The most complete collection of yoga asanas ever photographed, and the first-ever to categorize an astonishing 2,100 yoga poses. This beautifully designed book is a must-have for yogis of all levels and every practice.
As life at Decelis goes on, both the vampires and werewolves fight for Sooha's attention-but the only thing on Sooha's mind is her old friend, Chris! Lately, it seems that Chris has been appearing everywhere, from the corner of Sooha's eye to the deep recesses of her dreams. But Chris was killed by a vampire all those years ago...or was he?
A comprehensive introduction to the tools, equipment, fibers, and yarns used with four-shaft looms, this reference features patterns for 600 different weaves, including twill, zigzag, diamond, herringbone, and block. Color photographs and large-scale dr
Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle.Authors Joe Reis and Matt Housley walk you through the data engineering lifecycle and show you how to stitch together a variety of cloud technologies to serve the needs of downstream data consumers. You'll understand how to apply the concepts of data generation, ingestion, orchestration, transformation, storage, and governance that are critical in any data environment regardless of the underlying technology.This book will help you:Get a concise overview of the entire data engineering landscapeAssess data engineering problems using an end-to-end framework of best practicesCut through marketing hype when choosing data technologies, architecture, and processesUse the data engineering lifecycle to design and build a robust architectureIncorporate data governance and security across the data engineering lifecycle
The Republic of Pirates features the 18th-century pirates Edward "Blackbeard" Teach and "Black Sam" Bellamy, both of whom rose from England's underclass to become wealthy, notorious, and enormously powerful. Along with their associates in the Bahamas-based "Flying Gang," Teach and Bellamy banded together to form a pirate cooperative, culminating in a form of government in which blacks were equal citizens, the rich were imprisoned, and a sailor could veto his captain by egalitarian means. For a brief, glorious period they were astoundingly successful, and so disruptive to shipping that the governors of Jamaica, Virginia, Bermuda, and the Carolinas all began clamoring for intervention. One man volunteered to take on the pirates--a man named Woodes Rogers, once a privateer himself and now the owner of a merchant fleet. Rogers vowed he would not rest until he had destroyed Teach and Bellamy. Here is the true story of the rise and fall of the Republic of Pirates.
Moskau zu Beginn der 1930er-Jahre: Der Teufel sucht die Stadt heim und stürzt ihre Bewohner mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung seiner Zauberlehrlinge in ein Chaos aus Hypnose, Spuk und Zerstörung. Es ist die verdiente Strafe für Heuchelei, Korruption und Mittelmaß. Doch zwei Gerechte genießen Satans Sympathie: der im Irrenhaus sitzende Schriftsteller, genannt »Meister«, und Margarita, dessen einstige Geliebte. Bulgakows Gesellschaftssatire aus der Sowjetzeit ist ein faustisch-fantastisches Meisterwerk.
After the fall of the Wall, Berlin is full of disused spaces and abandoned buildings, just waiting to be filled with new life. It is unclear who owns any of this, which allows the techno scene to take over these new empty spaces in both halves of the city. Clubs, galleries, ateliers and studios spring up only to disappear again a few weeks later. Soon Berlin has become the epicentre of a new culture, attracting enthusiastic followers from all over the world to clubs like the Tresor and the E-Werk. Wearing gasmasks and welding goggles they dance the night away to the jackhammer sound of previously obscure Detroit DJs. Among them are writers, artists, photographers, designers, DJs, club-owners, music producers, bouncers and scenesters, people from the centre of the movement and from its peripheries in Der Klang der Familie they all get to have their say and paint a vibrant picture of a time when it felt like everything was possible.
This is an instruction manual for owning and operating the inner gears that run the machinery of our lives. Anodea Judith shows how chakras can be used to improve personal power, psychic and healing powers, love and understanding.'
This health manual merges modern nutrition with insight from ancient Asian traditions. There are life-enhancing guidelines to renewal and rejuvenation, allowing the reader to develop an optimal diet to fit his or her constitutional type. This revised edition includes many updates, including new research, resources, information on GMOs, an expansion of the whole food section, and new guidelines for making the information more accessible.
Engineered by evolution to thrive in the wild A tiny textbook to learn on your own How Birds Work goes beyond the typical field guide to show us not only what birds look like but why. Why do many owls have asymmetrical e
It's five years after "Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven out the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi Twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousand of light-years away, the last of the emperor's warlords has taken command of the shattered Imperial Fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the new Republic. For this dark warrior has made two vital discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous men and women of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to build. The explosive confrontation that results is a towering epic of action, invention, mystery, and spectacle on a galactic scale--in short, a story worthy of the name "Star Wars".
The serene Universal Waite Tarot deck and book set is perfect for meditation and readings. Drawings by Pamela Colman Smith are colored by Mary Hanson-Roberts. Complete with "The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite
Das vorliegende Buch ist für Lernende gedacht, die sich gezielt auf eine Fachsprachprüfung Medizin (B2-C1) vorbereiten oder vorbereitet werden.Das Buch bietet eine Reihe von Übungen, die sich in Stil und Format am Subtest "Sprachbausteine" der gängigen FSP-Prüfungen orientieren.Die Sprachbausteine stellen bei der medizinischen FSP-Prüfung einen sehr wichtigen Teil dar, was man als bekannt voraussetzten darf. Ein hohes Maß an Kenntnis der Vokabeln und Redewendungen wird vorausgesetzt und wird deshalb als eine Hürde, die zu nehmen ist, angesehen. Geprüft wird die Beherrschung des Wortschatzes und die Anwendung der Syntax in den typischen Situationen aus dem ärztlichen Alltag, hauptsächlich in den Arzt-Patienten-Gesprächen. Erwartet wird die sichere Beherrschung von Modalpartikeln und diversen Konnektoren, die informelle Gespräche natürlich und lebendig wirken lassen. Im Anhang befinden sich Informationen zu Konnektoren und Modalpartikeln sowie Lösungen zu allen Übungen.
Classic graffiti lettering and experimental typographical forms lie at the heart of street culture and have long inspired designers in many different fields. But graffiti artists, who tend to paint the same letters of their tag again and again, ra
This Rider-Waite-based tarot celebrates and honors the beautiful and magical black cats.Cleverly incorporating feline characteristics and legend into traditional tarot archetypes, this fanciful deck captures these creatures moving between worlds of reality and fantasy, the mundane and mystical.Disarmingly cute yet unmistakably wise, the black cats encourage you to explore your own animal nature.The companion booklets for most Lo Scarabeo decks are in five languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German.
The Iliad and The Odyssey are two of the oldest works of Western literature--yet these ancient myths still offer powerful lessons for our times. From the fascinating fall of Troy to Odysseus's perilous journey home, from the gods and goddesses to the Sirens and the suitors, the events and characters of these epic tales captivate us, teach us, and inspire us. Their influence can be seen far and wide, from James Joyce's Ulysses to the movie sensation Troy, starring Brad Pitt. Whether you've read Homer's original stories or you've only enjoyed their modern-day descendants, you'll love this Canterbury Classics edition of Iliad and Odyssey.The perfect book to complete any bookshelf, Iliad and Odyssey features an eye-catching leather-bound cover with gold foil stamping, as well as fine ivory paper with gilded edges. You'll be moved by these magical works, and then delight in displaying this beautiful book in your home. A classic keepsake for fans of Greek mythology, as well as all great literature, Iliad and Odyssey is the perfect addition to any library.
Im neunten Buch des weltweiten Bestsellerautors und Künstlers Dav Pilkey hat der Bürgermeister genug von Dog Mans Spielereien. Diesmal hat Dog Man es wirklich geschafft! Er übergibt seine Dienstmarke und räumt seinen Schreibtisch auf. Doch obwohl er arbeitslos ist, ist er nicht hoffnungslos. Kann sich Dog Man zusammen mit seinen Freunden aus diesem Loch graben und sich einen Weg zurück in die Truppe bahnen?Dav Pilkeys äußerst beliebte Dog Man-Reihe spricht Leser jeden Alters an und erforscht allgemein positive Themen wie Empathie, Freundlichkeit, Beharrlichkeit und die Bedeutung, Gutes zu tun.
This book charts the disastrous course of never-revealed secret operations across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. It shows that the CIA's vaunted victories in the cold war - coups that overthrew constitutional leaders in Iran and Guatemala - were chaotic fights that succeeded only by deadly force. It exposes the buying and selling of the political leaders of world powers. It details how Presidents from Harry Truman to George W. Bush have abused and misused the CIA. It shows how the CIA deteriorated over the decades into an incapable and incoherent service whose deepest secret was its own weakness and ineptitude.
This book is about breaking through the barriers that keep us from experiencing our true nature as light. It presents inspiring science and philosophy in a way that is completely accessible to anyone, to reveal and explore the universal laws and principles that underlie our very existence. It is an extremely real and practical manual for understanding why we live the way we do, and how to transform our lives into our highest vision. You will learn a formula to receive profound insights on how to create more fulfilling and caring relationships, transcend the fears and illusions surrounding the myth of death, and reconnect with your true mission and purpose on Earth. This is not just a book, it is what the title implies - an experience - and it is impossible to go through it without being moved, challenged, and changed. Welcome to - "The Breakthrough Experience".
An NYRB Classics Original When the pioneering Taiwanese novelist Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in 1995 at age twenty-six, she left behind her unpublished masterpiece, Last Words from Montmartre. Unfolding through a series of letters written by an unnamed narrator, Last Words tells the story of a passionate relationship between two young women-their sexual awakening, their gradual breakup, and the devastating aftermath of their broken love. In a style that veers between extremes, from self-deprecation to pathos, compulsive repetition to rhapsodic musings, reticence to vulnerability, Qiu's genre-bending novel is at once a psychological thriller, a sublime romance, and the author's own suicide note. The letters (which, Qiu tells us, can be read in any order) leap between Paris, Taipei, and Tokyo. They display wrenching insights into what it means to live between cultures, languages, and genders-until the genderless character Zoe appears, and the narrator's spiritual and physical identity is transformed.As powerfully raw and transcendent as Mishima's Confessions of a Mask, Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther, and Theresa Cha's Dictee, to name but a few, Last Words from Montmartre proves Qiu Miaojin to be one of the finest experimentalists and modernist Chinese-language writers of our generation.
Petey the Cat ist aus dem Gefängnis entlassen worden und hat ein ganz neues Leben angefangen. Während Petey neu bewertet, was für ihn das Wichtigste im Leben ist, kämpft Li'l Petey darum, das Gute in der Welt zu finden. Können Petey und Dog Man lange genug aufhören, sich wie Katzen und Hunde zu streiten, um ihre Pfoten zusammenzurücken und als Team zu arbeiten? Sie brauchen einander jetzt mehr denn je - Li'l Petey (und die Welt) verlässt sich auf sie! Dav Pilkeys äußerst beliebte Dog Man-Reihe spricht Leser jeden Alters an und erforscht allgemein positive Themen, darunter: Empathie, Freundlichkeit, Beharrlichkeit und die Bedeutung, sich selbst treu zu sein. Durchgehend farbige Seiten.
Nuevo Sueña 2 está dirigido a aquellos estudiantes que desean adquirir un nivel medio (B1) de español. El libro está compuesto de 10 lecciones, divididas en dos ámbitos cada una, y de forma gradual se van ampliando los contextos funcionales. En cada lección se trabajan de forma integrada los contenidos funcionales, gramaticales y léxicos, si bien incluyen apartados específicos para la fonética y para la ortografía/escritura. Se practica con ejercicios de diversa tipología, que permiten el desarrollo de las cuatro destrezas. Además, a lo largo de cada secuencia didáctica se incluyen fichas y notas gramaticales que ayudan al estudiante en su proceso de aprendizaje. Al final de la lección se incluye el apartado Maneras de Vivir (destinado a la cultura y costumbres de España e Hispanoamérica) y cada 5 lecciones se ofrece una Recapitulación. El manual se cierra con un Glosario con una selección del léxico estudiado, traducido al inglés, francés, alemán, italiano y portugués (con la variante brasileña). El Libro del Alumno incluye dos CD con las audiciones de los ejercicios audio.Sueña 2 se corresponde con el nivel B1 del Marco común europeo de referencia.
Designing good application interfaces isn't easy now that companies need to create compelling, seamless user experiences across an exploding number of channels, screens, and contexts. In this updated third edition, you'll learn how to navigate through t
Polish your Italian, grow your vocabulary and ignite your imagination with these 100 entertaining Italian short stories How is it possible to learn Italian easily and effortlessly by yourself? The most effective way to learn Italian is reading interesting
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 416, Publishers: Bloomsbury USA, Author: Theodor Mebs, ISBN-13: 9781399410793, Date of issue: 2025
An NYRB Classics Original Silvina Ocampo is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's great masters of the short story. Italo Calvino once said about her, "I don't know another writer who better captures the magic inside everyday rituals, the forbidden or hidden face that our mirrors don't show us." "Thus Were Their Faces" collects a wide range of Ocampo's best short fiction and novella-length stories from her whole writing life. Stories about creepy doubles, a marble statue of a winged horse that speaks to a girl, a house of sugar that is the site of an eerie possession, children who lock their perverse mothers in a room and burn it, a lapdog who records the dreams of an old woman. Jorge Luis Borges wrote that the cruelty of Ocampo's stories was the result of her nobility of soul, a judgment as paradoxical as much of her own writing. For her whole life Ocampo avoided the public eye, though since her death in 1993 her reputation has only continued to grow, like a magical forest. Dark, gothic, fantastic, and grotesque, these haunting stories are among the world's finest.
Lesen lernen wie im Flug!Ein aufgeregtes Wiehern reißt Ramona aus dem Schlaf. Die Ponys! Im Nachthemd schleicht sie zur Koppel, denn irgendetwas stimmt dort nicht! Vier spannende Pferdegeschichten.Die Kinderbücher der Reihe Leserabe wurden mit Pädagogen entwickelt und richten sich sowohl an Leseanfänger ab der 1. Klasse als auch an fortgeschrittene Erstleser ab der 2. Klasse. Die original Mildenberger Silbenmethode fördert die Lesekompetenz: Silben in Blau und Rot helfen beim Lesenlernen und verbessern nachweislich die Rechtschreibung.
Fat, striped, sweet, or grumpy, this book offers 380 embroidery stitch patterns for cat lovers. Each of the 15 themed pattern sets offers a variety of designs that range from simple to complex and includes photos of the finished patterns, a stitch guide
La primera Biblia para ni os es una colecci n de los 125 pasajes b blicos m s conocidos del Antiguo y Nuevo Testamento. Comenzando con la historia de la creaci n y terminando en Apocalipsis, las historias son relatadas con palabras simples por el re
The young and the not so young will share the adventure of fortystories that have lost nothing with the passing of theyears andwhich still have the special appeal of the classics. Give free rein to your emotions with these appealing old favouritesabout the magic of the world that surrounds us.
Yumiko moonlights as a call girl because her day job doesn't pay enough to feed her pet Croc. Haru an aspiring writer who has nothing to say, sleeps with a woman his mother's age not just for the money but to work on his "powers of observation." So when Yu
The sexual act is possibly the most potent--and pleasurable--gateway to the primordial and the divine. From the Tantric mysteries of Hinduism and Buddhism and the inner alchemy of Taoism, to the sacrament of the bridal chamber in Christianity--and, of cour
Each saint has a special charisma, a particular facet of God that is reflected through her. Chiara's was to be a witness to joy in the face of great adversity, the kind which makes love overflow despite the sorrow from loss and death.
Dass ausgerechnet eine Eule Angst vor der Dunkelheit hat, ist wirklich sehr ungewöhnlich. Mama Eule schickt deshalb ihren nachtscheuen Sohn aus, um andere zu fragen, warum sie die Nacht lieben.
Long regarded as the classic introduction to the teachings of the Talmud, this comprehensive and masterly distillation summarizes the wisdom of the rabbinic sages on the dominant themes of Judaism.
