Laura Foster: 14 books
by Laura Foster
Language: German
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Eine Reise in die Vergangenheit Die Klassenfahrt nach Schottland hatte Lisa sich anders vorgestellt - ganz anders. Eigentlich wollte sie möglichst viel Zeit mit Ben verbringen, stattdessen schleicht sie durch die düsteren Gassen von Edinburgh. Aber sie hat keine Wahl, denn auf ihr lastet ein uralter...
by Laura Foster
Language: German
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Lisa will ihre Familie endlich von dem Fluch erlösen, der seit Jahrhunderten auf ihr liegt. Doch das kann ihr nur gelingen, wenn sie den Kristall aus dem Medaillon ihrer Großmutter an seinen angestammten Platz zurückbringt. Klingt erst mal ganz einfach, ist es aber nicht: Der Kristall ist Teil...
by Laura Foster
Language: German
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: September 1, 2015
SCHATTEN DER VERGANGENHEIT "Die Magie an diesem Ort schläft, aber sie ist nicht tot." Rose sieht mir in die Augen und ich kriege eine Gänsehaut. "Im Ernst?", frage ich. "Das kommt mir alles etwas … äh … altmodisch vor. Zauberei? Der Fluch von Cliffmoore? Ich meine,...
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
by Alex Shvartsman, Alan Dean Foster, Jack Cambpell
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR
* Cranky Goblin Cooks * Unscrupulous Chemists * Lecherous Space Pirates * Disagreeable Alien Symbiotes * Soul-Searching Snot Elementals
The Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an annual dose of funny. zany, and...
Reinventing Hoodia
Peoples, Plants, and Patents in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2017
Native to the Kalahari Desert, Hoodia gordonii is a succulent plant known by generations of Indigenous San peoples to have a variety of uses: to reduce hunger, increase energy, and ease breastfeeding. In the global North, it is known as a natural appetite suppressant, a former star of the booming...
Hot and Bothered
Four Steamy Tales of Love and Seduction that Will Leave You...
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2001
Sultry encounters, forbidden passion, irresistible temptation-what more could you want in a collection of four scintillating stories by today's sexiest authors?
Hot and Bothered
Luring Lucy by Lori Foster: All Lucy was looking for when she went to her vacation home was an innocent fling...
Ethnic Dress in the United States
A Cultural Encyclopedia
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States.
The clothing...
Innovations in Child and Family Policy
Multidisciplinary Research and Perspectives on Strengthening Children and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Innovations in Child and Family Policy tackles many of the common problems and challenges that are considered to be at the heart of child and family policy: family creation, economic support, childrearing, and family care-giving. Innovations begins by defining child and family policy and discussing...
by Laura O. Foster
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Fifteen thousand years ago, the Missoula floods roared out of the Columbia River Gorge and sculpted a lakebed out of an old river channel. In 1847, Albert Durham built a home and mill at the lake's outlet, calling the area Oswego. In the 1860s, iron ore mined from the surrounding hills gave rise to the...
Brokerage and Production in the American and French Entertainment Industries
Invisible Hands in Cultural Markets
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Invisible Hands in Cultural Markets shines unprecedented light on the activity of talent representatives and production professionals in the American and French film and television industries. Agents and other talent brokers, studio executives, independent producers, casting directors, and film offices—all...
Walking with Ramona
Exploring Beverly Cleary's Portland
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
This unique travel guide explores the streets, schools, characters, and neighborhoods of author Beverly Cleary’s Portland. With this new and most unusual guidebook, readers can walk the very sidewalks that Beverly walked and climb the very school steps that Beverly climbed. You'll see the grocery...
Got Ghost
The Bizarre but True Tales of the Ghost Buster Gals Plus A Do-it-Yourself Ghost Busting Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Got Ghosts??? The Bizarre but Tales and Unearthly Adventures of The Ghostbuster Gals is filled with true stories that are captivating and sometimes horrifying. A real page-turner! Endorsed by James Van Praagh, Dannion Brinkley, and Brad Steiger three of the leading authorities in the field of ghosts,...
Portland Stair Walks
Explore Portland, Oregon's Public Stairways
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
Why is it so satisfying to walk up and down stairs? Maybe it's the new layer of discovery with each step up—a new far-off view and a new close-up look at the plants and buildings. Maybe it's the fleeting proximity one has to passing strangers. Maybe it's the great feeling of propelling yourself...