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by Simon Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Ever since their release at the head of George Sound in March 1905, nothing has aroused hunters’ passion more than the greatest of all the deer species, the magnificent wapiti. A big bull taken in Fiordland’s demanding terrain is New Zealand’s premier big game trophy. Rampant commercial exploitation,...
Formula 1 for Business
A Breakthrough Formula To Double Your Profit In 10 Months or Less
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
TRANSFORM YOUR AVERAGE BUSINESS INTO A FORMULA1 CLASS RACING BUSINESS
International authors and leading business consultants Simon Frayne and Daniel O'Connor share the science, wisdom and closely guarded high performance tips and strategies in this book. If you have ever dreamed of a better...
Steve Jobs
L'uomo che ha inventato il futuro
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Dalle riunioni con gli sviluppatori ai laboratori di design, dalle prove di forza con il consiglio di amministrazione al mondo fuori dalla Silicon Valley: questo è il VERO Steve Jobs, la storia autentica di un ragazzo prodigio che ha trasformato la tecnologia e il mondo in cui viviamo, il nostro...
Out of Office
How to Work from Home, Telecommute, or Workshift Successfully
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Work where you want, when you want!
Want the flexibility to work outside the office? It’s not all “peaches and cream”! There are real pitfalls, real tradeoffs, real hassles. But there are also real solutions. Whether you’re freelancing, telecommuting, or workshifting, this up-to-the-minute...
The Iron Road in the Prairie State
The Story of Illinois Railroading
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
In 1836, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas agreed on one thing: Illinois needed railroads. Over the next fifty years, the state became the nation’s railroad hub, with Chicago at its center. Speculators, greed, growth, and regulation followed as the railroad industry consumed unprecedented amounts...
by Simon Williams
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
A practical guide to using gouache in botanical painting, by a leading botanical painter. Gouache is an opaque water-based medium, often called body colour, that produces crisp and vibrant paintings, and is becoming increasingly popular in botanical painting. Leading botanical painter, Simon Williams,...
100 Great Operas And Their Stories
Act-By-Act Synopses
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and aficionados, 100 Great Operas is perhaps the most comprehensive and enjoyable volume of opera stories ever written.
From La Traviata to Aïda, from Carmen to Don Giovanni, here are the plots of the world’s best-loved operas, told in an engaging,...
by Paul Chrystal, Simon Crossley
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
York Places of Learning Through Time tells the unknown story of York's role as a seat of learning and culture. It provides a snapshot of the city's universities, schools, learned societies,theatres, museums and galleries - how they once were, and the way they are today. It covers historical moments...
by Suzanne Simon Dietz, Amy Lynn Freiermuth
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Lewiston, New York, a village and town on the mighty Niagara River, was destroyed during the War of 1812. Rebuilding began in the embers from that war, and the ongoing transformation has created a popular tourist destination for music, theater, festivals, and more. Historian Suzanne Simon Dietz and photographer...
by David Lowe, Simon Sharp
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
The poet, dramatist, novelist, and scientist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had to wait many years before he was able to travel south to Italy, "the land where the lemon trees bloom." He had gained success in several fields, but he had a sense of being trapped and confined and felt a need for light. Italy...
Underground in Berlin
A Young Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
A thrilling piece of undiscovered history, this is the true account of a young Jewish woman who survived World War II in Berlin.
In 1942, Marie Jalowicz, a twenty-year-old Jewish Berliner, made the extraordinary decision to do everything in her power to avoid the concentration camps. She removed...
by Simon J. Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
They've come from the stars, and when they're finished with Earth, humanity will be finished. Can anyone survive their violent takeover?
The fourth in the Alien Science Fiction series by Simon J. Cooper, this is an alien takeover story told from the perspective of a hive minded species determined...
by Simon Armitage
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
Kid gives us one of the liveliest poetic voices to have emerged in the last ten years. Simon Armitage's inspired ear for the demotic and his ability to deal with subjects that many poets turn their backs on have marked him as a poet of originality and force.
Mindless
Why Smarter Machines are Making Dumber Humans
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
We live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs)-the highly complex, computer-intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless, Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of a wide array...