sees this  impossibility as stemming from the historical connection of portraiture  to the upper class and from the reality that workers deny "one's  individual selfhood." The greatest strength of the book is the essay by  Moss, in which she juxtaposes different artists' works. For example, she  pairs Grant Wood's American Gothic&#160;(1930) with a  compositionally similar 1942 photograph by Gordon Parks of an African  American custodian. David Hockney's painting Man in Shower in Beverly Hills (1964) is matched with a 2013 parody of the Hockney work by Ramiro Gomez titled Woman Cleaning Shower in Beverly Hills.  An essay by art historian John Fagg about individual and collective  labor is also insightful. The book will appeal to those interested in  labor as well as to art historians.

Portraying American Workers

The Sweat of Their Face

&ldquo;A model biography . . . the sort that only real writers can write.&rdquo;&mdash;Gore Vidal, The New Yorker &#160; &ldquo;[The] riveting first part of a two-volume biography . . . Relentlessly candid, meticulously documented, Morris&rsquo;s book traces [Clare Boothe] Luce&rsquo;s rocketing rise from illegitimacy and poverty to wealth, power and fame.&rdquo;&mdash;Hartford Courant &#160; &ldquo;Powerful and resonant, admiring at times, always critical, at times searing, but ultimately fair.&rdquo;&mdash;The Philadelphia Inquirer &#160; &ldquo;Crammed with enough drama for several mini-series.&rdquo;&mdash;The New York Times &#160; &ldquo;An important book about an important figure . . . a stunning feat of biography.&rdquo;&mdash;Forbes &#160; &ldquo;A dishy biography that is also a formidable work of research.&rdquo;&mdash;Slate  &#160; &ldquo;One of those rare books where the reader dreads the final page.&rdquo;&mdash;Newport News Daily Press

The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce

Rage for Fame

The Window Seat: A higher plane of understanding the mysteries of the spiritual dimension

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