She is remembered today as a muckraking journalist, author of such blockbuster exposes as 1904's The History of the Standard Oil Company, which actually contributed to the corporation's breakup in 1911. But in this 1900 work, as charming as it is important, American author IDA MINERVA TARBELL (1857-1944) shows a softer side as she traces, with a laudatory and admiring spirit, the development...

Dear Reader, In February 2013 I gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. Standing a few feet from President Obama, I warned my fellow citizens of the dangers facing our country and called for a return to the principles that made America great. Many Americans heard and responded, but our nation’s decline has continued. Today the danger is greater than ever before, and I have never...

Rose Gold Watts believed she was sick for eighteen years. She thought she needed the feeding tube, the surgeries, the wheelchair . . . Turns out her mother is a really good liar. After five years in prison, Patty Watts is finally free. All she wants is to put old grievances behind her, reconcile with the daughter who testified against her - and care for her new infant grandson. When Rose...

An impassioned defence of global immigration from the acclaimed author of Maximum City. Drawing on his family’s own experience emigrating from India to Britain and America, and years of reporting around the world, Suketu Mehta subjects the worldwide anti-immigrant backlash to withering scrutiny. The West, he argues, is being destroyed not by immigrants but by the fear of immigrants. He...

Praca wydana przez Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika z dziedziny filologii słowiańskiej, wydana w języku rosyjskim.

One book that does the work of nine Knowing your way around Microsoft Office requires you to be part mathematician, part storyteller, and part graphic designer—with some scheduling wizard and database architect sprinkled in. So what do you do if these talents don't come naturally to you? Fear not! Office 2019 All-in-One For Dummies fills in the gaps and helps you create easy-to-read Word...

Modulare Architektur der menschlichen Sprachfahigkeit. Kognitive und neurobiologische Dimensionen.

The main topic of the book is how to argue for formal epistemic norms of credence. The author advocates formal justificational pluralism, suggesting that it is reasonable to use various formal tools, e.g. different “scoring rules”, in arguments for synchronic and diachronic norms. The author first examines various occasions on which modern formal epistemology fails to live up to its “formal”...

For nearly two decades, the area surrounding the French port of Calais has been a temporary staging post for thousands of migrants and refugees hoping to cross the channel to Britain. It achieved global attention when, at the height of the migrant crisis in 2015, all those living there were transferred to a single camp that became known as ‘the Jungle’. Until its dismantling in October 2016,...

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Wind up the sleigh and follow Santa as he flies around the frosty night sky delivering presents on Christmas Eve. The colourful scenes with tracks embedded in the pages show Santa leaving the elves’ village, flying around a busy city, soaring over snowy mountains and landing on the rooftops to deliver presents to sleeping children.

A Life in Tattoos Henk Schiffmacher’s Private Collection of the Art and Its Makers, 1730s–1970s One part history book, one part art book, and one part fascinating memoir, this book is an overview of more than two centuries of tattoo history intermixed with an intimate look at the lives of tattoo artists, and the personal struggles and triumphs, occupational hazards, and artistic courage that...

Przygotuj się na emocjonującą kontynuację globalnych fenomenów, które zdobyły serca czytelników na całym świecie. Nowa powieść autorstwa Rebecca Yarros, znanej z bestsellerowych tytułów, przenosi nas w świat pełen niebezpieczeństw i tajemnic. Po niemal osiemnastu miesiącach spędzonych w Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail staje przed wyzwaniami, które zmienią jej życie na zawsze. ...

Legendary recording artist Billie Eilish shares an intimate inside look at her life - both on and off the stage - in this stunning, photo-filled book,Billie Eilish is a phenomenon, With distinctive visual flair and darkly poignant lyrics that are unparalleled among music icons of the 21st century, Billie is a musician who stands out from the crowd, Between her record-shattering,...

Business-Analyse besteht aus einer Reihe von Aufgaben und Techniken, die dazu dienen, Strategien, Strukturen, Ziele, Aufgaben und Prozesse einer Organisation zu verstehen. Das Zusammenspiel aller beteiligten internen und externen Stakeholder ist darauf auszurichten, dass die Unternehmen den Anforderungen des Marktes gerecht werden und dabei ihre betrieblichen Ziele erreichen. Dazu müssen die...

'An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allowing us to watch her mind as it becomes clouded with grief.' From one of America's iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Joan Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage–and a life, in good times and bad–that will speak to anyone who has ever...

The story of the world's biggest boy band, now fully revised and updated for the second time. Seven men. Ten years. 48 million Twitter followers. 27 billion YouTube views. 30 billion Spotify streams. Sold out world tours. BTS are a global phenomenon - this is their story. Fully revised and updated for a second time, this edition of the bestselling biography is the...

Test your powers of deduction against more than 200 devilishly difficult Killer Sudoku puzzles. The revered intelligence organisation, Mensa, have worked with Gareth Moore to put together a supreme test of logic. These brand-new puzzles will provide hours of entertainment for anyone who enjoys a difficult mental challenge.

Little hands can lift the big flaps in this robust board book to find out what all the diggers are doing at the building site, on the farm, at the quarry and on the road. On every spread, there's also a pink cat to look for, lots of things to spot and talk about, and a few hidden surprises along the way.

She found The One. But when everyone wants him, can she keep him? When there’s a ring on her doorbell, there’s only one person Edie Thompson wants it to be. The person who’s still in her heart. The person who just might be The One. She and Elliot Owen called it quits once before – but aren’t they too good together not to try? And here he is – offering her everything she dreamed of. But...