The ability to speak two or more languages is a common human experience, whether for children born into bilingual families, young people enrolled in foreign language classes, or mature and older adults learning and using more than one language to meet life's needs and desires. This Handbook offers a developmentally oriented and socially contextualized survey of research into individual...

The Wall Street Journal's award-winning business reporter unveils the bizarre and sinister story of how a math genius named Tom Hayes, a handful of outrageous confederates, and a deeply corrupt banking system ignited one of the greatest financial scandals in history. The paperback edition includes a new chapter discussing further fallout from the scandal. In 2006, an oddball...

"Grow Your Own Botanicals brings together an inspiration collection of plants that add beauty, structure and interest to a garden as well as providing an exciting harvest that can be used in innovative ways in the kitchen and home. If you're buying seed kits and botanical plant gifts or like to experiment with making your own drinks, remedies or skin care, this handbook is the must-have...

W zeszycie m.in.: Junko Yokota Realism in Picture Books for Children: Representations of Our Diverse World, Ona Renner-Fahey Fear and the ‘Fantastic’ in Hanna Krall’s ‘The Dybbuk’ and Don DeLillo’s The Body Artist, Karolina Szymborska „Potłuczone kawałeczki nieśmiertelności” w Przygodach Piotrusia Pana J.M. Barriego.

W siódmym tomie serii Studia Translatorica prezentujemy artykuły m.in. Hanny Burkhardt i Aliny Jurasz Zu einigen Problemen der Darstellung von Kollokationen im deutsch-polnischen Kollokationswörterbuch, Edwarda Białka Kazimirza Filipa Wize przekład poematu Heinricha Heinego Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen (Niemcy. Baśń zimowa). Próba krytyki przekładu, Joanny Szczęk i Marceliny Kałasznik...

This book presents an interdiciplinary colletion of essays providing analyses of global governance of safety and security in various policy fields, ranging from financial crisis to cyber-security. The volume offers essential insights about both European and international measures, normative frameworks and regulatory interventions aimed at controllig risks, preventing hazards and managing...

Does the global economic and financial crisis put European integration into question or does it rather constitute a challenge and an opportunity for the European Union to innovate both economically and politically and to become an actor in global policy that is capable to ensure sustainable development? Deepened academic studies of the European integration process show in an exemplary manner...

The Singing Earth is a collection of musical adventure stories from Grammy-winning producer, composer, and writer Barrett Martin. The book chronicles Martin's musical work in 14 different musical regions, across 6 continents, over the course of 30 years. It starts with his involvement in the 1990's Seattle music scene, and then explores song lines and sea trails in Australia and New Zealand;...

This book features the mechanisms underlying the life of Jewish communities and the policies pursued by their authorities in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th-18th centuries on the example of two communities: Poznań and Swarzędz. It covers such issues as election of community officials and their responsibilities, the rabbi's office, community courts, craftsmen's guilds and...

Deliver eye-catching Business Intelligence with Microsoft Power BI Desktop. This new edition has been updated to cover all the latest features, including combo charts, Cartesian charts, trend lines, use of gauges, and more. Also covered are Top-N features, the ability to bin data into groupings and chart the groupings, and new techniques for detecting and handling outlier data points.  ...

Index funds are the most widely influential investment vehicles available. They have revolutionised investing by saving millions of people billions of dollars in fees that would otherwise have gone to fund managers. It is no exaggeration to say that the rise of passive investing is probably one of the most consequential financial inventions of the past half-century, by rewiring markets and...

Je me suis redressée brusquement et une goutte de sueur s'est échappée derriere mon oreille. Elle a suivi un moment la ligne de ma mâchoire, a glissé le long de mon cou pour trouver son chemin entre mes seins. Aujourd'hui encore, je la sens, cette trace premiere qui m'a marquée jusqu'au creux de mon ventre. Je regardais en silence ce garçon qui se tenait devant moi et tout ce que je sentais,...

This book provides an accessible guide to using the rock physics-based forward modeling approach for mapping the subsurface, systematically linking rock properties to seismic amplitude. Providing practical workflows, the book shows how to methodically vary lithology, porosity, rock type, and pore fluids and reservoir geometry, calculate the corresponding elastic properties, and then generate...

The book provides an overview of the different concepts and scenarios of events resulting from the globalized world, technological revolutions, changes in management paradigms and ways of managing companies and organizations. Chapters of current book are connected with mentioned problems from the theoretical and practical point of view, and especially describe the following...

Vodka: The Essential Guide for Vodka Purists describes the history of the spirit (its name comes from the Russian for water, voda), how it is distilled - with detailed explanations of how flavoured vodka is created, classic Vodka-based cocktails, where to buy the premier brands, even recipes, all in a handy pocket-sized book. Lavishly illustrated and written in an easy-to-read style, Vodka:...

Za prawdziwość informacji autor gwarantuje - z racji emocji i nagromadzonych anegdot prosi o wyrozumiałość.Można na Polskę patrzeć perspektywy spraw wielkich, można też dostrzegać w niej swoisty wdzięk - wielki Polak, Fryderyk Chopin stworzył dramatyczne koncerty i Etiudę rewolucyjną, ale też skomponował pełne lekkości mazurki.Polska - państwo 40 milionów mieszkańców - nie jest ani...

From an acclaimed military historian, the definitive account of Italy's experience of the Second World War While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. Then, with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the French and British armies, Mussolini declared war on the Allies in the hope of making territorial gains in southern France...

Серія тематичних книжечок з малюнками для розмальовування. Великий формат та чіткі контури сприятимуть забаві, а наклейки, які додано до комплекту, будуть додатково розважати. Seria bloków z tematycznie dobranymi obrazkami do kolorowania. Duży format i wyraźne kontury ułatwią dzieciom zabawę, dodatkową atrakcją są dołączone naklejki.

In Central and Eastern Europe, radical right actors significantly impact public debates and mainstream policy agenda. But despite this high discursive influence, the electoral fortune of radical right parties in the region is much less stable. It has been suggested that this may be due to the fact that mainstream competitors increasingly co-opt issues which are fundamental for the radical...

‘The best novel I’ve encountered this year, brilliant and funny and profound, producing some of the most complex, fascinating characters I’ve ever known. As far as I’m concerned, the novel is an instant classic’ Jaroslav Kalfar, author of Spaceman of Bohemia ‘This is art of the highest order, a masterpiece of restraint, insight and style’ Matthew Thomas, author of We Are Not Ourselves 9th...