Much of what we know and feel about the First World War we owe to Vera Brittain's elegiac yet unsparing book, which set a standard for memoirists from Martha Gellhorn to Lillian Hellman. Abandoning her studies at Oxford in 1915 to enlist as a nurse in the armed services, Brittain served in London, in Malta, and on the Western Front. By war's end she had lost virtually everyone she loved. "Testament of Youth" is both a record of what she lived through and an elegy for a vanished generation. Hailed by the "Times Literary Supplement" as a book that helped ?both form and define the mood of its time, ? it speaks to any generation that has been irrevocably changed by war.
The Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare-or so we've been told for years. Noted historian Earl J. Hess forcefully challenges that claim, offering a new, clear-eyed, and convincing assessment of the rifle musket's actual per
Der kleine Helli gelangt in die Heimat der Blumen und erlebt spannende Abenteuer. Dabei lernt Helli viel über die Welt der Blumen und wie sie mit der Welt der Menschen trennbar verbunden ist.§Ein Klassiker der Kinderliteratur!
Seven deadly sins. Seven souls to save. And a man and a woman treading the lines of danger, desire and deliverance ...§As the son of a serial killer, homicide detective Thomas DelVecchio Jr grew up in the shadow of evil. Now, on the knife-edge between civic duty and blind retribution, he atones for the sins of his father. Hired to monitor Veck is Internal Affairs officer Sophia Reilly, whose interest in Veck is both professional and arousingly personal. But Veck and Sophia have a common interest. He's Jim Herron, a mysterious stranger enlisted to save the soul of a killer's latest victim, one precariously hovering between heaven and hell. Before Herron's job is done, Veck and Sophia will be inexorably drawn into a battle of good against evil, where the risk is nothing less than total damnation.
Bob Books Set 5: Long Vowels Bob Books Set 5 introduces the important new skills of long vowels and the magical silent E. Maturing readers continue to love Bob Books with their lighthearted stories and entertaining pictures. Childrens' reading vocabularies grow quickly as they finish the longer stories in eight books, 16 to 24 pages. They are proud to be ready for chapter books.
The Waste Land is a long poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Published in 1922, the 434-line poem first appeared in the United Kingdom in the October issue of T
This modern classic of nature writing by the author of THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING was an inspiration for and featured in Helen Macdonald's prize-winning H IS FOR HAWK. 'No hawk can be a pet. There is no sentimentality. In a way, it is the psychiatrist's art. One is matching one's mind against another mind with deadly reason and interest. One desires no transference of affection, demands no ignoble homage or gratitude. It is a tonic for the less forthright savagery of the human heart.' First published in 1951, T. H. White's memoir describes with searing honesty his attempt to train a wild goshawk, a notoriously difficult bird to master. With no previous experience and only a few hopelessly out-of-date books on falconry as a guide, he set about trying to bend the will of Gos, the young bird he'd acquired from Germany, to his own. Beset by setback after setback, the solitary and troubled White nonetheless found himself obsessively attached to the animal he hoped would one day set him free.
After stumbling across a haunted Go board, irresponsible Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player has taken up residence in his consciousness. Soon Hikaru is chasing his own dream: defeating the famed Go prodigy Akira Toya.
The acclaimed, worldwide bestselling second book in the Brigade Criminelle Trilogy, reissued in a stunning new package to tie in with Lemaitre's standalone thriller Blood Wedding
Slinky Malinki Catflaps is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley Dodd. Slinky Malinki wakes from a cosy sleep, stretches and slips out through the catflap and into the night. He's soon joined by his friends Greywacke Jones, Butterball Brown, the Poppadum kittens and the rest of the gang. Hobnobbing happily on the wall, ten in a row, the cats are disturbed by the crotchety Scarface Claw. The cats hiss and yowl until all the neighbours complain. Scarface slopes off and Slinky Malinki invites his friends home to sit in front of the fire, hobnobbing happily, ten in a row. Lynley Dodd is an award-winning author/illustrator who lives in New Zealand. She is enormously popular for her rhyming stories of the unforgettable HAIRY MACLARY and his friends. She worked as a teacher before beginning to write her own books in 1974. Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd! Hairy Maclary's Bone; Hairy Maclary Scattercat; Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper; Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet; Slinky Malinki; Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness; Slinky Malinki, Open the Door; Sniff-Snuff-Snap!;Schnitzel Von Krumm Forget-Me-Not; Slinky Malinki Catflaps; Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers; Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks; Scarface Claw; Schnitzel Von Krumm, Dog's Never Climb Tress; Hairy Maclary, Sit; Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack; Magnet Fun with Hairy Maclary; Hairy Maclary, Shoo; Hairy Maclary and Friends Little Library; Slinky Malinki Early Bird; Where is Hairy Maclary?; Sticker Fun with Hairy Maclary; and My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 188, Publishers: Design Studio Press, Author: Various Artists, ISBN-13: 9781624650383, Date of issue: 2018
There's little doubt that most humans today are better off than their forebears. Stunningly so, the economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey argues in the concluding volume of her trilogy celebrating the oft-derided virtues of the bourgeoisie. The poorest
In this book, Bible teacher Derek Prince reveals several aspects of Communion that can enhance your relationship to Christ, to the Church, and to the world. In this book Derek touches on: What's unique about the priesthood of Christ in your life,
Bestselling author and "Vanity Fair" special-correspondent Burrough chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the 20th century--Texas oil.
Philippe rencontre Luna par le biais d'un ami commun. Ils se mettent rapidement en couple, mais après des débuts idylliques au sein des rues parisiennes, il découvre rapidement le tempérament jaloux, addictif et coléreux de la jeune femme, qui met en péril leur relation. Une histoire sur l'emprise, l'aveuglement et les relations toxiques.
An extraordinary collection of revealing, personal interviews with fourteen jazz music legends During his nearly forty years as a music journalist, Ralph J. Gleason recorded many in-depth interviews with some of the greatest jazz musicia
ACT for Life focuses on helping people to be more open, connected and engaged with their lives, demonstrating how Acceptance Commitment Therapy can be used to tackle a range of problems such as low self-esteem, depression, anger and depression, as well as providing skills for life enhancement and self-development. Readers are encouraged to consider what matters to them and will learn techniques to set life directions based on meaningful values. Readers will also be introduced to mindfulness and learn how to use it in everyday life to connect with their actions, experiences and the people around them. The ACT approach also teaches that it's a normal part of being human to have thoughts and feelings that are unpleasant and the most important thing is to respond effectively when these kinds of experiences arise. The book is aimed at anyone wanting to enhance their life skills, and character stories are used to demonstrate the spectrum of how they might be employed.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 272, Publishers: Little, Brown Book Group, Author: Jamil Zaki, ISBN-13: 9781472139344, Date of issue: 2021
Praise for "The Financial Numbers Game": 'So much for the notion 'those who can, do-those who can't, teach'. Mulford and Comiskey function successfully both as college professors and real-world financial mercenaries. These guys know their balance sheets. The Financial Numbers Game should serve as a survival manual for both serious individual investors and industry pros who study and act upon the interpretation of financial statements. This unique blend of battle-earned scholarship and quality writing is a must-read/must-have reference for serious financial statement analysis' - Bob Acker, Editor/Publisher, "The Acker Letter". 'Wall Street's unforgiving attention to quarterly earnings presents ever-increasing pressure on CFOs to manage earnings and expectations. "The Financial Numbers Game" provides a clear explanation of the ways in which management can stretch, bend, and break accounting rules to reach the desired bottom line.This arms the serious investor or financial analyst with the healthy skepticism required to drive beyond reported results to a clear understanding of a firm's true performance' - Mark Hurley, Managing Director, Training and Development Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Bank of America. 'After reading "The Financial Numbers Game", I feel as though I've taken a master's course in financial statement analysis. Mulford and Comiskey's latest book should be required reading for anyone who is serious about fundamentally analyzing stocks' - Harry Domash, Investing Columnist, "San Francisco Chronicle" and Publisher, "Winning Investing". "The Financial Numbers Game" identifies the steps businesses may take to misstate financial performance and helps its readers to identify those situations where reported results may not be what they seem.
Inspired by a 16th-century Zen monk s painting of a hundred demons chasing each other across a long scroll, acclaimed cartoonist Lynda Barry confronts various demons from her life in seventeen full colour vignettes.
recipes to remember Grab an apron and a pencil and starting jotting down your best recipes in this stylish blank cookbook. This blank recipe book is perfect for creating and sharing your personal recipes. Professionally designed matte softbound cover6" x 9
In spite of the Challenger and Columbia disasters, the US Space Shuttle, which entered service in 1981, remains the most successful spacecraft ever developed. Conceived and designed as a reusable spacecraft to provide cheap access to low Earth orbit, and to supersede expendable launch vehicles, serving as the National Space Transportation System, it now coexists with a new range of commercial rockets. David Harland s definitive work on the Space Shuttle explains the scientific contribution the Space Shuttle has made to the international space programme, detailing missions to Mir, Hubble and more recently its role in the assembly of the International Space Station. This substantial revision to existing chapters and extension of The Space Shuttle , following the loss of Columbia, will include a comprehensive account of the run-up to resumption of operations and conclude with a chapter beyond the Shuttle, looking at possible future concepts for a partly or totally reusable space vehicle which are being considered to replace the Shuttle.
Dash through Hill Valley history with this miniature collectible DeLorean Experience beloved moments from the Back to the Future trilogy with this whimsically illustrated, interactive board book and toy DeLorean for fans of all ages. Time trave
Previous works on Confederate brigadier general Harry T. Hays's First Louisiana Brigade-better known as the "Louisiana Tigers"-have tended to focus on just one day of the Tigers' service-their role in attacking East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863-and have touched only lightly on the brigade's role at the Second Battle of Winchester, an important prelude to Gettysburg. In this commanding study, Scott L. Mingus, Sr., offers the first significant detailed exploration of the Louisiana Tigers during the entirety of the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign. Mingus begins by providing a sweeping history of the Louisiana Tigers; their predecessors, Wheat's Tigers; the organizational structure and leadership of the brigade in 1863; and the personnel that made up its ranks. Covering the Tigers' movements and battle actions in depth, he then turns to the brigade's march into the Shenandoah Valley and the Tigers' key role in defeating the Federal army at the Second Battle of Winchester. Combining soldiers' reminiscences with contemporary civilian accounts, Mingus breaks new ground by detailing the Tigers' march into Pennsylvania, their first trip to Gettysburg in the week before the battle, their two-day occupation of York, Pennsylvania-the largest northern town to fall to the Confederate army-and their march back to Gettysburg. He offers the first full-scale discussion of the Tigers' interaction with the local population during their invasion of Pennsylvania and includes detailed accounts of the citizens' reactions to the Tigers-many not published since appearing in local newspapers over a century ago. Mingus explores the Tigers' actions on the first two days of the Battle of Gettysburg and meticulously recounts their famed assault on East Cemetery Hill, one of the pivotal moments of the battle. He closes with the Tigers' withdrawal from Gettysburg and their retreat into Virginia. Appendices include an order of battle for East Cemetery Hill, a recap of the weather during the entire Gettysburg Campaign, a day-by-day chronology of the Tigers' movements and campsites, and the text of the official reports from General Hays for Second Winchester and Gettysburg. Comprehensive and engaging, Mingus's exhaustive work constitutes the definitive account of General Hays's remarkable brigade during the critical summer of 1863.
From #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare comes thirty-one short stories set in the Shadowhunter world--now available together in a collectible hardcover boxed set for the first time Follow Magnus Ban
Shake Shack's first-ever cookbook, with 70 recipes and plenty of stories, fun facts, and pro tips for the home cook and ShackFan, as well as 200 photographs.
Number one bestseller The One Plus One is the beautiful, poignant and utterly compelling new novel by the internationally bestselling author Jojo Moyes. One eternal optimist...Jess Thomas, with two jobs and two kids and never enough money, wears flip flops in the hope of spring. And when life knocks her down she does her best to bounce right back. But no one told her it's okay to ask for help. Plus one lost stranger...Ed Nichols is the good guy gone bad. He had it all, then one stupid mistake cost him everything. Now he'll do anything to make it right. Equals a chance encounter...Ed doesn't want to save anyone and Jess doesn't want saving, but could Jess and Ed add up to something better together? Praise for The One Plus One: "A beautifully written love story I relished". (Daily Mail). "A heartbreaking, laugh-out-loud, roller coaster". (Sunday Express). "An uplifting, charming, life-affirming tale that you won't want to put down". (Heat). "Raw, funny, real and sad, this is storytelling at its best". (Marie Claire). Jojo Moyes is a novelist and a journalist. She worked at the Independent for ten years before leaving to write full time.Her previous novels have all been critically acclaimed and include The Ship of Brides, Foreign Fruit, The Last Letter From Your Lover, winner of Spring 2012's most popular Richard and Judy Book Club title Me Before You and top ten bestseller The Girl you Left Behind. She lives in Essex with her husband and their three children.
When Theodore Davenport decides to switch his mundane job for a career, he walks into Holden House Publishing with enthusiasm and determination to succeed. As he settles into his new role, makes new friends, and dreams of making it to the top, everything i
Wolf Hall meets The Man in the High Castle in this mind-bending science fiction classic, now presented in an authoritative new edition from Library of America Plucked from time, Sir Thomas More arrives on the human colony of Astrob
Best-selling author Rick Riordan introduces this adventure by Roshani Chokshi about twelve-year-old Aru Shah, who has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru's doorstep to catch her in a lie. They don't believe her claim that the museum's Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare Aru to prove it. Just a quick light, Aru thinks. Then she can get herself out of this mess and never ever fib again. But lighting the lamp has dire consequences. She unwittingly frees the Sleeper, an ancient demon whose duty it is to awaken the God of Destruction. Her classmates and beloved mother are frozen in time, and it's up to Aru to save them. The only way to stop the demon is to find the reincarnations of the five legendary Pandava brothers, protagonists of the Hindu epic poem, the Mahabharata, and journey through the Kingdom of Death. But how is one girl in Spider-Man pajamas supposed to do all that?
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling author Roshani Chokshi and her sequel to Aru Shah and the End of Time. Aru is only just getting the hang of this whole Pandava thing when the Otherworld goes into full panic mode. The god of lov
Die Zeiten sind aus den fugen geraten. Der Sommer des Friedens und der Fülle, der zehn Jahre währte, neigt sich dem ende zu, und der harte kalte Winter hält Einzug wie ein grimmiges Tier. Die zwei großen Anführer, Lord Eddard Stark und Robert Baratheon, die lange Jahre den Frieden aufrechterhielten, sind tot. Da erscheint ein verhängnisvolles Omen am Himmel... Die seit langem erwartete Fortsetzung des alle Dimensionen sprengende Fantasy-Epos in der Tradition von J.R.R. Tolkien.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 32, Publishers: TIGER TALES, Author: Ruth Galloway, ISBN-13: 9781680103557, Date of issue: 2021
La adquisición del Libro en papel incluye un acceso al eBook y a la extensión digital del manual.Manual oficial para la preparación del SIELE. Edición para candidatos se dirige a quienes estén interesados en prepararse el examen SIELE.El único material con carácter oficial elaborado por los propios creadores del examen.Con este manual, los candidatos aprenderán todo lo que necesitas saber sobre la prueba del SIELE y sus características principales.Cada prueba cuenta con tareas resueltas y con otras en las que se pone en práctica lo aprendido. Para cada tarea del examen los candidatos encontrarán ejemplos resueltos, actividades para practicar, consejos y nuevas tareas para resolver poniendo en práctica lo aprendido.Después de cada prueba, se realiza otra completa en la extensión digital del manual y se reflexiona sobre el aprendizaje.Además de consejos y estrategias para realizar con éxito el examen, el manual incluye las escalas de calificación de las pruebas de Expresión e interacción escritas y Expresión e interacción orales.Trabaja con una amplia variedad de actividades y con modelos reales del examen.EXTENSIÓN DIGITAL EN WWW.SIELE.ORG/MANUALSIELEEste manual incluye un código de acceso a la Extensión digital que permite realizar un entrenamiento real del SIELE en la propia plataforma en la que harán el examen, de modo que, en ese momento, estarán ya familiarizados con el entorno y se moverán cómodamente por él.En la Extensión digital, los candidatos podrán encontrar las soluciones del manual, escuchar los audios de las pruebas y consultar las transcripciones, contestar a las preguntas, revisar sus respuestas y comprobar sus aciertos en las pruebas de comprensión lectora y comprensión auditiva y repetir las pruebas todas las veces que quieran.Servicio Internacional de Evaluación de la Lengua Española (SIELE)El SIELE certifica el nivel de dominio de la lengua española. Se caracteriza por ser un examen multinivel, panhispánico y digital que, a través de distintas pruebas y tareas, sitúa a los candidatos en uno de los cinco niveles que contempla la prueba, de A1 a C1, de manera que obtiene siempre una certificación de su nivel.
In the three decades following Vietnam, the veteran A-6 Intruder remained the most powerful strike aircraft available to the US Navy and Marine Corps. Engaged in operations over Cambodia, Lebanon and Libya during the 1970s and 80s, the A-6 maintained it
The Coldfire trilogy tells a story of discovery and battle against evil on a planet where a force of nature exists that is capable of reshaping the world in response to psychic stimulus. This terrifying force, much like magic, has the power to prey upon the human mind, drawing forth a person's worst nightmare images or most treasured dreams and indiscriminately giving them life. This is the story of two men: one, a warrior priest ready to sacrifice anything and everything for the cause of humanity's progress; the other, a sorcerer who has survived for countless centuries by a total submission to evil. They are absolute enemies who must unite to conquer an evil greater than anything their world has ever known.
¡SUNG JINWOO HA ESCAPADO DE LAS GARRAS DE LA MUERTE Y PARECE QUE HA DESPERTADO UNA NUEVA HABILIDAD!Sung Jinwoo ha logrado salir con vida de lo que parecía una muerte segura. Tras despertarse en el hospital, una extraña pantalla que solo él puede ver aparece ante él, ¿significa eso que ha tenido un renacer? Al parecer, si cumple con las misiones que le aparecen en pantalla puede obtener puntos y recompensas para volverse más fuerte. Por otro lado, lo han reclutado para una nueva misión de rango C, pero parece que algo raro traman los del grupoà ¿Qué le ocurrirá a nuestro protagonista en esta nueva incursión?
War between the devas and the demons is imminent, and the Otherworld is on high alert. Fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends are sent on a mission to rescue two "targets," one of whom is about to utter a prophecy that could mean the difference between
During prayers he would daydream; in school he was distracted; and at home he worried about what profession he should choose. But when the young Marc Chagall realized he had artistic talent, he translated his unusual way of looking at the world into color and shape. Chagall grew up, became a painter, and traveled the world, but he never forgot about his hometown of Vitebsk, Belarus, the place that shaped his character and inspired his art. This book, loosely based on Chagall's autobiography, gives readers a glimpse into the early life of one of the twentieth century's most significant painters. Landmann's charming three-dimensional mixed-media illustrations celebrate the colorful, the whimsical, and the extraordinary aspects of Chagall's life and work.
