Fiona: 1484 books

Using her years of experience as a commissioning editor, publisher, non-fiction lecturer, book reviewer and best-selling non-fiction author, Fiona Shoop, shares her unique knowledge of the publishing world and helps you avoid the common mistakes most authors make when trying to get published....

A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our relationship with trees has many dimensions beyond mere practicality....

Since the early seventeenth century, when the cultivation of exotic plants and fruit became fashionable in northern Europe, glasshouses have offered an artificial climate in which they could flourish. At first these structures were within reach only of the very richest, and growing one's own oranges,...

Découvrez les Intégrales Bragelonne ! Des séries complètes en numérique pour une durée limitée ! Cette édition exclusive numérique contient les ouvrages suivant : - Le Don - Le Dernier Souffle, Tome 1 (2006) - Le Sang - Le Dernier Souffle, Tome 2 (2007) - L'Âme - Le...

Fiona Ritchie analyses the significant role played by women in the construction of Shakespeare's reputation which took place in the eighteenth century. The period's perception of Shakespeare as unlearned allowed many women to identify with him and in doing so they seized an opportunity to enter public...

Un escueto párrafo en el periódico anuncia el hallazgo de unos restos antiguos de un bebé en una zona en construcción de Londres. Muy pocos lectores siquiera le echarán un vistazo. Para tres mujeres, sin embargo, la noticia es imposible de ignorar. Para la primera, es el recuerdo de lo peor que...

Recent decades have seen a tremendous upsurge of interest among the indigenous peoples of Australia and New Zealand in their history. Life stories, land claims, genealogy, song, dance and painting have all made new contributions to the recovery and representation of the past. Telling Stories...

From the KGB to the Kremlin: a multidimensional portrait of the man at war with the West. Where do Vladimir Putin's ideas come from? How does he look at the outside world? What does he want, and how far is he willing to go? The great lesson of the outbreak of World War I in 1914 was the danger...

◎全世界都在問，為什麼瑞典人繳那麼多稅，還那麼快樂？ ◎為什麼瑞典在幸福國家排行榜上，永遠名列前茅？　 ◎為什麼瑞典人老說：我們忙得沒時間工作？整個夏天，我們都在放假？ ◎為什麼瑞典政府要保障每個人的居住權？不管你是誰，都得靠「點數」租屋？ 完整解析風靡世界的「瑞典學」，一窺瑞典人成功、富有、幸福的秘密！ 在瑞典…… 父母雙方各享有240天的育嬰假，每人還有薪資80%的津貼？ 每個人都可以自由進出私人土地，因為政府有義務保護所有人的「自由享受權」？ 如果員工自願加班，會被公司同事投訴、被老闆約談？ 若在街上突襲路人的錢包，會發現沒有人帶現金？ 「北歐最大國」瑞典是一個高福利、高所得、高幸福感的國家，但同時，它也是一個冬天見不到陽光、所得稅是薪水的30%、接收最多難民的北歐國家，又濕又冷的瑞典，如何創造出世界上最快樂的民族之一？ 　 旅居瑞典的謝夙霓、Fiona...

This book examines the relationship between two divergent fields – corporate activity and heritage conservation – linking the financing of conservation and its benefits with the corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals of the private sector. Through discussion of physical conservation, benefits...

What do you want most in life? Most people would answer: ‘I just want to be happy.’ Sounds simple, but what does happiness look like? And is the life you lead now bringing you closer to happiness? Many of us have adopted lifestyles that don’t support happiness. We lead lives that are too rushed,...

What does it mean when you dream about flying? What do the colors in our dreams mean? What does it mean when there are trees or flowers in our dreams? Dr. Fiona Zucker and Jonny Zucker set out in this comprehensive Dream Decoder the answers to all of your questions about your dreams. The chapters...

A young man out poaching. A beautiful maiden in a mysterious house. A perilous voyage to distant islands. A literary sensation from New Zealand, Mr. Allbones' Ferrets introduces a stunning new writer to American readers. The winner of numerous literary awards in New Zealand, Fiona Farrell is...

In Keynes' General Theory of Interest Fiona Maclachlan rehabilitates the largely discredited liquidity preference theory of interest, providing an original and rigorously reasoned restatement of the theory. Her provocative book draws on the methodological tenets of the Austrian school and is grounded firmly both in the history of economic thought and in real world economic institutions.