Gunter: 246 books

This book is a comprehensive study into and about consultants doing consultancy, and having influence in ways that generate concerns about an emerging ‘consultocracy’, with privileged access to governments and public services. It presents a detailed mapping of consultants and consultancy in education...

This book explores the different factors that can influence a new movie’s prospects at the box office. Looking at factors such as the production budget, distribution model, genre, stars and audience reactions of films, Gunter asks how such aspects may reduce the uncertainties of success so common...

Without Levolution, there would be no gravity, stars, or life; but up until now, the self-similar properties these energetic systems has been obscured. Michael Gunter, an ecologist, examines the Levolution process, which underlies a whole new paradigm that explains how the universe works and...

This book is a chronicle of Gunters family, commencing in Germany with his parents, how the Depression aborts their move to the USA, thus enduring World War II in Nazi Germany. He desribes the bombing, separation from family, evacuation and conditions after defeat, all through the eyes of a child....

Celebrities attract the attention of commercial interests and other public figures. They receive payments from sponsors to endorse brands. They are sought out to appear with politicians during election campaigns. They are used to promote health messages. In other words, celebrities are often perceived...

Helmut Schmidt war nicht nur ein deutscher Bundeskanzler – er war eine nationale Institution und mit Abstand der beliebteste Deutsche. Wer war dieser Mann? Was zeichnete ihn als Politiker und als Mensch aus? Wofür stand er? Gunter Hofmann beschreibt die Stationen eines Lebens, das außergewöhnlich...

Die Wahrheit liegt auf dem Platz Warum darf man im Fußball die Hände nicht benutzen und muss mit dem schwächeren Körperteil, den Füßen, kommunizieren? Wie kommt es zu dem blinden Verständnis, das das Spiel der Topmannschaften prägt? Warum kann schon der kleinste Fehler ein Spiel drehen?...

For Charlie Preston “home” has never been the haven from the big bad world everyone claims; it’s just the place she sleeps at night. Music is her haven and, thanks to technology, her haven is always with her, making it the only thing she needs to survive yet another new school and finish her...

At last available in English, this classic text was originally published in Germany in 1951 and has been continuously in print since then. Gunter Bandmann analyzes the architecture of societies in western Europe up to the twelfth century that aspired to be the heirs to the Roman Empire. He examines...

"Zero emissions" has become a definitive term in the debate on sustainable development in the last few years. This radical book focuses on a world where the waste for one process can become the raw material for another – a cascade of materials once thought worthless supporting new products,...

Sams Teach Yourself Facebook® in 10 Minutes Third Edition   Sherry Kinkoph Gunter   Sams Teach Yourself Facebook® in 10 Minutes, Third Edition offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to know to...

It was a simple plan; sneak into the human city, find her husband, and hold him for a few moments. After that, she would go home and wait. So much for plans.Celeste, captured by slavers and sold to the royal family, is now Princess Elanya’s servant. The young princess doesn’t understand her role...

Nothing can heal the wounds of a shattered soul – a fact Tori Easton knows better than most. After masking her pain and the truth behind her nightmares just to survive, the edges of her carefully constructed façade are beginning to fray, threatening to come crashing down and expose her secret,...

Volatile Places: A Sociology of Communities and Environmental Controversies is a thoughtful guide to the spirited public controversies that inevitably occur when environments and human communities collide. The movie "An Inconvenient Truth" based on the environmental activism of Al Gore and...